February 2009 MMA News Archive - Page 5

Josh Koscheck is clearly not happy about the stoppage in his UFC 95 fight with Paulo Thiago. In this backstage video from The Telegraph he insists his hands were up, his eyes were open, and his guard was ready. His cornermen seem to feel the early stoppage was part of a trend on the night -- perhaps a dig at "regional referees" in the U.K.?

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Here are the full results for UWC 5: “Man ‘O’ War:” Mike “The Hulk” Easton defeats Justin Robbins via submission (guillotine) at 4:44 of round three Jamal “The Suit” Patterson defeats Antwain “The Juggernaut” Britt via submission (guillotine) at 0:44 of round one John “The Magician” Dodson defeats Jose “The Pistol” Villarisco via unanimous decision Richie “The Dirty Samurai” Hightower vs. Marcus Foran was ruled a No Contest Ron “The Choir Boy” Stallings defeats Whisper “Gorilla” Goodman via knockout (knees) at 4:56 of round one Cody “Donnybrook” Donovan defeats John Doyle via technical knockout (strikes) at 2:33 of round one Iman “Mannie” Achhal defeats Felice “Lil Bulldog” Herrig via split decision Kyle “The Alleycat” Baker defeats Levon “The Main Man” Maynard via technical knockout (strikes) at 2:33 of round two Kris “Savage” McCray defeats Manny “Postura” Okorie via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:51 of round one

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Success in Mixed Martial Arts is typically measured by a fighter’s ratio of wins to losses, as well as the level of competition faced, and takes into account championship gold the individual has racked up along the way. With a professional record of 17-4 and the IFL’s final welterweight title-holder, it is fairly safe to say Jay Hieron has had a successful MMA careeer thus far.

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Reports have surfaced that the proposed WAMMA heavyweight championship bout between Fedor Emelianenko and number one contender Josh Barnett could take place in June at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

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Diego Sanchez def. Joe Stevenson via Decision (Unanimous) Dan Hardy def. Rory Markham via KO (Punch) at 1:09 of Round 1 Nate Marquardt def. Wilson Gouveia via TKO (Strikes) at 3:10 of Round 3 Demian Maia def. Chael Sonnen via Submission (Triangle Choke) at 2:37 of Round 1 Paulo Thiago def. Josh Koscheck via KO (Punch) at 3:29 of Round 1 Terry Etim def. Brian Cobb via TKO (Strikes) at 0:10 of Round 2 Junior Dos Santos def. Stefan Struve via TKO (Strikes) at 0:54 of Round 1 Evan Dunham def. Per Eklund via TKO (Strikes) at 2:13 of Round 1 Mike Ciesnolevicz def. Neil Grove via Submission (Heel Hook) at 1:03 of Round 1 Paul Kelly def. Troy Mandaloniz via Decision (Unanimous) ___________________________________________________________ UFC 95 AWARDS AND BONUSES (All awards include a $40,000 bonus for each fighter.) UFC 95 Fight of the Night – Diego Sanchez and Joe Stevenson UFC 95 Knockout of the Night – Paulo Thiago UFC 95 Submission of the Night – Demian Maia This was Demian Maia's fourth "Submission of the Night" in five UFC fights. ___________________________________________________________ The UFC treated fans watching UFC 95 on Setanta Sports to all 10 bouts on Saturday night in England. Even the British fans that weren't able to attend were able to see their countrymen fight, most of which faired well. The fans that did make it to the O2 Arena treated the UFC to a strong attendance of 13,268, totaling ticket revenue of slightly more than $1 million U.S. Both are considered strong numbers during tough economic times, especially with a fight card sans a championship bout.

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UFC 95 “Sanchez vs. Stevenson” is set to go down tonight starting at 9 pm ET from the O2 Arena in London, England. Headlining the event opposite Joe Stevenson will be Diego Sanchez, a former welterweight contender making his much-anticipated debut at 155 lbs. The inaugural Ultimate Fighter (TUF) middleweight champion had resisted the move in recent past, especially since he was knocking on the door of a potential 170-pound title shot with a win over Thiago Alves at UFC 90: “Silva vs. Cote” back in October. Sanchez had to withdraw from the bout, however, because of a rib injury. Alves went on to strafe last minute replacement and top player in the division, Josh Koscheck, to score a convincing unanimous decision win.

