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Nate Marquardt Posts Photo Of His Battered Left Leg The Day After Final Strikeforce Event

Former Strikeforce welterweight champ Nate ‘The Great’ Marquardt posted this photo on Sunday morning on his Facebook page showing his bruised and battered left leg. Marquardt sustained the damage on Saturday in a title fight with Tarec Saffiedine in the main even of the final Strikeforce show. For five rounds Saffiedine peppered Marquardt’s lead leg […]

Former Strikeforce welterweight champ Nate ‘The Great’ Marquardt posted this photo on Sunday morning on his Facebook page showing his bruised and battered left leg.

Marquardt sustained the damage on Saturday in a title fight with Tarec Saffiedine in the main even of the final Strikeforce show.

For five rounds Saffiedine peppered Marquardt’s lead leg with kicks, and as this photo shows, did enough damage to send Marquardt to the hospital (as evidenced by the wristband) where he was treated and given a pair of crutches to use.

The bout marked Marquardt’s first title defense at 170-lbs which he would end up losing by unanimous decision to Saffiedine. ‘The Great’ faces an uncertain future at the moment whether or not the UFC will take him back, or if he will have to look at another promotion to call home.

Invicta FC 4: Esparza vs. Hyatt Image Gallery

The all female Invicta Fighting Championship promotion held it’s fourth event last night (Jan. 5, 2013) at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. Invicta FC 4 featured the crowning of the inaugural strawweight champion in Carlas Esparaza who outperformed replacement fighter Bec Hyatt to capture the belt. Below are more images from the thirteen bout […]

Carla Esparza becomes the first Invicta FC strawweight champion

The all female Invicta Fighting Championship promotion held it’s fourth event last night (Jan. 5, 2013) at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. Invicta FC 4 featured the crowning of the inaugural strawweight champion in Carlas Esparaza who outperformed replacement fighter Bec Hyatt to capture the belt.

Below are more images from the thirteen bout card, be sure to view the full gallery at Invicta FC’s Facebook page. All photo’s by Esther Lin for Invicta FC.

Strawweight's Carla Esparza and Bec Hyatt battle for the inaugural Invicta FC title – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Alexis Davis chokes out Shayna Basler in the Invicta FC 4 co-main event – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Leslie Smith calls out opponent Raquel Pennington at Invicta FC 4 – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Sarah D'Alelio dumps Amanda Nunes at Invicta FC 4 – Photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Hiroko Yamanaka (L) and Ediane Gomes (R) battle at Invicta FC 4 – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Joanne Calderwood (R) lands a kick to the head of Livia von Plettenberg at Invicta FC 4 – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Amanda Bell walks out at Invicta FC 4 – Photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Invicta FC 4 announces 'King Mo' Lawal, Julie Kedzie and Bas Rutten – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Rose Namajunas lands a rear-naked choke on Emily Kagan at Invicta FC 4 – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Rose Namajunas celebrates her first pro-mma win at Invicta FC 4 – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Tecia Torres (L) dominates Paige Van Zant (R) in the standup at Invicta FC 4 – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Veronica Rothenhausler (L) lands a one punch KO against Katalina Malungahu at Invicta FC 4 – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Invicta FC 4 ‘Knockout Of The Night’ From Veronica Rothenhausler

(Gif after the jump) – Winning her pro-mma debut Saturday night was Veronica Rothenhausler who finished opponent Katalina Malungahu with a one-punch KO on the preliminary card of the Invicta FC 4 event in Kansas City. Rothenhausler finished both of her previous amateur opponents by knockout taking 5-seconds to finish each of them. Rothenhausler was […]

Veronica Rothenhausler earns a one-punch KO win against Katalina Malungahu at Invicta FC 4 – GIF by Zombie Prophet for BloodyElbow.com

(Gif after the jump) – Winning her pro-mma debut Saturday night was Veronica Rothenhausler who finished opponent Katalina Malungahu with a one-punch KO on the preliminary card of the Invicta FC 4 event in Kansas City. Rothenhausler finished both of her previous amateur opponents by knockout taking 5-seconds to finish each of them.

