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- Brock Lesnar unifies heavyweight title at UFC 100 — will now drink a Coors Light and bang Sable
- UFC 100 bonuses and awards for ‘Lesnar vs Mir’ PPV fights
- Dan Henderson’s punch on an unconscious Michael Bisping was ‘just to shut him up a little bit’
- UFC 100 results from last night and recap for ‘Lesnar vs Mir’
- Bruce sticks the ‘Buffer 360′ during intro to UFC 100 main event
- LIVE UFC 100 results and coverage tonight (July 11)!
- UFC 100 preliminary card results and recap
- New UFC ring girl ‘Natasha’ crowned during Maxim search at fan expo (Pic)
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- UFC 100 fan guide for ‘Lesnar vs Mir 2’
| Brock Lesnar unifies heavyweight title at UFC 100 — will now drink a Coors Light and bang Sable Posted: 11 Jul 2009 11:39 PM PDT
A post-fight speech for the ages delivered by undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar following his second round smashing of former division title holder Frank Mir. On the heels of his gruesome victory, Lesnar jawed at a dazed Mir, scoffed at the UFC sponsorship deal with Bud Light and promised wife Sable a little post-fight nookie back at the hotel. Welcome to the Lesnar era — for better or for worse. Can anyone stop him? |
| UFC 100 bonuses and awards for ‘Lesnar vs Mir’ PPV fights Posted: 11 Jul 2009 11:15 PM PDT
UFC 100 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, has officially wrapped, which means that it's time for those select fighters who went above and beyond in their respective fights to get a little extra grease for their efforts. To the tune of $100,000 each. The promotion dished out its standard post-fight monetary bonuses to four out of the 22 fighters on the card. And it shouldn't come as a surprise whose wallets are leaving "Sin City" a little heavier. In addition to their base salaries, the UFC awarded Alan Belcher and Yoshihiro Akiyama "Fight of the Night" for their gritty, back-and-forth 185-pound war. It was a bout that saw “Sexyama” work through a closed left eye to hang on and do just enough to eek out the split decision victory. It was an opening fight that got the night off right. Dan Henderson earned "Knockout of the Night" by destroying the chin — and title aspirations — of British posterboy Michael Bisping with a thunderous right hand. An unremorseful Hendo landed an extra shot to a sleepy “Count” for good measure. "Submission of the Night" went to TUF 8 personality Tom Lawlor for his guillotine choke over fellow TUF alum (Season 7) CB Dolloway. It only took 55 seconds for “The Doberman” to be put to sleep. Here are the special fight bonuses for UFC 100:
Again, each fighter received $100,000 extra for their performances in addition to their respective base salaries, which we will pass along as soon as they become available. The historic card drew roughly 11,000 fans for a live gate of $5.1 million — second only to Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz II, which grossed $5.4 million. For complete UFC 100 results and blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action click here and here. |
| Dan Henderson’s punch on an unconscious Michael Bisping was ‘just to shut him up a little bit’ Posted: 11 Jul 2009 10:59 PM PDT
Dan Henderson sends opposing Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 9 coach Michael Bisping a little message called humility during his middleweight fight at UFC 100 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 11. “Hollywood” stalked “The Count” throughout the fight until the Brit was lured into a bone-crunching knockout in the second round. Bisping was out before he hit the canvas but that didn’t stop Hendo from following it up with another shot to the chin on his fallen foe. While anti-Brits reveled in the punishment the question lingers from a sportsmanship standpoint: Does an intentional strike to a downed opponent warrant repercussions? Or do you whale away until the referee calls the bout no matter how stiff your opponent may be? Opinions please. |
| UFC 100 results from last night and recap for ‘Lesnar vs Mir’ Posted: 11 Jul 2009 10:14 PM PDT
UFC 100 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 11, has come to a close. The promotion’s historic event went into Saturday night without a subtitle, but after witnessing the brutality of Dan Henderson and Brock Lesnar, the event could have been aptly titled “No Remorse.” Heading into the main event rematch with UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, Interim title holder Frank Mir had become something of an American Michael Bisping — at times so cocky and arrogant that it was starting to sound more like defensive posturing and less like genuine confidence. Whatever it was, it didn’t do much good, as the pasty-face goliath ran roughshod over the Las Vegas-based jiu-jitsu black belt, improving what he did right in their first encounter at UFC 81 and eliminating the old mistakes that saw him tap in their first go-round. Mir gave the crowd a few butterflies with a perfectly-timed jumping knee, but it was far little, far too late against the wrestling of the former NCAA heavyweight champion. Lesnar was neither flashy nor flagrant, taking Mir down and controlling his limbs to create space and pound at will. In fact by the end of the first round, Mir’s face started to looked like Cinderella’s coach just after turning into a pumpkin. Following the gruesome second round stoppage, Lesnar took over in the trash-talking department, flipping off the unappreciative crowd and jawing a battered Mir. While it certainly resembled his glory days in the WWE, a small part of me enjoyed the heat Lesnar brought on himself as he elevated his status to most despised champion in UFC history. Kind of makes you long for the days of ol’ Tim-eh, eh?
