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The Ultimate Fighter 14 Recap

2011-09-28T22:36:00.000-07:00

This in the beginning anyway has been one of the best so far.Back at the UFC Training Center, head coaches Michael Bispng and Jason "Mayhem" Miller meet with their coaches to discuss strategy before picking their teams.

The fighters then converge at the center, where UFC president Dana White flips a coin to determine the first pick. After the coin comically rolls across the mat on its side, it finally tips over and gives Bisping the first draft pick or matchmaking dueties the first fight. Bisping opts for the first pick.

The draft begins, and the teams include (in draft order):

TEAM BISPING
Bantamweights: Louis Gaudinot, T.J. Dillashaw, John Albert, Josh Ferguson
Featherweights: Diego Brandao, Akira Corassani, Marcus Brimage, Stephen Bass

TEAM MAYHEM
Bantamweights: John Dodson, Johnny Bedford, Dustin Pague, Roland Delorme
Featherweights: Dennis Bermudez, Bryan Caraway, Dustin Neace, Steven Siler

Dana reminds the fighters that $25,000 bonuses are up for grabs for the best fight, best knockout and best submission on the show. Fans get to choose the winners, and a fighter can win more than one.

Bantamweight Bout Added To UFC 139

2011-09-28T07:45:00.000-07:00

A bantamweight bout between Michael McDonald and Johnny Eduardo has been added to the card at UFC 139,also officials have confirmed a bout between ex-WEC bantamweight champ Miguel Torres vs. Nick Pace.Both fights are expected to be part of the prelim. card.McDonald ,who is a former Tachi Palace Fights champion is 3-0 under the ZUFFA LLC banner and is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brown Belt and has won six straight fights.Eduardo,who is a 15-year veteran of the Brazilian fight circuit,made his debut at UFC 134 with a decision loss to Raphael Assuncao.Torres looks to rebound after a decision loss to Demetrious Johnson at UFC 130,he is now 2-3 since a remarkable 36-1 start to his career.Pace, who fought once under the WEC and Bellator banners, made his octagon debut back in December, when he tapped out Will Campuzano via rare pillory choke at The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale. However, back in August, he suffered a unanimous-decision loss to Ivan Menjivar (a replacement for MacDonald) at UFC 133. He's now suffered losses in two of his past three fights, which included a decision loss to Johnson at WEC 51.

Changes To UFC ON VERSUS 6

2011-09-27T20:39:00.000-07:00

Well UFC fans there is a change to the card on UFC on Versus 6.Jeff Houghland is out due to a undisclosed injury,and in is promotional newcomer Byron Bloodworth.Now the bantamweight bout will feature Bloodworth vs. Mike Easton on the prelim card.Easton has been in such Northeast organizations as Reality Fighting and Ultimate Warrior Challenge.He has been on a five fight win streak ,and is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt.Bloodworth,who is a three year pro,enters the UFC on a three fight win streak.

Cage Warriors 24

2011-09-26T22:35:00.000-07:00

Date: Oct 01, 2011

Location: London, England
Venue: HMV Forum
Broadcast: MMAjunkie.com

MAIN CARD (MMAjunkie.com)

Joseph Duffy vs. Ivan Musardo (for vacant lightweight title)
Brian Foster vs. Jack Mason
Ashleigh Grimshaw vs. Graham Turner
Kevin Donnelly vs. Brad Wheeler
Niko Gjoka vs. Neil Seery
Steve O'Keeffe vs. Dean Reilly
David Howell vs. Kieran Malone

UFC 140 Fight Card Filling Fast

2011-09-26T22:18:00.000-07:00

OH YEAH here we go octagon fans UFC 140.The main card,which features a rematch between the heavyweight submission specalist Frank Mir and the ever popular Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.In there first match-up,UFC 92,Mir stopped Big Nog for the first time in his great career.Big Nog said after the fight he was suffering from a staph infection,stealing some thunder from Mir's win.This is going to be more a battle than a main card match.

