UFC middleweight title challenger, or as the poster states “The true middleweight champion,” Chael Sonnen features this poster on the background of his Twitter (@sonnench) account.
With the tagline “The Rematch Anderson Silva Has Been Running From” the two fighters are scheduled to meet this coming Saturday (July 7, 2012) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
I’m sure some of you die hards have already seen the poster already but it’s certainly amusing once you take a closer look at what the poster has to say.
Props to Maggie Hendricks at Yahoo! Sports for pointing that one out to me.
UFC middleweight title challenger, or as the poster states “The true middleweight champion,” Chael Sonnen features this poster on the background of his Twitter (@sonnench) account.
With the tagline “The Rematch Anderson Silva Has Been Running From” the two fighters are scheduled to meet this coming Saturday (July 7, 2012) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
I’m sure some of you die hards have already seen the poster already but it’s certainly amusing once you take a closer look at what the poster has to say.
Props to Maggie Hendricks at Yahoo! Sports for pointing that one out to me.
Check out a few of the images from Saturday (June 23, 2012) UFC 147 event from Belo Horizonte, Brazil featuring the TUF Brazil featherweight and middleweight finals, along with a rematch between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva. Be sure to check out more photo’s from Josh Hedges by viewing the full gallery at UFC.com.
Rich Franklin reacts after defeating Wanderlei Silva during their UFC 147 middleweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
Check out a few of the images from Saturday (June 23, 2012) UFC 147 event from Belo Horizonte, Brazil featuring the TUF Brazil featherweight and middleweight finals, along with a rematch between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva.
Be sure to check out more photo’s from Josh Hedges by viewing the full gallery at UFC.com.
(L-R) Rich Franklin hugs Wanderlei Silva after their five-round UFC 147 catchweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
(R-L) Wanderlei Silva punches Rich Franklin during their UFC 147 catchweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
(L-R) Wanderlei Silva punches Rich Franklin during their UFC 147 catchweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
(L-R) Wanderlei Silva kicks Rich Franklin during their UFC 147 catchweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira kicks Sergio "Serginho" Moraes during their UFC 147 middleweight bout at Estádio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
Rony "Jason" Mariano Bezerra reacts after defeating Godofredo Pepey during their UFC 147 featherweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
Fabricio Werdum reacts after defeating Mike Russow during their UFC 147 heavyweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
(R-L) Yuri Alcantara punches Hacran Dias during their UFC 147 featherweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
(L-R) Rodrigo Damm secures a rear choke submission to defeat Anistavio "Gasparzinho" Medeiros during their UFC 147 featherweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
(R-L) Francisco Trinaldo punches Delson "Pe De Chumbo" Heleno during their UFC 147 middleweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
A tattoo is seen on the back of Hugo "Wolverine" Viana before his UFC 147 featherweight bout against John Teixeira at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
Thiago "Bodao" Perpetuo reacts after his TKO victory over Leonardo Mafra during their UFC 147 middleweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
(L-R) Wagner "Galeto" Campos punches Marcos Vinicius "Vina" during their UFC 147 featherweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
(R-L) Felipe Arantes lands a flying knee against Milton Vieira during their UFC 147 featherweight bout at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drummond on June 23, 2012 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. – Photo by Josh Hedges for UFC.com
Round 5 is offering an exclusive limited edition collectible for next months UFC Fan Expo in Las Vegas (July 6-7, 2012) with a 500 unit special edition Dana White figure featuring three title belts from the UFC, the WEC, and Pride. Collectors will certainly want to add this one to their collection.
Round 5 mma UFC Fan Expo exclusive of UFC president Dana White
Round 5 is offering an exclusive limited edition collectible for next months UFC Fan Expo in Las Vegas (July 6-7, 2012) with a 500 unit special edition Dana White figure featuring three title belts from the UFC, the WEC, and Pride. Collectors will certainly want to add this one to their collection.
The soccer kick is apparently alive and well spending it’s days under the ONE Fighting Championship banner, just waiting to be used against a downed opponent. Early this morning in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia it was unleashed on former UFC and Bellator vet Roger Huerta by Zorobabel Moreira. In the second round of their ONE FC: […]
Zoro Moreira stops Roger Huerta at ONE FC: Destiny of Warriors with a second round soccer kick to the head
ONE FC: "Destiny of Warriors" Huerta vs Moreira poster
The soccer kick is apparently alive and well spending it’s days under the ONE Fighting Championship banner, just waiting to be used against a downed opponent. Early this morning in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia it was unleashed on former UFC and Bellator vet Roger Huerta by Zorobabel Moreira. In the second round of their ONE FC: Destiny of Warriors bout, an exhausted Huerta is dragged to the mat and finished with a soccer kick to the side of the head earning ‘Zoro’ his fifth straight victory and third under the ONE FC banner.
