Since “King Mo” Lawal began his rapid ascension up the MMA ranks the accomplished wrestler has never been share about telling you ‘like it is.’ From repeatedly stating he’ll fight anyone in the world, to his classic back-and-forth with “Rampage” Jackson, Lawal has consistently captured headlines through his actions both in and out of the […]
Since “King Mo” Lawal began his rapid ascension up the MMA ranks the accomplished wrestler has never been share about telling you ‘like it is.’ From repeatedly stating he’ll fight anyone in the world, to his classic back-and-forth with “Rampage” Jackson, Lawal has consistently captured headlines through his actions both in and out of the ring.
Following his thoroughly dominant UD win over Gegard Mousasi in April, Lawal was soundly booed by some ‘fans’ in attendance, who we’re guessing didn’t appreciate him utilizing his wrestling abilities to take out one of Strikeforce’s biggest stars. Disliking a fighter for whatever reason is one thing, but booing just because a guy exploits another fighter’s weakness, demonstrates you rank extremely low on the MMA IQ scale. Anyways, we’re thinking that incident might have had a little something, something, to do with the following comment Lawal reportedly made on the Ring Psychcology podcast (thanks to Bloody Elbow for the quote).
“Some are cool, some are idiots. They’re fans-they don’t know what the f**k they are talking about. That’s why I’ll say it again: ‘f**k the fans.’ A lot of them ain’t educated. They’re just bandwagon jumpers…”
Indeed, some are cool, some are idiots…we’ve been called both. Lawal’s bout with Rafael Cavalcante Saturday should be interesting; to bet on it head here.
Okay, we’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, if you don’t watch the WEC simply because it doesn’t have the letters U, F or C, or even worse, because you ‘only like watching the bigger dudes’, you sir or madam are truly deserving of a rather cruel insult. Someone else can take care of […]
Okay, we’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, if you don’t watch the WEC simply because it doesn’t have the letters U, F or C, or even worse, because you ‘only like watching the bigger dudes’, you sir or madam are truly deserving of a rather cruel insult. Someone else can take care of our dirty work. If you watched WEC 50 last night then you know that the card once again offered not one, but several, ‘fight of the night’ quality bouts.
As expected, the bantamweight title fight between champion Dominick Cruz and challenger Joseph Benavidez didn’t disappoint, and was chalk full of entertaining violence. Although it was a pretty close fight and Benavidez threw everything he had at Cruz, it was pretty clear by the fight’s end that the champ should retain the belt. Of course, this is MMA, and what one judge thinks constitutes winning a fight might be vastly different than what 90% of the population thinks. So when it was announced that Cruz had won, but by Split Decision, what did the 16-1 fighter think? (Thanks to MMA Junkie for the quotes)
“In my humble opinion, I thought I won all the rounds,” Cruz told MMAjunkie.com following the fight. “I thought I won it pretty unanimously. That’s all I can say. I thought I won it.”….”I think that the crowd has a big part to play in the judges’ opinion sometimes,” Cruz said. “Also, he caught me with a real slick knee up against the cage that made me bleed real bad. I would assume the blood could have swayed the judges as well.”
In case you’re wondering, it was Nelson “Doc” Hamilton that had Benavidez winning the fight.
Earning “Fight Night” honors from Wednesday nights “WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez” event were Scott Jorgensen, Brad Pickett, Maciej Jewtuszko, and Anthony Pettis.
It was announced during the events post-fight press conference that all of the “Fight Night” winners would be given a $10,000 bonuses for their efforts.
Both Scott Jorgensen and Brad Pickett picked […]
Earning “Fight Night” honors from Wednesday nights “WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez” event were Scott Jorgensen, Brad Pickett, Maciej Jewtuszko, and Anthony Pettis.
It was announced during the events post-fight press conference that all of the “Fight Night” winners would be given a $10,000 bonuses for their efforts.
Both Scott Jorgensen and Brad Pickett picked up the “Fight of the Night” honor for their three round scrap. Jorgensen earned the judges decision by scores of (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) to earn the unanimous decision.
Maciej Jewtuszko, who faced Anthony Njokuani in the last bout of the preliminary card, earned a quick TKO win by ending the fight in the first round at 1:35 to earn the “Knockout of the Night” honor.
Anthony Pettis was given the “Submission of the Night” after fighting co-main event opponent Shane Roller for almost three rounds before securing a triangle choke in the dying seconds to end the fight at 4:51.
Also of note last night was the WEC/AMP Energy contest, “Hometown Takedown” which had fans voting to choose one of 30 cities for a December WEC event. Fans chose the city of Phoenix, which beat out runner up cities Milwaukee and Nashville, Tenn.
The event in Phoenix is expected to be WEC 54 and takes place at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz.
WEC 50 was held at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas with the main card airing live on the Versus network.
CHICAGO, Ill. (August 17, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships today announced that Bellator Season 2 welterweight semi-finalist Steve Carl (10-2-0) will take on fellow Iowa-native, hard-hitting UFC veteran Rory Markham (16-6-0) at Bellator 26 taking place at the Kansas City Power & Light District on Aug. 26th.
Carl is coming off of a loss to […]
CHICAGO, Ill. (August 17, 2010) — Bellator Fighting Championships today announced that Bellator Season 2 welterweight semi-finalist Steve Carl (10-2-0) will take on fellow Iowa-native, hard-hitting UFC veteran Rory Markham (16-6-0) at Bellator 26 taking place at the Kansas City Power & Light District on Aug. 26th.
