UFC on Versus 4 Official For Pittsburgh on June 26th, Tix On Sale This Week
UFC on Versus 4 Official For Pittsburgh on June 26th, Tix On Sale This Week is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News
UFC on Versus 4 Official For Pittsburgh on June 26th, Tix On Sale This Week is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News
Bellator featherweight champion Joe Warren won a controversial unanimous decision over Marcos Galvao on Saturday night in Yuma, Arizona, with all three judges seeing the fight differently than nearly every member of the MMA media saw it. Particularly surprising about the decision was that judge Chuck Wolfe scored the bout 30-27 for Warren: Not only did Wolfe score the first and third rounds for Warren, as did his fellow judges, but Wolfe also gave Warren the second round, even though almost everyone else watching thought that round was decidedly Galvao's. Although Wolfe declined to go into a detailed blow-by-blow account of the second round, he defended his scorecard and his decision, saying on Tuesday morning that he thought all three rounds in the fight were close, and that in close rounds, something relatively minor can be the difference in a 10-9 score.
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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/04/19/judge-chuck-wolfe-defends-30-27-score-for-joe-warren/
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After a fantastic fight, Gegard Mousasi and Keith Jardine fought to a majority draw, 29-27, 28-28, 28-28 at Strikeforce on Saturday night.
Mousasi had better striking than Jardine, but still couldn't keep Jardine from taking him down. While on the ground, Mousasi threw an illegal upkick, and was deducted a point. Jardine was given time to recover, and when the fight restarted, Mousasi still had the edge in striking.
In the second round, cuts on Jardine's face opened up as Mousasi employed a strategy of excellent counterpunching. Jardine was still able to take Mousasi down, but could not keep him there. Jardine also had trouble landing strikes after the takedown.
Jardine stuck with the takedown strategy early, but couldn't get the fresher Mousasi down. Mousasi flipped the script and took Jardine down and sunk in a deep guillotine. But the blood that was pouring out of Jardine's face helped him, as he was slippery enough to pull out from a guillotine that should have been able to finish him.
Mousasi stayed strong through the rest of the round, despite Jardine's ability to hang on and withstand punishment. Mousasi landed strikes and knees, but Jardine stuck around and even tried for an armbar in the final second of the fight.
The third round was stopped twice, once for an inadvertent groin strike and again because Mousasi's mouth piece fell out.
Jardine and Mousasi were both disappointed after the fight, comparing the draw to "kissing your sister." Jardine, a former UFC fighter who took the match on short notice and showed toughness throughout, clearly was outstruck by Mousasi. If it weren't for that point deducted for the upkick, Mousasi would have walked out a winner.
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Demetrious Johnson replaces injured Brad Pickett, faces Miguel Torres at UFC 130 is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News
Urijah Faber is not a fan of the UFC bantamweight champ, Dominick Cruz, so it's helpful that they are fighting on July 2 at UFC 132. Unfortunately, that's more than two months away, so they have to express their animosity in some way, like YouTube videos.
The pair last fought in 2007 at featherweight. Faber won with a first-round submission, but has expressed his dislike for the "not-that-cool" Cruz many times. If it's like this months out from the fight, it's going to be a fun ride to UFC 132.
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Ramsey Nijem stepped into the cage and won his fight against Charlie Rader on this week's episode of The Ultimate Fighter, using his solid wrestling base to control Rader, take him down and finish him with a rear-naked choke. But this week's episode of the UFC's reality show focused almost as much on Nijem's personality outside the cage, where his habits -- including painting his toenails and watching Glee -- make him something very different from the stereotypical cage fighter. In his weekly interview with MMAFighting.com, Nijem talked about his victory over Rader, shed a little more light on his personality outside the cage, and shared his thoughts on advancing to the next round of this season's Ultimate Fighter tournament.Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/04/21/ramsey-nijem-on-winning-his-fight-painting-his-toenails/
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Dream has announced the first- and second-round matchups for the May 29 Dream "Fight for Japan" event at the Saitama Super Arena, the promotion's first card of 2011. In the 134.5-pound tournament, Darren Uyenoyama will face Atsushi Yamamoto; Yoshiro Maeda will meet Hideo Tokoro; Masakazu Imanari takes on Keisuke Fujiwara; and finally, Kenji Osawa will fight Takafumi Otsuka. The quarterfinals and semifinals will both take place on May 29. The winner of Uyenoyama vs. Yamamoto will fight the winner of Maeda vs. Tokoro. On the other side of the bracket, the winner of Imanari vs. Fujiwara will face the winner of Osawa vs. Otsuka. The finals will be held at a Dream event planned for July.Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/04/20/tournament-brackets-set-for-dream-bantamweight-gp/