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rodrigoviolim · January 29, 2013

UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen - Press Conference and Weigh In.

Press Conference

At the Press Conference was spoken:

- Dana assured that Dan Henderson will be the next contender.

- Jones said he wanted so much to fight with Henderson.

- Sonnen said he preferred not to face Henderson, but can not get the dream that he has the belt.

- The struggles of the Middleweight Division, vs. Shields. Rockhold and Le vs. Phillipou may indicate a future fight for a title shot.

- Do not know if Hughes will retire after this fight.

End of Press Conference

UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen - Weigh In

Main Event

Light Heavyweight Championship Bout: Jon Jones (205 lbs) vs. Chael Sonnen (205 lbs)

Co-Main Event

Welterweight Bout: Matt Hughes (170 lbs) vs. Nate Marquardt (170 lbs)

Middleweight Bout: Jake Shields (185 lbs) vs. Luke Rockhold (185 lbs)

Middleweight Bout: Cung Le (185 lbs) vs. Constantinos Philippou (185 lbs)

Heavyweight Bout: Shane Carwin (265 lbs) vs. Todd Duffee (260 lbs)

Bantamweight Bout: Brian Bowles (135 lbs) vs. Brad Pickett (135 lbs)

Preliminary Card

Middleweight Bout: Tim Boetsch (185 lbs) vs. Tim Kennedy (185 lbs)

Middleweight Bout: Alessio Sakara (185 lbs) vs. Rousimar Palhares (185 lbs)

Light Heavyweight Bout: Joey Beltran (205 lbs) vs. Gian Villante (205 lbs)

Light Heavyweight Bout: Kyle Kingsbury (205 lbs) vs. Ednaldo Oliveira (205 lbs)

Lightweight Bout: K.J. Noons (155 lbs) vs. Al Iaquinta (155 lbs)

Bantamweight Bout: Dustin Pague (135 lbs) vs. Byron Bloodworth (135 lbs)

rodrigoviolim · January 30, 2013

UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen - Resume, Results and Post Fight

Sonnen knocks Jones in the second end and becomes the new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion

The light heavyweight division has a new champion! That's right, this Saturday night at UFC 159, Chael Sonnen became light heavyweight champion of the UFC. Sonnen has competed in the WEC middleweight title, and UFC middleweight title (twice), and was defeated in all. With more a dispute of title of his career, Sonnen was the underdog of the night, facing the new UFC star Jon Jones, and had everything out again defeated.In the first round all hoped Jones would use his striking skills against Sonnen. But who got the takedown was Jones who tried to elbow harm Sonnen. In the second round Jones kept the fight to his favor, and Sonnen dominated. In the third round, Sonnen Jones got the takedown and worked a violent Ground'n Pound, and with a strong nudge rocked Sonnen and seemed that ending was only a matter of time.

In round 4 Sonnen was better, avoiding the takedown attempts and still getting a straight right that Jones did go back. The fight was for his last round, Jones needed only one more round to get to be the largest holder in light heavyweight. And when he walked up the fight for a unanimous decision in favor of Jones, Sonnen connected a strong right cross that led Jones to immediately knockout missing just one second to finish the fight. Sonnen had suffered a similar defeat to Anderson Silva, when he was submitted in the last round. This time the luck arrived to the new champion.

On his return to the UFC, Marquardt knocks out Hughes.

In the Co-main event, Nate Marquardt back in the UFC, now fighting in the welterweight division, his first challenge would be, the former UFC Welterweight Champion and Hall of Fame Matt Hughes. At the beginning of the fight Matt Hughes got a takedown in an attempt to attack Marquardt and avoided the submissions that he was tempted by Marquardt. Hughes came in the second round with the same strategy, trying to put down but managed to avoid Nate and remained standing.

With the fight a draw the last round would be decisive, with veteran Matt Hughes tired, Nate Marquardt landed a takedown in Hughes, and with a strong sequence of blows in the ground, ended the fight by knocking out Hughes.

In middleweight fights, Shields back with win over Rockhold in a split decision; Cung Le beat Costa Phillippou;

On the main card two fights in the middleweight division, in the first fight veteran Cung Le, Constatinous Phillippou won by TKO in the first round. Le used her game of feints and precise blows, to hit with a spining back kick, Phillippou cringed and Le was striking until the referee stop the fight.

The fight between former Strikeforce middleweight champion, Jake Shields returning from suspension and Luke Rockhold made his UFC debut. A victory would Rockhold close to a Title Shot. Shields got better and soon used his grappling game, complicating for Rockhold. In the second round Rockhold was able to control the fight better and avoided the floor of Shields. Already in the last round the fight was more balanced with good time for both fighters, and end two judges scored 29-28 for Shields, and one judge 29-28 for Rockhold. Declaring the winner by split decision Jake Shields.

On the main card, Carwin is finished by Duffee on his return, Brad Pickett enters the TOP 5 in the Bantamweight Division.

In the other two main card bouts, Todd Duffee got his second victory, since returning to the UFC. Duffee concluded the former interim champion Shane Carwin in the second round, after applying a drop, Duffee worked his ground game and got a Heel Hook and forced Carwin to tap. In the duel in the Bantamweight Division, Brad Pickett won, the former WEC Bantamweight Champion Brian Bowles, by split decision, with the judges scoring 29-28 and 30-27 for Pickett, and 29-28 for Bowles.

In the preliminary card and Kennedy Noons debut with victory and Palhares back finish

In the preliminary card Tim Kennedy and KJ Noons newcomers to the UFC, won in their debuts. Tim Kennedy defeated Tim Boetsch by TKO in the second round already in the lightweight division, KJ Noons Al Iaquinta easily won by TKO in the first round showing in striking a large arsenal. And UFC veteran Rousimar Palhares won again, and finished Alessio Sakara with an ankle lock.

check out all the results from UFC 159.

UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen

Attendence: 18,912

Gate: $4,141,728

PPV: 3,105,106 buys for revenue of $18,630,636

Critical Success: Decent

Commercial Success: Decent

Main Event

Light Heavyweight Championship Bout: Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen - Chael Sonnen win by KO (Punch) in 4:59 of Round 5.

Co-Main Event

Welterweight Bout: Matt Hughes vs. Nate Marquardt -Nate Marquardt win by KO (Punches) in 2:49 of Round 3.

Middleweight Bout: Jake Shields vs. Luke Rockhold - Jake Shields win by Split Decision.

Middleweight Bout: Cung Le vs. Constantinos Philippou - Cung Le win by TKO (Strikes) in 4:12 of Round 1.

Heavyweight Bout: Shane Carwin vs. Todd Duffee - Todd Duffee win by Submission (Heel Hook) in 0:57 of Round 2.

Bantamweight Bout: Brian Bowles vs. Brad Pickett -Brad Pickett win by Split Decision.

Preliminary Card

Middleweight Bout: Tim Boetsch vs. Tim Kennedy - Tim Kennedy win by TKO (Strikes) in 3:28 o Round 3.

Middleweight Bout: Alessio Sakara vs. Rousimar Palhares - Rousimar Palhares win by Submission (Ankle Lock) in 3:11 of Round 3.

Light Heavyweight Bout: Joey Beltran vs. Gian Villante - Gian Villante win by Unanimous Decision.

Light Heavyweight Bout: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ednaldo Oliveira - Kyle Kingsbury win by Unanimous Decision.

Lightweight Bout: K.J. Noons vs. Al Iaquinta - K.J. Noons win by TKO (Strikes) in 2:34 of Round 1.

Bantamweight Bout: Dustin Pague vs. Byron Bloodworth - Dustin Pague win by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 4:11 of Round 1.

Bonus

Fight Of The Night: Matt Hughes vs. Nate Marquardt

KO Of The Night: Chael Sonnen

Submission Of The Night: Todd Duffee

Post Fight

- Dana White said he was very surprised with the end result of the fight between Jones and Sonnen.

- Jon Jones gave congratulations to Chael Sonnen, the punch was too strong and he got the knock.

