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Fights - There was a UFC PPV, Bellator, SFL (BOOM, POW, PUNCH, KICK, WOW!) and a random assortment of two people flailing their limbs at each other until one cannot take it any more (Wait, I already said Super Fight League).

TPF 15 - Tachi Palace Fights is a regional MMA organization that works as a half-decent feeder league to the UFC.

Clark vs Miranda

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Dominick Clark knocked out Andy Miranda in just under two minutes in the first round.

Perez vs De Soto

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Alex Perez took just two seconds longer than Clark to knockout Carlos De Soto with punches.

Check out many much more fights after the jump!

Avila vs Crisp

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Anthony Avila barely needed more than sixty seconds to get a submission victory over Darren Crisp, getting the tap out with a guillotine choke.

DeAnda vs Ruiz

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Angel DeAnda won the vacant Light Heavyweight title in round three with a knockout of Anthony Ruiz.

SFL 9 - I don't know if it is hilarious or getting creepy that since SFL went to weekly shows with predominantly Indian talent, every card has one decision and six stoppages. Whatever, SFL is cool, watch it for free, live on Fridays at like 11:30 AM ET (It will be over by like 12:45) or just whenever on youtube.

Kumar vs Mahanta

Santosh Kumar started the night off quickly, submitting Sachin Mahanta in 3:41 with a guillotine choke.

Prasad vs Eidehlouei

Shyam Prasad fought on the SFL 4 card, dispatching Guarav Singh with a rear naked choke in less than a minute into the second round. This time, Shyam worked a lot quicker, tapping out Rouhollah Eidehlouei with a guillotine choke at 1:08 in round one.

Monika vs Kaur

In the obligatory decision fight, Monika and Gurleen Kaur went all three rounds.

Bankura vs Singh

Satendar Bankura had something else on his schedule apparently, as he knocked out Rajbir Singh in just 21 seconds into round one.

Choudhury vs Khan

Bhabajeet Choudhury also fought on SFL 4, dispatching Charanjeet Singh in round two with a spinning back kick. This time, Jamshed Khan wasn't as luck, getting taken out with knees late in round one.

Khan vs Kumar

At SFL 4, Ifran Khan was the designated decisioner, needing all three rounds and the judges to defeat Kaushik Sen. This time, Khan worked a lot quicker, submitting Kapil Kumar (Who won at SFL 6) with a guillotine choke in round two.

Wahman vs Muhammed

Amr Wahman actually lost at SFL 4, but now he's back and knocking out Baz Muhammed right at the end of round one.

Bellator 81 - This edition of the Bellator Fighting Championships saw the two finalists for the Season Seven Lightweight Tournament get decided, plus a bunch of other neat stuff happened.

Calendrelli vs Brown

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Andrew Calendrelli finished off Eric Brown in the second round with an armbar.

Cramer vs Lamoureux

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Dan Cramer knocked out Joe Lamoureux with some punches just before the 3:30 mark in round one.

Mucitelli vs Uhde

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Mike Mucitelli made Matt Uhde tap in 26 seconds with an armbar. That is like SFL-level fast!

Ward vs McCoy

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Brennan Ward finished off Sam McCoy with punches in under 3 minutes.

Filkins vs Billstein

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Perry Filkins went nuts at one point during the fight, so that was cool. He also won a decision over Jonas Billstein.

Sandro vs Neace

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Marlon Sandro beat up Dustin Neace and finished him off with a submission.

Jansen vs Tirloni

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Dave Jansen keeps bees in his spare time, but his job is "fight man" and he proved to be the better one, taking a decision over Ricardo Tirloni.

Held vs Clementi

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Marcin Held tapped Rich Clementi (Who subsequently announced his retirement) with a toe hold because Held likes to hold toes. And destroy legs.

UFC 154 - What? The UFC Welterweight title was defended? Georges St. Pierre actually fought? WOW!

Menjivar vs Gashimov

Ivan Menjivar submitted Azamat Gashimov with an armbar in the first round because Menjivar is way cool.

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Further proof of Menjivar's coolness, his victory celebration.

Riddle vs Maguire

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Matt Riddle might have been high for this fight, as he threw a crazy-ass kick en route to a decision victory over John Maguire.

Garza vs Hominick

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Pablo Garza is gangly and throws weird jump-spinning stuff. He also says he wants to drop from Featherweight to Bantamweight, which is basically insane and probably impossible.

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Oh, and he beat Mark Hominick bloody and won a decision.

Hendricks vs Kampmann

Johny Hendricks punching power might actually overshadow his beard at this point. Dang! Also, sorry for your loss, Martin Kamping Mann.

St. Pierre vs Condit

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Rad fight, totally awesome times. I thought Condit would lose all his brain bloods and the fight would get stopped in round one, but he battled back to kick GSP in the head once and was close to finishing the fight.

Also, Georges looked rough after the fight.

Grab Bag- Once again, here's a random assortment of fights!

A Jeet Kune Don't!

I don't think this guy's problem is that his style is Jeet Kune Do. I think it's more that he's just awful at fights. So let's watch Gregy Styles Germanly suplex some guy in a t-shirt around!

MMA Karma is Swift

Adam Fyfe is a jerk because he fakes a glove touch with Alex Thorne and punches him. Thorne drops and it looks like the end is pretty close. Thorne manages to recover, gets back to his feet, and knocks out Fyfe, all in the span of 24 seconds.

Urgh, His Head

I honestly don't have any information on this. But do you really need context or back story or whatever to watch a guy get planted directly on his head in a fight?

Rothenhausler vs Evans-Smith

This fight is from back in July, but I'm just hearing about it, so why not put it up almost four months later? Ashlee Evans-Smith gets one-punch knocked out by Veronica Rothenhausler in an amateur bout. Dang!

Koppu Kicks!

I have no info on either of these fights, but they feature knockout by Koppu kick, which is pretty much the most Z-league strike.

Enjoy!

Monson vs Emelianenko

Jeff "the Snowman" Monson is a giant anarchist that enjoys hugs. Aleksander Emelianenko is the younger, more disheveled brother of Fedor Emelianenko (A one-time top-ranked Heavyweight). Both men are riddled with tattoos and both probably got more tattoos after this fight was over. Monson at least got them in victory after he submitted Emelianenko with a north-south choke, which is basically the Jeff Monson Special.

News -Not much to report on this week.

Clementi Retires

Rich "No Love" Clementi has decided to retire from MMA after his most recent loss to Marcin Held further exacerbated damage to his foot joints. Apparently surgery to repair things would require around a 14 month layoff, and Clementi decided to hang up his gloves instead.

So, here's Rich Clementi and Jeff Curran in a tag team MMA match from ZST because Japanese MMA is weird and wonderful.

Next week's dumb MMA stuff column will probably be a little light since Bellator is taking this week off for "road to the championship". I assume SFL will have their regular show, so I'll cover that and any Z-league stuff that goes on. I might try and get some other articles up, too (But we all know that won't happen).

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Fights - A lot of fights from around the globe this week. India, Canada, South Korea!

SFL 10 -What's this? Super Fight League didn't have a fight go to decision? Did someone not get the message that at least one fight has to go to the judges?

Kumar vs Farhan

Jagdish Kumar sloppily punches and kicks his way to a first round TKO (by retirement) over Shaikh Mohammed Farhan.

Check out way more fights after the jump!

Khan vs Sekhar

Javed Ali Khan wins by TKO at the end of round two as Srikant Sekhar gives up on the stool.

Janjic vs Ruhil

Nikola Janjic taps out Vikas Singh Ruhil with a rear naked choke in round one.

Solomon vs Rajput

Jason Solomon knocked out Suresh Rajput with a knee in round one. It's a fun fight, with Solomon goofing around and after he wins, he humps the hell out of the O-Zone cage. I like this guy.

Petkar vs Jha

Abhijeet Petkar wins because Sanjay Jha doesn't want to continue after the first round. I like SFL, but three "retirement"/"forfeiture" victories is pretty bad.

Tweet vs Kadian

Charmaine Tweet taps out Puja Kadian in under a minute with a guillotine choke.

Ambriz vs Karim

Jimmy Ambriz taps out Mohamed Abdel Karim with an arm triangle in round one. Ambriz might get to a .500 record if he sticks around in SFL!

Score Fighting Series 7 -Oh, Canada! Score Fighting Series 7 was pretty cool, with some good fights and fun, new stuff!

McDonell vs Green

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Rory McDonell tapped out Desmond Green with a cool gogoplata/armbar combination in the first round. Neato torpedo, Rory!

Dickson vs Dewsbery

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Ryan Dickson forced Brandt Dewbery to submit to a rear naked choke in round two. Maybe not as crazy and cool as McDonell's sub, but it got the job done, and that's all that matters.

Saggo vs Hadin

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Jason Saggo also submitted Iraj Hadin with a rear naked choke, also in the second round. Spooky!

Ronson vs Healy

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Jesse Ronson beat the crap out of Ryan Healy en route to a unanimous decision, including this moment where he lands three head kicks in a row in about five seconds. WOW!

Mein vs Petz

Jordan Mein is pretty dang good, as he beat up Forrest Petz and got a TKO victory. However, the bigger issue is that referee Yves Lavinge was pretty dang bad, letting a lot of blows to the back of Petz's head go without a warning or a stop in the action or anything. SHEESH BO-BEESH, YVES!

Mestre do Combate - Mestre do Combate is Rickson "Armbar" Gracie's new MMA organization that is built around finishing fights. Rounds are allowed to extend past the time limit if a submission or knockout is close and a decision is rendered by Rickson, the referee, and fan vote.

Petter vs Maffort

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Robert Petter knocked out Pety Maffort after nearly 8 minutes in round one.

Viana vs Correra

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Oseias Viana tapped Luciano Correra with a rear naked choke in round one.

Silva vs Nunes

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Glauke Eugenio e Silva finished Jefferson Nunes with a kimura in under a minute.

