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UFC 100 Results

UFC 100 did not disappoint, it was full of great fights, rowdy fans and a little bit of drama. Here are the results at a glance.

Jon Fitch beat Paulo Thiago via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Brock Lesnar beat Frank Mir via technical knockout at 1.48, round two

Georges St Pierre beat Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-45)

Dan Henderson defeated Michael Bisping via knockout at 3.20, round two

Yoshihiro Akiyama defeated Alan Belcher via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

Mark Coleman defeated Stephan Bonnar via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Jim Miller defeated Mac Danzig via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Jon Jones defeated Jake O'Brien via submission (D'Arce choke) at 2.43, round two

Dong-Hyun Kim defeated T.J. Grant via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)

Tom Lawlor defeated CB Dolloway via submission (guillotine choke) at 55 seconds, round one

Shannon Gugerty defeated Matt Grice via submission (guillotine choke) at 2.36, round one

The drama came in a couple different fashions. Dan Henderson worked Michael Bisping and a few fans thought that last punch he landed after Bisping was already out was a bit uncalled for. If you ask me it was just his way of getting the last word in. Bisping sort of set it up by running his mouth a little too much before the fights.

I had picked Thiago Alves to beat Georges St Pierre. I really thought he was going to be the upset pick. While it did go the distance, unfortunately Thiago wasn't able to win even one round. I am happy to see he was able to go the distance and look forward to seeing their next opponents. In my opinion, the 170 lb weight class is a bit shallow compared to the other weight classes.

Yikes the drama-rama of the night award goes to Broke Lesnar (aka Nacho Libre). After beating Frank Mir Brock managed to showcase the WWE still left in him by running his mouth. He said something about a horse shoe up the bum, flipped off the 11,000 or so fans that were booing him and then proceeded to say he was going to go drink a Coors Light not a Bud Light because Bud Light won't pay him. And if that weren't enough he closed his speech by saying something about getting on top of his wife...

The lesson learned tonight my friends is there is always a winner and a loser. But in some cases even the winners are losers. Behavior like Brock's will only tarnish the image of a sport that has been fighting for so long to be more mainstream. It's a shame when a publication as great as MSNBC doesn't really showcase MMA and yet when it does it's highlight is Brock's bad behavior.

To be fair, Brock did apologize during his post fight interview with ESPN MMALive. I'm guessing he got a good talking to after his stupidity. I was also reminded by a fellow MMA writer who said "Don't forget he's new to the sport, give him time." Point made but Brock needs to remember he's no longer in the WWE. MMA/UFC fans are a little smarter and a smidgen classier.

I pushed UFC Fantasy all week. How did you guys do? I ended up at 112 out of 24865...

I can't wait for UFC 101. Philly bound. We should have a tweet up! Don't forget you can follow me at twitter.com/mmahotstuff

UFC 100 FanExpo - Who will be there?

Today the UFC® confirmed the fighters that will be attending the first ever UFC^® Fan Expo™. The two day expo will be held at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas July 10th and 11th. The fighters that will be at the expo for meet and greets will be UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida, UFC Hall of Famers Royce Gracie and Randy “The Natural” Couture,  and former world champions Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell, “Suga” Rashad Evans, Forrest Griffin, and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. UFC contenders Kenny Florian, Steve Cantwell, Shane Carwin, Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis, Tyson Griffin, Clay Guida, Dustin Hazelett, Keith “The Dean of Mean” Jardine, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann, Josh Koscheck, Joe Lauzon, Junie Browning, Nate Marquardt, Gray Maynard, Karo Parisyan, Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez, Sean Sherk and Mike Swick will also be meeting fans, along with The Ultimate Fighter winners Nate Diaz and Efrain Escudero.

 Fans of the PRIDE Fighting Championships will have the chance to re-live the excitement of Japan’s classic organization as well, with MMA icons Renzo Gracie and Gary Goodridge being joined by “The Texas Crazy Horse”, Heath Herring, and Brazilian superstars Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

And if that’s not enough MMA star power, the premier fighters of the WEC will be on hand to sign autographs, with current champions Miguel Torres, Mike Brown, and Jamie Varner sharing the convention center floor with Urijah Faber, Jens Pulver, Brian Bowles, Joseph Benavidez, Donald Cerrone, Leonard Garcia, Ben Henderson, and Alex Karalexis.

For a list of bars/restaurants showing the historic UFC 100 Pay Per View event - check out this link.

UFC 98 adds another grudge match!

As if the grudge match between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir wasn't enough, the UFC has announced that Matt Hughes and Matt Serra will square off on the card as well! This fight has been a long time coming as both fighters were eager to square off after their coaching stints on TUF 6. Since then injuries have riddled both fighters, postponing this bout numerous times. Well the time has come for these two veterans to let their fists fly!

