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What’s Next for Mark Hunt?

Did I call it, or did I call it? Hunt knocks out Skyscraper in the third round, and best of all he didn’t look half bad doing it. Sure they both looked a little sloppy,.

Did I call it, or did I call it? Hunt knocks out Skyscraper in the third round, and best of all he didn’t look half bad doing it. Sure they both looked a little sloppy, but Hunt is coming off almost a year layoff. What was surprising, was that throw he had on Struve, not to mention the fact that he passed the Skyscrapers guard on multiple occasions. So with this win, we’re left with the question, what’s next for the Super Samoan Mark Hunt? These are some of my ideas.

The winner of JDS vs Overeem: This fight is interesting as it is; whoever wins should be a great test for Mark Hunt. Unfortunately I think JDS is going to win, not that JDS vs Hunt won’t be a great fight, but I think a rematch between two K1 Champions would be amazing. If Overeem somehow wins, then this would be a rematch of an old Pride bout, not to mention there is a little bad blood between the two fighters.

Loser of Velasquez vs Silva: This is a little bit of a longshot seeing that Mark Hunt and Big Foot are training together at ATT. If Silva wins, a match between Cain and Hunt could be interesting; it will really show us if Hunt has worked his defensive wrestling, and it could show us how good Cain’s striking really is. Not to mention the fact that Hunt will probably be ranked around number eight after his win, I don’t think they will give him someone who just fought for the title.

Big Nog: I know, I know, he’s fighting Werdum. If Mark Hunt is okay with waiting a little bit I think this would be a phenomenal fight. This is a fight that should have happened back in Pride, who knows maybe they could do the fight at the Saitama Super Arena too. I think having Hunt ready as an injury replacement for either Nog or Werdum would be a smart plan, seeing how Hunt dismantled Struve who has a good BJJ game, it would be interesting to see him against a high level black belt; which both these men possess.

Shane Carwin: I’m not exactly sure the time frame for Carwin’s return, but this would be sure to be an exciting bout. Both men have granite chins; see Carwin vs JDS or any of Hunt’s K1 fights. I think Shane would probably stand and trade with Hunt, but I’m not sure if that would smart for him. Both men are known to gas a little, so I wouldn’t expect this to go past the second round, especially if this is a five round main event. Win or lose this would be an entertaining fight for the fans.

Let me know what you guys think in the comment section!

– Josh Canada Leduc

Bellator 92 – Featherweight Tournament Semifinal Weigh-in Results

Press Release – Temecula, CA. – The Bellator MMA weigh-ins have been completed from Temecula’s Pechanga Resort and Casino in preparation for Bellator MMA’s March 7th event, which will showcase the Featherweight and Middleweight Tournament Semifinals. Bellator MMA will take place at Pechanga Resort and Casino on Thursday, March 7th with the first fight taking […]

Season Eight Tournament Semifinalists Mike Richman (L) and Alexandre Bezerra (R) staredown at the weigh-ins

Press Release – Temecula, CA. – The Bellator MMA weigh-ins have been completed from Temecula’s Pechanga Resort and Casino in preparation for Bellator MMA’s March 7th event, which will showcase the Featherweight and Middleweight Tournament Semifinals.

Bellator MMA will take place at Pechanga Resort and Casino on Thursday, March 7th with the first fight taking place at 7 p.m. PST and streaming LIVE on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 9 p.m. PST and will air LIVE on Spike TV.

The full results from the Bellator MMA weigh-in are below:

MAIN CARD:

Featherweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Frodo Khasbulaev (145.8) vs. Marlon Sandro (145.8)

Featherweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Alexandre “Popo” Bezerra (146.0) vs. Mike Richman (145.4)

Middleweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Dan Cramer (185.6) vs. Brett Cooper (185.1)

Middleweight Tournament Semifinal Fight: Sultan Aliev (185.8) vs. Doug “Rhino” Marshall (185.1)

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Featherweight Feature Fight: Nick Piedmont (146.0) vs. Cleber Luciano (144.6)

Welterweight Feature Fight: Sabah Homasi (170.6) vs. Ricky Legere (173*

Lightweight Feature Fight: Akop Stepanyan (156.0) vs. Chris Saunders (154.5)

Middleweight Feature Fight: Richard Rigmaden (178.6) vs. Keith Berry (186.0)

Heavyweight Feature Fight: Josh Appelt (247.0) vs. Manny Lara (254.2)

Featherweight Feature Fight: Shad Smith (146.0) vs. Aaron Miller (146.0)

Light Heavyweight Feature Fight: Rocky Ramierz (204.8) vs. Brandon Halsey (205.0)

*Ricky Legere has two hours to make weight.

