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yeah, that was brutal... i had a friend who hadn't seen alvarez fight before.. and he came away thinking eddie may be the best lightweight in the world... he looked very very good last night...


also you can see the weigh-ins for UFC121 live at 4pm central time today on UFC.com

 

jake shields ad brock lesnar both looked like beasts ready for battle.. i think both are gonna have big nights tomorrow!!!

 

I think there should be some good fights tomorrow.



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UFC 121 weigh-in results: Champ Lesnar (264), Velasquez (244) on weight
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Oct 22, 2010 at 5:30 pm ET

ANAHEIM, Calif. – MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) was on scene and reporting live from today's official UFC 121 fighter weigh-ins, where all 22 fighters successfully made weight.

Today's festivities took place outside of the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., in front of a throng of a couple-thousand fans.

Headliner and heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar weighed 264 pounds while challenger Cain Velasquez weighed 244.

In addition to the championship headliner, UFC 121 features the long-awaited promotional debut of former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields, who returns to his usual weight class to fight welterweight contender Martin Kampmann. Shields, who received a warm welcome in his home state, weighed 170.5 pounds, and Kampmann was a half pound lighter.

Saturday's event features a two-bout "UFC Prelims" broadcast on Spike TV before the main card airs on pay-per-view.

The full weigh-in results include:

MAIN CARD

* Champ Brock Lesnar (264) vs. Cain Velasquez (244)
* Martin Kampmann (170) vs. Jake Shields (170.5)
* Diego Sanchez (170.5) vs. Paulo Thiago (170.5)
* Matt Hamill (203.5) vs. Tito Ortiz (206)
* Gabriel Gonzaga (254) vs. Brendan Schaub (239)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)

* Ryan Jensen (185) vs. Court McGee (184.5)
* Patrick Cote (185) vs. Tom Lawlor (185)

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)

* Sam Stout (155.5) vs. Paul Taylor (155)
* Mike Guymon (170) vs. Daniel Roberts (170)
* Chris Camozzi (185) vs. Dongi Yang (186)
* Jon Madsen (254.5)vs. Gilbert Yvel (249)

For complete coverage of UFC 121, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.

(Pictured: Cain Velasquez)

 

I was surprised at how bad Bowling looked in the second round. He looked good in the first round.



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Strikeforce Challengers 11 recap: Bobby Voelker stops Roger Bowling in second

by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Oct 23, 2010 at 12:50 am ET

Roger Bowling predicted a war in his rematch with Bobby Voelker.

Unfortunately for "Relentless," Voelker proved just a little too "Vicious."

After a slow start, Voelker earned a second-round stoppage over Bowling in the main event of Friday's Showtime-broadcast "Strikeforce Challengers 11: Bowling vs. Voelker II" event in Fresno, Calif. The contest served as a rematch of the pair's May bout, which Bowling won via technical decision.

Just as in their first meeting, Bowling and Voelker looked to bang it out on the feet in the early going. Bowling earned the best of the early exchanges, and he looked capable of pouring on the offense. Instead, he settled for a bit of clinchwork in the closing seconds of the round, and Voelker slowed the momentum.

In the second, Voelker landed the better shots on the feet after each fighter failed to land a takedown. Apparently wobbled, Bowling settled for pulling guard. Voelker made him pay with a barrage of blows from the top. He avoided an armbar attempt from underneath and continued to unload until the stoppage came with 62 seconds left in the round.

With the victory, Voelker (23-8 MMA, 3-1 SF) has now won three of his past four fights. The loss is the first for Bowling (8-1 MMA, 1-1 SF) as a professional.

The awe-inspiring comeback from a near-fatal gunshot wound of Lavar Johnson endured a few speedbumps in the evening's co-feature, but opponent Virgil Swicker, outweighed by some 24 pounds, ultimately proved incapable of dealing with his foe's "Big" power.

Zwicker tried to use mobility to his advantage and chop down Johnson with low kicks. The plan worked, but things changed when Johnson finally landed one of his massive punches. Several more followed, and Zwicker slumped against the cage in the face of the attack.

Johnson was declared the winner 2 minutes and 17 seconds into the opening round.

