Let’s run down the list of “Who’s Hot” and “Who’s Not” from UFC Fight Night 83: ‘Cerrone vs Oliveira’ which took place last night (Sun., Feb. 21, 2016), nominating the biggest winners and losers from the FOX Sports 1 event inside the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) put on a show in Pittsburgh, Pa., last night (Sun., Feb. 21, 2016) for UFC Fight Night 83: “Cerrone vs Oliveira,” as the CONSOL Energy Center hosted a wild night of mixed martial arts (MMA) action live and free on FOX Sports 1.
Donald Cerrone proved to be the true “Cowboy” in the main event of the evening, securing a beautiful triangle from top mount to submit Alex Oliveira in the very first round (highlights here).
In the co-main event, Derek Brunson battled Roan Carneiro in a critical Middleweight feature. In the end, Brunson earned his third straight first round knockout by taking out “Jucao” in just over two minutes.
With that quick overview of the night’s marquee bouts, here are your biggest winners, as well as the runners-up from Pittsburgh.
Biggest Winner: Donald Cerrone
Will the real “Cowboy” please stand up?
Donald Cerrone put in a vintage performance in “Steel City” last night, pulling off a slick triangle from top mount to finish off Alex Oliveira in the first round of their main event tilt.
The victory was “Cowboy’s” 22nd under the ZUFFA banner, his 21st professional finish victory, his 11th performance bonus, and his ninth win in his last 10 bouts.
Talk about impressive!
With Cerrone proving to be deadly in both the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions, UFC matchmakers have the opportunity to put the fan-favorite in some scintillating fights moving forward.
Expect Cerrone to continue fighting, winning, piling up $50,000 bonus checks, and drinking Budweiser.
There is — and there will only ever be — one true “Cowboy.”
Runners-up: Derek Brunson
The former Strikeforce prospect is a bonafide UFC contender.
Derek Brunson easily handled Roan Carneiro in Pittsburgh last night, defeating the dangerous Brazilian grappler via (technical) knockout just over two minutes into the first round.
The finish was merciless, as Brunson rained down what seemed to be 30 unanswered shots before the ref finally stepped in to call the fight.
Earning his fourth straight victory, and third straight finish, Brunson has earned the right to fight a top 10 opponent next.
Who knows? Another finish victory could have Brunson on the cusp of a UFC title shot.
Cody Garbrandt
“No Love” showed no mercy to Augusto Mendes at UFC Fight Night 82, finishing “Tanquinho” with a vicious combination late in the first round.
Garbrandt cracked Mendes with a right hand that sent the jiu-jitsu ace careening to the canvas in an unconscious heap, and even though Mario Yamasaki oddly stepped in between the fighters, Garbrandt was able to land one more blow to finish the fight.
Garbrandt made absolutely no excuses when John Lineker pulled out of their scheduled bout just six days prior to the event, and the Bantamweight prospect happily accepted the dangerous challenge in Mendes on short notice.
The Team Alpha Male product made the best of a bad situation, extended his undefeated streak to 8-0, and should get a ranked opponent his next time out.
For those hoping to see Garbrandt and Lineker lock horns, “No Love” mentioned at the post-fight press conference (replay here) that he will definitely be fighting Lineker next.
Biggest Loser: Marion Reneau
Forget Diego Sanchez’s victory over Ross Pearson, or Cathal Pendred’s robbery against Sean Spencer, because the worst scorecard in MMA history occurred in Pittsburgh last night.
Ashlee Evans-Smith somehow earned a unanimous decision victory over Marion Reneau on UFC Fight Pass, as the judges scored the bout 30-27, 28-29, 29-27.
Two of three judges inexplicably scored the first round for Smith, even though she was badly rocked and nearly finished via strikes, before nearly being choked unconscious as the bell rung.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, the scorecards were tallied up wrong, giving Smith a 10-8 round in a fight she hardly dominated at any point.
