The main event of the evening saw Rashad Evans and Phil Davis go the full five rounds, with Evans coming out the victory. Davis threw a lot of kicks but it was his experience factor that won him the bout, by outclassing Davis. Evans was able to control the pace throughout the bout, putting Davis on his back, improving to a crucifix  position and landing strikes. Davis was visibly nervous and jumpy in the opening round, and fatigued thereafter. Evans was able to fend off the take down attempts from Davis, check his kicks, and connect with his striking combinations. Although Evans was unable to finish Davis in 25 minutes, he was clearly the superior fighter and won all five rounds.

In the co-main event of the evening Chael Sonnen defeated Michael Bisping by unanimous decision in a bout that should have been five rounds. Sonnen convinced the judges with his powerful wrestling and lots of lay and prey that he should get the nod. One judge even scored the bout 30-27 for him, which is baffling as Bisping clearly won round two, and the first is debatable. Bisping displayed great take down defense, and was able to control Sonnen against the cage and connect with better strikes. The third and final round of the bout was all Sonnen, taking Bisping down, taking his back, followed by a mount. All in all, an unimpressive victory for Sonnen as even he didn’t believe that he won the bout.

In the other FOX televised bout, Damian Maia took on up and comer Chris Weidman in a three round affair that displeased the live crowd. The first round was a lot of circling and attempting to find each others range, with Weidman scoring a few take downs. The second was all Weidman controlling with strikes, take downs and submission attempts. Maia began to turn up the heat with some impressive, yet not powerful striking combos in both the second and the third. The third round seem to be going in the favor of Maia after he scored an early take down, but once the bout resumed standing both fighters looked sluggish and fatigued standing toe-to-toe with both Maia and Weidman connecting, but it was Weidman that came out full force in the last 60 seconds with three consecutive knees, followed by punches and kicks to sway the judges in a split decision victory.

The Fuel TV preliminary card proved to be much more exciting with Lavar Johnson making his UFC debut in impressive fashion by doing the impossible in knocking out Joey Beltran. In Beltran’s entire career he has gone 13-7, with none of his losses coming via knockout. In pass bouts, Beltran always displayed an iron chin, and high threshold for pain, always going the distance in his losses in the UFC. While both fighters exchanged punches, Johnson cornered Beltran against the change a delivered a barrage of uppercuts that dropped Beltran in the first round.

Charles Oliveira made his Featherweight debut in impressive fashion, as the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace submitted Eric Wisely with a rarely used Calf Crusher. Oliveira began delivering bombs from a standing position in an attempt to get better positioning. Oliveira grabbed a leg and attempted a knee bar that Wisely was able to escape, but with Wisely’s leg still hooked, Oliveira pulled Wisely back putting an unbelievable amount of pressure on the calf forcing Wisely to tap.

Also impressive on the preliminary card was Cub Swanson’s knockout of George Roop, in a fantastic featherweight back and forth striking bout with both fighters delivering great combinations, and an impressive hip toss take down by Swanson in the first. Swanson did a great job at countering Roop’s reach, and closing the distance in order to deliver his strikes. In the second round Swanson connected with a huge right hand knocking the mouth piece out of Roop’s mouth, dropping him to the ground before following up with some ground and pound to end it. (Full UFC on FOX 2 event results below.)

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UFC on FOX 2 results:

Rashad Evans def. Phil Davis via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)

Chael Sonnen def. Michael Bisping via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Chris Weidman def. Demian Maia via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

FUEL TV prelims:

Evan Dunham def. Nik Lentz via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00

Mike Russow def. John-Olav Einemo via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Cub Swanson def. George Roop via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:22

Charles Oliveira def. Eric Wisely via submission (calf crusher) – Round 1, 1:43

Michael Johnson def. Shane Roller via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Lavar Johnson def. Joey Beltran via KO (punches) – Round 1, 4:24

Facebook prelims:

Chris Camozzi def. Dustin Jacoby via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 3, 1:08

This is the January 27, 2012 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

Dave and Kevin previewed and gave their predictions for UFC on Fox 2 including every preliminary bout and the main events of Chael Sonnen v. Michael Bisping and Rashad Evans versus Phil Davis.

Dave and Kevin discussed the latest episode of UFC Primetime, Dana White’s problems with the internet and much more MMA on this 2-hour episode.

On this episode, Dave and Kevin re-capped the results from UFC Fight Night 25 including Jake Ellenberger’s win over Jake Shields and Eric Koch’s victory over Jonathan Brookins.

