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Ringside Report Radio January 8 with Kajan Johnson. Now online

January 9, 2014 By admin

This is the January 8, 2014 episode of Ringside Report Radio. Hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin McKough.

Kajan Johnson appeared on this episode to discuss being part of Team Canada on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter-Nations: Canada v. Australia.

Simon and McKough discussed potential UFC returns for Brock Lesnar and Anderson Silva.

Simon and McKough also talked about Dominick Cruz’ injury and Urijah Faber replacing him in a UFC bantamweight title bout versus Renan Barao at UFC 169.

All this and much more MMA on this 90-minute episode.

FIELD FINALIZED FOR THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 17 ON FX

January 9, 2013 By admin

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 9, 2013) – Tuesdays just got TUF™. On January 22, some of the world’s most talented and determined mixed martial artists will face-off in the most grueling sports tournament on television. Watch as 28 mixed martial arts prospects battle for a coveted spot on the new season of The Ultimate Fighter®, which begins with a special two-hour premiere airing at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FX.

The Ultimate Fighter, the Ultimate Fighting Championship®’s long-running reality television series, will run for 13 weeks and will culminate in a three-hour finale, live from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. Unlike previous seasons on FX, the one-hour broadcast will now be shown on Tuesday nights at its new regularly scheduled timeslot of 9 p.m. ET/PT.

The 14 successful combatants will be divided into two teams, which will be coached by two of the fiercest rivals in all of sport. UFC® light heavyweight champion and MMA superstar, Jon “Bones” Jones will captain one team, while the controversial and charismatic challenger Chael Sonnen will lead the second team into battle in this, the 17th installment of the series.

The coaches will then collide for the light heavyweight title on Saturday, April 27, at UFC® 159: JONES vs. SONNEN at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Not surprisingly, both Jones and Sonnen will be bringing their trademark self-confidence into their stints as coaches this season on The Ultimate Fighter.

“I thought it would be a good way to share myself with the sport of MMA,” Jones said. “I embrace the role.”

Said Sonnen: “The hottest show on FX is being graced with the greatest talent God ever made: Chael P. Sonnen.’’

The list of finalists in the middleweight (185 pounds) division was trimmed from more than 250 applicant athletes. The fighters – all seeking the opportunity of a lifetime and a six-figure contract from the Ultimate Fighting Championship – hail from the United States, Australia, England and Sweden.

“The quality of guys we have this season in unbelievable,” said UFC President Dana White. “From the fights to get into the house, to every single fight this season, I think the talent is some of the best I’ve ever seen on this show. We’re going to end up with some really good guys in the 185-pound division.”

“The production value has increased, the talent level is at an all-time high, and we have two of the most dynamic personalities in all of the UFC as our coaches,” said Chuck Saftler, EVP of FX Networks. “I’m extremely excited about this season of The Ultimate Fighter and truly believe this could be the show’s best season yet.”

On Jan. 22, the season will launch with 14 gripping elimination scraps. Those victorious in the opening round, or “Fight In”, become official cast members and earn their place in The Ultimate Fighter house in Las Vegas. The winners will be drafted into opposing teams of seven by Jones and Sonnen. Thereafter, cameras will document their activity before and after their training and fights during the season.

Each episode’s winners will advance in the single-elimination tournament until one is crowned The Ultimate Fighter.

The competitors are:

Dylan Andrews (16-4-1), 32, Gold Coast, AUS

Jake Heun (3-2), 25, Salt Lake City, Utah

Hito Andrews (9-2), 34, Sacramento, Calif.

Nicholas Hohring (3-0), 22, Valley Springs, Calif.

Luke Barnatt (5-0), 24, Cambridge, ENG

Mike Jaspar (6-0), 29, Camarillo, Calif.

Leo Bercier (7-2), 31, Great Falls, Montana

Bubba McDaniel (20-6), 29, Albuquerque, N.M.

Ryan Lee Q. Bigler (9-3), 28, Guam

Frasier Opie (10-5), 25, Milton Keynes, ENG

Kevin Casey (5-2), 31, Hawthorne, Calif.

Frederick Persons (3-0), 28, Stockton, Calif.

Adam Cella (4-0), 27, Fenton, Mo.

Jimmy Quinlan (3-0), 26, Metheun, Mass.

Zach Cummings (15-3), 28, Kansas City, Mo.

Scott Rosa (4-1), 27, Sparks, Nev.

Andy Enz, (6-1), 21, Anchorage, Alaska

Josh Samman (9-2), 24, Tallahassee, Fla.

Nik Fehete (5-1), 32, Las Vegas, Nev.

Gilbert Smith (5-1), 30, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Kelvin Gastelum (5-0), 20, Yuma, Ariz.

Eldon Sproat (3-1), 27, Molohai, Hawaii

Uriah Hall (7-2), 28, New York City, N.Y.

Tor Troeng (15-4-1), 29, Umea, SWE

Collin Hart (4-1-1), 23, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Eric Wahlin (5-1), 29, Taylorsville, Utah

Clint Hester (7-3), 24, Atlanta, Ga.

Timothy Williams (7-1), 26, Millville, N.J.

Many of today’s most recognizable names in the UFC have emerged from the TUF™ series, including, among many others, Forrest Griffin, Kenny Florian, Rashad Evans, and Michael Bisping.

Tune-in and watch who will become the next THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER on FX!

—UFC press release—

UFC 158 Card Update!

January 6, 2013 By admin

Only 70-days away from the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to Montreal on March 16th, 2013 for UFC 158: GSP vs. Diaz. After the December 16th announcement of the main event of UFC Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (23-2 MMA, 17-2 UFC) defending his title for the eighth time versus former STRIKEFORCE Welterweight champion Nick Diaz (26-8-1 MMA, 7-5 UFC, 6-0 SF) was made official, the UFC has continued to stack this card.

Already announced, Rory MacDonald will receive a UFC 115 rematch against Carlos Condit, the title hungry Johny Hendricks will square off against Jake Ellenberger, and Patrick Cote will make his first drop to Welterweight to face STRIKEFORCE import Bobby Voelker.

The UFC has just added three more Canadian talent heavy bouts to the card with John Makdessi versus Daron Cruickshank, Chris Camozzi versus Nick Ring, and Jordan Mein versus Dan Miller.

After destroying the Canadian local scene, John “The Bull” Makdessi (10-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) jumped into the UFC with two highlight reel performances going the distance with Pat Audinwood where he displayed his superb striking ability at UFC 124, and the famous spinning back fist knockout of Kyle Watson at UFC 129. Makdessi then suffered his first ever loss to Dennis Hallman at UFC 140 in an unfair bout as Hallman who was normally a Welterweight fighter dropped to Lightweight, but missed weight and came into the bout much larger than Makdessi. Clearly affected by his first loss, Makdessi loss his next bout to Anthony Njokuani at UFC 145. The Laval native then snapped his two-fight losing skid with a unanimous decision over Sam Stout at UFC 154. Since losing in the first episode of the Ultimate Fighter Live to James Vick via knockout, Daron Cruickshank (12-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has gone undefeated in the UFC with a unanimous decision over Chris Tickle at The Ultimate Fighter Live Finale, and a highlight reel knockout of Henry Martinez at UFC on FOX 5. Prior to joining the UFC, Cruickshank defeated Makdessi’s training partner Mike Ricci for the Ringside MMA Lightweight championship at Ringside 12 in October of 2011. The two will square off in a strikers dream match in a “Tristar’s revenge” bout.

