Weekend in Fights! January 26th Edition

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This Weekend in Fights! (January 26, 2013) featured Bellator’s second fightWIF Jan26 card on Spike TV, and the UFC’s sixth FOX card.

Thursday night Bellator 86 took place at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The card featured a Belltor Welterweight title bout between champion Ben Askren and season six tournament winner Karl Amoussou. The fourth a final Light Heavyweight opening round tournament bout, and all four opening round season eight Welterweight tournament opening round bouts.

Bellator Welterweight champion Ben Askren put a three round one-sided beatdown on Karl Amoussou to pick up his eighth Bellator victory. Askren took Amoussou down with ease and proceeded to pound Amoussou’s face in with punches and elbows. After three rounds the doctor’s refused to allow Amoussou to continue into the fourth as his eye was swollen shut. This marked Askren’s second TKO victory, his third title defense. Askren will now face off against season seven tournament winner, undefeated 13-0 Andrey Koreshkov at some point in 2013 in a battle of the undefeated’s.

As expected Muhammed Lawal won his Bellator debut in the fourth and final Light Heavyweight tournament quarterfinal matchup. Lawal used improved boxing technique to dismantle Przemyslaw Mysiala for a first round knockout. Lawal landed a huge overhand right that sent Mysiala crashing to the mat. Lawal didn’t pounce on Mysiala as he has been vocal in the past about bad stoppages and fighter safety. Lawal joins Jacob Noe, Emanuel Newton and Michail Zayats in the semifinals.

Douglas Lima, Ben Saunders, Brent Weedman, and Raul Amaya all punched their tickets into the semifinals of the Bellator season 8 Welterweight tournament. That statement couldn’t be anymore true for Amaya, who dropped Jose Gomes mid way through the the first round to earn a TKO victory. Douglas Lima “kicked” his way into the semifinals over Michail Tsarev by beating up his legs so bad that that he could hardly stand. Tsarev attempted to continue but the damage was done, as Lima saw his opening and exploited it. Ben Saunders picked up a unanimous decision over a very tough and game Koffi Adzitso. Saunders used takedown defense and Muay Thai to win all three rounds 30-27. Brent Weedman defeated Marius Zaromskis with a 29-27 unanimous decision. Weedman controlled the first two rounds, but was met with Zaromskis’ flashy striking in the third. Zaromskis was unable to finish the well rounded fighter in the third and was already down two rounds, thus giving Weedman the victory. (Full Bellator 86 event results below.)

UFC on FOX 6 emanated from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday night. The main event featured the first title defense of UFC Flyweight title as champion Demetrious Johnson took TUF 14 winner John Dodson. In a five round war Johnson picked up the unanimous decision to retain his title. In the first three rounds Dodson was landing some good shots dropping Johnson a few times, but it was still back and forth. As the bout entered the championship rounds Johnson really took over in dominant fashion. The fifth and finale round especially as Johnson utilized the Muay Thai clinch and beat up the very tough Dodson’s face. Johnson made his first successful title defense and improves to 3-0-1 as a Flyweight.

In the co-main event Glover Teixiera handed Quinton “Rampage” Jackson another loss and his walking papers, as this was the last fight on his contract, and he was extremely vocal about not re-signing. Jackson displayed moments of greatness with explosive or desperation flurries. Unfortunately for Jackson Teixiera out classed him on the feet on the ground and in wrestling over the course of three rounds. In victory Teixiera proved that he is a forced to e reckoned with the Light Heavyweight division, and that Jackson is clearly past his prime. The unanimous decision improves Teixiera’s record to 20-2 with and 18-fight win streak.

Ryan Bader set a UFC record with the quickest submission victory in the Light Heavyweight division when he forced Vladimir Matyushenko to tap to a guillotine choke in 50-seconds.

Four very impressive KO/TKO victories took place at UFC on FOX 6. Anthony Pettis picked up a quick first round liver kick TKO over Donald Cerrone. T.J. Grant uses elbows and punches to drop Matt Wiman with nine seconds remaining in the first round. Ricardo Lamas spoiled the title shot aspirations of Eric Koch with ground and pound elbows in the second round. And Shawn Jordan came back from a tough first round to drop Mike Russow for his first UFC victory.

Also on the card, Clay Guida had a successful Featherweight debut with a split decision over Hatsu Hioki. Pascal Krauss bounced back from his first career loss with a great standup display in a unanimous decision over Mike Stumpf. Rafael Natal submitted a very game Sean Spencer, and David Mitchell defeated Simeon Thoresen in a great opening contest. (Full UFC on FOX 6: Johnson vs. Dodson event results below.)

