Tony Weeks certainly had an interesting scorecard turned in for Cody Garbrandt’s eventual unanimous decision win over Dominick Cruz at UFC 207.
Cody Garbrandt is the UFC’s new men’s bantamweight champion, having bested Dominick Cruz by unanimous decision at UFC 207. It was a thrilling Fight of the Night performance by Garbrandt, who became only the 2nd man to defeat Cruz in MMA competition, and the 1st one to do so at 135 lbs. Garbrandt effectively won the fight with his superior striking display in rounds 3-4, including multiple knockdowns of Cruz in the 4th.
The official scorecards read 48-46, 48-46, and 48-47 in Garbrandt’s favor, but judges Derek Cleary, Jeff Mullen, and Tony Weeks all saw the fight differently. Sherdog’s Mike Fridley shows you the round-by-round scoring.
#UFC207 official scorecard: Cody Garbrandt def. Dominick Cruz via Unanimous Decision (48-46, 48-47, 48-46) pic.twitter.com/c0W2qzMgo4
Cleary and Mullen both awarded 10-8s to Garbrandt for the 4th round, but their scoring of rounds 1-2 were flipped, as Mullen went R1 – Cruz and R2 – Garbrandt, while Cleary had R1 – Garbrandt and R2 – Cruz. Tony Weeks had Cruz up 29-28 after round 3, didn’t award a 10-8 to Cody in round 4, and gave Garbrandt round 5 and thus the victory.
If you’re interested in the official FightMetric striking totals, Cruz outlanded Garbrandt in total significant strikes in every round, but needed nearly 100 more attempts to land 20 more strikes. Of course, this is just looking purely at the numbers devoid of context, whereas if you watched round 4, Cruz may have statistically landed more on Garbrandt, but Cody dropped his foe twice and had him hurt multiple times over. It’s just something worth noting from Friday night’s UFC 207 co-main event.
Tony Weeks certainly had an interesting scorecard turned in for Cody Garbrandt’s eventual unanimous decision win over Dominick Cruz at UFC 207.
Cody Garbrandt is the UFC’s new men’s bantamweight champion, having bested Dominick Cruz by unanimous decision at UFC 207. It was a thrilling Fight of the Night performance by Garbrandt, who became only the 2nd man to defeat Cruz in MMA competition, and the 1st one to do so at 135 lbs. Garbrandt effectively won the fight with his superior striking display in rounds 3-4, including multiple knockdowns of Cruz in the 4th.
The official scorecards read 48-46, 48-46, and 48-47 in Garbrandt’s favor, but judges Derek Cleary, Jeff Mullen, and Tony Weeks all saw the fight differently. Sherdog’s Mike Fridley shows you the round-by-round scoring.
#UFC207 official scorecard: Cody Garbrandt def. Dominick Cruz via Unanimous Decision (48-46, 48-47, 48-46) pic.twitter.com/c0W2qzMgo4
Cleary and Mullen both awarded 10-8s to Garbrandt for the 4th round, but their scoring of rounds 1-2 were flipped, as Mullen went R1 – Cruz and R2 – Garbrandt, while Cleary had R1 – Garbrandt and R2 – Cruz. Tony Weeks had Cruz up 29-28 after round 3, didn’t award a 10-8 to Cody in round 4, and gave Garbrandt round 5 and thus the victory.
If you’re interested in the official FightMetric striking totals, Cruz outlanded Garbrandt in total significant strikes in every round, but needed nearly 100 more attempts to land 20 more strikes. Of course, this is just looking purely at the numbers devoid of context, whereas if you watched round 4, Cruz may have statistically landed more on Garbrandt, but Cody dropped his foe twice and had him hurt multiple times over. It’s just something worth noting from Friday night’s UFC 207 co-main event.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is expanding at the highest rate in company history. The world leader in mixed martial arts (MMA) is no stranger to Canada. When Georges St. Pierre was active, there was no hotter ticket when it came to Canadian sports. UFC 129, headlined by St. Pierre, held the UFC record for highest attendance with 55,724. That record remained intact until UFC 193.
