Ringside Report

King Mo, Scott Jorgensen and Brad Pickett on Ringside Report Radio now online

August 12, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Listen here to the August 11, 2010 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

Scott Jorgensen and Brad Pickett both appeared on this program to talk about their upcoming bout at WEC 50. Jorgensen will fight Pickett for a potential bantamweight title shot on August 18.

Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal also appeared on this show to talk about his upcoming Strikeforce light-heavyweight title defense against Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante on August 21. “King Mo” also talked about his training partner Rashad Evans, a potential rematch with Gegard Mousasi and what he thinks about Dave Batista joining Strikeforce.

Dave and Kevin also discussed the results of UFC 117 including Anderson Silva’s win over Chael Sonnen, Jon Fitch’s victory over Thiago Alves, Roy Nelson’s loss to Junior Dos Santos and what’s next for all those involved. All that and much more MMA talk on this 2-hour episode of Ringside Report Radio.

Silva survives Sonnen, Fitch takes Alves at UFC 117

August 8, 2010 By Dave Leave a Comment

Chael Sonnen showed why he deserved a title shot but Anderson Silva showed why he is the champion at UFC 117. Chael Sonnen was able to assault Anderson Silva with some effective strikes that wobbled the champion in the first round. Chael Sonnen pounced on Silva and managed to keep Silva on the defensive and on his back by using his wrestling ability to keep “The Spider” grounded. Sonnen was on top of Silva in the final round and looked to be on his way to becoming the new champion, when Anderson Silva applied a triangle choke. Sonnen tried to escape the hold and gave up his arm in the process, allowing Silva to lock in an arm-bar and force the submission. The UFC awarded a $60,000 fight of the night bonus to Chael Sonnen and Anderson Silva and an additional submission of the night bonus for Silva.

Jon Fitch won a unanimous decision over Thiago Alves in the co-main event, using his wrestling ability to earn a win that has become typical for Fitch. UFC president Dana White said he’d like to see Thiago Alves compete at middleweight after failing to make the 170lbs. weight limit for his welterweight bout with Fitch. Jon Fitch is expected to face the winner of the Georges St-Pierre-Josh Koscheck welterweight title match expected to take place in December.

Roy Nelson took a beating from Junior Dos Santos but managed to stay conscious for the entire fifteen minutes of their bout. Junior Dos Santos did come away with a unanimous decision win and will move to face the winner of the Brock Lesnar-Cain Velasquez heavyweight title match taking place in October. Clay Guida broke the jaw of Rafael Does Anjos early in their fight and inadvertently scored a submission win after putting pressure on the jaw of Dos Anjos with his shoulder.

UFC Hall of Famer, Mat Hughes scored a big victory over Ricardo Almeida with an arm-triangle choke submission in the first round. Hughes was asked about a possible run at the UFC welterweight title but said he would take the rest of the year off to hunt and re-evaluate in early 2011.

Main Card Results for UFC 117

Anderson Silva def. Chael Sonnen via submission (triangle choke-arm-bar) after 3:10 in Round 5 to retain the UFC middleweight title

Jon Fitch def. Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Clay Guida def. Rafael Dos Anjos via submission (jaw injury) after 1:51 in Round 3

Matt Hughes def. Ricardo Almeida via submission (arm-triangle choke) after 3:15 in Round 1

Junior Dos Santos def. Roy Nelson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

Preliminary Card Results

Rick Story def. Dustin Hazelett via TKO (punches) after 1:15 in Round 2

Phil Davis def. Rodney Wallace via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

Johny Hendricks def. Charlie Brenneman via TKO (punches) after 0:40 in Round 2

Tim Boetsch def. Todd Brown via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Stefan Struve def. Christian Morecraft via TKO (punches) after 0:22 in Round 2

Dennis Hallman def. Ben Saunders via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)

UFC 117 preview and predictions: Spider Time

August 7, 2010 By Dave Leave a Comment

UFC 117 takes place Saturday, August 7 in Oakland, California and features a main event of Anderson Silva defending his middleweight title against Chael Sonnen. Roy Nelson and Junior Dos Santos will battle for a shot at the winner of the Brock Lesnar- Cain Velasquez heavyweight title match set for October. Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves will also supposedly be fighting for a title shot against either GSP or Josh Koscheck, even though Alves failed to make weight for this bout. The following is my preview and predictions for UFC 117. I went 6-5 in my selections for UFC 117 and 6-4 for UFC on Versus 2.

Ben Saunders (8-2) -260 v. Dennis Hallman (41-13) +200 (Welterweight-170lbs.)

Ben Saunders is a brown belt in BJJ and trains with American Top Team. He is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Jon Fitch in March of this year. Saunders was knocked out by Fitch’s AKA teammate, Mike Swick, for the other loss of his career in June of 2009. In between those two losses, Saunders knocked out Marcus Davis with a knee strike.

