Tag: Ovince St. Preux

UFC Fighter Receives Massive Fine For Missing Weight AGAIN

Another day, another UFC fighter misses weight. That was the case at today’s (Fri., April 21, 2017) UFC Fight Night 108 early weigh-ins, where light heavyweight Marcos Rogerio de Lima weighed in at 210 pounds – a whopping four pounds over the light heavyweight non-title limit – for his bout versus Ovince St. Preux tomorrow night

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Another day, another UFC fighter misses weight.

That was the case at today’s (Fri., April 21, 2017) UFC Fight Night 108 early weigh-ins, where light heavyweight Marcos Rogerio de Lima weighed in at 210 pounds – a whopping four pounds over the light heavyweight non-title limit – for his bout versus Ovince St. Preux tomorrow night from Nashville, Tennessee.

It wasn’t the first time that Lima has been off on the scale, as he missed weight by 3.5 pounds before his win over Jeremy Kimball at January’s UFC on FOX 23, prompting his employers to fine him 30 percent of his purse, 10 percent more than the customary 20 percent. According to a report from MMA Fighting, the UFC has the authority to increase the amount of a fighter’s fine if they so choose:

“Athletes that miss weight are subject to a penalty of their purse at the discretion of the promotion and the state athletic commission. As this was Lima’s second consecutive weight management issue, the penalty was increased to 30 percent, which was agreed to by all parties involved. Each penalty is reviewed and handled on a case-by-case basis.”

St. Preux came in on point at 206 pounds, and the bout will go on as a catchweight bout, but it’s important to note that “OSP” will come into the fight with at least something of a minor disadvantage in a fight he badly needs to win after dropping three straight bouts in the octagon.

The UFC’s problems with weight cutting and their new earlier time continue, although it’s far from guaranteed de Lima would have been able to drop another four pounds before this evening’s ceremonial weigh-ins anyway.

Does the punishment fit the crime for de Lima? Does he desevre even more of a fine?

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Check Out Jon Jones’ Latest Callout Of Daniel Cormier

Not surprisingly, interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is ramping up the trash talk on arch rival Daniel Cormier heading into their long-awaited rematch in the main bout of July 9’s UFC 200 from Las Vegas, Nevada. After Jones beat Cormier by decision at January 2015’s UFC 182, he was unceremoniously stripped of the title

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Not surprisingly, interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is ramping up the trash talk on arch rival Daniel Cormier heading into their long-awaited rematch in the main bout of July 9’s UFC 200 from Las Vegas, Nevada.

After Jones beat Cormier by decision at January 2015’s UFC 182, he was unceremoniously stripped of the title after he agreed to a plea deal on felony hit-and-run charges that left a 25-year-old pregnant woman with a broken arm in his second home of Albuquerque, New Mexico. A path was opened for Cormier to win the vacant title, and he did by beating Anthony Johnson at UFC 187.

The two were supposed to settle their differences at last month’s UFC 197, but a leg injury to ‘DC’ forced Ovince Saint Preux to fill in for Cormier, and he lost a one-sided decision to the ultra-talented icon.

When UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was pulled from his main event rematch with Nate Diaz at UFC 200, Jones vs. Cormier 2 became the new main event for the summer blockbuster even though Jones had a potential six-month medical suspension and Cormier’s health was still a question mark.

But for now, the two bitter enemies are set to collide once again and finally settle their rivalry, so Jones got on Instagram to blast his No. 1 counterpart with a jab at their now-infamous brawl at the UFC 178 media day in 2014, and also at Cormier’s supposed wrestling advantage based on their first bout. Check it out:

Man #UFC200 can’t come soon enough #champion2016????

A video posted by Jon Bones Jones (@jonnybones) on

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Poll: Will Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier Actually Happen At UFC 200?

Earlier today (Wed., April 27, 2016) the UFC confirmed that interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones would take on arch rival champion Daniel Cormier in the main event of July 9’s blockbuster UFC 200 during a MMA-themed segment of “Good Morning America.” The booking of the impromptu main event, which was a necessity when Conor

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Earlier today (Wed., April 27, 2016) the UFC confirmed that interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones would take on arch rival champion Daniel Cormier in the main event of July 9’s blockbuster UFC 200 during a MMA-themed segment of “Good Morning America.”

