Taylor Kitsch stars as Alex Hopper, a man billed with tons of potential, but instead of having a successful career he begins the flick getting arrested for trying to impress a woman named Samantha Shane (Brooklyn Decker). When Hopper’s brother (Alexander Skarsgard) gets Hopper into the Navy it gets a little complicated as Samantha’s dad happens to be an admiral (Liam Neeson).

Hopper’s hot head gets him in fights and his love affair with the admiral’s daughter is about to get him booted from the navy until suddenly five UFOs come crashing down to earth and destroyed a considerable chunk of Hong Kong.

Hopper, along with his brother and a Japanese ship are trapped behind a force field the aliens setup when they land. The aliens display their powerful weapons by easily destroying two ships and putting Hopper on defence nearly the whole movie.

The concept of the game the movie was based on comes into play in this situation as the remaining survivors must destroy the aliens by shooting at locations the aliens might be. Lot of suspense during this moment. Samantha in the meantime, while trying to help an injured army man recover his broken spirit from losing both his legs, discovers that the aliens are trying to setup communications with their home planet from Earth.

There are quite a few stories going on while there are a lot of explosions going on at once. The majority of explaining the attitude of the few characters in this is explained early on to give more time with a lot of action later on.

If you enjoyed apocalyptic type movies like Independence Day you’ll find some enjoyment. There is a lot of cheesy dialogue and humour, and the aliens seem too invincible at times, but the destruction and chaos showcased in the battle scenes are fun to see.

Battleship

Rated PG-13

Universal Pictures

In theatres today

Dave and Kevin previewed Bellator 69 including the main event middleweight tournament final of Maiquel Falcao versus Andreas Spang and every preliminary bout on the card.

Dave and Kevin re-capped the results of UFC on Fuel 3 including Chan Sung Jung’s submission win over Dustin Poirier and the rest of the action from the event.

All this and much more MMA on this 1-hour episode of Ringside Report Radio.

The UFC’s return to Japan definitely featured some of the most exciting UFC action in 2012. Edgar VS. Henderson will go down as one of the best fights this year, mostly a five-round slugfest with some effective ground work by both men. When it came to scoring the fight, it did not help Edgar that he looked beat up while Henderson did not look like he had a scratch on him.

Quinton Rampage Jackson, a legend to the Japanese audience, had one of his last fights ever in the UFC against Ryan Bader. Jackson came into the fight overweight and looked sluggish throughout the fight. Bader was extremely careful, as Jackson has powerful one punch knockout power. Although Jackson did deliver a huge slam to Bader, Bader had control most of the fight getting the majority of strikes and controlling Jackson against the cage and on the ground.

Fight fans that like to see a fighter made a big comeback during a fight will not be disappointed when watching Yushin Okami against Tim Boetsch. Okami nearly completely dominated the first two rounds against Boetsch, who looked gassed and had cuts and bruises all over his face. However, one great knee strike and suddenly Okami is stunned. Boetsch went for the kill and nailed some powerful uppercuts that made Okami’s knees buckle. Joe Rogan said it was the greatest comeback in UFC history, it wasn’t (Matt Hughes VS. Frank Trigg 2), but it was awesome to see.

The powerful striking of Anthony Pettis is displayed in a very short fight against Joe Lauzon. Jake Shields has a close tough fight against the hometown hero Yoshihiro Akiyama. Hatsu Hioki displayed his strong skills standing and on the ground against a tough opponent in Bart Palaszewski. All that including a number of prelim fights made this DVD one of the best MMA buys so far this year. Unfortunately not much offered in the extra features, but the fights more than make up for it.

UFC 144: Edgar VS. Henderson

Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada

Run time of 300 minutes

Releases on May 29, 2012

Wanderlei Silva gets to select a fight for the first time this season after  Rony Jason’s victory last episode. Wanderlei addresses both teams and says he was saddened to see Rony Jason (Team Wanderlei) have to fight Gasparzinho (Team Vitor) last week because they are friends from outside the house. Vitor Belfort made the fight selection and says he did not know they were friends. Rony Jason says he went into Team Vitor’s locker room and said he did not want to fight Gasparzinho because they are friends. Vitor claims he was not in the locker room at the time but a video clip shows that he was right next to Rony Jason when he said he did not want to fight Gasparzinho. Belfort is caught in a lie. Belfort claims ignorance and Wanderlei is very upset. Wanderlei wants Belfort to admit that he does not care that they are friends and wanted to see them fight. Belfort says it was a team decision.

