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***The Official MMA Thread***

Discussion in 'General Sports Forum' started by stoops the eternal pimp, Feb 10, 2008.


  1. Boomer.....

    Boomer..... .....Sooner!

    He doesn't just limit himself to one outlet.



    Or inlet.
     
  2. reflector

    reflector Well-Known Member

    I think this should be a good New Year's card.



    http://www.mmamania.com/2010/10/14/1751129/frankie-edgar-vs-gray-maynard-ii-official-for-ufc-125-on-jan-1-in-las



    Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard II official for UFC 125 on Jan. 1 in Las Vegas

    Tomcat_tiny by Jesse Holland on Oct 14, 2010 1:11 PM EDT


    One final hurdle remains for Frankie Edgar if he hopes to silence the last of the doubters.

    The reigning UFC Lightweight Champion will get his long overdue rematch with Gray Maynard, as the two 155-pound standouts hook 'em up for a second time at UFC 125 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Jan. 1 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the promotion announced today.

    And this time it's for the title.

    "The Answer" shocked the world (again) when he defeated BJ Penn for a second time this year at UFC 118 in the promotion's Boston debut back in August. The Toms River native claimed "The Prodigy's" belt when they first met at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi last March.

    Edgar holds but one loss on his stellar record, and it just so happens to be against his new challenger to the 155-pound throne, Gray Maynard.

    Star-divide

    "The Bully" earned his title shot on the same night Edgar dominated Penn in "Beantown," claiming a convincing unanimous decision win over Kenny Florian.

    Maynard to this day remains undefeated at 10-0. With a unanimous decision victory over the current champ at UFC Fight Night 13 back in 2008, one has to imagine that confidence is something that Maynard won't be lacking come New Year's Day.

    But will it be enough to overcome Edgar 2.0?

    UFC 125, recently announced via the website's "Ultimate Insider," will feature a super-sized showdown between Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson as both heavyweights try to get back into the 265-pound title hunt.

    Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann and Thiago Silva vs. Brandon Vera are also expected to be announced for the Jan. 1 pay-per-view in the coming weeks.

    Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for more updates to this still-developing fight card.
     
  3. northspeter

    northspeter New Member

    if you've been watching the primetime series... how much bigger and stronger does brock look than he did versus carwin in july??? he's a moutain gorilla.... velasquez is quick and has tighter boxing... but brock is such a freakish athlete, i think he'll eventually get cain to ground and pound him into submission... he's just a freaking beast...
     
    Last edited: Oct 14, 2010
  4. reflector

    reflector Well-Known Member

    I don't know who to pick in this fight. Cain seems to be very durable. I would see how Brock fights in the fourth and fifth rounds. Maybe we will get to see it. I think Brock will manhandle him early though.
     
  5. reflector

    reflector Well-Known Member

    I think there will be some good fights tomorrow. It is good to see that everyone made weight.


    http://mmajunkie.com/news/21007/ufc-120-bisping-vs-akiyama-live-and-official-weigh-in-results.mma




    UFC 120 weigh-in results: Headliners Bisping and Akiyama, all others on weight

    by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Oct 15, 2010 at 11:20 am ET

    LONDON – MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) was on scene and reporting live from today's official "UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama" fighter weigh-ins, where all 22 event competitors made weight.

    Today's festivities took place at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, the same site as the UFC's first-ever European-based fan expo. Saturday's Spike TV-broadcast fight card takes place nearby at The O2.

    Michael Bisping and Yoshihiro Akiyama both weighed 185 pounds for their middleweight headliner.

    The festivities went off without a hitch, and all fighters made weight on their initial attempts.

    The full weigh-in results include:

    MAIN CARD

    * Yoshihiro Akiyama (185) vs. Michael Bisping (185)
    * Carlos Condit (170) vs. Dan Hardy (171)
    * John Hathaway (171) vs. Mike Pyle (170)
    * Travis Browne (251) vs. Cheick Kongo (228)
    * Claude Patrick (171) vs. James Wilks (170)

    PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

    * Cyrille Diabate (204) vs. Alexander Gustafsson (204)
    * Rob Broughton (257) vs. Vinicius Kappke de Quieroz (239)
    * Mark Holst (155) vs. Paul Sass (155)
    * Spencer Fisher (155) vs. Kurt Warburton (154)
    * Fabio Maldonado (204) vs. James McSweeney (205)

    Stay tuned to MMAjunkie.com for a full photo gallery of all the event's competitors.

