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| Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao open thread and discussion Posted: 06 Dec 2008 06:31 PM CST
Hey, it’s not mixed martial arts but it is a great fight. And we know there are a ton of readers here interested in tonight’s highly publicized showdown. So here’s a thread for those interested to discuss all the action and provide their predictions, thoughts and whatever else. Enjoy the action … who knows these days when the next big boxing match will roll around. |
| XFC 6: Clash of the Continents results, recap and thoughts Posted: 06 Dec 2008 03:24 PM CST
Two of the organization’s world titles were on the line, as well as a main event that feature one of South Africa’s best heavyweight mixed martial artists, Rico Hattingh, against one of XFC’s top prospects, Chad Corvin. In that main event, Corvin steamrolled through the South African with a 19-second knockout. He clearly has some devastating power, which is evidenced by the only three minutes and 38 seconds worth of work he’s had to put in thus far in his four-fight career. John “Mulatto Mauler” Mahlow was impressive in his dominating victory of Interim UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s protege, Luis “Baboon” Palomino. “Baboon” had no answer for the strong wrestling attack displayed by the champion. Mahlow took the heavily hyped fighter down at will and easily controlled the action for most of the five round fight before scoring a late fifth round submission to retain his belt. The fight wasn’t the most exciting bout of the night for the central Florida fans, but something should be said about Mahlow’s gameplan and execution against a tough opponent. He deserves credit for being so dominant. While that fight didn’t necessarily live up to expectations, the bantamweight title bout absolutely stole the show. Jason Goodall put on one of the gutsiest performances I’ve seen in an MMA match in a long time. He must have eaten 30-40 of the hardest over hand rights that a 135-pound man is capable of throwing. It was clear that Haender Rodriguez came to knock him out. And there were at least three or four different occasions where it looked like that’s exactly what was going to happen. But Goodall hung in there and never stopped coming forward. Eventually Rodriguez wore himself out throwing the power shots and that’s when Goodall capitalized with a flurry of his own to capture the bantamweight gold with a third round stoppage. With the win Goodall moved his professional record to (5-0). There is a lot of scrap in that 28-year-old. Don’t be surprised if you hear that name again somewhere down the road. Also worth mentioning is that boxing champion Chevelle Hallback absolutely destroyed Melissa Vasquez in less than a minute to win her MMA debut. Vasquez was making her ninth career start. Here are the full results for XFC Salute to Our Armed Forces 6: “Clash of the Continents:”
Chad Corvin defeated Rico Hattingh via knockout at 0:19 of round one Overall it was just an “okay” event. The fight that received the most hype was a dud and there were a few others that were less than exciting as well. Not to mention there were some ridiculously long interviews after each fight, which made the transition between matches seem like forever. Also, former WWE superstar “Maven” was the guest announcer. Without attacking him too much, I’ll just say he was terrible. He belongs no where near a microphone ever again. I’m sure anybody who was there last night would agree. The Goodall/Rodriguez fight was awesome and probably saved the show, but I certainly wouldn’t go calling what I saw last night the “best kept secret” in the sport. It seems like there was a much better event being put on last night in Canada by the Maximum Fighting Championships (MFC) — perhaps it is the real “best kept secret” in the sport. Regardless, next up for the Florida-based promotion is a trip to the Thompson Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee on February 20 for XFC 7. No fights have been confirmed for that event at this time. |
| Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley stops John Alessio at MFC and complete show results Posted: 06 Dec 2008 01:12 PM CST
The headliner for MFC 19: “Long Time Coming” featured light heavyweight champion Roger “The Hulk” Hollet defending his title against Emanuel “The Hardcore Kid” Newton. Hollet had only lost once before in his pro career and had never previously been in a fight that went past the first round. Last night, however, Newton took the champ the full five rounds and worked his way to a a clear-cut unanimous decision victory. The win marked the eleventh straight fight for the new MFC 205-pound champ without a loss. Former Elite XC welterweight number one contender Paul “Semtex” Daley was also in action on the card. He took on MMA journeyman John Alessio in a 170-pound tilt … or at least it was supposed to be a 170 pound tilt — Daley came into the weigh-ins three pounds over the limit and had to forfeit a quarter of his purse. Of course, being the fighter that he is Alessio still agreed to take the fight and it went on as expected. And it pretty much played out as expected, too. There aren’t too many welterweights out there who want to stand with Daley, so Alessio looked to set up takedowns early and often, while Semtex tried to defend those attempts and keep the action on the feet. At about the halfway point of round two, the Brit finally found an opening and demonstrated his amazing power once again. After the fight he said we would probably see him next on an Affliction or Sengoku card very soon. Here’s the full results for MFC 19: “Long Time Coming”:
Next up for the promotion is MFC 20: “Rematch” at the same location on February 20 at the same location. It features a main event rematch between lightweights Pat “Bam Bam” Healy (19-13) and Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford (8-1). Healy won the first match at MFC 17: “Hostile Takeover” in July with a third round armbar submission. |
| Fedor Emelianenko vs Andrei Arlovski Affliction fight video promos Posted: 06 Dec 2008 10:28 AM CST Check out the “Pitbull” reviewing some fight footage of the “Last Emperor” after the jump.
