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Joe Lauzon Takes Baffling Decision Over Marcin Held

The co-main event of UFC Fight Night 103 featured a lightweight scrap between Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran Joe Lauzon (26-12) and former Bellator mainstay Marcin Held (22-5). Lauzon had come into the bout going 2-3 in his last five outings. Meanwhile, Held was making his second appearance inside the Octagon and was in search

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The co-main event of UFC Fight Night 103 featured a lightweight scrap between Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran Joe Lauzon (26-12) and former Bellator mainstay Marcin Held (22-5).

Lauzon had come into the bout going 2-3 in his last five outings. Meanwhile, Held was making his second appearance inside the Octagon and was in search of his first UFC win.

Held went for a leg kick in the beginning of the fight. Held connected with a left jab. “J-Lau” dropped some vicious elbows on Held as he went for a takedown. Held went down and scrambled back to his feet.

Lauzon wrapped his arms around his opponent. Held was able to reverse and score a takedown. He moved to side control. Lauzon pushed his feet off the cage to get back up.

Held kept Lauzon’s back against the cage. A knee to the body landed for Held. They separated and a mouse formed over the eye of “J-Lau.” Lauzon landed a strike and Held looked for an armbar to end the round.

A spin kick from Held missed the mark early in the second stanza. He shot in and secured a takedown. Held got the back of his opponent and locked in the body triangle.

Lauzon was able to escape and went for a takedown. He got it, but Held got back up quickly. Held dumped Lauzon down at the center of the Octagon. “J-Lau” went for an armbar. Held escaped and remained in top control until the round ended.

The final round was underway and Held threw out his jab. Lauzon moved forward, but Held reversed the position. Lauzon got his back off the fence, but he was dumped down.

Held decided to stand back up. He continued to land his jab. Lauzon stepped in and landed a punch. Lauzon went for a takedown, but the balance of Held kept him up.

Another takedown was completed by Held. Referee Herb Dean urged Held to work in his position. Held had a unique spin to improve his position as the final round concluded.

In a baffling result, two of the three judges score the fight for Lauzon. The other judge saw Held winning all three rounds.

After the fight, Lauzon admitted “it wasn’t my night.”

Final Result: Joe Lauzon def. Marcin Held via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)

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Sergio Pettis Spoils John Moraga’s Hometown Return In Decision Win

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) got the main card of its first event of 2017 underway with a flyweight clash in Phoenix, Arizona. Hometown favorite John Moraga (16-5) stepped inside the Octagon to do battle with Sergio Pettis (14-2). Moraga had lost two in a row coming into the bout and was possibly on the

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) got the main card of its first event of 2017 underway with a flyweight clash in Phoenix, Arizona. Hometown favorite John Moraga (16-5) stepped inside the Octagon to do battle with Sergio Pettis (14-2).

Moraga had lost two in a row coming into the bout and was possibly on the chopping block with a loss. Pettis was in search of his third straight victory.

“The Phenom’s” streak is growing.

At the start, Moraga went for leg kicks. Pettis kept throwing out his jab and landed a left hand. They engaged in a clinch and Moraga threw a knee to the body. He pushed “The Phenom” against the fence, but Pettis got out.

Pettis kept his distance and constantly landed the jab. A cut under Moraga’s left eye formed. A hard combination landed for Moraga. Pettis took Moraga down, but he got back up.

Moraga’s back was against the fence briefly. A high kick from Moraga was blocked. They exchanged shots, but Moraga was the one on wobbly legs. Pettis dropped his opponent near the end of the round.

The second round began and a straight left hand connected for Pettis. An inside leg kick landed for Moraga. Pettis’ combination found the mark.

Moraga avoided a guillotine and took Pettis down. The fight returned standing shortly after. Moraga landed a jab followed by a right hand. He blocked a high kick. Moraga went for a single leg takedown and pushed “The Phenom” against the fence.

They separated with Pettis landed on the break. Moraga moved in for another takedown attempt. Pettis avoided it and got his back off the fence. A jumping switch kick from Pettis was blocked and the round ended soon after.

The final round was underway and Moraga went for a straight punch to the body. He landed a clean left hook. A spinning wheel kick from Pettis couldn’t find the target. Pettis got in a left hand.

He landed a jab and went for a head kick. Moraga pushed Pettis against the cage. Moraga lifted Pettis up and took him down to the mat. He threw out an elbow. Moraga went for a heel hook, but Pettis wound up in top control.

The two returned to their feet. This time, Pettis had Moraga against the fence. They broke free and Pettis popped away with his jab. A short right hand landed for “The Phenom.” He scored a takedown at the end of the fight.

All three judges scored the fight for Pettis.

