Tag: WMMA

Michelle Waterson signs with UFC

 The UFC strawweight Division just keeps getting better and better. A little less then an hour ago the UFC announced the signing of Michelle “the karate hottie” Waterson.

Waterson who is (12-4) was one of InvictaFC’s biggest standouts. Waterson is a former atomweight champion under the invictaFC banner. She dropped her title back in December to Herica Tiburcio.

Waterson is expected to make her UFC debut sometime this summer against an unnamed opponent (Ariel Hawani of MMA fighting confirms)

What do you guys think about this announcement? I’m personally ecstatic and think the Karate hottie will do the UFC proud. Sound off in the comments and let us know

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Stephanie Skinner out of Invicta 12 

 

In the sport of MMA and any sport in general injuries are a part of the game. When they happen though they leave athletes and fans alike feeling down but as fans it’s our job to keep the support strong.

This morning the announcement was made by Stephanie Skinner’s opponent Cassie Rodish that Stephanie injured herself Sunday pulling her out of the InvictaFC 12 card that was set to take place this Saturday April 24th. You can read what Cassie said here

 https://www.facebook.com/crodish1/posts/10206528680561927

As said in the status no replacement was found for Cassie to take on so the bout has been scrapped all together.

Stephanie had this to say about her injury as well https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.skinner.180/posts/933844126646116

We here at WrestlingNewsBlog wish Stephanie a speedy recovery and can’t wait till she has the opportunity to get back in the invicta cage. We would also like to inform our followers that the contest to win Stephanie’s signed fight banner will still take place on April 24th the night of invicta. It will be announced on our Twitter feed so if you’re not already following @WrestlingNewsBlog you’re going to want to.

Again here’s to hoping for a speedy recovery for the scrapper 

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

WrestlingNewsBlog teams up with Stephanie “the scrapper” Skinner

Skinner MMAAre you a fan of WMMA? Will you be watching InvictaFC 12? Are you a fan of Stephanie the scrapper Skinner? Do you like winning prizes? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions you’re going to love this announcement.

Thanks to the awesome people at Sangre Mgmt & Lubmma this is being made possible. The people who paid $25 to have their Twitter handle on Stephanie’s banner will be entered into a raffle. The person selected during the raffle will win Stephanie’s fight banner signed by the scrapper herself.

Now here’s the catch. The winner will be announced right here exclusively on WrestlingNewsBlog so you’ll have to be following us on Twitter @WrestleNewsBlog. The announcement will be made the night of invictaFC 12 on April 24th, 2015

Stephanie Skinner who is (4-5) will be making her InvictaFC debut against Cassie Rodish (5-4) in an atomweight bout.

InvictaFC 12 will take place live from unicipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. InvictaFC will be available for viewing live on UFC fight pass.

The full InvictaFC 12 fight card is as follows 

Strawweight Title: Katja Kankaanpää (10-1-1) vs. Livia Renata Souza (7-0)
Flyweight: Roxanne Modafferi (17-11) vs. Vanessa Porto (17-6)
Featherweight: Amanda Bell (3-2) vs. Faith Van Duin (4-1)
Bantamweight: Ediane Gomes (10-3) vs. Raquel Pa’aluhi (4-4)
Featherweight: Peggy Morgan (3-2) vs. Latoya Walker (4-0)
Strawweight: Lacey Schuckman (10-8) vs. Jenny Liou (3-1)
Atomweight: Cassie Rodish (5-4) vs. Stephanie Skinner (4-5)
Strawweight: Delaney Owen (3-1) vs. Sharon Jacobson (2-1)
Flyweight: Shannon Sinn (1-2) vs. Maureen Riordon (0-1)
Flyweight: Roma Pawelek (1-0) vs. Sijara Eubanks (0-0)

We here at WrestlingNewsBlog are extramlu excited about this

Partnership. We would also like to take a moment to thank Juan Lanza for coming together with us and allowing us to use the site as a platform for this contest.

 

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Marina Shafir signs with Invicta

April 1st is a day where people play pranks on each other all around the world, so when I heard the news of the supernova from Meldova signing with Invicta fighting Championship I was hesitant to get excited. That is until Marina made the official announcement on the MMA roasted podcast yesterday.

If I wasn’t out and about all day yesterday I would’ve  posted about this much sooner. Nonetheless this is a HUGE signing for invictaFC. Shafir will be a competing at 145lbs placing her in an already stacked featherweight division. Shafir has an overall fight record of (5-1) and professionally she stands at (1-1) 

Her last fight took place in August of last year where she suffered a first round TKO lost against Amanda Bell.

Shafir is still very young in the fight game and shows tons of potential. It would be great to see her get a rematch against Bell (Bell also recently signed with invicta) or maybe somewhere down the line we can see a Shafir vs Cyborg match up (that’s if cyborg stays at 145) 

Only time will tell but one thing is Forsure the supernova from Meldova  is sure to shake up the featherweight  divison and make a giant impact on InvictaFC.

