Filed under: DREAM, Results, JapanMMA Fighting has Dream.17 results for Shinya Aoki vs. “Razor” Rob McCullough and the rest of the Sept. 24 fights from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
In a non-title bout, Dream lightweight champion Aoki bec…
MMA Fighting has Dream.17 results for Shinya Aoki vs. “Razor” Rob McCullough and the rest of the Sept. 24 fights from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
In a non-title bout, Dream lightweight champion Aoki became the first person to submit ex-WEC titleholder McCullough, slapping on a neck crank late in the first round. Meanwhile, Antonio Banuelos, Bibiano Fernandes, Masakazu Imanari and Rodolfo Marques all won quarterfinal bouts to advance in the Bantamweight World Grand Prix.
Dream.17 results are below.
Non-Tournament Bouts Shinya Aoki def. Rob McCullough via submission (neck crank) – R1, 4:57
Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Joachim Hansen via submission (arm-triangle choke), R3, 2:30 Takeshi Inoue def. Caol Uno via KO (head kick) – R1, 4:17
Yan Cabral def. Kazushi Sakuraba via submission (arm-triangle choke) – R1, 2:42
Satoru Kitaoka def. Willamy Freire via split decision
Gerald Harris def. Kazuhiro Nakamura via split decision
Ikuhisa Minowa def. Baru Harn via submission (scarf-hold armbar) – R1, 4:39
Bantamweight World GP Quarterfinal Bouts
Antonio Banuelos def. Hideo Tokoro via split decision
Bibiano Fernandes def. Takafumi Otuska via submission (rear-naked choke) – R1, 0:41
Masakazu Imanari def. Abel Cullum via submission (armbar) – R3, 0:46
Rodolfo Marques def. Yusup Saadulaev via unanimous decision
WWE pro wrestler CM Punk strongly disagrees with WWE executive senior advisor and on-screen “COO” Triple H’s remarks in a recent Moviefone interview where he stated, “I don’t think we (the WWE and pro wrestling) have to evolve” and “if anybody needs to evolve, it’s [the UFC].”
The 32-year-old Punk, one of the most popular pro wrestlers today and a longtime MMA fan, appeared on this past Monday’s The MMA Hour and explained that although Triple H’s comments might be the WWE’s corporate stance, that’s not the case with him.
“Triple H just doesn’t get mixed martial arts. he doesn’t watch it either,” said Punk. “Saying the UFC needs to evolve, I guess he’s not wrong, but I think he’s missing the picture that UFC is evolving. There’s only one other sport entity in the world that has production rights to their own material on network and that’s the NFL. UFC has just bartered a huge deal [with FOX]. That’s evolution.”
Further, Punk made it clear he shared a completely different opinion from Triple H’s comment that the WWE does not need to evolve.
“I think that’s absolutely insane,” Punk said. “Any human being, any business, any sport needs to constantly evolve. I’m not a big football guy, but look at the NFL, they’re constantly evolving — whether it’s good or it’s bad, they’re evolving. And if you don’t evolve, you die.”
WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon has stated over the years that UFC is not a competition to the WWE. However, consistently strong UFC pay-per-view buys and tumbling WWE numbers would state otherwise. Punk believes fans can enjoy both products, but it would be impractical to say both products aren’t competition for the consumer’s time and money.
“I wouldn’t say [MMA has] ‘hurt’ us, I think that might be a little harsh of a term, but to deny that UFC is our competition is a little ridiculous,” Punk explained. “Cirque du Soleil is our competition. Mad Men and Breaking Bad is our competition . I think everything that people spend their time on and their money on is our competition and to blatantly say that mixed martial arts has no barring on what’s good or bad in our business, is silly; it’s close-minded. You’re putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound.”
In a relatable way that the UFC went through and is still continuing an education process to explain many of the basic elements of the sport and overcome negative preconceptions to the unconverted, that’s perhaps what the WWE execs need, according to Punk.
“Pro wrestling as a whole in my opinion has a lot to do to get to where I would like it to go,” Punk said. “I think the people who discredit mixed martial arts in pro wrestling have very antiquated ideas and honestly, I think it’s an education thing. I’ve had many conversations with Triple H about mixed martial arts, and he just doesn’t get it. ”
In that same regard, Punk finds humor in the way people have come to embrace or reject professional wrestling.
“It’s funny, because pro wrestling many people don’t get, and there’s an old saying, “Pro wrestling is religion. They’re very similar in regards that if you’re trying to explain to somebody who doesn’t get it, there is no explanation that will get them to get it. But someone who gets it, there is no explanation needed. It’s just very black and white.
