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BJ Penn’s Dominance, Brock Lesnar’s Return, Strikeforce on Showtime

Monday, December 14th, 2009

MMA Update – 12-14-09

BJ Penn- With his dominating victory over Diego Sanchez at UFC 107 this past weekend, BJ Penn cemented himself as the greatest lightweight in the history of the sport.  Penn left the cage unscathed with title secure in hand and a smile on his face.  Who is next for Penn?  There isn’t anyone in the UFC lightweight division that can hang with Penn?  Given his new conditioning program under Marv Marinovich, Penn may want to step back up to 170lbs and take another shot at GSP.

Brock Lesnar- Brock Lesnar was mentioned several times by Frank Mir leading up to UFC 107.  Mir stated he wants to destroy Lesnar and once again become the UFC Heavyweight Champion.  Look for Brock Lesnar to return to the cage in mid 2010 where he will first face Shane Carwin.  Mir is likely the first in line to challenge the winner.

Strikeforce- Strikeforce Evolution is on Showtime this Saturday December 19th.  The event features Cung Le’s return to the cage where he will face striker Scott Smith.  Le will have his hands full with the heavy-handed Smith but should make a glorious return.  Josh Thomson will finally battle Gilbert Melendez for the Strikeforce Lightweight Title.  Since his victory over Melendez, Thomson has had a bevy of injuries.  This should be a classic with both combatants having much to prove.  Matt Lindland will battle the dangerous Jacare Souza while Mo Lawal and Antwain Britt will also be competing.

UFC- The UFC finished up two very successful weekends with BJ Penn retaining his title over Diego Sanchez.  Frank Mir throttled Cheick Kongo in quick fashion.  Mir landed a solid shot knocking Kongo to the ground where he grabbed a guillotine choke which resulted in Kongo passing out.  The bulked up Mir looked very impressive as his sole desire is to get another shot at UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar.  Kenny Florian finished Clay Guida in impressive fashion landing several strikes before gaining the victory via tapout due to a RNC.

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Scott Dryden
Editor-in-Chief, profighting-fans.com

The UFC Announces Fight Bonuses from UFC 107

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Fight of the Night: Although their bout didn’t last long it was an absolute war as Wilson Gouveia and Alan Belcher threw the leather.  Alan Belcher looked like a different fighter not only did he sport dreadlocks but he looked much more powerful.  His legs were much bigger and he looked much stronger overall as he walked through several strikes from Gouveia.  Eventually Belcher landed the final blows earning not only a victory but fight of the night.  Both Belcher and Gouveia earned $65,000 for their efforts.

Knockout of the Night: TJ Grant finished Kevin Burns in impressive fashion near the end of the 1st round.  The onslaught earned Grant $65,000.  The victory moved the young Canadian to 15-3.

DaMarques Johnson won Submission of the Night in defeating Edgar Garcia via Triangle Choke

DaMarques Johnson won Submission of the Night in defeating Edgar Garcia via Triangle Choke at UFC 107.

Submission of the Night: In a back and forth action packed tilt, DaMarques Johnson looked to be in trouble throughout the 1st round.  Edgar Garcia landed a Peruvian Necktie on Johnson and it appeared to be over.  Johnson survived the submission attempt and several strikes then connected on an up-kick and sunk in an impressive triangle choke.  The submission earned Johnson $65,000.

Scott Dryden
Editor-in-Chief, www.profighting-fans.com

UFC 107 Play-by-Play: Frank Mir (12-4) vs. Cheick Kongo (24-5-1)

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Round 1- Herb Dean gets the two heavyweights going.  Kongo takes the center of the octagon and tries a combination, however misses with much of it.  A lot of dancing until Mir drops Kongo with a left hand and immediatley chokes him out with a guillotine choke.  Kongo was out cold for seconds afterwards.

OFFICIAL DECISION – Mir over Kongo (1:12) 1st round submission

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UFC 107 Play-by-Play: Jon Fitch (23-1, 1NC) vs. Mike Pierce (9-2)

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Round 1- The little known Pierce trades with Fitch and gets the worst of it.  Fitch catches a leg and takes his back and begins the process of dragging him to the ground.  He succeeds and gets both hooks in as he pops Pierce with punches.  Pierce on all four, npw drops to one knee and Fitch continues to pepper with punches.  Pierce is defenseless as Fitch overwhelms with punches to the head.  Yamasaki warns about punches to the back of the head.  Fitch takes Pierce by the waist and then gets slammed to the ground.  Pierce gets on top of Fitch now.  Fitch grabs Pierce’s wrist and stands up with his opponent.  Yamasaki breaks the two fighters apart and Fitch connects with a low leg kick.  Pierce hits with a right hand but gets tagged with a left by Fitch.  Pierce catches Fitch with a combo.  Fitch shoots in for a takedown but Pierce defends with no time remaining.  Unofficial scoring – Fitch 10-9

