Round One: Immediately after touching gloves, Warren landed a low leg kick on the outside of Curran’s left leg. Huge drive for a takedown from Warren, but Curran got back to his feet almost instantly. Warren pressed Curran against the cage with a body lock and worked for a takedown. From here, knees were delivered from Warren to soften Curran up. Curran showed a great base on his feet and calmness on his face. They break from the cage and gained the Thai clinch and trade strikes. They broke clean and restart in the center of the cage. Another follow up takedown after a combo from Warren, but Curran moved back up against the cage. Warren moved from a single leg to take the back of Curran. Curran now put Warren against the cage to make him carry his weight. Warren tried to climb Curran’s back for a dominant position, but Curran  showed good defense and shook Warren off of himself. Crowd erupted with Curran landing kicks and knees to Warren’s face. Warren was visibly stunned but moved forward. Curran remained calm and confident towards the end of the round. Warren dove into the takedown but took one of Curran’s knee to the chest. As Curran chased Warren to the ground, Warren secured a last minute takedown and back control.

Round Two: Both came out a little more methodical until Warren threw a spinning back kick that missed wide. Left hook from Warren then followed by a takedown. Right back to the feet was Curran and they restarted in the center. Curran fired off a jab that landed on Warren’s face. Both canceled each other with a push kick. Nice punch and kick combo from Warren that ended in a strong outside leg kick. Curran showed damaged under the right eye. It was a red mark that ran the length of his cheek. Another takedown attempt from Warren, but Curran defended until they got to the cage. Warren had a body lock and Curran punched the head. They both fought for wrist control and delivered knees to each other’s bodies. A spinning takedown from Warren into side control and Curran on his back. Curran found space and shrimped out from under his opponent to stand up. With less than one minute left, Warren pushed in with a takedown, but delivered knees when he got in close. Curran had center control and Warren was on the outside. Another takedown stuffed by Curran with a follow up kick to end the round.

Round Three: Warren pushed forward strong, but Curran deafened the punches and takedown. Curran countered with an uppercut that stunned Warren. Warren was pushing the action, but Curran getting better of the exchanges as he backs up. Curran caught Warren with a head kick that was partially blocked by Warren and then moved in for the finish. Curran rained down with everything; punches, kicks and knees. Warren is still standing after an onslaught of strikes from Curran. Warren is backed up against the cage and slowly drifted from side to side. He tried to reach out and grab a hold of Curran who then backed away from Warren’s range. Ref gave a ton of chances for Warren to fight back, but Warren was out on his feet. Half of the crowd was screaming for Curran to finish the fight, the other half screamed to stop the fight due to Warren’s safety and health.

Result: New Featherweight Champion: Pat Curran via TKO at 1.25 in round three.

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On March 9, 2012, Bellator finally returned, close to home with a stacked Featherweight tournament card and a championship fight as well. The small, but beautiful venue at the Horseshoe Casino was filled with local fans cheering on their friends or family members who are now established mixed martial artist.

Here is what transpired that night.

Genair da Silva vs Bobby Reardanz – 148 lbs.

Ref – Jeff Melot

Small crowd to start the undercard. Kicks to start for Reardanz, large distance between the two to start. Silva opened up with kicks. Knees against the cage from Silva. Silva gave pressure against the cage wall. Reardanz worked knees to counter. Reardanz was unable to switch positions with Silva. Good inside leg trip from Silva for the takedown. Reardanz retained guard, but punches and elbows from Silva landed from the top. Brief triangle attempt from the bottom from Reardanz. Silva scourged it off and began to work the leg kicks while standing. Reardanz found an opportunity to stand up. Flying knee attempt from Silva that was blocked from Reardanz. Heavy right hook from Reardanz to swing momentum for himself that pushed back Silva. Reardanz pushed the action against the cage and Silva stuffed the takedown against the fence. Good exchange between the two after the break. Reardanz slips and Silva gains a dominate position from the opportunity. Silva delivered hammer fits that didn’t land solidly. Dominate position from Silva as he rained down punishment. Reardanz had good control with his feet on Silva’s hips and was able to push him away. Leg kicks while standing from Silva again. Silva tried to swing past the legs after grabbing the ankles as soon as the round ends.

Round two started with leg kicks from Silva again. Silva went high and low on Reardanz with his strikes. Knocked Reardanz down with a outside leg kick. Silva pinned Reardanz against the cage and continue his campaign with punches. Silva let him stand back up. Reardanz was stuffed by Silva from the takedown attempt. Silva went for a darius choke for a second, but then abandoned it. Silva pushed forward and ended up in Reardanz’s guard against the cage. Reardanz was able to stall, but not long enough for a stand up. Silva broke from wrist control to land a few more punches. Silva backed away for Reardanz to stand up. Another leg sweep from Silva for the knockdown, but stand back up afterwards. Another inside leg kick from Silva for the knockdown. Silva was working the legs hard. Reardanz can hardly stand. Silva with heavy leg attack, another flying knee attempt, blocked by Reardanz. Another outside leg kick from Silva and another knockdown. Reardanz grabbed a desperate single leg and Silva landed heavy hammer fits to the right side of Reardanz’s head. Silva defended the takedown to end up in side control to end the round.

Round three: More kicks from Silva to start, Reardanz looked uncertain on what to do. Another outside Silva kick from Silva and Reardanz falls to the ground. Unanswered punches from Silva and the ref called the fight.

Result: Silva via TKO at .51 of round three

 

FEATHERWEIGHT QUARTERFINALS

Kenny Foster vs. Alexandre Bezerra

Ref – Rob Hines

A lot of feeling out process at the beginning of the fight. Bezerra with light jabs just to checks his distance. Some hand holding out in front of each other, then a close head kick from Bezerra. Strong and heavy left hand from Foster, but the strike just missed the target. Bezerra punched the action back against the cage and secures the double leg takedown. Foster answered quickly with a stand up and punched Bezerra against the cage. A lot of heavy work on wrist control and dirty boxing. The fighters broke clean and restart in the center. A deep inside leg kick from Bezerra landed. Foster with a high leg kick and falls, but defended the takedown from Bezerra smartly. A wild exchange, both fired off uppercuts and hooks, but nothing lands. Bezerra attempted a hip toss that was defending well from Foster. Another inside leg kick that lands from Bezerra. Bezerra with center control and Foster moving on the outside of the cage. A flying knee attempt from Bezerra that didn’t land. Foster blocking head kicks well.

Round two: Foster came out strong with combos to start the second. Bezerra again with center control. Foster started out as the busier fighter in this round. Fighters kept a good distance from each other, until Bezerra dived in for a takedown, but reversed by Foster and took Bezerra’s back. Bezerra was able to escape with no damage. Many strikes from both fighters are not landing because of the distance issue. Both fighters are standing just out of reach of each other. A diving takedown attempt from Foster, but stuffed from Bezerra and Bezerra reversed to grab the back of Foster. Bezerra landed many left handed punches and Foster was not fighting back. Bezerra sunk in his arms for the choke at the closing seconds of the round. Foster was forced to tap.

Result: Bezerra via Tapout due to a RNC at 4.52 of round two

 

CATCHWEIGHT (165)

SHAMAR BAILEY (13-5) Chicago, IL VS JOSH SHOCKLEY (8-1) Hobart, IN

Ref – Gary Cokland

Quick exchange of punches early from both fighters. A strong head kick from Bailey that was blocked. Kick and punch combo lands from Bailey to stun Shockley. Bailey over extended from a punch and Shockley reached in for the clinch position. Shockley worked for a takedown against the cage. Bailey with great defense as he pushed Shockley’s head down, but Shockley grabbed a double leg takedown for a huge body slam. Bailey fought off the advances and got back to his feet. Another over extension from Bailey and Shockley pushed the fight to the cage. A quick grappling exchange and reversals from both fighters but Shockley won as he moved to the mount. Bailey quickly retained half guard. But landing soft and infrequent strikes. Bailey working hard to reverse the position, but Shockley maintained control and ended in north-south from the knees. Body blows from Shockley and Bailey tried to create a scramble. Shockley still maintained control until the horn sounded.

Round two: Both threw faints to regain their distance. Shockley tagged Bailey early. Bailey caught Shockley with a left hook, but Shockley walked through it and pushed forward. Shockley countered well, but didn’t follow up afterwards. Low blow from Bailey. Shockley was down for the full five minutes. Puck bucket was brought in for a few minutes, but later was returned. Action resumed with Bailey landing strikes on the chin of Shockley. Shockley caught with a left hook and dropped in on Bailey guard. He quickly moved to side control. Bailey reversed with a takedown of his own, but reversed by Shockley into half guard. Shockley was now in Bailey’s half guard landing a few strikes to the ribs. Bailey landing more strikes from the bottom; elbows to the body. The crowd was loudly giving instructions. Shockley content to end the round in a dominate position, but not landing damaging strikes.

Round three: Bailey with early center control, but over extended and Shockley pushed in for a double leg takedown in to Bailey’s butterfly guard. More elbows from the bottom from Bailey. Shockley moved to half guard by pushing down the right knee and stepping over it. Punches from the top, but look soft. Shockley moved to side control by stepping over Bailey’s hips. Shockley went for the mount and almost left enough space for Bailey to get out and up. Shockley back in half guard. Shockley went back and forth between side control and half guard. Landed a few punches in between. Shockley holding Bailey against the cage for several seconds. Bailey from the bottom wanted to get a kimura but abandoned it. With thirty seconds left in the fight, Bailey gets back to his feet, but Shockley had his hips with his hands and scored another takedown. Bailey secured a guillotine, but Shockley was unaffected. Waved to the crowd to let them know he was okay as the horn sounded.

Result: Josh Shockley via unanimous decision

 

FEATHERWEIGHT QUARTER FINAL

RONNIE MANN (21-4-1) Cheltenham, UK VS MIKE COREY (11-2) Crystal Lake, IL

Ref – Gary Coklan

Crowd was to be behind Corey. Leg kick to open from Mann and with center cage control. Mann with a one-two combo with the cross landing. Punch combo ended with a head kick attempt from Mann. Corey pushed the action to the cage for a single leg, but Mann with a guillotine as a counter. They break cleanly and start over in the center. Corey had a quick one-two down the pipe of Mann that landed with one of them. Corey pushed forward more often than Mann at this point. Corey pushed in and got caught with a right hook from Mann while stepping backwards. Mann with a follow up punchs to the chin that dropped Corey. Mann was in the guard of Corey for an in stand and Corey trapped the arm looking for a shoulder lock and Mann backs up and wanted to restart in the center. Corey attacked forward with punches to answer for the two punches that dropped him. Small punching combos that push the fighters back and forth. Corey scores a takedown late in the round and gets half guard. Started to land right hammer fits as the round ended.

Round two: Corey showing the damage on his face. Mann opened up with an outside leg kick. Corey pushed forward with punch combos and landing a few. Mann answered with a quick one-two combo and Corey quickly swung out from the fence. Mann with another punch-kick combo that landed. Corey with a quick jab-takedown combo and secured into half guard. More punches from Corey on the face of Mann. Mann regained half guard. Mann worked for full guard now. Corey landed more punches against the cage. Mann using the fence to swing his hips over to look for an arm bar from the bottom. Corey putting his weight on to Mann that stalled the submission attempt. Corey escapes danger and landed more punches from the top. Corey was in side control and Mann rolled into him with thirty seconds left in the second. More punches from Corey that landed. Another last arm bar attempt, but Corey deafened well.

Round three: Crowd was still behind Corey. Mann caught Corey with a stiff jab to open the round. Corey quickly answered with strikes of his own to the body and face. Both fighters swung and landed a few jabs and hooks alike. Both men looking good and pushed forward. Corey with a takedown from a clinch that ended in half guard. Corey looked to advance his position with an arm triangle attempt. More punches from the top from Corey and landing on Mann’s face. Corey looked to pass to full mount, but good defense from Mann on the bottom. More punches from Corey from the top. Not doing much damage, but he stayed busy. Mann retained gull guard, but Corey still threw punches. Corey worked the head and body. Mann rolled over in the turtle and more punishment from Corey. Mann rolled forward looked for a leg lock or knee bar. Corey smartly spun out and reversed to regained side control. More punches followed. The crowd fully behind Corey as the fight ends.

Result: Mike Corey via Unanimous Decision (29-28)

 

FEATHERWEIGHT QUARTER FINAL

JEREMY SPOON (12-0) Tuttle, OK VS DANIEL STRAUS (17-4) Cincinnati, OH on

Ref – Jeff Melot

Straus quickly took the center and made Spoon move along the outside. Kicks from Spoon to start. Straus ducked under punches and captured the head under the arm of Spoon for what looked like the arm triangle while standing. Spoon spun out when Straus moved to take the back. They moved back to the center and they went and started kick boxing again. Spoon used a two punch combo and Straus throwing single strikes. Landing on Spoon’s chin to stun him. Straus pushed forward for a double leg takedown against the cage. Straus ended up in half guard after Spoon tried to stand up again the cage. Straus now with Spoon face down and kneed the left ribs of Spoon. Spoon stood up with wrist control and delivered a low blow. All is forgiven as they restart. Straus with level changes to stalk Spoon down against the cage. A flying kneed from Straus countered with a looping right hook, but Straus moved forward. Straus dived in for a takedown but Spoon deafened well and narrowly missed Straus. Head kick and left hook from Straus to end the round.

Round two: Started with fast action from both. Spoon dived in for at single, but Straus defended it off. Still in the over under position, Spoon pushed the action to the cage. Dirty boxing from here. Spoon worked the legs with his knees. Straus with a half hip toss, but Spoon back to his feet. Straus landed a heavy left hand followed by a blocked kick. Low blow from Straus. Action restarts and they both traded punches. Straus with an inside leg kick and Spoon countered with the same. Spoon came in and ate a right hand from Straus that sent him stumbling back. Straus missed a strike and Spoon ran forward for the clinch and moved the action to the cage wall. A focused battle for wrist control until Straus broke away with a knee to the head attempt, but missed. Straus swung with punches and Spoon ducked under for a single leg to move the action from the center to the cage. More knees and wrist control. Spoon with a spinning leg trip takedown. Straus unfazed and back to his feet, but Spoon was still close. Straus down for a double leg takedown against the cage. Punches followed from Straus. Spoon holding the body to escape punches. A rare ax kick to the abdomen from Straus while Spoon is down as the round ended.

Round three: Quick combo from Straus to open the round. Straus still in control of the center and Spoon on the outside. Spoon counters with a straight right hand that ‘oohs’ the crowd. Jab-takedown combo from Straus that is stuffed by Spoon and they bounce back to their feet. A quick right hook form Straus to briefly stun Spoon while against the cage. Spoon, again, fighting for wrist control while pressed Straus against the cage. Straus caught Spoon with a soft left hook on the break. Quick exchanges from both fighter, but nothing significant lands. Another takedown stuffed by Straus. They were standing in the middle and threw combos. The clinched and moved to the wall. More dirty boxing landing from both fighters and another game of wrist control. From the break Straus caught Spoon with a strong left hook. As Straus stalked down Spoon, Spoon pushed him against the cage. Round ends with both men on the floor fighting for position.

Result: Daniel Straus via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)

 

BOUT 5 FEATHERWEIGHT QUARTERFINAL

ROBERTO VARGAS (12-1) San Bernardino, CA VS MARLON SANDRO (20-3) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ref – Rob Hines

Single strikes from both fighters that did not land to start the fight. Vargas is reaching out for that jab, but did not land it. Sandro ducked his head and swung out to the right with left hook. A great inside leg kick from Sandro. Sandro with center control and pushed back Vargas. Sandro caught Vargas with an uppercut and right hook to stumble Vargas backwards. Smelled blood and swarmed on him. Vargas was not easily put away. Vargas fought back with punches and takedown defense. Another let hook to Vargas and he was down again. Sandro takes the back easily and sinks in the choke; Vargas tapped.

