UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz Results

March 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Montreal – March 16th, 2013. UFC 158 took place at the Bell Centre with a 12-bout card had 7 decision bouts, 5 TKO/KOs, and noUFC_158_Poster submissions. The main event featured UFC Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre in his eighth consecutive title defense against former STRIKEFORCE Welterweight champion Nick Diaz. St-Pierre won a five round unanimous decision 50-45 on all three judges score cards by dominating Diaz with wrestling, ground control, and crisp striking. The co-main event featured the fight of the night and early fight of the year candidate with Welterweights Johny Hendricks versus Carlos Condit. The two battled in an absolute war for three rounds, with Hendricks picking up the decision earning himself a title shot in the process. Fellow top ranked Welterweight Jake Ellenberger won knockout of the night with his first round victory over Nate Marquardt. (Full UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz event results below.)

 

UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz results: 

Georges St-Pierre def. Nick Diaz via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) – retain UFC Welterweight title 

Johny Hendricks def. Carlos Condit via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – earns Welterweight title shot

Jake Ellenberger def. Nate Marquardt via KO (punch) – 3:00 – Round 1

Chris Camozzi def. Nick Ring via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Mike Ricci def. Colin Fletcher via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

FX prelims:

Patrick Cote def. Bobby Voelker via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Darren Elkins def. Antonio Carvalho via TKO (punches) – 3:06 – Round 1

Jordan Mein def. Dan Miller via TKO (punches) – 4:42 – Round 1

John Makdessi def. Daron Cruickshank via unanimous decision – (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Facebook prelims:

Rick Story def. Quinn Mulhern via TKO (punches) – 3:05 – Round 1

TJ Dillashaw def. Issei Tamura via KO (knee kick) – 0:26 – Round 2

George Roop def. Reuben Duran via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27_

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Victory MMA 8: Bulletproof Saturday February 16th

February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Quebec’s #1 amateur MMA promotion returns on Saturday February 16th, 2013 for Victory MMA 8: Bulletproof at the Theatre Plaza inVMMA 8 Montreal. The event will be hosted by Ringside Report Radio’s Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough. A 16-bout card is set with four championships on the line including a Bantamweight title defense and new champions in the Light Heavyweight, Lightweight and Featherweight divisions.

The Victory MMA Bantamweight champion Kevin Chauvette will be featured in the main event defending his title against Dwayne Durel. This will be Chauvette’s first title defense since winning the strap at Victory MMA 5 in March of 2012.

The co-main event will determine an interim Light Heavyweight champion now that former champion Adam Dyczka is unable to compete due to injury. McGowan’s MMA/Victory Training Centre’s Chris Cleveland squares off against Gladiateur Fight Club de Sorel’s  Mathieu Langlais.

After coming up short in his first attempt at the Lightweight title at Victory MMA 6 in May of 2012 in an armbar submission loss to then champion Alex Morgan, who vacated the title after the bout to go pro; Big Country MMA’s Joe Elliott gets other shot. Elliot racked up three victories since the loss including a huge win over Rob Rivest. Elliot faces Team Barbarian’s Maxime Martens who has only one blemish on his record in six bouts.

Kevin Walker also came up short in his championship aspirations when he failed to defeat then champion Xavier Aloui at Victory MMA 7 in July. With Aloui out of the picture Walker gets another opportunity at the gold when he faces Thomas Sumantri of Fighter Dream Team. All championship bouts are scheduled for five rounds.

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Victory MMA 8 Bullproof Card:

Main Event:
Victory MMA Bantamweight title bout:

(C)Kevin Chauvette (Ultimaction) 6-3 vs. Dwayne Durel (Team Phytagore/VTC) 4-1

Co-Main Event
Interim Victory MMA Light Heavyweight title bout: 

Chris Cleveland ((McGowan’s MMA/ VTC) 3-1 vs. Mathieu Langlais (Gladiateur) 7-2

Vacant Victory MMA Lightweight title bout:

Joe Elliott (Big Country MMA) 5-2 vs. Maxime Martens (Team Barbarian) 5-1

Vacant Victory MMA Featherweight title bout:
Thomas Sumantri (Fighter Dream Team) 4-1 VS Kevin Walker (McGowan’s MMA/ VTC) 4-4

