Category: MMA

Fight Card For Bellator 170: Ortiz vs Sonnen 1/21/17

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This Saturday night on Spike, former UFC champion Tito Ortiz will meet Chael Sonnen in the main event of Bellator 170 at The Forum in Los Angeles.

MAIN CARD (Spike)

Light Heavyweight: Tito Ortiz vs. Chael Sonnen

Welterweight: Paul Daley vs. Brennan Ward

Middleweight: Ralek Gracie vs. Hisaki Kato

Featherweight: Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Emmanuel Sanchez

Lightweight: Derek Campos vs. Derek Anderson

PRELIMINARY CARD

Featherweight: Chinzo Machida vs. Jamar Ocampo

Heavyweight: Jack May vs. Dave Cryer

Featherweight: Henry Corrales vs. Cody Bollinger

Middleweight: Kevin Casey vs. Keith Berry

Welterweight: Guilherme Vasconcelos vs. John Mercurio

Welterweight: Gabriel Green vs. Jalin Turner

Catchweight: Christian Gonzalez vs. Daniel Rodriguez

Lightweight: Jacob Rosales vs. Ian Butler

Welterweight: Johnny Cisneros vs. Curtis Millender

Lightweight: Mike Segura vs. Tommy Aaron

Bantamweight: Rob Gooch vs. James Barnes

Female Flyweight: Rebecca Ruth vs. Colleen Schneider

Floyd Mayweather Offers To Train Ronda Rousey

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If Ronda Rousey wants to fight again, there is someone out there willing to teach her in the stand-up department. Floyd Mayweather, an unbeaten former boxing world champion, told TMZ Sports recently that he would train with Rousey if she wanted him to.

“I’ll work with her if she’s willing to work with me,” Mayweather said. “I don’t have anything against anyone. We are willing to work with her.”

Rousey, of course, was very vocal in the past against “Money,” especially regarding his legal issues with violence against women.

Source: WrestlingINC

Mark Hunt Files Civil Suit Against Brock Lesnar And UFC

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Mark Hunt has taken matters to the courts, filing a civil suit against Brock Lesnar, UFC president Dana White and the promotion he currently works for. Hunt, who is expected to return to action later this year at UFC 209 vs. Alistair Overeem, filed the suit Tuesday in Nevada District Court.

For the past several months, Hunt has been very outspoken against both the UFC and Lesnar for what happened back in July at UFC 200. The 42-year-old lost a decision to Lesnar, who later failed his post-fight drug test.

“I want the UFC to understand it’s not OK to keep doing what they’re doing,” Hunt told ESPN.com. “They’re allowing guys to do this. They had a chance to take all the money from this guy, because he’s a cheater, and they didn’t. What message is that sending to the boys and girls who want to be a fighter someday? The message is, ‘You just have to cheat like this and it’s OK.’ In society, if you commit a crime, you pay. Why is it different in MMA? It’s hurt the business, so it’s even worse. They need to be held accountable for this.”

Hunt’s suit states the defendants “affirmatively circumvented and obstructed fair competition for their own benefit.” He is also accusing the UFC and Lesnar of racketeering, fraud and several other allegations. He is seeking damages “in the millions.”

Lesnar, who came out of retirement and was granted a waiver for the four-month testing policy prior to the bout, was fined $250,000 and suspended for a year by the USADA. The suspension has no affect on Lesnar’s current WWE contract.

Source: WrestlingINC

UFC 207: Nunes vs Rousey 12/30/16

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December 30, 2016 –  T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada

 

Main Card (10 PM ET, PPV)

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship: (C) Amanda Nunes vs. Ronda Rousey
UFC Bantamweight Championship: (C) Dominick Cruz vs. Cody Garbrandt
T.J. Dillashaw vs. John Lineker
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Tarec Saffiedine
Ray Borg vs. Louis Smolka

Prelims (8 PM ET, FS1)

Johny Hendricks vs. Neil Magny
Alex Garcia vs. Mike Pyle
Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Marvin Vettori
Niko Price vs. Brandon Thatch

Early Prelims (7:30 PM ET, UFC Fight Pass)

Tim Means vs. Alex Oliveira

 

Cris Cyborg Flagged For USADA Violation And Offers Explanation

Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino was notified by the USADA that an out-of-competition drug test provided in December has come back positive for a banned substance. The collection came on December 5 and is a “potential anti-doping violation.”