A Middleweight showcase between Chris Camozzi (18-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) and Nick Ring has been added to the card. During his stint of the Ultimate Fighter season 11, Camozzi was forced to withdraw from the competition after suffering a broken jaw in his preliminary bout victory against Victor O’Donnell to get into the house. Camozzi was granted to opportunity to fight on the finale where he picked up a unanimous decision over James Hammortree, then a split decision over Dongi Yang at UFC 121. He was then submitted by Kyle Noke at UFC 127 and subsequently released from the promotion. Camozzi picked a split decision victory outside of the UFC against Joey Villasenor at Shark Fights 15, which granted him another shot in the UFC. Upon his return Camozzi lost a unanimous decision to Francis Carmont at UFC 137, losing two of three rounds, as Camozzi had Carmont in danger late in the third round with a kimura submission. Camozzi bounced back from the loss as he is currently riding a three fight win streak with a guillotine submission over Dustin Jacoby at UFC on FOX 2, a TKO victory over Nick Cantone at UFC on FX 4, and a unanimous decision over Luiz Cane at UFC 153. His opponent Nick Ring (13-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) also an alumni of season 11 of the Ultimate Fighter and also forced to withdraw due to ACL injury after defeating the winner of season Court McGee in the quarterfinals by majority decision. Ring officially made his UFC debut at UFC 127 in February of 2011 with a controversial unanimous decision victory over DEEP Middleweight champion Riki Fukuda. Ring “won” the first two rounds granting him the judges nod, but the MMA community, including UFC President Dana White were baffled by the decision. Ring then ensured that there was no controversy in his next UFC victory, as he submitted at UFC 131. Ring was then handed his first career loss to Tim Boetsch at UFC 135. Ring bounced back from his loss, defeating Court McGee by unanimous decision in a TUF 11 rematch at UFC 149. Undefeated on Canadian soil with 11 victories the Calgary native will attempt to remain that way and derail Camozzi’s win streak.

STRIKEFORCE import Jordan Mein (26-8 MMA, 2-1 SF) will be making his UFC debut at UFC 158. Mein lost his MMA debut in 2006 to Rory MacDonald at the age of 16. Now 23-years-old, Mein has fought 34 times, racking up victories over notable fighters such as, Evangelista Santos, Marius Zaromskis, Joe Riggs, Josh Burkman, and Forest Petz. Mein made his STRIKEFORCE debut in September of 2011 with a TKO victory over Evangelista Santos. Mein then squared off against the much larger Tyron Woodley in a title eliminator bout, where Woodley spent three rounds sitting on Mein, who worked diligently off his back, but would lose a split decision. Mein then won a unanimous decision over Tyler Stinson in January of 2012. With two STRIKEFORCE events being cancelled in a the later part of 2012, Mein returned to the local scene to remain active on November 23rd for the Score Fighting Series 7. He destroyed Forrest Petz in 99-seconds with elbows and knees. His opponent, Brother of Top 10 ranked Lightweight Jim Miller, Dan Miller (14-6-1 MMA, 6-5 UFC) won his first three UFC bouts against Rob Kimmons at UFC Fight Night 15, Matt Horwich at UFC 90, and Jake Rosholt at UFC Fight Night 17. Miller would then go on to lose three consecutive decision bouts against Chael Sonnen at UFC 98, Damian Maia at UFC 109, and Michael Bisping at UFC 114. Miller snapped the losing streak with a ninja choke submission of John Salter at UFC 118, and a split decision over Joe Doerksen at UFC 124. Miller stepped back up in competition losing decisions to Nate Marquardt at UFC 128, and Rousimar Palhares at UFC 134. With the losses Miller made the decision to drop to 170lbs and submitted Ricardo Funch with a guillotine choke at UFC on FX 4 in his Welterweight debut to earn the submission of the night honors. Miller will attempt to remain undefeated at Welterweight and spoil Mein’s UFC debut.

Sarah Kaufman (15-2 MMA, 6-2 SF) will appear on Wednesday’s (Jan. 9th) episode of Ringside Report Radio on TSN 690 with Dave Simon and Kevin McKough to discuss her potential involvement of UFC 158. The former STRIKEFORCE Women’s Bantamweight champion Kaufman has expressed to RingsideReportDOTNET that she would be interested in a rematch against Miesha Tate (13-3 MMA, 6-2 SF). The two fought at the first STRIKEFORCE Challengers card in May of 2009, where Kaufman won a unanimous decision. Both fighters lost first round submissions to UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. Tate losing the STRIKEFORCE title, and Kaufman attempting to regain it. Tate recently defeated Kaufman’s teammate Julie Kedzie with an armbar submission after being beat up for two rounds by Kedzie. Kaufman would like to avenge the loss by her teammate, and face Tate in a bout that has been brewing for some time now, as Kaufman and Tate both felt that Kaufman deserved the title shot over Rousey, when Tate was champion. With the UFC adding a Women’s Bantamweight division to the company, we at Ringside Report Radio/www.ringsidereport.net believe that Kaufman would make a great addition to the roster and should be added to the UFC 158 lineup. If you are interested in seeing Sarah Kaufman versus Miesha Tate at UFC 158 tweet “@mmasarah vs. @MieshaTate for #UFC158 #MakeItHappen” to @danawhite and @ufc.

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UFC 158: GSP vs. Diaz (7 bout) lineup:

Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz – for welterweight title

Jake Ellenberger vs. Johny Hendricks

Carlos Condit vs. Rory MacDonald

Chris Camozzi vs. Nick Ring

Jordan Mein vs. Dan Miller

Daron Cruickshank vs. John Makdessi

Patrick Cote vs. Bobby Voelker

Weekend in Fights! December 15th Edition

December 17, 2012 By Kevin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Friday Night Fights –

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

Ross Pearson def. George Sotiropoulos TKO (Punches)

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

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

Hector Lombard def. Rousimar Palhares via TKO

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

Chad Mendes def. Yaotzin Meza via KO

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

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

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

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

Cody Donovan def. Nick Penner via TKO (strikes)

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Bellator 84 results:

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

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

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

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

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

Prelims:

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

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

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

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

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Legacy FC 16 results:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prelims:

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

Russell Brewer def. Aaron Culpepper via unanimous decision

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

Sidney Cawdrey def. Joseph Salas via unanimous decision

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

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Saturday Night Fights –

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The Ultimate Fighter Season 16 Finale results:

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

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

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

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

FUEL TV prelims:

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

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

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

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

Facebook prelims:

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

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

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

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Jewels 22nd Ring results:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Flawless Fighting Championship 2 – Hated results:

Cully Butterfield def. Egidijus Valavicius via unanimous decision

Chase Beebe def. Chris Tickle via unanimous decision

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

Shamar Bailey def. Gideon Ray via unanimous decision

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

Tom Shoaff def. Brandon Priest via TKO (Punches)

Adam Ward def. Guillermo Serment via unanimous decision

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

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

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Tune in Alert! Tom Wright on Ringside Report Radio

September 19, 2012 By Kevin

Be sure to tune into Ringside Report Radio as UFC Director of Operations Canada Tom Wright (@WrightUFC)joins the panel at the beginning of the show.

