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At UFC 131, Shane Carwin showed a ton of heart in his fight with Junior dos Santos. Carwin fought his way through a rough first round, much like his opponent at UFC 116, Brock Lesnar. Although Carwin did not pick up the win, he showed why he …
At UFC 131, Shane Carwin showed a ton of heart in his fight with Junior dos Santos.
Carwin fought his way through a rough first round, much like his opponent at UFC 116, Brock Lesnar.
Although Carwin did not pick up the win, he showed why he is one of the toughest MMA fighters today.
Despite being 36, Carwin still has some fight left in him. Here are three fights he should take to send him back in the right direction.
UFC 131 is in the books, capped off beautifully by an outstanding Heavyweight war between Junior “Cigano” dos Santos and Shane Carwin on a night where the judging issue started to raise malevolent mentalities in the minds of the fans.Arguably, many fan…
UFC 131 is in the books, capped off beautifully by an outstanding Heavyweight war between Junior “Cigano” dos Santos and Shane Carwin on a night where the judging issue started to raise malevolent mentalities in the minds of the fans.
Arguably, many fans believe that while the victories of Mark Munoz and Kenny Florian cannot provide true dispute, The argument of Munoz and Florian earning 30-27 scores is definitely disputed as it seemed clear that Demian Maia and Diego “The Gun” Nunes won the first round of their respective bouts.
At this time, however, that argument is neither here nor there, as we must look forward into UFC 132 in a little bit less than three weeks instead of solidly planting ourselves in the memories of last night.
Headlined by a grudge match between current UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz and former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber and co-headlined by a Fight of The Year candidate-on-paper in the long-awaited Middleweight collision between Wanderlei Silva and Chris Leben, the UFC 132 fight card will pick up where UFC 131 left off, focusing mostly on the Light-and-Lighterweight classes and hopefully elevate the momentum gained from last night’s card to a brand new level.
For a million-dollar card featuring some million-dollar fights—all for only about $45 out of your pocket—here now are some million-dollar predictions for the entire UFC 132 main card!
Forced out of the competition due to injury, Nick Ring may turn out to be the most successful fighter from Season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter. Ring is now 12-0 for his career and 2-0 in the UFC after defeated James Head at UFC 131.With Ring’s position i…
Forced out of the competition due to injury, Nick Ring may turn out to be the most successful fighter from Season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter. Ring is now 12-0 for his career and 2-0 in the UFC after defeated James Head at UFC 131.
With Ring’s position in the UFC now solidified for now, it is time for him to try to start climbing the middleweight ladder. Here are a few opponents that could give Ring the chance to make a move.
The short answer is “no”, but the long answer is “probably”.The reason why the short answer is “no” is because we are not talking about championship-level fights. At a muscular 6’5” and 233 pounds, Herman has enough size to be successful against …
The short answer is “no”, but the long answer is “probably”.
The reason why the short answer is “no” is because we are not talking about championship-level fights.
At a muscular 6’5” and 233 pounds, Herman has enough size to be successful against the majority of professional heavyweights…. but, he will hit a ceiling at some point.
Just as Fedor Emelianenko found out, larger and more skilled athletes are entering the sport every year.
By the time Herman is able to generate significant momentum in the UFC, there will be somebody bigger than him and ready to derail him.
The reason why my long answer is not a definitive “yes”, and just a “probably” is that at 26 years old, we do not know how much more Herman might physically grow.
As he is already muscular, there might not be much more functional weight that Herman could realistically put on, but that is also something that is mostly conjecture.
Dave Herman is certainly one to follow over time as a relevant piece to the UFC heavyweight title picture, but at just 233 pounds, do not expect him to threaten the truly elite fighters of the division any time soon.
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After seven consecutive wins to begin his Ultimate Fighting Championship career, Junior dos Santos finally has his chance. After an impressive decision win over Shane Carwin at UFC 131, dos Santos will face Cain Velasquez in the not-too-distant fu…
After seven consecutive wins to begin his Ultimate Fighting Championship career, Junior dos Santos finally has his chance.