Lightweight bout:

Patrick Archambault (Team Barbarian) 3-1-1 vs. Darnell Jones (McGowan’s MMA/ VTC) 2-2

190 lbs Catchweight bout:

Simon Lagarde (Team Ouimet) 2-1 vs. Simon Lapointe (Team Barbarian) 2-0

175 lbs Catchweight bout:

Mathieu Desrosiers (Gladiateur)3-3 vs. Felix Patola (McGowan’s MMA/ VTC) 1-1

Lightweight bout:

Ryan Smith (Big Country MMA) 0-1 vs. Cedric Filiatrault (Team Chaput) 1-2-1

Welterweight bout:

Jonathan Roblin (Team Barbarian) 4-2 vs. Khalil El Amrani (McGowan’s MMA/ VTC) 0-0

130 lbs Catchweight bout:

Andrew Cunning (Big Country MMA) 0-1 vs. Matthew Davis (Tristar) 1-1

Middleweight bout:

David Dageneault (Team Ouimet) 1-1 vs. Evan Sanchez (McGowan’s MMA/ VTC) 1-1

160 lbs Catchweight bout:

Thierry Voyer (Team Barbarian) 1-1 vs. Jordan Balmir (Ultimaction) 2-0

Featherweight bout:

Alevis Boisvert (Gladiateur) 0-0 vs. Alex Varadi (McGowan’s MMA/ VTC) 0-0

Lightweight bout:

Charles Hupperepz (Team Ouimet) 2-0 vs. Juan Pablo Salazar (Academie Sportive Frontenac) 0-0

Featherweight bout:

Shane O’Reilly (Scantlebury Thai Jiu Jitsu) 0-0 vs. Kyle Whyte Dottin (McGowan’s MMA/ VTC) 0-0

Middleweight bout:

Gary Pearson (Big Country MMA) 0-1 vs. Benoit Leger 0-0

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Info:

Where: Theatre Plaza, 6505 St- Hubert (Metro Beubien)

When: Saturday, February 16th, 2013

Time: Doors open 6:30pm – First Fight 7:30pm

Price: $35.00  - www.admission.ca 

More info: Call Jamie: 514-239-5616 – www.victorymma.tv or  Join Official Facebook Group

 

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Weekend in Fights! February 9th Edition

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This Weekend in Fights! (February 9th, 2013) was the first UFC-less weekend in in the last three weeks. The weekend did however mma_r_bellator_mb_576 (1)feature Bellator 88 in Duluth, Georgia on Thursday night. Bellator 88 was the only notable event throughout the entire weekend with the crowning of a new Bellator Middleweight champion, and the opening round of the season 8 Featherweight tournament.

Emanating from The Arena at Gwinnet Center Bellator 88 aired on Spike TV and Spike.com. In the main event Alexander Shlemenko captured the vacant Bellator Middleweight title title with a second round knockout of Maiquel Falcao. The first round was somewhat of a stalemate with the two exchanging shots until Shlemenko took Falcao down. Shlemenko was unable to improve position and remain active enough to keep this position and the two were brought back to their feet. Falcao started round two by pushing the pace, but once clinched up Shlemenko unleashed a series of punches and knees to the body that sent Falcao to the mat. Shlemenko then landed a massive right, left combination that rendered Falcao unconscious just over two minutes into the round.This marks Shlemenko’s 10th straight victory and 28th career knockout victory, he is now 8-1 in Bellator.

In the opening round of the Featherweight tournament, Alexandre Bezzera, Mike Richman, Marlon Sandro and Magomedrasul Khasbulaev advanced into the semifinals. Two submissions, one TKO and a decision were the results of the quarterfinals. Bezerra submitted Genair da Silva, Khasbulaev submitted Fabricio Guerreiro, Mike Richman stopped Mitch Jackson, and Marlon Sandro defeated Akop Stepanyan with the judges score cards.

Marlon Sandro punched his ticket in the semifinals with a majority decision victory over Akop Stepanyan. The judges score cards read 28-28, 29-27, and 29-27. Stephanyan was deducted a point in the third round for holding the cage. The bout was very close, as Sandro was able to control Stepanyan on the ground, but on their feet Stepanyan connected with a spinning back kick that dropped Sandro. The spinning back kick seem to be Stepanyan’s game plan throughout the fight as he repeatedly attempted the kick until it landed in the second round. However, Sandro was able to time the kicks and avoid the damage after some time controlling the pace of the fight.