Wright will be discussing all things UFC 152, from the atmosphere in Toronto, to the card adjustments, and more. Wright will also be talking about UFC 154 here in Montreal on November 17th, and future UFC events on Canadian soil.

Dave & Kevin will also be discussing the first episode of The Ultimate Fighter season 16, Frank Mir out of STRIKEFORCE bout with Daniel Cormier, UFC 152 and much more in 2-Hours of MMAgic.

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Ringside Report Radio live on TSN Radio 690 Montreal – CKGM-Radio.

How to listen:

In Montreal? listen on 690am on your radio dial.

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Listen to the live stream at http://tsn.ca/montreal/

Join the discussion:
Call: 514-790-1690
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Weekend in Fights June 2nd Edition

June 4, 2012 By Kevin

This Weekend in Fights! (June 2nd, 2012) crowned a new Ultimate Fighter champion, as well as a new Welterweight contender and a slew of new fighters to the UFC roster. The weekend also featured action in Ireland with Cage Warriors 47, Ring of Fire 43 in Colorado, RMMAC in Russia, NAAFS 8 in Cleveland, XKO 15 in Texas, and Barre Beatdown in Vermont.

The UFC kicked off the weekend with a rare Friday night appearance, concluding the 15th season of The Ultimate Fighter. TUF Live Finale emanated from the Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was the first live season of TUF, where the fighters competed and lived in the house throughout the 13 weeks of the broadcast. Last week as both Mike Chiesa and Al Iaquinta fought to become finalists in an all Team Faber affair. In the storyline finish reminiscent of a Hollywood movie, Mike Chiesa who lost his father after winning his entry bout into the house wins the entire 32-man tournament with a submission finish over Iaquinta. Team Faber’s 5th pick overall Chiesa made short work of Team Faber’s #1 pick Iaquinta by toughing through the early onslaught of strikes from Iaquinta and closing the distance. Chiesa took the fight to the mat taking Iaquinta’s back in the processes. Chiesa secured a body triangle, locking in a deep rear-naked choke that choked Iaqunita out cold at the mid mark of the first round.

Mike Chiesa maybe be the winner of TUF 15, but the event was headlined with a Welterweight showdown between knockout artist Jake Ellenberger squaring of against the crafty Danish veteran Martin Kampmann. Ellenberger stormed in on Kampmann early in the first round, almost bringing the bout he end with a left hook that floored Kampmann. Ellenberger failed to finish the fight with his ground and pound, as Kampmann recovered pulling Ellenberger into a guillotine choke for the remainder of the round. In the second round Ellenberber bloodied up Kampmann’s nose, but stumbled with his footing which proved to be a huge mistake. Kampmann capitalized on this stumble and connected with a series of knees from the clinch dropping Ellenberger to the mat to end the bout before the two minute mark of the second round. Kampmann snaps Ellenberger’s 6-fight win streak and positions himself into the Welterweight title picture.

Charles Oliveira is now 2-0 at Featherweightwith second round submission victory over TUF 12 winner Jonathan Brookins. In very competitive first round Oliveira worked kicks, while Brookins connected with barrages of short punches. Brookings was able to score a takedown but it was short lived as Oliveira return to his feet to conect with superior strikes for the remainder of the round. In the second round Brookins connected during their exchanges bloodying up Oliveira’s nose and forehead. Oliveira quickly clinched and brought the action to the mat. From guard, Brookins worked a guillotine which Oliveira escaped and delivered a series of elbow strikes before slapping his own guillotine choke from the seated position. Oliveira wrenched the choke from the mount, transitioning to guard for the finish. This win marks Oliveira’s second win over an Ultimate Fighter winner.

Also impressive on the card was the “American Boy” Justin Lawrence’s UFC debut. Lawrence was the odds on favorite to win the entire tournament, but losing in the semifinals to eventual winner Mike Chiesa, Team Cruz’s #1 pick Lawrence took on Team Faber’s #6 pick John Cofer. Lawrence outclassed Cofer throughout the first two rounds, but the highlight reel finish came at 19-seconds of the third round, as Lawrence connected with a thip fake, jab, cross, roundhouse kick combo landing his foot flush on the cheek of Cofer, dropping him to the mat for the knockout finish. (Full The Ultimate Fighter Live Finale event results below – Full The Ultimate Fighter Live Season results here.)

Also on Friday night, former STRIKEFORCE Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinalist Sergei Kharitonov headlined Russian MMA Championship (RMMAC) against John Delgado at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Kharitonov made short work of Delgado with a 34-second Keylock submission. The event also held a one night Heavyweight tournament with Alexei Kudin coming out the victor. Fighting three times in one night, with two TKO’s and a unanimous decision, Kudin defeated Konstantin Gludov in the finals. (Full RMMAC event results below.)

Cage Warriors started the jam packed Saturday night of fights airing on MMAjunkie.com and Facebook from the The Helix in Dublin, Ireland. The event saw two championship bouts, as Heavweight champion Mike Hayes took on D.J. Linderman for the strap; and the vacant Featherweight title was on the line between England’s Dave Hill and Irishman Conor McGregor.

A rematch three years in the making D.J. Linderman repeated his by getting a unanimous decision victory over Mike Hayes. The difference in this bout, is that it was five rounds and for the Cage Warriors Heavyweight title. Linderman attempted to bring the bout to the ground many times throughout the first two rounds, but displayed superior standup, when Hayes was able to defend those attempts. After attempted many time Linderman was able to score the takedowns in the third round, staying more active than Hayes. Hayes showed some life, and in a sense of urgency landed his own takedown in the fifth, landed some knees to the body and attempted a rear-naked choke. Unfortunately it was too little too late, losing the decision and surrendering his championship in the process.

Irish beats English in the co-main event of the evening as Conor McGregor submitted Dave Hill with a second round rear-naked choke submission. McGregor defended a takedown attempt ending up in top position ignoring Hill’s submission attempts and delivering some ground and pound until the bout was brought back up to their feet. McGregor took this fight again slapping on the submission he would finish the fight with, but not in this round as Hill was saved by the bell. McGregor to the ground early in the second round took Hill’s back and ended it, capturing the vacant Cage Warriors Featherweight title. (Full Cage Warriors 47 event results below.)

MMA Journeyman Phil Baroni headlined Ring of Fire 43 at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday. A 28-fight veteran, Baroni has fought in every recognizable promotion including the UFC, Pride, Elite XC, STRIKEFORCE, and ICON Sport among others. The fight had all the makings of an exciting finish, as Baroni’s opponent Chris Holland (4-3) has never gone the distance in his seven bouts, winning all of his bouts via KO/TKO. Of Holland’s three losses, one was by submission and two by knockout, one of which came at the hands of Instinct MMA star Brandon Thatch. This bout was no different from Holland’s other bouts as the finish came via TKO in the second round. Holland picked up is his fifth victory, delivering Baroni his 15th loss. (Full ROF 43 event results below.)

