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Joao Zeferino won at PFL 6 and with the action leading up to the submission that won him the fight it did not seem like anything was wrong. Little did fans know, he was not fighting at his full potential in Atlantic City, New Jersey Thursday night. Ze…
Joao Zeferino won at PFL 6 and with the action leading up to the submission that won him the fight it did not seem like anything was wrong. Little did fans know, he was not fighting at his full potential in Atlantic City, New Jersey Thursday night. Zeferino took it Yuri Villefort for three rounds […]
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World Series Of Fighting held their WSOF 30 event on Saturday night, April 2, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The main event of the show saw WSOF Middleweight Champion David Branch retain his title with a unanimous decision victory. In the co-main event of the evening, former UFC title contender Jon Fitch became the new WSOF Welterweight title by defeating Joao Zeferino in the vacant title fight.
Below are complete WSOF 30 quick-match results:
MAIN CARD (NBCSN, 11:30 p.m. ET):
– David Branch def. Clifford Starks via unanimous decision (49-44, 49-44, 49-44)
– Jon Fitch def. Joao Zeferino via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
– Vinny Magalhaes def. Jake Heun via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
– Abu Azaitar def. Danny Davis Jr. via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 8:30 p.m. ET):
– Abubakar Nurmagomedov def. Matthew Frincu via KO (punches) – Round 2, 3:05
– Rex Harris def. Clinton Williams via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
– Steve Kozola def. Matt Church via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:57
– Adam Acquaviva def. Andres Ponce via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:10
– Zach Bunnell def. Jeff Roman via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
World Series Of Fighting held their WSOF 30 event on Saturday night, April 2, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The main event of the show saw WSOF Middleweight Champion David Branch retain his title with a unanimous decision victory. In the co-main event of the evening, former UFC title contender Jon Fitch became the new WSOF Welterweight title by defeating Joao Zeferino in the vacant title fight.
Below are complete WSOF 30 quick-match results:
MAIN CARD (NBCSN, 11:30 p.m. ET):
– David Branch def. Clifford Starks via unanimous decision (49-44, 49-44, 49-44)
– Jon Fitch def. Joao Zeferino via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
– Vinny Magalhaes def. Jake Heun via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
– Abu Azaitar def. Danny Davis Jr. via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
PRELIMINARY CARD (MMAjunkie, 8:30 p.m. ET):
– Abubakar Nurmagomedov def. Matthew Frincu via KO (punches) – Round 2, 3:05
– Rex Harris def. Clinton Williams via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
– Steve Kozola def. Matt Church via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:57
– Adam Acquaviva def. Andres Ponce via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 2:10
– Zach Bunnell def. Jeff Roman via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
World Series Of Fighting held the official weigh-ins for Saturday’s WSOF 30 event, which features two title fights, on Friday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the main event of the evening, David Branch and Clifford Starks will compete for the WSOF Middlewe…
World Series Of Fighting held the official weigh-ins for Saturday’s WSOF 30 event, which features two title fights, on Friday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the main event of the evening, David Branch and Clifford Starks will compete for the WSOF Middleweight title, while former UFC title contender Jon Fitch battles Joao Zeferino in the co-main event for the WSOF Welterweight title.
Below are complete results from the official WSOF 30 weigh-ins.
Main Card (airing on NBC Sports at 11:30 p.m. ET):
– David Branch (184.8) vs. Clifford Starks (184.0)
– Jon Fitch (169.6) vs. Joao Zeferino (169.6)
– Vinny Magalhaes (205.6) vs.Jake Heun (205.4)
– Abu Azaitar (170.4) vs. Danny Davis, Jr. (170.0)
Undercard (airing online at 8:30 p.m. ET):
– Abubakar Nurmagomedov (169.0) vs. Matt Frincu (170.4)
– Rex Harris (185.6) vs. Clinton Williams (185.8)
– Steve Kozola (158.8) vs. Matt Church (159.6)
– Adam Acquaviva (135.6) vs. Andres Ponce (137.6)
– Jeff Roman (170.4) vs. Zach Bunnell (170.2)
As announced earlier this week, two title matches will be headlining WSOF 30 on April 2nd, as David Branch puts his WSOF Middleweight title on the line against Clifford Starks in the main event, while Jon Fitch and Joao Zeferino will battle it out for the vacant WSOF Welterweight title.
Rousimar Palhares, the former WSOF Welterweight Champion who was stripped of his title and suspended for two years by the Nevada State Athletic Commission following the controversy stemming from his fight with Jake Shields in late August, spoke with MMAFighting.com recently about the Fitch-Zeferino bout being contested for the title he never lost in the cage.
