MMA News: UFC 131 Bonuses: $70,000 Extra for Weidman, Stout, Herman and EinemoBleacher Report’s Nick Caron:The UFC put on one of their most entertaining fight cards in recent memory tonight as they invaded Vancouver for UFC 131: dos Santos vs. Carwin. …
MMA News: UFC 131 Bonuses: $70,000 Extra for Weidman, Stout, Herman and Einemo
Bleacher Report’s Nick Caron:
The UFC put on one of their most entertaining fight cards in recent memory tonight as they invaded Vancouver for UFC 131: dos Santos vs. Carwin. According to MMAWeekly, the UFC handed out big, $70,000 pay checks that likely far surpassed the fight purses of the four fighters receiving them tonight.
While the main event between which saw Junior dos Santos edge out Shane Carwin for a unanimous judge’s decision, it was actually some undercard fights which were perhaps the most entertaining and impressive for the fans in attendance and watching on television or online.
Chris Weidman, fighting in just his second UFC fight, earned the Submission of the Night bonus with his second-round guillotine choke on Jesse Bongfeldt in the final seconds of the round. We later found out that he had injured his meniscus in the fight, but the 26-year old battled through and finished the fight.
In what can’t be much of a surprise, Sam Stout earned the Knockout of the Night bonus with his thunderous left hook that completely knocked Yves Edwards unconscious. Edwards’ head bounced off the canvas like a basketball and Stout knew it was all over with just that one punch. This will be his sixth fight bonus since joining the UFC in 2006.
MMA News: Kenny Florian Overpowers Diego Nunes in UFC 131 Featherweight DebutBleacher Report’s Scott Harris:Immediately after his featherweight debut at UFC 131, Kenny Florian admitted that cutting down to 145 pounds was “the hardest thing I’ve e…
MMA News: Kenny Florian Overpowers Diego Nunes in UFC 131 Featherweight Debut
Bleacher Report’s Scott Harris:
Immediately after his featherweight debut at UFC 131, Kenny Florian admitted that cutting down to 145 pounds was “the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
Observers would never know it from his performance in the cage, however, as Florian used every bit of his size and experience to wear down and vanquish young prospect Diego Nunes by unanimous decision.
Looking lanky but not emaciated, Florian entered the cage with four- and seven-inch advantages over Nunes in height and reach, respectively.
Nunes came out on fire, displaying impressive hand speed and scoring the first clean takedown of the fight. However, with the exception of the big left hands he landed at the end of the first and third rounds, Nunes was unable to exact any considerable damage on the UFC veteran.
The smoke has cleared, the dust has settled, and UFC 131 is finally part of MMA history.In the night’s main event, Junior Dos Santos used faster and technically superior striking to bloody, out-point, and nearly finish an overmatched Shane Carwin en ro…
The smoke has cleared, the dust has settled, and UFC 131 is finally part of MMA history.
In the night’s main event, Junior Dos Santos used faster and technically superior striking to bloody, out-point, and nearly finish an overmatched Shane Carwin en route to a unanimous decision victory.
In the co-main event of the evening, Kenny Florian managed to out-strike and out-grapple his Brazilian adversary Diego Nunes and in doing so earned a unanimous decision victory.
Mark Munoz, Dave Herman, Donald Cerrone, Chris Weidman, Sam Stout, Krzysztof Soszynski, Nick Ring, Dustin Poirier, Joey Beltran, and Darren Elkins were all successful in their Octagon endeavours as well.
What are the most important consequences of the event? What lessons did MMA learn and what questions were answered? Read and find out!
Former heavyweight title challenger Shane Carwin took a three-round beating in his bout with Junior dos Santos, and he will have a lot of scars to show for it.Carwin, who is known for being a 40-hr workman outside the cage, looked as if he took 40 punc…
Former heavyweight title challenger Shane Carwin took a three-round beating in his bout with Junior dos Santos, and he will have a lot of scars to show for it.
Carwin, who is known for being a 40-hr workman outside the cage, looked as if he took 40 punch combination to the face, and the photo doesn’t hide anything.
It wasn’t pretty, and the brutal massacre left him with numerous cuts under both his eyes and around his nose. He was bleeding from the mouth and the nose for the majority of the bout.