North American Allied Fight Series (NAAFS) took place at the Nautica Pavilion in Cleveland, Ohio and was available on iPPV on GoFightLive.com. The card featured two Bellator fighters and Cleveland natives in Frank Caraballo and Chris Lozano. Frank Caraballo defended his NAAFS Featherweight championship title versus Antonio Castillo Jr. with a quick first round rear-naked choke submission, bring an end to the Puerto Rico/Mexico trash talk between the two. Bellator Season 6 Welterweight tournament quarter-finalist Chris Lozano was originally slated to take on Kyle Baker for the NAAFS Welterweight title, but due to injury, Lozano was pitted against Wisconsin native James Warfield (22-10). Lozano pikced up the victory by putting the beat down on Warfield so bad that he was unable to continue into the second round. (Full NAAFS: Fight Night in the Flats 8 event results below.)

Former UFC Middleweight Jake Rosholt (12-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC) headlined Xtreme Knockout 15 (XKO 15) on Saturday at the The Gym in Arlington, Texas. UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture and UFC Welterweight Johny Hendricks were special guests for the event. Now fighting at Light Heavyweight, Rosholt took on Matthew Thompson (16-9). Thompson made short work of Rosholt with a first round kneebar submission, snapping Rosholt’s five fight win streak. (Xtreme Knockout 15 event results below.)

Vermont based Xtreme Combat Promotions presented Barre Beatdown at the Barre Municipal Auditorium in Barre, Vermont on Saturday night. A combination of both amateur and professional cage bouts took place in front of a packed house. Ringside Report Radio’s Kevin McKough manned the ring announcing duties for event. Lots of quick finishes and guillotine chokes throughout the night as three of nine bouts ended in that fashion. The main event was a Middleweight bout between Mike Derby and Tim De Iturriaga. The bout was a wrestling war as Berby took De Iturriaga to the ground and worked to improve position. Berby eventually took De Iturriaga’s back sinking in a rear-naked choke for the victory. To purchase a DVD copy of the event call Eastman Entertainment at 802-489-1970. (Full Barre Beatdown event results below.)

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Friday Night Fights –

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The Ultimate Fighter Live Finale results:

Martin Kampmann def. Jake Ellenberger via knockout (knees) – Round 2, 1:40

Mike Chiesa def. Al Iaquinta via technical submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:37 – to win “TUF: Live” championship

Charles Oliveira def. Jonathan Brookins via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 2:42

Max Holloway def. Pat Schilling via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Justin Lawrence def. John Cofer via knockout (kick) – Round 3, 0:19

FUEL TV prelims:

Daron Cruickshank def. Chris Tickle via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)

Myles Jury def. Chris Saunders via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 4:03

Sam Sicilia def. Cristiano Marcello via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:53

Joe Proctor def. Jeremy Larsen via TKO (knee and punches) – Round 1, 1:59

Facebook prelims:

Erik Perez def. John Albert via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 4:18

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RMMAC – Russian MMA Championship results:

Sergei Kharitonov def. John Delgado via Submission (Keylock) – 0:34 – Round 1

Alexei Kudin def. Konstantin Gludov via Unanimous Decision

Zabit Samedov def. Vitaly Operin via KO (Spinning Back Kick) – Round 1

Konstantin Gludov def. Anderi Sen via KO (Head Kick) – Round 1

Alexei Kudin def. Tadas Rinkevicius via TKO (Doctor Stoppage)

Ibragim Ibragimov def. Vladimir Kuchenko

Konstantin Gludov def. Timur Shikmagomedov

Alexei Kudin def. Oleg Tinins via TKO – Round 1

Tadas Rinkevicius def. Vyacheslav Vasiliev via TKO

Igor Konstin def. Andrei Sen via KO

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Saturday Night Fights –

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Cage Warriors 47 results:

D.J. Linderman def. Mike Hayes via unanimous decision (49-47, 49-46, 48-47) – to become new heavyweight champion

Conor McGregor def. Dave Hill via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 4:10 – to win vacant featherweight title

Rosi Sexton def. Aisling Daly via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – women’s tournament semifinal bout

Cathal Pendred def. David Bielkheden via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-28)

Neil Seery def. Mark Platts via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:36

Facebook prelims:

Jack Mason def. Tommy Quinn via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28

Paul Redmond def. Yuri Malko via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:05

Brett Sizeland def. Victor Peixoto via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:32

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Ring of Fire 43 results:

Chris Holland def. Phil Baroni via TKO (Punches) – 2:50 – Round 2

Cameron Dollar def. Tyler Toner via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 2:00 – Round 2

Justin Gaethje def. Marcus Edwards via Unanimous Decision

Tommy Thompson def. Prentice Ingraham via Split Decision

Vinnie Lopez def. Mark Korzenowski via TKO (Punches) – 3:41 – Round 3

Leandro Veal def. Chad Wicks via KO (Punches & Elbows) – 2:54 – Round 1

Mark Taylor def. Aaron Romero via Majority Decision

Henry Solis def. Justin Willis via TKO (Elbows) – 4:32 – Round 2

Zach Riley def. Toby Lopez via Submission (Arm Bar) 1:34 – Round 1

Bryce Thorstad def. Zach McChesney via KO (Punches) – 0:23 – Round 2

Aaron Trujillo def. Tyson Grippen via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 2:12 – Round 1

Jared Deaguero def. Nathan Torrez via TKO (Punches) – 1:40 – Round 1

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NAAFS – Fight Night in the Flats 8 results:

Frank Caraballo def. Antonio Castillo Jr. via Submssion (Rear-Naked Choke) -3:46 – Round 1

Chris Lozano def. James Warfield via TKO (Retirement) – 5:00 – Round 1

George Comer def. Khama Worthy via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 3:58 – Round 2 9-1 (Griffon Rawl)

Joe Heiland def. Andrew Osborne via Split Decision

*Amateur*
Sarah McLeod def. Amber Ignotowski via Unanimous Decision

Tyler Saltsman def. Jerrell Hodge via Unanimous Decision

Josh Krizan def. Josh Lasich via Split Decision

Emmanuel Kangah def. Gabe Garcia via TKO (Punches) – 1:42 – Round 2

Jeff Hughes def. James Rankin via Unanimous Decision

Shane Valko def. Ryan Arce via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:05 – Round 1

Dominic Mazzotta def. Mike Velasquez via Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 1:05 – Round 1

John Antanitis def. Steve Burton via Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 1:09 – Round 2

Jarrell Miller def. Cameron Duncan via TKO (Punches) – 2:56 – Round 1

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XKO 15 results:

Matt Thompson def. Jake Rosholt via Submission (Kneebar) – 4:16 – Round 1

Hayward Charles def. Roy Spoon via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 1:52 – Round 1

Chas Skelly def. Jeremy Myers via Submission (Brabo Choke) – 2:59 – Round 1

Klayton Mai def. Sidney Cawdrey via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 0:28 – Round 2

Josh Foster def. Mathew Jones via Split Decision

Joseph Salas def. Casey Hudson via Unanimous Decision

Chris Feist def. Joshua Strahan via Submission (Guillotine Choke) – 0:28 – Round 1

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Barre Beatdown results:

Pro:

Mike Berby def. Tim De Iturriaga via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 1:22 – Round 3

Amateur:

Mark Glover def. Steve McKinstry via KO (Punch) – 0:19 – Round 1

Brad Bateman def. Chris Lynde via Submission(Guillotine) – 0:43 – Round 1

Rourke Devlin def. Bruce Richards via Unanimous Decision

Dennis Sherman def. Ander Belcarris via Submission (Guillotine) – 1:36 – 10min Grappling Match

Gary Goddermote def. Josh Howe

Adam Sawyer def. Bruno McKee via TKO (Punches) – 1:11 – Round 3 – Heavyweight Exhibition Match

Paul McLean def. John Dean via Submission (Guillotine) – 1:03 – Round 1

Darryl Martinez def. Craig Bridge via TKO (Referee Stoppage) – 2:06 – Round 2

Tune in Alert! UFC’s TJ Grant & STRIKEFORCE HWGP Finale Preview on Ringside Report Radio Tonight

May 18, 2012 By Dave

Be sure to tune into Ringside Report Radio tonight at 10pm on TSN Radio 990 when UFC Lightweight T.J. Grant (@TJ_Grant) joins the panel.

