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Weekend in Fights! January 19th Edition

January 20, 2013 By Kevin Leave a Comment

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This Weekend in Fights! (January 19th, 2013) featured the only two major North American based MMA promotions in Bellator and UFC, now that STRIKEFORCE is officially over. The weekend also featured TUF Alumni, Bellator, STRIKEFORCE, PRIDE, DREAM, and WEC veterans at Resurrection Fighting Alliance 6 in Missouri and Championship Fighting Alliance 4 in Florida.

Bellator will now be featured every Thursday night on Spike TV. Their debut episode kicked off this weekend with Bellator 85 from Bren Center in Irvine, California. The card featured two title bouts, including Lightweight champion Michael Chandler making his first defense against season 7 tournament winner Rick Hawn, and Featherweight champion Pat Curran defending his title against season 5 tournament winner Patricio Freire. The card also featured three of four season 8 Light Heavyweight tournament opening round bouts.

To open up the televised portion of the card was the Featherweight championship but. Pat Curran and Patricio Freire went the distance in a back-and-forth striking bout that saw Curran walk away with his title in a split decision. Curran and Friere landed a lot of single punches throughout the round, with few multi-strike combinations connecting. Curran threw a lot of head kicks that were mainly blocked, as Friere worked inside leg kicks. In the end, Friere’s face was swollen and damaged with a cut under his left eye and a bloody nose. Two judges saw the bout 48-47 for Curran, while the other saw it 48-47 for Friere, for the split decision.

Michael Chandler made his first Lightweight title defense in the main event against former Welterweight Rick Hawn. Chandler took Hawn down in the first round and controlled the pace of the fight, even though Hawn was never in any real trouble. Hawn did make it to his feet near the end of the round and attempted to use judo unsuccessfully. In the second round, the two battled against the cage, where Chandler secured a takedown. Once on the ground Chandler began to throw elbows from Hawn’s guard. In an attempt to improve his position Hawn used the cage to wall walk, but with the opening Chandler took his back and sunk in the rear-naked choke for the win. Chandler is now 8-o in Bellator with six stoppages.

The third Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinal matchup between M-1 Global veteran Mikhail Zayats and journeyman Renato “Babalu” Sobral. In the closing minute of the first frame, Zayats landed a huge spinning back fist that damaged Sobral. Zayats attempted to take him down, and landed shots in close distance. Those shots sent Sobral crashing to the round, where Zayats pounded him out with hammerfists with 11-seconds remaining in the round to win the fight and advance into the semifinals.

The other two Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinals saw Jacob Noe TKO Seth Petruzelli mid way through the first round, after Petruzelli got the better of him until a takedown attempt saw Noe land on top and end the bout when Petruzelli wasn’t intelligently defending himself. Noe advances into the semifinals. Emanuel Newton submitted Atanas Djambazov with a rear-naked choke submission in the second round to snap Djambazov’s 10-fight win streak and advance. UFC veterans Mike Guymon and Jamie Yager were both unsuccessful in their Bellator debuts. Guymon was knocked out by Savant Young, and Yager suffered a TKO loss to Joe Williams. (Full Bellator 85 event results below.)

The Friday night fights were aired on AXS TV with Resurrection Fighting Alliance 6 from the Kansas City Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Missouri. The card featured UFC, Bellator, STRIKEFORCE, WEC, and M-1 Global veterans and TUF Alumni. The main event featured a Bellator 14 rematch between James Krause and Toby Imada. Unlike the first matchup which Imada submitted Krause in the second round with an armbar, the bout went to the judges score cards. Also different from their first bout Krause’s hand was raised. The three time Bellator tournament finalist was dominated for three rounds to lose a unanimous decision to Krause. Krause used a simple game plan of continuous jabs to keep his distance from Imada, winning 30-27 on all three judges score cards.

UFC and WEC veteran Brock Larson picked a third consecutive victory with a unanimous decision over M-1 Global and STRIKEFORCE veteran Eduardo Pamplona. The Minnesota Martial Arts team member used wrestling to keep Pamplona on the ground where he grinded his way to victory with ground and pound. With two rounds in the bag, Larson found himself almost losing the fight when he was on his back in the third and on the receiving end of ground and pound. Larson was able to tough it out and pick the decision 29-28 on all three judges score cards.

In another Bellator rematch Kevin Croom and Brian Davidson squared off once again. In their first bout at Bellator 26 Croom submitted Davidson in the second round. In this bout Croom knocked him out in 42-seconds. Croom is now 2-0 against Davidson.

TUF Alumni and gay porn star Dakota Cochrane picked up his third straight RFA victory with a third round TKO over Deivison Ribeiro. Cochrane withstood two low blows during the bout, but he’s use to that and finished the fight using his elbows with only 28-seconds remaining in the round. (Full RFA 6 – Krause vs. Imada 2 event results below.)

On Saturday night the UFC return to Brazil with UFC on FX 7 from the Ginasio Estadual Geraldo Jose de Almeida in Sao Paulo. Stacked with Brazilian talent the main event featured Vitor Belfort versus Michael Bisping. Vitor Belfort only loses to the best fighters in the world, and that list doesn’t include Michael Bisping. Belfort and Bisping really felt each other for the majority of first round until Victor landed a kick and rushed in cause Bisping to back pedal. In the second round Belfort rushed in with another high kick which rocked Bisping sending him reeling. Belfort pounced on Bisping and pounded him out.

The co-main event featured the UFC debut TUF Brazil alumni Daniel Sarafian who squared off in Middleweight action against C.B. Dollaway. Sarafian controlled the pace of the first round with impressive standup and takedown defense. Mid way through second round Dolloway turn the tide of the bout and landed a huge strike that hurt Sarafian but he was saved by the bell. In the third round Sarafian looked visibly fatigued and Dolloway took him down with ease. Sarafian was able to escape tough positions, but didn’t do enough to convince the judges. Dolloway wins a split decision 29-28, 29-28, 28-29.

In the Heavyweight bout of the night Gabriel Gonzaga submitted Ben Rothwell with a guillotine choke in the second round. The first round was very even feeling out process and clinching against the cage. To start the second round Gonzaga landed 3 flush punches to Rothwell’s face. Following the third strie the two to clinch, where Gonzaga slapped on a guillotine choke and pulled guard. After a few seconds of attempting to pull out of the submission Rothwell tapped. Gonzaga is now 2-0 since returning to the UFC in January of 2012.

Khabib Nurmagomedov destroyed Thiago Tavares with a first round TKO. Nurmagomedov landed a leaping uppercut that sent Taveres crashing to the mat. Nurmagomedov pounced on Tavares and pounded him out cold with a 17 ground and pound elbows. Referee Dan Miragliotta was very late on the stoppage, the second mistake he made tonight. Nurmagomedov improves to 19-0, and 3-0 in the UFC, while Tavares’ 2-fight win streak is snapped, and he loses for the first time in Brazil.

On the FUEL TV prelims Godofredo “Pepey” Castro picked a split decision over Milton Vieira in controversial fashion. Vieira decisively won the first round with wrestling. In the second Pepey landed a huge kimura sweep and connected with some ground and pound from full mount. As Vieira attempted to improve position Pepey took his back and lock a body triangle. Pepey dominated the rest of the round with punches and rear-naked choke attempts. Vieira then connected with more strikes and takedowns in the third round, “winning” the round. However, the judges saw it differently and award Pepey his first UFC victory.

Ronny Markes handed Andrew Craig his first ever loss with a unanimous decision. Markes wrestling Craig to the ground and held him their for the first two rounds. Craig rebounded in the third round when he was in half guard landing a series of short elbows. Craig was unable to finish Markes before the bell, and lost the bout 1 round to 2. Markes remains undefeated in the UFC.

Nik Lentz picked up a unanimous decision over Diego Nunes by smothering him with his superior wrestling skills. Lentz hugged Nunes for the first round, sat on him for the second, and did both in the third while getting hit. Lentz threw the occasional punch in order to stay active and not be separated by the ref. He walks away with his second victory at Featherweight.

Edson Barboza made short work of the undefeated Lucas Martins with a first round submission due to strikes. Barboza landed a huge jab as Martins was rushing in, which caused his knees to buckle. Seeing his opponent was hurt Barboza pounced on him and rained down punches until Martins tapped out.

Yuri Alcantara was on his way to win his Bantamweight debut against the debuting Pedro Nobre. Alcantara was handling Nobre with a takedown into a kimura submission, which Nobre impressively escaped after his hand touched the back of his head. Alcantara transitioned in a back mount and was raining down punches until referee Dan Miragliotta stopped the action due to illegal strikes. All the strikes hit Nobre in the ear and not the back of the head. Nobre was unable to continue therefore the bout was declared a no contest. Alcantara’s brother Ildemar made his UFC debut prior to Yuri’s bout. Idlemar submitted Wagner Prado in the second round with an impressive knee lock.

In the only Facebook prelim, Francisco “Massaranduba” Trinaldo ended his bout in impressive fashion with a belly to back suplex in an arm triangle choke submission, to submit C.J. Keith in under two minutes of the second round. (Full UFC on FX 7: Belfort vs. Bisping event results below.)

CFA 9 Saturday (Luis Palomino, Alexis Vila) – BankUnited Center, Coral Gables, Florida. The card featured the crowning of four championships, a Cage Fighting Alliance crowned inaugural champions in the Welterweight, Lightweight, Featherweight and Flyweight divisions. In the Lightweight title bout Pride & Dream veteran Luiz Buscape battled Bellator Luis Palomino for five rounds. The member of the Blackzillians camp Buscape the vacant CFA Lightweight championship title 49-46 on all three judges score cards. Another Blackzillian member became a CFA champion by decision as Sean Soriano won the interim Featherweight title with a unanimous decision over Victor Delgado. In the Welterweight Bellator and M-1 Global veteran Marcelo Alfaya knocked out Valdir Araujo in 25-seconds to win the vacant CFA Welterweight championship title. Josh Sampo won the inaugural CFA Flyweight title when he submitted Bellator veteran and Olympian Alexis Vila with a guillotine choke in the fifth round. (Full CFA 9 – Night of Champions event results below.)

