This is the February 8, 2012 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

Ivan Menjivar appeared on this episode to discuss his upcoming bout at UFC on Fuel TV 1 versus John Albert on February 15, 2012.

Dave and Kevin discussed the results from UFC 143 including the controversial decision victory by Carlos Condit over Nick Diaz, Fabricio Werdum’s victory over Roy Nelson and the rest of the card.

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

In the main event of the evening Carlos Condit was crowned the UFC Interim Welterweight champion with a unanimous decision in a five round affair 48-47, 49-46, 49-46 over Nick Diaz. The UFC decided that because Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre was unable to defend his championship due to injury that an interim champion will be crowned in the mean time. Diaz was the favorite going into the bout, but Condit had a great game plan of constantly moving around, not allowing Diaz to corner him off against the cage and land combos. While moving around Condit scored points by landing leg kicks and soft combinations. Condit was always back peddling and counter striking, and in doing so frustrated Diaz. Diaz was always stalking Condit, but could keep him still long enough to land shots, and received shots in doing so. Diaz got a take down and took Condit’s back late in the fifth round, attempting both a rear naked choke and an arm bar, but it was too late. Some can make a strong point that Diaz won rounds 1,2, and 5, due to “octagon control” but Condit was awarded the bout for landing more strikes. After the bout an extremely frustrated Diaz announced his retirement from MMA, which is yet to be seen, as he stated: “I’m sick of this shit” due to a decision loss to an opponent that ran away from him for 25 minutes.

The man that broke the myth of Fedor Emelianenko; Fabricio Werdum returned to the UFC now that STRIKEFORCE has dissolved their Heavyweight division to take on “Big Country” Roy Nelson. Werdum won a very impressive unanimous decision victory over Nelson by showcasing his much improved standup skills. Werdum utilized the Muay Thai clinch, connecting with some of the most devastating knees ever, blooding up Nelson pretty bad.  Nelson proved to have an extremely tough chin and heart by not getting knockout, and continuing the full three rounds, in which he almost ended the bout with a standing guillotine. For this all out war both fighters received bonuses for “Fight of the Night” award.

Bantamweight phenom Renan Barao took out #2 ranked Bantamweight Scott Jorgensen in a three round war, that saw Barao dominate from bell to bell. Barao improves his record to 28-1, 3-0 in the UFC. Barao picked Jorgensen apart with his excellent kicks, and take down defense. With a sense of urgency, Jorgensen began to push the pace in the third round , but was unable to fend off the counter strikes of Barao. Barao won all three rounds, and now waits on the sidelines for a potential title shot.

4-0 undefeated newcomer and last minute replacement fighter for Ricardo Lamas, Max Holloway was now match for top 10 Featherweight Dustin Poirier in his UFC debut. Holloway opened up with his strong point; strikes forcing Poirier to take it to the mat. Once on the ground, Poirier attempted an arm bar, transitioned to a triangle and added an arm bar to tap the 20-year-old fighter with impressive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and earn the “Submission of the night” award.

Josh Koscheck had a very lackluster split decsion victory over Mike Pierce. Koscheck was able to defend the take down attempts of Pierce, get take downs of his own, and control the bout with his strikes. While measuring his strikes, Koscheck poked Pierce in the eyes multiple times, forcing referee Herb Dean to verbally caution him on three occasions. Why a point wasn’t deducted from Koscheck after the third warning is baffling.Koscheck stated post fight that this camp was his last a AKA, and would be doing his own thing from now on.

Ed Herman won his eighth UFC bout, with a rear naked choke submission over previously undefeated Clifford Starks. Herman pushed the pace in a brawl style fight, looking to finish early. Starks however continued to counter Herman, and connect with multiple straight rights, that stunned Herman in a very close first round. In the second round Herman gets a trip take down while clinching, moves to full mount. Starks turns top break free, but gives up his back, in which Herman slapped on a rear naked choke, forcing Starks to tap.

On the Facebook preliminary card, Steven Thompson made his UFC debut with in impressive fashion by getting the “Knockout of the night” award.  Thompson now 5-0 in MMA and 57-0 in kickboxing, kept the bout standing against the tough grappler Dan Stittgen. Thompson immediately went into a side karate stance, forcing Stittgen to back peddle with kicks. With an opening Thompson landed a classic karate fake low, kick high and lasted Stittgen across the face knocking him out cold with 47 seconds left in the first round. (Full UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit event results below.)