On the business end, whether MMA purists would admit it or not, the UFC has followed and expanded on WWE’s early business models. On the most basic level, both have television shows to drive interest in selling pay-per-views and what the UFC and WWE are in essence — entertainment-based products. And with that, there’s only so much money to go around for everyone.
“UFC is entertainment. WWE is entertainment,” Punk said. “And regards to people spending their money on it. It’s definitely a competition. I think the way things are in our economy, there’s a billion pay-per-views between UFC, [other MMA pay-per-views] and the WWE, we’re competing for each other’s dollars, absolutely.”
WWE pro wrestler CM Punk strongly disagrees with WWE executive senior advisor and on-screen “COO” Triple H’s remarks in a recent Moviefone interview where he stated, “I don’t think we (the WWE and pro wrestling) have to evolve” and “if anybody needs to evolve, it’s [the UFC].”
The 32-year-old Punk, one of the most popular pro wrestlers today and a longtime MMA fan, appeared on this past Monday’s The MMA Hour and explained that although Triple H’s comments might be the WWE’s corporate stance, that’s not the case with him.
“Triple H just doesn’t get mixed martial arts. he doesn’t watch it either,” said Punk. “Saying the UFC needs to evolve, I guess he’s not wrong, but I think he’s missing the picture that UFC is evolving. There’s only one other sport entity in the world that has production rights to their own material on network and that’s the NFL. UFC has just bartered a huge deal [with FOX]. That’s evolution.”
Further, Punk made it clear he shared a completely different opinion from Triple H’s comment that the WWE does not need to evolve.
“I think that’s absolutely insane,” Punk said. “Any human being, any business, any sport needs to constantly evolve. I’m not a big football guy, but look at the NFL, they’re constantly evolving — whether it’s good or it’s bad, they’re evolving. And if you don’t evolve, you die.”
WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon has stated over the years that UFC is not a competition to the WWE. However, consistently strong UFC pay-per-view buys and tumbling WWE numbers would state otherwise. Punk believes fans can enjoy both products, but it would be impractical to say both products aren’t competition for the consumer’s time and money.
“I wouldn’t say [MMA has] ‘hurt’ us, I think that might be a little harsh of a term, but to deny that UFC is our competition is a little ridiculous,” Punk explained. “Cirque du Soleil is our competition. Mad Men and Breaking Bad is our competition . I think everything that people spend their time on and their money on is our competition and to blatantly say that mixed martial arts has no barring on what’s good or bad in our business, is silly; it’s close-minded. You’re putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound.”
In a relatable way that the UFC went through and is still continuing an education process to explain many of the basic elements of the sport and overcome negative preconceptions to the unconverted, that’s perhaps what the WWE execs need, according to Punk.
“Pro wrestling as a whole in my opinion has a lot to do to get to where I would like it to go,” Punk said. “I think the people who discredit mixed martial arts in pro wrestling have very antiquated ideas and honestly, I think it’s an education thing. I’ve had many conversations with Triple H about mixed martial arts, and he just doesn’t get it. ”
In that same regard, Punk finds humor in the way people have come to embrace or reject professional wrestling.
“It’s funny, because pro wrestling many people don’t get, and there’s an old saying, “Pro wrestling is religion. They’re very similar in regards that if you’re trying to explain to somebody who doesn’t get it, there is no explanation that will get them to get it. But someone who gets it, there is no explanation needed. It’s just very black and white.
On the business end, whether MMA purists would admit it or not, the UFC has followed and expanded on WWE’s early business models. On the most basic level, both have television shows to drive interest in selling pay-per-views and what the UFC and WWE are in essence — entertainment-based products. And with that, there’s only so much money to go around for everyone.
“UFC is entertainment. WWE is entertainment,” Punk said. “And regards to people spending their money on it. It’s definitely a competition. I think the way things are in our economy, there’s a billion pay-per-views between UFC, [other MMA pay-per-views] and the WWE, we’re competing for each other’s dollars, absolutely.”
Filed under: Bellator, NewsBellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has suffered an injury that will prevent him from his scheduled title defense against Michael Chandler at Bellator 54 on Oct. 15 in Atlantic City, N.J.
Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has suffered an injury that will prevent him from his scheduled title defense against Michael Chandler at Bellator 54 on Oct. 15 in Atlantic City, N.J.
Bellator says the fight will be rescheduled and possibly for later in the season.