Round 2- Fitch goes right in for a leg kick and catches Pierce in a takedown attempt.  Pierce pushes Fitch against the cage and hits with a knee.  As they break apart they hit each other with wild right hands.  Fitch gets popped with a left jab and catches a leg kick and converts it into a takedown.  Fitch takes Pierce by the back but cant get him to the ground.  Pierce gets out of the grasp of Fitch and catches a leg kick.  Pierce hits with a right hand but takes a combination for his efforts.  Pierce takes a leg kick and gets taken to the ground.  Fitch grabs Pierce by the waist and works for the takedown.  Pierce defends the takdeown and reverses position by pressing Fitch against the octagon fence.  As they break apsrt Pierce tags a blitzing Fitch with a right hand.  Unofficial scoring – Fitch 10-9

Round 3- Pierce tries to ruch Fitch down two rounds.  Fitch shoots in but comes up short and tags Pierce with a left hand.  An uppercut by Pierce leads to him pushing Fitch against the fence.  Fitch has a clinch but loses it shortly after gaining advantage.  Pierce works knees and moves up to the bdy of Fitch.  A left hook finds a home for Pierce.  Pierce gets hit with a partial head kick and then rushes Fitch.  Fitch avoids Pierce and hits with an uppercut.  Fitch gets the takedown and takes the waist of Pierce.  Pierce tries to stand up and gets there with 1:00 remaining.  Pierce hits with a leg kick and a combination that stuns Fitch.  Fitch continues to get tagged by Pierce punches.  Fitch wobbles backwards and Pierce cant finish him but the last 30 seconds earned him the round.  Unofficial scoring - Pierce 10-9 ; Unofficial scoring – Fitch 29-28

OFFICIAL DECISION – Fitch over Pierce via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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UFC 107 Play-by-Play: Kenny Florian (13-4) vs. Clay Guida (25-7)

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Round 1- “KenFlo” and “The Carpenter” are ready to go as Yamasaki starts it.  Guida showing his right hand hits with a low leg kick.  Florian takes a low stance and ducks a right hand by Guida.  Florian hits with a left hand as Guida charges in.  An uppercut by Guida finds a home.  Florian missed with a leg kick and gets taken to the ground by Guida.  Guida jumps on top as Florian gets wrist control.  Guida gets back up and tagged Florian with a couple punches.  Florian begins to bleed from his eye but it doesnt seem to be bothering him.  Florian misses with a right hand but hits with a knee.  Guida pushes forward on Florian but its Florian that gets the takedown.  They both jump back up until Guida grabs a Florian leg.  Florian defends a throw by Guida and lands on top and then lands a knee as they get back to their feet.  Florian slams Guida to the floor and hits with some elbows.  Referee Yamasaki stops for a moment to have the doc check Guida’s cut.  The doc gives him the OK and the action is back on but not much takes place in the last 15 seconds.  Unofficial scoring – Florian 10-9

Round 2- Florian sprints to the center to join Guida and hits with a right hand.  Guida goes for the takedown but it is defended nicely by Florian.  As they get back to their feet, Florian tags Guida with a body shot.  The blood looks to be in Guida’s face as he moves around the cage.  Guida tries to change levels and missed with a couple of uppercuts.  Florian tags Guida with a counter right hand and then takes his back, sinks the arm under the neck and submits Guida.  Guida taps out before he goes out.

OFFICIAL DECISION – Florian over Guida (2:19) 2nd round submission (rear naked choke)

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UFC 107 Play-by-Play: Paul Buentello (25-10) vs. Stefan Struve (22-3)

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Round 1- “The Headhunter” hits with an overhand right and then a left hand.  Struve tries a knee but its caught by Buentello.  Struve hits with a solid uppercut but Buentello hangs tough.  Struve falls on top and in the mount.  Buentello rolls and Struve takes his back.  Buentello is on his knees as Struve squeezes a bocy triangle.  Struve is attempting to lock his right arm under his chin and then starts to drop punches on his head.  Buentello turtles up and rolls with Struve around his jaw.  Buentello is hanging tough but expending a lot of energy.  Struve remains in dominant position with 1:30 left.  Struve is now trying to go under Buentello’s chin with a choke.  Struve allows Buentello to get out of the lock and now takes top position.  Buentello is dropping elbows to the 6’11″ Struve’s body as the end of the round bell sounds.  Unofficial scoring – Struve 10-9