Result: Marlon Sandro gets the Tapout 3.35 via guillotine at of round one.

 

CATCHWEIGHT (280)

RICHARD WHITE (18-12) Daytona Beach, FL VS SEAN MCCORKLE (13-2) Indianapolis, IN

McCorkle took the center and pushed White’s back against the cage. Leg trip takedown in to half guard from McCorkle. Punches and elbows from the top. White rolled into McCorkle’s postured up guard. McCorkle worked slowly on the ground. McCorkle took his right forearm around the forehead of White and pulls back for the tapout.

Result: McCorkle via Tapout due to a neck crank at 1.02 of round one.

 

TRAVIS WIUFF (65-14) Rochester, MN VS ANTHONY GOMEZ (8-1) Hammond, IN

Ref – Jeff Melot

Wiuff came out strong with punches from every angel. Gomez takes to the ground but Wiuff is all over him. Gomez retains guard and hand control to stop the punches and worked his way back up to his feet by using the cage. Wiuff is pushing all of his weight against him for a sweet judo toss to the ground right in side control. Crowd cheering Gomez while he was on the bottom and could not get up. Wiuff slips back into half guard. Gomez rolls into Wiuff halfway. Wiuff stepped over the legs and took the back of Gomez. Wiuff now with a body lock against the cage and Gomez swung his arm over to face his opponent. Wiuff dropped down for an easy single leg and in Gomez’s full guard. Gomez works back to his feet and crowd loved it.

Round two: Heavy swings from Wiuff to create a clinch position and pushed Gomez against the cage. Dirty boxing while fighting for wrist control. Wiuff sucks out the hips for a takedown against the cage. Wiuff in the half guard looked to pass. Some elbows from Wiuff landed. Gomez reversed a key lock submission attempt and ended up in full guard of Wiuff. Gomez landing punches and the crowd is back into this one. Hammer fists from both hands from Gomez. Gomez slips to half guard after some punches form the bottom. More elbows from Gomez and refs stand them up due to one stray elbow to the back of the head. Wiuff pushed forward with wild looping hands to set up another takedown. Wiuff making Gomez carry all of his weight against the cage. Some knees land from Wiuff as the round ends.

Round three: Nice jab to open the third round from Wiuff. Both were willing to exchange. More looping punches form Wiuff to push the action to a clinch position. A few knees from Gomez, but nothing significant landed. Some dirty boxing and upper cuts from Wiuff. More counter uppercuts from Wiuff that land on Gomez. Good Thai clinch where knees from Gomez land, and Wiuff seemed unfazed. Another takedown off the fence for Wiuff; in open guard of Gomez, but sill landing punches from the top. Gomez has moved to butterfly guard. Gomez spins to stand up, but Wiuff takes the back. Gomez spins back into Wiuff. Wiuff judo trips him again in the center of the cage in side control.  Wiuff content on lying in Gomez’s open half guard and throw small punches. Gomez worked back into open guard. More punches from Wiuff on top. The fight ends with Wiuff on top throwing punches.

Result: Travis Wiuff (29-28) via Unanimous Decision

 

CORY GALLOWAY (DEBUT) Crystal Lake, IL VS JAKE NAURACY (DEBUT) Hammond, IN

Ref – Gary Coplan

Galloway takes the center and they both swung at each other. Nothing significant landed. Both fighters just missing each other’s chins. Nauracy with a quick one-hook combo dropped Galloway and Nauracy jumped on the down opponent. Nauracy with full guard and trying to control the busy top fighter. Nauracy trying to pass Galloway’s guard. Nauracy fought for half guard, but Galloway counters with a guillotine threat. Nauracy worked out of that with punches and then looked for an arm triangle. Nauracy reversed and ended up in Nauracys guard, but wants out and off the ground. They stand up and start over. Galloway now in the center of the cage until Nauracy pushed forward with combos. Another right hook landed from Galloway and Nauracy with a takedown attempt. Galloway pushed the action to the cage and worked for a kimura. From the break Nauracy lands a solid knee on the chin, but Galloway pushes forward. The round ends as Galloway pushed forward with a last second combo.

Round two: good and quick exchanges from both fighters. Good body shots traded from each. High kick goes wrong for Galloway and slips to the ground. Nauracy looked for another arm triangle attempt. Galloway showed good defense. Galloway punched from the bottom to the ribs of Nauracy. Nauracy had control of the hands and landed punches from the top. Galloway tried to buck out from the bottom, but Nauracy got the back instead. Naurcy started going for the RNC, but Galloway was hand fighting well. Nauracy with a body triangle. Galloway with his head turning colors until he pushed the elbow away. Galloway could not get Nauracy off his back. Nauracy tried again for the RNC and sunk it in for the tap.

Result: Jake Nauracy via RNC at 4.22 in the second round.

 

Quick Results:

Genair da Silva via TKO at .51 of round three

Alexandre Bezerra via Tapout due to a RNC at 4.52 of round two

Josh Shockley via Unanimous Decision (30-27)

Mike Corey via Unanimous Decision (29-28)

Daniel Straus via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28 x2)

Marlon Sandro via Tapout due to a guillotine chock at 3.35 of round one

Sean McCorkle via Tapout due to a neck crank at 1.02 of round one

Travis Wiuff (29-28) via Unanimous Decision

Jake Nauracy via RNC at 4.22 of the second round

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Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey took place on Saturday March 3rd from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.  The event coincided with the Arnold Sports Festival which brings together all forms of martial arts.  Ronda Rousey took on Miesha Tate for her Strikeforce bantamweight title in the night’s main event.

Ryan Couture vs. Conor Heun

Round one- The fighters began with lots of circling and some light jabs, feeling each other out. Couture began landing as Heun did not offer a response. Heun finished a take-down, but Couture threatened with an omoplata. The fighters stood, and began to exchange, with Couture landing significant punches and kicks, opening up a cut on his opponent. Couture won the round 10-9 based on his damaging strikes.

Round two- Heun held the middle of the octagon, prompting Randy Couture, in Ryan’s corner, to call for his son to take the center. Heun with an unsuccessful shot, and Couture pulled free, landing jabs soon after. Heun with a shot again, this time finishing it and passing to half-guard. Couture is crafty from the bottom, moving back to guard, and nearly capturing an arm bar. Couture stood, took Heun down, took his back, and worked for a choke. Couture finished the round on-top, taking another one, 10-9.

Round three- Couture tricked Heun with a kick-then-jab. He finished with a double-leg take-down. He passed to mount, but missed a mounted-triangle. He kept the top position, took Heun’s back when he gave it up, and began to rain down punches.  The damage prompted the referee to step in and end it.

Ryan Couture defeated Conor Heun via TKO in round 3 at 2:52

Pat Healy vs. Caros Fodor

Round one- Fodor came out hot early, looking for a brawl. They found a clinch, and Healy pressed Fodor into the cage, working with brief punches. As soon as the fighters broke, Fodor came swinging again, briefly stunning Healy. Fodor took him down, instantly in half-guard. After taking some shots on bottom, Healy swept Fodor, dropping elbows and then standing punches onto his opponent. It was a very close round due to Healy’s strong finish, but the punches that Fodor landed early did the real damage, and MMARecap scored it 10-9 for him.

Round two- Healy pressed Fodor into the cage, and was razor close with a take-down. He finally finished one, prompting a scramble, but Healy finished on top. Healy worked hard for a head-and-arm choke, missing it due to lack of side-control. He let go, passed to the side, and mounted. Fodor hugged the body of Healy tightly, and not much damage was done before the round ended. Healy won a clear round, 10-9

Round three- Healy popped Fodor with jabs early, setting up a single-leg take-down. He quickly moved to mount, passing Fodor’s guard like butter. A defending Fodor returned to half-guard, trying to work for a kimura, but Healy had none of it. Fodor rolled for a knee-bar, and transitioned to a heal hook. Healy escaped, moved to side-control, and instantly locked up a deep head-and-arm choke.

Healy defeated Fodor via  head-and-arm choke in round 3 at 3:35

Brandon Saling vs. Roger Bowling

Round one- Bowling received a hero’s welcome, being an Ohio native. Bowling threw a head-kick, caught by Saling. Bowling blasted Saling soon after, shooting in. The fighters broke, igniting  a ferocious brawl against the cage. The crowd went wild as the fighters swung for the fences; first favoring Bowling, then favoring Saling. Bowling clinched, but soon after engaged in a crazy brawl again. This time Bowling was blasted, almost dropping to the canvas. Brief ground work, and the fighters stood. They just couldn’t help themselves, exchanging again in a brawl. Bowling took Saling down, passing to side-control and attempting a head-and-arm choke. He crucifixed Saling and rained down punches until the rounds end. The late effort gave Bowling the round, 10-9.

Round two- Bowling took Saling down early, and passed to side-control. After pinning Saling’s arms down, Bowling flurried with hard and speedy punches. The flurry and an inactive Saling forced the referee to stop the fight.

Bowling defeated Saling via TKO in round 2 at 1:15

Alexis Davis vs. Sarah Kaufman

Round one- Kaufman established the distance early with jabs. Davis was threatening in the pocket, and the women brawled. Davis clinched, and on the break the fighters returned to a slug fest. Davis was extremely aggressive, pressing into Kaufman, and eating straight punches because of it. Kaufman landed, and Davis began to bleed heavily. After a clinch, the referee paused the bout and called in the doctor. The doctor checked the cut on Davis and allowed her to continue on. With a sense of urgency, Davis returned to action with kicks.

Round two- The women got back to kickboxing immediately. Davis was stalking Kaufman, landing in exchanges. Kaufman continued throwing jabs and crosses down the pipe. Kaufman clinched, and the girls worked each-other with knees. Davis’s face was bloodied, but still she was engaging Kaufman. Kaufman pressed her into the cage, landing short strikes.

Round three- The story of the fight was right back on pace as Davis was on Kaufman’s case again. Davis snatched a thai plum and delivered some powerful knees. Davis with a trip take-down, jumped immediately to side-control. she tried to pry free a kimura, declined to take the back, and returned to side-control soon after. Davis worked from the top, delivering short punches to Kaufman, clearly taking the round 10-9.

Kaufman defeated Davis via Majority Decision, 29-29, 29-28, 29-28

 

Bristol Marunde vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza

Round one- Jacare pressed early, landing single strikes, stalking Marunde. Marunde was threatening with his hands, keeping Jacare at bay, but wasn’t landing. In a scramble Jacare leaped onto Marunde’s back, in an amazing show of jiu jitsu. Separation due to debated back of head strike and Jacare landed a bomb, dropping Marunde in what appeared to be a flash knockout. Marunde clinched and survived the round. 10-8 Jacare.

Round two- Marunde fainted jabs and missed a haymaker. Souza nailed him with a bomb of a right hand, staggering him with more punches. Jacare landed a high spinning back kick, knocking Marunde into the fence. Jacare jumped onto Marunde’s back, but the fight was quickly back up. As the pace slowed, Jacare kept doing damage. Marunde was caught with a right hand but avoided a flying front kick. Jacare took him down and went for a heel hook as the round ended. An easy 10-9 for Jacare.

Round three- Jacare with a take-down immediately. He worked in half guard, landing elbows. Marunde briefly stood, but the jiu jitsu levels of the fighters were too far apart, and Jacare pulled him back down while trying to jump on the back. Jacare passed to side control, locked up a head-and-arm-choke, and Marunde was forced to tap.

Souza defeated Bristol via Arm-Triangle Choke in round 3 at 2:43

Lumumba Sayers vs. Scott Smith

Round one- Sayers landed a right hook to the body. Sayers took Smith’s back, but chose to stand. Sayers shot in, prompting Smith to grab a choke. In response, Sayers hoisted Smith in the air and slammed him with amazing power. Sayers snatched a guillotine choke and forced Smith to tap-out.

Sayers defeated Smith via Guillotine Choke in round 1 at 1:34

Kazuo Misaki vs. Paul Daley

Round one- Smith landed a slapping leg kick early. Daley was parrying Misaki’s shots very effectively, landing kicks in return. Still, Misaki was on his case, and finished a take-down. Daley stood, and was more active with his boxing. Misaki landed a big right hand, following with a flurry against the cage, that hurt Daley. Daley shot in with a take-down, finished it, and ended the round in Misaki’s guard. It’s was a close round, but the damage Misaki did won him the round, 10-9.

Round two- Daley clinched and Misaki attempted a Judo throw, barely missing it and Daley kept on his feet. Misaki has now really warmed up, tagging Daley repeatedly, backing him into the fence. Daley took Misaki down to find some success and worked in guard. Misaki gave up his back, but used it to bait Daley, and Misaki gained top position with a spin. Misaki took another close round, 10-9

Round three- Much circling and feeler-punching took place early. Daley took Misaki down, and landed some significant strikes. Daley stood up and time out was called.  The replay showed that there was an enormous gash where Misaki’s eyebrow used to be. Due to the location the doctor let the fight continue. Misaki hung tough for the rest of the round, at one point brawling forward. Daley was unable to capitalize on the cut that he opened, and the round ends. Daley won the round 10-9, but lost the fight, 29-28 on MMARecap’s scorecard.

Misaki defeated Daley via Split Decision, 30-27, 28-29, 29-28

KJ Noons vs. Josh Thompson

Round one- Jumping front kick landed on the face of Noons, an amazing show of athleticism early. Flying heel hook attempt from Thompson, it is clear that he was trying to counter the boxing of Noons with crafty striking. Noons wasn’t buying it and landed a combination. Single leg attempt, tripped the other leg to finish.  Thompson had complete focus on holding Noons down, hooking the legs, and then slowly climbed up the body. The crowd doesn’t like it, but Thompson won round one, 10-9.

Round two- Noons pressed early, blocking a head-kick and taking the top position briefly. Thompson returned to his feet, and took Noons down. Again, Thompson is one hundred percent focused on holding Noons down, while doing little damage. Thompson was stood up, and ate a combination to the body early. Noons was at full blast, highly aggressive with his boxing. A flying knee landed to the the body, and Thompson felt it. He took Noons down again, this time standing to land a winging right hand. Thompson held Noons to the bell, and the crowd again lets him know that they don’t appreciate it. It’s a hard round to call, but MMARecap scored it 10-9 for Noons based on his superior striking.

Round three- Noons with an immediate take-down. He latched on to a head-and-arm choke in half guard with a very tight squeeze. Noons struggled, and pressed on the head of Thompson to stay alive. Thompson controlled from the back. Noons escaped, but Thompson held Noons down in guard. Thompson finished on top, and it was enough for the judges. A clear 10-9 for Thomson ended it.

Thompson defeated Noons via unanimous decision 29-28, 29-28, 29-28

Miesha Tate vs. Ronda Rousey

Round one- Tate came out fast with punches, tagged Rousey, and tried to capitalize with a flurry. Rousey got a hold of Tate and executed her usual take-down successfully, landing in half guard. Rousey stood, threw multiple punches, and upgraded to side control to attempt an arm-bar. Tate rolled to successfully defend. Tate was now on top, dropping punches, then she took Rousey’s back. Rousey was struggling to remove a foot and spin, but Tate was locked on. She tried standing and slamming Tate, but it took more work on the ground to finally break free. She nailed Tate with a looping punch for her efforts, and the fight was back on the feet. They exchanges a bit, Rousey with some kicks to an aggressive Tate. Rousey attempted a throw and trip, but Tate was free. Tate got some punches off, and in response Rousey threw her to the canvas, earning side control. Rousey moved to Tate’s back and landed a short flurry before she went for an arm-bar. This time, the arm-bar was deeper than ever, but Tate still did not tap. As Tate turned, Rousey continued to crank, and Tate’s elbow dislocates, contorted in a disturbing twist. Tate finally taps as Rousey did it again: arm-bar, round one.