“Eddie Alvarez has a huge heart and if there was any way for him to fight on the 15th, I know he would,” Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said in a statement. “Ed’s in spectacular condition, so both of us are hopeful that this fight can potentially still occur later this fall.”
Alvarez (22-2), who has won seven straight fights, competed once this year, making a successful title defense against Pat Curran at Bellator 39 in April. Chandler (8-0) earned his shot against Alvarez by beating Patricky Freire at Bellator 44 in May to win the season four lightweight tournament.
At the Bellator 54 event, bantamweight champion Zack Makovsky will remain on the card in a non-title fight against UFC veteran Ryan Roberts. In tournament action will be the two middleweight semifinals between Alexander Shlemenko vs. Brian Rogers and Bryan Baker vs. Vitor Vianna.
Filed under: UFC, NewsJake Ellenberger scored the biggest win of his career Saturday by knocking out Jake Shields in 53 seconds at UFC Fight Night 25 in New Orleans.
Grabbing the Muay Thai clinch, Ellenberger landed a knee to the body and then a knee …
Jake Ellenberger scored the biggest win of his career Saturday by knocking out Jake Shields in 53 seconds at UFC Fight Night 25 in New Orleans.
Grabbing the Muay Thai clinch, Ellenberger landed a knee to the body and then a knee to the head to collapse Shields forward. Quick to capitalize on his stunned opponent, Ellenberger jumped in with fast left hands for the referee stoppage.
Shields expressed that he could have continued in the post-fight interview with announcer Joe Rogan, but he sure didn’t appear to be from the spectator’s standpoint, as he tried to take down the referee after the stoppage. The loss was an especially difficult one for the former Strikeforce middleweight champion considering he lost his father less than three weeks ago. Shields came into the fight having only been finished once in his career, a first-round TKO suffered against Marty Armendarez back in March 2000 — Shields’ third professional MMA fight.
Ellenberger, who hasn’t tasted defeat since his UFC debut in September 2009 against current No. 1 contender Carlos Condit, made the most his first high-profile fight and now finds himself in welterweight title contention with this win.
“Jake Shields is a champion,” Ellenberger said. “I can’t explain how I feel right now, it feels great.”
With his fifth straight UFC win, Ellenberger improves his overall record to 25-5. Meanwhile, Shields’ record slides to 26-6-1.
Filed under: UFC, NewsTUF 11 winner Court McGee’s advanced conditioning became the difference maker in his win over Korean Top Team fighter Dongyi Yang Saturday at UFC Fight Night 25 in New Orleans, La.
TUF 11 winner Court McGee‘s advanced conditioning became the difference maker in his win over Korean Top Team fighter Dongyi Yang Saturday at UFC Fight Night 25 in New Orleans, La.
The first 12 minutes of the fight was uneventful kickboxing, but the pace of the fight finally went into hyperdrive when Yang stumbled McGee to his knees with a left hand and then followed by jumping in with a left knee. The southpaw proceeded to climb on McGee’s back and seemed to be on his way to victory, but Yang found himself too high up and McGee managed to escape. From there, the better conditioned McGee took down the winded Yang twice and in the final seconds attached a mounted guillotine for the strong last impression.
McGee’s hand was raised on scores of 30-27, 29-28, 30-28.
McGee, who improved his record to 11-1 and is now a winner in all three of his UFC fights, is best known for kicking an addiction heroin in 2006 and then turning his life around with a career in MMA. Yang, a former heavyweight, fell to 10-2 overall and 1-2 in the UFC.
Filed under: UFC, NewsWEC veteran Erik Koch made it back-to-back wins in the UFC Saturday, outpointing The Ultimate Fighter 12 winner Jonathan Brookins in an evenly-fought matchup at UFC Fight Night 25 in New Orleans, La.
WEC veteran Erik Koch made it back-to-back wins in the UFC Saturday, outpointing The Ultimate Fighter 12 winner Jonathan Brookins in an evenly-fought matchup at UFC Fight Night 25 in New Orleans, La.
A student of Duke Roufus, Koch was the better standup artist with among his highlights, solid lefts, punishing leg kicks and a left high kick. Coming off two straight Knockout of the Night awards (one was in the WEC), the 22-year-old Koch wasn’t able to put together explosive performances of the past, but scored enough on the feet to sway the judges in his favor 30-27, 29-28 and 30-27. According to FightMetic, Koch outlanded Brookins in total strikes 86 to 29.
The fight itself wasn’t pretty, as Brookins tried to take Koch out of his striking game by constantly shooting for takedowns and dirty-boxing. Brookins was only successful on one takedown which he held for just a mere 30 seconds.
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