There have been several gruesome looking images of post-fight faces this year, and Carwin’s face definitely makes the list, surpassing some but not all of them.
MMA News: UFC 131 Results: Junior Dos Santos Dominates Carwin, Shows Fans He Is EvolvingBleacher Report’s Andrew Barr:UFC 131 was a night filled with emerging contenders.Mark Munoz edged out a decision over Demian Maia, putting him in the title mix a…
MMA News: UFC 131 Results: Junior Dos Santos Dominates Carwin, Shows Fans He Is Evolving
Bleacher Report’s Andrew Barr:
UFC 131 was a night filled with emerging contenders.
Mark Munoz edged out a decision over Demian Maia, putting him in the title mix at middleweight. Kenny Florian had a successful featherweight debut, defeating highly regarded contender Diego Nunes. Lastly, Junior Dos Santos solidified his status as the No.1 contender in the heavyweight division with a dominant victory over Shane Carwin.
It became apparent early in the fight that Junior had the striking advantage. This is what many were expecting, given that Carwin is known as a power puncher, but is not a particularly technical striker. Dos Santos, on the other hand, is known for having the best boxing in the UFC’s heavyweight division.
Junior was able to use his jab throughout the fight to keep Carwin off balance, while periodically throwing together combinations that busted up Shane’s face.
Cigano came very close to finishing the fight in the first round, but Shane was able to cover intelligently enough to keep the fight from being stopped. Not wanting to punch himself out, Junior relented and began to pace himself.
Dos Santos was able to win the next two rounds with relative ease, ultimately earning himself the unanimous decision victory.
UFC 131 was a night filled with emerging contenders.Mark Munoz edged out a decision over Demian Maia, putting him in the title mix at middleweight. Kenny Florian had a successful featherweight debut, defeating highly regarded contender Diego Nunes. Las…
UFC 131 was a night filled with emerging contenders.
Mark Munoz edged out a decision over Demian Maia, putting him in the title mix at middleweight. Kenny Florian had a successful featherweight debut, defeating highly regarded contender Diego Nunes. Lastly, Junior Dos Santos solidified his status as the No.1 contender in the heavyweight division with a dominant victory over Shane Carwin.
It became apparent early in the fight that Junior had the striking advantage. This is what many were expecting, given that Carwin is known as a power puncher, but is not a particularly technical striker. Dos Santos, on the other hand, is known for having the best boxing in the UFC’s heavyweight division.
Junior was able to use his jab throughout the fight to keep Carwin off balance, while periodically throwing together combinations that busted up Shane’s face.
Cigano came very close to finishing the fight in the first round, but Shane was able to cover intelligently enough to keep the fight from being stopped. Not wanting to punch himself out, Junior relented and began to pace himself.
Dos Santos was able to win the next two rounds with relative ease, ultimately earning himself the unanimous decision victory.
However, the most significant factor in this fight was not Dos Santos’ ability to out-box Carwin, it was the evolution we saw within Junior’s game.
Dos Santos has been known for a while now as a specialist because he relies almost entirely on his boxing, but in the fight with Carwin it was clear that Junior is working to become a well rounded mixed martial artist.
Since Junior had never faced off against a wrestler of Carwin’s caliber, many were surprised by his ability to keep this fight standing. Shane was occasionally able to get a hold of Dos Santos and even took him down a couple times, but each time Junior showed impressive wrestling defense, getting back to his feet quickly and gaining distance.
It was also evident that Dos Santos has been working on incorporating more kicks into his already devastating striking arsenal. He scattered a few high kicks throughout the fight, one of which landed pretty cleanly to Shane’s head. If Carwin hadn’t managed to partially block the kick, it might have been enough to put him away.
Perhaps the most surprisingly part of Dos Santos’ performance was his wrestling offense. Junior very rarely looks to bring fights the the mat, but in the third round he showed us that he is capable of doing it if he so chooses. He scored two takedowns in that third round, both of which were more dominant than any of Carwin’s.
With this win, Cigano has earned himself a title shot against heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez and so it’s great to see him working so hard on becoming a well rounded mixed martial artist. Cain is possibly the most well rounded heavyweight fighter in the world and Dos Santos will need all the tools he can muster if he wants to beat the champ.
