Quick Hits: NSAC Approves Replay, Nover To Fight Stout at UFN 19, Cyborg Withdraws From Strikeforce Headliner Against Kennedy, and More
Posted by Kris Karkoski on Aug 19, 2009 at 7:54 pm ET20 Comments
M-1 Global announced on Wednesday that John Doyle will fill in for an injured Nick Thompson and take on Karl Amoussou at M-1 Global: Breakthrough next Friday, August 28, in Kansas City.- WEC bantamweight champion and Georgia-native Brian Bowles, who upset former title-holder Miguel Torres earlier this month, will be honored by the Atlanta Braves at the team’s August 25 game against the San Diego Padres, handing “Play Ball” announcing duties as well as meeting with fans, the WEC announced on Wednesday.
- The Nevada State Athletic Commission on Wednesday approved the use of instant replay in MMA, allowing referees to review stoppages to determine whether an injury is caused by a legal strike or foul and rule accordingly.
- The Ultimate Fighter 8 lightweight runner-up Phillipe Nover will replace an injured Kyle Bradley and square off against Sam Stout at UFC Fight Night 19 on September 16 in Oklahoma City. [MMA Fanhouse]
- Heavyweight Gilbert Yvel is among the fighters the UFC has acquired from Affliction. [MMA Weekly]
- An undisclosed injury has forced Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos, the husband of recently-crowned Strikeforce 145-pound women’s champion Cris “Cyborg,” to withdraw from his scheduled matchup against Tim Kennedy that was to headline a September 25 Strikeforce Challengers event, the promotion announced on Wednesday. Kennedy is still slated to headline the card and a search is on to find a suitable replacement for the Showtime-televised event.
- ESPN Deportes-televised Bellator Fighting Championship has postponed its second season from October to January. [Five Ounces of Pain]
- UFC 102, which takes place at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon in just a week and a half on August 29, has sold just 9,000 tickets for the 20,000-seat venue. [MMA Payout]
- UFC lightweight Kenny Florian sustained “a couple eye pokes” in his UFC 101 loss to lightweight champ BJ Penn earlier this month and is still experiencing blurry vision, but doesn’t blame them for his loss. [MMAjunkie]
- UFC veterans Carlos Newton and Shonie Carter will meet in the main event of an October 10 Warrior-1 event in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, the promotion recently announced.
- Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker announced at Saturday’s post-”Carano vs. Cyborg” press conference that Jason “Mayhem” Miller is likely to fight Jake Shields for the promotion’s interim middleweight title at a November event on Showtime that will also include Fedor Emelianenko’s Strikeforce debut.
- UFC welterweight Chris Lytle has undergone successful knee surgery and will be sidelined for six months. [MMAjunkie]
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Stupid question…
is the replay usage only in the state of nevada? or anywhere?
Not necessarily stupid, but bear in mind that the NEVADA state athletic commission’s authority by definition ends at the state line, which isn’t to say that other state SAC’s won’t follow Nevada’s lead on replay usage…
to clarify it will only be used if a fight were to end due to a accidental eyepoke, or a cut i believe. then the replay would be used and the fight would end in a no contest. example of a fight like that was anthony johnson-kevin burns. the first fight was stopped and ruled a tko victory for burns, even though the eye poke led to the stoppage. if im wrong feel free to correct me.
“ON AUGUST 8, 2009 ANDERSON SILVA MADE FORREST GRIFFIN LOOK LIKE AN AMATEUR, AND ON AUGUST 8, 2009 GUNSLINGER MADE BIGCHRIS 2328 LOOK LIKE A CASUAL FAN ”
wait cyborg is married? how the hell did that happen?
How did Cyborg get married?
Well, you see jujitsuMAN, when a guy cyborg meets that someone special, like a shemale cyborg, they decide to tie the knot after dating for awhile, just like the rest of us…
Fortunately when two Cyborg’s fall in love, the States now recognize what they call “Same Cyborg Marriage”. A “legal” and “moral” union between two Cyborgs.
They went to Vermont last year.
still makes me giggle when i read it
Im glad the ufc got gilbert yvel
Instant Replay huh…So can a ref continue the fight if he already stopped if if one of the fighters was found to be defending himself?
Good to hear kenflo not making excuses. i always thought mma was big in mma but there is still a week left to buy tickets.
In oregon, not mma. my bad
No.
“The Nevada State Athletic Commission on Wednesday approved the use of instant replay in MMA, allowing referees to review stoppages to determine whether an injury is caused by a legal strike or foul and rule accordingly.”
We’ll call it the Rumble Rule. With replay, that could have been a win by DQ (or at worst a NC) over Kevin “Goggles” Burns, since it was clearly a series of eye pokes that stopped their first fight.
Miller v Shields…this could, should be bad for Miller.
Newton v Carter…huh?
Yvel vs. Kongo please…the end
sam vs phillip, who’defunkit
Bummer that the Portland event has only sold half the seats. It amazes me that nobody is really talking about it. I tend to chalk it up to most fans giving the UFC the benefit of the doubt that they will come through in the end and have a good crowd on fight night. Personally I’m not too interested in the card and will just catch up on it later. So what is it, a bad economy as suggested in the linked article or a bleh card or something else (maybe fan fatigue from back to back antipated cards)?
I’d be excited to see the UFC if it came to New York, but I feel like there isn’t much juice behind the next few events. They just banged out some HUGE cards in a row. Personally, there are some GREAT fights coming up, but I don’t know if they’re “Mainstream” enough the light the world on fire…as far as general pubic interest goes.
If Phillipe Nover doesn’t beat Sam Stout, he may be next to get cut from the UFC roster. I really like Nover. I hope he wins and does it in super impressive fashion.
Ok, seriously i want EVERYONE to acknowledge that not only are Miller and Shields fighting, but they’re fighting for the title!!! They have been boys for hella long and have trained a lot together!!!! And yet, they are fighting for the interim title!!!! Are you reading this Mike Swick, Jon Fitch and Koscheck????
The replay idea’s a great one and i look forward to seeing how effective it’s going to be.
I think it’s hella kool for bowles to be honored in a baseball game. This seems to be a new trend for the MLB to have MMA fighters throw out the first pitch or be honored in other ways. Very kool dudes!
don’t forget Silva/Machida!!