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Thursday Night Fights -

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Bellator 85 results:

Michael Chandler def. Rick Hawn via submission (rear-naked choke) – 3:07 – Round 2 – to retain lightweight title

Mikhail Zayats def. Renato Sobral via TKO (strikes) – 4:49 – Round 1

Pat Curran def. Patricio Freire via split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) – to retain featherweight title

Prelims:

Jacob Noe def. Seth Petruzelli via TKO (strikes) – 2:51 – Round 1

Aaron Miller def. Joe Camacho via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Jason Lambert def. Hector Ramirez via submission (armbar) – 3:59 – Round 1

J.J. Ambrose def. Brian Warren via submission (guillotine choke) – 0:50 – Round 2

Emanuel Newton def. Atanas Djambazov via submission (rear-naked choke) – 2:21 – Round 2

Savant Young def. Mike Guymon via KO (punch) – 0:48 – Round 2

Joe Williams def. Jamie Yager via TKO (strikes) – 4:02 – Round 1

Cleber Luciano def. Mario Navarro via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

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Resurrection Fighting Alliance 6 results:

James Krause def. Toby Imada via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Brock Larson def. Eduardo Pamplona via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Kevin Croom def. Brian Davidson via TKO (strikes) – 0:42 – Round 1

Dustin Ortiz def. Aaron Ely via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Dakota Cochrane def. Deivison Ribeiro via TKO (strikes) – 4:32 – Round 3

Mark Dickman def. Aaron Derrow via TKO (strikes) – 4:35 – Round 2

Bobby Cooper def. Nick Compton via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Cody Peterson def. Tyler Stokes via submission (armbar) – 2:06 – Round 2

Trey Johnson def. Marques Jackson via TKO (strikes) – 0:57 – Round 3

Michael Waverek def. Dusty Spaulding via submission (triangle choke) – 2:04 – Round 2

Matt Waters def. Joey Estrada via submission (triangle choke) – 2:45 – Round 2

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UFC on FX 7: Belfort vs. Bisping results:

Vitor Belfort def. Michael Bisping via TKO (punches) – 1:26 – Round 2

C.B. Dollaway def. Daniel Sarafian via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)

Gabriel Gonzaga def. Ben Rothwell via submission (guillotine choke) – 1:01 – Round 2

Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Thiago Tavares via KO (elbows) – 1:55 – Round 1

FUEL TV prelims:

Godofredo Castro def. Milton Vieira via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Ronny Markes def. Andrew Craig via unanimous decision (29-28 x3) b

Nik Lentz def. Diego Nunes via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-28, 30-26)

Edson Barboza def. Lucas Martins via submission (punches) – 2:38 – Round 1

Yuri Alcantara vs. Pedro Nobre ruled No Contest (Nobre can’t continue after being hit in the ear)

Ildemar Alcatara def. Wagner Pradio via submission (knee lock) – 2:39 – Round 2

Facebook prelim:

Francisco Trinaldo def. C.J. Keith via submission (arm-triangle choke) – 1:50 – Round 2

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CFA 9 – Night of Champions results:
Sean Soriano def. Victor Delgado via unanimous decision (50-45, 49-46, 49-46) to win the CFA Interim Featherweight Championship

Marcelo Alfaya def. Valdir Araujo via KO – 0:25 – Round 1 – to win the CFA Welterweight Championship

Josh Sampo def. Alexis Vila via submission (Guillotine choke) – 2:26 – Round 5 – to win the CFA Flyweight Championship

Luiz Buscape def. Luis Palomino via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) – to win the CFA Lightweight Championship

Elvin Brito def. Patrick Cenoble via

unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Pablo Alfonso def. Shah Bobonis via submission (rear-naked choke) – 3:24 – Round 1

Yosdenis Cedeno def. Ryan DeRocher via TKO (Head kick & follow up punches) Round 2 0:37

Michael King def. Billy Garris via submission (Strikes) – 2:05 – Round 1

Socrates Pierre def. Michael Lilly via submission (Anaconda choke) – 3:52 – Round 2

Charles Rosa def. Jayson Jones via TKO (Strikes) – 3:52 – Round 1

Shaun Dillon def. Jose Caceres via disqualification (illegal knee to downed opponent)

Trent McCown def. Michael Trujillo via submission (guillotine choke) – 1:01 – Round 1

Jean Bellefleur def. Carlos Rodriguez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Gleidson De Jesus def. Luis Hernandez via unanimous decision.

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Weekend in Fights! January 12th Edition

January 13, 2013 By Kevin Leave a Comment

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This Weekend in Fights! (January 12th, 2013) marked a sad day in MMA history, with final STRIKEFORCE event ever.

STRIKEFORCE was founded by Scott Coker in 1985 as a kickboxing promotion. In 2006 STRIKEFORCE transitioned into an MMA company with the featured bout between Frank Shamrock versus Cesar Gracie in the main event. Since that event they have produced 63 events since; 43 major cards and 20 challengers series. Crowning 25 champions or 26 if you count the World Heavyweight Grand Prix title during the last six years. One Heavyweight champion in Alistair Overeem. Six Light Heavyweight champions in Bobby Southworth, Renato Sobral, Gegard Mousasi, Monhammed Lawal, Rafael Cavalcante, and Dan Henderson. Five Middleweight champions in Frank Shamrock, Cung Le, Jake Shields, Ronaldo Souza, and Luke Rockhold. Two Welterweight champions in Nick Diaz and Nate Marquardt. Three Lightweight champions in Clay Guida, Josh Thompson, and Gilbert Melendez twice. One Women’s Featherweight champion in Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos, and four Women’s Bantamweight champions in Sarah Kaufman, Marloes Coenen, Miesha Tate, and Ronda Rousey. Josh Thompson is the only holder of both defunct U.S. Welterweight and U.S. Lightweight championships, and Daniel Cormier is the only STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Grand Prix champion. STRIKEFORCE held three MMA tournaments including the Heavyweight Grand Prix in 2011 through to 2012, the one night four fighters Women’s Bantamweight tournament in 2010, and the “Four Men Enter, One Man Survives” Middleweight tournament in 2007. STRIKEFORCE was a pioneer in MMA history for giving Women the opportunity to fight on the grand stage. With co-promotion with M-1 Global, the talent sharing deals with DREAM and the signing of MMA stars such as Fedor Emelianenko, Dan Henderson, Alistair Overeem, Gegard Mousasi and others, STRIKEFORCE was the number two promotion in the world to fight. In March of 2011 the promotion was bought out by the parent company of the UFC, Zuffa LLC, and continued to run as an independent organization, but with many of STRIKEFORCE’s top stars and champions jumping ship and divisions dissolving it was evident that the company would eventually fold. Forced to cancel two cards during that final quarter of 2012, UFC officials officially announced that the January 12th, 2013 card was indeed the final event for the promotion.

The 63rd and final STRIKEFORCE event took place at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Saturday night. The main event featured the crowning of the last and final STRIKEFORCE Welterweight champion as Tarec Saffiedine defeated then champion Nate Marquardt in a five round affair. The bout had a slow start, but Saffiedine landed a counter jab that buckled Marquardt’s knees, but he remained up fazed. Saffiedine picked Marquardt’s right leg apart throughout every round rendering a dark red from bruising. A lot of clinching and exchanging from both, but after three round Marquardt looked visibly winded, but carried on for the remaining two rounds, however, Saffiedine clearly controlled the pace. In the end Saffiedine would win a unanimous decision(48-47, 49-46, 49-46 to be capture the welterweight title.

STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Grand Prix winner Daniel Cormier continued his undefeated streak on his path to the UFC with a second round TKO win over Dion Staring. A heavy favorite Cormier wasn’t looking past his final STRIKEFORCE opponent who came in swinging early. Initially Cormier struggled for the takedown but it wasn’t long before the fight was on the ground and he was raining down heavy shots. Surprising to many Staring made through the first frame, but the end would come in the near the end of the second round with ground and pound strikes from Cormier in full mount forced referee “Big” John McCarthy to call a stop to the action. In his post fight interview Cormier revealed that his UFC debut will be on April 20th at UFC on FOX 7 where he will be taking on Frank Mir, and the said he wants Jon Jones to beat Chael Sonnen so he can: “Kick his ass in the fall.”

Josh Barnett had two fights as he was battling the flu and Nandor Guelmino. Guelmino was no match for Barnett as he took him down with ease right into a full mount and slapped on his signature arm-triangle choke to force the tap just over two minutes into the very first round. Barnett cut an awesome pro wrestling style promo at the end of the bout which was very entertaining.

After a 13-month lay off Gegard Mousasi returned to the STRIKEFORCE cage as a man possessed. Mousasi would pikced up his 33rd career victory by destroying Mike Kyle with a first round rear-naked choke submission. Mousasi took Kyle down and would proceed to transition from guard to, half guard, to mount with a flurry a devastating elbows. From that position Mousasi rained down punches, forcing Kyle to give up his back where Mousasi would cinch in the choke.

Ronaldo “Jacare”Souza made short work of UFC Middleweight import Ed Herman with a beautiful kimura submission in the first round. The dangerous submissions expert had Herman on the ground early but an illegal up kick baffling brought the fight back standing. Souza takes Herman down and is in side control where he quickly slaps on the kimura forcing the tap.

In the most baffling decision of the night Ryan Couture picked up a split decision victory over K.J. Noons in a fight that one judge was clearly not watching. Couture and Noons measured each other up in the first round, but it wasn’t until the end of the round when Couture landed a spin kick, then tripped and was illegally kneed by Noons which was called. Noons the picked apart Couture in the second round, but failed to finish him of. The third round saw Noons counter strike a wobbly, yet aggressive Couture. In the end two judges saw the bout 29-28 for Couture and the other 30-27 for Noons. Noons was visibly upset post fight as he was robbed of a victory.

Also on the card war hero Tim Kennedy submitted Trevor Smith with a guillotine choke in the third round. Pat Healy earned his 29th career victory and sixth in a row by defeating a very game Kurt Holobaugh via unanimous decision after three rounds. Roger Gracie defeated Anthony Smith in the second round Gracie-Style with an arm-triangle choke submission. (Full STRIKEFORCE: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine event results below.)

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STRIKEFORCE: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine results:

Tarec Saffiedine def. Nate Marquardt via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46) – for final Strikeforce welterweight title

Daniel Cormier def. Dion Staring via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:02

Josh Barnett def. Nandor Guelmino via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 2:11

Gegard Mousasi def. Mike Kyle via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:09

Ronaldo Souza def. Ed Herman via submission (kimura) – Round 1, 3:10

Showtime Extreme prelims:

Ryan Couture def. K.J. Noons via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)

Tim Kennedy def. Trevor Smith via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 3, 1:36

Pat Healy def. Kurt Holobaugh via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Roger Gracie def. Anthony Smith via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 2, 3:16

Prelims:

Adriano Martins def. Jorge Gurgel via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Estevan Payan def. Michael Bravo via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:01

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Filed Under: Dream, MMA, Strike Force, UFC Tagged With: "Big" John McCarthy, Adriano Martins, Alistair Overeem, Anthony Smith, Bobby Southworth, Cesar Gracie, Chael Sonnen, Clay Guida, Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos, Cung Le, Dan Henderson, Daniel Cormier, Dion Staring, Dream, Ed Herman, Estevan Payan, Fedor Emelianenko, Frank Mir, Frank Shamrock, Gegard Mousasi, Gilbert Melendez, Jake Shields, Jon Jones, Jorge Gurgel, Josh Barnett, Josh Thompson, KJ Noons, Kurt Holobaugh, Luke Rockhold, M-1 Global, Marloes Coenen, Michael Bravo, Mick Diaz, Miesha Tate, Mike Kyle, Monhammed Lawal, Nandor Guelmino, Nate Marquardt, Nick Diaz, Pat Healy, Rafael Cavalcante, Renato Sobral, Roger Gracie, Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, Ronaldo Souza, Ronda Rousey, Ryan Couture, Sarah Kaufman, Scott Coker, STRIKEFORCE Welterweight champion, STRIKEFORCE Welterweight title, STRIKEFORCE Women's Bantamweight tournament, STRIKEFORCE: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine, Tarec Saffiedine, Tim Kennedy, Trevor Smith, UFC, UFC on FOX, UFC on FOX 7, World Heavyweight Grand Prix, World Heavyweight Grand Prix title, Zuffa LLC

Weekend in Fights! December 15th Edition

December 17, 2012 By Kevin Leave a Comment

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This Weekend in Fights! (December 15th, 2012) featured two nights of UFC action, with UFC on FX 6 in Australia and The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale in Las Vegas. Also featured this weekend was Bellator 84 in Indiana, Legacy FC 16 in Texas, Jewels – 22nd Ring in Japan, and Flawless Fighting Championship 2 in Chicago.

Friday night featured a triple header of major MMA cards, with UFC on FX 6, Bellator 84, and Legacy FC 16. UFC on FX 6 took place at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Th event was the culmination of the TUF: Smashes reality show with the winner of both the Lightweight and Welterweight tournaments crowned, as well as the coaches squaring off. Team U.K. coach Ross Pearson knocked out Team Australia coach George Sotiropoulos with a stiff jab in the third round. Pearson controlled the bout for the majority of the bout with his stand up and takedown defense. Sotiropoulos was on wobbly legs early in the first after a punch from Pearson was was able to recover and last until he was dropped in the third.