Reneau’s performance wasn’t exemplary by any means, but she did enough to win the fight, and she was utterly robbed.
The Pennsylvania Athletic Commission should be ashamed.
Runners-up: Roan Carneiro
One little slip up is all it takes to lose in devastating fashion in MMA.
While Roan Carneiro wasn’t looking particularly crisp or dangerous on the feet in the first 120 seconds of his co-main event bout against Derek Brunson, it seemed “Jucao” would have the ability to at least exchange long enough on the feet before he could take the fight to the mat and utilize his ground game.
Unfortunately for him, an ill-advised lunging hook caused him to awkwardly fall on the fence in a precarious position, and Brunson pounced and never let up.
“Jucao” was punished by well over a dozen unanswered haymakers as he laid in a fetal position desperately trying to defend himself before the referee finally stopped the fight.
The loss snapped a six-fight winning streak for the Brazilian, and will likely knock him out of the UFC rankings.
Joe Riggs
What is it going to take for Joe Riggs to retire?
The 33-year old veteran and MMA journeyman has fought for just about every promotion, fought some of the best fighters in the world, has several memorable victories, but also has been the victim of plenty of one-sided beatdowns.
“Diesel” is far past his fighting prime, and Chris Camozzi made him pay in the worst way at UFC Fight Night 82.
It only took Camozzi 26 seconds to blast about a dozen knees to Riggs face and arms before the ref finally called a stop to the onslaught.
Riggs left the ring with a busted arm, a bruised ego, and his third loss in his last four fights.
Time to hang ’em up Joe. Thanks for the memories.
For complete results from UFC Fight Night 83: “Cerrone vs Oliveira,” including play-by-play updates click here.
Let’s run down the list of “Who’s Hot” and “Who’s Not” from UFC Fight Night 83: ‘Cerrone vs Oliveira’ which took place last night (Sun., Feb. 21, 2016), nominating the biggest winners and losers from the FOX Sports 1 event inside the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) put on a show in Pittsburgh, Pa., last night (Sun., Feb. 21, 2016) for UFC Fight Night 83: “Cerrone vs Oliveira,” as the CONSOL Energy Center hosted a wild night of mixed martial arts (MMA) action live and free on FOX Sports 1.
Donald Cerrone proved to be the true “Cowboy” in the main event of the evening, securing a beautiful triangle from top mount to submit Alex Oliveira in the very first round (highlights here).
In the co-main event, Derek Brunson battled Roan Carneiro in a critical Middleweight feature. In the end, Brunson earned his third straight first round knockout by taking out “Jucao” in just over two minutes.
With that quick overview of the night’s marquee bouts, here are your biggest winners, as well as the runners-up from Pittsburgh.
Biggest Winner: Donald Cerrone
Will the real “Cowboy” please stand up?
Donald Cerrone put in a vintage performance in “Steel City” last night, pulling off a slick triangle from top mount to finish off Alex Oliveira in the first round of their main event tilt.
The victory was “Cowboy’s” 22nd under the ZUFFA banner, his 21st professional finish victory, his 11th performance bonus, and his ninth win in his last 10 bouts.
Talk about impressive!
With Cerrone proving to be deadly in both the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions, UFC matchmakers have the opportunity to put the fan-favorite in some scintillating fights moving forward.
Expect Cerrone to continue fighting, winning, piling up $50,000 bonus checks, and drinking Budweiser.
There is — and there will only ever be — one true “Cowboy.”
Runners-up: Derek Brunson
The former Strikeforce prospect is a bonafide UFC contender.
Derek Brunson easily handled Roan Carneiro in Pittsburgh last night, defeating the dangerous Brazilian grappler via (technical) knockout just over two minutes into the first round.
The finish was merciless, as Brunson rained down what seemed to be 30 unanswered shots before the ref finally stepped in to call the fight.
Earning his fourth straight victory, and third straight finish, Brunson has earned the right to fight a top 10 opponent next.
