Another bout has been added to the UFC Fight Night 95 card, and it’s in the heavyweight division. The UFC announced on Thursday that “Big Country” Roy Nelson will square off with Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva at the event. Nelson (21-13) is currently on a one fight losing streak and is 2-4 in his last six […]
Another bout has been added to the UFC Fight Night 95 card, and it’s in the heavyweight division. The UFC announced on Thursday that “Big Country” Roy Nelson will square off with Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva at the event.
Nelson (21-13) is currently on a one fight losing streak and is 2-4 in his last six bouts. He is coming off a loss to Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night 90 by decision.
Silva (19-9, 1NC) is currently on a two fight losing streak and is 1-4-1 in his last six bouts. He is coming off a loss to Stefan Struve at UFC Fight Night 87 by first-round KO.
UFC Fight Night 95 takes place on September 24th at Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia. The card airs on Fox Sports 1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass. Here is the updated card:
UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis is coming off his fourth straight victory after defeating Roy Nelson at UFC Fight Night 90. It was Lewis’ second consecutive co-main event slot, and although he wasn’t able to finish the granite-chinned ‘Big Country’ inside the limit, it was no doubt his most high-profile victory to date. The fight with
UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis is coming off his fourth straight victory after defeating Roy Nelson at UFC Fight Night 90. It was Lewis’ second consecutive co-main event slot, and although he wasn’t able to finish the granite-chinned ‘Big Country’ inside the limit, it was no doubt his most high-profile victory to date. The fight with Nelson went down during an incredibly busy fight week, opening up a seven-day period with four UFC cards crammed in.
The fabled UFC 200 came and went, but the massive pay-per-view card was already reeling from the loss of Jon Jones by the time Lewis stepped in the octagon. Having failed an out-of-competition drug test, ‘Bones’ was removed from the July 9 main event rematch with Daniel Cormier on Wednesday July 6. Then in the week following it was Lesnar’s turn, as USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) claimed their second victim in as many calendar weeks. Lewis was not surprised.
Jul 7, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Derrick Lewis lands a hit against Roy Nelson during UFC Fight Night at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joshua Dahl-USA TODAY Sports
In an interview with MMAFighting.com, ‘Black Beast’ says everyone knew Lesnar was juicing from the jump:
“It was no surprise. It was like Nate Diaz says, there was no surprise about it. Come on man. Look at the guy. Everyone knows he’s juicing. But, that don’t affect me at all. I’ll fight anyone. I’m ready.”
“For sure I’ll fight him,” he said. “When I was fighting in the lower league, I was fighting a lot of guys that was on juice. It doesn’t matter. That don’t help you fight any better, to me. I’ll still be eating fried chicken and McDonalds before my fight, and I feel fine.”
“I guess you got to have security problems if you got do all that,” he said. “But it literally don’t affect me. I don’t care. The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen. So if you want to juice, go ahead and juice up. It’s just going to make you more depressed afterwards.”
Brock Lesnar wasn’t Lewis’ only target with his highly humorous trash talk and somewhat outrageous honesty, as he discussed a potential title fight with Alistair Overeem ‘some time next year,’ providing the ‘Demolition Man’ can stay off the juice:
“Maybe against [Alistair] Overeem,” he said. “I think he’s going to beat Stipe [Miocic]. If Overeem can stay clean…I know he’s tempted right now to take them steroids, I know he’s tempted…but if I can stay clean I’d say we can get at it by next year.”
On a more serious note, ‘Black Beast’ reveals how many heavyweights he thins are currently abusing steroids:
“Probably 70 percent,”
“It doesn’t piss me off at all. It’s just stupid for them to do that because they know that they’re getting random drug tests. They’re willing to risk thousands of dollars for something so stupid like that, that’s not even going to help them.”
The medical suspensions for UFC Fight Night 90 were recently, and some notable names will be out of the octagon for a bit. Rafael dos Anjos is out until 08/22/16 with a laceration above his left eye while Derrick Lewis and Roy Nelson are out until 08/07/16. UFC Fight Night 90 took place from Las
The medical suspensions for UFC Fight Night 90 were recently, and some notable names will be out of the octagon for a bit. Rafael dos Anjos is out until 08/22/16 with a laceration above his left eye while Derrick Lewis and Roy Nelson are out until 08/07/16.