With three seconds remaining in the round Mike Richman was able to finish Mitch Jackson to advance into the semifinals. Richman landed a right hand that almost ended the fight early, but it was a left head kick and a series a hard hammerfists that would end it for Jackson.

Alexandre Bezerra and Genair Da Silva entered the cage and 100-seconds later Bezzera’s hand was raised. Bezzera dropped Da Silva and followed him to the ground. Bezzera attempted a kimura but was met with the hammerfist of Da Silva. Those hammerfist’s would be the downfall of Da Silva, as Bezzera was able to capture the exposed arm and slap on an armbar to force the tap.

After escaping from an armbar attempt and slamming his way out of a triangle choke in the first round Magomedrasul Khasbulaev was able to submitted Fabricio Guerreiro with arm-triangle choke 75-seconds into the second round. Khasbulaev took Guerreiro down with ease and cinched in the arm-triangle to force the tap. Khasbulaev will meet Marlon Sandro in the semifinals, while Richman and Bezzera will square off. (Full Bellator 88 event results below.)

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Bellator 88 results:Bellator-88-Poster

Alexander Shlemenko def. Maiquel Falcao via KO (punches) – Round 2, 2:18 – to win vacant middleweight title

Marlon Sandro def. Akop Stepanyan Alexander Shlemenko def. Maiquel Falcao via majority decision (28-28, 29-27, 29-27) – featherweight tournament opening round

Mike Richman def. Mitch Jackson via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:57 – featherweight tournament opening round

Alexandre Bezerra def. Genair Da Silva via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:40 – featherweight tournament opening round

Spike.com prelims:

Magomedrasul Khasbulaev def. Fabricio Guerreiro via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 2, 1:15 – featherweight tournament opening round

Joe Elmore def. Jerrid Burke via KO (punch) – Round 2, 4:11

Ronnie Rogers def. Shane Crenshaw via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Clay Harvison def. Ururahy Rodrigues via TKO (knee) – Round 3, 3:34

George Hickman def. Stephen Upchurch via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:19

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Weekend in Fights! February 2nd Edition

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This Weekend in Fights! (February 2nd, 2013) WIF FEB 2featured Bellator 87, the annual Superbowl weekend card with UFC 156, Legacy Fighting Championship 17,  and ONE FC 7.

Bellator 87 kicked of the weekend with the opening round of the season 8 Lightweight tournament at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Eight men entered, four advanced. David Rickels outlasted and scored a gassed out Lloyd Woodard. Quebec’s Guillaume De Lorenzi was knocked in 31-seconds by last minute replacement Saad Awad after Patricky Freire pulled out of the tournament. Will Brooks out wrestled Ricardo Tirloni to advance with a unanimous decision, and Thiago Michel was submitted by Alexander Sarnavskiy with a rear-naked choke in the second round. (Full Bellator 87 event results below.)

On Friday night Legacy FC held their 17th event at  Cowboys Dancehall in San Antonio, Texas.The main event featured Bellator and Sengoku veteran Dan Hornbuckle versus UFC, TKO, veteran Pete Spratt. Hornbuckle would snap his two-fight losing skid with a unanimous decision over Spratt, who sees his two-fight win streak come to an end. Younger brother of Middleweight UFC veteran Jake Rosholt, Heavyweight Jared Rosholt bounced back from a knockout loss in his last fight. The 2010 NCAA Division I runner up picked up a unanimous decision over Richard Odoms. (Full Legacy FC 17 event results below.)

The weekend’s main attraction was UFC 156 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Every Superbowl weekend the UFC holds one of their biggest cards of the year, and they did not disappoint. In a “Superfight” UFC Featherweight champion squared off against former UFC Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar for the title. Champion Jose Aldo would walk away with a unanimous decision to retain his title in a five round war that should have crowned Edgar as champion. Unable to finish Aldo, Edgar was once again handed a loss due to the judges.

