UFC History: January 2011 - January 2013

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GEORGES ST-PIERRE DECLINING

 

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In the beginning of 2011, Georges St-Pierre was one of the best martial artists in the game. He was the figure of the UFC and was considered by many as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He began 2011 with a Welterweight title fight against contender Jake Shields. GSP was victorious with a brilliant 5th round submission over the Jiu-Jitsu specialist retaining his welterweight title.

Then everybody was talking about a Superfight against Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, but the bresilien had other plans when he moved to LightHeavyweights.

The only choice remaining for St-Pierre was to defend his title one more time against Diego Sanchez who won his 2 previous fights against Paulo Thiago and Martin Kampmann. In a suprising turn of events, GSP was defeated by Sanchez in the 3rd round with a triangle submission.

After his first lost in 4 years, St-Pierre was challenge by his worst ennemy BJ Penn to a last match between the two and accepted the challenge. Unfortunatly for GSP, he lost a Split decision to the Hawaiien fighter. Thats two loses in a row for St-Pierre and he will now try to make a comeback in the next few weeks.

 

LOSS: BJ PENN - SPLIT DECISION - POOR - 7/2012 - UFC 142: FINAL CHAPTER

LOSS: DIEGO SANCHEZ - SUBMISSION (TRIANGLE) DECENT - 12/2011 - ULTIMATE ULTIMATE 2011

WIN: JAKE SHIELDS - SUBMISSION (ARMBAR) - DECENT - 4/2011 - UFC 129: GSP VS SHIELDS

 

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UFC ON VERSUS - QUEBEC

THURSDAY WEEK 3 FEBUARY 2013

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA

 

GEORGES ST-PIERRE (21-4) VS FORREST PETZ (22-12)

CHEICK KONGO (16-9-2) VS STEVE BOSSÉ (11-2)

MICHAEL BISPING (21-7) VS JASON MACDONALD (25-15)

JASON BRILZ (19-5-1) VS RALEK GRACIE (3-1)

MARK BOCEK (10-4) VS TERRY ETIM (16-4)

 

NIK LENTZ (22-4-2) VS FRANKIE EDGAR (13-3-1)

CHRIS CARIASO (14-4) VS MICHAEL MACDONALD (14-1)(#5)

ANTONIO BRAGA NETO (8-1) VS ALESSIO SAKARA (16-9)

HATSU HIOKI (23-4-2)(#13) VS MANNY GAMBURYAN (12-7)

MATT VEACH (16-4) VS NAZERENO MALEGARIE (22-1)(#20)

ANTHONY WALDBURGER (14-6) VS BRIAN FOSTER (16-5)

KARL AMOUSSOU (15-4-2) VS MARCUS VANTTINEN (18-3)

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UFC ON VERSUS - QUEBEC

THURSDAY WEEK 3 FEBUARY 2013

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA

 

GEORGES ST-PIERRE (21-4) VS FORREST PETZ (22-12)

CHEICK KONGO (16-9-2) VS STEVE BOSSÉ (11-2)

MICHAEL BISPING (21-7) VS JASON MACDONALD (25-15)

JASON BRILZ (19-5-1) VS RALEK GRACIE (3-1)

MARK BOCEK (10-4) VS TERRY ETIM (16-4)

 

NIK LENTZ (22-4-2) VS FRANKIE EDGAR (13-3-1)

CHRIS CARIASO (14-4) VS MICHAEL MACDONALD (14-1)(#5)

ANTONIO BRAGA NETO (8-1) VS ALESSIO SAKARA (16-9)

HATSU HIOKI (23-4-2)(#13) VS MANNY GAMBURYAN (12-7)

MATT VEACH (16-4) VS NAZERENO MALEGARIE (22-1)(#20)

ANTHONY WALDBURGER (14-6) VS BRIAN FOSTER (16-5)

KARL AMOUSSOU (15-4-2) VS MARCUS VANTTINEN (18-3)

