UFC: Controversy Creates Cash

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I don’t think I’ve been more embarrassed in the 10 years of being in this business.

It’s the first I’ve ever walked out on a main event, given the belt to the guy’s manager and told him to put it on him.

I guarantee you, I will make it up to the fans.

I wouldnt come here if I was Anderson.

I don't want to see GSP vs. Silva after tonight. Silva might be the first champion fighting on a prelim. I don't want to see that ****.

I'm so blown away and disgusted and saddened.

If YOU'RE that talented, be Mike Tyson. go in there and finish.

To end it the way that we did was an embarrasment for me, the UFC, the Fertittas, the fans.


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Clearly Dana White was not pleased with the result of the main event of the UFC's major entrance into the Middle Eastern market and Abu Dhabi, a city which was not only rumored to be hosting it's own version of "The Ultimate Fighter" but was the home of a group which recently invested in the UFC. Anderson Silva, the current UFC Middleweight Champion and one considered to be the best pound for pound fighter in the world, for yet another fight would showboat, bully and not finish challenger Demian Maia. The sold out would boo Silva, who retained his title in a unanimous decision. White, disgusted with the display would leave after the 4th round, the first time he ever left a main event fight and never presented the champion his title belt. Silva would then claim he was not sorry for the fight, claiming "fights sometime don't end the way you want". Silva's presser would continue to anger White. Plans of a GSP/Silva match was scrapped. Alot of talk would surface days after the fight of Silva possibly leaving the UFC and his manager Ed Soraes being at major odds with White following both men's press conference.

White wanted to regain fans who had possibly lost faith in the UFC as a result of the Silva match. And he knew just the way how. And then some.

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Following the fight, White now had 2...actually 3 major issues on his plate. Firstly, the obvious Silva issue. However, UFC 112 also presented another major controversy in Frankie Edgar's shocking title win over a less than 100% BJ Penn, which caused quite a stir as almost unamiously through fans, experts and major MMA news sources world wide all gave the fight to Penn, who would lose it in a decision. To further the issue, judge Douglas Crosby would go on to openly mock BJ Penn and Penn fans on several major MMA message boards. The other issue would be the situation concerning the ending of TUF with Tito Ortiz eventually exiting the show.

That Tuesday however, White would begin righting some of the wrongs from UFC 112.




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UFC 115 Main Event Offically Announced, Now Liddell vs. Franklin

-Alot of notes from UFC's presser on UFC 115.

-Firstly was the major announcement of the main event offically changing from TUF's coaches battle of Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz, to Liddell vs. Rich Franklin. We reported several weeks ago that this fight was in the making following "changes" in this season's TUF. It appears as though Ortiz indeed leaves the show and is replaced by Franklin. Liddell, Ortiz, Franklin and White all clarified they knew this was to happen on their Twitter accounts. This also effectivly ends talks of Liddell/Couture 4 and Couture/Franklin fight's potentially happening at UFC 116.

-The full card was announced, including Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves which was postponded due to Alves' brain issue, found days before UFC 111. Alves has been approved to fight by both his doctor and the British Columbia Athletic Commission.

-White did make a major announcement that as a result of UFC 112, UFC 117 in Boston will feature a rematch for the Lightweight title as champion Frankie Edgar will defend against BJ Penn and Kenny Florian will face Gray Maynard to determine who will recieve the next shot at whoever the Lightweight champion is.

-White also announced that due to his actions following UFC 112, Douglas Crosby would no longer be used as a judge by the UFC.

-When asked about Anderson Silva, White claimed "He's still dealing with his next move with Silva is".

-White also plugged WEC's first venture into PPV heavily, claimed he's got "an idea" when it comes to James Toney, hinted at a major announcement in the coming weeks, and praised the success of UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi and UFC in general in the Middle East.

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Full UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin Card

Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout: Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell vs. Rich "Ace" Franklin
Heavyweight bout: Mirko Cro Cop vs. Pat "HD" Barry
Welterweight bout: Martin "The Hitman" Kampmann vs. Paulo Thiago
Welterweight bout: Carlos "The Natural Born Killer" Condit vs. Rory "The Waterboy" MacDonald
Welterweight bout: "Pitbull" Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch

Preliminary Card
Lightweight bout: Tyson Griffin vs. Evan Dunham
Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. "Handsome" Matt Wiman
Heavyweight bout: "Big" Ben Rothwell vs. Gilbert "The Hurricane" Yvel
Welterweight bout: "Lightning" James Wilks vs. Peter Sobotta
Welterweight bout: Ricardo "The Golden Boy" Funch vs. Claude Patrick
Welterweight bout: Mike "Quicksand" Pyle vs. Jesse "The Ox" Lennox

