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Michael Chiesa Appeals Controversial Submission Loss to Kevin Lee

Michael Chiesa isn’t accepting his submission loss to Kevin Lee at UFC Fight Night 112. In fact, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight has appealed the defeat with the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission (OSAC). The controversy lies in the fact that Chiesa didn’t tap or pass out while being locked in a rear-naked choke. MMAFighting.com obtained […]

Michael Chiesa isn’t accepting his submission loss to Kevin Lee at UFC Fight Night 112. In fact, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight has appealed the defeat with the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission (OSAC). The controversy lies in the fact that Chiesa didn’t tap or pass out while being locked in a rear-naked choke. MMAFighting.com obtained […]

UFC Fight Night 112 Salaries: BJ Penn Makes Bank

The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission released the UFC Fight Night 112 salaries on Tuesday. A lightweight bout between Michael Chiesa ($88,000) and Kevin Lee ($36,000) headlined this event. Johny Hendricks ($100,000) vs. Tim Boetsch ($134,000) in a middleweight bout served as the co-main event. Rounding out the main card was Felice Herrig ($50,000) vs. Justine […]

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The Oklahoma State Athletic Commission released the UFC Fight Night 112 salaries on Tuesday.

A lightweight bout between Michael Chiesa ($88,000) and Kevin Lee ($36,000) headlined this event. Johny Hendricks ($100,000) vs. Tim Boetsch ($134,000) in a middleweight bout served as the co-main event. Rounding out the main card was Felice Herrig ($50,000) vs. Justine Kish ($14,000) in a strawweight bout, Joachim Christensen ($16,000) vs. Dominick Reyes ($24,000) in a light heavyweight bout, Tim Means ($78,000) vs. Alex Garcia ($31,000) in a welterweight bout, and BJ Penn ($150,000) vs. Dennis Siver ($78,000) in a featherweight bout.

The full payouts include:

Kevin Lee: $88,000 (includes $44,000 win bonus) def. Michael Chiesa $36,000

Tim Boetsch: $134,000 (includes $67,000 win bonus) def. Johny Hendricks $100,000

Felice Herrig: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus) def. Justine Kish $14,000

Dominick Reyes: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Joachim Christensen $16,000

Tim Means: $78,000 (includes $39,000 win bonus) def. Alex Garcia $31,000

Dennis Siever: $78,000 (includes $39,000 win bonus) def. B.J. Penn: $150,000

Clay Guida: $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus) def. Erik Koch: $24,000

Marvin Vettori: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Vitor Miranda: $18,000

Carla Esparza: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus) def. Maryna Moroz: $23,000

Darrell Horcher: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Devin Powell: $10,000

Jared Gordon: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus) def. Michael Quinones: $10,000

Tony Martin: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus) def. Johnny Case: $23,000

Jeremy Kimball: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Josh Stansbury: $12,000

UFC Fight Night 112 took place on Saturday, June 25, 2017 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The prelims aired on UFC Fight Pass at 5:30 p.m. ET and FOX Sports 1 at 7 p.m. ET. The main card aired on FOX Sports 1 at 9 p.m. ET.

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UFC Fight Night 112 Medical Suspensions: Six Fighters Face Long Layoff

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC Fight Night 112, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. A lightweight bout between Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee headlined this event. Johny Hendricks vs. Tim Boetsch in a middleweight bout served […]

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With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC Fight Night 112, it’s their time to faces those consequences in the form of medical suspensions.

A lightweight bout between Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee headlined this event. Johny Hendricks vs. Tim Boetsch in a middleweight bout served as the co-main event. Rounding out the main card was Felice Herrig vs. Justine Kish in a strawweight bout, Joachim Christensen vs. Dominick Reyes in a light heavyweight bout, Tim Means vs. Alex Garcia in a welterweight bout, and BJ Penn vs. Dennis Siver in a featherweight bout.

Some of the more notable suspensions include Michael Chiesa being suspended 180 days due to a possible left-shoulder injury, Tim Boetsch out for 180 days due to possible right-foot and shin injuries and Felice Herrig being out 180 days due to a possible left-wrist injury.

