Video: John Dodson vs. Manny Gamburyan From UFC On FOX 19 (Full Fight)

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Ahead of this Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 96 event, UFC has released another complete “Free Fight” featuring one of the headliners scheduled for this weekend’s show.

Featured above is the complete John Dodson vs. Manny…

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Ahead of this Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 96 event, UFC has released another complete “Free Fight” featuring one of the headliners scheduled for this weekend’s show.

Featured above is the complete John Dodson vs. Manny Gamburyan fight from the UFC On FOX 19 event, which saw Dodson pick up the victory in impressive fashion.

Dodson fights fellow heavy-hitter John Lineker in the main event of this Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 96 show, which will air live on FOX Sports 1 (FS1).

UFC Fight Night 96: Dodson vs. Lineker takes place this October 1, 2016 from Portland, Oregon.

Rafael Dos Anjos: Khabib Doesn’t Deserve Title Shot

Fans everywhere were excited to finally see the return of oft-injured lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov at April 6’s UFC on FOX 19, even if it was just against an overmatched late replacement in Darrell Horcher, whom “The Eagle” finished via dominant ground and pound. Just don’t count lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos among them. According

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Fans everywhere were excited to finally see the return of oft-injured lightweight contender Khabib Nurmagomedov at April 6’s UFC on FOX 19, even if it was just against an overmatched late replacement in Darrell Horcher, whom “The Eagle” finished via dominant ground and pound.

Just don’t count lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos among them.

According to the champ, Nurmagomedov’s victory was far from impressive. In a recent interview with MMA Fighting, ‘RDA’ spoke up with some harsh criticism about the win over Horcher, who was making his UFC debut:

“I was not even a little impressed. He fought a guy who has a full-time job and took the fight on a week’s notice. After the first minute, with all due respect, (Horcher) looked pink, completely out of shape, and (Khabib) still needed almost two rounds to finish the fight.

“Congratulations to the opponent that accepted the fight, but there’s no way… When I lost to Khabib, I was ranked No. 5 or 6 and many things have changed since. He beat a guy who has a full-time job, and I beat Jason High, Ben Henderson, Nate Diaz, Anthony Pettis and Donald Cerrone.”

Nurmagomedov could have most likely moved into an immediate title shot despite the low-ranking opponent, as he was the last fighter to defeat dos anjos with a dominant decision at UFC on FOX 11 in 2014. But “The Eagle” wants to take more time off for the religious holiday of Ramadan, and dos Anjos isn’t buying that as an excuse to sit out further:

“He’s saying he needs some rest because he trained for three months for this fight?” dos Anjos said. “Wait a minute… Forty days after fighting him, I fought Jason High. Two months later, I fought Ben Henderson. When you want the belt, you have to work for it. I think that after a performance like that, he should at least fight Tony Ferguson in May. The number of UFC fights he has, I did it in one year.

“I offered him to fight me in July when his fight got cancelled, but he couldn’t do it for religious reasons, I guess, but the opportunity was offered and he didn’t say yes. Now he beats a guy who has a full-time job and thinks he deserves a title shot? In my opinion, he does not. He has to work more. He can’t live the rest of his life saying ‘oh, I beat Rafael, I’m the champion without the belt’. He has to work. Forget about that. I’ve done a lot of things and evolved more since that fight.”

Dos Anjos will move on to a title fight with top contender Eddie Alvare as during the UFC’s jam-packed International Fight Week this July because he was unwilling to wait round for Nurmagomedov. ‘RDA’ continued on about the Dagestani talent’s absence repeatedly insisting that he should want to fight as much as possible:

“I can’t make plans for November in April. Khabib hasn’t fought in two years and wants to take six months off? What is that? If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible. Many things will happen until November. I think he should fight more. He can’t expect to fight for the title whenever he wants, especially since his results don’t guarantee that. He beat a guy who has a full-time job.”