Lima vs Baldow

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Udi Lima triangle choked Celso Baldow in round one.

Sapinho vs Lopes

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Armando Saphino beat Thiago Fernandes Lopes with a north-south choke (Jeff Monson Special!)

Camolesi vs Moura

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Fernando Camolesi heel hooked Kitner Moura in a little past a minute into round one.

Miranda vs Rodrigues

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Vitor Miranda arm triangled Elton Rodrigues.

Road FC 10 -Road FC had some pretty good punch mens in South Korea this past weekend!

Park vs Ryu

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Jeong Gyo Park submitted Kyung Hwan Ryu with a kimura.

Yuk vs Oowaki

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Jin Soo Yuk TKO'd Kaname Oowaki in the second round with punches.

Kume vs Yoon

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Takasuke Kume submitted Chul Yoon with a rear naked choke in round one.

Nam vs Colossa

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Yui Chul Nam took a split decision victory over Vuyisile Colossa, so here's a few highlights.

Monson vs Kang

Jeff Monson beat Kang Dong Gook with a decision with a lot of cage clinching.

Lee vs Oyama

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Eun Soo Lee knocked out Shungo Oyama in round one with some punching.

News - Not a lot to discuss, but there was one thing of note.

Book Club!

I have, on occasion, made a entry about a live discussion happening over at With Leather (The world's best comedy sports blog) because With Leather is way cool. When word got out that Tank Abbott wrote a novel, I knew I had to buy it, and since With Leather is way cool, they offered to host my review of the book. So go read my thoughts on the first parts of "Befor There Were Rules: Bar Brawler" over at With Leather! Yay!

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Fights - A whole lot of fights to cover, and some of them were half-decent!

Hardrock MMA 51 - The only reason I know about this event is because noted psychopath Junie Browning was making his return to MMA here. It looks like it was pretty neat!

Goodal vs Bell

Ian Goodal submitted Eric Bell in round three with a rear naked choke. It was a pretty good fight with a neat finish, but I think I love Ian's entrance music the best.

For a lot more fights (Seriously, a LOT more), and some news about fights, follow after the break!

Fritz vs Rohleder

Adam "Fancy Pants" Fritz has combined the nickname of Lyle Beerbohm with the leggings of Shinya Aoki (Which is weird, since Aoki submitted Beerbohm) and finished off Garrett Rohleder with a rear naked choke.

Prather vs Gibson

Pete Prather engages in some furious punch times against Matt Gibson, knocking him out in about ten seconds.

Stevens vs Browning

Junie Browning is bad, loses by guillotine choke from Brian Stevens. I found this fight funny because during his stint on The Ultimate Fighter, Junie complained about "boring wrestlers that lay on people" yet he spends most of this fight going for takedowns so he can lay upon Stevens.

SFL 11 - Super Fight League (Punch, kick, wow!) was back to their old format of "One decision, six stoppages" this past Friday. Also, nearly everyone on the card has fought on at least one SFL card n the past. Returning fighters becoming stars!

Khan vs Das

Irfan Khan TKO'd Subrata Das with punches early in the first round.

Irannejad vs Kvia

Farbod Irannejad submitted Ranjith Kvia with a rear naked choke at 2:19 of round one.

Grewal vs Ismael

Narender Grewal stopped Soro Ismael with punches at 2:53 in round one, earning a TKO victory.

Singh vs Rao

Virender Singh finished off Naveen Rao with punches in round one.

Singh vs Saber

Ritika Singh took Aya Saied Saber to the distance and won by unanimous decision.

Bhat vs Yadav

Sachin Bhat rear nakedly choked out Sandeep Yadav in round two (What, a second fight went past round one?)

Bellator 82 - Bellator's Season Seven continues to wind down, and we finally crowned a tournament champion.

Davinney vs Van Buren

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Terry Davinney punched the heck out of Matt Van Buren, getting a knockout in just fifteen seconds. That's some mighty fine punching!

Santana vs Seguin

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Giva "the Arm Collector" Santana decided to diversify his portfolio and tapped out Brandon Seguin with a kneebar. Just when you think you know the counters, Giva changes the submissions!

Navarro vs Bain

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Mario Navarro submitted Anthony Bain in round two with a triangle choke.

Schulz vs Garcia

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John Schulz got a TKO victory over Hector Garcia mid-way through the third and final round. Good punching, John!

Sarnavaskiy vs Hervey

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Alexander Sarnavaskiy dominated Tony Hervey and his weird hair for all three rounds and won a decision victory.

Marshall vs Hose

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Doug Marshall UNLEASHED THE RHINO and knocked the hell out of Kala Hose in like twenty seconds.

Rickels vs Fischer

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David "Caveman" Rickels took a decision victory over Jason Fischer in a pretty fun fight. Rickels is weird, but he does have good fights.

Koreshkov vs Good

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Andrey Koreshkov won a decision over Lyman Good to be crowned the Season Seven Welterweight tournament winner.

KSW 21 - KSW (Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki) is a Polish MMA organization that was the home to former World's Strongest Man and overall muscley dude, Mariusz Pudzianowski's MMA debut. They've got a new attraction (One that is actually good), in Mamed Khalidov, and KSW 21 featured him in the main event.

Kowalkiewicz vs Bonkowska

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Karolina Kowalkiewicz took Paulina Bonkowska to a decision and won in unanimous fashion.

Horwich vs Martin

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Matt Horwich is a weird, crazy person. He punched Terry Martin a punch and got a TKO victory.

Jewtuszko vs Sowinski

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Maciej Jewtuszko got revenge on Artur Sowinski and submitted him with a Brabo choke (Sowinski gave Jewtuszko his most recent loss at KSW 17 last year)

Materla vs Wallace

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Michal Materla knocked out Rodney Wallace in just 21 seconds.

Khalidov vs Grove

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Mamed Khalidov tapped out The Ultimate Fighter season 3 winner Kendall Grove with an Achilles' lock in round two.

Grab Bag -As usual, a random collection of fights from everywhere.

Nunes vs Thompson

Max Nunes punched Kevin Thompson and got a TKO victory at BAMMA 11

Casey vs Cummins

Cortney Casey finishes off Rachel Cummins with a flying armbar, which is a way-cool submission. Flying armbar, whoo-hoo!

News - Some interesting stuff happened! Read about it or don't!

Big Nog's Weird Commercial

Big Nog, you're doing EVERYTHING wrong, and I love you for it! I seriously don't know what's going on in this Brazilian Honda commercial, but it doesn't matter. NOG!

UFC Super Heroes

Where was BENSON HENDERSON in all this? Also, Tito Ortiz is dumb and names super heroes about as well as he names his favorite "bands".

Jack Hermansson, Killer of Interviewers

I normally wouldn't put up a video of some random propect talking about his Bellator debut, but look at him launch poor Miss skOOm with that knee! Jack (Yack?) joins Alistair Overeem in the list of European MMA guys that have destroyed an overmatched person holding pads for them.

Weird Lady Shenanigans!

Women's MMA has had two strange things go down within a few days of each other.

This weekend in Pancrase, there was a Bantamweight Queen fight between Rin Nakai and Danielle West. West initially weighed in about 2 pounds over, and this would normally result in a non-title fight and West getting docked 25% of her fight purse in the US. In Japan, way crazier stuff happens. According to a few reports, West was told she wouldn't be allowed to use knees to the head or any chokes, while Nakai had a full arsenal to work with. Pancrase officials are saying they were fair to West, and they could have just called off the fight entirely.

Meanwhile, in the US, Michele Gutierrez pulled out of her upcoming Bellator fight with Felice Herrig, claiming a broken hand. Now there are a few hints and claims that Gutierrez's hand is fine, she just wasn't going to be able to make weight. PLOTS ARE THICKENING!

Tank Abbott Book Club Part Two!

Hey folks, read my review/summary of chapters two through four of Tank Abbott's novel over at With Leather (The world's best comedy sports blog) right here!

That's about it for this week. UFC on Fox 5 is this Saturday, so expect an Event Primer for that (And a post asking you to join me for another With Leather live discussion, probably). I will give you some homework, though. The UFC has provided 8 (!) free (!!) fights, four from Nate Diaz, four from Benson Henderson to act as "road to the title" fights for both men. Watch all of these fights!

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Preliminary Card - Facebook

Bantamweight - Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen vs John "Prince" Albert

Jorgensen's Style - Wrestling
Mean-spirited Jorgensen Nickname - Scotty "Spotty" Jorgensen
Albert's Style - Freestyle
Prediction - Jorgensen wins by wrestling-centric decision
Thoughts - Jorgensen is cool and does good fights, I hope he wins!

Preliminary Card - FX

Featherweight - Dennis "The Menace" Siver vs Nam Phan

Siver's Style - Kickboxing
Phan's Style - BJJ, Karate
Prediction - Phan wins a decision
Thoughts - Battel of spinning back kicks and body/liver shots. Guts are going to get ruined in this one!

Lightweight - Tim "The Dirty Bird" Means vs Abel "Killa" Trujillo

Means's Style - Striking
Trujillo's Style - Grappling
Prediction - Tim Means war and gets a knockout victory.
Thoughts - Ugh, Trujillo has a dumb fence tattoo, boo to that.

Lightweight - Daron "Detroit Superstar" Cruickshank vs Henry "Sicario" Martinez

Cruickshank's Style - Wrestling
Alternate Cruickshank Nickname - Daron "Hermione Granger's Cat" Cruickshank
Martinez's Style - Grappling
Prediction - Cruickshank with a knockout

Lightweight - Ramsey Nijem vs Joe Proctor

Nijem's Style - Wrestling
Proctor's Style - Grappling
Alternate Proctor Nicknames - Joe "Doctor" Proctor, Joe "Proctorologist" Proctor
Prediction - Proctor is going to submit Ramsey

Bantamweight - Rafael Assuncao vs Mike "The Hulk" Easton

Assuncao's Style - BJJ, Muay Thai
Easton's Style - BJJ, Tae Kwon Do
Prediction - Easton by decision
Thoughts - EASTON DOES NOT PLAY!