Rousey defeated Tate via arm-bar in round one at 4:27

Quick Results

• Ronda Rousey def. Miesha Tate via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 4:27 – to become new women’s bantamweight champion
• Josh Thomson def. K.J. Noons via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Kazuo Misaki def. Paul Daley via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
• Lumumba Sayers def. Scott Smith via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 1:34
• Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza def. Bristol Marunde via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 3, 2:43
• Sarah Kaufman def. Alexis Davis via majority decision (29-29, 29-28, 29-28)
• Roger Bowling def. Brandon Saling via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 1:15
• Pat Healy def. Caros Fodor via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 3, 3:35
• Ryan Couture def. Conor Heun via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:52

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MMA at The Max 2 took place on Saturday March 3rd at The Max Convention Center in McCook, Illinois. The night of action saw twenty amateur fights with six title fights. Read on for the full recap and results.

Kicking off the night of action was a super heavyweight bout between Sergei Grytsaienko and Kelan Moore. Moore opened the round with three kicks to set up a big takedown. He worked the entire round from side control trying to find a submission or a chance to posture up and punch his way to victory but Grytsaienko defended well. In the second round Moore again took the fight to the ground but Grytsaienko reversed and stood up. As Moore was getting up Grytsaienko landed a kick to the head of Moore and timeout was called for the illegal strike. Grytsaienko knew immediately that he was in the wrong and apologized before a point was deducted. After the restart Grytsaienko came out swinging hard and bloodied up Moore’s face even more. The start of the third Grytsaienko knew he needed a finish and nearly did as he connected with several punches. But Moore was able to survive and then returned fire of his own. The fight was a great start to the night of action.

Alex Fontanez came out strong against Jeremy Rone. He scored a quick takedown and tried to escape Rone’s guard and land his attacks. Rone was able to get up and both fighters clinched against the cage. Both threw knees and Rone looked for a guillotine choke. Fontanez fell back to escape and Rone capitalized landing in full mount. From there it was just a matter of time as he was teeing off Fontanez at will.

Ezykelo Sidney dropped Mike Hassett at the start of the fight. He nearly finished with a big right hand as Hassett was getting back up. Hassett composed himself and took Sidney down and ended up on top. He worked his forearm across the throat of Sidney and put enough pressure to force Sidney to tap.

The next fight featured Dennis Sherman and Sam Cruz. Sherman attempted a takedown immediately and was successful though Cruz just got back up. Sherman again worked for a takedown but fell back under the weight of Cruz. Cruz then in mount threw punch after punch. Sherman tried to escape by giving up his back and he was able to reverse and end up on top of Cruz. Sherman stood and pounded the legs of Cruz with big kicks. He then dove in for a big punch but fell into a triangle. Cruz adjusted the choke and Sherman fought it off as best he could. Cruz rolled and had a top mounted triangle. He rained down punch after punch until Sherman was forced to tap before the choke rendered him unconscious.

Fernando Fuentes made quick work of Dylan Wright. Fuentes immediately took the fight to the ground and got the mount. From there he started to throw small punches and Wright gave up his back. Fuentes quickly looked for the choke and after an adjustment had his arm under the neck of Wright. It was just a few seconds later that Wright was forced to tap.

Brittney Updike and Danika Thibault competed in a mixed rules bout. The first round was a kickboxing bout and Thibault controlled the action with punch combos followed by kicks and knees. Updike landed a good kick on Thibault but was unable to follow it up. As the round ended Thibault continued her assault of punches to the crowd’s delight. In between rounds the girls changed gloves and fought in a modified rules mma bout. The modified rule was no strikes to the head due to the fact that they were under the age of eighteen. Both girls threw body punches before Thibault took Updike down. She quickly worked a guillotine choke and after an adjustment got the tap.

In a confusing scorecard, Jan Manos defeated Stephan Vonaulock by split decision. The first two rounds Vonaulock wanted to trade kicks and punches, but Manos countered nearly every strike with either a hook or a takedown. Vonaulock tried to secure a guillotine choke on Manos to counter but could not lock it in. The third round Vonaulock was able to connect with his strikes, but it was too little too late. MMA Recap scored it 29-28 for Manos but the judges scored it 30-27, 28-29, 30-27.

Up next was an exciting striking battle between Brad Stanton and Darrell Edmonson. Both fighters immidately took to the center of the cage and looked to throw heavy bombs. Both were able to land a big punch that hurt the other. Edmonson started to find his range and Stanton couldn’t recover. The second round Edmonson took Stanton down and rained down punch after punch. After getting the mount, Stanton alternated giving up his back and being mounted. Edmonson started to connect on Stanton’s head and he was in trouble. The ref warned and the stopped the fight.

If you blinked you might have missed the action between Anthony Gasso and James Yarborough. Gasso came out from the gun just fired up and connected. Yarborough was on the defense and visibly hurt. Gasso continued to throw big right hands buckling Yarborough’s legs. Yarborough was nearly out on his feet and the ref stopped the action.

Josh Polk and John Box came to throw down. Both tried a body kick to start the round and both connected. Polk rushed Box with a series of punches and Box countered with a takedown. Polk worked a guillotine but Box was able to escape while passing to side control. He stood up briefly only to work a guillotine choke of his own, but that was a feint as he quickly passed to mount. Once on top, Box unloaded massive rights and lefts. Polk tried to escape, but Box continued his assault and the ref had no choice but to call the fight.

Another fast technical knockout came from Robbie Draski against Anthony Milton. Both fighters went for a high kick and both fell to the ground. Draski however continued to press forward and landed punch after punch. Milton was on the run and Draski kept chase. Both fighters fell again but this time Draski unloaded and Milton had no answer.

Emilis Jaskevicius came out with a big kick to James Brown. Brown worked for a takedown but it was Jaskevicius who scored it instead. Unfortunately for him Brown reversed and wound up on top. Brown worked punches but fell into a triangle choke after over extending his punch. Brown tried to slam his way out but it just sunk the choke in deeper and he tapped.

Dustin Stusse wanted to get the fight against Otis Brumfield down to the ground as quick as possible and he did. Brumfield tried to secure a guillotine choke, but was unsuccessful as Stusse moved to side control to escape. Once he escaped, Brumfield gave up his back. Stusse tried to get the guillotine choke and when it wasn’t there, transitioned to an armbar. The submission was in deep and Brumfield appeared to tap and the fight was over. After Brumfield shouted that he didn’t tap, but regardless the fight was over.

The first of six title fights was up next as Fallen Fox took on Scottie Fortner for her lightweight title. Fortner quickly kicked Fox, but she scooped the leg and took Fortner down. Fox was able to pass to mount and then worked an armbar. Fortner tried to escape and rolled correctly, but Fox was on top and continued the submission forcing the tap.

The vacant middleweight title was on the line between Luis Arriaga and Jonathon James. Arriaga came out strong with a leg kick and another but was quickly taken down. Arriaga reversed and wound up in mount on top of James. He worked several punches and nearly finished, but James was able to escape. James was trapped in a kimura, but once he worked his way out of that he started to throw big right hands. Arriaga worked to escape but James sunk in a guillotine choke. Arriaga tapped as he was going unconscious.

Sean Gee and Robert Lee put on one of the bloodiest fights ever. Gee landed several punches in the first round to open up Lee’s face. Gee wanted to stand and throw massive punches and it was working for him. He consistently landed his punches more and easily won the round. The second round Gee hurt Lee with a big right hand. Lee fought through it and in the last minute worked a submission. He had a top mounted triangle and worked both punches and an armbar from the position. It was a close round and could have gone either way. The third round Gee played a waiting game with Lee. Lee worked a takedown and got it. He passed to mount and looked for a guillotine, but Gee was able to escape. Gee swung wild punches and Lee returned as time ran out in the round. The round was clearly for Lee but the judges didn’t agree as two thought it was for Gee as well.

Superheavyweights were up next as Rick Farbo took on Tyler Reece for the APFC belt. Reece’s gameplan was to try and take Farbo down and work a ground game. Unfortunately he was never able to take Farbo down and ate multiple punches. When Reece wasn’t working for a takedown, the two fighters were either clinched against the cage or were in a brutal dirty boxing bout. The second round Reece didn’t land much and could have been scored a 10-8 for Farbo. In the end, one judge did score it that way.

The APFC bantamweight title was on the line as Mike Ryan took on Chris Conway. After a touch of gloves both fighters came out swinging and Ryan was the one who connected. Ryan buckled and Conway ended up in mount. The ref nearly stopped it but Ryan tried to buck. He couldn’t escape, ate five more punches and the fight was called off.

The main event featured Oliver Vazquez taking on the lightweight champion Sam Augshi. The fight was one of the hardest to score as Vazquez was able to take Augshi down with ease, but then Augshi threatened with armbar after armbar. The question was asked do you score the fight for the guy with thirty submission attempts that were able to be escaped or the guy who landed thirty punches? Both fighters were in danger a bit, but Vazquez was close to being finished. At least one round was scored for Augshi but it was a very difficult fight to figure out who won. In the end the judges scored the bout 29-28 across the board.

Quick Results
Kelan Moore defeated Grytsaienko by unanimous decision 30-26, 30-26, 29-27
Jeremy Rone defeated Alex Fontanez by TKO at 2:42 of round 1
Mike Hassett defeated Ezykelo Sidney by forearm choke at 1:05 of round 1
Sam Cruz defeated Dennis Sherman by triangle choke at 2:48 of round 1
Fernando Fuentes defeated Dylan Wright by rear naked choke at 0:53 of round 1
Danika Thibault defeated Brittney Updike by guillotine choke at 0:25 of round 2
Jan Manos defeated Stephan Vonaulock by split decision 30-27, 39-28, 30-27
Darrell Edmonson defeated Brad Stanton via TKO at 1:46 of round 2
Anthony Gasso defeated James Yarborough by TKO at 0:21 of round 1
John Box defeated Josh Polk by TKO at 1:41 of round 1
Robbie Draski defeated Anthony Milton by TKO at 0:46 of round 1
Emilis Jaskevicius defeated James Brown by triangle choke at 0:46 of round 1
Dustin Stusse defeated Otis Brumfield by armbar at 1:14 of round 1
Jonathon James defeated Luis Arriaga by guillotine choke at 2:03 of round 1
Sean Gee defeated Robert Lee by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 29-28
Rick Farbo defeated Tyler Reece by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-26, 30-27
Mike Ryan defeated Chris Conway by TKO at 0:17 of round 1
Oliver Vazquez defated Sam Augshi by unanimous decision 29-28, 29-28, 29-28

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UFC 144 took place on Saturday February 25 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan (though it happened on Sunday morning locally in Japan). The pay-per-view was super-sized with seven fights airing live during the broadcast. Including the first fight of the night between Issei Tamura and Tiequan Zhang that was originally aired on Facebook, all twelve fights ended up being broadcast either on FX or during the pay-per-view broadcast.

On RecapRadio Brent Todd and John Petit had given their predictions for the event. Even just going with the winners they thought would win, Todd went 2-5 and Petit went 4-3. The results were some of the most exciting and craziest in recent history.

The submission of the night award was easy to hand out as there was only one submission. Vaughan Lee defeated Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto by armbar late in the first round. The two each blasted the other with big punches with Yamamoto nearly finishing early in the round. But Lee was able to recover and after Yamamoto was hurt, Lee rushed and locked in a triangle. The submission looked deep, but Yamamoto wasn’t tapping. Lee switched to an armbar and that was all that was needed to earn the tap.

Five fights ended by either knockout or technical knockout making the decision for who would earn the $65,000 bonus difficult. The first fight of the night between Tamura and Zhang was a great start to the night as Tamura landed a vicious right that sent Zhang to la-la-land.

Still part of the preliminary fights, Takanori Gomi showed some of what made Gomi so popular as he was able to earn a technical knockout over Eiji Mitsuoka. In the second round while both fighters seemed extremely gassed, Gomi started to connect with his strikes. It wasn’t long before Mitsuoka wasn’t responding and Gomi just unloaded everything he had into punching Mitsuoka until the referee was forced to stop the fight.

Both Tim Boetsch and Mark Hunt had impressive knockouts in their bouts against Yushin Okami and Cheick Kongo respectively. Boetsch was losing his fight to Okami badly. Knowing he was down two rounds to none Boetsch came out in the third swinging. He staggered Okami with a straight punch. Boetsch smelled blood and swarmed with tricky uppercuts. The assault of uppercuts continued until Okami fell to the floor in a bad way and Boetsch landed two more before the ref stopped the fight.

Many felt that Hunt was going to be seriously outmatchedand outworked by Kongo. But that never happened. Early in the fight Hunt dropped Kongo but decided to let Kongo get right back up. The second time he wasn’t as nice as he swarmed Kongo and rained down punch after punch until Herb Dean was force to save Kongo from eating any more damage.

With Boetsch’s come from behind knockout and Hunt’s impressive striking display it would take a special kind of knockout to earn the extra $65,000. And an impressive knockout did happen. Anthony Pettis and Joe Lauzon seemed happy to trade punches. Pettis lands a kick to the body on Lauzon but Lauzon continues to press forward. Pettis threw another kick, Lauzon went to block it low, but the kick sailed high and connected perfectly on Lauzon’s head and Lauzon was unconscious.

The main event screamed Fight of the Night award even before the first punch was thrown. Frankie Edgar and Ben Henderson have been in several battles that were amazing and exciting. Edgar caught nearly every one of Henderson’s kicks and then proceeded to punch him in the face for even throwing a kick. But Henderson had more than just kicks at the ready as he blasted Edgar with straight punches that bloodied up Edgar quickly. The fight was a twenty-five minute back and forth battle that was extremely close. The judges had their work cut out for them but in the end they awarded the fight to Henderson crowing a new champ. Even though Edgar lost, he still pocketed an extra $65,000 for the performance as the fight was deemed the Fight of the Night.

Quick Results
Benson Henderson defeated Frankie Edgar via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 49-46)
Ryan Bader defeated Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Mark Hunt defeated Cheick Kongo via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:11
Jake Shields defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Tim Boetsch defeated Yushin Okami via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 0:54
Hatsu Hioki defeated Bart Palaszewski via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Anthony Pettis defeated Joe Lauzon via knockout (kick and punches) – Round 1, 1:21
Takanori Gomi defeated Eiji Mitsuoka via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:21
Vaughan Lee defeated Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 4:29
Riki Fukuda defeated Steve Cantwell via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Chris Cariaso defeated Takeya Mizugaki via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Issei Tamura defeated Tiequan Zhang via knockout (punch) – Round 2, 0:32

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Cage Warriors 46 took place Friday Night in Kiev, Ukrane (Friday afternoon in the states,) and was streamed live on MMAJunkie. Cage Warriors put on their third consecutive show in less than a month, and this one lived up to the excitement of the previous two. In the main event Andreas Kraniotakes got his third straight first round submission win in the Cage Warriors cage over Dmitry Poberezhets. The card was full of submission wins, but most memorably is Pavel Kusch’s 30 second omoplata submission over Alexander Starikov.

Below is how the main card played out, and the quick results for the entire card.

Main Card

Andreas Kraniotakes (12-5) vs. Dmitry Poberezhets (10-4-1)
Andreas Kraniotakes really put the pressure on  Dmitry Poberezhets from the very beginning. There was no feeling out process in this one, and after a scramble  Kraniotakes ended up in the top position. Poberezhets was able to scramble to avoid some strikes, but eventually gave up his back, and the choke came a minute or so later.

