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Recently, Jason High earned himself the spot of No. 1 contender in World Series of Fighting with a win over Mike Ricci.
In this fight replay, see current UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos score a win over High.
Dos Anjos defends his title…
Recently, Jason High earned himself the spot of No. 1 contender in World Series of Fighting with a win over Mike Ricci.
In this fight replay, see current UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos score a win over High.
Dos Anjos defends his title next month at UFC Fight Night 90 against Eddie Alvarez.
The World Series Of Fighting (WSOF) promotion has announced the fight that will headline their WSOF 31 event in June.
The WSOF Heavyweight Title will be on the line at the 6/17 as Blagoy Ivanov (13-1) and Josh Copeland (12-3) will battle it out in t…
The World Series Of Fighting (WSOF) promotion has announced the fight that will headline their WSOF 31 event in June.
The WSOF Heavyweight Title will be on the line at the 6/17 as Blagoy Ivanov (13-1) and Josh Copeland (12-3) will battle it out in the main event of the evening. Serving as the co-main event for the WSOF 31 event will be a lightweight bout between Jason High (19-5) and Mike Ricci (11-4).
WSOF 31 is scheduled to take place on Friday, June 17, 2016 from the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Ivanov vs. Copeland Heavyweight Championship Fight Headlines #WSOF31 Mega-Event June 17: https://t.co/bvdZWLK7Vw pic.twitter.com/61825wpy0G
— WSOF (@MMAWorldSeries) March 29, 2016
The June World Series of Fighting 31 has a main event, as heavyweight champion Blagoy Ivanov defends his belt against Josh Copeland.
The promotion announced the contest for the June 17 card from Foxwoods Resort Casino recently. Along with Ivanov-Copeland, Mike Ricci takes on Jason High as part of the NBC Sports Network main card.
“We are looking forward to returning to the great state of Connecticut, and putting on another phenomenal world championship event featuring some of our top superstars, for fans at Foxwoods Resort Casino,” World Series of Fighting president Ray Sefo said.
Ivanov (13-1) has stopped 11 of his 13 pro wins and bested Fedor Emelianenko at the 2008 World Sambo Championships. He won seven of his eight fights with Bellator before signing with the WSOF and besting Smealinho Rama and Derrick Mehmen.
Copeland (13-1) picked up a victory over Mike Hayes recently and has earned eight career victories via either knockout or submission.
Ricci (11-4) is a former competitor on The Ultimate Fighter, while High (19-5) also made several appearances under both the Strikeforce and UFC banner. The winner will move into the role of No. 1 contender to current champion Justin Gaethje at lightweight.
The June World Series of Fighting 31 has a main event, as heavyweight champion Blagoy Ivanov defends his belt against Josh Copeland.
The promotion announced the contest for the June 17 card from Foxwoods Resort Casino recently. Along with Ivanov-Copeland, Mike Ricci takes on Jason High as part of the NBC Sports Network main card.
“We are looking forward to returning to the great state of Connecticut, and putting on another phenomenal world championship event featuring some of our top superstars, for fans at Foxwoods Resort Casino,” World Series of Fighting president Ray Sefo said.
Ivanov (13-1) has stopped 11 of his 13 pro wins and bested Fedor Emelianenko at the 2008 World Sambo Championships. He won seven of his eight fights with Bellator before signing with the WSOF and besting Smealinho Rama and Derrick Mehmen.
Copeland (13-1) picked up a victory over Mike Hayes recently and has earned eight career victories via either knockout or submission.
Ricci (11-4) is a former competitor on The Ultimate Fighter, while High (19-5) also made several appearances under both the Strikeforce and UFC banner. The winner will move into the role of No. 1 contender to current champion Justin Gaethje at lightweight.
Following his successful title defense over Brian Foster at the WSOF 29 event on Friday night in Greeley, Colorado, WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje spoke with “The American Gangster” Chael Sonnen and revealed who he would like to meet next ins…
Following his successful title defense over Brian Foster at the WSOF 29 event on Friday night in Greeley, Colorado, WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje spoke with “The American Gangster” Chael Sonnen and revealed who he would like to meet next inside the WSOF cage.
