Dana White says Nick Diaz will get the next Welterweight title-shot should he beat BJ Penn at UFC 137. Let’s see how Diaz can f*** this up… M-1 Global Light Heavyweight Champion, Vinny Magalhaes competes.
Dana White says Nick Diaz will get the next Welterweight title-shot should he beat BJ Penn at UFC 137. Let’s see how Diaz can f*** this up…
Cage Warriors promotion getting with the times by implementing blood testing (My God, they weren’t testing before? WTF! Those guys could have gotten the herp or HIV and they probably only get $300 to fight. That doesn’t even cover a year’s supply of VALTREX, not that I would know this…) and possible steroid testing.
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal to add KJ Noons vs. Billy Evangelista to December 17th card.
UFC plans to move pay-per-view times back to 10pm (ET) and 7pm (PT) possibly due to a slump in ppv buys. The new-old time slot (or “classic” time slot to those of you who recall the failure of New Coke) will start with UFC 141.
If you haven’t read the dirty details of 22 year-old model? actress? waitress? …whatever she is, she’s at least 6 figures richer, Sara Leal‘s unprotected sex romp with Ashton Kutcher on the eve of his 6th year anniversary to Demi Moore, for which he patted himself on the back, you can check it out: here.
For those of you who were too busy watching Jon Jones outgun Rampage Jackson to retain his light heavyweight title or Ben Rothwell fall to 0-1 at the hands of Mark Hunt this weekend, you may have overlooked the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships, which transpired in Nottingham, England of all places.
Andre Galvao easily had the best night of the bunch, taking gold in both the Under 88kg and Absolute tournaments, defeating Rousimar Palhares and Pablo Papovitch, respectively. Speaking of “Paul Harris”, he continued to prove that his mind is a fragile, ticking time bomb in his submission victory over David Avellan in their quarterfinal match. Things began to go off the rails when Palhares dove for his signature heel-hook-of-death on Avellan, and continued to crank it after the two rolled out of bounds and the referee yelled for a restart. I’ll let David’s brother Marcos, via his Facebook, explain the rest after the jump:
(As if I needed an excuse to use this photo.)
For those of you who were too busy watching Jon Jones outgun Rampage Jackson to retain his light heavyweight title or Ben Rothwell fall to 0-1 at the hands of Mark Hunt this weekend, you may have overlooked the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships, which transpired in Nottingham, England of all places.
Andre Galvao easily had the best night of the bunch, taking gold in both the Under 88kg and Absolute tournaments, defeating Rousimar Palhares and Pablo Papovitch, respectively. Speaking of “Paul Harris”, he continued to prove that his mind is a fragile, ticking time bomb in his submission victory over David Avellan in their quarterfinal match. Things began to go off the rails when Palhares dove for his signature heel-hook-of-death on Avellan, and continued to crank it after the two rolled out of bounds and the referee yelled for a restart. I’ll let David’s brother Marcos, via his Facebook, explain the rest after the jump:
It was a weird situation right after… Palharas started to celebrate, thinking the match was over, and came over to hug my brother, but as he hugged my brother, he slapped him across the head really hard. So one arm went out for a hug, the other went for a slap on the head (lol). My brother was naturally pissed by the heel hook and the slap.
Palharas seemed genuinely confused, both about his cranking after the ref said stop and by the rejection of his post fight “hug”. I think he was sincerely genuine, I just think he is crazy, like bi-polar or something.
After the restart, Palhares went on to quickly kneebar Avellan, possibly injuring him. And if you aren’t yet convinced that Palhares is a danger to sound minded people across the globe, the oddities continued in his finals match against Andre Galvao, when he was accused of trying to wrench Galvao’s thumb in order to avoid a hold. Personally, I’ve had about enough of this guy’s apparent ignorance to all things legal and holy. He’s like a T-1000 with the brain of Corky from Life Goes On, sent from some horrific future in which appendages are the last form of human resistance.
In other news, Dean Lister made an improbable run to secure the Under 99kg title, finishing Xande Ribeiro and Jaoa Assis with successive leglocks to claim gold. Lister’s age and lack of recent competition had all but killed his chances before the tournament even began, so big ups to “The Boogeyman” for his win. In the Over 99kg finals, former TUF 8 finalist Vinny Magalhaes survived a last minute armbar attempt by Fabricio Werdum to secure a victory on points, besting his two previous bronze medal efforts in the 2009 ADCC Championships.