    For more on UFC 120, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.

    (Pictured: Michael Bisping)
     
  6. Boomer.....

    Boomer..... .....Sooner!

    Just so everyone knows, tomorrow nights fight is free on Spike and starts at 7pm so set your DVR.
     
  7. reflector

    reflector Well-Known Member

    There is also a free replay afterward. I think the replay starts at 11. So you don't have to miss the OU game in order to watch it.
     
  8. Im looking forward to watching the "Oil of Olay" Akiyama fight
     
  9. northspeter

    northspeter New Member

    beware visiting this thread or other mma sites throughout the day... the fights begin at 11am central... so there may be some that post the results before you get to see the Spike broadcast tonite...
     
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  10. reflector

    reflector Well-Known Member

    I am still rather surprised with the way Condit won. I thought he might catch him in a submission or win a decision. I never thought he would knock Hardy out.




    http://mmajunkie.com/news/21045/ufc-120-main-card-recap-bisping-decisions-akiyama-condit-stuns-hardy.mma



    UFC 120 main-card recap: Bisping decisions Akiyama, Condit stuns Hardy
    by John Morgan and Dann Stupp on Oct 16, 2010 at 5:30 pm ET

    LONDON – Prior to the final frame of his bout with Japanese star Yoshihiro Akiyama, veteran UFC middleweight Michael Bisping circled the cage, lifted his arms and summoned the energy of a soldout crowd at The 02 in London.

    His fellow Brits apparently fueled the championship hopeful, and Bisping ultimately closed out the fight in dominant fashion to earn a unanimous-decision victory.

    The fight headlined Saturday's UFC 120 event, which aired live in most parts of the world but via same-day delay on Spike TV in the U.S.

    The win, though, did come with a bit of controversy.

    Both fighters kept the three-rounder in the upright position, and after two competitive rounds in which each competitor landed some significant blows, Bisping unloaded the biggest in the third. Unfortunately, it was an illegal kick to the groin, which connected and echoed throughout the arena and sent Akiyama into a heap on the canvas.

    The ref called for a timeout, and Bisping, who had unloaded a nice series of punches and head kicks before the crotch shot, immediately apologized. Akiyama quickly acknowledged it was accidental, but the fighter lay on the mat in obviously excruciating pain.

    After a few minutes of recovery time, Akiyama returned to his feet and signaled that he was OK to continue. But he was never the same, and Bisping closed out the round in dominant fashion to earn the win via scores of 30-27 on all three judges' cards.

    It was a nice win and recovery for Bisping, who was rocked early in the fight by one of his opponent's stiff right-handed punches.

    "I thought, 'Ah [expletive], this isn't a good start,'" Bisping joked. "I expected a tough challenge, but I truly believed in my training and my skills and my ability to win this fight."

    Following the win, Bisping was asked about his future goals, including a shot at a thus-far-elusive middleweight title. But "The Ultimate Fighter 3" winner shrugged off mounting criticism that his heart isn't in the sport and said his goal remains the same.

    "No one works harder than me, and no one wants it more than me," he said. "Hopefully, with a bit of luck, I'll get the gold soon."

    Bisping (20-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) now has won three of four fights since a setback KO defeat to Dan Henderson at UFC 100. Akiyama (13-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC), who was submitted by Chris Leben earlier this year, suffers the first back-to-back losses of his career.

    Despite a dozen career knockouts wins, Carlos Condit had never gotten much respect as a striker. But following a vicious knockout of KO artist Dan Hardy in UFC 120's co-headliner, the former WEC champ is likely to get a bit more respect.

    The vicious first-round KO left both Hardy and his numerous British fans in stunned silence.

    With a strategic first round apparently headed to the judges, both fighters swung wildly with looping punches. Condit missed on a right, and Hardy's missed wide with one of his own. But Condit continued the combo and caught his opponent with a perfectly placed and absolutely crushing left hook to the cheek.

    Hardy instantly fell to his back, and Condit follow with a quick right-left combo before referee Dan Miragliotta could push him away and stop the fight.

    The crushing KO came at the 4:27 mark of the round.

    "We had been working on that," Condit said.

    Although initially dazed from the big blow, Hardy pushed away the ref and medical personnel and quickly returned to his feet.

    So what went wrong?

