Filed under: UFCSEATTLE, Wash. — This is the UFC Fight Night 24 live blog for Amir Sadollah vs. DaMarques Johnson, a welterweight bout on tonight’s UFC on Spike TV event at the Key Arena.
TUF 7 winner Sadollah (4-2) was 2-1 last year with wins over B…
TUF 7 winner Sadollah (4-2) was 2-1 last year with wins over Brad Blackburn and Peter Sobotta. TUF 9 welterweight runner-up Johnson (12-8) defeated Mike Guymon at Fight for the Troops 2 earlier this year.
Filed under: UFCIn a battle of youth and athleticism against experience and technique, the youngster Phil Davis defeated the legendary Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Saturday night at UFC Fight Night 24.
Although Davis came into the fight as a heavy favorite and had been proclaimed by some as the man who would some day beat UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, Nogueira made life difficult for Davis in the early going, and the fight turned into a 15-minute, back-and-forth battle that was closer than the judges’ scorecards — all of which gave Davis the fight 30-27 — would suggest.
Filed under: UFCSEATTLE, Wash. — This is the UFC Fight Night 24 live blog for Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson, a welterweight bout on tonight’s UFC on Spike TV event at the Key Arena.
Hardy (23-8) lost both his fights last year against Georges St-Pierr…
Filed under: UFCIn what may have been his most impressive performance in the Octagon to date, former Ultimate Fighter winner Amir Sadollah put a serious hurting on DaMarques Johnson at UFC Fight Night 24 on Saturday night, forcing him to tap out as he …
In what may have been his most impressive performance in the Octagon to date, former Ultimate Fighter winner Amir Sadollah put a serious hurting on DaMarques Johnson at UFC Fight Night 24 on Saturday night, forcing him to tap out as he rained down vicious elbows on the ground in the second round.
Sadollah showed off precision punching in the stand-up, some good takedowns and a killer instinct when he had Johnson in trouble in the second round. It was a great showing for Sadollah, although Sadollah made a point to credit Johnson for taking the fight on short notice.
“I want to say a huge, huge thank you to DeMarques,” Sadollah said afterward. “He took this fight on two weeks’ notice, which a lot of guys wouldn’t have done. I have a lot of respect for him.”
Anthony Johnson is back in the Octagon after an absence of more than a year, and he looks great.
Johnson, who had been sidelined since 2009 with a knee injury, stepped up and destroyed former No. 1 welterweight contender Dan Hardy Saturday at UFC Fight Night 24.
For Johnson, it was a big win that shows that when he’s healthy and in shape, he’s a force to be reckoned with at 170 pounds. For Hardy, the showed, a year after he lost his welterweight title fight to Georges St. Pierre, that he still doesn’t have much in the way of takedown defense or ability to fight off his back. Any good wrestler is going to give Hardy problems until he shores up those weaknesses.
Filed under: UFCSEATTLE, Wash. — This is the UFC Fight Night 24 live blog for Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Phil Davis, the main event of tonight’s UFC on Spike TV event at the Key Arena.
Nogueira (19-4) is coming off the first loss in three UFC fight…
Nogueira (19-4) is coming off the first loss in three UFC fights, at the hands of Ryan Bader last September at UFC 119. Davis (8-0), who is stepping in for Tito Ortiz (stitches), has won all four of his UFC fights.