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    Main Event Flyweight Bout: Jose Torres vs. Joseph Morales Co-Main Event Heavyweight Bout: Brett Martin vs. Oleg Popov Main Card Bantamweight Bout: Herbeth Reis de Sousa vs. Justin Wetzell Women's Strawweight Bout: Magdalena Sormova vs. Patricia Alujas
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    <p><strong>UBL 15: COLOSSAL - Latifi vs. Boser</strong></p><p><strong> </strong>12 November, 2021</p><p> Somewhere in Eastern Europe</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Prelims:</strong></p><p> BW: Felipe Colares vs. Raufeon Stots</p><p> MW: Kiamrian Abbasov vs. Salamu Abdurakhmanov</p><p> WW: Albert Tumenov vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov</p><p> MW: Magomedrasul Gasanov vs. Trevin Giles</p><p> HW: #14 Philipe Lins vs. Justin Tafa</p><p> W BW: #14 Raquel Canuto vs. Izabela Badurek</p><p> LHW: #14 Aleksei Butorin vs. #15 Nasrudin Nasrudinov</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Main card preview:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> 1. Light Heavyweight Bout: #5 Devin CLARK (13-6, -240) vs. #10 Rafael CARVALHO (17-6, +190)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Clark managed to outgrapple Ed Herman to a UD win in his UBL debut, but lost to Ryan Spann in the QFs of the LHW tournament, in a title eliminator. For this bout, Clark went all in on his takedowns and ground game in his training camp, trying to make his smothering top control even more annoying, and taking his takedowns to a superior level. Besides his great takedowns and top control, he has good technical kickboxing, altho he does lack power and quality head movement. Rafael Carvalho built his name in his 7-4 Bellator run, where he won the Middleweight title and defended it 3 times before dropping it against Gegard Mousasi. He made his LHW debut against Vadim Nemkov, now an ex-Bellator LHW champion, and lost another LHW bout to Alex Polizzi before coming over to the UBL. Here, he debuted with a 1st round TKO win against ex-ONE champion Reinier de Ridder, but ended his losing spree in August, TKOing Maxim Grishin in less than 30 seconds. He is a high level muay thai fighter with great knees and unorthodox strikes. He has great power in his kicks and good technique, good wrestling and knows how to defend himself when taken down. Also, he loves throwing head kicks. It might be a classsic striker vs. wrestler match-up, but Carvalho's good takedown defence and high power might be enough to see the striker come out on top.</p><p> </p><p> Prediction: Clark by decision.</p><p> </p><p> 2.<strong> Heavyweight Bout: #8 Roy NELSON (24-19, -550) vs. #11 Javy AYALA (11-9, +430)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Nelson just broke a 5 fight losing streak, with a 1st round Kimura win over Philipe Lins. Big country has a great ground game, but will usually look to throw haymakers and KO his opponents with his impressive power. This being said, he won his first bout against Ayala in 2017, in his Bellator debut, via UD. Ayala is a big bad boy who made his name in Bellator, with a 6-5 run that saw him win over guys like Roy Boughton, Sergei Kharitonov and Frank Mir. Ayala is a striker with good power and not much else besides his heart. Sadly, heart and power are not enough at this level, hence his shitty record. I expect to see Ayala drop hard.</p><p> </p><p> Prediction: Nelson by 2nd round KO.</p><p> </p><p> 3.<strong> Middleweight Title & Tournament Semi-Final: © Karl ROBERSON (11-3, -400) vs. #3 Darren STEWART (13-6-1, +310)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Baby K fought a tough fight against Zak Cummings to win the belt, after a violent win over Eryk Anders in his UBL debut. Altho originally a kickboxer, he has been working hard on his wrestling, and more recently on his groun game, in order to be dangerous in every aspect of MMA. His best weapons right now are his ground striking and his wrestling, and his toughness makes up for his lack of conditioning. Darren Stewart TKOed Makhmud Muradov in the quarter finals of the MW tournament to earn this shot. He first met Roberson in his 3rd UFC bout, in 2017, and lost by 1st ground RNC. Since then, tho, he has come a long way, developing good defensive wrestling and BJJ skills, while honing his boxing and elusiveness when on the feet. Roberson will likely look to get Stewart down and outclass him as in their first bout, but it might not be as easy as it was back then. Still, Roberson surely remains the favourite.</p><p> </p><p> Prediction: Roberson by decision.</p><p> </p><p> 4.<strong> Light Heavyweight Title & Tournament Semi-Final: © Dovletdzhan YAGSHIMURADOV (19-5-1, +100) vs. #4 Ryan SPANN (19-7, -110)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Dovletdzhan surprised many when he finished Cutelaba in the first round to win the UBL LHW title, taking his current streak to 9 straight Ws. He is a good boxer with good head movement, a good wrestler and also able on the ground. He also has a good thai clinch with mighty powerful knees. Basically, he has a bunch of ways to kill you, with the knees, the subs and the punches being the main threats, in this order. Spann surely expected a rematch with Cutelaba when he beat Clark to earn this title shot, but here he is, ready to fight Yagshimuradov. Spann is well rounded as well, and worked hard on his wrestling, but he has a pretty weak chin ever since he lost by violent KOs to Walker and Cutelaba. Still, he has powerful hands and good BJJ and grappling, with dangerous submissions and good positioning and sweeps when on bottom. Since Yagshi killed Ion, I have 0 doubt that he'll finish Spann too, but Spann also has enough power to be able to shock Yagshi just like Yagshi shocked Cutelaba. Expect fireworks.</p><p> </p><p> Prediction: Yagshimuradov by 1st round KO.</p><p> </p><p> 5.<strong> Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Final: #5 Ilir LATIFI (15-8-1, -110) vs. #7 Tanner BOSER (20-8-1, +100)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Latifi broke his losing streak with a one sided beatdown of Stefan Struve, ending with a massive KO late in the 1st round. Latifi is a good, well rounded fighter, with great TD defence, great power when he boxes and dominant in the clinch, but his chin is a big weakness, as time and KO/TKO losses have taken their toll on him. Boser lost in his UBL debut to Sergey Spivak, and got a UD win over Ben Rothwell to earn a spot in the semi-finals of the tournament. Tanner is a good wrestler with good power in hsi hands and low kicks, and a tough chin, which might be his biggest asset in this fight. Still, I don't believe he has a good enough ground game to beat Latifi, and Latifi is also more dangerous on the feet, so I see Latifi as a clear favourite here.</p><p> </p><p> Prediction: Latifi by 2nd round submission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Share theeeeem:</p><p> </p><p> Main card predictions:</p><p> LHW: Devin CLARK vs. Rafael CARVALHO</p><p> HW: Roy NELSON vs. Javy AYALA</p><p> MW Title & Tournament SF: Karl ROBERSON vs. Darren STEWART</p><p> LHW Title & Tournament SF: Dovletdzhan YAGSHIMURADOV vs. Ryan SPANN</p><p> HW Tournament SF: Ilir LATIFI vs. Tanner BOSER</p>
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    <p>Main Event:</p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Championship Bout: © Vicente Luque vs. (#2<strong>) Ismail Naurdiev</strong></p><p> </p><p> Co-Main Event:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Light Heavyweight Championship Bout: (#2)<strong> Ion Cutelaba</strong> vs. (#3) Max Nunes</p><p> </p><p> Main Card:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Heavyweight Bout: (#12) Walt Harris vs. (#15)<strong> Todd Duffee</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Womens Strawweight Bout: (#3) <strong>Jessica Andrade </strong>vs. (#7) Carla Esparza</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Lightweight Bout: (#8) Olivier Aubin-Mercier vs. (#10)<strong> Dan Hooker</strong></p><p> </p><p> Preliminary Card:</p><p> </p><p> Middleweight Bout: (#20) <strong>Kelvin Gastelum </strong>vs. (#24) Trevin Giles</p><p> </p><p> Middleweight Bout: (#18) <strong>Oskar Piechota </strong>vs. (#21) David Branch</p><p> </p><p> Featherweight Bout: (#24) <strong>Andre Fili </strong>vs. Cub Swanson</p><p> </p><p> Womens Strawweight Bout: (#16)<strong> Alexa Grasso</strong> vs. (#19) Felice Herrig</p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Bout: <strong>Lorenz Larkin</strong> vs. Alexey Kunchenko</p><p> </p><p> Light Heavyweight Bout:<strong> Jared Cannonier </strong>vs. Khalil Rountree</p><p> </p><p> Womens Flyweight Bout: (#20) <strong>Lauren Mueller</strong> vs. (#24) Pearl Gonzalez</p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Bout: Daniel Rodriguez vs. <strong>Mickey Gall</strong></p><p> </p><p> Flyweight Bout: <strong>Alptekin Ozkilic</strong> vs. Elias Garcia</p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Bout: Nate Diaz vs. <strong>Ray Cooper III</strong></p>
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    <p><strong>More drug busts!</strong></p><p> Loik Radzhabov was on PEDs in his fight with Azaitar! But it was a W, so we ain't cutting him. You know how it goes!</p><p> </p><p> Big fights between UBL 13 and UBL 14:</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bellator</strong></p><p> Khalid Murtazaliev beat Gegard Mousasi by 2nd round TKO to win the Bellator Middleweight Title.</p><p> Rampage Jackson beat Linton Vassell by UD, in what is a blesphamy given how bad Rampage looked the last time we've seen him.</p><p> Sergio Pettis beat Dominique Wooding by 3rd round KO in an Excellent bout.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong><span style="font-family:'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size:18px;">UBL 14: CRASH COURSE - Gillespie vs. Moicano</span></span></strong></p><p> 22 October, 2021</p><p> Somewhere in Eastern Europe</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Prelims:</strong></p><p> W BW: Stephanie Egger defeats Yuriko Okajima by UD (30-27, 29-28 x 3). Following this win, Egger announces her retirement, aged 33, with a 7-3 record.</p><p> FW: Gavin Tucker defeats Salman Zhamaldaev by KO @1:30, round 1.</p><p> WW: Nicolas Dalby defeats Christian Lee by TKO @2:15, round 3. Dalby calls out Albert Tumenov, who's seemingly in high demand, as Jason Jackson also called him out a few months ago.</p><p> LW: Chris Wade defeats Akhmed Aliev by UD (29-28 x 3). </p><p> MW: Roberto Soldic defeats Vladimir Mineev by Armbar Submission @2:58, round 1. Soldic calls out Bartosz Fabinski.</p><p> HW: #10 Francimar Barroso defeats Jared Rosholt by RNC Submission @4:09, round 2. Following the victory, Barroso announces his retirement, with a 27-7-1-1 record, aged 41.