Wanderlei Silva announces Massaranduba (Team Wanderlei) v. Thiago Bodao (Team Vitor) for this episode’s Middleweight quarter-final. Massaranduba was picked 4^th by Team Wanderlei, 7^th overall in the draft. Bodao was selected 5^th by Team Vitor, 10^th overall.

This leaves Serginho (Team Vitor) to face Pe de Chumbo (Team Wanderlei) in the last middleweight quarter-final bout on the next episode.

Thiago Bodao has a malignant tumor in his shoulder when he was 9 years old. Doctors told his mother he would not survive. When he left the hospital the doctor told him to study because he could not do anything in life that would require physical stress. Bodao was saddened because loved sports and practice karate. He persuaded his mother to let him practice Capoeira. He then started practicing Muay Thai. Bodao says he fights for his parents, his brothers and his wife. Bodao told his wife that if he reached the semi-finals they would have a child together.

Massaranduba grew up taking care of horses and cattle on a farm. Massaranduba has three brothers and alternates living with each of them. He fights for his parents. His father has parties with his friends to watch his fights on TV. His mother supports his fighting career but does not watch his fights.

Back at the house, Gasparzinho (Team Vitor) is entertaining his team with impressions of Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva. Rodrigo Damm (Team Vitor) tells the guys to be quiet because their teammate Thiago Bodao is trying to sleep. Serginho (Team Vitor) is annoyed because they are all in his room making noise.

Gasparzinho is shown running naked through the house and Pe de Chumbo says he has to spank Gasparzinho every night with his slippers because he runs around naked.

Thiago Bodao says Massaranduba is one of the “coolest guys in the house and it is impossible not to like him.”

Francisco “Massaranduba” Drinaldo (10-1, Team Wanderlei) v. Thiago “Bodao” Perpetuo (8-1, Team Vitor) TUF Brazil MW Quarter-Final

Round 1- Bodao lands a leg kick in the first 20 seconds as the fighters look for their range standing up. Massaranduba lands a left hand but eats an uppercut as Bodao charges in with a clinch. Massaranduba lands two solid left hands and a knee to the body and looks for a single-leg takedown against the fence. Massaranduba throws knees to the leg of Bodao as he continues to press Bodao against the cage and looking for a takedown. Bodao defends the takedown and reverses position, pushing Massaranduba against the fence. Massaranduba tries to pull guard but lands in a bad position and gets to his feet quickly. Massaranduba uses the transition to push Bodao into the cage and looks for a trip take-down that is defended. Bodao pushes Massaranduba against the cage and lands knees to the body. Massaranduba lands a knee to the body in the clinch but referee Mario Yamasaki separated the fighters with 30 seconds remaining in the round. Bodao pushed Massaranduba right back against the cage and they grappled for position as the round came to an end. I would score a close and lackluster Round 1 for Thiago Bodao: 10-9

Round 2- Bodao lands a leg kick but eats a big punch within the first 20 seconds of the round. Massaranduba drops Bodao with a left hand and works punches and elbows from his guard. Massaranduba lands solid elbows strikes and punches as he looked to pass the guard. Bodao pushes Massaranduba away and got to his feet. Bodao clinched his opponent against the fence and landed a punch to the face and knees to the body. Massaranduba looked for a takedown but Bodao defended and got to his feet. Bodao landed a knee to the body and pushes Massaranduba against the cage. Bodao landed a solid knee to the body and kept Massaranduba pinned to the fence. Massaranduba looked for a takedown but Bodao defended and landed on top of Massaranduba in half-guard. Bodao worked solid punches from half-guard and stayed on top as MAssaranduba looked to escape to his feet. Bodao finished the round on top landing hammer fists. I would score Round 2 for Thiago Bodao: 10-9

Massaranduba looks exhausted in his corner after the second round as they await the judges’ decision.

The judges rule the fight a draw and order a third and final round. I’m guessing they scored Round 1 for Massaranduba but I thought Bodao won both rounds.

Massaranduba looks dazed and falls to the ground when referee Mario Yamasaki asks him if he wants to continue. In a great display of sportsmanship, Thiago Bodao is urging him to get to his feet and think of his family and the opportunity that he has.