With the win, Johnson (15-3 MMA, 3-0 SF) now has seven-straight wins. Zwicker (8-2 MMA, 0-1 SF) falls short in his Strikeforce debut.

Fighting in front of his hometown crowd, striking specialist Billy Evangelista survived a first-round scare to battle back to a unanimous-decision win over Waachiim Spiritwolf in a catchweight affair.

Evangelista found himself on his back after being clipped early in the first frame, but the undefeated lightweight managed to return to his feet and remain upright for the remainder of the contest. And beyond simply maintaining his feet, Evangelista began to deliver his hallmark striking flurries.

To his credit, the "Native Warrior" also returned fire in an entertaining affair, but his cardio began to fail as time wore on, and his face showed the wear of Evangelista's fists. The fight was tight throughout, but all three judges believed Evangelista had done enough to take home the decision.

Victorious again, Evangelista (11-0 MMA, 7-0 SF) remains undefeated and appears primed to take on some of Strikeforce's best 155-pounders. Meanwhile, Spiritwolf (8-7-1 MMA, 0-1 SF) falls to 2-2-1 in 2010.

In the night's lone female contest, Canadian Muay Thai specialist Julia Budd showed flashes of her striking pedigree on the feet, but it was her ground game that eventually earned the debuting mixed martial artist a win over the previously undefeated Shana Olsen.

Budd landed a few powerful punches in the opening round, and even reversed an Olsen takedown attempt to wind up in top position. However, from there Budd's inexperience was evident as she landed a series of illegal elbows from top position and was deducted a point.

It wouldn't matter.

In the second, Olsen looked for the takedown from a bodylock but wound up pulling Budd on top of her. This time, Budd went with punches rather than elbows and earned a TKO stoppage at the 2:51 mark of the round.

Budd (1-0 MMA, 1-0 SF) tastes victory in her first MMA contest, and her striking pedigree (coupled with a few more wins) will likely lead to quick calls for a matchup with dominant 145-pound champ Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos. Meanwhile, Olsen loses for the first time since turning pro in May 2009.

In the night's broadcast-opening contest, heavyweight John Devine kept former top prospect Brandon Cash winless since Feburary 2009.

After trading a few inconsequential strikes on the feet and Devine began to attack the back of Cash. "Money" tried his best to defend the advances, but after a brief stall warranted a restart, Devine work quickly to the back with both hooks in and sunk in the fight-ending rear-naked choke.

Devine (6-4 MMA, 1-1 SF), who was defeated in 69 seconds by top prospect Daniel Cormier earlier this year, improves to 3-1 in his past four fights. Cash (5-3 MMA, 0-2 SF) has now dropped three consecutive fights.

OFFICIAL MAIN CARD RESULTS

* Bobby Voelker def. Roger Bowling via TKO (punches) - Round 2, 3:58
* Lavar Johnson def. Virgil Zwicker via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 2:17
* Billy Evangelista def. Waachiim Spiritwolf via unanimous decision
* Julia Budd def. Shana Olsen via TKO (punches) - Round 2, 2:51
* John Devine def. Brandon Cash via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 1, 3:05

OFFICIAL PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS

* David Douglas def. Dominic Clark via TKO (punches) - Round 2, 2:33

For more on Strikeforce Challengers 11, check out the MMA Events section of MMAjunkie.com.

(Pictured: Bobby Voelker)

 

Anyone got a live stream?

 

Big Dumb Oaf just got downsized.

 

I think Lesnar needs a few more fights before he fights someone like Cain again. Cain dominated him.

 

never deserved a title IMO

 

I thought Cain looked really impressive last night.



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UFC 121 main-card recap: Velasquez stuns Lesnar in first, claims heavyweight title
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Oct 24, 2010 at 12:50 am ET


ANAHEIM, Calif. – Brock Lesnar couldn't escape this time.

New UFC champion Cain Velasquez sent a reported 14,856 fans into a frenzy by stopping Lesnar with strikes in the first round of UFC 121's main event, which took place Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.

The action-heavy affair, which saw the entire building on its feet throughout the matchup, capped off the evening's pay-per-view broadcast and saw perhaps the UFC's biggest star stripped of his title.