Finally, touching on his first loss to “The Eagle,” dos Anjos noted that he’s a completely different fighter after beating five straight opponents in dominant fashion. Based on those recent results, the champ believes the game has simply evolved too much for his nemesis to beat him in the rematch:

“I was a different fighter back then. I’ve done wrong things with my diet and my personal life, and I wasn’t 100 percent focused in the fight. It would be a completely different fight now. Take a look at my results and his results. It would be completely different. Two years have passed, the game has changed, and he needs better results.”

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UFC On FOX 19 Medical Suspensions: Rashad Evans Out 30 Days

With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC on FOX 19, it’s their time to face those consequences in the form of medical suspensions. The more notable suspensions were Rashad Evans being out for 30 days, Raquel Pennington being out for the same amount of time

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With every decision comes a consequence and for those fighters who took part in battle at UFC on FOX 19, it’s their time to face those consequences in the form of medical suspensions.

The more notable suspensions were Rashad Evans being out for 30 days, Raquel Pennington being out for the same amount of time with a right eye laceration. Also, Court McGee and Manny Gamburyan are out for 30 days. Oluwale Bamgbose is out for 180 days. 

UFC on FOX 19 took place on April 16th at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. The preliminary card aired on Fight Pass and FOX while the main card aired on FOX. The main event was Rashad Evans vs. Glover Teixeira in a light heavyweight bout.

Here are the entire medical suspensions:

Rashad Evans: suspended 30 days

Darrell Horcher: suspended 60 days for hard fight

Raquel Pennington: suspended 30 days for right eye laceration

Court McGee: suspended 30 days

Randy Brown: suspended 30 days with 21 days no contact

Michael Graves: suspended pending left-hand X-ray

Manny Gamburyan: suspended 30 days

Oluwale Bamgbose: suspended 180 days pending CT scan and suspended 45 days with 30 days no contact

Omari Akhmedov: suspended 45 days for eye laceration

 

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UFC Rankings Update: Khabib Nurmagomedov Retakes Top Spot At Lightweight

The official UFC rankings have received yet another shakeup in the fallout of this past weekend’s (Sat., April 16, 2016) UFC on FOX 19 from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, and none of those shifts may be more significant than Khabib Nurmagomedov’s reclaiming of the top spot at lightweight following his dominant stoppage win over

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The official UFC rankings have received yet another shakeup in the fallout of this past weekend’s (Sat., April 16, 2016) UFC on FOX 19 from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, and none of those shifts may be more significant than Khabib Nurmagomedov’s reclaiming of the top spot at lightweight following his dominant stoppage win over late replacement Darrell Horcher.

It’s not all that surprising of a shift given that “The Eagle” dominated current champion Rafael dos Anjos in his last fight before missing almost two years due to knee injuries, but new No. 2-ranked will get the next shot at “RDA” this July nonetheless.

In other movement, the women’s bantamweight division saw a lot of movement because of Raquel Pennington’s hard-fought win over Bethe Correia at UFC on FOX 19. “Rocky” went up three spots to No. 9 as a result, which Correia dropped three spots to No. 12. Liz Carmouche moved up to No. 8 as a result, while Valentia Shevchenko and Lauren Murphy moved up one spot each to Nos. 10 and 13, respectively, and Marion Reneau inexplicably shot up three spots to No. 12.

At light heavyweight, Glover Teixeira moved up one spot for his massive first-round knockout of former champion Rashad Evans, overtaking the No. 4 spot from Alexander Gustafsson. Evans held steady at his previous No. 7 ranking. At middleweight, all-time great former champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva regained the No. 5 spot from Lyoto Machida after “The Dragon” admitted to taking a banned substance and was pulled from his scheduled rematch with Dan Henderson.

Lightweight saw another big move up aside from Nurmagomedov, as rising underdog contender Michael Chiesa rose an incredible five spots to No. 9 for his emphatic second-round submission of previous No. 7 contender Beneil Dariush. Dariush fell down to No. 10 as a result. Donald Cerrone also rose one spot to No. 5 at lightweight, trading spots with Nate Diaz, who fell down to No. 6 heading into his rematch with Conor McGregor. Edson Barboza also rose one spot to No. 8 heading into his fight with former champion Anthony Pettis at this Saturday’s UFC 197.