UFC Fight Night 90 took place from Las Vegas, Nevada on July 7th and the event aired on UFC Fight Pass. The main event was dos Anjos vs. Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title while the co-main event was Nelson vs. Lewis. Also on this card was Mitch Clarke vs. Joseph Duffy, Mehdi Baghdad vs. John Makdessi, and Anthony Birchak vs. Dileno Lopes.
Here are the medical suspensions:
Rafael dos Anjos: Suspended until 08/22/16 and no contact 08/07/16 (Laceration above left eye).
Derrick Lewis: Suspended until 08/07/16 and no contact until 07/29/16.
Roy Nelson: Suspended until 08/07/16 and no contact until 07/29/16.
Alan Jouban: Must have fractured left hand cleared by Orthopedic Dr. or no contest until 01/04/17; Minimum suspension and no contest until 08/07/16.
Belal Muhammad: Suspended until 09/06/16 and no contact until 08/22/16.
Mitch Clarke: Must have MRI of right knee before next fight and Orthopedic Dr. clearance or no contest until 01/04/17.
Mike Pyle: Suspended until 09/06/16 and no contact until 08/22/16.
John Makdessi: Suspended until 08/07/16 and no contact until 07/29/16 (Lacerations above left eyebrow).
Dileno Lopes: Suspended until 08/22/16 and no contact until 08/07/17.
Anthony Birchak: Suspended until 09/06/16 and no contact until 08/22/16.
Pedro Munhoz: Suspended until 08/22/16 and no contact until 08/07/16 (small cut top of head).
Russell Doane: Must have right foot x-ray to rule out fracture; Minimum suspension until 08/07/16 and no contact until 07/29/16.
Lukasz Sajewski: Suspended until 09/06/16 and no contact until 08/22/16.
Reginaldo Viera: Must have right orbital and nasal fractures cleared by an ENT or no contest until 01/04/17; minimum suspension contest until 09/06/16, no contact until 08/22/16.
Marco Beltran: Must have left knee x-ray to rule out fracture, also needs dental clearance for three loose front teeth (#’s 7- 8 & 9).
Alvaro Herrera: Suspended until 08/22/16 and No contact until 08/07/16 (Right bicep pain).
Rafael dos Anjos, Roy Nelson and Alan Jouban are among those who were given medical suspensions following action at UFC Fight Night 90.
The Nevada Athletic Commission ordered dos Anjos suspended until August, while giving Nelson the same treatment. …
Rafael dos Anjos, Roy Nelson and Alan Jouban are among those who were given medical suspensions following action at UFC Fight Night 90.
The Nevada Athletic Commission ordered dos Anjos suspended until August, while giving Nelson the same treatment. Jouban faces a much longer time on the sidelines after injuring his left hand.
All of those fighters medically suspended can be viewed below thanks to MMAFighting.com:
*Alan Jouban: Must have fractured left hand cleared by orthopedic doctor or no contest until 01/04/17; minimum suspension no contest until 08/07
*Mitch Clarke: Must have MRI of right knee before next fight and orthopedic doctor clearance or no contest until 01/04/17
*Reginaldo Viera: Must have right orbital and nasal fractures cleared by an ENT or no contest until 01/04/17; minimum suspension no contest until 09/06, no contract until 08/22
*Marco Beltran: Must have left knee x-ray to rule out fracture, also needs dental clearance for three loose front teeth or no contest until 01/04/17
*Belal Muhammad: Suspended until 09/06, no contact until 08/22
*Mike Pyle: Suspended until 09/06, no contact until 08/22
*Anthony Birchak: Suspended until 09/06, no contact until 08/22
*Lukasz Sajewski: Suspended until 09/06, no contact until 08/22
*Rafael dos Anjos: Suspended until 08/22, no contact until 08/07 due to laceration above left eye
*Dileno Lopes: Suspended until 08/22, no contact until 08/07
*Pedro Munhoz: Suspended until 08/22, no contact until 08/07 due to small cut on top of head
*Alvaro Herrera: Suspended until 08/22, no contact until 08/07 due to right bicep pain
*Derrick Lewis: Suspended until 08/07, no contact until 07/29
*Roy Nelson: Suspended until 08/07, no contact until 07/29
*John Makdessi: Suspended until 08/07, no contact until 07/29 due lacerations above left eyebrow
*Russell Doane: Must have right foot x-ray to rule out fracture; minimum suspension no contest until 08/07, no contact until 07/29
I remember the exact moment I knew that Rafael Dos Anjos was going to lose last night.