“I will root for Jon Fitch, but everybody knows I’m the real champion. The whole world knows that. That’s what matters to me. I will try to fix the mistakes I might have done. I will fix that, but I’m the real champion.
“I won the title and defended it. I’m the champion no matter what. I have the belt here at home. I’m the champion. They will crown a new champion, but I’m the real champion and everybody knows that.”
According to Palhares, who recently experienced the birth of his first son, Christian, back in February, being a father has already made him a better man and he will prove he has changed when he does eventually make his competitive MMA return.
“It made me become a better person right away. When he was born, I felt I’m a better person already. I started thinking what I did wrong, learned with my mistakes. I will come back better than everyone imagines.
“I will do everything I can to show I have changed, that I’m not the same guy, and everything will be alright. After a storm comes a calm.”
As announced earlier this week, two title matches will be headlining WSOF 30 on April 2nd, as David Branch puts his WSOF Middleweight title on the line against Clifford Starks in the main event, while Jon Fitch and Joao Zeferino will battle it out for the vacant WSOF Welterweight title.
Rousimar Palhares, the former WSOF Welterweight Champion who was stripped of his title and suspended for two years by the Nevada State Athletic Commission following the controversy stemming from his fight with Jake Shields in late August, spoke with MMAFighting.com recently about the Fitch-Zeferino bout being contested for the title he never lost in the cage.
“I will root for Jon Fitch, but everybody knows I’m the real champion. The whole world knows that. That’s what matters to me. I will try to fix the mistakes I might have done. I will fix that, but I’m the real champion.
“I won the title and defended it. I’m the champion no matter what. I have the belt here at home. I’m the champion. They will crown a new champion, but I’m the real champion and everybody knows that.”
According to Palhares, who recently experienced the birth of his first son, Christian, back in February, being a father has already made him a better man and he will prove he has changed when he does eventually make his competitive MMA return.
“It made me become a better person right away. When he was born, I felt I’m a better person already. I started thinking what I did wrong, learned with my mistakes. I will come back better than everyone imagines.
“I will do everything I can to show I have changed, that I’m not the same guy, and everything will be alright. After a storm comes a calm.”
World Series Of Fighting recently finalized the complete main card lineup scheduled for their WSOF 30 event in Las Vegas next month.
Scheduled for April 2nd, WSOF 30 will feature two title matches in the main and co-main event slots. WSOF Middleweig…
World Series Of Fighting recently finalized the complete main card lineup scheduled for their WSOF 30 event in Las Vegas next month.
Scheduled for April 2nd, WSOF 30 will feature two title matches in the main and co-main event slots. WSOF Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion David Branch (17-3) will be defending his 185-pound title against Clifford Starks (13-2) in the featured attraction, while former UFC title contender Jon Fitch (27-7-1, 1 NC) will meet Joao Zeferino (20-7) in the co-main event of the evening for the vacant WSOF Welterweight title.
Also scheduled for the four-fight telecast on NBC Sports Network is a light heavyweight bout between Vinny Magalhaes (13-7) and Jake Heun (9-4), and a welterweight match featuring Abu Azaitar (11-1-1) and Danny Davis, Jr (11-10-1).
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“Can somebody beat him up for me, please?”
Aside from a genuine, non-ironic “talk to the hand” that I had no idea people still said, that was all that Vitor Belfort had to say to reporters during the post-fight press conference last night about the elephant in the room. And frankly, I’m not going to add much else about it, either. You couldn’t talk to many fans – or even the fighters involved – about this fight without engaging in a lengthy discussion about drug usage. Naturally, Belfort winning the fight only intensified these discussions, as though there should be an asterisk next to the W on his record.
In many ways, the elephant in the room seemed to overshadow the actual fight between Belfort and Rockhold. That’s tragic, considering what we were treated to.
I won’t write that Belfort’s chemical wizardry is completely meaningless in a fight; if it was, he wouldn’t bother with it. But attributing the absolutely brilliant spinning kick that ended this fight – and made a strong case for Knockout of the Year for this year’s Potato Awards – to a loaded syringe is just as laughably misinformed. Belfort was Rockhold’s first true test, and The Phenom simply proved to be too much for him.
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“Can somebody beat him up for me, please?”