- Sonnen said he prefers a rematch with Jones, than have to face Dan Henderson.

- Dana White said it's possible the rematch because Jon Jones dominated the fight.

- Sonnen said he would accept a rematch because Jones agreed to meet him, but is the UFC decides.

- Dana White said he will talk with Matt Hughes, for him to think about retirement, despite the good work they had today.

- Dana White said that probably Jake Shields and Cung Le are in the TOP 5 of the Middleweight Division but are maybe one or two fights from a title shot.

- Dana White said Henderson deserves a chance to dispute the title, but that Jon Jones stayed a second to maintain the belt and they are going decide what will happen soon.

- Dana revealed that if the rematch is set, think about the offer Henderson a great fight.

End of Post Fight

rodrigoviolim · January 30, 2013

Card of UFC on FOX is announced

The UFC today announced the next card of UFC on FOX, which will be held at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. And the main fight of the night, will Frankie Edgar against Chad Mendes at UFC Featherweight title. In the co-main event Rich Franklin returns to the Octagon in his hometown against the English Michael Bisping.

Check out the complete card of UFC on FOX: Edgar vs. Mendes

Main Card

Main Event

Featherweight Championship Bout: Frankie Edgar (15-3-1) vs. Chad Mendes (14-1)

Co-Main Event

Middleweight Bout: Rich Franklin (29-7-1 NC) vs. Michael Bisping (23-5)

Welterweight Bout: Jake Ellenberger (29-6) vs. Rick Story (15-6)

Light Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (20-6) vs. Matt Hamill (11-4)

Preliminary Card

Lightweight Bout: Josh Thomson (20-5-1 NC) vs. Rafael Dos Anjos (18-6)

Middleweight Bout: Mark Munoz (12-3) vs. Ronaldo Souza (17-3-1 NC)

Bantamweight Bout: Eddie Wineland (20-8-1) vs. Alex Caceres (9-5)

Welterweight Bout: Justin Edwards (9-2) vs. Jason High (16-3)

Middleweight Bout: Brad Tavares (10-1) vs. Francis Carmount (21-7)

Welterweight Bout: Josh Neer (33-13-1) vs. Kenny Robertson (11-3)

Featherweight Bout: Diego Nunes (18-4) vs. Cole Miller (18-7)

Lightweight Bout: Jeremy Stephens (20-9) vs. Renee Forte (7-3)

rodrigoviolim · January 30, 2013

The Ultimate Fighter Brazil: Team Nogueira vs. Team Werdum

EPISODE 5

In the last episode Team Nogueira won both fights and already has four ranked while Team Werdum has two. Team Nogueira will define the last two fights, we will soon know all sorted.

After workouts at the UFC Gym, the teams gathered for the announcement last two fights: Max Fernandes (Team Nogueira) vs. Pedro Santos (Team Werdum) and another fight Thiago Rela (Team Nogueira) vs. Joao Paulo Tuba (Team Werdum).

Team Nogueira - Max Fernandes (4-0)

vs.

Team Werdum - Pedro Santos (25-7)

Round 1

And here we go!

Santos comes in with a couple of jabs, using them as cover so that he can shoot in.

The takedown is successful, Fernandez pulls guard.

Santos attempts to wrestle Fernandez to the ground.

The Takedown is successful and he gets side control too.

Santos attempts an armbar.

Santos attempts to americana Fernandez from side control.

The time is up, and that´s the end of round one.

Round 2

There´s the bell for the start of the round!

Santos comes in, looking for a quick takedown.

The takedown is successful, he almost gets side control but has to settle for half guard.

Santos attempts to arm triangle Fernandez from the top of half guard.

Round two is brought to an end as time runs out.

We will not have the third round.

And the winner by unanimous decision, which remains in dispute is Pedro Santos.

Let us know now the last to qualify.

Team Nogueira - Thiago Rela (4-1)

vs.

Team Werdum - João Paulo Tuba (9-4)

Round 1

And here we go!

Rela uses a flurry of lefts and rights to get Tuba to cover up, then shoots in looking for a takedown.

The takedown is successful, Tuba couldn´t quite stay on his feet.

The times is up, and that´s the end of round one.

Round 2

And here we go, round two!

Rela comes in with a couple of jabs, using them as cover so that he can shoot in.

Rela gets the takedown! Tuba pulls guard.

Tuba attempts to lock on a triangle choke.

The Time runs out on round two.

We have a result.

And the winner by unanimous decision ... Thiago Rela.

After the fights we have classifieds the top eight, the end nears in the next program we will know the fights to be announced. Check all classifieds.

Amilcar Alves (Team Nogueira)

Christian Uflacker (Team Nogueira)

Felipe Portela (Team Werdum)

Ivan Jorge (Team Nogueira)

Juliano Belgine (Team Werdum)

Nicolae Cury (Team Nogueira)

Pedro Santos (Team Werdum)

Thiago Rela (Team Nogueira)

rodrigoviolim · January 30, 2013

UFC on FX: Penn vs. Alves

Press Conference

- BJ Penn said he may return to lightweight after this fight.

- Dana White said he also prefers to fight at lightweight since the welterweights are too big for him.

- If Alves wins, enters the welterweight favorite.

- Dana said the winner of the fight between Hollaway against Kawajiri enters the TOP 10 in the Featherweight Division.

End of Press Conference.

Weigh In

Main Event

Welterweight Bout: B.J. Penn (170 lbs) vs. Thiago Alves (170 lbs)

Co-Main Event

Featherweight Bout: Max Holloway (145 lbs) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (145 lbs)

Heavyweight Bout: Travis Browne (250 lbs) vs. Stipe Miocic (236 lbs)

Featherweight Bout: Eddie Yagin (145 lbs) vs. Felipe Arantes (145 lbs)

Bantamweight Bout: Scott Jorgensen (135 lbs) vs. Dustin Kimura (135 lbs)

Preliminary Card

Light Heavyweight Bout: Ovince St.Preux (205 lbs) vs. Joe Cason (205 lbs)

Welterweight Bout: Aaron Simpson (170 lbs) vs. Roger Bowling (170 lbs)

Middleweight Bout: Karlos Vemola (185 lbs) vs. Buddy Roberts (185 lbs)

Lightweight Bout: Jon Tuck (155 lbs) vs. Adriano Martins (155 lbs)

Middleweight Bout: Yancy Medeiros (185 lbs) vs. Adam Khaliev (185 lbs)

Bantamweight Bout: George Roop (135 lbs) vs. Jeff Hougland (135 lbs)

Welterweight Bout: Keith Wisniewski (170 lbs) vs. Lance Benoist (170 lbs)

rodrigoviolim · January 30, 2013

UFC on FX: Penn vs. Alves - Resume, Results and Post Fight

BJ Penn back to Jiu Jitsu, and finishes Thiago Alves.

BJ Penn returned to the winning track, he returned to fight in his home, and returned to use one of his best abilities, the Jiu Jitsu. BJ Penn faced the tough Thiago Alves, but Penn gave no chance for Alves, and managed to finish an armbar for the delirium of Hawaiian fans, who crowded the Blaisdell Arena.

Kawajiri wins by knockout in his UFC debut

In one of the fights that promised more, Tatsuya Kawajiri was making his UFC debut against the tough Hawaiian Max Holloway. Since the beginning Kawajiri seemed not to feel the debut, comfortable and well in the Octagon, putting good shots in Holloway, until the end of the round, Kawajiri grabbed a clnch Hollaway and applied a knee that was lethal to Holloway who went to ground, and referee stopped immediately. A great victory for the Japanese who made his UFC debut.

In other fights, Browne beat back; Arantes beats Yagin the decision; Kimura surprises Jorgensen

In other main card fights, Travis Browne wanted to bounce back after their first loss, and managed to win Stipe Miocic, after three round by unanimous decision.

Also in the unanimous decision, Felipe Arantes won the Hawaiian Eddie Yagin.