Massaranduba advises the ref that he cannot continue and loses the fight due to exhaustion forfeit.

Thiago “Bodao” Perpetuo def. Francisco “Massaranduba” Drinaldo via TKO (exhaustion) at 5:00 in Round 2 to advance to semi-finals of TUF Brazil MW tournament

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TUF Brazil Quick Results

Week 1- March 26, 2012- Preliminary bouts to enter TUF Brazil house

Featherweight results

Rony Mariano (10-3) def. Dileno Lopes (7-0) via KO Round 1

Godofredo “Pepey” De Oliveira (8-0) def. Johnny “Cabeca” Goncalves (4-0) via submission (arm-bar) Round 1

Hugo “Wolverine” Viana (5-0) def. Alexandre Ramos (5-0) via KO (elbow) Round 1

Rodrigo Damm (9-5) def. Fabricio Guerrero (10-1) via submission (neck-crank) in Round 2

Wagner “Galeto” Campos (11-3) def. Fernando Duarte Guerra (10-1) via decision (3 rounds)

Anistavio “Gasparzinho” Medeiros (12-7) def. Rafael Bueno (7-1) via unanimous decision (3 rounds)

John “Macapa” Teixeira (12-0) def. Giovanni Souza jr. via submission (10-1) (arm-bar) Round 1

Marcos Vinicius “Vina” Pancini (19-3) def. Pedro Nobre (10-0) via KO (punch) Round 1

Middleweight results

Francisco Drinaldo (10-1) def. Charles Michael (8-1) via KO Round 1

Cezar “Mutante” Ferriera (4-2) def. Gustavo Samapaio (5-1) via submission (guillotine choke) in Round 2

Daniel Sarafian (7-2) def. Richardson Moreira (3-0) via decision

Sergio “Serginho” Moraes (6-1) def. Thiago Rela (3-1) via submission (heel hook) in Round 1

Thiago “Bodao” Perpetuo (8-1) def. Jose Paulo “Tuba” De Souza (8-4) via unanimous decision

Delson “Pe de Chumbo” Heleno (23-6) def. Gilberto Galvao (17-4-1) via unanimous decision

Renee Forte (10-0) def. Fabio Bolinho (9-0) via unanimous decision

Leonardo “Macarrao” Mafra (5-0) def. Samuel Trinidade (6-1) via unanimous decision (3 rounds)

Week 2- April 1, 2012- Godofredo “Pepey” De Oliveira (8-0, Team Belfort) def. Wagner “Galeto” Campos (11-3) via unanimous decision (no score given) to advance to semi-finals of TUF Brazil FW tournament

Week 3- April 8, 2012- Daniel Sarafian (7-2, Team Belfort) def. Renee Forte (10-0, Team Wanderlei) via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:54 in Round 2 to advance to semi-finals of TUF Brazil MW tournament

Week 4- April 15, 2012- Rodrigo Damm (9-5, Team Vitor) def. John “Macapa” Teixeira (12-0, Team Wanderlei) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) to advance to semi-finals of TUF Brazil featherweight tournament

Week 5- April 22, 2012- Cezar “Mutante” Ferreira def. Leonardo “Macarrao” Mafra via submission (guillotine choke) in Round 2 to advance to semi-finals of TUF Brazil middleweight tournament.

Week 6- April 29, 2012- Hugo”Wolverine” Viana def. Marcos Vinicius “Vina” Pancini via unanimous decision (no score given) to advance to semi-finals of TUF Brazil featherweight tournament.

Week 7- May 7, 2012- Rony “Jason” Mariano def. Anistavio “Gasparzinho” Medeiros via submission (arm-bar) Round 1 (no time given) to advance to semi-finals of TUF Brazil featherweight tournament

Week 8- May 14, 2012- Thiago “Bodao” Perpetuo def. Francisco “Massaranduba” Drinaldo via TKO (exhaustion) at 5:00 in Round 2 to advance to semi-finals of TUF Brazil MW tournament

Featherweight Semi-Finalists: Godofredo “Pepey” De Oliveira (8-0, Team Vitor) Rodrigo Damm (9-5, Team Vitor), Hugo “Wolverine” Viana (5-0, Team Vitor), Rony “Jason” Mariano (10-3, Team Wanderlei)

Middleweight Semi-Finalists: Daniel Sarafian (7-2, Team Vitor), Cezar “Mutante” Ferreira (4-2, Team Vitor), Thiago “Bodao” Perpetuo (8-1, Team Vitor), TBD