Despite making its presence felt in Canada, the UFC has yet to hold an event in Edmonton. That may change this year. Oilers Entertainment Group CEO Bob Nicholson, spoke to the Edmonton Sun. He revealed he is negotiating with UFC owners WME-IMG to bring a pay-per-view (PPV) card to Edmonton:
“The date hasn’t been confirmed. That’s one of the key things we’re working on,” said Nicholson. “We’re trying to make it a summer to an early fall date. That would be best for our scheduling. But that’s really controlled by their championship bouts that we have to work through.”
Nicholson isn’t just thinking about the UFC slapping together a throwaway card and calling it a day. He’d like to see a title fight at Rogers Place.
“But we are getting close to being able to obtain a UFC (event), which would be huge for us. Hopefully we’ll announce something in the springtime here. That’s what we’re really going after. There’s never been a UFC title fight in Edmonton. They do about 12 to 14 title fights a year and we’d like to get one of those. When it comes to TV numbers, that would be the biggest we’d get.”
The last UFC event to take place in Canada was UFC 206 last month. Max Holloway and Anthony Pettis headlined the card for the interim featherweight championship. The event was held inside the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Over 18,000 fans were in attendance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8vrde1ZMp0
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is expanding at the highest rate in company history. The world leader in mixed martial arts (MMA) is no stranger to Canada. When Georges St. Pierre was active, there was no hotter ticket when it came to Canadian sports. UFC 129, headlined by St. Pierre, held the UFC record for highest attendance with 55,724. That record remained intact until UFC 193.
Despite making its presence felt in Canada, the UFC has yet to hold an event in Edmonton. That may change this year. Oilers Entertainment Group CEO Bob Nicholson, spoke to the Edmonton Sun. He revealed he is negotiating with UFC owners WME-IMG to bring a pay-per-view (PPV) card to Edmonton:
“The date hasn’t been confirmed. That’s one of the key things we’re working on,” said Nicholson. “We’re trying to make it a summer to an early fall date. That would be best for our scheduling. But that’s really controlled by their championship bouts that we have to work through.”
Nicholson isn’t just thinking about the UFC slapping together a throwaway card and calling it a day. He’d like to see a title fight at Rogers Place.
“But we are getting close to being able to obtain a UFC (event), which would be huge for us. Hopefully we’ll announce something in the springtime here. That’s what we’re really going after. There’s never been a UFC title fight in Edmonton. They do about 12 to 14 title fights a year and we’d like to get one of those. When it comes to TV numbers, that would be the biggest we’d get.”
The last UFC event to take place in Canada was UFC 206 last month. Max Holloway and Anthony Pettis headlined the card for the interim featherweight championship. The event was held inside the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Over 18,000 fans were in attendance.
The return of former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has come and gone, and it lasted only a matter of 48 seconds. After suffering the first loss of her legendary pro mixed martial arts (MMA) career to Holly Holm over a year ago, Rousey would return to take on new champ Amanda Nunes in this
The return of former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has come and gone, and it lasted only a matter of 48 seconds. After suffering the first loss of her legendary pro mixed martial arts (MMA) career to Holly Holm over a year ago, Rousey would return to take on new champ Amanda Nunes in this past Friday’s (December 30, 2016) UFC 207 main event.
Nunes’ superior striking ability and power would be too much for ‘Rowdy’ to handle, however, as she was put out on her feet in just under a minute after the early storm from ‘The Lioness’. Rousey has now become victim to multiple online memes and has faced much criticism from fans and fellow fighters after the devastating loss, but one fellow former champion is offering Rousey some advice instead.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon ‘Bones’ Jones, who is currently serving a one year suspension for violating the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) anti-doping policy, recently took to Twitter to offer the former women’s bantamweight champ some advice:
My advice to Ronda would be to pick yourself up and try again.
Since suffering the loss Rousey has stated that she must take some time to reflect on the situation and make a decision on her future, but many are still holding out the belief that ‘Rowdy’ can restore her dominance by making some changes, such as a switch in training camps.
What are your thoughts on Jones’ advice to Rousey? Do you agree with ‘Bones” assessment of the situation?
UFC 207’s opening bout between Alex Oliveira and Tim Means had a controversial ending, and it’s one that Oliveira’s team plans to appeal.
