Sunday, November 27, 2016

11/27/16

QUICK RESULTS:

Victory FC 43 (Waterloo, Iowa)

135 lbs: Raufeon Stots def Jeff Curran via unanimous decision.
155 lbs: Mike Plazola def Nick Bartels via rear naked choke at 1:53 of rd 1.
205 lbs: Rakim Cleveland def Calley Kruger via submission (strikes) at 1:37 of rd 1.

UFC Fight Night 101 (Melbourne, Australia)

185 lbs: Robert Whittaker def Derek Brunson via TKO at 4:07 of rd 1.
185 lbs: Andrew Holbrook def Jake Matthews via split decision.
170 lbs: Omari Akhmedov def Kyle Noke via unanimous decision.
155 lbs: Alex Volkanovski def Yusuke Kasuya via TKO at 2:06 of rd 2.

NEWS:

Titan FC featherweight champion Andre Harrison has signed with WSOF. His promotional debut will be against Bruce Boyington at WSOF 34.

UFC welterweight Kyle Noke has announced his retirement from MMA following his loss on Saturday.

Bellator 167 has been reworked following an injury to Patricky Freire. Darrion Caldwell and opponent Joe Taimanglo will now headline the fight card.

UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout with Anthony Johnson after suffering an injury. The new UFC 206 headliner will be for the interim featherweight belt, as Anthony Pettis takes on Max Holloway.

Sunday, November 20, 2016

11/20/16

QUICK RESULTS:

Invicta FC 20 (Kansas City Missouri)

135 lbs: Yana Kunitskaya def Tonya Evinger via armbar at 1:59 of rd 1.
115 lbs: Angela Hill def Kaline Medeiros via unanimous decision
105 lbs: Herica Tiburcio def Simona Soukupova via unanimous decision

UFC Fight Night 99 (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

185 lbs: Gegard Mousasi def Uriah Hall via TKO at 4:31 of rd 1.
155 lbs: Stevie Ray def Ross Pearson via split decision.
265 lbs: Alexander Volkov def Timothy Johnson via split decision.
145 lbs: Artem Lobov def Teruto Ishihara via unanimous decision.

UFC Fight Night 100 (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

205 lbs: Ryan Bader def Antonio Nogueira via TKO at 3:51 of rd 3.
135 lbs: Thomas Almeida def Albert Morales via TKO at 1:37 of rd 2.
115 lbs: Claudia Gadelha def Cortney Casey via unanimous decision.
185 lbs: Krzysztof Jotko def Thales Leites via unanimous decision.

Bellator 165 (San Jose, California)

155 lbs: Michael Chandler def Benson Henderson via split decision.
170 lbs: Michael Page def Fernando Gonzalez via split decision.
155 lbs: Adam Piccolotti def Brandon Girtz via unanimous decision.
125 lbs: Keri Anne Taylor-Melendez def Sheila Padilla via KO at :47 of rd 1.

NEWS:

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida has accepted an 18 month sanction after declaring his use of a banned substance.

Fedor Emelianenko will headline his first Bellator event when he faces off against fellow heavyweight Matt Mitrione at Bellator 172 in February.

Sunday, November 13, 2016

11/13/16

QUICK RESULTS:

ONE Championship 49 (Kallang, Singapore)

155 lbs: Eduard Folayang def Shinya Aoki via TKO at :41 of rd 3.
145 lbs: Marat Gafurov def Narantungalag Jadambaa via rear naked choke at 4:51 of rd 1.
145 lbs: Amir Khan def Vaughn Donayre via rear naked choke at 2:22 of rd 3.
155 lbs: Roger Huerta def Adrian Pang via split decision.

Legacy FC 62 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

185 lbs: Rafael Lovato Jr. def Cortez Coleman via armbar at 4:04 of rd 3.
145 lbs: Justin Rader def Mike Maldonado via TKO at 2:21 of rd 1.
155 lbs: Manuel Muro def Derrick Adkins via unanimous decision.

Bellator 164 (Tel Aviv, Israel)

170 lbs: Douglas Lima def Andrey Koreshkov via KO 1:21 of rd 3.
145 lbs: Noah Lahat def Scott Cleve via rear naked choke at 2:26 of rd 1.
145 lbs: Georgi Karakhanyan def Kirill Medvedovsky via TKO at 3:40 of rd 1.
125 lbs: Lena Ovchynnikova def Karla Benitez via unanimous decision.

Cage Warriors: Unplugged (London, England)

155 lbs: Paddy Pimblett def Julian Erosa via unanimous decision.
145 lbs: Chris Fishgold def Nic Herron-Webb via unanimous decision.
170 lbs: Matt Inman def Che Mills via triangle choke at 4:09 of rd 2.

UFC 205 (New York City, New York)

155 lbs: Conor McGregor def Eddie Alvarez via KO at 3:04 of rd 2.
170 lbs: Tyron Woodley retains belt with a majority draw against Stephen Thompson.
115 lbs: Joanna Jedrzejczyk def Karolina Kowalkiewicz via unanimous decision.
185 lbs: Yoel Romero def Chris Weidman via TKO at :24 of rd 3.
135 lbs: Raquel Pennington def Miesha Tate via unanimous decision.

NEWS:

Former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones was handed a one year suspension by USADA because of a contaminated sexual enhancement pill.

A number of Rizin FF 3 fight cards have been announced including Mirko "Cro Cop" against Wanderlei Silva and Shane Carwin against Amir Aliakbari.

Sunday, November 6, 2016

11/6/16

QUICK RESULTS:

Deep Jewels 14 (Tokyo, Japan)

105 lbs: Mina Kurobe def Saori Ishioka via unanimous decision.
105lbs: Tomo Maesawa def Emi Tomimatsu via rear naked choke at 1:24 of rd 3.
125 lbs: Emiko Raika def Jen Hee Gan via unanimous decision.
115 lbs: Ayaka Miura def Sachiko Fukimori via armlock at :35 of rd 2.

CES MMA 39 (Plymouth, Massachusetts)

170 lbs: Wilfredo Santiago JR def Chuck O'Neil via KO at :41 of round 1.
145 lbs: Manny Bermudez def Saul Almeida via split decision.
145 lbs: Peter Barrett def Jeremy Davis via TKO at 1:55 of rd 2.
190 lbs: Kevin Haley def Mike Rodriguez via toe hold at 1:08 of rd 1.

Bellator 163 (Uncasville, Connecticut)

205 lbs: Phil Davis def Liam McGeary via unanimous decision.
155 lbs: Brennan Ward def Saad Awad via KO at 1:26 of rd 1.
170 lbs: Neiman Gracie def Rudy Bears at armbar at 4:39 of rd 1.
265 lbs: Javy Ayala def Sergei Kharitonov via KO at :16 of rd 1.

UFC Fight Night 98 (Mexico City, Mexico)

155lbs: Tony Ferguson def Rafael dos Anjos via unanimous decision.
155 lbs: Diego Sanchez def Marcin Held via unanimous decision.
145 lbs: Ricardo Lamas def Charles Oliveira via rear naked choke 2:13 of rd 2.
115 lbs: Alexa Grasso def Heather Jo Clark via unanimous decision.


NEWS:

Featherweight Tatsuya Kawajiri has signed with Rizin FF following his release from his UFC contract. He will fight Kron Gracie at Rizin NYE.

Former UFC heavyweight Shane Carwin has also joined Rizin FF.

The much anticipated rematch between middleweight Luke Rockhold and Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza has been canceled.