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georges St-pierre (21-4) Vs Forrest Petz (22-12)

Cheick Kongo (16-9-2) Vs Steve Bossé (11-2)

michael Bisping (21-7) Vs Jason Macdonald (25-15)

Jason Brilz (19-5-1) Vs ralek Gracie (3-1)

Mark Bocek (10-4) Vs terry Etim (16-4)

 

Nik Lentz (22-4-2) Vs frankie Edgar (13-3-1)

Chris Cariaso (14-4) Vs michael Macdonald (14-1)(#5)

antonio Braga Neto (8-1) vs Alessio Sakara (16-9)

hatsu Hioki (23-4-2)(#13) Vs Manny Gamburyan (12-7)

Matt Veach (16-4) Vs Nazereno Malegarie (22-1)(#20)

Anthony Waldburger (14-6) Vs Brian Foster (16-5)

Karl Amoussou (15-4-2) Vs Marcus Vanttinen (18-3)

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ANDERSON SILVA'S DOMINATION

 

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The best Pound-for-Pound fighter in MMA is undoubtably Anderson "The Spider" Silva. When the New Era began, Anderson Silva was the Middleweight Champion in UFC. His first fight was against fellow brazilian Vitor Belfort. Silva was schedule to defend his Middlweight championship for a record 8th times, but he had problems at the weighs-in and the match would go on but it would be a non-title fight. It wouldn't make such a difference when he crushed Belfort with a first round KO!

After the match, Dana White told Anderson Silva that he had to move to Light Heavyweights or he could find work elsewhere. The Spider accepted the challenge and was put to the test in the LHW division with matches against Ryan Bader and Rich Franklin. After defeating Ryan Bader by a split decision, he won his second match easily against former champion Rich Franklin.

His next match would be against former Light heavyweight Champion Mauricio Rua to decide who would be the #1 contender for Rashad Evans' LHW championship. In fact, Shogun had lost the title to Evans at UFC 128 by 2nd round TKO and then lost to Quinton Jackson by a crushing 2nd round Knockout. Then for the big match between Anderson Silva and Mauricio Rua, Silva made quick work of Rua with a 1st Round KO victory to earn him a Title shot against Rashad Evans.

RASHAD EVANS VS ANDERSON SILVA: LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

The LHW championship match was signed for UFC 145: Evans vs Silva in Texas. It was the first match between the two fighters and there was much respect between them, but when the match began it was much different with Anderson Silva being more agressive then ever jumping on Evans. The one sided affair ended with a massive right hand to the chin by Silva at 0:22 of round 2 and Anderson Silva was the NEW LightHeavyweight Champion!!

 

WIN: RASHAD EVANS - KNOCK OUT (PUNCH) - FANATASIC - 10/2012 - UFC 145: EVANS VS SILVA

WIN: MAURCIO RUA - KNOCK OUT (PUNCH) - GOOD - 5/2012 - UFC 140: ULTIMATE JAPAN

WIN: RICH FRANKLIN - KNOCK OUT (KNEE) - POOR - 12/2011 - ULTIMATE ULTIMATE 2011

WIN: RYAN BADER - SPLIT DECISION - POOR - 6/2011 - UFC 131: SILVA VS BADER

WIN: VITOR BELFORT - KNOCK OUT (KNEE) - GREAT - 2/2011 - UFC 129: SILVA VS BELFORT

 

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UFC 148: SILVA VS JACKSON

SATURDAY WEEK 4 FEBUARY 2013

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA

 

UFC LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

ANDERSON SILVA (32-4)(#1) VS QUINTON JACKSON (34-9)(#12)

UFC WELTERWEIGHT TITLE TOUNAMENT QF

THIAGO ALVES (19-7)(#2) VS MARTIN KAMPMANN (19-5)(#13)

UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT SF

COURT MCGEE (17-1)(#4) VS DEMIAN MAIA (16-2)(#3)

