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Quick Hits: Zaromskis-Tamura at Dream 13, Reis-Hoshino added to SRC 12, “Strikeforce: Miami” Ratings, and More

Justin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:00:18 +0000

Marius Zaromskis will like face Kiyoshi Tamura in a welterweight title fight at the March 22 Dream 13, which will take place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. Zaromskis was last in action losing to Nick Diaz at Saturday’s Strikeforce: Miami, while Tamura hasn’t been in action since defeating Kazushi Sakuraba at Dynamite!! 2008. [MMAFighting]
Several fights have been added to Sengoku Raiden Championship 12 which is scheduled for March 7 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Former EliteXC 140 pound champion Wilson Reis will make his SRC debut against Yuji Hoshino. Also likely for the event, both Marlon Sandro and Leonardo Santos will look to return to the promotion at the event, against as yet named opponents, and Shigeki Osawa will face Kyung Ho Kang.
Former UFC middleweight David Loiseau, who was born to Haitian parents who had immigrated to Canada, has secured a charity fight to benefit victims of the January earthquake in Haiti. He will headline “Mixed Fight League 2: Battleground” against Isidro Gonzales, and for every ticket sold $2 will be donated to the American Red Cross to benefit their relief efforts in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti. Other notables on the card include Jon Murphy and Marvin Eastman. [MMAJunkie]
Veteran regional promotion King Of The Cage and HDNet have announced a deal that will see monthy KOTC events aired live on the cable network over the next three years. The first event scheduled to be shown as part of the agreement will be the promotion’s February 12 “KOTC: Vengeance” fight card which features Tyler East vs. Tony Lopez, Rich Clementi vs. Anthony Lapsley, and Travis Wiuff vs. Mike Kyle.
Strikeforce: Miami, which aired on Showtime Saturday night drew 517,000 viewers, making it the second most watched MMA event on Showtime, trailing the Carano vs. Cyborg card which drew 576,000. The UFC counter-programmed the Strikeforce event by rebroadcasting December’s UFC 107 pay-per-view on SpikeTV, and drew 2.2 million viewers.
“Ring of Fire 37: Warlords” is set for Omaha, Nebraska on March 5th and will be headlined by Alfonzo Martinez vs. Demi Deeds. The fight card will also feature former “The Ultimate Fighter” contestants and UFC fighters, Junie Browning and Justin Wren.
Brazilian promotion, Vale Tudo Championships will be holding a Brazil vs. USA card on March 6 in Manaus, Amazonas which will be headlined by former WEC and UFC fighter Nissen Osterneck taking on Tigrau in a middleweight matchup. Also on the card is CFP star Tomar Washington, and the MMA Debut of Hawaiian surfing legend Kala Alexander. The full fight card can be found on the Vale Tudo Championships website.
Former UFC fighters Jason Day and Jesse Taylor will face off in the headlining fight of Edmonton, Alberta based Agression MMA’s inaugural event, which takes place Friday night at The Expo Center in Edmonton. A portion of every ticket sold to the event, as well as $1 from every online pay-per-view purchased will be donated to the Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund. The online pay-per-view can be purchased on Aggression MMA’s website.
Shine Fights has recently inked multi-fight deals with veteran welterweight Nick Thompson, and Abu Dhabi champion Braulio Estima. Estima is an MMA newcomer, but defeated Andre Galvao and Alexandre Rebeiro in winning ADCC. At Abu Dhabi he competed at approximately 194 pounds, so it is unclear what weight class he will fight in for his MMA debut.
Following losses in his first two fights with the promotion, the UFC has decided to cut light heavyweight Razak Al-Hassan from their roster, according to Fiveouncesofpain.com. Al-Hassan entered the UFC undefeated, but lost via armbar to Steve Cantwell in his debut, and then dropped a decision to Kyle Kingsbury in his last outing.

