Dominick Cruz avenged his only career loss, going the distance with Urijah Faber and defending his bantamweight title at UFC 132 on Saturday night. The back-and-forth main event, which had scores all over the map from the judges, earned Cruz and Faber $75,000 bonus checks for Fight of the Night.
Tito Ortiz‘s first-round major upset submission of Ryan Bader on Saturday earned him Submission of the Night honors and an additional $75,000, and Carlos Condit also picked up an extra check for his Knockout of the Night win over Dong Hyun Kim to open the pay-per-view.
UFC president Dana White announced the winners and amounts following Saturday’s card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The main event bantamweight title fight between champion Cruz and former featherweight champ Faber lived up to its billing. That was a major feat considering the amount of animosity between the two fighters, who have had bad blood since their first fight, a WEC featherweight title fight in March 2007 that saw Faber defend his 145-pound title – and hand Cruz the only loss of his career heading into Saturday night.
The referee checks on Wanderlei Silva after his knockout loss to Chris Leben at UFC 132 on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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Urijah Faber knees Dominick Cruz in their UFC bantamweight championship bout at UFC 132 on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Faber (25-5, 1-1 UFC), who dropped down from featherweight to bantamweight after losing a WEC title shot against Jose Aldo in April 2010, went the distance with the champ, knocking him down several times and finding some success counter-punching in close as the unorthodox Cruz (18-1, 1-0 UFC) backed out from tight exchanges.
After four back-and-forth rounds that could have been scored for either fighter, Cruz came out more aggressive in the fifth, trying a flying knee and shooting for a takedown. After landing a knee, Faber briefly had a guillotine that he couldn’t fully sink in. A pair of Cruz takedowns, though, likely earned some points with the judges – though Faber was up quickly after each. But with 45 seconds left, Cruz landed another pair of perhaps point-searching scramble takedowns that sealed the deal on at least one scorecard.
Cruz won a unanimous decision with scores all over the map: 50-45, 49-46 and 48-47. “The dude hits hard. His hands are very fast. They were prepared,” Cruz said after the fight. Faber now has lost four straight title fights – twice to Mike Brown, once to Aldo, and now to Cruz, who avenged his only career loss.
Ortiz (16-8-1, 15-8-1 UFC) had his back against the wall going into the fight with Bader. As reported by MMA Fighting in January, White said another loss from Ortiz, the most successful light heavyweight champion in UFC history, would be his last fight in the promotion. With no wins in nearly five years, since a TKO of Ken Shamrock in October 2006, Ortiz has also battled injuries and surgeries outside the cage, as well as a well-publicized feud with White.
Though he was an underdog of as much as 5-to-1 at some online sportsbooks, Ortiz stunned most of the MMA world when he caught Bader (12-2, 5-2 UFC) with a tight right hand that dropped the Season 8 winner of “The Ultimate Fighter.” Ortiz pounced, landed a few ground-and-pound shots, then locked in an arm-in guillotine that forced Bader to tap for the second straight fight, this time just 1:56 into the first round. Bader lost for the first time in February to Jon Jones, who went on to get a title shot and took the belt from Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in March.
Condit (27-5, 4-1 UFC), the former WEC welterweight champion, won his fourth straight fight and third straight bonus award. His first-round KO of Dan Hardy at UFC 120 was a Knockout of the Night, and his comeback win over Michael MacDonald at UFC 115 was a Fight of the Night winner. Condit and Dong Hyun Kim (14-1-1, 1 NC, 5-1, 1 NC UFC) fought relatively safe and tight for the first couple minutes of Round 1, but Condit then threw a flying knee that landed right on Kim’s chin, knocking him to the mat. Condit quickly swarmed and almost as quickly finished the fight with punches on the ground.
After the fight, Condit said he nearly had to pull out of the fight with an illness two weeks ago, but he believes he’s ready for a welterweight title shot. Current champion Georges St-Pierre defends his title against former Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz at UFC 137. “What do you think, Joe Silva? Am I ready for a title shot or what? I certainly hope so,” Condit said.