Here are the entire medical suspensions:

Michael Chiesa: suspended 180 days due to a possible left-shoulder injury, though a doctor can clear him early; regardless, 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to a scalp laceration

Tim Boetsch: suspended 180 days due to possible right-foot and shin injuries, though a doctor can clear him early

Johny Hendricks: suspended for 30 days with no contact for 21 days for precautionary reasons

Felice Herrig: suspended 180 days due to a possible left-wrist injury, though a doctor can clear him early; regardless, 30 days with no contact for 21 days for precautionary reasons

Justine Kish: suspended for 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to a left-eyebrow laceration

Joachim Christensen: suspended for 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons

B.J. Penn: suspended for 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons

Marvin Vettori: suspended for 30 days with no contact for 21 days for precautionary reasons

Vitor Miranda: suspended 180 days due to a possible right-ankle injury, though a doctor can clear him early; regardless, 30 days with no contact for 21 days due to left-ear and nasal lacerations

Devin Powell: suspended 180 days due to possible left-ankle injury, though a doctor can clear him early

Michel Quinones: suspended for 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons

Johnny Case: suspended 180 days due to a possible hand, foot/ankle and nose injuries, though a doctor can clear him early; regardless, 60 days with no contact for 45 days due to a left-orbital laceration

Tony Martin: suspended for 30 days with no contact for 21 days for precautionary reasons

Josh Stansbury: suspended for 45 days with no contact for 30 days for precautionary reasons

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Michael Chiesa Says Mario Yamasaki Shouldn’t Officiate Again

UFC Fight Night 112 wasn’t without controversy. Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee did battle in the main event of UFC Fight Night 112 in Oklahoma City. Lee locked in a rear-naked choke in the opening round. Referee Mario Yamasaki called a stop to the bout despite the fact that Chiesa didn’t tap or pass out. […]

UFC Fight Night 112 wasn’t without controversy. Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee did battle in the main event of UFC Fight Night 112 in Oklahoma City. Lee locked in a rear-naked choke in the opening round. Referee Mario Yamasaki called a stop to the bout despite the fact that Chiesa didn’t tap or pass out. […]

Fallout: Chokes, Referees, and Kevin Lee, Tony Ferguson Talking Major Trash

UFC Fight Night 112 saw some major controversy in the main event. The fight between Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee was anticipated to be a high stakes game between two fighters hoping to enter title contention with a win Sunday night. But instead of everyone speaking on how great the main event was, everyone is talking about Mario Yamasaki’s supposed “flub.”

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UFC Fight Night 112 saw some major controversy in the main event. The fight between Michael Chiesa and Kevin Lee was anticipated to be a high stakes game between two fighters hoping to enter title contention with a win Sunday night. But instead of everyone speaking on how great the main event was, everyone is talking about Mario Yamasaki’s supposed “flub.”

Watch the fight the first time around, it appeared that Michael Chiesa was still conscious and willing to continue his grudge match again Kevin Lee. Yamasaki intervened and called the fight which seemed to many observers to be an early stoppage. Here’s the thing about being a ref: it’s an absolutely thankless job. No one appreciates what these refs have to go through with each and every fight they have to call. The thing about this fight was that it was apparent in multiple viewings that Michael Chiesa was on his way to blacking out completely.

The choke was locked in tight, there was thirty plus seconds left, Lee was cranking his choke and Chiesa’s arms went limp, eyes fading and rolling back into his head, a clear response from a blood choke rather than a wind choke. With Yamasaki on top of the action he had the best view out of anyone present. Rather than letting Chiesa go out like a “warrior” Yamasaki instead stopped the match. Sure, we want fighters to be given a chance at victory, at accomplishing the goals they’ve been obsessed with for weeks of training. Problem is that their ego can get in the way of their health at times and that’s what the refs are there for. As a result we have an angry fighter, angry fans, and people cursing the ref for his utter stupidity. Funny thing is, while the tough call may not be the most popular, Yamasaki had a job to do, did what he thought was right and shouldn’t be demonized for it.

