UFC
Fighter Roberts
- To Ref
Pancrase Grappling Championship Before UFC
Broomfield Bout
03-11-2010
Broomfield, CO
UFC
fighter Daniel "Ninja" Roberts arrives in Colorado
today in preparation for his March 21st, UFC bout
against opponent John Howard.
On
Saturday, Roberts takes time out of his busy
schedule to officiate at the Pancrase World
Submission Wrestling Championships also held in
Broomfield.
Roberts
is 9-0 in MMA, a All-American wrestler, a 3-time
NAGA Champ, 2-time NAGA World finalist, ADCC
medalist, GQ medalist, a jiu-jitsu national champ,
2-time jiu-jitsu world medalist and jiu-jitsu world
finalist. He is the top ranked welterweight in
the state of OK by OK Fight News.
During
his stay in Colorado, Roberts is training at the
Grappler's Edge Academy in Denver.
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman presents a Sunday soliloquy reviewing some
of the top combat sports action from Saturday, March
6.
We discuss the brilliant performance of Devon
Alexander, who unified two of the 140-pound boxing
titles by stopping Juan Urango in the eighth round
after landing two devastating uppercuts, the first
for a knockdown and the second for the win. We also
comment on the decision win for Vic Darchinyan over
Rodrigo Guerrero.
In college wrestling, Oklahoma State pulled off the
upset by edging Iowa State to win the 2010 Big 12
Wrestling Championships. We discuss some of the top
performances from that tournament, including the
impressive victory by top 197-pound wrestler Jake
Varner of Iowa State.
We also comment on some of the action in mixed
martial arts, including the TKO win by Dominick Cruz
over Brian Bowles and the submission victory by
Joseph Benavidez over Miguel Torres on the WEC show.
And we close by critically discussing some recent
articles from The Harvard Crimson and Bleacher
Report which question the direction of mixed martial
arts from very different directions.
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman speaks with Fabio Holanda about the Canadian
North American qualifiers (http://www.abudhabipro.ca)
for the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup
2010.
The Canadian North American qualifiers will take
place this Saturday, March 6, at the
Pierre-Charbonneau Centre in Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. It will feature competitors from all across
North America, and is scheduled to start at 11 AM.
For those unable to attend the live event, there
will be a free webcast of it. All the information
about the live event and the webcast can be found on
the event's web site, at http://www.abudhabipro.ca.
The Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2010
will be held April 15-17 in Abu Dhabi in the United
Arab Emirates (http://www.worldpro2010.com).
We also begin the show with a commentary on the
implications for the combat sports of the huge
television audiences which watched the Canada-U.S.
Olympic gold medal hockey game this past Sunday.
Unlike the NHL, Olympic hockey does not allow
fighting. We also comment on the entrance into mixed
martial arts of a growing number of long
past-their-prime athletes from other sports,
including Herschel Walker from American football,
Jose Canseco from baseball, and now James Toney from
boxing, and what that says about how mixed martial
arts is positioned and promoted.
Event
date: Sat., March 6, 2010. Event will air live
on Versus (10pm ET / 7pm PT)
Venue:
Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
Main
Card:
WEC
Bantamweight Championship:
1. Brian Bowles (134.5) vs Dominick Cruz (134)
2. Miguel Angel Torres (134.5) vs Joseph Benavidez
(135)
3. Jens Pulver (145.5) vs Javier Vazquez (145)
4. Deividas Taurosevicius (145) vs LC Davis (144.5)
5. Bart Palaszewski (155) vs Karen Darabedyan (156)
Preliminary Bouts:
6. Scott Jorgensen (135) vs Chad George (135.5)
7. Chad Mendes (145) vs Erik Koch (144)
8. Danny Castillo (155.5) vs Anthony Pettis (154.5)
9. Leonard Garcia (145) vs George Roop (145.5)
10. Fredson Paixao (144.5) vs Courtney Buck (145)
11. Ricardo Lamas (155) vs Bendy Casimir (155.5)
RING OF
FIRE 37:
'Warlords' - Results
03-06-2010
Denver,
CO
From the
Omaha Civic Auditorium in Nebraska.
Results:
1.
