Derek Brunson (15-3) swiftly defeated Roan Carneiro (20-10) on Sunday with a 1st round TKO in Pittsburgh at “UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy”. Brunson’s win was his sixth inside the Octagon.
Brunson is now on a four-fight win streak win his win on Sunday and his 3rd TKO in a row. The Division II wrestler is at the pinnacle of his career and slowly making his way up in the rankings. The middleweight was ranked 13th heading into Sunday, according to the UFC Fighter Rankings. He will look to make his way up into the top 10 and fight a legitimate contender. The 32 year-old fighter landed 23 strikes against Carneiro in the early stoppage.
Brunson is seen as a dark horse in the 185-pound division. He trains at Jackson-WinkelJohn MMA and has shown his improvement with every fight.
Stay tuned to see who Derek Brunson will be fighting next.
Derek Brunson (15-3) swiftly defeated Roan Carneiro (20-10) on Sunday with a 1st round TKO in Pittsburgh at “UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy”. Brunson’s win was his sixth inside the Octagon.
Brunson is now on a four-fight win streak win his win on Sunday and his 3rd TKO in a row. The Division II wrestler is at the pinnacle of his career and slowly making his way up in the rankings. The middleweight was ranked 13th heading into Sunday, according to the UFC Fighter Rankings. He will look to make his way up into the top 10 and fight a legitimate contender. The 32 year-old fighter landed 23 strikes against Carneiro in the early stoppage.
Brunson is seen as a dark horse in the 185-pound division. He trains at Jackson-WinkelJohn MMA and has shown his improvement with every fight.
Stay tuned to see who Derek Brunson will be fighting next.
According to the Legal Sports Report, daily fantasy sports website DraftKings allowed its exclusive partnership with the UFC to expire at the end of 2015. The recently published report confirms what many observant fans may have noticed, as all product placements and special promotions (such as UFC-themed experiences for participating fans) have ceased for some time now.
A DraftKings representative offered the following statement to the Legal Sports Report:
“We value our continued relationship with UFC and are very happy with what we were able to accomplish through our partnership — we have great enthusiasm for their offering and are committed to this sport.”
Also, in an independent transaction, DraftKings recently acquired Fantasy MMA operator Kountermove. By bringing on Kountermove’s 30,000 existing registered users, DraftKings has now firmly established itself as the sole leader for Fantasy MMA games, evidenced by massive payouts for UFC Fight Night 83 on yesterday’s card that included a $20,000 first place payout for a $20 buy-in, 8620 maximum entry contest.
According to the Legal Sports Report, daily fantasy sports website DraftKings allowed its exclusive partnership with the UFC to expire at the end of 2015. The recently published report confirms what many observant fans may have noticed, as all product placements and special promotions (such as UFC-themed experiences for participating fans) have ceased for some time now.
A DraftKings representative offered the following statement to the Legal Sports Report:
“We value our continued relationship with UFC and are very happy with what we were able to accomplish through our partnership — we have great enthusiasm for their offering and are committed to this sport.”
Also, in an independent transaction, DraftKings recently acquired Fantasy MMA operator Kountermove. By bringing on Kountermove’s 30,000 existing registered users, DraftKings has now firmly established itself as the sole leader for Fantasy MMA games, evidenced by massive payouts for UFC Fight Night 83 on yesterday’s card that included a $20,000 first place payout for a $20 buy-in, 8620 maximum entry contest.
After what has felt like an eternity of promotion without anything to really promote, UFC was dealt the unfortunate blow of finally pulling the trigger in terms of beginning the process of determining the opponent and ev…
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After what has felt like an eternity of promotion without anything to really promote, UFC was dealt the unfortunate blow of finally pulling the trigger in terms of beginning the process of determining the opponent and event for CM Punk’s Octagon debut only for the former WWE Superstar to suffer yet another injury-related setback. For Joe Rogan, it appears to be the straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back as it pertains to the whole “CM Punk experiment.”
The longtime UFC announcer gave his candid thoughts on the situation during the most recent episode of his “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, focusing primarily on the fact that Punk is making his MMA fighting debut on the biggest and most respected stage in the industry with no real martial arts background to warrant such an opportunity.
