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Round 1
Wright charges and secures the takedown. Epps works an arm triangle
from the bottom, but Wright breaks his grip. Wright postures up and
drops some blows, passing to half guard. Wright stands and pulls
guard, locking up a guillotine. Epps struggles to escape, but
cannot pop his head out, tapping at 1:29 of round one.
Round 1
The fighters touch gloves to start. DeRousse jabs and clinches,
securing a body lock against the cage. DeRousse is landing damaging
knees to the body and legs with his opponent pinned to the fence.
Cole attempts a throw, but DeRousse bases out and regains his
position. Cole turns the tables, pinning DeRousse against the chain
link. Cole lands an elbow on the break, and he’s warned for it by
the referee. Cole lands a big shot standing that drops DeRousse and
pounces, delivering heavy ground and pound through DeRousse’s
guard. He slams Derousse, but Cole is then swept. He climbs back on
top, but he’s caught in a triangle. After an uncertain moment, Cole
shakes the choke off and passes to side control. DeRousse gives up
his back, and Cole is content to ride him without digging his hooks
in. DeRousse stands, but he’s immediately thrown with a beautiful
German suplex by Cole. DeRousse regains his feet and hits an ankle
pick to end the round. 10-9 Cole.
Round 2
DeRousse lands a body kick to start and clinches. Cole drops and
rolls for a kneebar, but DeRousse makes him pay for it, passing to
side control and landing ground and pound. Cole recovers half
guard, and it looks like he’s going for a kimura. DeRousse passes
to mount and has a keylock. Cole grimaces in pain but won’t submit.
DeRousse gives it up, but maintains top position. From side
control, he again passes to mount, dropping punches on Cole’s
exposed face. The ref is taking a hard look at it and finally steps
in, saving Cole from further punishment at 3:04 of round two.
Round 1
Brousseau presses early, throwing heavy punches and catching Glenn
with a savage counter right hook. Glenn dives for a single, and
Brousseau is wailing away with punches to his head and body. Glenn
is game, though, and won’t quit. Brousseau grabs Glenn’s exposed
neck and falls back for a guillotine. Glenn doesn’t allow him to
lock up his guard, however, and passes to side control and then
mount. Now Glenn is in control, and Brousseau is in trouble,
getting hit with everything but the kitchen sink. What a comeback.
Big John McCarthy steps in and stops it, awarding Glenn the victory
at 2:00 of round one.
Round 1
Both men are cautious to start. Aaron lands a nice leg kick.
Ricehouse is moving laterally. Both guys are gauging the distance.
Aaron catches a kick and elevates Ricehouse for the slam. He lands
in half guard with a far-side overhook. Aaron stands up before
Ricehouse can pull guard. Back on the feet, Ricehouse catches a low
kick and counters with a beautiful straight right. Aaron is working
for a triangle, but Ricehouse passes his guard. They both stand,
and Ricehouse lands a knee as they reach their feet. Aaron fires
back with a knee of his own. Aaron executes a nice throw and nearly
secures Ricehouse’s back. Ricehouse is able to recover guard,
however, landing a heel kick to Aaron’s chest. Aaron stands up and
they clinch. Aaron takes a deep breath. Ricehouse whiffs on a high
kick as the round ends. 10-10.
Round 2
They touch gloves to start round two. Ricehouse misses with a big
right hand. Aaron lands a low kick, but it’s countered by a
Ricehouse right straight. Aaron throws a body kick that lands as
Ricehouse drops his head, but the leaner fighter grabs the leg,
putting Aaron on his back again. Ricehouse briefly passes to side
control, but Aaron recovers half guard and eventually escapes to
his feet. Locked in the clinch again, both men land knees and short
punches to the ribs. Ricehouse secures a body lock, but Aaron’s
takedown defense is stout. Another knee from Ricehouse right up the
gut. McCarthy separates the pair. Ricehouse charges forward,
clinching and picking Aaron up. After the ensuing slam, Ricehouse
immediately passes to half guard. Aaron clings to a guillotine in
vain. 10-9 Ricehouse.