UFC 207 got off to a wild start, as welterweights Alex Oliveira and Tim Means engaged in a very entertaining opening round, but the fight drew to a bizarre and disappointing early conclusion. With Oliveira down on one knee, Means twice hit him with knees to the head, which otherwise meant illegal strikes to the head of a downed opponent. Not only did Means believe that the strikes were legal, but UFC regulatory vice-president Marc Ratner suggested on-air that this otherwise illegal strike was, in fact, legal. Joe Rogan followed along with Ratner’s comments on the basis that Oliveira’s left knee was down, but his hands and his right foot were both off the ground. Means thought that three points of contact needed to be made for Oliveira to be considered grounded. Oliveira was unable to continue and was taken out of the cage on a stretcher.
Incredibly, referee Dan Miragliotta deemed Means’ knees as accidental, which resulted in a no-contest instead of a potential disqualification. This is a decision that will be appealed, as Oliveira’s coach Otavio Duarte told MMA Fighting.
“Everybody saw the knee was illegal. That’s unbelievable,” Duarte said. “We will appeal that. We want this victory. In the post-fight interview, he admits he thought it was a legal knee. If he says that, it was intentional. He contradicts the referee’s decision. That’s ridiculous.”
Rogan also erroneously stated that Means’ knees would’ve been legal under the new unified rules of MMA. Having one knee down, as Oliveira did, would still make him downed, whether or not his hands or feet are on the mat. That aspect of the grounded opponent rule did not change, so basically it was illegal on Friday and is still illegal today. Despite all of that, we were treated to complete confusion. Oh, and Ratner later said this … after the broadcast was over.
Marc Ratner just stopped by press row and said Tim Means’s knee was illegal as he sees it. Says the knee down made Oliveira down.
Oliveira’s manager, Alex Davis, later told MMAjunkie that “this is wrong, and these things have to be straightened out.” Their team is open to a rematch with Means, and that they’d gladly do it on the UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum card in Fortaleza, Brazil on March 11th.
UFC 207’s opening bout between Alex Oliveira and Tim Means had a controversial ending, and it’s one that Oliveira’s team plans to appeal.
UFC 207 got off to a wild start, as welterweights Alex Oliveira and Tim Means engaged in a very entertaining opening round, but the fight drew to a bizarre and disappointing early conclusion. With Oliveira down on one knee, Means twice hit him with knees to the head, which otherwise meant illegal strikes to the head of a downed opponent. Not only did Means believe that the strikes were legal, but UFC regulatory vice-president Marc Ratner suggested on-air that this otherwise illegal strike was, in fact, legal. Joe Rogan followed along with Ratner’s comments on the basis that Oliveira’s left knee was down, but his hands and his right foot were both off the ground. Means thought that three points of contact needed to be made for Oliveira to be considered grounded. Oliveira was unable to continue and was taken out of the cage on a stretcher.
Incredibly, referee Dan Miragliotta deemed Means’ knees as accidental, which resulted in a no-contest instead of a potential disqualification. This is a decision that will be appealed, as Oliveira’s coach Otavio Duarte told MMA Fighting.
“Everybody saw the knee was illegal. That’s unbelievable,” Duarte said. “We will appeal that. We want this victory. In the post-fight interview, he admits he thought it was a legal knee. If he says that, it was intentional. He contradicts the referee’s decision. That’s ridiculous.”
Rogan also erroneously stated that Means’ knees would’ve been legal under the new unified rules of MMA. Having one knee down, as Oliveira did, would still make him downed, whether or not his hands or feet are on the mat. That aspect of the grounded opponent rule did not change, so basically it was illegal on Friday and is still illegal today. Despite all of that, we were treated to complete confusion. Oh, and Ratner later said this … after the broadcast was over.
Marc Ratner just stopped by press row and said Tim Means’s knee was illegal as he sees it. Says the knee down made Oliveira down.
Oliveira’s manager, Alex Davis, later told MMAjunkie that “this is wrong, and these things have to be straightened out.” Their team is open to a rematch with Means, and that they’d gladly do it on the UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum card in Fortaleza, Brazil on March 11th.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held its final event of 2016 this past Friday night (Dec. 30). UFC 207 took place inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view (PPV) featured two title …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2UW6XKvxeE
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held its final event of 2016 this past Friday night (Dec. 30). UFC 207 took place inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view (PPV) featured two title fights, one of which included the return of Ronda Rousey.