Lightweight - Yves "Thugjitsu Master" Edwards vs Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stephens

Edwards's Style - Thugjitsu
Stephens's Style - Boxing, BJJ
Prediction - Edwards by submission
Thoughts - Yves is like the coolest dude ever. Win, Yves, win!

Main Card - Fox

Welterweight - Mike "Quick" Swick vs Matt "The Immortal" Brown

Swick's Style - Kickboxing
Brown's Style - Judo, BJJ
Prediction - Mike Swick will continue to be back and submit Brown with a Swickotine.
Thoughts - This fight should be way good.

Welterweight - B.J. "The Prodigy" Penn vs Rory "Ares" MacDonald

Penn's Style - BJJ, boxing
Penn's Full Name - Jay Dee "Baby Jay" Penn
MacDonald's Style - Impeccable. Also, suplexing dudes.
MacDonald's Previous Nickname - Rory "The Waterboy" MacDonald
Prediction - BJ by TKO, followed by another instance of licking his opponent's blood off his gloves (Gross, BJ, gross)
Thoughts - BJ Penn is in the greatest YouTube videos ever. Whether he's jumping out of pools, eating food, or answering questions from Mickey's, he's amazing.

Light Heavyweight - Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson

Rua's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
Gustafsson's Style - Boxing
Prediction - Gustafsson will is taller, blonder, and more Swedishy, so that spells TKO victory.
Thoughts - Gustafsson has the best doggie, oh my gosh!

Main Event

Lightweight Title - Benson "Smooth" Henderson vs. Nate Diaz

Henderson's Style - Grappling, Tae Kwon Do
Alternate Henderson Nicknames - "Robert Guillaume" Benson Henderson, Benson "Bendo" Henderson, Benson "And Hedges" Henderson
Diaz's Style - CESAR GRACIE JIU JITSU (WHAT?!), Boxing
Prediciton - My heart wants a draw, my head sees Benson winning via wrestling-heavy decision, but Nate boxing Henderson up for a TKO or (impossible as it sounds), catching Bendo in a submission could happen. Too close to call, guh!
Thoughts -THIS FIGHT IS GONNA RULE, I DON'T WANT EITHER DUDE TO LOSE, THOUGH!

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MMA has its fair share of dirtballs, scumbags, dirtbags, scumballs, shitheads, assholes, and just plain fucking jerks. Sometimes there is criminal evidence of the wrongdoing, while sometimes it's just awful stuff done in a fight. Cage Justice is about pointing out the instances of horrible behavior, and either detailing the legal repercussions meted out, or the ass kickings received in fights, sometimes both!

Who we talking about here?

Joe Son is currently the king of reprehensible fuck heads in the world of MMA. If he looks slightly familiar, that might be because he played Random Task in the first Austin Powers movie, throwing a shoe at Powers.

Okay, so what did he do?

He was charged with multiple sexual offenses for raping a woman repeatedly at gunpoint (And also with the gun), but it was determined the statute of limitations was up on those charges, so instead, he was convicted of torture.

While in prison, his cellmate was murdered, and he's the prime suspect.

Holy shit, what are his punishments?

Legally, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. However, this is Cage Justice, so let's focus on the visceral aspect of retribution.

Now, since he's been in prison for so long, he was never beaten to a pulp when anyone knew what he did. However, Keith Hackney (Greatest American hero?) provided some amount of retribution if you don't think about time in a linear fashion (AKA you are Steven Seagal). In an early UFC (Back when the only rule is THERE ARE NO RULES, JUST BLEEEED!), Hackney took Son to the mat and proceeded to wail on Son's balls with the fury of everyone that just read those Joe Son articles. It is nowhere near enough, but it's the best we'll get. Just keep watching that video any time you get angry.

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Fights - A whole lot of action when down this weekend, so let's get right into the punches!

SFL 12 - Super Fight League brought the awesome with a bunch of sloppy fighting that amused me to no end.

Babu vs Singh

Sharath Babu finished off Varinder Singh in just under four minutes by way of technical knock out due to punches.

For way more fights, check out the rest of This Week in Dumb MMA Stuff after the jump!

Muneer vs Pal

Abdul Muneer submitted Amit Pal with a rear naked choke before the three minute mark.

Sharma vs Singh

Uchit Sharma beat Yashvir Singh with a guillotine choke late in the first round.

Khan vs Tokas

Arif Khan rear nakedly choked out Mohit Tokas in under two minutes.

Balhara vs Singh

Ravindra Balhara and Pawan Maan Singh fought into the third round when Singh cut Balhara above the eyebrow. The referee and ringside doctor determined the cut was too bad for Balhara to continue (And they were right, it was totally nasty jazz), but according to India's rules, stoppages due to cuts past the second round result in a judge's decision, and Balhara won unanimously.

Berezikova vs Benitez

Julia Berezikova made Karla Benitez tap to an arm bar in round two.

Maheo vs Ashour

In the main event, Kario Isaac Maheo defeated Mahmoud Ashour with a rear naked choke in round three.

Bellator 83 - Bellator was supposed to crown another tournament champion, but Shabhulat Shamhalaev got food poisoning, so his fight with Rad Martinez was pushed to next week. There was still some fun stuff, though!

Eye vs Frausto-Gurgel

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Jessica Eye and Zoila Frausto-Gurgel don't like each other at all.

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After this fight, I'm pretty sure Zoila's hate for Jessica is at an all-time high because Jessica choked out Zoila with a standing arm triangle.

Leone vs Makovsky

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Anthony Leone took former Bellator Bantamweight champ Zach "Fun Size" Makovsky the distance and won a decision.

Horcher vs Lugori

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Darrel Horcher hits people very hard, as evidenced in his last entry on This Week in Dumb MMA Stuff. Chris Lugori managed to recover numerous times, though, and lasted all fifteen minutes, losing unanimously.

XFC 21 - The only reason I knew about this event was because Nick Newell was fighting.

Card vs Richardson

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Jarrod Card technically submitted Keith Richardson with a guillotine choke very early in round two.

Rainey vs Wallace

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Ricky Rainey beat up Donald Wallace and got a TKO victory in under two minutes.

Finch vs West

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Marcus Finch knocked out Dustin West with a headbutt, which I'm sure will get reviewed at some point.

Thomas vs Hill

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Ryan Thomas submitted Corey Hill with an armbar, and luckily, none of Hill's limbs snapped horribly this time!

Newell vs Reynolds

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Nick Newell submitted Eric Reynolds with a rear naked choke to win the XFC Lightweight title. Congratulations, Nick!

UFC on Fox 5 - This might have been the best card of the year. Like, wow, it was good.

Trujillo vs LeVesseur

Jeez oh peas, Abel Trujillo beat the heck out of Marcus LeVesseur on the way to a TKO victory.

Cruickshank vs Martinez

This fight was a beating administered by Daron Cruickshank to Henry Martinez. It started with a bunch of kicks to the body.

It ended with Cruickshank knocking Martinez out with a walk-off headkick KO.

Edwards vs Stephens

Continuing the night of cool, short fights, Yves Edwards dropped Jeremy Stephens with a counter punch and finished him off with a vicious elbow. Thugjitsu is unstoppable.

Brown vs Swick

Matt Brown knocked out Mike Swick with a nice flurry of punches.

MacDonald vs Penn

Rory MacDonald dominated BJ Penn to a decision victory.

It was so easy for Rory that he broke out a mega-nerdy Ali Shuffle.

Henderson vs Diaz

Benson Henderson was very dominant in his fight against Nate Diaz, thanks in part to leg kicks (No TKO, sadly, as it went to the judges).

Benson also muscled Diaz around the Octagon, slamming him.

Being that he's a Diaz, Nate dropped his hands, and Benson made him pay for it.

But despite the one-sided beating, Nate never gave up, as shown here during a leglock scramble.

Grab Bag - Random fights ahead!

Palelei vs McCorkle

Soa "the Hulk" Palelei beat up Sean McCorkle and got a TKO victory. Back to being unfunny online, McCorkle!

Scoggins vs Hebeisen

Justin Scoggins knocked out Jason Hebeisen with a superkick in their fight. That's neato torpedo!

Rogers vs Bennett

Ronnie "Bam Bam" Rogers took on Charles "Krazy Horse"/"Kid Khaos" Bennett, and nearly got slammed to bits, but still managed to survive and submit Bennett with a triangle choke.

News - Eh, nothing noteworthy happened (In my dumb opinion, at least), including the Benson Henderson Toothpick Controversy in that.

Dana White's Vlog

I try to watch Dana White's fight week video blog's, but it's not often that there's worthwhile to focus on. Now that Chael Sonnen is coaching the new season of The Ultimate Fighter, that's going to change! You may not like him as a fighter, or a person, but he can tell a pretty interesting story!

"Yusin Okami, thank you! Yushin Okami, thank you!"

Tank Abbott Book Club!

I did continue my review/recap of Tank Abbott's dumb novel! Last time, I linked to part 2, so here are parts 3, 4, and 5 for your reading pleasure! Warning - Tank's protagonist, Walter Foxx, is pretty racist!

Welp, that's about it. Both the Carwin/Nelson and Pearson/Sotiropoulos seasons of The Ultimate Fighter will be having finales this weekend, so I might try to smash together some kind of mega-primer.

TUF: The Smashes Finale - I didn't watch this version of The Ultimate Fighter, so I'm completely lost on a bunch of these dudes. Whatever, that's never stopped me before!

Preliminary Card (FuelTV)

Light Heavyweight - Nick "The Quiet Assassin" Penner vs Cody "Donnybrook" Donovan

Penner's Style - Striking
Donovan's Style - Grappling
Prediction - Penner by KO
Thoughts - If Penner can knock out Butterbean, he can knock out Donovan.

