England head coach Peter Moores says he is very confident of a good showing at the upcoming World Cup despite Sunday’s comprehensive loss to Australia.
England were convincingly defeated in the Tri-Series final, losing by 112 runs, but they had earlier impressed in two victories over India.
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UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis has fought only three times in the last two years, including his title defense against Gilbert Melendez at UFC 181 on Dec. 6.
Not that Pettis likes taking time off. A series of injuries and circumstances have led to his relative inactivity, a fact that Pettis bemoaned leading up to UFC 181. Pettis has made it know he wants to stay active going forward. In fact, Pettis’s manager Mike Roberts told UFC Tonight’s Ariel Helwani that if the champ has it his way, he’ll fight three times in 2015.
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World Series of Fighting welterweight Jon Fitch lost out on the title Saturday night, but he might be missing the use of his right leg for a few months.
The former UFC contender was caught in a first-round kneebar by leglock master Rousimar Palhares Dec. 13 at WSOF 16.
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The California State Athletic Commission will not be punishing Rousimar Palhares, even though he held onto his winning kneebar submission against Jon Fitch a shade too long.
Andy Foster, the CSAC executive director, told MMA Fighting that he was angry Saturday night at World Series of Fighting 16 in Sacramento after the incident in the main event. But after consulting with referee Ed Collantes and watching video of the finish over and over again Monday, Foster determined he would not take any action against the Brazilian fighter.
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On episode three of the Monday Morning Analyst, we review UFC on FOX 13, The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale and WSOF 16. We also briefly discuss the big boxing weekend including Ishe Smith vs. Erislandy Lara, Amir Khan vs. Devon Alexander and Timothy Bradley vs. Diego Chaves.
Editor’s note: Portions of the video and audio lag due to poor Internet connectivity while recording. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Rousimar Palhares added another quick submission to his record, but the fight once again ended with controversy.
The World Series of Fighting welterweight champion, who needed 90 seconds to tap Jon Fitch in the main event of WSOF 16 in Sacramento Calif., on Dec. 13, might have injured Fitch with his nasty submission, but feels he did everything by the book.
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Five months following the initial date, Rousimar Palhares and Jon Fitch will meet for great in the World Series of Fighting cage Saturday night in California, as “Toquinho” was eventually able to focus 100 percent on fighting again.
Palhares requested to withdraw from his first title defense in July, when he was anticipated to meet Fitch in the key occasion of WSOF 11, to manage his mother, who had been hospitalized and underwent operation for extreme thrombosis in her legs.
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Sheymon Moraes had his first World Series of Fighting adversary shifted twice, however he does not care.
Moraes, a 6-0 bantamweight possibility from Team Nogueira in Rio de Janeiro, confronts Gabriel Solorio at Saturday night’s WSOF 16 in Sacramento, and his largest challenge was days prior to the particular fight.
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Jon Fitch joins us in studio to preview his WSOF welterweight title fight against Rousimar Palhares this Saturday night at WSOF 16.
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World Series of Fighting welterweight champion Rousmiar Palhares takes a standing into his title defense against Jon Fitch on Saturday night in Sacramento.
And Fitch acknowledges he is cautious of his contentious foe.
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Metamoris’ existence is predicated on a number of things, not least of which is that submission-only competition can offer a truer (or at least alternative) glimpse into the talents of practitioners, something the points system obscures. That’s not necessarily true in all cases for all competitors, but it’s true enough that having a superfight series in a submission-only format fills the gap left by the points-based tournaments.
Whether true or not, that argument has little bearing on how Tom DeBlass black belt Garry Tonon competes. In a sport allegedly filled with those who embrace risk aversion as a means to winning, Tonon has patented a style that eschews that approach completely. As a result, he’s developed a fan following, too.
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The UFC makes its first stop in Austin, Texas in years, this time with a series of contender match-ups on its main card. At the top of the bill is a key featherweight bout, but the card also features top flyweights, lightweights and more. In the main event, Cub Swanson looks to get a title shot with a win while Frankie Edgar aims to get his name included in title conversation.
Will it be Swanson or Edgar who emerges as the top featherweight choice to face Jose Aldo?
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Watch David Branch vs. Yushin Okami full fight video highlights from WSOF’s main event above, courtesy of NBC Sports.
WSOF 15: Branch vs. Okami took place November 15, 2014 at the USF Sundome in Tampa, Fla. David Branch (15-3) collided against Yushin Okami (14-3) in the night’s main event, which aired live on pay-per-view. Catch the video highlights above.
For more on WSOF’s other top fights, check out the complete WSOF 15 results here.
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David Branch successfully defended his World Series of Fighting middleweight title for the first time on Nov. 15.
Headlining the WSOF 15 card in Tampa, Florida, the 185-pound middleweight champion scored his fifth win under the promotion’s banner with a fourth-round finish over UFC veteran Yushin Okami.
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The WSOF train marches on, this time with two title fights when it should have been three. Yushin Okami and David Branch collide to determine the middleweight champion, while Jessica Aguilar and Kalindra Faria will determine who is the organization’s women’s strawweight champion. Yet, a title fight between lightweights Justin Gaethje and Melvin Guillard was scrapped when Guillard failed to make weight.
What: WSOF 15: Branch vs. Okami
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One of the busiest fight nights in recent memory now has one fewer title fight.
Justin Gaethje and and Melvin Guillard will still meet in the co-main event of World Series of Fighting 15, but Gaethje’s WSOF lightweight title will not be on the line.
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Fairly or not, there’s sometimes an assumption from fans and the media that life outside of the UFC for fighters isn’t that great. That’s especially true once they are cut from the world’s leader in MMA promoting. Yet, World Series of Fighting’s Melvin Guillard is adamant things are going just fine as he prepares to compete for that organization’s title on Saturday at WSOF 15.
“It’s great, man. Life after the UFC is not so bad right now,” he said on Monday on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. “I’m with an organization that’s actually giving me a title shot. I was with the UFC nine years and was never given a title shot. I’m a happy camper just for being able to fight for a title.
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It did not get started until five minutes before 4 a.m. locally in Uberlandia, Brazil, but it continued only 34 seconds in the end.
Ovince St. Preux — standing in for the wounded Jimi Manuwa on short notice — ended former light heavyweight champ Mauricio Rua immediately after landing a short left hook in the main event at UFC Fight Night 56, stunning the crowd in Brazil. After “Shogun” slipped in the canvas within an early exchange on the fence he combined a left hand that dropped him where he stood. St. Preux swooped in and — after a string of rapid punches — completed the occupation seconds afterwards to bring the Brazilian crowd into silence.
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UBERLANDIA, Brazil — Demian Maia returned to the win line in May, but had to pull from a fight with Mike Pyle due to some number of injuries. In Uberlandia, Brazil to help Mauricio Rua at UFC Fight Night 56, Maia talked to MMAFighting.com about his healing, his excursions to the hospital, when he expects to be back in the Octagon and his need to rematch Canadian ace Rory MacDonald.
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Some combatants got into mixed martial arts through their foundation in a subject like wrestling or judo. Some just saw an occasion by making use of their buddies as well as got hooked.
World Series of Fighting middleweight champ David Branch, nevertheless, had a unique road to MMA glory. Branch, who defends his title against Yushin Okami on Nov. 15, claims “a crackhead” had an unwitting part in helping to turn his life around and guide him on the path to fit success.
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