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Thursday Night Fights –

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Bellator 86 results:Bellator-86

Ben Askren def. Karl Amoussou via TKO (doctor stoppage) – Round 3, 5:00 – retains welterweight title

Muhammed Lawal def. Przemyslaw Mysialavia knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:52 – light-heavyweight-tournament opening round

Douglas Lima def. Michail Tsarev via TKO (leg kicks) – Round 2, 1:44 – advances to semifinals of welterweight-tournament

Ben Saunders def. Koffi Adzitso via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) -advances to semifinals of welterweight-tournament

Spike.com prelims:

Hunter Tucker def. Javier Obregon via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 3:17

Jason Sampson def. Chris Pham via submission (armbar) – Round 3, 4:55

Brent Weedman def. Marius Zaromskis via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) – advances to semifinals of welterweight-tournament

Raul Amaya def. Jose Gomes via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:12 – advances to semifinals of welterweight-tournament

Damon Jackson def. Zach Church via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:43

Cortez Coleman def. Matt Jones via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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Saturday Night Fights –

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UFC on FOX 6 results:UFC_on_FOX_6

Demetrious Johnson def. John Dodson via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) – retains flyweight title

Glover Teixeira def. Quinton Jackson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Anthony Pettis def. Donald Cerrone via TKO (liver kick) – 2:35 – Round 1

Ricardo Lamas def. Erik Koch via TKO (Elbows) – 2:32 – Round 2

FX prelims:

T.J. Grant def. Matt Wiman via KO (elbows) – 4:51 – Round 1

Clay Guida vs. Hatsu Hioki via split decision (29-28, 30-27, 28-29)

Ryan Bader def. Vladimir Matyushenko via submission (guillotine choke) – 0:50 – Round 1

Shawn Jordan def. Mike Russow via TKO (strikes) – 3:48 -Round 2

Pascal Krauss def. Mike Stumpf via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Rafael Natal def. Sean Spencer via submission (arm-triangle choke) – 2:13 – Round 3

Facebook prelims:

David Mitchell def. Simeon Thoresen via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Ringside Report Radio January 25: UFC on FOX 6 preview now online

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This is the January 25, 2013 episode of Ringside Report Radio. Hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

Simon and McKough previewed UFC on FOX 6 including every preliminary bout and the main event UFC Flyweight Championship bout between Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson and John “The Magician” Dodson.

Simon and McKough discussed the potential of a Luke Rockhold versus Anderson Silva fight that would unify the Strikeforce and UFC Middleweight title.

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

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UFC on FOX 6

FOX card 8p.m. ET:

Demetrious Johnson (124) vs. John Dodson (125) – for flyweight title

Quinton Jackson (204) vs. Glover Teixeira (206)

Donald Cerrone (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (155)

Erik Koch (145) vs. Ricardo Lamas (145)

FX prelims 5 p.m. ET:

T.J. Grant (155) vs. Matt Wiman (156)

Clay Guida (146) vs. Hatsu Hioki (146)

Ryan Bader (205) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (205)

Shawn Jordan (251) vs. Mike Russow (256)

Pascal Krauss (171) vs. Mike Stumpf (170)

Rafael Natal (185) vs. Sean Spencer (186)

Facebook prelims 4 p.m. ET:

David Mitchell (171) vs. Simeon Thoresen (171)

 

Ringside Report Radio January 16 with Tarec Saffiedine, TJ Grant and Bellator preview now online

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This is the January 16, 2013 episode of Ringside Report Radio. Hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

Tarec Saffiedine appeared on this episode to discuss his win over Nate Marquardt to win the Strikeforce welterweight championship and when he expects to make his UFC debut.

TJ Grant also appeared on this episode and talked about his upcoming bout on January 26 versus Matt Wiman for UFC on FOX 6.

Simon and McKough previewed Bellator 85 including every preliminary bout and the main event title bouts featuring Michael Chandler defending his lightweight title versus Rick Hawn and Patricio “Pitbull” Freire challenging Pat Curran for the Bellator featherweight championship.

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

Weekend in Fights! January 12th Edition

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This Weekend in Fights! (January 12th, 2013) marked Jan 12 WIFa 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 Strikeforce logo 2006-2013Lightweight champions in Clay Guida, Josh Thompson, and Gilbert Melendez twice. One Women’s Featherweight champion in Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos, and STRIKEFORCE 1-63four 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:StrikeforcePosterMarquardtSaffiedine

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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Weekend in Fights! December 8th Edition

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After a mini hiatus Weekend in Fights! is back! This Weekend in Fights!(December 8th, 2012) featured Bellator 83 in Atlantic City, XFC 21: Night of Champions in Nashville on Friday night. Saturday night featured UFC on FOX 5 in Seattle, and Cage Warriors 50 in Glasgow.

