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On Any Given Day Tim Sylvia Feels He Can Beat “Half The Top Ten Guys” In The UFC

Tweet Former UFC heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia showed the world that he is serious about staying at fighting at 265-pounds. In the main event of ProElite: Big Guns, Sylvia earned a unanimous decision against Andreas Kraniotakes. Check out the video after the jump where ‘The Maineiac’ talks about his disappointment with the win after going […]

Former UFC heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia showed the world that he is serious about staying at fighting at 265-pounds. In the main event of ProElite: Big Guns, Sylvia earned a unanimous decision against Andreas Kraniotakes.

Check out the video after the jump where ‘The Maineiac’ talks about his disappointment with the win after going the distance instead of finishing his opponent. Sylvia says it isn’t about winning titles anymore, it’s about fighting the best. The former champ would love a rematch with former opponents Frank Mir or ‘Big Nog’ Nogueira, and would love a chance to face Brock Lesnar, Cain Velasquez, or Alistair Overeem.

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Former UFC Champs Arlovski & Sylvia Earn Wins At ProElite: Big Guns Event

Tweet Press Release – NOVEMBER 5, 2011(MOLINE,IL.) In the main event of the evening, former 5 time world champion Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia out classed a very game Andreas “Big Daddy” Kraniotakes. After an exciting back and forth first round that saw each fighter stagger their opponent, Sylvia imposed a controlling game plan pinning Kraniotakes […]

Press Release – NOVEMBER 5, 2011(MOLINE,IL.) In the main event of the evening, former 5 time world champion Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia out classed a very game Andreas “Big Daddy” Kraniotakes. After an exciting back and forth first round that saw each fighter stagger their opponent, Sylvia imposed a controlling game plan pinning Kraniotakes along the cage fence. Every judge saw the fight 30-27 for the hard hitting Betterdorf native. This win moves Sylvia’s win streak to 2 in a row.

The co-main event brought a extremely memorable ending by the Pitbull, as Andrei Arlovski had a highlight reel knockout of the very experienced Travis “The Ironman” Fulton by headkick at the end of the third round. After a long feeling out period, Arlovski decided to take the fight to the ground where he dominated with smoothering control and advancing his position. The final stanza saw a devastating left kick to the head of Fulton that left him unconscious on the mat at 4:59 of round three. This puts Arloski on a two win streak as well.

Also on the main card 20 year-old Texan Evan Cutts took the fight to Reagan Penn and handed him his first career loss. With great takedowns and superior ground control, Penn had no answer for the relentless Cutts.

The main card was rounded out by the quarter finals of the Heavyweight Grand Prix. The most notable bout of the tournament was an electrifiying knockout victory for Salt Lake City’s own Jake Heun. In the very first round of his bout, Heun put Ed Carpenter to sleep with a headkick followed by some vicious ground and pound.

In the other bouts of the Grand Prix, Ryan Martinez bested tournament favorite Mark Ellis by unanimous decision, Cody Griffin had a come from behind knockout of Justyn Riley in the third round, and Richard “The Black Eagle” Odoms outlasted a game Rodney Housley to advance to the semifinals of the Grand Prix.

Andrei Arlovski Scores Last Second Knockout At ProElite Show

Former UFC heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski looked as if he would go the distance against opponent Travis Fulton in last nights ProElite: Big Guns co-main event. The ‘Pitbull’ though, would leave it out of the judges hands by literally, scoring a last second knockout, landing a kick to the side of the head winning the fight at 4:59 of the third round.

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ProElite: Big Guns ‘Quick Results’

Tweet The iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois hosted the second ProElite event this past Saturday night (Nov. 5), as the ProElite: Big Guns event featured a heavyweight focused card. Headlining the show were former UFC heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski, who both won their respective matches, with ‘The Pitbull’ pulling off a last […]

The iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois hosted the second ProElite event this past Saturday night (Nov. 5), as the ProElite: Big Guns event featured a heavyweight focused card.

Headlining the show were former UFC heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski, who both won their respective matches, with ‘The Pitbull’ pulling off a last second knockout win.

Also featured on the live HDNet broadcast was the second pro-bout of Reagan Penn, who lost a unanimous decision to Evan Cutts, as well as the opening round of ProElite’s Eight-man Heavyweight Grand Prix.