Nova Scotia’s own T.J. Grant (18-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) is a former Welterweight competitor that has now dropped down to Lightweight is riding his first ever win streak in the UFC. The Cole Harbour native made his UFC in 2009 at UFC 97 in Montreal with a split decision victory over Ryo Chonan. Since the debut Grant has been unable to rack up consecutive victories while competing at Welterweight with a win one, lose one record. After losing a unanimous decision to Ricardo Almeida at UFC 124, Grant made the decision to drop to Lightweight. With the drop in weight class, Grant has picked up two wins, including a verbal submission over Shane Roller in his Lighweight debut, and most recently a decisive unanimous decision over Carlo Prater at UFC on FUEL TV 3 on Tuesday night. Tonight hear Grant’s thoughts on his performance, weight cut, Lightweight competition, Eddie Alvarez and more.

Dave & Kevin will be updating you on the ongoing results of Bellator 69, and The Ultimate Fighter Live, where Urijah Faber’s new opponent for the UFC Interim Bantamweight title will be revealed.

Also on tonight’s program a full preview of the STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Grand Prix, details on the card changes to UFC 146, as Lavar Johnson replaces an injured Mark Hunt against Stefan Struve. The latest fight offer rejections from B.J. Penn, and much more in 2 Hours of MMAgic.

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STRIKEFORCE World Heavyweight Grand Prix Finale:

Josh Barnett vs. Daniel Cormier (heavyweight grand-prix finale)

Champ Gilbert Melendez vs. Josh Thomson (for lightweight title)

Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante vs. Mike Kyle

Nah-Shon Burrell vs. Chris Spang

Showtime Extreme prelims:

Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg

Guto Inocente vs. Virgil Zwicker

Derrick Mehmen vs. Gian Villante

Quinn Mulhern vs. Yuri Villefort

Bobby Green vs. James Terry

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Ringside Report Radio live 10pm – Midnight on TSN Radio Montreal – CKGM-Radio.

How to listen:

In Montreal? listen on 990am on your radio dial.

On the net or out of town:
Listen to the live stream at http://tsn.ca/montreal/

Join the discussion:
Call: 514-790-0990
Out of Town: 1-866-896-CKGM

Dave Simon: @davesimonmma

Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough: @TheKevinMMA

Tune in Alert! Ringside Report Radio on Live Following NHL Playoffs

May 16, 2012 By Dave

Due to TSN Radio 990 airing game 2 of the NHL Eastern Conference finals between the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils at 8:00pm, Ringside Report Radio will not be heard at its normal start time of 10pm. However, Ringside Report Radio will air tonight following the conclusion of tonight’s game.

When Ringside Report Radio hits the airwaves, Dave & Kevin will be recapping the results from last night’s UFC on FUEL TV 3 event, give you some TUF news, as well as preview Bellator 69, which takes place this Friday May 18th.

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Bellator 69:

Maiquel Falcao vs. Andreas Spang – middleweight-tourney finale

Karl Amoussou vs. David Rickels – welterweight-tourney semifinal

Jessica Aguilar vs. Megumi Fujii

Kevin Asplund vs. Ron Sparks

Spike.com prelims:

Booker Arthur vs. Shanon Slack

Mark Holata vs. Abe Wagner

Andrey Koreshkov vs. Derrick Krantz

Emanuel “E.J.” Brooks vs. Kalvin Hackney

Josh Burns vs. Richard Hale

Josh Quayhagen vs. Cliff Wright

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Ringside Report Radio live 10pm – Midnight on TSN Radio Montreal – CKGM-Radio.

How to listen:

In Montreal? listen on 990am on your radio dial.

On the net or out of town:
Listen to the live stream at http://tsn.ca/montreal/

Join the discussion:
Call: 514-790-0990
Out of Town: 1-866-896-CKGM

Dave Simon: @davesimonmma

Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough: @TheKevinMMA

Weekend in Fights! March 31st Edition

April 2, 2012 By Dave

This Weekend in Fights! (March 31st) featured no UFC, but lots of UFC veterans fighting on the local scene in various promotions across the world. Starting on Friday night, the weekend’s events included Bellator 63 in Connecticut, Resurrection Fighting Alliance in Nebraska, Legend Fighting Championship 8 in China, and continued on Saturday with ONE FC 3 in Singapore, Amazon Forest Combat in Brazil, the inaugural Worldwide Mixed Martial Arts event in Texas, and Instinct MMA 3 here in here Quebec.

Bellator 63 kicked off the Season 6 Welterweight tournament at the Mohegan Sun Arenau in Uncasville, Connecticut on Friday. Karl Amoussou, Bryan Baker, David Rickels and Ben Saunders advanced to the semifinals. Amoussou connected with a a superb head kick that dropped Chris Lozano, with Lozano down, Amoussou picked up a quick rear naked choke. Bryan Baker dropped from Middleweight to compete in this season’s tournament. A move that would prove to be the right one against a dangerous striker in Carlos Pereira. The two combatants battled it out in a three round war, that saw each of hem dictate the pace of the bout, but overall Baker came up with the split decision victory. Known for his great striking ability, Ben Saunders displayed his submission skills against Raul Amaya. After three rounds, the judges gave the bout to Saunders via unanimous decision. David Rickels had the most impressive showing at Bellator 63, when he squared off with Jordan Smith. Rickels had a early night with a 22 second knockout to adavance in the tournament. The semifinals of the tournament are set with Ben Saunders taking on Bryan Baker, while Karl Amoussou will take on David Rickels on May 4th at Casino Rama, in Rama, Ontario. On the Women’s side of things Munah Holland picked up an impressive knockout out victory over Marianna Kheyfets with 15 seconds remaining the the second round. (Full Bellator 63 event results below.)