The lone Australian remaining Robert Whittaker picked Team U.K.’s Brad Scott apart with his superior standup skills to get the unanimous decision victory, and win the “TUF: Smashes” Welterweight-tournament.

Northern Ireland’s Norman Parke used a grappling based attack to out point Colin Fletcher and win “TUF: Smashes” Lightweight-tournament. Parke kept Fletcher on the ground and relentlessly kept him there with strikes and submission attempts. The game plan was perfect, as it stifled Fletcher’s stand up.

After a disappointing UFC debut Hector Lombard return to the win column with a first round TKO victory over Rousimar Palhares. With Hacran Diaz pulling out of the bout a week ago, Chad Mendes met Yaotzin Meza in a lopsided Featherweight bout. Mendes disposed of Meza via knockout in the first round with a big overhand right that sent Meza tumbling to the mat. (Full UFC on FX 6: Pearson vs. Sotiropoulos (TUF: Smashes Finale) event results below.)

The crowning of a new Bellator Heavyweight champion took place at Bellator 84 at The Venue at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. It took five rounds to settle it, with Alexander Volkov defeated Richard Hale four rounds to one to pick up the unanimous decision victory, $100,000, and the title.

As she did earlier this year, Felice Herrig defeated Patricia Vidonic by unanimous decision, winning all three rounds 10-9 on each of the judges score cards.

The Lightweight tournament final between Dave Jansen and Marcin Held did not talk place, cause the bout was cancelled due to 20-year-old Held being “too young” to fight according to Indiana State Commission. (Full Bellator 84 event results below.)

Legacy FC 16 took place at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas, live on AXS TV. The main event featured UFC veteran Will Campuzano versus Jimmy Flick for the inaugural Legacy FC Flyweight title. Flick used his wrestling throughout the first round to keep Campuzano on his back. In the second round Campuzano landed a huge knee followed with some punches to end the bout in the first minute. With the victory Campuzano captured the title, and snapped his four bout losing skid in the UFC and WEC. In one of four first round finishes on the main card, Ryan Benoit handed UFC veteran Joseph Sandoval his fourth consecutive loss with a right hand that ended the Bantamweight clash in 62-seconds. (Full Legacy FC 16 event results below.)

Saturday night held three events including Flawless Fighting Championship, Jewels, but none more important than The Ultimate Fighter Season 16 Finale. The TUF 16 finale took place at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The main event featured coach, and winner of season 10 of the Ultimate Fighter Roy Nelson versus replacement fighter Matt Mitrione; who replaced coach Shane Carwin, after he was forced to withdraw from the scheduled bout. Mitrione’s reach advantage didn’t stop Nelson from dictating the pace of the fight and pushing him around. Nelson dropped Mitrione in the first round with a “hook uppercut” followed by a few more strikes as he was turtling up.

In the finals of TUF 16 tournament Colton Smith squared off against NDG’s own Mike Ricci. It would be Smith’s great wrestling ability and submission attempts that won him the bout and the tournament. Ricci was smothered from beginning to end, and had no answer for the bout. Ricci at times looked demoralized and he could do nothing to stop Smiths assault.

Also impressive on the card, Pat Barry knocked out Shane Del Rosario 26-seconds into the second round. Mike Pyle knocked out James Head in the first round in a slugfest. More impressive than anything was the debuting Rustam Khabilov who delivered three German-suplexes to knockout Vinc Pichel. (Full The Ultimate Fighter Season 16 Finale event results below.)

Jewels – “22nd Ring” took place in a cage not a ring, at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. Jewels Lightweight Queen champion Ayaka Hamasaki defended her championship against Emi “Kamikaze Angel” Fujino in the main event. Hamasaki won a unanimous decision in a special rules bout. With the victory Hamasaki keeps her perfect 9-0 record in tacked.

Two retirements occurred on the card, as Rina Tomita hung up the gloves after a first round submission loss to Mika Nagano, and Naoko Omuro partook in an exhibition match, where she submitted Hisae Watanabe with an armbar.

STRIKEFORCE veteran Roxanne Modafferi was originally schedule to appear on the card, but pulled out of her bout with Shizuka Sugiyama. (Full JEWELS – 22md Ring event results below.)

Flawless Fighting Championship 2 emanated from Chicago, Illinois. Featured on the card was TUF alumni Chris Tickle versus Bellator, DREAM, and WEC journeyman Chase Beebe. After being cut from the UFC with a loss to Daron Cruickshank at the TUF 15 finale, Tickle went on to pick up a win in August, but he was no match for the veteran of 32 bouts. Beebe would get the judges nod after three rounds improving his win streak to six.

Also on the card STRIKEFORCE veteran Lucas Lopes picked up a kneebar submission victory over Petras Markenvicius, and UFC and Bellator veteran Shamar Bailey defeated UFC and Wreck MMA veteran Gideon Ray by unanimous decision. (Full Flawless Fighting Championship 2 – Hated event results below.)

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UFC on FX 6: Pearson vs. Sotiropoulos (TUF: Smashes Finale) results:

Ross Pearson def. George Sotiropoulos TKO (Punches)

Robert Whittaker def. Brad Scott via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – “TUF: Smashes” welterweight-tournament final

Norman Parke def. Colin Fletcher via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) – – “TUF: Smashes” lightweight-tournament final

Hector Lombard def. Rousimar Palhares via TKO

FUEL TV prelims (6 p.m. ET):

Chad Mendes def. Yaotzin Meza via KO

Joey Beltran def. Igor Pokrajac via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Mike Pierce def. Seth Bacynski via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Ben Alloway def. Manuel Rodriguez via KO (kick, punches)

Brendan Loughnane def. Mike Wilkinson via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Cody Donovan def. Nick Penner via TKO (strikes)

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Bellator 84 results:

Alexander Volkov def. Richard Hale via Unanimous Decision ()– captures Bellator Heavyweight title

~~Dave Jansen v. Marcin Held –~~ – lightweight-tournament final- scrapped due commission not allowing Held to fight due to his age

Daniel Vizcaya def. Jack Hermansson via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Felice Herrig def. Patricia Vidonic via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Louis Taylor def. Joe Vedepo via KO (punch) – Round 1, 4:12

Prelims:

Christian Uflacker def. Cliff Wright via technical decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Jerald Williams def. Joey Diehl via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Anthony Gomez def. Anton Talamantes via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:30

Robert White def. Kenny Booker via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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Legacy FC 16 results:

Will Campuzano def. Jimmy Flick via TKO (knee and punches) – Round 2, 0:26 – wins vacant Legacy FC Flyweight title

Matt Hobar def. Steven Peterson via majority decision (29-27, 29-27, 28-28)

Chas Skelly def. Rey Trujillo via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 4:53

Ryan Benoit def. Joseph Sandoval via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:02

Derrick Krantz def. Charles Byrd via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:02

Klayton Mai def. Alex Russ via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 3:31

Darrion Caldwell def. Quaint Kempf via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:00

Prelims:

Eli Tamez def. Nathan Torres via TKO (injury) – Round 2

Russell Brewer def. Aaron Culpepper via unanimous decision

Evan Thompson def. Bobby Moore via TKO (punches) – Round 1

Sidney Cawdrey def. Joseph Salas via unanimous decision

Alfredo Leija def. Alex Madrid via TKO (punches) – Round 2

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The Ultimate Fighter Season 16 Finale results:

Roy Nelson def. Matt Mitrione via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:58

Colton Smith def. Mike Ricci via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) – to become “TUF 16″ champ

Pat Barry def. Shane Del Rosario via KO (punches) – Round 2, 0:26

Dustin Poirier def. Jonathan Brookins via submission (D’Arce choke) – Round 1, 4:15

FUEL TV prelims:

Mike Pyle def. James Head via TKO (knee and punches) – Round 1, 1:55

Johnny Bedford def. Marcos Vinicius via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 1:00

Rustam Khabilov def. Vinc Pichel via knockout (suplex and punches) – Round 1, 2:15

T.J. Waldburger def. Nick Catone via submission (triangle choke) – Round 2, 1:04

Facebook prelims:

Hugo Viana def. Reuben Duran via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:05

Mike Rio def. John Cofer via submission (armbar) – Round 3, 4:11

Tim Elliott def. Jared Papazian via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)

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Jewels 22nd Ring results:

Ayaka Hamasaki def. Emi Fujino via unanimous decision (3-0) – retains JEWELS Lightweight Queen title – (Special Rules 3x5min Rounds)

Mizuki Inoue def. Hyo Kyung Song via submission (armbar) – 2:14 – Round 2 - (Special Rules 2x5min Rounds)

Mika Nagano def. Rina Tomita via Submission (armbar) – 2:12 Round 1 – (Special Rules 2x5mon Rounds)

Jade Marie Anderson def. Megumi Yabushita via unanimous decision (3-0) - (Special Rules 2x5min Rounds)

Ikuko Tamada def. Satomi Takano via unanimous decision (3-0) (Special Rules 2x5min Rounds)

Naoko Omuro def. Hisae Watanabe via Technical Submission (Armbar) – retirement exhibition match

Emi Tomimatsu def. Naoko Otsuka via unanimous decision (10-9, 9-10, 10-9) – (Shoot Boxing rules 3x2min Rounds)

Kikuyo Ishikawa def. Tomo Maesawa via unanimous decision (2-0) – (Special Rules 2x5min Rounds)

Mayumi Aoki def. Satoko Ozawa via unanimous decision (30-29, 30-28, 30-27) - (Kick Boxing Rules 3x3min Rounds)

Reina Matsui def. Harumi via TKO (2 knock downs) – 0:52 Round 1 – (Kick Boxing Rules 3x3min Rounds)

Keiko Tomita def. Yasuko Mogi via TKO (referee stoppage) – 0:20 – Round 2 (Special Rules 2x5min Rounds)

Celine Haga def. Miyoko Kusaka via unanimous decision (3-0) (Special Rules 2x5min Rounds)

Mina Kurobe def. Naomi Taniyama via ubmission (rear-naked choke) – 1:55 Round 2 (Official Rules 2x5min Rounds)

Yurika Tanaka def. Rie Fukui via submission (guillotine choke) – 1:22 Round 2 (Special Rules 2x5min Rounds)

Rikako Yuasa def. Yuko “Amiba” Oya via Submission (armbar) – 2:19 Round 1 (Grappling Rules 2x4min Rounds)

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Flawless Fighting Championship 2 – Hated results:

Cully Butterfield def. Egidijus Valavicius via unanimous decision

Chase Beebe def. Chris Tickle via unanimous decision

Lucas Lopes def. Petras Markenvicius via submission (kneebar) – 0:54 Round 1

Shamar Bailey def. Gideon Ray via unanimous decision

Arnas Sakocius def. Garrett Gross via submission (armbar) – 0:42 Round 1

Tom Shoaff def. Brandon Priest via TKO (Punches)

Adam Ward def. Guillermo Serment via unanimous decision

Daniel Wanderley def. Oliver Petrovski via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1

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***Times, rounds, methods, scores, unavailable for certain bouts***

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Tune in Alert! Trevor Prangley & TUF 16 Finale Preview on Ringside Report Radio Tonight!

December 15, 2012 By Kevin Leave a Comment

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Be sure to tune into Ringside Report Radio on TSN Radio 690 at 11pm following UFC on FX 6 and Bellator 84, for recaps of the events. Tonight’s special guest is Trevor Prangley (@TrevorPrangley) who will be fighting at King of The Cage – Vigilante on December 20th.

