UFC 130, May 28

UFC 130
Saturday May 28
MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, NV
Airing on PPV

MAIN CARD (PPV)

* Frankie Edgar (#1 Ranked Lightweight) vs. Gray Maynard (#2 Ranked Lightweight) for UFC Lightweight Championship
* Quinton Jackson (#4 Ranked Light Heavyweight) vs. Matt Hamill
* Jorge Santiago (#8 Ranked Middleweight) vs. Brian Stann
* Frank Mir (#7-tie Ranked Heavyweight) vs. Roy Nelson (#10 Ranked Heavyweight)
* Stefan Struve vs. Travis Browne

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike)

* Thiago Alves (#6 Ranked Welterweight) vs. Rick Story
* Miguel Torres (#5 Ranked Bantamweight) vs. Demetrious Johnson (#7 Ranked Bantamweight)

PRELIMINARY CARD (unaired)

* Kendall Grove vs. Tim Boetsch
* Renan Barao vs. Cole Escovedo
* Cody McKenzie vs. Bart Palaszewski
* Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto vs. Chris Cariaso

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/Upcoming_Events_42/article_7938.shtml

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Pat Curran drops to featherweight and enters Bellator's next tourney

Bellator season two lightweight winner Pat Curran will be looking to go back to “lighter pastures” upon his return to the cage. Curran, who has in the past regularly competed at his more natural weight of 145-pounds, most recently stepped foot back inside the Bellator banner following a 10-month layoff due to a shoulder injury, [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/04/22/pat-curran-drops-to-featherweight-and-enters-bellators-next-tourney

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Emotional Aoki submits Beerbohm at Strikeforce

Japanese fight favorite Shinya Aoki started Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley with a bang on Saturday night in San Diego, submitting Lyle "Fancypants" Beerbohm in less than two minutes.

Despite a low, defensive stance, Aoki was able to take Beerbohm down early. Beerbohm had no takedown defense. Aoki then followed with a rear naked choke, switching it to a neck crank. After throwing a body triangle, he cranked Beerbohm's neck until he tapped at 1:33 in the first round.

Aoki, one of two Japanese fighters on Strikeforce's main card,  was emotional as his name was announced as the winner. Because of the devastating events in Japan and training for his fight, Aoki has still not met his newborn child. He now gets to go home a winner on a four-fight win streak.

Beerbohm has lost his second bout in a row. He dropped a decision to Pat Healy in February and now has a record of 15-2.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Emotional-Aoki-submits-Beerbohm-at-Strikeforce?urn=mma-wp1064

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Rich Franklin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Added to UFC 133 in Philadelphia

Rich Franklin and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira will look to rebound from recent losses when they're expected to meet in a featured light heavyweight bout at UFC 133 on August 6 in Philadelphia

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/18303/rich-franklin-vs-antonio-rogerio-nogueira-added-to-ufc-133-in-philadelphia/

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Video analysis: How awful was the Mousasi-Jardine decision?

Gegard Mousasi is a damn good sport because many fighters may have flipped their lid when they only earned a draw after pummeling Keith Jardine for much of their 15-minute fight. Jardine was tough as nails, but appeared to be on the losing end of a nasty slugfest. Why was it a draw? Because of another judging snafu where one judge, and possibly a second, overvalued the takedown.

After giving the relatively even first round to Mousasi, judge Abe Belardo scored the second round 10-9 for Jardine. That was a stanza where Jardine scored two takedowns, but only kept Mousasi on his back for 41 seconds, and even the most kind scorer could give "The Dean of Mean" credit for landing five shots. Meanwhile, on the feet, Mousasi outlanded Jardine, 32-3.

Yahoo!'s lead MMA writer Kevin Iole joined us to give his take on what happened and if we should be excited for Mousasi-Jardine II somewhere down the road.

Belardo's score of 28-28 matched Lester Griffin, who gave the first round to Jardine. The other judge had it 29-27 in favor of Mousasi.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Video-analysis-How-awful-was-the-Mousasi-Jardin?urn=mma-wp1170

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Nike Manny Pacquiao ?BOOM? T-shirt

The Nike Manny Pacquiao “BOOM” T-shirt shows some praise for the Filipino fighting machine’s fists of fury with an explosive graphic inspired by the Nike Manny Pacquiao BOOM commercial introduced a few months back. With a series of new signature Pacquiao clothing and fight gear being released in time for Manny’s WBO Welterweight World Title [...]

Source: http://fighterxfashion.com/nike-manny-pacquiao-boom-t-shirt/

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Up-and-coming MMA fighter dead after robbery attempt!

Date: Monday Apr. 18, 2011 4:11 PM ET Police were hunting two males Monday after witnesses say an up-and-coming MMA fighter was killed trying to stop gunmen in a botched robbery attempt in...

Source: http://ninjashoes.net/forum/showthread.php?74268-Up-and-coming-MMA-fighter-dead-after-robbery-attempt!&goto=newpost

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Rich Hale and Christian M?Pumbu move on to Bellator LHW title fight

Tonight, the lone set of remaining Bellator Season 4 Tournament finalists will be unveiled in the form of light heavyweight action at Bellator 42 in Concho, Oklahoma, as 9-1 D.J. Linderman attempts to avoid any Inverted Triangle Chokes from Richard Hale on one side of things with the other featuring undefeated Tim Carpenter taking on [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/04/23/bellator-42-live-results/

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