UFC 141 kicked of the weekend on Friday night with some great fights introducing Ross Pearson to the Featherweight Division, the return of Efrian Escudero to the promotion and the debut of Alistair Overeem.

Highlights from the facebook prelim card included Dong Hyung Kim’s one sided beat down of Sean Pearson, where Stun Gun attempted to pull a page out of Anderson Silva’s book, with a highlight reel crane kick finish. With several attempts from Kim, only one kick landed, dropping Pearson, but he was saved by the bell. To the surprise of many Pearson continued to battle it out throughout the third round, but the damage was done as Kim scored a unanimous decision. Although, Erian Escudero trains with great wrestlers like Aaron Simpson and Ryan Bader, he was no match Jacob Volkmann, as he spent the majority of the bout on his back. Volkmann welcomed Escudero back into the UFC with a tough decision loss.

On the final Spike TV prelims for the UFC, Ross Pearson kept his fight with dangerous Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace Junior Assunsao standing, displaying superior striking for the win. Also in a a very close bout, last minute replacement Danny Castillo edged out Anthony Njokuani with a split decision.

On the main card many fighters looked impressive, with Jim Hettes imposing his will on Nam Phan in a one sided beat down that proved that Hettes is a serious player at 145; although not being able to finish Phan, Hettes delivered a humbling beat down that turned heads. Trash talking Nate Diaz delivered Donald Cerrone his first UFC loss ending his four fight win streak and stopped Cerrone from making five in a row in 2011. Johnny Hendricks shocked the world and Jon Fitch for that matter with a 12 second knockout in the opening round. In another impressive knockout, Alexander Gustafsson took out Vladimir Matyushenko, when Matyushenko ran into a jab.

In the main event of UFC 141 Alistair Overeem picked apart Brock Lesnar with his superior striking for a first round TKO. The former/current (never lost titles) the STRIKEFORCE & DREAM Heavyweight champion and 2010 K-1 Grand Prix champion forced Lesnar to drop after possibly breaking his rib with a combination of punches, knees and a solid left kick to the liver of the former UFC Heavyweight champion. Continuing the barrage of strikes, the referee stopped the action in under three minutes; Post fight, Lesnar announced his retirement from the UFC and MMA. (Full UFC 141 Event results below.)

When the UFC concluded, DREAM New Year 2011 began from the Saitama Super Arena with a card that included the semi-finals and finals of the DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix, Dream title defenses in the Lightweight and Featherweight divisions, kickboxing match ups, mixed rules match ups, and pro wrestling matches.

Fedor Emelianenko returned to Japanese MMA after a four year absence and reminded the MMA community why he was such a force in the Heavweight division. Emelianenko averted clinching and take down attempts early on and won in classic Fedor  fashion with a first round knockout of 2008 Olympic Gold medalist Satoshi Ishii.

DREAM Lightweight champion Shinya Aoki defended his title against Satoru Kitaoka in about that went the distance. Although, Aoki is riding a seven fight win streak, this was only his third title defense since winning the championship back in October of 2009. The other championship bout of the evening also came by way of judges decision as DREAM Featherweight champion Hiroyuki Takaya defeated Takeshi Inoue.

Bibiano Fernandes won the DREAM Bantamweight Grand Prix, thus becoming the inaugural DREAM Bantamweight champion. Fernandes defeated Rodolfo Marques in the semi finals via unanimous decision, while Antonio Banuelos defeated Masakazi Imanari via split decision to advance to the finals. In the finals Fernandes destroyed Banuelos in a 1:21 of the very first round with a TKO victory.

Former UFC Heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia was slated to take on Brett Rogers in MMA action, but due to Rogers being unable to obtain a visa to go to Japan, the bout was scrapped and he took on Jerome Le Banner in a IGF rules pro wrestling match in a losing effort. Also in IGF rules match ups Josh Barnett defeated Hideki Suzuki via pin fall, Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Peter Aerts via leglock, and the tag team of Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata defeated Atsushi Sawada and Shinichi Suzukawa. (Full DREAM New Year 2011 Event results below.)

