UFC 105...

Randy Couture vs Brandon Vera on November 15, 2009. This will be history.

UFC 104: Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida wins via UD

Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida wins via unanimous decision against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua with a all judges scoring the bout 48-47. Many people on the crowd felt it should be Shogun who won the fight as they went 'booooing' after Machida was announced as the winner.

A rematch should be scheduled for this two fighters; I would surely agree for it. To me it should have been Rua who won the fight, all throughout the fight it's him who throw and landed more strikes and kicks. Well it has been done but a rematch should happen.

Congratulations to Machida and to his team.

Other results
- Cain Velasquez defeats Ben Rothwell via TKO (Strikes) Round 2
- Gleison Tibau defeats Josh Neer via Unanimous Decision
- Joe Stevenson defeats Spencer Fisher via TKO (strikes) in round two
- Anthony “Rumble” Johnson def Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida TKO(strikes/Rnd 2)
- Ryan “Darth” Bader defeats Eric “Red” Schafer via UD
- Pat Barry defeats Antoni Hardonk via TKO (strikes) in round two
- Chael Sonnen defeats Yushin “Thunder” Okami via unanimous decision
- Jorge “El Conquistador” Rivera defeats Rob “The Rosedale Reaper” Kimmons via TKO (strikes) in round three
- Kyle Kingsbury defeats Razak Al-Hassan via split decision
- Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve defeats Chase Gormley via submission (triangle choke) in round one

UFC 105: Couture vs Vera

It's 'The Natural' against 'The Truth'! Here we go!

UFC Hall of Famer Randy "The Natural" Couture returns to the light heavyweight division for the first time in over three years, and he hopes to begin his quest for an unprecedented sixth world title with a victory over dynamic striker Brandon "The Truth" Vera in the main event of UFC 105.

In the co-feature, British superstar Michael "The Count" Bisping is back home and looking for a knockout in front of his hometown fans when he squares off against fellow middleweight contender Denis Kang.

UFC 105, Saturday, November 14th, at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.

UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun

In his last fight, Lyoto Machida electrified and awed the mixed martial arts world with a devastating knockout of Rashad Evans. On Saturday, October 24th, “The Dragon” will make the first defense of his UFC light heavyweight crown in the main event of UFC 104 against former PRIDE star Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, who is coming off back-to-back knockouts of Chuck Liddell and Mark Coleman.

In the co-feature, two of the top young heavyweight contenders in the sport will clash, as unbeaten Cain Velasquez takes on former IFL star “Big” Ben Rothwell in what promises to be one of the most memorable bouts of 2009.

UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun - Saturday, October 24th, live on Pay-Per-View from Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

UFC 102: Nogueira defeated the legendary Couture

It was a very good fight but at the end there was victorious.

UFC 102's main event bout between Randy “The Natural” Couture and Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira was a show-all-what-you-have. Nogueira came out strong having the advantage from the tale-of-the-tape but the Hall-of-Famer Couture had shown that he still got the heart to stand toe-to-toe. It was an exciting fight. There were a lot of punches exchanged; as well as takedowns. At the end it all went to the judges' scorecards, Nogueira won via unanimous decision.

What will be now for the legendary Couture?

UFC 102

UFC 102 will feature a “legendary” main event between Randy “The Natural” Couture and Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira. Perennial light heavyweight contender Keith Jardine is also set to throwdown in 205-pound slugfest against hard-hitting Brazilian import Thiago Silva in the co-featured fight of the night.

Early Results:

Thiago Silva defeats Keith Jardine via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
Nate Marquardt defeats Demian Maia via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
Brandon Vera defeats Kryzsztof Soszynski via Unanimous Decision
Jake Rosholt defeats Chris Leben via Submission (Arm Triangle) Round 3
Aaron Simpson defeats Ed Herman via technical knockout (injury) in round 2
Gabriel Gonzaga def Chris Tuchscherer via TKO (strikes) in round one
Mike Russow defeats Justin McCully via unanimous decision
Todd Duffee defeats Tim Hague via knockout in round one (Seven seconds!)
Mark Munoz defeats Nick Catone via split decision
Evan Dunham defeats Marcus Aurelio via split decision

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Rampage Losses Title to Forrest

Forrest Griffin was knocked down by Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's uppercut in the first round of their UFC Lightheavyweight championship bout but still he was able to hold on and came out the octagon victorious. Griifin had won via a unanimous decision with 48-46, 48-46 and 49-46 scores.

