Filed under: UFC, NewsPat Barry fought Joey Beltran at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2 in a bout that started slowly but turned into a slugfest — if not a very technically sound fight — in the end. When 15 minutes of brawling was over, Barry had won a…
Pat Barry fought Joey Beltran at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2 in a bout that started slowly but turned into a slugfest — if not a very technically sound fight — in the end. When 15 minutes of brawling was over, Barry had won a unanimous decision.
Barry, who tearfully dedicated the fight to his late father afterward, won 30-27 on one judge’s scorecard and 29-28 on the other two judges’ cards. His record improves to 6-2, while Beltran falls to 12-5.
Filed under: UFCMark Hominick earned a shot at the UFC featherweight title with a win over George Roop at Saturday’s UFC Fight for the Troops 2, putting on a very impressive striking display and establishing himself as the No. 1 contender to the 145-po…
Mark Hominick earned a shot at the UFC featherweight title with a win over George Roop at Saturday’s UFC Fight for the Troops 2, putting on a very impressive striking display and establishing himself as the No. 1 contender to the 145-pound king, Jose Aldo.
Hominick leveled Roop with a big right hand to the chin within the first minute of the first round, and although Roop quickly got back up, he appeared off balance and not all there. Hominick kept battering away at Roop’s head and knocking him down repeatedly, and it wasn’t long before the referee stepped in to stop the fight, giving Hominick a TKO victory at 1:28 of the first round.
Filed under: UFC, NewsMatt Mitrione needed only a couple minutes to whoop Tim Hague at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2, keeping the fight standing and using powerful punches to beat on Hague, then pounding him some more on the floor before the referee s…
Matt Mitrione needed only a couple minutes to whoop Tim Hague at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2, keeping the fight standing and using powerful punches to beat on Hague, then pounding him some more on the floor before the referee stepped in at the 2:59 mark to stop the fight, handing Mitrione a first-round technical knockout.
“I’m here to fight,” Mitrione said afterward. “I’m here to get a piece of gold.”
Filed under: UFC, NewsMelvin Guillard has started 2011 looking the best he’s ever looked.
Guillard destroyed Evan Dunham at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event at Fort Hood, winning in a first-round technical knockout in dominant fashion, with hard p…
Melvin Guillard has started 2011 looking the best he’s ever looked.
Guillard destroyed Evan Dunham at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event at Fort Hood, winning in a first-round technical knockout in dominant fashion, with hard punches and brutal knees knocking Dunham to the canvas and forcing the referee to stop the fight at 2:58 of the first round. The last of the knees Guillard landed appeared to come after Dunham had already gone to the ground — which would have made the knee illegal — although Guillard already had Dunham all but finished before that.
“I’m very happy,” Guillard said afterward, thanking the troops at Fort Hood who had turned out to watch the fight and noting that he comes from a military family.
Filed under: UFCWaylon Lowe used his superior wrestling to win the first two rounds, then hung on to survive the third round and earned a hard-fought unanimous decision over Willamy Freire at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2.
Waylon Lowe used his superior wrestling to win the first two rounds, then hung on to survive the third round and earned a hard-fought unanimous decision over Willamy Freire at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2.
All three judges scored the fight 29-28 for Lowe, handing him a win that improves Lowe’s professional MMA record to 10-3. Freire falls to 18-4.
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For the best dog money value, you might want to place your money on George Roop in his bout with Mark Hominick. Roop’s dog value is as high as +200 on Betus: here and about +190 on the other major online sportsbooks. We like Roop because it looks that he’s found his home in the 145 lb division. By all accounts, he would have won his Fight of the Night bout which ended in a Draw against Leonard Garcia at WEC 47, had he not been deducted a point for a groin kick. George Roop also surprised everyone in his next fight against The Korean Zombie, Chan Sung Jung, when he ended the fight early in the second round with a head kick, earning Knock Out of the Night honors.
Dana White has said, Mark Hominick will get the title-shot against Jose Aldo in his home country of Canada at UFC 129, should he win the fight against Roop. White stated if Roop wins, they’ll “have to go back to the drawing board.” This could be incentive but also it could mean mounting pressure for the Shawn Tompkins protege. Hominick is coming off a split-decision win over Leonard Garcia and he’s facing a fellow Team Tompkins teammate in Roop, so the two men have sparred together in training several times and both know what to expect. It just seems here, Roop has nothing to lose, so maybe that might be all he needs to win.
We also like Evan Dunham a lot in his Main Event fight against Melvin Guillard but are really surprised by the numbers. Dunham is the favorite by as much as -260 at Betus. We agree Dunham should win this bout. He’s faced a bit tougher competition than Guillard in recent fights and there’s not one person, besides well this judge that thought he actually lost his UFC 119 bout against Sean Sherk, but that said…we might follow similar logic as to why we’d bet on Roop… There is added pressure for Dunham to win this fight or it might make the controversial Sherk match, a moot point. Guillard isn’t expected to win, even though he’s a Greg Jackson team member and is on a 3 fight win-streak right now, most recently against UFC 125 Knockout of the Night winner, Jeremy Stephens. And though, Guillard is a late replacement for the injured, Kenny Florian, keep in mind Guillard was already training and in fighting shape to face Yves Edwards on the preliminary card. So maybe that +200 dog money is worth laying on the line for Guillard: here.
For the expert MMA fan who’d like to try their hand at picking specific odds like Dunham by Decision or Inside Distance, you can place your bets at Bodog: here. Or if you think you can guess how many minutes a fight will last then have a little Nostradamus prediction fun at Bookmaker: here.
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