In the co-main event Antonio Rogerio Nogueira picked a huge win over Rashad Evans. Lil Nog scored a unanimous decision victory against a fighter who has “lost his smile” since losing to Jon Jones. Damien Maia continues to impress at Welterweight with his fourth straight victory and his biggest one in the division to date. Maia defeated longtime Welterweight kingpin Jon Fitch by unanimous decision.

In the biggest shocker of the night the returning Alistair Overeem was knocked out in the third round by Antonio Silva. No one gave Silva a chance going into this bout, and he had clearly lost rounds  one and two. Overeem appeared to be on his way to a unanimous decision victory, when Silva rushed at him in the opening one minute with a relentless combination of strikes. Against the cage Overeem had nowhere to run, and was dropped and finished at the 25-second mark. (Full UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar event results below.) 

Also on Saturday, ONE FC 7 took place at the Putra Indoor Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The main event featured the crowning of the inaugural ONE FC Featherweight  title; the bout was a reschedule one that should have taking place at ONE FC 6, but was cut due to  time constraints. Honorio Banario captured the title with a fourth round TKO due to an eye injury against Eric Kelly.

ONE FC kicked off the Malaysia National Featherweight championship tournament with two bouts in the opening round. Jian Kai Chee picked up a unanimous decision over A.J. Lias Mansor to advance, while Melvin Yoeh submitted Raymond Tiew in the second round with a triangle choke to advance. In the Bantamweight Grand Prix quarterfinal on the card Thanh Vu made quick work of last minute replacement Mohd Yeoh with a barrage of knees and punches to end the bout 63-seconds in. Vu now joins semifinalist’s Jens Pulver, Masakatsu Ueda, and Kevin Belingon. (Full ONE FC 7: Return of Warriors event results below.)

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Thursday Night Fights –

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Bellator 87 results:Bellator-87-Poster

David Rickels def. Lloyd Woodard via unanimous decision – lightweight-tourney opening round

Saad Awad def. Guillaume De Lorenzi via KO (punmch) – 0:31 – Round 1 – lightweight-tourney opening round

Will Brooks def. Ricardo Tirloni via unanimous decision – lightweight-tourney opening round

Alexander Sarnavskiy def. Thiago Michel via submission (rear-naked choke) – 3:43 – Round 2 – lightweight-tourney opening round

Spike.com prelims:

Jason Fischer def. Sevak Magakian via submission (rear-naked choke) – 3:37 – Round 1

Ben Lagman vs. Sam Quito via submission (kneebar) – 3:54 – Round 2

James J.P. Reese def. David Shepard via unanimous decision

Karl Etherington def. Jason Fish via TKO (retirement) – 3:45 – Round 1

Amir Khillah def. John Schulz via submission (rear-naked choke) – 4:34 – Round 1

Tony Zelinski def. Nick Kirk via split decision

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Friday Night Fights –

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Legacy Fighting Championship 17 results: Legacy-FC-17-Spratt-Hornbuckle-poster

Dan Hornbuckle def. Pete Spratt via unanimous decision

Jared Rosholt def. Richard Odoms via unanimous decision

Kevin Aguilar def. Nick Gonzalez via unanimous decision

Johnny Ray Rodriguez vs. Ray Rodriguez via submission (armbar) – 3:00 – Round 1

Patrick Ybarra def. Billy Buch via submission (flying armbar) – 1:29 – Round 1

Reynaldo Trujillo def. James King via TKO (punches) – 1:16 – Round 1

Prelims:

Daniel Jolly vs. Larry Hopkins via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1

Chris Lopez def. Melvin Jordan via unanimous decision

Jamal Emmers def. Ernest De La Cruz via unanimous decision

Marco Hernandez def. Cameron Martin via submission (rear-naked choke) – 2:59 – Round 1

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UFC 156 – Aldo vs. Edgar results:UFC 156

Jose Aldo def. Frankie Edgar via unanimous decision – retains featherweight title

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Rashad Evans via unanimous decision

Antonio Silva def. Alistair Overeem via KO (punches) – 0:25 – Round 3

Demian Maia def. Jon Fitch via unanimous decision

Joseph Benavidez def. Ian McCall via unanimous decision

FX prelims:

Evan Dunham def. Gleison Tibau via split decision

Tyron Woodley def. Jay Hieron via KO (punches) – 0:36 – Round 1

Bobby Green vs. Jacob Volkmann via submission (rear-naked choke) – 4:25 – Round 3

Issac Vallie-Flagg def. Yves Edwards via split decision

Facebook prelims:

Dustin Kimura def. Chico Camus via submission (rear-naked choke) – 1:50 – Round 3

Francisco Rivera def. Edwin Figueroa via TKO (punches) – 4:20 – Round 2

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ONE FC 7: Return of Warriors results:ONE FC 7

Honorio Banario def. Eric Kelly via TKO (eye injury) – 1:01 – Round 1 – captures inaugural ONE FC Featherweight title

Shinichi Kojima def. Rey Docyogen via submission (guillotine choke) – 4:47 – Round 2

Lowen Tynanes def. Vuyisile Colossa  via submission (rear-naked choke) – 4:37 – Round 3

Peter Davis def. Leo Krishna via TKO (doctor stoppage) – 2:01 – Round 1

Adam Kayoom def. Zuli Silawanto via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1

Thanh Vu def. Mohd Fouzein via TKO (punches & knees) – 1:03 – Round 1 – bantamweight grand-prix quarterfinal

Melvin Yeoh def. Raymond Tiew via submission (triangle choke) – 3;29 – Round 2 – Malaysian featherweight-tourney opening round

Jian Kai Chee def. A.J. Lias Mansor via unanimous decision - Malaysian featherweight-tourney opening round

Gianni Subba def. Saiful Merican via submission (armbar) – Round 2

Jake Butler def. Antoni Romulo via TKO (punches) – Round 1

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Ringside Report Radio. January 30- Bellator 87 preview now online

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This is the January 30, 2013 episode of Ringside Report Radio. Hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

Simon and McKough previewed Bellator 87 on this episode including every bout on the preliminary card and the main card featuring the four quarter-finals of this season’s lightweight tournament.

Simon and McKough discussed results from UFC on FOX 6 including Demetrious Johnson’s victory over John Dodson, Glover Teixeira’s win over Rampage Jackson and Anthony Pettis impressive KO win over Donald Cerrone.

All this and much more MMA on this 90-minute episode.

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Bellator 87. Thursday January 31, 2013. Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Spike.com/ Spike TV

David Rickels (11-1) vs. Lloyd Woodard (12-2) – Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout

Thiago Michel (10-3) vs. Alexander Sarnavskiy (21-1 – Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout

Ricardo Tirloni (15-3) vs. Will Brooks (8-0) – Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal bout

Saad Awad (12-4) vs. Guillaume DeLorenzi (10-1) – Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal

Prelims:
Jason Fischer (5-1) vs. Sevak Magakian (12-3)

Sam Quito (11-4) vs. Ben Lagman (7-2)

J.P. Reese (8-4) vs. David Shepherd (5-2)

Cody Stamann (2-0) vs. Justin Houghton (5-2)

Jason Fish (2-0) vs. Karl Etherington (7-0)

John Schulz (4-0) vs. Amir Killah (10-5)

Nick Kirk (7-0) vs. Tony Zelinski (3-2)

 

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Weekend in Fights! January 26th Edition

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This Weekend in Fights! (January 26, 2013) featured Bellator’s second fightWIF Jan26 card on Spike TV, and the UFC’s sixth FOX card.

Thursday night Bellator 86 took place at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The card featured a Belltor Welterweight title bout between champion Ben Askren and season six tournament winner Karl Amoussou. The fourth a final Light Heavyweight opening round tournament bout, and all four opening round season eight Welterweight tournament opening round bouts.

Bellator Welterweight champion Ben Askren put a three round one-sided beatdown on Karl Amoussou to pick up his eighth Bellator victory. Askren took Amoussou down with ease and proceeded to pound Amoussou’s face in with punches and elbows. After three rounds the doctor’s refused to allow Amoussou to continue into the fourth as his eye was swollen shut. This marked Askren’s second TKO victory, his third title defense. Askren will now face off against season seven tournament winner, undefeated 13-0 Andrey Koreshkov at some point in 2013 in a battle of the undefeated’s.

