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With three title defenses down, Demetrious Johnson is on his way toward becoming a UFC legend.
At UFC 174, he’ll look to make it four in a row against Ali Bagautinov. If successful, Johnson would match the title reigns of MMA greats Frank Shamrock, Pat…
With three title defenses down, Demetrious Johnson is on his way toward becoming a UFC legend.
At UFC 174, he’ll look to make it four in a row against Ali Bagautinov. If successful, Johnson would match the title reigns of MMA greats Frank Shamrock, Pat Miletich and Chuck Liddell.
Bagautinov won’t go down easy, though. The Russian has won 11 in a row and is undefeated inside the Octagon.
Here is a closer look at how Johnson and Bagautinov match up in all areas ahead of their meeting Saturday.
UFC Fight Night 42 is in the books. The results are as follows:
Benson Henderson defeats Rustam Khabilov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:16 of the fourth round
Diego Sanchez defeats Ross Pearson by split decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28)
John…
UFC Fight Night 42 is in the books. The results are as follows:
Next up? UFC 174.
Headlined by the flyweight title fight between Demetrious Johnson and Ali Bagautinov, UFC 174 has an intriguing mix of young and old talent. A potential welterweight title eliminator sits in the co-main event slot and two important light heavyweight tilts in Ovince St. Preux vs. Ryan Jimmo and Rafael Cavalcante vs. Ryan Bader. Oh…and former heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski is returning after six years. That’s pretty cool, too.
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(Bagautinov apparently tested positive for over four times the legal limit of AWESOME. Photo via Getty.)
While details are scarce at the moment, it would appear as if Dagestani flyweight Ali Bagautinov, who is currently scheduled to challenge Demetrious Johnson for the flyweight title at UFC 174 in June, has been banned from the International Sambo Federation following a positive test for Methylhexaneamine in 2012. Again, how this news was only recently discovered is anyone’s guess, but here’s the gist of it (via a report on MMABoxing.ru translated by Bloody Elbow):
Report on Anti-Doping (Mr. Ali Bagautinov Shamil’evich)
In accordance with Art. 14.2.2 Doping provisions FIAS report that athlete Mr. Ali Bagautinov Shamil’evich violated Art. 2.1 Anti-Doping regulations FIAS (presence of a prohibited substance methylhexaneamine in an athlete’s sample). Commission Hearing doping cases FIAS has adopted the following sanctions against the athlete:
– 2 years ineligibility from 9 November 2012 to November 8, 2014
– Cancellation of the athlete received during the FIFA World Sambo 2012, which held in Minsk (Belarus), including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.
– Part or all of the financial support that is associated with sports activities, or other related activities, grants ever recieved by an athlete will be withheld and FIAS it’s national federations in accordance with Art. 10.10.3 Doping provisions FIAS
Methylhexaneamine is a banned substance most often found in nasal sprays that has also been marketed as an energy-boosting dietary supplement in recent years. It has been banned by several sports commissions due to safety concerns (having been linked to the deaths of at least 5 people), and was brought into the public eye last year when Toronto Blue Jays prospect Marcus Stroman tested positive for it. Additionally, boxer Brandon Rios was suspended by the China Professional Boxing Association after testing positive for the drug following his loss to Manny Pacquiao in December of 2013.
(Bagautinov apparently tested positive for over four times the legal limit of AWESOME. Photo via Getty.)
While details are scarce at the moment, it would appear as if Dagestani flyweight Ali Bagautinov, who is currently scheduled to challenge Demetrious Johnson for the flyweight title at UFC 174 in June, has been banned from the International Sambo Federation following a positive test for Methylhexaneamine in 2012. Again, how this news was only recently discovered is anyone’s guess, but here’s the gist of it (via a report on MMABoxing.ru translated by Bloody Elbow):
Report on Anti-Doping (Mr. Ali Bagautinov Shamil’evich)
In accordance with Art. 14.2.2 Doping provisions FIAS report that athlete Mr. Ali Bagautinov Shamil’evich violated Art. 2.1 Anti-Doping regulations FIAS (presence of a prohibited substance methylhexaneamine in an athlete’s sample). Commission Hearing doping cases FIAS has adopted the following sanctions against the athlete:
– 2 years ineligibility from 9 November 2012 to November 8, 2014
– Cancellation of the athlete received during the FIFA World Sambo 2012, which held in Minsk (Belarus), including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes.