Aside from a genuine, non-ironic “talk to the hand” that I had no idea people still said, that was all that Vitor Belfort had to say to reporters during the post-fight press conference last night about the elephant in the room. And frankly, I’m not going to add much else about it, either. You couldn’t talk to many fans – or even the fighters involved – about this fight without engaging in a lengthy discussion about drug usage. Naturally, Belfort winning the fight only intensified these discussions, as though there should be an asterisk next to the W on his record.
In many ways, the elephant in the room seemed to overshadow the actual fight between Belfort and Rockhold. That’s tragic, considering what we were treated to.
I won’t write that Belfort’s chemical wizardry is completely meaningless in a fight; if it was, he wouldn’t bother with it. But attributing the absolutely brilliant spinning kick that ended this fight – and made a strong case for Knockout of the Year for this year’s Potato Awards – to a loaded syringe is just as laughably misinformed. Belfort was Rockhold’s first true test, and The Phenom simply proved to be too much for him.
Still, I wouldn’t be as optimistic about the idea of Belfort taking on the winner of Silva vs. Weidman as some people are being. Does Belfort deserve to fight the winner? Absolutely. But there’s a reason the UFC danced around the issue during the post-fight press conference, and yes, that reason is related to the same elephant in the room that overshadowed this fight. I’ll put it this way: If Silva wins, hosting a rematch against Belfort in Brazil makes sense. If Weidman wins? Not so much, and hosting Weidman vs. Belfort in the United States is playing with fire, as far as NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer is concerned.
Elsewhere on the card…
– The co-main event pitted former Strikeforce champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza against last-minute replacement Chris Camozzi. Most of us dismissed this fight as little more than a bump in the road for Jacare, and most of us were correct in doing so.
Okay, that might be a little too harsh. Camozzi deserves a ton of credit for even accepting this fight on short notice, let alone for putting up the fight that he did. But Jacare is just that much better than Camozzi, and without much time to prepare, Camozzi was little more than a slightly-resistant grappling dummy. It’s a thrill to watch Jacare’s ground game, and hopefully we’ll get to see him test it against the deep end of the division soon.
– Here goes nothing: Did I think Dunham won? Yes. But did he get “ROBBED!!!!” in an unforgivably biased decision? No. This fight wasn’t under Stockton Rules – the blood on the face of dos Anjos shouldn’t affect your opinion on who won the fight. I personally think dos Anjos won round one, Dunham won round two, and the third round – although I gave it to Dunham – could have gone either way. It wasn’t a robbery, it was a very close fight that arguably deserved Fight of the Night honors. There’s a big difference between the two.
– Rafael Natal defeated Joao Zeferino. Zerefino was completely spent by the second round, and Natal couldn’t have given less of a fuck while in the cage with him. Not in the fun “I’m going to throw a bunch of spinning stuff because whatever you can’t stop me” way, but in the “Mir vs. Cro Cop: someone has to win, I guess” way. Move along people, there’s nothing to see here.
– I’m willing to bet that you didn’t watch the Fight of the Night winning scrap between Lucas Martins and Jeremy Larsen that kicked off the Facebook preliminaries. That’s a shame, because you missed a great fight. This wasn’t a technical masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, it was a downright brawl that saw Larsen control the first two rounds before walking into a devastating punch from Martins just thirteen seconds into the final round. It sucks to lose like that, but the $50,000 both fighters took home probably numbs the pain a bit.
– Submission of the Night went to Jacare, and Knockout of the Night went to Belfort. All bonuses were worth $50,000.
Full Results:
Main Card:
Vitor Belfort def. Luke Rockhold via KO (spinning heel kick and punches), 2:32 of Round One
Ronaldo Souza def. Chris Camozzi via technical submission (arm triangle choke), 3:37 of Round One
Rafael dos Anjos def. Evan Dunham via Unanimous Decision
Rafael Natal def. Joao Zeferino via Unanimous Decision
Preliminary card:
Nik Lentz def. Hacran Dias via Unanimous Decision
Francisco Trinaldo def. Mike Rio via submission (arm triangle choke), 3:08 of Round One
Gleison Tibau def. John Cholish via submission (guillotine choke), 2:34 of Round Two
Paulo Thiago def. Michel Prazeres via Unanimous Decision
Yuri Alcantara def. Iliarde Santos via TKO (punches), 2:31 of Round One
Fabio Maldonado def. Roger Hollett Unanimous Decision
John Lineker def. Azamat Gashimov via TKO (punches), 1:07 of Round Two
Jussier Formiga def. Chris Cariaso via Unanimous Decision
Lucas Martins def. Jeremy Larsen via KO (punch), 0:13 of Round Three