As expected Muhammed Lawal won his Bellator debut in the fourth and final Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinal matchup. Lawal used improved boxing technique to dismantle Przemyslaw Mysiala for a first round knockout. Lawal landed a huge overhand right that sent Mysiala crashing to the mat. Lawal didn’t pounce on Mysiala as he has been vocal in the past about bad stoppages and fighter safety. Lawal joins Jacob Noe, Emanuel Newton and Michail Zayats in the semifinals.

Douglas Lima, Ben Saunders, Brent Weedman, and Raul Amaya all punched their tickets into the semifinals of the Bellator season 8 Welterweight tournament. That statement couldn’t be anymore true for Amaya, who dropped Jose Gomes mid way through the the first round to earn a TKO victory. Douglas Lima “kicked” his way into the semifinals over Michail Tsarev by beating up his legs so bad that that he could hardly stand. Tsarev attempted to continue but the damage was done, as Lima saw his opening and exploited it. Ben Saunders picked up a unanimous decision over a very tough and game Koffi Adzitso. Saunders used takedown defense and Muay Thai to win all three rounds 30-27. Brent Weedman defeated Marius Zaromskis with a 29-27 unanimous decision. Weedman controlled the first two rounds, but was met with Zaromskis’ flashy striking in the third. Zaromskis was unable to finish the well rounded fighter in the third and was already down two rounds, thus giving Weedman the victory. (Full Bellator 86 event results below.)

UFC on FOX 6 emanated from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday night. The main event featured the first title defense of UFC Flyweight title as champion Demetrious Johnson took TUF 14 winner John Dodson. In a five round war Johnson picked up the unanimous decision to retain his title. In the first three rounds Dodson was landing some good shots dropping Johnson a few times, but it was still back and forth. As the bout entered the championship rounds Johnson really took over in dominant fashion. The fifth and finale round especially as Johnson utilized the Muay Thai clinch and beat up the very tough Dodson’s face. Johnson made his first successful title defense and improves to 3-0-1 as a Flyweight.

In the co-main event Glover Teixiera handed Quinton “Rampage” Jackson another loss and his walking papers, as this was the last fight on his contract, and he was extremely vocal about not re-signing. Jackson displayed moments of greatness with explosive or desperation flurries. Unfortunately for Jackson Teixiera out classed him on the feet on the ground and in wrestling over the course of three rounds. In victory Teixiera proved that he is a forced to e reckoned with the Light Heavyweight division, and that Jackson is clearly past his prime. The unanimous decision improves Teixiera’s record to 20-2 with and 18-fight win streak.

Ryan Bader set a UFC record with the quickest submission victory in the Light Heavyweight division when he forced Vladimir Matyushenko to tap to a guillotine choke in 50-seconds.

Four very impressive KO/TKO victories took place at UFC on FOX 6. Anthony Pettis picked up a quick first round liver kick TKO over Donald Cerrone. T.J. Grant uses elbows and punches to drop Matt Wiman with nine seconds remaining in the first round. Ricardo Lamas spoiled the title shot aspirations of Eric Koch with ground and pound elbows in the second round. And Shawn Jordan came back from a tough first round to drop Mike Russow for his first UFC victory.

Also on the card, Clay Guida had a successful Featherweight debut with a split decision over Hatsu Hioki. Pascal Krauss bounced back from his first career loss with a great standup display in a unanimous decision over Mike Stumpf. Rafael Natal submitted a very game Sean Spencer, and David Mitchell defeated Simeon Thoresen in a great opening contest. (Full UFC on FOX 6: Johnson vs. Dodson event results below.)

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Bellator 86 results:Bellator-86

Ben Askren def. Karl Amoussou via TKO (doctor stoppage) – Round 3, 5:00 – retains welterweight title

Muhammed Lawal def. Przemyslaw Mysialavia knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:52 – light-heavyweight-tournament opening round

Douglas Lima def. Michail Tsarev via TKO (leg kicks) – Round 2, 1:44 – advances to semifinals of welterweight-tournament

Ben Saunders def. Koffi Adzitso via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) -advances to semifinals of welterweight-tournament

Spike.com prelims:

Hunter Tucker def. Javier Obregon via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 3:17

Jason Sampson def. Chris Pham via submission (armbar) – Round 3, 4:55

Brent Weedman def. Marius Zaromskis via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) – advances to semifinals of welterweight-tournament