– Part or all of the financial support that is associated with sports activities, or other related activities, grants ever recieved by an athlete will be withheld and FIAS it’s national federations in accordance with Art. 10.10.3 Doping provisions FIAS
Methylhexaneamine is a banned substance most often found in nasal sprays that has also been marketed as an energy-boosting dietary supplement in recent years. It has been banned by several sports commissions due to safety concerns (having been linked to the deaths of at least 5 people), and was brought into the public eye last year when Toronto Blue Jays prospect Marcus Stroman tested positive for it. Additionally, boxer Brandon Rios was suspended by the China Professional Boxing Association after testing positive for the drug following his loss to Manny Pacquiao in December of 2013.
When asked about Bagautinov’s situation at the UFC 173 media scrum yesterday, Dana White declined to comment, stating only that it “wasn’t important.” Let’s hope this doesn’t affect Bagautinov’s upcoming title shot against Johnson, because the last thing that garbage-ass card needs is a cancelled main event. In any case, keep an eye out for how jacked-up Bagautinov looks against Johnson come June 14th, because I hear that nasal spray is powerful stuff…
(To answer your questions, you can buy it here, and it also comes in shark. / Photo via Andrei’s Instagram)
After a six-year absence from the promotion, former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski will be returning to the Octagon this year. UFC president Dana White confirmed Arlovski’s signing on Twitter yesterday, and MMAJunkie reports that a bout between Arlovski and Brendan Schaub is being targeted for UFC 174 (June 14th; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada). UPDATE: Arlovski vs. Schaub is official, and Schaub is pretty psyched about it.
Though Arlovski endured a rough patch in 2009-2011 where he lost four consecutive fights — marked by knockout losses to Fedor Emelianenko, Brett Rogers, and Sergei Kharitonov — the “Pitbull” actually ended his first UFC stint on a three-fight win streak, including a decision victory against current heavyweight title contender Fabricio Werdum and TKO’s of Marcio Cruz and Jake O’Brien. His departure was contract-related (and immediately profitable), and since then, Dana White has always been highly complimentary of Arlovski as a fighter and as a person, even while criticizing his career choices.
(To answer your questions, you can buy it here, and it also comes in shark. / Photo via Andrei’s Instagram)
After a six-year absence from the promotion, former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski will be returning to the Octagon this year. UFC president Dana White confirmed Arlovski’s signing on Twitter yesterday, and MMAJunkie reports that a bout between Arlovski and Brendan Schaub is being targeted for UFC 174 (June 14th; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada). UPDATE: Arlovski vs. Schaub is official, and Schaub is pretty psyched about it.
Though Arlovski endured a rough patch in 2009-2011 where he lost four consecutive fights — marked by knockout losses to Fedor Emelianenko, Brett Rogers, and Sergei Kharitonov — the “Pitbull” actually ended his first UFC stint on a three-fight win streak, including a decision victory against current heavyweight title contender Fabricio Werdum and TKO’s of Marcio Cruz and Jake O’Brien. His departure was contract-related (and immediately profitable), and since then, Dana White has always been highly complimentary of Arlovski as a fighter and as a person, even while criticizing his career choices.
Arlovski has gone 6-1 since leaving Strikeforce in 2011, including wins over Mike Kyle and Travis Fulton, an ugly decision loss to Anthony Johnson, and a highly satisfying no-contest against Tim Sylvia. Arlovski’s contract with the World Series of Fighting had recently expired, and although the WSOF had the option to extend it because he had pulled out of his last fight due to injury, the promotion agreed to release him when he was offered a UFC contract.
“Arlovski brought attention to us when we needed it,” said World Series of Fighting executive vice president Abdel-Aziz. “At this point, I wish him the best of luck back in the UFC.”
UFC 174 continues expanding and is now adding a light heavyweight tilt between The Ultimate Fighter Season 8 winner Ryan Bader and former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante. The bout was first reported by The Canadian Pre…
UFC 174 continues expanding and is now adding a light heavyweight tilt between The Ultimate Fighter Season 8 winner Ryan Bader and former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante. The bout was first reported by The Canadian Press, via Yahoo Sports.