</p><p> W FlyW: #13 Victoria Leonardo defeats #10 Shana Dobson bt RNC Submission @4:39, round 3. Leonardo calls out Tiffany Teo. </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Main card:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> 1. Women's Bantamweight Bout: #2 Bethe CORREIA (12-6-1, -1000) vs. #8 Joselyne EDWARDS (9-3, +790)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Round 1: Edwards comes forward and smacks Correia with a straight right, but eats a left in the next exchange. Edwards keeps pushing forwand and hits Correia with a big cross. But as Edwards keeps pushing ofrward, she misses with another big cross and then gets countered with 2 jabs and a head kick that just got her. Correia then counters another right with a jab-low kick combo, and then she suddenly shoots on Edwards, getting the single leg TD. Correia is in guard, transitions to half guard and starts pounding with them fists until it's round over. Gotta be 10-9 for Correia.</p><p> Round 2: Correia dodges a hook and hits another jab-low kick combo. Edwards and as aggresive as in round 1, as she counters a missed hook by Correia with a hook to the body. But Edwards misses her next hook and gets countered with another jab-low kick combo. They keep throwing shy hands wihtout landing for a while, until Correia decides it's time to take it down once again, shoots and gets side control off the takedown! She pounds her from side control, and manages to land a few clean shots as the round was ending. 20-18 for Correia, maybe even 20-17 as Joselyne only landed that body hook for the whole round and was getting hit hard in the last seconds.</p><p> Round 3: Correia shoots straight away, and ends up in guard this time. She hits some strikes from there and passes to half guard as we enter the 3rd minute. She pounds Edwards for a while from there, and after a scramble in the last minute, Correia finds herself onto her opponent's back! She pounds on her with little power, tho, likely aware she has the W in the back and doesn't need to inflict more punishment to poor Josie. What a kind soul! 30-27 for Correia.</p><p> </p><p> Winner: Bethe Correia (UD: 30-27 x 3). Rating: Decent.</p><p> </p><p> Post-fight: *basic interview*</p><p> Correia moved up in the world W BW rankings, from #20 to #18.</p><p> </p><p> 2. <strong>Heavyweight Bout: #2 Junior DOS SANTOS (21-10, -400) vs. #7 Ben ROTHWELL (38-15, +310)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Rothwell seems to have about 25lbs on JDS.</p><p> </p><p> Round 1: Rothwell tags JDS with a jab in their first exchange. JDS hits a jab but Ben blocks his right hand and fires back with a MASSIVE right hook and JDS HITS THE FLOOR <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Rothwell pounds on good old Junior until he is out cold, and it's all over <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> Winner: Ben Rothwell (Hook & Pound KO @0:56, round 1). Rating: Good <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> Post-fight: Rothwell invites everyone to his post-fight party and says he's glad to have got redemption for his 2016 UD loss to JDS. He says he's down for a trilogy if Junior manages to make the walk for it. Rothwell also announces that he's retiring after his next fight.</p><p> Rothwell breaks back into the world HW rankings at #16, while JDS falls from #9 to #21.</p><p> </p><p> 3. <strong>Heavyweight Bout: #8 Matt MITRIONE (14-8-1, -730) vs. #13 Daniel OMIELANCZUK (24-11-1-1, +580)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Round 1: Mitrione refuses the glove touch. Omielanczuk tags him with a shy jab, but eats a massive left headkick, and he's looking rocked on the feet. But he dodges Mitrione's big left follow up, and then they have a trade where they both miss their strikes. Mitrione pressures Omielanczuk and enters the pocket. He hits a jab-body punch combo. They can't land clean in the following exchanges, and Mitrione keeps pushing, but Omielanczuk dodges that big left that Mitrione wants to kill him with. They trade more nothing, and Mitrione finally catches a big left, but it ain't enough to rattle Omielanczuk. Still, Mitrione keeps pushing and hits a good body kick. Omielanczuk hits a counter left, but takes a low kick. Mitrione then hits a good jab-cross combo that lands hard, but Omielanczuk still stands. Mitrione unleashes another jab-jab-cross combo, and then sets up a good head kick with 2 jabs, and Omielanczuk is looking rocked, as we're in the last 10 seconds! But he defends well and it's round over. 10-9 Mitrione.</p><p> Round 2: Mitrione steps straight into the pocket and hits two lefts. He keeps pressuring and misses a big left. He hits a good right and then comes in with a big left hook, and Omielanczuk is on wobbly legs once more... BIG LEFT TO THE JAAW AND OMIELANCZUK'S DOWN! Mitrione follows up with big punches and Mazzagatti stops it! </p><p> </p><p> Winner: Matt Mitrione (Smashin' TKO @1:28, round 2). Rating: Good.</p><p> </p><p> Post-fight: Both fights announce their retirements post fight <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> . Mitrione retires aged 43, with a 15-8-1 record, while Omielanczuk was aged 39, with a 24-12-1-1 record. </p><p> </p><p> 4. <strong>And now, FOR THE UBL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAAALS: </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> © Alexander "KING KONG" ROMANOV (15-0, -260) vs. #1 Sergey "THE POLAR BEAR" SPIVAK (13-3, +200)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Well, it's looking like Romanov has at least 35 lbs on Spivak, so good luck Sergey!</p><p> </p><p> Round 1: Spivak hits a jab but misses the cross, and soon Romanov gets him in the clinch. He pushes Spivak against the cage. Underhooks in, and Romanov trips Spivak, ending up in his guard. Romanov throws some hands and doesn't allow Spivak to grab his hand. But Spivak works enough space to scramble, and comes out on top. as Romanov is now the one pulling guard. But another scramble starts, finding both men up, with Romanov grabbing Spivak's back. He gets Spivak down, on his hands and knees, AND HE LOCKS IN A REAR NAKED CHOKE! Looks like Spivak might need to work on his sub' defence...</p><p> </p><p> Winner, AAAND STIIILL UBL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WOOORLD: Alexander "KING KOOONG" ROMANOOOV (RNC Submission @3:44, round 1). Rating: Great.</p><p> </p><p> Post-fight: Romanov is proud of this W and invites his next challenger to fight him ASAP. Boser and Latifi are both shown in the crowd, respectfully applauding Romanov's performance.</p><p> Title prestige: up from 64 to 66. Romanov goes up from #12 to #3 in the world HW rankings, while Spivak falls from #7 to #11.</p><p> Romanov will defend against the winner of Latifi vs. Boser.</p><p> </p><p> 5.<strong> AND NOW, IT IS TIME FOR THE MAAAAAAAAAIN EVEEEENT OF THE EVENIIIING: </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> © Gregor "THE GIFT" GILLESPIE (16-1, -420) vs. #3 Renato "MOICANO" CARNEIRO (16-4-1, +330)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Round 1: They touch gloves and Gillespie shoots soon after, and Moicano's pulling guard. Gillespie peppers small strikes and defends when Moicano tries to grab his arm. He can't advance, tho, so he hits more small shots, but the ref gets them back up due to lack of action, with 1 mintue left. Gillespie tries to shoot, but Moicano hits a left and tries a head kick, but Gillespie grabs the leg and takes Moicano down again, as he's sitting in guard. He hits more small shots and soon it's round over. 10-9 Gillespie.</p><p> Round 2: Moicano misses with the left and Gillespie shoots and ends up straight into side control. Gillespie pounds for minutes, and when he stops working, the ref gets 'em up, with 100 seconds left. But Gillespie shoots straight away and ends up in guard this time. But Moicano tries a guillotine! Nope, Gillespie escapes. A scramble sees them back up, with Moicano pressuring Gillespie against the cage, with 35 seconds left. But Gillespie escapes without taking any damage, and the round ends. 20-18 Gillespie.</p><p> Round 3: Gillespie shoots again and Moicano pulls guard. He pounds for a while and defends as Moicano has 2 attempts of grabbing his arm, and the ref gets them up for lack of action with 90 seconds left. But 4 seconds later, Moicano is back down, pulling half-guard, as Gillespie is just a wrestling god. He keeps pounding for the remaining minute. 30-27 for Gillespie, Moicano better lock in a swift sub' if he wants the belt. The fans are booing Gillespie's wrestlingish ways. </p><p> Round 4: Gillespie leaves Moicano time to throw some strikes but he defends against all, and shoots with speed. MOICANO PULLS GUARD AND HE'S HOLDING ONTO A GUILLOTINE! IT SEEMS IN DEEP THIS TIME! OH GOD! Is it in deep, tho? Finally, Moicano lets go after investing some effort into it. Gillespie punches Moicano for ages, and the ref gets them up with 20 seconds left. Moicano clinches before Gillespie can shoot, and soon it's round over. Clean sweep for the champion so far, 40-36 Gillespie.</p><p> Round 5: Moicano hits a left, but misses the right. Then, he comes forward with an uninspired combo that sees him miss all his shots and getting his leg caught by Gillespie. Aaand Moicano is in guard once again. He gets punched again, for a while, until the ref gets them up with 90 seconds left. Moicano lands a good right hand. But Gillespie shoots again and gets the takedown, and it is all over, damn it. 50-45 Gillespie.</p><p> </p><p> Winner, AAAND STIIILL UBL LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WOOORLD: Gregor "THE GIFT" GILLESPIEEE (UD: 50-45 x 3). Rating: Average.</p><p> </p><p> Post-fight: Gillespie congratulates Moicano for having the heart to do his best to be a problem up until the very last second. He calls him a real contender and says he can't wait to come back and defend again.</p><p> Title prestige: up from 68 to 73. Gillespie stands still in the world LW rankings, at #5, while Moicano moves up from #22 to #21.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Attendance: 2 473</p><p> Critical rating: 68</p><p> Commercial rating: 77</p><p> FOTN: A Romanov vs. S Spivak</p><p> KOOTN: B Rothwell vs. JDS</p><p> SubOTN: A Romanov vs. S Spivak</p><p> Profit: + 127 339</p><p> </p><p> Biggest paydays: JDS - 71 400, Mitrione - 60 800, Romanov - 54 500.</p><p> Title fights paydays: Spivak - 31 800, Gillespie - 29 900, Moicano - 15 100.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> UPDATED RANKINGS:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/qgICuxA" rel="external nofollow">HEAVYWEIGHTS</a></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/HqjWbAK" rel="external nofollow">MIDDLEWEIGHTS</a></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/aWvnaLp" rel="external nofollow">WOMEN'S BANTAMWEIGHTS</a></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/tid2N05" rel="external nofollow">WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHTS</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>TOURNAMENTS:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> HEAVYWEIGHT:</strong></p><p> © Alexander Romanov vs. Tanner Boser / Ilir Latifi (UBL 15)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT:</strong></p><p> Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov © vs. Ryan Spann (UBL 15)</p><p> Da Un Jung vs. Rashid Yusupov</p><p> </p><p> <strong>MIDDLEWEIGHT:</strong></p><p> Karl Roberson © vs. Darren Stewart (UBL 15)</p><p> Brad Tavares vs. Dricus Du Plessis (UBL 18)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>BANTAMWEIGHT:</strong></p><p> Ricky Simon © vs. Brad Katona (UBL 19)</p><p> Jack Shore vs. Rani Yahya (UBL 19)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>FLYWEIGHT:</strong></p><p> Magomed Bibulatov © vs. Hiromasa Ogikubo</p><p> Amir Albazi vs. Jordan Espinosa (UBL 16)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>ROSTER UPDATES:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> New signings:</strong></p><p> HW: Masazumi Narato (4-0 newgen, "national calibre kung fu fighter", King of Pancrase)</p><p> MW: Alex Pereira (6-1, Jungle Fight & LFA MW Champion)</p><p> LW: Gadzhi Rabadanov (17-4-2)</p><p> W BW: Megan Cawley (4-2)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Big fights outside of the UBL:</p><p> </p><p> <strong>UFC</strong></p><p> Jan Blachowicz beat Thiago Santos by SD (49-46 x 2, 47-48) to defend the UFC LHW Title.