Teams

Team Wanderlei Silva Featherweights: Rony “Jason” Mariano (10-3) 1^st pick, 1^st overall, John “Macapa” Teixiera (12-0) 3^rd pick, 5^th overall, Marcos Vinicius “Vina” Pancini (19-3) 5^th pick, 9^th overall, Wagner “Galeto” Campos (11-3) 7^th pick, 13^th overall,

Team Wanderlei Silva Middleweights: Delson “Pe de Chumbo” Heleno (23-6) 2^nd pick, 3^rd overall, Francisco “Massaranduba” Drinaldo (10-1) 4^th pick, 7^th overall, Renee Forte (10-0) 6^th pick, 11^th overall, Leonardo “Macarrao” Mafra (5-0) 8^th pick, 15^th overall

Team Vitor Belfort Featherweights: Hugo ”Wolverine” Viana (5-0) 2^nd pick, 4^th overall, Rodrigo Damm (9-5) 4^th pick, 8^th overall, Godofredo “Pepey” De Oliveira (8-0) 6^th pick, 12^th overall, Anistavio “Gasparzinho” Medeiros (12-7) 8^th pick, 16^th overall

Team Vitor Belfort Middleweights: Cezar “Mutante” Ferreira (4-2) 1^st pick, 2^nd overall, Daniel Sarafian (7-2) 3^rd pick, 6^th overall, Thiago “Bodao” Perpetuo (8-1) 5^th pick, 10^th overall, Sergio “Serginho” Moraes (6-1) 7^th pick, 14^th overall

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When Ringside Report Radio hits the airwaves, Dave & Kevin will be recapping the results from last night’s UFC on FUEL TV 3 event, give you some TUF news, as well as preview Bellator 69, which takes place this Friday May 18th.

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Bellator 69:

Maiquel Falcao vs. Andreas Spang – middleweight-tourney finale

Karl Amoussou vs. David Rickels – welterweight-tourney semifinal

Jessica Aguilar vs. Megumi Fujii

Kevin Asplund vs. Ron Sparks

Spike.com prelims:

Booker Arthur vs. Shanon Slack

Mark Holata vs. Abe Wagner

Andrey Koreshkov vs. Derrick Krantz

Emanuel “E.J.” Brooks vs. Kalvin Hackney

Josh Burns vs. Richard Hale

Josh Quayhagen vs. Cliff Wright

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As always, Bellator kicked off the weekend with Bellator 68 in Atlantic City, New Jersey at the Palladium Ballroom of Caesars Atlantic City and broadcast on MTV2 and Spike.com. The event featured the finals of the Bellator Season 6 Featherweight tournament, and one half of the Bantamweight semifinals. In the Featherweight finals Daniel Straus seemingly submitted Marlon Sandro, but he was saved by the bell, but not from the judges. Straus took advantage of the hesitant Sandro, fighting off his submission attempts and landing more crisp strikes and controlled the bout. Straus picks up a $100,000 and a shot at current Bellator Featherweight champion Pat Curran.

In the Bantamweight semifinals, Marcos Galvao edged out Travis Marx for the unanimous decision victory. Galvao used his superior striking and takedown defense to stuff Marx’ attmpts to gain control. Galvao will face the winner of the Luis Nogueira vs. Hiroshi Nakamura later this year.

Prolific knockout artist Marius Zaromskis was on his was to losing a three round decision Waachiim Spiritwolf, but due to a nasty cut cause my Zaromskis in the first round the action was force to end after the second round, as Spiritwolf was not clearly to continue. (Full Bellator 68 event results below.)

Legacy Fighting Championship continued Friday nights action with their  11th event airing on HDNet at Arena Theater in Houston, Texas. The event had former WEC Lightweight Jamie Varner to take on Lee King, but due to Varner signing with the UFC he was replaced by undefeated fighter Evan Cutts, who continued that streak with a second round triangle choke submission over King. In the main event Clay Hantz replaced the injured Jesus Rivera on short notice to take on Jorge Patino for the vacant LFC Lightweight championship now that simultaneous LFC Lightweight and Featherweight champion Daniel Pineda signed with the UFC. Although stepping in last minute wasn’t a pre-fight problem for Hantz, he was knocked out in 64-seconds by Patino. Patino is now the new Legacy Fighting Championship Lightweight champion. Bellator veteran Chad Robichaux snapped his two fight losing skid with submission over two-time UFC veteran Joseph Sandoval in 50-seconds. After going 3-1 in the UFC including a knockout of the night honors, Gerald Harris who was surprisingly cut by the promotion picked up his fourth consecutive victory with a split decision over  Mike Bronzoulis. (Full LFC 11 event results below.)

