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Sanchez, Kampmann Among UFC on Versus 3 Medical Suspensions

Filed under: UFC, NewsAfter their bloody battle in the main event of UFC on Versus 3 on Thursday, Diego Sanchez and Martin Kampmann will need medical clearance before getting back to work.

The Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Authority confirmed with MM…

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Diego Sanchez and Martin KampmannAfter their bloody battle in the main event of UFC on Versus 3 on Thursday, Diego Sanchez and Martin Kampmann will need medical clearance before getting back to work.

The Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Authority confirmed with MMA Fighting on Monday that Sanchez, who won an instantly controversial unanimous decision, and Kampmann were both given indefinite medical suspensions following their fight. Sanchez needs to have his left orbital cleared by a doctor. Kampmann will need approval given on his right hand.

After the fight, Kampmann said he thought his hand was broken. But he posted on his Twitter feed on Friday that a doctor told him after the fight it was not – meaning his suspension could be lifted in short order.

UFC on Versus 3 Live Blog: Alessio Sakara vs. Chris Weidman Updates

Filed under: UFCLOUISVILLE, Ky. – This is the UFC on Versus 3 live blog for Alessio Sakara vs. Chris Weidman, a middleweight main-card bout at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Ky.

Sakara (15-7, 1 NC, 6-4, 1 NC UFC), who trains at American …

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – This is the UFC on Versus 3 live blog for Alessio Sakara vs. Chris Weidman, a middleweight main-card bout at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Ky.

Sakara (15-7, 1 NC, 6-4, 1 NC UFC), who trains at American Top Team, comes into the bout with a three-fight winning streak. He knocked out James Irvin last March at the UFC’s first Live on Versus card. Sakara has been on the shelf for nearly a year, despite several booked bouts, due to his father’s death, an injury and a bad case of the flu at UFC 122 in November.

Weidman (4-0) is Sakara’s third opponent for the card – Maiquel Falcao and Rafael Natal both pulled out with injuries. An All-American wrestler at Hofstra, Weidman trains with former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra in New York and is Ring of Combat’s middleweight champion.

UFC on Versus 3 Live Blog: CB Dollaway vs. Mark Munoz Updates

Filed under: UFCLOUISVILLE, Ky. – This is the UFC on Versus 3 live blog for CB Dollaway vs. Mark Munoz, the middleweight co-main event at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Ky.

Dollaway (11-2, 5-2 UFC), the runner-up of Season 7 of “The Ulti…

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – This is the UFC on Versus 3 live blog for CB Dollaway vs. Mark Munoz, the middleweight co-main event at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Ky.

Dollaway (11-2, 5-2 UFC), the runner-up of Season 7 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” is riding a three-fight winning streak, including a Submission of the Night bonus against Joe Doerksen at UFC 119 in September. Munoz (9-2, 4-2 UFC) is coming off a decision win over Aaron Simpson at UFC 123 in November.

It’s a battle of elite wrestlers – Dollaway was an All-American at Arizona State; Munoz was an All-American at Oklahoma State.

Mark Munoz Utilizes Newfound Love of Standup Game to Beat CB Dollaway

Filed under: UFCLOUISVILLE, Ky. – Mark Munoz has never been shy about saying his standup is far from the best part of his MMA game – odd for a guy who had finished nearly half his fights courtesy of his hands.

Maybe he’ll start giving them a little m…

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Mark MunozLOUISVILLE, Ky. – Mark Munoz has never been shy about saying his standup is far from the best part of his MMA game – odd for a guy who had finished nearly half his fights courtesy of his hands.

Maybe he’ll start giving them a little more credit now. Thursday night in the co-main event of the UFC on Versus 3 card, Munoz needed just 54 seconds – and three big bombs – to shut down CB Dollaway.

“I’ve been working just strictly on my hands and on my standup,” Munoz said after the fight. “I’ve been working with my coaches, Abel Nunez and Rafael Cordeiro – I know I have power in my hands and if I touch you, you feel it.”

Case of Deja Vu for Brian Bowles in Win Over Damacio Page

Filed under: UFCLOUISVILLE, Ky. – If it had happened in a movie, the details surrounding the finish would’ve been so far-fetched no one would believe it.

After a layoff of nearly one year to the day, Brian Bowles returned to work Thursday night for a…

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Brian BowlesLOUISVILLE, Ky. – If it had happened in a movie, the details surrounding the finish would’ve been so far-fetched no one would believe it.

After a layoff of nearly one year to the day, Brian Bowles returned to work Thursday night for a rematch that even he found to be a bit strange when offered to him. After all, his first fight with Damacio Page, some two and a half years prior, had ended with guillotine submission win for Bowles at 3:30 of the first round.

What more did Bowles need to prove against Page? That he could submit him with a guillotine again? Done. But with the same end time in the first? No. Too crazy to be believable. Except that’s what Bowles did at UFC on Versus 3. Not a bad way to make a UFC debut.

“When I heard (the time) at the end I thought, ‘Man, that sounds familiar,’ ” Bowles said after the win. “It’s a little ironic. I didn’t really catch on until in the back, everyone was telling me it was the same exact time, same submission, same everything – a little weird.”

UFC on Versus 3 Live Blog: Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann Updates

Filed under: UFCLOUISVILLE, Ky. – This is the UFC on Versus 3 live blog for Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann, the welterweight main event at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Ky.

Sanchez snapped a two-fight skid at UFC 121 in October with …

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – This is the UFC on Versus 3 live blog for Diego Sanchez vs. Martin Kampmann, the welterweight main event at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Ky.

Sanchez snapped a two-fight skid at UFC 121 in October with a Fight of the Night unanimous decision win over Paulo Thiago. At the same event, Kampmann (17-4, 8-3 UFC) lost a close split decision to Jake Shields, who earned a shot at champion Georges St-Pierre next month in the process.