Bantamweight saw some shift thanks to the electrifying debut of former flyweight title contender John Dodson, who knocked out Manny Gamburyan in an impressive 47 seconds to debut at the No. 10 spot. Johnny Eduardo, Jimmie Rivera, and Eddie Wineland all dropped a spot as a result, and Frankie Saenz dropped two. John Lineker held steady at No. 12, yet his previously scheduled opponent Cody Garbrandt fell out of the rankings with Dodson debuting.

At flyweight, every contender below No. 2-ranked Henry Cejudo, who will meet dominant champ Demetrious Johnson in the UFC 197 co-main event, rose up one spot with Dodson now moved up to his old home at 135 pounds.

Check out the full rankings update via the UFC’s official website right here:

POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Demetrious Johnson
3 Luke Rockhold
4 Fabricio Werdum
5 Dominick Cruz
6 Rafael Dos Anjos
7 Robbie Lawler
8 Conor McGregor
9 Daniel Cormier
10 Jose Aldo
11 Chris Weidman
12 Frankie Edgar
13 TJ Dillashaw
14 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
15 Miesha Tate

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 Jussier Formiga +1
4 Ian McCall +1
5 Kyoji Horiguchi +1
6 John Moraga +1
7 Zach Makovsky +1
8 Wilson Reis +1
9 Dustin Ortiz +1
10 Ali Bagautinov +1
11 Justin Scoggins +1
12 Louis Smolka +1
13 Ray Borg +1
14 Sergio Pettis +1
15 Ben Nguyen *NR

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Dominick Cruz
1 TJ Dillashaw
2 Renan Barao
3 Urijah Faber
4 Raphael Assuncao
5 Aljamain Sterling
6 Michael McDonald
7 Thomas Almeida
8 Bryan Caraway
9 Takeya Mizugaki
10 John Dodson *NR
11 Johnny Eduardo -1
12 John Lineker
13 Frankie Saenz -2
14 Jimmie Rivera -1
15 Eddie Wineland -1

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Chad Mendes
4 Max Holloway
5 Ricardo Lamas
6 Cub Swanson
7 Charles Oliveira
8 Dennis Bermudez
9 Jeremy Stephens
10 Hacran Dias
11 Darren Elkins
12 Brian Ortega
13 Tatsuya Kawajiri
14 Mirsad Bektic +1
15 Clay Guida -1

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Rafael Dos Anjos
1 Khabib Nurmagomedov +1
2 Eddie Alvarez -1
3 Anthony Pettis
4 Tony Ferguson
5 Donald Cerrone +1
6 Nate Diaz -1
7 Michael Johnson
8 Edson Barboza +1
9 Michael Chiesa +5
10 Beneil Dariush -3
11 Dustin Poirier -1
12 Al Iaquinta -1
13 Bobby Green -1
14 Evan Dunham -1
15 Rashid Magomedov

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Robbie Lawler
1 Rory MacDonald
2 Stephen Thompson
3 Tyron Woodley
4 Carlos Condit
5 Johny Hendricks
6 Demian Maia
7 Neil Magny
8 Matt Brown
9 Dong Hyun Kim
10 Tarec Saffiedine
11 Rick Story
12 Kelvin Gastelum
13 Albert Tumenov
14 Hector Lombard
15 Thiago Alves

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Luke Rockhold
1 Chris Weidman
2 Jacare Souza
3 Vitor Belfort
4 Michael Bisping
5 Anderson Silva +1
6 Lyoto Machida -1
7 Robert Whittaker
8 Gegard Mousasi
9 Tim Kennedy
10 Uriah Hall
11 Derek Brunson
12 Thales Leites
13 Rafael Natal
14 Dan Henderson
15 CB Dollaway