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UFC 141 results:

Alistair Overeem def. Brock Lesnar via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:26

Nate Diaz def. Donald Cerrone via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Johny Hendricks def. Jon Fitch via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:12

Alexander Gustafsson def. Vladimir Matyushenko via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:13

Jim Hettes def. Nam Phan via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)

Spike TV prelims:

Ross Pearson def. Junior Assuncao via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Danny Castillo def. Anthony Njokuani via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Facebook Prelims:

Dong Hyun Kim def. Sean Pierson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Jacob Volkmann def. Efrain Escudero via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Diego Nunes def. Manny Gamburyan via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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DREAM: New Year 2011 results:

MMA Bouts:

Fedor Emelianenko def. Satoshi Ishii via KO (punch) – Round 1, 2:29

Champ Shinya Aoki def. Satoru Kitaoka via unanimous decision – (retains lightweight title)

Champ Hiroyuki Takaya def. Takeshi “Lion” Inoue via unanimous decision - (retains featherweight title)

Bibiano Fernandes def. Antonio Banuelos via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:21 – (to win world bantamweight grand prix and title)

Megumi Fujii def. Karla Benitez via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:15

Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Kazuyuki Miyata via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 2, 4:54

Ryo Chonan def. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai via unanimous decision

Bibiano Fernandes def. Rodolfo Marques Diniz via unanimous decision – bantamweight grand-prix semifinal

Antonio Banuelos def. Masakazu Imanari via split decision – bantamweight grand-prix semifinal

Yusup Saadulaev def. Hideo Tokoro via KO (slam) – Round 1, 0:42 – bantamweight grand-prix reserve match

IGF Rules/Pro Wrestling Bouts:

Josh Barnett def. Hideki Suzuki via pin fall

Kazuyuki Fujita def. Peter Aerts via leglock

Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata def. Atsushi Sawada and Shinichi Suzukawa (Tag Team Match)

Jerome Le Banner def. Tim Sylvia via middle kicks

DREAM/K-1 Mixed Rules Bout:

Katsunori Kikuno def. Yuichiro Nagashima via TKO (punches) – 2:34 – Round 2

K-1 Max Rules Bouts:

Yuta Kubo def. Nils Widlund via TKO (head kick & knee) – 1:10 – Round 3

Masaaki Noiri def. Kengo Sonoda via Unanimous Decision

Former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir also had a one sided three round bout against “Big Country” Roy Nelson. The bout saw a lot of clinching and heavy breathing from both parties. Nelson was tired and threw many desperation wild punches, but ate several devastating knees from Mir, who controlled the bout with clinching and take downs.

In the knockout of the night, Travis Browne delivered possibly the biggest superman punch in the world, to drop the “Huge Dude” Stefan Struve. Browne continued his assault with two unnecessary hammer fists to end the bout in the first round.

Brian Stann made his country proud last night on Memorial Day, as the former US Marine knocked out Sengoku middleweight champion Jorge Santiago in the second round.

Rick Story outclassed Thiago Alves, Tim Boetsch defeated Kendall Grove impressively in his middleweight debut, and “Mighty Mouse” Demetrious Johnson continues to display his dominance in the bantamweight division with a dominate performance against former pound for pound great Miguel Torres, and potentially earning himself a shot.

At Dream 17 “Fight for Japan” Shinya Aoki displayed “No Love” for his last minute replacement Rich Clementi, by dismantling him throughout the bout and submitting him with a face lock in the second round.

Masakazu Imanari and Hideo Tokoro both advance to the finals of the Dream. Fighting twice in one night both fighters went the distance in one bout and finished in another. Imanari defeated  Keisuke Fujiwara and submitted Kenji Osawa and Tokoro TKO’d  Yoshiro Maeda and defeated Atsushi Yamamoto.

Caol Uno was able to get out of his four fight losing streak and decisions Akiyo Nishiura after 2. Joachim Hansen and Takeya Mizugaki fought an amazing 2 round war that could have gone either way, and leaves a bad taste in every fans mouth as the judges saw it for Hansen.