Dennis Hallman is a 34 year old who began competing in MMA in 1997. Hallman defeated Matt Hughes via submission in 1998 and 2000 but lost to Frank Trigg via TKO in 2004. Hallman is a journeyman fighter who spent time in the IFL, KOTC and Strikeforce. Hallman fought sporadically for the UFC throughout his career, losing to Jorge Rivera in 2005 and not returning to the promotion until his December 2009 KO loss to John Howard.

Saunders is 27 years old and a lanky fighter who has displayed some very good knee striking abilities. Saunders should be able to out-strike the older and shorter Hallman. Dennis Hallman was knocked out in his last fight and has won 33 of his 41 via submission. Saunders’ jiu-jitsu should be good enough to defend any submission and his striking will help him score the knockout. Ben Saunders via TKO Round 1 or 2

Stefan Struve (19-4) -185 v. Christian Morecraft (6-0) +155 (Heavyweight-265 lbs.)

Stefan “The Skyscraper” Struve is a Dutch fighter who is coming off a knockout loss to Roy Nelson. He has gone 3-2 in the UFC with his other loss via KO to Junior Dos Santos. Struve is a former pro kickboxer that also has good submission skills with 14 of his 19 wins coming via tap-out. Struve is only 22 year old and one of the tallest in the UFC at 6 ft. 11 in.

Christian Morecraft is also a tall heavyweight at 6 ft. 8 in. but could be heavier than Struve, tipping the scales at the 265 lbs. mark. Morecraft will be making his UFC debut after winning 3 by TKO and 3 by submission in local Massachusetts MMA shows.

Struve is listed as the favourite in this fight but only slightly as little is known about his undefeated opponent. Morecraft could make a real name for himself by defeating Stefan Struve but Struve wants to rebound off a high profile loss. Morecraft will need to keep this fight standing to win and avoid the long legs and dangerous guard of Stefan Struve. Morecraft has shown some powerful punches and is yet to be defeated but the smart bet in on Stefan Struve. I’ve got Stefan Struve to win via submission or decision even though the unknown Morecraft could pull off the upset KO.

Johny Hendricks (8-0) -525 v. Charlie Brenneman (11-1) +325 (Welterweight-170lbs.)

Johny Hendricks is an accomplished collegiate wrestler at OSU who has gone 3-0 in the UFC with wins over Amir Sadollah, Ricardo Funch and TJ Grant. The 26 year old now trains in Las Vegas at Xtreme Couture and has 4 of his 8 wins via TKO.

Charlie Brenneman is a 29 year old riding a 6 fight win streak including his UFC debut in March of this year in a unanimous decision against Jason High. Brenneman was a collegiate wrestler but not at NCAA division 1 level like Hendricks. He has 5 of his wins via TKO with 5 by decision. His lone loss was to fellow UFC fighter John Howard, via decision in 2008.

Johny Hendricks is a heavy favourite in this fight and should be able to out-wrestle his way to victory. The striking game of both men will be a big factor in this fight. If Brenneman can be a better boxer or kickboxer, he could win this fight. Hendricks should be able to neutralize any part of Brenneman’s game by utilizing his wrestling and controlling the pace of this bout. Johny Hendricks via decision

Tim Boetsch (11-3) v. Todd Brown (11-1) (Light-Heavyweight-205 lbs.)

Tim Boetsch makes his return to the UFC, stepping in as a late replacement for Thiago Silva in this fight. Boetsch went 2-2 in the UFC and was cut following a decision loss to Jason Brilz. Boetsch has racked up 3 straight wins outside of the UFC including a KO in his last fight. 6 of his 11 wins come via knockout.

Todd Brown will be making his UFC debut. He is a Michigan based fighter with 6 of his 11 wins coming via submission.

Todd Brown was supposed to fight Thiago Silva, a much tougher opponent than Tim Boetsch. If the UFC felt Brown was ready for Silva, chances are that he can beat Tim Boetsch. That’s why I’m picking Todd Brown via TKO, decision or submission

Phil Davis (6-0) -800 v. Rodney Wallace (9-2) +500

Phil Davis is an undefeated fighter coming off a submission win over then-undefeated Alexander Gustaffson. Davis won that fight in April of this year and steps in as a replacement for Stanislav Nedkov in this bout. Davis is a former NCAA division 1 national wrestling champion at 197 lbs. and has shown the ability to win fights with his striking or grappling skills.

Rodney Wallace won 9 in a row before entering the UFC and losing two straight decisions to Brian Stann and Jared Hamman. Wallace has 6 of his 9 wins via decision and was an NCAA division 2 football player.

