Faced with incredible odds, Jose Aldo has risen to become UFC® Featherweight Champion of the world. He says that would have been impossible had it not been for an incredible team of trainers who have kept his eyes on the prize. Today, Aldo serves as a role model to millions of Brazilian youth. Watch Aldo defend his title at UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard III from the Toyota Center in Houston and live on Pay-Per-View, Saturday, October 8 at 9PM/6PM ET/PT.
domingo, 9 de outubro de 2011
UFC 137: St-Pierre vs Condit
The UFC® returns to Vegas on October 29, as welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre defends his title against former WEC® champ Carlos Condit.
sábado, 8 de outubro de 2011
Video Bellator 23 Highlight: Joe Warren vs Patricio "Pitbull" Freire Featherwe...
iring live on Fox Sports Network on June 24, 2010, Joe Warren scored a split decision victory over Patricio "Pitbull" Freire to capture the Season 2 Featherweight Tournament Championship in Louisville, KY. Warren's victory solidifies his standing as the #1 Contender and he earned a guaranteed title shot against Bellator Featherweight Champion Joe Soto in the upcoming Bellator Season 3.
Video Bellator 45 Christian M'Pumbu scores a vicious knockout becoming the new...
Submission specialist Christian M'Pumbu entered the cage with the aggressive Richard Hale to see who would become the first-ever Bellator Light Heavyweight World Champion. In the first round, M'Pumbu connected with a left hook dropping Hale, which looked to be the end of the fight, but Hale recovered. Both fighters went toe-to-toe in the second round, which evened out the scorecards. In Round 3, M'Pumbu found an opening against the bigger Hale and took advantage by rocking him with a huge right hand that made M'Pumbu a perfect 3-for-3 with knock out victories in his impressive Season 4 tournament run. History was made in the Bellator cage on Saturday night, as M'Pumbu became the first African-born Light Heavyweight Champion in mixed martial arts.
Video Bellator 48 Moment - Pat Curran KO's Marlon Sandro
In the night's main event, Bellator veteran Pat Curran was up against imposing Brazilian Marlon Sandro. Both fighters were hungry for victory, as the winner would earn a guaranteed title shot for the Bellator Featherweight World Championship. Sandro came out looking to push the pace, and seemed to control Round 1. Round 2 began with both competitors much more aggressive, and late into the round Curran connected with a devastating, highlight-reel roundhouse kick to the head of Sandro that left the Brazilian on his back. Curran finished with hammerfists, and in the process earned a $100,000 payday and a future title shot for the Bellator Featherweight title.
Video Season 5 Welterweights Preview
View the upcoming fighters in Bellator's Season 5 Welterweight Tournament. This seasons Welterweight Tournament fighters are Steve Carl, Chris Cisneros, Dan "The Handler" Hornbuckle, Douglas "The Phenom"Lima, Chris "The Assasin" Lozano, Luis "Sapo" Santos, Ben "Killa B" Saunders and Brent Weedman. Don't miss the action LIVE on MTV2 this Saturday, September 10th 9e/8c.
Video Bellator 50 Highlights
Bryan Baker put an exclamation point on a sensational night of fights and turned in a stellar performance against Season 1 Middleweight Tournament Finalist Jared Hess. Both men were committed to takedowns but Baker was able to outwork Hess on the mat. Baker secured two anaconda chokes and attempted a rear naked choke more than once, but in the end it was an exciting ground and pound finish by Baker who sunk in his hooks from rear mount and flattened out Hess until there was no escape from his ground assault.
Alexander Shlemenko showed that he is a complete mixed martial artist and used a standing guillotine choke to submit Zelg Galesic at 1:55 of the first round and as a result will advance to the semifinals of the tournament.
Bryan Rogers defeated Victor O'Donnell by ground and pound as well, but it was a questionable stoppage after Rogers dropped his opponent with a head kick and a barrage of punches. The straight right was the shot that put O'Donnell down and after a number of unanswered punches the referee ran right in to waive a stop to the contest.
In the closest fight of the night, Vitor Vianna edged Sam Alvey by split decision. Alvey opened a cut on Vianna and landed a number of jabs and leg kicks, but Vianna controlled the pace and the judges eventually awarded the Brazilian the victory.
The competition will only get tougher as Baker, Shlemenko, Rogers and Vianna advance to the semifinals. All of these men are working for a shot at reigning Bellator Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard. The semifinals will feature Rogers taking on Shlemenko, and Baker meeting Vianna.
Alexander Shlemenko showed that he is a complete mixed martial artist and used a standing guillotine choke to submit Zelg Galesic at 1:55 of the first round and as a result will advance to the semifinals of the tournament.
Bryan Rogers defeated Victor O'Donnell by ground and pound as well, but it was a questionable stoppage after Rogers dropped his opponent with a head kick and a barrage of punches. The straight right was the shot that put O'Donnell down and after a number of unanswered punches the referee ran right in to waive a stop to the contest.
In the closest fight of the night, Vitor Vianna edged Sam Alvey by split decision. Alvey opened a cut on Vianna and landed a number of jabs and leg kicks, but Vianna controlled the pace and the judges eventually awarded the Brazilian the victory.