It came just prior to the co-main event tilt between Roy Nelson and Derrick Lewis, oddly enough. While hyping up the featured bouts of the evening, Jon Anik referred to Dos Anjos’ then win streak as “legendary.” He had made a similar comment earlier in the evening (something about Dos Anjos looking to secure his legacy as “one of the greatest lightweights to ever step foot in the octagon,” which I guess was technically true), but I had brushed it off, as I do with most commentators, as a case of simply needing some words to fill time.
But the moment that word hit my ear, I pricked up in my seat a bit.
I remember the exact moment I knew that Rafael Dos Anjos was going to lose last night.
It came just prior to the co-main event tilt between Roy Nelson and Derrick Lewis, oddly enough. While hyping up the featured bouts of the evening, Jon Anik referred to Dos Anjos’ win streak as “legendary.” He had made a similar comment earlier in the evening (something about Dos Anjos looking to secure his legacy as “one of the greatest lightweights to ever step foot in the octagon,” which I guess was technically true), but I had brushed it off, as I do with most commentators, as a case of simply needing some words to fill time.
But the moment that word hit my ear, I pricked up in my seat a bit. Wait, how many fights *has* Dos Anjos won now? Have I really been that asleep at the wheel? I had to consult Wikipedia, and you’d imagine my surprise when I found that Dos Anjos’ current win streak stood at five. Granted, these five wins came over incredibly tough guys — Cerrone, Pettis, Bendo — but still, the use of the term “legendary” seemed a bit hyperbolic when describing it. Like they had done with Renan Barao previously, it seemed that the narrative the UFC/Anik/whoever had decided to push Dos Anjos with was the “unstoppable killer” one — which, if you think about it, is really the only angle that the UFC has *ever* used on a Brazilian/foreign champion with not-so-great English (like how unathletic, pudgy white fighters are always praised for being a “hard worker”).
The thing is, we had never seen Barao lose when we were slapping him with “P4P king” status and other such superlative titles. We’ve seen Dos Anjos lose, multiple times, and though he’s clearly a far superior fighter to the guy we first saw in the octagon, we’ve still seen that he’s not indestructible. So for whatever reason, as soon as I heard Anik even attempt to push that narrative, I said to myself, “Well, you had a good run, Two Angees” (I don’t speak Portuguese). Because this is MMA after all, where the UFC’s best laid plans are treated with as much hostility by the powers above as MMA reporters are treated by the UFC.
And wouldn’t you know it, it took less than a round for those misanthropic MMA Gods to show me their divine light.
In a year that has seen Michael Bisping become the middleweight champion, Miesha Tate become the women’s bantamweight champion, Robbie Lawler continue to reign at welterweight, and Dominick Cruz return to form like nothing had even happened in the past three years, perhaps it makes sense that Eddie Alvarez would blitzkrieg and blister Dos Anjos in a matter of minutes to become the lightweight champion. Predicting fights has alway been a bit of a fool’s game — one which I love participating in because I am a fool — but recently it’s like we’re just being laughed at. If things keep going the way they have been, then I fully expect Brock Lesnar to be featherweight champion by this time next year. You heard me, featherweight.
Another interesting question raised by the late career resurgence of guys like Alvarez, Lawler, Bisping — to me at least — is how much of a role the UFC’s recent USADA-implemented drug testing program might be playing in all this. For the most part, these were guys being touted as the future of their respective divisions when they first entered the UFC (the same goes for Alvarez in Bellator), only to be written off as simply not being able to keep up with “the modern era of mixed martial artists” as the years progressed. Now USADA is tagging fools left and right (even the young ones!), and this collective group of old farts is once again leading the pack. Does this mean that they were the greatest fighters all along until steroids screwed everything up? Or does it just mean that they’ve found the BEST steroids? I can’t say for sure, but I know this: someone or something is definitely on steroids.