Phil Davis has shown to be an exceptional athlete and possible future star in MMA. There is a very good reason why is he is such a heavy favourite and that is because he is better than his opponent. Phil Davis wins this fight 99 times out of 100 and will leave Rodney Wallace wishing Stanislav Nedkov had never been injured. Phil Davis via submission or knockout

Dustin Hazelett (13-4) -120 v. Rick Story (10-3) -110 (Welterweight-170 lbs.)

Dustin Hazelett is coming off a KO loss to Paul Daley in January of this year. The 24 year old has very good submission skills but has struggled against superior striking. Hazelett is a BJJ black belt under Jorge Gurgel and trains with him in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Rick Story is coming off 3 straight wins in the UFC following his split-decision win over Nick Osipczak in April of this year. The 25 year old has a collegiate wrestling background with 5 of his 10 wins coming via decision.

This is a very tough fight to call as displayed by the odds. Dustin Hazelett has very slick jiu-jitsu while Story is a good wrestler with decent striking ability. I think Dustin Hazelett may be able to pull of a submission and win this fight. If the fight goes in Story’s direction it will most likely be a decision win for him due to his wrestling. I do think that the grappling-heavy fight scenario could favour “McLovin” which is why I’m picking Dustin Hazelett via submission

Roy Nelson (15-4) +250 v. Junior Dos Santos (11-1) -325 (Heavyweight-265 lbs.)

Roy Nelson is the 34 year old winner of The Ultimate Fighter season 10. The 6 foot, former IFL champion is riding a 2 fight win streak in the UFC, including his knockout win over Stefan Struve in March. Nelson has shown to be a powerful puncher and is also a Brazilian-Jiu-jitsu black belt. Nelson has lost 3 times in his career via decision and was knocked out by Andrei Arlovksi in 2008.

Junior “Cigano” Dos Santos is a 25 year old knockout artist from Brazil. He stands 6 ft. 4 in. and is riding a 6 fight win streak including victories over Mirko Cro Cop, Fabricio Werdum and Gabriel Gonzaga. 8 of Cigano’s 11 wins come via TKO or KO and he is undefeated in the UFC.

Junior Dos Santos and Roy Nelson are both fighters that have made names in the UFC by knocking people out. Both men have good jiu-jitsu skills but also possess great power in their hands. Junior Dos Santos has never been knocked out and will have a height and reach advantage over his opponent. Roy Nelson should look to take this fight to the mat and apply his crucifix position to pound out Dos Santos as he did to Kimbo Slice on TUF. Dos Santos ha far better grappling abilities than Slice and should be able to avoid that position. Dos Santos may be able to avoid a takedown altogether and score a quick knockout over Roy Nelson.In the end, Dos Santos’ punches should be too much for Nelson and the speed that youth brings may be a key factor in that respect. Junior Dos Santos via TKO or KO Round 1 or 2

Matt Hughes (44-7) +130 v. Ricardo Almeida (12-3) -160 (Welterweight- 170lbs.)

Matt Hughes is a 36 year old UFC hall of famer and former UFC welterweight champion. Hughes is coming off two straight wins in the UFC over Matt Serra and Renzo Gracie in April. Hughes decided to take this fight so quickly to have the fall off for hunting season. Hughes competed in the ADCC submission wrestling world championship and scored a win over Ricardo Almeida.

Almeida is coming off his fight at welterweight, defeating Matt Brown in March of this year. Almeida is a 3^rd degree BJJ black belt under Renzo Gracie and has career wins over Nate Marquardt, Ikuhisa Minowa and Kendall Grove.

Ricardo Almeida is the favourite in this fight because of how strong he looked against Matt Brown. Almeida looked far more devastating at welterweight than he had at middleweight and beat up Brown en route to a rear-naked choke. The hype around this fight has Almeida out for revenge after Hughes defeated his teacher, Renzo Gracie. Almeida and Hughes both affirmed at the pre-fight press conference that there is no bad blood between the two camps and this fight is just a new challenge for both competitors. Matt Hughes’ striking looked slow and predicable against Renzo Gracie and that should be his downfall in this bout. I expect Ricardo Almeida to overwhelm Matt Hughes with his striking and come out the winner. Ricardo Almeida via TKO or submission

Clay Guida (26-11) -130 v. Rafael Dos Anjos (14-4) even

Clay Guida is coming off a submission win over Shannon Gugerty in March. He is a gritty fighter with a good chin, good striking and wrestling ability. Guida can contend with the top competition at 155 lbs. in the UFC but struggled in back-to-back losses to Kenny Florian and Diego Sanchez.

Rafael Dos Anjos looked impressive pulling off an arm-bar submission over Terry Etim is April and is riding a 3 fight win streak. Dos Anjos has struggled against tough competition with a decision loss to Tyson Griffin and a KO loss to Jeremy Stephens.