The UFC has been known to put on major events in Las Vegas. When the T-Mobile Arena opened back in April, the organization jumped at the chance to book UFC 200 inside the new venue. That event held the attendance record for the arena and UFC events in Las Vegas, but not for long.
UFC president Dana White joined the UFC’s FOX Sports 1 panel and talked about the feat:
“The first time ever in T-Mobile [Arena], we broke the attendance tonight. [It’s] the first time they opened up standing room only. Almost 20,000 people here, the largest fight ever in Las Vegas.”
The official number is 18,533. UFC 200 drew an attendance of 18,202. The live gate of UFC 207 didn’t do as well with $4.75 million as opposed to UFC 200’s $10.7 million.
UFC 207’s headliner saw Amanda Nunes defend her women’s bantamweight title against “Rowdy.” Nunes showed the world why she’s the champion with a 48-second thrashing of the former 135-pound ruler. The victory was so devastating that “people were crying” leaving the arena if you believe White.
Perhaps the biggest stunner of the night to long-time fans of mixed martial arts (MMA) was Cody Garbrandt’s performance against Dominick Cruz. With all the buildup leading up to the fight, many believed “No Love” would look to take Cruz’s head off in the first round. Instead, we saw a patient and technical challenger who forced the champion to play his game. Garbrandt’s quickness and power helped earn him a unanimous decision win and the bantamweight championship.
The UFC’s first event of 2017 will showcase a featherweight battle between rising 145-pounder Yair Rodriguez and former two-division champion B.J. Penn. The event takes place on Jan. 15 and will air on FOX Sports 1.
Following the main event finish at UFC 207, many questions have again been raised about Ronda Rousey. Primarily, the big question is regarding her future in the sport. As that remains to be seen, another very pertinent point has been debated. Similar to the aftermath of UFC 193, Edmond Tarverdyan has been a hot topic
Following the main event finish at UFC 207, many questions have again been raised about Ronda Rousey. Primarily, the big question is regarding her future in the sport. As that remains to be seen, another very pertinent point has been debated. Similar to the aftermath of UFC 193, Edmond Tarverdyan has been a hot topic on the forums.
Just exactly who is Coach Edmond? As inflammatory as the title questions sounds, we’ll simply attempt to look in to exactly who the infamous coach is. Is he really a shyster, or are we all mistaken, thus the reason people keep paying him to coach them?
Edmond’s Striking Coaching
Firstly, let’s take a look at when Ronda Rousey made her transition to pro MMA. Cast your minds back to April 2011, when Rousey was just one fight in to her illustrious career. Standing in front of a mural showing Muhammad Ali and Edmond Tarverdyan and the slogan ‘Nothing Is Impossible,’ this is the oldest known footage of Tarverdyan training striking with Rousey. Later in the article we’ll discuss the topic of Edmond’s Muay Thai belt, for now check out the footage:
Five Years On
Did Rousey’s striking this past weekend look like the product of five years worth of expert development? Progressing from this question, is Edmond Tarverdyan qualified to be teaching a world-class MMA champion to strike? The mural on the wall in Edmond’s gym shows him standing with the WBC international Muay Thai belt. Tarverdyan (17-2) was supposed to fight an equally experienced Brian Carlos for the belt on September 8th 2007, but something happened. His opponent pulled out, and Edmond instead faced 5-1 Ben Yelle. The replacement was not considered viable or experienced enough to compete for the international title, and so the belt was changed to the USA title.
Still an accomplishment no doubt, and Tarverdyan defeated Yelle for the USA belt. Possibly because of the short notice nature of the fight, Tarverdyan was handed the international belt in victory. Tarverdyan was listed on the official WBC website and in the national rankings as the USA champion. Writing on his own this website Tarverdyan promoted himself as the WBC international champion, claiming a 59-6 record in combat sports.
Boxing Smart?
Here’s where the experience part becomes blurred. On his official websiteEdmond lists himself as the WBC international champion. In the same year his USA title fight took place, Tarverdyan told LS Magazinehe had over 300 fights with a 90% win ratio. Tarveryan’s Armenian wikipedia page (he doesn’t have a US-based page) claims he is “currently the WBC Muay Thai International Welterweight Champion.” The page features no other information about Tarverdyan.
