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MCC 16 Event Results, Photos
MCC 16 - No Guts, No Glory
9/12/08 - Using his signature triangle choke, TJ “The Spider” O’Brien forced current champ Josh “Jigsaw” Atwell to tapout in first round action at MCC 16 No Guts, No Glory at Bucs Arena last Saturday. O’Brien pulled off some high level jiu jitsu, transitioning from mount, to arm bar, to triangle, leaving nowhere for Atwell to escape. Congrats to the new MCC Featherweight champion!
Thanks to everyone at Midwest Cage Championship for another great night of fights in Des Moines! Other fight results and photos below (winners in bold):
- TJ O’Brien vs Josh Atwell
- Joe Ellenberger vs Alex Harper
- Jake Pudenz vs Brian Green
- Rakeem Hedrington vs Cole Jennett
- Colby Karaidos vs Matt Cook
- Nick Walker vs Will Shutt
- Travis Tovrea vs Jeff Carstens
- Fernando Sheeler vs Richard White
- Anthony Tallman vs Nate Williams
- Kenny Ford vs Shadoe Speaker
MCC 16 Weigh In Photos
MCC 16 Event Photos
St. Pierre Dominates Fitch at UFC 87
Georges “Rush” St. Pierre defends championship belt
I just finished watching the UFC 87 PPV and the fights were just as impressive as the first time I saw them, which was live at UFC 87. I had a chance to attend my first UFC event and spent the first 6 fights watching from the front row (Matt Serra’s seat) and row 4 (my seat) for the other fights.
It was truly impressive to see GSP in person, as he looked like a mini-hulk. But watching him dominate Jon Fitch for 25 minutes was even more impressive, especially being able to take down and control Fitch pretty much as he wanted.
Brock Lesnar notched his first UFC win as he dominated Heath Herring for their entire 3 round fight. Lesnar charged out of the gate with a flying knee that missed, but seconds later caught Herring with a laser right to the face, knocking Heath to his back. Herring would have no answers and Brock gave the hometown fans something to cheer about, after another Minneapolis resident Roger Huerta was defeated by Kenny Florian, in what was another great fight.
I’ll be posting my pictures from UFC 87 later today, take care and check out all the news on UFC 87.
WEC Live on Versus 8/3
Condit, Varner retain belts, Stann leaves empty handed
Three WEC champions fought on Sunday night but only two left with their belts. Jamie Varner was the most dominant of the three champions, needing only 2:08 to TKO Marcus Hicks in the first round. Carlos Condit won by TKO in round 4 after a great back and forth fight with Hiromitsu Miura to retain his welterweight belt. Iraq War veteran Brian Stann lost for the first time as 21 year old Steve Cantwell redeemed a previous loss to Stann this year and came away with the Light Heavyweight championship belt.
WEC Event Results (winner in BOLD)
- Carlos Condit Vs. Hiromitsu Miura
- Brian Stann Vs. Steve Cantwell
- Jamie Varner Vs. Marcus Hicks
- Brian Bowles Vs. Damacio Page
- Micah Miller Vs. Josh Grispi
- Brock Larson Vs. Carlo Prater
- Blas Avena Vs. Dave Terrel
- Shane Roller Vs. Todd Moore
- Mike Budnik Vs. Greg McIntyre
- Scott Jorgensen Vs. Kenji Osawa
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Teager defeats Bird at MCC 15
Bryce Teager Takes Home Light Weight Championship Belt
MCC 15 Event Results - winner in bold
- Bryce Teager vs Paul Bird (Guillotine Choke RD2)
- Zak Cummings vs Danny Anderson (Unanamous Decision RD3)
- Jesse Swanson vs Matt Cook (TKO Ref Stoppage Strikes 0:25 RD1)
- Rakeem Hedrington vs Josh Christenson (TKO Ref Stoppage Strikes 2:08 RD1)
- Chris Perez vs TJ O’Brien (Triangle 1:13 RD1)
- Dustin DiPrizio vs Ronnie Britt (Triangle 2:57 RD1)
- Heath Johnson vs Jesse Lund (Rear Naked Choke 1:15 RD2)
- Brad Thompson vs Colby Karaidos (KO 4:52 RD1)
- Zach Ewing vs Travis Tovrea (KO 2:51 RD1)
- Steve Visser vs Nate Williams (unanamous decision RD3)
MCC 15 photos will be available Wednesday.