I know as a fan myself I can’t wait to see what the future holds for Marina. As someone who had the honor of seeing her fight live and meeting her I know she’s a force to be reckon with.

How do you guys feel about invicta’s newest athlete. Let us know in the comments below.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Cris Cyborg signs with UFC

Early Wednesday Brizilian news outlet “Combate” ran a story in which Cris Cyborg said the following: “Your excuses for not fighting me are falling almost as fast as you will when I get you in the cage – stop with the reckless steroid allegations- I am clean! You know I have passed multiple test, including random testing- lets do Olympic random testing you and I- like Mayweather/Pacquiao- and one less excuse for you to hide behind – Lorenzo signed me- I’m back and coming for you – but you will either retire to movies or run to 125 like you ran from me at 145- you will never be the best until you fight the best- step up- it takes two to scrap- don’t be scared- the fans see me coming and you talking- have some respect for the fans- it’s embarrassing how you will go up in weight to fight Gina or Leila but not me- regardless I’m coming for you- make an effort instead of just hiding behind excuses – you may have 99 excuses not to fight me – but not being in the UFC ain’t one”.

Once that story was published various news sights ran rapid with the news and since then the huge story has been confirmed by UFC president Dana White durring an interview on UFC tonight on Wednesday night.

The deal in place is a contract with the UFC’s partner company Zuffa. What does this mean exactly? It means that alltgough the contract is signed doesn’t mean she’ll automatically get a crack at Rousey or even fight in the UFC

wether we’ll see cyborg in the UFC depends on if she can cut weight to 135. Cyborg apparently walks around at 175 on a regular basis but competes at 145 in the featherweight division for invictaFC. The deal with Zuffa had apparently been in place ahead of Cyborg’s title defense at Invicta11 this past Febuary. 

Cyborg is still set to defend her featherweight title once more this July so it’s likely she won’t debut as a 135 fighter till earlier 2016. As far as her arche memisis Ronda Rousey she is set to defend her title at UFC 190 on August 1st against undefeated challenger Bethe Corriea in Brazil.

So guys what do you think of the news? Are you excited? Could this mean we’ll finally be getting the matchup that’s been years in the making of Rousey vs Cyborg?

Let us know what you think in the comments.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Rousey VS Correia headlines UFC190

Just yesterday we posted a story of a possible match up between women’s Batemweight champion Ronda Rousey and undefeated challenger Bethe Corriea.

Now after the announcement made today  by UFC president Dana White at the UFC189 world tour press conference that bout is now official! and by the looks of the state down from these two this fight is going to be good.

You can check out the staredown here http://instagram.com/p/0dYvQ1LDOs/

Also announced for the card will be a rematch of one of the greatest fights in PRIDE history, as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua battles Rogerio Nogueira in a light heavyweight bout fans have demanded.

So who’s excited for Aug 1st? I know I am

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Ronda Rousey vs Bethe Correia targeted for UFC190 in Brazil 

Runors have been flying around all over the Internet since late last night about Ronda Rousey’s next possible opponent and it’s time we here at WrestlingNewsBlog join the party. The person that is said to be next in line is undefeated Brazilian Bethe Corriea. Bethe is currently 9-0 with two back to back wins over Rousey’s friends and training partners Jessamyn Duke and Shayna Baszler.

Clearly there is no love lost between these two. Bethe has even called Rousey a “selfish champion because she leaves to make movies and doesn’t really care about the sport”

Rousey fired back saying that “if she wasn’t doing all this talking she wouldn’t be getting recognized so she’s doing a good job for herself. In one interview when asked about Corriea beating her teammates Rousey said “I’m the mamma bear and I will f*** her up”

The rumored show down between the two is targeted to take place at UFC190 on August 1st from Corriea’s home counry of Brazil. Although the UFC hasn’t confirmed this bout it’s more then likely to happen for 3 reasons. 1. Rousey said she expected to return in August. 2. Rousey said she would want nothing more then to beat corriea in her hometown and 3. Right now Corriea is the most logical opponent based soly on the history between the two.

I know one things Forsure if this fight does indeed happen I’ll be chearing on Rousey as she dives into enemy territory.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91

UFC 185 results 

Yesteday UFC185 took place live from the American Airlines arena in Dallas Texas. This card was headlined by a Light Heavyweight title bout in which Champion Anthony Pettis defended his title against Rafiel Dos Anjos. The co main event was a women’s strawweight bout where the first ever Womens strawweight champion Carla Esparza defended her title for the first time against Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Now I didn’t order this PPV nor was I able to keep up with results online and I gotta say I’m disappointed in myself because according to social media this was one of the best cards the UFC has seen in awhile. Not only that but both titles changed hands tonight.

