Spilled Bag of Fights: The Epic and The WTF?!

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Mar 052012
 

It was an amazing weekend for MMA. The UFC kicked off its flyweight division with an entertaining, non-stop, action-packed scrap between Ian “Uncle Creepy” McCall and Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson on Friday night. And Saturday night saw women’s MMA reinvigorated by two great fights between Sarah Kaufman and Alexis  Davis and the Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Title bout between Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey. However, it wasn’t all good…

Here on MMA Gospel, we do a column after fights called “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and I’m going to use that format with my own spin: The Epic and the WTF?! It was originally going to be “The Epic, the Shitty and the WTF?” but I found it hard to separate the shitty from the WTF. Continue reading »

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UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill Quick Results

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May 282011
 

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—MAIN CARD—

“Rampage” Quinton Jackson vs. “The Hammer” Matt Hamill: Jackson via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27), Round 3, 5:00

Frank Mir vs. “Big Country” Roy Nelson: Mir via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26), Round 3, 5:00

“The Skyscraper” Stefan Struve vs. “Hapa” Travis Browne: Browne via KO (Punch), Round 1, 4:11

“All-American” Brian Stann vs. “Sandman” Jorge Santiago: Stann via TKO (Strikes), Round 2, 4:29

“The Pitbull” Thiago Alves vs. “The Horror” Rick Story: Story via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28), Round 3, 5:00 Continue reading »

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MMA Gospel Radio Sits Down With Rich From MMA Scraps and Demetrious Johnson

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Nov 172010
 
"Mighty Mouse" knocks out the listeners questions on MMA Gospel Radio.

"Mighty Mouse" knocks out the listeners' questions on MMA Gospel Radio. (File photo)

This week on MMA Gospel Radio the show hosted Rich, the man behind MMA Scraps, Cat Von C from Middle Easy, and the WEC Bantamweight stand-out “Mighty Mouse” Demetrious Johnson (11-1). Rich discussed how he got involved with MMA journalism and then joined the MMA Gospel Radio crew in a round table discussion of the upcoming UFC 123 card’s preliminary bouts. Johnson came to the show fresh off a third round Guillotine Choke submission victory over “The Angel of Death” Damacio Page (10-6) to discuss his views on the upcoming UFC/WEC merger, a possible move to a rumored UFC flyweight division, and his thoughts about the use of the guard in MMA.

A discussion of the UFC 123 prelims led to a general consensus about the difficulty in calling fights with lesser known competition.  While Rich enlightened the listeners as to the credentials earned by UFC undercard late replacement Michael Lullo (8-1) in the XFO organization, he did agree that many of the fighters on the UFC 123 preliminary card are truly unknown fighters. “I believe that the UFC keeps a lot of these 10-1 and 8-0 guys in reserve to use on short notice, looking for those guys to burst onto the scene and kinda catch lightning in a jar,” he said. Continue reading »

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