UFC 120 Live Blog: John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle Updates

Filed under: UFCThis is the UFC 120 live blog for John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle, a welterweight bout on tonight’s Spike TV event from the O2 Arena in London, England.

The undefeated Brit John Hathaway (14-0) has already won four in the Octagon including…

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This is the UFC 120 live blog for John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle, a welterweight bout on tonight’s Spike TV event from the O2 Arena in London, England.

The undefeated Brit John Hathaway (14-0) has already won four in the Octagon including a win over Diego Sanchez. His next challenge is a veteran out of Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, Mike Pyle.

The live blog is below.

UFC 120: Mike Pyle Overpowers John Hathaway

Filed under: UFC, NewsThe previously undefeated young British fighter John Hathaway was all ready to put on a show in front of the British fans Saturday at UFC 120. But Mike Pyle had other ideas.

Pyle thoroughly whipped Hathaway for 15 minutes, taking…

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The previously undefeated young British fighter John Hathaway was all ready to put on a show in front of the British fans Saturday at UFC 120. But Mike Pyle had other ideas.

Pyle thoroughly whipped Hathaway for 15 minutes, taking him down and controlling him on the ground to win a lopsided unanimous decision.



Mike Pyle Says John Hathaway Never Had a Chance

While some fans on this side “of the pond” bemoaned last night’s UFC 120 card saying it was weak, for British fans, who, let’s not forget were the ones, you know, actually paying to attend the London event, it featured several of their beloved stars. Michael Bisping and Dan Hardy are already two of the […]

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While some fans on this side “of the pond” bemoaned last night’s UFC 120 card saying it was weak, for British fans, who, let’s not forget were the ones, you know, actually paying to attend the London event, it featured several of their beloved stars. Michael Bisping and Dan Hardy are already two of the country’s biggest names, love em or hate em, while  John Hathaway has been in hot pursuit (walking through Diego Sanchez certainly didn’t hurt).

Of course, while Bisping outscored Yoshihiro Akiyama for the UD win, the other two British studs didn’t fair too well. Hardy got KTFO by Carlos Condit, and Hathaway, well, the formerly undefeated welterweight ended up getting schooled by the veteran Mike Pyle big time. Hathaway was a heavy favorite to take out Pyle, and after hearing some of the Xtreme Couture fighter’s post fight comments, we’re thinking maybe that was bothering him just a wee little bit (comment via the official UFC site).

“Everything Hathaway’s good at I’m better and tonight I was able to prove that. I knew that coming into this fight my wrestling was better; I knew that my hands were better. I hurt him a few times in the fight; I had him hooked up in some things that nobody’s been hooked up in the UFC, beaten on in the UFC. From my shorts at the weigh-ins, to “Born in the USA” coming out, I just rubbed it in their face and on top of that I smashed their number one boy that they thought was unstoppable. He never had a chance tonight, not for one second.”

Wow. If you threw some money down on Pyle last night, enjoy.

Video Evidence: A Smattering of Final UFC 120 Hype

(We ain’t saying no names, but it looks like somebody’s ready for UFC 120. PicProps: SBNation. Vid Interview Props: YouTube/Kimurase. DanaVlog Props: YouTube/UFC)
While some CagePotato editors are lying low until the heat dies down, our trusted Swedi…


(We ain’t saying no names, but it looks like somebody’s ready for UFC 120. PicProps: SBNation. Vid Interview Props: YouTube/Kimurase. DanaVlog Props: YouTube/UFC)

While some CagePotato editors are lying low until the heat dies down, our trusted Swedish affiliates at Kimura.se were on the scene in London in the days leading up to UFC 120. See, we’ve got people everywhere. Mad props to Kimura for serving up the collection of semi-exclusive prefight interviews that are after the jump, especially since they slapped our logo on them and everything (right there next to OrcBite.com, which feels pretty special). Find out how Mike Pyle has embraced the role of heel against hometown favorite John Hathaway this weekend, how Greg Jackson prepared Yoshihiro Akiyama for Mike Bisping and what Travis Browne plans to do to Cheick Kongo. Also, hear from Cyrille Diabate, Paul Kelly (who fights Godzirra at UFC 123) and Jon Jones, who as of yesterday still sounded pretty sure he was going to fight Ryan Bader next.

For good measure, we even tossed Dana White’s third UFC 120 video blog on the bottom. Even in the worst of times, we still show love. Tune in to see Big DW get exasperated when his own fighters keep predicting a slew of decisions for tonight’s fight card. It ain’t always easy being the most powerful man in MMA, people …

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Unbeaten Hathaway Hopes to Continue Quiet Climb up Welterweight Division

Filed under: UFCFor all the attributes John Hathaway has, it sometimes seems as though he could stand to have a little more British brashness.

Sitting alongside fellow countrymen Michael Bisping and Dan Hardy during a recent UFC 120 press conference,…

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For all the attributes John Hathaway has, it sometimes seems as though he could stand to have a little more British brashness.

Sitting alongside fellow countrymen Michael Bisping and Dan Hardy during a recent UFC 120 press conference, Hathaway seemed almost out of place. Quietly, with little fanfare or notice, Hathaway has surged towards a ranking in the world’s top 10 welterweights.

He’s not quite there yet, but at just 23 years old, he’s getting close.



Mike Pyle Disappointed With UFC Career, Promises to Showcase Skills at UFC 120

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosLONDON — MMA Fighting caught up with UFC 120’s Mike Pyle on Wednesday to talk about his upcoming fight against John Hathaway, why he isn’t blown away by the young prospect, the pressure Hathaway …

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LONDON — MMA Fighting caught up with UFC 120‘s Mike Pyle on Wednesday to talk about his upcoming fight against John Hathaway, why he isn’t blown away by the young prospect, the pressure Hathaway has to deal with fighting at home and why he hasn’t been happy with his UFC career thus far.