The UFC released a statement Thursday afternoon:

The UFC organization was formally notified today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has informed Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino of a potential Anti-Doping Policy violation stemming from an out-of-competition sample collection on December 5, 2016.USADA, the independent administrator of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, will handle the results management and appropriate adjudication of this case. It is important to note that, under the UFC Anti-Doping Policy, there is a full fair legal review process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed.

Consistent with all previous potential anti-doping violations, additional information or UFC statements will be provided at the appropriate time as the process moves forward.

Cyborg’s boyfriend and representative, Ray Elbe, posted a message on “The Underground” in an attempt to clear up the situation.

“Not for a steroid, and she has a prescription as part of the post fight therapy she’s been receiving due to the severe weight cut,” Elbe wrote. “This has been known for a few days, and Cris’ doctor has been in direct contact with USADA turning over all the necessary patient files to document the reasons Cris needs the medication.

“Cris had issues with her kidneys and blood pressure, and that’s part of a prescription she’s been seeking for therapy. Cris doctor works with several Olympic and UFC athletes who are also under USADA testing and this was part of the treatment given to her the Monday after the weigh-ins.

Source: WrestlingINC

UFC Creates First Female Featherweight Title Fight

The UFC announced late Tuesday night the first-ever female featherweight title fight, and Cris “Cyborg” Justino is not part of it. After Cyborg turned down bouts with Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie, the promotion decided to pair Holm and de Randamie at UFC 208 to crown a champion at 145 pounds.

Cyborg, the reigning Invicta FC featherweight champion, stated in previous interviews that she could not cut down to 145 pounds within the timeline the UFC set before her. She was sworn in as an American citizen on Tuesday in Los Angeles.

Holm is a former UFC bantamweight champion, but is coming off back-to-back losses to Miesha Tate for the title and to Valentina Shevchenko. De Randamie sports a 4-1 record over her last five fights, falling only to current UFC champion Amanda Nunes.

Source: WrestlingINC

Cyborg did issue a comment on her Twitter page, calling out both the UFC and Bellator MMA.

News On CM Punk Possibly Fighting In UFC Again

CM Punk recently appeared on The MMA Hour and revealed that he recently met with UFC President Dana White and said that he wants to fight again. He noted that they’ve been going back and forth, and that an announcement may be coming soon.

Punk’s coach, Duke Roufus, also recently appeared on The MMA Hour and said that it was “looking hopeful” that Punk would fight in the UFC again, possibly as soon as “four to five months.”

“Yeah, definitely, I believe he and Dana are talking,” Roufus said. “I just talked to Punk on Monday before that, and things are looking hopeful. I can’t say yes or no, but they’re looking hopeful. We’re going to see. Dana’s always got a good recipe of what he’s going to create, and what’s best for the sport, and what’s best for Punk and everyone else.”

Punk suffered a one-sided loss in his UFC debut to Mickey Gall at UFC 203 in September. Gall submitted Punk in just 2 minutes and 45 seconds of the first round with a rear-naked choke. Roufus noted that Punk didn’t perform the way that he would have liked against Gall, but said that he was getting better.

“He’s going to get better,” Roufus said. “Obviously, he didn’t perform the way we wanted to perform. We had some things he was doing really well with, he just didn’t happen. It’s just going to take time. But the great thing is he has an incredible attitude, and he’s very thankful for the opportunities. He’s getting better, he’s back in training and right after this fight I’ll picking up big time with him.”

