Thursday night MMA is a rare occurrence, but when it happens it makes for a great early start to the weekend. WSOF 18 did jut that by giving fans Thursday night fights. Lightweight Shane Campbell made a successful WSOF debut with a win over Derek Boyle via TKO at :31 of round 3. In the main event Marlon Moraes defended his Bantamweight belt against Josh Hill by unanimous decision.
At Bellator 133 one of the best Women's Featherweight fighters in the world, Julia Budd, earned a unanimous decision win over Gabrielle Holloway. German Featherweight Daniel Weichel kept his winning streak alive by defeating former champion Pat Curran via split decision. And in the main event former Middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko landed a crazy spinning back fist to knockout Melvin Manhoef at 1:25 of round 2.
Legacy FC 38 saw top Flyweight prospect Jason Sampson earn a quick TKO victory over Joseph Sandoval at 1:36 of round 1. The main event featured former UFC Lightweight fighter Anthony Njokuani against Dave Burrow. Burrow was able to pull off the upset by way of armbar at 1:28 of round 3.
At UFC Fight Night 60 Welterweight Neil Magny pushed his win streak to six with an impressive win over Kiichi Kunimoto via rear naked choke at 1:22 of round 3. Featherweight Max Holloway cruised past Cole Miller for a unanimous decision win. In the main event former Lightweight champion Benson Henderson moved up to Welterweight to face Brandon Thatch. Though Henderson did not fair well early on, he kept with his relentless pace and won via rear naked choke at 3:58 of round 4.
UFC Flyweight champion Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson will defend his belt against Kyoji Horiguchi in the co-main event of UFC 186.
The fight between UFC Middleweight champion Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort has once again been moved. The fight will now take place on May 23.
Vinny Magalhaes is the final addition to the WSOF four man tournament. the tournament is designed to crown their first ever Light Heavyweight champion. His first round fight will be against Matt Hamill.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Sunday, February 8, 2015
2/8/15
After a week long absence, Pablo Diablo's Five Round Review is back! Last week was a bad week to take off with everything happening in regards to failed drug tests between Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz. Either way, it is time to recap what went down this past week in the world of MMA.
At RFA 23 Featherweight Raoni Barcelos rebounded from a loss by knocking out Jamal Parks at 2:31 of round 1. Middleweight Gabriel Checco looked impressive with a TKO win over Joseph Henle at just 1:14 of round 1. The main event, a Bantamweight contender match, was an instant classic as Terrion Ware out pointed Joe Murphy to win via unanimous decision.
UFC 184 now has a set lineup with the finalization of a match-up between Women Bantamweight fighters Holly Holm and Raquel Pennington. The bout, which was scheduled for an earlier event but scratched because of an injury suffered by Holm, will serve as the co-main event. Holm is seen by many as a fighter who can compete with champion Ronda Rousey.
Former UFC fighter Pat "BamBam" Healy and Kurt Kinser will fight for the Lightweight title at Titan Fighting Championship 33. The event already had three title fights on the card; the addition of this fight brings it up to four.
Bellator Lightweight champion Will Brooks will defend his belt against Dave Jansen at Bellator 136.
At RFA 23 Featherweight Raoni Barcelos rebounded from a loss by knocking out Jamal Parks at 2:31 of round 1. Middleweight Gabriel Checco looked impressive with a TKO win over Joseph Henle at just 1:14 of round 1. The main event, a Bantamweight contender match, was an instant classic as Terrion Ware out pointed Joe Murphy to win via unanimous decision.
UFC 184 now has a set lineup with the finalization of a match-up between Women Bantamweight fighters Holly Holm and Raquel Pennington. The bout, which was scheduled for an earlier event but scratched because of an injury suffered by Holm, will serve as the co-main event. Holm is seen by many as a fighter who can compete with champion Ronda Rousey.
Former UFC fighter Pat "BamBam" Healy and Kurt Kinser will fight for the Lightweight title at Titan Fighting Championship 33. The event already had three title fights on the card; the addition of this fight brings it up to four.