With all the punishment Clay Guida has absorbed it’s a miracle he has never been stopped via KO or TKO. Guida is looking to get his career back on track and a decisive win on this card could be just what he needs. Clay Guida is a very tough guy who should be able to use his boxing and wrestling to win this fight. Guida is a tougher striker and his wrestling ability should help him keep the fight standing. Dos Anjos needs to look for a submission but it will be tough to ground the resilient Guida. Clay Guida via TKO, decision or submission

Jon Fitch (22-3) -115 v. Thiago Alves (16-6) -115 (catch-weight of 171.5 lbs.)

Jon Fitch is a 32 year old fighter, riding a 4 fight win streak in the UFC since losing his title shot via unanimous decision to Georges St-Pierre. Fitch has wins in the UFC over Diego Sanchez, Paulo Thiago and his next opponent, Thiago Alves. Fitch defeated Alves in 2006 in a 2^nd round TKO. Fitch has taken criticism for a “boring” fight style with 12 of his 22 wins coming via decision.

Thiago Alves has not fought since a July 2009 title shot against GSP that he lost via unanimous decision. Alves has not competed since that loss, with minor brain surgery keeping him out of action. Alves was unable to cut down to 171 lbs. for this bout, the second time in his UFC career that he has failed to make weight.

This fight is supposed to determine a new number 1 contender for either Georges St-Pierre or Josh Koscheck. Thiago Alves has improved since 2006 but has shown a weakness for defending the takedown. The fact that Alves has not competed in over a year and failed to make weight for this bout may speak to his lack of conditioning. If Alves is not prepared to make weight, what else is he unprepared for? Jon Fitch should be able to use his wrestling and grind out another victory but it may not be overly entertaining. Jon Fitch via unanimous decision

Anderson Silva (26-4)-500 v. Chael Sonnen (24-10) +300 (Middleweight Championship-185 lbs.)

Anderson Silva is riding a 12 fight win streak and is looking to defend his championship for a UFC record seventh time. Silva defended his title to set the new record at six when he defeated Demian Maia in April in a unanimous decision. Silva has defeated Dan Henderson, Nate Marquardt and Rich Franklin and has 15 of his 26 wins via TKO or KO.

Chael Sonnen is a 33 year old American fighter with a very strong wrestling base, wrestling for the University of Oregon and placing as an alternate in Greco-Roman wrestling on the U.S. Olympic team. Sonnen has won 3 in a row in the UFC, defeating Nate Marquardt via unanimous decision in February to earn his title shot.

Anderson Silva’s motivation has been questioned in fights against Thales Leites and Demian Maia. Both Leites and Maia were BJJ-based fighters who did not engage Silva to the extent that Sonnen will. Chael Sonnen is going to attempt to use his wrestling to take Silva down to the mat and grind his way to a victory. Anderson Silva did show that he was vulnerable to a take-down in his fight with Dan Henderson, but he also showed that he can come back in a fight and obliterate a top-level opponent in the second round. Anderson Silva appears angry and motivated for this fight which is a dangerous situation for Sonnen to find himself in. Anderson Silva took criticism after his fight with Thales Leites but bounced back with a stupefying performance over Forrest Griffin in his next bout. Look for Anderson Silva to come back strong and make Sonnen eat his words. Anderson Silva via knockout

by Dave Simon

Ringside Report Radio July 23 now online

July 24, 2010 By Webmaster Leave a Comment

Listen here to the July 23. 2010 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough and Julie V.

In this episode Dave, Kevin and Julie discussed who the next opponent for Jon Jones could be after his upcoming bout against Vladimir Matyushenko. They discussed a potential dream-match between Jones and Anderson Silva and took your phone calls on the subject.

They talked about the UFC submitting a subpoena to two online streaming web sites and Jon Fitch’s comments that he would move to the middleweight division should teammate Josh Koscheck become welterweight champion.

All this, plus live updates from the Strikeforce Challengers 9 card and much more MMA on this episode of Ringside Report Radio.

Strikeforce: St. Louis audio preview now online

May 15, 2010 By Dave Leave a Comment

Listen here to the May 14, 2010 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

Strength-and-conditioning coach to the best in MMA, Jonathan Chaimberg, joined the program to talk about appearing with Rashad Evans on the first episode of UFC Primetime: Evans v. Jackson. Coach Chaimberg discussed Josh Koscheck’s victory over Paul Daley, facing Koscheck and his team of coaches alongside Georges St-Pierre on the next season of The Ultimate Fighter and more.

Dave and Kevin gave a full preview of this Saturday night’s Strikeforce: St. Louis card and gave their predictions on every fight including Alistair Overeem versus Brett Rogers, Andrei Arlovski versus Antonio Silva and Jacare Souza versus Joey Villasenor. All that and much more Strikeforce and MMA on this episode of Ringside Report Radio.