Dave and Kevin also previewed the entire UFC 135 card including all preliminary bouts and the main events of Matt Hughes v. Josh Koscheck and Jon “Bones” Jones defending the UFC Light-Heavyweight title against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

All this and more on this 90 minute episode of Ringside Report Radio.

Legacy Fighting Championship held their eighth event at the Arena Theater in Houston, Texas and aired on HDNet on Friday night. The card was headlined with a five round war between Jorge Patino (25-13-1) and Pete Spratt (23-21) that saw the fight go to a split decision with Patino walking away the victor. (Full Legacy Fighting Championship 8 event results below)

UFC Fight Night 25: “Battle on the Bayou” was highlighted with the shocking upset of Jake Ellenberger versus Jake Shields in the main event at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ellenberger improved his win streak to five, and knocked out Shields in under a minute as he was able to stop Shields’ clinch attempts and drop him with a knee, followed by relentless punches forcing the referee to stop the action. With this victory Ellenberger jumps into the Ringside Report P4P rankings in the welterweight division. With this loss Shields now drops to 1-2 in the UFC. Alan “The Talent” Belcher made his return to the octagon after a 16 month layoff due to an eye injury in impressive fashion to force Jason MacDonald to verbally submit due to strikes. Eric Koch upset Jonathan Brookins featherweight debut, with unanimous decision victory over the Ultimate Fighter season 12 winner. (Full UFC Fight Night 25: Battle on the Bayou event results below)

Floyd “Money” Mayweather knocked out Victor Ortiz in controversial fashion to capture the WBC welterweight title in what almost seemed like a fixed fight. Ortiz was laying into Mayweather with combinations and hit Mayweather with a blatant head butt. The action was halted and Ortiz repeatedly apologized and with his hands down Mayweather sucker punched Ortiz with a left hook and right cross to knock him out in the fourth round. (Full Mayweather vs. Ortiz event results below)

Bellator 50 held their Season 5 middleweight tournament at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Bellator had their main card n MTV 2 and their preliminary card on Spike.com. With three big finishes in the tourney, as Bryan Baker TKO’d Jared Hess in the third round. Brian Rogers did the same to Victor O’Donnell but in the first round and Alexander Shlemenko submitted Zelg Gelesic in the first round. Also in tourney action Vitor Vianna defeated Sam Alvey via unanimous decision. (Full Bellator 50 event results below)
MMA:

Friday Night Fights:

Legacy Fighting Championship 8 results:

Jorge Patino def. Pete Spratt via split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)

Andrew Craig def. Eric Schambari via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Steven Peterson def. Steve Garcia via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 1:40

Jeff Rexroad def. John Malbrough via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 0:50

Larry Crowe def. Isaac Villanueva via KO (head kick)- Round 2, 1:57

Rashon Lewis def. Ricardo Talavera via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

William Bush def. Josh Foster via unanimous decision

Alex Morono def. Evert Gutierrez via unanimous decision

Cody Williams def. Nate Garza via KO (punches) – Round 1

Lee King def. Mark Garcia via TKO (punches) – Round 1

Justin Reiswerg def. Kenneth Battle via TKO (strikes)- Round 1

Saturday Night Fights:

UFC Fight Night 25: Battle on the Bayou results:

Jake Ellenberger def. Jake Shields via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 0:53

Court McGee def. Dongi Yang via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-28)

Erik Koch def. Jonathan Brookins via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)

Alan Belcher def. Jason MacDonald via verbal submission (punches) – Round 1, 3:48

Vagner Rocha def. Cody McKenzie via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:49

Evan Dunham def. Shamar Bailey via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Lance Benoist def. Matt Riddle via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Ken Stone def. Donny Walker via technical submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:40

Seth Baczynski def. Clay Harvison via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:12

T.J. Waldburger def. Mike Stumpf via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 3:52

Robert Peralta def. Mike Lullo via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Justin Edwards def. Jorge Lopez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Bellator 50 results:

Bryan Baker def. Jared Hess via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:52 – middleweight-tourney opening round

Brian Rogers def. Victor O’Donnell via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:56 – middleweight-tourney opening round

Alexander Shlemenko def. Zelg Galesic via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 1:55 – middleweight-tourney opening round

Vitor Vianna def. Sam Alvey via unanimous decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) – middleweight-tourney opening round

Brett Cooper def. Valdir Araujo via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 0:35

Rad Martinez def. Brian Van Hoven via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Ailton Barbosa def. Ryan Keenan via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:55

Cristiano Souza def. John Kelly via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

James “J.P.” Reese def. Martin Brown via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Shah Bobonis def. Marcos da Matta via KO (punch) – Round 3, 2:04

Marcel Goncalves def. Dietter Navarro via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 2:01

Boxing:

Floyd Mayweather def. Victor Ortiz via KO (Round 4) (Mayweather captures WBC Welterweight Title)

Saul Alvarez def. Alfonso Gomez via TKO (Round 6)

Erik Morales def. Pablo Cesar Cano via TKO (Round 10)

Jesse Vargas def. Josesito Lopez via Split Decision (10 Rounder)

Former UFC lightweight Kurt Pellegrino appeared on this episode to discuss his recent signing with Bellator and his upcoming fight with Patricky “Pitbull” Freire.