History
During January of 2016, we learned that the California Athletic Commission had revoked Edmond Tarverdyan’s corner license. In applying for his ‘seconds’ license in Boston, Tarverdyan had fraudulently filled in his application, neglecting to disclose his criminal history. What criminal history you ask? Two counts of felony identity theft and resisting arrest in 2010 (see below). Once the MMA commission found he’d cornered Travis Browne under falsified information this past January, they contacted the California commission and thus he was served a $5K fine and his licencse was suspended for three months.
Tarverdyan, 34, was arrested in December 2010 on two counts of felony identity theft and one count of misdemeanor resisting arrest, according to public records. The identity theft counts were bumped down to misdemeanors and Tarverdyan ended up pleading no contest to the three charges.
In 2011, the coach was sentenced to one day in jail (with a credit of one day), three years of probation and 30 days of community service, according to court documents. He was also fined $610.
Then came the bankruptcy claim made by Edmond…
Liquidation
Before Rousey’s pivotal title fight against Holly Holm in November 2015, Edmond Tarverdyan’s claim for bankruptcy was announced. Owing banks and creditors across the country $700K, Tarverdyan claimed he was not the owner of Glendale Fighting Club, and owned just $3K in assets. In the same breathcoach Edmond claimed he had no recent income, although he was coach of the reigning women’s bantamweight champion, and the highest earning female fighter ever. Interestingly, Edmond also claimed, on an official court form in his bankruptcy case that he hadn’t filled in tax returns for all of 2013-14. Adding to this, Tarverdyan didn’t remember when he’d last filed his taxes.
Edmond’s debts were as follows:
Chapter 7 bankruptcy is designed for “debtors in financial difficulty who do not have the ability to pay their existing debts.” Among his debts, Tarverdyan lists $136,925 owed to Bank of America, $117,714 to Barclays Bank Delaware, $194,252 to Citibank, $8,836 to Citibank Nk, $163,693 to Citibank South Dakota, $6,411 to Discover, $8,496 to Discover Bank, $11,953 to Glendale Memorial Hospital, $7,294 to HSBC Bank, $22,000 to HSBC Bank Nevada N.A., and $9,817 to Luis Samkow.
Finally, let’s take a simple look at Rousey’s striking development…
Ronda’s Striking
Varying reports of his actual combat experience aside, how has Edmond Tarverdyan done with Ronda Rousey’s striking? Considering the video at the start of the article was mid-2011, he’s performed abysmally. Rousey is a world-class Judoka, her accomplishments in martial arts and MMA are unparalleled. She put her faith in coach Edmond, and clearly he has failed her in a big way. Was Ronda Rousey’s mom right when she blasted Coach Edmond as a fraud who was riding her daughter’s coat tails to success?
Post-Holm
After her harrowing KO loss to Holm at UFC 193, Rousey had a year away from active fighting. Should Tarverdyan have been able to hone her striking in that time? Perhaps, perhaps not. Does he have the credentials of a Duke Roufus, Bas Rutten, or any other legitimate and confirmed martial arts experts? No is the simple answer. Unfortunately for ‘Rowdy,’ she looked amateur in the striking against Nunes at UFC 207. Nobody expected her to outstrike the champion, but if Tarverdyan really was a legitimate striking expert, she would have at least survived, or displayed the defensive fundamentals. Here’s what Edmond said one month after Rousey’s loss to Holm:
“I know how to speak to Ronda. I know Ronda very well. She doesn’t need to watch that fight. The fight is over. It’s about what we’re doing now. It’s my job to watch the footage and I’m dedicating everything I have to Ronda’s rematch with Holly.”
Maybe it’s Nunes herself who is right. ‘The Lioness’ claimed Tarverdyan had ‘convinced Ronda she is a boxer.’ Concluding this article, there’s too much smoke around Edmond Tarverdyan for there to be no fire. Closing out this chapter, there’s really only one way we’ll know if Edmond is the thorn in Rousey’s side. Supposing she gets a new coach and finds success in another UFC run?
Who is Edmond Tarverdyan? Truthfully, we may never know. Looking at his past, we can tell he has lied many times. As for Tarverdyan’s track record as a top-level MMA coach overall, we’ll leave you with this stat:
Reminder – Records since moving to Edmond Tarverdyan’s gym:
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