From South Africa, Trevor Prangley (26-9 MMA, 2-2 UFC, 3-3-1 SF, 0-1 BFC) has been there done that in MMA. A veteran of the UFC, STRIKEFORCE, Bellator, DREAM, Bodog, and King of The Cage, Prangley is riding a three fight win streak. He has impressive wins over Keith Jardine, Yuki Kondo, Andrei Seminov, Travis Lutter, and has submitted Chael Sonnen before. On Thursday December 20th, live on MAVTV at the San Manuel Casino in Highland, California, Prangley will face the tough multi-belt champion Tony Lopez (32-9 MMA) for the King of The Cage Light Heavyweight title. Hear Prangley’s thoughts on his upcoming bout and much more.

Dave & Kevin will discuss Mark Hominick’s retirement and preview each and every bout of The Ultimate Fighter Season 16 Finale and give their predictions.

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The Ultimate Fighter Season 16 Finale preview:

(9 p.m. ET)

Matt Mitrione vs. Roy Nelson

Mike Ricci vs. Colton Smith - TUF 16 tournamet final

Pat Barry vs. Shane Del Rosario

Melvin Guillard vs. Jamie Varner

Jonathan Brookins vs. Dustin Poirier

FUEL TV prelims (7 p.m. ET):

James Head vs. Mike Pyle

Johnny Bedford vs. Marcos Vinicius

Rustam Khabilov vs. Vinc Pichel

Nick Catone vs. Anthony “T.J.” Walkdburger

Facebook prelims (5:30 p.m. ET):

Reuben Duran vs. Hugo Viana

John Cofer vs. Mike Rio

Timothy Elliott vs. Jared Papazian

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Weekend in Fights! November 3rd Edition

November 5, 2012 By Kevin Leave a Comment

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This Weekend in Fights! (November 3rd, 2012) featured Bellator 79 in Ontario, World Series of Fighting and Resurrection Fighting Alliance 4 in Las Vegas, two Aggression Fighting Championship events in Calgary and British Columbia, an Fight Time 12 in Florida.

Bellator 79 kicked off the weekend from Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada on Friday night, featured tournament semifinal bouts in Heavyweight and Featherweight divisions. In the main event Richard Hale and Thiago Santos squared off in the Heavyweight semifinal. Hale escaped the early assault from Santos, who was attempting and ending the bout early. In the process, Santos gassed out and allowed Hale to take advantage and pick a TKO victory in the middle of the first round. Hale now advances into the finals where he will take on the winner of next week’s event between Vinicius Queiroz and Alexander Volkov.

In the Featherweight tournament semifinal Shahbulat Shamhalaev knocked out Mike Richman in under two minutes to advance. Shamhalaev now awaits the winner Wagnney Fabiano versus Rad Martinez, which takes place next week at Bellator 80.

Quebec MMA fighters Guillaume De Lorenzi and Christ Franck were successful at the event. Former Ringside MMA Lightweight champion De Lorenzi submitted Jonny Carson with 11-seconds remaining in the first round to win his Bellator debut. Former Ringside and Instinct MMA fighter Christ Franck won his Bellator debut with a split decision victory over Marcus “Lelo” Aurelio winning on two judges score cards 29-28. (Full Bellator 79 event results below.)

Las Vegas’ Friday night event Resurrection Fighting Alliance 4 took place at the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel with the bouts airing AXS TV. The main event was a battle of UFC veterans Tyson Griffin and Efrain Escudero. After three rounds Griffin was declared the winner unanimously in his first win since being released by the UFC.

Brothers of “Anthonys” in the UFC Chidi Njokuani, brother of Anthony Njokuani, picked up a third round TKO victory over Phil Dace, and Sergio Pettis, brother of Anthony Pettis picked up a unanimous decision over Jimmy Jones.

Also on the card, Lance Palmer defeated UFC and WEC veteran Fredson Paixao via split decision.Former gay porn actor and TUF alumni Dakota Cochrane improved his win streak to two with an armbar submission over Derrick Burnsed in the first round. (Full Resurrection Fighting Alliance 4 event results below.)

UFC, STRIKEFORCE, and Bellator veteran Vagner Rocha headlined Fight Time 12 – Warriors Collide event at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Friday night. In his first post-UFC bout, Rocha submitted Mike Bruno with a triangle choke 53-seconds into the second round. (Full Fight Time 12 – Warriors Collide event results below.)

Aggression Fighting Championship held back-to-back events on Friday and Saturday night. AFC 12 – Domination took place at Telus Convention Centre, in Calgary, Alberta on Friday night. Headlining the event was Ringside MMA veteran Paul Cheng in Heavyweight action against Ryan Hunter. Cheng made short work of Hunter with a knockout in under two minutes of the first round. On Saturday night AFC 13 – Natural Selection took place at the Bear Mountain Arena, in Victoria, British Columbia. The main event of John Alessio versus Dave Mazany was rendered a no contest after Mazany accidentally poked Alessio in the eye in the forst round. The co-main event featured TUF 3 winner and UFC veteran Kendall Grove sqauring off against Ariel Gandulla. Grove picked up the TKO victory with 15-seconds remaining in the second round. (Full AFC 12 Domination & AFC 13 – Natural Selection event results below.)

Saturday night was the World Series of Fighting’s inaugural event, which emanated from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Heavyweight collided in the first round as Andrei Arlovski faced Devin Cole. Arlovski made short work of Cole with a first round TKO, improving his win streak to three.

UFC veteran Anthony Johnson knocked out D.J. Linderman in the first round for his fourth straight victory since being released from the UFC, snapping Linderman’s three fight win streak in the process.

Former WEC Bantamweight champion and pound-4-pound kingpin Miguel Torres is now riding a two-fight losing skid, and going the distance with Marlon Moraes. After three rounds, two of the judges scored the bout for Moraes, giving him the split decision victory.

Dutch-Surinamese kickboxing sensation Tyrone Spong made his successful MMA debut with a knockout of Travis Bartlett in the first round.

On the undercard, UFC veterans Josh Burkman and Gerald Harris went the distance in a three round war, with Burkman winning a unanimous decision, and improving his streak to four. Brian Cobb snapped Ronys Torres’ 11-fight win streak with a split decision. STRIKEFORCE and DREAM Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante snapped his two-fight losing skid with a 63-second heel hook submission of T.J. O’Brien.Bellator and UFC veteran David Branch picked up a unanimous decision victory over UFC veteran Dustin Jacoby snapping his two-fight win streak in the process. (Full World Series of Fighting 1 event results below.)

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Bellator 79 results:

Richard Hale def. Thiago Santos via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:31 (heavyweight tourney semifinal)

Shahbulat Shamhalaev def. Mike Richman via KO (punches) – Round 1, 1:45 (featherweight tourney semifinal)

Douglas Lima def. Jacob Ortiz via TKO (head kick, punches) – Round 3, 4:50

Ryan Ford def. Kyle Baker via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Spike.com prelims:

Christ Franck def. Marcus “Lelo” Aurelio via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Vitaly Minakov def. Vladimir Starcencov via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 0:27

Magomedrasul Khasbulaev def. Josh Pulsifer via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:30

Guillaume DeLorenzi def. Jonny Carson via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:49

Josh Appelt def. Ed Carpenter via TKO – Round 1, 3:20

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Resurrection Fighting Alliance 4 results:

Tyson Griffin def. Efrain Escudero via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)

Chidi Njokuani def. Phil Dace via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 0:41

Marcio “Pe de Pano” Cruz def. Joe Yager via submission (inverted triangle choke) – Round 2, 4:16

Lance Palmer def. Fredson Paixao via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

James Krause def. Guillherme Trindade via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:31

Dakota Cochrane def. Derrick Burnsed via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 4:38

Sergio Pettis def. Jimmy Jones via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Prelims:

Chris Holdsworth def. Tyler Shinn via submission (triangle choke) – Round 2, 1:32

Steve Mocco def. Tyler Perry via submission (kimura) – Round 2, 1:34

Cory Galloway def. Jerry Shapiro via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 3:15

Jordan Isordia def. Joey Angelo via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)

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Fight Time 12 – Warriors Collide results:

Vagner Rocha def. Mike Bruno via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 0:53 – Round 2

Keith Johnson def. Steve Bruno via TKO (Punches) – 3:46 – Round 2

Randy Barroso def. Daniel Golighty via Submission (Heel Hook) – 2:20 – Round 1

Jason Soares def. Ricardo Supris via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 4:46 – Round 1

Jason Jackson def. Michael Johnson via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 2:05 – Round 2

Kelly Anundson def. Carlos Zevallos via TKO (Punches) – 2:52 – Round 1

Jonathan de Jesus def. Jason Cortez via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 1:59 – Round 2

Shaun Dillon def. Anthony Garavito via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) 4:28 – Round 2

Johanner Correa def. Raynold Telus via Unanimous Decision

Yvon Agenord def. Denis Alzugaray via via Submission (Knee Bar) 2:34 – Round 1

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AFC 12 – Domination results:

Paul Cheng def. Ryan Hunter via KO (Punch) – 1:42 – Round 1

Sheila Bird def. Christina Barry via KO (Punch) – 0:11 – Round 1

Joel Powell def. Andrew Buckland via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:30 – Round 1

Allan Munroe def. Owen Carr via Unanimous Decision

Tony Stiles def. Trevor Wright via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:57 -Round 2

Nathan Wilkins def. Jon Henderson via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 4:08 – Round 2

Amateur bouts:

Trent House def. Mitch Carlson via TKO (Strikes) – 2:35 – Round 2

Dusty Kramps def. Josh Fried via Unanimous Decision

Andrew Kloot def. Keegan Cassell via TKO – 0:22 Round 1

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AFC 13 Natural Selection results:

John Alessio vs Dave Mazany (No Contest) – Round 1 – Mazany accidentally eye pokes Alessio

Kendall Grove def. Ariel Gandulla via TKO (Strikes) – 4:45 – Round 2

Louis Fisette def. Diego Wilson via KO (Strike) – 0:37 – Round 1

Dave Perron def. Dan MacIver via Submission (Mounted Guillotine) – 2:07 – Round 1

Ryan Janes def. Keto Allen via Unanimous Decision (30-27×2, 29-28)

Myles Merola def. Tristan Connelly via Unanimous Decision (30-27 x 2, 29-28)
Miles Anstead def. Bill Fraser via Unanimous Decision (29-27 x 3)
-Anstead loses point for head butt in second round.

Amateur bouts:
Alexi Argyriou def. Andy Jack via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 1:19 – Round 2

Dillon Brown def. Johnny Twofeather via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 2:08 – Round 1

Guy Gauthier def. Steven Best via Unanimous Decision (29-28 x 3)

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World Series of Fighting 1 results:

Andrei Arlovski def. Devin Cole via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:37

Anthony Johnson def. D.J. Linderman via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:58

Marlon Moraes def. Miguel Torres via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

Tyrone Spong def. Travis Bartlett via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:15

Prelims:

Tyson Steele def. Gregor Gracie via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:52

Brian Cobb def. Ronys Torres via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Steve Carl def. Ramico Blackmon via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:11

Josh Burkman def. Gerald Harris via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante def. T.J. O’Brien via submission (heel hook) – Round 1, 1:03

David Branch def. Dustin Jacoby via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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***Times, Rounds, Scores, Method unavailable for certain bouts***

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Weekend in Fights! September 29th Edition

October 2, 2012 By Kevin Leave a Comment

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This Weekend in Fights! (September 29th, 2012) featured the opening round of Bellator season 7 Welterweight tournament at Bellator 74 in Atlantic City. UFC on FUEL TV 5 in Nottingham, England. XFO 20 from Knoxville, Tennessee, Shoot 10th Round in Tokyo, Japan, and M-1 Challenge 34 in Moscow, Russia. STRIKEFORCE Melendez vs. Healy was slated for Saturday night but do to STRIKEFORCE Lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez pulling out of the fight, the entire event was scrapped.

