UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort Results and Recap

The highly hype UFC 126 is now in the books and while it’s tough to live up to the hype, it was damn close. Live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada five former champions stepped into the octagon tonight.

When it was all said and done the UFC gave fans 10 or the 11 fights between the PPV, Spike TV and Facebook. Sorry Mike Pierce and Kenny Robertson guess the UFC wanted to leave one fight on aired for the upcoming DVD.

The undercard got things started off with a bang as the first three fights ending via within the first two rounds via KO/TKO. In the Facebook bout, Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson looked great tonight and spoiled the debut of Norifumi Yamamoto with his great speed and wrestling.

The spike TV portion of the card saw Chad Mendes completely dominate Michihiro Omigawa for a unanimous decision to open things up. The final bout of the undercard had Donald Cerrone shaking off a slow start to submit Paul Kelly and win the submission of the night.

The main card was five good fights, worth of the PPV cost, but it was two fights that really made the night.

Jon Jones handed Ryan Bader his first loss with a second round submission that earned him both the submission of the night and a title shot. In a shocking announcement Joe Rogan told us all that Rashad Evans blew out his knee and offered Jones the title shot at UFC 128 against Maurico Rua.

In the nights main event Anderson Silva made everyone’s jaw drop to the canvas as he dropped Belfort to the canvas with a clean front kick to his jaw. The two fighters were filling each other out for most of the fights until a flurry of action that ultimately ended with the knockout.

Here is the complete UFC 126 results

Main Event:
185 lbs.: Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort – Silva by 1st round KO [Knockout of the Night]

Main Card (Televised):
205 lbs.: Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin – Griffin by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
170 lbs.: Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha – Ellenberger by Split Decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
205 lbs.: Ryan Bader vs. Jon Jones – Jones by 2nd round Submission (Guillotine) [Submission of the Night]
135 lbs.: Antonio Banuelos vs. Miguel Torres – Torres by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Undercard (SpikeTV):
155 lbs.: Paul Kelly vs. Donald Cerrone – Cerrone by 2nd round Submission (Rear Naked Choke) [Fight of the Night]
145 lbs.: Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa – Mendes by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Undercard (Facebook):
135 lbs.: Demetrious Johnson vs. Norifumi Yamamoto – Johnson by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Undercard (May not be broadcast):
170 lbs.: Mike Pierce vs. Kenny Robertson – Pierce by 2nd rd TKO
155 lbs.: Gabe Ruediger vs. Paul Taylor – Taylor by 2nd rd KO
205 lbs.: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ricardo Romero – Kingsbury by 1sr rd KO

UFC 129: Nate Diaz Will Stay at Welterweight to Face Rory MacDonald

The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt under Cesar Gracie, Nate Diaz will be back in action at UFC 129 on April 30th in Toronto, against Canadian Rory MacDonald. The Season five winner of “The Ulitimate Fighter” where he fought as a lightweight, Diaz will make his third official appearance at welterweight.

Diaz (13-6) moved up in weight after losing three of his last four at lightweight, he was 6-3 overall in the 155 division. Since moving up he has fought three times (one at catchweight), winning his first two bouts against Rory Markham and Marcus Davis. In his last bout he faced the Korean born fighter Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 125, where he was out muscled and lost a unanimous decision.

MacDonald (10-1) is coming off a disappointing ending in his fight with Carlos Condit at UFC 115, where he was controlling the fight until Condit stopped him (Via TKO) with just seconds left in the fight. Macdonald also used to fight at lightweight before making the jump to welterweight and is the former KOTC Canadian and World lightweight champion.

The bout was originally reported by MMAFighting.com and later confirmed by MMAWeekly.com

UFC 129 will be headlined by another welterweight bout between the UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre (21-2) taking on Jake Shields (26-4-1)

And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...

Strikeforce Challengers 13 Main Card Results

The first Strikeforce card of the year is in the books and it had a little bit of everything on the televised portion of the card. Headlined by a welterweight showdown between the undefeated Tyron Woodley and Tarec Saffiedine, it was the female fight that stole the show.

Amanda Nunes needed only 14 seconds to finish off Julia Budd and send a statement to women’s middleweight champion Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos. With little fighters waiting to step in with Santos, Nunes just might be the one for the job.

Here is the results for the main card:

Tyron Woodley vs. Tarec Saffiedine – Tyron Woodley by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Daniel Cormier vs. Devin Cole – Daniel Cormier by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Ovince St. Preux vs. Ron Humphrey – Ovince St. Preux by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Amanda Nunes vs. Julia Budd – Amanda Nunes by 1st round TKO 14

Rhadi Ferguson vs. John Richard – Rhadi Ferguson by 2nd round Submission (Knee Bar)

And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...

UFC 129: Ben Henderson to Face Mark Bocek in UFC Debut

After losing his WEC lightweight title by unanimous decision over Anthony Pettis, Ben Henderson (12-2) will likely begin his journey back to the top on April 30th. With verbal agreements in place, the bout is set to take place at UFC 129 in Toronto against the Canadian Mark Bocek (9-3).

Bocek is coming off an impressive first round submission over BJJ specialist Dustin Hazelett at UFC 124. Following the victory Bocek called out rising star George Sotiropoulos in his post fight interview with Joe Rogan. Ultimately Bocek didn’t get his wish but did get a former title holder and arguably a bigger name in Henderson.

Henderson gets a tough draw in his first UFC bout, but coming off loser the belt what a better way to get you back into the hunt. Before his lose at WEC 53, Henderson was undefeated in the WEC at 5-0 having beaten such names as Jamie Varner, Shane Roller and Donald Cerrone.

UFC 129 is scheduled to be headlined by a welterweight title match between the beloved Canadian Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields. Also on the card is a Light heavyweight fight between Lyoto Machida and MMA Legend Randy Couture. The UFC will be making its debut in Toronto, having held previous events in Canada in Montreal and Vancouver.

And remember.......... You Can't Win, Until You Step IN...