Final Result: Sergio Pettis def. John Moraga via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

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UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn Preliminary Results

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJTQNY2Fzc4

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) started its first event of 2017 with the Fight Night prelims in Phoenix, Arizona. The card began on UFC Fight Pass and continued on FOX Sports 1 (FS1).

The FS1 portion of the prelims was headlined by a lightweight tilt between Drakkar Klose and Devin Powell. Both men made their UFC debuts. Klose’s offense and grappling were too much for Powell. Klose earned a unanimous decision win.

A barn burner in the bantamweight division featured Augusto Mendes and Frankie Saenz. The back-and-forth affair saw both men drop each other. In the end, Mendes got in the cleaner shots and took a split decision win.

Aleksei Oleinik made history by pulling off the first Ezekiel choke in UFC history. Despite being in full mount, Viktor Pesta was caught in the choke. Pesta was out and the fight was stopped.

In the featured bout of the UFC Fight Pass portion of the preliminary card, strawweights Nina Ansaroff went toe-to-toe with Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger. In the third round, Ansaroff took the back of her opponent and locked in a rear-naked choke. She forced the tap and celebrated with her girlfriend, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes.

Here are the rest of the UFC Fight Night prelim results:

FS1 Portion of Prelims

Lightweight: Drakkar Klose def. Devin Powell via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Bantamweight: Augusto Mendes def. Frankie Saenz via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Heavyweight: Aleksei Oleinik def. Viktor Pesta by submission (Ezekiel choke) at 2:57 of Round 1

Lightweight: Tony Martin def. Alex White via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

UFC Fight Pass Portion of Prelims

Strawweight: Nina Ansaroff def. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 3:39

Heavyweight: Walt Harris def. Chase Sherman via knockout (strikes) – Round 2, 2:41

Light Heavyweight: Joachim Christensen def. Bojan Mihajlovic via KO (uppercut) at 2:05 of Round 3

Heavyweight: Cyril Asker def. Dmitrii Smoliakov via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:41

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJTQNY2Fzc4

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) started its first event of 2017 with the Fight Night prelims in Phoenix, Arizona. The card began on UFC Fight Pass and continued on FOX Sports 1 (FS1).

The FS1 portion of the prelims was headlined by a lightweight tilt between Drakkar Klose and Devin Powell. Both men made their UFC debuts. Klose’s offense and grappling were too much for Powell. Klose earned a unanimous decision win.

A barn burner in the bantamweight division featured Augusto Mendes and Frankie Saenz. The back-and-forth affair saw both men drop each other. In the end, Mendes got in the cleaner shots and took a split decision win.

Aleksei Oleinik made history by pulling off the first Ezekiel choke in UFC history. Despite being in full mount, Viktor Pesta was caught in the choke. Pesta was out and the fight was stopped.

In the featured bout of the UFC Fight Pass portion of the preliminary card, strawweights Nina Ansaroff went toe-to-toe with Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger. In the third round, Ansaroff took the back of her opponent and locked in a rear-naked choke. She forced the tap and celebrated with her girlfriend, UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes.

Here are the rest of the UFC Fight Night prelim results:

FS1 Portion of Prelims

Lightweight: Drakkar Klose def. Devin Powell via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Bantamweight: Augusto Mendes def. Frankie Saenz via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

Heavyweight: Aleksei Oleinik def. Viktor Pesta by submission (Ezekiel choke) at 2:57 of Round 1

Lightweight: Tony Martin def. Alex White via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

UFC Fight Pass Portion of Prelims

Strawweight: Nina Ansaroff def. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 3:39

Heavyweight: Walt Harris def. Chase Sherman via knockout (strikes) – Round 2, 2:41

Light Heavyweight: Joachim Christensen def. Bojan Mihajlovic via KO (uppercut) at 2:05 of Round 3

Heavyweight: Cyril Asker def. Dmitrii Smoliakov via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:41

Video: Aleksei Oleinik Pulls Off First Ezekiel Choke in UFC History

https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/820810375977308160

The live crowd inside the Talking Stick Arena in Phoenix, Arizona and those watching on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) witnessed history. Heavyweight Aleksei Oleinik executed the first Ezekiel choke in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) history. The victim was Viktor Pesta.

The Ezekiel choke isn’t too common in mixed martial arts (MMA). It is seen more often in jiu-jitsu tournaments because practitioners can use the gi to their advantage. The official FOX Sports UFC Twitter account posted the submission.

Despite being on the wrong end of a full mount, Oleinik was able to lock in the choke and Pesta was out. The fight was aired live as part of the FS1 portion of the UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn prelims.

https://twitter.com/UFCONFOX/status/820810375977308160

The live crowd inside the Talking Stick Arena in Phoenix, Arizona and those watching on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) witnessed history. Heavyweight Aleksei Oleinik executed the first Ezekiel choke in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) history. The victim was Viktor Pesta.