Bellator 74 kicked off the weekend from the Caesars Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday night, with the event broadcast on MTV 2 and Spike.com. The event featured the opening round of Bellator season 7 Welterweight tournament. Lyman Good, Marius Zaromskis, Michail Tsarev, and Andrey Koreshkov all advance into the in the semifinals with victories. Only Michail Tsarev didn’t leave his bout in the hands of the judges as he submitted Tim Welch with a rear-naked choke two minutes into the second round. All the other tournament bouts ended via unanimous decision as Lyman Good defeated Jim Wallhead, Marius Zaromskis defeated Nordine Taleb, and Andrey Koreshkov defeated Jordan Smith.

Also on the card, both Phillipe Nover and Alexandre “Popo” Bezerra won their bouts with rear-naked chokes submission at 3:04 of the first round. Nover choked Derrick Kennington out cold, winning a technical submission. While Bezerra forced Matt McCook to tap out. In a last minute women’s MMA bout

Michelle Ould easily pikced up a unanimous decision over Munah Holland by taking her to the ground and pounding her out. Holland had an active guard, but didn’t attempt to stand up where she is most dangerous. Although she had submission attempts and strikes from her back, the judges saw her on her back therefore awarded Ould the bout. (Full Bellator 74 event results below.)

Also on Friday night was XFC 20 from the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee, with the event broadcast on AXS TV. XFC Lightweight champion Eric Reynolds had a successful title defense with a second guillotine submission over Lorenzo Borgomeo. In the co-main event of the evening Scott Holtzman picked up a TKO victory over Chris Coggins with 15-seconds remaining in the first round. (Full XFC 20: High Octane event results below.)

Saturday night featured multiple events, but none greater than UFC on FUEL TV 5 at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. The card featured many U.K. and European fighters. The event was headlined with a Heavyweight clash between “The Huge Dude” Stefan Struve and undefeated knockout artist Stipe Miocic. Miocic may be a knockout artist, however it was the golden gloves boxer who was knocked out by Struve in the second round. Both heavyweights were connecting a series of power shots, but after what appeared to be an eye poke, Struve connected with a series of rights and uppercuts knocking Miocic out on his feet. With the victory Struve is now riding a 4-fight win streak, while Miocic drops his first pro fight in his career in the “Fight of the Night.”

In the co-main event of the evening Nottingham’s own Dan Hardy smashed Amir Sadollah for three rounds. Hardy displayed an improvement in his wrestling taking down Sadollah with ease. Hardy busted Sadollah’s face up with elbows from the mount position.

Bad weekend all around for Tristar, as Tom Watson’s UFC debut was spoiled by Brad Tavares who squeaked out split decision. Yves Jabouin was knocked out by Brad Pickett with a devistating uppercut that dropped him. Pickett follwoed up with a few unnecessary shots to confirm his victory and claim the “Knockout of the Night” bonus.

In the “Submission of the Night” Matt Wiman submitted submission specialist Paul Sass at his own game by taking him to the ground and slapping on an arm bar in the first round, handing Sass his first ever career loss.

Two impressive UFC debuts included Jimi Manuwa total destruction of Kyle Kingsbury and Gunnar Nelson submission of DaMarques Johnson. Manuwa connected with a series of punches, knees and kicks that shut Kingsbury’s eye forcing the judges to end the bout after the second round. Nelson connected with a head kick early in the round and brought the fight to the ground against the out of shape Johnson to finish it with a rear-naked choke. (Full UFC on FUEL TV 5 event results below.)

This long weekend of fights continued with two events on Sunday. Shooto (Japan) 10th Round emanated from the famous Korakuen Hall, in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event Mikihito Yamagami choked out Junji Ito with a rear-naked choke in the second round. UFC & DREAM veteran Caol Uno was in action. Uno loss a unanimous decision to Shintaro Ishiwatari. With this loss Uno drops two in a row, and is 2-7-1 in his last 10 outings. (Full Shooto – 10th Round event results below.)

Sunday’s other event was in Moscow, Russia at the Druzhba Sport Hall for M-1 Challenge 34. The event was headlined by Fedor Emelianenko’s little brother Aleksander, who squared off against Konstantin Gluhov. The bout went the distance with Emelianenko picking up the unanimous decision victory, which was trend during the event as three of the eleven bouts ended by decision. (Full M-1 Challenge 34: Emelianenko vs. Gluhov event results below.)

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Bellator 74 results:

Lyman Good def. Jim Wallhead via Unanimous Decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) - welterweight-tourney opening round

Marius Zaromskis def. Nordine Taleb via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) – welterweight-tourney opening round

Michail Tsarev def. Tim Welch via submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – Round 2, 1:57 – welterweight-tourney opening round

Andrey Koreshkov def. Jordan Smith via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – welterweight-tourney opening round

Spike.com prelims:

Will Martinez def. Casey Johnson via submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – Round 1, 2:27

Michelle Ould def. Munah Holland via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Alexandre “Popo” Bezerra def. Matt McCook via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – Round 1, 3:04

Phillipe Nover def. Derrick Kennington via Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – Round 1, 3:04

Brylan Van Artsdalen def. Jay Haas via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – Round 1, 1:03

Claudio Ledesma def. Kenny Foster via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

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XFC 20 – High Octane results:

Eric Reynolds def. Lorenzo Borgomeo via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – Round 2, 3:58 -retains XFC Lightweight title

Scott Holtzman def. Chris Coggins via TKO (Punches) – Round 1, 4:45

Sofia Bagherdai def. Sarah Maloy via TKO (Strikes) – Round 1, 4:01

Joby Sanchez def. Christopher Dunn via Submission (Triangle Choke) – Round 1, 1:49

Shah Bobonis def. Cornelius Godfrey via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Drew Kennedy def. Anthony Lemon via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – Round 1, 4:20

Nate Landwehr def. Chris Wright via TKO (Punches) – Round 2, 3:56

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UFC on FUEL TV 5 results:

Stefan Struve def. Stipe Miocic via TKO (strikes) – Round 2 – 3:50

Dan Hardy def. Amir Sadollah via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Brad Pickett def. Yves Jabouin via KO (Punches) – Round 1, 3:40

Matt Wiman def. Paul Sass via Submission (Armbar) – Round 1, 3:48

John Hathaway def. John Maguire via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Che Mills def. Duane Ludwig via TKO (Verbal Submission) – Round 1, 3:28

Jimi Manuwa def. Kyle Kingsbury via TKO (Doctor’s Stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00

Akira Corassani def. Andy Ogle via Split Decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)

Brad Tavares def. Tom Watson via Split Decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

Gunnar Nelson def. DaMarques Johnson via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – Round 1, 3:34

Robbie Peralta def. Jason Young via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 0:23

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Shooto – 10th Round results:

Mikihito Yamagami def. Junji Ito via Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:36 – Round 2

Shintaro Ishiwatari def. Caol Uno via Unanimous Decision

Yukinari Tamura def. Kenta Tagaki via Unanimous Decision

Shigeki Osawa def. Hiroyuki Abe via TKO (Punches) – 4:12 – Round 1

Masumi Tozawa def. Kosuke Suzuki via Unanimous Decision

Masatoshi Abe def. Takeshi Saito via TKO (Punches) -4:37 – Round 1

Masatsugu Sakaki def. Kenta Konishi via Unanimous Decision

Yuta Sato def. Yutaka Saito via Unanimous Decision

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M-1 Challenge 34 – Emelianenko vs. Gluhov results:

Aleksander Emelianenko def. Konstantin Gluhov via Unanimous Decision

Sergey Kornev def. Marcin Zontek via Split Decision

Yasubey Enomoto def. Khusein Khaliev via Split Decision

Gregory Babene def. Enoc Solves Torres via Submission (Heel Hook) – 2:19 – Round 2

Aliyar Sarkerov def. Ekhdigat Adakishiev via Unanimous Decision

Mikhail Gazaev def. Magomed Akhmedshaikh Gelegaev via Split Decision

Magomed Ismailov def. Rashid Yosupov via Unanimous Decision

Magomed Mutaev def. Aziz Dzhumaniyazov via TKO (Strikes) – 0:47 – Round 1

Rasul Adbulaev def. Magomed Dibirdadaev via Unanimous Decision

Rustam Makhadzhiev def. Zabit Magomedsharipov via Submission (Arm Bar) – 4:49 – Round 2

Magomed Magomedov def. Said Nurmagomedov via Unanimous Decision

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Weekend in Fights! August 25 Edition

August 26, 2012 By Kevin Leave a Comment

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This Weekend in Fights! (August 25th, 2012) featured King of the Cage: Breaking Point in Idaho, Bellator 73 in Mississippi, Cage Fury Fighting Championship 16 in New Jersey, Titan Fighting Championship 24 in Kansas, Score Fighting Series in Ontario, Shooto Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, and Showdown Fights in Utah.

King of the Cage: Breaking point kicked off the weekend on Thursday night at the Coeur d’Alene Casino in Worley, Idaho. STRIKEFORCE, DREAM, Bellator and Shark Fights veteran Trevor Prangley headlined the event against 12-9 fighter Mike Cook. The bout only lasted five minutes, as the doctor stopped the bout following the first round due to cuts. Mike Cook is now 12-10, while Prangley improves to 26-9-1. Also featured on the STRIKEFORCE veteran Lyle Beerbohm improves to 20-2 and is riding a four fight win streak after he defeated Kenny Ento with 32-seconds left in the first round. (Full King of the Cage: Breaking Point event results below.)

Bellator 73 was one of two events that took place on Friday night. Emanating for the Harrah’s Tunica Hotel and Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, Bellator 73 aired on MTV2 and Spike.com. The main event was originally slated to be a Featherweight championship bout between champion Pat Curran versus Bellator season six Featherweight tournament winner Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, but after Curran pulled out the bout was postponed. Taking the place of the championship bout is a double main event of tournament finals. The season six Bantamweight tournament final between Marcos Galvao and Luis Nogueira and the Bellator Summer Series Light Heavyweight tournament final between Travis Wiuff and Attila Vegh. In the battle of the Brazilians Marcos Galvao defeated Luis Nogueira with 40-seconds remaining in the second round by TKO winning the season six Bantamweight tournament, $100,000 and a shot at current Bellator Bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas. Atilla Vegh won the Summer Series Light Heavyweight tournament in similar fashion. However, it took Vegh 25-seconds to knockout Travis Wiuff. Vegh connected with a solid right, dropping Wiuff and connect with several more strikes till the referee was able to call the action. Vegh picked up $100,000 and a shot and current Bellator Light Heavyweight champion Christian M’Pumbu. (Full Bellator 73 event results below.)

Cage Fury Fighting Championship 16 took place at the Borgata Hotel and Casino, in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday night. In the main event of UFC veteran Dustin Jacoby replaced David Branch to take on undefeated 7-0 CFFC Middlweight champion Tim Williams. Jacoby won the bout and captured the title after delivering a vicious left elbow that cut Williams above the right eye. After examination the ringside physician had not option but to call the bout with 56-seconds remaining in the first round. The card also featured three other championship bouts. Welterweight champion George Sullivan defending the title in a five round unanimous decision over Tenyeh Dixon. CFFC Flyweight champion squeaked out a split decision decision victory over Evan Velez to retain his title. CFFC Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling submitted Sidemar Honorio with a rear-naked choke in the second round to retain. (Full CFFC 16 event results below.)

Titan Fighting Championship 24 took place at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas, with the main card airing on AXS TV. —TBC— Main event of UFC vet Anthony Johnson squared off against Esteves Jones in Light Heavyweight action. Johnson picked up the TKO victory in under 60-seconds in the second round. Braulio Estima choked out Chris Holland with an arm triangle in the first round, and Brian Davidson forced John Devall to tapout due to strikes at 3:27 of the very first round. (Full Titan Fighting Championship 24 event results below.)

