UFC 208 is in the books. The results are as follows:
Germaine de Randamie def. Holly Holm by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
Anderson Silva def. Derek Brunson by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Ronaldo Souza def. Tim Boetsch via subm…
UFC 208 is in the books. The results are as follows:
Germaine de Randamie def. Holly Holm by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
Anderson Silva def. Derek Brunson by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Ronaldo Souza def. Tim Boetsch via submission (kimura) at 3:41 of the first round
Glover Teixeira def. Jared Cannonier by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Dustin Poirier def. Jim Miller by majority decision (30-27, 28-28, 29-28)
Belal Muhammad def. Randy Brown by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Wilson Reis def. Ulka Sasaki by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Islam Makhachev def. Nik Lentz by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-27)
Rick Glenn def. Phillipe Nover by split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
Ryan LaFlare def. Roan Carneiro by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 29-28)
Next up? UFC Fight Night 105.
The UFC is headed up to the Great White North with a solid lineup of fights including a heavyweight slugfest between Travis Browne and Derrick Lewis in the main event, a critical middleweight fight in Johny Hendricks vs. Hector Lombard and two title-relevant women’s MMA bouts in Sara McMann vs. Gina Mazany and Carla Esparza vs. Randa Markos. On top of that is a number of exciting fighters who could deliver exciting fights and turn this free show into everything UFC 208 wasn’t.
So what are the five most important questions entering the event? Read on and find out.
2014 is when Travis Browne’s career hit the pause button after his loss to Fabricio Werdum in a top contender bout and Browne has not been able to find the resume button since, despite his efforts and time with Edmond Tarverdyan. However, statistically speaking, one could argue that Browne has only lost to fighters who […]
2014 is when Travis Browne’s career hit the pause button after his loss to Fabricio Werdum in a top contender bout and Browne has not been able to find the resume button since, despite his efforts and time with Edmond Tarverdyan. However, statistically speaking, one could argue that Browne has only lost to fighters who were ex heavy weight champions and that is a fair, valid point.
However, that stat could soon be a thing of the past if Browne does not emerge victorious against Derrick Lewis. Lewis Might not be a former heavy weight champion, but he certainly can put up an impressive fight. It has to be conceded that Lewis’ career did not really start of as smoothly as he would have hoped (two brutal knock outs in his first four fights) but things have looked up since then.
UFC 192 is where Lewis took charge and since consecutively won five fights while fighting worthy opponents each time. Lewis’ forte are his agile hands and sheer strength and he will be hungry to come away with a victory against Browne which will really be the icing on the cake for his winning run so far.
Browne, in his own regard, has a long reach and his strikes generate a tremendous amount of force. He does have a few tricks up his sleeve especially when dealing with not so technically sound opponents such as Lewis.
Head Movement! It looks as though Glendale Fighting Club is still up and running. Contrary to recent reports, UFC heavyweight Travis Browne is still a member too. After the UFC 207 frenzy died down, many questions still remained about coach Edmond Tarverdyan. Firstly, the polarizing coach was again the subject of massive debate regarding his
It looks as though Glendale Fighting Club is still up and running. Contrary to recent reports, UFC heavyweight Travis Browne is still a member too. After the UFC 207 frenzy died down, many questions still remained about coach Edmond Tarverdyan. Firstly, the polarizing coach was again the subject of massive debate regarding his credentials. Showing no improvement in her stand up, Ronda Rousey crumbled quickly against Amanda Nunes. Just 48 seconds in to the first round and ‘Rowdy’ had taken all she could handle.
Then came the deadline for a settlement agreement to the tune of $160K. Coach Edmond’s bankruptcy/fraud case had to be sorted by last month or the gym could be sold by the pursuing party. With Dana White recently saying Rousey is pretty much done fighting, reports about ‘Hapa’ joining a different gym circulated. Apparently those reports were inaccurate, and Browne recently came to the defense of his coach. Speaking during a podcast appearance, ‘Hapa’ confirmed coach Edmond will be in his corner against Derrick Lewis in Halifax:
“Don’t Judge Edmond”
Heading in to his February 19 showdown with ‘Black Beast,’ Browne desperately needs a win. Riding a two-fight losing skid, Browne’s fortunes have been on the downswing since joining Glendale. This is not a reflection of Tarverdyan, says Browne, who believes people are singling his coach out:
“I think it’s easy to judge from the outside. Anybody that I’ve ever had in camp, to work with me as a training partner, they are always like, ‘Edmond knows what he’s talking about.’ He has a great fight IQ and he has great coaching. It’s about the athletes going out there and performing. Every coach has lost. Every champion, with the exclusion of Jon Jones, has lost. Why didn’t the community come down on those coaches? Where was everybody then? Why are you singling him out? It isn’t fair.”
Browne Blames Himself
“Speaking for myself, I went to Edmond to work specifically on footwork and my hands. Now it was up to me, during my fights, to work on my kicks, and grappling, and stuff like that. That was just something that I, for whatever reason, wasn’t at the front of my mind. I think now after I’ve had a tough year, after a year like this, I need to sit back. I’ve developed these skills, how do I incorporate them now into like the full scope of what I’m able to do.”