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Daniel Cormier
1 Jon Jones
2 Anthony Johnson
3 Glover Teixeira +1
4 Alexander Gustafsson -1
5 Ryan Bader
6 Ovince Saint Preux
7 Rashad Evans
8 Mauricio Rua
9 Jimi Manuwa
10 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
11 Patrick Cummins
12 Corey Anderson
13 Ilir Latifi
14 Nikita Krylov
15 Gian Villante

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Fabricio Werdum
1 Cain Velasquez
2 Stipe Miocic
3 Alistair Overeem
4 Junior Dos Santos
5 Andrei Arlovski
6 Ben Rothwell
7 Travis Browne
8 Mark Hunt
9 Josh Barnett
10 Roy Nelson
11 Frank Mir
12 Antonio Silva
13 Derrick Lewis
14 Ruslan Magomedov
15 Alexey Oliynyk

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Carla Esparza
3 Rose Namajunas
4 Tecia Torres
5 Valerie Letourneau +1
6 Jessica Penne -1
7 Paige VanZant
8 Maryna Moroz
9 Michelle Waterson
10 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
11 Joanne Calderwood
12 Randa Markos
13 Jessica Aguilar
14 Juliana Lima
15 Justine Kish

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Miesha Tate
1 Holly Holm
2 Ronda Rousey
3 Cat Zingano
4 Amanda Nunes
5 Julianna Pena
6 Sara McMann
7 Jessica Eye
8 Liz Carmouche +1
9 Raquel Pennington +3
10 Valentina Shevchenko +1
11 Bethe Correia -3
12 Marion Reneau +3
13 Lauren Murphy +1
14 Germaine de Randamie -1
15 Ashlee Evans-Smith *NR

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UFC On FOX 19 Salaries: Rashad Evans Tops List With $150,000 Payday

Following the UFC On FOX 19 event from this past Saturday evening in Tampa, Florida, the reported salaries for each of the fighters who competed on the card have been released.

UFC Light Heavyweight contender Glover Teixeira pulled down a reported $…

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Following the UFC On FOX 19 event from this past Saturday evening in Tampa, Florida, the reported salaries for each of the fighters who competed on the card have been released.

UFC Light Heavyweight contender Glover Teixeira pulled down a reported $120,000 payday for his first-round knockout of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans. Meanwhile, Evans in defeat earned $150,000.

Below are the complete UFC On FOX 19 fighter salaries. Keep in mind, these figures do not include the many undisclosed bonuses that UFC gives out to their fighters.

Main Card (FOX):

Glover Teixeira ($60,000 + $60,000 = $120,000) def. Rashad Evans ($150,000)
Rose Namajunas ($43,000 + $43,000 = $86,000) def. Tecia Torres ($20,000)
Khabib Nurmagomedov ($24,000 + $24,000 = $48,000) def. Darrell Horcher ($12,000)
Cub Swanson ($44,000 + $44,000 = $88,000) def. Hacran Dias ($16,000)

Preliminary Card (FOX):

Michael Chiesa ($33,000 + $33,000 = $66,000) def. Beneil Dariush ($28,000)
Raquel Pennington ($20,000 + $20,000 = $40,000) def. Bethe Correia ($25,000)
Santiago Ponzinibbio ($16,000 + $16,000 = $32,000) def. Court McGee ($27,000)
Michael Graves ($12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000) def. Randy Brown ($12,000)

Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass):

John Dodson ($35,000 + $35,000 = $70,000) def. Manny Gamburyan ($33,000)
Cezar Ferreira ($24,000 + $24,000 = $48,000) def. Oluwale Bamgbose ($12,000)
Elizeu Zaleski ($10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000) def. Omari Akhmedov ($18,000)

Glover Teixeira Viciously Knocks Out Rashad Evans in the UFC on FOX 19 Main Event [VIDEO]

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Outside of his occasional appearances in the FOX studio as an analyst, Rashad Evans has become an increasingly unfamiliar face to MMA fans in recent years. Following a particularly stubborn series of leg injuries that forced the former light heavyweight champion out of potential bouts with Daniel Cormier and Alexander Gustafsson among others, “Suga” returned to the cage for the first time since 2013 back in October, dropping a unanimous decision to Ryan Bader in a performance that seemed to signal that the 12-year veteran’s time as an elite 205er had come and gone.