KSW 19 took place at the Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland former World’s Strongest Man Mariusz Pudziannowski defeated Bob Sapp in the main event. The bout only lasted 39-second Pudziannowski rained down punches on Sapp. Sapp didn’t throw one punch, nor did he attempt to make it a fight, as it was evident that he showed up simply to collect a pay check. Unsigned European phenom Mamed Khalidov knocked out UFC veteran Rodney Wallace in under two minutes of the very first round. UFC & Bellator veteran Jay Silva lost a majority decision to Michal Materia. While UFC, Bellator, Shark Fights, IFL, and BAMMA veteran snapped a four fight losing skid Matt Horwich with a third round TKO of Antoni Chmielewski. (Full KSW 19 event results below.)

Pure MMA took place at the Sports Dome in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the event was headlined by MMA journeyman Din Thomas, who had two stints in the UFC. Since being cut in 2008, Thomas has gone on the fight in local promotions, and picked up his fourth consecutive victory and the Pure MMA Featherweight title with a first round arm bar submission over Cody Bollinger. Another championship bout took place on the card as Pete Martin defeated Michael Byrnes. Oddly enough in a three round decision for the Pure MMALightweight title, which is odd for a title bout. Also on the card were UFC veterans Waylon Lowe & Jason Dent. Lowe picked up his third KO/TKO when the referee was forced to call a halt to the action in the third round over Mike Diggs. After going 1-1 in the UFC, Dent has yet to recover from his UFC 106 loss to George Sotiropoulos, as he continues his losing ways, added a fourth consecutive loss to his record with a unanimous decision loss to Rustam Khabilov. (Full Pure MMA event results below.)

UFC on FUEL TV 3 took place at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia on Tuesday night. The 11 bout card was headlined with the Featherweight title eliminator bout between Dustin Poirier and the Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung. Jung displayed an extremely evolved MMA game, with a combination of ground work and crisp striking. Both fighters went toe-to-toe for 16 minutes, as Jung scored a fourth round D’Arce choke submission choking Poirier out cold. Jung who was primarily a striker in previous bouts, took Poirier to the ground early, delivering both ground and pound strikes and submission attempts. Poirier was outclassed both on the ground and standing, as he was unable to fight off the persistent Jung throughout the highly contested three rounds.

In the only knockout of the card, Tom Lawlor, who was celebrating his birthday knocked out Jason MacDonald in 50-seconds.

Although he was getting manhandled by Marcus LeVesseur; Cody McKenzie, who was sporting a new look, pulled off his trademark guillotine submission for a first round victory.

Tristar’s Yves Jabouin picked up the third straight victory in the UFC as a Bantamweight when he won a clear cut unanimous decision over Jeff Hougland. Jabouin used a variety of spin kicks to drop Hougland early in the first round, but was unable to finish him off with ground and pound. Jabouin continued his assault throughout the next two rounds, with a combination a kicks, and ground and pound.

Nova Scotia’s TJ Grant won his second fight since dropping to Lightweight, with a unanimous decision victory over Carlo Prater. Doing some training over a Nova Uniao, Grant showed off his much improved ground work over the Brazilian fighter with ground control and submission attempts.

Very good fight card with most of the bouts going the distance, but entertaining in the process. Donald Cerrone kickboxed his was to defeating boxer Jeremy Stephens, who could never find his range. Igor Prokrajac and Fabio Maldonado had one hell of a slugfest over, that seemingly saw Prokrajac the winner. Finally the opening bout of the card saw Francisco Rivera beat up a very tough Alex Soto with kicks and punches. (Full UFC on FUEL TV 3 event results below.)