Lesnar came out like gangbusters in the opening frame of the headlining bout in a clear bid to gain top position on the mat. But he ran headlong into the challenger, and the two traded wildly before a second try got him what he wanted.

That was the last ray of sunshine for the former WWE professional wrestler.

Velasquez popped up like a jack-in-the-box and charged back with his own takedown. Punches came at Lesnar on both sides as he struggled to stand, and when he did, Velasquez had him cornered. Still, Lesnar fired back with punches. But Velasquez rocked him in a subsequent exchange, and he tumbled to the mat.

From there, Velasquez rained down punches overhead, and it looked as though the fight would be ended in seconds. But Lesnar somehow survived, and Velasquez's punches seemed to slow.

Would Velasquez run out of gas as Lesnar's last challenger, Shane Carwin?

The answer was an emphatic no. Lesnar righted himself and shortly afterward took another hard punch that dropped him once again. Curled up and rolling away as Velasquez continued to rain down strikes, referee Herb Dean ended the punishment with 59 seconds left in the first round.

The audience was absolutely beside itself as the belt was wrapped around the waist of the new champion

"He's a great fighter," Lesnar said afterward. "Congratulations, Cain. What can I say? He was better than me tonight."

UFC newcomer Jake Shields did exactly as expected against welterweight standout Martin Kampmann. And though Kampmann gave him all he could handle, the former Strikeforce middleweight champion's patented jiu-jitsu skills narrowly won the day.

Following a sole high kick, Shields put his plan in motion and got a charging single-leg takedown in the opening moments of the fight. There, he gained mount position after a short struggle, and for a moment it looked to be a usual night in the life of Jake Shields.

Of course, the experienced Kampmann did not go quietly into the night. When Shields advanced position, he scrambled to his feet and forced the submission specialist to stand in the first round's latter half. He did not, however, let his hands go, and despite several successful sprawls, Shields had round one in the books.

The Danish fighter smartened up in the second round. Shields kept distance by throwing using his legs and locked the action against the cage after a short struggle. But Kampmann dropped him with a knee, and Shields dove for a takedown. When Kampmann again escaped another hairy situation on the mat, he caught the former Strikeforce middleweight champion with another knee. Shields looked at the clock; this wouldn't be easy.

Again, though, the Cesar Gracie black belt's skills did not fail him, and he brought the fight to the mat. By the final frame, it became clear the fight would be won by the guy with more gas.

Although he looked ready to expire by the end of the second, Shields continued press for a takedown and got it. Every time he did, Kampmann made him pay for it by cinching a front headlock and ending exchanges with strikes. That wrestler's position nearly won him the fight midway through the final frame.

As Shields attempted to right himself, Kampmann went to work on an arm-in north-south choke that threatened a tapout. But Shields managed to escape, and after yet another reversal, he had Kampmann's back, where he remained until the final bell. It wasn't pretty, but it got the job done.

One judge saw the fight in Kampmann's favor by a score of 29-28, though the remaining two gave Shields the fight with scores of 29-28 and, generously, 30-27.

Shields (26-4 MMA, 1-0 UFC) may now lay claim to a shot at Georges St-Pierre's welterweight title if UFC president Dana White gives him the green light. He has not lost since December 2004, when Akira Kikuchi took his Shooto middleweight championship.

Kampmann (17-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC), meanwhile, is back to the drawing board.

Diego Sanchez turned the tides on a discouraging run of luck inside the octagon with a dominant win over Paulo Thiago.

Initially, Sanchez thought he could bully Thiago with a series of lunging combinations. But when Thiago met one charge with a flurry of knees and punches, Sanchez dove for the takedown. Thiago rebuffed the attempt and soon after ducked under another lunging combination for a takedown. There, he nearly locked up his signature D'arce choke, but Sanchez had clearly prepped for such a scenario and wiggled his way free.

Back on their feet, Sanchez punched his way in and tried to rack up some points with his own takedown. Thiago had other ideas and again kept "The Ultimate Fighter 1" winner at bay with a flurry of punches as the first frame ended.

Now hip to Sanchez's attack, Thiago cornered Sanchez and unloaded with more straight punches. Sanchez needed a takedown, and needed one fast. After an awkward bullrush took top position, Thiago immediately went for a kimura from the bottom. Using his right leg to trap and crank Sanchez's right arm, it looked like the Brazilian might pull out a submission.

