Sweet Sixteen, Bout 1 Results | Brackets via June M. Williams
Check out the results to date in our latest tournament series. We are working our way to finding out the fight to watch before the world ends.
In our most recent matchup which was tallied tonight, Friday April 24th, the red corner’s #1 Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald 2 made easy work of #2 Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum. With a lopsided score of 32-6, Lawler vs. MacDonald 2 now advances to the next round of the tournament to challenge the winner of the upcoming #3 Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes 2 and #5 Eddie Alvarez vs. Justin Gaethje mathcup.
We will be returning to the blue corner for our first fight next week in our BE’s BADDEST Tournament Series to figure out what is the single Greatest MMA Fight Of All Time — that one to watch before the world ends. Sunday night’s brawl will start at 10pm CST, April 19th and will feature the #1 seed, Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio Shogun Rua, squaring up with the #2 ranked, Edgar vs. Maynard 2. We will see you then! Have a great and safe weekend; here’s a look at the results so far:
Opening Round of 32:
Bout 1:
1 Lawler vs. MacDonald 2 – 50
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8 Rodriguez vs. Zombie – 3Bout 2:
1 Henderson vs. Shogun – 30
VS.
8 Shogun vs. Little Nog 1 – 1Bout 3:
2 Adesanya vs. Gastelum – 19
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7 Dillashaw vs. Cruz – 19Tie-Breaker Bout:
2 Adesanya vs. Gastelum – 31
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7 Dillashaw vs. Cruz – 25Bout 4:
2 Edgar vs. Maynard 2 – 23
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7 Costa vs. Romero – 12Bout 5:
3 Aldo vs. Mendes – 21
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6 Edgar vs. Maynard 3 – 7Bout 6:
3 Jones vs. Gustafsson 1 – 20
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6 Nick Diaz vs. Gomi – 19Bout 7:
4 Poirier vs. Zombie – 15
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5 Alvarez vs. Gaethje – 17Bout 8:
4 Fedor vs. Cro Cop – 9
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5 Wanderlei Silva vs. Rampage – 20Bout 9:
1 Weili vs. Joanna – 28
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8 Henderson vs. Pettis – 22Bout 10:
1 Frye vs. Takayama – 25
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8 Lesnar vs. Carwin – 7Bout 11:
2 Lawler vs. Condit – 29
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7 Alvarez vs. Chandler – 6Bout 12:
2 Hunt vs. Silva – 21
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7 Sakuraba vs. Gracie – 16Bout 13:
3 Gaethje vs. Johnson – 21
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6 Emelianenko vs. Randleman – 18Bout 14:
3 Poirier vs. Gaethje – 11
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6 Whittaker vs. Romero 2 – 11
Tie-Breaker Bout:
3 Poirier vs. Gaethje – 21
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6 Whittaker vs. Romero 2 – 26Bout 15:
4 Silva vs. Stann – 16
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5 Swanson vs. Choi – 18Bout 16:
4 Griffin vs.Bonnar – 22
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5 Kongo vs. Barry – 17
Sweet Sixteen:
Bout 1:
1 Lawler vs. MacDonald 2 – 32
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2 Adesanya vs. Gastelum – 6
Tournament bracket (click to enlarge):