Along with Hughes VS Serra, the UFC has also announced the following bouts as additions to the card:

• Yushin Okami VS Dan Miller
• Sean Sherk VS Franki Edgar
• James Irvin VS Drew McFedries
• Houston Alexander VS Andre Gusmao
• Patrick Barry VS Tim Hague
• Phillipe Nover VS Kyle Bradley
• Dave Kaplan VS George Roop
• Yoshiyuki Yoshida VS Brandon Wolff

UFC 94 Pay Per View Locations

UFC 94 is sold out!

In March 2006, top welterweights Georges St-Pierre and BJ Penn fought for the division’s No. 1 contender’s spot. St-Pierre earned a razor-thin split decision and went on to win the Ultimate Fighting Championship® welterweight title. Penn dropped to the lightweight division and won the organization’s 155-pound title.

Now they’re about to do it again. But this time, there’s much more at stake. UFC® lightweight champion BJ Penn looks to be the first fighter in history to hold two UFC® championships at the same time when he faces Georges St-Pierre for the UFC® welterweight championship at UFC® 94: ST-PIERRE VS. PENN 2, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 31, 2009.

Here's a list of bars by state showing the pay per view event.

If you want to list your bar/restaurant, feel free to email me directly mmahotstuff@gmail.com

A Great Month To Be A MMA Fan!

What a way to start a new year!

January is mapped out to be a killermonth for MMA Fans! This month we have four star studded events:

·         Jan. 17^th– UFC 93: Dublin (PPV)

·         Jan 24^th – Affliction: Day of Reckoning (PPV)

·         Jan 25^th -  WEC 38: Varner vs Cerrone

·         Jan 31^st- UFC 94: St Pierre vs Penn II

UFC 93 is being held in Dublin, Ireland  In the light heavyweight main event, former two-division world champion Dan Henderson will collide with former UFC middleweight king Rich Franklin in three-round war which will set the tone for the 205lbs division in 2009.

With more than just a win on the line, the winner of Franklin vs Henderson fight will be "crowned" the next coach for the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter alongside Michael Bisping.

Then, 2005 PRIDE® Grand Prix Champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua returns to the Octagon™  to throw down with UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman in a rematch MMA fans thought they would never see. The pair last met in Japan in 2006, with the legendary Coleman pulling off a stunning upset by breaking Rua’s arm in the first round.

Also making his UFC debut is former PRIDE standout Denis Kang!

The match-ups for the event are:
MAIN CARD

• Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin
• Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
• Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang
• Jeremy Horn vs. Rousimar Palhares
• Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Alexandre Barros vs. Martin Kampmann
• Antonio Mendes vs. Eric Schafer
• Thomasz Drwal vs. Ivan Serati
• Tom Egan vs. John Hathaway
• Denis Siver vs. Nate Mohr

Affliction Day of Reckoning  This event is being promoted by Affliction Entertainment and is scheduled to take place in Anaheim, California at the Honda Center. The event was originally scheduled for October 11, 2008 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. FormerUFC light-heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz will be a commentator for the event. Tickets are still available at www.ticketmaster.com

The main event features current World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts(WAMMA) Heavyweight Champion Fedor Emelianenko defending his belt against former UFCHeavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski. Also on the card is Josh "Babyface Assassin" Barnett who takes on Gilbert Yvel. In a light-heavyweight match, current Strikeforce Champion Renato "Babalu" Sobraltakes on former UFC fighter Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. Matt Lindland was re-assigned from a 195-pound catchweight bout with Sobral to a middleweight matchup against former UFC Light-Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort.

Headlining the undercard, which will be broadcast on HDNet Fights, the last IFL Light-Heavyweight Champion Vladimir Matyushenko will take on PRIDE veteran (and twin brother of Antônio RodrigoNogueira) Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.

The match ups for the event are:

PPV matches

• WAMMA Heavyweight Championship bout: Fedor Emelianenko (Champ) vs. Andrei Arlovski
• Heavyweight bout: Josh Barnett vs. Gilbert Yvel
• Light Heavyweight bout: Renato Sobral vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
• Middleweight bout: Matt Lindland vs. Vitor Belfort
• Lightweight bout: Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
• Heavyweight bout: Paul Buentello vs. Kiril Sidelnikov

HDNet matches

• Light Heavyweight bout: Vladimir Matyushenko  vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
• Welterweight bout: Jay Hieron vs. Jason High
• Featherweight bout: Mark Hominick vs. LC Davis
• Featherweight bout: Albert Rios vs. Antonio Duarte
• Welterweight bout: Brett Cooper vs. Patrick Speight

WEC 38 will bring not only a title fight but also the highly anticpaited rematch between former WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber and Jens Pulver! I don't know why but when I see these two in the cage the song "Eye of the Tiger" runs through my head. The event will take placein San Diego at the San Diego Sports Arena and is expected to air on the Versus Network.