 

BEN ROTHWELL (33-7)(#9) VS MARK ELLIS (4-1)

SEAN SHERK (37-6-1) VS GLEISON TIBAU (23-9)

 

MASAKATSU UEDA (15-1-2)(#4) VS TAKEYA MIZUGAKI (15-5-2)(#1)

CHAD MENDES (11-0)(#7) VS ALEXIS VILA (10-1)

RICARDO TIRLONI (12-1) VS ALEXANDER SARNAVSKIY (13-2)

CHRIS TUCHSCHERER (22-5) VS TODD DUFFEE (11-2)(#4)

BEN SAUNDERS (13-3-2)(#11) VS CHARLIE BRENNEMAN (16-3)

HECTOR LOMBARD (29-2-1)(#9) VS JESSE BONGFELDT (24-8-1)(#25)

KRZYSZTOF KULAK (25-13-2) VS PHIL DAVIS (10-1)

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UFC 148: SILVA VS JACKSON

SATURDAY WEEK 4 FEBUARY 2013

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA

 

UFC LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

ANDERSON SILVA (32-4)(#1) VS QUINTON JACKSON (34-9)(#12)

UFC WELTERWEIGHT TITLE TOUNAMENT QF- WTF?

THIAGO ALVES (19-7)(#2)[/b[ VS MARTIN KAMPMANN (19-5)(#13)

UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT SF- Again WTF?

COURT MCGEE (17-1)(#4) VS DEMIAN MAIA (16-2)(#3)

 

BEN ROTHWELL (33-7)(#9) VS MARK ELLIS (4-1)

SEAN SHERK (37-6-1) VS GLEISON TIBAU (23-9)

 

MASAKATSU UEDA (15-1-2)(#4) VS TAKEYA MIZUGAKI (15-5-2)(#1)

CHAD MENDES (11-0)(#7) VS ALEXIS VILA (10-1)

RICARDO TIRLONI (12-1) VS ALEXANDER SARNAVSKIY (13-2)

CHRIS TUCHSCHERER (22-5) VS TODD DUFFEE (11-2)(#4)

BEN SAUNDERS (13-3-2)(#11) VS CHARLIE BRENNEMAN (16-3)

HECTOR LOMBARD (29-2-1)(#9) VS JESSE BONGFELDT (24-8-1)(#25)

KRZYSZTOF KULAK (25-13-2) VS PHIL DAVIS (10-1)

 

 

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UFC TITLES TOURNAMENTS

 

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UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

After Anderson Silva decided to move to LightHeavyweights, the middleweight title was left vacant for a long time. Until June 2012 when a tournament was annonced to crown a new champion for the division. The top 8 middleweights in the UFC were put in a 8-man tournament to determine a new champion. Here is the brackets as of January 2013.

QUARTER-FINALS

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Ed Herman

Demian Maia vs Tom Lawler

Court McGee vs Jorge Santiago

Jason Miller vs Thales Leites

SEMI-FINALS

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Thales Leites

Demian Maia vs Court Mcgee

FINAL

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs ???

 

UFC WELTERWEIGHTS CHAMPIONSHIP

When Diego Sanchez defeated Georges St-Pierre for the Welterweight championship, he was now the face of the division, he then went on the defeat Paulo Thiago in his first defence, but shortly after, he decided to quit the UFC to sign for way less money with SRC promotion! The title would then be vacated and bring back to life with a tournament beginning in late 2012. Here how the tournament is going in early 2013.

QUARTER-FINALS

Thiago Alves vs Martin Kampmann

Josh Koscheck vs Matt Hughes

Paul Daley vs Rick Story

BJ Penn vs Anthony Johnson

SEMI-FINALS

BJ PENN VS JOSH KOSCHECK

RICK STORY VS ???

FINAL

??? VS ???