More who shined was the prospect, Dustin Kimura, he got his second win in the UFC, and this time won one of the best bantamweight in the world, Scott Jorgensen with only 4:42 of the first round and still took the bonus of submission of the night.

Preliminary card stands out with great fights.

In preliminary card fights big happened, Karlos Vemola got a big knockout over Buddy Roberts, with a devastating straight right. Aarom Simpson again won by TKO, former Strikeforce, Roger Bowling. And the best fight of the night was between Adriano Martins and Jon Tuck. Tuck got at the beginning of the fight rock the Brazilian hitting a spining back fist. Then with Martins has recovered, he connected a quick right cross that led to knockdown Tuck and threw punches until the referee stop the fight. A big win on debut at UFC Adriano Martins.

UFC on FX - Results

UFC on FX: Penn vs. Alves

Attendence: 8,333

Gate: $1,824,927

Critical Rating: Decent

Commercial Rating: Great

TV Viewers:

Azteca Deportes (México) - 641,256

Combate (South America) - 641,256

ESPN UK (UK) - 961,878

Extreme Sports (Europe / UK) - 1,923,756

Fox Sports Australia (Australia) - 320,628

FX (America / Canada) - 5,138,030

OSN Sports 2 (Asia) - 641,256

TV Tokyo (Japan) - - 1,923,762

Main Event

Welterweight Bout: B.J. Penn vs. Thiago Alves - B.J. Penn win by Submission (Armbar) in 3:51 of Round 1.

Co-Main Event

Featherweight Bout: Max Holloway vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri - Tatsuya Kawajiri win by KO (Knee) in 4:52 of Round 1.

Heavyweight Bout: Travis Browne vs. Stipe Miocic - Travis Browne win by Unanimous Decision.

Featherweight Bout: Eddie Yagin vs. Felipe Arantes - Felipe Arantes win by Unanimous Decision.

Bantamweight Bout: Scott Jorgensen vs. Dustin Kimura - Dustin Kimura win by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 4:42 of Round 1.

Preliminary Card

Light Heavyweight Bout: Ovince St.Preux vs. Joe Cason - Ovince St.Preux win by Unanimous Decision.

Welterweight Bout: Aaron Simpson vs. Roger Bowling - Aaron Simpson win by TKO (Strikes) in 3:08 of Round 2.

Middleweight Bout: Karlos Vemola vs. Buddy Roberts - Karlos Vemola win by KO (Punch) in 2:48 of Round 2.

Lightweight Bout: Jon Tuck vs. Adriano Martins - Adriano Martins win by TKO (Strikes) in 4:04 of Round 1.

Middleweight Bout: Yancy Medeiros vs. Adam Khaliev - Yancy Medeiros win by Unanimous Decision.

Bantamweight Bout: George Roop vs. Jeff Hougland - George Roop win by Unanimous Decision.

Welterweight Bout: Keith Wisniewski vs. Lance Benoist - Keith Wisniewski win by Unanimous Decision.

Bonus

Fight of the Night: Adriano Martins vs. Jon Tuck

KO of the Night: Tatsuya Kawajiri

Submission of the Night: Dustin Kimura

Post Fight

- Dana White liked the performance of BJ Penn, and nobody never finished so fast Thiago Alves.

- BJ Penn does not know whether to return lightweights.

- Kawajiri said he expects a top 5 opponent in his next fight.

- Dana White liked the Hawaiian public, and that the event was a success and hopes to return more often.

- BJ Penn warmed to the idea of the UFC return to Hawaii.

- Dana White will be watching Dustin Kimura that can be a new talent appearing in the UFC.

End of Post Fight

rodrigoviolim · January 30, 2013

The Ultimate Fighter Brazil: Team Nogueira vs. Team Werdum

EPISODE 6

The dispute comes to an end today and will start the quarterfinals. There are still 8 competitors and today we meet two semi-finalists who will approach the dream of becoming the next Ultimate Fighter.

Dana White met in conference with the coaches, asked for suggestions to decide on the fights.

After the meeting he proved to the coaches that he chose the fights.

The afternoon was in the gym of UFC the fights that were announced:

Christian Uflacker (Team Nogueira ) vs. Juliano Belgini (Team Werdum)

Thiago Rela (Team Nogueira ) vs. Pedro Santos (Team Werdum)

Nicolae Cury (Team Nogueira ) vs. Felipe Portela (Team Werdum)

Ivan Jorge (Team Nogueira ) vs. Amilcar Alves (Team Nogueira )

Let the first fight of the episode.

Team Nogueira - Chrstian Uflacker (3-0)

vs.

Team Werdum - Juliano Belgini (11-3)

Round 1

And here we go!

Uflacker avoids a jab and scores with a barrage of big right hands, forcing Juliano Back!

A heavy right hand connects and puts Juliano down!

Uflacker dives in on his stunned opponent to attempt a quick armbar.

Juliano gets caught by the armbar, and it´s deep enough that he has to tap!

And the winner by submission and that goes to semifinal is Christian Uflacker.

And now we know another semifinalist.

Team Nogueira - Thiago Rela (4-1)

vs.

Team Werdum - Pedro Santos (25-7)

Round 1

And here we go!

A jab doesn´t find its intended target, allowing Santos to fire back with two big right hands!

Rela manages to slap on a standing guillotine choke, and takes Santos down with it!

Rela waits for Santos to move forward, then he dives forward and hits a single leg.

The time is up, and that´s the end of round one.

Round 2

And here we go, round two!

Real chooses to shoot in on Santos.

Samtos comes in with a couple of jabs, using them as cover so that he can shoot in.

Santos looks for a trip takedown.

Santos tries to take Rela Down.

Santos gets the takedown! Rela pulls Guard.

Rela raises his legs and tries to get Santos into a triangle choke.

Round two expires.

Already have a winner

And the winner by decision, Pedro Santos.

Classified for the semi-finals

Christian Uflacker (Team Nogueira)

Pedro Santos (Team Werdum)

rodrigoviolim · January 30, 2013

UFC returns to Australia and brings Wanderlei Silva against Hector Lombard in the main event.

The UFC goes to Australia for another edition of UFC on FX.

The Main Event will Wanderlei Silva against Hector Lombard for the middleweight division. In the Co-Main Event James Te Huna will face Gegard Mousasi for the light heavyweight division. The UFC on FX: Silva vs. Lombard will happen on the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland on 29 July.

Check out the complete card.

UFC on FX: Silva vs. Lombard

Venue: Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

Local: Queensland, Australia

Main Card

Main Event

Middleweight Bout: Wanderlei Silva (34-13-1-1 NC) vs. Hector Lombard (32-4-1-1 NC)

Co-Main Event

Light Heavyweight Bout: James Te Huna (15-6) vs. Gegard Mousasi (33-4-2)

Welterweight Bout: Kyle Noke (20-6-1) vs. James Head (10-3)

Lightweight Bout: George Sotiropoulos (14-5) vs. Reza Madadi (12-4)

Light Heavyweight Bout: Anthony Perosh (13-7) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (26-7)

Preliminary Card

Lightweight Bout: Daron Cruickshank (13-2) vs. Cristiano Marcello (14-4)

Featherweight Bout: Darren Elkins (15-2) vs. Godofredo Castro (9-1)

Middleweight Bout: Nick Catone (10-4) vs. Josh Janousek (9-1)

Welterweight Bout: Ben Alloway (13-3) vs. Jon Manley (8-1)

Light Heavyweight Bout: Cyrille Diabate (19-9-1) vs. Carlos Augusto Inocente (6-1)

Welterweight Bout: Jay Hieron (22-7) vs. John Maguire (17-6)

Welterweight Bout: Manuel Rodriguez (9-4) vs. David Mitchell (11-3)

rodrigoviolim · January 30, 2013

The Ultimate Fighter Brazil: Team Nogueira vs. Team Werdum

EPISODE 6

In today's episode, we will know who the others are classifieds for the semifinals. Each team must have a representative at Team Nogueira, Christian Uflacker, and the Team Werdum, Pedro Santos. some lack the season comes to an end, soon we will know who will be the next Ultimate Fighter.