Raul Amaya def. Jose Gomes via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:12 – advances to semifinals of welterweight-tournament

Damon Jackson def. Zach Church via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:43

Cortez Coleman def. Matt Jones via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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UFC on FOX 6 results:UFC_on_FOX_6

Demetrious Johnson def. John Dodson via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) – retains flyweight title

Glover Teixeira def. Quinton Jackson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Anthony Pettis def. Donald Cerrone via TKO (liver kick) – 2:35 – Round 1

Ricardo Lamas def. Erik Koch via TKO (Elbows) – 2:32 – Round 2

FX prelims:

T.J. Grant def. Matt Wiman via KO (elbows) – 4:51 – Round 1

Clay Guida vs. Hatsu Hioki via split decision (29-28, 30-27, 28-29)

Ryan Bader def. Vladimir Matyushenko via submission (guillotine choke) – 0:50 – Round 1

Shawn Jordan def. Mike Russow via TKO (strikes) – 3:48 -Round 2

Pascal Krauss def. Mike Stumpf via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Rafael Natal def. Sean Spencer via submission (arm-triangle choke) – 2:13 – Round 3

Facebook prelims:

David Mitchell def. Simeon Thoresen via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

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Ringside Report Radio January 25: UFC on FOX 6 preview now online

January 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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This is the January 25, 2013 episode of Ringside Report Radio. Hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

Simon and McKough previewed UFC on FOX 6 including every preliminary bout and the main event UFC Flyweight Championship bout between Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and John “The Magician” Dodson.

Simon and McKough discussed the potential of a Luke Rockhold versus Anderson Silva fight that would unify the Strikeforce and UFC Middleweight title.

All this and more MMA on this 2-hour episode.

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UFC on FOX 6

FOX card 8p.m. ET:

Demetrious Johnson (124) vs. John Dodson (125) – for flyweight title

Quinton Jackson (204) vs. Glover Teixeira (206)

Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (155)

Erik Koch (145) vs. Ricardo Lamas (145)

FX prelims 5 p.m. ET:

T.J. Grant (155) vs. Matt Wiman (156)

Clay Guida (146) vs. Hatsu Hioki (146)

Ryan Bader (205) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (205)

Shawn Jordan (251) vs. Mike Russow (256)

Pascal Krauss (171) vs. Mike Stumpf (170)

Rafael Natal (185) vs. Sean Spencer (186)

Facebook prelims 4 p.m. ET:

David Mitchell (171) vs. Simeon Thoresen (171)

 

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UFC 158 Full Card

January 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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UFC 158 takes place on March 16th, 2013 at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.

Since the last update five new matchups have been added to the UFC 158 lineup.  Mike Ricci versus Colin Fletcher, Antonio Carvalho versus Darren Elkins, Johnny Eduardo versus Yves Jabouin, Sean Pierson versus Rick Story, and Mitch Gagnon versus Issei Tamura.

The runner up of The Ultimate Fighter season 16 Mike Ricci (7-3 MMA, 0-1 Ricci vs Fletcher copyUFC, 0-1 BFC) may have come up short as a Welterweight, but will be making his Lightweight debut against the TUF: Smashes Lightweight tournament finalist Colin Fletcher (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC). Tristar’s Ricci made a name for himself fighting on the local scene here in Montreal, but really turned heads when he went to the finals of TUF 16 at a higher weight class than his own. Ricci lost a unanimous decision to a much bigger Colton Smith how possessed a superb wrestling game, and controlled Ricci for all three rounds. His opponent Colin Fletcher, made a name for himself in the United Kingdom before appearing on TUF: Smashes. Fletcher gained notoriety for his “Freakshow” persona. He lost in the finals to Northern Ireland’s Norman Parke by unanimous decision. Like Ricci in his bout with Smith, Fletcher was unable to impose his striking again against the grappler. Three months removed from their UFC debuts what game plan will these Lightweights bring into the octagon as it’s “The Martian” versus “The Freakshow.”