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PHIL DAVIS (10-1) (2-1)

After 2 easy victories against Cyrille Diabate and Kyle Kingsbury, Phil Davis was rank #8 in the LHW division. He went on to fight Thiago Silva(#4) in a match that would bring the winner closer to a title fight. Davis lost his first fight to Thiago Silva by 1st round submission.

 

FRANKIE EDGAR (13-3-1) (0-2)

After his draw with Gray Maynard at UFC 125, he lost the rematch and his lightweight title to Maynard in July 2011. He took some time off to be with family and friends and returned at UFC 141 only to lose against Evan Dunham in an awful Unanimous Decision.

 

MARK HOMINICK (22-9) (2-1)

Mark Hominick began 2011 with a bang with a Featherweight Championship win over Jose Aldo. A first round KO victory that earned Hominick Knock Out of the Year award. In his first title defence, Hominick faced Japanese figher Michihiro Omigawa and lost a fantastic battle by 3rd round submission. Then returning to action, Hominick defeated Yuji Yoshino to get back in title shot picture.

 

SAM STOUT (17-8-1) (1-2)

Sam Stout isn't where many thought he could be, after a lost to Mark Bocek, he came back with a win over Gabe Ruediger and finally in a match he was supose to win, he lost to Bart Baleszweski. He is now one mistake away from being cut by the UFC.

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PHIL DAVIS (10-1) (2-1)

After 2 easy victories against Cyrille Diabate and Kyle Kingsbury, Phil Davis was rank #8 in the LHW division. He went on to fight Thiago Silva(#4) in a match that would bring the winner closer to a title fight. Davis lost his first fight to Thiago Silva by 1st round submission.

 

FRANKIE EDGAR (13-3-1) (0-2)

After his draw with Gray Maynard at UFC 125, he lost the rematch and his lightweight title to Maynard in July 2011. He took some time off to be with family and friends and returned at UFC 141 only to lose against Evan Dunham in an awful Unanimous Decision.

 

MARK HOMINICK (22-9) (2-1)

Mark Hominick began 2011 with a bang with a Featherweight Championship win over Jose Aldo. A first round KO victory that earned Hominick Knock Out of the Year award. In his first title defence, Hominick faced Japanese figher Michihiro Omigawa and lost a fantastic battle by 3rd round submission. Then returning to action, Hominick defeated Yuji Yoshino to get back in title shot picture.

 

SAM STOUT (17-8-1) (1-2)

Sam Stout isn't where many thought he could be, after a lost to Mark Bocek, he came back with a win over Gabe Ruediger and finally in a match he was supose to win, he lost to Bart Baleszweski. He is now one mistake away from being cut by the UFC.

 

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UFC Versus

 

GEORGES ST-PIERRE (21-4) VS FORREST PETZ (22-12)

CHEICK KONGO (16-9-2) VS STEVE BOSSÉ (11-2)

MICHAEL BISPING (21-7) VS JASON MACDONALD (25-15)

JASON BRILZ (19-5-1) VS RALEK GRACIE (3-1)

MARK BOCEK (10-4) VS TERRY ETIM (16-4)

 

NIK LENTZ (22-4-2) VS FRANKIE EDGAR (13-3-1)

CHRIS CARIASO (14-4) VS MICHAEL MACDONALD (14-1)(#5)

ANTONIO BRAGA NETO (8-1) VS ALESSIO SAKARA (16-9)

HATSU HIOKI (23-4-2)(#13) VS MANNY GAMBURYAN (12-7)

MATT VEACH (16-4) VS NAZERENO MALEGARIE (22-1)(#20)

ANTHONY WALDBURGER (14-6) VS BRIAN FOSTER (16-5)

KARL AMOUSSOU (15-4-2) VS MARCUS VANTTINEN (18-3)

 

 

UFC 148: SILVA VS JACKSON

 

 

ANDERSON SILVA (32-4)(#1) VS QUINTON JACKSON (34-9)(#12)