Bellator Lightweight champion Will Brooks will defend his belt against Dave Jansen at Bellator 136.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
1/25/15
The Ultimate Fighting Championship made its way to Stockholm, Sweden for UFC on FOX 14. The first fight on the main card kicked things off with a bang as Featherweight Sam Sicilia knocked out Akira Corassani at 3:26 of round 1. In the next fight, Light Heavyweight Ryan Bader kept things standing for a majority of the time, earning a split decision win over Phil Davis. In the co-main event Middleweight Gegard Mousasi defeated Dan Henderson with an unusual TKO at just 1:10 of round 1. The main event capped off the night impressively as Light Heavyweight Anthony "Rumble" Johnson destroyed former contender Alexander Gustafsson. Johnson stopped Gustafsson with a TKO coming at 2:15 of round 1, earning him a date with champion Jon Jones.
MMA legend Mirko "CroCop" has resigned with the UFC and will headline a fight card in Poland against Gabriel Gonzaga. The fight, which is a rematch, will be in April.
UFC and Strikeforce veteran Cung Le has announced his retirement from combat sports.
With the loss of Welterweight champion Douglas Lima from the Bellator 134 fight card, the promotion has decided to add a super fight between Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal and Chieck Kongo. the fight will take place in the Heavyweight division.
Titan Fighting Championships has announced three of its four title fights for Titan FC 33 which takes place on March 20. Featherweight Desmond Green will look to defend his belt for the first time against Kurt Holobaugh. Jon Madsen and Chase Gormley will fight for the vacant Heavyweight strap. Finally, Walel Watson and undefeated Brett Johns will fight for the vacant Bantamweight title.
MMA legend Mirko "CroCop" has resigned with the UFC and will headline a fight card in Poland against Gabriel Gonzaga. The fight, which is a rematch, will be in April.
UFC and Strikeforce veteran Cung Le has announced his retirement from combat sports.
With the loss of Welterweight champion Douglas Lima from the Bellator 134 fight card, the promotion has decided to add a super fight between Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal and Chieck Kongo. the fight will take place in the Heavyweight division.
Titan Fighting Championships has announced three of its four title fights for Titan FC 33 which takes place on March 20. Featherweight Desmond Green will look to defend his belt for the first time against Kurt Holobaugh. Jon Madsen and Chase Gormley will fight for the vacant Heavyweight strap. Finally, Walel Watson and undefeated Brett Johns will fight for the vacant Bantamweight title.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
1/18/15
The first busy weekend of mixed martial arts in 2015 was kicked off with Bellator 132. Light Heavyweight Virgil Zwicker redeemed himself with a split decision win over Houston Alexander. In a number one contender Featherweight contest, Georgi Karakhanyan impressed with a guillotine choke that put Bubba Jenkins to sleep at 1:49 of round 1. It was announced after the fight that Karakhanyan would face the winner of the main event between Featherweight champion Patricio "Pitbull" Freire and Daniel Straus. As the event came to an end, "Pitbull" emerged victorious in a slug fest over Straus. The title win came by way of rear naked choke at 4:49 of round 4.
At WSOF 17, Lightweight Joe Condon defied all odds after going down two rounds to none in a fight with Johnny Nunez that he took on days notice. Condon sunk in a guillotine choke that led to the win over Nunez at 4:22 of round 3. In the main event Welterweight Jake Shields did what he does best. After a rocky start, Shields took Brian Foster down and won via rear naked choke at 2:51 of round 1. Shields will now fight WSOF Welterweight champion Rousimar Palhares for the belt.
UFC Fight Night 59 saw Middleweight Uriah Hall continue his win streak with a TKO (doctor stoppage) over last minute replacement Ron Stallings. Lightweight Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone won his second fight in the span of 15 days with a unanimous decision win over former champion Benson Henderson. Featherweight Conor McGregor earned a title shot with a main event win over Dennis Siver. The TKO win came at 1:54 of round 2 after a dominate performance by McGregor. He is now set to fight champion Jose Aldo at a yet to be determined date.
Heavyweight MMA veteran Pat "HD" Barry made a successful return to kickboxing at Legacy Kickboxing 1. He defeated Demoreo Dennis by split decision.
UFC Women's Strawweight champion Carla Esparza will attempt her first title defense at UFC 185 when she takes on Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
Former UFC Light Heavyweights Thiago Silva and Matt Hamill have both signed with World Series of Fighting and will take part in a four man tournament to determine the promotions first Light Heavyweight champion.
Kimbo Slice has signed with Bellator.