Dec 10th, live on pay-per-view from Toronto, Ontario:

Frank Mir (15-5) vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (33-6, 1 NC)

Tito Ortiz (16-9-1) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (19-5)

Mark Hominick (20-9) vs. Chan Sung Jung (11-3)

Rory MacDonald (12-1) vs. Brian Ebersole (48-14-1, 1 NC)

Mark Bocek (9-4) vs. Nik Lentz (21-3-2, 1 NC)

Dennis Hallman (50-14-2, 1 NC) vs. John Makdessi (9-0)

Igor Pokrajac (23-8) vs. Krzysztof Soszynski (26-11-1)

Rich Attonito (10-4) vs. Claude Patrick (14-1)

Mitch Clarke (9-0) vs. John Cholish (7-1)

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UFC on Versus6:Cruz vs.Johnson Card

2011-09-25T20:48:00.000-07:00

Date: Oct 01, 2011

Location: Washington, D.C.
Venue: Verizon Center
Broadcast: Versus

MAIN CARD (Versus)

Champ Dominick Cruz vs. Demetrious Johnson (for bantamweight title)
Pat Barry vs. Stefan Struve
Charlie Brenneman vs. Anthony Johnson
Mac Danzig vs. Matt Wiman

PRELIMINARY CARD

Yves Edwards vs. Rafaello Oliveira
Michael Johnson vs. Paul Sass
Mike Easton vs. Jeff Hougland
Aaron Rosa vs. TBA
T.J. Grant vs. Shane Roller
Josh Neer vs. Keith Wisniewski
Joseph Sandoval vs. Walel Watson

Bellator 51 Results

2011-09-24T23:17:00.000-07:00

MAIN CARD

Alexis Vila def. Joe Warren via KO (punch) – Round 1, 1:04 - bantamweight-tourney opening round
Eduardo Dantas def. Wilson Reis via KO (flying knee) – Round 2, 1:02 - bantamweight-tourney opening round
Marcos Galvao def. Chase Beebe via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) - bantamweight-tourney opening round
Ed West def. Luiz Nogueira via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28) - bantamweight-tourney opening round

PRELIMINARY CARD

Jessica Eye def. Casey Noland via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Jesse Riggleman def. Farkhad Sharipo via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Dan Spohn def. Dan Bonnigson via KO (knee) – Round 1, 0:09
John Hawk def. Allan Weickert via TKO (retirement) – Round 2, 5:00
Joey Holt def. Clint Musser via KO (flying knee) – Round 1, 4:07

UFC 135 Results

2011-09-24T23:12:00.000-07:00

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

Jon Jones def. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 4, 1:14 (to retain light-heavyweight title)
Josh Koscheck def. Matt Hughes via KO (punches) - Round 1, 4:59
Mark Hunt def. Ben Rothwell via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 30-27)
Travis Browne def. Rob Broughton via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Nate Diaz def. Takanori Gomi via submission (armbar) - Round 1, 4:27

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

Aaron Riley via TKO (doctor's stoppage) - Round 1, 5:00
Tim Boetsch def. Nick Ring via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

Junior Assuncao def. Eddie Yagin via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
Takeya Mizugaki def. Cole Escovedo via TKO (punches) - Round 2, 4:30
James Te Huna def. Ricardo Romero via KO (punches) - Round 1, 0:47

Strikeforce Challengers 19 Results

2011-09-24T04:13:00.000-07:00

OFFICIAL MAIN CARD RESULTS

Lorenz Larkin def. Nick Rossborough via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Shawn Jordan def. Lavar Johnson via submission (keylock) - Round 2, 3:08
Ryan Couture def. Maka Watson via majority decision (28-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Jason High def. Todd Moore via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Brian Melancon def. Felipe Portela via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

OFFICIAL PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS

James Terry def. Magno Almeida via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 3:27
Bobby Green def. Charon Spain via submission (arm-triangle choke) - Round 1, 2:54
Chris Spang def. Joe Ray via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Quinn Mulhern def. Danny Davis via submission (arm-triangle choke) - Round 3, 4:08

Bellator 51 Card

2011-09-23T20:31:00.000-07:00

Location: Canton, Ohio
Venue: Canton Memorial Civic Center
Broadcast: MTV2 and Spike.com

MAIN CARD (MTV2)

Alexis Vila vs. Joe Warren (bantamweight-tourney opening round)
Eduardo Dantas vs. Wilson Reis (bantamweight-tourney opening round)
Luiz Nogueira vs. Ed West (bantamweight-tourney opening round)
Chase Beebe vs. Marcos Galvao (bantamweight-tourney opening round)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)

