Filed under: NewsThe Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Efrain Escudero will head across the pond
on Sept. 10 to fight Tim Radcliffe at BAMMA 7 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the promotion announced Monday, along with lightweight title bout Rob Sin…
The Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Efrain Escudero will head across the pond
on Sept. 10 to fight Tim Radcliffe at BAMMA 7 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, the promotion announced Monday, along with lightweight title bout Rob Sinclair vs. Leonardo Santos and welterweight matchup Matt Ewin vs. Valentino Petrescu.
BAMMA 7 is the follow-up to the May 21 event at the Wembley Arena, which featured Frank Trigg, Ivan Salaverry and what turned out to be the retirement fight for Murilo “Ninja” Rua.
Last September, Escudero (16-3) became the second The Ultimate Fighter winner to be handed his release (Travis Lutter was first) after losing to Charles Oliveira at UFC Fight Night 22. The 25-year-old lightweight won three straight following his release before suffering a loss last month against Fabricio Camoes at Tachi Palace Fights 9. Radcliffe (11-4) won both his fights this year against Michael Pastou and Alexandre Izidro and holds six submission victories.
Sinclair (9-2) will be making his second defense of his BAMMA lightweight strap when he faces Sengoku veteran Santos (9-3). In March, Sinclair took a fight with another British promotion, OMMAC, and scored a TKO over Martin Begley. With the crumbling of the Sengoku promotion, Santos debuted for BAMMA in May and defeated Jason Ball via unanimous decision.
Ewin (22-9-1), who missed 2009 and 2010 entirely, defeated Salaverry via unanimous decision at the last BAMMA event. Petrescu (11-2) also won at BAMMA 6, defeating Joao Paulo de Souza via majority decision.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman returned to action after a one-year layoff Saturday and lost to Baga Agaev via first-round armbar submission in the main event of Mayor’s Cup in Russia.
Randleman suffered a dislocated elbow in loss, acc…
Former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman returned to action after a one-year layoff Saturday and lost to Baga Agaev via first-round armbar submission in the main event of Mayor’s Cup in Russia.
Randleman suffered a dislocated elbow in loss, according to agent Ken Pavia, who accompanied the 39-year-old Randleman to the fight overseas and posted before and after x-rays pictures on Twitter.
Randleman (17-16), last seen fighting for Strikeforce one year ago in a loss to Roger Gracie via rear-naked choke submission, has now lost four in a row.
Danny Downes, Gerald Harris, Efrain Escudero and others also stepped inside the cage over the weekend. Check out some of the notable results below.
And to think, only ONE of these guys is nicknamed “Uncle Creepy”. Image courtesy of Sherdog.com.
Last night, Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California hosted their ninth event. The card featured a Top 10 flyweight, Gerald Harris attempting to get back in the W column and the return of the greatest tattoo in MMA. And probably some other stuff, too.
Fresh off of his upset victory over then top ranked flyweight Jussier da Silva, “Uncle Creepy” Ian McCall returned to action last night against Nashville prospect Dustin Ortiz. Before dropping to flyweight, Uncle Creepy compiled an 8-2 record as a bantamweight. You may remember him from his brief stint with the WEC, where he went 1-2 in three fights, including a unanimous decision loss to Dominick Cruz at WEC 38. Last night McCall dominated the entire fight, showboating to the crowd throughout the third round on his way to a unanimous decision win. The victory likely propels him to a flyweight title fight against Darrell Montague.
And to think, only ONE of these guys is nicknamed “Uncle Creepy”. Image courtesy of Sherdog.com.
Last night, Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California hosted their ninth event. The card featured a Top 10 flyweight, Gerald Harris attempting to get back in the W column and the return of the greatest tattoo in MMA. And probably some other stuff, too.
Fresh off of his upset victory over then top ranked flyweight Jussier da Silva, “Uncle Creepy” Ian McCall returned to action last night against Nashville prospect Dustin Ortiz. Before dropping to flyweight, Uncle Creepy compiled an 8-2 record as a bantamweight. You may remember him from his brief stint with the WEC, where he went 1-2 in three fights, including a unanimous decision loss to Dominick Cruz at WEC 38. Last night McCall dominated the entire fight, showboating to the crowd throughout the third round on his way to a unanimous decision win. The victory likely propels him to a flyweight title fight against Darrell Montague.