Round 3
Ricehouse throws a superman punch to start the third, again
clinching against the cage. He’s looking for a standing guillotine,
but Aaron takes him down for his efforts. Ricehouse is defending
well, regaining a base on his knees and now cradling Aaron’s far
side appendages. Ricehouse turns it into a switch and steps over
into mount. Aaron escapes immediately, but Ricehouse is now
obviously the fresher fighter on the feet. He lands a short elbow
in the clinch before hitting a beautiful inside leg trip. Aaron
closes his guard, and Ricehouse tries to posture and throw down.
Now Aaron is moving his legs up, perhaps looking for an armbar, but
it’s not happening. Aaron’s left eye is slightly swollen. Ricehouse
stacks him against the cage and passes to scarf control as the
fight comes to a close. 10-9 Ricehouse.
Ricehouse takes the unanimous decision with scores of 29-28 (twice) and 30-27.
Round 1
Bad blood at the weigh-ins between these two. Lopes buries his head
for a takedown, but Coleman stuffs it. Coleman is throwing
everything with bad intentions. Lopes lands two chopping leg kicks.
They clinch again, and Coleman is landing serious uppercuts and
hooks from the single collar. Both men take a breath. Lopes tries a
single, but Coleman reverses it, landing in a front headlock. Now
he falls back for an arm-in guillotine, and after a brief struggle
Lopes taps out at 2:04 of the first round.
Round 1
Cummins immediately clinches, but Brown shucks him off. Again,
Cummins clinches and lands a knee. Pat snaps out a sweet jab,
followed by another one. Now Cummins lands a one-two, but Brown
fires back. Cummins changes levels and hits the takedown,
immediately passing to side mount. He’s looking for a keylock, but
the cage is preventing Cummins from cranking it all the way.
Cummins is now dropping really heavy shots from top position. Brown
is in big trouble. This is getting out of hand. Finally, the
referee steps in, saving Brown at 2:44 of the first.
Round 1
The fighters touch gloves. Both men are hesitant to start, gauging
the distance. Lawrence lands a hard leg kick. Martynuk rushes in
and is taken down immediately. Lawrence lands in half guard, and
he’s taking short punches to his left side. A red spot is forming
on his ribcage, but Lawrence isn’t bothered. The hometown favorite
is taking his time and controlling Martynuk. He passes to mount and
is aggressively looking for an arm triangle. The crowd roars.
Martynuk won’t give up, instead throwing short punches to
Lawrence’s side. Finally, Lawrence lets it go. Lawrence is still
controlling in side control, but Martynuk is game. Lawrence thinks
about a near-side armbar, but quickly abandons the notion for some
hammer fists. The crowd is calling for knees to the body, and
Lawrence obliges them with one. More hammer fists from Lawrence.
10-9 Lawrence.
Round 2
Martynuk takes the center of the cage to start the second. Lawrence
dances on the outside, gauging distance. He opens up with a left
hook that misses, then tries a lead-leg side kick. Lawrence lands
two hard leg kicks. Martynuk attempts a leaping front kick that
misses. Lawrence lands a dynamite right hand that buckles,
Martynuk. Lawrence follows up with more heavy punches standing, and
Martynuk goes down. Lawrence pounces but cannot finish. Lawrence
steps over into mount, but Martynuk bucks his hips and escapes,
incredibly. Great durability from Martynuk, but so far he’s
outclassed. Lawrence rifles off a cracking leg kick, followed by
another one. Lawrence just misses with a step-through hook kick.
10-8 Lawrence.
Round 3
Lawrence finally lands that side kick to start round three.
Lawrence drops him with a savage left hook, and in his excitement,
delivers a soccer kick to Martynuk’s head. Martynuk cannot
continue, and Big John waves the fight off. The foul is ruled
accidental, and Lawrence is awarded a unanimous technical decision
with scores of 30-27 across the board.
Round 1
Bettega comes out and throws a heavy left hook. The pair clinches
against the cage. Bettega is trying hard for a takedown. The
Brazilian lands a sharp knee before Phillips turns him around. Now
Luke Rockhold’s protégé is ducking for a single. He turns it into a
double and finishes the takedown. Bettega thinks about a kimura,
but gives it up quickly. Phillips is inactive from top position.