The Ezekiel choke isn’t too common in mixed martial arts (MMA). It is seen more often in jiu-jitsu tournaments because practitioners can use the gi to their advantage. The official FOX Sports UFC Twitter account posted the submission.

Despite being on the wrong end of a full mount, Oleinik was able to lock in the choke and Pesta was out. The fight was aired live as part of the FS1 portion of the UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn prelims.

Video: Nina Ansaroff Submits Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger at UFC Phoenix

https://twitter.com/ufc/status/820796070468800512

The featured bout on the UFC Fight Pass portion of tonight’s (Jan. 15) Fight Night card was a women’s strawweight battle between Nina Ansaroff and Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger. “The Strina” came into the b…

https://twitter.com/ufc/status/820796070468800512

The featured bout on the UFC Fight Pass portion of tonight’s (Jan. 15) Fight Night card was a women’s strawweight battle between Nina Ansaroff and Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger. “The Strina” came into the bout with two straight losses inside the Octagon. Jones-Lybarger was also looking to snap her two-fight skid.

In the end, it was Ansaroff who walked out of the Talking Stick Arena in Phoenix, Arizona with a win. It’s her first victory since Dec. 2013. The official Twitter account of the UFC posted the submission.

Ansaroff celebrated with her girlfriend, reigning UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. Meanwhile, Jones-Lybarger’s record plummets to 0-3 inside the Octagon and she may be released as a result.

Amanda Nunes Wants Winner of Inaugural UFC Women’s Featherweight Title Bout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik2ooOdvEHM

A little over a week ago, reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s bantamweight title holder Amanda Nunes teased moving up to featherweight to face the inaugural champion. Now, “The Lioness” has issued a challenge.

Former UFC women’s 135-pound champion Holly Holm will be fighting for gold again when she battles Germaine de Randamie in the main event of UFC 208. The winner will become the first UFC women’s 145-pound title holder.

Nunes took to her Twitter account in hopes of “making women’s mixed martial arts history.” Check it out:

https://twitter.com/Amanda_Leoa/status/820461495330881536

UFC 208 will take place inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on Feb. 11.

Nunes is coming off a 48-second destruction of Ronda Rousey. This made her become just the second fighter in the UFC to successfully retain her women’s bantamweight championship. She first won the title against Miesha Tate at UFC 200 with a first-round submission.

Nunes has had no problem talking down “Rowdy” after pasting her in less than a minute. She even questioned how Rousey made it as far as she did. This drew the ire of Cat Zingano, who said the champion was being “ungrateful” and “disrespectful.”

Zingano and Nunes competed against each other at UFC 178 back in Sept. 2014. Nunes got off to a great start, but she faded down the stretch. This allowed Zingano to come back. Once she was in mount, she dropped some hard elbows and continued the onslaught until the fight was stopped.

On Jan. 28, No. 1 ranked women’s bantamweight Valentina Shevchenko and No. 2 ranked Julianna Pena will go head-to-head on a UFC on FOX card in Denver. The winner of that fight will likely face Nunes for the title.

If the UFC decides to make Nunes defend her title before moving up, Invicta FC interim featherweight champion Megan Anderson would have no problem being next in line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik2ooOdvEHM

A little over a week ago, reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s bantamweight title holder Amanda Nunes teased moving up to featherweight to face the inaugural champion. Now, “The Lioness” has issued a challenge.

Former UFC women’s 135-pound champion Holly Holm will be fighting for gold again when she battles Germaine de Randamie in the main event of UFC 208. The winner will become the first UFC women’s 145-pound title holder.

Nunes took to her Twitter account in hopes of “making women’s mixed martial arts history.” Check it out:

UFC 208 will take place inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on Feb. 11.

Nunes is coming off a 48-second destruction of Ronda Rousey. This made her become just the second fighter in the UFC to successfully retain her women’s bantamweight championship. She first won the title against Miesha Tate at UFC 200 with a first-round submission.

Nunes has had no problem talking down “Rowdy” after pasting her in less than a minute. She even questioned how Rousey made it as far as she did. This drew the ire of Cat Zingano, who said the champion was being “ungrateful” and “disrespectful.”

Zingano and Nunes competed against each other at UFC 178 back in Sept. 2014. Nunes got off to a great start, but she faded down the stretch. This allowed Zingano to come back. Once she was in mount, she dropped some hard elbows and continued the onslaught until the fight was stopped.

On Jan. 28, No. 1 ranked women’s bantamweight Valentina Shevchenko and No. 2 ranked Julianna Pena will go head-to-head on a UFC on FOX card in Denver. The winner of that fight will likely face Nunes for the title.

If the UFC decides to make Nunes defend her title before moving up, Invicta FC interim featherweight champion Megan Anderson would have no problem being next in line.