Lightweight - Brendan Loughnane vs Mike "The Warrior" Wilkinson

Loughnane's Style - Punches
Wilkinson's Style - Wrestle-boxing
Prediction - Wilkinson by submission

Welterweight - Ben "Benny Blanco" Alloway vs Manuel "Chalate" Rodriguez

Alloway's Style - Punches
Rodriguez's Style - Submissions
Prediction - Alloway by punches because his nickname intrigues me.

Welterweight - Mike Pierce vs Seth "Polish Pistola" Baczynski

Pierce's Style - Wrestling
Baczynski's Style - Striking
Prediction - Pierce by furious, wrestley, decision

Light Heavyweight - Igor Pokrajac vs Joey "The Mexecutioner" Beltran

Pokrajac's Style - Striking
Beltran's Style - Punches
Prediction - Beltran by TKO

Featherweight - Chad "Money" Mendes vs Yaotzin Meza

Mendes's Style - Wrestling, Brozilian Bro-Jitsu
Meza's Style - Wrestle-boxing
Prediction - Mendes via Brolotine choke
Thoughts - Obligatory Team Alpha Male video.

Main Card (FX)

Middleweight - Hector "Lightning" Lombard vs Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares

Lombard's Style - Boxing, judo
Palhares's Style - BJJ, leg-murder
Alternate Palhares Names - Who's Omar Paul Harris, Rousimar Paul Harris, Paul Harris
Prediction - Palhares is going to remove one of Lombard's legs.
Thoughts - I hope these two squat, boxy men have a fun fight

TUF: The Smashes Lightweight Final - Colin "Freakshow" Fletcher vs "Stormin" Norman Parke

Fletcher's Style - Submissions
Parke's Style - Wrestling, Judo
Prediction - Fletcher by submission

TUF: The Smashes Welterweight Final - Robert Whittaker vs Brad "Bear" Scott

Whittaker's Style - Striking
Scott's Style - Striking
Prediction - Scott by KO

Lightweight - George Sotiropoulos vs Ross "The Real Deal" Pearson

Sotiropoulos's Style - BJJ
Pearson's Style - Striking
Prediction - Pearson by TKO
Thoughts - Sotiropoulos has one of my favorite groin shot disqualifications ever. It wasn't an accident, he just walked up to Shinya Aoki and punted him in the dick.

TUF 16: Carwin vs Nelson Finale - I actually watched this season, but all the fighters were meh, so only the final round of the tournament is on the card, ha!

Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Flyweight - Jared "The Jackhammer" Papazian vs Tim Elliott

Papazian's Style - Boxing
Elliott's Style - Muay Thai, wrestling
Prediction - Elliott by submission

Lightweight - Mike "The Wolverine" Rio vs John Cofer

Rio's Style - Grappling
Cofer's Style - Wrestling
Prediction - Rio by decision

Bantameweight - Reuben "Hurricane" Duran vs Hugo "Wolverine" Viana

Duran's Style - Striking
Viana's Style - Boxing
Prediction - Viana by TKO.
Thoughts - Man, I kind of want to see Rio vs Viana for rights to "Wolverine" as a nickname

Preliminary Card (FuelTV)

Welterweight - TJ Waldburger vs Nick "The Jersey Devil" Catone

Waldburger's Style - BJJ
Catone's Style - Wrestling, BJJ, boxing
Prediction - Waldburger by submission

Lightweight - Vinc "From Hell" Pichel vs Rustam "Tiger" Khabilov

Pichel's Style - Striking
Khabilov's Style - Wrestling
Prediction - Pichel by KO

Bantamweight - Johnny "Brutal" Bedford vs Marcos "Vina" Vinicius

Bedford's Style - Wrestling
Vinicius's Style - Grappling
Prediction - Bedford by decision
Thoughts - Part of me wants Vinicius to KO Bedford so we can get another "Do you know where you are?" "Ohio?" moments from TUF (Bedford was in Las Vegas at the time he said that)

Welterweight - Mike "Quicksand" Pyle vs James Head

Pyle's Style - Striking, BJJ
Head's Style - Striking
Prediction - Pyle by submission

Main Card (FX)

Featherweight - Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier vs Jonathan Brookins

Poirier's Style - BJJ
Brookins's Style - Wrestling
Prediciton - Poirier by submission

Lightweight - Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard vs Jamie Varner

Guillard's Style - Boxing, American Whu-Hit-U (Yes, best fight style!)
Varner's Style - Wrestling
Prediction - Guillard by KO
Thoughts - I still hate Jamie Varner.

Heavyweight - Pat "HD" Barry vs Shane Del Rosario

Barry's Style - Kickboxing
Del Rosario's Style - Muay thai, BJJ
Prediction - Barry by Leg Kick TKO
Thoughts - I'm glad Barry got ambushed and had his head shorn so maybe now he'll kick dudes way hard instead of looking for submissions.

TUF 16 Welterweight Final - Mike "The Martian" Ricci vs Colton Smith

Ricci's Style - Dapper
Alternate Ricci Nickname - "Handsome" Mike Ricci
Smith's Style - Wrestling, Military
Prediction - Colton is going to do a bunch of wrestles and win a decision

Heavyweight - Roy "Big Country" Nelson vs Matt "Meathead" Mitrione

Nelson's Style - BJJ, Boxing
Mitrione's Style - Football, Kinda Crazy
Prediction - Mitrione by decision
Thoughts - Nelson's show to have a very good chin in his recent fights, so Mitrione won't knock him out, and

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Fights - A whole lot of fights went down, so let's not waste any time and get right into the action.

SFL 13 - Super Fight League crowned a bunch of champions on Friday as it was their last show of the year.

Khan vs Eidehlouei

Jamshed Khan defeated Rouhollah Eidehlouei due to retirement at the end of round two.

Check out a ton more fights, plus pure craziness after the jump!

Kolekar vs Monika

Manjit Kolekar finished off Monika Monika with a rear naked choke in round one.

de Reuck vs Badawy

Warren de Reuck made Mohamed Hassan Badawy tap out with a triangle choke late in the first round.

Meena vs Yadav

Rajinder Singh Meena finished Sandeep Yadav with a guillotine choke in round four.

Khandare vs Grewal

Bharat Khandare beat Narender Grewal with a guillotine choke in round one.

Kumar vs Chuhan

Anup Kumar choked out Manoj Chuhan with a rear naked choke just after the two minute mark of round two.

Prasad vs Choudhury

Shyam Prasad defeated my favorite SFL fighter, Bhabajeet Choudhury with a rear naked choke in round two. Dang it!

Legacy Fighting Championships 16 - LFC was in Dallas this weekend, and there were a lot of fun finishes.

Caldwell vs Kempf

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Darrion Caldwell beat Quaint Kempf with punches in the opening minute. I still can't decide if "Quaint Kempf" is the best name or dumbest name.

Mai vs Russ

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Klayton Mai made Alex Russ tap to a guillotine choke deep into round one.

Krantz vs Byrd

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Derrick Krantz rear nakedly choked out Charles Byrd in round one.

Benoit vs Sandoval

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Ryan Benoit technically knocked out Joseph Sandoval just past the one minute mark in round one.

Skelly vs Trujillo

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Chas Skelly (This is another candidate for best/dumbest name) punched out Reynaldo Trujillo in round three to get a TKO win.

Hobar vs Peterson

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Matt Hobar took a majority decision over Steven Peterson in a back and forth fight.

Campuzano vs Flick

Will Campuzano finished Jimmy Flick with knees and punches very early in round one.

Bellator 84 - Bellator wrapped up most of the Season Seven Tournaments, and crowned a new Heavyweight champion.

Gomez vs Talamantes

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Anthony Gomez choked out Anton Talamantes in round one.

Uflacker vs Wright

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Christian Uflacker got kicked in the face on the way to putting a knee on the ground in the third round. The referee stopped the fight, and since Uflacker couldn't continue, the fight went to the judges, and Uflacker won the decision. I personally feel that since Uflacker wasn't actually a downed opponent, it should have been a KO victory for Cliff Wright, but I'm just some random bloggist.

Taylor vs Vedepo

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No Vedepo Chokes tonight, as Louis Taylor punched the heck out of Joe Vedepo and get a knockout victory.

Herrig vs Vidonic

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Felice Herrig was pretty dominant during her fight with Patricia Vidonic, and won a unanimous decision.

TUF: The Smashes Finale - The big guys got started on Friday night, as the UK vs Australia installment of The Ultimate Fighter finished up.

Lombard vs Palhares

Hector Lombard punched the heck out of Rousimar Palhares and got a KO victory.

From www.MiddleEasy.com

Also, in wonderful iron, Palhares ended up breaking his foot during the fight. So now we know that there's some kind of leg-hating demon that lives within Rousimar, and someone's foot or leg has to end up injured when he fights.

Pearson vs Sotiropoulos

Ross Pearson punched George Sotiropoulos a bunch, and won with a third round KO.

TUF 16: Carwin vs Nelson Finale - The main version of TUF ended on Saturday with probably one of the best fight cards of the year (FREE MMA IS BEST MMA).

Viana vs Duran

Hugo Viana used his Wolverine powers to punch Reuben Duran really dang hard in the face and got a knockout towards the end of the first round.

Khabilov vs Pichel

Holy bananas, this Rustam "Tiger" Khabilov! I thought that Sambo guys were the ones that took ridiculous German suplexes in MMA, not the ones delivering them!

Here's another look at the suplex of doom. JEEZ OH PEAS!

Of course, it turns out that Khabilov has a bit of a history of dropping guys on their heads to their personal doom.

Bedford vs Vinicius

Johnny Bedford beat the heck out of Marcos Vinicius and stopped him in the second round with a flurry of blows.