Round 2- Buentello hits with a wild body shot and an overhand right.  Buentello drops Struve but allows him to get back to his feet.  Struve presses Buentello against the fence and tries to utilize the clinch.  Buentello works the body with punches as Struve drops and pulls for a leg lock.  Buentello joins him and defends against a heel hook.  Buentello gets up and now so does Struve.  Struve misses on a wild uppercut and gets tagged with a right hand.  This time an uppercut lands by Struve but gets dropped with a right hand.  Struve lays on the floor as Buentello invites him back up.  They clinch with Struve pressing Buentello against the fence.  Both fighters land elbows and then trade strikes.  Buentello tries a knee and gets hit with some combinations.  They tee off on each other and the crowd roars in approval.  Struve and Buentello are tiring and clinch against the fence with 10 seconds remaining.  Buentello hits with an uppercut as the bell sounds.  Unofficial scoring – Buentello 10-9

Round 3- Struve has a piece of tooth stuck in his mouthpiece but it doesnt stop the action.  Buentello stalks Struve and blocks a right hook.  A low thigh kick is checked by Buentello and connects with two in a row shortly after.  Buentello takes another thigh kick as he tires out.  A right hand by Buentello just misses as Struve clinches and presses against the fence.  Buentello fires back with an uppercut and gets to the center of the octagon.  They trade right hands and Struve hits with another two leg kicks.  Buentello continues to inch closer to Stuve and takes another leg kick.  Struve begins to chop Buentello down with yet another leg kick.  The Headhunter hits with an overhand right but doesnt faze Struve.  With only 1:00 remaining Buentello dropped Struve with an overhand right and then allows Struve back up.  Buentello hits with a combination and another left – right combination as the bell sounds to a very close round.  Unofficial scoring – Struve 10-9 ;  Unofficial decision Struve 29-28

OFFICIAL SCORING – Struve over Buentello (29-28, 29-28, 28-28) via majority decision

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UFC 107 about to start

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

UFC 107 is about to start and so will the coverage here at Pro Fighitng Fans. While we wish Demarques Johnson good luck in his fight tonight with the PROFIGHTINGFANS.COM shorts, we will be providing the UFC 107 fight results throughout the night. In addition to the UFC 107 results, we will be providing a live round by round UFC 107 blog of the entire televised portion of the event beginning at 10 pm ET. Check back throughout the night at ProFighting-fans.com, your leading online source for UFC news.

UFC 107 Weigh-in Results

Friday, December 11th, 2009

The weigh-ins for UFC 107 took place on Friday night at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN, a night before the event that will be headlined by the UFC Lightweight title fight between reigning champ BJ Penn and top contender Diego Sanchez. ProFighting-fans.com has posted our UFC 107 predictions and fans can find the official UFC 107 fight results as soon as each fight is complete on Saturday night. Also be sure to check out our live round by round UFC 107 coverage on Saturday night.

In Friday’s weigh-ins two fighters had problems with their weight. Diego Sanchez weighed in at 156 pounds in his first attempt before and official weight of 154.5. Welterweight Edgar Garcia weighed in at 173 pounds in his first attempt before an official 171 pounds in his second attempt. Garcia will be fighting Demarques Johnson, a TUF 9 member of Team U.S. who will be sporting the PROFIGHTINGFANS.COM shorts on Saturday night. The only other interesting weight numbers are with Wilson Gouveia and Alan Belcher who will fight at a catch weight of 195 pounds; Gouveia weighed in 2 pounds under at 193 lbs.Here’s a look at all of the fighter weights:

Main Card UFC 107 Weigh-in Results:

  • Diego Sanchez (154.5) VS BJ Penn (155)
  • Cheick Kongo (239) VS Frank Mir (264.5)
  • Clay Guida (156) VS Kenny Florian (156)
  • Stefan Struve (247) VS Paul Buentello (255)
  • Mike Pierce (171) VS Jon Fitch (171)

Preliminary UFC 107 Weigh-in Results:

  • Wilson Gouveia (193) VS Alan Belcher (195)
  • Shane Nelson (156) VS Matt Wiman (156)
  • Ricardo Funch (171) VS Johny Hendricks (171)
  • Lucio Linhares (185) VS Rousimar Palhares (186)
  • Edgar Garcia (171) VS Damarques Johnson (171)
  • TJ Grant (171) VS Kevin Burns (171)

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