The booking of the impromptu main event, which was a necessity when Conor McGregor was unceremoniously removed from his rematch with Nate Diaz after refusing to make the promotional rounds, hardly came as a surprise, as it was leaked when a photo of the main event poster surfaced online.

While it’s no doubt a serviceable, if not spectacular, headlining bout for the stacked spectacular from Las Vegas’ all-new T-Mobile Arena, yet the awaited rematch, which has been predicted to take place ever since Jones outlasted Cormier by decision at UFC 182 last year, is far from guaranteed to happen.

After all, Jones just returned to defeat Ovince Saint Preux in a somewhat lackluster return bout at last weekend’s (April 23, 2016) UFC 197 following a yearlong battle with legal trouble, which he’s far from out of the woods with after violating his probation. That obviously adds a ton of uncertainty, and Cormier’s leg injury that forced him out of UFC 197 is another concern that has apparently been alleviated (at least for now).

Add that to the potential six-month medical suspension that Jones received for an injured foot in his win over Saint Preux (which the UFC is clearly banking he’ll be healed from by July), and you have a bout wrought with uncertainty with two-and-a-half months still ticking down.

What do you think? Will Jones vs. Cormier actually happen at UFC 200?

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UFC 197 Medical Suspensions: Jon Jones Receives Six-Month Sit

It looks like the long-awaited Daniel Cormier vs. Jon Jones rematch to unify the light heavyweight titles will have to wait and headline another card other than July 9’s UFC 200 from Las Vegas. News came today that Jones will potentially be on the sidelines for six months pending an x-ray on his left foot

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It looks like the long-awaited Daniel Cormier vs. Jon Jones rematch to unify the light heavyweight titles will have to wait and headline another card other than July 9’s UFC 200 from Las Vegas.

News came today that Jones will potentially be on the sidelines for six months pending an x-ray on his left foot after his one-sided decision win over Ovince Saint Preux in the main event of last Saturday’s tonight’s (Sat., April 23, 2016) UFC 197 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, also in Las Vegas.

Jones was spotted with the injury backstage, but insisted he was perfectly fine at the event’s post-fight presser. He could be cleared by an orthopedic doctor even if his x-ray is positive; however, if it is not, Jones will be out of action until October 21, 2016.

Featuring two title fights and a number of wild bouts, UFC 197 resulted in a rather lengthy medical suspension list including St. Preux, who also received a full six-month sit for a broken left ulna. The full UFC 197 medical suspensions are as follows courtesy of MMA Fighting:

Jon Jones: Must have left foot x-rayed, if positive then requires clearance by an orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21
Ovince Saint Preux: Must have broken left ulna cleared by an orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
Rafael Natal: Must have nasal fracture cleared by doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
Robert Whittaker: Must have right hand x-rayed, if positive then requires clearance by an orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 05/24, no contact until 05/15
Andre Fili: Must have left inferior orbital wall fracture cleared by oral, maxillofacial surgeon or ophthalmologist or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
Sergio Pettis: Must have right hand x-rayed, if positive then requires clearance by an orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21
Danny Roberts: Must have left foot cleared by orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
Glaico Franca: Must have ophthalmological exam; must also have nasal fracture cleared by doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/23, no contact until 06/08
Cody East: Must have nasal fracture cleared by ENT doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
Walt Harris: Must have right hand x-rayed, if positive then requires clearance by an orthopedic doctor or no contest until 10/21; minimum suspension no contest until 05/24, no contact until 05/15
Henry Cejudo: Suspended until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
Clint Hester: Suspended until 06/08, no contact until 05/24
Anthony Pettis: Suspended until 05/24, no contact until 05/15 due to right eyebrow cut
Chris Kelades: Suspended until 05/24, no contact until 05/15 due to facial abrasions
Juliana Lima: Suspended until 05/24, no contact until 05/15
Dominique Steele: Needs yearly eye examination to follow possibility of glaucoma, due 03/22/17