</p><p> Cody Garbrandt beat Matt Schnell by UD.</p><p> Alex Oliveira beat Wonderboy by 1st round RNC. </p><p> Marc Diakiese beat RDA by 1st round TKO.</p><p> Magomed Ankalaev beat Jimmy Crute by 3rd round TKO.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>PFL</strong></p><p> Lance Palmer beat Hatsu Hioki to by SD to win the PFL FW title.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> And of course, our prediction rankings:</p><p> McDojoDelux: Total: 4/5; 21/34 (61%).</p><p> Majster_93: 3/5; Total: 24/40 (60%).</p><p> CageRage: 3/5; Total: 52/100 (52%).</p><p> rodrigoviolim: 2/5; Total: 37/89 (42%).</p><p> </p><p> legendaryhorseman: Total: 2/5.</p><p> </p><p> A mixed bag of results for them prediction rankings, and we've only got 4 cards left in 2021:</p><p> UBL 15: Colossal - Latifi vs. Boser (+2 title fights)</p><p> UBL 16: Full of Heart - Ray vs. Pichel (+ a title fight)</p><p> UBL 17: Defining Moment - Topuria vs. Barboza </p><p> & UBL 18: Bulletproof - Agapova vs. Shevchenko</p><p> </p><p> I'll drop the preview for UBL 15 either later today, or sometime during tomorrow!</p>
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    Main Card Welterweight Bout: Paulo Filho (185 lbs) vs. Hector Lombard (185 lbs) Heavyweight Bout: Roman Zentsov (230 lbs) vs. Gary Goodrige (245 lbs) Welterweight Bout: Kazushi Sakuraba (185 lbs) vs. Ryo Kawamura (185 lbs) Middleweight Bout: Ikuhisa Minowa (205 lbs) vs. Jeremy Horn (205 lbs) Welterweight Bout: Yushin Okami (185 lbs) vs. Sanae Kikuta (185 lbs) Heavyweight Bout: Marcio Cruz (230 lbs) vs. Hong Man Choi (265 lbs) Preliminary Card Welterweight Bout: Delson Heleno (185 lbs) vs. Gegard Mousasi (185 lbs) Featherweight Bout: Mitsuhiro Ishida (145 lbs) vs. Yoshiro Maeda (145 lbs) Lightweight Bout: Katsuya Inoue (165 lbs) vs. Daisuke Nakamura (165 lbs) Featherweight Bout: Hatsu Hioki (145 lbs) vs. Tomonari Kanomata (145 lbs) Welterweight Bout: Dan Hardy (185 lbs) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (185 lbs) Featherweight Bout: Chan Sung Jung (145 lbs) vs. Tie Quan Zhang (145 lbs)
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    <p>Main Event:</p><p> </p><p> Middleweight Bout: (#19)<strong> Georgy Kichigin </strong>vs. C.B. Dollaway</p><p> </p><p> Co-Main Event:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Bantamweight Bout: (#10) John Dodson vs. (#17) <strong>Movsar Evloev</strong></p><p> </p><p> Main Card:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Light Heavyweight Bout: (#17)<strong> Alonzo Menifield</strong> vs. (#23) Abdul-Kerim Edilov</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Lightweight Bout: (#23) Maxim Divnich vs. (#25)<strong> Michael Chandler</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Bout: <strong>Albert Tumenov</strong> vs. Alex Morono</p><p> </p><p> Preliminary Card:</p><p> </p><p> Lightweight Bout: Garry Tonon vs. <strong>Magomedsaygid Alibekov</strong></p><p> </p><p> Featherweight Bout: Yusuf Raisov vs.<strong> Darren Elkins</strong></p><p> </p><p> Flyweight Bout: (#13) <strong>Magomed Bibulatov</strong> vs. (#19) Tagir Ulanbekov</p><p> </p><p> Light Heavyweight Bout: <strong>Shamil Akhmedov</strong> vs. Henrique da Silva</p><p> </p><p> Bantamweight Bout: <strong>Said Nurmagomedov</strong> vs. Cody Stamann</p><p> </p><p> Flyweight Bout: (#22) <strong>Ali Bagautinov</strong> vs. (#23) Aleksander Doskalchuk</p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Bout: Shamil Amirov vs. <strong>Belal Muhammad</strong></p><p> </p><p> Middleweight Bout<strong>: Khalid Murtazaliev </strong>vs. Kiamrian Abbasov</p><p> </p><p> Light Heavyweight Bout:<strong> Adam Yandiev</strong> vs. Wagner Prado</p><p> </p><p> Middleweight Bout: <strong>Albert Duraev </strong>vs. Tamdam McCrory</p>
  8. vladjarca
    <p>Main Card</p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Bout:<strong> Matt Hughes </strong>(185 lbs) vs. Murilo Bustamante (185 lbs)</p><p> </p><p> Heavyweight Bout: <strong>Dan Severn </strong>(250 lbs) vs. Tank Abbott (265 lbs)</p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Bout: <strong>Royce Gracie </strong>(185 lbs) vs. Makoto Takimoto (185 lbs)</p><p> </p><p> Heavyweight Bout:<strong> Don Frye</strong> (245 lbs) vs. Wes Sims (260 lbs)</p><p> </p><p> Lightweight Bout:<strong> Roger Huerta</strong> (165 lbs) vs. Yusuke Endo (165 lbs)</p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Bout:<strong> Chael Sonnen</strong> (185 lbs) vs. Jorge Santiago (185 lbs)</p><p> </p><p> Preliminary Card</p><p> </p><p> Lightweight Bout:<strong> Eddie Alvarez </strong>(165 lbs) vs. Duane Ludwig (165 lbs)</p><p> </p><p> Heavyweight Bout: Ben Rothwell (260 lbs) vs. <strong>Jeff Monson </strong>(235 lbs)</p><p> </p><p> Middleweight Bout: Matt Lindland (205 lbs) vs. <strong>Alexander Shlemenko</strong> (205 lbs)</p><p> </p><p> Lightweight Bout: Yves Edwards (165 lbs) vs.<strong> Antonio McKee </strong>(165 lbs)</p><p> </p><p> Middleweight Bout: James Lee (205 lbs) vs.<strong> Cyrille Diabate</strong> (205 lbs)</p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Bout: <strong>Dan Hornbuckle </strong>(185 lbs) vs. Josh Burkman (170 lbs)</p>
  9. vladjarca
    Man, that Chael Sonnen quote was SO on point, I absolutely love it <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />
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    <p><strong>UBL 14: CRASH COURSE - Gillespie vs. Moicano</strong></p><p> 22 October, 2021</p><p> Somewhere in Eastern Europe</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Prelims:</strong></p><p> W BW: Stephanie Egger vs. Yuriko Okajima</p><p> FW: Gavin Tucker vs. Salman Zhamaldaev</p><p> WW: Nicolas Dalbu vs. Christian Lee</p><p> LW: Chris Wade vs. Akhmed Aliev</p><p> MW: Roberto Soldic vs. Vladimir Mineev</p><p> HW: #10 Francimar Barroso vs. Jared Rosholt</p><p> W FlyW: #10 Shana Dobson vs. #13 Victoria Leonardo</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Main card preview:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> 1. Women's Bantamweight Bout: #2 Bethe CORREIA (12-6-1, -1000) vs. #8 Joselyne EDWARDS (9-3, +790)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Pitbull Bethe Correia made her UBL debut TKOing Talita Bernardo in the inaugural W BW tournament, and then got put to sleep VIOLENTLY by BW Queen Sarah Kaufman, in the 4th round. Obviously, at 38yo, she's not as great as she used to be, but she is still a quite good grappler, and has been working on her standing grappling and takedowns. On the ground, she can go toe to toe with most grapplers, and on the feet, she has good power in her hands likes to hit her low kicks. Joselyne Edwards got dominated by Bea Malecki in her UBL debut. Still, at 26 yo, she's a rising star and we believe she's capable of getting an upset, but more likely to lose. Still, Correia could use a win, while a win for Josie would be a potentially starmaking shock, so let there be fireworks!</p><p> </p><p> Prediction: Correia by decision.</p><p> </p><p> 2.<strong> Heavyweight Bout: #2 Junior DOS SANTOS (21-10, -400) vs. #7 Ben ROTHWELL (38-15, +310)</strong></p><p> </p><p> After back to back TKO losses to Ngannou, Blaydes, Rozenstruik and Gane, an UD loss to Overeem was the last UFC fight of JDS's career as a fighter. Now that the pressure of fighting on the world's biggest stage is off, JDS has a newfound confidence and has been working hard on the grappling side of things, altho it is a bit late. Still, he is a very good boxer and is starting to become decent on the ground. Rothwell is doing just a bit better than Junior, as he's losing streak is only at 3 right now, losing to Tybura in his last UFC fight and to Pavlovich and Boser in the UBL. He's a heavy hitter who'll eventually look to ground and pound you if he can't knock your head straight off. Raise your glass if you think this fight won't last longer than 1 round.</p><p> </p><p> Prediction: JDS by 1st round KO.</p><p> </p><p> 3. <strong>Heavyweight Bout: #8 Matt MITRIONE (14-8-1, -730) vs. #13 Daniel OMIELANCZUK (24-11-1-1, +580)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Sorry for being lazy, but here's a copy-paste of what I wrote for the UBL 10 card, when there two were initially supposed to meet.</p><p> </p><p> After some violent losses, Mitrione broke his bad streak with a 1st round TKO win over Jared Rosholt in his UBL debut, back in April. He's a talented striker, with great power in his hands, but a declining chin. He's also a pretty good wrestler and if he gets on top and starts punching, it's bad for whoever's on the receiving end. Omielanczuk lost when challenging for the ACA HW belt in late 2020, and then got caught in an RNC in his UBL debut, against Evgeny Goncharov, on the same card where Mitrione fought. He is a decent grappler and has pretty good power in his hands, but him pulling off the upset win would surely not be appreciated by the UBL higher-ups, as Mitrione is obviously the bigger star and the one that actually has a chance to work himself into title contention. So, please, Daniel, be a sweetie and grab another L. Cheers!</p><p> </p><p> Prediction: Mitrione by 1st round KO.</p><p> </p><p> 4. <strong>Heavyweight Title & Tournament Semi-Final: © Alexander ROMANOV (15-0, -260) vs. #1 Sergey SPIVAK (13-3, +200)</strong></p><p> </p><p> The "R" in "Romanov" stands for "READY TO BEAT, SMOTHER AND SMASH YOU". He dominanted Stefan Struve in his UBL debut and 50-45ed champion Sergey Pavlovich to win the belt. By the way, Pavlovich was on PEDs, but that didn't help, because Romanov is just built different. Aged 30, he's pretty much hitting his prime. He's a great wrestler with a very good ground game, and if you somehow keep it standing, he might not have the best technique, but his punches can knock out most HWs. Also, he loves to slam people, and he loves to choke people. Good luck fighting off this guy. Enter Polar Bear Sergey Spivak. He RNC'd Tanner Boser with ease in the inaugural HW tournament, and lost a competitive fight with Pavlovich (who was probably on PEDs but went under our radar because reasons). He bounced back with a TKO win over the beast they call "Tai Tuivasa", and now he's back to get the gold. Aged 26yo, he's hungry and working hard to become the best HW in the world. He's a power-striker, he's a good wrestler, he's pretty capable on the ground as well. This is a clash of titans, and whoever wins can probably hold his own against any "A" league HW with style and grace.