Jedrzejczyk dominated a highly praised Esparza. She finished Esparza via TKO with 42 secs remaining in the 2nd round. According to many Jedrzejczyk made Esparza look like am amateur in the cage and even Esparza said she didn’t feel like herself out there. Maybe the nerves of a fist time title defense got to her. Who knows but either way now that Jedrzejczyk is the new champion I’m sure top contender strawweights will be chomping at the bit to get a crack at her.

In the main event Pettis was definitely the favorite going into this. He usually has fancy moves and his infamous kicks are usually the deciding factor in what he does. Even with CM Punk in his corner Pettis couldn’t get the job done, because the underdog Dos Anjos out wrestled and out strook “showtime”. Dos Anjos picked up the win after all 5 rounds by unanimous decision. Now with Anjos as champion it is sure to shake up the lightweight division.

So tell me what did you guys think of this card? What was your favorite bout? Let us know in the comments.

 

Full results for UFC185 can be seen here Rafael dos Anjos def Anthony Pettis by decision (unanimous) 50-45 x3

Joanna Jedrzejczyk def. Carla Esparza by TKO (punches) at 4:17 of Round Two
Johny Hendricks def. Matt Brown by decision (unanimous) 30-27 x3
Alistair Overeem  def. Roy Nelson by decision (unanimous) 30-27 x3
Henry Cejudo def. Chris Cariaso by decision (unanimous) 30-27 x3
Ross Pearson def. Sam Stout by KO (punch) at 1:33 of Round Two
Elias Theodorou def. Roger Narvaez by TKO (GNP) at 4:07 of Round Two
Beneil Dariush def. Daron Cruickshank by submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:48 of Round Two
Jared Rosholt def. Josh Copeland by TKO (GNP) at 3:12 of Round Three
Ryan Benoit def. Ryan Benoit by TKO (punches) at 1:34 of Round Two
Joseph Duffy def. Jake Lindsey by TKO (head kick and punches) at 1:47 of Round One

Germaine de Randamie def. Larissa Pacheco by TKO (punches) at 2:02 of Round Two

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

ROH’s Tag champs reDRagon have found their Ringo Star

Last Sunday at ROH’s 13th Aniversury reDRagon successfully defended their tag team titles against the Young Buks in what many called the match of the night, with the assist from our good friend, member of the 4Horsewomen, WMMA pioneer, and UFC fighter Shayna Baszler.

By the looks of this video it seems that O’Reilly, Fish and Baszler have formed an alliance. I don’t know about you but to me that sounds pretty bad ass.

Recently a fan asked Shayna on Twitter if we world see her in the wrestling ring again to which Baszler replied “not while there’s faces to smash in the UFC” (Baszler takes on Amanda Nunes at UFC fight night 62 on March 21st)

Still seeing the Queen of Spades and now the newly named “Mother of the dragons” in a the ROH ring again doesn’t seem so far fetched. I mean she’s a certified catch wrestler under the late great Billy Robinson and she dabbles in professional wrestling training under couch Josh Barnett and gets occasional help from WWE diva Natalya.

Not to mention she embodies that heel character pretty well. Check out the reDRagon promo with Baszler here.

Does this make you guys as excited as it makes us here at WrestlingNewsBlog? Let us know in the comments.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Royalty invades Ring of Honor 

 

Yesterday  ROH heald their 13th anniversary PPV live from Las Vegas. One of the matches on that card was  the Young Bucks taking on the Tag Team champions reDRagons. During this match something very special happened, reDRagon had a certain queen acompony them to the ring and that Queen was none other then the Queen of Spades Shayna Baszler.

Anyone who has been following this site for the last year knows that Shayna is one of our biggest supporters and a good friend; so I speak for everyone here when I say it was indeed a huge mark out moment.

One thing that I loved was that the commentators made sure that fans knew who she was by highlighting the fact that she is a pioneer of WMMA and a catch wrestler. The match many great moments but here is a break down of Baszler’s involvement and what it lead to.

The crowd was upset at Fish for even kicking out.More Bang For Your Buck almost got the three, but Baszler pulls the ref out. The Bucks chase down Baszler, but Kyle comes out of nowhere and takes them out. A big tornado DDT sets up a top rope Falcon Arrow from Fish. Chasing the Dragon doesn’t get the pin as Matt Jackson pulls the ref out! ReDRagon keeps the advantage with a DDT/wheelbarrow suplex keeps the advantage, followed by Chasing the Dragon for the 3 count.

There you have it folks legendary Shayna Baszler had a hand in a great victory. Could this be a sign of more to come? We all know Baszler has a love for Professinal wrestling and I know I wouldn’t mind seeing her in the squared circle. Only time will tell.

One thing is for sure though we here at WrestlingNewsBlog couldn’t be any happier for Shayna and we are honored that we get to share this moment with you all

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)