Filed under: UFCAs he continues to climb up the lightweight ladder, Jim Miller notched another big win Wednesday night with a hard-fought decision over Gleison Tibau fought at UFC Fight Night 22.
The judges scored the fight 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 for …
As he continues to climb up the lightweight ladder, Jim Miller notched another big win Wednesday night with a hard-fought decision over Gleison Tibau fought at UFC Fight Night 22.
The judges scored the fight 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 for Miller, and although the fight was a little closer than those scores would suggest, it was still a very good showing for Miller, who is now 18-2, with his only two losses coming by decision to the two best lightweights in the world, Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard.
Filed under: UFCThis is the UFC Fight Night 22 live blog for Efrain Escudero vs. Charles Oliveira, a catchweight bout on tonight’s UFC on Spike TV event from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
Escudero (13-1), the winner of season eight’s The Ul…
Escudero (13-1), the winner of season eight’s The Ultimate Fighter, suffered his first career loss in January against Evan Dunham and bounced back with a victory over Dan Lauzon in May. Oliveira (13-0) is a jiu-jitsu guy who impressed in his UFC debut at UFC on Versus 2 in August, tapping out Darren Elkins with an armbar and in the process earned the Submission of the Night.
Filed under: UFCOne of the most exciting young prospects in mixed martial arts got the biggest win of his career Wednesday night at UFC Fight Night 22, as Charles Oliveira beat Efrain Escudero with a beautiful standing rear-naked choke in the third rou…
One of the most exciting young prospects in mixed martial arts got the biggest win of his career Wednesday night at UFC Fight Night 22, as Charles Oliveira beat Efrain Escudero with a beautiful standing rear-naked choke in the third round of what had been a very competitive fight.
At the age of 20, the Brazilian Oliveira has already developed a well-rounded game, as he showed against Escudero by hurting him standing up with an array of kicks before eventually using his excellent jiu jitsu to win by submission. Escudero also has a little bit of a mean streak in him, as he really went for the kill in the third round after Escudero hurt him with a knee to the groin. At one point in the second round Oliveira even did a little Anderson Silva routine, dancing around in front of Escudero and then interrupting the dancing to land a couple strikes.
Filed under: UFCIn a bizarre ending to the main event at UFC Fight Night 22, Nate Marquardt knocked out Rousimar Palhares with a series of huge punches on the ground — only to have Palhares appear to complain afterward that Marquardt had been cheating…
In a bizarre ending to the main event at UFC Fight Night 22, Nate Marquardt knocked out Rousimar Palhares with a series of huge punches on the ground — only to have Palhares appear to complain afterward that Marquardt had been cheating by greasing up his legs.
Palhares seemed to have Marquardt exactly where he wanted him on the ground, sinking in one of his signature heel hooks. But Marquardt pulled his leg free, and when he did, Palhares complained to referee Herb Dean that Marquardt must have been greasing. It was stupid of Palhares to complain to the referee during the fight, and Marquardt made him pay for it, landing a hard punch and then a bunch more punches until Dean stopped the fight.
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The UFC handed out $40,000 performance bonuses to five fighters following UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares, including two separate "Submission of the Night" awards. The honorees are:
Knockout of the Night: Brian Fo…
The UFC handed out $40,000 performance bonuses to five fighters following UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares, including two separate "Submission of the Night" awards. The honorees are:
Knockout of the Night:Brian Foster, for his 67-second storming of Forrest Petz, which was the lone stoppage on the preliminary card. Petz now drops to 0-2 in his current UFC stint, and will most likely be shown the door.
Submission of the Night (1):Cole Miller, for dropping Ross Pearson with punches in the second round of their fight, then icing him with a rear-naked choke. Miller has scored the SotN award in three of his last five appearances, and officially enters the UFC Performance Bonus Leaderboard.
Submission of the Night (2):Charles Oliveira, who pushed his record to 14-0 with a huge win over TUF 8 winner Efrain Escudero, secured via standing rear-naked choke in the third round. Though he had trouble getting Escudero to the mat in the first two frames, Oliveira showed off his tenacity in the victory, as well as some impressively unorthodox striking.
Fight of the Night:Kyle Kingsbury and Jared Hamman, for their fast-paced three-round brawl in the prelims. Despite a third-round rally from Hamman, Kingsbury’s domination and damage in the first two frames secured him 29-28 scores from all three judges.
Filed under: UFCThis is the UFC Fight Night 22 live blog for Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau, a lightweight bout on tonight’s UFC on Spike TV event from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
Newly-promoted Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Miller (17-2) …
This is the UFC Fight Night 22 live blog for Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau, a lightweight bout on tonight’s UFC on Spike TV event from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
Newly-promoted Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Miller (17-2) is seven of eight in the UFC, with the lone loss a decision to current No. 1 contender Gray Maynard. Meanwhile, Tibau (21-6) is seven of 10 in the UFC and coming off wins against Josh Neer and Caol Uno.
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