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Fight Of The Night: Evan Dunham vs Rick Glenn Performance Bonuses: Chas Skelly, Michael Johnson
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• The three-round war between Dunham and Glenn won Fight of the Night honors. Although the scorecards were not close (30-27 all in favor of Dunahm), it was Glenn’s “Won’t quit” mentality that made this the best clash of the night. • Chas Skelly recorded the fastest submission in UFC/WEC featherweight … Read the Full Article Here
Dustin Poirier and Michael Johnson entered UFC Fight Night 94 trending in opposite directions.
Exiting The Ultimate Fighter season 12, there were generally high hopes surrounding Johnson, and for good cause. The young product of the Blackzilians …
Dustin Poirier and Michael Johnson entered UFC Fight Night 94 trending in opposite directions.
Exiting The Ultimate Fighter season 12, there were generally high hopes surrounding Johnson, and for good cause. The young product of the Blackzilians camp showed flashes of greatness and, in 2013, managed to put his entire game together, combining his long reach and southpaw stance with his strong wrestling base.
After posting three strong wins over high-level veterans, however, his rise to the top was derailed. Part of that was due to back-to-back losses to BeneilDariush and Nate Diaz. It was also due to a domestic-violence arrest that was followed by a UFC suspension.
In 2016, he is in rebuilding mode, desperately seeking to return to top-10 relevance.
Once upon a time, Poirier was in the same spot. After quickly establishing himself as one of the best featherweights in the UFC’s early featherweight division, he had tough losses to Chan Sung Jung and Cub Swanson. In less than a year, he went from heir apparent to the division to a gatekeeper, with his final job being to put over a hot upstart named ConorMcGregor.
That stretch prompted him to return to the lightweight division, and the results have been beyond positive. Entering Fight Night 94 on a four-fight winning streak over consistently solid competition, he had the opportunity to cement himself as a top-10 name by beating Johnson and could even vault into the title picture with an impressive win.
The fight started slowly, with Poirier and Johnson pawing at one another. Neither man landed anything of note until, in the blink of an eye, Johnson clipped Poirier during an exchange with a clean right hand. He followed him to the ground and unleashed a hellish flurry of hammer fists that badly stiffened Poirier. The ref interjected as quickly as he could from there and officially waved the fight off at 1:35 of Round 1.
It’s a sad turn for Poirier. The Diamond has undergone one of 2016’s most impressive turnarounds and was starting to sniff at a UFC lightweight title shot. He left the featherweight division after being boxed out of the running due to losses to Swanson and McGregor and finds himself in a similar position after Fight Night 94.
Johnson, meanwhile, stops his career’s proverbial bleeding with this win. While he doesn’t necessarily move closer to a title shot in the crowded lightweight division, he does retain his fringe top-10 status and could be in line for bigger fights.
Of course, Johnson’s career has shown time and again that any fighter is one win away from elite status and one loss away from being overrated. It will be worth watching whether it’s this win, or his recent losses, that define him going forward.
The main event of tonight’s (September 17, 2016) UFC Hidalgo saw top-ten lightweight contenders Dustin Poirier and Michael Johnson do battle. It was an abbreviated affair. The southpaw Johnson began by sticking and moving on the outside. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) finalist flicks kicks to the legs and body. A punch from Johnson opens a
The main event of tonight’s (September 17, 2016) UFC Hidalgo saw top-ten lightweight contenders Dustin Poirier and Michael Johnson do battle. It was an abbreviated affair.
The southpaw Johnson began by sticking and moving on the outside. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) finalist flicks kicks to the legs and body. A punch from Johnson opens a cut under the right eye of Poirier. “The Diamond” isn’t pulling the trigger much.
A Poirier punching combination is met with heavy fire from Johnson that backs Poirier off. Poirier lands a leg kick. Punching combinations fail to connect for the most part. Poirier throws a right hook, straight left, and a right uppercut, fails to connect cleanly with any of them, and is met with a flush right hook to the jaw from Johnson.
Poirier crashes to his back, and Johnson pounces. A barrage of punches follows from “The Menace”, forcing referee Dan Miragliotta to intervene. Johnson comes up giving the Johnny Manziel money sign with both hands.
After walking to his corner, Johnson walks back over to Poirier and raises his arms as he stares down at his fallen foe.
The Final Result: Michael Johnson def. Dustin Poirier by KO at 1:35 of Round 1.
Welterweight grapplers Roan Carneiro and Kenny Robertson kept the action coming at UFC Fight Night Hidalgo tonight (September 17, 2016) on FS1. Robertson came out with his trademark awkward movement featuring twitchy head movement. He backs Carneiro toward the cage, and they clinch up. “Jucao” reverses and drags Robertson to the mat, but the American
Welterweight grapplers Roan Carneiro and Kenny Robertson kept the action coming at UFC Fight Night Hidalgo tonight (September 17, 2016) on FS1.