After an impressive decision win over Shane Carwin at UFC 131, dos Santos will face Cain Velasquez in the not-too-distant future for the heavyweight championship.
He has beaten some of the best on his way to the title shot, including Fabricio Werdum, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and now Carwin.
The victory for dos Santos (13-1, 7-0 UFC) was nothing short of impressive, as he dominated Carwin (12-2, 4-2 UFC) from start to finish. Though Carwin seemed to have improved his cardio, he was no match for dos Santos, who began to wear Carwin down at the end of Round 1.
After a relatively tepid beginning, Carwin attempted a single leg takedown at the 3:05 mark of the first round, but dos Santos got back up quickly. It may have been the first sign for Carwin that things were not going to go his way on the night.
By the end of the first round, dos Santos was landing some jabs, taking Carwin down at the 4:15 mark. The round ended with dos Santos pounding Carwin, a result reminiscent of Carwin’s pounding of fellow heavyweight Frank Mir at UFC 111, which gave Carwin the interim heavyweight belt.
This time around, Carwin was on the receiving end of the beatdown from the now 13-1 dos Santos. Referee Herb Dean had an opportunity to stop the fight as a bloodied Carwin took the beatdown from dos Santos, but give Dean credit for letting the fight continue. UFC President Dana White also praised Dean for allowing the fight to carry on.
Dos Santos began Round 2 with a rare head kick in the early stage of the round, something we have not seen from the boxing expert much in his UFC lifetime. Indeed, the kicks are something that White said dos Santos will have to work on.
“You know what I think?” said White, at the postfight news conference. “I think he’s going to have to get a lot more well-rounded. He said he’s going to work on his boxing. Dude, you better start working on your kicks and your punches.”
Despite being heavily bruised, Carwin was still showing signs of strong cardio through the midway mark of the second round. It even seemed as if Carwin had gained some momentum around the 2:55 mark of the round, with Carwin hunting dos Santos admirably. His corner screamed “Back him up, Shane!” as they urged the Division II wrestling champion to continue his hunting of dos Santos.
However, dos Santos was simply too much. He landed some late body shots on Carwin and took Round 2 by controlling the early and late parts of the round.
Despite an early takedown in Round 3, Carwin was unable to do much with dos Santos down. Dos Santos had worked himself loose within 20 seconds of being taken down by Carwin. It was a pivotal storyline of the fight; Carwin was able to take dos Santos down a few times, but unable to do anything once he had him down.
Dos Santos continued to pound Carwin with a steady left hook, with many punches landing in the 2:45 to 3:00 mark of the third round. Dos Santos perfectly executed two takedowns in the final minute of the round, giving him the third round. It was the most competitive round of the fight, but dos Santos was able to take it.
It was clearly a frustrating fight for Carwin, who, despite having good cardio and a decent game plan, was outworked by the Brazilian’s boxing. When all was said and done, dos Santos had the heavy striking advantage, 104-22. Carwin was unable to land a single body shot in the fight, which hampered his ability to wear down dos Santos at all.
The stage is now set for a dos Santos-Velasquez title match, which could happen in October at UFC 136 in Houston. The absence of Brock Lesnar gave Carwin an opportunity, but he was unable to come up with the victory and has now lost his last two fights. Despite that fact, White has many kind words for Carwin.
Dos Santos will have plenty to work on for his fight with Velasquez. He will be facing somebody with equal, if not better cardio than Carwin.
For now though, a 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 scoring gives dos Santos his first chance at the heavyweight title. Will he be able to take the next step in his young career, much like Jon Jones has done in his short time in the UFC?
Don’t look now, but the future of the UFC is growing up before our very eyes, as dos Santos has begun what could be an illustrious career inside the Octagon.
Sources: ESPN.com, FightMetric
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It’s time once again for The MMA News blog piece “The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly”. Today I’ll recap what I thought was good, bad and ugly from last nights UFC 131 event from Rogers Arena in Vancouver, B.C.