    "I got punched in the face," Hardy deadpanned. "That's why it's a sport. You can win or lose at anytime."

    For Condit (26-5 MMA, 3-1 UFC), it was his first knockout win since a beatdown of WEC fighter Hiromitsu Miura more than two years ago. Hardy (23-8 MMA, 4-2 UFC), who dropped a decision to welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre back in March, now has suffered back-to-back losses for just the second time in his career.

    John Hathaway is undefeated no more.

    After dealing with some inconsistency upon his long-awaited UFC arrival in 2009, veteran welterweight Mike Pyle saved one of his most impressive performances for one of his toughest opponents of late, and he scored a unanimous-decision victory over the previously unbeaten Hathaway.

    Pyle – a former WEC champ and IFL/EliteXC/Strikeforce/Sengoku veteran who's defeated fighters such as Jon Fitch and Dan Hornbuckle during an illustrious 11-year career– simply overwhelmed Hathaway and took the British youngster out of his game. With quick takedowns, a smothering top game and dominant ground positions, Pyle kept his opponent from mounting any type of sustained offense and ultimately swept Hathaway on the judges' scorecards.

    Pyle was especially effective in the second round, when he secured an inverted triangle choke from side position. He secured the hold for the final two minutes of the round and delivered a steady stream of punches and elbow strikes as Hathaway dejectedly tried to block the blows. The assault continued in the third, when more takedowns allowed Pyle to smother and batter his over-matched opponent.

    In the end, Pyle, who entered the fight as a 4-to-1 underdog, won every round on each scorecard and earned the unanimous-decision victory via 30-27 scores.

    Among his 21 career wins, Pyle (21-7-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) now has gone to a decision for just the second time in his career. Hathaway (14-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), who was entered the UFC's welterweight title picture with recent wins over the likes of Rick Story and Diego Sanchez, tastes defeat for the first time in his four-year career.

    In the main card's lone heavyweight bout, it appeared only a matter of time until Travis Browne's wild and frantic striking would cost him dearly. Luckily for the once-unheralded heavyweight, that time never came.

    Instead, Browne's baffling offense – which initially included big looping punches until the majority of his work came from the clinch and against the cage – left opponent Cheick Kongo confused, unable to mount any substantial offense, and forced to resort to some dirty tactics. Still, it wasn't enough to pick up the win, and instead, the fight was declared a disappointing draw via 28-28 scores.

    After that dominant first round and a closer second, which ultimately was scored in Kongo's favor, Browne clearly was winded in the third. But despite his heavy breathing and some damage Kongo inflicted with short knees strikes to the inside thigh, Browne avoided any major damage. But with Kongo's third-round point deduction for grabbing his opponent's shorts while in the clinch (yet no deductions for multiple knees to the groin), the round ended with a 9-9 score and overall draw.

    The decision, though, was largely expected, and the fight result was met largely with disinterest from The 02 crowd.

    Browne (10-0-1 MMA, 1-0-1 UFC) remains undefeated with the draw while Kongo (15-6-2 MMA, 8-4-1 UFC) falls to 1-2-1 in his past four fights, all in the UFC.

    Anyone who thought UFC 120 would be a showcase bout for "The Ultimate Fighter 9" winner and British fighter James Wilks can blame Claude Patrick for a rude surprise.

    The Canadian fighter thoroughly dominated and outclassed Wilks both standing (with effective clinch work) and especially on the mat (with a dominating and smothering top game) to pick up a unanimous-decision victory.

    It wasn't the flashiest win, but Patrick completely shut down Wilks' offense and left his opponent desperately looking for any type of submission attempt from his back. With few mistakes made and avoiding troublesome positions, the Canadian-fight-circuit veteran never gave Wilks the opportunity.

    In the end, Patrick earned the unanimous-decision win via scores of 30-27.

    With the win, Patrick (13-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC), who submitted Ricardo Funch in his UFC debut earlier this year, now owns a 12-fight win streak with 12 stoppages. Wilks (7-4 MMA, 2-2), meanwhile, has dropped two of three, which included a TKO loss to Matt Brown a year ago in England.