MCC 15 Lights Out!
Paul Bird vs Bryce Teager
Mark your calendars and set your plans to attend MCC 15: Lights Out! this Friday, July 24. Ten pro mixed martial arts (MMA) bouts include an exciting light weight fight between Paul Bird and Bryce Teager that determines who leaves with the vacant MCC title belt.
Friday’s MCC 15 event will be filmed and broadcast in its entirety on later dates on Mediacom Connections Channel 22. Highlights of the event will be featured on HD-Nets Inside MMA weekly news and talk program. MCC’s own Scott Casber will guest co-host an upcoming Inside MMA episode when he’s joined by special guest UFC World Champion Georges St. Pierre.
HD-Net is an MCC sponsor and the organizations are providing a very special offer to those attending MCC 15. Fans are able to enter a contest to win a great prize package that includes a pair of MMA gloves signed by Inside MMA host and fight icon Bas Ruten. Attendees must simply text a code found in the HD-Net program. Additionally, special awards will be presented to the evenings best fighters by the Iowa National Guard and Polanti Watches.
Tickets for MCC 15 are available at the Val Air box office, at MidwestCageChampionship.com, ticketmaster.com and also be sure to check out Cheap MMA Tickets. VIP tables can be purchased by calling (515) 229-8566.
Affliction: Banned
Fedor Emelianenko pwns Tim Sylvia
Over the weekend I watched the Affliction: Banned pay-per-view. I was originally planning on attending this event and had found some cheap Affliction tickets to buy, but had to settle for my living room this time. Affliction says this event was put together after the UFC banned all Affliction brand clothing from their events. Common sense says different.
I’ll get into that, but first I wanted to say that I came away impressed with the Affliction Banned show and feel it has a real chance to finally bring some needed competition to the UFC. I have nothing against the UFC’s dominant market share in the fastest growing sport in the world, but real competition will bring better fights, better events and will be best for the customers (that’s you and I).
Affliction, an apparel company first, says they put together their first MMA promotion only after they were banned from sponsoring any UFC fighters. This really makes no sense to me. What does maks sense? The UFC banned Affliction clothing only after getting wind of Affliction’s desire to setup their own MMA event. Or maybe it was because Joe Rogan said “if I see one more Affliction t-shirt I’m gonna puke!” on a previous UFC event ppv broadcast. Rogan’s a baaaad man!
- Affliction Banned by The UFC (Allegedly)
- Fight Biz: UFC forced Affliction’s jump from clothing company to fight promoter
It appears the UFC may also see Affliction as real competition, as they set up a free Spike TV UFC event, featuring who they say is the greatest pound for pound fighter on the planet, Anderson “The Spider” Silva. At the same time Affliction was airing their debut mma pay-per-view featuring who they say is the greatest pound for pound fighter in the world, Fedor Emelianenko.
Coincidence? I think not.
Inside MMA talks Fedor, Affliction Card, and Marketing
With the popularity of Affliction Clothing and their relationships with established fighters, announcers and celebrities, having Donald Trump as a backer and a possible tv deal with FOX, Affliction may be a force to reckon with in the world of Mixed Martial Arts.
Only time will tell.
Review of Affliction Banned
from DonnieHotTub
UFC Silva vs Irvin
Anderson “The Spider” Silva vs James “The Sandman” Irvin
Current UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva makes his Light Heavyweight debut on Saturday, July 19 FREE on Spike TV. What do you do if you cream everyone at your weight division? Relax and take it easy, enjoying the life of an MMA rock star? Not if you’re Anderson Silva. He’s decided to move up a weight class, possibly on a quest to prove he truly is the greatest pound for pound fighter in the world.
UFC 86 Event Results
Forrest Griffin defeats Rampage Jackson at UFC 86
Just over three years ago Forrest Griffin was sleeping on a friends couch and didn’t have medical insurance, although he made a living as a fighter. Now, he is the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion after claiming a unanimous five round decision over Quintin “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 86.
In front of a sold out Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV, Griffin overcame a shaky first round by exploding in the opening moments of the second round with two leg kicks that connected to Jackson’s left knee and thigh respectively. Jackson buckled and Forrest pounced, taking down, mounting and ground and pounding Rampage for most of round 2.