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Mark Munoz vs. Tim Boetsch Announced For UFC 162, Headliner Plus More Bouts Confirmed

A middleweight bout between Mark ‘The Filipino Wrecking Machine’ Muñoz (12-3) and Tim ‘The Barbarian’ Boetsch (15-6) was announced by UFC officials for the recently announced UFC 162 event. Also confirmed for the July event were previously identified bouts including the headliner between UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva (33-4) vs. Chris Weidman (9-0), another middleweight […]

Mark Munoz

A middleweight bout between Mark ‘The Filipino Wrecking Machine’ Muñoz (12-3) and Tim ‘The Barbarian’ Boetsch (15-6) was announced by UFC officials for the recently announced UFC 162 event.

Also confirmed for the July event were previously identified bouts including the headliner between UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva (33-4) vs. Chris Weidman (9-0), another middleweight bout featuring Roger Gracie (6-1) vs. Tim Kennedy (15-4), as well as light heavyweight bout between Rafael ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante (11-3) vs. Thiago Silva (14-3).

UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman is expected to take place on July 6, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

All of the bouts was made official with today’s announcement at UFC.com.

Muñoz hasn’t been in action since this past July when he was KO’d by Weidman in San Jose at the UFC on FUEL TV 4 event. The loss ended a four fight win streak which saw ‘The Filipino Wrecking Machine’ pick up wins against Chris Leben at UFC 138, Demian Maia at UFC 131, CB Dolloway at UFC on Versus 3, and Aaron Simpson at UFC 123.

Boetsch also enters the match on a defeat following a loss to Costa Philippou last December at UFC 155. Like his upcoming opponent, Boetsch had earned four straight wins defeating Hector Lombard at UFC 149, Yushin Okami at UFC 144, Nick Ring at UFC 135 and Kendall Grove at UFC 130.

Alistair Overeem Injured, Out of UFC 160 Bout With Junior Dos Santos

Former Strikeforce champ Alistair ‘The Reem’ Overeem (36-12, 1NC) has been forced out of his upcoming UFC 160 bout with former UFC champ Junior dos Santos (15-2) due to an undisclosed training injury which will keep the Dutch fighter out for about a month. News of the injury surfaced at MMAFighting.com on Wednesday afternoon. No […]

Alistair Overeem – Photo by Getty Images

Former Strikeforce champ Alistair ‘The Reem’ Overeem (36-12, 1NC) has been forced out of his upcoming UFC 160 bout with former UFC champ Junior dos Santos (15-2) due to an undisclosed training injury which will keep the Dutch fighter out for about a month.

News of the injury surfaced at MMAFighting.com on Wednesday afternoon.

No word yet from the promotion or Dos Santos as to whether or not the bout will be rescheduled for another date or if ‘Cigano’ will face a new opponent.

UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Silva II is expected to take place on May 25, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez will meet Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in a rematch in the main event.

Overeem saw a twelve fight undefeated streak end last month at UFC 156 against ‘Bigfoot’ after the Brazilian dropped ‘The Reem’ by third round knockout. Prior to that, Overeem debuted in the Octagon in December 2011 at UFC 141 picking up a first round TKO finish of Brock Lesnar.

Dos Santos also saw a long win streak end at ten-fights after suffering a decision defeat at the hands of Velasquez in a title rematch this past December at UFC 155. Prior to that ‘Cigano’ defended the title against Frank Mir at UFC 146 by picking up a second round TKO finish.