Battlefield Fight League held their eighth fight card on Saturday in Nanaimo, British Columbia at the Frank Crane Arena which was headlined by Jesse Taylor and Denis Kang. “JT Money” made short work of Kang, by taking his back and securing a victory in under two minutes with a rear naked choke.

Weekend in Fights! Results:

UFC 130 Results:

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson def. Matt Hamill via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Frank Mir def. Roy Nelson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

Travis Browne def. Stefan Struve via knockout (superman punch) – Round 1, 4:11

Rick Story def. Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Brian Stann def. Jorge Santiago via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:29

Demetrious Johnson def. Miguel Torres via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Tim Boetsch def. Kendall Grove via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Gleison Tibau def. Rafaello Oliveira via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:28

Michael McDonald def. Chris Cariaso via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)

Renan Barao def. Cole Escovedo via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Dream 17 “Fight for Japan” Results:

Atsushi Yamamoto def. Yusaku Nakamura via TKO (punches) – 8:43 – Round 1 (To Advance to Semifinals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

Hideo Tokoro def. Yoshiro Maeda via TKO (Corner Stoppage) – 0:43 -Round 2 (To Advance to Semifinals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

Masakazu Imanari def. Keisuke Fujiwara via Unanimous Decision (To Advance to Semifinals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

Kenji Osawa def. Takafumi Otsuka via Split Decision (To Advance to Semifinals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

Joachim Hansen def. Mitsuhiro Ishida via Split Decision

Takeshi Inoue def. Koichiro Matsumoto via TKO (Punches) -6:51 – Round 1

Caol Uno def. Akiyo Nishiura via Unanimous Decision

Katsunori Kikuno def. via Daisuke Nakamura Unanimous Decision

Shinya Aoki def. Rich Clementi via Submission (Face Lock) – 2:17 -Round 2

Hideo Tokoro def. Atsushi Yamamoto via Split Decision (To Advance to Finals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

Masakazu Imanari def.  Kenji Osawa via Sumission (Achilles Lock) (To Advance to Finals of Dream Bantamweight Tournament)

BFL 8 “Island Beatdown” Results:

Jesse Taylor def. Denis Kang via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 1:57 – Round 1

Graham Spencer def. Bruno Capdeville via Unanimous Decision

Matt Baker def. Ryan Ballingall via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 4:43 – Round 1

Jacen Brooks def. Levi Alford via TKO 2:07 -  Round 1

Ryan Chiappe def. Bill Fraser via TKO (Ref Stoppage/Cut) 4:09 – Round 1

Gary Mangat def. Mark Delgado via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – 4:07 – Round 1

Micha Brakefield def. Jer Kornelson via Split Decision

Jordan Beecroft def. Mike Jorgensen via TKO (strikes) 4:57 – Round 1

Marcus Vinicios def. Tim Skidmore via KO – 1:39 – Round 1

Chris Day def. Eli Wyse via Submission (Darce Choke) – 2:07 -  Round 1

Brett Deacon def. Nik Ramsay via TKO (strikes) – 1:29 – Round 1

Joe Boldo def. Johny Wilson via Unanimous Decision

Click here to download the May 27, 2011 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin McKough.

In this episode, Dave and Kevin previewed and predicted every fight on the UFC 130 card including Quinton “Rampage” Jackson v. Matt Hamill and Frank Mir v. Roy Nelson, taking place on Saturday May 28.

They also previewed DREAM 17 taking place late-Saturday night in Japan and featuring the first two-rounds of a bantamweight tournament and the return of Shinya Aoki.

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

Listen here

Quebec’s best MMA referee and one of the world’s best, Yves Lavigne, appeared via telephone on this episode to talk about the sport of MMA in Quebec. Lavigne went hard at the Quebec athletic commission, detailing the many discrepancies in the Quebec MMA rule book. Lavigne explained that knee strikes and submissions are technically illegal in provincial law but fights under the unified MMA rules continue to occur because of ignorance of the law while legislators refuse to actually write MMA rules into law.

Dave and Kevin discussed the Japanese-based Dream promotion and gave a full preview and predictions for DREAM 15 including Gegard Mousasi v. Jake O’Brien and the main event of Shinya Aoki defending his lightweight title against Tatsuya Kawajiri.