Jessica Eye vs. Casey Noland
Dane Bonnigson vs. Dan Spohn
John Hawk vs. Allan Weickert
Joey Holt vs. Clint Musser
Frank Caraballo vs. Dustin Kempf
Jesse Riggleman vs. Farkhad Sharipov

UFC 135:Jones vs. Rampage

2011-09-23T20:29:00.000-07:00

Location: Denver, Colorado
Venue: Pepsi Center
Broadcast: Pay-per-view, Spike TV and Facebook

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

Champ Jon Jones vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (for light-heavyweight title)
Matt Hughes vs. Josh Koscheck
Rob Broughton vs. Travis Browne
Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi
Mark Hunt vs. Ben Rothwell

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

Aaron Riley vs. Tony Ferguson
Tim Boetsch vs. Nick Ring

PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)

Ricardo Romero vs. James Te Huna
Cole Escovedo vs. Takeya Mizugaki
Junior Assuncao vs. Eddie Yagin

Strikeforce Challengers 20 Main Card Set

2011-09-23T20:26:00.000-07:00

Five fights are now official for November's Strikeforce Challengers 20 event.

The show takes place Nov. 18 at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

A previously reported light-heavyweight bout between Antwain Britt (11-5 MMA, 1-2 SF) and Lumumba Sayers (4-2 MMA, 0-1 SF) headlines the night's main card, which airs on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT.

Other previously reported bouts slated for the broadcast include middleweights Anthony Smith (13-7 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Adlan Amagov (8-1-1 MMA 1-0 SF), unbeaten lightweights Bill Cooper (2-0 MMA, 1-0 SF) vs. Matt Ricehouse (5-0 MMA, 3-0 SF), and 145-pound females Julia Budd (2-1 MMA, 2-1 SF) vs. Ronda Rousey (3-0 MMA, 1-0 SF).

"We love showcasing some of the best up-and-coming talent in this sport, and we expect Britt and Sayers to deliver," Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker stated. "The rest of the card is filled with great matchups, including the returns of Ronda Rousey and Adlan Amagov. This is a great card for the fight fans in Las Vegas."

A new addition includes light heavyweights T.J. Cook (12-3 MMA, 1-0 SF) vs. Trevor Smith (8-1 MMA, 1-0 SF).

Tickets for the event start at $40 and go on sale to the general public today at 3 p.m. ET (noon PT).

The latest Strikeforce Challengers 20 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (Showtime)

Antwain Britt vs. Lumumba Sayers
Adlan Amagov vs. Anthony Smith
T.J. Cook vs. Trevor Smith
Julia Budd vs. Ronda Rousey
Bill Cooper vs. Matt Ricehouse

Strikeforce Challengers 20 Adds On Matches

2011-09-22T09:43:00.000-07:00

The Strikeforce Challengers 20 event has added two more mtches to it's card.A lightweight bout between unbeatens Bill Cooper vs. Matt Ricehouse and a light-heavyweight match between Antwain Britt vs. Lumumba Sayers.Strikeforce Challengers 20's main card will air on showtime November 18 from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.Cooper is coming off a successful promoyional debutwhere he choked out Maka Watson.Cooper is a brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt also a world renowned grappler.Ricehouse recently had a decision victory over notable Ryan Couture which moved his strikeforce record to 3-0 with victories also over Greg Wilson and Tom Aaron.Britt is on the other side trying to not lose for the third consecuative time,after his debut victory with a TKO over K-1 veteran Scott Lighty he has lost to former champ Rafael Cavalcante and fast-rising Ovince St.Preux.His opponet,Sayers has a 4-1 pro record with four first round submission victories but stumbled to NCAA Division II All-American wrestler Dereck Brunson by choke.

