Review: 2012-10-19, pretty good fight between Orlando Cruz and Jorge Pazos but it is not enough to get three stars. Orlando Cruz ranked as the No.37 featherweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 18-2-1 while Jorge Pazos had a record of 20-4-0. Cruz vs Pazos is valid for the WBO Latino featherweight title; on October 4, 2012, Cruz became the first boxer to come out as gay while still active professionally. Watch the video!
LAST 4 & 5 STARS FIGHTS:
FULL FIGHTS Released this week:
2012 MMA fight – Rene Nazare vs Ricardo Tirloni – full fight Video Bellator 77
Review: 2012-10-19, good fight and good finish between Ricardo Tirloni and Rene Nazare: three stars. Ricardo Tirloni entered the fight with a record of 14-2-0 while Rene Nazare had a record of 10-2-0. Tirloni vs Nazare is the quarterfinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, undercard of Alexander Sarnavskiy vs Rich Clementi – Bellator 77. Watch the video!
2012 MMA fight – Marcin Held vs Murad Machaev – full fight Video Bellator 77
Review: 2012-10-19, fight not particularly good between Marcin Held and Murad Machaev: two stars. Marcin Held entered the fight with a record of 13-2-0 while the undefeated Murad Machaev had a record of 9-0-0. Held vs Machaev is the quarterfinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, undercard of Alexander Sarnavskiy vs Rich Clementi – Bellator 77. Watch the video!
2012 MMA fight – Dave Jansen vs Magomed Saadulaev – full fight Video Bellator 77
Review: 2012-10-19, good work on the ground in the first round and good finish: Dave Jansen vs Magomed Saadulaev gets three stars. Dave Jansen ranked as the No.69 lightweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 16-2-0 while Magomed Saadulaev had a record of 14-1-0. Jansen vs Saadulaev is the quarterfinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, undercard of Alexander Sarnavskiy vs Rich Clementi – Bellator 77. Watch the video!
2012 MMA fight – Alexander Sarnavskiy vs Rich Clementi – full fight Video Bellator 77
Review: 2012-10-19, the fight between Alexander Sarnavskiy and Rich Clementi has not been particularly exciting: two stars. The undefeated Alexander Sarnavskiy (20-0-0) entered as the No.61 lightweight in the world while Rich Clementi (44-21-1) entered as the No.86. Sarnavskiy vs Clementi is the quarterfinal of the Bellator lightweight tournament, main event of Bellator 77. Watch the video!
MMA News – Bellator 77 weigh-in results: Season 7 Lw tournament quarterfinals
Video Bellator 77 weigh-ins
Who will be the number one contender for the Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight title?
Tonight starts the road to Michael Chandler’s belt, with the lightweight tournament quarterfinals.
The champ is undefeated (10-0-0) and in his last match against Akihiro Gono at Bellator 67 showed all his dominance. In a date to be still announced, Chandler is expected to defend his title against Rick ‘Genghis’ Hawn, Bellator Season 6 Lightweight Tournament Winner (final match with Brent Weedman) and former olympic judoka.
Yesterday at Reading Eagle Theater in the Sovereign Center Reading, Penn, all the pretenders made weight, including big-show veteran Rich Clementi (155 pounds) and undefeated (20-0-0) prospect Alexander ‘Tiger’ Sarnavskiy (155.6 pounds) (look at
MUAY THAI News – Jean-Claude Van Damme vs Somrak Kamsing? Are you serious bro?
This is crazy. Totally crazy. And we know what you think: this can’t happen. This’s bullsh*t. And surely it will not happen. But if it happens…oh my God!
Jean-Claude Van Damme, the actor of Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Double Impact and lately The Expendables 2, could return to fight for real in December 2012 against Somrak Kamsing, former boxing Olympic gold-medalist and muay thai fighter (also known as Somluck Kamsing).
There was a lot of talking about this match, starting from 2010, but this time could be the right time. Obviously there is nothing official, but there are 2 interviews (see the videos) where JCVD talks about his will
MMA News – Overeem will be the opponent of UFC 155 winner Dos Santos vs Velasquez
Waiting their “revenge” super match of UFC 155, which takes place December 29 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Satuday night Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez discovered their future.
Following the post-event news conference for UFC 153, UFC president Dana White announced: “The winner of that fight will fight Overeem (in March or April)”.
Heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos (15-1 MMA, 9-0 UFC), after having defeated Cain Velasquez last year in only 64 seconds (= Junior dos Santos vs Cain Velasquez first fight), was scheduled to face Overeem this past May, but Overeem
MMA News – Jake Shields suspended six months following positive drug test UFC 150
Jake Shields tested positive for a banned substance and has been suspended six-months by the Colorado Office of Boxing.
His win over Ed Herman at UFC 150 has been changed to a no-contest, and the fighter has also been fined $5,675. Shields was fined $5,000 for violating Colorado statutes on prohibited substances and ordered to pay a surcharge of 10 percent of the fine ($500), as well as $175 for administrative fees incurred for testing. He is ordered to pay the fines within 14 days
Shields admitted the mistake and hopes to bounce back soon: “Prior to my professional bout at UFC 150 in Denver, Colorado, I used a substance prohibited by Colorado Boxing Commission rules.
This was a mistake that I fully regret. I have shared this issue with my family and the UFC and I have apologized to them and now I also apologize to you, the fans. I promise this will never
MMA News – Will we see Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson vs Glover Teixeira?
After having badly battered Fabio Maldonado at UFC 153 in Rio de Janeiro (= Teixeira vs Maldonado), Glover Teixeira called out Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, but only if the former champion is actually ready and wants to fight: “I don’t care. Like I said, I want to fight who wants to fight, I want to fight Rampage if he comes in, in top shape. I don’t want to fight him if he’s not motivated to fight”.
“I want to fight guys like this guy (Fabio Maldonado) that wants to make a career in the UFC. Quinton’s got too much money already,” said Teixeira.
After hearing that, ‘Rampage’, who was scheduled to face Teixeira at UFC 153, but was forced to pull out of the bout after suffering an undisclosed injury during training, asked Dana White to