Santiago outlasts Khalidov to retain title at Sengoku Raiden Championships 12

Sengoku middleweight champion Jorge Santiago admitted that he underestimated Polish powerhouse Mamed Khalidov in the pair’s first meeting, a non-title fight in November 2009.

Khalidov stunned Santiago that night with a first round TKO win.

Santiago made sure lighting didn’t strike twice when the pair met in
the main event of World Victory Road’s Sengoku Raiden Championships 12
event on Sunday in Tokyo, Japan.


Sengoku middleweight champion Jorge Santiago admitted that he underestimated Polish powerhouse Mamed Khalidov in the pair’s first meeting, a non-title fight in November 2009.

Khalidov stunned Santiago that night with a first round TKO win.

Santiago made sure lighting didn’t strike twice when the pair met in
the main event of World Victory Road’s Sengoku Raiden Championships 12
event on Sunday in Tokyo, Japan.


WEC 47 bonuses: Garcia, Roop, Pettis and Benavidez each earn $10K

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Leonard Garcia, George Roop, Anthony Pettis and Joseph
Benavidez each earned “Fight Night” bonuses for their performances at
Saturday’s “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” event.

Garcia and Roop each cashed in as the evening’s “Fight of the Night”
for their preliminary brawl, Pettis was awarded the “Knockout of the
Night,” while Benavidez earned the “Submission of the Night” bonus for
his second-round choke-out of Miguel Torres.

The bonuses that were issued were worth $10,000 each.


COLUMBUS, Ohio – Leonard Garcia, George Roop, Anthony Pettis and Joseph
Benavidez each earned “Fight Night” bonuses for their performances at
Saturday’s “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” event.

Garcia and Roop each cashed in as the evening’s “Fight of the Night”
for their preliminary brawl, Pettis was awarded the “Knockout of the
Night,” while Benavidez earned the “Submission of the Night” bonus for
his second-round choke-out of Miguel Torres.

The bonuses that were issued were worth $10,000 each.


WEC 47 bonuses: Garcia, Roop, Pettis and Benavidez each earn $10K awards

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Leonard Garcia, George Roop, Anthony Pettis and Joseph
Benavidez each earned “Fight Night” bonuses for their performances at
Saturday’s “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” event.

Garcia and Roop each cashed in as the evening’s “Fight of the Night”
for their preliminary-card brawl, Pettis was awarded the “Knockout of the
Night” award, and Benavidez earned the “Submission of the Night” bonus for
his second-round chokeout of Miguel Torres.

Each bonus was worth $10,000.


COLUMBUS, Ohio – Leonard Garcia, George Roop, Anthony Pettis and Joseph
Benavidez each earned “Fight Night” bonuses for their performances at
Saturday’s “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” event.

Garcia and Roop each cashed in as the evening’s “Fight of the Night”
for their preliminary-card brawl, Pettis was awarded the “Knockout of the
Night” award, and Benavidez earned the “Submission of the Night” bonus for
his second-round chokeout of Miguel Torres.

Each bonus was worth $10,000.


WEC 47 main card recap: Cruz crowned champ, Benavidez dominates Torres

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Speed kills.

The bantamweight title fight between between Dominick Cruz and Brian Bowles,
which served as the main event of Saturday’s “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz”
event in Columbus, Ohio, was correctly billed as a “speed vs. power”
matchup.

Speed won, and the challenger walked away a champion.


COLUMBUS, Ohio – Speed kills.

The bantamweight title fight between between Dominick Cruz and Brian Bowles,
which served as the main event of Saturday’s “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz”
event in Columbus, Ohio, was correctly billed as a “speed vs. power”
matchup.

Speed won, and the challenger walked away a champion.


WEC 47 prelim recap: Jorgensen stuns George, Mendes grinds out debut win

COLUMBUS, Ohio – WEC bantamweight contender Scott Jorgensen has been quietly developing a loyal following with exciting fights each time he steps into the cage.

At Saturday night’s “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” event at the Nationwide
Arena in Columbus, Ohio, Jorgensen may have gone from exciting
up-and-comer to current title contender in just 31 seconds.

That was all Jorgensen needed to tap out opponent Chad George
with a brutal guillotine choke that actually lifted “Savage” off his
feet. The impressive win capped off a thrilling preliminary card that
preceded the evening’s Versus-broadcast main card.


COLUMBUS, Ohio – WEC bantamweight contender Scott Jorgensen has been quietly developing a loyal following with exciting fights each time he steps into the cage.

At Saturday night’s “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” event at the Nationwide
Arena in Columbus, Ohio, Jorgensen may have gone from exciting
up-and-comer to current title contender in just 31 seconds.

That was all Jorgensen needed to tap out opponent Chad George
with a brutal guillotine choke that actually lifted “Savage” off his
feet. The impressive win capped off a thrilling preliminary card that
preceded the evening’s Versus-broadcast main card.


UFC’s “Crazy” Tim Credeur yearns for the days of “no hold barred”

Add UFC middleweight Tim Credeur to the list of
fighters who’d like to see stomps and knees to a downed opponent back
in MMA.

Yes, he knows; they’re not going to help the sport get mainstream
acceptance. But for a guy with the nickname “Crazy,” the techniques are
par for the course.

“I want to do some of those old IVC (International Vale Tudo
Championships) fights like where they had that net in the bottom of the
cage, and Wanderlei (Silva) was just stone jacking people into hockey
netting,” Credeur recently told MMAjunkie.com. “I’ve probably got to go to Russia or China or Yugoslavia to do that now.”


Add UFC middleweight Tim Credeur to the list of
fighters who’d like to see stomps and knees to a downed opponent back
in MMA.

Yes, he knows; they’re not going to help the sport get mainstream
acceptance. But for a guy with the nickname “Crazy,” the techniques are
par for the course.

“I want to do some of those old IVC (International Vale Tudo
Championships) fights like where they had that net in the bottom of the
cage, and Wanderlei (Silva) was just stone jacking people into hockey
netting,” Credeur recently told MMAjunkie.com. “I’ve probably got to go to Russia or China or Yugoslavia to do that now.”