7/28/13

UFC on FOX 8 featured a Flyweight title fight where the latest stoppage in UFC history was pulled off. Demetrious Johnson defended his title defeating John Moraga via armbar at 3:43 of round five. The co-main event saw a Welterweight fight that was built up for weeks fall short as far as excitement is concerned. Rory MacDonald in the end defeated Jake Ellenberger via unanimous decision. Welterweight Robbie Lawler pulled off a vicious head kick KO over Bobby Voelker at :24 of round two. Women's Bantamweight Liz Carmouche returned to the win column after defeating Jessica Andrade via TKO at 3:57 of round two.

UFC veteran James McSweeney will replace Marcus Sursa and face off against Paul Buentello at Legazy FC 22.

UFC Women's Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has been confirmed to have a roll in The Expendables 3.

Paul Daley and Maiquel Falcao have both been released from Bellator FC.

Brazilian star Goiti Yamauchi who was recently signed by Bellator will make his debut at Bellator 99.

7/21/13

Legacy FC 21 held not one but two title fights! In the main event, Matt Hobar and Angel Huerta fought for the Bantamweight belt. Hobar got the better of Huerta earning a win via RNC that came at just 3:05 of round one. In the co-main event William Bush defeated Larry Crowe to earn the Middleweight belt. The win came at 2:41 of round two via TKO. WEC and UFC veteran Leonard Garcia finally returned to the win column. Garcia defeated Reynaldo Trujillo via KO at :24 of round three in what was definitely the most exciting fight of the night. In the Women's Bantamweight division, Holly Holm delivered a brutal head kick KO to beat Allanna Jones at 2:22 of round two.

At Cage Warriors 57, former UFC fighter Paul Daley earned another win (his forth straight). At Welterweight Daley defeated Lukasz Chlewicki via doctors stoppage at the end of the first round. Other notable winners on the card were Danny Roberts, Ronnie Mann and Norman Paraisy.

Light Heavyweight Anthony "Rumble" Johnson will take on Mike Kyle in the WSOF 5 main event.

UFC fight night bonuses are officially staying according to Dana White.

Andrew Leone will replace Yasuhiro Urushitani and face off against Shinichi Kojima in the ONE FC 10 Flyweight title fight.

Vladimir Matyushenko will take on Christian M'Pumbu at Bellator 99. The Light Heavyweight bout will serve as the main event.

WSOF and the XFC have both announced four man tournaments. WSOF will have their tournament consist of Middleweights while the XFC tournament will consist of Featherweights.

Jeff Curran will replace the injured Keoni Koch and take on Pedro Munhoz for the Bantamweight title at RFA 9.

Fallon Fox will take on Ashlee Evans-Smith for the CFA Women's Featherweight title on October 10th.

7/14/13

Invicta Fighting Championship held their biggest fight card in the history of the promotion this past week. In the main event of Invicta FC 6, women's Featherweight fighters "Cyborg" Santos and Marloes Coenen faced off for the title. "Cyborg" claimed the belt with a forth round TKO of Coenen coming at 4:02. In the co-main event Claudia Gadelha defeated Ayaka Hamasaki via TKO at 3:58 of round three in a women's Strawweight bout.

Former UFC and Bellator fighter Paul Buentello will fight in the main event of Legacy FC 22. Buentello will take on fellow Heavyweight Marcus Sursa.

Cage Warriors 61 is set to take place in Russia in November.

Welterweight Josh Koscheck has suffered an injury and is out of his UFC 163 fight against Damien Maia.

T.J. Grant has also suffered an injury and is out of his Lightweight title fight against champion Benson Henderson. Anthony Pettis (the last man to defeat Henderson) will take Grant's spot in the UFC 164 main event.

Pedro Munhoz will face Keoni Koch at RFA 9 for the Bantamweight title.

Chris Weidman vs Anderson Silva II is set to take place on December 28th at UFC 168. The Middleweight title rematch will be the headliner while women's Bantamweights Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate will be the co-main event.

7/7/13

And... ... ... NEW UFC Middleweight Champion, Chris Weidman! Yeah, you could say UFC 162 didn't go how most thought it would. Anderson Silva who was once (and still arguably) one of the best P4P fighters in MMA, couldn't defend his Middleweight belt against title challenger Chris Weidman. Weidman won via KO at 1:18 of round 2. Frankie Edgar returned to the win column after defeating Charles Oliveira via unanimous decision in a Featherweight co-main event fight. Middleweight Tim Kennedy won a rather boring UFC debut fight against Roger Gracie by unanimous decision. Mark Munoz showed why he is still a force to be reckoned with in the Middleweight division. Munoz dominated Tim Boetsch to win a unanimous decision. Cub Swanson and Dennis Siver kicked off the main card with what most would say was the best fight on the card. Swanson started slow but ended up coming back and TKOing Siver at 2:24 of round 3.

In the main event of Cage Warriors 56, Welterweight Bola Omoyele (former TUF "The Smashes competitor) defeated Vincent Del Guerra via TKO at 3:21 of round 1.

Ronda Rousey is set to defend her Women's Bantamweight title against Miesha Tate at UFC 168 (year end event).

Renan Barao and Eddie Wineland will fight for the interim belt after all. The two Bantamweights will be the co-main event at UFC 165.