The full ‘Quick Results’ for ProElite: Big Guns is as follows:

Main Card

Heavyweight bout: Tim Sylvia def. Andreas Kraniotakes via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Heavyweight bout: Andrei Arlovski def. Travis Fulton via KO (Head Kick) – R3 @ 4:59
Welterweight bout: Evan Cutts def. Reagan Penn via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

– Heavyweight Grand Prix –

Heavyweight tournament bout: Ryan Martinez def. Mark Ellis via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Heavyweight tournament bout: Jake Heun def. Ed Carpenter via TKO (Kick-Punches) – R1 @ 3:17
Heavyweight tournament bout: Cody Griffin def. Justyn Riley via TKO (Punches) – R3 @ 0:32
Heavyweight tournament bout: Richard Odoms def. Rodney Housley via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Preliminary Bouts

Waylon Lowe def. Floyd Hodges via TKO (Doctor stoppage) – R2 @ 5:00
Todd Monaghan def. Richard McCraw via Submission (Rear-naked choke) – R1 @ 0:29

Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski Earn ProElite Victories

Filed under: ProEliteA pair of former UFC heavyweight champions were in action on Saturday night in Moline, Illinois, and both of them won. But neither looked particularly impressive in the process.

Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski were both victorious …

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A pair of former UFC heavyweight champions were in action on Saturday night in Moline, Illinois, and both of them won. But neither looked particularly impressive in the process.

Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski were both victorious at Saturday night’s ProElite event, yet save for one high kick from Arlovski at the very end of his fight, it was a dreadful affair all around.

Sylvia took a unanimous decision over Andreas Kraniotakes, 30-27 on all three judges’ cards. The fight consisted of a lot of clinching from Sylvia, and the crowd loudly booed at the end of the fight and again as Sylvia got his hand raised in the cage afterward.

Arlovski knocked out Travis Fulton with a shocking head kick with one second remaining in the third round of a fight that had been, up to that point, a dud. HDNet announcer Michael Schiavello accurately described the fight as “a cure for insomnia” heading into the third round, but Arlovski finally got busy in the third, and when the opportunity arose just as the fight was coming to an end, he threw a left high kick and landed his shin perfectly against Fulton’s jawline, knocking him cold.

Reagan Penn, the brother of B.J. Penn, looked even worse than Sylvia and Arlovski in losing a unanimous decision to Evan Cutts, 30-26, 30-27 and 30-27 on the judges’ scorecards. It was the second pro fight of Penn’s MMA career, and it’s hard to see any reason he’ll have a third fight.

And in the first round of ProElite’s eight-man heavyweight tournament, four men advanced to the semifinals:
— Ryan Martinez handed Mark Ellis the first loss of his career, winning by unanimous decision, 30-27 on all three judges’ cards. It was an extremely disappointing showing from Ellis, who entered the cage as a heavy favorite but left with the crowd loudly booing his lackluster performance.
— Jake Heun brutalized Ed Carpenter, knocking him down with a kick-punch combination and then finishing him off with ground and pound for a first-round TKO.
— Cody Griffin was losing the fight after two rounds but came back on fire at the start of the third, battering Justyn Riley, knocking him down and finishing him with punches on the ground to win a third-round TKO.
— Richard Odoms beat Rodney Housley by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring it 30-27. The fight wasn’t particularly competitive or particularly compelling — which meant it fit in well with this disappointing fight card.

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Andrei Arlovski Feels Like He’s Beginning His Career For A Second Time

“I really appreciate ProElite for this spot in my mma career. Like I said, I’m at the beginning of my mma career. I’m trying to build my mma career and we’ll see, this is just one fight. It was just the first victory and I feel like I’m a little baby you know. It’s like my first step and it’s very important, I have to be really smart about it, I have to be really focused, really disciplined and I think I’m doing everything right right now.”

Former UFC heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski is set to step back into the ProElite cage tomorrow when he meets Travis ‘The Ironman’ Fulton on the HDNet televised main card at the iWireless Center in Moline, Ill.

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“I really appreciate ProElite for this spot in my mma career. Like I said, I’m at the beginning of my mma career. I’m trying to build my mma career and we’ll see, this is just one fight. It was just the first victory and I feel like I’m a little baby you know. It’s like my first step and it’s very important. I have to be really smart about it. I have to be really focused, really disciplined and I think I’m doing everything right right now.”