UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans Live Results

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Apr 212012
 

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion "Bones" Jon Jones (left) puts his belt up for grabs against former friend and training partner turned bitter rival "Suga" Rashad Evans (right) in the UFC 145 main event. (Photo courtesy of Zuffa, LLC.)

—MAIN CARD (on Pay-Per-View)—

Jon Jones vs. Rashad Evans: Jones via Unanimous Decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45), Round 5, 5:00

Rory MacDonald vs. Che Mills: MacDonald via TKO (Punches), Round 2, 2:20

Brendan Schaub vs. Ben Rothwell: Rothwell via TKO (Punches), Round 1, 1:10

Miguel Torres vs. Michael McDonald: McDonald via KO (Punch), Round 1, 3:18

Mark Hominick vs. Eddie Yagin: Yagin via Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29), Round 3, 5:00

Mark Bocek vs. John Alessio: Bocek via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27), Round 3, 5:00

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Strikeforce “Barnett vs. Kharitonov”: The Aftermath

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Sep 112011
 

Sergei Kharitonov (left) had the advantage over Josh Barnett (right) on the feet but unfortunately for him, he lacked the takedown defense and ground skills to stop "The Babyfaced Assassin" from throwing him, mounting him, and submitting him. (Photo courtesy of Zuffa, LLC.)

The Strikeforce World Heavyweight Grand Prix delivered its semi-final offerings last night before a stoked Cincinnati crowd. The card was full of upsets and unexpected results as well as a few tried and true performances from the fighters MMA fans have come to know over lengthy careers. The night opened with Sengoku vet Maximo Blanco (5-2) showing he still has never been awake during a rules meeting in his loss to former IFL stand-out “Bam Bam” Pat Healy (23-15) and continued with several bouts that raised more than a few eyebrows. “King Mo” Muhammed Lawal (8-1) handed submission grappling messiah figure Roger Gracie (4-1) his first loss in a match that saw neither ground specialist attempt a takedown. Luke Rockhold (8-1) took possession of the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship after winning a very debatable decision against “Jacare” Ronaldo Souza (13-3) and Daniel Cormier (8-0) played bracket buster in the Grand Prix by destroying heavily favored “Bigfoot” Antonio Silva (15-3) in their semi-final bout. About the only match that went according to the status quo was “The Babyfaced Assassin” Josh Barnett’s (23-5) widely predicted submission win over K-1 kickboxer Sergei Kharitonov (17-5). Continue reading »

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Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov Live Results

 Posted by at 3:18 PM  Strikeforce  No Responses »
Sep 102011
 

(Photo courtesy of Strikeforce and Zuffa, LLC.)

—MAIN CARD (Showtime)—

Josh Barnett vs. Sergei Kharitonov: Barnett via Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke), Round 1, 4:28

Daniel Cormier vs. Antonio Silva: Cormier via KO (Punches), Round 1, 3:56

Ronaldo Souza vs. Luke Rockhold: Rockhold via Unanimous Decision (50-45, 48-47, 48-47), Round 5, 5:00

Roger Gracie vs. Muhammed Lawal: Lawal via KO (Punch), Round 1, 4:33

Maximo Blanco vs. Pat Healy: Healy via Submission (Rear Naked Choke), Round 2, 4:27

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Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Semi-Finals Main Card Breakdown

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Sep 082011
 

Josh Barnett (top) has the high level ground fighting that has caused issues for Sergei Kharitonov in the past, making "The Babyfaced Assassin" a clear favorite in their semi-finals match-up. (Photo courtesy of Zuffa, LLC.)

Despite the defeat of nearly every marquis fighter in the tournament, the fireworks are still promised to go off in Cincinnati, Ohio as Strikeforce presents the semi-finals of its World Heavyweight Grand Prix. The tournament started as a thinly veiled attempt to establish “The Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (31-4) as the number one heavyweight in the world by bracketing him opposite “The Babyfaced Assassin” Josh Barnett (22-5) alongside the man who first defeated him, “Vai Cavalo” Fabricio Werdum (14-5-1), and the man everyone wanted him to fight, “The Demolition Man” Alistair Overeem (32-12). Fedor was paired against underdog “Bigfoot” Antonio Silva (15-2) to get a win so he could face the winner of Overeem and Werdum in the semi-finals then square off against the heavily favored Barnett in the finals. The only part of that plan close to fruition is Barnett making the finals. Silva trashed Emelianenko and now faces wrestling stand-out Daniel Cormier (7-0) in the semis. Cormier enters the Grand Prix as an alternate following Overeem’s withdrawal from the tournament. On the other side of the brackets, things are going much more smoothly as heavy favorites Josh Barnett and “The Russian Mercenary” Sergei Kharitonov (17-4) both easily advanced to the finals where they will meet on Saturday. The loss of Emelianenko and Overeem has robbed the tournament of much of its appeal to fans, especially casual fans unfamiliar with the other entrants, so the California-based promotion has slated a middleweight title fight between the incumbent “Jacare” Ronaldo Souza (13-2) and Luke Rockhold (7-1), who is undefeated in Strikeforce, as well as a contendership bout in the light heavyweight division between “King Mo” Muhammed Lawal (7-1) and Roger Gracie (4-0). The card will open with the main card return of grizzled vet “Bam Bam” Pat Healy (22-15) and Sengoku stand-out Maximo Blanco (5-1).     Continue reading »

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Sengoku 15 Quick Results

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Oct 302010
 

Sengoku Raiden Championship 15's main event featured 2004 Olympic judoka Hiroshi Izumi taking on British veteran James Zikic. Izumi was given a questionable split-decision victory, and racked up his third professional MMA win. (Photo courtesy of Taro Irei and Sherdog)

Hiroshi Izumi defeats James Zikic via split decision (30-29, 29-30, 30-29)
Brian Cobb defeats Kazunori Yokota via split decision (28-28, 29-30, 28-28)*
Maximo Blanco defeats Kiuma Kunioku via KO (punches), Round 1, 4:26
Keita Nakamura defeats Takuya Wada via submission (punches), Round 1, 3:30
Yasubey Enomoto defeats Taisuke Okuno via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-25, 30-25)
Taiyo Nakahara defeats Shintaro Ishiwatari via split decision (19-20, 19-19, 20-20)*
Akitoshi Tamura defeats Shoko Sato via split decision (19-18, 19-20, 20-19)
Shunichi Shimizu defeats Wataru Takahashi via unanimous decision (20-19, 20-18, 20-18)
Manabu Inoue defeats Jae Hyun So via unanimous decision (20-19, 20-18, 20-18)
Kazuo Yakahashi defeats  Chang Seob Lee via submission (Armbar), Round 1, 2:28

* indicates judges scored a must-decision.

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