(“Remember guys, Uberlandia is the most densely-populated man-made island turned garbage dump turned low-income housing development in the entire state of Minas Gerais, so let’s give these half-humanoid mutants a kickass show, okay?” / Photo via MMAJunkie)
Note: Due to the McCall-Lineker cancellation, our man Alex Giardini will be providing a play-by-play for only the main event, and filling in results and GIF-links for everything else, saving you from the hassle of watching a likely garbage-ass South American card that’s sure to go past your bedtime. We’re taking the bullet for this one, because we love you so much.
The FOX Sports 1 main card kicks off at 10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT, so follow us after the jump, refresh the page every few minutes for all the latest results, and toss in your own thoughts in the comments section or on twitter @cagepotatomma. Thanks for coming.
(“Remember guys, Uberlandia is the most densely-populated man-made island turned garbage dump turned low-income housing development in the entire state of Minas Gerais, so let’s give these half-humanoid mutants a kickass show, okay?” / Photo via MMAJunkie)
Note: Due to the McCall-Lineker cancellation, our man Alex Giardini will be providing a play-by-play for only the main event, and filling in results and GIF-links for everything else, saving you from the hassle of watching a likely garbage-ass South American card that’s sure to go past your bedtime. We’re taking the bullet for this one, because we love you so much.
The FOX Sports 1 main card kicks off at 10:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. PT, so follow us after the jump, refresh the page every few minutes for all the latest results, and toss in your own thoughts in the comments section or on twitter @cagepotatomma. Thanks for coming.
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 56 PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS
– Diego Rivas def. Rodolfo Rubio via unanimous decision (30-27×3)
– Caio Magalhaes def. Trevor Smith via knockout (punches) 0:31 of round one – GIF *
– Leandro Silva def. Charlie Brenneman via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:15 of round one
– Thomas Almeida def. Tim Gorman via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27×2)
– Colby Covington def. Wagner Silva via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:26 of round three
* Lots to the back of the head, huh?
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 56 MAIN CARD RESULTS
– Warlley Alves vs. Alan Jouban
– Cláudio Silva vs. Leon Edwards
– Dhiego Lima vs. Jorge Oliveira
– Juliana Lima vs. Nina Ansaroff
The UFC made an announcement about McCall’s condition earlier this morning, stating that McCall had “taken ill” after the weigh ins in Brazil and withdrew as a result.
There is no replacement for McCall, so Lineker just won’t fight and Alan Jouban vs. Warlley Alves will be upgraded to co-main event.
The UFC made an announcement about McCall’s condition earlier this morning, stating that McCall had “taken ill” after the weigh ins in Brazil and withdrew as a result.
There is no replacement for McCall, so Lineker just won’t fight and Alan Jouban vs. Warlley Alves [Ed’s note: LOL who are these guys?] will be upgraded to co-main event.
MMAJunkie claimed McCall’s infection was viral and it was severe enough to land McCall in the hospital last night.
And as Junkie noted, McCall admitted to being sick before he left for Brazil.
“I probably shouldn’t say this, but I just got my blood work back, my white blood cell count is through the roof,” he told MMA Weekly’s Majority Radio. “I’m sick, over-trained, or whatever it may be.”
Honestly, this sucks. It sucks because we legitimately wanted to see how this fight would play out — especially since McCall taunted Lineker, who missed weight his first attempt, at the weigh-ins by taking an extra-long swig of whatever drink it was he was using to rehydrate. It also sucks because now UFC Fight Night 56 is that much less powerful.
While you can’t necessarily provide a full judgement of a fight card before you watch it, you can at least provide an on-paper judgement. And on paper, this card just got a whole lot worse. Anyone who recognizes all the names gets a free XXL CagePotato t-shirt [Ed’s note: Not really].