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UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit results:

Carlos Condit def. Nick Diaz via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46) – wins interim welterweight title

Fabricio Werdum def. Roy Nelson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Josh Koscheck def. Mike Pierce via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Renan Barao def. Scott Jorgensen via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Ed Herman def. Clifford Starks via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:43

FX prelims:

Dustin Poirier def. Max Holloway via submission (mounted triangle-armbar) – Round 1, 3:23

Edwin Figueroa def. Alex Caceres via split decision (28-27, 27-28, 28-27)

Matt Brown def. Chris Cope via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 1:19

Matt Riddle def. Henry Martinez via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Facebook prelims:

Rafael Natal def. Michael Kuiper via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Steven Thompson def. Dan Stittgen via knockout (head kick) – Round 1, 4:13

This is the February 3, 2012 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

Canadian Welterweight Ryan Ford appeared on this episode to discuss his upcoming bout for Aggression MMA 9 against Ricky Goodall and his upcoming Bellator debut.

Dave and Kevin previewed and gave their predictions for every bout on the UFC 143 card including every preliminary bout and the main event of Nick Diaz versus Carlos Condit.

All this and much more MMA on this 2-hour episode.

After failing to capture the vacant Aggression MMA Welterweight champion in September, Ryan “Real Deal” Ford (16-4) is back in action looking for a victory against tough 8-1 fighter Tyson Steel. Prior to his loss in September Ford was riding a four fight win streak with notable victories over Pete Spratt and Karo Parisyan and looks to derail Steel’s two win win streak next Saturday. Hear his thoughts on his bout, his inability to fight in the United States and much more.

Also on tonight’s program Dave & Kevin will be previewing UFC 143, breaking down every bout and giving their predictions. All this and much more in 2 hours of MMAgic.

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UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit Fight Card (To be previewed tonight):

Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz (for interim welterweight title)

Roy Nelson vs. Fabricio Werdum

Josh Koscheck vs. Mike Pierce

Renan Barao vs. Scott Jorgensen

Ed Herman vs. Clifford Starks

FX prelims:

Max Holloway vs. Dustin Poirier

Jorge Lopez vs. Matt Riddle

Alex Caceres vs. Edwin Figueroa

Matt Brown vs. Chris Cope

Facebook prelims:

Dan Stittgen vs. Stephen Thompson

Rafael Natal vs. Michael Kuiper

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Aggression MMA 9 (February 11th)Fight Card:

Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford vs. Tyson “The Man of” Steele
Victor “The Matrix” Valimaki vs. Tim Chemelli
Sheldon Westcott vs. Dave Cochran                                                                                    Stephan Beaumont vs. Nick Heynan                                                                                 Luke Harris vs. Elliot Duff
Greg Welsh vs. Matt Bagshaw
Chase Dagenhardt vs. Jarod McComb                                                                                       Rio Wells vs. Markhaile Wedderburn
Sy Jewett vs. Sarah Moraz
KB Bhullar vs. Simon Shirt
Paulo Azambuja vs. Adrian Cardinal

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In this episode, Dave and Kevin re-capped all the results from UFC 137 including Nick Diaz’ victory over BJ Penn and Roy Nelson’s win over Mirko Cro Cop. We heard clips from Nick Diaz and Dana White from the UFC 137 post-fight press conference. Dave and Kevin disussed Nick Diaz getting a welterweight title shot against Georges St-Pierre and Chad Mendes getting a featherweight title shot against Jose Aldo.

Dave and Kevin previewed and gave their predictions for every fight on the UFC 138 card including the Facebook.com preliminary bouts and the main event of Chris Leben versus Mark Munoz.

All this and much more MMA talk on this 2-hour episode.

In the main event of UFC 137 Nick Diaz made BJ Penn look like he no longer deserved to be in a cage. The former STRIKEFORCE Welterweight champ went the distance with the Prodigy in a classic Diaz style war. Although, Diaz was unable to finish Penn, he beat up the former Lightweight & Welterweight champion like no other fighter has with his relentless assault. Post fight, Penn teased retirement and Diaz called out champion Georges St-Pierre, stating that St-Pierre was faking is injury and scared of him. With the amazing performance the UFC brass has asked title challenger Carlos Condit to step aside and wait for his shot, as it has now been granted to Diaz.