Robertson came out with his trademark awkward movement featuring twitchy head movement. He backs Carneiro toward the cage, and they clinch up. “Jucao” reverses and drags Robertson to the mat, but the American escapes back to the feet. Robertson throws a body kick and eats a right hook to the face in return. The welterweights briefly clinch, and Carneiro pulls down Robertson’s head to feed him a knee. The two wing wild punches but fail to connect.
The former Eastern Illinois wrestler flicks out a few kicks but doesn’t land. He continues to stalk Carneiro and lands an overhand right. But not a lot of offense is landing on either side. “Jucao” attempts a spinning back fist but it is blocked. Robertson again pushes his foe back toward the fence, but Carneiro fends him off with two hard kicks and a glancing punch. Robertson is using his lead hand to paw, back Carneiro up, and line up a power punch, but misses on a haymaker. A few combinations partially land for Robertson, and the Brazilian hits a hard leg kick as the round ends.
Robertson again opens with pressure to start round two, but is struggling to find the mark. Carneiro connects with a good straight right but fails to follow up. The two exchange leg kicks. Carneiro finally counters the forward movement of the American by changing levels for a takedown. Robertson sweeps the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, and settles into half guard. He grinds with elbows and punches to the body.
“Jucao” nullifies most of the offense, but Robertson continues to threaten with strikes and advancements. Carneiro gets an angle and briefly fishes for a leg lock, but Robertson quickly escapes. This time he settles into full guard. Carneiro is reaching up and grabbing his own leg to stall, but then uses the position to sweep directly into mount. The American grips his hands behind Carneiro’s back to break his posture, and the Brazilian fails to land much of note during his minute in dominant position.
The striking continues to look sloppy at the start of round three, but Carneiro is having success countering Robertson. A Carneiro takedown is immediately reversed by Robertson, and the two return to a standing position. Robertson continues to pressure, but his tricky movement is largely gone and his punches are coming slowly.
Carneiro has success countering, but fails to land something significant enough to deter his opponent. Midway through the final round and Carneiro is getting the better of the punching exchanges, but Robertson is staying in his face. The former D-1 wrestler is wearing it a bit after eating a stream of “Jucao” jabs. He stays on the offensive though. With 30 seconds left Carneiro goes for a takedown but gets stuffed. The two wing punches as the time ticks away, but hit mostly air.
Final Result: Roan Carneiro def. Kenny Robertson via Split Decision (30-27,29-28,28-29).
The main card of UFC Fight Night Hidalgo kicked off tonight (September 17, 2016) with a featherweight duel. Former Velazuelen wrestling champion Maximo Blanco battled hard-punching grinder Chas Skelly. There would be no grinding this night. The Tokyo-based Blanco is known for charging out of his corner and blitzing in the first round. It was
The main card of UFC Fight Night Hidalgo kicked off tonight (September 17, 2016) with a featherweight duel. Former Velazuelen wrestling champion Maximo Blanco battled hard-punching grinder Chas Skelly.
There would be no grinding this night.
The Tokyo-based Blanco is known for charging out of his corner and blitzing in the first round. It was “The Scrapper” Skelly though who sprinted out of his corner at Blanco. He threw a jumping front kick and was met from one from Blanco as well, but it was Skelly’s who landed with the more forceful impact. The kick knocked Blanco to the mat, and as he tried to rise, Skelly immediately began setting up a front choke. In the ensuing scramble, Skelly first threatened with a guillotine but transitioned to a D’Arce choke. Within seconds, Blanco was unconscious. The win gives Skelly the fastest submission in UFC/WEC featherweight history.
Final Result: Chas Skelly def. Maximo Blanco by submission (Anaconda choke) at 0:19 of Round 1.
It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, September 17th, 2016) will come in the form of UFC Fight Night 94. Gabriel Benitez vs. Sam Sicilia in a featherweight bout closes the preliminary card on Fox Sports 1. Augusto Montano vs. Belal Muhammad is next in a welterweight
It’s once again fight day here at LowKickMMA, and the talent on display tonight (Saturday, September 17th, 2016) will come in the form of UFC Fight Night 94.
Gabriel Benitez vs. Sam Sicilia in a featherweight bout closes the preliminary card on Fox Sports 1.
Augusto Montano vs. Belal Muhammad is next in a welterweight bout.
Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Leonardo Augusto Leleco is next in a middleweight bout.
Joey Gomez vs. Jose Quinonez in a bantamweight bout opens the Fox Sports 1 preliminary bouts.
Randy Brown vs. Erick Montano in a welterweight bout finishes off the UFC Fight Pass preliminary card.
Opening the UFC Fight Pass prelims is Albert Morales vs. Alejandro Perez in a bantamweight bout.
Here are the results:
PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)
Featherweight bout: Gabriel Benitez vs. Sam Sicilia
Welterweight bout: Augusto Montano vs. Belal Muhammad
Middleweight bout: Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Leonardo Augusto Leleco
Bantamweight bout: Joey Gomez vs. Jose Quinonez
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET)
Welterweight bout: Randy Brown vs. Erick Montano
Bantamweight bout: Albert Morales vs. Alejandro Perez