After the training the teams, they come for the fights. The first to enter the Octagon are ...

Team Nogueira - Nicolae Cury (6-2)

vs.

Team Werdum - Felipe Portela (7-1)

Round 1

The Fight Begins!

Cury catches an attempted body kick and goes for a judo-style trip takedown, but Portela is able to block it.

Cury chooses to shoot in on Portela.

Portela tries to lock Cury into an arm triangle

Cury attempts to secure an arm.

Time expires and we come to the end of round one.

Round 2

And here we go,round two!

Cury shoots in, looking for a takedown.

Cury attempts a rear naked choke.

Cury grabs an arm and raises his legs, trying to lock Portela into a triangle choke.

Cury gets the triangle choke, but doesn´t have enough time left to really sink it in!

Round two is brought to an end as time runs out.

Let's have a third round

Round 3

We are back underway!

Cury suddenly finds a standing guillotine choke slapped on him!

Portela gets the guillotine sunk in and Cury has to tap!

And the winner by submission is Felipe Portela.

With the victory of Team Werdum, now we have a semi-final between Team Nogueira vs. Team Werdum.

We will now last fight that is worth place at semi-final.

Team Nogueira - Ivan Jorge (18-3)

vs.

Team Nogueira - Amilcar Alves (12-4)

Round 1

There´s the opening bell!

Alves comes in, looking for a quick takedown.

Jorge tries to take down Alves as he steps in, but he blocks it.

Alves chooses to shoot in on Jorge.

From the clinch, Alves drives a knee into the face of Jorge... and knocks him out!

And the winner by knockout and qualified for the semi-finals, is Amilcar Alves.

And the next episode will be announced the semi-finals and we know the finalists of The Ultimate Fighter.

Classified for the semi-finals

Christian Uflacker (Team Nogueira)

Pedro Santos (Team Werdum)

Felipe Portela (Team Werdum)

Amilcar Alves (Team Nogueira)

rodrigoviolim · January 30, 2013

UFC 160: Jackson vs. Griffin 2 - Press Conference and Weigh In

Press Conference

- Dana week will reveal what is news in Light Heavyweight Division.

- Jackson said he trained hard and this time the fight will end.

- Dana is eager to see the return of Liddell.

- Liddell proved to be well and that was a good time to return to the Octagon.

- Forrest said he thinks he won the first fight against Rampage.

End of Press Conference.

Weigh In

Main Card

Main Event

Light Heavyweight Bout: Quinton Jackson (205 lbs) vs. Forrest Griffin (205 lbs)

Co-Main Event

Light Heavyweight Bout: Chuck Liddell (205 lbs) vs. Brandon Vera (205 lbs)

Heavyweight Bout: Josh Barnett (250 lbs) vs. Roy Nelson (262 lbs)

Featherweight Bout: Erik Koch (145 lbs) vs. Dustin Porier (145 lbs)

Welterweight Bout: Jon Fitch (170 lbs) vs. Matt Riddle (170 lbs)

Lightweight Bout: Nate Diaz (155 lbs) vs. Evan Dunham (155 lbs)

Preliminary Card

Lightweight Bout: Jamie Varner (155 lbs) vs. Pat Healy (155 lbs)

Welterweight Bout: Tyron Woodley (170 lbs) vs. T.J. Waldburger (170 lbs)

Middleweight Bout: Chris Leben (185 lbs) vs. Tom Watson (185 lbs)

Lightweight Bout: Ramsey Nijem (155 lbs) vs. Ryan Couture (155 lbs)

Flyweight Bout: Louis Gaudinot (125 lbs) vs. Tim Elliot (125 lbs)

Lightweight Bout: Aaron Riley (155 lbs) vs. Estevan Payan (155 lbs)

rodrigoviolim · January 31, 2013

UFC 160: Jackson vs. Griffin 2 - Resume, Results e Post Fight.

On a night of great knockouts, Rampage, Vera, and Poirier raises the crowd.

Quinton Jackson warned before the fight that he would not let the fight go to decision. And not even left, Quinton Jackson won his rematch against Forrest Griffin. In the first round Rampage managed to overturn Griffin with a takedown. But emotions were saved for the second round, Forrest got better being more active. Quinton was gradually putting punches, and in a big uppercut, Rampage knocked Griffin. And took the knockout of the night bonus.

Chuck Liddell returned to the Octagon, against tough, Brandon Vera. And around that Chuck had planned did not happen. Liddell began to fight better, and then tried to drop Vera, Chuck Liddell but managed to defend. And with the fight back standing in a fast movement Vera landed a strong right cross that knocked Liddell in making the referee end the fight. A great victory for the career of Vera.

In other main card fight that ended with a knockout, Dustin Poirier defeated Erik Koch. In the first round the fight was very good moments with equal for both fighters. In the second round, and managed better Poirier came with his wrestling game, putting and keeping Koch against the cage. With the fight a draw the last round would be decisive, and Poirier did not leave any doubt with good head movement, Poirier landed a strong uppercut that knocked him out Koch.

Nelson and Fitch no brightness win; Dunham is the underdog of the night.

In other main card fights, all were for the decision. Roy Nelson won another opponent and approached the chance of the title, he defeated former UFC champion Josh Barnett, who was returning to the UFC.

In welterweight Jon Fitch dominated all three rounds, and easily won Matt Riddle.

And opening the main card Evan Dunham was the big underdog the night he beat Nate Diaz. Dunham managed to nullify the blows of Nate with takedowns and the ground was safe, and now is one of the best in the division.

On the preliminary card, Leben gets the knockout of the night.

Chris Leben was coming off losses and poor performances, and tonight the old Leben returned to the Octagon. After two rounds of great standup. The fight between Leben and Watson was to be decided in the last round. Watson managed to connect a strong straight right in Leben, who returned with a right cross even stronger, which launched Tom Watson to the ground. Still dizzy, Leben connected more punches and ended a great fight.

Check out all the results from UFC 160.

Results

UFC 160: Jackson vs. Griffin 2

Attendence : 18,152

Gate: $3,975,288

PPV: 3,126,034 buys for revenue of $18,756,204

Critical Rating: Good

Commercial Rating: Decent

Main Card

Main Event

Light Heavyweight Bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin - Quinton Jackson win by KO (Punch) in 2:49 of Round 2.

Co-Main Event

Light Heavyweight Bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Brandon Vera - Brandon Vera win by KO (Punch) in 2:49 Round 1.

Heavyweight Bout: Josh Barnett vs. Roy Nelson - Roy Nelson win by Unanimous Decision.

Featherweight Bout: Erik Koch vs. Dustin Poirier - Dustin Poirier win by KO (Punch) in 3:25 of Round 3.

Welterweight Bout: Jon Fitch vs. Matt Riddle - Jon Fitch win by Unanimous Decision.

Lightweight Bout: Nate Diaz vs. Evan Dunham - Evan Dunham win by Unanimous Decision.

Preliminary Card

Lightweight Bout: Jamie Varner vs. Pat Healy - Jamie Varner win by Unanimous Decision.

Welterweight Bout: Tyron Woodley vs. T.J. Waldburger - Tyron Woodley win by Unanimous Decision.

Middleweight Bout: Chris Leben vs. Tom Watson - Chris Leben win by KO (Punche) in 1:30 of Round 3.

Lightweight Bout: Ramsey Nijem vs. Ryan Couture - Ramsey Nijem win by TKO (Strikes) in 2:56 of Round 3.

Flyweight Bout: Louis Gaudinot vs. Tim Elliot - Tim Elliot win by TKO (Strikes) in 4:51 of Round 3.

Lightweight Bout: Aaron Riley vs. Estevan Payan - Aaron Riley win by Unanimous Decision.