DREAM 17:World Bantamweight GP

2011-09-22T06:31:00.000-07:00

Location: Saitama, Japan
Venue: Saitama Super Arena
Broadcast: HDNet
September 23,2011

Shinya Aoki vs. Rob McCullough
Joachim Hansen vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Takeshi Inoue vs. Caol Uno
Yan Cabral vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
Willamy Freire vs. Satoru Kitaoka
Gerald Harris vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Antonio Banuelos vs. Hideo Tokoro (bantamweight grand-prix quarterfinal)
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Takafumi Otuska (bantamweight grand-prix quarterfinal)
Masakazu Imanari vs. Abel Cullum (bantamweight grand-prix quarterfinal)
Rodolfo Marques vs. Yusup Saadulaev (bantamweight grand-prix quarterfinal)
Baru Harn vs. Ikuhisa Minowa

Changes To UFC 138

2011-09-22T06:24:00.000-07:00

Today it was announced that Mark Scanlon was forced from UFC 138 for undisclosed reasons.Scanlon was to face James Head in a prelim out but for undisclosed reasons Scanlon is out and U.K. welterweight John Maguire will get the opportunity now.Maguire, who trains out of Tsunami Fight Gym in London, brings a five-fight win streak to his octagon debut. He holds a notable career victory over "The Ultimate Fighter 9" veteran Dean Amasinger. The reigning UCMMA welterweight champ also is a veteran of rising British MMA promotion BAMMA.Head, an Oklahoman who also has strong jiu-jitsu skills, opened his career with a 7-1 mark, which included a unanimous-decision victory over former UFC fighter Gerald Harris to earn a contract with the UFC. However, in his promotional debut, he suffered a submission loss to undefeated Nick Ring at UFC 131. Head's only other loss came to fellow UFC vet Jesse Forbes back in 2009.

Strikeforce Challengers 19 card

2011-09-21T09:23:00.001-07:00

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue: The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort
Broadcast: Showtime

MAIN CARD (Showtime)

Lorenz Larkin vs. Nick Rossborough
Lavar Johnson vs. Shawn Jordan
Ryan Couture vs. Maka Watson
Jason High vs. Todd Moore
Brian Melancon vs. Felipe Portela

PRELIMINARY CARD

Magno Almeida vs. James Terry
Bobby Green vs. Charon Spain
Joe Ray vs. Chris Spang
Danny Davis vs. Quinn Mulhern

The Ultimate Fighter 14 debut

2011-09-20T20:50:00.000-07:00

Debuts: Sept. 21
Broadcast: Spike TV
Cast: Bantamweights and featherweights

Format
- 16-man featherweight tournament and 16-man bantamweight tournament
- Fighters must win an "elimination round" fight to be an official cast member
- No wild cards will be issued
Coaches
- Michael Bisping
- Jason "Mayhem" Miller
Cast
- Bantamweights
  - John Albert
  - Johnny Bedford
  - Carson Beebe
  - Roland Delorme
  - T.J. Dillashaw
  - John Dodson
  - Casey Dyer
  - B.J. Ferguson
  - Josh Ferguson
  - Louis Gaudinot
  - Matt Jaggers
  - Tateki Matsuda
  - Paul McVeigh
  - Brandon Merkt
  - Dustin Pague
  - Orville Smith
- Featherweights
  - Stephen Bass
  - Dennis Bernudez
  - Diego Brandao
  - Marcus Brimage
  - Bryan Caraway
  - Josh Clopton
  - Akira Corassani
  - Karsten Lenjoint
  - Eric Marriott
  - Micah Miller
  - Dustin Neace
  - Jesse Newell
  - Brian Pearman
  - Jimmie Rivera
  - Steven Siler
  - Bryson Wailehua

Strikeforce Challengers 19 Adds Late Fight

2011-09-20T20:47:00.000-07:00

Strikeforce Challengers 19 on friday night has added a fight to its card.The addition is a welterweight bout between KOTC champion Quinn Mulhern vs. Danny Davis.Mulhern,a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt who recently made his strikeforce debut lost by decision to Jason High at strikeforce 16.Davis, a Muay-Thai fighter who also holds a purple belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu,recently halted a 1-3 skid with a Brabo-choke submission victory over Mike Dizak.

DREAM 17 Adds Another Bout

2011-09-20T07:49:00.000-07:00

DREAM 17 has added another bout to it's card with an open open-weight bout between champion Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa vs. Baru Harn.Minowa fights under the DREAM banner for the first time in 2011 following a pair of victories on the regional circuit. In his most recent DREAM bout, Minowa suffered a third-round TKO loss to Hiroshi Izumi at "Dynamite!! 2010." It was a second straight loss for DREAM, where he went 6-0 from 2009-2010, which included winning the organization's eight-man, open-weight "Super Hulk" tournament.Harn enters the cage for just the third time. The traditional-Mongolian-wrestling champion suffered a majority-decision loss to Yusuke Kawaguchi (13-4) in 2008 and scored a unanimous-decision victory over Seigo Mizuguchi (8-9) in 2010.