Who knows? Another finish victory could have Brunson on the cusp of a UFC title shot.
Cody Garbrandt
“No Love” showed no mercy to Augusto Mendes at UFC Fight Night 82, finishing “Tanquinho” with a vicious combination late in the first round.
Garbrandt cracked Mendes with a right hand that sent the jiu-jitsu ace careening to the canvas in an unconscious heap, and even though Mario Yamasaki oddly stepped in between the fighters, Garbrandt was able to land one more blow to finish the fight.
Garbrandt made absolutely no excuses when John Lineker pulled out of their scheduled bout just six days prior to the event, and the Bantamweight prospect happily accepted the dangerous challenge in Mendes on short notice.
The Team Alpha Male product made the best of a bad situation, extended his undefeated streak to 8-0, and should get a ranked opponent his next time out.
For those hoping to see Garbrandt and Lineker lock horns, “No Love” mentioned at the post-fight press conference (replay here) that he will definitely be fighting Lineker next.
Biggest Loser: Marion Reneau
Forget Diego Sanchez’s victory over Ross Pearson, or Cathal Pendred’s robbery against Sean Spencer, because the worst scorecard in MMA history occurred in Pittsburgh last night.
Ashlee Evans-Smith somehow earned a unanimous decision victory over Marion Reneau on UFC Fight Pass, as the judges scored the bout 30-27, 28-29, 29-27.
Two of three judges inexplicably scored the first round for Smith, even though she was badly rocked and nearly finished via strikes, before nearly being choked unconscious as the bell rung.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, the scorecards were tallied up wrong, giving Smith a 10-8 round in a fight she hardly dominated at any point.
Reneau’s performance wasn’t exemplary by any means, but she did enough to win the fight, and she was utterly robbed.
The Pennsylvania Athletic Commission should be ashamed.
Runners-up: Roan Carneiro
One little slip up is all it takes to lose in devastating fashion in MMA.
While Roan Carneiro wasn’t looking particularly crisp or dangerous on the feet in the first 120 seconds of his co-main event bout against Derek Brunson, it seemed “Jucao” would have the ability to at least exchange long enough on the feet before he could take the fight to the mat and utilize his ground game.
Unfortunately for him, an ill-advised lunging hook caused him to awkwardly fall on the fence in a precarious position, and Brunson pounced and never let up.
“Jucao” was punished by well over a dozen unanswered haymakers as he laid in a fetal position desperately trying to defend himself before the referee finally stopped the fight.
The loss snapped a six-fight winning streak for the Brazilian, and will likely knock him out of the UFC rankings.
Joe Riggs
What is it going to take for Joe Riggs to retire?
The 33-year old veteran and MMA journeyman has fought for just about every promotion, fought some of the best fighters in the world, has several memorable victories, but also has been the victim of plenty of one-sided beatdowns.
“Diesel” is far past his fighting prime, and Chris Camozzi made him pay in the worst way at UFC Fight Night 82.
It only took Camozzi 26 seconds to blast about a dozen knees to Riggs face and arms before the ref finally called a stop to the onslaught.
Riggs left the ring with a busted arm, a bruised ego, and his third loss in his last four fights.
Time to hang ’em up Joe. Thanks for the memories.
For complete results from UFC Fight Night 83: “Cerrone vs Oliveira,” including play-by-play updates click here.
A lot of middle of the pack action took place at UFC Fight Night 83, and we’re here to try to make sense of it all.
Make no mistake – this card did exactly what FS1 cards are supposed to do these days, and that’s make the hideous sausage that is building contenders and most importantly, moving divisions along. This is how people get ranked and records get padded or shot. Sometimes it makes for great matches, other times it makes for lackluster events. Then you get events like this, were some nice showcase bouts and some decent niche fights actually delivered highlight-reel performances for the participants. It was somewhere in the middle, but overall had some really good moments.
So let’s see who moves up and who stumbled.