UFC WELTERWEIGHT TITLE TOUNAMENT QF

THIAGO ALVES (19-7)(#2) VS MARTIN KAMPMANN (19-5)(#13)

UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT SF

COURT MCGEE (17-1)(#4) VS DEMIAN MAIA (16-2)(#3)

 

BEN ROTHWELL (33-7)(#9) VS MARK ELLIS (4-1)

SEAN SHERK (37-6-1) VS GLEISON TIBAU (23-9)

 

MASAKATSU UEDA (15-1-2)(#4) VS TAKEYA MIZUGAKI (15-5-2)(#1)

CHAD MENDES (11-0)(#7) VS ALEXIS VILA (10-1)

RICARDO TIRLONI (12-1) VS ALEXANDER SARNAVSKIY (13-2)

CHRIS TUCHSCHERER (22-5) VS TODD DUFFEE (11-2)(#4)

BEN SAUNDERS (13-3-2)(#11) VS CHARLIE BRENNEMAN (16-3)

HECTOR LOMBARD (29-2-1)(#9) VS JESSE BONGFELDT (24-8-1)(#25)

KRZYSZTOF KULAK (25-13-2) VS PHIL DAVIS (10-1)

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UFC STEALING CHAMPIONS!!

 

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Alistair Overeem (StrikeForce HW Champion) (0-1 UFC) Lost UFC debut vs ben Rothwell(#21)

Antonio Braga Neto (Bitetti MMA MW Champion) Yet to Debut

Ben Saunders (JungleFight WW Champion) Yet to Debut

Blagoi Ivanov (SRC HW Champion) (1-0 UFC) Win over Cheick Kongo

Cole Konrad (Bellator HW Champion) (1-1 UFC) Lost last match to Jeff Monson(#6)

Dean Lister (UC UK MW Champion) Yet to Debut

Eddie Alvarez (Bellator LW Champion) (1-0 UFC) Win over Ricardo Lamas

Gegard Moussasi (Dream LHW Champion) Yet to Debut

Hector Lombard (Bellator/CFC MW Champion) (1-0 UFC) Win over Jason MacDonald(#22)

Hiroyuki Takaya (Dream FW Champion) (0-2 UFC)

Joe Soto (Bellator FW Champion) Yet to Debut

Jorge Masvidal (StrikeForce LW Champion) Yet to Debut

Jorge Santiago (SRC MW Champion) (2-2 UFC) Wins over Natal,Vedepo and consecutive loses to McGee(#8) and Noke

Masakatsu Ueda (Shooto FW Champion) (2-0 UFC) Wins over Banuelos(#23) and Cariaso(#16)

Masakazu Imanari (Deep BW Champion) (1-0 UFC) Win over Wagnney Fabiano(#6)

Marlon Sandro (Pancrase FW Champion) Yet to Debut

Ronaldo Souza (StrikeForce MW Champion) Yet to Debut

Shinya Aoki (Dream LW Champion) Yet to Debut

Tarec Saffiedine (Dream WW Champion) (1-0 UFC) Win over Mark Scanlon

Tyron Woodley (StrikeForce WW Champion) Yet to Debut

Wilson Reis (Bellator FW Champion)(2-0 UFC) Wins over Gamburyan and Semerzier

 

Gilbert Melendez (StrikeForce LW Champion) (1-1 UFC)

His first match in the UFC was for the Lightweight Championship against Kenny Florian. Melendez won the match by Knock Out in a 4 rounds battle. After his first win in the UFC, he faced former Welterweight Champion Matt Serra and lost by TKO in the 4th Round. He is coming back soon.