But Sanchez got out, and afterward sent the crowd into a frenzy with a Matt Hughes-style slam. He couldn't seal the deal when Thiago gave up his back, but he sure put an exclamation point on the second round. Thiago looked exhausted between rounds, but Sanchez looked no more fresher.

Thiago had one last charge left, though, and attempted to stop Sanchez's charge with another flurry of punches. Instead, he got bowled over. Again, he responded with a kimura, but Sanchez was ready and worked his way toward a rear naked choke. That submission wasn't meant to be, but the tide turned dramatically in favor of "The Nightmare."

In a flurry of transitions, Sanchez took mount and pounded on Thiago, who frantically tried to escape the position by punching his way out. He somehow managed to free himself and nearly plastered Sanchez with an upkick. But Sanchez kept top position and ended the fight punishing the Brazilian from up top.

All three judges gave Sanchez the fight with scores of 30-26, 29-28 and 29-28.

"I was really humbled by my last two losses," Sanchez (22-4 MMA, 11-4 UFC), said afterward. "My [motivation] for this camp was just to earn it."

The win snapped a two-fight skid to former lightweight champion B.J. Penn and John Hathaway.

Thiago (13-2 MMA, 3-3 UFC), meanwhile, has now lost back-to-back fights inside the octagon after a decision loss to Kampmann at UFC 115.

As it turned out, Matt Hamill did have a lesson or two for his former teacher Tito Ortiz. After a slow start, "The Hammer" hit his target and turned in an impressive unanimous-decision victory.

Ortiz, a five-time light heavyweight champion and favorite whipping boy among fans, looked almost nothing like the fighter who grounded and pounded his way to dominance in the early days of the Zuffa-owned promotion. Instead, he did his best impression of a K-1 fighter and chased Hamill, his former pupil on "The Ultimate Fighter 3," around the octagon with punches and kicks.

Hamill caught one of those kicks early on and deposited the bleached bad-boy to the canvas. But he couldn't keep him there, and Ortiz returned fire with his legs.

Maybe it was respect for his former teacher, but Hamill did not get off first in the second round and was simply outworked in the opening round while competing chants of "Ortiz" and "Hamill" ricocheted around the Honda Center. Hamill, though, got busy in the second round and even popped Ortiz with a high kick of his own. Ortiz stayed busy and kept moving while trying to evade his pupil's heavy hands.

Midway through the second, Hamill caught Ortiz napping and got an easy takedown, where he doled out a taste of Ortiz's medicine.

Ortiz, however, stayed busy from the bottom with armbar and triangle choke attempts, and he even rolled for a kneebar. But he gave up position in the subsequent scramble and wound up eating a few elbows from the bottom as the second frame ended.

With one round apiece, haters were on the edge of their seat.

While Ortiz has often faded in post-championship appearances, this time he kept going strong in the final frame. But Hamill more frequently was first to get off with punches, and Ortiz couldn't corner him. Instead, the former champion waded in and ate counter after counter from Hamill. A mid-round takedown attempt proved fruitless.

Hamill, however, had no such difficulty in getting the fight down, and spent the final minute of the fight punishing Ortiz with punches and elbows. When the final bell rung, there was little doubt as to who had racked up more points.

Judges quickly handed down unanimous scores for Hamill by two tallies of 29-28 and one of 30-27.

Despite the controversy that accompanied the fight's early buildup, the two hugged it out at the bell.

"I'm just happy I won the fight," said Hamill (10-2 MMA 9-2 UFC) afterward.

Ortiz (15-8-1 MMA, 14-8-1 UFC) is now 0-4-1 since he beat down Ken Shamrock in 2006, while Hamill is unbeaten – at least on paper – in his five most recent fights.

"The Ultimate Fighter 10" runner-up Brendan Schaub continued his rise in the UFC heavyweight division with a decisive victory over former title contender Gabriel Gonzaga.

Although both fighters seemed hesitant in the bout's opening moments, Schaub soon after proved that wasn't the case when he caught the Brazilian's leg and slapped him with a flurry of right hands.

