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Weekend Results: Rolles Gracie Wins by Arm-Triangle Submission

Filed under: FightingHeavyweight Rolles Gracie bounced back from last year’s one-and-done UFC 109 stint with a submission win Friday at UCC 4 in Morristown, N.J.

Early in the first round, Gracie secured a takedown against Braden Bice, climbed to full …

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Heavyweight Rolles Gracie bounced back from last year’s one-and-done UFC 109 stint with a submission win Friday at UCC 4 in Morristown, N.J.

Early in the first round, Gracie secured a takedown against Braden Bice, climbed to full mount and applied an arm-triangle choke for the tap out at 65 seconds.

Gracie, the son of Rolls, who is the nephew of the father of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Helio, improved to 4-1 with all his wins coming by submissions.

Check out the video of the fight after the jump as well as other notable results from this past weekend.

Randy Couture’s Most Important Role Could Lie in Retirement

Filed under: Fighting, UFCSaturday night is expected to be the last time in the octagon for UFC legend Randy Couture, so expect the tributes to begin trickling in early this week and a flood to follow his fight with Lyoto Machida, win or lose. They are…

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Saturday night is expected to be the last time in the octagon for UFC legend Randy Couture, so expect the tributes to begin trickling in early this week and a flood to follow his fight with Lyoto Machida, win or lose. They are all deserved of course, even though plenty of them will focus on what he’s done, rather than what he might do.

What’s amazing is that despite all his accomplishments in the cage — championships and megafights among them — Couture could end up becoming one of the rare fighters who is more important to the sport in retirement than he was in action. That is a tall order, of course. Couture is and will forever be one of the seminal figures of early MMA, and was one of the few pioneers able to evolve from a singular style to favorably compete with the modern class of hybrid athletes.

His legacy is surely written in stone. He’s a multi-time, multi-division champion; he holds a UFC record by competing in 16 title fights; and he was one of the few early personalities that transcended into mainstream consciousness. So what can he do after he hangs up his gloves that he didn’t do before? He can be a voice for MMA, he can be an agent for change, he can offer thought-provoking perspective on the direction of the sport.

Frank Trigg vs. John Phillips Signed for BAMMA 6

Filed under: FightingFrank Trigg isn’t done yet.

“Twinkle Toes” has officially signed a contract to fight John Phillips at BAMMA 6, Trigg’s manager Sam Spira confirmed with MMA Fighting Friday. MMAFighting.com first reported Trigg’s involvement on the…

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Frank Trigg isn’t done yet.

“Twinkle Toes” has officially signed a contract to fight John Phillips at BAMMA 6, Trigg’s manager Sam Spira confirmed with MMA Fighting Friday. MMAFighting.com first reported Trigg’s involvement on the card last month.

BAMMA 6 takes place May 21 at Wembley Arena in London, England.

Ken Shamrock Was Sidelined With Staph Infection

Filed under: Fighting, NewsA staph infection is the reason why UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock was forced to pull out of Friday’s fight at World Extreme Fighting 46 in Orlando.

Shamrock’s wife Tonya tells MMAFighting.com that Shamrock came down with MR…

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A staph infection is the reason why UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock was forced to pull out of Friday’s fight at World Extreme Fighting 46 in Orlando.

Shamrock’s wife Tonya tells MMAFighting.com that Shamrock came down with MRSA recently while taking care of his son who had been hospitalized for a week due to the same infection. For the safety of himself and others, the 47-year-old Shamrock was asked by doctors to withdraw from the fight and was placed on antibiotics for several weeks.

UFC 131: Could Fighting Brock Lesnar Be Better Than a Title Shot?

Junior Dos Santos has been on a roll in the UFC, winning all of his bouts decisively.  After his last victory he was granted a title shot.  In October 2010 Cain Velasquez became the UFC heavyweight champion by thoroughly beating Brock Lesnar….

Junior Dos Santos has been on a roll in the UFC, winning all of his bouts decisively.  After his last victory he was granted a title shot.  In October 2010 Cain Velasquez became the UFC heavyweight champion by thoroughly beating Brock Lesnar.  A fight had been projected for this spring, but Velasquez was sidelined with […]

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UFC 131: Could Fighting Brock Lesnar Be Better Than a Title Shot?

Nevada Not Planning on Providing Monitors for Judges Any Time Soon

Filed under: Fighting, NewsIf you’re one of those who believe that providing monitors for each judge during a fight would help eliminate bad decisions in MMA, you’re not alone.

Unfortunately, Nevada, who has often been viewed as a trendsetter when it…

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If you’re one of those who believe that providing monitors for each judge during a fight would help eliminate bad decisions in MMA, you’re not alone.

Unfortunately, Nevada, who has often been viewed as a trendsetter when it comes to implementing changes in MMA, has no immediate plans to provide individual monitors to each judge scoring MMA bouts.

Keith Kizer, the NSAC’s executive director, told MMA Fighting on Tuesday that the state would not add cageside monitors for judges any time soon.

When asked if he would be open to the idea if a promoter, say, the UFC, asked for it, Kizer simply replied, “Maybe.”