The Resurrection Fighting Alliance promotion held its second event on Friday at Viaero Event Center in Kearney, Nebraska. The event was headlined by with a blockbuster Light Heavyweight main event of UFC veterans Gilbert Yvel and Houston Alexander. Yvel slimmed down to Light Heavyweight and has since picked up two victories including the knockout victory over Alexander late in the first round. The man who defeated Mark Coleman to become the UFC Heavyweight champion, 50-year-old Maurice Smith returned to action on this card. Smith retired from MMA in 2000, following a loss to Renato “Babalu” Sobral, only to return in 2007 for three bouts through to 2008. Smith picked up a head kick knockout over Jorge Cordoba after a four year layoff. Dakota Cochrane who was unable to secure a spot in the Ultimate Fighter Live house was in action. Cochrane who “should” be best known for defeating Jamie Varner, has gained more notoriety for his stint in gay porn prior to his MMA career. Cochrane lost his bout to Cliff Wright via rear naked choke in the first round. In the professionalism fight of the night, both Tara LaRosa and Kelly Warren missed weight for their 125lbs bout. However the former Bodog Fight Bantamweight Women’s champion and current DaMMAge Fight League Women’s 125lbs champion, LaRosa picked up the victory with an arm bar submission with one second remaining in the third round. (Full Resurrection Fighting Alliance event results below.)

China based promotion Legend Fighting Championship held its eighth event on Friday at Asia World-Expo in Hong Kong, China. The event had two championship bouts including the Lightweight and Featherweight titles. Both bouts ended via guillotine submission, as the LFC Lightweight champion Jadamba Narantungalag successfully defended his championship in just under a minute of the second round over challenger Yui Chul Nam. In the inaugural LFC Featherweight championship bout, Yusuke Kawanago claimed the title when he submitted Xian Ji. Also on the card, UFC and Sengoku veteran Keita Nakamura picked up a victory over Korean welterweight Hoon Kim. Kim injured his hand in the first round, and refused to continue into the second, giving Nakamura the TKO. (Full LFC 8 event results below.)

ONE FC 3: “War of the Lions” took place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, on Saturday night. Headlining the event was a bout between Zorobabel Moreira and Felipe Enomoto. The native of Brazil, Moreira is a former Middleweight competitor, who now fights a Lightweight. Standing tall at six foot three, Moreira carries enormous size advantage over other Lightweight competitors. Moreira took the bout to the mat early in the third round to secured the victory with an arm bar to earn submission of the night honors. Former PRIDE and STRIKEFORCE fighter Tatsuya Kawajiri, who has since dropped the Featherweight, made short work of King of The Cage Bantamweight champion Donald Sanchez. Kawajiri used his superior submission skills against the wrestler for a first round triangle choke submission victory. Melvin Manhoef and Yoshiyuki Nakanishi went toe-to-toe or shin-to-shin for that matter as their stand up war was halted and subsequently ended in just over two minutes over the very first round, when both fighters shins collided causing huge gashes; declaring the bout a no-contest. (Full ONE FC: “War of the Lions” event results below.)

Amazon Forest Combat stacked their second event at the Amadeu Teixeira Gymnasium, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil with a who’s who of MMA superstars. Former UFC Middleweight champion Murilo Bustamante headlined the event in a UFC 35 rematch against Dave Menne. The result was the same as their 2002 bout, as Bustamante picked up the victory snapping a two fight losing skid and ending Menne’s two fight winning streak. Bustamente’s BTT teammate Patrick “The Predator” Cote was also successful on the card against Gustavo Machado with a first round knockout. Cote in now riding a four fight win streak since being dropped by the UFC in 2010. Former UFC Middleweight championship contender and current Superior Challenge Middleweight champion, Thales Leites picked up a second round arm triangle choke submission over Matt Horwich in a rematch from their Powerhouse World Promotions Middleweight championship bout in 2010. MMA journeyman Pete Spratt, who has fought in every promotion under the sun, and most recently here in Quebec against Martin Grandmont for Instinct MMA continued his winning ways. Spratt “picked up” a unanimous decision victory over Chute Boxe Academy’s Daniel Acacio, in what would have been a knockout, but because it was scored at the five minute mark of the third round, the bout went to the judges score cards. After being cut from the UFC for two straight losses against Melvin Guillard and Jacob Volkmann, former Lightweight now Welterweight fighter Ronys Torres has compiled an impressive 10-1 record. The 10th straight victory came a by way of TKO in 22 seconds of the first round over controversial fighter Ferrid Kheder, who didn’t have the opportunity to allow the promoter rig his decision for him. (Full Amazon Forest Combat 2 event results below.)

Worldwide Mixed Martial Arts held its inaugural show on Saturday night at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. The card featured a lot of notable names in the world of mixed martial arts. The main event featured a, super heavyweight bout between Brian Heden and a 312lbs Sean McCorkle. Heden scored a second round TKO victory over McCorkle, who has fought 4 times in the last 63 days. The lost snaps his 6 fight win streak since parting ways with the UFC. Three bouts on the card were all snapping losing skids for UFC and STRIKEFORCE veterans as former UFC fighter Karo Parisyan snapped a three fight losing skid by finally picking up a victory as he scored a decision victory over veteran welterweight Thomas Denny. Former STRIKEFORCE fighter Lyle Beerbohm, snapped his two fight skid, when he submitted Cleburn Walker with a guillotine choke in the first round. Former UFC fighter Drew Fickett snapped his four-fight losing skid in a submission victory over Kevin Knabjian. Other UFC veterans on the card included
Rodney Wallace, who defeated Derrick Mehman via unanimous decision, improving his win streak to two; and in a Heavyweight clash TUF alumni Darrill “Titties” Schoonover defeated Paul Buentello via unanimous decision. (Full WMMA 1 event results below.)

Instinct MMA 3 went down at the Centre de Foires in Sherbrooke, Quebec on Saturday night. The event was plagued with many fight cancellations, and Pay-Per-View complications. Nonetheless the event had 15 bouts, but many of which were last minute replacements. In the main event, Peter Nolan replaced Todd Stoute, who was forced to withdraw due to injury. Nolan defeated Sebastien Gauthier with a Rear-Naked Choke submission in just 35 seconds. Grudge MMA product Brandon Thatch made short work of Jory Erickson with a 15 second knockout in the first round. Erickson attempted to shoot for a take down, and was met with Thatch’s knee, rendering him unconscious. Victory MMA Middleweight champion Rémy Bussières made his pro debut in impressive fashion with a TKO victory over Bruno Lurette. Bussieres dropped Lurette with a punch and ended the bout with some ground and pound early in the second round. GAMMA gym stand out Loyd Galindo picked up a submission with over Alexandre Gauthier late in the third round. (Full Instinct MMA 3 event results below.)