Both Antonio Carvalho (15-5 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Darren Elkins (15-2 MMA, Elkins vs Carvalho5-1 UFC) were successful in their last bouts at UFC 154 in Montreal. Carvalho is riding a two-fight win streak, while Top 10 ranked Elkins is riding a four fight win streak. Both fighters are pretty much even as well rounded fighters with knockout, submission and decision victories. Elkins dominated Steven Siler in his last bout to win the unanimous decision, he also has notable victories over Tiquan Zhang, Diego Brandao, Michihiro Omigawa, and Duane Ludwig. Carvalho has notable victories over Rodrigo Damm, Daniel Pineda, Douglas Evans, Takeshi Inoue, and Hatsu Hioki. These two Featherweights will collide to rise the rankings and eventually earn a title shot.

Former Featherweight Yves “The Tiger” Jabouin (18-8 MMA, 3-2 UFC, 1-2Jabouin vs Eduardo WEC) fights for the fifth time at Bantamweight when he faces two bout UFC veteran Johnny Eduardo (26-9 MMA, 1-1 UFC). In a battle of Tristar versus Black House Jabouin looks to bounce back from a knockout loss to Brad Pickett in September, when Eduardo looks to continue his win streak after besting Jeff Curran in May of 2012. After fighting 14 of 26 bouts in Quebec, Jabouin returns with the UFC on March 16th in Eduardo’s fifth bout outside of Brazil in a striker versus submission expert bout.

Sean Pierson (13-6 MMA, 3-2 UFC) squares off against Rick Story Pierson vs Story(14-6 MMA, 8-3 UFC) in the sixth Welterweight bout on the card. Pierson is coming off a unanimous decision win over Lance Benoist at UFC 152, and is currently riding his first UFC win streak with two victories. After back-to-back wins over Johny Hendricks and  Thiago Alves, Rick Story was once considered a top prospect in the Welterweight division. However, he suffered two consecutive losses, and suffered a first round submission loss to Damian Maia at UFC 153 in his last bout. The two will meet each other in challenging bout for both athletes.

Mitch Gagnon (9-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Issei Tamura (7-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC)Gagnon vs Tamura both step back into the octagon for their third bout in the UFC.  Former Ringside MMA Featherweight champion Gagnon had a rough start when he lost his debut against Bryan Caraway at UFC 149. Tamura on the other hand won his UFC debut with a knockout of Tiquan Zhang at UFC 144. Gagnon bounced back from the loss with an aggressive and impressive rear-naked choke submission win over Walel Watson at UFC 152. While Tamura suffered a TKO loss to Rafael Assunsao in his Bantanweight debut at UFC on UFC on FUEL TV in July. Of Gagnon’s nine wins all have come by way of submission. His opponent Tamura has knockout ability be mainly goes the distance. Gagnon will attempt to remain undefeated at the Bell Centre, when Tamura fights outside of Japan for the second time.

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UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz card:ufc158 poster

Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz – for welterweight title

Jake Ellenberger vs. Johny Hendricks

Carlos Condit vs. Rory MacDonald

Chris Camozzi vs. Nick Ring

Jordan Mein vs. Dan Miller

Daron Cruickshank vs. John Makdessi

Patrick Cote vs. Bobby Voelker

Mike Ricci vs. Colin Fletcher

Antonio Carvalho vs. Darren Elkins

Johnny Eduardo vs. Yves Jabouin

Sean Pierson vs. Rick Story

Mitch Gagnon vs. Issei Tamura

**card subject to change**

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Ringside Report Radio January 23 with Tom Wright and Bellator 86 preview now online

January 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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This is the January 23, 2013 episode of Ringside Report Radio. Hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough featuring Jeremy Prophet.

Simon and McKough discussed the results from UFC on FX 7 including Vitor Belfort’s win over Michael Bisping and who could be next for Anderson Silva now that Bisping has lost.

Director of Operations for UFC Canada, Australia and New Zealand Tom Wright appeared on this episode and discussed UFC 158, when Sarah Kaufman could appear in the UFC and when TUF Canada could begin.

Simon and McKough previewed Bellator 86 including every welterweight tournament quarter-final, King Mo’s Bellator debut and Ben Askren defending the Bellator Welterweight Championship versus Karl Amoussou.

All this plus highlights from Georges St-Pierre, Nick Diaz and Dana White from the UFC 158 press conference in Montreal.

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