Cung Le also appeared and discussed his recent signing with the UFC and his bout with Vitor Belfort at UFC 139 on November 19.

Dave and Kevin talked about the results from the Strikeforce: Barnett v. Kharitonov card including King Mo Lawal’s victory over Roger Gracie and Heavyweight Grand Prix final match-up of Josh Barnett versus Daniel Cormier.

All this and much more MMA talk on this 2-hour episode of Ringside Report Radio.

AND click here to download Ringside Report Radio. September 16, 2011. Hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

New Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold appeared on this show to talk about his recent decision victory over Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and the future of the Strikeforce promotion.

King of the Cage middleweight champion Brandon Hunt was also on this program, he talked about his upcoming bout in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and his day-job as a Detroit police officer.

Dave and Kevin previewed UFC: Battle on the Bayou including the main event of Jake Shields versus Jake Ellenberger and every fight on the Facebook prelim card.

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

Listen here to the January 21, 2011 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

On this episode, Dave and Kevin gave a full preview for UFC Ultimate Fight Night 23: Fight for the Troops 2 taking place January 22.

They gave their analysis and predictions for every fight on the card including the un-aired preliminary bouts and the facebook.com prelim card. Dave and Kevin also gave their thoughts on the featured bouts of Mark Hominick v. George Roop, Matt Mitrione v. Tim Hague and the main event of Evan Dunham v. Melvin Guillard. This on a 1-hour episode of Ringside Report Radio.

An explosive fight card is highlighted by a main event that pits highly-ranked lightweight Evan Dunham against knockout artist Melvin Guillard while two Canadians will also see action. Edmonton’s Tim Hague will square off against former NFL defensive tackle Matt Mitrione while Thamesford, Ontario native Mark Hominick is one win away from a chance at the UFC featherweight title as he meets the tough and hard-nosed George Roop.

This special live UFC fight card will raise funds for the Canadian Hero Fund. Information about ways to donate can be found online at www.herofund.ca , along with UFC.com.

Rogers Sportsnet will air special features throughout the broadcast in support of the Canadian Forces who served in Afghanistan while viewers will also see Canadian UFC fighters speak to the importance of our men and women in the military and of the Canadian Hero Fund. The initial project of the Canadian Hero Fund is to provide post-secondary scholarships to the children and spouses of fallen Canadian soldiers.

“Our soldiers take care of us, and this is our chance to help take care of them,” said Tom Wright, UFC Director of Canadian Operations. “We’re honoured to support our military by putting on some great fights while helping raise funds for the Canadian Hero Fund.”

“This is a great opportunity to bring together those who fight for their country, those who fight for a living, and the Hero Fund that supports those who serve,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Cliff Trollope, Commanding Officer of the Royal Regiment of Canada. “The bond is a natural one that will only get stronger as we spend more time together.”

In addition to catching the main card on Rogers Sportsnet at 9.pm. ET, fans have the opportunity to watch two live preliminary fights for free at 8 p.m. EST by simply clicking the “Like” button on the official UFC Facebook page.

By liking Facebook.com/UFC, fans will gain access to a live stream of the lightweight battle between Cody McKenzie (12-0) of The Ultimate Fighter® and veteran Yves Edwards (39-16-1), as well as a pivotal welterweight clash pitting TUF alum DaMarques Johnson (16-8) against Mike “The Joker” Guymon (13-4-1). Fans that do not have a Facebook account are encouraged to sign up at www.facebook.com.

-UFC Press Release-

MAIN CARD (Spike TV)
Evan Dunham vs. Melvin Guillard
Tim Hague vs. Matt Mitrione
Mark Hominick vs. George Roop
Pat Barry vs. Joey Beltran
Cole Miller vs. Matt Wiman

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook.com/UFC)
Yves Edwards vs. Cody McKenzie
Mike Guymon vs. DaMarques Johnson

PRELIMINARY CARD
Mike Brown vs. Rani Yahya
Willamy “Chiquerim” Freire vs. Waylon Lowe
Amilcar Alves vs. Charlie Brenneman
Chris Cariaso vs. Will Campuzano

For full preview of the card be sure to tune into Ringside Report Radio at 11pm ET January 21st.

