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Tuesday, October 19, 2010Clint Godfrey vs. Michael McDonald Added to Nov. 11th WEC
By FCF Staff World Extreme Cagefighting has announced that Clint Godfrey will fight fellow bantamweight Michael McDonald, at the promotion’s upcoming November 11th, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout was confirmed to the Rapid City Journal by the organization.
Godfrey(11-2), who hails from Rapid City, has not competed since January when he lost by unanimous decision to Wagnney Fabiano at WEC 46. Godrfrey had won eight straight prior to the loss. The bantamweight had been scheduled to fight on the recent September 30th WEC card in Broomfield, Colorado, but was forced to withdraw due to a staph infection.
McDonald (10-1) heads into the bout on a three fight winning streak, which includes wins over veterans Cole Escovedo and Manny Tapia. The California fighter will be making his WEC debut.
The November 11th WEC, which will be hosted by The Pearl at the Palms Casino and Resort, will feature former featherweight champion Urijah Faber versus bantamweight Takeya Mizugaki in the main event.
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Magomed Shikshabekov (12-0) will face British veteran Che Mills (11-4), at the upcoming October 28th, M-1 Challenge event in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Weichel Replaces Injured Reynolds for Oct. 28th M-1 Challenge
M-1 Global has confirmed that lightweight Eric Reynolds will no longer fight Yuri Ivlev at the promotion’s upcoming October 28th, M-1 Challenge XXI in St. Petersburg, Russia, due to a knee injury. German veteran Daniel Weichel (24-7) (pictured left) will take his place.
“Having to withdraw always leaves a bitter taste in the mouths of both fighters, especially this close to the event,” Evgeni Kogan, Director of Operations for M-1 Global was quoted saying in the official announcement. “As unfortunate as it is for Reynolds, the fans are rewarded with an incredible replacement. Weichel’s submission skills are a dead match for Ivlev. This is another amazing fight.”
Weichel is coming off a first round, submission victory over Avtandil Shoshiashvili in August, after being stopped by Rob Sinclair in May. Weichel is 4-1 in his last five fights.
Ivlev (14-5) will head into the contest riding a six fight winning streak. Most recently in July, Ivlev knocked out Daniel Thomas in the second round.
Here is the line-up to date for the October 28th, M-1 Challenge card:
Lightweight Title Fight:
Artiom Damkovsky, M-1 Selection Eastern Europe 2010 champion (10-4) vs.
Mairbek Taisumov, M-1 Selection Western Europe 2010 champion (12-2)
Middleweight Title Fight:
Magomed Sultanakhmedov, M-1 Selection Eastern Europe 2010 champion (28-4) vs.
Rafał Moks, M-1 Selection Western Europe 2010 champ (5-2)
Heavyweight Title Fight:
Kenny Garner, M-1 Selection Americas champion (5-2) vs.
Guram Gugenishvili, M-1 Selection Western Europe champion (9-0).
Yuri Ivlev (14-5) vs. Daniel Weichel (24-7) Lightweight
Mikhail Zayats (11-5) vs. TBD Light Heavyweight
Alexei Nazarov (9-3) vs. Alexei Belyaev (10-4) Middleweight
Alexander Sarnavsky (10-0) vs. Victor Kuku (7-5-1) Lightweight
Rashid Magomedov (6-2) vs. Igor Araujo (18-5) Welterweight
Dmitry Samoilov (8-5-1) vs. Gadzhimurad Omarov (5-0) Light Heavyweight
Vusal Bairamov (0-1) vs. Joakhim Apie (0-0) Lightweight
Magomed Shikshabekov (12-0) vs. Che Mills (11-4) Welterweight
Six Bouts Confirmed for UFC 125
Monday, October 18, 2010
By FCF Staff The Ultimate Fighting Championship has officially confirmed six bouts for the promotion’s upcoming New Year’s Day, 2011 event in Las Vegas, Nevada. The UFC 125 “Resolution” card will be hosted by the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
As expected, the January 1st card will be headlined by a lightweight title fight between champion Frankie Edgar and challenger Gray Maynard. The bout will be the second time the two wrestlers have fought, as Maynard worked his way to a unanimous decision win over Edgar in April, 2008.
“Resolution” will also feature a fight between notable heavyweights Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson, who are both coming off losses. Carwin was submitted in the second round by champion Brock Lesnar this past July, while Nelson was outscored by Junior dos Santos in August, and lost by unanimous decision.
Other bouts that have been confirmed for UFC 125 card include a lightweight bout between Clay Guida and Takanori Gomi, at middleweight, Chris Leben (pictured left) versus Brian Stann, light-heavyweight Brandon Vera will take on Thiago Silva, and at 170lbs., Nate Diaz will fight Dong Hyun Kim.
Mikhail Zayats Added to M-1 Challenge XXI: Guram vs. Garner
By FCF Staff Photo Courtesy M-1 Global
M-1 Global has announced that light-heavyweight Mikhail Zayats will compete on the promotion’s upcoming October 28th event in St. Petersburg, Russia. No opponent has been confirmed for the Red Devil Sport Club fighter.