</p><p> </p><p> Prediction: Romanov by 5th round submission.</p><p> </p><p> 5.<strong> Lightweight Title Bout: © Gregor GILLESPIE (16-1, -420) vs. #3 Renato CARNEIRO (16-4-1, +330)</strong></p><p> </p><p> While Kevin Lee is becoming one of the best fighters on the planet, Gregor ain't doing bad either. He bounced back from the loss with 3 big wins, beating Bobby Green in the first round of the inaugural UBL LW tournament, then getting the UD over Fiziev for the belt, and then doing quick work, subbing Klose in the 1st round for his first defence. And this train of a man ain't slowing down, as he's wrestling and ground games are only getting better, while he remains elusive and fairly powerful on the feet. He's opponent, tho, is a BJJ ace, coming off 2 beautiful wins over Brent Primus and Vinc Pichel. Moicano has a quite similar skillset to Gregor, minus the takedowns, but with better submission ofence on the ground. It might be a rare occasion where Gregor might want to keep it standing, as 8 out of 16 wins of Moicano's career came via submission, and elite wrestler Brent Primus was the most recent victim of Moicano's vicious submissions. If Gillespie would try to keep the fight on the feet, close and dirty, he might be able to get the W, but in 5 rounds, I simply don't believe it's possible for 2 grapplers to not take the fight down, and on the ground, Moicano is too vicious to let Gillespie slip.</p><p> </p><p> Prediction: Moicano Carneiro by 3rd round submission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> So come on lads, share those</p><p> Main card predictions:</p><p> W BW: Bethe CORREIA vs. Joselyne EDWARDS</p><p> HW: Junior DOS SANTOS vs. Ben ROTHWELL</p><p> HW: Matt MITRIONE vs. Daniel OMIELANCZUK</p><p> HW Title & Tournament SF: Alexander ROMANOV vs. Sergey SPIVAK</p><p> LW Title: Gregor GILLESPIE vs. Renato CARNEIRO</p>
  11. vladjarca
    <p>Big fights between UBL 12 and UBL 13:</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bellator</strong></p><p> Cyborg beat Julia Budd by UD to defend her Bellator W FW Title.</p><p> Vadim Nemkov beat Yoel Romero by 3rd round KO in a Fantastic bout. The Soldier of God retired following this great bout <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> Lorenz Larkin beat Kemran Lachinov by UD.</p><p> </p><p> Aaaand a small roster update before the show: Cody Stamann wanted to move back down to Bantamweight, while Andre Ewell would like to move up to FW, so both get their wishes. Also, I cut Said Nurmagomedov because of his old drug test failure (dunno why but I had the impression he won that bout, but it was a loss to Yahya actually, and cheaters that lose are not wanted in the UBL! Cheaters that win, thooo... $)</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong><span style="font-family:'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size:18px;">UBL 13: PLATINUM DEFENDS - Perry vs. Price</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:'Franklin Gothic Medium';"><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span></span></strong>15 September, 2021</p><p> Somewhere in Eastern Europe</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Prelims:</strong></p><p> BW: Stephen Loman defeats Shintaro Ishiwatari by UD (30-27, 29-28 x 2). </p><p> W BW: Cornelia Holm defeats Milana Dudieva by Americana Submission @2:37, round 1. </p><p> LW: Loik Radzhabov defeats Ottman Azaitar by UD (30-27 x 3). Radzhabov calls out Thanh Le.</p><p> MW: #15 Bartosz Fabinski defeats Sharaf Davlatmurodov by UD (30-27 x 2, 29-28). This was Davlatmurodov's retirement fight, as he had announced prior. Fabinski calls out Andre Muniz. Dunno about that.</p><p> W BW: #14 Reina Miura defeats Takayo Hashi by KO @2:43, round 1. </p><p> WW: #11 Sean Brady defeats #12 Lyman Good by TKO @3:58, round 3. Brady calls out gah damn Yaroslav Amosov, saying he wants to challenge himself to jump to that next level. We might make that happen.</p><p> MW: #8 Makhmud Muradov defeats #10 Tom Breese by KO @2:24, round 2. Muradov says he wants to rematch Darren Stewart, belt or no belt. Alriiight?</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Main card:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> 1. Lightweight Bout: #5 Rashid MAGOMEDOV (25-5-1, -180) vs. #10 Scott HOLTZMAN (14-5, +140)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Round 1: Holtzman's coming forward and they trade low kicks. They mostly circle around for the next minute, and then Rashid hits a jab-low kick combo. Holtzman shoots and drives Rashid against the cage, but Rashid defends the following TD attempt and circles out to the center, and pieces Holtzman up with a crunching left-right hook combo. Rashid gets aggressive, enters the pocket and hits 2 mean lefts and a powerful straight right. He keeps walking Holtzman down, gets touched by a counter jab but hits another big right. Holtz hits another counter jab and takes another low kick. Rashid keeps walking down his opponent, hitting a jab-low kick combo. Then, he hits three punches and another low kick. And he hits another big jab-overhand right combo as the round reaches the end. Great round from Rashid, 10-9, and Holtzman needs to change something.</p><p> Round 2: Rashid goes back at it, pressuring and hitting Holtz with a big right hook. But the following minutes see them both pretty much miss all they throw except a few weak jabs. Around the halfpoint of the round, Rashid connects another low kick and Holtzman's leg is looking bad. Rashid looks a bit tired, but still manages to connect with some good lefts and another leg kick. Holtz hits the occasional counter jab, but Rashid hits him with another jab-low kick combo. He hits another low kick, and it's round over. 20-18 for Rashid and Holtzman's legs might be compromised.</p><p> Round 3: Holtzman shoots right away and gets a single leg TD, ending up in guard! He hits a few small strikes, but a scramble starts, and Holtz is now up, pushing Rashid against the cage. He has to work a bit, but he gets a double leg TD, as Rashid pulls guard again. Holtz hits some small shots, and another scramble sees Holtzman turtled up, facing Rashid, with 70 seconds left in the fight. Rashid pounds on Holtz for the rest of the round. Still, it's definetly Holtz's round, and the fight ends with a 29-28 for Rashid on my scorecard. </p><p> </p><p> Winner: Rashid Magomedov (UD: 29-28 x 3). Rating: Great. </p><p> </p><p> Post-fight: Holtzman declares he thinks it's time to call it a carrer and leaves his gloves in the cage. Rashid says it was a tough, gritty fight, but he knew he'd get his hand raised by the end.</p><p> Rashid broke in the world LW rankings at #25.</p><p> </p><p> 2. <strong>Middleweight Bout: #4 Andrew SANCHEZ (12-6, +110) vs. #7 Eryk ANDERS (13-6, -150)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Round 1: They meet in the center, and Sanchez uses a left jab to set up A MASSIVE RIGHT HOOK TO THE JAW, BUT ANDERS LANDED A POWERFUL LEFT HOOK OF HIS OWN, AND SANCHEZ IS THE ONE WHO HITS THE FLOOR! Anders pretty much falls into side control, and throws some minor body shots, still too rocked to throw anythign significant. Anders eventually tries to lock in an arm triangle but can't get it, so he goes back to small strikes. Anders tries to mount, but a scramble sees Sanchez on top, in half guard. He hits some small shots for the remaining 80 seconds, and it's round over. Sanchez landed more while down, but Anders had more control time. I'll give it to Sanchez, tho. 10-9 Sanchez on my scorecard.</p><p> Round 2: They meet in the center again, and Sanchez misses his right hook, getting countered with a jab-hook combo. Sanchez connects with his next hook attempt, but Anders unleashes another hellish hook to the jaw that drops Sanchez! AND THE SHOTS HE THROWS TO HIS DOWNED OPPONENT ARE NO JOKE THIS TIME! THAT'S A TKO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!</p><p> </p><p> Winner: Eryk Anders (Hook & Pound TKO @1:03, round 2). Rating: Good.</p><p> </p><p> Post-fight: Anders says this is what happens when two powerful warriors meet and he's glad he got the better of his opponent tonight. And then he drops some generic boring stuff.</p><p> </p><p> 3. <strong>Women's Bantamweight Bout: #1 Sara MCMANN (12-6, -290) vs. #7 Talita BERNARDO (6-5, +230)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Round 1: Talita starts boxing in style as always, coming in with a jab-straight right combo, while Sara hits some weak counterjabs. Talita repeats her earlier combo. Sara realizes boxing might not be a good idea, so she shoots and Talita's pulling guard. But she doesn't do much with the takedown, and after minutes of smothering, Herb Dean gets the ladies up. Talita hits a good straight and then a jab, and McMann dodges the follow up straight and clinches. She sweeps Talita nicely and ends up on top, in side control. She tries an armbar! But can't get it. And soon, the round is over. Sara surely won it with her top control. 10-9 McMann.</p><p> Round 2: Talita hits a left and then a straight right, and Sara manages to clinch. SARA MCMANN GETS TALITA DOWN WITH A BEAUTIFUL GRECO-ROMAN SLAM, ending up in side control. She hits Talita with short strikes early on, but she isn't quite active, so Dean gets them up with 100 seconds left in round 2. Talita hits some jabs and Sara isn't trying to throw anything in response. Talita hits a good straight right. And another one, as Sara was trying to get close. Last 10 seconds, and Talita hits a hook, and then a 4 punch flurry. Round over and it was likely another round for Sara McMann, 20-18.</p><p> Round 3: Talita comes in again with the straight right, and then with the right hook as Sara was trying to get close. Talita hits anothe straight right, but Sara clinches again. Sara gets Talita against the cage. Sara Usmans Talita for ages and Dean gets them back to the center with 2 minutes left. Sara avoids the big strikes and times a good takedown, ending up in Talita's guard again. She smothers and punches her until it's round over, and she surely got the W here. 30-27 for Sara McMann on my scorecard.</p><p> </p><p> Winner: Sara McMann (UD: 29-28 x3). Rating: Poor.</p><p> </p><p> Post-fight: Sara is glad to win on her debut and hopes she can give the fans a more fun fight in her next outing. I hope so too, Sara.</p><p> Sara went up in the world W BW rankings, from #14 to #12.</p><p> </p><p> 4. <strong>And now, time for the first title fight of the evening! FOR THE UBL FLYWEIGHT TITLE, A FLYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT QUARTER-FINAL BOUT: </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> © Magomed "GLADIATOR" BIBULATOV (19-2, -380) vs. #3 Tim ELLIOTT (16-12-1, +300)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Round 1: They touch gloves, and it's on. Tim misses with a left hook and gets stung with a right, but then he checks a low kick and hits a left hook. But then Tim misses a big left and gets stung with a left body kick. Tim keeps looking good, tho, dodging a big left to hit with one of his own. But Bibulatov throws him off with a feint and hits him with a good jab-hook combo. They're pretty much brawling with pillow hands, trading lots of punches, and it's quite fun and compeititive. But Bibulatov dodges a nice left and counters with a glancing high kick. Then they trade 1-2s again, and soon it's round over. Bibulatov landed more, so it's 10-9 for the champ.