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| K-1 ‘World Grand Prix 2008 Final’ recap and quick results Posted: 06 Dec 2008 09:08 AM CST
The K-1 'World Grand Prix 2008 Final' took place a little earlier today at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. It was an enjoyable event, filled with nonstop action that was unfortunately marred by a bizarre and unsatisfying ending. K-1's bad boy Badr Hari managed to overwhelm K-1 legend Peter Aerts with a TKO win in the second round to move into the semifinals. Aerts didn't seem too happy with the stoppage but he was being overwhelmed by Hari, who managed to knock Aerts down three times in two rounds. I'm sure more of the same would have taken place and the referee stepped in to save Aerts from anymore damage. Ewerton Teixeira and Errol Zimmerman had a very close fight. A fourth round seemed imminent but surprisingly the judges saw in favor of Zimmerman, handing the previously undefeated Teixeira his first ever loss. Gokhan Saki moved onto the semifinals with a hard earned unanimous decision victory over Ruslan Karaev. Saki was able to weather the storm when Karaev was barraging him with punches in the second round. Most of those shots landed on the gloves and Saki gutted it out but it sapped a lot of energy out of him - which is never a good thing when in a tournament. Jerome Le Banner had his K-1 Grand Prix dreams literally shattered when he sustained an elbow injury from a well place Remy Bonjasky kick in the third round. He tried to continue but the ringside Doctor would not allow it. This was a similar result to when Le Banner reached the 2002 Final and was en route to victory when Erenesto Hoost shattered the ‘Hyper Battle Cyborg's’ elbow. Le Banner seems to be cursed when it comes to K-1 Grand Prix's, perhaps some things were just not meant to be. Melvin Manhoef made a impressive return to competition showcasing a devastating knockout on Paul Slowinski and proving that not much has changed since his brief retirement. He's still the same old animal who's always looking for the knockout and boy did he deliver. Now we were down to the final four, with three of the combatants being some of the new blood of K-1 and only one representative from the old school K-1. Errol Zimmerman looked like he was on the way to the final for a few seconds when he was able to knock down the tournament favorite Badr Hari in the second round when he introduced Hari’s chin to a well placed right. Hari returned the favor however at the end of the round with a knockdown of his own. Hari came out guns blazing in the third and scored a brutal hook on Zimmerman that knocked the three time Dutch Muay Thai champion into next week. Meeting Hari in the finals would be Remy Bonjasky. He demonstrated why his nickname is "The Flying Gentleman" after landing a beautifully placed flying kick to the ribs of Gokhan Saki. That win set up the final bout and speaking of earning your nickname, the bad boy Badr Hari did just that when he pulled Remy Bonjasky to the ground in the second round and continued to pummel the downed opponent and even tried to stomp on Remy's face. Truly shocking especially seeing as he might of cost himself the whole tournament. Not sure what he was thinking but Hari was given a yellow card for his temporary insanity and fined 10% of his purse purse. Remy was given 5 minutes to recover but was still seeing double after the time elapsed and the referee called the match. Badr was disqualified for his psychotic actions and talkabout a disappointing ending to an otherwise great event. When all was said and done Remy Bonjasky was crowned the new K-1 World Grand Prix champion for a third time in his career. And let’s not forget street fighter, porn bodyguard, YouTube sensation, MMA fighter turned children's TV star Kimbo Slice, who was on hand for some guest commentary. At least that’s what I was led to believe. He didn't talk much - if at all - unless prompted. Maybe that was a good thing? He did however express his enjoyment of "The City of Japan." I Think he may need to brush up on his geography just a little if he wants to get over with the Japanese fans. Here are the official results for K-1 ‘World Grand Prix 2008 Final’: K-1 World Grand Prix Final K-1 World Grand Prix Semifinals Reserve Fights K-1 World Grand Prix Quarter Finals Preliminary Card |
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