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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief T.J. Grant put on an MMA clinic against Carlo Prater at UFC on Fuel 3 on Tuesday night, controlling every aspect of the fight through 15 minutes to earn a unanimous decision. Grant was comfortable striking with Prater throughout, but he shined against the Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt on the ground, scoring takedowns, passing, and attacking for submissions. He nearly finished the fight at the horn as he snatched a late armbar, but Prater was saved by the end of the fight. Grant has now won two straight in the lightweight division, and looks very impressive in that weight class. Prater technically is 1-1 now in his UFC run after a DQ win in his debut in January. Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_13301.shtml Michael Peterson John Philbin Bob Pike Felipe Pomar Maz Quinn Mark Richards Though the weekend was dominated by the UFC fights on Fox, there were plenty of other fights over the weekend, including this quick knockout Michael Chandler pulled off at Bellator: In his first fight since beating Eddie Alvarez for the Bellator lightweight title, Chandler needed just 0:56 to TKO Akihiro Gono. After the bout, Gono said he was retiring from his 18-year MMA career that included bouts in Pride, the UFC, Sengoku and Bellator. In other Bellator action, Bryan Baker earned a trip to the welterweight tourney final with a decision over Ben Saunders. Heavyweight Damian Grabowski decisioned Dave Huckaba in a bout that registered as less-than-exciting, and Ryan Ford TKOed Luis Santos in the second round. On "The Ultimate Fighter," Urijah Faber won the most important event: the Coaches Challenge. He beat Dominick Cruz in an obstacle course that involved the use of a grenade launcher. Afterwards, Andy Ogle beat Mike Rio with a rear naked choke to give Team Faber five fighters in the quarterfinals. Next week, James Vick will face Joe Proctor and Justin Lawrence will take on Michael Chiesa in the first quarterfinal bouts. At Super Fight League, (go ahead and sing the song) James Thompson beat Bobby Lashley in a unanimous decision. Zelg Galesic scored the weekend's memorable moment with a flying knee knockout of Doug Marshall. What was your favorite bout of the weekend? Speak up in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter. Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/weekend-warriors-michael-chandler-team-faber-lead-weekend-134644661.html Robert Wingnut Weaver Emma Williams Dale Webster Nat Young Reno Abellira Megan Abubo Though the weekend was dominated by the UFC fights on Fox, there were plenty of other fights over the weekend, including this quick knockout Michael Chandler pulled off at Bellator: In his first fight since beating Eddie Alvarez for the Bellator lightweight title, Chandler needed just 0:56 to TKO Akihiro Gono. After the bout, Gono said he was retiring from his 18-year MMA career that included bouts in Pride, the UFC, Sengoku and Bellator. In other Bellator action, Bryan Baker earned a trip to the welterweight tourney final with a decision over Ben Saunders. Heavyweight Damian Grabowski decisioned Dave Huckaba in a bout that registered as less-than-exciting, and Ryan Ford TKOed Luis Santos in the second round. On "The Ultimate Fighter," Urijah Faber won the most important event: the Coaches Challenge. He beat Dominick Cruz in an obstacle course that involved the use of a grenade launcher. Afterwards, Andy Ogle beat Mike Rio with a rear naked choke to give Team Faber five fighters in the quarterfinals. Next week, James Vick will face Joe Proctor and Justin Lawrence will take on Michael Chiesa in the first quarterfinal bouts. At Super Fight League, (go ahead and sing the song) James Thompson beat Bobby Lashley in a unanimous decision. Zelg Galesic scored the weekend's memorable moment with a flying knee knockout of Doug Marshall. What was your favorite bout of the weekend? Speak up in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter. Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/weekend-warriors-michael-chandler-team-faber-lead-weekend-134644661.html Jim Fuller George Freeth Abel Gomes Allan Gomes George Greenough Nick Gabaldon By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief For some reason, the welterweight bout between Amir Sadollah and Jorge Lopez was given co-main event booking on Tuesday's UFC on Fuel 3 card, and after a very uninspired 15-minute fight, Sadollah took home a split decision win. There wasn't much to the fight from either fighter's end, as it was contested mostly in the clinch with a few spurts on the ground and on their feet. Still, neither fighter established much offense, at least not enough to take a clear decision on the cards, and two of the judges decided Sadollah had edged two of the rounds. Sadollah bounced back from a loss to Duane Ludwig, while Lopez has now lost two straight decisions in the UFC. Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_13309.shtml Jessi Miley Dyer Mickey Munoz Greg Noll Kem Nunn Carlito Nogalo David Nuuhiwa  UFC returns to network television for the third time on Saturday with four bouts on Fox and six on Fuel TV. What questions will be answered when the fights are over?