In the women’s Under 60 kg tournament, Kyra Gracie secured her third ADCC title with a beautiful omaplota/rear naked choke hybrid finish of Michelle Nicolini. The win adds to Kyra’s incredible list of credentials, which includes four World BJJ Championships, five Pan American, Brazilian, and New York State Championships, and one Asiatic BJJ Championship. Damn, girl.
The bad luck streak continued for former Strikeforce Middleweight and 2009 ADCC Superfight Champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, who was routed in a tentative 3-0 loss on points to 2009 ADCC double gold winner Braulio Estima. Full results for the event can be found here.
Filed under: MMA Fighting Exclusive, M-1 Global, NewsM-1’s return to Showtime television is set for October 14, and will include a trio of title fights, the promotion’s global director of operations Evgeni Kogan told MMA Fighting on Tuesday.
M-1’s return to Showtime television is set for October 14, and will include a trio of title fights, the promotion’s global director of operations Evgeni Kogan told MMA Fighting on Tuesday.
The night’s main event will feature the return of M-1’s heavyweight champion Guram Gugenishvili, who will take on Kenny Garner in a rematch of their October 2010 title fight. Gugenishvili had been expected to fight on M-1’s July card but suffered a left wrist injury prior to the bout and withdrew.
The unbeaten Gugenishvili is 11-0 so far in his pro career, with 10 of his wins coming via submission. Garner was a secod-round guillotine choke victim in round two of their previous encounter, making him only the second man to make it out of the first round against him.
Since losing that fight, Garner has won two straight, improving to 7-3.
In a light-heavyweight championship match, reigning king Vinny Magalhaes will face Mikhail Zayats. Magalhaes, an Ultimate Fighter season eight competitor, has won four fights in a row, all by finish. On April 28, the submission specialist won the vacant belt by defeating Viktor Nemkov via mounted gogoplata.
Magalhaes is 8-5 with 1 no contest overall. Zayats is 14-5 after winning four straight bouts, all by stoppage.
In the second co-main event, lightweight champ Jose Figueroa will attempt to defend his belt against Daniel Weichel.
Figueroa (10-4) seized the championship in March with a second-round TKO of Artiom Damkovsky, marking his third straight win. Weichel, meanwhile, has won nine of his last 10 bouts, including four in a row. His last win came at M-1’s July event, when he earned a unanimous decision over Beau Baker.
Kogan told MMA Fighting that a venue for the event is still being worked and “is about to be locked in.”
M-1 Challenge 27 will be the promotion’s third card aired on Showtime. It will air at 11 pm. Its first two events drew 189,000 and 161,000 viewers, respectively, to the premium cable network.
In ‘where are they now’ news, former season eight, “Ultimate Fighter” competitor Vinny Magalhaes won M-1’s light-heavyweight championship today in St. Petersburg, Russia. If you didn’t watch TUF 8, or aren’t on a MMA diet that includes anything non Octagon related, Magalhaes is a jiu-jitsu demi-god who has been on a bit of a tear […]
In ‘where are they now’ news, former season eight, “Ultimate Fighter” competitor Vinny Magalhaes won M-1’s light-heavyweight championship today in St. Petersburg, Russia. If you didn’t watch TUF 8, or aren’t on a MMA diet that includes anything non Octagon related, Magalhaes is a jiu-jitsu demi-god who has been on a bit of a tear since exiting from the UFC in 2009.
Today, Magalhaes took on Viktor Nemkov, who despite pushing the Vegas fighter to his limit for a couple of rounds, eventually got caught with a ‘holy eff’ gogoplata, neck crank from the mount. Magalhaes has now won four straight. Look for Magalhaes to appear on another Showtime card real soon…
Filed under: M-1 Global, ResultsMMAFighting.com has M-1 Challenge 25 results of Vinny Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov, Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto and the rest of the April 28 card from the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In two M-1 title bouts, The Ultimate Fighter 8 runner-up Magalhaes will take on Nemkov for the vacant light heavyweight title and Sengoku GP runner-up Enomoto will challenge for the welterweight strap against Zavurov.
Filed under: M-1 Global, ResultsMMAFighting.com has M-1 Challenge 25 results of Vinny Magalhaes vs. Viktor Nemkov, Shamil Zavurov vs. Yasubey Enomoto and the rest of the April 28 card from the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In two M-1 title bouts, The Ultimate Fighter 8 runner-up Magalhaes will take on Nemkov for the vacant light heavyweight title and Sengoku GP runner-up Enomoto will challenge for the welterweight strap against Zavurov.
M-1’s return to Showtime television is set for October 14, and will include a trio of title fights, the promotion’s global director of operations Evgeni Kogan told 
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