Winners
Donald Cerrone gave a well-deserved show of respect to Alex Oliveira for stepping up on short notice and we got another classic Cerrone performance. Oliveira seemed to have been giving him some fits early as Cerrone is a notoriously slow starter, and after a not-very-smooth but effective takedown was able to positionally dominate on the ground to get the mounted triangle choke setup. It was gold, and Oliveira didn’t even have his arm across Cerrone’s body. Excellent fight to rebound from a tough loss to champion Rafael dos Anjos in December, and gives him a nice welterweight debut.
Derek Brunson was relentless against Roan Carneiro and demonstrated even more maturity as a fighter in this outing. He’s been improving steadily and is now sitting on a nice four-fight win streak in the already very strange middleweight division.
Cody Garbrandt made a statement by taking out BJJ ace Augusto Mendes in a bout that had a bit of a premature stoppage, but gives him a case for being in the pecking order of his division. He remains undefeated as a professional and should be getting another step up in competition very soon, with a very possible chance to take on John Lineker as originally scheduled.
Chris Camozzi made short work of Joe Riggs, who continues to have the strangest UFC run in recent memory. Camozzi still has the capacity to have impressive performances, and is almost guaranteed to at least try to make things as exciting as he can. Just please, pretty please with sugar on top, keep him away from Jacaré.
Lauren Murphy showed the sort of grit, determination and toughness that she had yet to fully display in her UFC run after getting the call up from the Invicta ranks. Taking on another short notice replacement, Murphy had some rough spots but persevered and just absolutely bludgeoned Kelly Faszholz – who will not be in the loser’s column. To come into the UFC (replacing Sarah Moras) in a division that the brass clearly hasn’t made any effort to grow and take on a seasoned veteran while having mostly a BJJ base is a tall order. Big ups to both of them for leaving it all out there, because even with a loss Faszholz’s stock gets a nice bump. Both are winners here.
Oluwale Bamgbose (I see you, Phil Mackenzie…) had a great performance in which the head kick wasn’t even the best part. The fakeout that set up the kick was perfect and the followup shots had some serious English on them. He’s clearly made the case for being one of the more exciting additions to the UFC roster.
Nathan Coy got a nice scrappy decision win over a strong talent in Jonavin Webb, who should be able to rebound from this loss later on. Anthony Smith really started styling on Leonardo Guimarāes, but seems like he gassed out near the end. After decimating Josh Neer at Victory Fighting Championships just weeks ago, it’s an impressive back-to-back set of wins, especially considering the fact that he was replacing Sam Alvey. Much respect to James Krause for at least wanting to do better in his fight against Shane Campbell. It was a fine win, but it’s always good to see a fighter want to improve on his/herself like that. Sean Strickland was calculated and even outwrestled a guy that’s been wrestling for most of his life in some of those exchanges, and really has put together a rather complete arsenal thus far. Expecting big things from the young talent. Shamil Abdurahimov looked pretty good in a tough bout against sturdy wrestler Anthony Hamilton
Losers
Joe Riggs takes the biggest L on this one, and it seems that he’s just getting injured at a rate that is rather concerning at this point. We should really be worried about his health overall at this point, as he keeps ending up in very odd circumstances in his fights.
Daniel Sarafian may have just been served his walking papers, as this loss drops him to 2-4 in his UFC run. Perhaps it was his loss to Kiichi Kunimoto that did it, but he’s been making me uneasy in terms of what his long-term viability as a prospect or just a guy that was going to really do well in the big leagues would be. He’s now 9-6 overall and is just another reminder that signing fighters from the Brazilian regional scene is always a roll of the dice.
Ashlee Evans-Smith won on paper, but she ends up here. Judging shenanigans led to her getting an undeserved nod, and she will most likely not be facing higher-ranked opponents just yet, whereas Reneau might as this is customary for Zuffa when things like this happen. It really is a shame, because Evans-Smith is a very good athlete that’s coming along as a fighter but may need to expand her training regimen to fully reach her potential.
