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Weekly KO #39 | 07-13-2016

Written by Joe Szyc and Ro Ro

Produced & Edited by Ro Ro

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The sale of the UFC really happened this time.

And it sold for 4 BA-ZILLION dollars

Sounds like Dana White’s cut is north of $300 MILLION dollars

Dana also received a 5 year contract to remain with the UFC

He stands to make roughly 18 MILLION a year

IF what we READ was true

So what now? What is next for the UFC?

And what ABOUT the UFC is worth 4 BA-ZILLION dollars?

We have to think the new owners have big plans and possibly a new vision

The Week of UFC 200 was an amazing week

But… the best fights may have taken place a day or 2 before UFC 200

Thursday at UFC Fight night

Eddie Alvarez shocked everyone when he knocked Rafael dos Anjos out in the first round

WINNING the Lightweight Title

A lot of people… including Eddie Alvarez… thought dos Anjos might be unstoppable

In the CO-Maine Event

Roy Nelson took one of the hardest…

If not THE hardest punch…

In the history of punches from Derrick Lewis

After a dominate first round, Derrick Lewis said “I just can’t”

And Roy Nelson controlled rounds 2 and 3

Well…so we thought buuuuttt…

APPARENTLY the judges thought Derrick won 2 of 3 rounds

Giving him the official split decision victory

AND THEN… Derrick… not feeling so hot about how things went down

Asked for the opportunity to AVENGE his victory

How does that work?  Are we even hyped about a fighter AVENGING a win… Hmmm

Joseph Duffy pulled off a first round win over Mitch Clarke with a rear naked choke

Friday we had the UFC 200 Weigh ins and The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale

The Weigh-ins were not that exciting

But to maybe no one’s surprise

Johnny Hendricks DID NOT make weight!

He was really close no burp could save him!

In missing weight… he gave up 20% of his purse

Soooo Friday Night, we had TUF 23 Finale

Arguably the best fight of the week

Joanna Jedrzejczyk defeats Claudia Gadelha by decision

The first 2 rounds Claudia was able to take Joanna down with ease

In round 3, Claudia’s energy quickly disappeared and like a champion Joanna kicked into another gear

Rounds 4 and 5 was all about Joanna beating up Claudia

Props to Claudia though, because anyone else would have been finished

But Claudia survived all 5 rounds

Your TUF 23 Champions

Andrew Sanchez and Tatiana Suarez

Of the 2, Tatiana looked the most impressive

Doo Ho Choi quickly knocked Thiago Tavares out

Gray Maynard dominated Fernando Bruno

Winning by unanimous decision

Gray looked like the Gray of old

AND Kevin Lee knocked Jake Matthews out in the first round

And Now UFC 200

Leading up to this dang thing there was more drama than a Jerry Springer show during ratings week

Connor out

Jon Jones Out

Brock in

Anderson Silva in on 2 days notice y’all

Amanda Nunes came out aggressive and beat Miesha Tate

Miesha gave up her back

Nunes choked Tate out in the first round

Brock Lesnar coming back after 5 years

Dominated Mark Hunt for 2 rounds

I mean… say what you want buuuutttt most believe in ring rust

and Brock D O M I N A T E D the 8th ranked heavyweight in the UFC

DC has taken a lot of slack, mostly from Cowboy Cerrone for taking the safe approach against Anderson Silva

DC won all 3 rounds taking the decision victory

Anderson looked really good all things considered

You know, recent surgery

2 days notice

oh and fighting the best Wrestler in the UFC

AND jumping up in weight

Aldo and Edgar, what is there to say

Some people really liked Aldo’s performance

Buuuutttt….

this was a slow and boring fight (like the first time… ahem)

Aldo is clearly Edgar’s kryptonite and won by unanimous decision

Cain is back y’all!

He looked like the Cain of old and heck even had new tricks!

He added head kicks and then won with a  first round TKO over Travis Browne

Get it!

Julianna Pena pulled out the unanimous decision win over Cat Zingano

Johny Hendricks in recent fashion lost the fight with the scale and then again with his fight in the octagon.

Kelvin Gastelum won via unanimous Decision

TJ Dillashaw won via unanimous decision over Raphael Assuncao

Sage Northcutt somehow escaped a deep arm bar to win by unanimous decision

Joe Lauzon took Diego Sanchez out with a first round TKO.