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UFC ON VERSUS - QUEBEC

THURSDAY WEEK 3 FEBUARY 2013

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA

 

GEORGES ST-PIERRE (22-4) def. FORREST PETZ (22-13) by TKO Round 1

STEVE BOSSÉ (12-2) def. CHEICK KONGO (16-10-2) by KO Round 1

JASON MACDONALD (26-15) def. MICHAEL BISPING (21-8) by Submission Round 1

JASON BRILZ (20-5-1) def RALEK GRACIE (3-2) by KO Round 2

TERRY ETIM (17-4) def. MARK BOCEK (10-5) by TKO Round 3

 

NIK LENTZ (23-4-2) def. FRANKIE EDGAR (13-4-1) by Unanimous Decision

MICHAEL MACDONALD (15-1)(#5) def. CHRIS CARIASO (14-5) by Unanimous Decision

ANTONIO BRAGA NETO (9-1) def. ALESSIO SAKARA (16-10) by Submission Round 2

HATSU HIOKI (23-4-2)(#13) def. MANNY GAMBURYAN (12-7) by Unanimous Decision

NAZERENO MALEGARIE (23-1)(#20) def. MATT VEACH (16-5) by Unanimous Decision

ANTHONY WALDBURGER (15-6) def. BRIAN FOSTER (16-6) by Unanimous Decision

KARL AMOUSSOU (15-4-2) def. MARCUS VANTTINEN (18-3) by Submission Round 1

 

Attendance: 7,125 for a gate of 1,068,750$

Fight of the Night: Antonio Braga Neto def. Alessio Sakara

KO of the Night: Steve Bossé

Sub of the Night: Antonio Braga Neto

Critical Succes: Good

Commercial Succes: Decent

 

Predictions

Damonster: 3/12

AcidBurned: 6/12

Aldenvdk: 6/12

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UFC 148: SILVA VS JACKSON

SATURDAY WEEK 4 FEBUARY 2013

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA

 

UFC LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

ANDERSON SILVA (33-4)(#1) def. QUINTON JACKSON (34-10)(#12) by TKO Round 4

UFC WELTERWEIGHT TITLE TOUNAMENT QF

THIAGO ALVES (20-7)(#2) def. MARTIN KAMPMANN (19-6)(#13) by TKO Round 1

UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT SF

DEMIAN MAIA (16-2)(#3) def. COURT MCGEE (17-1)(#4) by Submission Round 2

MARK ELLIS (5-1) def. BEN ROTHWELL (33-8)(#9) by TKO Round 2

SEAN SHERK (38-6-1) def. GLEISON TIBAU (23-10) by Split Decision

 

TAKEYA MIZUGAKI (16-5-2)(#1) def. MASAKATSU UEDA (15-2-2)(#4) by TKO Round 3

CHAD MENDES (12-0)(#7) def. ALEXIS VILA (10-2) by Submission Round 2

ALEXANDER SARNAVSKIY (14-2) def. RICARDO TIRLONI (12-2) by KO Round 3

TODD DUFFEE (12-2)(#4) def. CHRIS TUCHSCHERER (22-6) by TKO Round 2

BEN SAUNDERS (13-3-2)(#11) def CHARLIE BRENNEMAN (16-3) by TKO Round 1

HECTOR LOMBARD (30-2-1)(#9) def. JESSE BONGFELDT (24-9-1)(#25) by Unanimous Decision

PHIL DAVIS (11-1) def. KRZYSZTOF KULAK (25-14-2) by Submission Round 1

 

Attendance: 18,787 for a gate of 3,287,725$

Pay-Per-View: 2,808,363 for revenue of 16,850,178$

Fight of the Night: Takeya Nuzugaki def. Masakatsu Ueda

KO of the Night: Alexander Sarnavskiy

Submission of the Night: Demian Maia

Critical Succes: Good

Commercial Succes: Good

 

Predictions

Aldenvdk: 8/12 - Total: 14/24

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THIS MONTH IN THE UFC

 

FEBUARY 2013

 

Georges St-Pierre Victory

With GSP's victory against Forrest Petz, he is going back to his winning ways but he is still far away from a title shot opportunity. For now, he is not even in the Top10 welterweights in the UFC, but by the time the welterweight tournament is over, he might be one of the top contenders.