The next three rounds were pretty close, but Forrest pressed the action and outpointed the former champion for the victory. Rampage, always the class act, said after the fight, “He whupped my ass! Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. He deserves it.”
Other UFC 86 fight results - winners in bold:
- Forrest Griffin vs Rampage Jackson (Unanimous Decison R5)
- Patrick Kote vs Ricardo Almeida (Split Decision R3)
- Gleison Tibau vs Joe Stevenson (Submission - Guillotine Choke R2)
- Josh Koscheck vs Chris Lytle (Unanimous Decision R3)
- Marcus Aurelio vs Tyson Griffin (Unanimous Decision R3)
Click to access the complete UFC 86 fight card results.
UFC 86 Jackson vs Griffin
Quintin “Rampage” Jackson vs Forrest Griffin
- When: July 5, 2008 9:00 pm CT / 10:00 pm ET
- Where: Mandalay Bay Events Center - Las Vegas, NV
- Watch: Live on Pay Per View
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and fan favorite Forrest Griffin spent 13 weeks as competing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter. Now it’s time for these two warriors to do battle. Watch live on PPV as Griffin challenges Jackson for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
MCC14 Event Results
Midwest Cage Championship 14: Fight Results
MCC Middleweight Title Fight
Joe Vedepo (9-0) defeats Brian Green (17-8) to become the new MCC middleweight champion.
MCC Welterweight Title Fight
Bobby Voelker (18-4) defeats Ryan Braun (7-4) to retain the MCC welterweight championship.
Other fight results (winners in bold):
- Alex Harper vs Jeff Carstens
- Matt Scaggs vs Mike Van Meer
- Steve Lawrence vs Jake Brown
- Bryant Reynolds vs Thad England
- Richard White vs Fernando Sheeler
- Chris Perez vs Tony Hoadley
- Colby Karaidos vs Ryan Langmaid
- Chad Zurfluh vs Josh Henry
- Joe Mathers vs John Followill
Look for MCC 14 photos and video later today and tomorrow.
UFC 85 Event Results
Thiago Alves defeats Matt Hughes at UFC 85 Bedlam
After Thiago “Pitbull” Alves weighed in at 174 lbs, failing to make the 170 lb limit, Matt Hughes said it didn’t matter and the fight would continue on as planned. So Alves, who looked to be a good 10 lbs heavier than Hughes at fight time, used devastating knees in the 2nd round to stop Matt and claim the victory.
Alves begged Dana White for a title fight, but failing to make weight didn’t gain any points with White. If you know Dana, his biggest piss-point is a guy who doesn’t make weight. We’ll monitor the situation as it plays out.
Event results for UFC 85 (winners in bold):
- Thiago Alves vs Matt Hughes
- Michael Bisping vs Jason Day
- Marcus Davis vs Mike Swick
- Thales Leites vs Nate Marquardt
- Brandon Vera vs Fabricio Werdum
- Martin Kampmann vs Jorge Rivera
- Matt Wiman vs Thiago Tavares
Click to view fight breakdowns and entire UFC 85 event results
UFC 85 Bedlam
Matt Hughes vs Thiago Alves
Two-time UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes begins his run for an unprecedented third title at UFC 85 Bedlam on Saturday, June 7, live from the O2 Arena in London, England. Hughes fights young gun, Brazilian slugger Thiago “Pitbull” Alves, who is hungry and looks to take his place at the top of the 170 lb division.
Be sure to check out the UFC 85 fight card that includes fighters Michael “The Count” Bisping, Brandon “The Truth” Vera, Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum, Mike “Quick” Swick, and Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis.
Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes MMA Fighter Profile
Matt Hughes is the 9-time World Welterweight Champion of the UFC. Matt has traveled the world compiling a career record of 43-6 along the way. He’s a household name amongst mixed martial arts (mma) fans. He has proven time and time again that ‘a country boy can survive.’
Faber vs Pulver Fight Rewind
Rewind the tape on Urijah Faber vs Jens Pulver
After re-watching the Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver WEC Championship fight, it was clear Faber won all 5 rounds, as it was clear the first time I watched the fight. He controlled both the stand-up, 
with his lightning quick jabs and the ground with his deadly ground and pound.