</p><p> Round 2: Tim comes out brave, walking down Bibulatov, who hits two counter lefts and dodges Tim's 1-2. Tim keeps pressuring and tries a left hook, but Bibulatov dodges and counters with a MASSIVE jab-right hook combo, AND ELLIOTT WOBBLES AND FALLS DOWN! BIBULATOV UNLEASHES MASSIVE SHOTS TO HIS DOWNED OPPONENT, AND MAZZAGATTI HAS SEEN ENOUGH!</p><p> </p><p> Winner, AND STILL UBL FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD: MAGOMED "GLADIATOR" BIBULATOV (Hook & Pound TKO @1:33, round 2). Rating: Good.</p><p> </p><p> Post-fight: "I have a lot of respect for this man right here, he is tough as a rock and has the heart of a warrior. But I am Gladiator, I fight anyone, I beat anyone. Whoever's next will get the same treatment - respect and beatdown."</p><p> Title prestige: up from 63 to 69. Bibulatov will face Hiromasa Ogikubo in the semi-finals. Bibulatov went up in the world FlyW rankings, from #6 to #4, while Tim fell off the rankings, from #23.</p><p> </p><p> 5.<strong> AND NOW, IT IS TIME FOR THE MAAAAAAAAAIN EVENT OF THE EVENIIIIIIIING! FOR THE UBL WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WOOORLD!</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> © "PLATINUM" Mike PEEERRY (16-7, +340) vs. #2 Niko "THE HYYYBRIIID" PRICE (15-5-2, -430)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Round 1: No touch, as expected. Perry hits a roundhouse body kick, Price hits a jab and a hook to the body. Perry misses a right hook and gets stung with a jab-left straight combo. Price then parries a head kick and manages to connect with one of his own, altho lacking power. They both miss some big punches after that. Price hits a good right-left straight combo, while Perry hits the classic jab-cross combo. Perry got cut above the eye, tho. Price dodges a hook and throws a spinning kick to the body. They miss with some more big strikes, then. And Price comes in with a jab-spin kick combo. We're in the last minute, and Perry misses A HUGE right hand, allowing Price to come in with a right to the body. Pissed off, Perry shouts at Price, "WHEN I LAND THAT RIGHT, YOU DROP, HIGH KID", and Price laughs a bit in response. They trade a few jabs and it's round over. Clean 10-9 for the challenger, Niko Price.</p><p> Round 2: They trade some jabs but again, defend well against the big shots. Perry hits a sharp 1-2 but gets stung by a good left hand. Then they both miss with some wild kicks. Perry tries to lure Price so he can counter him with some big shots, but it ain't working as he's missing those big counter punches. But he's also defending well against Price's big shots. Perry misses a cross and Price counters him with one of his own, reopening Perry's cut. But Perry manages to scratch Price with a head kick set up by a decent jab. But Price laughs it off and hits a jab-body kick combo. They trade some more jabs, and Perry is looking a bit tired now. Price hits another jab-body kick combo. More jabs land for both men, and Price is looking confident moving into the last minute. Both men dodge each others big strikes, and Price manages to hit a good right hand. They trade some more small shots while dodging the bigger ones, and Price is looking a bit tired as well by the end of round 2. A close round this time around, but Price outstruck Perry again, so 20-18 for the challenger.</p><p> Round 3: Perry misses again with "that right", and Price hits a jab-low kick combo. Perry shouts again, "INCHES FROM GOING TO SLEEP", but Price doesn't seem bothered by Perry's mind games. Price dodges another right and counters with a body kick. Looking tired, Perry clinches! Bad idea tho, as Price gets him against the cage. And he gets Perry in the Thai clinch! Price hits 2 small knees to the chest, but Perry mostly defends well and escapes, with 1 minute left. They miss some more haymakers, tho, and it's round over, with 0 strikes landed for Perry, which means he surely needs to finish Price if he wants to retain. 30-27 Price.</p><p> Round 4: They both look pretty tired coming into round 4. They miss some more strikes, and Price is surely looking more gassed than Perry. Still, they clinch, and Price hits Perry with a knee to the body, and then pushes him against the cage. He keeps him there for 2 minutes, hitting knees and dirty boxing him, and Perry finally escapes with 1 minute left. Well, well, Price misses with a massive big left and Perry counters with a left cross. But Price manages to clinch again and the round ends with Perry stuck against the cage again. 40-36 for Price, and Perry ain't winning unless he lands "that right", that's how I see it. Perry's ribs are as red as lobsters, Price messed those up in the clinch, but also from distance with his body kicks and punches. Money in the bank, as they say.</p><p> Round 5: They trade jabs and fall in a clinch. Price punches Perry in the clinch. Perry doesn't let Price push him around anymore, but again eats some punches in the clinch. And Price finally gets Perry against the cage again. Again, Price punishes Perry's arrogance and disrespect with tons of short strikes, and Perry finally escapes with 2 minutes left on the clock. Both warriors looks quite tired. PRICE MISSES A HOOK AND GETS COUNTERED WITH A CLEAN RIGHT, but it wasn't "that right"... Perry eats a jab but hitsa great right hook, AND PRICE IS STUMBLING, GOING BACKWARDS! PERRY HITS AN UPPERCUT, BUT IT DOESN'T LAND CLEAN, and Price snaps back into it. Price misses another big left, and Perry counters with a jab-right hook combo, but it ain't it, and the fight is f'n over... 50-45, sadly, for "The Hybrid" Niko Price...</p><p> </p><p> Winner, AND NEEEEEEWWW UBL WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION" NIKO "THE HYBRID" PRIIIICE! (UD: 49-46 x 3). Rating: Good (how was this only good, I do not konw <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> ).</p><p> </p><p> Post-fight: "Whoever wants it, come and get it. I'm taking on all comers, I'm fighting anyone, I'm humbling anyone. Hope this ass-whooping got your mind straight, Perry. You know, guys, it's hard to feel like a champion when Mike Perry is the guy you beat for the belt. Screw the all-comers thing I just said, GIVE ME THE VERY BEST THIS DIVISION HAS!"</p><p> Title prestige: up from 64 to 67. Price went up in the WW world rankings, from #17 to #12, while Perry fell from #15 to #22.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Attendace: 4 400</p><p> Critical rating: 71</p><p> COmmercial rating: 75</p><p> FOTN: R Magomedov vs. S Holtzman</p><p> KOOTN: M Muradov vs. T Breese</p><p> SubOTN: C Holm vs. Milana Dudieva</p><p> Profit: + 651 470</p><p> </p><p> Biggest paydays: Rashid Magomedov - 44 500, Scott Holtzman - 28 200, Niko Price - 26 900.</p><p> Title fights paydays: Mike Perry - 16 600, Tim Elliott - 11 700, Magomed Bibulatov - 10 000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>UPDATED RANKINGS:</strong></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/tH3QAuo" rel="external nofollow">LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT</a></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/Y3GmrPk" rel="external nofollow">MIDDLEWEIGHT</a></p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/8TvtI6K" rel="external nofollow"></a></p><p> WELTERWEIGHT</p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/fDhx0kH" rel="external nofollow">LIGHTWEIGHT</a></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/H0Uz0wL" rel="external nofollow">FEATHERWEIGHT</a></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/YiQwQue" rel="external nofollow">BANTAMWEIGHT</a></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/Y37Cmgl" rel="external nofollow">FLYWEIGHT</a></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/JRdx39a" rel="external nofollow">WOMEN'S BANTAMWEIGHT</a></p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://imgur.com/d1HEnPn" rel="external nofollow">WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>TOURNAMENTS:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> HEAVYWEIGHT:</strong></p><p> © Alexander Romanov vs. Sergey Spivak (UBL 14)</p><p> Tanner Boser vs. Ilir Latifi (UBL 15)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT:</strong></p><p> Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov © vs. Ryan Spann (UBL 15)</p><p> Da Un Jung vs. Rashid Yusupov</p><p> </p><p><strong> MIDDLEWEIGHT:</strong></p><p> Karl Roberson © vs. Darren Stewart (UBL 15)</p><p> Brad Tavares vs. Dricus Du Plessis</p><p> </p><p> <strong>BANTAMWEIGHT:</strong></p><p> Ricky Simon © vs. Brad Katona</p><p> Jack Shore vs. Rani Yahya</p><p> </p><p><strong> FLYWEIGHT:</strong></p><p> Magomed Bibulatov © vs. Hiromasa Ogikubo</p><p> Amir Albazi vs. Jordan Espinosa (UBL 16)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>ROSTER UPDATES:</strong></p><p> </p><p> New signings:</p><p> LHW: Jonathan Wilson (12-3, LFA LHW Champion)</p><p> W FlyW: <strong>GAH DAM BULLETINA SHEVCHENKO</strong> (22-4) who lost the belt to Chookagian in the rematch but is coming off a KO win over Lauren Murphy.</p><p> </p><p> Cut from the UBL: Milana Dudieva (13-9 BW), Takayo Hashi (16-9-1 BW)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Big fights outside of the UBL:</p><p> </p><p> <strong>UFC</strong></p><p> Kevin Lee beat Dan Hooker by 4th round KO.</p><p> Ketlen Vieira beat Raquel Pennington by SD.</p><p> Kelvin Gastelum beat Joaquin Buckley by UD.</p><p> Dani Ige beat Shane Burgos by 1st round TKO.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> And of course, our prediction rankings!</p><p> Majster_93: 5/5; Total: 21/35 (60%).</p><p> CageRage: 4/5; Total: 49/95 (52%).</p><p> </p><p> McDojoDelux: Total: 17/29 (57%).</p><p> rodrigoviolim: Total: 35/84 (42%).</p><p> legendaryhorseman: Total: 2/5.</p><p> </p><p> Congratulations to both of you lads, especially to you Majster, for getting the 2nd 5/5 of this dynasty!</p>
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    <p>WHW #1: <strong>Leah Letson </strong>vs. Gina Carano</p><p> WSW #1: <strong>Randa Markos</strong> vs. Svetlana Gotsyk</p><p> LW #1: <strong>Mairbek Taisumov</strong> vs. Mike Ricci</p><p> MW #1:<strong> Darren Till </strong>vs. Marc-Andre Barriault</p><p> LW #1: Anthony Pettis vs. <strong>Lance Gibson Jr.</strong></p><p> LHW #1: Dominick Reyes vs. <strong>Rashid Yusupov</strong></p><p> WSW #1: <strong>Tecia Torres</strong> vs. Nadia Kassem</p><p> WHW #1: <strong>Alexis Dufresne</strong> vs. Larissa Pacheco</p><p> LHW #1: Jarod Trice vs. <strong>Marcel Fortuna</strong></p><p> MW #1:<strong> Rodolfo Vieira</strong> vs. Brett Cooper</p><p> </p><p> BW: Eddie Wineland vs.<strong> Jack Cartwright</strong></p><p> LHW:<strong> Jordan Young </strong>vs. Karl Albrektsson</p><p> FW: <strong>Ciaran Clarke</strong> vs. Bekbulat Magomedov</p><p> WFLY: <strong>Lucie Pudilova </strong>vs. Marianna Kheyfets</p>
  13. vladjarca
    That Fedor win........
  14. vladjarca
    Elite MMA Championship has been making some interesting moves, they already had guys like Brad Katona, Ismail Naurdiev, Satoshi Ishii, Denis Stojnic and Erko Jun, and they've recently added Renan Barao to their roster.