Bettega wants a sweep, but he abandons it in favor of an arm-in
guillotine, but Phillips is safe. He pops his head out and
maintains top control. Big John has seen enough and stands the two
up. Phillips lands a nice body kick. 10-9 Phillips.
Round 2
Both men are throwing shots to start the second, but Phillips is
the more accurate. He lands a nice jab, followed by a straight left
a minute later. Bettega charges and presses Phillips against the
fence. Bettega tries an elbow on the break, but Phillips smothers
him. They separate, and Bettega lands a long right hand to
Phillip’s face. Phillips retorts with another body kick to
Bettega’s liver. Both men are throwing conservatively, and the
crowd boos. The fighters clinch again as the bell sounds. 10-9
Phillips.
Round 3
Phillips is finding a home for that liver kick. Bettega lands a
semi-hard right hand. Bettega is working a lead-leg outside leg
kick with some success, but Phillips isn’t fazed. Phillips lands
another body kick, followed by a crisp straight left. Phillips
shoots a head-outside single, but Bettega falls with it, trying for
another arm-in guillotine. This one looks a bit tighter, but
Phillips is still not in trouble. He pops his head out once more.
Phillips lands short punches from half guard. Phillips seems
contend to ride this out to a decision. Bettega is desperately
trying to recover full guard. He manages it, and he’s trying for a
triangle on Phillips’ left arm. It’s no use, though, as Phillips
breaks the wrist control. 10-9 Phillips.
Bettega takes a split decision with scores of 29-28, 29-28 and 28-29. Minutes later, it's announced that a scoring error was made, with judge Jackson Harper officially scoring the duel 29-28 for Phillips, not Bettega, so it's split decision win for Wayne Phillips.
Round 1
Our referee for this bout is Mike England. Both men meet at the
center and tensely dance around. St. Preux lands a kick to the body
and Radach presses in with punches after absorbing it. Radach puts
St. Preux on his posterior against the fence, and St. Preux is
warned twice to not grab the fence. St. Preux gets to the feet and
gets free, swinging away. Radach tries to counter, but eats a head
kick and goes to turtle position. St. Preux takes his back and
punches the sides of his head. St. Preux flattens Radach and starts
dropping the punches. Radach covering up his ears in an attempt to
defend. St. Preux targeting the body with punches from back mount,
mixing it up with hammers to the side of the head. Referee Mike
England urging Radach to move. St. Preux tries for a choke, but
instead opts to keep hammering until the bell. Radach is putting up
absolutely no defense -- he's just lying there, eating punches
until the bell. Sherdog.com scores the round 10-8 St. Preux.
Round 2
St. Preux meets Radach in the center, lands a solid one-two
uppercut and rag-dolls Radach on the floor, recapturing his back.
From riding time position, St. Preux racks up more punches to the
side of Radach's head. The crowd gets restless as St. Preux slows
down with his punching assault. Radach, meanwhile, is sitting in
turtle position and doing little else than covering up. Ref Mike
England urging Radach to move, and so Radach creeps forward a bit
on his hands and knees and settles against the cage. St. Preux is
still on his back, dropping punches. Radach finally gets to his
posterior, and St. Preux works to recapture his back. St. Preux
gets it in the last minute and drops more punches from behind. The
crowd is still booing when the bell rings. Sherdog.com scores the
round 10-9 St. Preux.
Round 3
Radach charges in at St. Preux and puts him against the fence with
punches. Some connect, but Radach is far too fatigued to brave
through St. Preux's counterpunches. St. Preux connects with one of
those counters, dropping Radach back to the turtle position.
Settling back into the pattern of things, St. Preux again settles
on Radach's back to drop punches to the side of Radach's head. Ref
Englad steps in to break up the fight. St.Preux throws a headkick,
which Radach blocks. Radach returns with punches, pushing St. Preux
into the cage. Radach reaching for a single leg, but is using the
attempt to rest, rather than to get the takedown. Another break is
called, and Radach lands a grazing overhand right before diving
into another takedown attempt. St. Preux stuffs it easily. St.
