With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle this past at UFC 200, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. Some of the more notable suspensions include Miesha Tate suffering a broken nose and possibly being out until January of 2017. Also,
With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle this past at UFC 200, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. Some of the more notable suspensions include Miesha Tate suffering a broken nose and possibly being out until January of 2017. Also, Travis Browne must have right wrist cleared by doctor or no contest until 01/06/17 and Sage Northcutt possibly being out until 2017.
UFC 200 took place at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 9, 2016.
Here are the entire medical suspensions:
Miesha Tate: Must have broken nose cleared by ENT doctor or no contest until 01/06/17; minimum suspension no contest until 09/08, no contact until 08/24
Travis Browne: Must have right wrist cleared by doctor or no contest until 01/06/17; minimum suspension no contest until 08/24, no contact until 08/09
Raphael Assuncao: Must have nose x-rayed, if positive then needs doctor clearance or no contest until 01/06/17
Sage Northcutt: Must have left elbow x-rayed, if positive then needs doctor clearance or no contest until 01/06/17; minimum no contest until 08/24, no contact until 08/09
Diego Sanchez: Must have right orbital and nasal fractures cleared by ENT or ophthalmologist or no contest until 01/06/17; minimum suspension no contest until 08/24, no contact until 08/09
Mark Hunt: Suspended until 08/24, no contact until 08/09
Anderson Silva: Suspended until 08/24, no contact until 08/09 due to laceration
Frankie Edgar: Suspended until 08/24, no contact until 08/09 due to facial lacerations
Enrique Marin: Suspended until 09/08, no contact until 08/24
Thiago Santos: Suspended until 09/08, no contact until 08/24
Takanori Gomi: Suspended until 08/24, no contact until 08/09
We have seen an increased amount of performance-enhancing-drug (PED) violations in the UFC since the arrival of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), who has vowed to clean up the sport. The latest USADA flagging was a shocking one, as pound-for-pound king Jon Jones was recently pulled from his scheduled UFC 200 headliner just days
We have seen an increased amount of performance-enhancing-drug (PED) violations in the UFC since the arrival of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), who has vowed to clean up the sport. The latest USADA flagging was a shocking one, as pound-for-pound king Jon Jones was recently pulled from his scheduled UFC 200 headliner just days prior due to a possible anti-doping violation.
UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock has an interesting view on the PED issue in MMA. “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” actually feels as if PEDs should be regulated and allowed on a ‘safe level’:
“Listen I think it’s pretty clear. I’ve taken a stance on it. My stance has always been upfront that this needs to be regulated. It needs to be a point where guys can use it at a safe level, because it does help. It does help in your health, and it does help in your recovery.” Shamrock said on Inside MMA.
Continuing on, Shamrock, who has tested positive for PEDs before, also implied that the UFC has allowed performance-enhancing-drug use for years:
“I just don’t see how they’re gonna stop something that they’ve allowed to happen for so long. I think my biggest anger with this is that it seems like everybody wants you to believe that their heads were stuck in the sand when all this was going on and then when something like this happens, their heads pop up out of the sand and they go, ‘Oh my gosh I can’t believe that happened! How dare you! You’re such a bad person! I’m so angry at you!’ And the reality of it is that everybody knows it’s going on in almost every sport across the United States.”
What do you make of Shamrock’s view on the matter?
UFC 200 and the TUF 23 Finale combined for over eight million dollars in reported salaries. Usually when these posts are written, there is a lot of criticism over the UFC’s base salaries. While there were some surprises on the low scale (see…
UFC 200 and the TUF 23 Finale combined for over eight million dollars in reported salaries.
Usually when these posts are written, there is a lot of criticism over the UFC’s base salaries. While there were some surprises on the low scale (see Dillashaw), the promotion set a lot of records with the UFC 200 disclosed pay – Brock Lesnar’s massive cheque, 14 fighters making over $100,000, and over seven million dollars in salary overall.
Sage Northcutt was one of the six-figure guys too, which should ruffle some feathers.
The TUF 23 Finale was obviously much thinner on talent, but Joanna Jedrzejczyk made over 200k, and challenger Claudia Gadelha made 100k as well. Here’s a look at all the salaries from both cards, as per the Nevada Athletic Commission:
UFC president Dana White said there were two options for Daniel Cormier once Jon Jones was removed from UFC 200: a title defense and a non-title fight.
Officials went with Anderson Silva and did not force Cormier to put his light heavyweight belt on the line.
Had they elected to leave the UFC title on the card, Gegard Mousasi believes he would have been the one to challenge Cormier, who scored a win over Silva via decision. Mousasi (39-6-2) bested Thiago Santos the same night on the early prelims.