Pictured: Marius Zaromskis

UFC 97 Results: Silva Tops Leites, Rua Knocks Out Liddell

Kris Karkoski — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:57:02 +0000

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

Anderson Silva defeated Thales Leites via unanimous decision in the UFC 97 main event on Saturday in Montreal, Canada in a fight that will be remembered as one of the most uneventful in UFC history. In the co-headliner, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua likely retired Chuck Liddell with a first-round knockout.

The event’s official results were:

Anderson Silva (c) def. Thales Leites via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 50-46)
UFC Middleweight Championship
Sam Stout def. Matt Wiman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua def. Chuck Liddell via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 4:28
Krzysztof Soszynski def. Brian Stann via submission (kimura) — Round 1, 3:53
Cheick Kongo def. Antoni Hardonk via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 2:29
Luis Cane def. Steve Cantwell via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Denis Kang def. Xavier Foupa-Pokam via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Nate Quarry def. Jason MacDonald via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:27
Ed Herman def. David Loiseau via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Mark Bocek def. David Bielkheden via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 4:57
TJ Grant def. Ryo Chonan via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Eliot Marshall def. Vinicius Magalhaes via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

For complete UFC 97: Redemption play-by-play click here to check out our UFC 97 live blog replay.

UFC 97 “Redemption” Live Results and Play-by-Play

Kris Karkoski — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:19:51 +0000

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of UFC 97: Redemption, which takes place today, Saturday April 18th, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The pay-per-view event is headlined by UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva defending his title against Thales Leites and also features light heavyweights Chuck Liddell and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua squaring off in the co-main event.

The 12-bout event will get underway at 7:30pm ET with a 7-fight unaired preliminary card followed by 5 televised bouts, including Silva-Leites and Liddell-Rua.

Join MMAFrenzy.com beginning at 7:30pm ET for live results and main card play-by-play.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Anderson Silva (c) def. Thales Leites via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 50-46)
UFC Middleweight Championship
Sam Stout def. Matt Wiman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua def. Chuck Liddell via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 4:28
Krzysztof Soszynski def. Brian Stann via submission (kimura) — Round 1, 3:53
Cheick Kongo def. Antoni Hardonk via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 2:29
Luis Cane def. Steve Cantwell via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Denis Kang def. Xavier Foupa-Pokam via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Nate Quarry def. Jason MacDonald via TKO (strikes) — Round 1, 2:27
Ed Herman def. David Loiseau via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Mark Bocek def. David Bielkheden via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 4:57
TJ Grant def. Ryo Chonan via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)
Eliot Marshall def. Vinicius Magalhaes via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

PLAY-BY-PLAY

UFC 97: Redemption

UFC 97 Weigh-In Results: Silva, Leites, Liddell, and Rua Make Weight

Kris Karkoski — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:58:38 +0000

MAIN CARD (PPV – 10pm ET)

185: Anderson Silva (c) (182) vs. Thales Leites (185)
UFC Middleweight Championship
205 Chuck Liddell (206) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (206)
265: Cheick Kongo (232) vs. Antoni Hardonk (249)
205: Luis Cane (206) vs. Steve Cantwell (205)
205: Krzysztof Soszynski (204) vs. Brian Stann (206)

PRELIMINARY CARD (un-televised)

185: Vinicius Magalhaes (204) vs. Eliot Marshall (205)
185: Xavier Foupa-Pokam (185) vs. Denis Kang (185)
185: Jason MacDonald (186) vs. Nate Quarry (186)
185: Ed Herman (186) vs. David Loiseau (185)
155: David Bielkheden (157) vs. Mark Bocek (154)
170: Ryo Chonan (171) vs. T.J. Grant (169)
155: Sam Stout (155) vs. Matt Wiman (155)

Note: Non-championship fighters can weigh-in one pound over their respective weight class limit.