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It’s time once again for The MMA News blog piece “The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly”. Today I’ll recap what I thought was good, bad and ugly from last nights UFC 131 event from Rogers Arena in Vancouver, B.C.
This isn’t something we do for every event, but Saturday night’s event had so much going that I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share my thoughts with you.
So lets get started.
THE GOOD
UFC 131 truly lived up to my expectations for the entire card. Compared to the last two pay-per-views, UFC 130 which I had high hopes only to have them dashed by a boring card, and UFC 129 which I went in with low expectations but walked away with feeling I had watched a pretty good card. Last nights UFC 131 event met all the hype that I hoped it would be.
I had two “Fight of the Night” bouts picked, and was really hoping that UFC President Dana White would award bonuses to Dave Herman vs. Jon Olav Einemo, who were awarded with the $70K bonus, and the Mark Munoz vs. Damian Maia bout. The back-and-forth slug-fest between Herman and Einemo was not what I thought would happen. I pictured a wrestling match with Einemo looking for a submission throughout the fight, instead I got to watch some big knees from both fighters and a second round finish.
Maia shocked everyone last night by taking the fight to Munoz standing up. He has vastly improved his striking since he fought UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva back at UFC 112. Rocking ‘The Filipino Wrecking Machine’ in the first round had me on my feet screaming expletives, this was a great fight and should have been much closer on the scorecard than the 29-28, 29-28, and 30-27 awarded in Munoz favor.
The striking of Sam Stout and Junior dos Santos, just wow. Stout’s knockout on Yves Edwards could go down as “Knockout of the Year” in my mind. Dos Santos, while he failed to stop Carwin, showcased once again, his ability to outbox another opponent. The Brazilian also showcased his takedown defense by stopping Carwin twice while scoring two of his own.
Lastly, FREE FIGHTS , am I right? Getting to watch a total of seven bouts for free on the web and on television is unbelievable. And not just crap bouts either. Getting to see Sam Stouts knockout and Joey Beltran’s win were great!
Okay now for THE BAD
The Judging. How could anyone score judge a 30-27 for Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes, Mark Munoz vs. Demian Maia, and Darren Elkins vs. Michihiro Omigawa. It just boggles the mind to see a fight that was much more close than one judges score of 30-27. Especially to give Elkins the unanimous decision over Omigawa, in a fight that saw him clearly lose the third round, and likely lose the second. I keep harping on it but these City Commissions have to go so a bigger State/Provincial commission can take over to better regulate the sport.
Yeah Omigawa got robbed, clearly. He turned Elkins face into a bloody mess and was getting the better of the exchanges between the two. Thankfully White awarded him with his win money and will treat the Japanese fighter as if he won that fight.
I listed it under “The Good” but there was a lot of bad in the Herman vs. Einamo bout. I expected the Norwegian to show off better defense, especially training in the Golden Glory camp, as Herman was able to land knees with ease. Einamo’s striking wasn’t bad but he kept cocking his right every time letting Herman see it coming. ‘Pee-Wee’ on the other hand, showed much better striking but he should have finished the fight in the first round. I felt he was either too tired or too timid by failing to finish Einamo when everyone could see he was clearly the superior striker in the opening minute.
Finally, THE UGLY
Shane Carwin’s face, that was truly ugly by the end of the night. After having his face pummeled for three rounds by Dos Santos, Carwin was sent to the emergency room to have the damage repaired. Carwin’s manager tweeted (@IngrainedMedia) that his fighter had “3 deep cuts, broken nose and he will need to go to the emergency room for a CT scan.” They later confirmed that Carwin had suffered a broken nose and a possible broken cheek bone.
The nutshots that Joey ‘The Mexicutioner’ Beltran and Aaron Rosa traded with each other. Beltran landed a knee to Rosa’s groin then landed a knee to his opponents head as he bent over in pain. Not to be outdone, Rosa would return the favor by landing his own knee putting Beltran down for a few moments. You just have to think that it hurts more when a heavyweight fighter hits someone in the groin. I cringed and felt for the future children for each fighter.
Well that sums it up on my thoughts on “The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly” for UFC 131. Did I miss anything?