UFC 119 was headlined by the dream mixed martial arts match-up of Frank Mir versus Mirko Cro Cop. These two heavyweights have been considered two of the best fighters in this modern era and with Cro Cop finally coming to the UFC in 2007, the chance to see these two former champions collide was one of great intrigue.

In 2010, the hype for the showdown died a bit—Mir had suffered some major losses and Cro Crop scored victories that were deemed unimpressive compared to his Pride days. Regardless, at the UFC PPV both men just fought on their feet the majority of the fight. Odd considering how both have great ground games. Also odd was Cro Crop barely hitting any of his kicks—his kicks use to knockout opponents—against Mir his kick looked weak. Not only did they stay on their feet most of the fight, but most of the fight featured barely any action and the action you did see was strikes that did not have much power or effort behind them.

Near the end of the fight, with both fighters grappling up next to the cage, you can clearly tell the two are talking to each other and it looks like they are even laughing to each other. When Joe Rogan, a pro-everything-about-UFC commentator is complaining about how boring the fight is, many questions can be raised on if the fighters were truly prepared for this fight. Mir states in the post-fight footage that he was disappointed with his performance.

Lightweights Sean Sherk and Evan Dunham had arguably the best fight at UFC 119, but the ending to the fight is a highly debatable issue; some can say Sherk’s bloody elbow strike and cage control was enough to win the fight, others might see Dunham’s takedowns and near submission victories as more than enough to win it. Watch it and decide for yourself.

UFC 119 also features a beat-down on Matt Serra by Chris Lytle. Fans that could not stand Serra for his war with Georges St-Pierre, will definitely find comfort in Lytle beating down Serra for all three rounds. In the bonus footage showing how Serra got ready for the fight, Serra shows the poster from his first fight with GSP. “There was a rumour about us having a second fight, I don’t know what he’s talking about,” he says. Serra comes across as a caring parent when playing with his daughter and as he receives news of his second daughter on the way. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira against Ryan Bader starts off well for Little Nog, but Bader showed his ability to ride Little Nog to the point that he weared him down, almost scoring a TKO more than once.

The extras on this DVD are great reasons why UFC DVDs are worth buying. Day in the life of Serra, Lytle and Mike Goldberg all help give a unique look at them as they prepare days before fight day. Goldberg going through his production meeting and talking about his relationship on-screen and off with Rogan, shows you how much work the play-by-play position requires. The Matt Hughes commentary on the Serra-Lytle fight and the fighters’ technique demonstrations are neat insights that give you genuine perspectives on MMA.

UFC 119: Mir v. Cro Cop

Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada

Run time of 333 minutes

$21.98

Released on Dec. 7, 2010

UFC 119: Mir v. Cro Cop event bouts

Frank Mir VS. Mirko Cro Cop

Antonio Rogerio Nogueria VS. Ryan Bader

Matt Serra VS. Chris Lytle

Sean Sherk VS. Evan Dunham

Melvin Guillard VS. Jeremy Stephens

Prelim bouts

CB Dolloway VS. Joe Doerksen

Matt Mitrione VS. Joey Beltran

Thiago Tavares VS. Pat Audinwood

Steve Lopez VS. Waylon Lowe

TJ Grant VS. Julio Paulino

Mark Hunt VS. Sean McCorkle

Strikeforce: Diaz v. Noons 2 was re-capped including Sarah Kaufman losing the women’s welterweight title to Marloes Coenen and the fight between Nick Diaz and K.J. Noons.

Dave, Kevin and Julie also gave their Top 10 lists for the Lightweight (155 lbs.) division. After their individual lists were announced, a consensus list was formed.

Here is the final list:

1. Frankie Edgar

2. Benson Henderson

3. B.J. Penn

4. Gilbert Melendez

5. Shinya Aoki

6. Gray Maynard

7. Kenny Florian

8. Eddie Alvarez

9. Sean Sherk

10. Evan Dunham

All this and much more MMA talk on this 90-minute version of Ringside Report Radio.

WEC featherweight Leonard Garcia appeared on this program to talk about his fight on September 30 at WEC 51 against Mark Hominick. Garcia also talked about his legendary fight against “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung and much more.

Vermont and Montreal based fighter Tom Murphy was also interviewed on this show, he talked about a scheduled fight with Gary Goodridge for MFL 3, the sport of MMA and his career.

Dave, Kevin and Julie previewed DREAM 16, UFC 119 and MFL 3 on this show and discussed the latest in MMA on this 2-hour episode of Ringside Report Radio.