Bonus

Fight of the Night: Chris Leben vs. Tom Watson

KO of the Night: Quinton Jackson

Submission of the Night: -

Post Fight

- Dana put Rampage with one of the next contenders.

- Rampage said he did not forget the taunts of former Sonnen.

- Dana has already revealed that talks with Henderson, not for the light heavyweight title, but for another fight.

- Dana confirmed that Jon Jones will have to win a fight to fight again for the title.

- Dana confirmed that Roy Nelson among the TOP 5 of the Heavyweight division.

- Dana said Evan Dunham made a great fight and will face a good name in his next fight.

- About Chris Leben, Leben Dana was glad to return to a convincing win, much better than the last fights were terrible.

- Dana announced that Liddell and Varner suffered medical suspensions, Liddell will stop for 6 months, and Varner at most 2 months.

- Vera said he trained very hard to fight and want a good opponent in the next fight.

- Dana said Liddell spoke with him on the dressing, and do not want to stop.

- About one more knockout suffered by Liddell, Dana said he did not like the idea of the return of Chuck, he saw more training well and accepted the return, but turn to lose this way is better to stop.

- And finally Dana White announced during the week that UFC Tonight will announce big news.

End of Post Fight.

rodrigoviolim · January 31, 2013

UFC Tonight

On today's program UFC President, Dana White, talking about plans for future editions of the UFC.

- Randy Couture has signed to return to the UFC.

- Probably Couture will return in September, still no opponent set, but the name of Jon Jones like Couture who asked for big fights.

- Couture still has a division, it will set in what division wants to fight.

- It was announced that Hatsu Hioki and Chan Sung Jung will be the coaches of TUF: Japan vs. Korea.

- The Ultimate Fighter Canada, and Japan vs. Korea will be broadcast aired after The Ultimate Fighter Brazil over.

- Dana White confirmed that Dan Henderson has signed to fight for the middleweight title in a rematch against Anderson Silva.

- Probably Sonnen will fight Rampage.

- UFC confirmed for August edition of UFC Fight For The Troops, and for the first time will have a belt in dispute.

rodrigoviolim · January 31, 2013

The Ultimate Fighter Canada

Fighters are revealed.

The coaches of the teams Sam Stout and TJ Grant, will choose the first episode, the fighters for their teams.

We will have two divisions: Lightweight and Featherweight.

Check out the fighters:

Lightweight

Cory MacDonald (12-2) - One of the only defeats, happened to veteran Jonathan Goulet in 2007.

Martin Gradmount(12-7) - One of his losses happened to Coach Sam Stout, was defeated in the last two to Brandon Thatch and Pete Spratt.

Mark Holst (10-3) - Holst fought 2 times in the UFC and lost to John Gunderson and Paul Sass.

Samuel Guillet (9-6) - Trains at BTT Canada, the cartel has a defeat to veteran Mark Hominick.

Simon Marini (9-4) - competed in the biggest event of MFC with the Canadian record of 1-1.

Tyler Jackson (9-7-1) - TKO Canadian veteran of the event, he already fought with coach Sam Stout.

Aaron Armstrong (4-3) - It's the newest of the house started with a 3-0 record good, more is coming off two defeats.

Alex Garcia (6-1) - One of the favorites in the house, the Dominican based in Canada, suffered his only defeat in his last fight for the UFC fighter Seth Baczynski.

Featherweight

Ben Greer (12-5) - He made two fights against Thierry Quieneville, another competitor of the house, and also faced veteran Mark Hominick.

Bill Boland (5-0) - The undefeated fighter, made all his fights in the Bantamweight division, the cartel has a win against UFC Flyweight champion, John Dodson.

Brad Cardinal (13-8) - Veteran stints with RITC and KOTC, had a no contest in his last fight against Chris Horodecki.

Rejean Groulx (6-1) - Veteran Canadian event at Ringside MMA with a record of 4-1.

Shane Rice (5-3) - With 1-1 against Mark Hominick, and also lost to Ivan Menjivar.

Thierry Quieneville (16-9) - Congolese Based in Canada, already fought Damacio Page, Hatsu Hioki and Yves Jabouin.

Tim Wadsworth (5-0) - The undefeated fighter of BTT Canada, since Canada has fought in events, TKO and Ringside MMA.

Myles Merola (9-7) - Ja faced the other participant's home, Brad Cardinal.

rodrigoviolim · January 31, 2013

Card UFC 163 is announced.

It was announced this afternoon, UFC 163 will have on its main event, and brings the first defense of title to Nick Diaz, he will face the Canadian Rory MacDonald, who comes from big win over BJ Penn and Carlos Condit. The event still big fights like Rashad Evans vs. Ryan Bader in the Co-Main Event, and Yushin Okami vs. Brian Stann.

Check out the complete card of UFC 163.

UFC 163: Diaz vs. MacDonald

Venue: AmericanAirlines Arena

Local: Miami, Florida, USA

Main Card

Main Event

Welterweight Championshio Bout: Nick Diaz (27-8) vs. Rory MacDonald (15-1)

Co-Main Event

Light Heavyweight Bout: Rashad Evans (18-2-1) vs. Ryan Bader (15-3)

Middleweight Bout: Yushin Okami (29-7) vs. Brian Stann (13-6)

Heavyweight Bout: Mark Hunt (9-7) vs. Lavar Johnson (18-6)

Welterweight Bout: Carlos Condit (28-7) vs. Mike Swick (15-5)

Featherweight Bout: Mike Brown (26-8) vs. Nik Lentz (23-5-2-1 NC)

Preliminary Card

Welterweight Bout: Dan Miller (15-6) vs. Siyar Bahadurzada (22-4-1)

Middleweight Bout: C.B. Dollaway (13-4) vs. Derek Brunson (11-2)

Lightweight Bout: Gleison Tibau (26-9) vs. Marcus LeVesseur (28-7)

Middleweight Bout: Tom Lawlor (8-5-1 NC) vs. Michael Kuiper (12-2)

Featherweight Bout: Jonathan Brookins (13-6) vs. Maximo Blanco (8-4-1-1 NC)

Light Heavyweight Bout: Chad Griggs (11-4) vs. Fabio Maldonado (18-6)

rodrigoviolim · February 1, 2013

The Ultimate Fighter Brazil: Team Nogueira vs. Team Werdum

EPISODE 7

After another round of classification today we know the two finalists. Two representatives of Team Nogueira and two representative of Team Werdum. Who will it be near the end and the chance to be the next Ultimate Fighter.

Dana White came to see the semifinals and met with the teams at UFC Gym And Dana surprised everyone by announcing that the fighters of Team Nogueira and Werdum Team will compete against your teammates, that occur between the end of one representative from each team.

And in the first fight, the fighters of Team Nogueira will face.

Team Nogueira - Christian Uflacker (3-0)

vs.

Team Nogueira - Amilcar Alves (12-4)

Round 1

The takedown is completed, Alves is on his back and pulls guard.

There´s a takedown attempt from Uflacker.

He has the takedown! It´s a single leg, and Alves has to pull guard.

Round one is brought to an end as time runs out.

Round 2

There´s the bell and round number two begins!

Uflacker sees a right body Kick coming, grabs it, shoots in for a takedown, and gets it, into half guard.

Uflacker attempts to kimura Alves from the top of half guard.

The Time runs out on round two.

Already have a decision!

And the winner advancing to the final is ... Christian Uflacker

Now the fighters of Team Werdum face off.

Team Werdum - Felipe Portela (7-1)

vs.

Team Werdum - Pedro Santos (25-7)

Round 1

And here we go!

A couple of quick punches are used to set up a takedown attempt from Santos.

Santos attempt to wrestle Portela to the ground.

The takedown is completed, Portela is on his back and pulls guard.

Portela attempts a guillotine choke from the bottom.

Time expires and we come to the end of round one.

Round 2

There´s the bell and round number two begins!

Santos shoots in, looking for a takedown.

Portela cannot stop the takedown, and has to pull guard.

Time expires and we come to the end of round two.

Already have a decision!