Score Fighting Series 5 took place at the Hamilton Palace Theater in Hamilton, Ontario on Saturday night. W-1 MMA Featherweight champion John “Haggis Basher” Fraser headlined the event against the undefeated W-i and Wreck MMA veteran Josh Hill. Hill picked up the unanimous decision victory by keeping Fraser grounded. Hill was in Fraser’s guard throughout the bout, delivering ground and pound, busting up Fraser’s face but no significant damage. Also on the card, Jesse Ronson pummeled Alex Ricci for three rounds delivering Ricci ever first ever loss. Rick Glenn scored a beautiful second TKO over Tristan Johnson. Both fighters stood toe-to-toe slugging it out, when Glenn connected with a better shot and took Johnson down, delivering a series of ground and pound strikes to end the bout. Guest of Friday night’s episode of Ringside Report Radio Will Romero who was expected to appear of this card, did not due to his opponent coming in over weight. (Full Score Fighting Series 5 event results below.)

Shooto Brazil 33 – Fight for Bope 2 took place at Special Police Operations Battalion Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday night. Bellator Bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas was knocked out in the main event by Tyson Nam. Nam connected with a solid punch 1:40 in the opening frame to render Dantas unconscious. Nam then left the arena immediately, while Dantas lay there, and the crowd in disbelief. UFC veteran Ronys Torres picked up his 11th straight victory since dropping back-to-back bouts in the UFC. Torres defeated Alejandro Solano Rodriguez via unanimous decision. (Full Shooto Brazil 33 – Fight for Bope 2 event results below.)

Showdown Fights – Burkman vs. Yager took place at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah. The main event pitted UFC veterans Josh Burkman and Jamie Jager against each other in the main event. Burkman submitted Yager with a guillotine choke submission. Which was the maneuver of the event as three of the four submissions ended via guillotine choke, including UFC and Elite XC veteran Justin Buchholz’ third round guillotine of Clay Collard. (Showdown Fights – Burkman vs. Yager events results below.)

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Thursday Night Fights –

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King of The Cage:Breaking Point results:

Trevor Prangley def. Mike Cook via TKO (Doctor stoppage) – 5:00 – Round 1

Lyle Beerbohm def. Kenny Ento via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 4:28 – Round 1

Lee Morrison def. Drew Brokenshire via Unanimous Decision

Will Noland def. George Stork via Submission (Arm Bar) – 1:01 – Round 1

Zach Lari def. Brandon Steadman via Submission (Guillotine) – 0:45 – Round 2

Jordan Cook def. Brett Borska via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 3:37 – Round 1

Josh Rettinghouse def. Elliot Gilbert via Submission (Arm Bar) – 1:34 – Round 1

Jaccob Lindel def. Jake Tyree via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 2:35 – Round 2

Trevor Robb def. Leo Walter via TKO (Strikes/GNP) – 1:55 – Round 2 t
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Tanner Weisgram def. Cleo Anderson via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 3:15 – Round 2

Chris Florea def. Tyson Heath via TKO (Strikes) – 2:59 – Round 1

Cody Roy def. John Hale via Submission (Arm bar) - Round 1

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Friday Night Fights -

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Bellator 73 results:

Atilla Vegh def. Travis Wiuff via KO (punches) – Round 1, 0:25 – light-heavyweight-tourney final

Marcos Galvao def. Luis Nogueira via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:20 - bantamweight-tourney final

Mike Mucitelli def. Matt Van Buren via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 3:01

Mike Wessel def. Ryan Martinez via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)

Spike.com prelims:

Brian Hall def. Jay Black via TKO (punches) – Round 1

Zach Underwood def. Chris Coggins via unanimous decision

Andy Uhrich def. Joe Williams via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Kelvin Tiller def. Amaechi Oselukwue via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:21

Jacob Noe def. Brian Albin via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 1, 5:00

Cosmo Alexandre def. Harry Johnson via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 0:39

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Cage Fury Fighting Championship 16 results:

Dustin Jacoby def. Tim Williams via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) -4:04 – Round 1 - captures CFFC Middleweight title

George Sullivan def. Tenyeh Dixon via Unanimous Decision – (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) – retains CFFC Welterweight title

Sean Santella def. Evan Velez via Split Decision – (49-46, 48-47, 47-48) - retains CFFC Flyweight title

Brandon Becker def. Dave Spadell via TKO (Punches) – 4:17 – Round 1

Aljamain Sterling def. Sidemar Honorio via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 4:05 Round 2 – retains CFFC Bantamweight title

Jonavin Webb def. Jason Lee via Unanimous Decision – (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Chris Liguori def. Gert Kocani via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Michael Wilcox def. Zed Mitchell via TKO (Punches) – 1:48 – Round 1

Travis Wynn def. Dwayne Holman via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Bryan Lashomb def. Evan Chmieleski via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) - 1:51 Round 3

Gabrielle Holloway def. Andria Caplan via Unanimous Decision
- 1:43 Round 3 – (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) -technical decision after fight ended due to accidental eyepoke by Holloway

Chris Birchler def. JA Dudley via Unanimous Decision – (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Desmond Green def. Ryan Peterson via Split Decision – (30-27, 29-28, 27-30)

Jonathan Helwig def. Jeremy Shifflett via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 2:30 Round 2

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Titan Fighting Championship 24 results:

Anthony Johnson def. Esteves Jones via TKO (Strikes) – Round 2, 0:51

Braulio Estima def. Chris Holland via Technical Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) – Round 1, 3:21

Brian Davidson def. John Devall via Submission (Strikes) – Round 1, 3:27

Cody Gibson def. Andrew Whitney via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-27, 30-27)

Matthew Foster def. Matt Uhde via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Adam Stickley def. Jose Vega via Submission (Triangle Choke) – Round 1, 3:20

Prelims:

Jeremy Smith def. T.J. Brittin via Unanimous Decision

Josh Pfeifer def. Josh Ford via Unanimous Decision

Antonio Martinez def. DeAllen Hicks via Unanimous Decision

Steven Graham def. Ben Louchious via Split Decision

Shawn Maynard def. Keith Curtis via Unanimous Decision

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Saturday Night Fights -

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Score Fighting Series 5 results:

Josh Hill def. John Fraser via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Jesse Ronson def. Alex Ricci via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Rick Glenn def. Tristan Johnson via TKO (punches) – 4:26 – Round 2

Elias Theodorou def. Simon Marini via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Kyle Prepolec def. Jason Meisel via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 2:58 – Round 2

Jason Saggo def. Eric Attard via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – 3:24 – Round 1

Ryan Dickson def. Chris St. Jean via TKO (GNP) – 2:42 – Round 2

Adam Assenza def. Taylor Solomon via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Jeff Montgomery def. Frank Marques via TKO (Cut) – 4:20 – Round 1

Jeff Sharkey def. Robert Thomas via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

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Shooto Brazil – Fight for Bope 2 results:

Tyson Nam def. Eduardo Dantas via KO (Punch) – 1:40 – Round 1

Ronys Torres def. Alejandro Solano Rodriguez via Unanimous Decision

Rodolfo Marquez Diniz def. Pedro Nobre via Majority Decision

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Showdown Fights – Burkman vs. Yager results:

Josh Burkman def. Jamie Yager via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 3:25 Round 2

Dave Castillo def. Gordon Bell via KO -Round 1Justin Buchholz def. Clay Collard via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 1:35 – Round 3

Jan Jorgensen def. Clifton Bishop via TKO (Strikes) - Round 1

Mike Gahan def. Daniel Goode via TKO (Strikes) – Round 2

Jordan Chandler def. Craig Ross via Submission (Guillotine Choke) - Round 2

Alexis Burkman def. Mark Nay via DQ – (Kick to the head of a downed opponent)

Eric Wahlin def. Cisco Alcantara via Submission (Calf Slicer) – Round 1

Brad Darrington def. Tanner Cowan via Unanimous Decision – ( 30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

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****Method, Time, and Round Scores unavailable for certain bouts****

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Weekend in Fights! August 18th Edition

August 20, 2012 By Kevin Leave a Comment

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This Weekend in Fights! (August 18th, 2012) featured to much anticipated STRIKEFORCE Women’s Bantamweight championship bout between champion Ronda Rousey and Sarah Kaufman. As well as, Legacy Fighting Championship 13 in Texas, Xtreme Fighting Organization 45 in Illinois, MEZ Sports in California, Deep in Tokyo, Japan, and Xtreme Combat Promotions’ event in Middlebury, Vermont.

Legacy Fighting Championship kicked off the weekend with their 13th event emanating from the Dallas Covention Center in Dallas, Texas with the bouts airing on AXS TV. In the main event, Derrick Lewis scored a second TKO of Jared Rosholt to capture the vacant Legacy Fighting Championship Heavyweight Title. Rosholt controlled the majority of the action with his wrestling game plan. With little action multiple times the referee was forced to stand them up often. During one of those moments Lewis capitalized by connecting with a right hand hand, which allowed him to unleash a flurry of strikes dropping Rosholt. Lewis improves his win streak to 4, while handing Rosholt his first career loss.

Ultimate Fighter 15 alumni Chris Tickle picked up his first victory outside the UFC. Tickle made short work of Douglas Frey with a 63-second TKO. Tickle bounced Frey’s head off the mat multiple times with a combo of punches and elbows. (Full Legacy FC 13 event results below.)

Saturday afternoon Xtreme Fighting Organization (XFO) held their 45th event and their eighth outdoor event at the Sideouts Bar and Eatery in Island Lake, Illinois. UFC, STRIKEFORCE, Bellator, WEC veteran and XFO main stay Jeff Curran was slated to headline the card against Dustin Ortiz, however the bout was scrapped for undisclosed reasons. The outdoor card featured four professional bouts and 11 amateur bouts. The main event of the afternoon was UFC and WEC veteran Mackens Semerzier versus Guillermo Serment. Semerzier made short work on Serment with a 62-second d’arce choke submission to end the event, picking up his first win since being released from the UFC in March of this year. (Full XFO 45: Outdoor War 8 event results below.)

On Saturday night STRIKEFORCE held the most important bout of the entire weekend with a STRIKEFORCE women’s Bantamweight title bout between Champion Ronda Rousey and Sarah Kaufman at the Valley View Casino Center in San Deigo, California on Saturday night. It took Rousey 54-seconds to defeat Kaufman with her signature arm bar submission. Rousey rushed Kaufman up against the cage, took her to the mat and slapped on the submission. Kaufman did her best to defend the arm bar by grasping her bicep, but once the arm was extended the bout was of over. Rousey remains undefeated at 6-0 with six first round arm bar submissions, and has called out Christiane Cyborg Santos.

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza may have earned himself a Middleweight title shot by picking up his first ever knockout victory. Souza only took 41-seconds to put away Derek Brunson with a counter right hand that sent Brunson stumbling to the mat. Brunson attempted to get get back up but the damage was done, and Souza added a few more strikes to force the referee to intervene.

Another wicked knockout of night was Ovince St. Preux versus T.J. Cook. Both fighters went back-and-forth with devastating strikes throughout the first two frames. St. Preux appeared to have Cook put away in the first, but Cook fired back almost drop St. Preux himself. At the opening on the third and final frame St. Preux walked right up to Cook and knocked him out with a one-punch left hook at 20-seconds into the round.

In other Women’s MMA bout of the evening, Meisha Tate and Julie Kedzie squared off. Kedzie dominated Tate throughout the first two rounds. It appeared that Tate was thrown off guard by the very game Kedzie, who beat her up in the stand up portion. Tate did attempt two rear-naked chokes that Kedzie was able to escape and dominate in the stand up. In the third round Tate was able to slap on an arm bar, and although Kedzie fought hard, eventually she would tap. (Full STRIKEFORCE: Rousey vs. Kaufman event results below.)