Someone needs to renegotiate

Former Champion TJ Dillashaw made $50,000

Sage Northcutt made $100,000

Joe Lauzon made $108,000

and in a loss Diego Sanchez made $80,000

I assume TJ has fired his agent, because if he lost he would have only made $25,000

Maybe hire Brocks agent.  He made a smooth 2.5 million win, lose or draw.

Upcoming Events

July 13th – UFC Fight Night: John Lineker vs Michael McDonald

July 16th – Bellator 158: Douglas Lima vs Paul Daley

July 22nd – Bellator 159: Caldwell vs Taimanglo

July 23rd – UFC on Fox 20: Holm vs Shevchenko

July 29th – Invicta FC 18 Grasso VS Esquibel

July 30th – UFC 201: Lawler vs Woodley

July 30th – WSOF 32: Moraes vs Hill AND Palmer vs Campos De Almeida

August 6th – UFC Fight Night: Alex Caceres vs Yair Rodriguez

Art by Joshua Leonard. 

Weekly KO | 06-08-2016

Written by Joe Szyc and Ro Ro

Produced & Edited by Ro Ro

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Two Inspirational Lives Lost Muhammad Ali

A Quote Machine

A Leader Of People

A Man Committed To His Beliefs

When He Could No Longer Speak, His Voice Echoed The Loudest

A Resume That Was For The People, For His Family and For His Faith

You will be remembered

Kimbo Slice

Revolutionized How To Become Famous

In sports there is no one else like Kimbo Slice

Kimbo was a man of action and fought his way to a better life

Please find time to Google Kimbo Slice

Kevin was a kind, caring and loving man.

The stories out there from peers and friends are worth the read

No easy way to transition, but here… we… go…

UFC 199 Had It All

We learned that Diaz . McGregor 2 will take place at UFC 202

Or so they say

Brock Lesnar will co-headline UFC 200 taking on Mark Hunt

Before Conor was setting Pay Per View records, Brock was the biggest ticket in town

Dana White knows how to grab our attention

Who would have thought that the next WWE fighter to fight in the UFC would have been someone not named CM Punk

We also learned that you don’t want to make the UFC angry

Maybe no one puts baby in a corner

But the UFC will boot your ass

Ariel Helwani and his team was not only kicked out of UFC 199, but originally was handed a life time ban by the UFC

The UFC allegedly told him to go over to Bellator

2 days later and a very sad/hurt Ariel shared his side of the story and the next day the UFC pulled back the ban.

We did learn that most of those reporting on the UFC are also on the UFC payroll

Just ask Karen Bryant

All this and we’ve yet to talk fight results – Dang

So here we go

The Maine Event Witnessed a man float like a butterfly and sting like a Bisping

Michael Bisping KNOCKS OUT the overly cocky… premadonna Luke Rockhold

I was shocked AS was Vegas

Bisping’s win made him the owner of the 3rd biggest upset victory in UFC history

Holms 1st and Dillashaw 2nd

If you saw Rockholds in ring post fight interview, this loss could not have happened to a more deserving Jack Wagon … JUST SAYIN’

In a very long fight, Dominick Cruz dominated his 5 round decision victory

At One point Cruz hit Faber so hard, Faber’s hair style changed – HA!

Max Holloway, knowing he was ahead on the score cards, in the final seconds asked Lamas if he wanted to go toe to toe to end the fight and so they did

And Holloway… walked off with a decision victory

Dan Henderson… SORT OF lands a kick to the head of Hector Lombard

In the process, Hector leans down just enough

And Henderson connects with a vicious elbow to the head!

He then followed up with few more hard to watch elbows on the ground

Herb says no need to get to crazy with it, homie’s OUT

And Henderson walks away with a first round Nasty DIRTY Elbow KO

And her we thought Henderson might announce his retirement….but should he?

MMA Stalker says YES, this win would be a nice segway into the UFC Hall of Fame one day

Oh AND ONE MORE THING…. Dan walk away with an $800,000 pay day!

Dustin Poirier went with the first round KO

AND Awww Man, Clay Guida lost to Brian Ortega by 3rd round TKO

And Cole Miller felt Alex Caceres channel his inner Bruce Leroy and some Last Dragon Shit for realz!

Your What Hurts?

Rockhold out for 45 days to address his feelings

Side note with Rockhold

He stated he was going to prove to us all that he is the best of all time

I’m not sure how getting smoked in the first round will help with that

Maybe he meant the best fighter to never successfully defend his title

Go lay down!