And the winner advancing to the final is ... Pedro Santos!

Christian Uflacker Team Nogueira faces in the finals of The Ultimate Fighter, the representative of Team Werdum, Pedro Santos. In a battle of beginner against the veteran. And next week the HSBC Arena in UFC 161, let us know who will be the next Ultimate Fighter.

rodrigoviolim · February 1, 2013

UFC 161: Nogueira vs. Werdum 2

The card of UFC 161 was closed after the finalist of The Ultimate Fighter are revealed.

Check out the complete card.

UFC 161: Nogueira vs. Werdum 2

Venue: HSBC Arena

Local: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Main Card

Main Event

Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (34-7-1-1 NC) vs. Fabricio Werdum (16-5-1)

Co-Main Event

Light Heavyweight Bout: Mauricio Rua (21-7) vs. Thiago Silva (14-3-2 NC)

TUF Final Welterweight Bout: Christian Uflacker (3-0) vs. Pedro Santos (25-7)

Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Silva (18-4) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (14-6)

Welterweight Bout: Demian Maia (18-4) vs. Mike Pierce (16-5)

Middleweight Bout: Roger Gracie (5-1) vs. Stanislav Nedkov (13-0-1 NC)

Preliminary Card

Welterweight Bout: Amilcar Alves (12-4) vs. Felipe Portela (7-0)

Welterweight Bout: Nicolae Cury (6-2) vs. Joao Paulo de Souza (9-4)

Welterweight Bout: Ivan Jorge (18-3) vs. Juliano Belgini (11-3)

Welterweight Bout: Leopoldo Serao (17-8) vs. Marlon Matias (6-6)

Welterweight Bout: Andre Santos (28-6) vs. Mauro Chimento Jr. (14-9)

Welterweight Bout: Thiago Rela (4-1) vs. Pablo Popovitch (1-0)

Welterweight Bout: Max Fernandez (4-0) vs. Romulo Barral (2-0)

rodrigoviolim · February 1, 2013

Romulo Barral out of UFC 161.

The UFC announced the withdrawal of the struggle between Romulo Barral (2-0) against Max Fernandez (4-0), Romulo Barral suffered an injury and is out. As the card is near Max Fernandez was also removed.

rodrigoviolim · February 1, 2013

UFC on FUEL TV: Hathaway vs. Pyle 2 - Press Conference and Weigh In

Press Conference

- Dana White said the winner of the main event will surely be in the TOP 10 of Welterweigh Division.

- Hathaway said Pyle defeated him and he really wanted a rematch.

- Pyle responded by saying that this time the fight will not go to a decision, you want to give a show.

- Jimi Manuwa said this anxious and want to continue the good run.

- Ryan Jimmo believes in an explosive fight and it certainly should not end in a decision.

End of conference.

Weigh In

UFC on FUEL TV: Hathaway vs. Pyle

Venue: The O² Arena

Local: London, England

Main Card

Main Event

Welterweight Bout: John Hathaway (170 lbs) vs. Mike Pyle (170 lbs)

Co-Main Event

Light Heavyweight Bout: Jimi Manuwa (205 lbs) vs. Ryan Jimmo (205 lbs)

Lightweight Bout: Terry Ettim (155 lbs) vs. Jacob Volkmann (155 lbs)

Bantamweight Bout: Vaughan Lee (135 lbs) vs. Pedro Nobre (135 lbs)

Lightweight Bout: Ross Pearson (155 lbs) vs. Rafaello Oliveira (155 lbs)

Preliminary Card

Heavyweight Bout: Phillip De Fries (254 lbs) vs. Shawn Jordan (238 lbs)

Lightweight Bout: Paul Taylor (155 lbs) vs. Mike Wilkinson (155 lbs)

Welterweight Bout: Che Mills (170 lbs) vs. Sthepen Thompson (170 lbs)

Lightweight Bout: Paul Sass (155 lbs) vs. Caros Fodor (155 lbs)

Featherweight Bout: Jason Young (145 lbs) vs. Yaotzin Meza (145 lbs)

Lightweight Bout: Brendan Loughnane (155 lbs) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (155 lbs)

Featherweight Bout: Andy Ogle (145 lbs) vs. Dustin Neace (145 lbs)

rodrigoviolim · February 1, 2013

UFC on FUEL TV: Hathaway vs. Pyle 2 - Resume, Results and Post Fight.

Pyle wins again; Manuwa knockout in the third round.

Was held tonight in England, the UFC on FUEL TV. In the main event rematch between John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle. The English had been defeated in the first fight in 2010. And the result was repeated, Mike Pyle won by unanimous decision. Pyle was better in the first round, controlling with punches very good. In the second round Hathaway was better placing on the floor and holding Pyle. In the last round Pyle landed a knockdown, Hathaway has rebounded more, however the end result was the decision to Mike Pyle and won again.

Already the fight between light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa and Ryan Jimmo promised much striking. But disappointing began, and two rounds nothing very significant has happened, and the boos began to take the O ² Arena. And in the third round seems that fighters felt the boos. They began an exchange of blows, the better for Manuwa, that when receiving a kick, came with a strong straight right and knocked him out the Canadian. A great victory for Manuwa.

The rest of the main card Jacob Volkmann defeated Terry Etim in a fight that was widely criticized by fans.

The Brazilian Pedro Nobre remained undefeated by winning Vaughan Lee by split decision, the ground game seems to have made a difference. And Ross Pearson also won a split decision in a fight tight against Rafaello Oliveira.

On the preliminary card, the English Paul Sass wins again.

In the preliminary card who stood out was the English Paul Sass who came back to win after two defeats. He won by submission applying a Kneebar in American Caros Fodor.

Check out all the results of the UFC on FUEL TV.

UFC on FUEL TV: Hathaway vs. Pyle 2

Attendence: 3,245

Gate: $405,625

Critical Success: Decent

Commercial Success: Great

TV Viewers

Combate (South America) - 131,316

ESPN UK (UK) - 196,974

Fox Sports Latin America (South America / Mexico / Central America) - 919,212

FUEL TV (Australia / America) - 722,238

FX (America / Canada) - 1,050,528

Setanta Sports (UK / Europe / Australia / Africa) - 1,116,186

True Sport 2 (Asia) - 131,316

TV Tokyo (Japan) - 393,948

Main Card

Main Event

Welterweight Bout: John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle - Mike Pyle win by Unanimous Decision.

Co-Main Event

Light Heavyweight Bout: Jimi Manuwa vs. Ryan Jimmo -Jimi Manuwa win by KO (Punch) in 0:27 of Round 1.

Lightweight Bout: Terry Ettim vs. Jacob Volkmann - Jacob Volkmann win by Unanimous Decision.

Bantamweight Bout: Vaughan Lee vs. Pedro Nobre - Pedro Nobre win by Split Decision.

Lightweight Bout: Ross Pearson vs. Rafaello Oliveira - Ross Pearson win by Split Decision.

Preliminary Card

Heavyweight Bout: Phillip De Fries vs. Shawn Jordan - Shawn Jordan win by Unanimous Decision.

Lightweight Bout: Paul Taylor vs. Mike Wilkinson - Mike Wilkinson win by Unanimous Decision.

Welterweight Bout: Che Mills vs. Sthepen Thompson - Sthepen Thompson win by TKO (Strikes) in 3:56 of Round 2.

Lightweight Bout: Paul Sass vs. Caros Fodor - Paul Sass win by Submission (Kneebar) in 3:02 of Round 1.

Featherweight Bout: Jason Young vs. Yaotzin Meza - Yaotzin Meza win by Unanimous Decision.

Lightweight Bout: Brendan Loughnane vs. Francisco Trinaldo - Francisco Trinaldo win by Unanimous Decision.

Featherweight Bout: Andy Ogle vs. Dustin Neace - Dustin Neace win by Submission (Arm Triangle) in 3:45 of Round 3.