Alonzo Martinez defeated Demi Deeds by rear choke in
rd 1
2. John Alessio defeated Matt Delanoit by rear choke
in rd 1
3. Chad Reiner defeated Brian Green by unanimous
decision
4. Sean Wilson defeated Luke Caudillo via TKO in rd
2
5. Justin Wren defeated Josh Henry by TKO in rd 1
6. Pete Grimes defeated Donavon Winters by unanimous
decision
7. Vinny Lopez defeated Andy Smith by unanimous
decision
8. Enrique Thomas defeated Steve Luccino by rear
choke in rd 3
9. Justin Linner defeated Brett Hodgen by rear choke
in rd 1
10. Roberto Rojas Jr. defeated Jason Prorok by TKO
in rd 1
11. Joel Frandsen defeated Matt Williams by TKO in
rd 2
12. Johnny Nunez defeated Jeremy Harper by armbar in
rd 2
13. John Devall defeated Justin Seffron by rear
choke) in rd 1
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman speaks with Fabio Holanda about the Canadian
North American qualifiers (http://www.abudhabipro.ca)
for the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup
2010.
The Canadian North American qualifiers will take
place this Saturday, March 6, at the
Pierre-Charbonneau Centre in Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. It will feature competitors from all across
North America, and is scheduled to start at 11 AM.
For those unable to attend the live event, there
will be a free webcast of it. All the information
about the live event and the webcast can be found on
the event's web site, at http://www.abudhabipro.ca.
The Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2010
will be held April 15-17 in Abu Dhabi in the United
Arab Emirates (http://www.worldpro2010.com).
We also begin the show with a commentary on the
implications for the combat sports of the huge
television audiences which watched the Canada-U.S.
Olympic gold medal hockey game this past Sunday.
Unlike the NHL, Olympic hockey does not allow
fighting. We also comment on the entrance into mixed
martial arts of a growing number of long
past-their-prime athletes from other sports,
including Herschel Walker from American football,
Jose Canseco from baseball, and now James Toney from
boxing, and what that says about how mixed martial
arts is positioned and promoted.
Kick
Down 76
"DESTROYERS" - Travis Peak VS Chris Holland
03-02-2010, Denver, CO
Event
Date: March 13,
Venue:
Red Lion Inn, I-70 & Quebec, Denver, Colorado
On
Saturday March 13, 2010 the Kick Down returns to the
Red Lion Hotel for MMA action featuring the Kick
Down welterweight professional title bout when Chris
Holland faces Travis Peak (3-0/13-0) the current
Kick Down professional Welterweight champion and
undefeated. Peak will fight for the first time in
Colorado.
Expect an action packed evening with several titles
on the line and fighters from Colorado, Wyoming,
Nebraska and Montana. New titles will be contested
including the amateur Lightweight, Jr. Flyweight,
when Jake Valdez fights for the lightweight title
against the UFA champion Andrew Kauppila, and
wrestling phenom Kylan Zumpf makes his Colorado
debut. Zumpf a well accomplished wrestler is the
current UFA champion which is a sister promotion to
the Kick Down. Justin Hueske makes his second title
defense against challenger Levi Howes. Chris
Dollbaum will defend his light-heavyweight title
against T.J. Nunnaley. Mike Van Houten returns to
the promotion to defend his welterweight am title.
An action packed event featuring up to 12 bouts with
up to 6 titles.
Fight
Card:
1. Kick
Down Professional Welterweight Title:
TRAVIS
PEAK (13-0) vs. CHRIS HOLLAND (8-3)
2. Kick Down Jr. Flyweight MMA Title:
Aaron Trujillo (4-1) vs. Kylan Zumpf (5-0)
3. Kick
Down Welterweight MMA Title:
Mike Van Houten (4-0) vs. Lenny Atkinson Jr. (4-0)
4. Kick
Down Bantomweight MMA Title:
Justin
Hueske (8-3) vs. Levi Howes (4-2)
5. Kick Down Lightheavyweight MMA Title:
Chris
Dollbaum (5-0) vs. T.J. Nunnaley (5-5)
6. Orell
Fisher (0-0) vs Dominic Moya
7. Kick Down Lightweight MMA Title
Jake Valdez (2-1) vs. Andrew Kauppila (3-1)
8. Robert Bobbett (2-1) vs. Steve Johnson
9. Reid Delman (2-0) vs. Dusty Davis (3-0)
10. Anthony Sandoval (2-1) vs. Alex Miller (0-0)
11. Alex
Hullerman (0-0) vs. Matt Ledford
12.