 

UFC Welterweight Tournament

The Quarter-Finals are over and the match-ups for the Semi-Finals are ready. There will be two great matches Rick Story will be waiting for Thiago Alves to return after his victory against Martin Kampmann and BJ Penn will face Josh Koscheck in the near future.

 

UFC Middleweight Tournament

The Final is set! It will be Demian Maia facing Yoshihiro Akiyama. The Japanese fighter is ready to fight, but he will have to wait a month or two before he can face his opponent for the UFC Middleweight Championship!

 

Anderson Silva is still on top

After another domination victory by Anderson Silva, there is talk of fights against fellow brazilians Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Thiago Silva and former champion Lyoto Machida. Also Anderson Silva could give one last chance to Randy Couture who's coming off victories against Mauricio Rua and Renato Sobral, but Couture could move up to Heavyweight for the end of his career.

 

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Anderson Silva is on top of the World

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THE ULTIMATE FIGHTERS

 

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THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 13 - THE LIGHTWEIGHTS

 

The Ultimate Fighter 13 edition was a 16-man tournament in the Lightweight division. The Coaches for that season were Junior Dos Santos and former UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. Each coaches selected 8 fighters and then 2 8-man tournament were scheduled.

In the first tournament. Japanese fighter Kotetsu Boku (Team Dos Santos) was victorious with wins over former WEC fighters Kamal Shalorus, John Makdessi and Ricardo Lamas.

In the second tournament. Canadien fighter Mathieu Autotte (Created) (Team Lesnar) was victorious with wins over Tie Quan Zhang, Anthony Njokuani and Danny Castillo. This unknown fighter was trained by Georges St-Pierre and David Loiseau in Montreal, Quebec. He is a great Kickboxer but he have some weakness in the ground game.

In the Final, Mathieu Autotte (9-0) defeated Koetsu Boku (20-6-2) to become the Ultimate Fighter 13 Winner.

 

TUF 13 WINNER: MATHIEU AUTOTTE (10-0)

 

THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 14 - THE HEAVYWEIGHTS

 

The last time the Heavyweights were on display in The Ultimate Fighter, internet sensation Kimbo Slice was the main attration, but after losing in the first round, UFC fans were disappointed with the caliber of the show. This year with coaches Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz, the caliber of fighters was something else. Big names such as Steve Bossé, Daniel Puder, Chad Griggs, Dave Herman and Aleksander Emelianenko were introduced on the show.

In the first tournament, new comer and former NCAA wrestling champion Mark Ellis was victorious with a convincing win over Steve Bossé in the final.

In the second tourmament, russian star Aleksander Emelianenko was victorious with a win over wrestler Daniel Puder.

In the final, Aleksander Emelianenko defeated Mark Ellis to become The Ultimate Fighter 14 Winner.

 

TUF 14 WINNER: ALEKSANDER EMELIANENKO (21-4)

 

THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 15 - LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHTS

 

This edition of the show was a bit different with coaches being from outside the UFC. The coaches were two UFC Hall of Famers: Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell and brazilian legend Royce Gracie. The cast of TUF15 was probably the most skilled and experience fans had ever seen. Almost half of the fighters were on the blurcat's top 25 list.

In the first tournament, Jan Blachowicz was victorious. It was a suprising victory for the polish fighter who won his matches against Nik Fekete, Raphael Davis and Alexander Gustafsson whom were all in the top25 LightHeavyweights of the World.

In the second tournament, Alexander Ribeiro emerged victorious after he defeated Tony Bonello, Givanildo Santana and Jimi Manuwa. Maybe he had an easier route to the final but he was impressive in every fight he had.

In the Final, Alexander Ribeiro defeated Jan Blachowicz by Submission to become TUF 15 Winner!