Pyle vs Head

Mike Pyle is 37 years old, sports a fabulous mullet, and told Joe Rogan that when he got rocked earlier in the round, he started thinking about SpongeBob Squarepants. Oh, also, he smashed his knee into James Head's face and then punched him a bunch afterwards.

Poirier vs Brookins

This was a way fun fight! Both guys hurt each other standing a couple of times, Brookins dropped for a takedown, and Poirier latched onto his favorite submission, the D'Arce (Or Brabo) choke.

Barry vs Del Rosario

Yay Pat Barry! This was another fun scrap, and I've got to say, as a Pat Barry fan, I was pretty nervous at times in the first round when Del Rosario was hunting for submissions. Pat defended, and the fight went to the second round.

Then Pat finished things off with a nice assortment of punches.

And after that, he gave the best post-fight interview/speech.

Nelson vs Mitrione

Once again, fun stuff in this fight. Nelson used his natural dwarven power to get Mitrione wobbly, then finished him off with some more vicious shots.

Grab Bag - A collection of random fights for everyone's entertainment!

Flying Reverse Triangle!

Here we have Wolfgang Janssen pulling off probably the only ever flying reverse triangle against Aaron Armstrong at Havoc FC. Dang!

News -

12 Days of ChristMMAs

Gamma labs. Gamma labs! Gamma Labs! GAMMA LABS!

Garrett Wants to Fight

Garrett Holeve is a 23-year-old that trains at American Top Team in Florida. He's had a two exhibition fights, but there has been a lot of difficulty in getting him opponents. The roadblock stems from the fact that Garrett has Downs syndrome and a lot of other fighters are apprehensive about getting in a cage and hurting him severely.

Anderson Silva's Duracell Commercial

Here's 3 minutes of Anderson Silva playing with action figures for Duracell, because he can do whatever the hell he wants. Best part is all of the figures being Anderson with different hair.

Roy Nelson's Epic Deli Sandwich

The crazy guys at Epic Deli came up with a new MMA-inspired creation, the Roy Nelson.

It seems horrifying, but that Matt Riddle look-alike seems to enjoy it!

Hip Show

The Hip Show is a giant cauldron of Russian insanity that basically combines the set from American Gladiators and tag team MMA, it just lacks tennis ball cannons (I think that is only for title fights).

The best part is after one guy from a team gets eliminated, his lone partner flees for his life as it becomes a handicap match. Never change, Russia.

Tank Abbott Book Club

My continued recap of Tank Abbott's debut novel is still at With Leather. Check out parts six and seven!

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Facebook Prelims

Flyweight - Chris "Kamikaze" Cariaso vs John Moraga

Cariaso's Style - Muay thai, boxing
Moraga's Style - Wrestling, submissions
Prediction - Moraga by submission

Featherweight - Leonard "Bad Boy" Garcia vs Max "Blessed" Holloway

Garcia's Style - Boxing, BJJ
Holloway's Style - Striking
Prediction - If he had a full camp, I'd go with Holloway, but this is on like 10 days notice for him, so I think Garcia will get win a decision.

Heavyweight - Phil "S11" De Fries vs Todd Duffee

De Fries's Style - Grappling
Duffee's Style - Punches
Nickname Duffee Should Use - Todd "Duffman" Duffee
Prediction - De Fries with a submission

FX Prelims

Lightweight - Michael "The Menace" Johnson vs Myles "Fury" Jury

Johnson's Style - Wrestling, Fist In Box
Jury's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
Alternate Jury Nicknames - Myles "Hung" Jury
Prediction - Johnson with a wrestley decision

Lightweight - Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard vs Jamie Varner

Guillard's Style - Boxing, wrestling, American Whu-Hit-U
Varner's Style - Wrestling, being awful
Prediction - Guillard with a huge knockout

Bantamweight - Erik "Goyito" Perez vs Byron Bloodworth

Perez's Style - Striking, submissions
Bloodworth's Style - Striking
Prediciton - Perez with a submission
Thoughts - Bloodworth is the best surname ever

Bantamweight - Brad "One Punch" Pickett vs Eddie Wineland

Pickett's Style - Punch
Wineland's Style - Striking, wrestling
Prediction -Pickett with a KO

PPV Main Card

Middlweight - Chris "The Crippler" Leben vs Derek "Wrecking Ball" Brusnon

Leben's Style - Punching, Zombie-Fu
Alternate Leben Nickname - Chris "The Cat Smasher" Leben
Brunson's Style - Poker, Wrestling
Prediction - Leben with a KO

Middleweight - Yushin "Thunder" Okami vs Alan "The Talent" Belcher

Okami's Style - Wrestling
Belcher's Style - Muay Thai
Prediction - Belcher via KO

Middleweight - Tim "The Barbarian" Botesch vs Costa Philippou

Boestsch's Style - Wrestling
Philippou's Style - Striking
Prediction - Boetsch with a decision victory

Lightweight - Jim Miller vs Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon

Miller's Style - Grappling
Lauzon's Style - BJJ
Alternate Lauzon Nickname - "Creepy" Joe Lauzon
Prediction - Miller with a submission

Main Event

Heavyweight Title - Junior "Cigano" Dos Santos vs Cain Velasquez

Dos Santos's Style - Boxing
Velasquez's Style - The Take Him Down (Wrestling)
Prediction - Dos Santos with another KO victory

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This time on Fighter Retrospectives, I’ll be taking a look at a Dutch maniac, Bas“El Guapo”Rutten.

Who is this guy?

Bas Rutten is a guy from Holland that was very good at killing people’s faces. He began his martial arts career in Tae Kwon Do and Kyokushin karate, then later transitioned into Muay Thai kickboxing (I think 80% of all Dutch people are skilled in Muay Thai), before participating in mixed martial arts.

He started in Pancrase, a Japanese organization that had a fair amount of professional wrestling influences (Combatants were allowed rope breaks for submissions during a match, for instance, and closed fist punches to the face were illegal. The rope breaks were in finite supply, though, and once you used them up, the next rope grab would end the fight.). Bas was initially very good at knocking out people with his excellent striking background, but would quickly become lost when a fight went to the ground. One of the top stars of Pancrase, Masakatsu Funaki took on Bas and several other fighters to train submission skills simply to give himself more of a challenge (Rest assured, I’ll be writing about Funaki in the future). Rutten learned the ground game very well and started submitting people with numerous different holds.

Were any of his fights any good?

Boy howdy, were they! Bas had some very impressive and fun fights with such peoples as Jason DeLucia, Frank and Ken Shamrock (Individually, of course, this was Pancrase, not ZST), and Masakatsu Funaki.

Rutten versus Frank Shamrock III - The Fighting Clown, Frank Shamrock

Bas struggled against the Shamrock family, going 2-3 overall with the grappling brothers. This fight is to unify Bas's King of Pancrase title with Frank's interim KoP title. Bas is on commentary because he's awesome. There's a good mix of grappling, striking, and conversation to start things off. Oh, they also spill out of the ring during a takedown attempt by Frank. Crazy times in Pancrase!

It's not really until the latter stages of the fight that Frank starts goofing around. He throws a turtled-up backhand, and during a leg lock attempt, just pulls ridiculous faces as Bas tries to punch his way out. Frank ends up with a cut over his eyebrow, and that's the official reason for the end of the fight, but Bas says, and I'm inclined to agree, that Shamrock just looked like he was done, cut or no cut.

Check out more about Bas after the (splits) jump!

Rutten versus Jason DeLucia III – Kill the Lying Liver

Jason DeLucia was a thrift store Frank Shamrock, at least in looks. He was a decent enough fighter, but since this isn’t a Fighter Retrospective on him, I’ll save his back story for another time (Pfft, like I’m gonna write about that dorkus malorkus!). This fight also has fun commentary from Bas Rutten, and it’s a lot of him calling out Jason for lying about where Bas’s strikes were landing. DeLucia claims punches hit his face, while Bas contends they were on the “high chest” (Hey, he’s Dutch, cut him some slacks. That is because the Dutch enjoy trousers. Never mind.), and DeLucia says a kick is to the groin, but Rutten says it was to the body. Some of the strikes look to land where Bas says, and a few could be where DeLucia claims, but I’m siding with Bas because he seems scarier. Bas finally gets fed up with the shenanigans and decides to beat the shit out of DeLucia’s body, specifically his “leever”, which is basically the Bas Rutten Special. Rutten even says the knockout blow “broke” Jason’s liver, which is impressive and disturbing.

Rutten versus Masakatsu Funaki II – I Shall Beat Upon You Until One of Us is Dead

This might be the best Pancrase match ever (Granted, I haven’t seen a whole lot of Pancrase matches, but even so, this one is special). It’s a rematch between big name guys, and also, a student versus teacher match, as, like I said, Funaki took in Rutten to teach him catch wrestling just so Funaki wouldn’t get bored submitting guys so easily. Rutten, again on commentary, says his thoughts were to drag the fight out, see if Funaki gasses at the 15 minute mark, so he fights pretty conservatively, looking for counters and playing defense. The fight hits the mat a few times, and Bas escapes several submission attempts, including a horrible-looking leg lock. With Funaki in Bas’s close guard, Rutten attempts to push Funaki off, create space, and get back to his feet. It pretty much works, but Funaki throws a kick as Rutten is still getting to his feet. It looks to hit all body, but Bas is pissed (I’m pretty sure head kicks to a downed opponent were illegal in Pancrase, but I’m not as well versed in its early ruleset).

Now the fight transitions from “Bas waiting things out” to “BAS MUST KILL”. Rutten smashes and obliterates Funaki’s nose with palm strikes and knees, but Funaki keeps getting back up. Finally, after I think four hundred knockdowns, Funaki has lost too many points, so the fight is over. Bas gets his hand raised briefly, then falls down, exhausted. It's awesome.

Rutten vs Villareal - The Return

After some serious knee injuries, Bas's career was thought to be over around 1999. However, in 2006, Bas made one final go of things and faced off with shame-shirt wearing Ruben "Warpath" Villareal. In just over 3 minutes, Bas defeated Ruben with a LEG KICK TKO! HELL YEAH! Also, check it out, Kevin James cornered Bas!