Deep – 59 Impact took place at the Korakuen Hall, in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday. The 12 bout event was headlined by Pride, DREAM, Sengoku and WEC veteran Yoshiro Maeda. Maeda submitted Tatsumitsu Wada with a rear-naked choke in the third round. Also on the card, Pride and Dream veteran Masakazu Imanari submitted Masahiro Oishi with a toe hold 70-seconds into their bout. (Full Deep – 59 Impact event results below.)

MEZ Sports – Pandemonium 7 took place at the Hollywood Park Casino Ballroom, in Inglewood, California, on Saturday and featured MMA and boxing bouts. TKO and WEC veteran Danny Martinez was set to fight in the MEZ Sports Flyweight tournament semifinals, but pulled out of the card. Martinez’ tournament bout was replaced by Ferdarico Lopez verus Willie Gates. Lopez picked up a unanimous decision. In the other semifinal match up Steve Swanson submitted Jesse Cruz to advance to finals. WEC and King of the Cage veteran Manny Tapia was set to face Tyler Weathers, but the bout never took place. (Full MEZ Sports – Pandemonium 7 event results below.)

Vermont based Xtreme Combat Promotions held their first event in Middlebury, Vermont on Saturday night. The 10 bout amateur MMA event dubbed Cage Wars took place at the Middlebury Memorial Sports Center and streamed live on mmamadhouse.com. The 10 bout card featured 9 amateur bouts and one pro bout, all of which did not go to the judges score cards with eight submissions and two TKOs. In the main event Kiel Santelli submited Philippe Delice at the mid point of the opening round. Heavyweight Aaron Black took eight seconds to knockout Jarrad Scholl. Jesse Huot and Nathan Allen were the other two to make it into the second round; Huot submitted Allen. All the other bouts ended in the first round. (Full XCP: Cage Wars event results below.)

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Legacy Fighting Championship 13 results:

Derrick Lewis def. Jared Rosholt via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 4:49 to claim vacant heavyweight title

Sean Spencer def. Evan Cutts by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Chris Tickle def. Douglas Frey via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:03

Clayton Robinson def. Donnie Bell via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Steven Peterson def. Matt Hobar via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 4:04

Hayward Charles def. Russell Brewer via submission (armbar) Round 1, 0:56

Ryan Benoit def. Randy Villareal via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:35

Prelims:

Sean Holden def. Lior Shporen via Unanimous Decision

Burt MacDonald def. Casey Williams via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 2:21 – Round 1

David Armas def. Quaint Kempf via KO (Knee) – 1:11 – Round 3

Evan Martinez def. Ivan Cole via Split Decision

Johnny Ray Rodriguez def. Joseph Salas via KO (Slam) – Round 3

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XFO 45 – Outdoor War 8 results:

Mackens Semerzier def. Guillermo Serment via Submission (D’Arce Choke) – 1:02 – Round 1

Cory Galloway def. Damian Jeffro via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 3:52 – Round 1

Quartus Stitt def. Jared Bailey via Submission (Arm Bar) – 1:50 – Round 1

Phil Williams def. Brandon Wood via TKO (Punches) – 3:35 – Round 1

Amateur bouts (3 min rounds):

Dinisio Gilbert def. Vinny Deciccio via Split Decision

Nate Beach def. Diego Cruz via Submission (Inverted Guillotine Choke) – 2:32 – Round 2

Tyler McGuire def. Kevin Hunt via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 2:27 – Round 2

Mark Millare def. Curtis Campbell via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 1:32 – Round 1

Vince Nicoline def. Dillon Ginter via Submission (Strikes) – 1:24 – Round 1

John Parish def. Kyle Pallone via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 2:56 – Round 1

Charlie Richardson def. Shawn Bridgeman via Submission (Arm Bar) – 0:56 – Round 1

Wes Anderson def. Daniel James via Unanimous Decision

Sam Horowitz def. Robert Finely via Submission (Americana) – 2:36 – Round 1

Ricky Stanton def. Alex Hulbert via Submission (Arm Bar) – 1:24 – Round 3

Kamil Broda def. Jason Huber via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:38 – Round 1

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STRIKEFORCE: Rousey vs. Kaufman results:

Champ Ronda Rousey def. Sarah Kaufman via Submission (Arm bar) – Round 1, 0:54 -retains women’s bantamweight title

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza def. Derek Brunson via KO (Punches) – Round 1, 0:41

Tarec Saffiedine def. Roger Bowling via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Anthony Smith def. Lumumba Sayers via Submission (Triangle Choke) – Round 1, 3:52

Ovince St. Preux def. T.J. Cook via KO (Punch) – Round 3, 0:20

Showtime Extreme prelims:

Miesha Tate def. Julie Kedzie via Submission (Arm bar) – Round 3, 3:28

Adlan Amagov def. Keith Berry via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 0:48

Germaine de Randamie def. Hiroko Yamanaka via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Bobby Green def. Matt Ricehouse via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

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Deep -59 Impact results:

Yoshiro Maeda def. Tatsumitsu Wada via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 3:21 – Round 3

Masakazu Imanari def. Masahiro Oishi via Submission (Toe Hold) – 1:10

Daiki Hata def. Seiji Akao via TKO (Punches) – 3:10 – Round 1

Yusaku Nakamura def. Hirotaka Miyagawa via Split Decision (2 Rounds)

Doo Ho Choi vs. Kousuke Umeda (No Contest – Groin Strike) – Round 1

Seigo Mizuguchi def. Atsushi Yamada via Unanimous Decision (2 Rounds)

Yoshikazu Watanabe def. Yuuta Watanabe via Unanimous Decision (2 Rounds)

Hisataku Masahito def. Yusuke Kagiyama via Unanimous Decision (2 Rounds)

Ken Hasegawa def. Hiromichi Kobayashi via KO (Knee) – 1:21 – Rounds 1

Luiz Andrade I def. Yoichi Fukumoto via Split Decision (2 Rounds)

Yuki Okano def. Yusaku Tsukumo via Unanimous Decision (2 Rounds)

Ken Saotome def. Joo Suk Kang via Unanimous Decision (2 Rounds)

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MEZ Sports – Pandemonium 7 results:

MMA:

Steve Swanson def. Jesse Cruz via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 2:02 – Round 1 – Advances to finals of Flyweight Tournament

Ferdarico Lopez def. Willie Gates via Unanimous Decision - Advances to finals of Flyweight tournament

Lucas Taber def. Daniel Hernandez via Submissio (Guillotine Choke) – 2:40 – Round 1

Enrique Briones def. Jared Carlsten via KO (Strikes) – 0:32 – Round 1

Johnny Chacon def. Justin Santistevan via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 2:08 Round 1

Boxing:

Humberto Zatarain vs. Daniel Martinez (Majority Draw)

John Robles def. Juan Rivas via Split Decision

Brandon Adams def. Moses Alviso via Unanimous Decision

Kurli Ortiz def. Vicente Medellin via Unanimous Decision

Victor Medina def. Jeremy Willis via Unanimous Decision

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XCP – Cage Wars result:

PRO:

Kiel Santelli def. Philippe Delice via Submission – 2:32 – Round 1

Amateur:

Aaron Black def. Jarrad Scholl via KO (Punch) – 0:08 – Round 1

Dakota Giguere def. Dylan Deso via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 0:38 – Round 2

Ben McAllister def. George Woods via Submission - 1:53 – Round 1

Jesse Mabe def. Ian Beatease via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:48 – Round 2

Bruce Richards def. Chris Lynde via Submission (Guillotine) – 1:20 – Round 1

Nathan Wall def. Justin Pernice via Submission (Arm Bar) – 1:18 – Round 1

Sam Salhany def. Darryl Martinez via Submission (Triangle Choke) – 1:37 – Round 1

Jesse Huot def. Nathan Allen via Submission – Round 2

Nicholas Prenoveau def. Joey Lowe via TKO Strikes) – 1:14 – Round 1

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Weekend in Fights! August 4th Edition

August 6, 2012 By Kevin Leave a Comment

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This Weekend in Fights! (August 4th, 2012) featured The UFC’s return to FOX television with UFC on FOX 4, Xtreme Fighting Championship 19 in Charlotte, CES MMA 12 in Rhode Island, and Flawless Fighting Championship in Chicago.

Xtreme Fighting Championships or XFC kicked off the weekend on Friday with XFC 19: Charlotte Showdown at the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.With multiple changes to the main event with fighters dropping out, Nicolae Cury faced Roger Carroll on one days notice. Cury edged out Carroll in very close decision that appeared to lean towards the hometown favorite Carroll. However the judges saw the bout for Cury, who stopped Carroll from winning like his brother Joey earlier on the card.

Felice Herrig continued her 2012 undefeated streak with a unanimous decision over Simona Soukupova in the co-main event of the evening. With a lot of clinching in the first round, Herrig displayed her striking skills in the second and third frame to earn the judges nod.

Congenital amputee with just one fully-formed arm, Nick Newell continues to remain undefeated with yet another dominating performance against David Mays. Newell knocked out Mays with a series of knees two minutes into their bout. At 8-0 Newell may face XFC Lightweight champion Eric Reynolds. (Full XFC 19: Charlotte Showdown event results below.)

Classic Entertainment & Sports or CES MMA held their 12th event titled Far Beyond Driven at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island on Friday. In the main event, UFC vet John Howard defeated Scott Rehm in under 90-seconds after Rehm injured his arm. WCF and WEC vet Mike Campbell picked up a unanimous decision victory over STRIKEFORCE and Bellator veteran Don Carlo-Clauss in the co-main event. (Full CES MMA – Far Beyon Driven event results below.)

UFC on FOX 4 emanated from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on Saturday night. The double main event of the card featured two potential Light Heavyweight title eliminator bouts, with former champions Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Lyoto Machida in action. Rua faced Brandon Vera, while Machida faced Ryan Bader, in a “Who ever wins most impressively gets a title shot.” stipulation to their bouts. With the pressure on, both Rua and Machida refused to go to the judges decision by finishing their bouts. Rua had a back-and-forth battle with Vera, where he uncharacteristically utilized wrestling to score points throughout the fight. Both fighters took some vicious strikes, but in the end Rua would drop Vera and rain punches down forcing the referee to call the action in the last minute of the fourth round. Lyoto Machida had a easier night than Rua when he knocked out Ryan Bader 92-seconds into the second round. Machida used his classic counter striking style to catch Bader rushing in. As Bader stepped forward he ran into Machida’s fist knocking him out cold. With the more impressive victory of the two bouts, Lyoto Machida, who hinted at a potential drop to the Middleweight division, has been granted a title shot to the winner of champion Jon Jones versus Dan Henderson which takes place on September 1st at UFC 151.

In one of the fights of the night Joe Lauzon defeated last minute replacement fighter Jamie Varner. Lauzon spoiled Varner’s second UFC bout with a beautiful triangle choke submission. The action was very back-and-forth between the two fighters, but Lauzon who was tagged multiple times was able to submit a visibly exhausted Varner for the win.

Mike Swick returned to the UFC after 29-month layoff to face fellow Welterweight DaMarques Johnson. Swick ended the bout with a second round knockout making his return a successful one. (Full UFC on FOX 4 event results below.)

Flawless Fighting Championship held their first event in Chicago, Illinois. In the main event Egidijus Valavicius made short work of Eric Hammerich with an arm bar 58-seconds into the bout. The card featured UFC veteran Jake O’Brien who defeated Miodrag Perkovic in a three rounder. The card was suppose to feature Bellator, WEC, and Dream veteran Chase Beebe, and TUF Alumni, UFC, STRIKEFORCE, Bellator and M-1 veteran Shamar Bailey, but their bouts never took place. (Full FFC 1 event results below.)