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

This is Ringside Report’s coverage of Dream 12 live from the Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan. This event will be Dream’s first using a six-sided cage instead of the ring. They will also be using 3 five-minute rounds as opposed to the first round of 10 minutes and the second round of 5 they had used in past events. As always, Dream fights are judged for the entire fights and not round-by-round wtih a 10-point must system like MMA in North America. This event is being broadcast live in North America on HDNet television.

Keisuke Fujiwara vs. Tomoya Miyashita (lightweight-155lbs.)

Miyashita scored an early takedown and got himself in Fujiwara’s half-guard. Fujiwara held his opponent close and rendered him unable to score any damage. Fujiwara tried to scramble to his feet but Miyashita held him down and landed some right hands from the top position. Fujiwara attempted a triangle choke but Miyashita escaped and delivered some nice knees to the head from a north-south position. Fujiwara escaped the danger but was unable to get to his feet as Miyashita kept him down and delivered more knees to the side of the head from a side position on the mat. Miyashita lands two more knees to the head as the first round comes to a close.

Miyashita scored a single-leg takedown and worked his way into Fujiwara’s guard but landed into an omoplata attempt. Miyashita escaped the hold and just as Fujiwara rose to his feet he was quickly taken down with Miyashita on top in half-guard. Miyashita tried to stand up but was hit with a big up-kick. Miyashita stayed on top of Fujiwara but struggled to land any strikes. Fujiwara turned to his back which allowed Miyashita to pin him down and land some hard knees to his opponent’s head. Fujiwara tried to scramble out of danger and landed some punches from his back as the second round came to a close.

Miyashita scored a takedown again and landed several hard knees to his opponent’s head on the ground. Fujiwara was able to land some knees from to Miyashita’s head from his back and attempted a triangle choke. Fujiwara landed several punches with Miyashita in the triangle choke and looked to cinch in the hold with 2 minutes remaining in the fight. After over one minute in the submission attempt, Miyashita pulled his head out of the choke and landed hammer fists and big knees to the face from side-control as the fight came to a close. Miyashita dominated the majority of this fight, Ringside Report gives the decision to Tomoya Miyashita.

All 3 judges score the fight for the winner via unanimous decision: Tomoya Miyashita.

Won Sik Park v. Kuniyoshi Hiromaka(170 lbs.)

Minute of circling each other  then Kuniyoshi connects with a leg kick.Park misses right cross left cross combination . Kuniyoshi connects with a big right punch.  Park hits a big right and pushes Kuniyoshi into the cage and knees him in the stomach.  Both exchange leg kicks and the round ends.  The bell rings and Won Park throws in the towel.

Kuniyoshi  Hiromaka victorious over Won Sik Park by Corner stoppage

Maeda comes in with a flurry of punches on Beebe, Beebe looks like he’s like he’s in trouble, but recovers nicely. Maeda rushes in and connects with a big right. Beebe clinches Maeda, pushes him in the cage and takes him down. Beebe with two strike while trying to pass Maeda’s guard, but they go back their feet. Maeda takes down Beebe and works some ground in pound in Beebe’s guard.  Maeda takes Beebe’s back and sinks in the hooks for a rear naked choke submission.

Yoshiro Maeda victorious over Chase Beebe via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1

Tarec Safferdine v. Dong Sik Yoon (middleweight-185 lbs.)

Yoon connects with a leg kick, then eats 2 from Saffedine. Yoon shoots and Saffedine sprawls and takes down Yoon and gets side control. Saffedine connects with a couple of  punches in side control, but Yoon gets back up to his feet. Yoon pushes Saffedine into the cage and works in the clinch attempt single leg takedowns and attempted judo trips. Saffedineturns around and puts Yoon against the cage in the clinch and hits Yoon with knees. Yoon turns it around pressing Saffedine on the cage and holding the cage, which lead to the referee breaking it up.