1. Is Johny Hendricks ready for the big time? Since losing to Rick Story in 2010, Hendricks has been on a tear. He won three straight fights, including a 12-second knockout of Jon Fitch. His last test before being promised a title shot is Josh Koscheck, a one-time welterweight contender who has equally impressive wrestling credentials. 2. Does Nate Diaz deserve a title shot? UFC president Dana White says with a win over Jim Miller, yes. Diaz won his last two fights, but lost the two before that. The lightweight belt is being contested in August and Anthony Pettis is waiting in the wings. Even with a win, Diaz may have some time on his hands before fighting for UFC gold. 3. Is Josh Koscheck over the hill? Koscheck is 34. Hendricks is 28. That age difference means it's easy to look at the fight as old fogie vs. young buck, but Koscheck took offense, calling any media who pointed out the gap between their ages "retards." If he wants to prove he's not an old man, he needs to give a better showing in the cage against Hendricks than he did against Mike Pierce in February, when he barely won a split decision. 4. Will Pat Barry vs. Lavar Johnson last more than a minute? This bout kicks off the month of the heavyweight, and it promises to be the perfect way to start a May that will feature the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix finals and UFC 146's all heavyweight main card. Barry and Johnson have 20 knockout wins between them. Chances are that number will be 21 by the time the bout is over. 5. How do the latest crop of "The Ultimate Fighter" products stand up? The preliminary card, airing on Fuel TV and Fox Deportes, is full of TUF castmembers from the past few seasons. John Dodson, Louis Gaudinot and Dennis Bermudez are getting their first shots at fights outside of the TUF finale, and this is their chance to show they're more than just good TV. -- Follow Cagewriter on Facebook and Twitter. Related UFC news from Yahoo! Sports:
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/ufc-fox-3-answer-five-questions-143924003.html Eddie Aikau Kala Alexander Lisa Andersen Simon Anderson Bill Andrews Jose Angel By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief Fabio Maldonado has been a part of two straight wars inside the Octagon, and in both cases he wound up on the wrong end of a unanimous decision. In the most recent instance, Maldonado dropped a decision to Igor Pokrajac at Tuesday's UFC on Fuel 3, and he's livid over that result. "I don't have an answer to that [decision]," Maldonado said in an interview with Tatame.com. "There was a judge who scored it 30-27. There's no logic in it. I'm really sad." "I won it and that's it. Everybody saw it, even the judges. The three judges who gave it to him know deep down I won. In my opinion it's not a mistake, is called having a bad character, mainly the one who scored 30-27... They want to f*** me up, they didn't want to give me the win once again." Maldonado certainly had a case for the fight, delivering a ton of punishment throughout the bout to Pokrajac, outstriking him in every round. However, much of the attack was to the body, and the judges didn't credit him nearly enough for that portion of his attack. For Maldonado, he simply can't believe that the decision came down the way it did. "He hit me with an elbow really hard, he has heavy hands," Maldonado admitted. "It's been a while since I was last hit that hard. He took me down, got the mount, but that was it. I won the second and third rounds. I'm punched, get kneeled on the face and nothing happens, but then I throw a couple of punches on his face and he gets all dizzy and can walk... It's complicated." Unfortunately for him, the judges didn't agree with his assessment, and he's now 0-2 in the UFC. Penick's Analysis: Maldonado absolutely has a right to be upset about the decision, especially after looking over the numbers from the fight in conjunction with what happened. He out-struck Maldonado 166-64 overall, with a 98-36 edge in significant strikes. In the first round, Maldonado's significant strike edge was 36-6, yet Maldonado's one takedown with almost no striking earned him the round. It's unfortunate for him, but bad judging is sadly nothing new in this sport, and because of that he sits with two losses under his belt in the UFC. Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_13319.shtml Bob Pike Felipe Pomar Maz Quinn Mark Richards Rob Machado Robert RR Rodriguez By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief Tuesday's UFC on Fuel 3 main event between Dustin Poirier and "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung was an easy front runner for 2012's Fight of the Year, but odds are most of the UFC's fanbase didn't see the fight. The furiously paced action of the featherweight bout saw Jung showcasing every aspect of his MMA game against a tough to finish Poirier. After three rounds at that pace, he then finished the fight with a D'Arce choke after knocking Poirier down with a flying knee. For those that missed the event on Tuesday night, FoxSports.com posted some highlights from the fight. Check it out below: Video: Highlights: Korean Zombie - Poirier