Source: WrestlingINC

UFC 206: Holloway vs Pettis 12/10/16

At the Weigh-ins for UFC 206, main event fighter Anthony Pettis missed weight. “Showtime” came in three pounds heavy for his interim featherweight title fight with Max Holloway, who successfully weighed in at 145 pounds. The bout will still go on, with Holloway being the only one eligible to win the title and Pettis forfeiting 20 percent of his purse to “Blessed.”

Two other fighters also missed weight – Valerie Letourneau and Rustam Khabilov.

MAIN CARD (PPV/10 p.m. ET)

* Max Holloway (145 lbs.) vs. Anthony Pettis (148) for interim UFC featherweight championship

* Matt Brown (171) vs. Donald Cerrone (170.5)

* Dooho Choi (145.5) vs. Cub Swanson (146)

* Kelvin Gastelum (185) vs. Tim Kennedy (186)

* Emil Meek (170.5) vs. Jordan Mein (170)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1/8 p.m. ET)

* Misha Cirkunov (205) vs. Nikita Krylov (206)

* Olivier Aubin-Mercier (156) vs. Drew Dober (156)

* Valerie Letourneau (117.5) vs. Viviane Pereira (114)

* Mitch Gagnon (135.5) vs. Matthew Lopez (136)

PRELMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/6:30 p.m. ET)

* John Makdessi (155) vs. Lando Vannata (156)

* Rustam Khabilov (158.5) vs. Jason Saggo (155)

* Zach Makovsky (125) vs. Dustin Ortiz (125)

TMZ Sports Releases A Goosebump Worthy Promo For UFC 207

With just 23 days left until UFC 207 it was only a matter of time the epic promos would start rolling out.

UFC 207 will mark the first time Amanda Nunes looks to defend her woman’s bantamweight title. It also marks the anticipated return of Ronda Rousey, someone we haven’t seen in the octagon in over a year.

It’s been a crazy year to say the least for the women’s bantamweight division in the UFC since Rousey lost the title last November we’ve seen it change hands two more times (Tate and Nunes). Rousey successfully defended her title six times before eventually dropping it to Holy Holm.

There has only  been four women bantamweight champions in the UFC thus far. All with the exception of Rousey lost it in their first defense. The Lionness looks to break that pattern but the question remains can she get it done?

Rousey has kept a pretty low radar leading up to her return but this promo sure does give the impression that she is ready. You can’t tell us this doesn’t give you chills. Check it out here https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=GkjgwsttfQk

The fight goes down live in Las Vegas at the T-Mobil arena in Las Vegas NV on Friday December 30th. Will you be watching? Let us know in the comments below

Missouri Athletic Commission Overturns Evinger VS Kunitskaya Bout 

If you’re a Tonya Evinger or a member of TeamFilthy then today’s a good day for you. If you’re however Yana Kunitskaya or anybody in her team not so much.

On November 18th InvictaFC hosted their 20th event. It was a stacked card with what should’ve been a stellar main event for the bamtamweight title. It was however tarnished when it ended it a controversial way.

If you watched the fight you would know that it ended at 1:58 of the first round when Kunitskaya applied an armbar to Evinger getting the submission victory.
However Evinger appealed the decision of the bout earlier this month due to misinterpretation of the rules by referee Mike England. The defending champion used a perfectly legal defense of the armbar by pushing her foot on the face of Kunitskaya to gain leverage for an escape. This was deemed illegal by the referee and in forcing her to move Kunitskaya was able to sink the amber in deeper.

The only way the defense by Evinger would’ve been illegal is if she would’ve striked Kunitskaya with her foot while she was down but at no point did that happen.
So what does this all mean? Well now that the bout has been overturned  Evinger is still the champion and further more her five year undefeated streak is still intact. Here’s what she had to say about the situation.
It is no surprise that this decision is already receiving some backlash. What do you guys think was the right call made? Let us know. One can only assume it’s a matter of time before we see Evinger and Kunitskaya squaring off again.?