The Knockout of the Night bonus looked to be Rafael dos Anjos’ without much likely competition when it happened to open the Spike TV prelims. He stopped George Sotiropoulos in an upset with a big right haymaker less than a minute into the fight. But then Melvin Guillard got a huge knockout of Shane Roller to keep rolling in the lightweight division. Condit’s win made it three straight KO stoppages when he opened the pay-per-view with his big TKO. And Chris Leben, in the co-main event, knocked out Pride legend Wanderlei Silva just 27 seconds into the fight – the quickest loss of Silva’s lengthy career.
Dominick Cruz avenged his only career loss, going the distance with Urijah Faber and defending his bantamweight title at UFC 132 on Saturday night. The back-and-forth main event, which had scores all over the map from the judges, earned Cruz and Faber $75,000 bonus checks for Fight of the Night.
Tito Ortiz‘s first-round major upset submission of Ryan Bader on Saturday earned him Submission of the Night honors and an additional $75,000, and Carlos Condit also picked up an extra check for his Knockout of the Night win over Dong Hyun Kim to open the pay-per-view.
UFC president Dana White announced the winners and amounts following Saturday’s card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The main event bantamweight title fight between champion Cruz and former featherweight champ Faber lived up to its billing. That was a major feat considering the amount of animosity between the two fighters, who have had bad blood since their first fight, a WEC featherweight title fight in March 2007 that saw Faber defend his 145-pound title – and hand Cruz the only loss of his career heading into Saturday night.
The referee checks on Wanderlei Silva after his knockout loss to Chris Leben at UFC 132 on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting
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Urijah Faber knees Dominick Cruz in their UFC bantamweight championship bout at UFC 132 on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Faber (25-5, 1-1 UFC), who dropped down from featherweight to bantamweight after losing a WEC title shot against Jose Aldo in April 2010, went the distance with the champ, knocking him down several times and finding some success counter-punching in close as the unorthodox Cruz (18-1, 1-0 UFC) backed out from tight exchanges.
After four back-and-forth rounds that could have been scored for either fighter, Cruz came out more aggressive in the fifth, trying a flying knee and shooting for a takedown. After landing a knee, Faber briefly had a guillotine that he couldn’t fully sink in. A pair of Cruz takedowns, though, likely earned some points with the judges – though Faber was up quickly after each. But with 45 seconds left, Cruz landed another pair of perhaps point-searching scramble takedowns that sealed the deal on at least one scorecard.
Cruz won a unanimous decision with scores all over the map: 50-45, 49-46 and 48-47. “The dude hits hard. His hands are very fast. They were prepared,” Cruz said after the fight. Faber now has lost four straight title fights – twice to Mike Brown, once to Aldo, and now to Cruz, who avenged his only career loss.
Ortiz (16-8-1, 15-8-1 UFC) had his back against the wall going into the fight with Bader. As reported by MMA Fighting in January, White said another loss from Ortiz, the most successful light heavyweight champion in UFC history, would be his last fight in the promotion. With no wins in nearly five years, since a TKO of Ken Shamrock in October 2006, Ortiz has also battled injuries and surgeries outside the cage, as well as a well-publicized feud with White.
Though he was an underdog of as much as 5-to-1 at some online sportsbooks, Ortiz stunned most of the MMA world when he caught Bader (12-2, 5-2 UFC) with a tight right hand that dropped the Season 8 winner of “The Ultimate Fighter.” Ortiz pounced, landed a few ground-and-pound shots, then locked in an arm-in guillotine that forced Bader to tap for the second straight fight, this time just 1:56 into the first round. Bader lost for the first time in February to Jon Jones, who went on to get a title shot and took the belt from Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in March.
Condit (27-5, 4-1 UFC), the former WEC welterweight champion, won his fourth straight fight and third straight bonus award. His first-round KO of Dan Hardy at UFC 120 was a Knockout of the Night, and his comeback win over Michael MacDonald at UFC 115 was a Fight of the Night winner. Condit and Dong Hyun Kim (14-1-1, 1 NC, 5-1, 1 NC UFC) fought relatively safe and tight for the first couple minutes of Round 1, but Condit then threw a flying knee that landed right on Kim’s chin, knocking him to the mat. Condit quickly swarmed and almost as quickly finished the fight with punches on the ground.
After the fight, Condit said he nearly had to pull out of the fight with an illness two weeks ago, but he believes he’s ready for a welterweight title shot. Current champion Georges St-Pierre defends his title against former Strikeforce welterweight champ Nick Diaz at UFC 137. “What do you think, Joe Silva? Am I ready for a title shot or what? I certainly hope so,” Condit said.