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Fight Night Fights –

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Bellator 63 results:

Karl Amoussou def. Chris Lozano via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:05 – welterweight-tourney opening round

Bryan Baker def. Carlos Pereira via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) – welterweight-tourney opening round

David Rickels def. Jordan Smith via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:22 – welterweight-tourney opening round

Ben Saunders def. Raul Amaya via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) – welterweight-tourney opening round

Spike.com prelims:

Ryan Quinn def. Marc Stevens via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Matt Bessette def. Saul Almeida via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Dan Cramer def. Jeff Nader via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)

Andrey Koreshkov def. Taiwan Howard via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 1:26

Munah Holland def. Marianna Kheyfets via knockout (punches) – Round 2, 4:45

Brandon Fleming def. Pete Rogers via submission (Peruvian necktie) – Round 1, 3:39

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Resurrection Fighting Alliance 2 results:

Gilbert Yvel def. Houston Alexander via KO (punch) – Round 1, 3:59

Cliff Wright def. Dakota Cochrane via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:39

Maurice Smith def. Jorge Cordoba via KO (head kick) – Round 3, 2:05

Tara LaRosa def. Kelly Warren via submission (armbar) – Round 3, 4:59

Derrick Lewis def. Justin Frazier via KO (knee) – Round 1, 2:37

Timothy Elliott def. Josh Rave via submission (D’arce-choke) – Round 1, 0:28

Jared Downing def. Alessandro Ferreira via unanimous decision

Laramie Shaffer def. Aaron Ely via split decision

Elaina Maxwell def. Ashley Sanchez via unanimous decision

Tyler Shinn def. Cody Land via submission (north-south choke) – Round 3, 3:53

Aaron Derrow def. Jordan Johnson via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 2:12

Angelo Antuna def. Chad Obermiller via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2

Darrio Mobley def. John Gettle via TKO – Round 3

Tyler Perry def. Wayman Carter via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1

Enrique Torres def. Josh Heath via unanimous decision

T.J. Hepburn def. Kellen Fraser via KO (punch) – Round 2

Dusty Spaulding def. Richard Barajas via unanimous decision

Derek Williams def. Ben Wallingford via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1

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Legend Fighting Championship 8 results:

Jadamba Narantungalag def. Yui Chul Nam via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 0:58 – (to retain lightweight title)

Yusuke Kawanago def. Xian Ji via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 4:18 – (to win vacant featherweight title)

Sam Brown def. Yuki Niimura via unanimous decision

Keita Nakamura def. Hoon Kim via TKO (hand injury) – Round 1, 5:00

Haotian Wu def. Daniel Hooker via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 4:52

Rob Hill def. Yusuke Kasuya via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:55

Chengjie Wu def. Leonard Delarmino via unanimous decision

Danaa Batgerel def. Jazor Ablasi via majority decision

Agustin Delarmino def. Kaiwhare Kara-France via KO (punches) – Round 3, 0:29

Terrence Chan def. Alex Lee via submission (armbar) – Round 2, 1:55

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Saturday Night Fights –

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ONE FC 3 results:

Zorobabel Moreira def. Felipe Enomoto via submission (armbar) – Round 3, 1:04

Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Donald Sanchez via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 3:27

Ole Laursen def. Eduard Folayang via split decision

Fabricio Monteiro def. Yuya Shirai via unanimous decision

Melvin Manhoef vs. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi ruled a no-contest (clash of shins/cuts) – Round 1, 2:08

Eddie Ng def. Jian Kai Chee via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:43

Masakazu Imanari def. Kevin Belingon via submission (heel hook) – Round 1, 1:18

Nicole Chua def. Jeet Toshi via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:07

Kim Hock Quek def. Majee Overall via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 3:18

Long Yun Jiang def. Yodsanan Sityodtong via technical submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:28

Danny van Bergen def. Richie Whitson via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:19

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Amazon Forest Combat 2 results:

Murilo Bustamante def. Dave Menne via Unanimous Uecision

Thales Leites def. Matt Horwich via Submission (Arm Triangle)- 4:39 – Round 2

Patrick Cote def. Gustavo Machado via KO (Punches) -t 2:44 – Round 1

Pete Spratt def. Daniel Acacio via Unanimous Decision

Ronys Torres def. Ferrid Kheder via TKO (punches) – 0:22 -Round 1

Dileno Lopes def. Javier Ocampo via submission

Emiliano Sordi def. Fabiano Capoani via TKO (punches)

Rivaldo Junior def. Marcelo Rojo via unanimous decision

Luiz Fernando def. Pablo Javier Llampa via TKO (punches)

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Worldwide Mixed Martial Arts results:

Brian Heden def. Sean McCorkle via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:44

Karo Paryisan def. Thomas Denny via unanimous decision

Rodney Wallace def. Derrick Mehman via unanimous decision

Drew Fickett def. Kevin Knabjian via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 3:38

Willie Parks def. Jamaine Facey via unanimous decision

Darrill Schoonover def. Paul Buentello via unanimous decision

Chris Gruetzemacher def. Frank Gomez via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:25

Lyle Beerbohm def. Cleburn Walker via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:34

Esteves Jones def. Deutsch Pu’u via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:54

Lionel Lanham def. Brad Peterson via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 0:56

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Instinct MMA 3 results:

Peter Nolan def. Sebastien Gauthier via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – R1 – 0:35

Brandon Thatch def. Jory Erickson via KO (Knee) – R1 – 0:18

Stephane Pelletier def. Melvin Blumer via Submission (Armbar) – R1 – 4:30

Moise Rimbondef. D.J. Linderman via Unanimous Decision (29-28×3) – R3 – 5:00

Alex Laramée def. Emmanuel Crevier via TKO (Corner Stoppage) – R1 – 5:00

Anselmo Gutierrez def. Guillaume Vigneau via TKO – R2 – 4:20

Strahinja Gavrilovic def. Alex Pelletier via Submission (Kimura) – R2 – 2:30

Rémy Bussières def. Bruno Lurette via TKO (Punch + GnP) – R2 – 0:22

Derek Parker def. Dave Bedard via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – R1 – 4:28

Loyd Galindo def. Alexandre Gauthier via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – R3 – 4:32

Yves Lemelin def. Jason Riley via Unanimous Decision (29-28×3) – R3 – 5:00

Guy Poulin def. Ken Macleod via TKO (Ground and Pound) – R1 – 0:58

Kevin Lee def. Levis Labrie via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 20-28) – R3 – 5:00

Frank Marques def. Johnny Grigware via Submission (Triangle-Armbar) – R2 – 4:56

Yannick Duval def. Sasha Maheux via TKO (Strikes) – R1 – 0:31

Weekend in Fights! March 10th Edition

March 11, 2012 By Dave

This Weekend in Fights! (March 10th) featured the return of Bellator with their 6th Season, that included the opening round of the new Featherweight tournament, as well as the Featherweight championship match between champion Joe Warren and Season 5 tournament winner Pat Curran. Ken Pavia’s Super Fight League in India premiered their inaugural show with James Thompson and Bob Sapp in the main event. King of the Cage held two events this weekend, one in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the other in Edmonton, Alberta, and former UFC Lightweight competitor Rob Emerson picked up a win at Tachi Palace Fights. Mirko Cro Cop returned to kickboxing, and although not “official” fights, 16 bouts took place on the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter Season 15 Friday night, one of which included former Ringside MMA Lightweight champion Daron Cruickshank. (TUF 15 Episode 1 results click here.)

On Friday Bellator 60 took place at The Venue at Horseshoe Hammond, in Hammond, Indiana and a new champion was crowned. Pat Curran dismantled Joe Warren in a very one-sided beat down that ended in the third round. Curran rocked Warren early in the first round with knees, but Warren was able to regain his composure in the second. In the third, Curran cornered Warren against the cage and just unleashed with a relentless barrage of punch and knee combinations that had Warren out on his feet. Curran is now the new Bellator Featherweight champion. His next challenge is to be determined with the conclusion of the new Featherweight tournament that started on the same card. Alexandre Bezerra and Marlon Sandro picked up rear-naked choke submission victories in their quarter final match ups. Bezerra defeated Kenny Foster with only three seconds left in the second round, and Sandro made short work of Roberto Vargas in the first round. Mike Corey upset Ronnie Mann in a three round war, to advance to the semi finals. Daniel Straus advanced as well with a decision over previously undefeated Jeremy Spoon. Former UFC Heavyweight Sean McCorkle made quick work of (Big Dick) Richard White with a neck crank in 1:02 of the first round; McCorkle is now riding a six fight win streak since being cut from the UFC. (Full Bellator 60 event results below.)