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    FLY #1: Eric Shelton vs. Demetrious Johnson WW #1: Ismail Naurdiev vs. Igor Fernandes WW #1: Jordan Mein vs. Matt Dwyer WAW #1: Herica Tiburcio vs. Priscilla Gaol FW #1: Jung Young Lee vs. Kazumasa Majima WFLY #1: Molly McCann vs. Poliana Botelho FW #1: Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Bubba Jenkins WAW #1: Grace Cleveland vs. Kyra Batara FLY #1 Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Ronaldo Candido WFLY #1: Cornelia Holm vs. Melinda Fabian LW: Koyomi Matsushima vs. Sam Stout WBW: Norma Dumont vs. Jan Finney HW: Davion Franklin vs. Chris Birchler BW: Stephen Loman vs. Josh Reed
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    <p>GAH DAM IT THAT 11/12</p><p> </p><p> Loving this dynasty so far bruh, it's damn awesome!</p><p> </p><p> Main-Event</p><p> </p><p> Light-Heavyweight: <strong>Jon Jones</strong> (#1, #3P4P, 22-1-1NC) vs. Alexander Gustafsson (#2, 18-4)</p><p> *For Vacant Light-Heavyweight Championship*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Co-Main</p><p> </p><p> W-Featherweight: [C] <strong>Cristiane Justino </strong>(#13P4P, 20-1-1NC) vs. Cat Zingano (10-3)</p><p> *Cyborg's 4th attempted title-defense*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Main-Card</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Welterweight: Carlos Condit (#13, 30-12) vs. <strong>Michael Chiesa </strong>(14-4)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Light-Heavyweight: <strong>Corey Anderson</strong> (#6, 11-4) vs. Ilir Latifi (#4, 14-5-1NC)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Featherweight: <strong>Chad Mendes</strong> (#5, 18-4) vs. Alexander Volkanovski (#11, 18-1)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Preliminary-Card [FS1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Heavyweight:<strong> Justin Willis</strong> (#14, 7-1) vs. Andrei Arlovski (#15, 27-17-1NC)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Bantamweight:<strong> Petr Yan </strong>(10-1) vs. Douglas Silva de Andrade (25-2-1NC)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Featherweight: BJ Penn (16-12-2) vs. <strong>Ryan Hall </strong>(6-1)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Early-Prelims [uFC Fight-Pass]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> W-Flyweight: Bec Rawlings (7-8) vs. <strong>Kalindra Faria</strong> (18-8-1)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Middleweight: <strong>Alessio Di Chirico </strong>(12-2) vs. Marcelo Guimarães (9-2-1)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> W-Bantamweight: <strong>Sarah Moras</strong> (5-4) vs. Yana Kunitskaya (11-4)</p>
  17. vladjarca
    <p>Main Event</p><p> </p><p> #9 <strong>Brian O’Flaherty </strong>(4-0) vs #10 Javid Khan (6-5)</p><p> Welterweight Bout</p><p> </p><p> Co-Main Event</p><p> #7<strong> Geraint O’Connell </strong>(3-0) vs #10 Ignatius Hepfinger (9-10)</p><p> Lightweight Bout</p><p> </p><p> #9 Duey Rickert (9-5) vs #10 <strong>Swithens Corcoran</strong> (4-0)</p><p> Featherweight Bout</p><p> </p><p> #8 <strong><strong>Tsunahei Ogawa</strong></strong> (4-0) vs #9 Zabit Mansurov (3-0)</p><p> Bantamweight Bout</p><p> </p><p> Pre-Show Card</p><p> </p><p> #10 Alessandro Adauto (2-0) vs #12 <strong>Masazou Nonaka</strong> (1-0)</p><p> Bantamweight Bout</p><p> </p><p> #11 <strong>Mark Lee </strong>(3-0) vs #12 Clint Royle (2-0)</p><p> Featherweight Bout</p><p> </p><p> #10 Shawn McCarthy (2-0) vs #13 <strong>Nathan Wyles</strong> (1-0)</p><p> Lightweight Bout</p><p> </p><p> #12<strong> Todd Prenger </strong>(2-0) vs #13 Humbert Gest (6-5)</p><p> Welterweight Bout</p>
  18. vladjarca
    <p>Main Event:</p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Bout: (#25) <strong>Sage Northcut</strong>t vs. Tarec Saffiedine</p><p> </p><p> Co-Main Event:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Womens Bantamweight Bout: (#4) Holly Holm vs. (#7) <strong>Sarah Moras</strong></p><p> </p><p> Main Card:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Bantamweight Bout: (#5) Sean O'Malley vs. (#9) <strong>Petr Yan</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Womens Flyweight Bout: (#2) <strong>Lucie Pudilova</strong> vs. (#3) Gillian Robertson</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Heavyweight Bout: <strong>Arjan Bhullar</strong> vs. Brendan Schaub</p><p> </p><p> Preliminary Card:</p><p> </p><p> Womens Bantamweight Bout: (#16) Fontanne Auton vs. (#17)<strong> Julija Stoliarenko</strong></p><p> </p><p> Womens Bantamweight Bout: (#18) <strong>Mudry Kudratsyeva</strong> vs. (#19) Valentine Paret</p><p> </p><p> Lightweight Bout: <strong>Charles Jourdain</strong> vs. Damir Ismagulov</p><p> </p><p> Featherweight Bout: <strong>Hatsu Hioki</strong> vs. T.J. Laramie</p><p> </p><p> Welterweight Bout: Jordan Mein vs.<strong> Chad Laprise</strong></p><p> </p><p> Bantamweight Bout: Cole Smith vs. <strong>Davey Grant</strong></p><p> </p><p> Featherweight Bout: <strong>Hakeem Dawodu</strong> vs. Brian Kelleher</p><p> </p><p> Light Heavyweight Bout: <strong>Smealinho Rama</strong> vs. Miro Jurkovic</p><p> </p><p> Featherweight Bout: <strong>Aaron Pico</strong> vs. Gavin Tucker</p><p> </p><p> Middleweight Bout: <strong>Mariusz Ksiazkiewicz </strong>vs. Vagab Vagabov</p>
  19. vladjarca
    Main Event Heavyweight Championship Bout: © Stipe Miocic vs. (#1) Francis Ngannou Co-Main Event Featherweight Championship Bout: © Alexander Volkanovski vs. (#2) Brian Ortega Main Card Welterweight Bout: (#8) Tyron Woodley vs. (#11) Vicente Luque Light Heavyweight Bout: (#11) Johnny Walker vs. (#14) Jimmy Crute Bantamweight Bout: Sean O’Malley vs. Thomas Almeida ESPN Preliminary Card Lightweight Bout: Joe Lauzon vs. Lando Vannata Welterweight Bout: Court McGee vs. Mickey Gall Women’s Strawweight Bout: Randa Markos vs. Luana Pinheiro ESPN+ Early Preliminary Card Light Heavyweight Bout: Michal Oleksiejczuk vs. Modestas Bukauskas Women’s Strawweight Bout: Jessica Penne vs. Hannah Goldy Featherweight Bout: Julian Erosa vs. Nate Landwehr
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    Main Card Heavyweight Championship Bout: Fedor Emelianenko (230 lbs) vs. Rolles Gracie (250 lbs) Middleweight Bout: Mauricio Rua (205 lbs) vs. Mark Coleman (205 lbs) Heavyweight Bout: Josh Barnett (250 lbs) vs. Aleksander Emelianenko (255 lbs) Lightweight Bout: Vitor Ribeiro (165 lbs) vs. Nick Diaz (165 lbs) Middleweight Bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama (190 lbs) vs. Stephan Bonnar (205 lbs) Welterweight Bout: Kazuo Misaki (185 lbs) vs. Renzo Gracie (185 lbs) Preliminary Card Heavyweight Bout: Kazuyuki Fujita (240 lbs) vs. Bob Sapp (265 lbs) Heavyweight Bout: Ricco Rodriguez (245 lbs) vs. Gilbert Yvel (235 lbs) Welterweight Bout: Gregor Gracie (185 lbs) vs. Tim Boetsch (185 lbs) Middleweight Bout: Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (205 lbs) vs. Christian M'Pumbu (205 lbs) Featherweight Bout: Bao Quach (145 lbs) vs. Akitoshi Tamura (145 lbs) Featherweight Bout: Jong Man Kim (145 lbs) vs. Patricio Freire (145 lbs
  21. vladjarca
    UBL 13: PLATINUM DEFENDS - Perry vs. Price 15 September, 2021 Somewhere in Eastern Europe Prelims: BW: Stephen Loman vs. Shintaro Ishiwatari W BW: Milana Dudieva vs. Cornelia Holm LW: Ottman Azaitar vs. Loik Radzhabov MW: #15 Bartosz Fabinski vs. Sharaf Davlatmurodov W BW: #14 Reina Miura vs. Takayo Hashi WW: #11 Sean Brady vs. #12 Lyman Good MW: #8 Makhmud Muradov vs. #10 Tom Breese Main card preview: 1. Lightweight Bout: #5 Rashid MAGOMEDOV (25-5-1, -180) vs. #10 Scott HOLTZMAN (14-5, +140) Rashid is coming off 2 big wins, with the latest being in his UBL debut, when he KOed Lando Vannata in the 2nd round. He is mainly a counter striker with good unotrhodox, powerful strikes, who can defend against submissions and also smother with top control off knockdowns. Scott Holtzmann is coming off 2 defeats. He ended his 7-4 UFC run with a spectacular loss to Dariush, and lost in his UBL debut, getting KOed by a violent elbow. He is mainly a BJJ guy but doesn't really excel in any aspect of the MMA game, but he'll occasionally pull a rabbit out of the hat. Still, Rashid is the favourite in my book. Prediction: Magomedov by decision. 2. Middleweight Bout: #4 Andrew SANCHEZ (12-6, +110) vs. #7 Eryk ANDERS (13-6, -150) Sanchez is an ex TUF winner, coming off a loss in his UBL debut and a 6-3 UFC run. He lost by 1st round armbar to ex-champion Cummings in the inaugural MW tournament. He is mainly a wrestler who likes to ground and pound or smother from top control. He feels at home when in top control but can't do much else otherwise. He came in the UBL off a 5-5 UFC run and lost to current champion Karl Roberson in his UBL debut, by 1st round TKO. His style is similar with that of Sanchez, but he also desplays good power on the feet, despite not having great technique. When two grapplers with bad takedowns and good TD defence meet, we should expect a sloppy striking war. And Anders is surely the favourite in a sloppy striking war. Prediction: Anders by 1st round KO. 3. Women's Bantamweight Bout: #1 Sara MCMANN (12-6, -290) vs. #7 Talita BERNARDO (6-5, +230) McMann is a rugged veteran and an Oympic Silver winner in wrestling, who's making her UBL debut after a long 6-6 UFC run. She is a great wrestler who often manages to control position when on the ground, and lock in submissions. Also, she has good power in her hands and decent boxing. Talita got TKOed by Bethe Correia in the 3rd round in the inaugural W BW tournament. She's a great technical boxer who throws the occasional killer head kick. She's also a skilled grappler with great takedowns and quite good top control. Since she's better rounded and likely hungrier, I can't help but pick Talita as the favourite. Prediction: Bernardo by 3rd round KO. 4. Flyweight Title & Tournament Quarter-Final: © Magomed BIBULATOV (19-2, -380) vs. #3 Tim ELLIOTT (16-12-1, +300) Bibulatov is on a 5 fight winning streak, after he left the UFC after only 3 fights. He defeated Amir Abazi and Kara-France by UD to win the belt. He's a great wrestler that will always pretty much decide where the fight goes, with a good ground game and armed with a powerful head kick for when his grappling can seal the deal. His stand-up striking, submission defence and bottom control are his main weaknesses. Tim Elliott is pretty much a gatekeeper of the flyweight division and is coming off a UD loss to Kara-France in the inaugural FlyW tournament. He's a good wrestler as well, who likes to keep it close and violent, being one of the more fun wrestlers of the MMA world. Still, Bibulatov is expected to win "by murder" or "by whatever he wants", but Tim is always game and looking to get that upset W. Prediction: Bibulatov by 3rd round submission. 5. Welterweight Title: © Mike PERRY (16-7, +340) vs. #2 Niko PRICE (15-5-2, -430) Perry is a bad SOB, and a (raw) dawg. A proven savage, he almost started another trade war between the US and China in the build up of his fight with Xi Jinping, and got the upset W as a +430 underdog. Since then, he's been working on his boxing technique and is looking to KO someone to regain his KO artist moniker. He knows only a few things, but he knows them quite well: to punch, to punch hard, to throw the occasional kick and to stuff a few takedowns. Hybrid (or High Kid) Price beat Robbie Lawler by UD in his UBL debut, at hte inaugural WW tournament, and lost to Jingliang Li in the final of the tournament. He's a very well rounded fighter, but he loves keeping it standing, which might very well be the worst thing he can do against a fighter like Perry, as his grappling could surely earn him an easy W if he would choose to use it. But Perry was wise to choose him as an opponent, as Price will likely keep it standing, making this fight feel like a guaranteed barn-burner. Prediction: Perry by 4th round KO. Don't shy away from the fun, share thoooseee Main card predictions: LW: Rashid MAGOMEDOV vs. Scott HOLTZMANN MW: Andrew SANCHES vs. Eryk ANDERS W BW: Sara MCMANN vs. Talita BERNARDO FlyW Title & Tournament QF: Magomed BIBULATOV vs. Tim ELLIOTT WW Title: Mike PERRY vs. Niko PRICE