Additional UFC 97 Fights Announced

Justin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:01:26 +0000

Anderson Silva

MMAFrenzy.com learned this morning that more bouts have been announced for UFC 97: Redemption, which is to take place on April 18 at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The event is to feature headlining bouts between Thales Leites and Middle Weight Champion Anderson Silva, as well as Former Light Heavy Weight Champion Chuck Liddell facing off against 2005 PRIDE middleweight grand prix winner Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

The added bouts include the return of one-time middleweight contender, and Montreal native, David “The Crow” Loiseau to face off against former TUF contender and Team Quest product Ed “Short Fuse” Herman. “The Crow” is on a three fight winning streak and hasn’t been stopped in almost five years. Herman was a highly touted prospect during his stint on The Ultimate Fighter, but has shown to be inconsistent in his UFC career, and suffered losses in each of his last two bouts.

Also added to the card, former World Extreme Cagefighting Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Stann will make his UFC debut against TUF 9 participant, and Team Quest product, Canadian Krzysztof Soszynski at UFC 97. Former Marine Stann was expected to make his promotional debut against Steve Cantwell in December, but had to withdraw due to injury. Soszynski was dispatched from “The Ultimate Fighter” by Vinny Magalhaes, but went on to defeat Shane Primm via Kimura at the season’s finale event. Considering both fighters’ strengths and history one would expect this bout to take place mostly on the feet, and likely end in fireworks.

Other bouts booked for UFC 97: Redemption include a middleweight match-up pitting Nate “The Rock” Quarry against Canadian Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald and a lightweight tilt between Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belts Mark Bocek and David Bielkheden.

For the latest UFC 97 rumors check out the MMAFrenzy.com UFC rumors section.

XMMA 5 “It’s Crow Time” Results: Loiseau TKO’s Hutcherson in Fifth Round

Kris Karkoski — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:00:27 +0000

Former UFC middleweight challenger David “The Crow” Loiseau claimed the XMMA middleweight title on Saturday at XMMA 5 “It’s Crow Time” in Montreal, earning a TKO victory over former “Ultimate Fighter” castmember Solomon Hutcherson with a series of knees in the fifth and final round.

In other featured bouts Aaron Riley overcame an early barrage to earn a unanimous decision victory over Steve Claveau, Martin Desilets topped Jason Cecil via first-round TKO to win the XMMA light heavyweight championship, and Brent Beauparlant stopped “The Ultimate Fighter” competitor Brandon Sene with strikesÂ midway through the second round.

Continue reading for complete results from XMMA 5 “It’s Crow Time”…

David Loiseau def. Solomon Hutcherson via TKO – Round 5, 1:56
XMMA Middleweight Championship
Aaron Riley def. Steve Claveau via unanimous decision
Martin Desilets def. Jason Cecil via TKO – Round 1, 1:55
XMMA Light Heavyweight Championship
Brent Beauparlant def. Brandon Sene via TKO – Round 2, 3:20
Guillaume de Lorenzi def. Jay Jenkins via TKO – Round 1, 0:26
Stephane Lamarche def. Aloisio Barros via DQ (knee to head of grounded fighter) – Round 1, 4:07
Dan Grandmaison def. Joseph Wissman via TKO – Round 2, 1:29
Antoine Coutu def. Justin Doyon via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 1, 1:41
Michel Gagnon def. Dimitri Waardenburg via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 1, 2:32
Alex Bon-Miller def. Jeremy Lavigueur via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 1, 2:49
John Makdesi def. Todd Westcott via TKO – Round 1, 3:06
Vanja Vojvodic def. Dan Tice via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 1, 3:18