Zayats (11-5) (pictured left) is coming off a first round, submission victory over Toni Valtonen in June, after being stopped by Robert Jocz in January. The Russian fighter heads into the October 28th bout having gone 2-3 in his last five fights.
“Zayats needs to seize the opportunity that has been presented to him and return to his winning ways,” M-1 Global’s Director of Operations Evgeni Kogan was quoted saying in a press release. “M-1 Challenge XXI is drawing considerable attention and we’re expecting Zayats to deliver a great performance.”
The M-1 Challenge will be headlined by a bout between Americas Selection heavyweight winner Kenny Garner and Western Europe finalist Guram Gugenishvili, to determine the promotion’s heavyweight champion.
Here is the line-up to date for the October 28th, M-1 Challenge XXI card.
Lightweight Title Fight:
Artiom Damkovsky, M-1 Selection Eastern Europe 2010 champion (10-4) vs.
Mairbek Taisumov, M-1 Selection Western Europe 2010 champion (12-2)
Middleweight Title Fight:
Magomed Sultanakhmedov, M-1 Selection Eastern Europe 2010 champion (28-4) vs.
Rafał Moks, M-1 Selection Western Europe 2010 champ (5-2)
Heavyweight Title Fight:
Kenny Garner, M-1 Selection Americas champion (5-2) vs.
Guram Gugenishvili, M-1 Selection Western Europe champion (9-0).
Mikhail Zayats (11-5) vs. TBD
Magomed Shikshabekov (12-0) vs. Che Mills (11-4) Welterweight
Yuri Ivlev (14-5) vs. Eric Reynolds (13-4) Lightweight
Alexei Nazarov (9-3) vs. Alexei Belyaev (10-4) Middleweight
Alexander Sarnavsky (10-0) vs. Victor Kuku (7-5-1) Lightweight
Rashid Magomedov (6-2) vs. Igor Araujo (18-5) Welterweight
Dmitry Samoilov (8-5-1) vs. Gadzhimurad Omarov (5-0) Light Heavyweight
Vusal Bairamov (0-1) vs. Joakhim Apie (0-0) Lightweight
Condit Says KO Victory “Biggest Win” of his Career
Sunday, October 17, 2010
By Kelsey Mowatt Carlos Condit arrived in the UFC last year with a lot of fanfare, largely due to the fact that the veteran fighter had owned the WEC welterweight division while it existed, going 5-0 in his reign as the promotion’s 170lb. champion. In his first three Octagon outings Condit wasn’t the dominant force he had been in the WEC, losing by split decision to Martin Kampmann, only to then earn hard fought victories over Jake Ellenberger and Rory MacDonald. Perhaps this is why Condit was quick to concede at last night’s post-fight UFC 120 press conference, that his impressive KO win over Dan Hardy, was extremely important for the 26-5 fighter.
“This is definitely the biggest fight of my career,” Condit said afterwards. “Fighting on the co-main; fighting Dan pretty much in his backyard, and at the O2 Arena, this is the biggest win of my career so far.”
Heading into the bout the outspoken Hardy publicly criticized Condit’s head coach Greg Jackson, for implementing game plans, which according to the British fighter are conservative in nature. It was clear from the opening bell last night; however, that Condit was looking to be the aggressor.
“I think it helped immensely,” said Condit when asked about what Jackson contributed to the victory. “I’m obviously not the same fighter and I don’t have the same style or attributes that GSP (Georges St. Pierre) does, so we had a different approach to the fight. Having a coach who just recently trained a guy to fight Dan was definitely beneficial.”
It will be interesting to see where the win over Hardy leaves Condit in the welterweight division, and who the UFC elects to match him up next. With his current Octagon record sitting at 3-1, another notable win could leave Condit within striking distance of a title shot.
“I’m definitely looking forward to seeing who wins that fight between Kampmann and (Jake) Shields,” said Condit, when asked for his thoughts on the upcoming match-up. “I’ve fought both those guys, have decisions to both of them, and I would like to maybe get one of those losses back. As far as GSP being a teammate over at Jackson’s; we haven’t really discussed it very much. I think it would it be foolish of me to turn down an opportunity like that, but, I guess we’ll just have to discuss that when we get to that juncture.”
The last comment regarding his willingness to fight St. Pierre, drew the applause of UFC President Dana White, who frowns upon fighters refusing to fight their teammates. While Condit could be a win or two from competing for the title, the possibility of fighting his teammate St. Pierre is likely not a pressing concern, when one considers others like Josh Koscheck, Jon Fitch, and probably Shields if he wins next weekend, are next in line.
Bisping Decisions Akiyama; Condit KO's Hardy
By Dustin Lee DePue
London, England—Michael “The Count” Bisping gave the British fans at the O2 arena something to cheer about as he prevailed in a rousing slugfest with Yoshihiro Akiyama. Bisping’s countrymen Dan Hardy and John Hathaway were not as lucky as they both absorbed losses Saturday night to Carlos Condit and Mike Pyle respectively.