Lamas on a 60 day leave or once his left tibial is cleared

(Does that work the same was the “whichever comes first”)

Lombard has a 180 days with NO EXCEPTIONS

BUT to ponder life and realize he’s not in Gotham

Normally fighters can reduce their medical suspension with a note from their physician clearing them

HOWEVER, the Athletic Commission is taking this, Hectors 2nd beating in recent fights, VERY SERIOUS

And I kind of agree… it was a nasty out OUT cold

Like my twitter feed was blowing up with comments like… he didn’t make it, he’s in a comma!

We were happy to see him moving but for a moment that was scary!!!

Dan Henderson has 45 days to ponder retirement and negotiate his future with Dana White

Anyone who lost by TKO or KO has a minimum of 45 days to get their faculties together

Sean Strickland might have fractured both of his hands. BOTH?  180 days for you my friend.

High five… Too soon?

Kevin Casey 180 days for low blood sugar. OR until he eats a Snickers

Whichever comes first…

Polo Reyes, HE TOO gets 180 days due to a possible fracture in both hands and his right elbow

You might want to ice that – ALL OF DAT!

If Dropping Out Of Fights Was a Sport

Josh Koscheck would be the greatest

Josh was supposed to fight Paul “Semtex” Daley at 158

158 was already a rescheduled might from earlier this year

If you are Paul Daley, do you even care any more about revenging the lose to Josh?

Word of the Semtex – a very pliable, odorless plastic explosive

Semtex

Upcoming Events

June 17th – Bellator 156: Marcos Galvao vs Eduardo Dantas for the Title

June 17th – WSOF 31:  Blagoi Ivanov vs Josh Copeland for the Title

June 18th – UFC Fight Night: Macdonald vs Thompson

June 24th – Bellator 157: Dynamite 2, Quinton Jackson takes on Satoshi Ishii

July 7th – UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs Alvarez

July 8th – TUFF 23 Finale: Jedrzejczyk vs Gadelha

July 9th – UFC 200: Cormier vs Jones, Aldo vs Edgar, Tate vs Nunes AND Brock Lesnar vs Mark Hunt

July 13th – UFC Fight Night: Ferguson vs Chiesa

July 16th – Bellator 158: Vassell vs Carmont

July 22nd – Bellator 159: Caldwell vs Taimanglo, Rickles vs Guillard

July 23rd – UFC on Fox 20: Holmes vs Shevchenko

July 29th – Invicta FC 18

July 30th – UFC 201: Lawler vs Woodley

Weekly KO | 05-25-2016

Written by Joe Szyc and Ro Ro

Produced & Edited by Ro Ro

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Karmas a Bitch

A business apparently lacking a moral compass

Seeks out low character athletes

Venator could care less that 1 of their fighters is under contract with another promotion

Venator also ignored the fact that the same fighter was under suspension

If that wasn’t enough, Venator aligned themselves with another controversial fighter who leading up to fight night had a number of run ins with the law

Same fighter shows up to weigh-ins 24 pounds overweight

Fighter 1 is Rousimar Palhares, known mostly for holding onto submissions far too long

Fighter 2 is Jason “Mayhem” Miller

So when Palhares kisses the canvas less than 1 minute into his Welterweight title fight with Emil Weber Meek

Karma was paying attention

How ironic that Palhares is now complaining about illegal strikes and the possible long term impact to his wellbeing

No one cares buddy

Jason Miller, far removed from his prime

and far removed from give 2 shits

showed up 24 pounds over weight

To his credit he did not blame deer or kangaroo meet

After being pulled from the title fight, Venator made sure to find a fight for their tarnished goose

In a not so story book finish, Miller lost in the 2nd round to a rear naked choke

Karma 2, Schmucks 0

Bellator 155

Rafael Carvalho won the Middlewight Title match by a split decision

Pat Curran won via Unanimous Decision

Dan Charles and Augusto Sakai fought to a majority draw

Alexis Dufresne won via armbar

At least someone was able to finish their opponent

Whats all the Bizz about?