Bellator 83 kicked off the weekend at the Caesars Atlantic City in New Jersey on Friday. The Rad Martinez versus Shahbulat Shamhalaev for the Bellator Season 7 Featherweight tournament final, however Shamhalaev became very sick  due to food poisoning and the bout was postponed to Bellator 84 on Dec. 14.

Anthony Leone played spoiler to  Zach Makovsky’s return since losing the Bellator Bantamweight title. Formally undefeated in Bellator, Makovsky drops two straight as Leone picks up a split decision.

The performance of the night went to Jessica Eye, who made extremely short work of Bellator Straweight champion Zoila Gurgel in a Flyweight bout. Eye dropped Gurgel, then slapped on standing arm triangle choke, rendering Grugel unconscious in under a minute. (Full Bellator 83 event results below.)

Also on Friday night XFC 21: Night of Champions emanated from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. In the main event undefeated congenital amputee with just one fully-formed arm Nick Newell submitted  Eric Reynolds with a rear-naked choke to claim the XFC Lightweight title. This win makes him the first handicap MMA fighter to win gold, and he remains a perfect 9-0, snapping Reynolds’ three fight win streak. (Full XFC 21: Night of Champions event results below.)

The UFC’s fifth installment on FOX 5 took place at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington.The UFC Lightweight title was on the line in the main event, as champion Benson Henderson went five rounds with challenger Nate Diaz. Henderson dominated Diaz over the five round winning 50-45, 50-45, and 50-43 on one judge’s score card, giving “Bendo” two 10-8 rounds. Henderson was able to clinch and takedown Diaz with ease, ground and punding his way to victory. Diaz pulled off a few submission attempts, but they unsuccessful. Henderson’s gameplan was perfect by shutting down Diaz’ stealer boxing offense., in fact it was one of Diaz’ worst “striking” performances to date. With the victory Henderson remains a perfect 6-0 in the UFC and successfully defended his championship for the second time.

The co-main event featured the legendary Mauricio “Shogun” Rua squaring off against the Swedish standup specialist Alexander Gustafsson. This exciting three round war saw Gustafsson capture his biggest career win with a unanimous decision. In what was a very back and forth affair, Gustafsson’s lankiness and powerful knees are what helped him pick up the win. Escaping from leglock submission attempts and delivering devastating knees, Gustafsson rendered Rua a bloody mess. Rua continued to battle on and prove his toughness and high threshold for pain by not being finish, but was visibly hurt and fatigued in the final frame. With the victory Gustafsson picks up his sixth victory in a row and a “guaranteed” title shot for the winner of UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones versus Chael Sonnen, which takes place on April 27th, 2012 at UFC 158 in Newark, New Jersey.

In another “changing of the guard” bout, 23-year-old Welterweight Rory MacDonald picked his biggest victory to date with a three round beat down of B.J. Penn. In a semi stalemate first round Penn attempted takedowns on the much larger MacDonald. In the second round Rory Mac had Penn in visible danger with combinations to the body and the head. Hesitant to get counter struck, MacDonald didn’t move in for the kill, but displayed an abundance of cockiness by shuffling his feet Muhammad Ali style. The third round was filled with clinching, and a very demoralized Penn. MacDonald picked up two 30-26′s and a 30-27 in three rounds. Post fight MacDonald called out Carlos Condit, wanting a rematch for his only career blemish.

Opening up the card on FOX, was a Welterweight battle between two strikers, and Mike Swick took on Matt Brown. The first round was a feeling out process for the two fighters. In the second the grinding Brown caught Swick with a devastating right to score the knockout, but connected with a left for assure his forth straight victory.

Also on the card, 15-year veteran Yves Edwards handed Jeremy Stephens his knockout first ever career loss. Raphael Assuncao stopped Mike Easton’s eight fight win streak with a unanimous decision, and Daron Cruickshank head kick knocked out Henry Martinez. (Full UFC on FOX 5: Henderson vs. Diaz event results below.)

Cage Warriors 50 took place at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday night. In the main event Brandon Hempleman defeated Paul McVeigh via unanimous decision in a three round war. Also on the card, Bellator veteran Wilson Reis submitted Owen Roddy with a rear-naked choke in the third round. (Full Cage Warriors 50 event results below.)

