Posted on December 14th, 2009 by sagescott
Meant to cap the year off right, UFC 107 did just that and more.
For starters, let's give credit where it's due, and for his performance that night, its due to BJ Penn, who shamed Diego Sanchez before fans had even taken a second breath, ultimately ending the fight with a kick to the head that left a bloody gash.
Kenny "Kenflo" Florian needed a big win after his humiliating defeat to BJ Penn, and he got it at UFC 107, against Clay "The Carpenter" Guida, ending the bout with a crushing rear naked choke.
Frank Mir beat Cheick Kongo literally to a pulp, boxing his way through most of the match, and all the way to victory, making this the third loss in a row for Cheick.
Stephan Struve won over Paul Buentello in a unianimous decision after the closest thing MMA has seen to a bare-knuckle brawl. And another unanimous decision was handed down in favor of John Fitch who in all ways outmatched his opponent Mike Pierce, who never really had a chance.
No Comments »
Filed under: UFC Events
Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by sagescott
So UFC 107 is coming up on Dec. 12 in Memphis, Tennessee, and everyone's looking at BJ Penn to take Diego "The Nightmare" Sanchez down and down hard. The reigning UFC lightweight champ, BJ Penn is a 155-pound extreme cage fighter. Diego Sanchez is The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 champ.
But while Penn stays in - looking like a sure thing to hold onto that title - Jake Rosholt is out, not in the sense of having lost his bout against Kendall Grove by submission at UFC 106, but because the UFC dropped him entirely. Rosholt came into the UFC last year (around this time, actually) with a 5-0 record, and promptly got his rear end handed to him on a platter in his first UFC fight (vs. Dan Miller).
Memphis is the hometown of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, former light heavyweight champion, who was originally slated to fight Rashad Evans at UFC 107, but is now pursuing a career in acting and no longer fights for the UFC (or MMA, for that matter).
No Comments »
Filed under: UFC Events
Posted on November 22nd, 2009 by admin
Last night UFC 106 produced some great fights and devestating KO's and even a choke submission for a change. Here are the results of the nights fights:
Griffin Defeats Ortiz - Split Decision
Josh Koscheck Defeats Anthony Johnson via Rear Naked Choke
Paulo Thiago Over Jacob Volkmann - Decision
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Defeats Luiz Cane - 1st round KO
Amir Sadollah kicked Phil Baroni around the ring
Ben Saunders kneed Marcus Davis into next week and KO'd him in the 1st round
Kendall Grove Over Jake Rosholt via triangle choke in the 1st round
There you have it. Now we are looking forward to
The Ultimate Fighter® Heavyweights FINALE - Dec-5-2009
This should be a good one!
No Comments »
Filed under: UFC Events
Posted on November 10th, 2009 by sagescott
As oddsters place their bets for the upcoming UFC 105 on November 14th and its light heavyweight battle between Randy Couture (the favorite) and Brandon Vera (the underdog) in Manchester, England, the fight card has just been finalized for the UFC 106 headlining bout of Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin 2. That'll be on Saturday, November 21st.
The remaining bouts on the UFC 106 main card are:
- welterweights Dustin Hazelett vs Karo Parisyan
- light heavyweights Luiz Cane vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- welterweights Phil Baroni vs Amir Sadollah
- welterweights Josh Koscheck vs Anthony Johnson
The only non-Americans on this card are th two Brazilians who'll be facing off against each other, Cane and Nogueira, and Parisyan of Armenia.
And, for good measure, the other bouts on the UFC 105 main card are:
- welterweights Mike Swick vs Dan Hardy
- middleweights Michael Bisping vs Denis Kang
- welterweights James Wilks vs Matt Brown
- lightweights Ross Pearson vs Aaron Riley
This card is about half-split down the middle between Americans (Couture, Vera, Swick, Brown, Riley) and Brits (Hardy, Bisping, Wilks, Pearson) with Kang of Canada being the odd man out.
No Comments »
Filed under: UFC Events
Posted on October 28th, 2009 by sagescott
As Yushin Okami (going in with a 7-1 record) and UFC vet Ben Rothwell recover from their crushing defeats at UFC 104 to Chael Sonnen and Cain Velasquez, respectively, fans and fighters gear up for the upcoming UFC 106, where in the main event MMA superstar Tito Ortiz will be going up against Forrest Griffin.
On the downside, Brock Lesnar has taken ill and won't be able to show up for his bout with Shane Carwin. Strangely, the same thing happened to Mark Coleman, who was originally supposed to step into the Octagon to face Ortiz.
Paulo Thiago is going up against newbie Jacob Volkmann (this after Thiago was pulled from his intended UFC 107 bout against semi-namesake Thiago Alves).
More on UFC 104: Lyoto Machida took the main event win in a decision against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Yoshiyuki Yoshida TKO'd Anthony Johnson.And Spencer Fisher fell to Joe Stevenson.
No Comments »
Filed under: UFC Events
Posted on October 7th, 2009 by sagescott
UFC 104 is right around the corner, and this time - after two years away - the UFC is going back to Cali.