Gaethje, who defeated Foster in the headline attraction of WSOF 29 on March 12th via TKO due to leg kicks, said he wants Jason High in his next fight.
“I don’t specifically work on kicks,” said Gaethje regarding his fight with Foster, which he won via TKO due to leg kicks. “My coaches don’t work on kicks. It just comes natural so I don’t want to change anything. I’ve learned a lot of hard lessons right here and its made me the person I am today. He hit me in the lip I got a busted lip but it’s how I fight I’m not going to change. The worst thing you can do is try to push me backwards because I’ll meet you in the center and beat you.”
Regarding his next title defense, Gaethje said he wants Jason High because “he’s got a smart mouth.”
“I want Jason High next,” said the WSOF Lightweight Champion. “He’s got a smart mouth. He’s next.”
For complete WSOF 29 results, click here.
Justin Gaethje vs Brian Foster #WSOF29 pic.twitter.com/fOLjDpwSGG
— ZombieProphet (@ZProphet_MMA) March 13, 2016
If anyone’s qualified to weigh in on the UFC’s decision to cut Jason High after shoving referee Kevin Mulhall at UFC Fight Night 42, it’s go-to ref and MMA pioneer “Big” John McCarthy.
McCarthy, the UFC’s longest tenured ref who has presided over thous…
If anyone’s qualified to weigh in on the UFC’s decision to cut Jason High after shoving referee Kevin Mulhall at UFC Fight Night 42, it’s go-to ref and MMA pioneer “Big” John McCarthy.
McCarthy, the UFC’s longest tenured ref who has presided over thousands of fights, began his career at UFC 2 in 1994, and has since dealt with virtually ever form of misconduct inside the Octagon.
McCarthy talked frankly with Submission Radio about the company’s decision to part ways with High after he pushed Mulhall following what many perceived as an early-stoppage loss to Raphael dos Anjos.
Absolutely there has to be varying degrees of punishment, but it has to be a punishment that is, you know, it evenly matches the crime, and the crime was pretty minimal. Jason put his hands on Kevin and kinda pushed him away. It was wrong. To be taken out of the UFC—I understand what Dana White is doing, [but] now the question is, if Jon Jones would have done the same thing, would he [White] have kicked Jon Jones out of the UFC? He wouldn’t have.
On top of trivializing High’s actions and disagreeing with the UFC for its choice to let the former NCAA Division 1 wrestler go, McCarthy also criticized the New Mexico State Athletic Commission’s decision to suspend him for a year.
Sometimes we as human beings, we do things off of emotion that we normally wouldn’t do. Do I think he should have been punished? Yes. He should have had his hand slapped, he should have gotten, you know a five month suspension, he should have been fined, we’ll say twenty-five hundred, five thousand dollars. That’s gonna hurt him, he’s gonna feel it, but I think that overall Jason got treated very harshly for what happened.
High certainly paid a steeper price than just getting a pink slip from the UFC. In the end, the hulking lightweight received a one-year suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission and a $1,900 fine.
The night after his loss at UFC Fight Night 42, High offered an apology for the spur-of-the-moment act of aggression via Twitter.
— Marcelino Evil (@KCBanditMMA) June 8, 2014
Despite McCarthy’s criticism, and the fact that High seems remorseful, “The Kansas City Bandit” will likely suffer the same fate with the UFC as Paul Daley for his sucker-punch of Josh Koscheck at UFC 113.
Daley won his first two fights in the UFC via impressive TKO/KO before dropping a unanimous decision to Koscheck in May 2010. Seconds after the final buzzer sounded, Daley cracked an off-guard Koscheck, causing referee Dan Miragliotta to physically intervene.
In two stints with the UFC, High compiled a 2-3 mark. High holds five wins under the Zuffa umbrella.
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(Shove a ref, receive a pink slip. Single leg takedown a ref, receive GIF glory.)
