Alright MMA-Freak fans, it’s that time again! Time to get you caught up on all or any MMA news you might have missed this past weekend. Grab your morning coffee or your after work beverage and let’s get you all caught up.
~ Fight Results ~
Legacy FC 19: Campuzano vs. Nascimento-
MAIN CARD (AXS TV, 10 p.m. ET)
- Will Campuzano def. Allan Nascimento via unanimous decision (49-45, 48-46, 48-46) – to retain Legacy FC flyweight title
- Georgi Karakhanyan def. Din Thomas via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Robert Drysdale def. D.J. Linderman via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:48
- Matt Hobar def. Nelson Salas via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- George Pacurariu def. Steven Peterson via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 3:42
- Reynaldo Trujillo def. Chris Jones via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:59
- Kevin Aguilar def. Hunter Tucker via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 2:24
PRELIMINARY CARD (Untelevised, 7 p.m. ET)
- Brad Mitchell def. David Armas via split decision
- Evan Thompson def. Angelus McFarlane via unanimous decision
- Bull Lawal def. Jabari Shakur via unanimous decision
- Vernon Lewis def. James Hall via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 1, 5:00
Cage Warriors 53: Alers vs. Salovaara-
MAIN CARD (MMAjunkie.com, 4 p.m. ET)
- Jim Alers def. Joni Salovaara via submission (armbar) – Round 4, 3:43 – for vacant featherweight title
- Joanne Calderwood def. Sally Krumdiack via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 3:08
- Mats Nilsson def. Chris Scott via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Jason Ball def. Jason Cooledge via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:16
- Neil Seery def. Paul Marin via TKO (kick, punches0 – Round 1, 1:22
- James Pennington def. James Doolan via submission (armbar) – Round 3, 0:29
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 3 p.m. ET)
- Jean N’Doye def. Rich Edgeworth via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:41
- Mark Connor def. Joe Laurence via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:07
The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale: Faber vs. Jorgensen-
MAIN CARD (FX, 9 p.m. ET)
- Urijah Faber def. Scott Jorgensen via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 4, 3:16
- Kelvin Gastelum def. Uriah Hall via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) – wins “TUF 17” tournament
- Cat Zingano def. Miesha Tate via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:55
- Travis Browne def. Gabriel Gonzaga via knockout (elbows) – Round 1, 1:11
- Robert McDaniel def. Gilbert Smith via submission (triangle choke) – Round 3, 2:49
PRELIMINARY CARD (FUEL TV, 7 p.m. ET)
- Josh Samman def. Kevin Casey via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:17
- Luke Barnatt def. Collin Hart via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Dylan Andrews def. Jimmy Quinlan via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:22
- Clint Hester def. Bristol Marunde via TKO (elbow) – Round 3, 3:53
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 5:30 p.m. ET)
- Cole Miller def. Bart Palaszewski via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:23
- Maximo Blanco def. Sam Sicilia via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Daniel Pineda def. Justin Lawrence via submission (kimura) – Round 1, 1:35
~ Headlines ~
Season 18 of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ moves from FX to FOX Sports 1 on Wednesdays.
TUF 17 Finale draws a reported 5,549 attendance for $569,000 live gate.
TUF 17 Finale bonuses 50,000: Zingano/Tate did work inside the octagon and earned the FOTN . Travis Browne returned in stylish fashion and earned the KO of the night. My boy Daniel Pineda earned the sub of the night in the first round disposing of KO artist Justin Lawerence via rear-naked choke.
Main-event winner Urijah Faber ($110,000) and Facebook prelims victor Cole Miller ($42,000) were the top earners at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale on Saturday.
Uriah Hall picked up a $25,000 bonus for the season’s best knockout for his head-kick KO of Adam Cella on the third episode of TUF.
$25,000 Kelvin Gastelum for the season’s best submission.
Dylan Andrews and Luke Barnatt picked up 25,00 for the TUF season’s top fight.
Watch Friday’s UFC on FOX 7 weigh-ins live on MMAjunkie.com at 7 p.m. ET.
~ Fight News ~
AXS TV to air Fallon Fox’s CFA 11 fight, Valentin Overeem-Mike Kyle headlines.
Jon Tuck vs. Norman Parke pulled from Saturday’s UFC on FOX 7 lineup.
Invicta FC 6 to include champ Esparza vs. Hamasaki, Mizuki vs. Hyatt.
UFC 162: lightweights Edson Barboza vs. John Makdessi.
Mike Pierce vs. David Mitchell targeted for UFC 162.
Faber on Cruz and Barao: “Of course I’d rather punch Dominick in the face, but Barao is one of the guys who has earned his spot,” Faber said. “The guy’s on the biggest win streak in UFC history, and I think it was an uneventful fight last time, and I’d like to make it more eventful. That means getting a little more crazy in there. He did a good job of slowing me down last time. Dom actually moves a lot more but was actually easier for me to hit and do damage to than Barao. So I don’t know. It’s one of those things that I’ll probably fight both of them eventually anyway. I’m just going to kick back, relax and reminisce about the good old days with Scotty, and hopefully I’ll meet him in the finals for a belt one day too.”
Travis Browne on “illegal” elbow: “I remember hitting him with one, and the referee was right there,” Browne told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I could kind of see him standing off to the side, and he didn’t say anything. I hit him with two more, and by that time he was done.”
Uriah Hall on TUF 17 loss: “I was trying to have some fun, man,” he told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) after the fight. “A big part of it was it was it was kind of hard, too. I trained with the guy, and I like him. It was kind of that emotion I was trying to get rid of, so it was kind of weird. Going in the ring, I was like, ‘S—, here we go again.’ That side just kind of got the best of me, but there’s no excuse. Kelvin’s a great guy. He’s a tough kid. I think he’s going to go really far in this sport, and I’m happy for him.”
Miesha Tate believes the fight was called too early: “I’m pissed to say the least,” Tate said. “I’m definitely not happy. I mean, f—, I still feel like I was in the fight. I don’t for one second feel like it should have been stopped.”
Ronda Rousey on TUF 18: “I think the series, itself, has kind of gone away from the attention-grabby reality TV-esque kind of genre and more into just a documentary series on the toughest, most competitive tournament in martial arts,” Rousey told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) following Saturday’s TUF 17 Finale event in Las Vegas. “I think that it’s going to be very similar in this season, at least on my team. I’m going to have to remind these girls that this is the first impression you’re setting for women MMA fighters because this is a lot of exposure that they’re going to be getting. If they’re the chick that was screwing around the house, for the rest of their career they’re going to be known as the chick that was screwing around the house. Sponsors are going to be looking at that. Everybody’s going to be looking at that.”
Rousey on Fallen Fox: “If you’re a man who identifies as a woman, or a woman who identifies as a man, that’s something you can’t control. That’s not your choice. That’s just the way you are,” she said. “But being transgender, that does require a choice.” “I don’t think you should be able to compete as a woman. … Just the bone density and bone structure you have after you’ve gone through puberty as a man, it’s just an advantage over a woman.”
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