The main event at UFC 104 will be the UFC Light Heavyweight title bout between two Brazilian behemoths, with Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida defending his belt against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.
Rua was once Pride Grand Prix Champion. Machida is a karate master. It should be an interesting bout, with both men noted for their striking power.
Though Machida-Rua is the only championship bout on the UFC 104 fight card, there are some other great fights scheduled. Like the one between heavyweights, the undefeated Cain Velasquez and Ben Rothwell, veteran of the IFL.
One of the most heated fights on the card, though, could be that between Gleison Tibau and Josh Neer, with the two being such an evenly matched pair.
UFC 104 takes place on Sunday, October 25 at 3 am at the Staples Center and will be broadcast on ESPN.
No Comments »
Filed under: UFC Events
Posted on June 25th, 2009 by sagescott
Now that Diego Sanchez has won The Ultimate Fighter Season 9, he's ready to take on the world, or the UFC Lightweight Championship at least. The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 finale last Saturday night, June 20 at the Pearl in the Palms Resort Casino, was a heart-stopper, with a special main event on the card featuring Sanchez, middleweight division winner of The Ultimate Fighter Season 1, and Clay Guida, contender for the lightweight UFC title. Ultimately it came down to a split decision favoring Sanchez. Does that make him the UFC lightweight contender now? He thinks so. Always a ham for the cameras, he hinted to Cagewriter at filling in for B.J. Penn if he drops out of UFC 101 on August 8.
Also in The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 finale:
- Lightweight Joe Stevenson won his bout against Nate Diaz
- In the TUF lightweight finals, Brit Ross Pearson beat Brit Andre Winner
- Welterweight Chris Lytle won his bout against Kevin Burns
- In the TUF welterweight finals, James "Lightning" Wilks beat DaMarques Johnson
No Comments »
Filed under: The Ultimate Fighter
Posted on June 4th, 2009 by sagescott
It is now official - Frank Trigg (2-3 UFC, 9-6 overall) will be fighting Josh Koschek (10-4 UFC, 12-4 overall) in UFC 103, set for September 19 in Dallas, Texas.
This news comes fresh on the heels of Trigg signing a brand new deal with the UFC, after not having appeared in the Octagon since way back in 2005 when he suffered two consecutive crushing defeats against Matt Hughes and Georges St. Pierre. Now veteran MMA fighter Trigg is confirmed for 4 fights, the first of which will be this upcoming UFC 103 bout against Josh Koschek.
Trigg looks sharp going into this battle, as he's riding the wave of four straight wins. But Koschek won't lay down so easily. Forgetting for a minute that he's only 3-3 in his last 6 bouts, he's still the guy who won 7 out of his first 8 UFC fights, and that's no small accomplishment. This will be Koschek's first fight since February's UFC 95 when he lost by TKO to Paulo Thiago.
No Comments »
Filed under: UFC Events
Posted on May 25th, 2009 by sagescott
Saturday night, May 23, at 3 minutes 57 seconds before the end of round 2 of the light heavyweight title match at UFC 98, Lyota Machida (aka "The Dragon") took the title away from reigning champ Rashad Evans.
The fight ended when Machida just laid into Evans, backing him up against the cage with a brutal barrage of punches, and finishing him off with a left that sent Evans reeling back onto the mat. Making this an even more intense battle was that it pitted two undefeated MMA fighters against one another, ensuring that one of them would forever lose that status. Turns out it was Evans, who can no longer ever claim to be unbeaten.
This makes for the fourth time this title has changed hands in five matches.
The other big news of out of UFC 98 is Matt Hughes win by unanimous judges decision in a bout of fellow former welterweight champ Matt Serra.
No Comments »
Filed under: UFC Events
Posted on May 12th, 2009 by sagescott
Replacing Rousimar Palhares after an injury knocked him off the UFC 101 fight card battling Alessio Sakara will be Thales Leites, challenger for the middleweight title.
Before his April loss by unanimous decision to middleweight title-holder Anderson Silva, Leites had only lost one other UFC bout (to Martin Kampmann in Leites 2006 UFC debut) won 5 consecutive UFC fights, defeating:
- Drew McFedries
- Nate Marquardt
- Ryan Jensen
- Floyd Sword
- Pete Sell
His upcoming opponent in Philadelpha, PA on August 8, Sakara's record is less one-sided, with 4 wins and 4 losses with 1 no contest.
Rousimar Palhares had to bow out of UFC 101 after getting a fractured tibia (aka a broken leg) during training. Murilo Bustamante, Palhares' trainer, said he expects Rousimar to be back in the Octagon by the end of the year.
And since we mentioned Anderson Silva, we should take this opportunity to point out that he will be present at UFC 101 too, battling Forrest Griffin, though Silva's title is safe in this non-championship bout.
The headlining bout on the UFC 101 fight card, meanwhile, will be Kenny Florian attempting to capture B.J. Penn's lightweight championship title.
No Comments »
Filed under: UFC Events
