Anyone who questioned the severity of the elbow injury that caused Mark Munoz to withdraw from his co-main event bout with Chael Sonnen at UFC on FOX 2 next week should look no further than “The Filipino Wrecking Machine’s” Twitter. &…
Anyone who questioned the severity of the elbow injury that caused Mark Munoz to withdraw from his co-main event bout with Chael Sonnen at UFC on FOX 2 next week should look no further than “The Filipino Wrecking Machine’s” Twitter. Munoz had successful elbow surgery at the Kerian-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic on Thursday, and then tweeted pictures […]
While most of us were concentrating on Friday night’s UFC event, another major promotion was holding it’s weigh-ins on the same evening from Honolulu, Hawaii. ProElite is set to host it’s third event of the year, ProElite: Da Spyder vs. Minowaman tonight from the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu and will feature a nine […]
While most of us were concentrating on Friday night’s UFC event, another major promotion was holding it’s weigh-ins on the same evening from Honolulu, Hawaii.
ProElite is set to host it’s third event of the year, ProElite: Da Spyder vs. Minowaman tonight from the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu and will feature a nine bout card. The events main card will air live tonight on HDNet beginning at 10pm ET (7pm PST).
Friday, seventeen of the eighteen participants made weight for their respective bouts including headliners, former UFC vet Kendall ‘Da Spyder’ Grove (185) and his opponent Japanese fighter Ikuhisa Minoawa ‘Minowaman’ (185).
Also on weight were co-main event fighters, women’s bantamweights Sara McMann (135) and Hitomi Akano (135). As well as all four of the Heavyweight Grand Prix semifinalists Jake Heun (233), Richard Odoms (262), Ryan Martinez (262) and Cody Griffin (258).
Check out the full photo gallery from Friday’s weigh-ins at ProElite.com.
The full weigh-in results for ProElite: Da Spyder vs. Minowaman is as follows:
Main Card
Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove (185) vs. Ikuhisa Minowa (185)
Women’s Bantamweight bout : Sara McMann (135) vs. Hitomi Akano (135)
Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinal bout: Jake Heun (233) vs. Richard Odoms (262)
Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinal bout: Ryan Martinez (262) vs. Cody Griffin (258)
Heavyweight bout: Tasi Edwards (215) vs. Patrick Cummins (215)
Middleweight bout: Brent Schermerhorn (184) vs. Kaleo Gambill (184)
Preliminary Card
Featherweight bout: Steven Saito (145) vs. Toby Misech (147)
Light heavyweight bout: Ilima Maiava (202) vs. Tatsuya Mizuno (204)
Catchweight (175 lbs) bout: Collin Mansanas (175) vs. Bryson Kamaka (175)
Ultimate Fighting Championship Octagon girl Brittney Palmer posted these two racy photos on Facebook on Monday from her latest photo shoot. The first is entitled “Strike a pose…but never a poseur” and in the second, Palmer says she is working on her “inner Zoolander” in order to get that certain look. She recently returned to […]
Ultimate Fighting Championship Octagon girl Brittney Palmer posted these two racy photos on Facebook on Monday from her latest photo shoot.
The first is entitled “Strike a pose…but never a poseur” and in the second, Palmer says she is working on her “inner Zoolander” in order to get that certain look.
She recently returned to the Octagon after a summer off to follow her painting career and recently released a 2012 calender, which can be purchased through her website brittneypalmer.com. The California girl will also reportedly pose for Playboy in the coming year.
(Check out the Gifs after the jump of Edson Barboza’s one kick KO of Terry Etim) Lightweight fighter Edson Barboza (10-0) kept his record perfect by stopping British fighter Terry Etim via third round knockout in the opening pay-per-view bout of UFC 142. What made it significant was that he did it with a wheel […]
Edson Barboza (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
(Check out the Gifs after the jump of Edson Barboza’s one kick KO of Terry Etim)
Lightweight fighter Edson Barboza (10-0) kept his record perfect by stopping British fighter Terry Etim via third round knockout in the opening pay-per-view bout of UFC 142. What made it significant was that he did it with a wheel kick to become the first fighter in the promotions history to score victory by that method.
Barboza ended the fight at 2:02 of the third round and walked away with the “Knockout of the Night” bonus as well as the “Fight of the Night” bonus, for a total of $130,000.
Gifs courtesy of IronForgesIron.com. Hit the link for more Gifs from the rest of the nights action.
(Hi folks, most of you know that the news comes a little later as my day job keeps me busy, but I’m a little behind due to a few late meetings. I just want to thank you all for coming to us for the news.) I don’t think anyone in the world of mixed martial […]
Anthony Johnson (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
(Hi folks, most of you know that the news comes a little later as my day job keeps me busy, but I’m a little behind due to a few late meetings. I just want to thank you all for coming to us for the news.)
I don’t think anyone in the world of mixed martial arts would have seen this one coming, even from a mile away.
At the Friday weigh-ins for UFC 142, co-main event fighter Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson, who normally competes at welterweight and was making his middleweight debut against opponent Vitor Belfort, hit the scales at an amazing weight of 197-lbs for the bout. A full eleven pounds over the 186-lbs allowable limit.
The anger on the face of Zuffa CEO Lorenzo Fertitta (on the right side of the attached photo) pretty much says it all.
Johnson has had a history of missing weight as a welterweight fighter, with many critics calling for ‘Rumble’ to move up to the middleweight division. He’s come in overweight twice as a welterweight weighing 177.5 pounds at UFC 76 and 176 pounds at UFC 104.
Well he hasn’t impressed anyone in his middleweight debut by coming in at 197-lbs.
Belfort, who has expressed his excitement at competing in front of his fellow countrymen numerous times, did agree to contend the fight at light heavyweight but with one stipulation. Johnson would have to weigh-in again on fight day at 2pm in the afternoon and would have to come in at no more than 205-lbs, or the fight was off.
UFC president Dana White commented on the situation on FUEL TV, expressing his displeasure at Johnson’s “unprofessional” behaviour.
“Rumble Johnson is not on weight today, and when I say he’s not on weight he’s way off weight. This is not the first time this has happened with Johnson. He moved up to 185-pounds so this wouldn’t happen to him at 170 pounds, and here we are in the same position. Belfort came in like a professional on weight, and Anthony Johnson comes in as a total unprofessional, way overweight. The stipulation is, Vitor does not want him to weigh more than 205 pounds by tomorrow. So we will see how this plays out. He’ll weigh in today and have to weigh in tomorrow. As a fighter, you are a professional. You are contracted to come in at a certain weight.”
“His job is on the line. His job is absolutely on the line, win or lose.”
Johnson has been fined 20% of his fight purse and will be fighting for his job “wins or lose.”
Tweet Images from Saturday night at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from the main card of the Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine event. All photos by Esther Lin/Forza LLC/Getty Images via Forza LLC. Check out the full photo gallery at Strikeforce.com
Rockhold vs. Jardine (Photos by Esther Lin/Forza LLC/Getty Images via Forza LLC)
Images from Saturday night at the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada from the main card of the Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine event.
All photos by Esther Lin/Forza LLC/Getty Images via Forza LLC.