Roan Carneiro had a nice little run sort of fall apart, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of when you lose to a talent like Derek Brunson that’s reaching more and more consistency with each outing.
Neither
Tetsuya Kawajiri lost, but I doubt he loses much in terms of value to the organization. He’s been fighting one tough guy after another in this UFC run, and his better days may be behind him, but he always makes a fight out of his outings. Anthony Hamilton doesn’t step back too far here, nor do Leonardo Guimarāes or Augusto Mendes. The biggest “meh” has to go to Shane Campbell, who acquitted himself very, very well against a game James Krause, showing some serious moxie on the ground as well. He’s improving steadily and won’t lose any luster after this.
A lot of middle of the pack action took place at UFC Fight Night 83, and we’re here to try to make sense of it all.
Make no mistake – this card did exactly what FS1 cards are supposed to do these days, and that’s make the hideous sausage that is building contenders and most importantly, moving divisions along. This is how people get ranked and records get padded or shot. Sometimes it makes for great matches, other times it makes for lackluster events. Then you get events like this, were some nice showcase bouts and some decent niche fights actually delivered highlight-reel performances for the participants. It was somewhere in the middle, but overall had some really good moments.
So let’s see who moves up and who stumbled.
Winners
Donald Cerrone gave a well-deserved show of respect to Alex Oliveira for stepping up on short notice and we got another classic Cerrone performance. Oliveira seemed to have been giving him some fits early as Cerrone is a notoriously slow starter, and after a not-very-smooth but effective takedown was able to positionally dominate on the ground to get the mounted triangle choke setup. It was gold, and Oliveira didn’t even have his arm across Cerrone’s body. Excellent fight to rebound from a tough loss to champion Rafael dos Anjos in December, and gives him a nice welterweight debut.
Derek Brunson was relentless against Roan Carneiro and demonstrated even more maturity as a fighter in this outing. He’s been improving steadily and is now sitting on a nice four-fight win streak in the already very strange middleweight division.
Cody Garbrandt made a statement by taking out BJJ ace Augusto Mendes in a bout that had a bit of a premature stoppage, but gives him a case for being in the pecking order of his division. He remains undefeated as a professional and should be getting another step up in competition very soon, with a very possible chance to take on John Lineker as originally scheduled.
Chris Camozzi made short work of Joe Riggs, who continues to have the strangest UFC run in recent memory. Camozzi still has the capacity to have impressive performances, and is almost guaranteed to at least try to make things as exciting as he can. Just please, pretty please with sugar on top, keep him away from Jacaré.
Lauren Murphy showed the sort of grit, determination and toughness that she had yet to fully display in her UFC run after getting the call up from the Invicta ranks. Taking on another short notice replacement, Murphy had some rough spots but persevered and just absolutely bludgeoned Kelly Faszholz – who will not be in the loser’s column. To come into the UFC (replacing Sarah Moras) in a division that the brass clearly hasn’t made any effort to grow and take on a seasoned veteran while having mostly a BJJ base is a tall order. Big ups to both of them for leaving it all out there, because even with a loss Faszholz’s stock gets a nice bump. Both are winners here.
Oluwale Bamgbose (I see you, Phil Mackenzie…) had a great performance in which the head kick wasn’t even the best part. The fakeout that set up the kick was perfect and the followup shots had some serious English on them. He’s clearly made the case for being one of the more exciting additions to the UFC roster.