Also on UFC 137, Roy “Big Country” Nelson bounced back from a two fight skid with a TKO victory over Mirko Cro Cop. Cro Cop had a flurry of punches in the second round that looked like it was going to end the fight, but Nelson’s immense ability to withstand punishment proved to be great as he recovered from the assault and picked up the win in the third.

Donald Cerrone picked up his fourth victory in 2011, the WEC veteran has been very successful since the merger, this time with an impressive first round rear naked choke submission over Dennis Siver. With a huge head kick, Cerrone was able to take a stunned Siver’s back and sink in the choke for the victory.  (Full UFC 137 event results below.)

The Bellator Heavyweight tournament has its finalists, and it seemed to be a contest of who could finish their fight the fastest, as Eric Prindle knocked out Ron Sparks in 40 seconds and Thiago Santos submitted Neil Grove in 38 seconds. Bellator Welterweight champion Ben Askren barely held on to is title, when he and Jay Hieron with the full five rounds leaving it in the hands of the judges who rendered the bout a split decision in favor of the champion. Askren now improves to 9-0 in MMA and 6-0 in Bellator. (Full Bellator 56 event results below.)

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UFC 137: PENN vs DIAZ results:

Nick Diaz def. B.J. Penn via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-28)

Cheick Kongo def. Matt Mitrione via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-28, 29-28)

Roy Nelson def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 1:30

Scott Jorgensen def. Jeff Curran via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Hatsu Hioki def. George Roop via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Spike TV prelims:

Donald Cerrone def. Dennis Siver via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:22

Bart Palaszewski def. Tyson Griffin via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:45

Facebook prelims:

Brandon Vera def. Eliot Marshall via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Ramsey Nijem def. Danny Downes via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-27)

Francis Carmont def. Chris Camozzi via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

Clifford Starks def. Dustin Jacoby via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

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Bellator 56 results:

Champ Ben Askren def. Jay Hieron via split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) – retains welterweight title

Thiago Santos def. Neil Grove via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 0:38 – heavyweight-tourney semifinals

Eric Prindle def. Ron Sparks via KO (punch) – Round 1, 0:40 – heavyweight-tourney semifinals

Jeremy Spoon def. Adam Schindler via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Marcio Navarro def. Rudy Bears by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Kelvin Tiller def. Dan Spohn via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

Emanuel “E.J.” Brooks def. Willian de Souza via unanimous decision (29-27, 30-26, 30-26)

Jacob Aiken def. Jeimeson Saudino via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:26

Aaron Ely def. Owen Evinger via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:45

Daniel Gallemore def. Derrick Ruffin via TKO (retirement) – Round 2, 5:00

Roy Nelson appeared on this episode to discuss his bout on October 29 at UFC 137 against Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic.

Matt Mitrione was also interviewed on this episode and discussed his bout at UFC 137 against Cheick Kongo.

Ontario-welterweight Chris Clements was also on this show and talked about being the Ringside welterweight champion and signing with rival-promotion Instinct MMA. Clements discussed his disagreements with the Ringside promotion and his upcoming bout against Forrest Petz.

Dave and Kevin discussed Viacom’s purchase of Bellator, results from Ringside 12 and more on this 90-minute episode.

Also on tonight’s episode hear Dave’s interview with newly signed Instinct MMA fighter Chris Clements (9-4). Although, Clements is the current Ringside MMA Welterweight champion, and proud to be a champion, yet he is upset with what the promotion had to offer as far as competition, and has defected from the promotion to join Instinct MMA’s welterweight division for a fight in early 2012.

Dave also had the pleasure of speak with two heavyweight competitors from UFC 137 in Matt Mitrione, who is taking of Cheick Kongo & Roy Nelson who is taking Mirko Cro Cop. Both fighters weigh in on their bouts this Saturday night in Las Vegas.

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Firas Zahabi appeared on this episode to discuss George St-Pierre’s recent knee injury and when he can be expected back in the UFC octagon.

Paul Daley was also on this program, talking about his main event fight against Luigi Fioravanti at Ringside 12 in Montreal on October 21.

Alex Garcia and Mike Ricci also appeared on this show to discuss their bouts at Ringside 12.

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