Preux drops some elbows to the side of Radach's head, which prompts
a warning from the ref about "north-south elbows." Another break is
called and Radach again lunges with sloppy punches to put St. Preux
against the fence. Radach gets a takedown in the final 20 seconds,
lands in St. Preux's guard, but has little time to capitalize.
Sherdog.com scores the round 10-9 St. Preux.
Official scores: 30-27, 30-26 and 30-25 for St. Preux, the wonner by unanimous decision.
Round 1
Our referee for this bout will be "Big John" McCarthy. They touch
gloves and Silva takes the center. Kyle throws a few jabs, and then
gets through with a big right hand. Silva falls onto his posterior
and a surprised Kyle lunges to finish. Kyle drops a bunch of
punches from inside Silva's guard, but Silva is starting to come
back around under fire. Kyle is still able to land some hard
punches however while Silva scrambles on bottom to defend. Silva
tries to turn into Kyle and close distance. Silva takes bottom in
half guard and looks for sweeps while Kyle drops hammerfists to the
side of Silva's head. Silva recovers full guard and holds onto Kyle
to keep him in close. Kyle headbutts Silva's solar plexus and Big
John warns him for it. Kyle drops a few forearms to Silva's belly
followed by more punches to the side of Silva's head. Silva works
some wrist control and kicks Kyle off of him right at the bell.
10-8 Kyle.
Round 2
Silva shoots in right after a few jabs. Kyle shucks him off easily.
Silva lands a hard leg kick. Silva overwhelms Kyle against the cage
and gets him down. Silva punches his way from guard to side
control, turning into North-South position. Silva spins to Kyles
left side and drops some big punches. Kyle gets to his posterior
against the cage and Silva wraps his arms around the American's
neck for the Anaconda. Kyle struggles briefly, but escapes. Silva
relentlessly moves to take full mount on Kyle whereupon he postures
up and drops humongous punches. It's only a matter of time until
Kyle goes rubbery, his arms splaying wildly above his head. Big
John steps in to call the fight at 2:49 of round two.
Round 1
Mike England is our referee for this bout. Both men meet at the
center and begin throwing. Lawler lands several lead rights, but
Lindland is fearlessly walking into the punches, looking to tie
"Ruthless" up. It's an ill-advised strategy as the southpaw Lawler
lands a hard right uppercut and right hook into the oncoming
Lindland, which drops him awkwardly to the mat. Lawler lunges with
a huge right hand, connecting right on Lindland's chin, separating
him from consciousness. The official time was 50 seconds into the
first period.
Round 1
Officiating duties fall on "Big John" McCarthy for this fight. They
touch gloves and Daley gets to swinging. Daley lands a hard leg
kick and a nice punch to the body. Smith working his jab, throwing
a low kick of his own. Daley lands a one-two that makes Smith
wobble and fall to his posterior against the cage. Smith quickly
recovers and gets to his feet, throwing the jab to keep Daley at
bay. Daley working his own jab high and low, landing every time.
Daley landing some nice right hooks now. Smith pushes forward to
stuff his jab in Daley's face and eats a swift lead hook to the
chin which melts him. A rigid Smith falls straight forward,
prompting Daley to walk away with his arms raised. Big John calls
the bout at 2:09 of round one.
Round 1
"Big John" McCarthy is our third man in the cage for this fight.
They touch gloves and tensely measure each other at the center of
the cage. Henderson looks for the collar tie, but Babalu pulls back
and lands low kicks. Henderson throws a big right which goes wide.
Babalu mixing push kicks with low kicks. Henderson crouches low and
launches two left hooks. Babalu charges in under a Henderson
barrage of punches to go for a leg. Henderson spins into Sobral's
guard. Henderson stands up then, chucks Sobral's legs to the side
and drops five savage right-handed bombs, absolutely crushing
Babalu. Big John steps in to save Sobral at 1:53 of the first
round.