Bonus

Fight of the Night: Shawn Jordan vs. Phillip De Fries

KO of the Night: Jimi Manuwa

Submission of the Night: Paul Sass

Post Fight

- Mike Pyle was happy to return to England and beat the tough opponent such as John Hathaway.

- John Hathaway was disappointed with another loss to Pyle.

- Dana White put Mike Pyle in the TOP 10 in Welterweighr Division.

- Jimi Manuwa asked a big name in his next fight.

- Dana said Manuwa will have a good opponent and have thought of something.

End of Post Fight

rodrigoviolim · February 1, 2013

UFC 161: Nogueira vs. Werdum - Press Conference and Weigh In

Press Conference

- Dana assured that if he beat Werdum will be the next challenger.

- If Nogueira win, Frank Mir will dispute the title.

- Whoever wins between Silva and Gonzaga will fight for a title shot.

- Dana guaranteed title shot if they win for Demian Maia.

- Shogun hopes to win again to return to the top of the rankings.

- Thiago Silva thinks the fight will not go pass from the first round.

End of Press Conference

Weigh In

UFC 161: Nogueira vs. Werdum 2

Venue: HSBC Arena

Local: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Main Card

Main Event

Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (240 lbs) vs. Fabricio Werdum (242 lbs)

Co-Main Event

Light Heavyweight Bout: Mauricio Rua (205 lbs) vs. Thiago Silva (205 lbs)

TUF Final Welterweight Bout: Christian Uflacker (170 lbs) vs. Pedro Santos (170 lbs)

Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Silva (265 lbs) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (252 lbs)

Welterweight Bout: Demian Maia (170 lbs) vs. Mike Pierce (170 lbs)

Middleweight Bout: Roger Gracie (185) vs. Stanislav Nedkov (194 lbs)

*Stanislav Nedkov did not make weigh

Preliminary Card

Welterweight Bout: Amilcar Alves (170 lbs) vs. Felipe Portela (170 lbs)

Welterweight Bout: Nicolae Cury (170 lbs) vs. Joao Paulo de Souza (170 lbs)

Welterweight Bout: Ivan Jorge (170 lbs) vs. Juliano Belgini (170 lbs)

Welterweight Bout: Leopoldo Serao (170 lbs) vs. Marlon Matias (170 lbs)

Welterweight Bout: Andre Santos (170 lbs) vs. Mauro Chimento Jr. (170 lbs)

Welterweight Bout: Thiago Rela (170 lbs) vs. Pablo Popovitch (170 lbs)

rodrigoviolim · February 1, 2013

UFC 161: Nogueira vs. Werdum 2 - Resume, Results and Post-Fight

Werdum wins rematch with Minotauro.

In fight held today in Rio de Janeiro at UFC 161, Fabricio Werdum was consecrated tonight, after winning another legend of the sport. Werdum won a unanimous decision in his rematch against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Werdum was better Durantes the first four rounds, with a better game of takedown, and avoiding submission attempts Nogueira.

Only in the last round, Nogueira got the takedown and avoided two attempts to triangle choke of Werdum.

In the end the judges scored 48-47,49-46 and 48-47 for the winner in a unanimous decision Fabricio Werdum.

Thiago Silva wins Mauricio Shogun by submission.

In the Co-main event, Mauricio Shogun and Thiago Silva entered the Octagon to try to win again. More tonight was Thiago Silva who got the better, showing a good wrestling game, Silva used his takedowns to wear down Shogun. And in the second round with Shogun exhausted, Thiago Silva dominated the back and applied a rear naked choke, and finished Shogun.

Bigfoot destroys Gonzaga; Maia finishes Pierce; Nedkov wins again in Brazil

Also on the main card Antonio Pezao and Demian Maia, gave a show for Brazilian fans. Bigfoot Silva defeated Gabriel Gonzaga in 35 seconds, with a large sequecia of hard knocks, and they made the referee stop the fight.

Demian Maia had to promise that in case of victory, win the chance belt. In the beginning was better placing Pierce blows strong in Maia. In the second round after another coup, Pierce grabbed with Maia, who took and applied a standing Guillotine. With the coup locked, Maia wins Pierce. In the first fight of the main card, Roger Gracie made his UFC debut, more and eventually defeated by undefeated Bulgarian Stanislav Nedkov. Nedkov who won both times they fought in Brazil.

Pedro Santos wins The Ultimate Fighter

Today we had the decision of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil, which has entered its second season. The final between the veteran Team Werdum, Pedro Santos against rookie Team Nogueira, Christian Uflacker. And in the end the experience counted for a lot, and Pedro Santos won by TKO Uflacker Christian in the first round. After avoiding the dangerous ground game of Uflacker, Santos managed to catch Uflacker and striking him on the ground to demonstrate reaction, the referee stopped the fight. For the victory of Peter Santos.

In preliminary card with fighters from TUF, Felipe Porte, Ivan Jorge and Nicolae Cury use Jiu Jitsu to win.

In the preliminary card Jiu Jitsu appeared much, and the two best fights we had finalized. Jorge Ivan Julian Belgini could finish with a Guillotine Choke at the end of the third round. Nicolae Cury also in the third round, finished Joao Paulo de Souza with a Kimura. In the fight between Felipe Portela semifinalists could also finalize Amilcar Alves in the first round by rear naked choke. It was the third fight of Amilcar Alves at UFC, and his third loss.

check out all the results.

Results

UFC 161: Nogueira vs. Werdum 2

Attendence: 10,449

Gate: $1,954,412

PPV: 2,984,709 buys for revenue of $17,908,254

Critical Success: Good

Commercail Success: Great

Main Card

Main Event

Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum - Fabricio Werdum win by Unanimous Decision.

Co-Main Event

Light Heavyweight Bout: Mauricio Rua vs. Thiago Silva - Thiago Silva win by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 4:58 of Round 2

TUF Final Welterweight Bout: Christian Uflacker vs. Pedro Santos - Pedro Santos win by TKO (Strikes) in 4:57 of Round 1.

Heavyweight Bout: Antonio Silva vs. Gabriel Gonzaga - Antonio Silva win by TKO (Strikes) in 0:35 of Round 1.

Welterweight Bout: Demian Maia vs. Mike Pierce - Demian Maia win by Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 2:27 of Round 2.

Catchweight Bout: Roger Gracie (5-1) vs. Stanislav Nedkov - Stanislav Nedkov win by Unanimous Decision.

Preliminary Card

Welterweight Bout: Amilcar Alves vs. Felipe Portela - Felipe Portela win by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) in 4:07 of Round 1.

Welterweight Bout: Nicolae Cury vs. Joao Paulo de Souza - Nicolae Cury win by Submission (Kimura) in 2:46 of Round 3.

Welterweight Bout: Ivan Jorge vs. Juliano Belgini - Ivan Jorge win by Submission (Guillotine Choke) in 4:52 of Round 3.

Welterweight Bout: Leopoldo Serao vs. Marlon Matias - Marlon Matias win by Unanimous Decision.

Welterweight Bout: Andre Santos vs. Mauro Chimento Jr. - Andre Santos win by Unanimous Decision.

Welterweight Bout: Thiago Rela vs. Pablo Popovitch - Thiago Rela win by Unanimous Decision.

Bonus

Fight of the Night: Thiago Silva vs. Mauricio Rua

KO of the Night: Antonio Silva

Submission of the Night: Thiago Silva

Post Fight

- Dana White confirmed that Fabricio Werdum will face Cain Velasquez and Demian Maia will fight the winner of Diaz vs.. MacDonald.

- Fabricio Werdum said he was happy to have won another legend of the sport.

- Dana White revealed that Antonio Silva must face Frank Mir and that win will have a chance at the title.

- Thiago Silva was happy to have beaten Shogun Rua and hopes have risen in the rankings.

- Dana White revealed that should give some time to Mauricio Shogun

- Dana White said Demian Maia found his division and is very excited about it.