Andreas Kraniotakes defeats Dmitry Poberezhets by submission (Rear naked choke) 3:27 round 1

 

Diego Gonzalez (14-6) vs. Ivica Truscek (17-9) 
Truscek landed about 20 consecutive jabs on Gonzales before he ended up on his back.  Gonzales was landing from the top, and ended up in back mount threatening to choke, but not getting it. The last 20 seconds of the round was Truscek landing more jabs. Round 2 was almost exactly like round 1, in that the whole first half of the round Gonzales was eating jabs. He then got it to the floor, and was able to lock up an arm in guillotine and Truscek was forced to stap.

Diego Gonzalez defeats Ivica Truscek by submission (arm-in guillotine) 3:25 Round 2

 

Pavel Kusch (11-2) vs. Alexander Starikov 
Starikov immediately dove for a double leg when Kusch through a strike, and Starikov stacked him on his back up against the cage. From there Kusch locked up the omoplata, and rolled Starikov over. He was forced to tap at 31 seconds, and he may injured his shoulder.

Pavel Kusch defeats Alexander Starikov by submission (omoplata) at :31  of round 1

 

Phil Harris (19-9) vs. Remi Morvan (8-6)
Remi Morvan came out aggressive and he quickly got the fight to the ground, he was able to get on top and even move to mount and was landing strikes. Harris was able to recover and get up, and get a take down of his own.He landed some shots that hurt Morvan, but he was able to scramble to the top. Harris hooked up the triangle choke which he quickly sunk in, and as soon he extended the arm out he got the win.

Phil Harris defeats Remi Morvan by submission (triangle choke/arm bar) 4:22 of Round 1

Dan Hope (8-4) vs. Alexander Voitenko (7-3)
Once Voitenko was able to get ahold of Hope, he was able to get him to the ground. For the most part he wasn’t getting much offense from the top position on Hope, Voitenko started to put together strikes, and do some damage and cut Hope. Hope threw an ill advised kick right away in round 2, and ended up on his back for it. He stayed there a good part of the round, but was landing elbows from the bottom. They were stood up, and Voitenko was able to get the take down. This time Voitenko was able to gain side mount and rain down with punches that were marking up Hope. In the third round, again Hope throws another kick, and ends up on the bottom. Once Voitenko got some leverage, he opened up with hammer fists, and the ref stepped in to save him.

Alexander Voitenko defeats  Dan Hope by technical knock out (strikes) 1:11 Round 3

 

Neil Seery (9-8) vs. Artemij Sitenkov (13-7)
Seery who is the better of two fighters on the feet was much smaller then Sitenkov. After some feeling out, Sitenkov pressed Seery up against the fence, and dropped down and rolled into a knee bar that Seery was forced to tap to.

Artemij Sitenkov def Neil Seery by submission (Knee bar) :55 Round 1

 

Quick Results

Main Card
Andreas Kraniotakes defeats Dmitry Poberezhets by submission (RNC) 3:27 round 1
Diego Gonzalez defeats Ivica Truscek by submission (arm-in guillotine) 3:25 Round 2
Pavel Kusch defeats Alexander Starikov by submission (omoplata) at :31  of round 1
Phil Harris defeats Remi Morvan by submission (triangle choke/arm bar) 4:22 of Round 1
Alexander Voitenko defeats  Dan Hope by technical knock out (strikes) 1:11 Round 3
Artemij Sitenkov def Neil Seery by submission (Knee bar) :55 Round 1

Preliminary Fights:
Vladimir Katyhin defeats Anatoly Safronov by submission (rear-naked choke) :41 Round 2
Sergei Churilov defeats Anatoly Starodubtsev by submission (Achilles lock) 2:51 Round 1
James Brum defeats Leandro Gontijo by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-25)

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Bodylock Presents Winter Brawl took place on Saturday February 18 at the Melrose Park Civic Center in Melrose Park Illinois. A total of eight amateur mixed martial arts fights went down in front of a massive crowd that was into all of the action.
1. Vince Nicoline vs Dan Alamario – heavyweight
Nicoline stalked him down against the cage until he landed jabs and upper cuts. Alamario dived for a takedown and easily stuffed by Nicoline and took the back mount. Landed hammer fists and rolled him over. Tried for different submissions, but Alamario fighting back and out of back mount. More hammer fists fallowed from the Nicoline corner. Nicoline had complete control of Alamarios back until round one ended.

Nicoline with an unusual stance with his ands low and bent at the waits. Alamario opens up with jabs and low leg kicks that landed. Nicoline rushed in for a body lock and takedown into half guard. Light punches came from Nicoline and Alamario defended well and retained full guard. Ref called for stand up. Nicoline rushed in for another body lock against the cage making Alamario carry his weight. Alamario exploded off the cage and landed heavy punches to end round two.

Nicoline opened with rush in and uppercuts, but Alamario found a single leg. Nicoline landed more hammer fists with his back to the cage while Alamario switched legs. Nicoline stuffed the single leg takedown and ended up in side control. More punches from the top from Nicoline then fought Alamarios hands to secure the mount. More punches from the top followed until Alamario turned over and gave up the back. Nicoline flatted him out and delivered more punches to the side of the head.
Official Result: Vince Nicoline via unanimous decision
2. Charles Rodriques vs Adam Gleason – lightweight
Strong open from Gleason with a stiff jab and takedown into the back mount. Worked for the choke against the cage early. Rodriques quickly fount out, but was hipped tossed and was mounted then switched to back mount again. Gleason working for the choke again and gets the tap.
Official Result: Adam Gleason via tapout due to a rear naked choke at 1.40 of round one
3. Shane Kamp vs Bobby Kpa – middleweight
Low kicks to start from Kamp. Force against the cage, but Kpa secured the neck for a choke, but didn’t secure the bock to finish. Hammer fist from Kamp and fought the hands at the same time. Kamp freed himself and pushed Kpa against the cage for a double leg takedown slam into half guard. Kamp tried to soften his opponent and advance position. Kamp took the back and delivered knees to the body against the cage. Kamp secured the neck and pulled Kpa back then flattened him out for the tap.
Official Result: Shane Kamp via tapout due to a rear naked choke at 2.38 of round one.
4. Scott Bratner vs Justin Hughes – featherweight
Hughes walked in with an intense face with focus. Hughes opened with a kick and Bratner takes the single leg takedown into mount, but Hughes reversed into guard. Punches from the top from Hughes, but Bratner countered with triangle and arm bar attempts. Hughes backs off to reengage on the feet. Huge right hand landed from Hughes and started to swarm, but Bratner recovered and got back the feet. The crowd fully enjoyed this fight. Bratner dove for a takedown, but stuffed by Hughes. Hughes controlled the head and reached for a choke from the front. Hughes ended the round with punches to the face.

Hughes opened with a great punch combo that connected, but Bratner weathered the short storm and secured the takedown. Fighters scrambled to their feet and Hughes caught Bratner with a strong looping left that dropped him. Hughes jumped on him to finish the fight. Crowd loved the action and let both fighters know it witch thunderous clapping and cheers.
Official Result: Justin Hughes via TKO at .58 of round two

5. Ronnie Stewart vs David Lelis – heavyweight
heavy support for the Lelis corner. Mad scramble to start the fight with swarming punches from both fighters. Stewart secured the takedown, but leaves his neck in the side of Lelis. Lelis secures the choke and gets the tapout.
Official Result: David Lelis via tapout due to a guillotine choke at .45 of round one.
6. Michael Romars vs Dustin Stusse – lightweight
Huge fan support for Stusse corner. Romars opened up with leg kicks and tried for the takedown. Stusse reversed the position and secured the mount. Moved his opponent against the cage but Romars reversed and ended up in guard. A few submission attempts fro the bottom from Stusse. To avoid the submission Romars backs away and the fight moves back against the cage. Stusse secured a takedown and started raining hammer fists to the head. Moved to side control, but Romars secured half guard. Stusse started to land more clean punches from the top position and the ref called the fight.
Official Result: Dustin Stusse via TKO at 2.49 of round one.
7. Pat Yates vs Sam Horowitz – welterweight
very loud support for Horowitz corner. Horowitz opened up with leg kicks, but Yates pushed him against the cage and secured the takedown in half guard. Yates soften him up with punches and secured his neck. Horowitz regroups and wall walks his way up the cage. Then Horowitz takes the neck, clasped his hands together and extends his body for the tapout.
Official Result: Sam Horowitz via tapout due to a guillotine choke 1.15 of round one. “I came here tow in and whoop some ass. He left his neck out there and I confiscated it.”
8. Dennis Sherman vs Damian Norris – lightweight 
Sherman kicked then ran Norris against the cage attempted a single leg takedown. Norris showed good balance for a while, but eventually was takendown into his guard. From the bottom, Norris gathered hand control on Sherman and secured the triangle position.
Official Result: Damian Norris via tapout due to a triangle choke at 1.06 of round one.

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Fightcard Entertainment put on their 44th show, Cross the Line 2012 on Thursday February 16. The night of action took place at Joe’s Bar on Weed Street in downtown Chicago. A total of eight amateur mixed martial arts fights and one women’s Muay Thai fight went down inside the steel cage.

All proceeds from the event will go to the Jeff Dunbar fund. MMA Consultants (the sanctioning body) donated all of their time, Kage Concepts donated all of their proceeds, the doctor on staff donated his time as well as several others. In addition to all the staff that volunteered their time, several items were up for raffle raising even more money for the trust fund.

If you blinked you probably missed the first fight between Gerard Mills and Jeremy Rennels. Both fighters came to the center of the cage and threw punches. Rennels then went for a takedown and got the back of Mills. Rennels snuck his arm under the chin of Mills. He adjusted his choke and Mills tapped as he knew it was just a matter of seconds before he would go unconscious.

Middleweights were up next as Ezekeio Sidney took on Hassan Umer. Sidney taunted Umer with his hands down and looked to strike. Umer quickly shot for a takedown and Sidney tried to counter with a guillotine choke. Umer however went to side control to escape the choke and did. From there he worked small punches and then switched to north-south and locked in a choke. He shifted his shoulder deeper into the throat of Sidney and forced a tap out.

Team Top Notch’s Rueben Marquez took on Team 110’s Eric Jachimiec in an exciting bout. Marquez worked leg kicks early, but Jachimiec looked to counter with left hooks. Marquez attempted a flying knee but couldn’t connect. He then opted for a different tactic as he took Jachimiec down and quickly passed to mount. Jachimiec tried to turn and shrimp out of the bad position, but Marquez held his base. He nearly finished the fight with a keylock and when that wasn’t working he transitioned to an armbar. With Jachimiec belly down, the submission was in deep quick and Jachimiec tapped before the snap.

One of the most exciting fights to ever happen inside the FCE cage featured bantamweights Danny Flores and Ceaser Ordorica. Both fighters came out swinging with Ordorica landing the better strikes. He caught a kick by Flores and took him down and rained down punches from within Flores’s guard. Flores escaped and stood up but Ordorica continued his assault. Flores started to find his range and the crowd was extremely excited by the damage that started to appear on Ordorica’s face. With five seconds left Flores landed a flying knee that sent Ordorica down to the canvas. He pounced and landed several punches. The ref halted the fight just before the round ending bell sounded prompting a minor confusion at first.

The first fight to go past the first round featured lightweights Trevor Adeszko and Rafeal Reyes. THe first round Reyes landed the better punches and caught kicks from Adeszko to take him down. Reyes worked punches while on top of Adeszko, but Adeszko was able to stand up each time. In the second round Adeszko wanted to counter the strikes of Reyes and then scored a big takedown. Reyes was able to stand up but ate a big knee. Reyes wanted a takedown of his own and ate a lot of punches from Adeszko without a successful takedown. The third round Reyes took the fight to the ground right away, but Adeszko escaped and took the back. He nearly finished with a rear naked choke, but when he couldn’t he opted to punch Reyes in the head multiple times. Reyes was able to stand, but Adeszko still had his back as they were standing. Adeszko landed two big knees that collapsed Reyes. Two punches later and the ref was forced to stop the action.

Lightweights were definitely putting on great fights as Otis Brumfield and Darrel Edmonson was a back and forth battle. The first round Edmonson controlled the action with his punches and his ability to catch kicks by Brumfield and throw him to the ground. Edmonson had his back and was throwing big bombs to the body and head of Brumfield but couldn’t finish as Brumfield was able to escape. The second round Brumfield ate a big right hand that sent him stumbling. Edmonson tried to capitalize on the damage but Brumfield escaped and landed a big knee. Brumfield then took the fight to the ground and quickly got the mount. He was working an arm triangle choke from the mount as time expired in the round. With the fight appearing to be tied up, both fighters came out swinging. Edmonson was the fresher fighter and it showed as he was able to get the takedown again. Brumfield escaped and was quickly dumped on his butt after another caught kick. Edmonson got the back again and tried to slide his arm under the chin of Brumfield. When the choke was finally in deep enough, the sound of the bell rang and the fight was over leaving the fight up to the judges. MMA Recap scored it 29-28 for Edmonson and so did all three judges.

Team Top Notch’s Nick Nagle came out strong against Trevor Rose. The two quickly exchange punches, before Nagle went for a takedown. Rose grabbed a guillotine and Nagle looked to be in trouble. Nagle tried to escape, but Rose held onto the choke through a stand up and a massive hip toss takedown. The two stood up and Rose tried to adjust his guillotine for a standing guillotine when Nagle landed an accidental low knee. After the restart Nagle landed a side kick and the two clinched. Nagle with another takedown and worked to get Rose’s back. Once he had the back it took just a matter of time before the rear naked choke was applied and Rose had to tap.

The co-main event featured a women’s Muay Thai bout between Jessica Heuer and Vanessa DeLa Garza. The fight was extremely close through out all three rounds. Both DeLa Garza and Heuer were able to land big punches and kicks through out. In the first round DeLa Garza sent Heuer stumbling with a counter right hand to Heuer’s leg kick. Heuer was able to get up right away, but she had no answer for the counter right through the entire fight. Heuer was the aggressor through out the fight always pressing forward, but DeLa Garza was able to land more strikes. The fight was extremely close with DeLa Garza winning the first round and Heuer likely winning round two. The third round was again close, and the judges were split in their decision awarding the fight to DeLa Garza.

Bryan Ortiz and Azamat Shogenov headlined the night of action in a bantamweight fight. Both fighters entered the cage undefeated and both left the same as the fight was ruled a no contest. Shogenov swarmed Ortiz from the start landing punch after punch followed by kicks. Ortiz stumbled and while he was a downed opponent he ate a kick to the head. Referee Rob Madigral called a timeout for the illegal strike, but the fight was waved off and ruled a no contest as Ortiz was ruled to not be able to continue.

Quick Results
Jeremy Rennels defeated Gerard Mills by rear naked choke at 0:13 of round 1
Hassan Umer defeated Ezekeio Sidney by north south choke at 0:52 of round 1
Rueben Marquez defeated Eric Jachimiec by armbar at 2:33 of round 1
Danny Flores defeated Ceaser Ordorica by TKO at 2:59 of round 1
Trevor Adeszko defeated Rafeal Reyes by TKO at 2:09 of round 3
Darrel Edmonson defeated Otis Brumfield by unanimous decision 29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Nick Nagle defeated Trevor Rose by rear naked choke at 1:45 of round 1
Vanessa DeLa Garza defeated Jessica Heuer by split decision 29-28, 28-29, 30-27
Bryan Ortiz and Azamat Shogenov ruled a no contest at 0:20 of round 1

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For the first event to air on Fuel TV, the fighters held nothing back and left it all on the line. The night of action featured three preliminary fights shown on Facebook and six fights airing live on Fuel TV. Jake Ellenberger and Diego Sanchez headlined the event at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska.