Michael Bisping still riding high after his win over Anderson Silva

When Chris Wiedman dropped out of the UFC 199 Maine Event against Luke Rockhold

Bisping found himself health at the right time

Luke Rockhold beat Bisbing November 7th 2014 by Guillotine choke

And another setback

BJ Penn thought he would come out of retirement at UFC 199

BJ Penn admitted to using an IV in excess of 50 ML in a six hour period

This method is illegal so says the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency

Penn is looking at a year long suspension

Conor still wants to box

Or wants the millions boxing Mayweather would bring him

Fox is reporting this fight will happen in September

Dana White has stated this fight would never happen

Would Dana White speak out of turn or intentionally lie?  Nooooo…

Did you know…

Jon Jones and Holly Holm made sports illustrated’s top 10 fittest athletes list

Rockhold massive betting favorite against Bisping

WSOF Champion Justin Gaethje calling out now free agent Will Brooks

Undefeated Phil Hawes signs with the WSOF

Holy Holm willing to fight Cyborg at 140 pounds

Joe Rogan says he will leave the UFC if the UFC is sold

Dana White denies the UFC being for sale…I call BS buddy

Cyborg Not pleased with the apparent attempt by the UFC to manipulate fans to force Cyborg’s hand into accepting fight

Cyborg adamant her next fight will be a title defense at Invicta

Demetrious Johnson to defend flyweight title against Wilson Reis at UFC 201

UFC 201 is building a nice fight card

Coming up this weekend – UFC Fight Night May 29th

20 and 0 Thomas Almedi vs 8 and 0 Cody Garbrandt

24 and 12 Jeremy Stephens vs  33 and 3 Renan Barao

A Josh Burkman sighting

Bryan “The First Man” Caraway and Aljamain Sterling will hash out their verbal back and forth – A loss for Aljamain Sterling, would be his first

Upcoming Events

May 29th – UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt

June 4th – UFC 199: Dominick Cruz vs Urijah Faber for the Title | Luke Rockhold vs Michael Bisbing for the Title

June 17th – Bellator 156: Marcos Galvao vs Eduardo Dantas for the Title

June 17th – WSOF 31:  Blagoi Ivanov vs Josh Copeland for the Title

June 18th – UFC Fight Night: Macdonald vs Thompson

June 24th – Bellator 157: Dynamite 2

Quinton Jackson takes on Satoshi Ishii

July 7th – UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs Alvarez

July 8th – TUFF 23 Finale: Jedrzejczyk vs Gadelha

July 9th – UFC 200: Cormier vs Jones, Aldo vs Edgar, Tate vs Nunes

July 13th – UFC Fight Night: Cheisa vs Ferguson

July 16th – Bellator 158: Kimbo vs Thompson II

July 23rd – UFC on Fox 20: Holmes vs Shevchenko

July 29th – Invicta FC 18

Weekly KO | 05-18-2016

Written by Joe Szyc and Ro Ro Produced & Edited by Ro Ro Listen on SoundCloud

We Got Winners...UFC 198 Results

Stripe Miocic 1st round KO

Ronaldo Souza 1st round TKO

Cyborg 1st round TKO

Mauricio Rua Split Decision

Bryan Barberena Unanimous Decision

Damian Maia 3rd round submission

Side note

Matt Brown had to fight off a few fans on the way to the octagon and then his former trainer after the fight

Long day for Mr. Brown

Thiago Santos 1st Round TKO

Francisco Trinaldo Unanimous Decision

Little Nog 1st round TKO

Bellator 154 had 1 notable fight

Phil Davis won via Unanimous Decision

Davis will now face off against Liam McGeary for the Light Heavyweight Title

King Mo on the other hand may need to find less polished opponents

Everyone crying over UFC pay, but the main event payout was $60k to Phill Davis and $30k to King Mo

Not quite UFC Main Event Money

Sorry Lebron

Miocic brings Cleveland a title before King James

To celebrate his title victory he took batting practice with the Cleveland Indians and hit a home run for good measure

If You Don't Know, Now Ya Know

Something hurts and its forcing Chris Weidman out of UFC 199 rematch - bummer

So who's gonna fight Rockhold?

Our thoughts, it could be 1 of 2 fighters

Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza?

Michael Bisbing?

What are your thoughts? Hit us up on Facebook or Twitter!

Robbie Lawler and Tyron Woodley will headline UFC 201

Mighty Mouse re-ups with the UFC for 8 more fights

Bellator May Have Lost Their Mind

Releasing Champion Will Brooks

While they still push Kimbo Slice as a main attraction

Releasing Will Brooks will make it a lot easier for Benson Henderson to win a Bellator title

If or when Will Brooks jumps to the UFC, I think the UFC wins the Will Brooks for Benson Henderson trade, sorry Benson

Ugh must be said...