Asian based ONE Fighting Championships held it’s fourth show today at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Promotion president Victor Cui organized a nine-bout card for the ONE FC: Destiny of Warriors event, marking their first pay-per-view show over the web (@ $9.99). The card featured several lesser-known fighters along with several well known […]
ONE FC ring girls Kim Ha Yul and Ji Eun Han
Asian based ONE Fighting Championships held it’s fourth show today at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Promotion president Victor Cui organized a nine-bout card for the ONE FC: Destiny of Warriors event, marking their first pay-per-view show over the web (@ $9.99).
The card featured several lesser-known fighters along with several well known such as Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral, Roger Huerta, and Tatsuya Mizuno on the card.
Sobral headlined the event versus Mizuno needing just thirty-one seconds to finish his Japanese opponent with an armbar submission.
Huerta, a former UFC and Bellator veteran, made his debut with ONE FC competing in a welterweight contracted bout versus fellow lightweight Zorobaabel Moreira who replaced Phil Baroni at the event. Huerta was looking to end his losing skid but came up well short after tiring out and eating a legal soccer kick while on the ground.
Check out the full ‘Quick Results’ for ONE FC: Destiny of Warriors below:
Main Card
Light heavyweight bout: Renato Sobral def. Tatsuya Mizuno by submission (armbar) at 0:31 of Round One
Welterweight bout: Zorobabel Moreira def. Roger Huerta via KO (Soccer kick) – R2 @ 3:53
Bantamweight bout: Leandro Issa def. Masakazu Imanari Via Unanimous Decision
Welterweight bout: Adam Kayoom def. Gregor Gracie via Unanimous Decision
Featherweight bout: Eric Kelly def. Bae Young Kwon via Unanimous Decision
Lightweight bout: Arnaud Lepont def. Brian Choi via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R3 @ 1:38
Preliminary Card
Featherweight bout: Mitch Chilson def. AJ Lias Mansor via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 1:39
Welterweight bout: Marcos Escobar def. Rodrigo Praxedes via Submission (D’arce choke) – R3 @ 1:40
Lightweight bout: Peter Davis def. Kim Quek Hong via TKO (Knees) – R1 @ 0:55
The official weigh-ins for ONE Fighting Championship’s “Destiny of Warriors” took place this morning (on this side of the World) at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel in Malaysia. The live event was closed to the public with fighters, coach staff, and media the only ones in attendance. Of the eighteen fighters to hit the scales […]
Tatsuya Mizuno and Renato 'Babalu' Sobral face-off after making weight for their headlining ONE FC: Destiny of Warriors bout
The official weigh-ins for ONE Fighting Championship’s “Destiny of Warriors” took place this morning (on this side of the World) at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel in Malaysia. The live event was closed to the public with fighters, coach staff, and media the only ones in attendance.
Of the eighteen fighters to hit the scales only two failed to make weight for their matches. Coming in too heavy were Mitch Chilson, who was 1kg (2.2 lbs) over, and Eric Kelly who was 0.6kg (1.32 lbs) over. Both fighters are competing at featherweight (66 kg) in their respective bouts.
Two fighters did not weigh-in, as Allamurad Karayev and Roldan Sangcha’an did not step onto the scale. No word if their bout was scrapped or not.
Props to TheFightNation.com for all of the details and be sure to visit their site to see more face-off photos.
The full weigh-in results for ONE FC: Destiny of Warriors is as follows:
Quek Kim Hock (70.6kg) vs Peter Davis (70.7kg)
Marcos Escobar (77.15kg) vs Rodrigo Praxedes (77.15kg)
Mitch Chilson (67.3kg) vs AJ Vaa (65.3kg)
Brian Choi (70.3kg) vs Arnaud Lepont (70.7kg)
Bae Young Kwon (66.3kg) vs Eric Kelly (66.75kg)
Gregor Gracie (77.3kg) vs Adam Kayoom (76.35kg)
Leandro Issa (61.55kg) vs Masakazu Imanari (61.55kg)
Zorobabel Moreira (76.8kg) vs Roger Huerta (76.9kg)