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Upcoming UFC Shows

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UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2
May 8 From The Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Main Card
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida (c) vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh "Kos" Koscheck vs. Paul "Semtex" Daley
Lightweight bout: "Hands Of Stone" Sam Stout vs. Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stephens
Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick "The Predator" Côté vs. Alan "The Talent" Belcher

Preliminary Card
Middleweight bout: "Crazy" Tim Credeur vs. "Filthy" Tom Lawlor
Welterweight bout: "The Irish Hand Grenade" Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan "The Road Warrior" Goulet
Welterweight bout: TJ Grant vs. Johny Hendricks
Heavyweight bout: Joey "The Mexecutioner" Beltran vs. Chad Corvin
Welterweight bout: Yoshiyuki "Zenko" Yoshida vs. Mike "The Joker" Guymon
Middleweight bout: Nick "The Jersey Devil" Catone vs. John Salter


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UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans
May 29 From The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada

Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. "Suga" Rashad Evans
Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Antônio Rogério Nogueira
Middleweight bout: Michael "The Count" Bisping vs. Dan Miller
Heavyweight bout: Todd Duffee vs. Mike Russow
Welterweight bout: Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez vs. John "The Hitman" Hathaway

Spike TV Card
Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah vs. "Stun Gun" Dong Hyun Kim
Lightweight bout: Efrain "Hecho en México" Escudero vs. Dan "The Upgrade" Lauzon

Preliminary Card
Lightweight bout: Melvin "The Young Assassin"Guillard vs. Thiago Tavares
Light Heavyweight bout: Luiz "Banha" Cane vs. Cyrille Diabaté
Lightweight bout: Aaron Riley vs. Joe "The South Side Strangler" Brammer
Middleweight bout: Jesse "Kid Hercules" Forbes vs. Ryan Jensen

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Next post will be UFC 113 results...so feel free to predict.

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UFC News and Rumors

-Word is that the NY State Senate will be announcing a formal bill to legalize MMA in New York later this week. More on this HERE.

-We've been told that a string of releases may soon take place, mostly lesser used talents. Names already being thrown around include Heath Herring and Elvis Sinosic.

-There's a buzz that UFC 116 may feature a second main event to go along with Brock Lesnar/Shane Carwin. A strong possibility continues to be a GSP/Silva bout.

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Main Card
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida (c) vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh "Kos" Koscheck vs. Paul "Semtex" Daley
Lightweight bout: "Hands Of Stone" Sam Stout vs. Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" StephensHeavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick "The Predator" Côté vs. Alan "The Talent" Belcher

Preliminary Card
Middleweight bout: "Crazy" Tim Credeur vs. "Filthy" Tom Lawlor
Welterweight bout: "The Irish Hand Grenade" Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan "The Road Warrior" Goulet
Welterweight bout: TJ Grant vs. Johny Hendricks
Heavyweight bout: Joey "The Mexecutioner" Beltran vs. Chad Corvin
Welterweight bout: Yoshiyuki "Zenko" Yoshida vs. Mike "The Joker" Guymon
Middleweight bout: Nick "The Jersey Devil" Catone vs. John Salter

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Main Card
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida (c) vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh "Kos" Koscheck vs. Paul "Semtex" Daley
Lightweight bout: "Hands Of Stone" Sam Stout vs. Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stephens
Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick "The Predator" Côté vs. Alan "The Talent" Belcher

Preliminary Card
Middleweight bout: "Crazy" Tim Credeur vs. "Filthy" Tom Lawlor
Welterweight bout: "The Irish Hand Grenade" Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan "The Road Warrior" Goulet
Welterweight bout: TJ Grant vs. Johny Hendricks
Heavyweight bout: Joey "The Mexecutioner" Beltran vs. Chad Corvin
Welterweight bout: Yoshiyuki "Zenko" Yoshida vs. Mike "The Joker" Guymon
Middleweight bout: Nick "The Jersey Devil" Catone vs. John Salter

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Unaired Preliminary Fights

Nick "The Jersey Devil" Catone defeated John Salter via unamious decision

Mike "The Joker" Guymon defeated Yoshiyuki "Zenko" Yoshida via TKO in round 2.

Chad Corvin defeated Joey "The Mexecutioner" Beltran via TKO in round 1

Johny Hendricks defeated TJ Grant via unamious decision



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UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2
May 8 From The Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Following the usual preshow videos, we go to a sold out Bell Centre where Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan are standing by to welcome us. After a small bit of hyping the show, we go down to the Octagon for our first bout of the night.