Post-Fight Career?

Rutten has kept fairly busy after his fight career got put on hold due to injuries (Though he did return several years later for one last fight). He’s trained a fair number of fighters, including Duane “Bang” Ludwig, Yves Edwards, Kimbo Slice, and a vast number of drunken lunatics.

What?

Rutten has a video or DVD or something that details the methods to survive a bar fight or twelve (dozen). He should have a good idea about this, considering he claims to have been involved in a crazy, raucous brawl in Sweden in the 90s. Anyway, Rutten’s instructional is less about diffusing situations and more about causing maximum harm, possibly to get away, but sometimes just so you can then inflict more damage (And in some cases, humiliation) on your opponent/victim. Techniques such as breaking a man’s leg for saying a thing about your wife, smashing a man’s face into the bar for trying to claim your seat as his own (The Anti-Norm Rule), choking a man unconscious for speaking to you with a hand upon your shoulder, and slitting a person’s throat while you pretend to want to back off and avoid a confrontation are taught in the Bas Rutten System. I’m pretty sure this video was sponsored by a defense attorney.

Bas has also done some acting, as he’s friends with a rotund buffoon who is notable in the MMA community (No, not Roy Nelson), Kevin James. Rutten has been on The King of Queens, leant his voice for a part in Paul Blart – Animal Cop (I’m sorry, the correct title is Zookeeper), and co-stars as James’s trainer in Paul Blart – Mixed Martial Farts (Again, sorry, it is Here Comes the Boom). He’s also done some non-Kevin James stuff, like starred in The Kingdom of Ultimate Power, and while, not an acting job, has a halfway decent Tony “Scarface” Montana impression. He also hosted a show called Punk Payback, which showcased lowlifes getting their comeuppance on security footage, and also had Bas explaining more effective techniques for murdering the guy trying to shoplift a candy bar. Apparently he was also involved in Grand Theft Auto IV. And of course, El Guapo Likes to Dance.

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Welp, it's time for everyone to grab their best black finery and get out the vigil candles, Strikeforce is on its deathbed. The last ever event is set for tomorrow night, and after the initial promise of multiple title defenses, everyone ended up getting hurt so now the card is a shambles of random folk fighting established names. Strikeforce isn't going down with a fight, it's curling up in a ditch, belly full of turpentine and anti-freeze, and hoping to go peacefully in its sleep.

Farewell, Strikeforce, you had some cool fights!

Preliminary Card - Unaired (I'm not sure if Showtime or Strikeforce is to be blamed, but they are both A Bad)

Lightweight - Michael Bravo vs Estevan "El Terrible" Payan

Bravo's Style - Striking
Payan's Style - Freestyle
Prediction - Payan, I guess. I don't know anything about these guys.

Lightweight - Jorge Gurgel vs Adriano Martins

Gurgel's Style - Not using jiu-jitsu
Martins's Style - Striking
Prediction - If Gurgel tries to Stand and also Bang, he'll probably lose by KO. He does that a lot, so that's my pick.
Thoughts - I wonder how long until Jorge is the third-best fighter in his family (Behind wife Zoila and sister-in-law Stephanie Frausto)

Preliminary Card - Showtime Extreme

Lightweight - Ryan Couture vs "King" KJ Noons

Couture's Style - BJJ, wrestling
Noons's Style - Striking, hair adjustments
Prediction - Couture will do a bunch of grapples and Noons will flip his hair over his ears a lot.
Thoughts - Randy's dumb weiner kid versus a fellow dumb weiner? Blugh at this fight.

Middleweight - Tim Kennedy vs Trevor "Hot Sauce" Smith

Kennedy's Style - Army
Smith's Style - BJJ
Prediction - Kennedy by TKO.
Thoughts - Kennedy is a cool dude.

Middleweight - Roger Gracie vs Anthony "Lionheart" Smith

Gracie's Style - BJJ
Smith's Style - Freestyle
Prediction - Gracie by submission

Lightweight - Pat "Bam Bam" Healy vs Kurt Holobaugh

Healy's Style - Submissions
Holobaugh's Style - Submissions
Prediction - Healy by decision

Main Card - Showtime

Catchweight (194)/Franklinweight - Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza vs Ed "Short Fuse" Herman

Souza's Style - BJJ
Herman's Style - BJJ
Prediction - Souza by submission

Light Heavyweight - Gegard "The Dreamcatcher" Mousasi vs Mike "MAK" Kyle

Mousasi's Style - Kickboxing
Kyle's Style - Striking
Prediction - Mousasi by decision
Thoughts - Fuck Mike Kyle

Heavyweight - Josh "The Warmaster" Barnett vs Nandor "The Hun" Guelmino

Barnett's Style - Catch wrestling, pro wrestling
Guelmino's Style - Submissions
Prediction - Barnett by Bow and Arrow hold
Thoughts - Barnett is awesome at open workouts and promos

Heavyweight - Daniel "DC" Cormier vs Dion "Soldier" Staring

Cormier's Style - Wrestling
Staring's Style - Kickboxing
Prediction - Cormier by TKO
Thoughts - Here are two Dion Staring facts: 1. He lost to a man named Can and 2. He has defeated one current UFC fighter, Featherweight Akira Corassani.

Welterweight Title - Nate "The Great" Marquardt vs Tarrec "Sponge" Saffiedine

Marquardt's Style - Punch-kicks, kick-punches
Saffiedine's Style - Karate
Prediction - Marquardt by crazy-ass KO.

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Bellator Fighting Championships is all about tournaments. It's how fighters earn title shots, which I really like. The only thing required of a fighter is "win the tournament", no matter how impressively the wins come.

The following tournaments will be contested over the course of Bellator's eighth season (Possibly going past season 8 and into season 9)

Lightweight

Champion - Michael Chandler
Challengers - Rick Hawn, Marcin Held/Dave Jansen
Tournament Favorites - Patricky Freire, Lloyd Woodard

Welterweight

Champion - Ben Askren
Challengers - Karl Amoussou, Andrey Koreshkov
Tournament Favorites - Douglas Lima, Ben Saunders

Light Heavyweight

Champion - Christian M'Pumbu
Challenger - Attila Vegh
Tournament Favorites - Seth Petruzelli, Muhammed Lawal

Check out the rest of the season 8 preview after the break.

Season 8 Title Fights and Prior Season Tournament Finals:

January 17, 2013
Lightweight Title - Michael Chandler vs Rick "Genghis" Hawn
Chandler's Style - Wrestling
Hawn's Style - Judo
Prediction - Chandler by TKO
Thoughts - This fight should be way fun.

January 17, 2013
Featherweight Title - Pat "Paddy Mike" Curran vs Patricio "Pitbull" Freire
Curran's Style -Wrestling, BJJ
Freire's Style - BJJ
Prediction -Curran with a decision
Thoughts -This fight is probably going to end up owning most if not all of my bones.

January 24, 2013
Welterweight Title - "Funky" Ben Askren vs Karl "Psycho" Amoussou
Askren's Style - Wrestling
Amoussou's Style -Judo
Prediction - Askren by decision
Thoughts - Karl is going to be so mad when he has a funky blond afro jammed up his nose for 25 minutes.

February 7, 2013
Vacant Middleweight Title - Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko vs Maiquel "Big Rig" Falcao
Shlemenko's Style - Kickboxing, spinning
Falcao's Style -BJJ
Prediction - Shlemenko with a spinning KO
Thoughts - I love that twirly Russian. He once said he comes from a bad part of Siberia, as if the entirety of Siberia isn't a rough place to live.

February 14, 2013
Bantamweight Title - Eduardo Dantas vs Marcus Galvao
Dantas's Style -BJJ
Galvao's Style -BJJ
Prediction -Dantas by decision
Thoughts -I hope Tyson Nam hops the cage after the fight and demands a title shot if Dantas retains.

February 21, 2013
Season 7 Featherweight Tournament Final - Rad Martinez vs Shahbulat Shamhalaev
Martinez's Style - Wrestling
Shamhalaev's Style -Muay Thai
Prediction - Martinez by decision
Thoughts - I would normally make jokes about a guy being named "Rad", but Rad's personal story is too heartbreaking to mock. I hope Rad wins everything forever.

February 28, 2013
Light Heavyweight Title - Christian M'Pumbu vs Attila Vegh
M'Pumbu's Style -Savate
Vegh's Style -Wrestling, karate
Prediction -M'Pumbu by KO
Thoughts -This is kind of interesting, because M'Pumbu lost a non-title "super" fight against Travis Wiuff, while Vegh beat Wiuff to win the LHW tournament.

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Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Lightweight - Francisco"Massaranduba" Trinaldo vs CJ Keith

Trinaldo's Style - Kickboxing
Keith's Style - Wrestling,
Prediction - Trinaldo by TKO

Preliminary Card (Fuel TV)

Light Heavyweight - Wagner "Caldeirao" Prado vs Ildemar "Marajo" Alcantara

Prado's Style - Striking
Alcantara's Style - Striking
Prediction - Prado by decision

Bantamweight - Yuri "Marajo" Alcantara vs Pedro "The Rock" Nobre

Alcantara's Style - BJJ
Nobre's Style - Striking, BJJ
Prediction - Alcantara with a submission

Lightweight - Edson "Junior" Barboza vs Lucas "Mineiro" Martins

Barboza's Style - Muay Thai
Martins's Style - Striking, BJJ
Prediction - Barboza by KO
Thoughts - Barboza, to quote the amazing Pat "Hype or Die" Barry "THROWS THUNDA"

Featherweight - Diego "The Gun" Nunes vs Nik "The Carny" Lentz

Nunes's Style - BJJ, striking
Lentz's Style - Wrestling, BJJ
Prediction - Nunes by decision

Middleweight - Ronny Markes vs Andrew Craig

Markes's Style - BJJ
Craig's Style - Wrestling, BJJ
Prediction - Craig by decision

Featherweight - Godofredo "Pepey" Castro vs Milton "Miltinho Vieira

Castro's Style - BJJ
Vieira's Style - BJJ
Prediction - Vieira by decision

Main Card (FX)

Lightweight - Thiago Tavares vs Khabib "The Eagle" Nurmagomedov

Tavares's Style - BJJ, Muay Thai
Nurmagomedov's Style - Sambo, wrestling
Prediction - Nurmagomedov by TKO

Heavyweight - Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga vs "Big" Ben Rothwell

Gonzaga's Style - BJJ, striking
Rothwell's Style - Kickboxing
Prediction - Rothwell by KO
Thoughts - This should be a good fight between a guy that vlogs and a guy that punches people into memes.