Speaking of steroids, lets talk about one guy who definitely isn’t on steroids: Roy Nelson. Squaring off against human wrecking ball Derrick Lewis in the co-main event of the evening, Roy Nelson went out there and did the damn Roy Nelson thing, meaning he threw his overhand right out there a bit while taking shots to the chin like a f*cking Goron. After getting nearly finished in the first round, Nelson did manage to slow things down in the second with his takedown game (a phrase I can’t imagine has ever been used before), getting Lewis to the mat early and often but failing to mount any real offense in doing so.
It was a fight you could see going either way on the scorecards — especially in an era where nearly *every* decision is a split decision — but one that ultimately went to the right guy if you value damage over control. It’s all arbitrary in the end, really. We’re just dots spinning on a big blue marble in the sky, waiting until the hand of our Holy Maker rises to crush us all.
That took a bit of a turn at the end there, but you get my point.
The full results for Fight Night 90 below.
Main card
Eddie Alvarez def. Rafael dos Anjos via first-round TKO (3:49)
Derrick Lewis def. Roy Nelson via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Alan Jouban def. Belal Muhammad via unanimous decision (28-27, 29-28, 29-27)
Joseph Duffy def. Mitch Clarke via submission (rear-naked choke, 0:25, Round 1)
Undercard
Alberto Mina def. Mike Pyle via knockout (flying knee, 1:17, Round 2)
John Makdessi def. Mehdi Baghdad via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Anthony Birchak via Dileno Lopes via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
Pedro Munhoz def. Russell Doane via submission (guillotine, 2:08, Round 1)
Felipe Arantes def. Jerrod Sanders via verbal submission (armbar, 1:39, Round 2)
Gilbert Burns def. Lukasz Sajewski via submission (armbar, 4:57, Round 1)
Marco Beltran def. Reginaldo Vieira via submission (rear-naked choke, 3:04, Round 2)
Vicente Luque def. Alvaro Herrera via submission (D’Arce choke, 3:52, Round 2)
I remember the exact moment I knew that Rafael Dos Anjos was going to lose last night.
It came just prior to the co-main event tilt between Roy Nelson and Derrick Lewis, oddly enough. While hyping up the featured bouts of the evening, Jon Anik referred to Dos Anjos’ then win streak as “legendary.” He had made a similar comment earlier in the evening (something about Dos Anjos looking to secure his legacy as “one of the greatest lightweights to ever step foot in the octagon,” which I guess was technically true), but I had brushed it off, as I do with most commentators, as a case of simply needing some words to fill time.
But the moment that word hit my ear, I pricked up in my seat a bit.
I remember the exact moment I knew that Rafael Dos Anjos was going to lose last night.
It came just prior to the co-main event tilt between Roy Nelson and Derrick Lewis, oddly enough. While hyping up the featured bouts of the evening, Jon Anik referred to Dos Anjos’ win streak as “legendary.” He had made a similar comment earlier in the evening (something about Dos Anjos looking to secure his legacy as “one of the greatest lightweights to ever step foot in the octagon,” which I guess was technically true), but I had brushed it off, as I do with most commentators, as a case of simply needing some words to fill time.
But the moment that word hit my ear, I pricked up in my seat a bit. Wait, how many fights *has* Dos Anjos won now? Have I really been that asleep at the wheel? I had to consult Wikipedia, and you’d imagine my surprise when I found that Dos Anjos’ current win streak stood at five. Granted, these five wins came over incredibly tough guys — Cerrone, Pettis, Bendo — but still, the use of the term “legendary” seemed a bit hyperbolic when describing it. Like they had done with Renan Barao previously, it seemed that the narrative the UFC/Anik/whoever had decided to push Dos Anjos with was the “unstoppable killer” one — which, if you think about it, is really the only angle that the UFC has *ever* used on a Brazilian/foreign champion with not-so-great English (like how unathletic, pudgy white fighters are always praised for being a “hard worker”).