“What was happening is that I go to a certain point that was pretty high in the rankings based solely off of athletic ability. Really I didn’t have any coach that was like, ‘yes, that’s my student.’ I got a lot of my coaching from a lot of my training partners. They are high-level training partners, you had Phil Davis, Brandon Vera, Jon Jones, even Andrei Arlovski, guys who were in the gym. Yes, I had coaches, they were good coaches, I’m not saying they were bad coaches, but I never really learned how to fight technically. So I felt I got to a certain spot in my career based on my athletic ability, and I wanted to learn specifics of the sport.”
“I went to Edmond and started learning specifics of the sport, but then, in my own mind, I look back now, I started to depend too much on my skill level and not use my athletic ability. So now I’m sitting here after the Werdum fight thinking, ‘What the hell is going on?’ I need to go back to being athletic as I’m going to be but also using the skill set that I’ve learned over the years and incorporating it all.”
At Stake
Facing a surging heavyweight prospect in Lewis, Browne will need to be on top form. At stake is possibly his UFC contract. ‘Hapa’ vs. ‘Black Beast’ is the main event of UFC Fight Night 105, and which version of Travis Browne that shows up will prove pivotal to the result.
Well this has escalated quickly. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Derrick Lewis is set to throw down with Travis Browne at a UFC Fight Night event in Haliax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lewis currently sits at No. 8 in the rankings, while Browne is at No. 9. This fight, however, goes far beyond rankings. Last month, […]
Well this has escalated quickly. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Derrick Lewis is set to throw down with Travis Browne at a UFC Fight Night event in Haliax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lewis currently sits at No. 8 in the rankings, while Browne is at No. 9. This fight, however, goes far beyond rankings. Last month, […]
This heavyweight clash just got personal… Surging heavyweight prospect Derrick Lewis returns at UFC Fight Night 105 on February 19. Hoping to extend his win streak to six, ‘Black Beast’ faces Travis Browne in the Halifax main event. Since joining the UFC in 2014, Lewis has built an impressive 8-2 record. Victories over Gabriel Gonzaga
Surging heavyweight prospect Derrick Lewis returns at UFC Fight Night 105 on February 19. Hoping to extend his win streak to six, ‘Black Beast’ faces Travis Browne in the Halifax main event. Since joining the UFC in 2014, Lewis has built an impressive 8-2 record. Victories over Gabriel Gonzaga and Roy Nelson highlight his current spree. Similar to Francis Ngannou, who won at UFC on FOX 23 last weekend, a lot of fans have their eyes on Lewis right now.
Coming close to losing against Shamil Abdurakhimov in his last fight, ‘Black Beast’ will no doubt want to make a statement against ‘Hapa.’ Although his main event clash with Browne has already been announced, Lewis reveals he hasn’t actually been granted entry to Canada yet. Citing his criminal record, the 31-year old Texas resident tells Ariel Helwani he hasn’t received an answer in regards to being allowed in to Canada.
Lewis Fires Shots
Speaking during last night’s episode of The MMA Hour, Lewis talked about potential visa issues, before digging at Browne’s past.
“They haven’t actually told me if I can get in to Canada, because of my (criminal) record. I’ve never been to Canada before. I really would have liked to have fought on the pay-per-view card in Brooklyn, I haven’t fought on PPV yet. I believe (Travis) is a good fighter, he’s going to be one of my toughest opponents. He was looking him like I’m disrespecting him, calling to fight him.”
“I just wanted a real good fight, but he’s looking at it like I’m disrespecting him. He can look at it like motivation, but I can look at him beating his wife as my motivation. With my childhood, watching my Mom get beaten by a man, feeling helpless, and I could look at this as some type of motivation since he likes beating on women. I’m always looking for something to give me motivation.”
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Lewis & The Future
Where does heavy hitter Derrick Lewis fit in the heavyweight division’s future? We’ll certainly know a little more after UFC Fight Night 105, but ‘Black Beast’ is dangerous, popular and motivated right now. Another interesting point is that of Browne’s future, as he is reported to have finally left Glendale fight club. With the 265-pound weight class currently struggling, will Lewis emerge as one of the heavyweight elite?
A heavyweight clash between Travis Browne and Derrick Lewis has changed dates and will now be in a headlining role. The promotion announced on Monday that Browne vs. Lewis, which was supposed to take place at UFC 208, had been moved in favor of being positioned as the main event of UFC Fight Night 105
A heavyweight clash between Travis Browne and Derrick Lewis has changed dates and will now be in a headlining role. The promotion announced on Monday that Browne vs. Lewis, which was supposed to take place at UFC 208, had been moved in favor of being positioned as the main event of UFC Fight Night 105 one week later.
Lewis recently picked up his fifth straight UFC win after scoring a fourth-round TKO win over Shamil Abdurakhimov in this December’s UFC Fight Night 102 main event. Browne is currently stuck in a 1-3 skid that includes losses to Cain Velasquez and Fabricio Werdum, who are both former UFC heavyweight champions.
The event takes place on February 19th at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The main card will air on FOX while the prelims will air on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass. Here is the updated card:
