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Lesnar still champ, Leben scores again at UFC 116

July 4, 2010 By Webmaster 1 Comment

Brock Lesnar defeated Shane Carwin to retain his UFC heavyweight championship in the main event of UFC 116 tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada. Carwin dropped the champion with a right hand in the first round and pummelled him with some vicious punches and elbows but Lesnar defended himself through the onslaught and made it past the first round. Carwin appeared tired in the second round allowing Lesnar to score a takedown and secure an arm-triangle choke for the submission victory.

Chris Leben and Yoshihiro Akiyama fought a classic with both men landing and taking several punishing shots. Leben was able to weather the storm and slap on a triangle choke in the third round to get his second win in just three weeks.

Chris Lytle defeated Matt Brown in similar fashion to their 2007 bout, picking up a second round submission, this time with an arm-bar. Stephan Bonnar evened the series with Kryzysztof Soszynski following his controversial February loss, Bonnar bounced back with a second round TKO victory. Kurt Pellegrino and George Sotiropoulos were the only fighters to go to a decision on the main card. Sotiropoulos picked up a unanimous decision with questionable scoring as two judges scored it in his favour 30-27, when Pellegrino appeared to have won the third round.

It was a highly entertaining night of fights and no doubt a great financial success for the UFC. Cain Velasquez has been named the number one contender for UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar but no date has been established for their bout.

Full UFC 116 results

Brock Lesnar def. Shane Carwin via submission (arm-triangle choke) after 2:19 in Round 2

Chris Leben defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama via submission (triangle choke) after 4:40 in Round 3

Chris Lytle def. Matt Brown via submission (arm-bar) after2:02 in Round 2

Stephan Bonnar def. Krzysztof Soszynski via TKO (strikes) after 3:08 in Round 2

George Sotiropoulos def. Kurt Pellegrino via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Brendan Schaub def. Chris Tuchscherer via TKO (strikes) after 1:07 in Round 1

Ricardo Romero def. Seth Petruzelli via submission (arm-bar) after 3:05 in Round 2

Kendall Grove def. Goran Reljic via split-decision (29-28 Reljic, 30-27 Grove, 29-28 Grove)

Gerald Harris def. David Branch via KO (slam) after 2:35 in Round 3

Daniel Roberts def. Forrest Petz via split-decision (29-28 Petz, 29-28 Roberts, 29-28 Roberts)

Jon Madsen def. Karlos Vemola via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Ringside Report Radio UFC 116 preview now online

July 3, 2010 By Webmaster Leave a Comment

Listen here to the July 2, 2010 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough and featuring Julie V.

This episode was dedicated to UFC 116. Your hosts discussed the economics of the event and how this weekend could be the most financially rewarding of 2010 for the UFC. They also discussed fans booing Brock Lesnar at the weigh-ins and the champion’s return to action after diverticulitis.

Dave, Kevin and Julie gave a full preview and predictions for each and every fight on the UFC 116 card from the first preliminary bout to the main event of Lesnar v. Carwin.

All this and much more MMA on this episode of Ringside Report Radio.

due to a technical glitch the first 3 minutes of the show have gone missing

Ringside Report Radio February 10 and 11 now available

February 10, 2010 By Dave Leave a Comment

The February 10 and 11 episodes of Ringside Report Radio are now available for download.

In the February 10 episode,Dave and Kevin discuss the results of UFC 109 and the fallout from the card. They talked about the possible UFC cuts of Mark Coleman, Frank Trigg, Phillipe Nover and Tim Hague. Dave and Kevin also talked about Randy Couture’s next opponent and a whole lot more MMA and Pro Wrestling. Listen to the February 10 show here

In the February 11 episode, Dave and Kevin talked about Vitor Belfort’s shoulder injury forcing him out of his bout with Anderson Silva at UFC 112 in April. They talked to Nate Marquardt’s strength and conditioning coach Jonathan Chaimberg who was in Las Vegas for Marquardt’s fight against Chael Sonnen at UFC 109. Chaimberg talked about the loss to Sonnen and the possibility of Marquardt fighting Silva in April. “The Polish Experiment” Krzysztof Soszynski also appeared on the program to talk about his upcoming fight at UFC 110 against Stephan Bonnar, appearing in the new UFC video game and more. Dave and Kevin discussed WWE ending the Survivor Series pay-per-view, Bret Hart’s latest Raw appearance and much more MMA and Pro Wrestling. Listen to the February 11 show here

Krzysztof Soszynski training with Brandon Vera for fight with Stephan Bonnar at UFC 110

February 10, 2010 By Dave Leave a Comment

Krzysztof Soszynski (18-9 MMA, 3-1 UFC) will be making his return to the octagon at UFC 110 on February 20 in Sydney, Australia. “The Polish Experiment” suffered a unanimous decision loss to Brandon Vera in his last fight and will be looking to bounce back against Stephan Bonnar (11-6 MMA,5-5 UFC) in the land down under. Soszynski spoke to Ringside Report about his upcoming trip to Australia, “it’s my first time heading over there. The cool thing about it is I have a lot of family there, there’s a lot of Soszynskis in Australia that are gonna be at the show,” he said.

Soszynski submitted Brian Stann in April of 2007, knocked out Andre Gusmao in May before losing to Brandon Vera in August and has benefited from more preparation time for this fight. “The best part about this training camp is I actually have fourteen weeks to get ready for this fight. The last two fights I’ve had were basically short notice fights. One was three weeks for Andre Gusmao and Brandon Vera I only had a five week camp.” Soszynski decided to train with former opponent, Brandon Vera, at Alliance MMA but not because of the recent loss, “Brandon Vera and I have trained in the past. When I first came out to California, I had the chance to train with Eddie Bravo at 10^th Planet. Brandon Vera was there at the time so I had a chance to roll with him, grapple with him and train with him a little bit, “ Soszynski said. “We became friends, we’ve known each other. We talk to each other every time we see each other. You know it happened that we had to fight each other. I’ve always wanted to train with him.” Brandon Vera is not the only UFC fighter that Soszynski is training with at Alliance, “Phil Davis was there (5-0 MMA 1-0 UFC), Joey Beltran (11-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC), Travis Browne (7-0 MMA) is there. We have a great group of guys working together hard and helping each other out.”

Soszynski has been doing more than training in the gym to prepare for Stephan Bonnar. He has also been studying his opponent, “I had the time to watch a lot of tape and basically study his last two fights. I’m not Jon Jones, I’m not the 6’6 or 6’7 guy with the long reach who’s super athletic. I’m not the Coleman, who’s built like a truck who is a great wrestler that will take you down,hold you, and ground and pound you. I’m kind of in-between there.” Soszynski will be looking to use a different approach against Bonnar,”I’m able to look at his videos. Study him well and see if I can pick him apart by using a little bit of my power and a little bit of my speed.”

Though Soszynski says he does not choose nor request any opponents, he would like to test himself against one UFC light-heavyweight in particular. “I would love to fight someone like Keith Jardine.” “I’ve watched Keith Jardine, I kind of followed his career. It kind of reminds me of my career.” “I think it would be a fun fight….to test my skill and to see where I am. He’s kind of like the gatekeeper to the top-ten.” “It’s tough to get past him, but that could be my break into the top-ten division.”

Krzysztof Soszynski may not ever fight Keith Jardine in the cage but he will be able to make it happen in the next UFC video game, UFC: Undisputed 2010. “I am in the game, which my son is very excited about (laughs). He’s stoked about the fact that his dad’s in the video game. It’s pretty crazy, I never thought I would be in a video game.” “Honestly, I don’t play too many video games but I will definitely pick this one up.”

Soszynski knows that his next task will be no game and Stephan Bonnar will be a challenge, “I’m going to have somebody that’s going to come at me swinging hard, being aggressive and I’m going to be doing the same thing.” Whatever the outcome at UFC 110 Soszynski promises, “a really fun, tough battle between two guys that are out there doing it.”

Tune in to Ringside Report Radio at a special time of 9pm this Thursday to hear the entire interview with Krzysztof Soszynski or check back on the web site for the podcast version.

by David Simon (quotes courtesy of Ringside Report Radio)