  22. vladjarca
    A star is born Glad for Glover! Edit: Well, 2 stars actually, since this triumph is Jacare's first great achievement aswell
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    UBL 13: Platinum Defends - Perry vs. Price PRESS CONFERENCE Featuring our own: CEO - Whana Dite, UBL Welterweight Champion - Mike Perry & the challenger - Niko Price; UBL Flyweight Champion - Magomed Bibulatov & the challenger - Tim Eliott. Whana Dite (Whana): Good evening, everyone. We're here to get hot and hyped for one HELLUVA card. These violent geniuses are here to answer any question that you'll throw at 'em. Reporter ®: Whana, Hakeem got a title shot coming off a loss in the inaugural tournament, and now Price and Eliott are getting the same free second chance. Is this due to lack of challengers? Whana: Lack of challengers? I've got MVP ready to go coming off two great W's in the company, on a 6 fight winning spree. At flyweight, we've got a tournament going on with tons of quality contenders. Magomed said he wants Elliott, I respect Magomed, so I gave him who he wanted, as he'll face whoever he'll have to in the following rounds, shall he beat Tim. At featherweight, Topuria wanted to fight Dawodu, I gave him Dawodu, do we think we lack contenders with guys like Barboza, Bektic and Chikadze? And Jeremy Kennedy, and Fili. And at welterweight, Mike Perry wanted Niko Price. Can you look Niko in the eye and tell him he's not worth a title shot? R: Sorry about that. Now, about the fighters we've got here today. Magomed, you've taken quite some time off after winning the belt. Were you not feeling healthy? Magomed Bibulatov (MB): You know, some champions see they're at the top and choose to fight once per year. I fought 8 rounds in one night to win my belt. And I am here, 7 months later, ready to defend. Congratulations to the fellow champions that have already defended, but I'm pretty sure I'm the only UBL champion that went through 8 rounds to get his title. R: Fair enough. You stirred a bit of controversy when you named Tim as the first men you wanted to defend against, and more followed when Whana booked this fight. Why Tim Elliott out of all people? MB: The division has many talented contenders, but most of them don't have a name as big as Tim Elliott. He is a fan favourite, he has an enjoyable style and he is a threat to anyone he faces. He's coming off loss, so what? Tim could come off 5 first round KO losses and still be dangerous, this is what I believe. So of course I want to fight him as soon as possible. R: Tim, how do you feel to have this opportunity? Tim Elliott (Tim): Great, really. I've been fighting my whole life at the highest of levels, and I can beat anyone on my day, everyone knows it. Time to show what I'm made off and cement my legacy, and also give the fans what they want to see, a great fight. R: So you're feeling up for the challenge? Tim: Yes, heeell yes. I've been working on some slick, slick takedowns, got some hard BJJ work done as well. I'm ready for anything he'll bring. MD: We'll see that. R: Mike Perry, you're coming off a great performance that earned you the belt, against Li. Mike Perry (Perry): I was great, wasn't I? R: Why did you call out Niko, who lost to Li. Perry: Because he's a dog. I'm a dog. Raw dog. And I believe that MMA fans love seeing dog fights. And if the dog fight goes for 5 rounds, it's even better. Perry vs. Price is a match made in Heaven. It doesn't matter that he lost to Li, y'all know Price is the real deal. Unlike Li. R: You didn't sound so respectful when you called him out post-fight, tho. Did you, like, start respecting him as you got ready for the fight? Perry: I respect the fight that he's a dog. But he's still gonna get wrecked. But I believe he'll go out swinging, and I guess I kinda do respect that. So, maybe I respect him? Who cares, I'll slap him and demolish him anyway. R: How did you feel when Mike called you out, Niko? Niko Price (Niko): Annoyed when he got disrespectful, you know, but then I realized this guy is basically handing me over his belt. I'm not gonna get mad 'cause this guy wants to give me a title shot, I'm as game as it gets and when the fight ends this guy will wake up in the hospital and realize what a big mistake he's made. Perry: Good, that's what I want. A fool that sees red and comes swinging. I'm getting the KO this time, no doubt. Niko: You're getting KOed, buddy. Perry: Good. High Kid Niko Price gonna smoke me, that's on record, awesome. Whana: Alright, gentlemen, anymore questions? Nothing? Alright, let's have the staredowns. The flyweights meet first. Magomed is wearing a nice suit, while Elliott is looking as if he's straight out the TUF house. They shake hands afterwards, as it seems it's strictly business between these two. The welterweights go next. Perry puts his fist close to Niko's face during the staredown, and no one attempts a handshake. He also screams "SMOKE ME, NIKO, I'LL RAW DAWG YOU, CLOWN", as they leave the center of the stage, and Price laughs it off as they both leave the stage, and the broadcast ends.
  24. vladjarca
    Another drug test failure! Long time no see, drug cheaters! Timur Valiev, you're tryna take everything the fair lads work for, so we're gonna suspend yo' f'n' ass, you TRT freak! Big fights between UBL 11 and UBL 12: UFC Dominick Reyes beat Jiri Prochazka by 1st round TKO. Joe Lauzon beat Drew Dober by SD. Marcin Tybura beat Gian Villante by 3rd round TKO in a Fantastic bout. Marina Rodriguez beat Mackenzie Dern by SD. Petr Yan beat Louis Smolka by 1st round TKO. Bellator Liz Carmouche beat Vanessa Porto by 3rd round TKO to defend her Bellator FlyW Title. Lyoto Machida beat John Salter by UD. Logan Storley beat Erick Silva by UD. UBL 12: CROSS THE LINE - Mir vs. Goltsov 24 September, 2021 Somewhere in Eastern Europe Prelims: LHW: Reinier de Ridder defeats Antonio Rogerio Nogueira by TKO @4:25, round 2. The great Big Nog announces his retirement following this bout, aged 45, with a 23-12 record. De Ridder calls out Jordan Johnson. W FlyW: Justine Kish defeats Priscila Cachoeira by UD (30-27 x 3). Kish calls out Daiana Torquato. LHW: #15 Jordan Johnson defeats Julius Anglickas by UD (30-27 x 3). Johnson says he wouldn't mind beating de Ridder. FW: Andre Harrison defeats #14 Alex Gilpin by UD (30-27 x 2, 29-28). FW: Henry Corrales defeats #12 Damon Jackson by KO @0:32, round 1. W BW: #13 Kelly Faszhols defeats #9 Tonya Evinger by Armbar Submission @2:10, round 1. W FlyW: #8 Kana Watanabe defeats #14 Stephanie Geltmacher by Guillotine Submission @0:48, round 2. Following the impressive win, 33yo Watanabe surprisingly announces her retirement from the sport, with an impecable 11-0-1 record. Main card: 1. Featherweight Bout: #6 Andre FILI (21-9, +160) vs. #8 Cody STAMANN (19-4-1, -210) Round 1: Stamann shoots hard as the fight starts, and Fili can't help but pull guard. Stamann comes in with some fists and defends when Fili tries to grab an arm. Stamann gets striking again and not allowing Fili to do much. But eventually, Fili secures the arm on his second attempt! He manages to get Stamann in a triangle, and it looks like it's in deep! BUT STAMANN GETS UP AND POWERBOMBS FILI! BUT FILI WON'T LET GO! THERE'S THE TAP, FILI GETS THE W! Winner: Andre Fili (Triangle submission @2:22, round 1). Rating: Great. Post-fight: Fili is looking hella proud of this perfomance, as he should, and he says it's been a tough camp and he can't wait to celebrate this victory. Fili broke in the world FW rankings, at #23. 2. Light Heavyweight Tournament Quarter-Final (shout-out to CageRage!): #6 Rashid YUSUPOV (13-3, +120) vs. #7 Ivan SHTYRKOV (18-2-1, -160) Round 1: Yusupov comes in aggresive, misses with the left, gets struck with the jab but dodges the bomb of a cross that Shtyrkov threw. They both then miss with some wild shots, and Shtyrkov comes forward for the next exchange and catches Yusupov with a right hook. Yusupov then throws a flurry of strikes but only lands a small right, while Shtyrkov hits him cleanly with his hellish right. Yusupov hits the jab but misses the left hook, and Shtyrkov punishes him with another clean right. Yusupov dodges the next big right but misses with his own strong counter left. Shtyrkov is walking Yusupov down, dodging a left and coming in with a big right hand, but Yusupov keeps eating 'em, to the surprise of many. Then again, Yusupov dodges the big strike but misses his big counter. Shtyrkov blocks a hook and hits another right. Shtyrkov keeps pushing forward, but both men miss their strikes this time and Shtyrkov is starting to breath a little heavy, maybe he wasn't expecting Yusupov to last this long? Yusupov hits a 1-2 as Shtyrkov hits a cross, and Shtyrkov gets in a jab before the round is over. Obvious 10-9 for Shtyrkov, but his gas tank wasn't built to last long, so Yusupov might get the W if it lasts to a decision. Round 2: As Shtyrkov comes forward, he lets Yusupov's counter shots hit him and fails to land his 1-2. Then, they hit each other with powerful jab-hook combos, AND SHTYRKOV IS THE ONE WHO SEEMINGLY GOT THE WORST OF IT! Yusupov hits him with the straight left! AND THE LEFT HOOK LEAVES SHTYRKOV BOUNCING OFF THE CAGE! YUSUPOV KEEPS SWARMING HIM AND YVES LAVIGNE STOPS IT! Winner: Rashid Yusupov (Swarmin' TKO @0:44, round 2). Rating: Good. Post-fight: "First, I would like to thank company for this great opportunity. If I could make it through this great opponent, I believe I can make it through anything and become champion. Da Un Jung, I can not wait to face you and earn my title shot. Be ready and be at your best." Yusupov will face Da Un Jung in the semi-finals of the LHW tournament, with the winner meeting the LHW champion in the finals. Yusupov broke in the world LHW rankings, at #24. 