Nathan Coy got a nice scrappy decision win over a strong talent in Jonavin Webb, who should be able to rebound from this loss later on. Anthony Smith really started styling on Leonardo Guimar?es, but seems like he gassed out near the end. After decimating Josh Neer at Victory Fighting Championships just weeks ago, it’s an impressive back-to-back set of wins, especially considering the fact that he was replacing Sam Alvey. Much respect to James Krause for at least wanting to do better in his fight against Shane Campbell. It was a fine win, but it’s always good to see a fighter want to improve on his/herself like that. Sean Strickland was calculated and even outwrestled a guy that’s been wrestling for most of his life in some of those exchanges, and really has put together a rather complete arsenal thus far. Expecting big things from the young talent. Shamil Abdurahimov looked pretty good in a tough bout against sturdy wrestler Anthony Hamilton
Losers
Joe Riggs takes the biggest L on this one, and it seems that he’s just getting injured at a rate that is rather concerning at this point. We should really be worried about his health overall at this point, as he keeps ending up in very odd circumstances in his fights.
Daniel Sarafian may have just been served his walking papers, as this loss drops him to 2-4 in his UFC run. Perhaps it was his loss to Kiichi Kunimoto that did it, but he’s been making me uneasy in terms of what his long-term viability as a prospect or just a guy that was going to really do well in the big leagues would be. He’s now 9-6 overall and is just another reminder that signing fighters from the Brazilian regional scene is always a roll of the dice.
Ashlee Evans-Smith won on paper, but she ends up here. Judging shenanigans led to her getting an undeserved nod, and she will most likely not be facing higher-ranked opponents just yet, whereas Reneau might as this is customary for Zuffa when things like this happen. It really is a shame, because Evans-Smith is a very good athlete that’s coming along as a fighter but may need to expand her training regimen to fully reach her potential.
Roan Carneiro had a nice little run sort of fall apart, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of when you lose to a talent like Derek Brunson that’s reaching more and more consistency with each outing.
Neither
Tetsuya Kawajiri lost, but I doubt he loses much in terms of value to the organization. He’s been fighting one tough guy after another in this UFC run, and his better days may be behind him, but he always makes a fight out of his outings. Anthony Hamilton doesn’t step back too far here, nor do Leonardo Guimar?es or Augusto Mendes. The biggest “meh” has to go to Shane Campbell, who acquitted himself very, very well against a game James Krause, showing some serious moxie on the ground as well. He’s improving steadily and won’t lose any luster after this.
Donald Cerrone finished strong in his welterweight debut via a first round submission win over Alex Oliveira.
Former lightweight title contender Donald Cerrone made quick work of his Brazilian ‘Cowboy’ counterpart Alex Oliveira in the main event of UFC Pittsburgh on Sunday night.
Oliveira was getting more comfortable on the feet, coming forward with his attacks. Cerrone, however, found a perfect opening to shoot for a takedown and bring the fight to the ground.
Olivieira, who is listed as a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, seemed fazed when the fight went to the mat, leaving his half-guard wide open for Cerrone to pass. Once Cerrone got the mount, he sneakily swung his left leg towards Oliveira’s left shoulder to lock in the mounted triangle.
He then shifted positions, turning it into the conventional triangle from the back to finish the fight at the 2:33 mark of the fight.
What was the high point of the fight?
Both fighters were beginning to heat up on the stand-up exchange, but it was when Cerrone successfully completed the takedown that evidently changed the fight’s dynamics.
Cerrone may be packaged as a striker, but he does have 15 submission victories under his belt. This fight was another testament of how underrated and high-level the American ‘Cowboy’s’ submission game is.
Where do these two go from here?
Cerrone actually looked comfortable in his welterweight debut, but it would be great to see him against someone in the top ten of the 170-pound division. A fight against someone like Dong Hyun Kim could spark some interest, but if anything, he does have the option to fight at lightweight again.
Like Cerrone, Oliveira also has the option to move back down to lightweight, which could be the better option as of the moment. He can gather more experience fighting at a relatively smaller weight class, then move back up if he wishes to.
Watch it now, later, or never?
Now. This fight was short and sweet, so if you are fan of simple, slick submission finishes, this one’s a good example of it.
Donald Cerrone finished strong in his welterweight debut via a first round submission win over Alex Oliveira.
Former lightweight title contender Donald Cerrone made quick work of his Brazilian ‘Cowboy’ counterpart Alex Oliveira in the main event of UFC Pittsburgh on Sunday night.