In the main event, Bisping and Akiyama spent three full rounds labeling each other with stiff right hands but it was Bisping’s combinations and conditioning that gave him the earned him the unanimous decision. As in his last fight with Dennis Kang, Bisping was tagged early with a stiff right hand and had to shake the cobwebs out during the opening seconds of the fight. This time, it was an overhand right by Akiyama that put Bisping in danger. Akiyama pressed, landing a right straight and several snapping jabs but Bisping was able to reset himself and scored with a pair of fast one-two’s that signaled a shift in the round. Midway through the round, Bisping surpassed Akiyama in production and punches landed. He found continued success with his right straight and finished the round with a flying knee.
The second round started with a bang as Bisping landed a one-two and Akiyama answered with a hard right hook. The round quickly turned into a slug fest with both fighters landing big punches. Bisping landed more punches, including a three or four clean, hard right hands and several kicks to the body. Akiyama stole some of Bisping’s thunder at the end of the round, landing a right hook that shook him up.
The sheer number of hard punches landed by Bisping began to take their toll on Akiyama’s speed and movement in the third round. He flurried in the opening seconds of the round but Bisping defended and countered with a kick to the head. Bisping spent the rest of the round bouncing punches off of Akiyama’s head, which may very well be made of bricks considering the amount of damage he took. It wasn’t until late in the round that Akiyama was finally staggered from a punch but he quickly came roaring back, finishing the round with a display of fighting spirit that transcended winning and losing. In the end, Bisping earned a well-deserved unanimous decision victory by three scores of 30-27.
In the co-main event, Carlos Condit stopped hometown hero Dan Hardy with a wicked knockout late in the first round. Both fighters were content to stand and traded low and high kicks for most of the round. Hardy landed a couple of counter left hooks and Condit nearly landed a hard spinning back elbow in an evenly contested matchup. The end came in the final minute of the first round when both fighters planted their feet and threw left hooks at the same time. Condit landed first with a shot right on the button that dropped Hardy onto his back. Condit followed up with a pair of punches to the chin that knocked out Hardy with just 33 seconds left in the round.
Cagey veteran Mike Pyle handed John Hathaway his first loss, using his grappling prowess to keep Hathaway on defense for much of the fight en route to a unanimous decision victory. In the first round Pyle scored a pair of takedowns and found a home for his overhand right, landing the punch many times and staggering Hathaway at one point. In the second round, Hathaway started to get into a rhythm, landing a solid left straight and increasing his output before Pyle put Hathaway’s offense to a screeching halt by putting him on his back and getting side control. From there, Pyle locked up a triangle and spent half of the round dropping punches and elbows onto Hathaway’s forehead.
Hathaway tried to get Pyle to the mat in the third round but it was Pyle that scored the takedown, bringing Hathaway down with a single leg. Hathaway tried to set up an armbar but Pyle slid right through to side control in a beautiful display of jiu-jitsu. He finished the round strong, landing punches and elbows from on top and earned a well-deserved unanimous decision by three scores of 30-27.
Neither Cheick Kongo nor Travis Browne walked out of the octagon with a loss on their record as the two heavyweights fought to a draw. Browne started the fight aggressively pursuing Kongo with lunging hooks and overhand punches. Kongo kept his distance, landing several hard low kicks before closing the distance himself to try to land a punch combination. Browne beat him to the punch, staggering Kongo with a left hook. Browne followed it up with a right hook and hard knees from the clinch and clearly won the round.
Kongo found a target for his punches in the second round as he slipped in counter punches as Browne advanced. He caught Browne with a stiff right cross early in the round and hurt him with a series of hooks as Browne covered. In the clinch, Kongo pounded Browne’s thighs with sharp knees until they turned purple. In the final round, Kongo was docked a point for holding onto Browne’s shorts. He spent the final minute pressing for the finish and landed some punches but it was not enough to overcome the point deduction and the fight was ruled a draw by three scores of 28-28.
Alexander Gustafsson kicked off the broadcast by putting a beating on Cyrille Diabate before finishing him with a rear naked choke. Gustafsson overwhelmed Diabate with punches in the first round, catching him with punch combinations as he attempted to clinch and rocking him with a left hand and then again with a hard uppercut. Gustafsson switched gears in the second round, taking his worn out opponent to the mat and working his way to back mount where he unleashed a flurry of hard punches to set up a rear naked choke for the tapout at 2:41.
Televised Results
Michael Bisping def Yoshihiro Akiyama by Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27
Carlos Condit def Dan Hardy by KO 4:27 Rd 2
Mike Pyle def John Hathaway by Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27
Cheick Kongo Draws Travis Browne 28-28, 28-28, 28-28
Alexander Gustafsson def Cyrille Diabate by Rear Naked Choke 2:41 Rd 2
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