LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
Review: 2012-10-12, great first round with one knockdown and one of the best knockouts of the year: David Lemieux vs Alvaro Gaona gets four stars! The Canadian David Lemieux (26-2-0) entered as the No.38 middleweight in the world while Alvaro Gaona (11-1-0) entered as the No.61. Lemieux vs Gaona is on the undercard of Adonis Stevenson vs Don George. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-10-12, great fight with five knockdowns and two outstanding rounds (5th and 6th): Adonis Stevenson vs Don George is very close to get four stars. The Canadian Adonis Stevenson (18-1-0) entered as the No.7 super middleweight in the world while Donovan George (23-2-1) entered as the No.21. Stevenson vs Don George is the main event of the evening; IBF title eliminator. Watch the video!
A lot of time has passed. Ten months. It was at UFC 140 when the right arm of Antonio Rodrigo ‘Minotauro’ Nogueira went snap, crackle and pop under the kimura of Frank Mir (= Frank Mir vs Minotauro Nogueira).
Tomorrow the 36-year-old Brazilian will make his return facing Bellator Fighting Championships, Sengoku and EliteXC veteran Dave Herman in the UFC 153 Silva vs Bonnar co-main event at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He is confident, really hungry and excited to fight in his country: “I’m feeling good. My arm feels strong. I’m ready to go,” he said during a pre-fight media call. “I was hungry to fight. I asked to fight in
The official weigh-in event for tonight Bellator 76 fight card at Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, presented no surprises: all the 20 fighters made weight.
The main event will be a highly anticipated lightweight bout between former Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez (155.4 pounds) and top Brazilian brawler Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire (154.8 pounds).
After holding the Bellator Lightweight Title for over two years, Alvarez was submitted by reigning Bellator Champion Michael Chandler in a super match (= Michael Chandler vs Eddie Alvarez). Alvarez quickly rebounded, as the Top 10 lightweight collected one of the most great wins of his career after earning a long awaited win at
After the knee injury that knocked Frank Mir out from the fight with Strikeforce grand prix winner Daniel Cormier (a replacement opponent has not yet been named), the bout, that will take place on November 3 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, loses another two protagonists.
Luke Rockhold has been forced to withdraw from his title defense against Lorenz Larkin because of a left hand injury. Rockhold, 27, posted six consecutive victories before capturing the middleweight title in September 2011 defeating Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza. He has since defended his belt twice, first with ex-UFC light heavyweight Keith Jardine in January and taking a unanimous decision from Tim Kennedy in July.
A former light heavyweight, Lorenz Larkin has fought just
The MMA injury bug continues to spread, but at least one fighter got the luck to enter the cage before being struck by it.
After the loss against Antonio Silva at UFC on FX 5 last Friday, Browne suffered a hamstring injury that will take him out 2 to 4 months approximately.
It isn’t clear which specific move lead to it, but during the fight Travis ‘Hapa’ Browne appeared to be unable to stand on his left leg and this handicap made all easy for ‘Bigfoot’ Silva, who landed a
As already announced (UFC 153 previous post) Anderson “The Spider” Silva, middleweight champion and pound-for-pound king will take the risky move 20 pounds north to face former Ultimate Fighter finalist Stephan Bonnar, who has won three in a row. The bout is scheduled on Saturday in Brazil at UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar.
UFC 153 fight card:
MAIN CARD
(32-4) Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar (14-7)
(33-7-1) Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Dave Herman (21-4)
Dave ‘Batista’ Bautista made his MMA debut (= Dave Batista vs Vince Lucero) Saturday Night earning a first-round TKO win over the veteran Vince Lucero. But, as we know, the performance wasn’t really good, and there were critics about his slowness and clumsiness. Unlike other former pro wrestlers as Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashely who passed to MMA, Bautista had no amateur wrestling experience. Because of that, WWE champion CM Punk says that Bautista deserves more time to be judged:
“It’s definitely a bucket-list kind of thing. I think it’s awesome, too. Dave just wanted the experience. He wanted to fight even if
The 33-year-old lightweight Shane Roller have announced his retirement three days after his loss to Jacob Volkmann at UFC on FX 5.
A three-time All-American wrestler at Oklahoma State University, Roller debuted with a second-round knockout against Thiago Tavares at UFC Live 3, but then suffered three defeats in a row (Melvin Guillard, TJ Grant and Michael Johnson).
Finally he accomplished an unanimous decision against John Alessio in July 8, his last success in MMA.
He leaves with
Review: 2012-10-06, we love Pride rules and we love soccer kicks…Gianni Subba vs Bruce Loh gets three stars. Gianni Subba is at his professional mma debut while Bruce Loh had a record of 2-1-0. Subba vs Loh is on the undercard of Shinya Aoki vs Arnaud Lepont – ONE FC 6. Watch the video!