UFC Bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw will fight Renan Barao in a title rematch at UFC 186.
At WSOF 17, Lightweight Joe Condon defied all odds after going down two rounds to none in a fight with Johnny Nunez that he took on days notice. Condon sunk in a guillotine choke that led to the win over Nunez at 4:22 of round 3. In the main event Welterweight Jake Shields did what he does best. After a rocky start, Shields took Brian Foster down and won via rear naked choke at 2:51 of round 1. Shields will now fight WSOF Welterweight champion Rousimar Palhares for the belt.
UFC Fight Night 59 saw Middleweight Uriah Hall continue his win streak with a TKO (doctor stoppage) over last minute replacement Ron Stallings. Lightweight Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone won his second fight in the span of 15 days with a unanimous decision win over former champion Benson Henderson. Featherweight Conor McGregor earned a title shot with a main event win over Dennis Siver. The TKO win came at 1:54 of round 2 after a dominate performance by McGregor. He is now set to fight champion Jose Aldo at a yet to be determined date.
Heavyweight MMA veteran Pat "HD" Barry made a successful return to kickboxing at Legacy Kickboxing 1. He defeated Demoreo Dennis by split decision.
UFC Women's Strawweight champion Carla Esparza will attempt her first title defense at UFC 185 when she takes on Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
Former UFC Light Heavyweights Thiago Silva and Matt Hamill have both signed with World Series of Fighting and will take part in a four man tournament to determine the promotions first Light Heavyweight champion.
Kimbo Slice has signed with Bellator.
UFC Bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw will fight Renan Barao in a title rematch at UFC 186.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
1/11/15
While this weekend lacked MMA events and many fans were looking forward to next weekends triple header, Resurrection Fighting Alliance attempted to cure the need for the sport for the time being. Featherweight Mark Dickman, who was forced to forfeit 50 percent of his fight purse due to missing weight horrendously, defeated Donald Sanchez via kimura at 1:37 of round 1. The main event was originally scheduled to be for the vacant Welterweight belt. Instead Chidi Njokuani missed weight and proceeded to out strike Gilbert Smith to a unanimous decision. Because Njokuani missed weight, he was unable to obtain the belt even with the win, resulting in the title remaining vacant.
Ex UFC Heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia has announced his retirement from the sport.
After his UFC 182 co-main event win over Myles Jury, Lightweight Donald Cerrone will step in to replace Eddie Alvarez against Benson Henderson. This marks a 15 day turn around for Cerrone. The fight will take place at UFC Fight Night 59.
UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones has tested positive for cocaine metabolites and has checked himself into rehab.
Bellator Middleweight Joe Schilling has signed with GLORY (kickboxing) and plans to compete for both promotions in 2015.
UFC President Dana White has announced that former Middleweight champion Anderson Silva will receive a title shot with a UFC 183 win over Nick Diaz.
With the Robbie Lawler and Johny Hendricks Welterweight title trilogy taking shape, would be contender Rory MacDoanld has found a fight elsewhere. MacDoanld will face off against Hector Lombard at UFC 186 in Montreal.
Ex UFC Heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia has announced his retirement from the sport.
After his UFC 182 co-main event win over Myles Jury, Lightweight Donald Cerrone will step in to replace Eddie Alvarez against Benson Henderson. This marks a 15 day turn around for Cerrone. The fight will take place at UFC Fight Night 59.
UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones has tested positive for cocaine metabolites and has checked himself into rehab.
Bellator Middleweight Joe Schilling has signed with GLORY (kickboxing) and plans to compete for both promotions in 2015.
UFC President Dana White has announced that former Middleweight champion Anderson Silva will receive a title shot with a UFC 183 win over Nick Diaz.
With the Robbie Lawler and Johny Hendricks Welterweight title trilogy taking shape, would be contender Rory MacDoanld has found a fight elsewhere. MacDoanld will face off against Hector Lombard at UFC 186 in Montreal.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
1/4/15
While many were looking forward to UFC 182, only the hardcore MMA fans were zoned in on IGF Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2014. The year end fight card featured such veterans as Shinya Aoki, Satoshi Ishii and Mirko "CroCop". Aoki, the ONE FC Lightweight champion, defeated Yuki Yamamoto via twister submission at 1:21 of round 1. Heavyweight Chris Barnett earned a TKO victory over Shinchi Suzukawa at 1:57 of round 1. And in the main event, Heavyweight MMA legend Mirko "CroCop" dispatched of Satoshi Ishii by TKO (head kick and punches) in round 2.