While several fighters threatened their opponent with submission attempts, only Ivan Menjivar was able to secure one to force his opponent tap. In a very exciting first fight on the broadcast, Menjivar took on John Albert. The fight only lasted 3:45 but it seemed like the action was never ending. Albert hurt Menjivar multiple times in the fight and nearly finished him with submission of his own. Unfortunately when he couldn’t finish a submission, Menjivar used the opportunity to take the back of Albert and quickly worked to get a rear naked choke and the victory.

Three fights ended in either a technical knockout or actual knockout. Jonathan Brookins sent Vagnar Rocha to la-la land with heavy shots while Rocha was looking to secure a heel hook submission. Many fighters will try to roll out of the submission, but Brookins seized the opportunity to just land massive punches and earn the victory.

Many thought that regardless of the winner of Stefan Struve and Dave Herman, the outcome would happen by knockout. Herman found his range in the first round and stumbled Struve on more than one occasion. But Struve got his rhythm at the start of the second and it was all over for Herman. Struve took Herman down and quickly mounted him. Struve postured up and was able to land punch after punch until the ref was forced to halt the fight.

But the knockout of the night came from Stipe Miocic when he sent Philip De Fries to the canvas. De Fries, a submission expert, looked to stand and trade with Miocic and stumbled the striker. But Miocic returned fire and after a big right hand, De Fries was back peddling. Miocic continued his assault and De Fries was sent unconscious.

T.J. Dillashaw put a beating on Walel Watson like no one had predicted. Dillashaw used his wrestling to control his position on top of Watson. Through out the first two rounds Dillashaw nearly finished as he was looking for submissions and when they weren’t there landed heavy punches. Both rounds were so dominant that two judges scored them 10-8 for Dillashaw. The third round Watson was able to mount a little bit of offense, but Dilashaw went back to his wrestling and once the fight was on the ground, he was the fighter on offense.

The main event was only a three-round fight, a mistake that was made after the UFC announced all main events would be five rounds. It would be interesting to see how this fight would have played out if there were two more rounds as it was by far the most exciting fight of the night. The first two rounds Jake Ellenberger dominated Diego Sanchez with his heavy punches and knees. Sanchez was a bloody mess just a few minutes into the fight. The third round Sanchez was still energized and seemed to have a bit more in his gas tank than Ellenberger and it showed as Sanchez was able to land his strikes. After five minutes Ellenberger was just as bloodied as Sanchez but it wasn’t enough for Sanchez as Ellenberger had won the first two rounds.

Ellenberger, Sanchez, Miocic, and Menjivar all earned an extra $50,000 for their performances.

Quick Results
Jake Ellenberger def. Diego Sanchez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Stefan Struve def. Dave Herman via TKO (punches from mount) – Round 2, 3:52
Ronny Markes def. Aaron Simpson via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Stipe Miocic def. Philip De Fries via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:43
T.J. Dillashaw def. Walel Watson via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)
Ivan Menjivar def. John Albert via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:45
Jonathan Brookins def. Vagner Rocha via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:32
Justin Salas def. Anton Kuivanen via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Tim Means def. Bernado Magalhaes vis unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)

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HFC 10 went down on Saturday night, live from the Porter County Expo Center in Valparaiso, IN. If you were in attendance you were a witness to a great card and exciting fights from both amateur and professional mixed martial artists. Much credit has to go towards the fighters themselves, the HFC matchmaker Paul Vale and the promoter Danielle Vale for delivering a highly entertaining night of competition. The night however was over shadowed with controversy between the fans and judges with regards to who actually won the main event of Strikeforce vet Christian Uflacker versus WEC vet LC Davis.

My pick for fight of the night was the bantamweight bout between Miguel Garza and Mike Manns. Here is what went down and up…

Round One: This fight started off very fast when Manns secured the clinch and delivered good knees to his opponent’s body. Then he pushed Garza against the cage and delivered more knees to the thighs. A strong and tight battle for under hooks and dominate position was displayed against the cage. Manns got the takedown, but was quickly reversed by Garza. Manns sprang back up to his feet and took his opponent against the cage. Another takedown secured from Manns, but Garza quickly put up his legs for a triangle choke. Two huge, full length body slams delivered from Manns to try and free himself. Garza seemed to be unfazed and switched for an arm bar. He was able to sink it in for more than thirty seconds until the round ends. The crowd was breathless with anticipation of the outcome. The ref was right on top of the action and his face looked like he was expecting Manns arm to break before the horn sounded.

Round Two: Quick exchange of punches to open the round, but Manns closed the distance and put Garza against the cage again. Manns clearly looked for the takedown but Garza defended well. More strong knees delivered to the thighs from Mike to Garza. A heavy struggle against the cage for a takedown from Manns and ended up in Garza’s half guard. Heavy punches from the top rained down from Manns. Garza defended his face well and avoided damage. Ref stopped the action and stood the fighters up for lack  of action after a short period of time. Manns put the fight back against the cage. Another takedown secured from Manns and landed in side control, then he took the back mount. Working for a choke towards the end of the round, but the horn sounded.

Round Three: A quick one-two combination from Garza that found a home on Manns face. Garza followed that up with an explosive takedown slam in to Manns closed guard. Manns worked from the bottom with punches to soften his opponent and got back to his feet. Manns charges forward and put Miguel against the cage. Manns secured a takedown from a leg trip and ended up in half guard. Punches flew from the top position. Mann’s delivered more slams from his knees. Another triangle attempt from Garza from the bottom and then switched again to an arm bar. Manns is hung on to his arm for dear life. Manns changes positions and secured his arm back and took the back mount on Garza. More punches followed for Manns. A last quick burst of energy from Garza that cause a scramble, but the horn blew putting an end to an exciting fight. The judges award the fight to Miguel Garza via unanimous decision. This was a great back and forth battle that took place all over the canvas and frankly, what I hope to see from every MMA fight.

My Crimson Award goes to Neil Magny for opening up Dan Sandmann. Not only did Magny open up a cut on his opponent, but  he made him sit in a pool of it for several seconds. Sandmann was checked by the doctors twice with in the fight to see if he could continue. Sandmann should be congratulated for continuing a loosing battle and showing a lot of heart. The HFC ring side staff should also be recognized for doing a great job of cleaning Sandmanns’ DNA off of the mat.

My Best Display of Strikes Award goes to Kevin Nowaczyk for his dominate performance over Joe Alexander. Nowaczyk put on the best striking clinic at the HFC event. He mixed everything very well; punches, knees, inside leg kicks, outside leg kicks, head kicks, head movement, foot movement and changing levels. This guy did it all and didn’t look tired for one second. If you don’t believe that leg kicks can end fights or do much damage, see Pat Barry and Kevin Nowaczyk fight.

Quick Results for the Amateur Card:
Featherweight: Jonathan Ciavirelli defeated Ralph Nurse via tapout due to a guillotine choke at 1:51 in the second round.
Welterweight: Nate Wacnik defeated Christopher Malamatos via tapout to a guillotine choke at 1:21 in the second round.
Bantamweight: Miguel Garza defeated Mike Manns by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Lightweight: James Frasure II defeated Eli Cantu via doctor stoppage at 2:39 in the second round.
Featherweight: Jacob Moales defeated Justin Halloran via tapout due to a rear naked choke at 1:52 in the third round.

Quick Results for the Professional Card:
Dennis Dombrow defeated Terry House, Jr. via tapout due to a triangle choke 4:20 in the third round.
Billy Johnson defeated Rob Morrow via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Kevin Nowaczyk defeated Joe Alexander via referee stoppage due to strikes 2:43 in the third round.
Kenny Booker defeated Ryan Storey via unanimous decision.
Neil Magny defeated Daniel Sandmann via unanimous decision.
Jake Rosenbaum defeated Dexter Wright via technical submission at 2:43 in the second round.
Larry Digiulio defeated Nick Wayne via tapout to a guillotine choke at 3:59 in the first round.
Christian Uflacker defeated LC Davis via split decision (29-28, 30-27 (Davis), 29-28).

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Cut Throat MMA returned to Atlantis Gentlemen’s Club in Ford Heights, Illinois for Babes and Brawls X. The event featured seven amateur mixed martial arts fights highlighted by the beautiful girls of the club.

Kicking off the night of fights was a lightweight contest between Mike Manning and Adam Meneou. The fight looked like it was going to be all over quickly as Manning quickly took the fight to the ground and got the mount. He bloodied up his opponent and worked for a guillotine choke. Meneou was able to escape but took a big beating during the round. The second round was a close round with Manning working for a guillotine most of the round but Meneou was on top and in side control. Once Meneou was able to get his head free he worked punches to the body and head. Manning tried to escape and was able to reverse the position and rained down punches in bunches. The third round Meneou opened the round with good kicks and was able to get the mount himself. Manning was nearly finished but he found his escape and then worked to finish Meneou. As time was running out in the round Meneou nearly had a triangle choke, but Manning punched his way out.

Justin Hughes came out swinging for the fences against Sean Cooley and never let up. He landed a big combo that hurt Cooley, but Cooley was able to recover quickly. Hughes just picked Cooley up and threw him to the ground and as Cooley stood up he ate several more punches. Hughes got the back of Cooley and threw him to the ground again. Just like the previous time he let Cooley stand up and made him pay with several punches. Hughes continued his assault but was briefly stalled as he left his neck partially open and Cooley tried to capitalize on it with a guillotine. Once free Hughes landed a big right that dropped Cooley. Hughes followed it up with one more punch before the ref called the fight.

Josh Bulak entered the cage to talk about the fund that is now set up for Jeff Dunbar. He gave a small update on Dunbar’s status in that Dunbar has some minor use of his hands.

Returning to action Mike Perry took on Nikola Colovic. The two touched gloves and then immediately went after each other. Perry landed a straight right and Colovic returned the favor with a right of his own. Colovic started to land the better of the two, but Perry was throwing hoping to land. Unfortunately for him, Colovic landed a punch that sent Perry to the canvas and the fight was ended there.

Heavyweights were up next as Cody Murray battled Robert Little in an exciting back and forth battle. The two came out and looked to clinch and work a dirty boxing game. Little seemed to be landing more of his punches and then opted to shoot for a takedown. He couldn’t get it and Murray decided to work some knees. Murray tried for a takedown, but Little countered with a guillotine attempt. As Murray escaped, Little shot for a takedown and was successful. Unfortunately he got reversed and Murray worked punches from the top. Murray started to transition to a different position and Little yelled out in pain and the ref stopped the fight.

From the start it looked like Alfonso Bray would be too much for Shane Camp. Camp wanted to land little leg kicks, but Bray countered with a right hand forcing Camp to shoot for a takedown. Bray sprawled and looked to keep his top position with punches to the body of Camp. Camp stayed busy from the bottom trying to escape and throwing multiple hammerfists to Bray’s ears. He did escape and when both fighters stood, Camp landed an accidental knee to the groin of Bray. After the restart the two fighters clinched and exchanged knees. Camp jumped and grabbed a guillotine. Bray tried to summersault out, but Camp held on, adjusted and squeezed. Bray had not choice but to tap to the submission.

In the co-main event Anthony Corder took on Gregg Tigner. If you blinked you might have missed what happened. Tigner landed a punch and Corder immediately went for a takedown. The two were battling for position on the ground when Corder was able to get on top. Unfortunately Tigner used it to his advantage as he secured an armbar. Corder tried to roll out, but Tigner held on tight and forced the tap.

Andrew West and Mike Reid headlined the great night of fights with an exciting Muay Thai fight. West came out with a big front kick, but Reid countered with a right hand. Reid continued with a leg kick and the two fighters clinched. Both fighters exchanged knees before separating. Reid then connected with a spinning backfist that dropped West. West was able to get up within the eight count and was ready to continue on. Reid immediately pressed the action and landed another spinning backfist that knocked West out.

Quick Results
Mike Manning defeated Adam Meneou by unanimous decision
Justin Hughes defeated Sean Cooley by TKO at 1:49 of round 1
Nikola Colovic defeated Mike Perry by TKO at 0:49 of round 1
Cody Murray defeated Robert Little by verbal tapout at 2:41 of round 1
Shane Camp defeated Alfonso Bray by guillotine at 1:49 of round 1
Gregg Tigner defeated Anthony Corder by armbar at 0:33 of round 1
Mike Reid defeated Andrew West by knockout in round 1

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UFC 143 took place on Saturday February 4th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit battled it out for the interim welterweight title in the night’s main event.

While several fights went to the distance, there were some great knockouts and submissions on the card. The very first fight of the evening saw Stephen Thompson land and well timed head kick after a one-two combo that sent Dan Stittgen to the canvas unconscious. Thompson a highly touted striker entered his UFC debut with an impressive 60+ fight win streak including his Muay Thai fights.

Matt Brown has always been a fighter that brings a fight, but has struggled to put together solid wins lately. Chris Cope tried to hand Brown his second loss in two fights, but came up short when Brown caught Cope with a hook that sent Cope to the canvas and Cope was the fighter with the back-to-back losses on his record.

While Brown’s knockout was good, Thompson’s was just a bit better as it came at the end of a combo and earned Thompson the Knockout of the Night.

Like knockouts, there were two submissions during the night’s fights. Max Holloway made his UFC debut against Dustin Poirier, and Poirier welcomed him by attacking his limbs and neck. Poirier looked to have finished the fight with an armbar, but Holloway didn’t tap, so Poirier transitioned it to a triangle choke with the armbar. When that failed to win him the fight, he moved to have a mounted triangle choke and again attacked the arm. The third time was the charm and Holloway was sent home with his first loss of his career.

Kicking off the pay-per-view were middleweights Ed Herman and Clifford Starks. In the second round Herman scored a beautiful trip takedown and quickly passed to mount. From there it was just a matter of time as Starks gave up his back and Herman relentlessly worked to get a rear naked choke until he found it and a tap.

Poirier earned the night’s submission of the night bonuses with his mounted triangle armbar submission.

The rest of the fights all went to the judges’ scorecards. The main event was an exciting battle that had Nick Diaz running down Carlos Condit, only to be out-struck by Condit. The fight was difficult to score as many question do you score damage or aggression and how do you decide on damage. Condit ultimately won the unanimous decision, a decision Diaz was not too happy about. He said it was bullshit that he ran down a guy for twentyfive minutes and that the other guy won so he was done with the sport.

But the fight of the night featured a very improved striking game from Fabricio Werdum who landed several Muay Thai knees to the face and body of Roy Nelson. Nelson is one of the most durable fighters as he continued to come forward no matter what Werdum threw at him. Nelson at times came close to hurting Werdum, but could never capitalize on it. Regardless, the fight was one that will be talked about for weeks to come.

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UFC on Fox 2 took place on Saturday January 28th at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The preliminary fights aired on Fuel TV with the three-fight main card airing on Fox. MMA Recap was on hand and cageside for the event to capture all of the action.

Chris Camozzi and Dustin Jacoby opend up the night of fights. The first round was a great back and forth battle between the two fighters. Early in the round Camozzi had Jacoby guessing as he landing some massive shots. But Jacoby stayed the course and started to find his range, frustrating Camozzi. With ten seconds left in the round, Camozzi landed a big right that buckled Jacoby to earn him the round. Round two featured more striking by both fighters. Camozzi looked to try and counter Jacoby, but was a little off in his timing as Jacoby was landing more. Round three both fighters came out swinging with Camozzi taking the center of the octagon to start. Jacoby landed a beautiful combo led off with a body shot. Camozzi landed a leg kick that swept Jacoby’s feet out from under him. Camozzi rushed in and grabbed a standing guillotine.

Joey Beltran declined to touch gloves with Lavar Johnson which means one thing; he’s going to lose the fight. Johnson nearly finished the fight in the first fifteen seconds with a body shot that hurt Beltran but Beltran recovered from within the clinch. The two fighters jabbed at each other to set up a powerful shot and both connected with more than one. But Johnson landed a big right and then followed it up with several uppercuts and a left hook that sent Beltran to the canvas.