Oliveira was getting more comfortable on the feet, coming forward with his attacks. Cerrone, however, found a perfect opening to shoot for a takedown and bring the fight to the ground.
Olivieira, who is listed as a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, seemed fazed when the fight went to the mat, leaving his half-guard wide open for Cerrone to pass. Once Cerrone got the mount, he sneakily swung his left leg towards Oliveira’s left shoulder to lock in the mounted triangle.
He then shifted positions, turning it into the conventional triangle from the back to finish the fight at the 2:33 mark of the fight.
What was the high point of the fight?
Both fighters were beginning to heat up on the stand-up exchange, but it was when Cerrone successfully completed the takedown that evidently changed the fight’s dynamics.
Cerrone may be packaged as a striker, but he does have 15 submission victories under his belt. This fight was another testament of how underrated and high-level the American ‘Cowboy’s’ submission game is.
Where do these two go from here?
Cerrone actually looked comfortable in his welterweight debut, but it would be great to see him against someone in the top ten of the 170-pound division. A fight against someone like Dong Hyun Kim could spark some interest, but if anything, he does have the option to fight at lightweight again.
Like Cerrone, Oliveira also has the option to move back down to lightweight, which could be the better option as of the moment. He can gather more experience fighting at a relatively smaller weight class, then move back up if he wishes to.
Watch it now, later, or never?
Now. This fight was short and sweet, so if you are fan of simple, slick submission finishes, this one’s a good example of it.
Rising UFC middleweight Derek Brunson was looking to make a statement against veteran Roan Carneiro in the co-main event of tonight’s (Sunday, February 21, 2016) UFC Fight Night 83 from the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he definitely did just that. Taking advantage of a huge missed shot from “Jucao,” Brunson opened up
Rising UFC middleweight Derek Brunson was looking to make a statement against veteran Roan Carneiro in the co-main event of tonight’s (Sunday, February 21, 2016) UFC Fight Night 83 from the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and he definitely did just that.
Taking advantage of a huge missed shot from “Jucao,” Brunson opened up the floodgates with nonstop ground strikes that Carneiro actually defended at first but ultimately succumbed to for a fourth straight win for Brunson.
With the victory, Brunson should move on to a top challenge in one of the UFC’s most stacked divisions. Watch the full fight video highlights of his latest win right here:
Friday night’s Bellator 149 bout between Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 was widely mocked on the internet prior to the news of Dada’s heart failure after the match. Referee “Big” John McCarthy was recently aske…
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Friday night’s Bellator 149 bout between Kimbo Slice and Dada 5000 was widely mocked on the internet prior to the news of Dada’s heart failure after the match. Referee “Big” John McCarthy was recently asked by MMAFighting about why he didn’t stop the fight earlier. McCarthy explained that based on was was in front of him, he did not feel it was appropriate to stop the bout.
“There was never anything that landed that was hard,” McCarthy explained. “They didn’t hit each other with any hard shots. Look, there are people that paid money to see this fight. This is not just about you laying on somebody because you’re both tired. That’s your fault for coming into the fight in that condition.”
LONDONEight years ago, at UFC 83, Michael “The Count” Bisping scored a first round victory over Charles McCarthy in his middleweight debut for the promotion. And his journey toward Anderson Silva was underway.This Saturday, in what is undou…
LONDONEight years ago, at UFC 83, Michael “The Count” Bisping scored a first round victory over Charles McCarthy in his middleweight debut for the promotion. And his journey toward Anderson Silva was underway.This Saturday, in what is undoubtedly the biggest fight in UFC FIGHT PASS history, Michael Bisping will put his 17-0 unbeaten record on UK soil to the test against “The Spider,” a battle of continents and legends that has been the Brit’s destiny since he first stepped into the Octagon.After a technical knockout of Josh Haynes crowned him the light heavyweight … Read the Full Article Here