I’ll bet Michael Bisping longs for the days of TUF, so he could retract some of that silliness he was spewing about knocking out the immortal Dan Henderson. There was a lot of talk about Hendo’s fading star coming into his fight with “The Count,” but his brutal knockout over the British posterboy was probably the stiffest stoppage since Nate Quarry went rigid at UFC 56. Hendo never gave the TUF 3 champ an opportunity to get things going. The Greco-Roman ravager stalked Bisping and lured him into the danger zone and used what may be the knockout of the century to air-mail the frozen Pondsman back to his homeland. And Henderson seemed to enjoy the opportunity to silence him. He remarked in his post fight interview that a second shot to the downed Brit was a little lesson in humility. Remind me not to say anything negative about “Hollywood” in future columns. One person I can’t say anything negative about is Georges St. Pierre. In a fight that I had pegged him to lose, “Rush” laughed off the feared offense of Thiago Alves with a brilliant gameplan of staying outside the pocket and using his incomparable wrestling to stymie the hulking Brazilian. Credit to Alves, who despite a difficult weight cut was as fresh and as powerful in round five as he was in round one. Although “Pitbull” was always a threat on his feet, he quickly learned that this division is owned by St. Pierre — everyone else is just a tenant. Anyone complaining the win was boring needs to go back to MMA 101. In spite of a third round groin injury, the Canadian crusader developed a gameplan and executed that gameplan for five rounds without fail, using both aggression and dominance. The winner of Martin Kampmann vs. Mike Swick is now next in line for the title. Pity them. Speaking of pity, Alan Belcher didn’t seem to have any for the sexiness of Yoshihiro Akiyama. Hitting Grandmaster Sexy in the junk is like kicking “The Flash” in the shins. Don’t mess with a guy’s livelihood. Maybe Akiyama can use that as an excuse for running out of gas by the second round. Despite his split-decision win, it’s infuriating as a fan to watch two guys go limp so early in a fight, effectively robbing the fans of any technique and turning it into a sloppy brawl that boils down to which winded zombie lands first. One thing that wasn’t first was the bout between Jon Fitch and Paulo Thiago. In fact it wasn’t second, third or fourth, either. That’s because the son-of-a-Fitch was relegated to a dark match, outpointing his Brazilian foe after surviving a submission scare early in round one. Fitch now has his revenge for the fallen Josh Koscheck and the UFC (once again) has its revenge on Fitch’s right to choose. Overall UFC 100 delivered, and while there were no televised submissions, for the most part there was a little something for everyone. Even the bloodthirsty drunks who chant USA! USA! can now place an 8×10 of Dan Henderson on their desk at work. If you missed any of the action, be sure to check out our complete UFC 100 results and blow-by-blow coverage by clicking here . Now that's enough out of me for one night, it's time to hear your thoughts. What did you think? |
| Bruce sticks the ‘Buffer 360′ during intro to UFC 100 main event Posted: 11 Jul 2009 10:13 PM PDT |
| LIVE UFC 100 results and coverage tonight (July 11)! Posted: 11 Jul 2009 02:01 PM PDT
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| UFC 100 preliminary card results and recap Posted: 11 Jul 2009 01:59 PM PDT
Historic UFC 100 has officially begun and the undercard results are now in. Let's get right to it. Few things can stop a fight quicker than an arm-in guillotine. When used early in the first round, before either fighter is slippery with sweat, they can really kill a party. Just ask Matt Grice … and C.B. Dollaway … and Jake O'Brien. Kicking things off at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, were Grice and Shannon Gugerty, who wasted little time in trying to take the Oklahoma police officer down. After stuffing a single-leg, Grice finally succumbed to an inside trip, and eventually landed in a guillotine. Although Grice got back to his feet, Gugerty refused to relinquish the hold, landing several knees to the body before dragging his opponent back down to the mat and into limp-wristed unconsciousness. Speaking of la-la land. Seth Petruzelli had to be high as a kite when he agreed to take part in Tom Lawlor's kooky entrance. "Filthy" came out to "Who Let the Dogs Out" and had Petruzelli on a dog chain with a bone in his mouth, walking on all fours. Cue record scratch. Back to the action, Dollaway immediately tried to set up a quick takedown with a right cross, only Lawlor stuffed the shot and sunk in a tight guillotine before pulling guard. Water's deep. Cold too. So deep, in fact, that Lawlor actually yelled out for referee Yves Lavigne to stop the fight. C.B. is out … in all of 55 seconds. It's the second loss in four fights for the Arizona Combat Sports athlete; while disappointing, something tells me he'll fight again for the promotion. Lawlor adds his first win at middleweight to his previous UFC victory over Kyle Kingsbury at 205 pounds. Didn't see that coming.