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XFC 19 – Charlotte Showdown results:

Nicolae Cury def. Roger Carroll via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Felice Herrig def. Simona Soukupova via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Nick Newell def. David Mays via knockout (knees) – Round 1, 2:01

Kevin Forant def. Joe Elmore via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Keith Richardson def. Lawson McClure via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:40

Jason Hicks def. Shane Crenshaw via submission (armbar) – Round 2, 3:41

Johnny Buck def. Ricky Rainey via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 1:32

Prelims:

Joey Carroll def. Jeff Tharington via TKO (strikes) – Round 1

Zach Klouse def. Tony Scarlett via TKO (knees) – Round 1, 3:10

Carlos Vivas def. Brian Karmolinski via TKO (strikes) – Round 1

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CES MMA – Far Beyond Driven results:

John Howard def. Scott Rehm via TKO (Arm Injury) – 1:28 – Round 1

Mike Campbell def. Don Carlo-Clauss via Unanimous Decision

Tyson Chartier def. Tim O’Connell via KO (Punch) – 4:48 – Round 1

Sergio Maran Cabrera def. Ruben Rey via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 4:30 – Round 2

Robbie Leroux def. Chris Cole via Unanimous Decision

Dinis Paivia def. Gilvan Santos via Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) – 2:14 – Round 2

Joe Pingitore def. Ahsan Abdullah via Split Decision

Billy Giovanella def. Theo Desjardin via TKO (Punches) – 1:41 – Round 2

Hector Sanchez def. Dave Maggiore via TKO (Punches) – 0:08 – Round 1

Joe Reverdes def. Anthony Carmenatti via Unanimous Decision

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UFC on FOX 4 results:

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua def. Brandon Vera via TKO (punches) – Round 4, 4:09

Lyoto Machida def. Ryan Bader via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 1:32

Joe Lauzon def. Jamie Varner via submission (triangle choke) – Round 3, 2:44

Mike Swick def. DaMarques Johnson via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 1:20

FUEL TV prelims:

Nam Phan def. Cole Miller via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Phil Davis vs. Wagner Prado declared no-contest (accidental eye poke to Prado) – Round 1, 1:28

Rani Yahya def. Josh Grispi via submission (north-south choke) – Round 1, 3:15

Phil De Fries def. Oli Thompson via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 4:16

Manny Gamburyan def. Michihiro Omigawa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

John Moraga def. Ulysses Gomez via knockout (strikes) – Round 1, 3:46

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FFC 1 results:

Egidijus Valavicius def. Eric Hammerich via Submission (Arm Bar) – 0:58 – Round 1

Adam Ward def. Oliver Petrovski via Verbal Submission – 2: 31 – Round 3

Jake O’Brien def. Miodrag Perkovic via Unanimous Decision

Maurice Greene def. Ed Carpenter via Split Decision

Ryan Dickson def. Jason Graves via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:46 – Round 1

Lisa McCallam def. Maria Messer via Unanimous Decision

Amateur Results:

Kenny Jordan def. Andrew Bowers via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:16 – Round 1

Matt Wilcox def. David Gallegos via Unanimous Decision

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Weekend in Fights! May 19th Edition

May 21, 2012 By admin 1 Comment

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This Weekend in Fights! (May 25th, 2012) finally featured the conclusion of the STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Grand Prix, Bellator 69 took place with a premiere Women’s MMA bout, as well as tournament advances. UFC veteran were in action in various promotions, and Bob Sapp threw another fight.

Bellator 69 kicked off the weekend at L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana airing on MTV 2 and Spike.com. Bellator concluded their Season 6 Middleweight tournament with Maiquel Falcao defeating Andreas Spang in a three round affair. Spang too control of the first round with a flurry of punches stunning Falcao. Falcao was able to recover by clinching with Spang. While pinning Spang up against the cage Falcao delivered an illegal knee which temporarily called a halt to the action and suffered a one-point deduction. For the final two rounds, Falcao was able to utilize his extensive ground skills to control Spang and avoid multiple guillotine attempts. Falcao earned himself $100,000 and the right to fight Alexander Shlemenko for the Bellator Middleweight World Title.

In the semifinal of the Season 6 Welterweight tournament Karl Amoussou squared off against David Rickels. Amoussou controlled Rickels in the first round with superior striking and Judo. The second round saw a lot of back and forth action, but in the third Rickels controlled the majority of the round with vicious ground-and-pound from the top position. Inevitably the bout went to the judges score cards, with Amoussou picking up the split decision victory. Amoussou will now take on Bryan Baker later this year to claim the $100,000 and to determine who will face Ben Askren.

In the premiere Women’s bout of the evening #1 ranked fighter Megumi Fujii squared off against the #2 ranked fighter Jessica Aguilar. Aguilar would take home the unanimous decision victory in a highly debatable call from the judges. All three rounds were very close, but Aguilar counter struck the Japanese phenom, with boxing to out point and avoid submission attempts.

Richard Hale punched his ticket into the Season 7 Light Heavyweight tournament with a 38 submission due to punches ever Josh Burns. Hale will face Beau Tribolet in the opening round on June 22nd at Bellator 71.

Mark Holata also punched his ticket into a Bellator tournament as qualified he qualified for the Bellator Season 7 Heavyweight Tournament when he submitted Abe Wagner midway through the first round with an achilles lock. In the other Heavyweight bout of the evening, one that was featured on the poster was Kevin Asplund versus Ron Sparks never took place. (Full Bellator 69 event results below.)

Also on Friday night Cage Fighting Championship held their 21st event in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The main event featured Bellator & MFC veteran Jesse Juarez versus Robert Whitaker in Welterweight action. After three rounds Juarez got the nod from the judges to take home the victory. Bob Sapp was featured on the card, his second fight in a week, and his second throwaway paycheck collecting under a minute TKO loss. Not only did he lose the bout in the first minute like he did last week, but lost the bout in 12 seconds. UFC, DREAM, STRIKEFORCE, Sengoku, and M-1 veteran Jeff Monson was also on the card. Monson fought for the second time in a month, picking up a unanimous decision victory over Jim Yorke. (Full CFC 21 event results below.)

UFC veteran Tim Hague headlined Prestige FC IV at the Casman Centre in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Hague display a huge amount of toughness against Mike Hackert in a three round war, but it was Hackert who would walk away with the “W”. Hackert used a variety of strikes to bloody up Hague, out striking him throughout all three rounds for the unanimous decision. Also on the card was Ringside MMA veteran David Lafond, who picked up his second career win with a rear-naked choke submission over Jon Cowan with only 12-seconds remaining in the first round. (Full Prestige FC IV event results below.)

The biggest attraction of the weekend was the STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Grand Prix form HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The tournament which began in February of 2011 finally concluded.

Daniel Cormier claimed the STRIKEFORCE Grand Prix title after a five round slugfest with Josh Barnett that went to the judges score cards. With Barnett breaking his hand in the first round, the bout was very one-sided in favor of Cormier. Despite Barnett’s attacks both standing and on the ground, Cormier was able to escape them, stay very active on his feet. Cormier bloodied up Barnett with some ground and pound and almost finished the bout with a high kick and a flurry of punches. After the five rounds ended Cormier was declared the victor unanimously.

STRIKEFORCE Lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez had his rubber match with Josh Thomson. Both fighters went toe-to-toe with Thompson looking like he was going home with the strap. Thompson controlled the majority of the first round, poked Melendez in the eye three times during the bout, and almost submitted Melendez with a rear-naked choke in the fourth. However, Melendez was able to fight off and stay active enough with strikes and take downs to pick up the split decision.

Mike Kyle did a lot of bitching and complaining prior to this bout about getting a shot at the vacant STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight title, but now he won’t have to worry as he will not be getting that shot, because Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante submitted him in 33-seconds with a guillotine choke. (Full STRIKEFORCE Heavyweight Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Cormier event results below.)

Rumble Time Promotion or RTP held their ninth event at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, Missouri on Saturday night. The main event featured former UFC and WEC veteran Will Campuzano. The former Bantamweight competitor has since made the drop to Flyweight. Campuzano defeated Joshua Sampo with a third round knee to the head knockout. Campuzano is slated to take on Steve Gracia at Legacy Fighting Championship 12 for the inaugural Flyweight title on June 13th. (Full RTP 9 event results below.)

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Friday Night Fights -

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Bellator 69 results:

Maiquel Falcao def. Andreas Spang via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) - middleweight-tourney finale

Karl Amoussou def. David Rickels via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) – welterweight-tourney semifinal

Jessica Aguilar def. Megumi Fujii via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Mark Holata def. Abe Wagner via submission (achilles lock) – Round 1, 2:24

Spike.com prelims:

Emanuel “E.J.” Brooks def. Kalvin Hackney via unanimous decision

Josh Quayhagen def. Cliff Wright via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Shanon Slack def. Booker Arthur via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Andrey Koreshkov def. Derrick Krantz (strikes) – Round 3, 0:51

Richard Hale def. Josh Burns via submission (punches) – Round 1, 0:38

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Cage Fighting Championship 21 results:

Jesse Juarez def. Robert Whittaker via Unanimous Decision

Soa Palelei def. Bob Sapp via TKO (Punches) – 0:12 – Round 1

Jeff Monson def. Jim Yorke via Unanimous Decision

Corey Nelson def. Dan Pauling via KO (Punch) – 0:33 – Round 1

David Vergers def. Manuel Rodriguez via KO (Punch) – 2:13 – Round 1

Shabe Kafo def. Kian Pham via Submission (Twister) – 1:49 – Round 2

James Vainikolo def. Jon Leven via TKO (Punches) – 3:55 – Round 3

Robert Lisita def. Rory O’Connell via Unanimous Decision

Rami El-Choufani def. Albert Patu via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 3:22 – Round 1

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Prestige FC IV results:

Pro bouts:
Mike Hackert def. Tim Hague via Unanimous Decision

Sean Quinn def. Kyle Oliveira via KO (Overhand Right) – 0:22 – Round 1

David Letourneau def. Rod Montoya via Unanimous Decision

Travis Moritz def. Jordan Berland via TKO (Ground’n'Pound) – 3:22 – Round 1

Steve Dubeck def. Chris Lauzon via TKO (Ground’n'Pound) – 0:46 – Round 1

Nick Spohn def. Mitch Fryia via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 3:02 – Round 1

David Lafond def. Jon Cowan via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 4:48 – Round 1

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Saturday Night Fights –

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STRIKEFORCE Heavyweight Grand Prix Finale results:

Daniel Cormier def. Josh Barnett via unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45) - to claim grand prix title

Champ Gilbert Melendez def. Josh Thomson via split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) - to retain lightweight title

Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante def. Mike Kyle via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 0:33

Chris Spang def. Nah-Shon Burrell via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:55

Showtime Extreme prelims:

Isaac Vallie-Flagg def. Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Guto Inocente def. Virgil Zwicker via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Gian Villante def. Derrick Mehmen via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Quinn Mulhern def. Yuri Villefort via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

Untelevised prelims:

Bobby Green def. James Terry via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

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Rumble Time Promotions 9 results:

Will Campuzano def. Joshua Sampo via KO (Knee to Head) – 1:18 – Round 3

Zach Freeman def. Charon Spain via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:34 – Round 1

Eric Irvin def. Evian Rodriguez via TKO (Knees) -2:53 – Round 1

Damian Jeffro def. Yohance Flager – via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 4:21 – Round 1

Chris Heatherly def. Corey Barreiro via TKO (Punches) – 0:19 – Round 1

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