Shane Roller’s gameplan from the start was to take Michael Johnson down. Unfortunately he was unable to get Johnson down and ate a lot of punches through out the first two rounds. Even with all the punches he was eating, Roller continued to press forward. In the third round, Roller was able to take the back of Johnson and wanted to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Unable to get the choke while holding a body triangle, Roller switched to punching Johnson. Some of his punches were to the back of the head and Herb Dean stopped the fight to warn Roller. After the restart, Johnson was able to escape the bad position and saved himself from losing the round by 10-8. Once on the feet, the two traded punches till bell’s end.

Charles Oliveira scored the first calf slicer submission on Eric Wisely. After a kick thrown by Wisely, Oliveira caught it to put Wisely on his back. Oliveira worked standing punches to Wisely till he was able to pass to side control. He quickly worked for a heel hook and Wisely tried to roll out of it. Oliveira continued attacking the leg, and put Wisely in a the submission forcing Wisely to tap. The crowd didn’t know what they saw, but they loved the crazy submission.

George Roop had a serious size advantage over Cub Swanson and he looked to use it early. Roop threw a variety of kicks to keep Swanson at bay, but Swanson stayed the course to try and get inside and land his punches. Roop stumbled Swanson but he quickly recovered and swarmed Roop rocking him in return. Roop attempted a takedown, but Swanson reversed and scored a big takedown. Swanson started to find his way under Roop’s punches and edged Roop out for the round. The second looked to be much of the same but Swanson landed a right hook over top of Roop’s jab that sent Roop to the floor. Swanson followed up with big bombs forcing Big John to step in and stop the action.

Heavyweights Mike Russow and John-Olav Einemo were up next. The crowd was heavily behind Russow the Chicago police officer. Russow took Einemo down immediately to start the fight, but couldn’t do much with it. The two fighters exchanged punches with Russow using his strikes to try and set up another takedown. The takedown came and he worked most of the round from within Einemo’s guard. With less than ten seconds left, Einemo swept Russow and was in the mount, but time expired and he couldn’t do much with it. The second round was much the same with Russow taking Einemo down and trying to pass his guard but unable too. Einemo threatened a little with setting up some submissions, but Russow defended well. Einemo started to land some heavy shots including two big knees that forced Russow to shoot for a takedown. Einemo worked for a triangle but Russow escaped and wound up on top. Russow worked elbows and was trying to pass guard when the fight got stood back up. Einemo landed another massive knee before Russow took the fight to the ground and finished the fight in that position.

The last of the preliminary fights to air on FuelTV featured lightweights Nik Lentz and Evan Dunham. The two fighters quickly stepped to the center to throw massive shots. Lentz nearly had a D’Arce but he couldn’t get the position right and Dunham escaped. Lentz shot for a takedown, and Dunham worked a guillotine to counter it. Lentz escaped, and battled for position over Dunham. The fighters stood and worked a short game inside the clinch before separating. Dunham worked for a takedown of his own and got it, but Lentz controlled well from the bottom. Dunham worked punches and elbows to end the round. Dunham came out on a mission to start the second round and immediately got a takedown. Dunham tried to pass to side control, but Lentz wouldn’t give up. The two fighters stood and Lentz scored with some uppercuts before separating. Dunham working for a guillotine and can’t get it, and the two fighters start throwing punch after punch that were landing to the crowd’s delight. Dunham with another takedown and he worked several punches before working a modified choke. The choke wasn’t working so he opted for elbows instead. Lentz started to sit up and Dunham with a straight right. Lentz is badly bloodied up, but still coming forard as the round ends. Reply showed his eye is badly swollen and the doctor is called in to look at it. The doctor waved off the fight as Lentz’s eye was shut.

Kicking off the main card on Fox, Chris Weidman stepped in on eleven day’s notice to fight Demian Maia. Maia looked to use his improved boxing against Weidman, and Weidman was happy to oblige. Weidman landed more strikes through out and at the end of the round secured it with a takedown. The second round was a close round to call as Maia started to find his range and did more damage in the first half. Near the end of the round Weidman scored a takedown and if there was enough time he probably would have finished his guillotine he had locked in. By the third round both fighters were visibly gassed. Weidman continued to land punches and when Maia did attempt a takedown, Weidman easily defended. Maia ate a couple of knees but the action was not enough to satisfy the Chicago crowd as they booed at the conclusion of the fight. What looked to be a clear cut unanimous decision for Weidman either 30-27 or 29-28 was not as one judge scored it for Maia giving Weidman the split decision victory.

It was more difficult to tell if the crowd was pro Chael Sonnen or anti Michael Bisping based on their entrances, but once inside the cage fighting, it became very clear they were for Sonnen. The first round Sonnen immediately took the fight to the ground but Bisping was quick to get back up. The two traded punches with Bisping throwing crisper strikes, but Sonnen landing the more damaging ones. The second round Sonnen seemed to have slowed down a bit as he couldn’t find a home for his punches. Bisping used the opportunity to land his punches and attempted some fancy spinning kicks. Most of the round however was spent against the cage and surprisingly the Chicago crowd didn’t object to it. The third round Sonnen took Bisping down and the crowd went crazy. As he was able to get Bisping’s back the noise level erupted even more. The loudest ovation however came when Sonnen mounted Bisping as it was next to impossible to hear anything. Bisping was able to escape, but it wasn’t enough as the round ended. The judges were all in agreement with who won giving the fight to Sonnen.

In the pre-fight build up for Rashad Evans and Phil Davis, Evans stated that it would be Davis that would shoot first for the takedown. And while that was true, it was Evans who actually scored the first takedown. The five round battle was not much to the crowd’s delight as it consisted mostly of Evans throwing combos and avoiding Davis’s takedown attempts. When Evans would take the fight to the ground, he was impressive in securing a crucifix not once, but three times through out the fight. All three times he nearly finished with punches and elbows, but Davis was somehow able to escape. Both fighters were extremely exhausted at the end of the twenty-five minute battle and Evans solidified his status as the number one contender for the light heavyweight title to challenge Jon Jones.

Quick Results
Chris Camozzi defeated Dustin Jacoby by guillotine at 1:08 of round 3
Lavar Johnson defeated Joey Beltran by TKO at 4:24 of round 1
Michael Johnson defeated Shane Roller by unanimous decision 29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Charles Oliveira defeated Eric Wisely by calf slicer at 1:43 of round 1
Cub Swanson defeated George Roop by TKO at 2:22 of round 2
Mike Russow defeated John-Olav Einemo by unanimous decision 30-27, 29-28, 29-28
Evan Dunham defeated Nik Lentz by TKO (doctor’s stoppage) at 5:00 of round 2
Chris Weidman defeated Demian Maia by split decision 29-28, 28-29, 29-28
Chael Sonnen defeated Michael Bisping by unanimous decision 30-27, 29-28, 29-28
Rashad Evans defeated Phil Davis by unanimous decision 50-45, 50-45, 50-45

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CutThroat MMA Invasion took place on Friday January 27th at La Sierra Banquet Hall in Aurora, Illinois just outside of downtown Chicago. The night of amateur fights action saw two Muay Thai fights and eight mixed martial arts bouts. Headlining the night of action were two title fights as David Hammons taking on Eddie Castillo for the heavyweight title and Sam Ferguson going to battle with Ryan Kirwan for the vacant middleweight title.

Kicking off the night of action were two Muay Thai bouts. Axel Mendez needed just over a minute to dispose of Mike Girton. Mendez came out with a big leg kick, but Girton countered with some good jabs and a hook. Mendez returned the favor landing a big combo that forced the fighters to clinch. Good knee work by both fighters before separating at which point Mendez unloaded a barrage of attacks. Girton went down but was able to get up within the ten count. Mendez again swarmed starting with a big body kick, followed by body punches and a head kick that sent Girton down again. He was unable to stand by the ten count and Mendez was announced the winner.

Women were up next with an exciting Muay Thai bout. Dorothy Schultz brought a massive fight to Katie Fry. Schultz came out with kicks that forced Fry to work a clinch game. Unfortunately she didn’t get the better of it, as Schultz landed multiple knees. As the round was ending, Schultz nearly landed a head kick to the crowd’s delight. Schultz opened the second round with two big front kicks and Fry again went to clinch. Schultz landed knee after knee to the body of Fry. She let go of her clinch and landed an uppercut as Fry was waving off the fight.

After the two Muay Thai fights it was time for some MMA action. Tim Kallas took on Anthony Corder in the lightweight division. Corder came out with a high kick that just missed. He landed a leg kick and Kallas came forward with massive punches. Corder shot forward and looked to grab a heel hook. Kallas spun free and landed punch after punch while taking Corder’s back. Corder turned into Kallas and wound up in a triangle choke. Corder tried to punch his way out, but Kallas adjusted the choke and squeezed. Two more punches by Corder and he knew he was going out so he tapped.

Brandon Conner and Travis Simpson came out swinging with bad intentions. Neither fighter was throwing crisp punches, but the wild hooks were landing for both. Conner shot for a takedown, but Simpson grabbed his neck and worked for a guillotine choke. He couldn’t get it as Conner was trying to roll out of it. As he adjusted to prevent Conner from escaping, he did just that and rained down hammer fists onto Simpson’s face. Conner looked to stand back up, but realized that Simpson left his neck open and grabbed a guillotine choke. He fell back and torqued the choke forcing Simpson to tap.

Andrew West came out with a big front kick to the belly of Mike Zahn that sent Zahn stumbling back. West pressed forward and hip tossed Zahn to the ground landing in side control. West tried to lock in an arm triangle choke before moving to mount. He kept the choke on and squeezed while on top of Zahn. Zahn tried to punch his way out, but West continued to squeeze and forced a tap.

Fight of the night went to Michael Manning and Shane Camp. The first round Camp likely won as he was able to land some massive punches on Manning. Manning threatened with a guillotine and an armbar submission, but Camp was able to escape by punching Manning in the head. At the end of the first round Manning was developing a mouse under his eye. The second round Manning turned up the pressure as he put Camp in submission after submission and nearly always had the better position. Manning was a little hesitant to punch Camp as he seemed to be setting up his submissions, but regardless he won the round. All tied up at the start of the third and Camp shot in for a takedown. Manning again worked a guillotine choke, but Camp was able to escape. Manning with his long legs kept pressure on Camp and switched to his back. Camp turned into Manning and was on top, but Manning wanted to secure an armbar. Camp escaped and got Manning’s back and locked in a rear naked choke with just twenty seconds left of the fight.

After the exciting battle between Manning and Camp, it would have been difficult to have another exhilarating fight. But that’s just what Jon James and Kyle Kurt did. The first round James looked for a takedown but got reversed. It wasn’t long however until he rolled and took the mount. James unloaded punch after punch after punch and Kurt was in danger. Kurt managed to grab a leg and escaped the bad position, but was nearly finished by a kimura as time ran out. At the start of the second round it was apparent that Kurt had more in his gas tank than James did. White spent most of the round on top of James raining down punches from James’s back. James finished the round with a takedown, but it wasn’t enough to win the round. The third round started and the crowd went wild. Both fighters looked to finish with a big single punch, but it was Kurt who scored first with a big knee that hurt James. Kurt rode James’s back again landing punch after punch. He nearly finished the round that way, but again James was able to escape and score a takedown as time expired. It was clear that Kurt had won rounds two and three, and the judges were all in agreement that that was the case awarding him the fight.

Best takedown of the night went to Anthony Nichols who just powered his way through Tom Shoaff and drove him not only into the cage, but also into the canvas. But Shoaff was extremely comfortable working off his back. Nichols did little to try and advance his position as Shoaff threatened with multiple submissions. Shoaff nearly finished the fight with an arm triangle from the bottom, but Nichols was able to escape. In the second round Nichols again scored a big takedown and again Shoaff threatened with a triangle. Nichols slammed his way out, but Shoaff used the opportunity to go for a takedown of his own. Shoaff quickly took the mount and from there went after Nichols’s arm. Three different versions of an armbar were attempted, but the third was the one that secured the win.

The heavyweight title was on the line as David Hammons challenged Eddie Castillo for his belt. Hammons immediately shot in for a takedown, but Castillo defended well. Castillo landed a knee and an uppercut that seemed to rock Hammons. Hammons shot for another takedown, this time eating three more knees. Hammons went down and it looked like the ref was stepping in to call it but Hammons said he was fine. Castillo came in again and landed several knees that sent Hammons to the canvas. Castillo continued his attack with several punches and the ref was forced to stop the action.

The main event feature Sam Ferguson and Ryan Kirwan battling for the vacant middleweight title. Ferguson came out looking for a takedown, but Kirwan was swinging for the fences. Ferguson worked a Thai clinch and landed a couple of knees. Ferguson then scored a takedown but was nearly rolled. As he was punching Kirwan, he did get rolled. Kirwan on top throwing punches, but Ferguson threatened with an armbar. Kirwan postured out of the submission and then just started throwing massive left hands. Ferguson visibly hurt by the left hands, but they still kept coming. Kirwan continued the assault until the ref mercifully stepped in and stopped the fight crowning Kirwan the new middleweight champion.

Muay Thai Quick Results
Axel Mendez defeated Mike Girton at 1:29 of round 1
Dorothy Schultz defeated Katie Fry at 0:47 of round 2

Mixed Martial Arts Results
Tim Kallas defeated Anthony Corder by triangle choke at 1:07 of round 1
Brandon Conner defeated Travis Simpson by guillotine choke at 1:00 of round 1
Andrew West defeated Mike Zahn by arm triangle choke at 0:45 of round 1
Shane Camp defeated Michael Manning by rear naked choke at 2:39 of round 3
Kyle Kurt defeated Jon Jones by unanimous decision 29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Tom Shoaff defeated Anthony Nichols by armbar 1:49 of round 2
Eddie Castillo defeated David Hammons by TKO at 0:46 of round 1
Ryan Kirwan defeated Sam Ferguson by TKO at 2:16 of round 1

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XFO Fight Night took place at Offsides Bar and Grill in Woodstock, IL on January 21st. The XFO officially put on nine amateur fights for a night of MMA action. Mmarecap was on site to bring you the play-by-play and results.

 
Nick Dunski vs Shawn Bridgeman
A shot early from Bridgeman was stopped when Dunski snatched a guillotine. Bridgeman defended, but was still stuck in the choke, and he waited it out until the fighters eventually stood. Another shot from Bridgeman earned him top position briefly. Dunski stood to his feet. The trend continued as Bridgeman again shot for a takedown, and the round soon ended. Dunski scored another takedown and mounted Bridgeman. Some body work was delivered to Bridgeman’s ribs. From mount, Dunski stood and landed heavy looping shots as Bridgeman called it quits.

Brian Radtke vs Shawn Sullivan
Radtke hammered Sullivan with a right hand early and rushed in with heavy leather. He jumped into mount, and after a shower of punches, the referee saved Sullivan from further damage.

Geovanni Greco vs David Sorenson
Sorenson shot in immediately, and Greco stalled the position out. The wrestling of Sorenson continued as he tried to climb a stalling Greco. He briefly took the back of Greco, but the fight returned to the stalled shot soon. Sorenson won the uneventful round.  Sorenson slammed a heavy leg kick into Grecos thigh early. Two kicks, three kicks, and Greco was definitely feeling the kicks. Greco soon returned the favor with a kick that caused Sorenson to fall. He jumped back to his feet, and a take-down for Sorenson later earned him Greco’s back. He rained down a storm of strikes and Greco tapped under the fire. However, the flurry continued to rain, because Referee Mark Wallen somehow did not notice that Greco was frantically tapping. Team Curran screamed to stop the fight, and finally Wallen jumped in and made the call.