Dustin Reynolds (1-1) vs. Pat Murphy
FRONT ROW $45.00, 2nd ROW $35.00 , 3rd ROW $30.00 ,
4th ROW $30.00, GENERAL ADMISSION $25.00
CALL 720-422-5154 or 303-692-4865 for tickets
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Before a sold out crowd of
2,322, former ballet dancer turned undefeated
professional mixed martial arts (MMA) star Sarah
Kaufman (11-0) became the first STRIKEFORCE Women’s
Welterweight (135 pounds) Champion in history by
powering her way to a five-round unanimous decision
over Japan’s Takayo Hashi (12-2) in the STRIKEFORCE
Challengers main event at San Jose’s Civic
Auditorium on Friday, Feb. 26, on SHOWTIME®.
Luke Rockhold (7-1) continued his climb up the
middleweight (185 pounds) ladder with a stunning
first-round (2:24) TKO over Paul Bradley (12-2). A
middleweight contest between former South African
national wrestling champion Trevor Prangley (22-5-1)
and France’s Karl Amoussou (11-2-2) ended
prematurely after Prangley accidentally poked
Amoussou in the eye, leading to a doctor stoppage
and technical draw being declared.
From the outset, Kaufman pressed the action with a
stiff jab and one-two punch combinations, but was
unable to finish Hashi who repeatedly backpedaled
her way out of trouble. Kaufman landed her best
shots in the first round, dropping Hashi with a
straight right hand.
In the third stanza, Kaufman sent Hashi reeling back
and nearly put down the Japanese fighter for a
second time in the bout with a straight right hand.
After a Kaufman jab snapped Hashi’s head back, Hashi
responded by shooting for a takedown that Kaufman
stuffed.
A chess match ensued for the remainder of the bout.
Kaufman continued to score with her hands and right
leg kick while Hashi retreated to avoid imminent
danger. All three judges scored all five rounds in
favor of Kaufman.
In the first round of their much anticipated
matchup, Rockhold dropped Bradley with a right hand
to the side of the head. Bradley fought his way back
to his feet, but Rockhold quickly went on the
attack, scoring a head kick and following up with
three straight knee strikes to the body.
Badly battered from the series of blows, Bradley
turned his back, prompting the referee to
immediately stop the action.
As expected, Amoussou came out of the gates firing
punches at Prangley, who covered up and countered
the Frenchman’s assault with his own hands. Prangley
scored a takedown, but was unable to advance his
position from half guard.
After the referee stood up the fighters, Prangley,
with an open left hand, accidentally poked Amoussou
in the right eye. The ringside physician immediately
entered the cage and examined Amoussou, who was
unable to open his eye, and declared the fighter
unable to continue at the 4:14 mark of the first
round (According to MMA rules in the state of
California, the ringside physician has the
discretion to stop a bout in the event that an
accidental foul causes an injury).
In other action Yancy Medeiros (5-0) of Waianae,
Hawaii dominated Raul Castillo (6-1) at middleweight
with continuous flurries throughout the matchup
between the unbeaten fighters.
Medeiros stuffed Castillo’s repeated takedown
attempts and continued to pour on the punishment
with both hands, putting Castillo on the canvas with
a right hand in the third round. After an exchange
of shots brought the bout to a close, all three
judges awarded the fight to Medeiros.
Like Medeiros, Tarec Saffiedine (8-2) maintained an
all-out stand up offensive in a welterweight (170
pounds) fight with James Terry (7-2) for three
straight rounds, opening a cut on Terry’s lower lip
and bringing about a welt under Terry’s left eye.
Terry repeatedly attempted to bring the fight to the
mat, but Saffiedine defended the takedowns well and
responded with more strikes. After three rounds,
Saffiedine was declared a unanimous points winner.
Amongst those in attendance at Civic Auditorium, was
MMA's newest star, football legend Herschel Walker,
as well as STRIKEFORCE World Welterweight Champion
Nick Diaz, and STRIKEFORCE World Lightweight
Champion Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez.
During an interview with STRIKEFORCE Challengers
host Mauro Ranallo, Walker said, "(MMA) is the
toughest sport there is. To step in the cage and go
mano-a-mano, there's nothing like it. It is the
toughest training I've ever done."
Regarding his future in the sport, the 47-year-old
Walker said, "I will leave that up to my team at AKA
(American Kickboxing Academy, San Jose) when I get
back in the gym. We'll see if they say I am capable
of going again. (If they do), we'll do it again."