The Knockout of the Night bonus looked to be Rafael dos Anjos’ without much likely competition when it happened to open the Spike TV prelims. He stopped George Sotiropoulos in an upset with a big right haymaker less than a minute into the fight. But then Melvin Guillard got a huge knockout of Shane Roller to keep rolling in the lightweight division. Condit’s win made it three straight KO stoppages when he opened the pay-per-view with his big TKO. And Chris Leben, in the co-main event, knocked out Pride legend Wanderlei Silva just 27 seconds into the fight – the quickest loss of Silva’s lengthy career.
UFC 132 took place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event featured the first UFC bantamweight title fight ever as Dominick Cruz defends his title …
UFC 132 took place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event featured the first UFC bantamweight title fight ever as Dominick Cruz defends his title against the only fighter to ever defeat him, Urijah Faber.
The co-main event featured the long awaited return of Wanderlei Silva, who faced Chris Leben. Also appearing on the main card was Tito Ortiz who faced Ryan Bader.
The fourth and final fight on the UFC’s facebook streaming portion of the card featured a bantamweight fight between former WEC champion Brian Bowles (9-1) and Takeya Mizugaki (14-5-2).
The fight started with both fighters looking to land some strikes. Not a very eventful round to start the fight.
After a prolonged period of exchanging on their feet Bowles took the fight to the ground, locked in the body triangle and then went to work, trying to secure a choke.
Between the second and third round Bowles said he hurt his hand while his corner told him that they did not care, “champions fight in the third round.”
With 3:00 left in the third Bowles landed a takedown and when Mizugaki stood he had Bowles stuck to his back and looking for a submission.
The fight goes to the cards:29-28, 30-27, 30-27 for Bowles
UFC 132 will take place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event will feature the first UFC bantamweight title fight ever as Dominick Cruz defends his …
UFC 132 will take place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event will feature the first UFC bantamweight title fight ever as Dominick Cruz defends his title against the only feature to ever defeat him, Urijah Faber.
The co-main event will feature the long awaited return of Wanderlei Silva, who is set to face Chris Leben. Also appearing on the main card will be Tito Ortiz who will be fighting for his UFC career when he faces Ryan Bader.
The third fight on the preliminary card that was streamed on the UFC’s facebook page featured a middleweight bout between Aaron Simpson (8-2) and Brad Tavares (7-0)
The fight started with a body kick from Tavares. Simpson then went after a takedown. Simpson then worked the clinch against the fence for a fairly long time before they were separated by the referee.
The round ended with Tavares his range and landing some punches.
The second round started with Simpson getting tagged with two punches that briefly had him staggered, but Tavares allowed him time and space and Simpson took Tavares’ back and recovered from the punches.
Tavares then surprised everyone by delivering a nice takedown that had Simpson on the ground for less than a second. When they got back to their feet SImpson went for the choke.
The third round started with Simpson using a combination to put Tavares up against the cage. Tavares spun out of the clinch.
Simpson imposed his will during the three round fight, but Tavares showed remarkable takedown defense against the All-American wrestler.
The fight goes to the cards: 30-27 on all three cards for Simpson
UFC 132 Results: What’s Next for Ryan Bader with a Loss Bleacher Report’s Sean Smith UFC 132 will take place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event will feature the …
UFC 132 Results: What’s Next for Ryan Bader with a Loss
Bleacher Report’s Sean Smith
UFC 132 will take place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event will feature the first UFC bantamweight title fight ever as Dominick Cruz defends his title against the only feature to ever defeat him, Urijah Faber.
The co-main event will feature the long awaited return of Wanderlei Silva, who is set to face Chris Leben. Also appearing on the main card will be Tito Ortiz who will be fighting for his UFC career when he faces Ryan Bader.
Coming off of a loss to Jon Jones, Ryan Bader asked for a fight with Tito Ortiz. After initially scoffing at the idea, Ortiz accepted the fight with Bader as his last chance to get back on track in the UFC.
While most of the focus has been on what would happen to Ortiz should he lose this fight, a loss for Bader would be extremely damaging as well.
If Bader were to lose to Ortiz, he would have dropped two straight fights and could be fighting for his job in his next fight. Having been a former winner of The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC would most likely do everything in their power to keep Bader relevant, though.