After his first round loss, Belfort shared that he came to work, but didn't work.

Is it possible with the strong drug testing, that Belfort is no longer the Belfort of old?

In case you forgot, BJ Penn is back in the UFC

His opponent Dennis Silver hurt something

So Cole Miller will step in as BJ's opponent at UFC 199 on June 4th.

Hey...

When will BJ Penn Fight Ken Shamrock?

Paige VanZant competes for the title.... in Dancing with the Stars

Kimbo Slice reaches a deal with the Texas athletic commission following his failed drug test. Interesting....

Yoel Romera would have been a good match up for Rockhold if it weren't for that failed drug test, suspension, etc...

Bellator signs NCAA All American Heavyweight Wrestler Jarod Trice

I must note that, Trice has never competed in MMA

But that doesn't bother Bellator because they feel they have an undiscovered talented here... hmmmmm keeping an eye out

Brother vs. Brother July 30th at WSOF 32

Many friends refuse to fight, but

Caros Fodor will take on his brother Ben Fodor, A.K.A Phoenix Jones

Lots going on during UFC 200 Weekend in July

UFC Hall of Fame inductions are scheduled for July 10th in Las Vegas

The Class of 2016 will be announced in the coming weeks

Angela Hill feels Invicta values their fighters more than the UFC does

Allstair Overeem blown away by Stipe's KO over weekend but expects to be the first in line to fight to snatch the belt away

Chael Sonnen stepping into the role of promoter for a new grappling series called Submission Underground in conjunction with FloSports.

Bruce Buffer will be announcing and mma fighters and veterans like Ben Henderson, Kenny Florian and Jens Pulver are some of the names mentioned as being set to appear.

You can check out more on this on mmafighting.com!

One last notable mention - UFC just beat out Bellator in the rankings over the weekend

Bellator - a reported 709,000 viewers

UFC - 786,000 viewers

Interesting stuff

Upcoming Events

May 20th - Bellator 155: Carvalho vs Manhoef

May 29th - UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs Garbrandt

June 4th - UFC 199: Dominick Cruz vs Urijah Faber for the Title

June 17th - Bellator 156: Marcos Galvao vs Eduardo Dantas for the Title

June 17th - WSOF 31:  Blagoi Ivanov vs Josh Copeland for the Title

June 18th - UFC Fight Night: Macdonald vs Thompson

June 24th - Bellator 157: Dynamite 2

Quinton Jackson takes on Satoshi Ishii

July 7th - UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs Alvarez

July 8th - TUFF 23 Finale: Jedrzejczyk vs Gadelha

Weekly KO | 04-06-2016 Written by Joe Szyc and Ro Ro

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Fight Results

WSOF 30 Results

Undercard Highlights…

Andres Ponce gets choked out in Round 1 by Adam Acquaviva

Steve Kozola TKOs Matt Church early in Round 1

Abubakar Nurmagomedov gets a one for the Win column with a TKO over Matt Frincu

And for the Main Card….

It was a UNANIMOUS night bouts ending unanimously in unanimous fashion including the Main Event

Which had David Branch serving up a unanimous decision over Clifford Starks

The most recognizable cut man in sports finds a home

Stitch joins Bellator

Quick-ety Quick Hits

Rampage to fight Satoshi at Bellator 157 Dynamite 2

And at Bellator 156, it has been announced that

14 and 4, Chidi Chidi Bang Bang

Just teasing Chidi Njokuani will fight Douglas Lima at Bellator 156

Word on the streets, Randy Couture is saying he’s been offered a return to mixed martial arts

ONE Championship Ascent to Power will tak place on May 6th

ONE will be hosting the biggest female fight in Asian history

Angela Lee is fighting to become Singapore’s first MMA world champion and will go up against a vet, Mei Yamaguchi

Also on the card Middleweight World Champ, Bigdash  will defend his title against Aleksei Butorin

Who by the way is undefeated – good stuff

Too funny

The moment the nice guy tries to act tough

Jake Shields reaches back and lands multiple Stockton slaps

Well since it wasn’t a Diaz, maybe its only a slap

But feelings were hurt for sure

and now

AJ Agazarm is asking for an apology

I Can’t Even….!!!

Justin Beiber has blond dreadlocks

In other news…

April Fools was looking dashing and dapper on the red carpet to wrap up last week.