 

TUF 15 Winner: Alexander Ribeiro (6-0)

 

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UFC 149: SERRA VS AUTOTTE

SATURDAY WEEK 4 MARCH 2013

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA

 

UFC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

MATT SERRA © (14-7)(#3) VS MATHIEU AUTOTTE (10-0)(#2)

 

ALEXANDER RIBEIRO (6-0)(#6) VS ANTONIO ROGERIO NOGUEIRA (22-4)(#4)

ALEKSANDER EMELIANENKO (22-4)(#5) VS MIRKO CRO COP (29-10-2)

TIM KENNEDY (14-3)(#9) VS CB DOLLAWAY (13-4)

BEN ASKREN (10-0)(#11) VS JOHN HATHAWAY (16-1)(#14)

 

EVAN DUNHAM (12-3) VS DONALD CERRONE (16-4)

DAN HORNBUCKLE (24-3) VS CHRIS LYTLE (31-20-5)

WILL CAMPUZANO (10-6) VS RENAN BARAO (28-2-1)(#15)

JOE SOTO (12-1)(#7) VS RAPHAEL ASSUNCAO (17-4)

MAIQUEL FALCAO (27-5) VS ZELG GELESIC (12-5)(#10)

HIROYUKI TAKAYA (16-10-1) VS JOE WARREN (9-2)(#16)

JONATHAN BROOKINS (13-3) VS BENSON HENDERSON (13-4)

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UFC 149: SERRA VS AUTOTTE

SATURDAY WEEK 4 MARCH 2013

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA

 

UFC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

MATT SERRA © (14-7)(#3) VS MATHIEU AUTOTTE (10-0)(#2)

Mathieu Autotte wins by KO (Punch) Round 2

And he is the NEW Lightweight champion of the World!!

 

ALEXANDER RIBEIRO (6-0)(#6) VS ANTONIO ROGERIO NOGUEIRA (22-4)(#4)

Alexander Ribeiro wins by Technical Submission Round 1

ALEKSANDER EMELIANENKO (22-4)(#5) VS MIRKO CRO COP (29-10-2)

Aleksander Emelianenko wins by KO (Knee) Round 2

TIM KENNEDY (14-3)(#9) VS CB DOLLAWAY (13-4)

Tim Kennedy wins by Submission (Armbar) Round 2

BEN ASKREN (10-0)(#11) VS JOHN HATHAWAY (16-1)(#14)

Ben Askren wins by Unanimous Decision Round 3

 

EVAN DUNHAM (12-3) VS DONALD CERRONE (16-4)

Donald Cerrone wins by Submission (Guillotine) Round 2

DAN HORNBUCKLE (24-3) VS CHRIS LYTLE (31-20-5)

Chris Lytle wins by Submission (Guillotine) Round 1

WILL CAMPUZANO (10-6) VS RENAN BARAO (28-2-1)(#15)

Will Campuzano wins by Unanimous Decision Round 3

JOE SOTO (12-1)(#7) VS RAPHAEL ASSUNCAO (17-4)

Raphael Assuncao wins by TKO (Strikes) Round 3

MAIQUEL FALCAO (27-5) VS ZELG GELESIC (12-5)(#10)

Zelg Gelesic wins by KO (Knee) Round 3

HIROYUKI TAKAYA (16-10-1) VS JOE WARREN (9-2)(#16)

Joe Warren wins by TKO (Strikes) Round 3

JONATHAN BROOKINS (13-3) VS BENSON HENDERSON (13-4)

Benson Henderson wins by Unanimous Decision Round 3

 

Attendance: 19,872 for a gate of 3,974,400$

Pay-Per-View: 2,198,158 for a revenue of 13,188,948$

Fight of the Night: Tim Kennedy def. CB Dollaway

KO of the Night: Mathieu Autotte

Submission of the Night: Chris Lytle

Critical Succes: Good

Commercial Succes: Poor

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