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Three Reasons to Watch Nik Lentz vs. Waylon Lowe

Filed under: UFCThe UFC made nine fights available to fans live on Saturday night, with five streaming on Facebook and four on Spike TV. And if nine UFC fights wasn’t enough for you (and really, is any amount of MMA ever enough?) now there’s a 10th fig…

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Nik LentzThe UFC made nine fights available to fans live on Saturday night, with five streaming on Facebook and four on Spike TV. And if nine UFC fights wasn’t enough for you (and really, is any amount of MMA ever enough?) now there’s a 10th fight available live and free at UFC.tv.

The preliminary bout between Nik Lentz and Waylon Lowe, which wasn’t part of either the Facebook or Spike broadcast, is available in full online, and it’s worth watching for a number of reasons: Lentz won again and won the way he wanted to win, Lowe got a stern talking-to afterward from one of the UFC’s major decision-makers, and a mistake at the end of the first round showed once again that too many state athletic commissions lack competent employees.

Allow me to go into a little more detail.

UFC Fight Night 24 Undercard Live Blog: Hathaway vs. McCray, More

Filed under: UFCSEATTLE, Wash. — This is the UFC Fight Night 24 live blog for all the preliminary bouts in support of tonight’s UFC on Spike TV event at the Key Arena.

The five bouts to be streamed on Facebook are Alex Caceres vs. Mackens Semerzier, …

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SEATTLE, Wash. — This is the UFC Fight Night 24 live blog for all the preliminary bouts in support of tonight’s UFC on Spike TV event at the Key Arena.

The five bouts to be streamed on Facebook are Alex Caceres vs. Mackens Semerzier, Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow, John Hathaway vs. Kris McCray, Michael McDonald vs. Edwin Figueroa and Sean McCorkle vs. Christian Morecraft. The three unaired bouts are Aaron Simpson vs. Mario Miranda, TJ Waldburger vs. Johny Hendricks and Waylon Lowe vs. Nik Lentz.

The live blog is below.

Waylon Lowe, Nik Lentz Booked for UFC Fight Night in Seattle

Filed under: UFC, NewsLightweights Waylon Lowe and Nik Lentz will meet at the UFC’s Seattle Fight Night card next month.

A source close to the fighters’ camps confirmed the booking to MMA Fighting on Thursday. The news was also reported by MMA Diehar…

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Waylon LoweLightweights Waylon Lowe and Nik Lentz will meet at the UFC’s Seattle Fight Night card next month.

A source close to the fighters’ camps confirmed the booking to MMA Fighting on Thursday. The news was also reported by MMA Diehards.

Lowe (10-3, 2-1 UFC) and Lentz (20-3-2, 4-0-1 UFC) are both managed by Monte Cox – and sources told MMA Fighting that the booking was not the first proposed matchup between two of his fighters. In the UFC’s lightweight division, Cox also manages Jacob Volkmann, Sean Sherk, Kamal Shalorus and Cody McKenzie.

Tyson Griffin ‘on Verge of Tears’ Following Controversial Decision Loss

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — MMA Fighting spoke to a disappointed Tyson Griffin following his split decision loss to Nik Lentz at UFC 123 about why he thought he won the fight, where he goes from here and the judging problem in MMA.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — MMA Fighting spoke to a disappointed Tyson Griffin following his split decision loss to Nik Lentz at UFC 123 about why he thought he won the fight, where he goes from here and the judging problem in MMA.

UFC 123 Undercard Live Blog: Parisyan vs. Hallman, Griffin vs. Lentz, More

Filed under: UFCAUBURN HILLS, Mich. — This is the UFC 123 live blog for all the preliminary bouts on tonight’s card at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

The four unaired bouts are Dennis Hallman vs. Karo Parisyan, Edson Barboza vs. Mike Lullo, Paul Kelly v…

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — This is the UFC 123 live blog for all the preliminary bouts on tonight’s card at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

The four unaired bouts are Dennis Hallman vs. Karo Parisyan, Edson Barboza vs. Mike Lullo, Paul Kelly vs. T.J. O’Brien
and Nik Lentz vs. Tyson Griffin.

The live blog is below.

Dennis Siver, Andre Winner Aim to Put on a Show for German Fans at UFC 122

Filed under: UFCEuropean MMA fighters like Dennis Siver don’t often get the chance to fight in front of a home crowd. The UFC made its first trip to continental Europe just last year, and this is only the organization’s second event in Germany, where t…

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European MMA fighters like Dennis Siver don’t often get the chance to fight in front of a home crowd. The UFC made its first trip to continental Europe just last year, and this is only the organization’s second event in Germany, where the reception to the sport has been mixed.

That’s why when Siver, a German-Russian lightweight who’s been with the UFC on and off (though mostly on) since 2007, takes on British “Ultimate Fighter” finalist Andre Winner at UFC 122 on Saturday, it’s a fight that comes with a special kind of pressure. When your countrymen rarely get to see you ply your trade, you certainly don’t want to have them pack an arena just to see you get beat up by a citizen from one of your nation’s soccer rivals.

But despite all that added pressure, as Siver told MMA Fighting through a translator this week, the irony is that he’s far less famous as a fighter when he’s in his own country.