MMA Unscripted: Behind the Scenes of America’s Hottest Sport review

April 9, 2010 By Johnny North Leave a Comment

Watching Wanderlei Silva in “KILL mode”, beating Forrest Griffin in the UFC: Undisputed video game, are two of many adventures documented by mixed martial arts magazine MMA Worldwide in MMA: Unscripted: Behind the Scenes of America’s Hottest Sport

MMA Worldwide is much more than just a magazine spawned from the creative minds of the Pittman family, the concept has become a way of life—the family went all over the U.S. West Coast gyms profiling MMA fighters for a television show that eventually was picked up by HDNet. Rob McCullough, Ricco Rodriguez, the Gracie family and many more were given exposure when MMA was not even considered a sport by the mainstream population.

Unfortunately, tragedy struck the MMA Worldwide crew when the host of the show, Bobby Pittman Jr., suddenly fell ill during one of the filming sessions. Doctors diagnosed the illness as transverse myelitis, a disease very much like multiple sclerosis. The season was put on hold as Bobby was only given three months to live. While he still battles with the illness today, after five days of rehab Bobby courageously went back to work and the show kept on going.

MMA: Unscripted: Behind the Scenes of America’s Hottest Sport is a very short read; this magazine mainly consists of pages that are mainly pictures and all the text is done in one big indent kind of like a kid’s book. The pictures are high quality, although some of the action shots look a little blurry. This best of MMA Worldwide magazine is pretty much a mere taste of what MMA Worldwide has accomplished and has to offer. Numerous times throughout they mention how there is so much more to be seen at www.mmaworldwide.com.

Cross-training with Peter Graham, goofing around with Frank Trigg and showing different fighting techniques with Erik Paulson are exciting, funny and at times gruesome photos. The lack of quotes from the fighters in the magazine is disappointing. The mentioning of Strikeforce and Bellator is a nice break from the almost constant Ultimate Fighting Championship coverage by MMA Worldwide. Besides the excellent photography, the best part of this magazine is there is no limit to the amount of coverage on well-known and unknown foreign fighters MMA Worldwide will cover.

MMA: Unscripted: Behind the Scenes of America’s Hottest Sport.

Concept by Robert Pittman

112 pp.

Triumph Books

Feb, 2010

http://www.triumphbooks.com/products/mma_unscripted/1572436129.php

Ringside Report Radio March 31 with Firas Zahabi now online

April 1, 2010 By Dave 1 Comment

Listen here to the March 31, 2010 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

In this episode, Georges St-Pierre’s head trainer Firas Zahabi joined the hosts from North Carolina to talk about GSP’s victory against Dan Hardy, his next opponent, the possibility of coaching on The Ultimate Fighter and more.

Dave and Kevin also re-capped UFC 111, Ultimate Fight Night 21, Wrestlemania 26 and lots more MMA and Pro Wrestling on this one-hour edition of Ringside Report Radio.

Ringside Report Radio December 9, 2009

December 11, 2009 By Dave Leave a Comment

This is the December 9, 2009 episode of Ringside Report Radio hosted by Dave Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough.

This episode features an interview with Dan Henderson where he talks about his decision to leave the UFC for Strikeforce and what lies ahead for the former Pride champion.

Roy Nelson also appeared on the program to talk about winning The Ultimate Fighter Season 10 by defeating Brendan Schaub on December 5. Nelson also talked about a possible sponsorship deal with Burger King and his UFC future.

The legendary Hulk Hogan was also interviewed on the show to discuss his appearance at the Indigo book store in Montreal and his book Hulk Hogan: My Life Outside the Ring. The Hulkster also talked about his TNA future and who he sees a future for in pro wrestling. This was truly a can’t miss interview for any wrestling fan.

Dave and Kevin also discussed The Ultimate Fighter finale show and gave a review of Monday Night Raw. All that and much more MMA and Pro Wrestling on this Ringside Report Podcast.

Ringside Report Radio This Week!

December 9, 2009 By Kevin Leave a Comment

Your hosts, Dave Simon and “Big Tuna” Kevin McKough

Join David Simon and Kevin “Big Tuna” McKough for Ringside Report Radio this week, Wednesday night’s episode will include special guests:

“The Immortal” Hulk Hogan will be on to talk about his book and his book signing at Indigo in the Place Montreal Trust Complex Thursday December 10th at 2pm. As well as his new venture with TNA Wrestling. This is a can’t miss interview for any wrestling fan.

TUF 10 winner Roy Nelson will also join us to talk about his victory over Brendan Schaub at The Ultimate Fighter Finale and the future of his UFC career.

Also, after being the hottest free agent in MMA, Pioneer and Legend Dan Henderson will also join us to discuss his decision to sign with Strikeforce instead of UFC.