It’s an interesting tilt between 205-pounders who were once among the best in the division but find themselves trying to put up their first winning streak in years.
Bader wound up in a short-notice top contender’s bout with Jon Jones in 2011 but lost via second-round submission. He has been unable to recapture the success he had early in his UFC career and has gone 4-4 since 2011, despite starting his UFC career with a 5-0 record.
In his most recent bout, he bounced back from a brutal knockout loss at the hands of Glover Teixeira with an uncomfortably lopsided win over Anthony Perosh. Bader controlled the entire fight with his wrestling and pounded Perosh for what felt like hours on end.
Cavalcante, meanwhile, took the Strikeforce light heavyweight belt from Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal in 2011 with an impressive third-round TKO. He never successfully defended the belt, though, as Dan Henderson knocked him out.
He hasn’t been nearly as impressive since and owns a 1-1 UFC record. The loss came from a brutal mauling at the hands of the recently released Thiago Silva, while Feijao won via submission at the expense of Igor Pokrajac in November.
UFC 174 goes down on June 14 in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is headlined by a flyweight title fight between Demetrious Johnson and Ali Bagautinov and co-headlined by Rory MacDonald vs. Tyron Woodley. Going by the UFC.com listing for the card, Bader vs. Cavalcante will likely be on the main card.
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(“I’ll see you there, NOBODY!” Photo via Sherdog.)
The baseless cheap shot I just took in that caption aside, I’m actually pretty excited about the UFC’s decision to book a flyweight title fight between Demetrious Johnson and Ali Bagautinov as the main event of UFC 174. As Ariel Helwani noted when breaking the news earlier today, the fight will serve as Johnson’s first time headlining a pay-per-view and should make for another highly-technical, entertaining fight on his resume. Plus, with a maybesortaprobably #1 contender bout between Rory MacDonald and Tyron Woodley serving as the evening’s co-main event, UFC 174 is quickly becoming the most stacked card of the summer, amiright guyz?!!
(Sadly, there is no MMA equivalent of this reaction gif. Yet.)
After leaving his first seven UFC contests in the hands of the judges, “Mighty Mouse” has scored back-back-finishes of John Moraga and Joseph Benavidez via fifth round submission and first round KO, respectively. Bagautinov, on the other hand, has notched three straight victories over someone, someone else, and John Lineker since entering the UFC back in September of 2013.
As for the rest of UFC 174, well, we’ll just let these random Twitter users break it down…
(“I’ll see you there, NOBODY!” Photo via Sherdog.)
The baseless cheap shot I just took in that caption aside, I’m actually pretty excited about the UFC’s decision to book a flyweight title fight between Demetrious Johnson and Ali Bagautinov as the main event of UFC 174. As Ariel Helwani noted when breaking the news earlier today, the fight will serve as Johnson’s first time headlining a pay-per-view and should make for another highly-technical, entertaining fight on his resume. Plus, with a maybesortaprobably #1 contender bout between Rory MacDonald and Tyron Woodley serving as the evening’s co-main event, UFC 174 is quickly becoming the most stacked card of the summer, amiright guyz?!!
(Sadly, there is no MMA equivalent of this reaction gif. Yet.)
After leaving his first seven UFC contests in the hands of the judges, “Mighty Mouse” has scored back-back-finishes of John Moraga and Joseph Benavidez via fifth round submission and first round KO, respectively. Bagautinov, on the other hand, has notched three straight victories over someone, someone else, and John Lineker since entering the UFC back in September of 2013.
As for the rest of UFC 174, well, we’ll just let these random Twitter users break it down…
“If u don’t liek it dont by it dummy!” — Anonymous
Actually, now that I look over the Twitters and Youtubes, it would appear that many people aren’t even sharing my enthusiasm for the main event:
Jeez, a bunch of size-ists in here (although I will agree with Mr. Bowker that UFC 174 will draw shit numbers, you know, because of the main card being garbage-ass and all).
Considering the last two events to take place in Vancouver (UFC 115 and 131) didn’t even feature a title fight, Canadian fans should be more than satisfied with at least one of the (likely) twelve fights transpiring on June 14th. And that’s what the modern era of MMA is about, right? Stringing together just enough mildly intriguing fights to warrant charging less and less fans $50 to watch it?
One more time.