If Bader were to lose against Ortiz, he would most likely be set up with an extremely winnable fight against a fighter like Stephan Bonnar or Krzysztof Soszynski.
UFC 132 Results: What’s Next for Dennis Siver with a Win Bleacher Report’s Sean Smith UFC 132 will take place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event will feature the …
UFC 132 Results: What’s Next for Dennis Siver with a Win
Bleacher Report’s Sean Smith
UFC 132 will take place on Saturday, July 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The main event will feature the first UFC bantamweight title fight ever as Dominick Cruz defends his title against the only feature to ever defeat him, Urijah Faber.
The co-main event will feature the long awaited return of Wanderlei Silva, who is set to face Chris Leben. Also appearing on the main card will be Tito Ortiz who will be fighting for his UFC career when he faces Ryan Bader.
After defeating George Sotiropoulos in his last fight, Dennis Siver became widely regarded as a lightweight contender. Many expected that Siver would land a fight with a big-name opponent, but he will be fighting the underrated Matt Wiman at UFC 132.
With Wiman being a wrestler, Siver’s takedown defense will be tested even more than it had been in his fight with Sotiropoulos. If Siver passes the test once again, he can rest assured that his next fight will be against another contender.
Currently, the top of the lightweight division is log-jammed with the injury of UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar, so there are plenty of options for Siver if he defeats Wiman. Some potential matchups include welcoming Sean Sherk back to the Octagon or a battle between diverse strikers with Anthony Pettis.
One of the great knockouts in mixed martial arts may now have been knocked out too many times himself, as Wanderle Silva was knocked out cold by Chris Leben on Saturday night at UFC 132.
Silva, known as the Axe Murderer, is one of the all-time stars of MMA, but it was ugly to see how quickly Leben knocked him out with a series of uppercuts and additional punches on the ground on Saturday night. The whole fight lasted just 27 seconds. Silva has taken so many shots in his long MMA career that he might not be able to go on much longer.
“I can’t believe it’s real,” Leben said of his victory. “Holy s**t.”
The win improves Leben’s record to 26-7, and it’s probably the biggest win of his career, given the legendary status of Silva. Leben made a nod to Silva’s status as an all-time great in his post-fight comments.
“Wanderlei, I love you,” Leben said. “You’re my hero.”
Silva is the hero of many MMA fans, but with the loss his record falls to 33-11-1, including 2-6 in his last eight fights. It might be time for him to call it quits.
The referee checks on Wanderlei Silva after his knockout loss to Chris Leben at UFC 132 on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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Esther Lin, MMA Fighting
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Urijah Faber knees Dominick Cruz in their UFC bantamweight championship bout at UFC 132 on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
One of the great knockouts in mixed martial arts may now have been knocked out too many times himself, as Wanderle Silva was knocked out cold by Chris Leben on Saturday night at UFC 132.
Silva, known as the Axe Murderer, is one of the all-time stars of MMA, but it was ugly to see how quickly Leben knocked him out with a series of uppercuts and additional punches on the ground on Saturday night. The whole fight lasted just 27 seconds. Silva has taken so many shots in his long MMA career that he might not be able to go on much longer.
“I can’t believe it’s real,” Leben said of his victory. “Holy s**t.”
The win improves Leben’s record to 26-7, and it’s probably the biggest win of his career, given the legendary status of Silva. Leben made a nod to Silva’s status as an all-time great in his post-fight comments.
“Wanderlei, I love you,” Leben said. “You’re my hero.”
Silva is the hero of many MMA fans, but with the loss his record falls to 33-11-1, including 2-6 in his last eight fights. It might be time for him to call it quits.
The referee checks on Wanderlei Silva after his knockout loss to Chris Leben at UFC 132 on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting
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Urijah Faber knees Dominick Cruz in their UFC bantamweight championship bout at UFC 132 on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Dominick Cruz avenged his only career loss, going the distance with Urijah Faber and defending his bantamweight title at UFC 132 on Saturday night. The back-and-forth main event, which had scores all over the map from the judges, earned Cruz and Faber $75,000 bonus checks for Fight of the Night. 
One of the great knockouts in mixed martial arts may now have been knocked out too many times himself, as Wanderle Silva was knocked out cold by 