Middleweight - Daniel Sarafian vs CB "The Doberman" Dolloway

Sarafian's Style - Judo, karate, BJJ
Dolloway's Style - Wrestling, BJJ
Prediction - Sarafian by submission
Thoughts - His name is Clarence Byron.

Middleweight - Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort vs Michael "The Count" Bisping

Belfort's Style - Boxing (Rabbit punches), BJJ
Bisping's Style - Kickboxing, defensive wrestling
Prediction - Bisping by decision
Thoughts - Part of me really wants Belfort to KO Bisping with a flurry of questionably-placed punches. On the other hand, if Bisping wins, he'll probably get a shot at Anderson Silva, and seeing a cool knockout preceded by several minutes/rounds of dancing by Silva would be awesome, too.

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This time on Fantastic Finishes, the finish is the entire fight. It's also a testament to how fucking scary Melvin Manhoef's punching power is (But I don't want to get ahead of myself).

Melvin "No Mercy" Manhoef vs Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt - K-1 Dynamite!! Power of Courage 2008 (December 31, 2008)

Who Are These Guys?

Melvin Manhoef is a Dutch/Surinamese kickboxer that wears a gladiator skirt and dog collar and dances to the ring because nobody is going to say anything about it. He currently has a 93% knockout rate.

Mark Hunt is a former K-1 World Grand Prix champion, which means he is a very good kickboxer. Also, Samoan stereotypes are true, because he once did this in a K-1 fight (Absorbing punches with the face is never a smart choice, unless you are Mark Hunt/Ray Sefo)

What's so Special about this Fight?

In his combined MMA and kickboxing career up to that point, Mark Hunt had only ever lost by submission, decision, a corner stoppage TKO, and a body shot TKO. The fact that a man outweighed by close to one hundred pounds managed to knock out Hunt while back pedaling is either bullshit or magic, I can't decide.

What Did We Learn?

Don't let Melvin Manhoef punch you
Even a stereotypical Samoan skull can be compromised
Don't let Mark Hunt punch you (I know it wasn't demonstrated in this fight, but it needs to be said)

Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Welterweight - Simeon "The Grin" Thoresen vs David "Daudi" Mitchell

Thoresen's Style - BJJ
Mitchell's Style - BJJ
Prediction - Mitchell by decision

Preliminary Card (FX)

Middleweight - Rafael "Sapo" Natal vs Sean "Black Magik" Spencer

Natal's Style - Tennis, Grappling
Spencer's Style - Striking
Prediction - Natal by submission
Thoughts - "Blag Magik" is a really dumb nickname

Heavyweight - Mike Russow vs Shawn "The Savage" Jordan

Russow's Style - Submissions, HAMMERFIST OF DEATH
Jordan's Style - Striking
Prediction - Russow by TKO (via HAMMERFIST OF DEATH)

Light Heavyweight - Ryan "Darth" Bader vs Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko

Bader's Style - Wrestling, punches
Matyushenko's Style - Wrestling
Prediction - Matyushenko by TKO
Thoughts - Bader is probably going to be a Bellator champion next year.

Welterweight - Mike Stumpf vs Pascal "Panzer" Krause

Stumpf's Style - Grappling
Krause's Style -Boxing, BJJ
Prediction -Krause by decision

Featherweight - Clay "The Carpenter" Guida vs Hatsu Hioki

Guida's Style - Wrestling
Hioki's Style - Grappling
Prediction - Guida by decision

Lightweight - TJ Grant vs "Handsome" Matt Wiman

Grant's Style - BJJ
Wiman's Style - BJJ
Prediction -Wiman by submission

Main Card (Fox)

Featherweight - Erik "New Breed" Koch vs Ricardo "The Bully" Lamas

Koch's Style - Kickboxing
Lamas's Style - Grappling
Prediction -Koch by KO

Lightweight - Anthony "Showtime" Pettis vs Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone

Pettis's Style - Kickboxing
Cerrone's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
Prediction -Pettis by submission
Thoughts - This fight should be a whole bunch of fun on a whole bunch of buns.

Light Heavyweight - Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs Glover Teixeira

Jackson's Style - Boxing, wrestling
Teixeira's Style - Striking, BJJ
Prediction - Teixeira by KO
Thoughts - Quinton will be a top challenger to Bader's Bellator title next year.

Main Event

Flyweight Title - Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson vs John "The Magician" Dodson

Johnson's Style - Wrestling, boxing
Dodson's Style - Striking, flips, chittering
Alternate Dodson Nickname - John "We've Got" Dodson
Prediction -Dodson by KO
Thoughts - Oh man oh man oh man this fight is going to be so cool. I hope my eyes are fast enough to keep up with everything. That is not even a joke, I have real concerns I won't be able to physically watch this fast enough.

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Prelims (Facebook)

Bantamweight - Edwin "El Feroz" Figueroa vs Francisco "Cisco" Rivera

Figueroa's Style - Striking
Rivera's Style - Striking
Prediction - Figueroa by KO

Bantamweight - Chico "The King" Camus vs Dustin "The Diamond" Kimura

Camus's Style - Striking, Existentialism
Style - Submissions (But no kimuras? What in all of the hecks, man?)
Prediction - Camus via getting Kimura to contemplate the nothingness of the universe by way of extensive face punches

Prelims (FX)

Lightweight - Yves Edwards vs Isaac Ville-Flagg

Edwards's Style - Thugjitsu
Ville-Flagg's Style - Punches
Prediction - Edwards by KO
Thoughts - Edwards is the best dude ever.

Lightweight - Jacob "Christmas" Volkmann vs Bobby "King" Green

Volkmann's Style - Wrestling
Green's Style - Hood
Prediction - Green by decision
Thoughts - I hope Volkmann manages to wrangle a live microphone so he can get another Secret Service visit.

Welterweight - Tyron "The Chosen One' Woodley vs Jay "Thoroughbred" Hieron

Woodley's Style - Wrestling
Hieron's Style - Wrestling
Prediction - Woodley by decision
Thoughts - Remember when Hieron bled a bunch? That was gross.

Lightweight - Gleison Tibau vs Evan Dunham

Tibau's Style - Wrestling, BJJ, cutting weight
Unofficial Tibau Nickname - Gleison "Tim" Tibau
Dunham's Style - BJJ
Prediction - Tibau by decision

Main Card (PPV)

Flyweight - Joseph Benavidez vs Ian "Uncle Creepy" McCall

Benavidez's Style - Wrestling, Brozlian Bro Jitsu
McCall's Style - BJJ
Prediction - Benavidez by submission (Brollotine choke)
Thoughts - Obligatory Team Alpha Male video

Welterweight - Jon Fitch vs Demian Maia

Fitch's Style - Wrestling, beating up Thunder Cats
Maia's Style - BJJ, turning on blood faucets
Prediction - Fitch by TKO
Thoughts - This fight isn't really fair since Fitch has MIND POWERS (From being Week Day Vegan)

Heavyweight - Alistair "The Reem" Overeem vs Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva

Overeem's Style - Muay Thai
Silva's Style - Striking, BJJ
Prediction - Overeem by KO
Thoughts - WHOA, OVEREEM, PANTASTIC BODY!

Light Heavyweight - "Suga" Rashad Evans vs Antonio Rogerio "Minotouro" Nogueira

Evans's Style -Wrestling, boxing
Nogueira's Style - BJJ, boxing
Prediction -Evans by KO
Thoughts - More like LOL Nog

Main Event: Featherweight Title - Jose "Junior" Aldo vs Frankie "The Answer" Edgar

Aldo's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ, buying suits
Edgar's Style - Wrestling, Boxing
Edgar's Real Nickname - Frankie "Two Times" Edgar
Prediction - Edgar by TKO
Thoughts - I can't wait for rounds 6 - 10 in like six months!

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Prelims (Facebook)

Flyweight - Phil "Billy" Harris vs Ulysses "Useless" Gomez

Harris' Style - BJJ
Gomez's Style - BJJ
Prediction - Gomez by submission
Thoughts - Rousimar's little brother looks nothing like him.

Bantamweight - Vaughan "Love" Lee vs Motonobu Tezuka

Lee's Style - Grappling
Tezuka's Style - Grappling
Prediction - Tezuka by decision
Thoughts - Guys like Riki Fukuda and Yushin Okami might have been All-Japan wrestlers, but I'm pretty sure Tezuka is a New Japan wrestler.

Middleweight - Tom "Kong" Watson vs Stanislav "Stucky" Nedkov

Watson's Style - Striking
Nedkov's Style - Striking, grappling, pecan logs
Prediction - Nedkov by TKO

Featherweight - Andy "The Little Axe" Ogle vs Josh "The Fluke" Grispi

Ogle's Style - Striking, weeping
Grispi's Style - Submissions
Prediction - Grispi by submission

Lightweight - Paul "Sassangle" Sass vs Danny "Last Call" Castillo

Sass' Style - Triangles, heel hooks
Castillo's Style - Wrestling, Brozilian Bro-Jitsu
Prediction - Sass by Sassangle
Thoughts - I don't care if he's not in the video. Any time Team Alpha Male fights, I will post this, the most TAM video ever.