Cody Richards vs Alan Marugg
Marugg and Richards opened with a brawl before Marugg took Richards to the ground. Marugg began to land big body shots and delivered a flurry from the top, causing Richards to tap.

Anthony Schott vs Stan Janeczko
Janeczko initially got into the cage with his shoes on, but the cage officials noticed and had him remove them. The heavyweights collided immediately in a barnstorming brawl. Schott took Janeczko down and mounted him. Schott turned over and received a heavy flurry. Janeczko covered up as Schott continued the attack, and soon after the fight was stopped.

Mike Mahurin vs Tim Holman
Holman shot a double-leg take-down and finished it with an exclamation point. He dropped heavy bombs from the top position to a bellied out Holman.  The fight was over just as quick as it began.

Skyler Petrancosta vs Tyler Reece
Petrancosta shot in early and Reece reversed. After some brief guard work Petrancosta stood but was caught in a guillotine. Reese cranked the choke and Petrancosta tapped, and seemingly passed out at last second. The referee didn’t see the immediate tap because he was at a bad angle.

Charlie Radtke vs Michael Dann
Double jab and big take-down from Radtke scored early. Dann held onto a guillotine attempt that turned into more of a headlock as Radtke was clear from danger. Radtke worked to break free from side control and finally did. He took Dann’s back and delivered a flurry, prompting the ref to jump in and stop the right. Radtke pulled free from the referee and continued punching his already finished opponent. The referee grabbed Radtke and pulled him away as the crowd protested the sportsmanship of Radtke immediately with boo’s.

Gram Livermoore vs Daniel Flora
Flora shot for a takedown and it was stuffed by Livermoore. Flora eventually finished a takedown and took Livermoore to the mat. Flora moved to mount and flurried. Livermoore tried to move, but his only defense was to lay covering his head. The lack of movement caused the referee to jump in and stop the fight.

Quick Results
Nick Dunski defeated Shawn Bridgeman by verbal tapout due to strikes at 2:04 of round 2
Brian Radtke defeated Shawn Sullivan by TKO at 0:39 of round 1
David Sorenson defeated Geovanni Greco by tapout due to strikes at 1:06 of round 2
Alan Marugg defeated Cody Richards by tapout due to strikes at 1:02 of round 1
Anthony Schott defeated Stan Janeczko by TKO at 1:46 of round 1
Tim Holman defeated Mike Mahurin by tapout due to strikes at 0:09 of round 1
Tyler Reece defeated Skyler Petrancosta by guillotine choke at 1:40 of round 1
Charlie Radtke defeated Michael Dann by TKO of round 1
Daniel Flora defeated Gram Livermoore by TKO of round 1

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On Friday, January 20th at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN, the UFC made their UFC on FX debut with a card headlined by Melvin Guillard taking on Jim Miller. A total of ten fights were shown between the four main-card fights on FX and the three-hour six-fight preliminary action on FUEL TV. Eighty percent of the fights had a finish last night and the other two delivered high paced action.

The first fight of the night between Nick Denis and Joseph Sandoval got the ball rolling in the fast finishes and made distinct calling for the Knockout of the Night award. Denis needed just 22 seconds to finish off his opponent. The two clinched in the center of the octagon and Denis unloaded five standing elbows to the side of Sandoval’s head sending him unconscious and to the canvas.

The last fight of the preliminary card between Jorge Rivera and Eric Schafer had a lot riding on it. Rivera had stated that win or lose he was going to retire after this fight. The first round Schafer controlled the action scoring takedown after takedown. He nearly finished the fight with an omoplata but time was running out. In the second Schafer went for a single leg takedown, this Rivera was ready. While trying to escape from the takedown attempt, he opted to turn around and unloaded a barrage of strikes to Schafer. Schafer tried to defend, but Rivera was relentless in his attack forcing Herb Dean to stop the action.

Pat Barry returned to his winning ways and looked to throw his name into the hat for Knockout of the Night against Christian Morecraft. Early on Morecraft looked to submit Barry and nearly did with an armbar. But Barry escaped and returned to his feet. A short while later Barry landed a massive left hook that put Morecraft on bambi-legs. Barry followed the attack up and seven heavy punches later Morecraft was out cold.

It was a tough decision but Denis’s standing elbow strikes earned him a cool $45,000 bonus for knockout of the night.

Submissions came fast and they came frequent with five fights ending with a submission. Daniel Pineda quickly took Pat Schilling down and got the mount. He nearly finished the fight with punches, but Schilling gave up his back and worked to stand up. Pineda held on and locked in a rear naked choke to end the fight in just over a minute.

Fabricio Camoes took on Tommy Hayden next and both fighters wanted to take the other to the canvas. It looked like Hayden was going to be the better of the two after putting Camoes on his back and worked from side control. But Camoes used the opportunity to grab an armbar that was very deep. Hayden escaped the submission, but had lost his position and this time Camoes got to work from the top position. A swarm of attacks and Camoes took Hayden’s back and adjusted till he got the tap from a rear naked choke.

Khabib Nurmagomedov was dominating the striking against Kamal Shalorus through out the first two rounds. In the third he worked for a takedown and was threatened by a guillotine choke by Shalorus. Once he escaped, he used punches and hammerfists to pass to mount. Shalorus gave up his back and that was all Nurmagomedov needed to finish the fight with a rear naked choke.

In our prediction of Duane “Bang” Ludwig and Josh Neer, we thought it was going to be an action packed stand-up battle with Neer winning a unanimous decision. That was hardly the case. Ludwig was landing shot after shot, but Neer was determined to continue to move forward and fight a close game. Neer held onto one of Ludwig’s legs and then swept the other leg out from under him to get the fight to the ground. A short scramble and Neer locked in a very tight guillotine. Ludwig tried to tap, but fell unconscious before he could.

Our own Kyle Conroy predicted that Jim Miller would win his fight against Melvin Guillard by rear naked choke in the second round. He was close. Miller won it in the first round. Guillard looked to land knees and punches, but Miller caught a knee and used it to score the takedown. Miller quickly passed to mount and while Guillard was escaping took Guillard’s back. Miller worked for a rear naked choke, at first it wasn’t under GUillard’s chin, but it eventually found its way there and also Guillard tapping.

With so many great submissions to pick from, one wondered which one would earn the Submission of the Night bonus. In the end, UFC officials opted to go with Jim Miller’s rear naked choke as the one worthy of an extra $45,000.

While Charlie Brenneman versus Daniel Robert and Mike Easton vs Jared Papazian were exciting fights that went the distance, it was Pat Barry’s first round knockout over Christian Morecraft that earned the fight of the night and both fighters an extra $45,000.

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CutThroat MMA returned to Bourbon Street for another one of their exciting Wednesday night cards with Brawl @ Bourbon Street.  The night of action saw eight amateur mixed martial arts contests highlighted by impressive submissions, devastating knock outs and exciting fights.  Read on for the full recap and results of the night.

 

Tim Armstrong vs. Andrew Edborg
Both fighters are swinging at each other like wild men. Andrew tries for the takedown, but Armstrong reverses into the mount. Several punches follow and the ref rescues Edborg.

James Yarbrough vs. Justin Hughes
Good knees from Yarbrough in the clinch to begin the fight. Solid takedown from the clinch shown by Hughes and ends up in the half guard. Punches followed from Hughes while Yarbrough looked for an escape. Hughes secured the mount and quickly took the back of his opponent. Yarbrough turned it around and ended the round in Hughes’ guard throwing punches.

A hard slam and then directly into the mount position from Hughes that started the second round. Yarbrough drove forward to reverse the position. Yarbrough looked for the rear naked choke early in the round, but came up short. He quickly gave that up and found the mount position. Hughes worked for an escape and the fighters are back to clinch work against the cage. Round two ends with both men against the cage battled for position to favor the judges.

Round three started with Hughes landing outside leg kicks. Fewer punch combos and more single strikes were now being thrown. Kicks and punches were exchanged between both fighters. Hughes scores a takedown and rained down punches. Yarbrough tried for a leg lock, but was stuffed by Hughes and he continued to land punches, from side control. Hughes let his opponent up late in the fight to score another takedown soon after. Fight ends with Hughes raining punches and Yarbrough looking for a single leg takedown.

Jason Crose vs. Matt Brown
Both fighters mixed it up well early with punches and kicks. Brown started to swarm on this opponent after a huge left hand to the Crose’s jaw. Crose hasn’t fully recovered and but kept looking for a single leg takedown. Brown found a home for another punch and Crose was forced to tap in the turtle position.

Dan Bravo vs. Andre Ford
A good hook to the temple landed on Bravo from Ford early in the fight. Bravo countered that strike with huge slam takedown. From the clinch against the cage, Bravo scored a leg trip takedown into half guard, and then he found his way to the full mount position. Bravo punched away at Ford’s head until the ref stopped the fight. Ford was not fighting back and held his hands in front of his face.

Darrell “The Mud Villain” Edmonson vs. Travis Simpson
Edmonson landed a solid right hand on his opponent’s face to start the beginning of the end of the fight. Simpson covers, bends forward and starts to peddle backwards until Edmonson caught him with a kick to the collarbone. Simpson rolls towards the cage. Edmonson backs away because Simpson did not show any sign that he wanted to get back up and fight. Ref called the fight.

Jeff Szakas vs. Jerry Elsner
Both fighters show respect and touched gloves to begin the fight. Szakas moved the fight into the clinch position early in the fight and pushed his opponent against the cage. Szakas secures the double leg lift and slammed the 65 year-old ex-police officer to the mat. Elsner quickly capitalizes on Szakas only mistake of leaving his head in Elsner’s armpit. Elsner closed his guard and secured his hands together for the choke. Szakas was forced to tap the canvas.

Brandon Conner vs. Bill Jessie
A wild and far-away takedown attempt came from Conner to start the fight. He looked for a leg lock when he was unsuccessful. Jessie defended well and landed a few punches against the cage from the top position. Fighters broke the ground position and began again on the feet. Another diving takedown attempt came from Conner, this time Jessie countered and ended up in the mount position. He quickly finished the fight with a rear naked choke.

Main Event: Tyler Isley vs. Jason Ignacek
Great clinch work displayed by both fighters that started the fight. No one was getting the better of his opponent until Ignacek countered a takedown with the mount position. Isley began to drip blood from his nose. Several punches follow and Isley turns and gives up his back. A pool of blood is now collecting on the mat when more punches came in from Ignacek. The ref stopped the fight due to lack of activity from Isley.

Submission of the Night goes to Jerry Elsner for a 21 second Guillotine Choke.

Knockout of the Night goes to Darrel Edmonson for a 10 second punch and kick combo.

Fight of the Night goes to James Yarbrough vs. Justin Hughes for great back and forth action during all 12 minutes. (NO PHOTO)

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Quick Results

• Tim Armstrong defeated Andrew Edborg by TKO at 1:33 of round 1
• Justin Hughes defeated James Yarbrough by unanimous decision
• Matt Brown defeated Jason Crose by tapout due to strikes at 1:28 of round 1
• Dan Bravo defeated Andre Ford by tapout due to strikes at 1:54 of round 1
• Darrell Edmonson defeated Travis Simpson by TKO at 0:10 of round 1
• Jerry Elsner defeated Jeff Szakas by guillotine choke at 0:21 of round 1
• Bill Jessie defeated Brandon Conner by rear naked choke at 1:32 of round 1
• Jason Ignacek defeated Tyler Isley by tapout due to strikes at 1:26 of round 1

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Fightcard Entertainment concluded their team versus team challenge on Saturday, December 17 at MoJoe’s in Joliet, Il with FCE 42: Final Conflict. The night of action saw eleven amateur fights including the five team challenge fights pitting Team 110 versus Team No Comment. Read on for the full recap and results.

Opening the night of action saw lightweights Raphael Reyes take on James Karns. Reyes attacked Karns’s legs with kicks, but Karns countered with right hands. Reyes landed a straight right that sent Karns stumbling but he wasn’t in danger. Reyes tried to rush Karns and was caught in a standing guillotine. Karns pulled hard on the submission, but Reyes stayed the course and escaped the standing choke. Reyes transitioned to the back of Karns and immediately took him down. A couple of punches were thrown to soften the defenses of Karns up before sliding his arm under the throat. As soon as the choke was in place, Reyes secured his second hook and squeezed forcing Karns to tap.

Next up featured welterweights Trevor Rose and Cristian Sanchez. The first round was a close round as Rose was landing punches, but Sanchez was scoring big takedowns. His takedowns would land him in a dominant position including mount, but Rose was able to escape. The round was difficult to score, but MMA Recap scored it for Rose for the damage he was able to inflict. The second round Sanchez scored a trip takedown but was reversed. Rose worked ground and pound from within Sanchez’s guard. Sanchez threatened with an armbar, but Rose escaped and landed two massive right hands to the side of Sanchez’s face. Both fighters were clearly tired at the start of the third round and neither looked like they wanted to pull the trigger. Both fighters landed a significant strike, but was unable to follow up. Rose was the more active fighter, throwing and landing more punches, though neither fighter caused any real damage in the round. In the end the judges were split on who to award the fight to as one judge saw it for Sanchez while the other two scored it for Rose.

Jacob Rose and Dontrell Parnell came out exploding. Rose went after Parnell with multiple punches and Parnell quickly shot for a takedown. Rose grabbed a guillotine choke with a single arm, but Parnell was constantly moving to escape. At one point Parnell had side control, but Rose used his extremely long legs to regain guard. Once in guard, he locked his grip and squeezed the choke. Parnell with a small tap, but a tap none the less and the ref stopped the fight. Parnell tried to storm out of the cage, after the loss, but quickly came back in.

The only fight to feature flyweights had a massive height difference with James Camisa at five foot eleven and Christian Lucero standing five foot three inches. Unfortunately for Camisa, it seemed to hinder his ability to submit Lucero. All three rounds Camisa was able to secure the back of Lucero, but every time he tried to lock in a rear naked choke, Lucero was able to turn into the choke and escape. Lucero in the second round was able to turn completely into Camisa and worked for a guillotine of his own, but couldn’t finish it. In the end, Camisa was awarded the victory.

The fans were extremely unhappy with the result of Garret Washington and Denarius Mobley’s light heavyweight contest. Mobley tried to touch gloves at the start, but Washington wanted nothing to do with it. Mobley landed some big punches and Washington shot for a takedown. Mobley threatened with a guillotine, but Washington was able to escape. Washington worked small ground and pound, but not much damage was done in the round. The second round Washington immediately shot for a takedown and landed in side control. He passed to mount and Mobley gave up his back. Washington threw several punches and while Mobley was defending his head, he wasn’t moving to escape the bad position. The ref warned Mobley several times to get out of the bad spot and after three warnings he was forced to stop the action to the crowds displeasure.

Team 110‘s Aaron Pineada took on Team No Comment’s Chris Johnson to kick off the team versus team challenge. Pineada immediately took Johnson down but Johnson was able to spin and stand up back up. Pineada ducked a punch by Johnson and scored a big slam takedown, but Johnson was difficult to keep down as he popped back up again. Pineada decided to try his hands as he landed a right and then taunted Johnson by keeping his hands down at his side. Johnson lands a big body kick, but Pineada continues his assault. A quick flurry by Pineada set up another takedown and another escape by Johnson. The crowd was loving the fast pace action of the first round. Pineada again shot for a takedown, but Johnson was ready as he threatened with a guillotine choke. Johnson only had half guard and while working to get full guard to tighten the choke, Pineada popped his head out. Johnson tried to escape like in the previous round, but Pineada was able to get his back. Pineada worked for a rear naked choke after securing both hooks in, but Johnson peeled the hand off. Pineada threw several small punches and snuck his right arm under the chin of Johnson. Again Johnson peeled the arm off, but while doing it, Pineada was able to place his left arm in Johnson’s throat. Pineada was able to get his grip, squeezed, and forced Johnson to tap. Team 110 scores the first victory.

