It’s been an exciting few weeks of fights and it will continue with Memorial Day weekend for a few fight cards:
Reviews
UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Faber
The UFC made it’s long awaited debut at in the Philippines on May 16th at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay:
Featherweight Frankie Edgar def. Urijah Faber Decision (unanimous) (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) 5 5:00
Middleweight Gegard Mousasi def. Costas Philippou Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Middleweight Mark Muñoz def. Luke Barnatt Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Welterweight Neil Magny def. Hyun Gyu Lim TKO (punches) 2 1:24
Featherweight Phillipe Nover def. Yui Chul Nam Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Levan Makashvili def. Mark Eddiva Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 30-27) 3 5:00
Lightweight Jon Tuck def. Tae Hyun Bang Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:56
Lightweight Kajan Johnson def. Zhang Lipeng Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) 3 5:00
Welterweight Li Jingliang def. Dhiego Lima KO (punches) 1 1:25
Catchweight (137 lbs) Ning Guangyou def. Royston Wee TKO (punches and elbows) 2 4:59
Flyweight Jon Delos Reyes def. Roldan Sangcha-An Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 3:13
Flyweight Yao Zhikui def. Nolan Ticman Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00
Previews
One Championship: Warrior’s Quest
One Championship will hold an event at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore on Friday, May 22nd:
Lightweight Shinya Aoki (c) vs. Koji Ando
Strawweight Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke vs. Roy Doliguez
Featherweight Marat Gafurov vs. Ev Ting
Lightweight Kuat Khamitov vs. Lowen Tynanes
Featherweight Rob Lisita vs. Timofey Nastyukhin
Lightweight Eddie Ng vs. Ariel Sexton
Bantamweight Stephen Langdown vs. A La Teng Hei Li
Featherweight Shannon Wiratchai vs. Amir Khan
Featherweight Benedict Ang vs. Waqar Umar
Women’s Strawweight Angela Lee vs. Aya Saeid Saber
Flyweight Ali Yaakub vs. Yang Jian Bing
KSW 31
Poland’s premier MMA promotion will host their latest event at the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland on May 23rd:
Middleweight Poland Michał Materla (c) vs. Poland Tomasz Drwal
Heavyweight Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski vs. Brazil Rolles Gracie Jr.
Heavyweight Poland Karol Bedorf (c) vs. Australia Peter Graham
Light Heavyweight Croatia Goran Reljić vs. Slovakia Attila Vegh
Welterweight Poland Maciej Jewtuszko vs. Poland Kamil Szymuszowski
Middleweight Angola Jay Silva vs. Germany Aziz Karaoglu
Light Heavyweight Poland Tomasz Narkun vs. Poland Karol Celiński
Heavyweight Poland Jędrzej Maćkowiak vs. Poland Michał Gulaś
Lightweight Poland Patryk Grudniewski vs. Poland Grzegorz Szulakowski
UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier
The UFC will host an event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 23rd on pay-per-view:
Light Heavyweight Anthony Johnson vs. Daniel Cormier
Middleweight Chris Weidman (c) vs. Vitor Belfort
Lightweight Donald Cerrone vs. John Makdessi
Heavyweight Travis Browne vs. Andrei Arlovski
Flyweight Joseph Benavidez vs. John Moraga
Flyweight John Dodson vs. Zach Makovsky
Welterweight Dong Hyun Kim vs. Josh Burkman
Middleweight Uriah Hall vs. Rafael Natal
Women’s Strawweight Rose Namajunas vs. Nina Ansaroff
Welterweight Mike Pyle vs. Colby Covington
Lightweight Islam Makhachev vs. Leo Kuntz
Flyweight Justin Scoggins vs. Josh Sampo