Varner will be making his second title defense after winning the belt. His last fight was an amazing KO victory over Marcus Hicks. Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone is coming into the fight on a high note after defeatingformer lightweight champion "Razor" Rob McCullough in one of the most exciting fights of 2008. Varner has great wrestling and boxing skills, while Cerrone brings great boxing and a wicked submission game. Not to mention that Cerrone fights out of Greg Jackson's camp, so you know he'll come in prepared with a great game plan.

The match ups for the event are:

MAIN CARD

• Lightweight Championship bout: Jamie Varner vs. Donald Cerrone
• Featherweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver^]
• Welterweight bout: Danillo Villefort vs. Mike Campabell
• Featherweight bout: Jose Aldo vs. Fredson Paixao

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Welterweight bout: Hiromitsu Miur  vs. Edgar Garcia
• Lightweight bout: Ed Ratcliff vs. Anthony Njokuani
• Bantamweight bout: Dominick Cruz vs. Ian McCall
• Welterweight bout: Blas Avena vs. Jesse Lennox
• Bantamweight bout: Scott Jorgensen vs. Frank Gomez
• Bantamweight bout: Charlie Valencia vs. Seth Dikun

UFC 94 - St Pierre vs Penn 2 In March 2006, top welterweights Georges St-Pierre and BJ Penn fought for the division’s No. 1 contender’s spot. St-Pierre earned a razor-thin split decision and went on to win the Ultimate Fighting Championship® welterweight title. Penn dropped to the lightweight division and won the organization’s 155-pound title.

Now they’re about to do it again. But this time, there’s much more at stake. UFC® lightweight champion BJ Penn looks to be the first fighter in history to hold two UFC® championships at the same time when he faces Georges St-Pierre for the UFC® welterweight championship at UFC® 94: ST-PIERRE VS. PENN 2

Also on the card is the American Psycho, Stephan Bonnar taking on the quick rising star Jon Jones, aka Bones. As well as Lyoto Machida, as he returns to the Octagon to continue his run towards a light heavyweight title shot. I also can't wait to see one of our bay area boys Nate Diaz taking on Clay "The Carpenter" Guida! You know a card is packed full of great fights when a fighter such as Jon Fitch is on the preliminary card!

The rest of the match ups are:
MAIN CARD

• Welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre vs. lightweight champ B.J. Penn (for welterweight title)
• Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva
• Stephan Bonnar vs. Jon Jones
• Karo Parisyan vs. Dong Hyun Kim
• Nate Diaz vs. Clay Guida

PRELIMINARY CARD

• Jon Fitch vs. Akihiro Gono
• Manny Gamburyan vs. Thiago Tavares
• John Howard vs. Chris Wilson
• Jake O'Brien vs. Christian Wellisch
• Matt Arroyo vs. Dan Cramer

As you can see, January is packed full of great MMA events, including one of the biggest fights in UFC history as BJ Penn attempts to show he's one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. My predictions will soon follow!!!Also check back for a listing of bars in your area showing the PayPerView events!

UFC 91 in Vegas: Randy Couture vs Brock Lesnar!

As reported by MMAJunkie today: After a very public split with the organization back in October, reigning UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture has agreed to return to the UFC, and he'll meet Brock Lesnar in a UFC 91 championship bout with Brock Lesnar.

UFC President Dana White today confirmed the news in a media conference call.

White also confirmed that UFC 91 will take place Nov. 15 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas -- not at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Ore., as first expected.

As part of Couture's return to competition, White confirmed that their ongoing legal battle has been resolved.

"I think some compromises were made on both sides," Couture said.

"All I give a [expletive] about is that he's back and fighting," White said.

White also confirmed that the winner of an upcoming fight between interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir will meet the Couture vs. Lesnar winner sometime in 2009 to unify the titles.

My gut reaction is that I'm a little surprised the winner of this fight (assuming god forbid it's Brock) would get a shot at the title. But then again, we all know Brock is all hype so Randy will have this one in the bag. Rusty ol Randy can take on the.fighter.I.love.to.hate any day.  Actual Olympic (alternate) wrestler vs WWE mask wearin' wrestler. I'm really looking forward to the fight on November 15th and we'll be blogging the fight live!

So what are your thoughts on this comeback? Let us know!

UFC: Randy Couture rumor mill running wild!