At first, Saturday’s UFC on FOX 19 event seemed like it could be the perfect stage for Evans to mount a comeback. The TUF 2 winner and TUF 10 coach was set to face Mauricio Rua, a cagey-but-declining veteran facing many of the same career woes as himself, and was being listed as the early favorite across the board. Of course, Rua then went down with an injury, and Evans was instead paired against the incredibly dangerous Glover Teixeira instead.

When Evans and Teixeira met in the middle of the octagon at Saturday’s event, the former’s air of confidence seemed to have dissipated entirely — understandably so, given the events of the past few years. It was a different man fighting in the cage that night, and the result was a knockout loss that may very well have spelled the end of an incredible career.

After the jump: Evans’ emotional post-fight interview with Heidi Androl, and the complete list of UFC on FOX 19 results.

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(via UFC on FOX)

Outside of his occasional appearances in the FOX studio as an analyst, Rashad Evans has become an increasingly unfamiliar face to MMA fans in recent years. Following a particularly stubborn series of leg injuries that forced the former light heavyweight champion out of potential bouts with Daniel Cormier and Alexander Gustafsson among others, “Suga” returned to the cage for the first time since 2013 back in October, dropping a unanimous decision to Ryan Bader in a performance that seemed to signal that the 12-year veteran’s time as an elite 205er had come and gone.

At first, Saturday’s UFC on FOX 19 event seemed like it could be the perfect stage for Evans to mount a comeback. The TUF 2 winner and TUF 10 coach was set to face Mauricio Rua, a cagey-but-declining veteran facing many of the same career woes as himself, and was being listed as the early favorite across the board. Of course, Rua then went down with an injury, and Evans was instead paired against the incredibly dangerous Glover Teixeira instead.

When Evans and Teixeira met in the middle of the octagon at Saturday’s event, the former’s air of confidence seemed to have dissipated entirely — understandably so, given the events of the past few years. It was a different man fighting in the cage that night, and the result was a knockout loss that may very well have spelled the end of an incredible career.

After the jump: Evans’ emotional post-fight interview with Heidi Androl, and the complete list of UFC on FOX 19 results.

Speaking with Heidi Androl following the quick loss, an emotional Evans was forced to choke back tears while describing the series of devastating setbacks that have have befallen him.

“Fighting just used to come so easy, so natural,” said Evans. “Now I feel I’m fighting against myself.”

It’s a revelation that we’ve seen many a fighter come to in this unforgiving sport, and one made all the more heartbreaking when it’s being verbalized by a guy as intelligent and charismatic as Evans. For close to a decade, “Suga” was one of the most consistent and successful fighters that the UFC’s light heavyweight division had to offer — a pioneer of the modern era of MMA whose career we literally watched evolve from beginning to end. Maybe it’s that rarity that makes the thought of never seeing him compete again particularly tough to swallow, but in any case, we just hope that Evans is able to make that incredibly tough decision (should he make it) with the knowledge that he will always be one of the sport’s greats.

The full results from UFC on FOX 19 are below. 

Main card
Glover Teixeira def. Rashad Evans via first-round KO (1:48)
Rose Namajunas def. Tecia Torres via unanimous decision
Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Darrell Horcher via second-round TKO (3:38)
Cub Swanson def. Hacran Dias via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Undercard
Michael Chiesa def. Beneil Dariush via submission (rear-naked choke) (R2, 1:20)
Raquel Pennington def. Bethe Correia via split decision
Santiago Ponzinibbio def. Court McGee via first-round TKO (4:15)
Michael Graves def. Randy Brown via submission (rear-naked choke) (R2, 2:31)
John Dodson def. Manvel Gamburyan via TKO (strikes) at :47 of round 1
Cezar Ferreira def. Oluwale Bamgbose via unanimous decision
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos def. Omari Akhmedov via TKO (knees) at 3:03 of round 3

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