Gerald Harris was also in action last night against journeyman Anthony Ruiz, who at one point was a contender for Strikeforce’s light heavyweight title. Ruiz has heavy hands, but he also throws punches so wildly that even Leonard Garcia wonders if the word “technique” means anything to him. Rather than get involved with that, Harris opted to clinch and secure takedowns on his way to a unanimous decision victory. After the fight, Harris claimed to have broken his hand in the first round.
Also of note, TUF-8 winner Efrain Escudero battled fellow UFC castaway Fabricio Camoes. Since being released by the UFC, Escudero won three straight fights coming into last night. However, Camoes showed off some improved boxing skills, as well as superior grappling. While Escudero managed to land a flying knee that damaged Camoes in the third round, he was unable to finish. The victory for Camoes marks his second straight since being released by the UFC.
Ian McCall def. Dustin Ortiz via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Isaac DeJesus def. Russ Miura via knockout at 2:52 of Round 1
Fabricio Camoes def. Efrain Escudero via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Gerald Harris def. Anthony Ruiz via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Mamoru Yamaguchi def. Kevin Dunsmoor via knockout at 4:03 of Round 2
Jorge Lopez def. Waachiim Spiritwolf via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Former UFC middleweight title contender Patrick Cote (14-7) registered a win this past Saturday, taking a successful first step in his campaign to return to the UFC.
In the main event of Ringside MMA 10 in Montreal, Cote outpointed Kalib Starnes 29-28…
Former UFC middleweight title contender Patrick Cote (14-7) registered a win this past Saturday, taking a successful first step in his campaign to return to the UFC.
In the main event of Ringside MMA 10 in Montreal, Cote outpointed Kalib Starnes 29-28 on all three of the judges’ scorecards for the unanimous decision. Cote, who was cut last fall by the UFC after three straight losses, earned his first win since UFC 86 in July 2008.
Let’s take a look at some of the other results on the local circuit from this past weekend.
On a weekend where former NFL star Herschel Walker made news for picking up his second MMA victory at the age of 48, MMA’s own elder statesman Dan Severn won his 97th fight on an Elite-1 MMA event in New Brunswick, Canada.
The 52-year-old Severn put Scott Fraser (3-2) away with an arm-triangle submission to take the promotion’s heavyweight title, extending his win streak to eight and improving his record to 97-16-7.
Severn was just one of the many notables stepping in the cage this past weekend. Check out the weekend results below.
Ryan Couture’s serious staph infection cleared. He’ll be fighting again for Strikeforce Challengers 14 against Lee Higgins.
Fedor Emelianenko and his M-1 management demanding Olympic Style drug testing for the Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament. *Note both participating Heavyweights, Josh Barnett and Emelianenko’s first opponent in the tournament, Antonio Silva have previously failed […]
Ryan Couture’s serious staph infection cleared. He’ll be fighting again for Strikeforce Challengers 14 against Lee Higgins.
Fedor Emelianenko and his M-1 management demanding Olympic Style drug testing for the Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix Tournament. *Note both participating Heavyweights, Josh Barnett and Emelianenko’s first opponent in the tournament, Antonio Silva have previously failed drug tests.
Tito Ortiz vs. Antonio Rogerio “Lil Nog” Nogueira set for Ultimate Fight Night 24 on March 24th.
Dave Branch replaces the injured Alexandre Ferreira to fight Rousimar Palhares at UFC on Versus 3.
UFC 126 Middleweight Champion Contender, Vitor Belfort parts ways with his coach, Shawn Tompkins weeks before his February 5th bout against Anderson Silva.
Confident after his 1st round TKO of Chris Leben, UFC Middleweight Brian Stann now wants Wanderlei Silva or Michael Bisping.
Since being cut from the UFC, former TUF 8 winner, Efrain Escudero will now face Jeremy Larsen at Rage in the Cage 148.
The Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Efrain Escudero will head across the pond
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