Patrick "The Predator" Côté vs. Alan "The Talent" Belcher
Middleweight Contest
185lbs - Weight - 185lbs
5'11 - Height - 6'2
30 - Age - 25
Quebec City, Quebec- Fighting Out Of - Biloxi, Mississippi
Boxing, Kick Boxing, Wrestling - Style - Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
18-5 - Record - 21-6

Round 1
The crowd is hot for this one off the bat and these 2 begin throwing hard punches off the bat. Simpson would land a double leg takedown and began to ground and pound Côté but Côté would stay with it and do a great job of blocking while on his back. Simpson 30-28

Round 2
Talk about the tide changing. Simpson would go for another takedown but Côté would deliver 2 excelent sprawls and then would strike with a vicious left to the chin of Simpson which clearly hurt him. Côté would ten open up on Simpson, hitting him with several jabs until he nailed him with a left to the head. Simpson went down and Côté would nail him with several more punches before referee Dan Miragliotta called for the bell.

Winner by TKO at 2:41 of Round 2: Patrick "The Predator" Côté

Backstage we go where we see Shogun Rua getting ready for the night's main event. Goldberg and Rogan hype texting who will win the Light Heavyweight Title fight. Hype video for our next contest.

Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Heavyweight Contest
235lbs - Weight - 265lbs
6'2 - Height - 6'4
36 - Age - 31
Miami, Florida- Fighting Out Of - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Boxing- Style - Boxing
5-1 - Record - 1-0

Round 1

One and done. After some initial feeling each other out, the 2 heavy handed brawlers began to swing away and Kimbo would then level Mitrione with a hard right as Mitrione attempted a left hook. Mitrione's legs would buckle and fall out immedietly. Referee Yves Levine called for the bell.

Winner by TKO at 1:43 of Round One: Kimbo Slice

Post fight, Rogan would interview Kimbo, who claimed his ground game was vastly improving and was kinda sad he didn't get to show it off tonight. He said that this win should have more people take him seriously. We then see Montreal's own Georges St. Pierre in the crowd, which would get a huge reaction. Another backstage shot, this time of Lyoto Machida preping for his fight. We now go to our first replayed prelim bout.

"The Irish Hand Grenade" Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan "The Road Warrior" Goulet
Welterweight Contest
170lbs - Weight - 170lbs
6'0 - Height - 5'10
36 - Age - 30
Bangor, Maine- Fighting Out Of - Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
Boxing- Style - Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
16-6 - Record - 22-10

Round 1

The 2 would begin to feel each other out with jabs and leg kicks. Davis would go for a big left to the ribs of Goulet, who would clinch up on Davis. Davis would then plant Goulet on his with a takedown and deliver a series of punches on Goulet's head and ribs. As Goulet clutched Davis's head, Davis leveled him with an hammer fist, and in the process losening up Goulet's right arm. Davis would go for a kimura and after a brief struggle, would lock it on for the victory.

Winner by Submission (kimura) at 4:12 of Round One: "The Irish Hand Grenade" Marcus Davis

Hype video for the UFC's next event, UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans. Rampage is shown in the crowd, wearing an A-Team T-Shirt, which gets a big reaction. Hype video for our next contest.

"Hands Of Stone" Sam Stout vs. Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stephens

Lightweight Contest
155lbs - Weight - 155lbs
5'9 - Height - 5'9
25 - Age - 23
London, Ontario, Canada- Fighting Out Of - San Diego, California
Muay Thai and Kickboxing.- Style - Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Boxing
15-5 - Record - 16-5

Round 1

These two young lions of the lightweight division started with a hell of a slugfest with Stephens eventually taking control with a well placed clinch. Stephens took Stout down and worked him over on the half guard. Stout did a OK job at blocking up and not taking alot of damage but by round's end seemed somewhat overwhelmed by Stephens. Stephens 30-27

Round 2

Stephens came out the aggressor, pelting Stout with low kicks and jabs early on. The 2 would soon engage, resulting with again Stephens taking down Stout again. Stout was opened up as Stephens threw down a flurry of punches on Stout, who yet again was able to absorb alot of the damage. Another very strong round for Stephens who looks to be on his way to a decision. Stephens 30-27

Round 3

Stephens again comes out the aggressor early on but Stout comes roaring back, ducking a high kick by Stephens and nailing him with a big left. Stout then pounced on a surprised Stephens, clinching up and nailing him with on point knees and punches. Stephens was now busted open. Stout was now the aggressor, peppering Stephens with punches. Stout then leveled Stephens with a huge Superman punch, who fell down to the mat. Stout then jumped onto the fallen Stephens and nailed him with a few more punches until referee Dan Miragliotta called for the bell. What a comeback by Stout!

Winner by TKO at 3:31 of Round Three:"Hands Of Stone" Sam Stout

Post fight interview by Rogan, Stout claimed Stephens was the hardest fight he's had in the UFC. He also claimed that this fight was what the young lightweights were all about. He was glad to pull out a win infront of his home country and hopes for a shot against fellow Canadian GSP.


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