3. Women's Flyweight Bout: #3 Pearl GONZALEZ (11-5, -110) vs. #7 Denise KIELHOLTZ (6-3, +100) Round 1: Kielholtz pressures early on, and Pearl hits 2 jabs but gets struck with a jab and a big right from Kielholtz. Again, Kielholtz pushes forward, gets struck twice but this time connects with a great head kick, that Gonzalez surprisingly eats well. Kielholtz now hits a big 1-2. Pearl hits a jab while waling back, and then takes a left hand and a kick to the ribs from Kielholtz. Kielholtz keeps pressuring and htis a beautiful straight right. Pearl mans up and stands her ground, nailing Kielholtz with a cross, but she also eats 2 punches and a roundhouse body kick. Kielholtz eats a jab but hits a low kick. Then she hits a right to the body. Pearl then eats a jab but dodges a head kick. Kielholtz keeps pressuring and hitting Pearl with jabs and then a right hook. And as we enter the last 15 seconds, KIELHOLTZ HITS A SPECTACULAR JAB-HEAD KICK COMBO! But the round ends and the ref decides to let the fight continue to round 2 despite Pearl taking a big beating following that head kick. 10-8 for Kielholtz for sure. Round 2: Kielholtz keeps pressuring Gonzalez and hits a jab-body kick combo, and then a hard straight right. But finally Pearl gets her opening as she manages to catch Kielholtz's leg off a body kick attempt. She can't take her down, so she ends up holding Kielholtz against the cage. But she can only hold her there for about a minute, but she did some decent damage while in control. Still, back in the center, Kielholtz unleashes with a good jab-straight combo, and then a jab-jab-low kick combo. Seemingly slowing down, Kielholtz hits with another low kick. But then she tries an ambitious jab-headkick combo that misses and Pearl gets the clinch! She uses some dirty boxing there until the end of the round. Another round for Kielholtz, 20-17. Round 3: Pearl wanted to get close to grapple, but she walked right into a jab that set up a lovely head kick, and Pearl's now wobbling! Kielholtz gets the Thai clinch! She hits a massive knee to the sternum, and then another big one to the ribs, but Gonzalez blocks the third knee and breaks the clinch. 3 minutes left. Again, Pearl wants to grapple but walks into Kielholtz's jab-body hook combo. And then Kielholtz hits Pearl with a hard combo of straight punches, and Pearl is wobbling again! And Kielholtz gets the Thai clinch again! She sends a big knee to the stomach! But Pearl fights out of the clinch eventually, and we have 75 seconds left. Kielholtz hits a beautiful straight right, and Gonzalez is looking hurt again... But aware enough to move out of the way of Kielholtz's big right. Kielholtz hits a hard right cross, and Pearl is hurt yet again... AND A BIG RIGHT HOOK FINALLY DROPS HER! But the ref wants to see murder, so he allows Kielholtz to smash Pearl with massive strikes before time runs out for round 3. If there ever was a 10-7, this was it, but for the sake of it, we'll just call it another 10-8 for Kielholtz. 30-25 for Kielholtz on my scorecard. Winner: Denise Kielholtz (UD: 30-26 x 2, 30-25). Rating: Decent. I don't know how such violence can only be "decent", but alright... Post-fight: Kielholtz admires her opponent's toughness and says she can't wait to get in here in prove her worth yet again. 4. Lightweight Bout: #4 Drakkar KLOSE (12-3-1, -150) vs. #5 Arman TSARUKYAN (15-3, +110) Round 1: Tsarukyan hits a jab but Klose is soon clinching with him. Klose gets Tsarukyan against the cage. But Tsarukyan escapes before taking any damage. But Klose dodges a straight right and clinches again. He gets Tsarukyan against the cage again, but yet again Tsarukyan escapes with ease.. WHAT A FIGHT! Tsarukyan throws a wild combo that doesn't connect and Klose catches his leg off a head kick attempt. Holding it, he trips him and ends up in his opponent's guard. From guard, Klose is content to throw minor strikes for the remaining 3 minutes of the round, in what was an electric 1st round. 10-9 Klose. Round 2: Tsarukyan starts better, landing a good left and a right cross. But he misses with his 2nd 1-2 and Klose clinches -> pushes against the cage -> Tsarukyan escapes immediately. Spectacular stuff. And check this out! Tsarukyan misses another combo -> ends up in another clinch BUT HE DOESN'T LET KLOSE PUSH HIM AROUND THIS TIME! Tsarukyan gets the takedown! He's in Klose's guard. He smothers him and hits a few shots, and in the last 30 seconds, he gets side control off a scramble. From there, he pounds away until the round is over. 19-19 for sure. Round 3: Klose pushes forward, walking into a jab-straight right combo from Tsarukyan. But as tradition demands, Tsarukyan misses all strikes in the following combo and Klose clinches -> pushes against the cage -> Tsarukyan escapes immediately. Do you know what the definition of insanity is? Klose might not know it. As Klose wanted to get klose (*ba dum tss*), Tsarukyan nailed him with a jab and a big right! Tsarukyan pushes forward and misses his strikes, but as Klose comes forward to grapple, Tsarukyan throws him off with a strong low kick. But Tsarukyan misses a 1-2 and Klose clinches again. He gets him against the cage and keeps him there this time, smothering and dirty boxing him. He does so for about 90 seconds, until the round ends. Hard to call this round, but I'd say it was Klose's, sadly. 29-28 Klose on my scorecard. Official scorecards: 29-28 Tsarukyan. 29-28 Klose. 29-28 Klose. Winner: Drakkar Klose (Split Decision). Rating: Average. Post-fight: Klose congratulates his opponent for the good fight and says he'll grow into a great fighter, but right now it's time for him to have the spotlight and fight his way into another title shot. The crowd boos as he says "fight his way", likely not happy with Klose's wrestlingish ways. Klose went up in the world LW rankings, from #24 to #21. 5. And now, IT IS TIME FOR THE MAAAIN EVEEENT OF THE EVENIIING! A Heavyweight bout, between: Frank MIR (20-13, +110) vs. Denis "THE RUSSIAN BOGATYR" GOLTSOV (25-6, -150) Mir has about 25 lbs on Goltsov. Round 1: They feel each other out early on. Goltsov blocks a weak head kick attempt and hits a jab but misses a body kick. Mir then comes in with a left hook and dodges a head kick attempt from Goltsov. Goltsov then misses with a big right, and gets countered with 2 jabs and a nice hook from Mir. Goltsov seems off today, as he misses a right cross and gets countered yet again, with a jab-left cross combo. Goltsov keeps pushing, and they trade some jabs. Goltsov blocks a hook and hits a good 1-2. They trade some more jabs, and Mir ends a combo with a nice left cross, but Goltsov answers with a violent right hook, but it looks like Goltsov got caught with a nasty eye poke there! He gets a break, and the action restarts. Goltsov keeps coming forward and he hits a hard combo of straight strikes. Then, Mir dodges a right and hits a good jab-hook combo. They trade some more jabs, and as we reach the last 10 seconds, Goltsov dodges a cross and hits another big right hook, and it's round over. Great action, close round, I have it 10-9 for Goltsov. Round 2: They come out cautious, and Mir is looking a bit tired here. Goltsov makes his way through Mir's guard with a 1-2. Both men miss a bunch of strikes in the first 2 minutes, tho. Then, Mir comes with a good jab-low kick combo, but gets touched with a clean right hand, and Goltsov starts breathing heavier too. Goltsov misses a cross and Mir hits a jab-body kick combo. Both men seem more cautious this time around. Goltsov dodges a straight left and hits a right hook. They trade some decent 1-2s. As we reach the last minute, Mir is visibly pretty tired. He tries ot hit a big left, but Goltsov just jabs him, setting up A MASSIVE RIGHT HOOK, AND THE LIGHTS JUST WENT OUT FOR FRANK MIR, JUST LIKE THAT! Winner: Denis Goltsov (Hook KO @4:17, round 2). Rating: Good. Post-fight: Mir announces his retirement following the fight, aged 42, with a 20-14 record. Goltsov celebrates starting his UBL run by retiring a legend, and says he's here for both a good and a long run. Attendance: 2 174 Critical rating: 68 Commercial rating: 62 FOTN: A Fili vs. C Stamann KOOTN: D Goltsov vs. F Mir SubOTN: A Fili vs. C Stamann Profit: + 30 222 Biggest paydays: Forgot to check them UPDATED RANKINGS: LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS LIGHTWEIGHTS FEATHERWEIGHTS BANTAMWEIGHTS FLYWEIGHTS WOMEN'S BANTAMWEIGHTS WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHTS TOURNAMENTS HEAVYWEIGHT: © Alexander Romanov vs. Sergey Spivak (UBL 14) Tanner Boser vs. Ilir Latifi (UBL 15) LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT: Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov © vs. Ryan Spann (UBL 15) Da Un Jung vs. Rashid Yusupov MIDDLEWEIGHT: Karl Roberson © vs. Darren Stewart (UBL 15) Brad Tavares vs. Dricus Du Plessis BANTAMWEIGHT: Ricky Simon © vs. Brad Katona Jack Shore vs. Rani Yahya FLYWEIGHT: Magomed Bibulatov © / Tim Elliott (UBL 13) vs. Hiromasa Ogikubo Amir Albazi vs. Jordan Espinosa (UBL 16) ROSTER UPDATES New singings: FlyW: Ali Bagautinov (20-7, Brave FlyW champion) BIG FIGHTS OUTSIDE OF THE UBL: UFC Holly Holm beat Julianna Pena by 1st round TKO. Zabit Magomedsharipov beat Josh Emmett by 1st round Armbar submission. Justin Gaethje beat Carlos Ferreira by UD. Colby Covington beat Alan Jouban by 3rd round TKO. Valentina Shevchenko beat Lauren Murphy by 3rd round KO. ONE Eddie Alvarez beat Anthony Njokuani by 4th round knee KO to win the ONE Welterweight Title. Leonardo Leite beat Aung La N Sang by UD (ONE closed the LHW division retired the LHW belt, so this wasn't a title fight, despite beaing a LHW bout featuring the last LHW champion.) McDojoDelux: 2/5; Total: 17/29 (57%). CageRage: 2/5; Total: 45/90 (50%). Majster_93: 1/5; Total: 16/30 (53%). rodrigoviolim: 0/5; Total: 35/84 (42%). legendaryhorseman: Total: 2/5. Looks like a bad card for all the predictors, with our first ever 0/5 and no one scoring more than 2/5 The next card will be pretty big and a great chance to bounce right back into contention for the coveted #1 spot, tho
  25. vladjarca
    Man, Sandhagen vs. Cejudo is one of my biggest dream fights IRL right now. BW #1: Cory Sandhagen vs. Henry Cejudo HW #1: Sergey Spivak vs. Anthony Johnson BW #1: Eduardo Dantas vs. Ian Loveland SW #1: Joseph Benavidez vs. Yoshitaka Naito HW: Curtis Blaydes vs. Augusto Sakai FW: Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung WBW #1: Marina Mokhnatkina vs. Patrizia Lausier HW #1: Evgeny Goncharov vs. Satoshi Ishii WBW #1: Raquel Canuto vs. Bunmi Ojewole SW #1: Bokang Masunyane vs. Azam Gaforov HW: Tanner Boser vs. Mark Godbeer WHW: Auttumn Norton vs. Melanie Crossland SW: Jenel Lausa vs. Kanta Sato WAW: Cosimo Criscione vs. Saori Ishioka
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