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Friday Night Fights –

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Bellator 68 results:

Daniel Straus def. Marlon Sandro via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) – featherweight-tourney final

Marcos Galvao def. Travis Marx via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – bantamweight-tourney semifinal

Marcin Held def. Derrick Kennington via submission (heel hook) – Round 1, 2:08

Marius Zaromskis def. Waachiim Spiritwolf via TKO (doctor’s stoppage due to cut) – Round 2, 5:00

Prelims:

Don Carlo-Clauss def. Jacob Kirwan via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Aung La Nsang def. Jesus Martinez via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:36

Anthony Leone def. Claudio Ledesma via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)

Francois Ambang def. Gregory Millard via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

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LFC 11 results:

Jorge Patino def. Clay Hantz via KO (punches) – Round 1, 1:04 -wins vacant lightweight title

Chad Robichaux def. Joseph Sandoval via submission (north-south choke) – Round 1, 0:50

Gerald Harris def. Mike Bronzoulis via split decision

Evan Cutts def. Lee King via submission (triangle choke) – Round 2, 1:35

William “Bubba” Bush vs. Artenas Young declared no contest

Nelson Salas def. Angel Huerta via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:45

Ryan Benoit def. Cody Williams via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:53

Ray Blodget def. Cris Rucker via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Lester Batres def. Justin Murray via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Jesus “J.T.” Mendez def. Andy Sandoval via TKO (punches) – Round 1

Marcus Dupar def. Bobby Powers via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2

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Saturday Night Fights -

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KSW 19 results:

Mariusz Pudziannowski def. Bob Sapp via TKO (Punches) – 0:39 – Round 1

Mamed Khalidov def. Rodney Wallace via KO (Punch) – 1:55 – Round 1

Michal Materia def. Jay Silva via Majority Decision

Matt Horwich def. Antoni Chmielewski via TKO (Punches) – 2:19 – Round 3

Aslambek Saidov def. Grigor Aschugbabjan via Submission (Kimura) – 4:51 – Round 1

Marta Chojnoska def. Paulina Suska via Submission (Scarf Hold Armlock) – 0:42 – Round 1

Borys Mankowski def. Marcin Naruszczka via Majority Decision

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Pure MMA results:

Din Thomas def. Cody Bollinger via Submission (Arm Bar) – 2:09 – Round 1 – wins Pure MMA Featherweight title

Pete Martin def. Michael Byrnes via Unanimous Decision (3 Rounds) – wins Pure MMA Lightweight title

Waylon Lowe def. Mike Diggs via TKO (Referee Stoppage) – 3:13 – Round 3

Rustam Khabilov def. Jason Dent via Unanimous Decision

Brett Martinez def. Kenneth Nagle via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:54 – Round 1

Jason Gladey def. Tyrelle Olding via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 1:03 – Round 1

Elder Ramos def. James Watts via KO (Head Kick) – 1:51 – Round 1

Lazaro Gonzalez def. Craig Mover via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 0:19 – Round 1

Brandon Williams def. Neil Darrow via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 0:52 – Round 1

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Tuesday Night Fights -

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UFC on FUEL TV 3 results:

Chan Sung Jung def. Dustin Poirier via Submission (D’Arce Choke) – 1:07 – Round 4

Amir Sadollah def. Jorge Lopez via Split Decision

Donald Cerrone def. Jeremy Stephens via Unanimous Decision

Yves Jabouin def. Jeff Hougland via Unanimous Decision

Igor Pokrajac def. Fabio Maldonado via Unanimous Decision

Tom Lawlor def. Jason MacDonald via KO (Punch) – 0:50 – Round 1

Facebook prelims:

Brad Tavares def. Dongi Yang via Unanimous Decision

Cody McKenzie def. Marcus LeVesseur via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 3:05 – Round 1

T.J. Grant def. Carlo Prater via Unanimous Decision

Rafael Dos Anjos def. Kamal Shalorus via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)- 1:40 – Round 1

Johnny Eduardo def. Jeff Curran via Unanimous Decision

Francisco Rivera def. Alex Soto via Unanimous Decision

Two quarter-final fights on this episode. James Vick will fight James Proctor and Michael Chiesa faces Justin Lawrence.