End of Post Fight.

rodrigoviolim · February 1, 2013

UFC announces vs Henderson. Gomi in July in Japan

The UFC announced the next card of the UFC on FUEL TV, which will be held in Japan In the main event, former champion Ben Henderson will face Japanese star, Takanori Gomi.

Also in Event Dong Hyun Kim is the Co-Main Event against American Duane Ludwig.

Check out the complete card.

UFC on FUEL TV: Henderson vs. Gomi

Venue:

Local: Japan

Main Card

Main Event

Lightweight Bout: Ben Henderson (18-3) vs. Takanori Gomi (35-8-1 NC)

Co-Main Event

Welterweight Bout: Dong Hyun Kim (16-3-1-1 NC) vs. Duane Ludwig (22-13)

Bantamweight Bout: Takeya Mizugaki (17-7-2) vs. T.J. Dillashaw (7-1)

Welterweight Bout: Kazuo Misaki (24-11-2-1 NC) vs. Hyun Gyu Lim (9-3-1)

Bantamweight Bout: Norifumi Yamamoto (18-6-1 NC) vs. Ivan Menjivar (25-10)

Preliminary Card

Flyweight Bout: Yasuhiro Urushitani (20-6-6) vs. Ulysses Gomez (10-3)

Middleweight Bout: Riki Fukuda (19-7) vs. Thiago Perpetuo (9-2-1)

Lightweight Bout: K.J. Noons (12-6) vs. Michael Johnson (12-7)

Heavyweight Bout: Sergei Kharitonov (18-6) vs. Shane Del Rosario (11-2)

Bantamweight Bout: Motonubo Tezuka (16-6-4) vs. Iuri Alcantara (27-5)

Featherweight Bout: Mizuto Hirota (14-6-1) vs. Tie Quan Zhang (12-4)

Bantamweight Bout: Issei Tamura (7-3) vs. Kyung Ho Kang (11-7)

rodrigoviolim · February 1, 2013

The Ultimate Fighter Canada

EPISODE 1

In the first episode, the coaches Sam Stout and TJ Grant made the choice of teams.

Check out the teams:

TEAM STOUT

Lightweight

Aaron Armstrong

Alex Garcia

Tyler Jackson

Simon Marini

Featherweight

Thierry Quieneville

Myles Merola

Réjean Groulx

Bill Boland

TEAM GRANT

Lightweight

Cory MacDonald

Martin Gradmount

Mark Holst

Samuel Guillet

Featherweight

Ben Greer

Brad Cardinal

Shane Rice

Tim Wadsworth

A fight in each division will be held.

Lightweight Bout: Tyler Jackson (9-7-1) vs. Samuel Guillet (9-6)

Round 1

Round one Begins!

A jab misses and Guillet counters with two big right hands!

A left jab misses, giving Jackson the chance to hit back with a huge right cross that knocks Guillet right out!

And the winner by knockout is Tyle Jackson!

With the victory Team Stout takes control of the choices.

And the fight was chosen:

Featherweight Bout: Myles Jury (9-7) vs. Shane Rice (5-3)

Round 1

We are underway!

The time runs out on round one.

Round 2

There´s the bell and round number two begins!

Rice uses a flurry of lefts and rights to get Merola to cover up, then shoots in looking for a takedown.

The time is up, and that´s the end of round two.

We already have a decision.

And the winner by unanimous decision is ... Shane Rice.

Each team won a fight, more like won the last fight, Team Grant has control of the choices.

rodrigoviolim · February 2, 2013

Card of UFC: Fight For The Troops 3 is announced.

UFC Fight For The Troops, was announced this afternoon. In the main event of the night will bring ex-military, and UFC champion, Liz Carmouche will face to dreaded former Strikeforce champion, Cris Cyborg will make his debut in that category.

The card has other big names like Clay Guida, Pat Barry, the former champion flyweight Demetrious Johnson and the fight between champion last season of TUF, Nik Fekete against TUF champion Brazil, which UFC debut Cezar Ferreira.

Check out the complete card.

UFC: Fight For The Troops

Venue: John Paul Jones Arena

Local: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Main Card

Main Event

Women´s Bantamweight Bout: Liz Carmouche (8-2) vs. Cris Cyborg (10-1-1 NC)

Co-Main Event

Featherweight Bout: Clay Guida (29-14) vs. Sam Sicilia (11-2)

Flyweight Bout: Demetrious Johnson (16-3-1) vs. Darren Uyenoyama (8-4)

Heavyweight Bout: Pat Barry (8-5) vs. Geronimo Dos Santos (31-14)

Middleweight Bout: Nik Fekete (6-1) vs. Cezar Ferreira (5-2)

Preliminary Card

Lightweight Bout: Spencer Fisher (25-9) vs. John Colish (9-2)

Lightweight Bout: Edson Barboza (11-1) vs. C.J. Keith (9-1)

Featherweight Bout: Josh Clopton (6-1-1) vs. Justin Lawrence (4-1)

Middleweight Bout: Rafael Natal (15-4-1) vs. Kito Andrews (10-2)

Welterweight Bout: Bobby Voelker (24-9) vs. Marcelo Guimaraes (8-1-1)

Middleweight Bout: Clifford Starks (8-1) vs. Kevin Casey (4-2)

Bantamweight Bout: Ken Stone (11-4) vs. Azamat Gashimov (7-2)

rodrigoviolim · February 2, 2013

The Ultimate Fighter Canada

EPISODE 2

In the first episode each team won a fight, Team Stout won in the lightweight, with Tyler Jackson and Team won with Shane Grant Rice in the featherweight.

How won the last fight, Team Grant chooses the first match today.

And the first fight is ...

Lightweight Bout: Cory MacDonald (12-2) vs. Simon Marini (9-4)

Round 1

there´s the opening bell!

A couple of quick punches are used to set uo a takedown attempt from Marini.

Marine uses a flurry of lefts and rights to get MacDonald to cover up, then shoots in looking for a takedown.

The Time is up, and that´s the end of round one.

Round 2

Round two begins!

Marini throws a couple of jabs, then chooses to shoot in on MacDonald.

A couple quick punches are used to set up a takedown attempt from Marini.

Mac Donald tries to avoid Marini.

Marine throws a couple of jabs, then chooses to shoot in on MacDonald.

MacDonald attempts to avoid Marini as he shoots in.

Round two ends as time expires.

We already have a decision.

And the winner by decision is Cory MacDonald.

Team Grant remains in charge of the fights.

And in the featherweight fight was chosen between...

Featherweight Bout: Ben Greer (12-5) vs. Rejean Groulx (6-1)

Round 1

Round one begins!

Groulx uses a flurry of lefts and rights to get Greer to cover up, then shoots in looking for a takedown.

Greer sprawls to stop the takedown, then pulls Groulx up close into a clinch.

Greer attempts to wrestle Groulx to the ground.

The takedown doesn´t work, Groulx defended it well.

Groulx shoots in for a takedown.

Greer attempts to snare Groulx in a Guillotine off the takedown.

Greer cannot stop the takedown but is able to spin away almost immediately upon hitting the ground, and is quickly back on his feet.

There´s a takedown attempt from Greer.

Greer doesn´t get the takedown, Groulx saw it coming and was equal to it.

Groulx shoots in for a takedown.

Greer tries to avoid Groulx.

Round one ends as time expires.

Round 2

There´s the bell and round number two begins!

There´s a takedown attempt from Greer.

Groulx attempts to wrestle Greer to the ground.

Groulx gets the takedown! Greer pulls guard.

Greer tries to lock onto an arm from the bottom of the guard.

Greer cannot secure the arm.

Greer grabs an arm and raises his legs, trying to lock Groulx into a triangle choke.

Groulx blocks the attempt.

We already have a decision.

And the winner by decision is Réjean Groulx.

With the victory Team Stout takes control of the choices of fights.

Classified for the semifinals.

Lightweight

Tyler Jackson (Team Stout)

Cory MacDonald (Team Grant)

Featherweight

Shane Rice (Team Grant)

Réjean Groulx (Team Stout)

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