Rogan offered the following unfiltered opinion regarding Punk skipping the normal process of earning a spot on the UFC roster, which traditionally includes a lifetime of dedicated martial arts training combined with the difficult task of ascending through the ranks by fighting on lower-level MMA events.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen with that guy,” said a brutally honest Joe Rogan, who in addition to being an accomplished comedian and actor, is a lifelong martial artist with a particularly respectable past in Tae Kwon Do. “I don’t understand this whole thing. I also think it’s ridiculous for him to fight in the UFC. I think he should fight in a small organization. Take a fight in a small organization, build yourself up. I have always said that’s what should have happened with Brock Lesnar.”
Punk was finally set to fight an officially announced opponent, as Mickey Gall worked his way into the spot by catching the eye of Dana White on the UFC President’s new “Dana White: Lookin’ For A Fight” reality show. The clever initiative taken by the MMA prospect resulted in him signing with the premiere MMA promotion in North America after only one professional MMA fight, which led to an even more impressive first fight inside the Octagon.
Gall defeated MMA journalist and journeyman fighter Mike Jackson in a preliminary fight set up by White with the guaranteed first shot against Punk on-the-line. Gall needed just 45 seconds to knock down and choke out Jackson, before taking part in a post-match stare down with Punk inside the cage.
Unfortunately for those who were actually eagerly anticipating the fight for the past year-plus — a group that continues to get smaller as time goes by — the Punk-Gall fight rumored for UFC 199 appears to be off for the time being, at least in terms of the June date of the final pay-per-view show ahead of the landmark UFC 200 event scheduled for July 9th.
You can check out the latest edition of the aforementioned “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, which also features an in-studio interview with UFC Hall Of Famer Bas Rutten, via the YouTube player embedded above.
Following last year’s successful “Go Big” campaign to kick-off and promote the first few months of a stacked first quarter of fights UFC had lined up, the promotion will be repeating the promotional practice as a way of …
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Following last year’s successful “Go Big” campaign to kick-off and promote the first few months of a stacked first quarter of fights UFC had lined up, the promotion will be repeating the promotional practice as a way of introducing and hyping up their 2016 second quarter, which is a stacked chunk of time in its’ own right.
UFC issued a press release this week to announce their “UFC: Unstoppable” global launch, which is officially scheduled to kick off with a major press conference loaded with superstar talent on March 4, 2016 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In a smart strategic move, UFC scheduled the beginning of their “Unstoppable” global launch on the 3/4 date in Vegas, which is exactly when and where the official UFC 196 weigh-ins will be taking place.
UFC will piggy-bank off of the expected significant audience that will already be tuned in to watch the final stop for Conor McGregor, Rafael dos Anjos, Holly Holm and Miesha Tate before the foursome do battle in the UFC 196 main and co-main events.
Officially announced to attend the “Unstoppable” global launch on the eve of UFC 196 thus far are Dana White, Junior Dos Santos, Ben Rothwell, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson, Daniel Cormier, Jon Jones, Demetrious Johnson, Henry Cejudo, Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman. Additional names are expected to be officially announced later this week.
Following Sunday night’s UFC Fight Night 83 event, referee Mario Yamasaki found himself on the receiving end of yet another rant by UFC President Dana White after the way he handled — or failed to handle — his responsibilities as the third man in the…
Following Sunday night’s UFC Fight Night 83 event, referee Mario Yamasaki found himself on the receiving end of yet another rant by UFC President Dana White after the way he handled — or failed to handle — his responsibilities as the third man in the Octagon for the evening’s main event.
White, who has a storied history of publicly criticizing the veteran MMA referee, returned with a brand new rant after Yamasaki failed to stop the action in the main event in a timely fashion.
The headline bout of the UFN 83 event, which took place live on Sunday evening in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, saw Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone finish late-replacement opponent Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira with a first-round triangle choke.
The only problem? Yamasaki was once again overly late in stopping a fight where someone could have suffered unnecessary punishment. Considering the fact that most would consider that one of the primary duties for an MMA official, White was less than happy with Yamasaki.
The UFC President took toi his official Twitter page soon after the fight ended, as he posted the following unfiltered review of Mario Yamasaki’s performance in the “Cowboy vs. Cowboy” main event.
10 taps before Yamasaki stops it after @Cowboycerrone tells him!!! And he was looking right at it……WOW!!!!! ????????