“I was very close – it was between me and Anderson Silva because those were the only options,“ Mousasi said (thanks to MMAjunkie for the quotes). “They said first that I got the fight, so we were vey happy. We thought we were going to eat spaghetti, not need to weight cut. And then they called and said maybe, and obviously I had to focus on my own previous fight.
“I only wanted to fight for the (205-pound) belt because you don’t get those chances a lot. Obviously I felt I had nothing to lose. And if you’ve got nothing to lose, you’re dangerous.”
Mousasi was originally scheduled to meet Derek Brunson this past weekend on the mega-card.
UFC president Dana White said there were two options for Daniel Cormier once Jon Jones was removed from UFC 200: a title defense and a non-title fight.
Officials went with Anderson Silva and did not force Cormier to put his light heavyweight belt on the line.
Had they elected to leave the UFC title on the card, Gegard Mousasi believes he would have been the one to challenge Cormier, who scored a win over Silva via decision. Mousasi (39-6-2) bested Thiago Santos the same night on the early prelims.
“I was very close – it was between me and Anderson Silva because those were the only options,“ Mousasi said (thanks to MMAjunkie for the quotes). “They said first that I got the fight, so we were vey happy. We thought we were going to eat spaghetti, not need to weight cut. And then they called and said maybe, and obviously I had to focus on my own previous fight.
“I only wanted to fight for the (205-pound) belt because you don’t get those chances a lot. Obviously I felt I had nothing to lose. And if you’ve got nothing to lose, you’re dangerous.”
Mousasi was originally scheduled to meet Derek Brunson this past weekend on the mega-card.
Chael Sonnen has always been at the forefront of speaking out and telling it like it is – or, as he sees it.
Ahead of the upcoming Submission Underground event put on by Sonnen this Sunday, the former UFC title contender discussed who he believes are the real winners in the recent UFC sale.
“Definitely (things will get better for the fighters),” he told MMAjunkie. “Is it because of the fighters? I don’t know. Fighters are a bunch of crybabies. That’s the bottom line. When I had my first fight in the UFC, it paid ($2,000 to show and $2,000 to win).
“That was a decade ago. The minimum now is ($8,000 to show and $8,000 to win). I can’t think of another industry that you can make the four times the minimum money on the minimum. So percentage-wise, the escalation has been very rapid and incredible. It all depends on how you look at those numbers.
“You guys are fighting three times a year. I want them to make a bunch of money. I really do. I’m just sick of them crying about it. It’s a fistfight three times a year. How much money do you think you should make?”
Sonnen also felt strongly that the new owners needed to keep UFC president Dana White in his position, which they have stated they plan to do.
“There’s only guy that can run that industry, and it’s Dana White,” Sonnen said. “There’s not a book you can check out in the library to be a promoter. There’s not a college you can go to to major in fight promotion. It’s trial and error, and he tried it, he made the errors, and now he’s succeeded. There’s nobody that could replace him and you could reasonably believe it could move forward.”
Chael Sonnen has always been at the forefront of speaking out and telling it like it is – or, as he sees it.
Ahead of the upcoming Submission Underground event put on by Sonnen this Sunday, the former UFC title contender discussed who he believes are the real winners in the recent UFC sale.
“Definitely (things will get better for the fighters),” he told MMAjunkie. “Is it because of the fighters? I don’t know. Fighters are a bunch of crybabies. That’s the bottom line. When I had my first fight in the UFC, it paid ($2,000 to show and $2,000 to win).
“That was a decade ago. The minimum now is ($8,000 to show and $8,000 to win). I can’t think of another industry that you can make the four times the minimum money on the minimum. So percentage-wise, the escalation has been very rapid and incredible. It all depends on how you look at those numbers.
“You guys are fighting three times a year. I want them to make a bunch of money. I really do. I’m just sick of them crying about it. It’s a fistfight three times a year. How much money do you think you should make?”
Sonnen also felt strongly that the new owners needed to keep UFC president Dana White in his position, which they have stated they plan to do.
“There’s only guy that can run that industry, and it’s Dana White,” Sonnen said. “There’s not a book you can check out in the library to be a promoter. There’s not a college you can go to to major in fight promotion. It’s trial and error, and he tried it, he made the errors, and now he’s succeeded. There’s nobody that could replace him and you could reasonably believe it could move forward.”
BE’s own John Joe O’Regan leads a panel of experts to look over the recent big fights, title changes, and upsets in the world of kickboxing. It’s been tumultuous in the kickboxing world of late, with titles changing hands and new contenders …
BE’s own John Joe O’Regan leads a panel of experts to look over the recent big fights, title changes, and upsets in the world of kickboxing.