Also on Friday, former UFC Lightweight Rob Emerson (12-10) took on Savant Young (10-9) in the co-main event of Tachi Palace Fights 12 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino, in Lemoore, Califormia. Emerson picked up the win with a rear naked choke submission late in the third round, with the victory Emerson is 3-1 since being cut from the UFC after losing to Nik Lentz in March of 2010. (Full TPF 12 event results below.)

On Saturday Super Fight League held their premiere event at the Andheri Sports Complex, in Mumbai, India. The card was headlined with a Super Heavyweight bout between Bob Sapp (11-11) and James Thompson (17-14). Thompson would have an early night as Sapp submitted due to a leg injury in under two minutes. The card also featured another Super Heavyweight bout as Jimmy Ambriz (16-18) knocked out Satish Jamia in just 14 seconds. Former UFC Light Heavyweight Xavier Foupa-Pokam (22-17) picked up a TKO victory over Joey Guel, when the doctor refused to allow Guel to continue into the second round. (Full SFL 1 event results below.)

King of the Cage Breakthrough took place at the River Spirit Event Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday night. The event was headlined by former UFC Light Heavyweight David Heath (16-7) versus Sidiah Parker. Heath destroyed Parker in the second round by TKO. (Full KOTC – Breakthrough event results below.)

Just four weeks after picking up a first round submission victory over Elliot Duff at Aggression MMA 9 on February 11th, Canadian submission specialist Luke Harris (8-1) was back at it on Saturday night at the Mirage Banquet Hall, Edmonton, Alberta, for King of the Cage Canada – Infamy. Harris picked up another first round submission victory over Brandon MacArthur (6-19) with an arm bar late in the round. (Full KOTC-Infamy event results below.)

The legendary Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic retired from MMA in November 2011, after losing to Roy Nelson at UFC 137, but he didn’t retire from kickboxing. Cro Cop returned to his kickboxing roots for the first time since 2003, in a final farewell bout in his home country of Croatia. The event was dubbed: “K-1 Cro Cop Final Fight” where he (Filipovic) took on another kickboxing legend, Ray Sefo. Filipovic defeated Sefo by unanimous decision, retiring with his head held high. He retires with a 17-7 Kickboxing and 27-10 MMA records. (Full K-1: Cro Cop Final Fight event results below.)

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Friday Night Fights –

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Bellator 60 results:

Pat Curran def. Joe Warren via KO (punches) – Round 3, 1:25 to become new Bellator featherweight champion

Daniel Straus def. Jeremy Spoon via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) – featherweight tourney opening round

Mike Corey def. Ronnie Mann via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – featherweight tourney opening round

Marlon Sandro def. Roberto Vargas via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:35 – featherweight tourney opening round

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Jake Nauracy def. Cory Galloway via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 2, 4:22

Travis Wiuff def. Anthony Gomez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Sean McCorkle def. Richard White via submission (neck crank) – Round 1, 1:02

Alexandre Bezerra def. Kenny Foster via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 4:57 – featherweight tourney opening round

Josh Shockley def. Shamar Bailey via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27

Genair da Silva def. Bobby Reardanz via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 0:51

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Tachi Palace Fights 12 – Second Coming results:

Casey Olson def. Cody Gibson via Unanimous Decision

Rob Emerson def. Savant Young via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) -4:29 -Round 3

Francisco Rivera def. Antonio Duarte via KO (Punches) -1:15-Round 1

Jesse Jenkins def. Chirs Gomez via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2:07-Round 1

Dave Huckaba def. Liron Wilson via TKO (Punches) 1:05-Round 2

Anthony Avila def. Art Becerra via Submission (Guillotine Choke) 4:08-Round 1

Alex Perez def. Edgar Diaz via Submission (Kimura) 2:33-Round 1

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Super Fight League 1 results:

James Thompson def. Bob Sapp via Submission (Leg Injury) 1:52-Round 1

Sanja Sucevic def. Lena Ovchynnikova via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2:28-Round 2

Travis Bell def. Neil Natasadu via Submission (Forearm Choke) 1:18-Round 2

Chaitanya Gavali def. Tiran Thakshala via Unanimous Decision

Mohammed Shahid def. Mayura Dissanyake via Majority Decision

Lakwinder Sekhon def. Madura Rathnayake via TKO (Punches) 1:29-Round 1

Jimmy Ambriz def. Satish Jamia via TKO (Punches) 0:14-Round 1

Xavier Foupa-Pokam def. Joey Guel via TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 5:00-Round 1

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King of the Cage – Breakthrough results:

David Heath def. Sidiah Parker via KO/TKO (Punches) – Round 2

Brendan Tierney def. Tom Jones via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – Round 1

Tyler East def. Tracy Willis via Submission (Strikes) – 1:12 -Round 1

Kinny Spotwood def. Dingo Brown via Split Decision

Cody East def. Jeff Karriman via Submission (Arm Triangle Choke)- Round 3

Ray Borg def. Antonio Taylor via Submission – Round 1

Archie Lowe def. George Palmer via Submission (Armbar) – 2:37- Round 1

Marvin Rowell def. Roy Stucker via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) – 0:39 -Round 1

Airyn Burr def. Marcus Kincaid via Submission (Armbar) -0:13 -Round 1

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King of the Cage – Infamy result:

Elmer Waterhen def. Mike Froese via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) -4:57-Round 1

Luke Harris def. Brandon MacArhur via Submission (Arm Bar) -4:08 -Round 1

Aleksander Todosov def. Cody Ries via KO (Punch) -0:11-Round 1

Evan Cardinal def. Nolan Nelson via TKO (Elbows) -2:11 -Round 1

Landon Caldwell def. Adrian Cardinal via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) -1:58-Round 1

Daylon Erickson def. Steve Dubeck via Unanimous Decision

Yannick Pare def. Robert Jaggard via TKO (Punches) -2:28-Round 1

Eric Tevely def. Kenny Hamilton via TKO (Abandonment) -5:00-Round 2

Joey Longo def. Greg Large via TKO (Knees) -1:56-Round 1

Jarid Howse def. Reno Jackson (Abandonment) -3:46-Round 1

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Kickboxing

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K-1: Cro Cop Final Fight results:

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic def. Ray Sefo via Unanimous Decision

Igor Jurkovic def. Freddy Kemayo by Majority Decision (ext. round)

Daniel Ghita def. Sergei Lascenko via TKO (head kick) -Round 3

Mladen Brestovac def. Mourad Bouzidi via TKO (head kick) – Round 1

Mladen Kujundsic def. Marin Dosen via Unanimous Decision (ext. round)

Agron Petreni def. Guy Pacome Assi via Majority Decision

Michael Duut def. Stefan Jelicv by unanimous decision

Sahak Parparyan def. Toni Milanovic via Decision

Miran Fabjan def. Ivan Posavec via Decision

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