The competition will only get tougher as Baker, Shlemenko, Rogers and Vianna advance to the semifinals. All of these men are working for a shot at reigning Bellator Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard. The semifinals will feature Rogers taking on Shlemenko, and Baker meeting Vianna.
Video Bellator 52: Ron Sparks VS Mark Holata
Round 1 of Bellator's Heavy Weight Tournament
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Video Bellator 52 Highlights
LAKE CHARLES, La. (October 1, 2011) — It was an action-packed start to the Bellator Heavyweight Tournament as eight heavy hitters lined up inside the L'Auberge Casino Resort in Lake Charles for Bellator 52 to kickoff the quarterfinals of the Season 5 tournament. Ron "The Monster" Sparks will take on Eric Prindle and Mike "300" Hayes faces Blagoi Ivanov in the semifinals after big wins in Louisiana this weekend.
"It was another great night in another full house at L'Auberge Casino Resort in Lake Charles," Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney said. "Our heavyweights put on some explosive performances tonight, and I can't wait for the semifinals later this month at Bellator 56 from Memorial Hall in Kansas City."
In a stunning upset, Mike "300" Hayes eliminated Neil Grove from the tournament with a split-decision victory in the night's main event. Grove had a slight reach advantage and outweighed his opponent by more than 30 pounds, but Hayes executed an excellent game plan. He moved in and out of Grove's striking distance and racked up points on the judges' scorecards with lots of leg kicks and straight punches to the body.
Ron Sparks remained undefeated and advanced to the semifinals with a knockout win over Mark Holata in the first fight of the evening. Holata didn't shy away from the fight, trading punches with Sparks right away, but "The Monster" was able to stun him with a right hook early and on a later exchange dropped him to the canvas with a pair of left hooks to the jaw line. It was a big win for Sparks who is eager to show Bellator and the fans what he's capable of.
His corner instructed him before the final round to continue pushing the pace and to force a takedown when the time was right. He did just that and took Grove to the mat midway through Round 3, losing top position for a moment, but finishing strong on top with a submission attempt followed by some heavy punches.
"Don't mistake my kindness for weakness," said Sparks after the victory. "These guys are monsters but I'm 'The Monster.' I think I can be one of the best heavyweights out there. You guys will see."
Zak Jensen stepped up to fight Blagoi Ivanov last minute as Thiago Santos was scratched from the fight card. He walked through all of Ivanov's best punches but couldn't avoid his takedowns and despite taking quite a beating, was the victim of a technical submission not a knockout. Jensen escaped full mount, a keylock and some ground-and-pound by Ivanov in the second round, but was caught in a five-finger guillotine choke as he attempted to fight the submission attempt. Jensen was briefly put to sleep by the fight-ending submission as Ivanov advanced to the semifinals.
Eric Prindle would also advance to the semifinals with a hard fought win over Abe Wagner. Both these men fought for three hard rounds and looked to be hitting just as hard in the final round as they had in the first. The fighters split the first two rounds and Prindle stole the third when he stuffed a takedown attempt by Wagner and kept him grounded for the remainder of the fight.
"It was another great night in another full house at L'Auberge Casino Resort in Lake Charles," Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney said. "Our heavyweights put on some explosive performances tonight, and I can't wait for the semifinals later this month at Bellator 56 from Memorial Hall in Kansas City."
In a stunning upset, Mike "300" Hayes eliminated Neil Grove from the tournament with a split-decision victory in the night's main event. Grove had a slight reach advantage and outweighed his opponent by more than 30 pounds, but Hayes executed an excellent game plan. He moved in and out of Grove's striking distance and racked up points on the judges' scorecards with lots of leg kicks and straight punches to the body.
Ron Sparks remained undefeated and advanced to the semifinals with a knockout win over Mark Holata in the first fight of the evening. Holata didn't shy away from the fight, trading punches with Sparks right away, but "The Monster" was able to stun him with a right hook early and on a later exchange dropped him to the canvas with a pair of left hooks to the jaw line. It was a big win for Sparks who is eager to show Bellator and the fans what he's capable of.
His corner instructed him before the final round to continue pushing the pace and to force a takedown when the time was right. He did just that and took Grove to the mat midway through Round 3, losing top position for a moment, but finishing strong on top with a submission attempt followed by some heavy punches.
"Don't mistake my kindness for weakness," said Sparks after the victory. "These guys are monsters but I'm 'The Monster.' I think I can be one of the best heavyweights out there. You guys will see."
Zak Jensen stepped up to fight Blagoi Ivanov last minute as Thiago Santos was scratched from the fight card. He walked through all of Ivanov's best punches but couldn't avoid his takedowns and despite taking quite a beating, was the victim of a technical submission not a knockout. Jensen escaped full mount, a keylock and some ground-and-pound by Ivanov in the second round, but was caught in a five-finger guillotine choke as he attempted to fight the submission attempt. Jensen was briefly put to sleep by the fight-ending submission as Ivanov advanced to the semifinals.
Eric Prindle would also advance to the semifinals with a hard fought win over Abe Wagner. Both these men fought for three hard rounds and looked to be hitting just as hard in the final round as they had in the first. The fighters split the first two rounds and Prindle stole the third when he stuffed a takedown attempt by Wagner and kept him grounded for the remainder of the fight.
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