Friday night’s episode will feature UFC 107 Fighters Damarques Johnson, who will be fighting Edgar Garcia in the lightweight division. Canadian Welterweight TJ Grant, who is taking on Kevin Burns.

Also, Fabio Holanda and Sean “Pimp Daddy” Pierson who will be fighting in the Main Event this Saturday in Gatineau, Quebec for Wreck MMA.

You can catch Ringside Report Radio live from 10pm-12am (Eastern) on The Team 990 AM in Montreal and at www.team990.com

If you can’t tune in live, the entire episode will be available for podcast after it airs on www.ringsidereport.net

UFC 107 Official Card:

Champ B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez (for lightweight title)
Cheick Kongo vs. Frank Mir
Jon Fitch vs. Mike Pierce
Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida
Paul Buentello vs. Stefan Struve

Alan Belcher vs. Wilson Gouveia
Shane Nelson vs. Matt Wiman
Ricardo Funch vs. Johny Hendricks
Lucio Linhares vs. Rousimar Palhares
Edgar Garcia vs. DaMarques Johnson
Kevin Burns vs. T.J. Grant

WRECK MMA: FIGHTS FOR THE TROOPS
Date: DECEMBER 12th, 2009
Venue: ROBERT GUERTIN ARENA
Location: GATINEAU, QUEBEC

MAIN EVENT
Sean Pierson (Ruffneck/Tapstar, Toronto) vs. Fabio Holanda (BTT Canada, Montreal)

CO-MAIN EVENT
Mark ‘Boots’ Holst (OAMA, Ottawa) vs. Nabil ‘The Thrill’ Khatib (Team Bushido/BTT Canada, Ottawa)

Sean Quinn (Siam Muay Thai, Regina) vs. Nick ‘The Ninja of Love’ Denis (Ronin MMA, Ottawa)
Chris Vorano (Barrie) vs. Igor Gracie (Gracie Barra, Rio de Janeiro)
Roland Delorme (WAMMA, Winnipeg) vs. Remi ‘Bam Bam’ Morvan (OAMA, Ottawa)
Alex Sung (Positive Impact MMA/WAMMA, New Maryland) vs. Louis-Philippe Carle (FIT MMA/Zahabi MMA, Ottawa)
Mitch Gagnon (Team Shredder, Sudbury) vs. Stephane Bernadel (OAMA, Ottawa)
Anna Barone (FIT MMA, Ottawa) vs. Josee Aupry (Team Machado/K2 Martial Arts, Ottawa)
Ben ‘The Hitman’ Jamieson (Adrenaline, London) vs. Josh Hill (Iron Tiger Muay Thai, Stoney Creek)
Chris Myra (Team Dux, Pembroke) vs. Xavier Desrochers (OAMA, Ottawa)
John Cholish (Renzo Gracie NY, New York) vs. Rob Tracey (Team Dux, Pembroke)
Tim Chessel (Team Pathless, North Bay) vs. Randy Turner (OAMA, Ottawa)

Ultimate Fighter Season 10 Finale

December 5, 2009 By Dave Leave a Comment

The Ultimate Fighter Finale show airs at 9pm Eastern time on Spike TV. Brendan Schaub will fight Roy Nelson for the Ultimate Fighter Season 10 title and a six-figure UFC contract. Kimbo Slice will make his official UFC debut against Houston Alexander, Marcus Jones will fight Matt Mitrione, Frankie Edgar will fight Matt Veach and Matt Hamill will face Jon “Bones” Jones in the main event.

In the preliminary fights:

Mark Bocek defeated Joe Brammer via submission in Round 1

John Howard defeated Dennis Hallman via knockout in Round 3

Brian Stann defeated Rodney Wallace via unanimous decision

Jon Madsen defeated Justin Wren via split decision

James McSweeney defeated Darrill Schoonover via TKO in Round 3

Marcus Jones v. Matt Mitrione (heavyweight)

Jones comes in with a leg kick and clinches Mitrione into the cage before tripping him down. Jones gets side-control of Mitrione but does little damage and Mitrione gets back to his feet. Mitrione lands a nice knee to the face in a Muay-Thai clinch but Jones clinches his opponent and pins him up against the cage. Mitrione lands an elbow and a high knee against the cage but Jones locks in a guillotine choke with two minutes remaining in the first round. Mitrione escapes the hold and steps away from a downed Marcus Jones. The referee separates the men and brings Jones back to his feet. Jones eats a left hand but scores a takedown of Mitrione but Mitrione quickly rises to his feet. Mitrione lands a big left hand but Marcus Jones takes him down and lands a big punch in side-control as the round comes to a close. Ringside Report Scores Round 1 for Marcus Jones: 10-9

Marcus Jones throws a big right hand but misses and gets caught with a left cross that knocks him out. Matt Mitrione defeats Marcus Jones via KO at 0:10 in Round 2

Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and TNA President Dixie Carter are shown ringside enjoying the show.