Rampage had strike Forrest very well but the latter countered with some kicks to the left leg. Jackson's left leg was hurt bad that it had affected his stance but Griffin didn't capitalized on that much. Though some believed, including me, that Rampage dominated the fight on the first and last three rounds (of 5 rounds) the decision was somewhat the reverse of what i expected. Well it has been decided and even Rampage Jackson accepted the defeat with humbleness. In the UFC anything could happen. Just get it on!

UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin

The Light Heavyweight fever is on in the Ultimate Fighting Championship!

UFC 86 presents the main event championship fight between Quinton Jackson (champion) and Forrest Griffin (challenger). The world watched as UFC Light Heavyweight Champion QUINTON “RAMPAGE” JACKSON and perennial fan favorite FORREST GRIFFIN battled for 13 weeks as competing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter reality show. Now, the time has come for these mixed martial arts masters to go to war. On Saturday, July 5th, Griffin challenges Jackson for the most hotly contested title in the UFC – the light heavyweight championship.

Here is the list of the supporting bouts:

Ricardo Almeida 185lb vs. Patrick Cote 185lb

Chris Lytle 170lb vs. Josh Koscheck 170lb

Marcus Aurelio 155lb vs. Tyson Griffin 155lb

Gleison Tibau 156lb vs. Joe Stevenson 155lb

Justin McCully 236lb vs. Gabriel Gonzaga 249lb

Cole Miller 155lb vs. Jorge Gurgel 155lb

Dennis Siver 155lb vs. Melvin Guillard 155lb

Justin Buchholz 155lb vs. Corey Hill 155lb

Let's bring it on!

The TV, the Radio, and the Pacman!

The best pound-for-pound fighter has won again!

Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao dethroned David Diaz via 9th round KO in their WBC Lightweight title fight. This would be Pacquiao's fourth weight division world title and that makes him the first asian to do so. I'm sure all Pacquiao's fans are happy and rejoicing for the victory of the great boxer. Pacquiao had again a display of a brilliant fight with quickness and power. The Pacman was much quicker and had the power as he outpunched and outboxed the naturally bigger David Diaz. The victory of Manny is also a victory for the entire Philippines.

Yesterday, me and my girlfriend agreed to buy a new TV for the display of the old one that we are using isn't already clear. So we went to the appliance department store of a mall near us and we did bought a slim-flat LCD-designed television. We had set it up last night and just by using antenna we had a clear display of the two local channels; GMA and ABS-CBN. "Wow, we can watch the boxing tommorow clearly!"

This morning we were waiting for GMA's feed of the Lethal Combination boxing event in Las Vegas hoping that it would start before I will go to work. To my dismay, as usual, this would be again a very delayed telecast of the event. I departed to work without even having a glance on any of the undercard fights. Arrgghh!

As I step out of the building I noticed the security guard busy listening to his transistor radio. I then knew from him that the broadcast is live, real time, about what's going on in Mandalay Bay. It was already Humberto Soto and Francisco Lorenzo squaring-off for the interim version of Manny Pacquiao's WBC 130lb belt. Oh it was a good thing I brought my cellphone capable of FM radio transmission. "I will just listen to the fight when I'm in the office," i said to myself as I was on the way.

I arrived here in the office and setup my computer and afterwards opened the radio. Soto was disqualified?! Another dirty fight! I asked my office mate to turn on the Bravia (Cool!) and change the channel to Solar Sports. The feed is just about to start?! On the radio they're already preparing for the main event. Whatta!

So me and my colleagues decided to listen to the radio instead, back to basics mehn! Pacquiao was leading the scorecards until round 9 came. Pacquiao floored Diaz! Pacquiao floored Diaz! It's all over! Everybody's jumping and shouting here in the office. The Pacman did it again! Well I can say that the radio is still usefull. A big thanks also the Fightnews.com for their fast and near to real-time updates.

Grab a beer and shout, "Mabuhay si Pacquiao!"

Let's Get It On!

Are you ready? Are you ready? Let's get it on!

If you are a UFC or Mixed Martial Arts fanatic then you should watch out for these upcoming UFC events (w/ featured fights):

July 5, 2008 = UFC 86: Q. Jackson vs F. Griffin

July 19, 2008 = UFC: A. Silva vs J. Irvin

Aug. 9, 2008 = UFC 87: G. St-Pierre vs J. Fitch

Sep 6, 2008 = UFC 88: C. Liddell vs R. Evans


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