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UFC 197 Aftermath: In Which We Debate “Pound-for-Pound” Rankings For the 4,300th Time

(via UFC on FOX)

Following a 15-month absence from the sport that saw him basically break every traffic law known to man, former/still-sort-of-current UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones returned to the ring on Saturday to take on heated rival Daniel Cormier Ovince St. Preux for the coveted interim LHW belt, because f*ck it, we’re just giving out interim titles to everyone now! (begins Oprah-style “And YOU get an interim belt!” chant*)

As you might expect, Jones looked every bit as dominant as he always has — outgunning OSP on the feet, the mat, and even throwing some fancy spinning sh*t in there — while still displaying some signs of a man who has spent more of the past year in the court than he has in the cage. If you’re the MMA media, this can only mean one thing: Jon Jones has lost it.

The guy who literally broke his opponent’s arm with a kick in the second round? That wasn’t a guy who would have had a chance at beating Daniel Cormier, according to all the leading experts (chief among whom happens to be, you guessed it, Daniel Cormier). I’m not sure if Cormier would still be injured in the fantasy scenario that we so often like to peddle as “analysis” or even “news” here in the MMA game, but the moral here is that Jon Jones got very lucky on Saturday night. Because REASONS.

After the jump: We break down the rest of UFC 197 with takes hot enough to melt steel.

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(via UFC on FOX)

Following a 15-month absence from the sport that saw him basically break every traffic law known to man, former/still-sort-of-current UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones returned to the ring on Saturday to take on heated rival Daniel Cormier Ovince St. Preux for the coveted interim LHW belt, because f*ck it, we’re just giving out interim titles to everyone now! (begins Oprah-style “And YOU get an interim belt!” chant*)

As you might expect, Jones looked every bit as dominant as he always has — outgunning OSP on the feet, the mat, and even throwing some fancy spinning sh*t in there — while still displaying some signs of a man who has spent more of the past year in the court than he has in the cage. If you’re the MMA media, this can only mean one thing: Jon Jones has lost it.

The guy who literally broke his opponent’s arm with a kick in the second round? That wasn’t a guy who would have had a chance at beating Daniel Cormier, according to all the leading experts (chief among whom happens to be, you guessed it, Daniel Cormier). I’m not sure if Cormier would still be injured in the fantasy scenario that we so often like to peddle as “analysis” or even “news” here in the MMA game, but the moral here is that Jon Jones got very lucky on Saturday night. Because REASONS.

Speaking of fantasy scenarios, I suppose it’s time that we dust off those old “pound-for-pound” rankings lists and start acting like they’re a debatable talking point, what with Demetrious Johnson also competing at UFC 197.

You might not know this, but this “Mighty Mouse” guy is good. He’s damn good. He’s so good that if you placed him against a normal person, he’d probably win. At least that’s what I think is being posited by Dana White every time he declares that so-and-so is “the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world” in both the lead-up and aftermath of every flyweight/bantamweight/pre-McGregor featherweight title fight. Yes, the title recently held by both Renan Barao and Anthony Pettis was once again slapped on Johnson prior to his UFC 197 co-headliner with Olympian Henry Cejudo, and thanks to a short but supreme performance, it’s also the talk of the town today.

And look, I get it. We’re the kind of society that will devote thousands of hours of research and countless thinkpieces, video analyses, and blogposts to a battle between two fictional characters who wear capes, so the thought of what a 205-pound Demetrious Johnson could do to, say, Jon Jones (a.k.a “The *other* greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world”) seems pretty intriguing.

The thing is though, it isn’t. To my knowledge, the kind of mind and/or body-swapping technology that would allow two fighters from vastly different weight classes to compete against one another does not exist (except in parts of Japan), leaving the endgame of this discussion ultimately unattainable. Like “Brand Ambassador” or “CagePotato writer,” the title of “Pound-for-pound Greatest” is something we created to place a name on something that only exists in our heads. It means NOTHING, yet it’s the only angle that the UFC has been using to market the flyweight division since its inception. It’s kind of insulting, really, that the value of a guy like DJ can only be determined by comparing him to other fighters. What’s next, a female division based solely around how the champion would do against her male counterpart? Oh, God dammit…

But hey, at least we haven’t actually forced the fighters themselves to start discussing these airheaded scenarios yet, right?