    SEE ALSO: UFC 120 preliminary-card recap: British fighters Broughton and Sass victorious

    MAIN CARD

    * Michael Bisping def. Yoshihiro Akiyama via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
    * Carlos Condit def. Dan Hardy via KO (punch) - Round 1, 4:27
    * Mike Pyle def. John Hathaway via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
    * Travis Browne vs. Cheick Kongo declared a draw (28-28, 28-28, 28-28)
    * Claude Patrick def. James Wilks via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

    PRELIMINARY CARD

    * Alexander Gustafsson def. Cyrille Diabate via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 2, 2:41
    * Rob Broughton def. Vinicius Quieroz via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 3, 1:43
    * Paul Sass def. Mark Holst via submission (triangle choke) - Round 1, 4:45
    * Spencer Fisher def. Kurt Warburton via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
    * Fabio Maldonado def. James McSweeney via TKO (punches) - Round 3, 0:48

    For more on UFC 120, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com.

    (Pictured: Michael Bisping)
     
  11. KC//CRIMSON

    KC//CRIMSON New Member

    The fighter everyone says could be the next big thing.........

    [youtube]HDHu7AH9hVg[/youtube]
     
  12. reflector

    reflector Well-Known Member

    Condit's KO was pretty vicious.



    http://mmajunkie.com/news/21046/ufc-120-bonuses-bisping-akiyama-condit-and-sass-earn-50k-fighter-awards.mma



    UFC 120 bonuses: Bisping, Akiyama, Condit and Sass earn $60K awards (Updated)

    by John Morgan and Dann Stupp on Oct 16, 2010 at 6:25 pm ET

    LONDON – Michael Bisping, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Carlos Condit and Paul Sass each earned $60,000 "Fight Night" bonuses for their performances at Saturday's UFC 120 event.

    Condit earned the night's "Knockout of the Night" award, Sass picked up the "Submission of the Night" bonus, and Bisping and Akiyama scored "Fight of the Night" honors.

    MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) learned of the bonus winners and award amounts while in UFC 120 post-event press conference.

    The event took place at The 02 in London and airs via same-day delay on Spike TV in the U.S.

    The bonuses provided few surprised.

    Condit scored the night's most vicious KO when he stopped striker Dan Hardy with a vicious first-round knockout. Late in the third, Condit unloaded a right-left combo. The right missed, but the left landed perfectly and set Hardy crashing to the mat. The former WEC welterweight champ provided two additional punches to his downed opponent before the fight was stopped.

    Sass, meanwhile, lived up to the hype and secured his trademark submission in a victory over Canadian Mark Holst. Sass, who opened his career with seven consecutive triangle-choke submissions, continually attempted the move and finally secured it midway through the first round. The undefeated fighter and UFC newcomer now has eight such submission wins among his 11 career victories.

    Bisping and Akiyama, meanwhile, met in a largely standup affair in the main event. Akiyama landed a few powerful shots and clearly dazed his middleweight opponent in the opening seconds of the fight, but Bisping fought back and ultimately swept the judges' scorecards for a shutout unanimous-decision victory. He closed out the round in dominant fashion to send home his fellow countrymen in good spirits.

    For more on UFC 120, stay tuned to the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com.

    (Pictured: Carlos Condit)

    * * * *

    (Updated at 9:20 p.m. ET to reflect the actual bonuses of $60,000. The original figure was mis-reported as $50,000)
     
  13. reflector

    reflector Well-Known Member

    For those who want to watch it, the UFC 121 Countdown show is tonight on Spike.
     
  14. reflector

    reflector Well-Known Member

    Sam Stout On UFC 121 Bout



    [youtube]rYT9Z57SsSs[/youtube]
     
  15. Knippz

    Knippz New Member

    121 and 126 should be insane
     
  16. northspeter

    northspeter New Member

    the 116 replay is on now... the end of the akiyama/leben fight is currently on, then carwin v. brock will be coming up shortly...
     
  17. reflector

    reflector Well-Known Member

    The last episode of the Primetime series with Lesnar and Velasquez airs tonight before the TUF episode tonight.
     
  18. tbl

    tbl SoonerFans.com Elite Member

    Dude I cannot WAIT for GSP to smash this guy, AGAIN.
     
  19. Knippz

    Knippz New Member

    FWIW, GSP never "smashed" Kos. He decisioned him with 29-28 scores, and did no damage. He proved more dominant in 2 rounds, but did nothing along the lines of "smash". Aka, no knockdowns, few significant punches landed, and several minutes going for a very unsuccessful kimura.
     
  20. reflector

    reflector Well-Known Member

    Alvarez smashed Huerta tonight.
     

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