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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:
Invicta FC 4
Date: January 5, 2013
MAIN (Online PPV, 10 p.m. ET)
- Carla Esparza def. Bec Hyatt via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) – to win inaugural strawweight title
- Alexis Davis def. Shayna Baszler via technical submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 0:58
- Leslie Smith def. Raquel Pennington via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Sarah D’Alelio def. Amanda Nunes via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
- Ediane Gomes def. Hiroko Yamanaka via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Joanne Calderwood def. Livia Von Plettenberg via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
PRELIMINARY (Online PPV, 7 p.m. ET)
- Cassie Rodish def. Stephanie Frausto via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 3:44
- Tamikka Brents def. Amanda Bell via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Jodie Esquibel def. Liz McCarthy via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
- Rose Namajunas def. Emily Kagan via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 3:44
- Tecia Torres def. Paige VanZant via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Veronica Rothenhausler def. Katalina Malungahu via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 1:12
- Laura Sanko def. Cassie Robb via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 1:07
Headlines:
Bellator 85 is the promotion’s first on Spike TV after moving over from its recent television home at MTV2. Jan. 17 at Bren Center in Irvine, Calif.
The evening’s complete lineup now includes:
MAIN CARD
- Michael Chandler vs. Rick Hawn – for lightweight title
- Renato Sobral vs. Mikhail Zayats – light heavyweight tournament opening round
- Pat Curran vs. Patricio Freire – for featherweight title
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Cleber Luciano vs. Mario Navarro
- Jacob Noe vs. Seth Petruzelli – light-heavyweight tournament opening round
- Jason Lambert vs. Hector Ramirez
- J.J. Ambrose vs. Brian Warren
- Atanas Djambazov vs. Emanuel Newton – light-heavyweight tournament opening round
- Mike Guymon vs. Savant Young
- Joe Williams vs. Jamie Yager
- Joe Camacho vs. Aaron Miller
Showtime offers free-preview weekend with ‘Strikeforce: Marquardt-Saffiedine’
After pay-per-view plans go awry, Invicta FC still searching for answers
‘Bellator 360’ averages 487,000 viewers for first two episodes
‘Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine’ weigh-ins open to fans on Jan. 11
Strikeforce’s Roger Bowling headed to the UFC, eyes spring debut
Fight News:
Pedro Nobre replaces George Roop, meets Yuri Alcantara at UFC on FX 7
Invicta FC 5 takes shape with Penne, Kaufman, Porto-Honchak
Chris Camozzi vs. Nick Ring joins UFC 158 lineup
Healy vs. Holobaugh official, ‘Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine’ lineup set
Bellator 90 adds Rad Martinez vs. Shahbulat Shamhalaev tournament final
Dan Hornbuckle replaces injured Evangelista ‘Cyborg’ Santos at Legacy FC 17
Strikeforce’s Hirota vs. Yahya, Guimares vs. Lim added to UFC on FUEL TV 8
Daron Cruickshank vs. John Makdessi added to UFC 158 in Montreal
Strikeforce import Jordan Mein meets Dan Miller at UFC 158
Quotable’s:
JDS on rematch with Cain: “I was very disappointed with myself because I couldn’t follow my strategy and do what I used to do,” dos Santos told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “All the time, I attack. All my fights, I hurt my hands. This fight I got my face hurt. That’s very different, but it’s part of the sport. I can’t wait to come back and fight again. I want to fight with him again. I won a fight. He won the other one. Now we have to have the third fight, the rematch. I’m sure everybody wants to know who is the real best. For now, he is the best, but I know people will want to see this fight again, and I can’t wait.”
Watch the post fight interviews with Joe Rogan as both Velasquez and JDS admit a third fight may be in-store for the heavyweight crown.
Video courtesy of the UFC
Dan Henderson on potential fight with Chael Sonnen: “We’re friends, but above all we fight now in the same category and therefore have the same goal. We both compete for the same belt. Our friendship is more than a title and we are professional enough to let the rivalry be just inside the Octagon. It would be a different situation, but our profession in this type of situation is quite possible to happen.”
Strikeforce’s Anthony Smith called out Roger Gracie: “I actually asked for Roger Gracie, to tell you the truth”
Michael Bisping beefs with Tyson Fury: “Everyone just ignore that excuse of a man, Tyson something. He’s trying to get hype, I’d never heard of him till he called out Cain,” Bisping wrote via Twitter on Friday. “I always support British athletes of all sports, including Tyson Fury. I think he’s a great boxer,” Bisping told the Mirror. “However, if he’s calling out UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez then quite frankly he’s living in a fantasy world and needs to come back to reality. He would be absolutely destroyed in a matchup against Cain. Cain’s a UFC champion and Fury wouldn’t stand a chance.”
Michael McDonald on title talk: “Honestly, it’s not something on my checklist,” McDonald told MMAjunkie.com. “I don’t think it’s my job to say, ‘I want the title. I want to be the youngest champion. I want to do this. I want to do that.’ I feel like doing that just puts stuff in my head that doesn’t need to be there.”
Michael Chandler on Eddie Alvarez: “I think pretty much every MMA fan out there wants Chandler-Alvarez 2, so give the fans what they want,” Chandler today told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “If he stays in Bellator, let’s fight. Let’s do it two times, three times, four times, who cares. We’re fighters. Our job is to fight, and our job is to go out there and entertain the fans.”
Misc:
Jim Miller targets Gray Maynard rematch following triumphant UFC 155 win
Despite giving up home field, UFC champ Aldo excited to face Edgar in Las Vegas
‘UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2′ drug tests come back clean
Following UFC 156 withdrawal, Erick Silva targeting March return