James Vick (4-0, Team Cruz) v. Joe Proctor (7-1, Team Faber) (TUF 15 Lightweight Quarter Final)

Round 1- Vick lands a body punch as he looks to find his range in the first minute of the round. Vick lands some jabs and Proctor looks for a takedown but is stopped. Proctor lands a hard right hand but Vick clinches up and lands solid knees to the body. The fighters exchange punches and Proctor connects with his right hand. Vick lands a kick to the body and a hard jab that jolts Proctor’s head. Vick lands straight lefts and right hands and opens a cut under Proctor’s right eye. Vick is also bleeding from his nose. I would score Round 1 for James Vick: 10-9

Round 2- Proctor opens the round charging and lands an overhand right. Vick lands a leg kick and a solid uppercut as the fighters exchange on their feet. Proctor shoots in and lands a big double-leg takedown. Vick lands on the mat but quickly gets to his feet only to fall into a standing modified guillotine choke. Vick pulls Proctor down to the mat and escapes the hold and lands in side-control. Proctor pushes Vick away and gets to his feet but eats some punches against the fence. Proctor lands a punch to the body and Vick responds with a leg kick. Vick lands an uppercut as the fighters circle and exchange strikes. They clinch against the fence buy Vick breaks away. Proctor lands a right hand but Vick lands a jab and a leg kick. Proctor lands a solid right hand in the final 20 seconds and the fighters both land punches as the fight comes to an end. I would score Round 2 for James Vick: 10-9

James Vick def. Joe Proctor via unanimous decision (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) to advance to semi-finals of TUF 15 Lightweight Tournament

James Vick will fight his semi-final bout in two weeks.

Michael Chiesa says he is excited to be in the quarter-finals and fight Justin Lawrence. Chiesa is shown in a training session. Urijah Faber says Chiesa is “definitely a guy that can finish Lawrence.” Faber says Chiesa’s stand-up is improving and he’s got a big reach advantage. Faber wants Chiesa to use his range, get Lawrence to “jump in,” then take him down.

Justin Lawrence is shown in a training session. Lawrence says Chiesa is a great wrestler and will want to take him down. Lawrence says he does not want to let Chiesa use his range and “just stand there and get comfortable.”

Justin Lawrence (4-0, Team Cruz) v. Michael Chiesa (7-0, Team Faber) (TUF 15 Lightweight Quarter-Final)

Round 1- Lawrence throws a kick and gets caught by Chiesa and briefly taken down. Lawrence gets to his feet but Chiesa holds onto him and pulls on him to work him down to the mat. Chiesa looks for a triangle and an arm-bar but Lawrence avoids the holds and lands punches from a modified half-guard. Chiesa improves to guard and lands elbows from the bottom position. Chiesa looks for a kimura but Lawrence escapes. Chiesa lands more elbows using his very active guard to looks for submissions while striking. Chiesa looks for another kimura but Lawrence escapes and lands more punches to Chiesa’s face. Chiesa traps Lawrence in a triangle position and lands vicious elbows while looking to secure a triangle choke or an arm-bar. Lawrence appears hurt and has a minor cut on his forehead after taking many elbows to the head. I would score Round 1 for Michael Chiesa: 10-9

Round 2- Lawrence lands a solid right and left hand and a good push kick to the body. Lawrence lands punches but throws a kick and gets his leg caught by Chiesa who hangs on and fights for a single-leg takedown. Chiesa clinches Lawrence against the fence and looks for a takedown but is unable to bring him down and pushes away. Lawrence lands a left hook but eats a jab. Chiesa looks for a spinning back-fist but misses badly and takes a punch. Lawrence lands a good left hand but Chiesa fires back with a right. Chiesa shoots in for a takedown but Lawrence easily defends and fires back with punches. Lawrence continues to land strikes on Chiesa who looks tired. Lawrence lands a big punch to the body that drops Chiesa and tries to finish but Chiesa attempts a kimura. Lawrence escapes the kimura and lands in Chiesa’s guard. Chiesa lands more elbows from his guard but Lawrence finishes the round throwing punches at Chiesa. I would score Round 2 for Justin Lawrence: 10-9

The judges agree with me and we’re going to a third and final round.

Round 3- Lawrence lands some punches in the first 20 seconds but Chiesa jumps guard and brings the fight to the mat. Chiesa lands elbows from his guard and sweeps Lawrence to secure a full-mount. Chiesa unleashes with a flurry of vicious punches which Lawrence cannot escape and forces the referee to intervene and stop the fight.

Michael Chiesa def. Justin Lawrence via TKO (punches) at 1:02 of Round 3 to advance to semi-finals of TUF 15 Lightweight Tournament

Michael Chiesa climbed out of the cage as soon as the referee stopped the fight and went to hug and celebrate with his teammates.