Elsewhere on the UFC 197 main card, former pound-for-pound great Anthony Pettis took on Edson Barboza in a fight that almost surely earned the latter a spot on our “future pound-for-pound great” lists. In a relatively one-sided affair, Barboza was consistently quicker on the trigger than Pettis, battering “Showtime” with his patented leg kicks and making sure to land first and last on the majority of the exchanges. As for Pettis, who has now dropped 3 in a row since being declared The Greatest Fighter This Or Any Generation Has Ever Seen™, the future certainly isn’t as promising as it was just a couple years ago. At this rate, I don’t even know if it’s safe to place him on our list of “Greatest Milwaukee-Based Pound-for-Pound Fighters Who Could Probably Beat LeBron James In a Game of Chess,” and that’s a BIG DEAL, you guys.

And finally, TUF Latin America winner Yair Rodriguez once again showed why he is one of the scariest dudes in *any* division by nearly knocking Andre Fili‘s goofy haircut off his head with a flying kick in the second round of their bantamweight tilt. It was ,without a doubt, one of the “Top 10 Pound-For-Pound Greatest Kicks Delivered By A TUF Winner Hailing From Chihuahua, Mexico” ever.

The full results for UFC 197 are below.

Main card
Jon Jones def. Ovince Saint Preux via unanimous decision
Demetrious Johnson def. Henry Cejudo via first-round TKO (2:49)
Edson Barboza def. Anthony Pettis via unanimous decision
Robert Whittaker def. Rafael Natal via unanimous decision
Yair Rodriguez def. Andre Fili via second-round KO (2:15)

Undercard
Sergio Pettis def. Chris Kelades via unanimous decision
Danny Roberts def. Dominique Steele via unanimous decision
Carla Esparza def. Juliana Lima via unanimous decision
James Vick def. Glaico Franca via unanimous decision
Walt Harris def. Cody East via first-round TKO (4:18)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima def. Clint Hester via sub (arm triangle) (R1, 4:35)
Kevin Lee def. Efrain Escudero via unanimous decision

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Jon Jones Broke OSP’s Arm, Watch His Reaction When He Finds Out

Jon Jones returned from a 15-month hiatus this past Saturday (April 23, 2016) facing Ovince St-Preux in the UFC 197 main event. It was not the most thrilling affair, but “Bones” got what he had come for in terms of a victory, although not against the man he would have preferred. With the current light-heavyweight

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Jon Jones returned from a 15-month hiatus this past Saturday (April 23, 2016) facing Ovince St-Preux in the UFC 197 main event. It was not the most thrilling affair, but “Bones” got what he had come for in terms of a victory, although not against the man he would have preferred. With the current light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier injured, OSP was perhaps not the most challenging foe that could’ve replaced “DC” but was certainly game.


When his coach confirmed with MMAFighting.com that St-Preux had actually suffered a broken arm in the second round of the UFC 197 main event, UFC president Dana White acknowledged that OSP’s stock had risen with the performance. Here’s the X-ray of that injury:

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Saint Preux lost on the judge’s score cards by unanimous decision, but the verdict among fans is something very different. To fight on for three more rounds with a broken arm against the consensus pound-for-pound number one fighter takes a hell of a pair. It wasn’t until after the fight during an interview with Megan Olivi that Jones learned of his opponent’s nasty injury, and he reacted in the way only “Bones” can. Skip to 4:20 for the moment Jon Jones realises he broke Ovince Saint Preux’s arm with a kick at UFC 197:

Suck to be OSP, or does it? The reality is he could have done so much worse, and if he was going to lose, then perhaps a tough lost decision where he showed such guts was possibly the best outcome. Factor in that St-Preux took the fight on two weeks notice, and you can actually figure he has a lot of potential in the light-heavyweight division.
What’s next for the gritty Ovince St-Preux?

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