IGF wasn't the only promotion to host a New Year's Eve event. Deep - Dream Impact 2014 took place at the famous Saitama Super Arena in Japan. A total of 22 fights were featured. Flyweight Yuki Motoya earned the biggest win of his career with a victory over Matt Manzanares via TKO at 3:17 of round 3. The night was capped off with Lightweight Satoru Kitaoka defeating Yoshiyuki Yoshida by unanimous decision.
UFC 182 was supposed to start off 2015 with a bang for the promotion but it fell short of that goal with a main card filled entirely of decisions. Lightweight contender Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone defeated young up and comer Myles Jury by unanimous decision. The main event saw Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones cruise past Daniel Cormier to a decision win.
The UFC has announced that with a win over Dennis Siver at UFC Fight Night 59, "The Notorious" Conor McGregor would be next in line to challenge Featherweight champion Jose Aldo.
IGF wasn't the only promotion to host a New Year's Eve event. Deep - Dream Impact 2014 took place at the famous Saitama Super Arena in Japan. A total of 22 fights were featured. Flyweight Yuki Motoya earned the biggest win of his career with a victory over Matt Manzanares via TKO at 3:17 of round 3. The night was capped off with Lightweight Satoru Kitaoka defeating Yoshiyuki Yoshida by unanimous decision.
UFC 182 was supposed to start off 2015 with a bang for the promotion but it fell short of that goal with a main card filled entirely of decisions. Lightweight contender Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone defeated young up and comer Myles Jury by unanimous decision. The main event saw Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones cruise past Daniel Cormier to a decision win.
The UFC has announced that with a win over Dennis Siver at UFC Fight Night 59, "The Notorious" Conor McGregor would be next in line to challenge Featherweight champion Jose Aldo.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
12/21/14
As they often do, ONE FC kicked off the final full weekend of MMA in 2014. They did so with a Beijing Flyweight and Featherweight tournament. Li Wei Bin defeated Wang Wei by unanimous decision to win the Flyweight tournament. He made it to the finals by winning his semifinal fight against Hao Yi Jie via armbar at 2:51 of round 1. Li Kai Wen defeated Wang Ya Wei by unanimous decision to win the Featherweight tournament. Wen got there by winning his semifinal fight against He Nan Nan via TKO at 2:25 of round 1.
Titan Fighting Championship is known for pushing their fighters to finish fights by offering a bonus to those who can pull it off, but at Titan FC 32 the desire for bonus money seemed to be absent. Only one fight on the entire fight card ended in a finish. In the main event Desmond Green claimed the vacant Featherweight belt by earning a hard fought unanimous decision win over UFC veteran Steven Siler.
At UFC Fight Night 58, former Bantamweight champion Renan Barao returned to the win column by sinking in an arm triangle on Mitch Gagnon. The finish came at 3:53 of round 3. Barao proceeded to call out the man who took his title from him, T.J. Dillashaw, in his post fight speech. The main event saw Middleweight Lyoto Machida completely dominate C.B. Dollaway. Machida won by TKO off of a nasty body kick at just 1:02 of round 1.
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has resigned with the UFC after going 3-0 with Bellator FC. The contract rights to Jackson are still being worked out.
Titan Fighting Championship is known for pushing their fighters to finish fights by offering a bonus to those who can pull it off, but at Titan FC 32 the desire for bonus money seemed to be absent. Only one fight on the entire fight card ended in a finish. In the main event Desmond Green claimed the vacant Featherweight belt by earning a hard fought unanimous decision win over UFC veteran Steven Siler.
At UFC Fight Night 58, former Bantamweight champion Renan Barao returned to the win column by sinking in an arm triangle on Mitch Gagnon. The finish came at 3:53 of round 3. Barao proceeded to call out the man who took his title from him, T.J. Dillashaw, in his post fight speech. The main event saw Middleweight Lyoto Machida completely dominate C.B. Dollaway. Machida won by TKO off of a nasty body kick at just 1:02 of round 1.
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has resigned with the UFC after going 3-0 with Bellator FC. The contract rights to Jackson are still being worked out.
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