Joseph Benavidez vs. Darren Uyenoyama Announced For UFC on FOX 7, Francisco Rivera vs. Hugo Viana Confirmed

A couple more bouts have been confirmed for this April’s upcoming trip to San Jose as flyweight fighter Joseph Benavidez (17-3) meets San Francisco fighter Darren Uyenoyama (8-3), while a previously identified bantamweight match between Francisco Rivera (9-2) and TUF Brasil’s Hugo ‘Wolverine’ Viana (7-0) was confirmed. Officials with the promotion announced the new matchups […]

Joseph Benavidez

A couple more bouts have been confirmed for this April’s upcoming trip to San Jose as flyweight fighter Joseph Benavidez (17-3) meets San Francisco fighter Darren Uyenoyama (8-3), while a previously identified bantamweight match between Francisco Rivera (9-2) and TUF Brasil’s Hugo ‘Wolverine’ Viana (7-0) was confirmed.

Officials with the promotion announced the new matchups on the web at UFC.com on Wednesday.

UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez (aka UFC on FOX 7) is expected to take place on April 20, 2013 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The event will see lightweight champ Benson Henderson defend his title versus the final Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melenedez.

Benavidez is 5-1 in his last six matches earning a decision win over Ian McCall last month at UFC 156. Prior to that Benavidez lost a split decision against Demetrious Johnson in a bout to crown the promotions first flyweight champion last September at UFC 152.

Uyenoyama debuted at flyweight in his last bout earning a second round submission victory against Phil Harris at the UFC on FX 5 event. The bout was Uyenoyama’s third straight victory and second in the UFC. The San Francisco fighter debuted in he Octagon in November 2011 at the UFC on FOX 1 event, picking up a decision against Norifumi Yamamoto.

Rivera is in his second run with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is currently 4-0 with 1 “No Contest.” His last fight went down just last month in Vegas at UFC 156 which ended in a second round TKO victory over opponent Edwin Figueroa. Prior to that, Rivera had a knockout win over Roland Delorme changed to a “No Contest” after testing positive for a banned substance.

Viana is undefeated so far in his pro-career with two victories under the UFC banner. His last fight went down in December at the TUF 16 Finale which saw Viana debut at bantamweight picking up a first round knockout over Reuben Duran.

Pat Barry vs. Shawn Jordan Added To UFC 161 Show

The recently announced UFC 161 card continues to grow as heavyweights Pat ‘HD’ Barry (8-5) and Shawn ‘The Savage’ Jordan (14-4) have been identified as opponents for this June’s upcoming UFC 161 event in Winnipeg. Local news agency WinnipegFreePress.com announced the new matchup which was later confirmed by UFC officials. Check out the official bout […]

Pat Barry

The recently announced UFC 161 card continues to grow as heavyweights Pat ‘HD’ Barry (8-5) and Shawn ‘The Savage’ Jordan (14-4) have been identified as opponents for this June’s upcoming UFC 161 event in Winnipeg.

Local news agency WinnipegFreePress.com announced the new matchup which was later confirmed by UFC officials.

Check out the official bout list for UFC 161 at the bottom of the article.

UFC 161: Barao vs. Wineland is expected to take place on June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The event will see UFC interim bantamweight champ Renan Barao defend his belt versus former WEC title holder Eddie Wineland.

Barry is 2-1 in his last three fights earning a “Knockout of the Night” victory over Shane del Rosario last December at the TUF 16 Finale. Barry survived a strong ground attack from Del Rosario in the first round to earn the second round KO. Prior to that ‘HD’ lost via TKO to Lavar Johnson at UFC on FOX 3, while knocking out Christian Morecraft in the first round of their UFC on FX 1 bout.

Jordan holds the same 2-1 record over his last three bouts, which include all three of his Octagon appearances. ‘The Savage’ was in action this past January at UFC on FOX 6 picking up a second round TKO victory against Mike Russow at the Chicago event. Jordan dropped a decision to Cheick Kong at UFC 149 in July of last year while winning his Octagon debut at UFC on FX 2 against Oli Thompson.

The official event card for UFC 161 is as follows:

UFC interim bantamweight title bout: Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland
Light heavyweight bout: Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson
Light heavyweight bout: Mauricio Rua vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Heavyweight bout: Pat Barry vs. Shawn Jordan
Heavyweight bout: Stipe Miocic vs. Soa Palelei
Welterweight bout: Jake Shields vs. Tyron Woodley