UFC Roundup: Franklin-Lutter in Montreal, Randy Couture Charity Event, and More

Kris Karkoski — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:37:11 +0000

Rich Franklin, apparently healed from recent surgery on his MCL, will take on Travis Lutter in Montreal on April 19th at UFC 84 according to The Fight Network. The Franklin-Lutter bout was originally scheduled for UFC 82 in March but was pushed back as a result of Franklin’s injury.
The World Cagefighting Organization will host an event this Saturday, January 12th, that includes several former UFC fighters including Renato “Babalu” Sobral, Ricco Rodriguez, Joe Riggs, and David Loiseau.
Nate Marquardt is training with Georges St. Pierre for his upcoming bout against Jeremy Horn at UFC 81 according to The Fight Network.
Former street fighter “Kimbo Slice” will take on UFC veteran Tank Abbot during an EliteXC event scheduled for February 16th in Miami, Florida. Also on the card is former UFC fighter Yves Edwards who faces Edson Berto and The Ultimate Fighter contestant Scott Smith versus Seth Kleinbeck.
Former UFC fighter Sam Morgan will face Paul Daley in the co-main event of ShoXC. The January 25th event features the debut of former Bodog star Eddie Alvarez who recently signed a long-term deal with the promotion.
Original UFC owner Bob Meyrowitz, who owned the promotion from the mid-1990s until selling it to Dana White and The Fertitta Brothers in 2001, has signed a deal with Live Nation to created a new MMA promotion.
Jeff Joslin has been added to the rumored lineup for UFC 84 in Montreal according to MMA Weekly.
In a recent interview with Brawl Sports Dan Henderson sounds extremely confident heading into his March 1st middleweight title fight against Anderson Silva stating “[I'm going to ] kick his ass”.
In a recent post on MMA Junkie MMA agent Ken Pavia reveals both Richie Hightower and Jordan Radev have been released from theUFC. Radev will face Hector Lombard at Cage Fighting Championships 3 in Sydney Australia in February. Hightower has since signed with Palace Fighting Championship.
Clay Guida has announced that he expects to fight in the UFC again in March or April.
On January 12th Randy Couture will be hosting a charity poker tournament in Las Vegas. Proceeds from the tournament, which will include celebrities Mark Cuban, Dean Caine, Jose Canseco, and Montel Williams, will benefit the Xtreme Couture GI Foundation.
Matt Hughes’ HIT Squad MMA gym will open February 9th in Granite City, Illinois.
Diego Sanchez recently announced that he will not drop to the lightweight division and will continue to fight in the
stack 170-pound welterweight division. According to the announcement he will know the opponent for his next bout by February and the fight will likely take place in Las Vegas.
UFC President Dana White will be a special guest at a February 8th World Championship Fighting event in Boston. The event will be headlined by former UFC fighter Dan Lauzon, the younger brother of UFC fighter and The Ultimate Fighter 5 contestant Joe Lauzon.
UFC veterans Brad Imes and Diego Saraiva will both be prominently featured at Palace Fighting Championship 6 on January 17th.
The UFC’s sister promotion, the WEC, has announced its next event. The event, which will take place February 13th in New Mexico and air live on Versus, will feature three title fights. Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit will look to defend his belt against Carlo Prater, Lightweight Champion Rob McCullough will take on Jamie Varner, and Bantamweight Champ Chase Beebe will face Miguel Torres. Former UFC fight Leonard Garcia will make his WEC debut at the event.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will take a prominent role in the upcoming horror film “Midnight Meat Train” according to reports.
Melvin Guillard announced in an interview with the Baltimore Sun that he will be leaving the UFC temporarily to fightseveral times at 170-pounds before returning in late-March or early-April.
Jon Fitch has singed a new contrat with the UFC for three additional fights and will face Akihiro Gono at UFC 82 in March according to MMA Mania. The contract likely indicates that a welterweight title shot could come later in 2008. Fitch, who is 7-0 in the UFC, had pushed for a fight against fellow-contender Karo Parisyan. That fight would have put the winner on a fast-track for a title shot but in booking this fight it likely means Fitch will need at least one additional win before fighting for the title.
Rich Clementi indicated in a recent post on The Underground that Kyle Bradley has signed with the UFC though no specifics were revealed.