Video URL: http://msn.foxsports.com/video?videoid=30a7c063-2821-433b-88ce-01906dbbb04f&src=v5:share:sharepermalink:&from=sharepermalink Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_13316.shtml Robert Wingnut Weaver Emma Williams Dale Webster Nat Young Reno Abellira Megan Abubo By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief 33-year-old Brazilian bantamweight Johnny Eduardo kept longtime MMA vet Jeff Curran winless in the UFC on Tuesday night, utilizing a vicious and constant leg kick attack to earn a unanimous decision win at UFC on Fuel 3. Curran attempted to go strike for strike with Eduardo through all three rounds of the fight, but couldn't get the range figured out until the final frame. That left him open to leg kick after leg kick from Eduardo in the first two rounds, damaging his lead leg and rendering his attempts at offense ineffective. "Big Frog" did come back strong in the third, but it was too little too late after dropping the first two frames. He's now winless in his last six fights under the Zuffa banner, and is 0-3 in the Octagon. Eduardo now has his first win in the UFC after losing his UFC debut last August by decision against Raphael Assuncao. Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_13299.shtml Stephanie Gilmore Sunny Garcia Whitney Guild Wade Goodall Jeff Hakman Bethany Hamilton I haven't hit the track much in 2010, but knowing that the 4th Annual Motocross Ride for the Cure Event was coming, I dusted off the KTM, dropped it off at Malcolm Motorsports for some fine tuning, hit Milestone Motocross Track for a handful of warm ups and I was ready to enjoy the funnest event of the year hosted by motocross enthusiast herself, Laurie Carey, who is constantly raising the bar for fundraising, support, education and interaction for Breast Cancer Awareness! 
The morning started off amazing, perfect day to moto! The sky's were bright blue and littered with dark fluffy rain clouds! Dropping rain in perfect track watering patterns, the day was in full swing and the pits were packed! Tons of Factory support lined up for the event, they even had a never ending Freestyle show in the works! Mike Metzger, the God Father of FMX was doing his thing and dozens of other talented riders busting out tricks for the fans. 
I pretty much settled into a pack rat of MXGirls, WMA Pro Rider Elizabeth Bash, Race Techs Michelle Marshall, and Mission Motorsports Brooklyn McClendon. We had a blast mixing it up on the main and vet tracks, sporting our decorated "Ride for the Cure" Bra's and having a blast spinning laps, saving boobies! In the end I was amazed at the growth this event has accumulated over the years, by far the most impressive outcome I've seen. I'm looking forward to next year's event, but more importantly, it's touching to see all the work Laurie Carey puts into the Support and Awareness of Breast Cancer. {yoogallery src=[/images/stories/features/2010/photo-feature-mxrideforcure] width=[120] height=[100] load_lightbox=[1] thumb=[default]} Source: http://www.supercross.com/mxgirls-blog/r4tc-2010-ride-for-the-cure-at-cahuilla-motocross-park Mickey Munoz Greg Noll Kem Nunn Carlito Nogalo David Nuuhiwa Benson Ong By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief Donald Cerrone was well on his way to establishing himself as one of the top tier lightweights in the UFC in 2011 before feeding into the trash talk of Nate Diaz and losing a decision at UFC 141. However, he appears to have learned from that poor showing, as he dominated Jeremy Stephens on Tuesday night at UFC on Fuel 3 to earn a unanimous decision victory. Stephens has been a long time veteran of the UFC, this being his 14th bout inside the Octagon, but he was rendered essentially inept for 15 minutes against "The Cowboy." Cerrone started with leg kicks early and often, and as the first round wore on, and his respect for Stephens' attack began to wane, Cerrone started clowning around in the cage. He danced, he threw vicious combinations when Stephens least expected it, and he battered Stephens' lead leg with more and more kicks. This attack continued through to the final horn, with Cerrone barely suffering a scratch in the bout. It was perhaps the most one-sided striking performance of his career, and against a longtime UFC vet in Stephens it was one of his most impressive as well. He's now won five fights in six UFC appearances, and will look to get back into the conversation of elite UFC lightweights sooner rather than later. Stephens dropped to an even 7-7 in the Octagon with the loss. Penick's Analysis: Even though it was essentially 15 minutes of Cerrone toying with Stephens, that may have been the most impressive thing he's done. Making it look that easy against a talented veteran was fascinating to watch, and had that version of Cerrone showed up in Las Vegas in December, it would have been a much more difficult fight for Nate Diaz. With Anthony Pettis needing an opponent for September, Cerrone seems like a very suitable option after that performance. Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_13308.shtml Dale Velzy Dewey Weber Sharon Webber Dennis Wilson John Whitmore Robert Wingnut Weaver |