Here’s the full card, in case you forgot:
Main card
Ovince Saint Preux vs. Mauricio Rua
Alan Jouban vs. Warlley Alves
Leon Edwards vs. Claudio Silva
Jorge de Oliveira vs. Dhiego Lima
Nina Ansaroff vs. Juliana Lima
Preliminary card
Rodolfo Rubio vs. Diego Rivas
Trevor Smith vs. Caio Magalhaes
Charlie Brenneman vs. Leandro Silva
Tim Gorman vs. Thomas Almeida
Colby Covington vs. Wagner Silva
“Missed weight, eh buddy? Gotta cut another three-fifths of a pound? Sucks, man. You must be super thirsty right now, huh? Dehydrated? That’s just the pits. Anyway, I’m gonna go ahead and chug this coconut water in front of you. Damn that’s good, better have a little more. Yeah, that’s the stuff right there. Welp, good luck in the sauna bro.”
LMAO…props to Ian McCall for a truly classic dick-move.
“Missed weight, eh buddy? Gotta cut another three-fifths of a pound? Sucks, man. You must be super thirsty right now, huh? Dehydrated? That’s just the pits. Anyway, I’m gonna go ahead and chug this coconut water in front of you. Damn that’s good, better have a little more. Yeah, that’s the stuff right there. Welp, good luck in the sauna bro.”
LMAO…props to Ian McCall for a truly classic dick-move.
That’s not quite as bad when Lineker weighed in at 127 pounds for his Octagon debut at UFC on FOX 3, or when he weighed in at 129 pounds before UFC 163, or when he weighed in at 128 pounds before UFC Fight Night 30, but still dude, get it together for God’s sake. Lineker also missed weight on his first attempt before UFC 169, but made it on his second try. Maybe the same thing will happen today and he won’t be responsible for a fourth catchweight fight in the UFC. We’ll update you after LOLineker‘s final appearance on the scale.
Update: Lineker made 126 pounds on his second try. But that’s five times out of eight UFC weigh-ins where Lineker hasn’t hit the mark on his first attempt — a 37.5% success rate. Not the kind of stat you want to be known for.
Full UFC Fight Night 56 weigh-in results are after the jump…
That’s not quite as bad when Lineker weighed in at 127 pounds for his Octagon debut at UFC on FOX 3, or when he weighed in at 129 pounds before UFC 163, or when he weighed in at 128 pounds before UFC Fight Night 30, but still dude, get it together for God’s sake. Lineker also missed weight on his first attempt before UFC 169, but made it on his second try. Maybe the same thing will happen today and he won’t be responsible for a fourth catchweight fight in the UFC. We’ll update you after LOLineker‘s final appearance on the scale.
Update: Lineker made 126 pounds on his second try. But that’s five times out of eight UFC weigh-ins where Lineker hasn’t hit the mark on his first attempt — a 37.5% success rate. Not the kind of stat you want to be known for.
Full UFC Fight Night 56 weigh-in results are after the jump…
Mauricio Rua (206) vs. Ovince St. Preux (205)
Ian McCall (126) vs. John Lineker (126)
Warlley Alves (171) vs. Alan Jouban (171)
Claudio Henrique da Silva (171) vs. Leon Edwards (170)
Juliana de Lima Carneiro (115) vs. Nina Ansaroff (116)
Diego Rivas (146) vs. Rodolfo Rubio Perez (145)
Caio Magalhaes (186) vs. Trevor Smith (186)
Dhiego Lima (170) vs. Jorge Antonio Cezario de Oliveira (170)
Leandro Silva (156) vs. Charlie Brenneman (156)
Thomas Almeida (136) vs. Tim Gorman (135)
Colby Covington (170) vs. Wagner Silva Gomes (170)
(So *that’s* what Amir’s been up to these past few years? That poor, poor man…)
You might not know this, but the UFC needs to book a fight approximately every 3.5 seconds in order to pull off hosting as many cards as it does these days. And with fighters going down to injury every 5-6 seconds, the UFC is all but forced to inflate its already bloated roster (or keep somefighters around way, way too long) with less than experienced fighters to make up the difference. Hence, Royston Wee.
In the past 12 hours, a half dozen or so fights have been booked for just these reasons. Most of them promise to be entertaining affairs. Some of them, not so much. Hence, gifs. Let’s get started.
