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This is the January 25, 2012 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.
On this episode, Dave and Kevin discussed Jim Miller’s victory over Melvin Guillard in the main event of UFC on FX 1 and the announcement by the UFC that Miller will face Nate Diaz on May 5.
Dave and Kevin talked about the rest of the UFC on FX card and much more MMA on this 1-hour episode.
Send to KindleThis Weekend in Fights! (January 21st) had UFC’s first appearance on FX, and 
the revived ProElite’s third event.
Friday night kicked off the weekend with the UFC on FX 1 from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee with the main event of Jim Miller versus Melvin Guillard. After coming off a tough three round war in August against Benson Henderson, Jim Miller looked like a man possessed when forced Guillard to tap out in just over two minutes of the very first round with a rear naked choke. The pace of the bout was set early on, but even with a change in camps Guillard’s ground skill were no match for New Jersey’s Miller.
Josh Neer made his comeback to the UFC with a Bang! Well sort of as he submitted Duane “Bang” Ludwig with a guillotine choke in the first round. Ludwig was striking hard and had appeared to rock Neer with a couple of strikes. Once the bout went to the ground, Neer slapped on a guillotine choking Ludwig out.
Mike Easton and Jared Papazian went toe-to-toe, literally with both fighters throwing tons of strikes in the Muay Thai clinch. The bout resembled a hockey with with both Featherweight throwing strikes at one another at a very intense pace. None of the strike were very effective as the bout lasted the full three rounds with Easton winning by majority decision, but definitely an impressive debut for Papazian.
Pat “HD” Barry displayed a very improved ground game in his bout against Christian Morecraft, and he was able to roll out of an arm bar early on. When the bout returned to a stand up war, Barry knockout out Morecraft with a left hook reminiscent of Mike Tyson.
On the under card Nick Denis destroyed Joseph Sandoval in 22 seconds with elbows knocking him out as the Ninja of Love gets his first UFC win. In his last UFC win Jorge Rivera picked a TKO victory over Eric Schafer in the second round, and retired post fight.(Full UFC on FX 1 event results below.)
ProElite continued the MMA action on Saturday night at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The event was headlined by Kendall Grove taking on Ikuhisa Minowa in a lackluster three round unanimous decision. On the women’s side of things Sara McMann introduced herself to the world in a very one-sided beat down of Hitomi Akano.
In ProElite’s Hevayweight Grand Prix semi finals, Richard Odoms defeated Jake Heun in the first round with a rear-naked choke submission, and Ryan Martinez also advanced to the finals with a decision victory over Cody Griffin. (Full ProElite 3 event results below.)
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Friday Night Fights
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UFC on FX 1 results:
Jim Miller def. Melvin Guillard via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:04
Josh Neer def. Duane Ludwig via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 3:04
Mike Easton def. Jared Papazian via majority decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-29)
Pat Barry def. Christian Morecraft via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 3:38
FUEL TV Prelims:
Jorge Rivera def. Eric Schafer via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:31
Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Kamal Shalorus via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 2:08
Charlie Brenneman def. Daniel Roberts via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Fabricio Camoes def. Tommy Hayden via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:03
Daniel Pineda def. Pat Schilling via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:37
Nick Denis def. Joseph Sandoval via KO (elbows) – Round 1, 0:22
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Saturday Night Fights
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ProElite 3 results:
Kendall Grove def. Ikuhisa Minowa via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Sara McMann def. Hitomi Akano via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Richard Odoms def. Jake Heun via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:56 – to advance to heavyweight grand prix final
Ryan Martinez def. Cody Griffin via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) – to advance to heavyweight grand prix final
Patrick Cummins def. Tasi Edwards via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 4:01
Brant Schermerhorn def. Kaleo Gambill via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 0:45
Tatsuya Mizuno def. Ilima Maiava via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 2, 1:47
Toby Misech def. Steven Saito via TKO (knees) – Round 1, 1:53
Collin Mansanas def. Bryson Kamaka via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:27
Sean Rush def. Jaymes Schulte via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:37
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This is the January 18, 2012 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.
On this episode, Dave and Kevin previewed UFC on FX 1 from the first preliminary bout to the main event of Jim Miller versus Melvin Guillard.
Dave and Kevin discussed UFC 145 being moved from Montreal to Atlanta, Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal testing positive for steroids and Mark Munoz’ injury causing Michael Bisping to face Chael Sonnen at UFC on Fox 2.
All this and more on this 1-hour episode of Ringside Report Radio.
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Chael Sonnen was about two minutes away from ending Anderson Silva’s Ultimate Fighting Championship Middleweight title reign when the resilient champ locked in a triangle armbar to end an action-packed UFC: 117 show.
Top to bottom UFC: 117 was one of the best presentations put on by UFC last year. Top contenders battled in the heavyweight and welterweight divisions. With hours of extra bonus material, the prelims, this UFC DVD is not one you should pass up on. To this day the Sonnen and Silva fight is still talked about for a variety of reasons.
Many who watch the fight can make the claim that Sonnen backed up all the trash talking that he made prior to the fight. Sonnen build himself up as one of the most hated arrogant jerks to ever step foot in the UFC. And that’s being nice about his antics. However, some will say Silva was a disrespectful champion after his taunting display during his fight at UFC: 112. Sonnen gained a bit of a following for those that were unimpressed with Silva’s abilities and long reign as champion.
Right from the first round Sonnen used his boxing and caught Silva with some haymakers. Silva tried to be cute by catching Sonnen’s feet, but Sonnen was able to roll away and easily won the first round when he took down Silva and pounded on him until the end of the round. Silva was able to score some devatasting looking kicks, but Sonnen’s wrestling was a bit quicker than Silva’s defence, at least until the fifth round. Unless Silva is defeated before Sonnen returns from his suspension, expect to see this fight happen again as that is what the majority of mixed martial arts fans want to see.
UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes against Ricardo Almedia is a surprisingly quick fight that went in the favour of Hughes this time around. A lot of stand up back and forth between the two until Hughes gets it to the ground and ends it lightning fast. Clay Guida against Rafael Dos Anjos is quite the opposite as it nearly goes the distance and is a lot more intense than the previous fight.
Jon Fitch versus Thiago Alves was originally going to decide who was going to face Georges St-Pierre in Montreal for UFC: 124. However, the UFC went in a different direction. Fitch dominated Alves with his wrestling game making Alves not even look like a serious threat to GSP’s championship reign. Alves also could not make weight for this fight as it was fought at a catch weight.
Guida’s training regime, Hughes showing you how to do a guard pass, Fitch showing you a transition off of a triangle, a day in the life of Roy Nelson, and much more is shown in behind-the-scenes footage. One of two neat bonus features is Vitor Belfort’s commentary on the Silva vs. Sonnen fight. Belfort will be facing Silva next week at UFC: 126. The second one, “I almost jumped up in the ring and kicked his ass myself,” said actor Steven Seagal to Silva following the victory.
UFC 117: Silva v. Sonnen
Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada
Released on Oct. 19, 2010
Run time of 336 minutes
UFC: 117 CARD
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