LAS VEGAS – Josh Samman requested a fight at UFC 181 in honor of his late girlfriend, Hailey, whose birthday could have been this weekend.
Granted a chance, Samman made the the majority of his opportunity. The 26-year old middleweight from Miami knocked TUF 19 victor Eddie Gordon chilly in the Mandalay Bay Events Center having a head kick. The time was 3:08 of round two.
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Invicta FC is down a poster girl.
Michelle Waterson, potentially the most widely used fighter in the business, was upset by youthful novice Herica Tiburcio by submission (arm-in guillotine) at 1:04 of the third round in the primary occasion of Invicta FC 10 on Friday night in Houston, Texas. Tiburcio, who’s only 21 years old, is the brand new Invicta women’s atomweight victor. The card aired live on UFC Fight Pass.
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We must be cautious about sweeping generalizations concerning the state of Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA). There is been an indisputable contraction, although not equally in all parts. A more compartmentalized decrease in size in extent, has changed all parts of the game and sport, but in other manners.
The women’s side of the game has taken a hit. Girls were never treated as equals with their male counterparts, however they were not completely bereft of chance either. Promotions like Smackgirl, Jewels, Shooto and others helped nurture the development of female Japanese combatants both in amounts and, on occasion, in individual professions of stature.
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