Although not officially confirmed, it looks like we will finally see “The Korean Zombie” return to the octagon for the first time since being broken to pieces in his four round smash-up with Jose Aldo at UFC 163. According to reports, Jung will face TUF 14 alum and Swedish native Akira Corassani at Fight Night 53 on October 4th.
Corassani has also had a rough go of things lately — back in November, he scored a victory via DQ against Maximo Blanco at the TUF 18 Finale when a blitzkrieg of illegal knees rendered him unable to continue. He was then legally smashed up by Dustin Poirier in the second round of a back-and-forth, “Fight of the Night”-earning effort at the TUF Nations Finale. At the very minimum, someone is going to have something broken in this fight, which makes this ranking obvious:
(So *that’s* what Amir’s been up to these past few years? That poor, poor man…)
You might not know this, but the UFC needs to book a fight approximately every 3.5 seconds in order to pull off hosting as many cards as it does these days. And with fighters going down to injury every 5-6 seconds, the UFC is all but forced to inflate its already bloated roster (or keep somefighters around way, way too long) with less than experienced fighters to make up the difference. Hence, Royston Wee.
In the past 12 hours, a half dozen or so fights have been booked for just these reasons. Most of them promise to be entertaining affairs. Some of them, not so much. Hence, gifs. Let’s get started.
Although not officially confirmed, it looks like we will finally see “The Korean Zombie” return to the octagon for the first time since being broken to pieces in his four round smash-up with Jose Aldo at UFC 163. According to reports, Jung will face TUF 14 alum and Swedish native Akira Corassani at Fight Night 53 on October 4th.
Corassani has also had a rough go of things lately — back in November, he scored a victory via DQ against Maximo Blanco at the TUF 18 Finale when a blitzkrieg of illegal knees rendered him unable to continue. He was then legally smashed up by Dustin Poirier in the second round of a back-and-forth, “Fight of the Night”-earning effort at the TUF Nations Finale. At the very minimum, someone is going to have something broken in this fight, which makes this ranking obvious:
Speaking of long layoffs, Amir Sadollah had probably spent more time nursing injuries over the past…entirety of his UFC career than he has been competing. He hasn’t fought since dropping a decision to Dan Hardy in September of 2012 and has dropped two of his past three overall, but thanks to Kyle Noke going down with an injury of his own, the TUF 7 winner’s return has been bumped up from October 4th (where he was scheduled to face Nico Muskoke) to September 20th at Fight Night 52: Nelson vs. Hunt.
Sadollah will be facing none other than Yoshihiro Akiyama, who himself has not fought since 2012 and has dropped his past 4 fights in a row. This fight should probably not be ranked above Jung vs. Corassani, but it’s my list and I’ll be damned if any of you are going to put a damper my chance to see some sweet Judo throws. Ranking:
One one hand, both Caraway and Assuncao have been on absolute killing sprees as of late, with the former picking up submission wins in 4 of his last 5 contests and the latter being the last man to defeat current bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw. On the other, seeing Caraway’s face on my television screen not only reminds me of what a class-A douche he seems to be at times, but of the fact that win or lose, he gets to come home to this. God damn you, Caraway, you lucky son of a B. Ranking:
With Demian Maia injured, Canadian prospect Jordan Mein has agreed to step in on late notice in the co-main event of Fight Night 49 on August 23rd to take on journeyman Mike Pyle. Both guys recently bounced back from TKO losses to Matt Brown in 2013 with a decision win over Hernani Perpétuo and a third round TKO over TJ Waldburger, respectively. While a win won’t exactly place either in line for a title shot, Mein and Pyle are highly entertaining fighters with excellent gas tanks, solid submission skills, and knockout power. Not a bad fight at all, especially for an injury replacement. Ranking:
According to MMAFighting, the UFC is eyeing a #1 flyweight contender bout between Ian McCall and John Lineker for the end of the year at an event TBD. It will mark quite a turnaround for “Uncle Creepy”, who started his UFC career with a draw and back-to-back losses before stringing together his current two-fight win streak via unanimous decisions over Iliarde Santos and Brad Pickett.