Saffedine with a big leg kick and clinches Yoon connecting with some knees. The referee breaks them up for some reason. Yoon goes for the single leg and gets the takedown, quickly moving in side  mount in Saffedine’s half guard.  Saffedine rolling into different positions escaping ground and pound and positioning himself to grab the arm of Yoon and attempting an arm bar. Yoon takes Saffedine’s back and wraps his arms around Saffedine’s neck. Saffedine fight hard to get out of the choke and espapes twice, but Yoon rains down 5 punches to the side of the face.

Yoon tries to work the jab and misses with a big right cross, Saffedine then connects with a leg kick. Saffedine is throwing single leg kicks.  The Referee gave them a yellow card for inactivity.  Saffedine hits Yoon with a uppercut, right cross, hook combination.  Yoon grabs Saffedine’s leg when Saffedine rushes in with a punch combinations and drops to his knees in an attempt to get the takedown. Saffedine takes Yoon’s back in a north south position blocking the takedown attempt. Ringside Report scores the Fight for Dong Sik Yoon.

Dong Sik Yoon victorious over Tarec Saffedine Unanimous Decision after 3 Rounds

Tokimitsu Ishizawa v. Katsuyori Shibata (middleweight-185 lbs.)

Shibata hit a big right hand to start the fight and pinned Ishizawa against the cage with some knees to the body. Ishizawa pushed away and attempted a takedown but was stuffed by Shibata. Ishizawa rushed in with some punches but Shibata countered with a big right cross. Ishizawa came back with a flurry of punches that pinned Shibata against the cage but Shibata reversed the position and pushed Ishizawa against the cage, hitting more knees in the Muay-Thai clinch. Ishizawa landed a wild right hand but was dropped by a big left uppercut from Shibata. Katsuyori Shibata dove in to finish his opponent with some ground-n-pound with less than 15 seconds remaining in the first round to cause the referee to stop the fight.

Katsuyori Shibata def. Tokimitsu Ishizawa via TKO in Round 1

Kazushi Sakuraba v. Zelg Galesic (middleweight 185 lbs.)

Sakuraba scores a quick single-leg takedown and attempts a submission but Galesic escapes. Sakuraba scrambles into an Achilles lock attempt but Galesic sits on Sakuraba and lands several hard punches. Sakuraba holds on to Galesic’s leg through the barrage of punches and rolls into a knee-bar. Galesic has no other option but to tap-out.

Kazuski Sakuraba wins via submission (knee-bar) in Round 1

Marius Zaromskis v. Myeon Ho Bae (welterweight 170lbs.)

Zaromskis rushed in with a flying knee to start the fight but got hit with a counter-punch. Zaromskis stepped back, and landed a big head-kick for the knockout. Marius Zaromskis continues winning exactly how we did to win the Dream Welterweight Grand Prix.

Marius Zaromskis wins via KO in Round 1

Eddie Alvarez v. Katsunori Kikuno (lightweight 155 lbs.)

Alvarez shoots in for a quick takedown but is unable to bring Kikuno down and instead pins him against the cage. Kikuno held Alvarez’ head in a crucifix submission move and landed some knees but Alvarez was able to pop his head out of the hold. Eddie Alvarez failed to score his takedown attempts and got hit with a jab and some body-kicks by Kikuno. Eddie Alvarez hit Kikuno with a big right hook and pinned him against the cage but was unable to score a takedown. Kikuno landed a solid kick to his opponent’s liver as the first round came to a close.

Kikuno landed a big right hand to start the round but Alvarez jumped to the mat with a guillotine attempt. Kikuno escaped the hold and the two men exchanged standing up. Both men appear tired as they throw big punches. Alvarez went for a takedown but Kikuno attempted a guillotine choke. Alvarez escaped the hold and worked his way into an arm-triangle on Kikuno. Alvarez improved his position with the submission hold and tightened the choke to force the submission.

Eddie Alvarez wins via submission (arm-triangle choke) in Round 2.

Alistair Overeem v. James Thompson (heavyweight)

Alistair Overeem hit a huge jumping knee on Thompson followed by a standing guillotine attempt. Thompson did not much up much of a struggle before the tap-out.

Alistair Overeem wins via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:33 in Round 1

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