 

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Friday Night Fights -

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Bellator 83 results:

Rad Martinez vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev (fight postponed to Dec. 14 after Shamhalaev ruled out due to food poisoning)

Anthony Leone def. Zach Makovsky via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)

Jessica Eye def. Zoila Gurgel via arm triangle choke submission, Rd. 1 (0:58)

Darrell Horcher def. Chris Liguori via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Prelims:

Mike Wessel def. Alexei Kudin via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Jimmie Rivera def. Jesse Brock via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Terrell Hobbs def. Brylan Van Artsdalen via rear naked choke submission, Rd. 1 (3:07)

Tuan Phan def. Matthew Lozano via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Claudio Ledesma def. Bo Harris via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

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XFC 21: Night of Champions results:

Nick Newell def. Eric Reynolds via Submission – Round 1 – claims XFC Lightweight title

Ryan Thomas defeated Corey Hill via Submission Round 1

Stephanie Eggink def. Heather Clark via unanimous decision

Marcus Finch def. Dustin West via TKO – Round 1

Ricky Rainey def. Donny Wallace via TKO – Round 1

Jarrod Card def. Keith Richardson via Submission Round 2

Undercard:

Gerric Hayes def. Jason Blackford via TKO – Round 2

Tommy Roberts def. Josh Phelps via TKO – Round 1

Jorge Medina def. DJ Sidthilaw-Browning via Submission Round 3

Cromwell Stewart def.  Zachary Hicks via split decision

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UFC on FOX 5: Henderson vs. Diaz results:

Ben Henderson def. Nate Diaz via unanimous decision (50-43, 50-45, 50-45) – to retain UFC lightweight title

Alexander Gustafsson def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

Rory MacDonald def. B.J. Penn via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)

Matt Brown def. Mike Swick via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 2:31

FX Prelims:

Yves Edwards def. Jeremy Stephens via knockout (punch and elbows) – Round 1, 1:55

Raphael Assuncao def. Mike Easton via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Ramsey Nijem def. Joe Proctor via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Daron Cruickshank def. Henry Martinez via knockout (kick) – Round 2, 2:57

Abel Trujillo def. Marcus LeVesseur via TKO (knees) – Round 2, 3:56

Dennis Siver def. Nam Phan via unanimous decision (30-24, 30-25, 30-26)

Facebook prelim:

Scott Jorgensen def. John Albert via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:59

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Cage Warriors 50 results:

Brandon Hempleman def. Paul McVeigh via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Wilson Reis def. Owen Roddy by submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 1:32

Alan Johnston def. Aaron Wilkinson via unanimous decision (30-28, 30-27, 29-28)

Scott Askham def. Denniston Sutherland via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Graham Turner def. Nathan Beer via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:30

Dan Hope def. Avi Jack via unanimous (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)

Prelims:

Alex Enlund def. Ahsan Gilani via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 0:39

Mark Connor def. Andy Young via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Alex Davidson def. Sean McDonald via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 1:58

 

 

 

 

 

Tune in Alert! UFC on FOX 5 Preview tonight on Ringside Report Radio

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Be sure to tune into Ringside Report Radio at 11pm tonight on TSN 690 for a full UFC on FOX 5 preview.

Also on the program Dave & Kevin will also be discussing the possibility of the winner of Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Alexander Gustafsson to get potential title shot. How UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre’s next opponent will indeed be Nick Diaz, not Johny Hendricks. Ronda Rousey’s UFC debut at UFC 157 versus Liz Carmouche. Phil Davis officially off UFC 155, and UFC interim Banamweight champion Renan Barao versus Michael McDonald official for UFC on FUEL TV 7 in London, and much more in 2-Hours of MMAgic.

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UFC on FOX 5: Henderson vs. Diaz preview:

FOX Card (8pm ET):

Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz - For UFC Lightweight Championship

Alexander Gustafsson vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

Rory MacDonald vs. B.J. Penn

Matt Brown vs. Mike Swick

FX prelims (5 pm ET):

Yves Edwards vs. Jeremy Stephens

Raphael Assuncao vs. Mike Easton

Ramsey Nijem vs. Joe Proctor

Daron Cruickshank vs. Henry Martinez

Tim Means vs. Abel Trujillo

Nam Pham vs. Dennis Siver

Facebook prelims (4:30 pm ET):

John Albert vs. Scott Jorgensen

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Be sure to tune into Ringside Report Radio on TSN 690 at 11pm tonight, as Dave & Kevin will be previewing the three main card bouts of Bellator 83 and airing clips of the UFC on FOX 5 conference call.