Frank Edgar v. Matt Veach (155 lbs.)

Veach dives in for an early takedown which Edgar avoids. Veach lands a left hook and tries for a single-leg takedown but Edgar escapes again. Edgar lands a head kick but Veach scores a takedown, Edgar quickly escapes but Veach picks up Edgar and slams him to the mat. Edgar takes little damage on the ground and gets to his feet but gets slammed again. Edgar gets to his feet and lands a nice body kick on Matt Veach. Veach lands a good counter-left hook and an uppercut but Edgar lands a jab. Edgar throws a body kick that Veach catches as the first round comes to a close. Ringside Report Scores Round 1 for Matt Veach: 10-9

Veach charges in for a takedown to start the second round but Edgar works to stop the takedown and escape Veach’s grip. Edgar lands a nice punching combo and follows up with two nice jabs. Edgar lands a big right hook that drops Veach. Edgar works some ground and pound from the full mount and takes Veach’s back to lock in a rear-naked choke to force the submission. Frank Edgar defeats Matt Veach via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:22 in Round 2

Joe Rogan does an interview with Hulk Hogan who announces that Monday January 4, TNA Impact will go head-to-head with Monday Night Raw and the WWE. This is big news for the pro wrestling industry and an interesting choice to announce the news on a UFC show.

Kimbo Slice v. Houston Alexander (215 lbs.)

Houston Alexander circles around Kimbo for the first 60 seconds of the fight, throwing only one leg kick that did not connect. Alexander continues to circle and lands a few inside leg kicks on Kimbo with little action after two minutes of the fight. Kimbo throws a right cross but Alexander lands a hard inside leg kick. Kimbo eventually lands with some jabs but Alexander circles away and avoids taking any clean shots. Houston Alexander continues to attack Slice’s arthritic knee with inside leg kicks as the first round comes to a close. The crowd boos after an unimpressive first round. Ringside Report Scores Round 1 for Houston Alexander: 10-9

Houston Alexander continues to circle and throw leg kicks in the second round, keeping a distance from Kimbo Slice. Kimbo finally manages to land a straight right hand that rocked Houston Alexander and followed up with a takedown. Slice mounted Alexander but Houston escaped and rose to his feet. Alexander threw a leg kick and slipped which allowed Slice to pounce and land some heavy punches on Alexander before pinning him against the cage. Slice scored a huge slam of Alexander but Houston again got back to his feet. Kimbo was able to score another takedown on Alexander and landed a big right hand from the full-mount. Alexander turned over and gave up his back to allow Kimbo to land some heavy punches and attempt a choke. Kimbo was unable to lock in the choke and got back in a mount, working some elbows on Alexander. Houston Alexander again turned to his back and was able to slide under Kimbo and get to his feet. Kimbo tried another slam but Houston countered and landed on him as the round came to a close. Ringside Report Scores Round 2 for Kimbo Slice: 10-9

Alexander throws another leg kick to start the final round and follows up with a jab that connects. Kimbo and Alexander land jabs simultaneously as both men look tired and battered. Alexander lands a jab that excites Kimbo as he urges his opponent to bring the fight. Alexander lands a big leg kick that dropped Kimbo Slice but Kimbo got back to his feet and scored a takedown. Kimbo landed a hammer fist and some body punches from half-guard with less than two minutes remaining. After some inaction on the ground the fighters were stood up with just one minute remaining. Alexander continues to throw leg kicks on Slice but Kimbo rushed back with a straight right hand. Alexander fired back and landed an elbow that rocked Slice but he recovered and both men faced off as the fight came to a close. Ringside Report Scores Round 3 for Kimbo Slice: 10-9

Kimbo Slice defeats Houston Alexander via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).

Jon “Bones” Jones v. Matt “The Hammer” Hamill (205 lbs.)

Jones threw a nice head kick early in the fight but Hamill scored with nice left hook and a leg kick. Jones landed a big body kick, Hamill attempted a spinning-back fist but missed. Hamill attempted a takedown but Jones stuffed the attempt and landed a spinning back fist. Jones clinched up with Hamill and tripped him down to the mat. Jones quickly transitioned into a full mount and landed a barrage of speedy and vicious elbows and fists that busted open Matt Hamill. Jones continued to land strikes on a defenceless Hamill but was stopped by the referee for an illegal elbow strike. Jones got to his feet but Hamill stayed down on the mat. The referee asked him if he wanted to continue but he was unresponsive and referee Steve Mazzagatti put a stop to the fight.

Matt Hamill defeats Jon Jones via disqualification due to illegal elbows.