It’s been tumultuous in the kickboxing world of late, with titles changing hands and new contenders emerging. The recent GLORY event in Amsterdam saw the lightweight championship relocate to Thailand with Sittichai and the interim light-heavyweight championship head to South Africa with Zack Mwekassa. Hard fights await both – Sittichai wants Petrosyan and Mwekassa will face Artem Vakhitov when he returns from injury layoff. Here to make sense of it all is our regular panel of top kickboxing journalists.
JJ: Sittichai Sitsongpeenong captured the GLORY lightweight title in Amsterdam last month, outpointing defending champion Robin van Roosmalen in the main event. It was their second fight and, like the first, it ended in controversy. At GLORY 25 MILAN last year Roosmalen retained the belt by way of a controversial decision which attracted much discussion. This time the discussion attaches to Sittichai’s win; their Amsterdam fight is widely felt to be much closer than their Milan fight was.
Michael Stets, MMA Mania: It was another close one. Like their first encounter, I’m of the opinion Sittichai landed the more significant strikes throughout each round of the entire fight. Rubber match? I don’t know if you can have them go another time. Plus I hear Roosmalen is heading to MMA full time now. That’s what Henri Hooft told me when I spoke to him in St. Louis. I am down for Petrosyan vs. Sittichai though. That would be a killer match-up.
Rob Tatum, Combat Press: I think it was the right result, even if it was closer than the first fight. After the initial result, I was definitely concerned Sittichai would get screwed by the judges again, especially in Roosmalen’s backyard. As Stets mentioned, all signs point to Roosmalen heading for MMA, where he has already competed as a featherweight. But if decides to keep fighting for GLORY, I wouldn’t be opposed to Sittichai vs. Petrosyan and seeing Roosmalen drop down to challenge Adamchuk.
Dave Walsh, Liverkick: I’m not sure that there really is a right or wrong here. Sitthichai and Robin fighting is starting to remind me of Artem Levin and Simon Marcus fighting; they sort of do the same thing every time, it’s really close and nobody really wins the fight. From a scoring perspective you can absolutely come to a conclusion as to who won (if you are a judge you have to, which is the worst. I’m glad I don’t have to do that), but did they really win the fight? I don’t know. I thought that from a standard fight-scoring metric that Sitthichai won the first fight. But Robin threw more punches and cut the ring off more, so there was that, I guess.
In this fight I had Sitthichai rounds 1 and 2, Robin rounds 4 and 5 and probably Sitthichai in round 3, but I don’t know. Once again the live stats were showing an entirely different fight than what we were all watching, to the point where I’ve seen many suggest that this live stat-counting should be thrown out and not used as a metric to entice live viewers with. I don’t disagree. It’s times like this that I miss old K-1 and the fact that judges were told if it was close at all take it to an extra round. People would groan at K-1’s extra rounds happening constantly, but now I yearn for them. What does that say?
The rumors going around are that Robin’s contract is done and that he wants to pursue MMA full-time. The UFC has more or less told him to get four more fights under his belt and that there would be interest. Or so the story from his camp goes. Apparently he told people at GLORY this and there is now a conspiracy (there always is) about the decision of the fight. But then he contradicts that theory by posting a photo of Pierre [Andurand, GLORY Chairman] and [Jon] Franklin [CEO] looking amazed by the announced result. I think it twas a genuine surprise to everyone because it was in Holland, where Robin is from, with a sympathetic Robin crowd and that usually weighs heavily on these fights.
No rubber match please. I think that Robin is done with GLORY and that’s whatever, it’s not a huge loss for either side. Robin was always an x-factor in the division and if he can make more money elsewhere he should. If GLORY can lock down Petrosyan he needs to be back in this mix. Otherwise they have an entirely new division blossoming here and a lot of talented guys ready to challenge the new champion with some solid histories there: Sitthichai and Marat, Sitthichai and Jauncey after a few more wins, and so on.
JJ: Murthel Groenhart won the Welterweight Contender Tournament to secure a rematch with Nieky Holzken. Their last fight was close and some felt the decision should have gone Groenhart’s way. What are you expecting for this one?
Stets: I thought Groenhart had won at G26, and it seems Holzken has declined slightly in his last few bouts. He’s still winning, but Groenhart and Kongolo pushed him, so did Raymond Daniels. He’s due to drop a fight at some point soon. Maybe it happens in the rematch with Groenhart.
Rob: Groenhart is one of the most talented yet confusing fighters to watch. One fight he pushes Holzken to the limit, then is sluggish against Cedric Doumbe in his next outing. He looked solid in both fights in Amsterdam, so if he shows up motivated and hungry, there’s a decent chance he can take the belt from Holzken.