The thing is, we had never seen Barao lose when we were slapping him with “P4P king” status and other such superlative titles. We’ve seen Dos Anjos lose, multiple times, and though he’s clearly a far superior fighter to the guy we first saw in the octagon, we’ve still seen that he’s not indestructible. So for whatever reason, as soon as I heard Anik even attempt to push that narrative, I said to myself, “Well, you had a good run, Two Angees” (I don’t speak Portuguese). Because this is MMA after all, where the UFC’s best laid plans are treated with as much hostility by the powers above as MMA reporters are treated by the UFC.
And wouldn’t you know it, it took less than a round for those misanthropic MMA Gods to show me their divine light.
In a year that has seen Michael Bisping become the middleweight champion, Miesha Tate become the women’s bantamweight champion, Robbie Lawler continue to reign at welterweight, and Dominick Cruz return to form like nothing had even happened in the past three years, perhaps it makes sense that Eddie Alvarez would blitzkrieg and blister Dos Anjos in a matter of minutes to become the lightweight champion. Predicting fights has alway been a bit of a fool’s game — one which I love participating in because I am a fool — but recently it’s like we’re just being laughed at. If things keep going the way they have been, then I fully expect Brock Lesnar to be featherweight champion by this time next year. You heard me, featherweight.
Another interesting question raised by the late career resurgence of guys like Alvarez, Lawler, Bisping — to me at least — is how much of a role the UFC’s recent USADA-implemented drug testing program might be playing in all this. For the most part, these were guys being touted as the future of their respective divisions when they first entered the UFC (the same goes for Alvarez in Bellator), only to be written off as simply not being able to keep up with “the modern era of mixed martial artists” as the years progressed. Now USADA is tagging fools left and right (even the young ones!), and this collective group of old farts is once again leading the pack. Does this mean that they were the greatest fighters all along until steroids screwed everything up? Or does it just mean that they’ve found the BEST steroids? I can’t say for sure, but I know this: someone or something is definitely on steroids.
Speaking of steroids, lets talk about one guy who definitely isn’t on steroids: Roy Nelson. Squaring off against human wrecking ball Derrick Lewis in the co-main event of the evening, Roy Nelson went out there and did the damn Roy Nelson thing, meaning he threw his overhand right out there a bit while taking shots to the chin like a f*cking Goron. After getting nearly finished in the first round, Nelson did manage to slow things down in the second with his takedown game (a phrase I can’t imagine has ever been used before), getting Lewis to the mat early and often but failing to mount any real offense in doing so.
It was a fight you could see going either way on the scorecards — especially in an era where nearly *every* decision is a split decision — but one that ultimately went to the right guy if you value damage over control. It’s all arbitrary in the end, really. We’re just dots spinning on a big blue marble in the sky, waiting until the hand of our Holy Maker rises to crush us all.
That took a bit of a turn at the end there, but you get my point.
The full results for Fight Night 90 below.
Main card
Eddie Alvarez def. Rafael dos Anjos via first-round TKO (3:49)
Derrick Lewis def. Roy Nelson via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Alan Jouban def. Belal Muhammad via unanimous decision (28-27, 29-28, 29-27)
Joseph Duffy def. Mitch Clarke via submission (rear-naked choke, 0:25, Round 1)
Undercard
Alberto Mina def. Mike Pyle via knockout (flying knee, 1:17, Round 2)
John Makdessi def. Mehdi Baghdad via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Anthony Birchak via Dileno Lopes via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
Pedro Munhoz def. Russell Doane via submission (guillotine, 2:08, Round 1)
Felipe Arantes def. Jerrod Sanders via verbal submission (armbar, 1:39, Round 2)
Gilbert Burns def. Lukasz Sajewski via submission (armbar, 4:57, Round 1)
Marco Beltran def. Reginaldo Vieira via submission (rear-naked choke, 3:04, Round 2)
Vicente Luque def. Alvaro Herrera via submission (D’Arce choke, 3:52, Round 2)