That right hand proved to be just the doctor's order against Gonzaga. When Gonzaga angled for a leg attack, Schaub retorted with the punch. And though Gonzaga toted Xtreme Couture striking coach Ron Frazier to his corner, he appeared to be just a bit slower in exchanges. When he threw his trademark high kick, Shaub was ready. A subsequent takedown attempt proved fruitless, and he was forced to trade.

Schaub's right hand nearly put an end to the fight in the final seconds of the first frame. Again, he caught Gonzaga in close with the shot, and Gonzaga reeled backward, frozen, as the punches kept coming. The final one deposited him on his butt, and only the bell saved him.

Gonzaga's legs still worked, though, when the fight's second round got underway, and he popped Schaub with several stinging low kicks. That speeded Schaub's decision to turn on the pressure. Schaub again charged forward with that right hand and rocked the Brazilian several times, though he couldn't finish the fight, and several times Gonzaga broke up the attack with punches of his own.

Nevertheless, Gonzaga needed to do something big in the fight's third and final frame.

For starters, he shrugged off Schaub's takedown attempt with a solid sprawl, and landed more hard leg kicks. But when he got close, he missed or was simply beaten to the punch. And when he managed to leap across the octagon and land a heavy right hook on the tail end of the round, Schaub kept going.

When Schaub, a former NFL hopeful, heard the clap of the 10-second warning, he threw caution to the wind and nearly got himself choked out as Gonzaga wheeled around to his back. But time ran out, and the judges' conclusion was forgone.

With unanimous 30-27 scores read following the final bell, Schaub (7-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) secured his third consecutive octagon victory. Gonzaga (11-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC), meanwhile, is now 3-4 since he vied unsuccessfully for the UFC heavyweight title against Randy Couture at UFC 74.

"Gabe is one of the top heavyweights in the world, and it's a big step up for me, so I'm just happy to get the victory," Schaub said afterward.

SEE ALSO: UFC 121 preliminary-card recap: McGee taps Jensen; Lawlor smothers Cote

MAIN CARD

* Cain Velasquez def. Brock Lesnar via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 4:12 - to become new UFC heavyweight champion
* Jake Shields def. Martin Kampmann via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
* Diego Sanchez def. Paulo Thiago via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-28, 29-28)
* Matt Hamill def. Tito Ortiz via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
* Brendan Schaub def. Gabriel Gonzaga via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Court McGee def. Ryan Jensen via submission (arm-triangle choke) -Round 3, 1:21
* Tom Lawlor def. Patrick Cote via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
* Daniel Roberts def. Mike Guymon via submission (anaconda choke) - Round 1, 1:13
* Sam Stout def. Paul Taylor via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
* Chris Camozzi def. Dongi Yang via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
* Jon Madsen def. Gilbert Yvel via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 1:48

For complete coverage of UFC 121, check out the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

(Pictured: Cain Velasquez)

 

Why? He beat everyone that he faced. (after the first Mir fight)

 

no kidding, Brock faced far tougher competition that cain had to this point in his career... Cain is just better right now... way more technical... he needs to spend his entire next camp working on his standup, very pedestrian...

 

Not to mention Brock has not only a glass chin, but his entire head is made of glass. Dude does NOT like to get punched.

 

i wouldn't say he's made out of glass... he doesnt like to get hit, true... but he can take a pounding and stand back up, he's proven as much... he needs to really study basic standup defense and counters before he steps back into the cage...

fyi, i just read carwin is out of the ufc 125 bout against big country with a back injury... maybe brock will be ready by then or maybe they push big country back a month and give him brock... that would be an interesting fight, in my opinion...

 

I would like to see any of the UFC Heavyweights go up against Fedor.

Fedor is the best HW in the world, IMO.

 

Fedor got Fd up recently

 

He didn't really get fd up, but he did get submitted pretty quick.

The Brock fight seriously looked like something from Bully Beatdown.

 

getting tapped out in a cpl minutes when you are the supposed greatest fighter in the world is F'd up in my book

 

He didn't get f***** up, goober. He knocked Werdum to the ground with one punch five seconds into the fight. He went to finish him and got carless. Fedor beats him nine out of ten times. It was a fluke.

 

Here we go again.