Dana White announces Vinc Pichel (Team Cruz) will fight Chris Saunders (Team Faber) and Al Iaquinta (Team Faber) will fight Andy Ogle (Team Faber) in the last two quarter-finals. The winner of each fight will fight in the semi-finals.

James Vick will face Michael Chiesa in the semi-finals on May 25.

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Quick week-by-week results

Week 1- March 9, 2012 Results

Joe Proctor def. Jordan Rinaldi via submission (guillotine) at 2:08 in Round 1

Cristiano Marcello def. Jared Carlstens via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:43 in Round 1

Sam Sicilia def Eric Beach via KO (punch) at 0:08 in Round 1

Chris Tickle def. Austin Lyons via KO (punch) at 0:24 in Round 1

Andy Ogle def. Brendan Weafer via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Vinc Pichel def. Cody Pfister via technical submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:39 in Round 1

John Cofer def. Mark Glover via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Chris Saunders def. Chase Hackett via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

James Vick def. Dakota Cochrane via split-decision (10-9, 10-9, 9-10)

Michael Chiesa def. Jonathan Vistante via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:05 in Round 1

Mike Rio def. Ali Maclean via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:32 in Round 1

Justin Lawrence def. James Krause via TKO (punches) at 1:25 in Round 1

Daron Cruickshank def. Drew Dober via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Jeremy Larsen def. Jeff Smith via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Al Iaquinta def. Jon Tuck via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Myles Jury def. Akbarh Arreola via unanimous decision (10-9, 10-9, 10-9)

Week 2- March 16, 2012- James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) def. Daron Cruickshank via KO (knee) at 2:16 in Round 1

Week 3- March 23, 2012 – Justin Lawrence (@AmericanKiddMMA) def. Cristiano Marcello via KO (punch) at 3:16 in Round 2

Week 4- March 30, 2012- Al Iaquinta (@AlIaquinta) def. Myles Jury via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)

Week 5- April 6, 2012- Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) def. Jeremy Larsen via unanimous decision

Week 6- April 13, 2012- Joe Proctor (@joeproctor) def. Chris Tickle via submission (rear-naked choke) at 0:18 in Round 1

Week 7- April 20, 2012- Vinc Pichel (@fromhellpichel) def. John Cofer via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 4:16 in Round 3

Week 8- April 27, 2012- Chris Saunders (@kidisgood) def. Sam Sicilia via split-decision (no scores given)

Week 9- May 4, 2012- Andy Ogle def. Mike Rio via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:19 in Round 2

Week 10- May 11, 2012- James Vick def. Joe Proctor via unanimous decision (20-18, 20-18, 20-18) to advance to semi-finals of TUF 15 Lightweight Tournament.

Michael Chiesa def. Justin Lawrence via TKO (punches) at 1:02 of Round 3 to advance to semi-finals of TUF 15 Lightweight Tournament

Quarter-finalists: James Vick (Team Cruz), Justin Lawrence (Team Cruz), Al Iaquinta (Team Faber), Michael Chiesa (Team Faber), Joe Proctor (Team Faber), Vinc Pichel (Team Cruz), Chris Saunders (Team Faber), Andy Ogle (Team Faber)

Semi finalists: James Vick (Team Cruz) versus Michael Chiesa (Team Faber), TBA versus TBA

Teams

Team Cruz: Justin Lawrence (3-0) 1^st pick, 1^st overall, Sam Sicilia (10-0) 2^nd pick, 3^rd overall, Myles Jury (9-0) 3^rd pick, 5^th overall, Mike Rio (8-1) 4^th pick, 7^th overall, James Vick (4-0) 5^th pick, 9^th overall, Vinc Pichel (7-0) 6^th pick, 11^th overall, Chris Tickle (7-4) 7^th pick, 11^th overall, Jeremy Larsen (8-2) 8^th pick, 15^th overall.

Team Faber: Al Iaquinta (5-1-1) 1^st pick, 2^nd overall, Cristiano Marcello (12-3) 2^nd pick, 4^th overall, Daron Cruickshank (10-2) 3^rd pick, 6^th overall, Joe Proctor (7-1) 4^th pick, 8^th overall, Michael Chiesa (7-0) 5^th pick, 10^th overall, John Cofer (7-1) 6^th pick, 12^th overall, Andy Ogle (8-1) 7^th pick, 14^th overall, Chris Saunders (9-2) 8^th pick, 16^th overall.

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