Tonight On Spike TV:Countdown To UFC 135

2011-09-20T07:39:00.000-07:00

Tonight on Spike TV the countdown begins."Countdown To UFC 135" airs tonight on spike tv at 11:00 pm EST.The one hour preview show will take you into UFC 135 featuring fighters on the main card Jon "Bones" Jones and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson with other featured fighters Matt Hghes and Josh Koscheck,so if you can't get enough MMA like me tune in and watch the show.

The Ultimate Fighter 14

2011-09-19T20:31:00.000-07:00

This Wednesday at 9:00EST The last TUF on spike will start airing which will host both lightweight and bantam weight fighters.Michael Bisping and Jason "Mayhem" Miller are the coaches,and there will be alot of fireworks with these two coaches.They both seem like to talk the talk, if you know what I mean,but TUF 14 is highly anticipated and will be great entertainment,I personally have been waiting for a while for this final show,so sit back and enjoy TUF14.

Dan Henderson Back In UFC

2011-09-19T20:22:00.000-07:00

Well it's offical UFC fans Dan Hendrson is returning to the UFC.Henderson has verbally agreed to fight former light heavyweight champion Mauricio "shogun" Rua at UFC 139.

UFC 135 Fight Card

2011-09-18T22:11:00.000-07:00

UFC 135 is less than one week away. The event, which takes place on September 24th in Denver, CO, features current UFC champions, former UFC and Pride champions, Ultimate Fighter winners, K-1 Grand Prix winners, and more. The main event sees Jon "Bones" Jones attempt to defend his belt for the first time against former champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Jones won the title by finishing Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC 128, while Jackson has has gone 4-1 since losing his title to Forrest Griffin at UFC 86. The co-main event will feature former UFC welterweight champion and UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes taking on late replacement Josh Koscheck. Here's the card rundown (you can catch the undercard after the jump):

Sept 24th, live on Pay-Per-View from Denver, Colorado: Main card:
Jon Jones (13-1) vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (32-8) [LHW Title]

Matt Hughes (45-8) vs. Josh Koscheck (15-5)

Travis Browne (11-0-1) vs. Rob Broughton (15-5-1)

Nate Diaz (13-7) vs. Takanori Gomi (32-7, 1 NC)

Ben Rothwell (31-7) vs. Mark Hunt (6-7)

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Spike TV card:
Tony Ferguson (11-2) vs. Aaron Riley (30-12-1)

Nick Ring (12-0) vs. Tim Boetsch (13-4)

Preliminary card:
James Te Huna (12-5) vs. Ricardo Romero (11-2)

Takeya Mizugaki (14-6-2) vs. Cole Escovedo (17-7)

Junior Assuncao (12-4) vs. Eddie Yagin (15-4-1)

Bellator 54 Update

2011-09-18T19:01:00.000-07:00

Bellator 54 has added two more fights to its tourney semi-finals.In my opinion the Bellator series is a good,entertaining tournament where you can see alot of good fighters with a good format.Well without further adue the semi-finalists and there pairings in the middleweights.Bryan Baker vs. Vitor Vianna,Baker who is 16-2 MMA and 6-1 BFC respectively, will be looking for his 11th win out of 12 fights.Vianna is a member Wand Fight Team fighter and is 11-1-1 MMA and 1-0 inthe BFC.The other Semi-Final fight is Alexander Shlemenko vs. Brian Rogers.Shlemenko 41-7 MMA and 5-1 BFC who is known for his striking skills put them aside in the first round of the tournament to submit his opponent.Rogers 8-2 MMA and 1-0 BFC,also a great striker, who TKO'd his first round opponent with a head kick and flurry of fists,will be a great match-up.

Court McGee Wins In Decision

2011-09-17T21:56:00.000-07:00

Well love him,hate him,or somewhere in between the least you can say is he always come for a fight.The thing about McGee is he is always going forward ,I don't think he knows how to back up and he always has that half insane half determined look at every fight.Well tonight was again his night as he won on the cards against Dongi Yang.The first two rounds were kind of ho hum but the third round McGee heated up with some takedowns and a flurry of punches and kicks.McGee isn't there yet but he will be maybe by next year.