It was a busy weekend in MMA and this week will also be very busy as well. With that here are reviews and previews:
Reviews:
UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor
The pinnacle of UFC International Fight Week took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 11th on PPV:
Featherweight Conor McGregor def. Chad Mendes TKO (punches) 2 4:57
Welterweight Robbie Lawler (c) def. Rory MacDonald TKO (punches) 5 1:00
Catchweight (149.5 lbs) Jeremy Stephens def. Dennis Bermudez TKO (flying knee and punches) 3 0:32
Welterweight Gunnar Nelson def. Brandon Thatch Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 2:54
Bantamweight Thomas Almeida def. Brad Pickett KO (flying knee) 2 0:29
Welterweight Matt Brown def. Tim Means Submission (guillotine choke) 1 4:44
Welterweight Alex Garcia def. Mike Swick Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Welterweight John Howard def. Cathal Pendred Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00
Bantamweight Cody Garbrandt def. Henry Briones Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Flyweight Louis Smolka def. Neil Seery Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Lightweight Cody Pfister def. Yosdenis Cedeno Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) 3 5:00
Previews:
UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee
The UFC travels to San Diego, California at the Valley View Casino Center on July 15th broadcast on Fox Sports 1:
Heavyweight Frank Mir vs. Todd Duffee
Lightweight Josh Thomson vs. Tony Ferguson
Women’s Bantamweight Holly Holm vs. Marion Reneau
Bantamweight Scott Jorgensen vs. Manvel Gamburyan
Lightweight Kevin Lee vs. James Moontasri
Welterweight Alan Jouban vs. Matt Dwyer
Featherweight Sam Sicilia vs. Yaotzin Meza
Women’s Bantamweight Jéssica Andrade vs. Sarah Moras
Bantamweight Rani Yahya vs. Masanori Kanehara
Welterweight Igor Araujo vs. Sean Strickland
Middleweight Kevin Casey vs. Ildemar Alcântara
Welterweight Andrew Craig vs. Lyman Good
Bellator 140: Lima vs. Koreshkov
Bellator MMA returns to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on July 17th broadcast on Spike TV:
Welterweight Douglas Lima (c) vs. Andrey Koreshkov
Welterweight Chris Honeycutt vs. Paul Bradley
Welterweight Michael Page vs. Rudy Bears
Welterweight Brennan Ward vs. Roger Carroll
Welterweight Paul Daley vs. Dennis Olson
Bantamweight Blair Tugman vs. Kin Moy
Welterweight Nicolas Sergiacomi vs. Ilya Kotau
Heavyweight Parker Porter vs. Eric Bedard
Bantamweight Remo Cardarelli vs. Billy Giovanella
Lightweight Alex Dunworth vs. Dean Hancock
Women’s Strawweight Kaline Medeiros vs. Sarah Payant
Lightweight Ryan Quinn vs. Waylon Lowe
Light Heavyweight Ryan Gray vs. Mike Nix
UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites
The UFC will debut at The SEE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland to be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 on Saturday, July 18th:
Middleweight Michael Bisping vs. Thales Leites
Lightweight Ross Pearson vs. Evan Dunham
Lightweight Joseph Duffy vs. Ivan Jorge
Women’s Strawweight Joanne Calderwood vs. Cortney Casey-Sanchez
Welterweight Leon Edwards vs. Pawel Pawlak
Lightweight Steven Ray vs. Leonardo Mafra
Flyweight Patrick Holohan vs. Vaughan Lee
Light Heavyweight Ilir Latifi vs. Hans Stringer
Lightweight Mickael Lebout vs. Teemu Packalén
Featherweight Robert Whiteford vs. Paul Redmond
Bantamweight Marcus Brimage vs. Jimmie Rivera
Heavyweight Daniel Omielańczuk vs. Chris De La Rocha