It seems pointless to write another career eulogy for former UFC lightweight champ Jens Pulver, who suffered his sixth straight loss on last night’s War on the Mainland event. He’s clearly not interested in taking the hint, and we’re running out of pos…
It seems pointless to write another career eulogy for former UFC lightweight champ Jens Pulver, who suffered his sixth straight loss on last night’s War on the Mainland event. He’s clearly not interested in taking the hint, and we’re running out of positive things to say as he continues his quest for diminishing paychecks.
It took just a little over a minute for relative MMA novice Diego Garijo to drop Pulver with a straight left and then lock in an arm-in guillotine choke for the submission finish last night. According to MMA legend Bas Rutten, who helped out with color commentating duties for last night’s event, this loss was a sign that Pulver needed to dedicate himself to improving his ground game.
“Jens Pulver, if he wants to continue his career, I say, move. Move to Brazil for six months, and the only thing you’re doing is ground fighting.”
If you checked out the official “War on the Mainland” website as you possibly hummed and hawed about ordering last night’s PPV, you might have thought to yourself ‘ah–they probably just skimmed on the site a little bit to throw more dough on the PPV’. Well, if you took in last night’s broadcast, it didn’t […]
If you checked out the official “War on the Mainland” website as you possibly hummed and hawed about ordering last night’s PPV, you might have thought to yourself ‘ah–they probably just skimmed on the site a little bit to throw more dough on the PPV’. Well, if you took in last night’s broadcast, it didn’t take long to have that notion completely refuted did it? (Unless you don’t care for graphics and production values that are post 1993—then you were probably stoked)
Wondering if you had been transported back a decade plus aside, War on the Mainland did feature some pretty sweet bouts, including the Matt Horwich / Thales Leites fight which was great (Horwich won the middleweight title by 4th round submission) and Tony Lopez KOíng Jason Lambert with a knee to take the light-heavyweight belt.
In the main event tilt between Tim Sylvia and Paul Buentello (which only added to the night’s ‘nostalgic’ feel of course), the former UFC heavyweight champ added another belt to his trophy case, by dropping Buentello in the second round. Sylvia’s first title defence? None other than Mr. Pedro Rizzo…okay, granted, there’s a bit of a ‘classic’s theme going here but we’ll still check it out.
And apparently having BJ Penn loathe him all these years wasn’t the reason behind Jens Pulver’s ongoing woes. As we passed along Friday, Penn apologized to Pulver last week for all the naughty things he’s said about the former champ, but the veteran still couldn’t end his losing streak. After getting dropped by Diego Garijo, Pulver got caught with a follow up guillotine choke—dude’s lost 6 straight.
Filed under: ResultsMMAFighting.com has Tim Sylvia vs. Paul Buentello results as well as the rest of the pay-per-view fights on the War on the Mainland card from the Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif.
MMAFighting.com has Tim Sylvia vs. Paul Buentello results as well as the rest of the pay-per-view fights on the War on the Mainland card from the Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif.
In other action, former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver will meet Diego Garijo, and former UFC No. 1 middleweight contender Thales Leites will fight former IFL champion Matt Horwich.
(The first round of the fight, and nearly the last chapter in these two guys’ character arcs. All vids from: YouTube/ZombieProphetMMA)
For the first minute, 10 seconds or so Tim Sylvia and Paul Buentello actually have a decent little fight g…
(The first round of the fight, and nearly the last chapter in these two guys’ character arcs. All vids from: YouTube/ZombieProphetMMA)
For the first minute, 10 seconds or so Tim Sylvia and Paul Buentello actually have a decent little fight going at Powerhouse World Promotions’ War on the Mainland show from Saturday night. After that it’s pretty much a clinch-fest, with Sylvia leaning his 274-pounds on Buentello in the corner so relentlessly he’s able to draw five separate restarts from referee Big John McCarthy in just under two full rounds. While still looking as awkward as ever on the feet, Sylvia at least mixes some good punching combination with a few kicks and knees when the two fighters exchange at range. Buentello lands a couple of shots too, but for the most part appears overwhelmed by Sylvia’s size.
Round two is after the jump. Also, just in case you weren’t feeling melancholy enough on this Sunday morning, Jens Pulver’s sad, sad loss to Diego Garijo from the same event is there as well …
This is the War on the Mainland live blog for Tim Sylvia vs. Paul Buentello, the main event of tonight’s Powerhouse World Promotions pay-per-view at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif.
Sylvia and Buentello were two top UFC heavyweights in the mid…
This is the War on the Mainland live blog for Tim Sylvia vs. Paul Buentello, the main event of tonight’s Powerhouse World Promotions pay-per-view at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif.
Sylvia and Buentello were two top UFC heavyweights in the mid-2000s and haven’t crossed paths until now.
(Let me get this straight. I’m fighting Carrot Top?) Falaniko Vitale has been forced off of the August 14 “War on the Mainland” card for unknown reasons and will be replaced by former IFL middleweight champion Matt Horwich (23-13-1) …
(Let me get this straight. I’m fighting Carrot Top?)
Falaniko Vitale has been forced off of the August 14 “War on the Mainland” card for unknown reasons and will be replaced by former IFL middleweight champion Matt Horwich (23-13-1) in a Powerhouse World Promotions (PWP) LLC 185-pound championship bout against former number one UFC middleweight contender Thales Leites (17-3-1).
“We’re excited to add Matt Horwich to our already stacked card,” PWP CEO Brian Manna said. “They are two of the best BJJ fighters in the world. Either one will make a great PWP middleweight champion.”
2-6 in his last eight outings, including losses to Dan Miller, Ricardo Almeida and Jason MacDonald, Horwich may not be the fighter most deserving of a title shot, but is likely being rewarded with a crack at the newly-created belt for stepping up to face Leites on less than two weeks notice.
It seems pointless to write another career eulogy for former UFC lightweight champ Jens Pulver, who suffered his sixth straight loss on last night’s War on the Mainland event. He’s clearly not interested in taking the hint, and we’re running out of positive things to say as he continues his quest for diminishing paychecks.
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