Hear from UFC Lightweight champion Benson Henderson, his challenger Nate Diaz, opponents BJ Penn and Rory MacDonald, as well as Mauricio “Shogun”  and UFC president Dana White from the UFC on FOX 5 conference call.

Dave & Kevin will also be discussing options for Phil Davis, now that an MCL and ACL strain injury is forcing Forrest Griffin out of their UFC 155 bout. Gilbert Melendez considering drop to Featherweight in current negotiations with UFC. The newest match ups in the UFC including Ivan Menjivar versus Urijah Faber in a rematch from TKO 24 in January of 2006. Flyweights Joseph Benavidez versus Ian McCall, Heavyweights Stefan Struve versus Mark Hunt. An injury update on Dominick Cruz, which is forcing interim Bantamweight champion Renan Barao to face Michael McDonald.

Also on tonight’s program, Bellator Season 7 Light Heavyweight tournament winner Attila Vegh forced to with draw from Bellator 84 bout with Bellator Light Heavyweight champion Christian M’Pumbu. The Ultimate Fighter moving to Tuesday nights, and UFC Brazil’s website mistaken report of Ronda Rousey versus Christiane “Cyborg” Santos at UFC 157. All this and much more in 2 Hours of MMAgic.
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Bellator 83 Preview:

Rad Martinez vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev - Bellator Season 7 Featherweight Tournament Finale

 

Anthony Leone vs. Zach Makovsky

 

Jessica Eye vs. Zoila Frausto Gurgel

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Weekend in Fights! August 4th Edition

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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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Friday Night Fights -

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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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Tune in Alert! UFC on FOX 4 Preview on Ringside Report Radio Tonight!

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Be sure to tune into Ringside Report Radio at 11pm on TSN 990 as part of our continued Olympic schedule.

Dave & Kevin will preview each and every fight of UFC on FOX 4: Shogun vs. Vera card taking place Saturday August 4th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, airing on FUEL TV and FOX.

Also on tonight’s program Dave & Kevin will continue to discuss the possibility of Nick Diaz vs. Anderson Silva, and how UFC President Dana White shot down the idea. Matt Hamill coming out of retirement to fight Roger Hollett at UFC 152 and much more in 2-Hours of MMAgic.

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UFC on FOX 4: Shogun vs. Vera card:

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Brandon Vera

Lyoto Machida vs. Ryan Bader

Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner

Mike Swick vs. DaMarques Johnson

FUEL TV prelims:

Cole Miller vs. Nam Phan

Phil Davis vs. Wagner Prado

Josh Grispi vs. Rani Yahya

Phil De Fries vs. Oli Thompson

Manny Gamburyan vs. Michihiro Omigawa

Ulysses Gomez vs. John Moraga

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Ringside Report Radio & Wrestling Uncensored Olympics Schedule Alterations

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As the 2012 Summer Olympic Games begin on Friday July 27th until Saturday August 12th, TSN Radio 990 will be airing a daily London 2012 recap show at 10pm every night. Therefore, five episodes of Ringside Report Radio and three episodes of Wrestling Uncensored will air accordingly following these recap shows.

Although episodes will air later than usual, we would like to ensure our fans that Ringside Report Radio will continue to bring you the latest coverage of all things MMA including full previews of UFC on FOX 4 on episode #463 and UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar II on episode #465. Wrestling Uncensored will continue the buildup to SummerSlam with weekly recaps of WWE programming.

If by chance you are unable to tune into these episodes live, each and every episode will be available for podcast download here on www.ringsidereport.net or via podcast subscription on iTunes. For more show info and upcoming guests stay tuned to www.ringsidereport.net or check our official Facebook Page, and follow us on Twitter: Dave Simon, Kevin McKough, Johnny North, Jeremy Prophet.

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Ringside Report Radio & Wrestling Uncensored Olympic Schedule:

Ringside Report Radio #461: Friday July 27th 11:00pm – 1:00am ET
Wrestling Uncensored #94: Saturday July 28th 11:00pm – Midnight ET
Ringside Report Radio #462: Wednesday August 1st 11:00pm – Midnight ET
Ringside Report Radio #463: August 3rd 11:00pm – 1:00am ET
Wrestling Uncensored #95: August 4th 11:00pm – Midnight ET
Ringside Report Radio #464: August 8th 11:00pm – Midnight ET
Ringside Report Radio #465: August 10th 11:00pm – 1:00am ET
Wrestling Uncensored #96: August 11th 11:00pm – Midnight ET

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