That fight could have easily been ruled a no contest but the referee ruled it a disqualification. Jon Jones was dominant in this fight and would have won had it not been for the illegal strike. Jones was humble in the post fight interview and told Joe Rogan “everything happens for a reason.”

Dana White announces that Season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter will be coached by Tito Ortiz and the returning “Iceman” Chuck Liddell. Ortiz versus Liddell will happen for a third time. The next season of TUF will feature middleweight fighters.

Roy Nelson v. Brendan Schaub (TUF 10 Heavyweight Final)

Schaub scores a jab early in the fight, Nelson tries to take him down but Schaub avoids it and lands a flurry of punches on Nelson. Roy Nelson circles way and comes back in to take down Schaub and smother him in side-control. Schaub stays pinned down and takes some knees to the body but is able to scramble back to his feet. Schaub lands a right cross and a two-punch combo on Nelson who covers up. Schaub lands a jab but Nelson counters with a heavy right hand. The fighters continue to circle until Nelson lands a huge right hook that knocks down Brendan Schaub, Nelson follows up with another hard punch but Schaub is unconscious and the referee stops the fight.

Roy Nelson defeats Brendan Schaub via KO at 3:45 in Round 1 to become the winner of The Ultimate Fighter Season 10

TUF:10 Finale Preview

December 4, 2009 By Dave Leave a Comment

The 10^th Season of The Ultimate Fighter will officially come to a close at the Palms in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Roy Nelson will be fighting Brendan Schaub to determine this season’s winner of the six-figure UFC contract.

Roy Nelson is a 13-4 former IFL Heavyweight Champion and was the odds-on favourite to win before the competition began. Nelson had previously trained with Ken Shamrock’s Lion’s Den but is not currently affiliated to any major MMA camp. He is a 6 foot, 265 lbs. fighter with a shape that can only be described as round. Before he entered the Ultimate Fighter house, Nelson was on a two-fight losing streak that included a decision loss to Jeff Monson and a 2^nd Round KO loss to Andrei Arlovski for the now defunct Elite XC. Nelson defeated Kimbo Slice, Justin Wren and James McSweeney in the Ultimate Fighter house to advance into the finals. Nelson has good striking abilities and a belly that smothers opponents in a crucifix position that allows him to ground and pound his way to TKO victories.

Brendan Schaub is a former professional football player as a practice squad player for the Buffalo Bills. Schaub made the choice to leave the game of football and has gone a perfect 4-0 in his professional MMA career. Schaub has never fought anyone with the experience of Roy Nelson but trains extensively with top UFC heavyweight Shane Carwin and UFC middleweight Nate Marquardt in Colorado. Schaub also trains with Team Greg Jackson in New Mexico which allowed a smooth transition to training with Team Rashad on TUF.

Nelson does have the experience on his side but Brendan Schaub is a new breed of heavyweight. Schaub is 26 compared to Nelson at 33 and at 6’4 will bring a distinct reach advantage into the fight. Schaub will need to utilize that reach and keep this fight standing to win. If Brendan Schaub can avoid the takedown or at least avoid being smothered by Nelson after the takedown, he should have no problem scoring the knockout victory. Brendan Schaub is training with a top flight team and has no doubt improved since TUF concluded its taping. Roy Nelson won his three TUF fights basically the same way each time and showed little improvement while Schaub got an anaconda choke over Demico Rogers, knocked out Jon Madsen and knocked out the bigger Marcus Jones to earn his way into the finals. I’m picking Brendan Schaub to win this fight via second round knockout.

King Mo, Scott Jorgensen and Brad Pickett on Ringside Report Radio now online

Related Reading:

Silva survives Sonnen, Fitch takes Alves at UFC 117

Related Reading:

UFC 117 preview and predictions: Spider Time

Related Reading:

Ringside Report Radio July 23 now online

Related Reading:

Strikeforce: St. Louis audio preview now online

Related Reading:

MMA Unscripted: Behind the Scenes of America’s Hottest Sport review

Related Reading:

Ringside Report Radio March 31 with Firas Zahabi now online

Related Reading:

Ringside Report Radio December 9, 2009

Related Reading:

Ringside Report Radio This Week!

Related Reading:

Ultimate Fighter Season 10 Finale

Related Reading:

TUF:10 Finale Preview

Related Reading:

Login to Share Your Thoughts

Listen Here to our Latest Podcast

Ringside Report Radio Podcasts

Ringside Report Official Facebook Group

Dave’s Tweets

Kevin’s Tweets

Recent Comments

Shinya Aoki v. Tatsuya Kawajiri from DREAM 15

Recycled from the Octogon

Donate if You Like What We’re Writing

Become a Sponsor of Ringside Report

For More Information on Rates and Opportunities contact Dave Simon or Kevin McKough.

Categories

Meta

Creative Commons License