Carl is coming off of a loss to Season 2 runner-up Dan Hornbuckle at Bellator 19 last May. Prior to the defeat Carl held an impressive seven fight win-streak. Carl’s budding mixed martial arts career is just four years old, but he already has notched 10 impressive wins with six victories coming by way of submission. The Iraq War veteran now faces one of the toughest fights in his young career when he faces off with the always exciting Rory Markham.
Markham, a product of the Miletich Martial Arts camp out of Bettendorf, Iowa, has yet to see a judge’s decision in his 22 fight career. With sixteen total wins in his six-year plus career, eleven have come via KO or TKO. The 28-year-old fighter showed a combative spirit at a young age, getting involved in traditional Karate and eventually competing in tournaments where he became affiliated with legendary trainer Pat Miletich. With an established willingness to stand and trade, there is no question that Markhamwill bring-it in his Bellator 26 match-up with Carl.
However, Carl is no stranger to a challenge. Just yesterday he received his honorable discharge papers from the U.S. Army, ending an eight-year service commitment that included a tour of Iraq. Carl became interested in MMA while stationed in Fort Hood, Texas.
“As an MMA fan, I’m really looking forward to this fight,” said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. “Markham is one of the toughest guys in the sport and Carl showed huge tenacity in his fight with Brett Cooper—this should be a great fight.”
Tickets for the event – which will also be broadcast LIVE nationwide on FOX Sports Net along with action-packed highlight shows that will air on NBC Saturday nights – are on sale now at ticketmaster.com
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator.
About Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago. Bellator’s founder/CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations.
The weigh-ins for Bellator Fighting Championships next event, Bellator 25, is set to go down at the Hotel Sax in the the New Orleans Room in Chicago, IL tonight beginning at 7 PM EST (4 PM PST).
Headlining Bellator’s second show of their third season will be a welterweight bout between Dan Hornbuckle vs. Brad Blackburn, […]
The weigh-ins for Bellator Fighting Championships next event, Bellator 25, is set to go down at the Hotel Sax in the the New Orleans Room in Chicago, IL tonight beginning at 7 PM EST (4 PM PST).
Headlining Bellator’s second show of their third season will be a welterweight bout between Dan Hornbuckle vs. Brad Blackburn, both former UFC fighters. Also featured on the card will be two heavyweight tournament bouts and one women’s 115 lb tournament bout on the card.
Thursday’s show, which takes place at the Chicago Theatre, will show the main card live on Fox Sports Net and it’s regional sports network affiliates.
You can watch the entire weigh-ins and the pre-fight press conference for Bellator 25 LIVE starting at 7 PM EST at Bellator.com.
The full weigh-in results for Bellator 25 are as follows:
Main Card:
Welterweight: Dan Hornbuckle (170.5) vs. Brad Blackburn (169)
Heavyweight Tournament: Damian Grabowski (240) vs. Scott Barrett (263) – (opening round)
Heavyweight Tournament : Cole Konrad (265) vs. Rogent Lloret (250) – (opening round)
Women’s 115 lb Tournament : Jessica Pene (114) vs. Zoila Frausto (115) – (opening round)
Preliminary Card:
Lightweight bout: Keoki Cypriano (155.2) vs Eric Kriegermeier (155.5)
Welterweight bout: Shonie Carter (176.5)* vs Torrance Taylor (171)
Welterweight bout: Kevin Knabjian (170) vs Brian Gassaway (171)
Welterweight bout: John Kolosci (170) vs Kenny Robertson (170)
*Shonie Carter seemed surprised at his weight but stepped back on the scale accepting the 176.5 lb result.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the salaries for tonight’s “WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez” event which features a bantamweight title fight between champ Dominick Cruz and Joseph Benavidez. The main card airs live tonight on the Versus network.
Both headliners stand to earn the top dollar with Benavidez earning $17,500/$17,500 while Cruz stands to […]
The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the salaries for tonight’s “WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez” event which features a bantamweight title fight between champ Dominick Cruz and Joseph Benavidez. The main card airs live tonight on the Versus network.
Both headliners stand to earn the top dollar with Benavidez earning $17,500/$17,500 while Cruz stands to pocket $11,000/$11,000 (show and win salaries).
These numbers do not represent undisclosed bonuses, revenue sharing or sponsorships, nor do they take into account expenses such as insurance, taxes or medical costs.
The full WEC 50 salary list is as follows:
Joseph Benavidez $17,500/$17,500 vs. Dominick Cruz $11,000/$11,000
Anthony Pettis $6,000/$6,000 vs. Shane Roller $16,000/$16,000
Chad Mendes $5,500/$5,500 Cub Swanson $11,000/$10,000
Brad Pickett $5,000/$5,000 vs. Scott Jorgensen $12,500/$12,500
Zach Micklewright $3,000/$3,000 vs. Bart Palaszewski $8,000/$8,000
Maciej Jewtuszko $3,000/$3,000 vs. Anthony Njokuani $7,000/$7,000
Mackens Semerzier $4,000/$4,000 vs. Javier Vazquez $8,000/$8,000
David Jansen $4,000/$4,000 Ricardo Lamas $7,000/$7,000
Bryan Caraway $4,000/$4,000 vs. Fredson Paixao $3,000/$3,000
Dustin Poirier $9,500/$9,500 vs. Dan Castillo $9,500/$9,500