Rothenhausler was awarded the “Knockout of the Night” honor for the win, while Rose Namajunas won the “Submission of the Night” bonus for her third round sbumission over Emily Kagan, and co-main event fighters Shayna Baszler vs. Alexis Davis earned the “Fight of the Night” honor.

Check out more GIF’s from the event from BloodyElbow.com

Veronica Rothenhausler lands a one punch KO win over Katalina Malungahu at Invicta FC 4 – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC (Facebook)

UFC Heavyweight Pat Barry Goes Crazy For Rose Namajunas Win At Invicta FC 4

MMAtopics.net / MMAMadhouse.com was covering the event and Pat “HD” Barry was going crazy cornering Rose Namajunas at Invicta 4. Everything Pat does is hilarious so I knew to keep the camera on him. Not only did I get footage but I also get punched as you can see in the video. Luckily i could take a beating LOL. Rose stopped her opponent in the 3rd round via RNC

Barry is the boyfriend to Namajunas who made her pro-MMA debut last night. ‘HD’ was there in her corner shouting advice throughout the fight and goes crazy after she picks up her first pro-win.

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MMAtopics.net / MMAMadhouse.com was covering the event and Pat “HD” Barry was going crazy cornering Rose Namajunas at Invicta 4. Everything Pat does is hilarious so I knew to keep the camera on him. Not only did I get footage but I also get punched as you can see in the video. Luckily i could take a beating LOL. Rose stopped her opponent in the 3rd round via RNC

Barry is the boyfriend to Namajunas who made her pro-MMA debut last night. ‘HD’ was there in her corner shouting advice throughout the fight and goes crazy after she picks up her first pro-win.

Rose Namajunas and Pat Barry at Invicta FC 4 – photo by Esther Lin for Invicta FC

Cain Velasquez Dominates Junior Dos Santos To Recapture The UFC Heavyweight Title

This photo pretty much sums up the UFC heavyweight title rematch between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos in last nights UFC 155 main event. Both men went five rounds, with Velasquez controlling virtually all of the action scoring several takedowns and out striking his opponent. The bout marked the longest amount of time that […]

Cain Velasquez continues to unleash his ground-and-pound versus Junior dos Santos at UFC 155 – Photo via Fuel TV

This photo pretty much sums up the UFC heavyweight title rematch between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos in last nights UFC 155 main event. Both men went five rounds, with Velasquez controlling virtually all of the action scoring several takedowns and out striking his opponent. The bout marked the longest amount of time that ‘Cigano’ was kept on his back in the cage having only been kept down for 13-seconds in total in his previous Octagon matches. Velasquez would earn scores of 50-45, 50-43, and 50-44 from the judges to recapture his belt.

UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar Event Poster

“Super Bowl” weekend marks the first ‘Super Fight’ as UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo takes on former lightweight title holder Frankie Edgar in the main event of UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar. The pay-per-view show is expected to take place on Saturday, February 2, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. […]

“Super Bowl” weekend marks the first ‘Super Fight’ as UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo takes on former lightweight title holder Frankie Edgar in the main event of UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar. The pay-per-view show is expected to take place on Saturday, February 2, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event also features a light heavyweight bout between former champ Rashad Evans and Brazil’s Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, while heavyweights Alistair Overeem and Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva also clash on the main card.

Check out the current card below for UFC 156:

Announced bouts

Featherweight title bout: (c) Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar
Light heavyweight bout: Rashad Evans vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Heavyweight bout: Alistair Overeem vs. Antonio Silva
Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Demian Maia
Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Evan Dunham

Unofficial bouts

Flyweight bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian McCall
Welterweight bout: Erick Silva vs. Jay Hieron
Bantamweight bout: Francisco Rivera vs. Edwin Figueroa
Lightweight bout: Jacob Volkmann vs. Bobby Green