As my co-writer said, “It’s all quite annoying”

AND I couldn’t agree more!  

I think the part that made it even worse was THERE WAS some truthful news being reported that day but the way Events have been shaking down lately you could’t believe a single word until April Fools was off the damn red carpet and the blowing smoke cleared! GAH!

What’s my rant about – Cormier out Ovince Saint Preux in!

Dang Daniel I thought we had an agreement – sigh

Ovince You Got this Right?!

Is it clear who I’m NOT pulling for

In related news, UFC Heavyweight Derrick “The Beast” Lewis shared on Instagram

A photoshopped imagine of Jon Jones in the rings with a House Arrest ankle bracelet

Yoel Romero gets a shortened suspention from the USADA, making it possible for him to return this summer

RIZIN partnering Kiyoshi Tamura and Wanderlei Silva in a grappling tag team matchup on April 17th

Yep… You heard that right!

A GRAPPLING TAG TEAM match.

What The What?

Haters How You Gonna Hate?

Easy to look at the UFC and have an opinion about how they pay their fighters

But then

We get the chance to see the payouts from this weeks WSOF and

The highest paid fighter made $130,000 and the lowest paid fighter took home $500.

$500 you all

A Carwin Siting

Shane Carwin offered to fight Jon Jones at UFC 197

If Jones was still interested in fighting at heavyweight

It would be interesting as Carwin has the heavy hands, but could he last if the fight went past the first round?

More interesting is that Shane is talking about coming out of retirement

Thanks to Conor McGregor everyone knows the kind of money that is out there

Who wouldn’t pay to see Shane Carwin vs Mark Hunt?

Upcoming Events

UFC Fight Night on April 10th Ben Rothwell vs Junior Dos Santos

On April 16th we have another UFC on Fox 19, Glover Texieria vs Rashad Evans

April 16th in Torino, Italy, Bellator 152 Pitbull vs Campos 2

We also have on April 17th Rizin 1 Gabi Garcia vs Anna Malyukova

Then On April 22nd we have another Bellator, 153

The main event as of right now…. Andrey Koreshkov and Ben Henderson

On April 23rd UFC 197 Jones vs St Preux AND Demetrious Johnson vs Henry Cejudo

May 6th One Championship returns to Singapore  

Middleweight Title Fight Bigdash vs Butorin

On May 8th, we have a UFC Fight Night

Andre Arlovski and Alistair Overeem will go at it

On that card I must note, Antonio Silva will aslo be fighting Stefan Struve

Then on May 14th Bellator is back, 154,  Phil Davis is fighting Muhammed Lawal

Also on May 14th UFC 198, Werdum vs Miocic

Let’s not forget, former MEN’S Bantamwieght fighter Cris Cyborg (shame on you UFC) and Leslie Smith will also be on that card

Exciting times no doubt!

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Weekly KO 03-03-2016

Written by Joe Szyc and Ro Ro

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Fight ResultsBellator 150

Rebecca Ruth won by unanimous decision over Lena, last name initial O  

Just gonna spare everyone this time (Ovchynnikova)

Chuka Willis wins by unanimous decision over Gaston Reyno

Kendall Grove showed up defeating Francisco France by KO in the 2nd Round

Dave Rickels TKO'd his way to a victory in Round One over Bobby Cooper

And in the main event...

Cheick Kongo wins his bout by split decision

UFC Fight Night 84

And you get a decision and YOU get a decision.. and YES YOU get a decision

Is pretty much how the night went too

To recap would be less than exciting, so I'll break only the MAIN CARD down like this....

Gegard Mousasi, Tom Breese, and Brad Picket

All won by version of a decision

And... as for Silva vs Bisping...

We'll get to more about that in a bit

Get This

Fighter about to get interviewed

Fighters public relations team tell reporters they can NOT ask the "said" fighter about fighting

Ummmmm, can I ask her about her teeth situation then?

Sooooo

The media apparently CAN ONLY ask Ronda Rousey about, the weather, her day and maybe the Oscars, assuming it is not a movie that includes fighting

Depression is a serious thing...

But how is her PR team helping her by keeping her IN the lime light

Our thoughts...

Back away, stay off the TV, and don't schedule media days

I mean seriously....