Linker, on the other hand, has scored TKO victories in five of his past six bouts, most recently bouncing back from a defeat to Ali Bagautinov in their #1 contender bout at UFC 169 with a third round TKO over Alptekin Ozkilic in a wild scrap at Fight Night 45. The bout marked just the second occasion Lineker has been able to make weight in his past four contests. Let’s hope he can stay away from the Bis prior to this one, as a fight between these two will likely resemble what its like when I play with toy boats in the bathtub. Ranking:
The UFC needs a high-ranking Swede for their return to Stockholm at Fight Night 53. Gunnar Nelson is one such Swede, and came out relatively unscathed from his second round submission of Zak Cummings back at Fight Night 46 (where he picked up his second “Performance of the Night” award in the process). And maybe it’s just me, but he seems to possess the kind of charisma capable of carrying/promoting the UFC’s second most stacked Fight Night card since two weekends ago. High praise, I know.
His opponent will be Rick Story, who is fresh off a submission win of his own at Fight Night 45 and is easily the most experienced opponent Nelson has faced in his MMA career. His loss via brain juicing at the hands of Demian Maia also proved that he is in fact capable of being submitted, so either way, this should be a great fight that will tell a lot about the future of both fighters. Ranking:
While not yet made official, the UFC is apparently targeting Swanson vs. Edgar to headline Fight Night Sweden. The fight was originally being looked at for December, but with the Stockholm card not yet having a main event, this fight would be perfect. Edgar most recently beat up a geriatric cancer patient in a BJ Penn costume at the TUF 19 Finale and Swanson last put an end to Jeremy Stephens‘ featherweight title run via a unanimous decision win at Fight Night 44 back in June.
Here’s the thing: Fight Night Sweden looks like it will be held on Fight Pass. I cannot tell you how enraged I am at the idea of placing a fight this good on a Fight Pass card in Sweden and not a PPV here in the States. It’s a bitchslap to the UFC’s loyal fanbase is what it is, and the combination of rage and excitement makes this a hard one to accurately gif. But when all else fails, The Wire succeeds, so I’ll just go with this one.
Headliner Donald Cerrone became the fifth UFC fighter in history to earn ten performance bonuses, thanks to his second-round knockout of Jim Miller, which netted him a $50,000 bump for Performance of the Night. Fun fact: Cerrone has earned $610,000 in bonus money during his three-and-a-half-year UFC career…and counting. Check out highlights from Cerrone vs. Miller in the video above. At the 0:38-0:41 mark, Jim Miller tries to recreate Scott Smith vs. Pete Sell and fails. But man, that would have been awesome.
Fight of the Night went to the John Lineker vs. Alptekin Ozkilic flyweight feature, which Lineker won by TKO with nine seconds remaining in the fight. Highlights from that match are after the jump, along with footage from Edson Barboza‘s body-kick TKO of Evan Dunham, Joe Proctor’s gritty win over Justin Salas, and Rick Story‘s squash match submission against Leonardo Mafra.
Headliner Donald Cerrone became the fifth UFC fighter in history to earn ten performance bonuses, thanks to his second-round knockout of Jim Miller, which netted him a $50,000 bump for Performance of the Night. Fun fact: Cerrone has earned $610,000 in bonus money during his three-and-a-half-year UFC career…and counting. Check out highlights from Cerrone vs. Miller in the video above. At the 0:38-0:41 mark, Jim Miller tries to recreate Scott Smith vs. Pete Sell and fails. But man, that would have been awesome.
Fight of the Night went to the John Lineker vs. Alptekin Ozkilic flyweight feature, which Lineker won by TKO with nine seconds remaining in the fight. Highlights from that match are after the jump, along with footage from Edson Barboza‘s body-kick TKO of Evan Dunham, Joe Proctor’s gritty win over Justin Salas, and Rick Story‘s squash match submission against Leonardo Mafra.