Well, if you've been paying attention at all over the past few days you've noticed the rumors flying around left and right that Randy Couture and the UFC are in discussions for his return to the Octagon. The latest rumors as of now include a report by MMAJunkie.com that:

• Randy is in negotiations to return to the Octagon on November 15th at UFC 91 in Portland, Oregon

• Randy will likely be facing Brock (Nacho Libre)Lesnar in his return

• The UFC is in negotiations with both Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko to set up a fight between the two on a February 2nd card in Las Vegas (which doesn't make much sense seeing that February 2nd is a Monday)

• Randy Couture is currently "training for a fight"

• Randy Couture has arranged travel for several "large heavyweights" to fly in as sparring partners

First let's talk about how realistic this whole thing is. First, Randy has been in a litigious stalemate with the UFC ever since he "resigned" from his contract after beating Gabriel Gonzaga. He walked away in hopes of being able to face Fedor after it became clear that Fedor was not coming to the UFC. He probably realizes that Zuffa could keep him wrapped up in court well beyond his remaining years of competitive fighting, so he might as well find a way past this whole thing if he wishes to fight Fedor before he has to retire.

Zuffa probably realizes that keeping Randy tied up in court is not as economically beneficial as having him locked in the Octagon with Fedor, and they probably also realize what a HUGE pay per view event it would be to have Couture VS Fedor (and hopefully on the same card as GSP VS BJ Penn). As you know the UFC always tries to throw together a big card for Super Bowl weekend.

Now how about Randy's rumored return at UFC 91 in Portland against Brock Lesnar? A return in Portland makes sense given Randy is originally from the Northwest and spent much time training out of Team Quest in Portland, along with spending some years as the Oregon State University assistant wrestling coach.

A return against Brock Lesnar also makes some good sense. First, we know that Brock Lesnar has been confrimed for UFC 91, but his opponent has not. He was rumored to be fighting Cheick Kongo, but it was recently reported that Kongo would be going under the knife for shoulder surgery and thus not able to fight at UFC 91. Brock is a rising star (it pains me to say that... because you know how I can't stand him), and has stated he wants to fight the best. It would be a wrestler VS wrestler, and Randy has experience fighting bigger fighters (see Gabriel Gonzaga). However, Brock is a different "big guy", a more athletic big guy, and a quality wrestler. This could be a dangerous return for Randy if they're viewing it as a "warm up" for a possible fight with Fedor.

But overall I would LOVE to see Randy wipe the mat with Brock Lesnar, and show the world how far Brock has left to go before he's a top contender. I'd also clearly LOVE to see Couture VS Fedor... so hopefully we'll find out that all of these rumors aren't rumors, but instead facts.

To Randy: Please, please, please tell me it's true! MMAHotStuff wants to see you take Brock Lesnar down!

Affliction: Day Of Reckoning card continues to grow!

As you all know, Affliction will put on it's second promotion on October 11th in Las Vegas, titled "Day of Reckoning". The card is headlined by a great heavyweight bout between Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett, with the winner hopefully getting a shot at Fedor. The remained of the card looks like this:

Vladimir Matyushenko VS Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Ben Rothwell VS Pedro Rizzo

Jason High VS Mike Pyle

Paul Buentello VS Roy Nelson

Antonio Duarte VS Albert Rios

Chris Horodecki VS Dan Lauzon

Matt Lindland VS Trevor Prangley

Jay White VS Chase Gromley

Of course we were all expecting to see Renato "Babalu" Sobral take on Tito Ortiz on this card, but that fight is not looking like it will take place. Especially since Babalu will be fighting in a title fight on a Strikeforce card on September 20th. Also, rumored to be in the works is a fight between former IFL champion Jay Hieron and the ever controversial Drew Fickett.

All in all, it's shaping up to be a quality second promotion for Affliction.

UFC: Dana White announces upcoming events!

The UFC has been to Minnesota, California, New Jersey, Ohio and the UK, they're going to Atlanta and Nebraska in September, so what's next?

Today, Yahoo! Sports reported that Dana White has confirmed that UFC 91 will take place in Portland, Oregon on November 15th. Apparently he also confirmed that we will get to see lightweights Kenny Florian and Joe "Daddy" Stevenson go to war on that card.

After UFC 91 in Portland, they'll head to Las Vegas for UFC 92 on December 27th, then UFC 93 on January 31st, also in Las Vegas. Also, The Ultimate Fighter Season 8 Finale will take place on December 13th from Las Vegas.

Rumors of a GSP VS BJ Penn fight on the UFC 92 card may have been premature as White stated he thinks that fight will likely be moved back to UFC 93, the "Super Bowl weekend card". We may also see light heavyweight Wanderlei Silva on that card.

All in all, there's a whole lot of UFC action headed our way!