On a side note, I never knew I wanted a Kevin Lee versus Tony Ferguson fight before last night. Ferguson congratulated Lee like a true class act, but the brash Detroit native took things a different way. In true McGregor form, Lee wasted no time in his additional time on television as he relegated the rest of the lightweight division as chumps and potentially set up a match between himself and Ferguson.

It was entertaining as hell and is just the kind of thing you want to see if you’re the UFC. Two personalities clashing making for a potentially exciting grudge match in the cage. It’ll sell and at the end of the day this sport is a business. Dollars and cents rule the day and Kevin Lee is setting himself up nicely to start making a nice profit.

What are your biggest takeaways from UFC Fight Night 112?

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Dana White Destroys Mario Yamasaki Along With Michael Chiesa

The mixed martial arts world is collectively in a minor upheaval today over Mario Yamasaki’s puzzling, controversial decision to call off the Kevin Lee vs. Michael Chiesa main event at last night’s (Sun., June 25, 2017) UFC Fight Night 112 from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it’s hard to argue they don’t have a legitimate gripe in the […]

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The mixed martial arts world is collectively in a minor upheaval today over Mario Yamasaki’s puzzling, controversial decision to call off the Kevin Lee vs. Michael Chiesa main event at last night’s (Sun., June 25, 2017) UFC Fight Night 112 from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and it’s hard to argue they don’t have a legitimate gripe in the very least.

The headlining fight was playing out at a furious pace in the one round it lasted, with No. 11-ranked Lee using seamless grappling transitions and positional advantages to dominate No. 6-ranked Chiesa in his perceived area of strength. The controversy came when Lee locked up a tight rear-naked choke that Chiesa got out of only to see Lee switch his grip and sink in another variant of the often-used maneuver.

It appeared Chiesa was in big trouble with around 30 seconds remaining this time, and may have been only seconds until he did indeed pass out from the hold. But Yamasaki stepped in to call off the bout despite Chiesa never tapping out. He also wasn’t passed out, as “Maverick” immediately got up to his feet coherently to argue the finish. He spoke forcefully out against Yamasaki’s decision in a post-fight interview, and was soon joined by a longtime Yamasaki detractor in UFC President White, who tore into the official on Instagram:

White brutalized Yamasaki not only by calling him “Mario Mazzagatti” in reference to fellow blasted MMA ref Steve Mazzagatti, but also copying Chiesa by saying Yamasaki was more conerned with making his heart symbol for the cameras than actually refereeing the fight:

“Mario Mazzagatti does it again!!! This guy is more concerned with doing this dumb ass heart bullshit then Ref’n the fight!!! Steals a great moment from Lee or let Mike fight it or tap. Nobody gives a shit that u can make a heart with ur hands like a 12 year old girl they want u to pay attention to what’s going on in the fight and do ur job.”

White has come under vast criticism for his perceived bullying of UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and his overall tendency to say one thing before the opposite proves true, but in this instance, he may actually have a point from a source of truth despite the brutal and perhaps even somewhat childish fashion in which he criticized Yamasaki.

The longtime referee has been nothing less than extremely all over the place in his decisions when to stop a fight, as he allows contests like Derrick Lewis vs. Travis Browne to continue when one fighter is clearly knocked out and unable to defend, but then calls off a main event bout when a fighter is in trouble but not out.

And a certain lost aspect of this unfortunate result is that the surging Lee’s best performance will be sullied by controversy. Chiesa could have got out, yes, but it looked like it was more likely that Lee was about to secure his biggest-ever victory over a top 10-ranked lightweight in dominant fashion. Yamasaki should have let it play out how it was going to, regardless of result. Caring about one fighter’s health too much, if that is what happened, makes little sense when you allow another to east an insane amount of unnecessary punishment.

Lee’s win is now clouded, and Chiesa is justifiably calling out for a rematch. Based on White’s hardline stance on well, almost everything, however, Chiesa may just have to aceept White agreeing with him and get back to training camp for his next match.

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