Lightweight - Terry Etim vs Renee Forte

Etim's Style - Luta Livre, grappling
Forte's Style - Being loud
Prediction - Etim by submission
Thoughts - Etim's fighting for the first time since The Kick, also known as "Edson Barboza just MurderDeathKilled a dude!"

Main Card (Fuel)

Welterweight - Che "Beautiful" Mills vs Matthew "Deep Waters" Riddle

Mills' Style - Striking
Riddle's Style - Wrestling, striking
Prediction - Mills by KO
Thoughts - Riddle should maybe never talk to anyone ever again.

Light Heavyweight - James Te-Huna vs Ryan "Big Deal" Jimmo

Te-Huna's Style - Wrestling
Jimmo's Style - Striking, wrestling
Prediction - Jimmo by KO

Welterweight - Gunnar "Gunni" Nelson vs Jorge "The Sandman" Santiago

Nelson's Style - Submissions
Santiago's Style - BJJ
Prediction - Nelson by decision

Light Heavyweight - Jimi "Poster Boy" Manuwa vs Cyrille "The Snake" Diabate

Manuwa's Style - Striking
Diabate's Style - Boxing
Prediction - Manuwa by TKO

Featherweight - Cub Swanson vs Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier

Swanson's Style - Freestyle
Poirier's Style - Grappling
Prediction - Poirier by submission

Interim Bantamweight Title - Renan "Barao" Pegado vs Michael "MayDay" McDonald

Pegado's Style - BJJ
McDonald's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ, Yacht Rock/Smooth Music
Prediction - McDonald by KO
Thoughts - Interim title defenses are really stupid. "Renan Barao-Rao-Rao" is not, it's cool.

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Today on Fighter Retrospectives I'm taking a look at one of the more pro-wrestley guys, Ikuhisa "the Punk" Minowa, more commonly known as MINOWAMAN. He's also currently active, so this is more of a Fighter Appreciation than a Retrospective, so leave appropriate vitriol in the comments for such an egregious goof up.

Who is this man, and what does he do?

A typical Wednesday for MINOWAMAN

Ikuhisa Minowa is a grapple-man made out of a mullet, a red speedo, dropkicks, and pure amazing (Yes, part of his training includes racing airplanes). He's most well known for challenging guys with at least fifty pounds on him, but far inferior skills. This is because Japanese MMA is both ridiculous and great, and cares not for fighter safety or fair fights.

Minowa got his start in 1996 and went 1-8-1 in his first ten fights, most of them taking place in Pancrase (Apparently I can only do a Retrospective if a Fighter competed amongst other Hybrid Wrestlers). Undaunted, Minowa continued fighting, and slowly started to even out his record, finally getting to .500 in 1999 with a 10-10-5 mark. He reached a true winning percentage in 2000, getting to 12-11-6, and he currently stands at 55-34-8, with over a quarter of his fights contested as Openweight bouts (Japanese MMA, you are truly, truly outrageous).

Minowa is impressive in the ways he wins, too, with 39 of his 55 wins coming by way of submission (71%), with 12 different types of submissions used to finish fights. He's mostly a leg specialist, with 18 wins coming below the waist (46% of all his submissions). He does have two wins by scarf hold armlock, which is about as many as the rest of the MMA world combined.

He Ever Win a Title?

Has he ever! MINOWAMAN only won the most glorious and prestigious tournament in the history of combat sports, the DREAM Openweight tournament, also known as SUPER HULK! It was a grueling contest, pitting three non-heavyweight mixed martial artists (plus Jose Canseco, because Japan) against four super heavyweight fighters.

Minowa's first match was against the enormous Bob Sapp (This was before Sapp decided to just collect a paycheck, and probably have at least a quarter of a fuck left to give). Minowa easily dispatched "The Beast" with a leglock in round one.

Next, came the even more gigantic Hong Man Choi, the only super heavyweight to win his opening round fight (Because it was against Jose Canseco. Again, JAPAN).

Minowa won again with another leglock, but it took him until round two to dispatch the biggest man in the tournament.

The tournament finals pitted Minowa against "The African Assasin" Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. Sokoudjou had won both of his fights with impressive ground and pound stoppages, and though he was bigger than MINOWAMAN (The smallest competitor in the tournament), he appeared to have some amount of fighting skill. It was to be an epic showdown.

In a hilarious turn of events, MINOWAMAN knocked out Sokoudjou.

With the win, MINOWAMAN now laid claim to the greatest prize in the history of combat sports, the SUPER HLUK title!

The prestige is overwhelming.

MINOWAMAN and the SUPER HLUK title's creator.

Anything else?

He does pro wrestling, sometimes just as MINOWAMAN, but apparently he's also Tiger Mask V. Allow MINOWAMAN into your heart, for all he wants is to make it brighter.

Note - this was fan requested on Twitter by Tommy Nicholls. You can request things for me to write about and I'll do my best because why not.

Sad news today as a UFC institution since 2005, Jon "Jon Fitch" Fitch was cut from the enormous roster. He leaves behind a legacy of intense, grappling-heavy victories that broke his opponents' spirit, known colloquially as "Fitchings", along with whatever chunks of his brain are embedded in the canvas after Johny Hendricks punched the daylights out of him. Of course, if you were to ask Fitch, he'll always be part of the UFC, since time has no meaning to him.

Fitch had underwent a bit of a rough patch, including the aforementioned murder at Johny Hendricks' bearded fist, a Fitching by Demian Maia, and the unfortunate demise of his wife and mother-in-law by kitchen-based asteroid.

Instead of the sad times, let us recall the joy Jon Fitch brought into our lives, like the time he made Erick Silva look like a dope, and then that time he beat up Panthro.

Farewell, Jon Fitch, Skyrim is your home once again.

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Prelim (Facebook)

Welterweight - Nah-Shon "The Rock n Rolla" Burrell vs Yuri Villefort

Burrell's Style - Striking
Villefort's Style - Elbows
Prediction -Burrell by KO

Welterweight - Jon Manley vs Neil Magny

Manley's Style - BJJ, wrestling
Magny's Style - BJJ, wrestling
Prediction - Magny by decision
Thoughts - Both dudes have the same style and same record, and both were on the same season of The Ultimate Fighter. I think Joe Silva is trying to figure out if one guy is the palette swapped version of the other dude.

Welterweight - Kenny Robertson vs Brock "The Machine" Jardine

Robertson's Style - Wrestling
Jardine's Style - Grappling, striking
Prediction - Robertson by submission
Thoughts - I'm still waiting on Keith Lesnar to make his UFC debut.

Prelim (FX)

Lightweight - Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout vs Caros "The Future" Fodor

Stout's Style - Kickboxing
Fodor's Style - Freestyle
Prediction - Fodor by decision
Thoughts - I always expect Ben "Phoenix Jones" Fodor to intervene in one of Caros's fights. Maybe this time he'll show up.

Featherweight - Dennis "The Menace" Bermudez vs Matt "The Real One" Grice

Bermudez's Style - Wrestling
Grice's Style - Wrestling
Prediction - Bermudez by decision

Lightweight - Michael "Maverick" Chiesa vs Anton Kuivanen

Chiesa's Style - Wrestling, BJJ
Kuivanen's Style - Grappling
Prediction - Kuivanen by decision
Thoughts - This Kuivanen hype video certainly ruffled Chiesa's feathers.

Heavyweight - Brandon "The Hybrid" Schaub vs Lavar "Big" Johnson

Schaub's Style - Football, striking
Johnson's Style - Punch
Prediction - Johnson by KO

Main Card (PPV)

Welterweight - Josh "Kos" Koscheck vs "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler

Koscheck's Style - Wrestling
Lawler's Style - Punching
Prediction - Lawler by KO
Thoughts - A few years ago, this would have been a prime Fight Camp fight, American Kickboxing Academy versus Miletich Fighting Systems. Now, I just want Lawler to punch the heck out of Koscheck's weird, dumb head.

Welterweight - Court "The Crusher" McGee vs Josh "The Dentist" Neer

McGee's Style - Karate, BJJ, wrestling
Neer's Style - BJJ, striking
Prediction - McGee by submission

Bantamweight - Urijah "The California Kid" Faber vs Ivan "The Pride of El Salvador" Menjivar

Faber's Style - Brozilian Bro Jitsu, wrestling
Menjivar's Style - Grappling, striking
Prediction - Menjivar by submission
Thoughts - How crazy is it that Menjivar faced a debuting Georges St. Pierre at Welterweight and only lost the fight because the referee is a dingus? SUPER DANG CRAZY. Also, TEAM ALPHA MALE ALWAYS AND FOREVER.

Light Heavyweight - Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida vs Dan "Hendo" Henderson

Machida's Style - Karate
Henderson's Style - Big Right Hand, wrestling
Prediction - Henderson by KO
Thoughts - My heart wants this prediction to come true so much. I BELIEVE IN HENDO

Women's Bantamweight Title - "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey vs Liz "Girl-Rilla" Carmouche

Rousey's Style - Armbar, judo
Carmouche's Style - Striking
Prediction - Carmouche by TKO
Thoughts - I hope that Dana doesn't scuttle the entire women's division if/when Ronda loses because he's a weird, creepy dude and doesn't think any other female fighters are marketable.

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Event Primer - UFC 155

Fighter Retrospective - Bas Rutten

Event Primer: Strikeforce - Marquardt vs Saffiedine

Bellator Season Eight Preview

Event Primer - UFC on FX: Bisping vs Belfort

Fantastic Finishes - Manhoef vs Hunt

Event Primer - UFC on Fox: Johnson vs Dodson

Event Primer - UFC 156

Event Primer - UFC on Fuel: Pegado vs McDonald

Fighter Retrospective - Ikuhisa Minowa

Farewell Jon Fitch's UFC Career

Event Primer: UFC 157 - Rousey vs Carmouche