Dave: I don’t know. Murthel is inconsistent, as we’ve seen, and while he earned his shot here, will we see that same Murthel we saw the first time against Nieky? He did everything right and the judges didn’t give him his due, so he’ll have to fight more aggressively and make mistakes, which helps Nieky out. Nieky is mortal but I’m not sure that it’s his time yet.
JJ: Badr Hari was ringside at GLORY 31 in Amsterdam and there are strong rumors that a deal is near-done for a fight with heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven towards the end of this year. Is that going to be a competitive fight in your eyes or do you see a clear winner?
Stets: I think Rico owns him, but I supposed you can’t rule out a motivated Hari with several months to get in serious shape and fully prepare and game plan for the champion. I say more than likely it’s Verhoeven by unanimous decision.
Rob: At this point, Hari might be the last big name left for Verhoeven. With his power, there’s always the chance he scores the upset, but due to his relative inactivity, I’m inclined to agree with Stets that Verhoeven is going to simply outwork him for 25 minutes with a more technical game plan.
Dave: This whole thing is such a mess. Badr has to serve the remainder of his jail time before the year is up, but he wants to fight this year. There’s a small window for a fight to actually happen and it probably won’t be for the title anyway. Hard pass on this. Badr’s star power is waning everywhere but perhaps the Netherlands right now. Two years ago a post about Badr Hari would pump LiverKick’s traffic up for a month, now it’s just a pop for a day, sometimes not even as much as a fight announcement from somewhere else.
Badr’s last fight was against Londt and Londt caught him. I don’t see sloppy Londt catching Rico, so if you do an opponent comparison I just don’t see Badr/Rico being a great fight. Who knows, Badr has raw power and can do some damage. This fight is just awful with the timing and interest level.
JJ: Anything else which is catching your attention at the moment?
Stets: Zack Mwekassa mauling Mourad Bouzidi like he was standing still waiting to be sacrificed to the kickboxing gods. Think Mwekassa can get it down against Artem Vakhitov and unify the titles? I’m interested to see that one.
Rob: Mwekassa’s performance in Amsterdam was one of the most impressive of the night. He was on a mission and wasn’t going to let Bouzidi get comfortable. If he can get inside against Vakhitov and avoid getting picked apart at range, I can certainly see him standing on top of the division.
Dave: Good for Mwekassa, really. I’m not sure how the Vakhitov fight goes, but Mwekassa is the most money guy out there right now if he could just get consistent training and be more comfortable with his kicks. He’s perhaps the best guy to be a champion for any organization just because he’s so perfect to cart around to the media.
Can we talk about Jauncey/Moiseev? This was one of those fights that really got me super pumped up about kickboxing again. I’m not saying that kickboxing is in a dark place or anything, but on these big shows we should be seeing more fights like this between two sublimely-skilled competitors. You see this stuff on the K-1 Japan and Kunlun shows, but not in Bellator or GLORY. There’s too much in the way of politics, “showcase fights” and whatever else. Cor is good at tossing prospects to the lions in one fight and then giving them a complete gimme the next because they are in a favorable market or whatever.
This wasn’t a great matchup for Jauncey to accept considering where he’s at right now, developmentally, and where he’s at with his record. Jauncey still has an incredible career in front of him and tossing him to the wolves isn’t going to help him move forward, it’s going to make him damaged goods if it keeps happening. Seriously. Sitthichai, Petrosyan and now Moiseev: he’s fought the champion, the GOAT and a future champion and lost to them. I get that he’s a tough guy to book fights for because he’s either crushing guys beneath his level or just narrowly outmatched against the top of the division, but surely there are other fights to make to help him get more ring time and prepare?
But yeah, as for the actual fight, my god was it beautiful. That is what two highly-skilled fighters in a chess match looks like. Everyone likes to sell kickboxing as “rock ’em sock ’em robots on crack” and “the best parts of MMA” or whatever, but they miss the point of what good kickboxing actually is. Jauncey/Moiseev was good kickboxing, more so than we see on most cards these days. These are the types of fights that the roster is actually there to create and instead we get guys like Marat Grigorian crushing Djime because…. I don’t know?
Oh yeah, fire referee Stefano Valenti.
Rob: Stefano Valenti! Is there a more cringe worthy referee in combat sports? With the exception of the main event, he made himself a factor in every fight he officiated at GLORY 31. It’s like he think the fight is about him, not the fighters. That double point deduction in the Ismael Londt-Hesdy Gerges fight is one of the most meaningless things I’ve ever seen. My blood boils whenever I see him step into the ring.
We spent plenty of time discussing Al Wichgers after Levin-Marcus III, but when is enough, enough for Valenti?