A fight that looked promising on paper, but ended up not delivering was the welterweight tilt between Dong Hyun Kim and T.J. Grant. Grant spent much of the first two rounds trying to take down Kim, but "Stun Gun" seemed the more dynamic fighter, staying upright when he needed to and raining down solid elbows from Grant's guard. The second round saw Grant attempt a head kick, as well as a gogoplata, but Kim landed more solid elbows. An errant upkick by Grant when Kim had one knee down resulted in a warning by Mario Yamasaki and a quick rest for Kim, before the second round came to a close. The pace slowed considerably by the third, and as it headed to the judges' scorecards, it was pretty clear that Kim had taken all three rounds. All three officials agree: 30-26 for Dong Hyun Kim. And we head back to la-la land. With the wave of momentum that Jon Jones has been riding, I nearly felt sorry for O'Brien, who actually looked to be the smaller fighter during the weigh-ins, despite being a former heavyweight. The UFC hasn't done "Irish" any favors by giving him consistently tough opponents riding hot streaks, like Cain Velasquez, Andre Arlovski and now "Bones" Jones. The two took their time finding their rhythm, with Jones stuffing several shots by the wrestler. But they fired off plenty of licks in the first round too. Jones threw kicks from angles, and O'Brien played a lot of defense, by landed several combos on the feet. All in all, Jones probably won the first round, 10-9. The second started off with much of the same, as Jones threw kicks early and often. But Jones refused to be a stationary target, which might have won him the fight. He threw in a spinning back elbow for good measure, which eventually led to a series of kicks that forced O'Brien to shoot in for the takedown, leaving his neck exposed. Another guillotine (although it might have been a brabo choke just the same), this one at 2:43 of the second round. And we nearly saw a fourth. Mac Danzig and Jim Miller went toe-to-toe in an absolute blood bath. Miller kept the intensity high, as he took down Danzig with a double leg. Danzig would eventually sweep and land in Miller's guard, who unleashed a flurry of elbows to Danzig's forehead ala "Ken-Flo" style. The rest of the fight was a giant red and pink mess. The crowd lapped it up. Cutman Jacob "Stitch" Duran can't stop the flow of blood down Danzig's face between rounds. Mark it down folks, you need to see this fight. On his way to winning the first two rounds, Miller gets caught in a … guess what … guillotine choke — a tight one — but is literally saved by the bell. That very easily could have ended it. Recognizing he was down two rounds, Danzig stepped it up a notch for the third, pouring it on and attempting several finishing moves but to no avail. While I thought he won the third round, the judges disagree, scoring all three rounds for Miller. It is unanimous: 30-27. Rounding out the preliminary fight card was yet another bloody fight that many expected to see on the main card of the evening in Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar. But that's what you get when you get such a stacked card. Both fighters took time to feel one another out, before Coleman earned the early takedown. But Bonnar hung close and tied up Coleman in some awkward positions to land several strikes. As the round comes to a close for Bonnar, the crowd trades chants for both fighters. Coleman bounced back, though, and continued his takedown assault. Coleman blasts an elbow strike to open up a nasty gash on "The American Psycho's" forehead. As both fighters trade strikes, a tiring Coleman does his best to keep Bonnar pinned to the mat. It's classic "Hammer" time as the round comes to a close. Entering the third, Coleman looks gas, as some would expect. But he secures a takedown, and before long Bonnar looks just as worn. It's a lot of heart and ground and pound at this point. As the round comes to a close, it looks like Coleman's wrestling might be been enough. Sure enough, the judges are unanimous: 29-28. What a war between the two veterans. Here are the UFC 100 preliminary results: That does it for the night's preliminary action. Enjoy the main card! |
| New UFC ring girl ‘Natasha’ crowned during Maxim search at fan expo (Pic) Posted: 11 Jul 2009 01:24 PM PDT
Thumbs up or down, Maniacs? Check out the five finalists, as well as one recently retired ring girl after the jump who still looks quite lovely.
Number three, Jessica, was the runner-up and crowd favorite:
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| UFC 100 fan guide for ‘Lesnar vs Mir 2’ Posted: 11 Jul 2009 01:22 PM PDT
The historic UFC 100, which takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, is literally just hours away. In the main event of the evening, UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar will tangle with the division's interim title keeper, Frank Mir, to determine once and for all an undisputed champion. In addition, UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre will once again defend his 170-pound strap against number one contender, Thiago Alves. As usual, we've delivered months of stories and scoops leading up to the show, so here are some quick links that will get you up to speed if you missed any of it:
Check out all the links when you have some time and feel free to discuss what you see in the comments section below, as well as share any last minutes pre-fight thoughts on what you expect to go down on July 11. Remember that MMAmania.com will provide LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the main card action on fight night (Saturday, July 11), which is slated to air beginning at 10 p.m. ET on PPV. The latest quick updates of the live action will begin to flow earlier than that around 7 p.m. ET. See you then! |
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