You can't agree to do an interview and then ask the questions too

You get what you give

Chael Sonnen dominated Anderson Silva for 4 plus rounds until being caught in choke

Chris Weidman beat Silva TWICE

To beat Diaz, Silva popped boner pills

And Now

UFC Fight Night 84

Silva vs Bisbing

First 2 rounds Silva does nothing, while Bisbing pushes forward

Round 3, Silva is winning and then Bisbing gets distracted by a lost mouth piece

Takes a flying knee to the face with seconds to go

AND instead of finishing his opponent

Silva runs to celebrate, hops up on the cage even,

BUT HOLD UP, the fight is still going and was never stopped

Simply the round ended

The bell chiming just as Silva served up the knee and Bisping dropped

Whew....

Round 4

Bisbing pushes with the urgency of someone who was almost knocked out

And Silva took another nap

Round 5

Silva showed up and shows that when he wants he can dictate the fight

HOWEVER to little to late

All 3 judges, scored the fight, 3 rounds to 2 for Bisbing

Since his 1st loss in THREE losses in 4 fights...

Silva has made accusations of corruption

He even shared he was worried that he may have "re-injured" his surgically repaired leg in the first round and that it slowed him down as a result

Well...

What he didn't do is look at all the missed opportunities..

He has one win, just ONE win, in his last 4 fights

And that's provided we look past the no contest ruling that resulted in a year long suspension..

At the end of the day we wonder if Silva cares about doing his best anymore

The show is there but it looking like a flop

The C is For Conor

Nate Diaz is trying to keep up with the trash talking

but that was short lived and now Diaz and his camp are accusing Conor using steroids

He's also admitted that he might get merked or is it murked with a "U"

Either way...

I DON'T TO HEAR THIS DIAZ!!

I need you to bring it - trash talk and all

Is it just me or has the trash talk between the two only been one sided... ??

Diaz, YES, you may be getting "merked" with an "e" verbally

BUT PLEEEZE don't leave in the hands of "murked" with an "u"

Sigh

Does Diaz have a chance?  I don't know...

Maybe

But he best be on his "A" game that's all I'm sayin' (with an apostrophe at the end and no "g")

Spend Your Money On UFC 196

Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz at 170

The only time a non-title fight makes you forget about a title fight... is when the non-title fight includes the mind games, and constant self promotion by Conor McGregor

Who else is on this card...

Well let's not forget the Women's Bantamweight Title Belt gets is first defense from a new title holder

Holly Holm vs Miesha Tate

Tom Lawlor vs Corey Anderson looks to be interesting

And I'm secretly having mixed feelings about the prelim fight between Diego Sanchez and Jim Miller

I'm a Diego fan but I missed the fighter from back in the day I must say

His record has been sporadic

But we will still be checking out his fight in the early prelims on Fight Pass

Bellator 151

Let's see if Bellator can recover...

Coming up this Friday March 4th in Thackerville, Oklahoma

Bantamweights Darrion Caldwell and Joe Warren will be meeting in the main event

Darrion is coming off 8 straight wins against some no joke competitors like Shawn Bunch and Rafael Silva

But Joe is no joke either, he has four losses but also has 14 wins

This should be interesting...

Also I must add, former NCAA Wrestling Champion Bubba Jenkins, 10-2

From Arizona State University, where I'm from

Will ALSO be fighting on the card Friday Night against Goiti Yamauchi

Who happens to have an impressive record as well at 19 wins 2 losses

Looking past your next fight might cost you

As Jon Jones goes back and forth with DC leading up to their rematch at UFC 197

Jones shared he has nothing to prove with his rematch against DC

The rematch Jones is looking forward to is with Alexander Gustafsson

Who fights Glover Teixeira June 20th at Fight Night

Lets hope Jon Jones can stay out of trouble long enough to fight DC, before scheduling his next rematch.

Oh and Jones, Luke Rockhold is calling you out.  

Even though Luke has a rematch with Chris Weildman at UFC 199

I really hope everyone is preparing and ready to fight.

Upcoming Events

March 4th Bellator 151 Warren vs Caldwell

March 5th UFC 196 McGregor vs Diaz

Invicta FC 16 on March 11th

On March 12 WSOF 29 Justin Gaethje and Brian Foster will be fighting in the main event for the Lightweight Title

March 19th UFC Fight Night Mark Hunt vs Frank Mir

We have another World Series of Fighting #30 Branch vs Starks on April 2nd

UFC is back with another Fight Night on April 10th Junior Dos Santos vs Ben Rothwell

And that is all folks...

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