So those corrupt, two-timing, no-good shysters known as the New Mexico Athletic Commission held a meeting in Albuquerque to deal with the fallout from Fight Night 42 yesterday. On the evening’s agenda: Determining Jason High‘s punishment for shoving referee Kevin Mulhall following his second round TKO defeat to Rafael Dos Anjos, and upholding or denying Ross Pearson’s decision loss to Diego Sanchez.
Unfortunately for High, his moment of cloudy judgement had already seen him axed from the UFC before Dana White could even review the footage of the incident. And now, the hits just keep on coming for “The Kansas City Bandit”, who might want to consider changing his nickname to “H.R. Shoven Stuff” (I am so sorry). High was handed down a one year suspension from the New Mexico Athletic Commission for his err in judgment and fined 10% of his $19,000 purse, or $1,900. But that’s just a small price to pay for notoriety, amiright?
It’s a relatively unheard of suspension given the nature of High’s infraction. I can only think of a couple altercations between referees and fighters over the years that didn’t involve Gilbert Yvel — one was James Thompson/Dan Miragliotta at EliteXC: Primetime and the other was Phil Baroni/Larry Landless at UFC 45. While no punishment was given to Thompson for smushing Miragliotta’s face, Baroni actually punched Landless and received just a 4 month suspension for doing so. Diff’rent era, diff’rent rules, I guess.
Oh yes, as to the Sanchez/Pearson decision…
(Shove a ref, receive a pink slip. Single leg takedown a ref, receive GIF glory.)
So those corrupt, two-timing, no-good shysters known as the New Mexico Athletic Commission held a meeting in Albuquerque to deal with the fallout from Fight Night 42 yesterday. On the evening’s agenda: Determining Jason High‘s punishment for shoving referee Kevin Mulhall following his second round TKO defeat to Rafael Dos Anjos, and upholding or denying Ross Pearson’s decision loss to Diego Sanchez.
Unfortunately for High, his moment of cloudy judgement had already seen him axed from the UFC before Dana White could even review the footage of the incident. And now, the hits just keep on coming for “The Kansas City Bandit”, who might want to consider changing his nickname to “H.R. Shoven Stuff” (I am so sorry). High was handed down a one year suspension from the New Mexico Athletic Commission for his err in judgment and fined 10% of his $19,000 purse, or $1,900. But that’s just a small price to pay for notoriety, amiright?
It’s a relatively unheard of suspension given the nature of High’s infraction. I can only think of a couple altercations between referees and fighters over the years that didn’t involve Gilbert Yvel — one was James Thompson/Dan Miragliotta at EliteXC: Primetime and the other was Phil Baroni/Larry Landless at UFC 45. While no punishment was given to Thompson for smushing Miragliotta’s face, Baroni actually punched Landless and received just a 4 month suspension for doing so. Diff’rent era, diff’rent rules, I guess.
In regards to the Sanchez/Person decision, it might shock you to learn that the NMAC decided to uphold Sanchez’s controversial win, stating quote, “You leave it in the f*cking hands of those incompetent f*cking judges, you f*cking deserve whatever comes of it. F*ck Bellator.”
I’m sorry, I must have mixed up Dana White’s statement with that of the NMAC. My b.
As we previously mentioned, Pearson was granted his win bonus by the UFC despite the loss and is expected to receive a step up in competition for his next fight as if he had won it anyways. In other words, we have now reached the era of MMA where we don’t even have to pretend that decisions matter in terms of matchmaking. Chael Sonnen’s unretirement status: Imminent.
Personally, I’m just wondering how Sanchez is dealing with the fact that his first win in his past three contests is being all but invalidated by everyone but the people who are supposed to be in charge of determining that sort of thing. It doesn’t exactly serve as a vote of confidence in the TUF 1 alum, but then again, perhaps if he focused more on coming at his bros and less on asking his bros to come at him, bro, he wouldn’t be at the center of so many controversial decisions (*cough* Kampmann *cough* Gomi *cough*)