I wamted to watched the fight again to review some of the things I listed in my post fight analysis, basically questioning why the illegal blows (my perception) from Faber against Pulver weren’t called and/or points weren’t taken. Here are some of the infractions I thought I saw after watching the fight the first time live on VS:
- 1 eye poke (stopped fight for 15 sec)
- 2 groin kicks (stopped fight on 1 groin kick for 30 sec)
- 2 elbows to the throat (not called)
- 5-7 punches to the back of the head and neck (not called)
Did I see in the rewind, what I thought I saw live?
My contention wasn’t that Pulver won the fight, but that I’m not a fan of illegal blows that aren’t called, regardless of the fighter. Which I”m sure most would agree. It just so happens that it was my guy this time so I had to blog about it. Did the ref get it wrong? Here is what I saw in the rewind:
- R1 (2:44) Faber inadvertently pokes Pulver in the eye (fight stopped for 15 sec)
- R2 (4:50) Faber inadvertently kicks Pulver in the onions (fight stopped for 60 sec)
- R2 (2:38 - 2:35) Faber lands 8 hammer fists to the back of Pulvers head (fight continues)
- R4 (3:58) Faber lands a nice leg kick to the inner thigh and Jens walks away, Faber thinks he may have kicked Pulver in the groin, but I think Jens may have just been hurting from the kick (fight continues)
- R4 (1:07) Faber elbows Pulver in the throat, the ref says something like… gurble furben gargen (fight continues)
- R4 (:05) Faber elbows Pulver in the throat again, Pulver says something to the ref and the ref warns Faber…
“One more and it’s a point. You hear me Faber? I said one more poke to the eye, kick to the nuts, hammer fist to the back of the head or elbow to the throat and it’s a point. Now I”m not going to warn you again. Ok, maybe one more warning, but that’s it. I’m getting a little perterbed by your lack of following my commands, boy. I mean…. I’m sorry, Mr. California Kid, sir.”
I’d be interested in hearing your take on this. But that would require readers. So if you’re reading this, let me have it.
Later.
P.S. So the two Russian Sacramento judges scored one round 10-8. Whatever dude(s). But I didn’t let those yack-offs ruin what was a pretty awesome night of fights. Let’s hope UFC 85 Bedlam this Saturday in London, England can do the same.
Bet on WEC Faber vs Pulver
I bet on Jens Pulver to win the WEC 145 lb title…
I’m putting it all on the line tonight…$12.03 on Pulver. He’s a definite underdog according to the mma lines, but not that big of a dog in the cage. He has the advantage in many areas including stand-up, experience and size. Plus he’s a very good wrestler.
But the current champ “The California Kid” Urijah Faber is a warrior and if he can control the grappling and keep Pulver on his back, he has a great chance to hang onto the belt. If not, ‘Lil Evil’ leaves with the new WEC champion.
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WEC Faber vs Pulver
World Extreme Cagefighting Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver
Current #1-ranked featherweight in the world and WEC™ Champion “The California Kid,” Urijah Faber looks to defend his title from former UFC® Lightweight Champion, Jens “Lil Evil” Pulver. Don’t miss it, Sunday, June 1st, live on VERSUS from the Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA.
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber “The California Kid” MMA Fighter Profile
Urijah Faber is the current WEC 145 lb champion.
Jens Pulver
Jens ‘Lil Evil’ Pulver MMA Fighter Profile
Growing up in Iowa, I’ve been a big fan of Jens ‘Lil Evil’ Pulver from back in the early days of the UFC. Who can forget the John Lewis knockout or how he battled BJ Penn for 5 rounds taking the majority decision? Not me. It was great to see Jens come back to the UFC and take part in the Ultimate Fighter and follow up fight with BJ Penn. Now it’s time to see Jens dominate the 145 lb division in the WEC.
UFC 84 Fight Predictions
UFC Fight Predictions, Analysis, Fantasy & Betting
These fight predictions for UFC 84 Ill Will from Las Vegas, NV have been logged by me (username: kickassfighter) over at the free UFC Fantasy League and I will be using my analysis and predictions here to place some bets over at the Bodog Life Online Sports Book.
Sean Sherk vs. BJ Penn
My fight analysis:
Sean “Muscle Shark” Sherk is the former UFC lightweight champion, coming off a unanimous decision victory over Hermes Franca at UFC 73 on July 7, 2007. But Sherk was fined, suspended and stripped of his belt after the post fight drug test came up positive for a banned substance. BJ “The Prodigy” Penn was the benefactor of the Sherk suspension as he beat Joe Stevenson by submission at UFC 80 in Jan of 2008, to capture the UFC Lightweight Championship belt.
