UFC 82 fight results

Here are the results from UFC 82 Pride of a Champion in Columbus Ohio on March 1st 2008.

Main Event:

• Anderson Silva submitted Dan Henderson at 4:52 of round 2 with a rear naked choke

Main Card:

• Heath Herring defeated Cheick Kongo by split decision
• Chris Leben defeated Alessio Sakara by TKO at 3:16 in round one
• Yushin Okami defeated Evan Tanner by knockout at 3:00 in round two
• Jon Fitch beat Chris Wilson by unanimous decision

Under Card:

• Andre Arlovski defeated Jake O’Brien by TKO (strikes) at 4:17 in round two
• Luigi Fiorvanti beat Luke Cummo by unanimous decision
• Josh Koscheck defeated Dustin Hazelett by TKO (strikes) at 1:24 in round two
• Diego Sanchez submitted David Bielkheden with strikes at 4:43 in round two
• Jorge Gurgel defeated John Halverson by unanimous decision

It was a great fight night overall as was expected. Dan Henderson took control of Anderson Silva in round one on the ground, not doing a lot of damage but frustrating him and grinding on him. Then in round two Henderson learned that standing in front of Silva wasn't the best strategy as it resulted in Henderson on the ground in defense mode as Anderson Silva worked his way to his back and finished him with a rear naked choke late in the second round.

Heath Herring surprised many and silenced some critics by defeating Cheik Kongo by split decision in a very close fight. The two big heavyweights spent quite a bit of time on the ground despite predictions that this would be a stand up war. Herring was without question in much better shape than he has been in the past. There's no doubt we'll be seeing more of both of these fighters in the UFC.

Chris Leben defeated Alessio Sakara in typical Chris Leben fashion. The two traded strikes early in the first round and Leben admitted that some of Sakara's strikes had him hurt. However Leben punched his way to another impressive TKO at 3:16 in the first round.

Evan Tanner's return to the octagon after a two year hiatus was not successful as rising star Yushin Okami was able to knock him out with a knee in round two, after repeatedly feeding him left hands.

To see the full rundown as always check out UFC.com.

UFC 82 Pride of a Champion Fight Card

Main Event:

• UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva (20-4) vs. Dan Henderson (22-6)

Main card (televised):

• 265 lbs.: Cheick Kongo (11-3-1) vs. Heath Herring (27-13)
• 185 lbs.: Alessio Sakara (12-6) vs. Chris Leben (17-4)
• 185 lbs.: Evan Tanner (32-6) vs. Yushin Okami (21-4)
• 170 lbs.: Jon Fitch (15-2) vs. Chris Wilson (13-3)

Under card (may not be broadcast):

• 265 lbs.: Andrei Arlovski (11-5) vs. Jake O’Brien (10-0)
• 170 lbs.: Luke Cummo (6-4) vs. Luigi Fioravanti (11-3)
• 170 lbs.: Josh Koscheck (9-2) vs. Dustin Hazelett (10-3)
• 170 lbs.: Diego Sanchez (17-2) vs. David Bielkheden (12-5)
• 155 lbs.: Jorge Gurgel (11-3) vs. John Halverson (16-5)

Lots of good fights here, even on the under card. What's everybody's take on these? Leave some comments and let us know...

Kimbo Slice Beats Tank Abbott

The EliteXC bout between Kimbo Slice and Tank Abbott ended the way many though it would and not without controversy. Action was stopped early in th first round and Kimbo was warned about strikes to the back of the head and then stopped again for something being thrown into the cage from the crowd. This seemed to energize Kimbo even more, and it wasn't long after the fight was under way again that Kimbo got the knockout.

Also, Antonio "Big Foot" Silva defeated Ricco "Suave (Seriously)" Rodriguez in a split decision, Scott Smith defeated Kyle Noke and Brett Rogers Defeated James Thompson.

So what's next for Kimbo? Is he going to be taken seriously as a professional MMA fighter? It's difficult to say because this fight was anything but traditional MMA and while Tank Abbott may have been his most formidable professional opponent thus far there are certainly more difficult challenges ahead for Slice.

TUF Season 6 Semi Final Fights tonight on Spike

The semi-finalists for the season 6 of The Ultimate Fighter will air on Spike tonight at 10pm Eastern. The 2 fights will be Matt Arroyo vs Mac Danzig and George Sotiropoulos vs Tommy Speer. If I recall the preview of this weeks episode hinted that one of those fighters wouldn't be able to compete. Possibly Tommy Speer's cuts prevent him from fighting? Hard to say. We'll have to see.

I think George might be the sleeper here. He seems to have kept kind of a low profile on the show so who knows what he's really got. I don't really care as long as Mac Danzig gets his ass kicked. I know he's a decent fighter but what a fucking douche bag. Even I want to hit him in the face.

UFC: Ultimate FIghter 6 Finale FIght Card

The season finale for UFC's reality show "The Ultimate Fighter" will air on Saturday Dec. 8th on Spike TV live from The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada at 9 PM Eastern Time.

The fight card is as follows:

Main Event:
Clay Guida (22-8) vs. Roger Huerta (19-1)

Undercard:
170 lbs.: TUF 6 Finalist #1 vs. TUF 6 Finalist #2
170 lbs.: Ben Saunders (4-0-2) vs. Dan Barrera (0-0)
170 lbs.: Jared Rollins (5-3) vs. John “War Machine” Koppenhaver (4-1)
170 lbs.: Troy “Rude Boy” Mandaloniz (2-1) vs. Richie Hightower (7-1)
170 lbs.: Roman Mitichyan (3-1) vs. Dorian Price (7-2)
170 lbs.: Paul Georgieff (5-1) vs. Jonathan Goulet (19-9)

BodogFight New Jersey on ION TV

The fifth season of BodogFight will kick off on ION TV on Tues. August 21st.

The episode was taped at BodogFight's first event in the US which took place in Trenton, NJ on July 14th.

You can catch BodogFight : New Jersey on ION every Tuesday at 11 pm Eastern.

Here's the card:

• heavyweight: Mark Burch vs. Yoshiki Takahashi
• 145 lbs: David Love vs. Eben Oroz
• 155 lbs: Jorge Masvidalvs. Yves Edwards
• 185 lbs: Chael Sonnen vs. Amar Suloev
• heavyweight: Branden Lee Hinkle vs. Roman Zentsov
• 155 lbs: Nick Agallar vs. James "Binky" Jones
• 135 lbs: Blair Tugman vs. Dan Hawley
• 185 lbs: Trevor Prangley vs. Yuki Kondo
• 135 lbs: Tara LaRosa vs. Kelly Kobold
• 170 lbs: Eddie Alvarez vs. Matt Lee

MMA videos part 1

OK so I'm browsing Youtube looking for some MMA fight videos to share on my blog and I'm thinking blood, brutal knockouts, big slams... then I came across the MMA girls, Joanne and Lauren.

Not exactly the kind of knockouts I was looking for, but hey, it works for me :)

So basically these cuties started out on Myspace and Youtube and have been increasing popularity for a while. They make videos demonstrating MMA techniques and making fight predictions.

Cute girls + MMA = well I'm not very good at math but it seems like a pretty good combo to me. So I figure I'll post a few of their Youtube vids here since they seem to be so popular.

You can also check out more of the MMA girls at their site.

And here's one of their videos, MMA Girls Lesson #1