Lightweights Tony Ortiz from Team 110 and Julian Collins from Team No Comment were up next in the challenge. In the first round Collins looked to use his strength advantage over Ortiz as he clinched and landed several knees while working for a takedown. Ortiz landed a body kick, but Collins caught it and again worked his short range attacks. The round ended as Ortiz worked for a takedown of his own, but was unable to get it. The second round Ortiz landed not one, but two low knees. After the second he was deducted a point. Ortiz was arguably winning the round with his flashy spinning backfist attacks that were landing, but with the point gone he needed to do something; and that he did. After the restart, both fighters touched gloves and squared up. Collins looked for a right hand, but Ortiz jumped and landed a flying knee flush that sent Collins unconscious to the canvas. Team 110 won two in a row.

Down 2-0, Team No Comment needed a big win. Darrell Edmonson wanted to bring that for his team and that he did against Team 110’s Franco Martinez. In the opening round Edmonson landed first with a right hand and continued to land it while Martinez tried to land kicks. Martinez changed strategies and took Edmonson down. He was able to pass to mount, but Edmonson powered his way to reverse and end up in Martinez’s guard. Martinez nearly finished with an arm bar, but Edmonson powered his way out. At the start of the second, Edmonson looked the fresher of the two fighters as Martinez wanted to counter and was slow to pull the trigger. Edmonson landed a big knee and Martinez covered up. Edmonson unleashed a flurry of punches before Martinez used a push kick to create distance. Martinez shot for a takedown, but was put in danger by a guillotine choke. Martinez jumped to side control to escape the choke and Edmonson landed a big right and forced Martinez to stand. Edmonson landed a big leg kick that hurt Martinez and landed a big right. Instead of following him down, he forced Martinez to stand. Edmonson continued his damaging strikes and finished the round on top of Martinez throwing bomb after bomb. It appeared as if the bell had saved Martinez, but he was unable to answer and thus Edmonson was awarded the victory and Team No Comment scored their first win in the challenge.

If you blinked you might have missed what exactly happened between Team 110’s Rudy Behena and Team No Comment’s Jeff Dunbar. Dunbar threw a big left and Behena shot for a takedown and got it. Dunbar threatened with an armbar, but Behena used the opportunity to circle and get his back. Both fighters standing with Behena on Dunbar’s back. Dunbar tries to slam Behena on his head and he may have landed on his own. Behena locks in a rear naked choke and the ref stops it as Dunbar is out cold. Dunbar wakes up, but he was not moving. Not good as Dunbar is carried out on a stretcher. Dunbar was moving his arms and hands as he was carried away.

After a pause in action due to needing an ambulance at the venue, the fights were underway. Team 110’s Ivan Garcia took on Team No Comment’s John Passarella. Passarella looked to counter Garcia’s attacks as he was the more hesitant of the two. Passarella stormed Garcia and landed several big knees to the gut and Garcia went down. Even more big right hands from Passarella and the ref calls time out. One of the knees must have been an accidental low blow, but it wasn’t seen from our angle. Touch of gloves on the restart and Passarella tries to land a high kick. Garcia shot for a takedown, and again Passarella clinched up and landed massive knees. Round two was similar to the first with Passarella landing big knees to Garcia’s body. Garcia clipped Passarella and Passarella looked to stumble, but recovered immediately. Garcia slipped as time was coming to a close and Passarella capitalized by rushing in and landing several big right hands. The third round Passarella must have been gassed as he didn’t initiate an attack in the first half of the round. Garcia was able to pick Passarella apart with one-two combos and found his range. With time expiring on the fight, Passarella rushed in and started to unload a barrage of punches. Garcia responded in kind and the two fighters went toe-to-toe as the round and the fight ended. MMA Recap scored it 29-28 for Passarella, and two of the three judges agreed though one saw it for Garcia; thus Passarella won by split decision.

Team 110 won the team versus team challenge 3-2.

Hector Mercado and Jason Todd went to battle for the vacant Fightcard Entertainment lightweight title in the main event. Todd opened the fight with a big right hook that landed flush. Mercado immediately shot for a takedown and Todd responded with uppercuts. Unfortunately he was still taken down. Mercado worked for a guillotine choke, but Todd responded with a slam takedown to get out. He tried to jump to mount Mercado, but Mercado was ready for that and was able to pull guard. Mercado worked for a kneebar and heel hook as Todd landed punch after punch. Todd switched things p and worked for a heel hook of his own, but Mercado escaped and landed punches from within Todd’s guard as time expired. Round two and Todd again rushes in with punches. He just missed a high kick and Mercado quickly tried for a takedown. Todd grabbed a guillotine choke but he can’t get it and Mercado ended up on top. Mercado was able to pass to mount and Todd quickly gave up his back. Mercado worked several punches before getting a rear naked choke. He flattened Todd out face down and the ref asked Todd if he was still ok. Todd said yes and Mercado adjusted his hold. Todd tried to punch his way out, and waited till the last moment, but ultimately was forced to tap.

Quick Results
Raphael Reyes defeated James Karns by rear naked choke at 1:47 of round 1
Trevor Rose defeated Cristian Sanchez by split decision 29-28, 30-27, 28-29
Jacob Rose defeated Dontrell Parnell by guillotine choke at 0:43 of round 1
James Camisa defeated Christian Lucero by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27
Garret Washington defeated Denarius Mobley by technical knockout at 0:48 of round 2

Team Versus Team Results
Aaron Pineada defeated Chris Johnson by rear naked choke at 1:46 of round 2 (Team 110 up 1-0)
Tony Ortiz defeated Julian Collins by flying knee knockout at 1:38 of round 2 (Team 110 up 2-0)
Darrel Edmonson defeated Franco Martinez by technical knock out (fighter didn’t answer the bell) at 3:00 of round 2 (Team No Comment makes it 2-1)
Rudy Behena defeated Jeff Dunbar by rear naked choke at 0:31 of round 1 (Team 110 wins challenge with third victory)
John Passarella defeated Ivan Garcia by split decision 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 (Team 110 still wins challenge with 3-2)

Main Event for FCE lightweight title
Hector Mercado defeated Jason Todd by rear naked choke at 2:47 of round 2

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XFO 42 took place at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, IL, on December 10th, 2011.  The night of action saw eight amateur bouts and eleven professional fights.  Read on for the full recap of the professional fights as well as quick results of the amateur bouts.

Anthony Goodwin vs Robert Couillard

The fighters felt each other out on the feet early. Goodwin finished a double-leg take-down into Couillard’s guaround Coullard returned to his feet and Goodwin went for another takedown, but was smashed with a vicious knee instantly knocking him out. Couillard pounced with a huge hay-maker to an unconscious Goodwin before the ref intervened.

Johnny Coleman vs Chris Haney

Coleman caught a Haney flying knee and took his opponent down early. Haney gained top position, and passed Coleman’s guard to back mount. He flurried, and Coleman tapped out due to strikes.

Will Serment vs Vince Ramos

Vince Ramos shot early and briefly got Serment’s back. The fighters exchanged positioning, and Ramos wound up on top. Ramos passed to half guard, and remained on top for the majority of round 1. Round one went to Ramos, 10-9

Ramos was all over Serment with a wrestling attack. Serment is able to earn top position, and passed to half guard. Ramos powered up and returned to Serment’s guard. Serment swept to the top position and the round ended there. It was a debatable round, but we will edge it out to Serment, 10-9

Serment came out throwing heavy punches and snapping kicks, and shot on Ramos. Ramos again proved to the be the superior wrestler and pressed Serment into the fence. A long, stalled-out shot was finished by Ramos, eating up the entire second half of the round. Serment wins the final round on the early flurry, 10-9

Ed Blake vs Matt Tobie

Big kicks from Blake opened the round. He clinched Tobie against the fence and went for a trip take-down. Tobie twisted and landed on top in half guard, but Tobie was swept and Blake passed to mount. A buck of the hips created a scramble for Tobie, and he returned to his feet. The fighters clinched, and Blake successfully tripped Tobie to the ground. Blake improved his position twice and blasted Tobie with a big right hand before the round ended, winning it, 10-9

Blake hammered Tobie with a big right hand early, collapsing his opponent to the canvas. Tobie survived and stood to a clinch. Blake took Tobie down, but Tobie swept him and scrambled to take his back. Blake stood up to avoid, and the fighters exchanged take-downs. Blake was on top, delivering knees, as the horn signaled the end of the round. The round went to Blake, 10-9

Tobie opened up with a flurry, stunning Blake with a right hand. Blake got a take-down, and Tobie nearly tapped him with a guillotine. Tobie swept him with the near choke and flurried from mount, with multiple points near a stoppage. Blake survived the onslaught and stood to a clinch. “10 seconds” was yelled out to the cage, and Tobie breaks away in a flurry, hurting Blake. The round ended before Tobie could capitalize. Tobie wins the third round handily, 10-8, meaning that mmarecap as this one a 28-28 draw

Brandon Wood vs Joey Diehl

The fighters traded glancing one-twos to open. Diehl nodded to the sound of his coach and unleashed a vicious combination. Wood turtled up and was pounded out for a quick stoppage.

Danny Rodriqez vs Adam Ward

Ward stormed out and started putting his hands on Rodriqez, hurting him with a right hand and taking him down with a double leg. Rodriquez stood up, but was blasted with a head kick soon after. He survived, stood again, and was met with a straight cross, knocking him out cold.

Kent Rexford vs Darren Jacoby

The fighters circled early and Rexford delivered snapping leg kicks. Rexford pressed in with punches and Jacoby was clinched against the fence. Jacoby began opening up with his punches and dropped Kent with a big shot. Rexford survived and stood, but got into a firefight with Jacoby. Jacoby landed a full-force right hand, collapsing Rexford to the canvas.

Chase Beebe vs Lloyd Carter

Beebe opened with aggressive striking, but Carter was getting the better of him with quick hooks. Beebe shot and wrestled his opponent to the mat. He took his back and worked him with punches for the rest of the round. Beebe won it, 10-9

Carter began the round with his hands low, circling away from Beebe. Beebe threw a flurry and quickly took Carter down, passing his guard and dominating the grappling. Carter stood, and when Beebe shot on him he locked up a tight guillotine. Beebe stacked him and pressed, surviving the position to end up in guard. He passed and dominated from the top position to win the round, 10-9

Carter tried to suck Beebe into a striking match, waving him in, but Beebe had none of it, finishing a double-leg early. Beebe took the back and controlled the position, later in the round taking mount. Carson was able to stand, but Beebe suplexed him, providing what was surely the highlight of the fight. The round ended, Beebe taking it 10-9, and the fight 30-27

Brandon Adamson vs Kevin Knabjian

The fighters exchanged early, and Knabjian ducked under a head kick from Adamson. Adamson attempted a heel hook, failed, and Knabjian started landing heavy shots. He passed to side control, locked up a kimura, and cranked it for the tap.

Danny Aguirre vs Jake Grigson

Aguirre pressed in with fast punches, but was met with a driving double leg from Griggson. Griggson elevated him and dropped him on the mat, landing in side control. Aguirre returned to his feet, and lit Grigson up with a vicious flurry. Grigson caught a knee and wrestled Aguirre to the mat, only to be caught in a reverse triangle. With a few seconds remaining, Grigson broke free and stood over Aguirre, delivering kicks to his legs and being weary of up-kicks. Aguirre won the opening round, 10-9

Round two opened up with a bang as both fighters pressed and exchanged. Grigson shot and Aquirre answered with rubber guard. He elbowed Grigson repeatedly, and then hit a tight armbar forcing the tap.

Mike Marrello vs Miodrag Petkovich

It wasn’t hard to tell who the hometown hero was as the heavyweights made their way to the cage. A steady “Boo” rang throughout the area as Petkovich walked to the cage. It was followed by an enormous, thundering cheer for Marrello.

Marello opened with a big right hand and take-down attempt, stuffed by Petkovich who snatched a guillotine. Marrello broke free and the heavyweights exchanged, ending in a clinch. Marrello had double under-hooks but did not secure a body lock or do anything with them, and thus the fighters were broken apart. They exchanged single shots back and fourth for the rest of the round, and Marello won it, 10-9

Marello pressed into Petkovich, clearly the more aggressive striker early. Petkovich made him pay for his aggression, catching Marrello with a counter. Marrello shot in on a rushing Petkovich to stay alive, and he recovered. The fighters took center cage again, with momentum shifting from Petkovich to Marrello as the round wore on. At the bell, Marrello caught Petkovich with a clean one-two. Still, Petkovich won the round, 10-9

A clinch was initiated by Marrello early, pressing Petkovich into the fence and landing short body shots. The fight returned to the center, and Petkovich hammered Marrello with a powerful punch. He pounced on his hurt opponent, trying to finish the hometown hero, but Marrello survived and clinched Petkovich to recover. Exchanges and some brief clinch-work again ensued. The ref broke a stalled clinch, and after some brief striking, the round ended. Petkovich won the final frame, 10-9, and the fight, 29-28

Amateur quick results
Stephon Vonaulock defeated Jake Klipp by technical knockout at 1:13 of round 2
Josh Estrada defeated Mike O’Conner by unanimous decision
Alonzo Fuller defeated Tommy Hawley by unanimous decision
Zach Ottow defeated Oliver Vazquez by Unanimous Decision
Pat O’Conner defeated Eddie Escobar by triangle choke at 1:30 of round 1
Andre Feliciano defeated David Williams by unanimous decision to become the new XFO flyweight amateur champion
Cory Galloway defeated Pedro Velasco by arm bar at 1:11 of round 2 to become the new XFO featherweight amateur champion
Richard Dey defeated Vince Romadine via body kick knockout at 3:54 of round 1 to become the new XFO bantamweight amateur champion

Professional quick results
Danny Aguirre defeated Jake Grigson via armbar at 2:19 of round 2
Miodrag Petkovich defeated Mike Marrello by unanimous decision
Kevin Knabjian defeated Brandon Adamson via kimura at 1:44 of round 1

Carson Beebe defeated Lloyd Carter via unanimous decision

Darren Jacoby defeated Kent Rexford, via KO at 4:13 of round 1

Adam Ward defeated Danny Rodriguez via KO at 2:00 of round 1

Joey Diehl defeated Brandon Wood via TKO 0:47 of round 1

Ed Blake defeated Matt Tobie via majority decision

Guillermo Serment defeated Vince Ramos via unanimous decision

Chris Haney defeated Johnny Coleman tap via strikes at 2:25 of round 1

Robert Couillard defeated Anthony Goodwin, KO-Knee at 3:22 of round 1

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UFC 139 took place at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.  Dan Henderson took on Shogun Rua in the night’s main event and Wanderlei Silva introduced Cung Le to the UFC.  The full results are as follows:

• Dan Henderson def. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
• Wanderlei Silva def. Cung Le via knockout (strikes) – Round 2, 4:49
• Urijah Faber def. Brian Bowles via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 1:27
• Martin Kampmann def. Rick Story via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
• Stephan Bonnar def. Kyle Kingsbury via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-25, 30-27)
• Ryan Bader def. Jason Brilz via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 1:17
• Michael McDonald def. Alex Soto via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 0:56
• Chris Weidman def. Tom Lawlor via technical submission (D’arce choke) – Round 1, 2:07
• Gleison Tibau def. Rafael dos Anjos via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
• Miguel Torres def. Nick Pace via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Seth Baczynski def. Matt Brown via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 0:42
• Danny Castillo def. Shamar Bailey via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:52

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