Complete STRIKEFORCE Challengers Results:
Main Card:
1. Yancy Medeiros def. Raul Castillo – Unanimous
Decision (3 Rounds) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
2. Tarec Saffiedine def. James Terry – Unanimous
Decision (3 Rounds) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
3. Luke Rockhold def. Paul Bradley – TKO (knees to
the body) – 1st Round (2:24)
4. Trevor Prangley - Technical Draw - Karl Amoussou
(doctor stoppage after unintentional foul ) – 1st
Round (4:14)
5. Sarah Kaufman def. Takayo Hashi – Unanimous
Decision (3 Rounds) (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
Preliminary Card: 6. Ronald Carillo def. Anthony De Los Santos –
submission (armbar) – 2nd Round (1:20)
7. Steve Dickie def. Alan Lummel – TKO (punches)
–1st Round (:33)
8. Renee Robinson def. Lilia Salas – TKO (punches) –
1st Round (1:06)
9. Jesse Tobar def. Johnson Nguyen – Submission
(Rear-Naked Choke) – 2nd Round (1:24)
10. Tristan Arenal def. George Miller – TKO
(punches) – 2nd Round (:30)
11. Samuel Bracamnonte def. Chris Stewart – TKO
(punches) – 3rd Round (:59)
12. Wayne Phillips def. Eric Lawson – Submission (armbar)
– 1st Round (4:27)
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman speaks with "The Fight Professor", the
veteran broadcaster, actor, and musician Stephen
Quadros (http://stephenquadros.com/).
He will be one of the announcers on the live
Showtime telecast of the Strikeforce Challengers
mixed martial arts card taking place this Friday
night, February 26, at the Civic Auditorium in San
Jose, California.
The main event of this card pits MMA veteran Trevor
Prangley against the exciting Karl "The Psycho"
Amoussou in a middleweight fight. The women fighters
will once again try to steal the show, as the
unbeaten Sarah Kaufman faces Takayo Hashi of Japan
for the vacant Strikeforce women's featherweight
(135-pound) championship. In another fight to
advance the winner towards possible stardom,
up-and-coming fighter Luke Rockhold takes on former
University of Iowa Hawkeye All-American wrestler
Paul Bradley in a middleweight contest. Also on the
televised card, James Terry takes on Tarec
Saffiedine and Raul Castillo fights Yancy Medeiros.
In a lengthy discussion, we previewed this card with
"The Fight Professor". We discussed what we might
expect in each televised fight. We also commented
upon the latest news about Strikeforce.
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie
Goldman previews the 140-pound title unification
fight between WBC champion Devon Alexander (19-0, 12
KOs) and IBF champion Juan Urango (22-2-1, 17 KOs).
This fight will take place Saturday, March 6, at the
Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, and be
shown live in the U.S. on HBO.
We spoke with both Devon Alexander and Juan Urango
on a media conference call this past week, and the
discussion of how they each will approach this fight
resulted in some verbal fireworks. We also spoke
with Don King, who promotes Alexander, about the
importance of title unification fights, and also got
comments from him on the importance of the Internet
media.
In addition, we contrast the Alexander-Urango fight,
which should be very competitive, with the numerous
mismatches and showcase fights typical of boxing,
such as the Giovanni Segura-Walter Tello brawl this
past Saturday night, February 20, which was
entertaining but one-sided.
Main
Card Bouts: 1. Cain Velasquez defeated Antonio Rodrigo
Nogueira by knockout at 2:20 of rd 1
2. Wanderlei Silva defeated Michael Bisping by
unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
3. George Sotiropoulos defeated Joe Stevenson by
unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
4. Ryan Bader defeated Keith Jardine by KO at 2:10
of rd 3
5. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic defeated Anthony Perosh
by TKO (due to cut) at 5:00 of rd 2
Preliminary Bouts: 6. Krzysztof Soszynski defeated Stephan Bonnar
by TKO (due to cut) at 1:04 of rd 3
7. Chris Lytle defeated Brian Foster by knee bar at
1:41 of rd 1
8. C.B. Dollaway defeated Goran Reljic by unanimous
decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
9. James Te Huna def. Igor Pokrajac by TKO from
strikes at 3.26 of rd 3
Fight
of the Night (fighters receive $50,000 bonus):
Joe Stevenson and George Sotiropoulos
Knockout of the Night (fighters receive
$50,000 bonus): Cain Velasquez
Submission of the Night (fighters receive
$50,000 bonus) : Chris Lytle
