LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
Review: 2012-11-09, heavy shots and good finish between Vinicius Queiroz and Alexander Volkov: three stars. Vinicius Kappke de Queiroz (6-2-0) entered as the No.71 heavyweight in the world while Alexander Volkov (17-3-0) entered as the No.27. Vinicius Queiroz vs Volkov is the semifinal of the Bellator heavyweight tournament; undercard of Joe Warren vs Owen Evinger – Bellator 80. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-11-09, fight not particularly exciting between Wagnney Fabiano and Rad Martinez: two stars. Wagnney Fabiano (15-3-0) entered as the No.41 featherweight in the world while Rad Martinez (13-2-0) entered as the No.35. Fabiano vs Martinez is the semifinal of the Bellator featherweight tournament; undercard of Joe Warren vs Owen Evinger – Bellator 80. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-11-09, Joe Warren vs Owen Evinger gets three stars thanks to a good work on the ground. Joe Warren ranked as the No.37 featherweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 7-3-0 like his opponent Owen Evinger. Warren vs Evinger is the main event of Bellator 80. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-11-09, the fight between Ovill McKenzie and Enzo Maccarinelli could be a great fight but the referee wanted to be part of the action…two stars. Ovill McKenzie (20-11-0) entered as the No.25 light heavyweight in the world while Enzo Maccarinelli (35-5-0, with 27 victories coming by way of knockout) entered as the No.31 cruiserweight. McKenzie vs Maccarinelli is valid for the Commonwealth (British Empire) light heavyweight title. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-11-09, good fight between Daud Cino Yordan and Choi Tseveenpurev: three stars. Daud Cino Yordan (30-2-0) entered as the No.20 featherweight in the world while Choi Tseveenpurev (36-6-0) entered as the No.29. Yordan vs Tseveenpurev is valid for the IBO featherweight title; undercard of Chris John vs Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo. Watch the video!
Review: 2012-11-09, Chris John vs Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo has been a classic toe-to-toe fight: exciting, tough and with a tremendous pace, four stars (only the first two rounds have not been very spectacular). Both undefeated, the Indonesian Chris John (47-0-2) entered as the No.3 featherweight in the world while Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo (44-0-0) entered as the No.16. John vs Chonlatarn is valid for the WBA Super World featherweight title. Watch the video!
SuperKombat WGP 2012 Final Elimination video promo
Scheduled on November 10 in Craiova, Romania, it’s time for one of the biggest European event from this autumn: SuperKombat WGP 2012 Final Elimination.
The main event is a super fight between Carter Williams vs Catalin Morosanu.
Carter ‘The Beast’ Williams is a former North American Muay Thai champion and K-1 World GP in Las Vegas tournament champion. During his career he shifted from kickboxing to MMA and then again to kickboxing.
He has an overall kick boxing record of 34-20-2 (1nc) and MMA record of 4-4-0 and he’s known for a great match with Ray Sefo at K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Japan. His last match was a loss against Gokhan Saki at Glory World Series: Stockholm on May 26, 2012.
Catalin ‘The Carpathian Death’ Morosanu has a very good record (33-5-0) and comes from 11 victories in a row. He holds notable victories over Gary Goodridge, Freddy Kemayo, Stefan Leko, Mighty Mo, Anderson “Braddock” Silva and Paul Slowinski. He has stated that he is a fan of Bob Sapp.
In his last match he defeated
UFC on Fuel TV 6: Franklin vs Le video teaser
On Saturday, November 10, the UFC will mark its first ever trip to China as part of their final FUEL TV card of the year.
The main event will see former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin (29-6, 1 NC) against former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le (8-2).
Cung Le (age 40) is a former International Kickboxing Federation light heavyweight world champion, having a professional Sanshou record of 16-0 before moving to mixed martial arts (Le also held an undefeated kick-boxing record of 17-0). In his last match he got a victory against Patrick Cote at UFC 148, but is the match with Wanderlei Silva that made history: at UFC 139 Le had a good start with his kicks, and landed a spinning backfist that dropped Silva. During the second round, Silva bombed Le with huge punches and knees that completely broke Le’s nose. Le was stunned, bloody and fell to the ground, and the fight was stopped by the ref (= Wanderlei Silva vs Cung Le). In the same night there was a “Fight of the Year” and currently our most
Fedor ‘The Last Emperor’ Emelianenko has always been a thorn in the side of Dana White.
The UFC president has almost ever taken what he wanted to take. Almost.
It’s also no secret that Emelianenko retired without ever fighting for the UFC, in spite of the several attempts that Dana did to make him sign to fight in the Octagon.
During the years, White has been critical of Emelianenko’s regard as one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, but now that the Russian has retired, he can be more honest about his value.
“Do I think that Fedor is one of the greatest heavyweights ever? Yes, he’s one of the greatest heavyweights ever. I’ll give you that,” White said.
But while White considers UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva as
Alexander Volkov highlights
Bellator 80 takes place on Friday, November 9, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. It hosts the remaining semifinals of Season 7: Featherweight Tournament Semifinal, Wagnney Fabiano vs Rad Martinez, and Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal, Vinicius Queiroz vs Alexander Volkov (see the other two semifinals Thiago Santos vs Richard Hale and Mike Richman vs Shahbulat Shamhalaev).
The featherweight tournament quarterfinals were contested at Bellator 76, with Martinez advancing by outpointing a game Nazareno Malegarie in a hard-fought three-round match (= Martinez vs Malegarie). On the other hand Fabiano submitted hard-hitting Russian