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Defending his Maximum Fighting Championship welterweight title for the first time, Pat Healy for the second time defeated top prospect Ryan Ford by split decision after a five-round war on Friday night in Canada. Taking the original fight on short notice, Healy had a full camp to prepare for Ford this time and it showed as he was able to take down the powerful wrestler multiple times in the bout, while also taking his back several times. Ford was able to overpower Healy at many turns in the fight, but the Team Quest fighter used his wealth of experience to stay out of trouble and work for position, while pawing at the Canadian with submission attempts in numerous rounds. The final round saw a back and forth war, but as the fight was closing Healy actually locked on a "twister" that saw Ford's neck wrenched backwards, and if not for the time expiring the champion may have caused the tapout.

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Rumors were circulating last night that Beebe was not going to be in the main event at UWC Man O War tomorrow night in Fairfax, VA. It's now official that Beebe is out. the original report last night:

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LONDON - UFC president Dana White says Canadian fighter Georges St. Pierre was illegally greased during his UFC 94 win over B.J. Penn last month. "Do I think that he got greased? Yeah, I do," White told The Canadian Press prior to the UFC 95 weigh-in Friday at the Dominion Theatre. "Absolutely, 100 per cent, I think that that guy was rubbing grease on him. "Do I think Georges was trying to cheat? Absolutely not at all. But that cornerman was rubbing grease on him. You cannot do that."

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Sergei has confirmed he will be fighting at DREAM.8

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Shinya Aoki's "submission pants" are going to get an extra workout before the DREAM Welterweight GP at DREAM 8. He's just been added to DREAM 7, facing David Gardner in a match where Aoki's WAMMA Lightweight Title likely will not be on the line. Also added is Mitsuhiro Ishida, being considered for an April fight against Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Josh Thomson.

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“I knew going back to Montreal would be another homerun,” UFC President Dana White said. “Our Canadian fan base is incredibly strong and continues to grow even in these hard times. UFC events continue to bring a substantial economic impact to the city of Montreal - tickets for this fight sold out faster than UFC 83 did last year.”

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The weigh-ins for tomorrow's UFC 95 event have just concluded. Everyone made weight so the entire 10-fight card is now official.

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In an interview in the UK earlier today, Dana White discussed some of the many plans in the works for UFC 99 & 100 later this year. They include GSP vs. Thiago Alves, possibly BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian for the UFC Lightweight Title and Ryoto (Lyoto) Machida finally getting his Light Heavyweight Title shot.

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The tradition of TUF coaches facing off after the season will continue. The TUF 9 coaches, Dan Henderson & Michael Bisping, are now set to face off at UFC 100.

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Overeem is thinking of joining either Affliction or the UFC now, as he wants Fedor.

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“Big” John McCarthy talks Vaselinegate and Strikeforce’s purchase of Pro-Elite

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As a referee in mixed martial arts for over a decade, “Big” John gave his thoughts on the recent controversy revolving around Vaselinegate with Georges St. Pierre and B.J. Penn: It has been a problem for a long time. It is one that we [referees] have addressed before. As much as people want to make of it; I don’t ever want to suggest that the performance by GSP in that fight was aided by Vaseline....that is ridiculous! His performance was not based at all by having Vaseline on him. He beat B.J. Penn soundly and because of the mistake by someone in his corner people try to make it a bigger deal than it really was. We stopped allowing fighters to have their corner men apply Vaseline to them in the locker-room because we did find that some people were applying it to areas that were illegal. You have commissioners in the back that work both MMA and Boxing matches and sometimes those lines get crossed because there are some differences between the two that sometimes get overlooked. So that is why the fighters get there pre-fight Vaseline at the cage now. This allows the referee or an inspector to watch the cut-man or cornerman when it is applied. Even now though there are times that Vaseline still ends up on a fighter’s back by accident. I don’t think it was intentional or an attempt to cheat but I agree it should have been stopped by the inspector and checked to make sure who ever was applying the Vaseline to GSP’s face didn’t touch him anywhere else. I think the situation was handled well and it wasn’t like they were rubbing handfuls of Vaseline all over his chest and back. I think it has been blown out of proportion and that it didn’t have any effect on the fight. The new rules established by the UFC should stop these incidents from occurring in the future but there is still going to be the chance that the cut-man accidentally touches the fighter somewhere other than his face. Its just human error and not cheating. As far as B.J. goes, I am sure he is upset that it happened but I highly doubt he is going to use that as an excuse for why he lost the fight.

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