After almost a year of trash talking, these two warriors will collide on May 24 at UFC 84. This is the most important fight in both of their careers and may be one of those fights that people talk about for a long time to come. I think these fighters truly dislike each other and would like nothing more than to shut the other one up. I see Penn being the more dominant fighter in the striking, grappling and octagon control, while Sherk has the aggression advantage.
- Striking: Penn
- Grappling: Penn
- Aggression: Sherk
- Octagon Control: Penn
Penn will be comfortable anywhere the fight goes, while I think the only place Sherk feels comfortable is on top raining haymakers down on his opponent, as we’ve seen in his last 3 fights, all unanimous decision victories. Sherk will need to use the same formula to beat Penn. Take him down and beat on him for 5 rounds to gain the decision from the judges. But I don’t see it happening.
Penn has great take down defense, a rock hard chin and is a Jiu Jitsu black belt. Even if he is taken down, he’s an expert from his back and has long limbs that he can use to isolate Sherk’s smallish-thick stature and short arms. I think BJ knows there are still questions about his desire to be the best ever, by his lack of total commitment to his conditioning. This was exposed when he ran out of gas and lost to Matt Hughes via TKO after dominating the early portion of that fight.
After seeing him dominate Joe Stevenson, I think BJ Penn knows it’s his time to shine and will come in superior shape. The fight will be a back and forth, up and down battle and I predict Penn will dominate the judges scorecards and put a stamp of validation on the lightweight belt for BJ Penn.
- Winner: Penn
- Method: Unanimous Decision
- Round: 5
- Minute: 5 (5:00)
Wanderlei Silva vs. Keith Jardine
My fight analysis:
If you like leg kicks, then don’t miss this light heavy weight battle as Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva takes on Keith “The Dean of Mean” Jardine. Silva likes to deliver high kicks to the head, to knock out his opponents (knees too). Jardine prefers low kicks to the legs and mid section, to wear his opponent down, and take the focus off his overhand right, as we saw in his knock out victory over Forest Griffin.
VIDEO: Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” vs Keith “The Techno Viking”?
Jardine always comes to the fight with a good game plan. And as long as he doesn’t come with that goofy, ape-looking stance, I think he’ll survive Silva’s initial burst of fists and then use his leg kicks to wear down Wanderlei. In the end Jardine will use his hands to knockout the once dominant and feared Axe Murderer.
- Winner: Jardine
- Method: Knockout
- Round: 3
- Minute: 3 (3:00 - 3:59)
Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto Machida
Video fight analysis from Nuker:
My fight analysis:
Is Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida for real, despite his boring, play-it-safe, methodical style? Does Tito “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Ortiz have the heart and all around mma skills to make it back to the top of the mountain? Tito is fighting for a contract with a new organization while Machida is looking to further improve his status in the UFC light heavyweight division. It’s Tito’s time to shine. If he wants that big contract he’s been talking about, then a dominant victory would help his cause.
But a lackluster performance or dominant loss may further the UFC’s position that he’s not worth the big contract. See what Tito had to say about a host of topics in this video interview…
VIDEO 1: Tito Ortiz talks Machida, fued with Dana White and his last fight in UFC
VIDEO 2: Tito Ortiz talks Machida, fued with Dana White and his last fight in UFC
I see Oritiz’s fate in this fight, the same as I predicted for Sean Sherk in his fight. Tito needs to take down Lyoto and use his patented ground and pound to damage and punish his opponent for three rounds. Machida and the rest of the mma community knows Tito’s game is to dominate his opponent by taking them down and pounding on them.
I think Lyoto will keep Tito off balance with strikes and take down defense, doing just enough to win the rounds, without taking too many chances. In the end, Machida wins a unanimous decision to bring Tito’s UFC career to an end, it keeps Machida’s perfect record intact and sets him up for a potential title shot.
- Winner: Machida
- Method: Unanimous Decision
- Round: 3
- Minute: 5 (5:00)
UFC 84 Fantasy and Betting
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Lyoto Machida
Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida MMA Fighter Profile
Lyoto Machida may not be the most exciting or popular fighter, but he is undefeated in his Mixed Martial Arts career.
