TUF 11 Episode 5: Team Liddell Regains Control..!

JOSH BRYANT STEP's IN with KRIS MCCRAY

The fighters trade a few shots to start, and McCray flies in with a knee. Bryant avoids much damage and clinches briefly. Neither fighter has an advantage, and Bryant breaks away.

On the restart, McCray lands a few solid punches and finished with a kick to the body. Another knee finds the mark, and the pair moves back into the clinch. McCray tries to drop for a takedown, but he can't elevate. A second effort a trip earns the desired result, and McCray takes mount. Bryant rolls, and McCray takes the back, even as his opponent stands. Bryant tries to slide out the back and nearly leaves an arm in, but he eventually works to his feet.

Both fighters trade uppercuts from a collar tie, though McCray continues to mix in knees. McCray tries again for a takedown, and he eventually gets it to the floor, though only briefly. Bryant continues to scramble free in each situation, though McCray keeps the pressure on consistently.

The action isn't high-paced, but McCray is controlling the majority of it. Bryant spins to top momentarily, but McCray again reverses and lands a right hand to the jaw. The pace continues to slow in the final minute. McCray throws some tired punches to the gut, but both fighters look tired. Bryant looks for a single in the closing seconds, but it's obvious McCray has taken the round.

As round two opens, it's obvious McCray has a bit less pep in his step. Nevertheless, Bryant has yet to really open up. A jab changes that, and right hand follows. Bryant lands an uppercut in the clinch, then a knee. McCray looks stunned by the blows, though he answers with a kick to the gut.

The two clinch, and Bryant lands a left that knocks McCray's mouthpiece out, then another stiff hook. Hackleman goes crazy in the corner yelling for more. McCray does answer with a nice knee in the clinch, but Bryant takes him down and works to the back. McCray on his knees, and Bryant grabs a crucifix. He rolls to the side, and the pair return to their feet.

Bryant again lands a solid shot with his hands then moves to the clinch. From there, he elevates McCray and slams him to the floor. Both fighters tiring on the floor, but Bryant working more. McCray digs deep and drags Bryant down and sets up in his guard.

McCray throws a few punches to the body and head on the ground, but there's not a ton of zip on the shots. Bryant works an open guard underneath, and he looks for an armbar with seconds left. His legs slip off, and the round comes to an end. It appears the fight is destined for a third round, though Hackleman seems to think Bryant may have won.

McCray collapses in his corner, while Hackleman keeps Bryant moving. NSAC executive director Keith Kizer quickly signals that the two will indeed head to sudden victory.

As the third opens, McCray looks exhausted. Still, he does press forward ad engage a clinch. Bryant spins off and pushes his opponent into the cage before dropping for a single leg takedown. McCray locks in a kimura grip briefly to defend, but Bryant eventually works him to his knees.

McCray pops back to his feet, but Bryant lands a few uppercuts inside. Bryant again looks for a takedown, but both fighters push to a stalemate. There's very little action at the halfway point of the frame. Both fighters look tired, though Bryant sneaks in an occasional punch to score points.

Referee Herb Dean call for a restart with a little more than a minute, and Bryant again lands a few heavy punches the stun McCray. The fight moves into a clinch and onto the floor, and Bryant is in top position. He look for a rear-naked choke with just seconds remaining. It appears tight, but McCray fights until the final bell. Nevertheless, the result seems apparent.

The scores are read, and Bryant is awarded the unanimous decision.

Josh Bryant def. Kris McCray via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

McCray collapses on the floor after the decision is read. Tavares and McCray help him to the locker room, and Ortiz is beside himself at the results.

Things are heating up and Team Liddell is looking strong! Tito, the little B!tch that abuses women needs to get his ass in the octagon with Liddell and take a beating like he gave Jenna.

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Douche Bag Tito Ortiz Arrested on Domestic Violence Charge - Assaulted Wife!

She was high on drugs and must have fallen. Yeah Right Tito..... All Men say that when charged and arrested!

That's Ultimate Fighting Championship star Tito Ortiz claims his gal pal, porn diva Jenna Jameson, hurt her arm - not domestic violence.

Ortiz, 35, was arrested Monday after the couple got into an argument and Jameson called the cops. Ortiz was charged with felony domestic violence, but his lawyer said he's innocent.

"Tito Ortiz never laid a hand on Jenna. Never," said attorney Chip Matthews during a press conference in North Hollywood.

Ortiz said James, who is the mother of his 13-month-old twin boys, was high on Oxycontin and has been addicted to the prescription pain killers for more than a year.

"My parents have gone through addiction and I'm not going to let my family go through that," he said.

Matthews said Jameson, 36, suffered an "emotional breakdown" because of her addiction.

"Unfortunately when there's drug use, a lot of times people want to play the victim," he said. "Tito tried to help her."

Jameson, 36, shot back saying "he's just trying to save his career."

The 5-foot-7, 110 lbs. former XXX-rated actress tried to play down the incident, calling it an "altercation."

"He never beat me," she said. "If he beat me, I'd be dead."

Jameson's father, Lawrence Massoli, an ex-Las Vegas cop, was home during the argument and called 911.

Matthews said Massoli supports the 6-foot-3, 210 lb. mixed martial arts fighter - and is "on his side." Ortiz teared up and abruptly left the press conference when Matthews talked about the couple's future.

"They have two children together and they plan to spend their lives together," Matthews said.

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Jose Aldo Gets a Leg Up on Uriah Faber

Despite an anticlimactic ending, it was a spectacular night of fights at WEC 48 on Saturday.

Featherweight champion Jose Aldo punished Urijah Faber’s left leg for 25 brutal minutes in the evening’s main event, earning the striker a lopsided unanimous decision victory in front of the former king’s hometown of Sacramento.

Unfortunately for Faber, the fight was taken out from underneath him – literally.

Aldo landed a few devastating kicks to Faber’s lead leg in the scrap’s early rounds and continued pounding away throughout the contest. Although he fought valiantly, the result was a runaway win for the Brazilian.

“I trained a lot of defensive leg kicks, but he’s really effective with them,” a battered Faber said after the loss, “He took my legs away from me. I was losing mobility.”

Aldo may have stolen Faber’s agility, but he didn’t take “The California Kid’s” heart, as the WEC’s poster boy found a way to soldier through and take Aldo the distance.

“We were planning for it to be a tough fight,” Aldo said through manager and translator Ed Soares, “I know the crowd here is for Uirjah, but I hold Sacramento close to my heart. It’s the first place I fought (for the WEC), and I hope they can adopt me … in my home away from home.”

The (49-45, 49-45 and 50-45) unanimous decision win bumped Aldo’s record to a dominant 17-1. The only thing that didn’t go right for Aldo was that fact he wasn’t able to finish his foe off, something he had done in his last six devastating victories.

Faber’s standing as one of the world’s best mixed martial artists is certainly not in jeopardy, however Aldo’s reign atop the WEC’s featherweight division appears to be only beginning.

Another impressive fight which could have been the main card was the bout between Leonard Garcia and Chan Sung Jung. This was a battle of heart and striking between these two featherweights, best fight I’ve seen a long time.

Garcia defeated Jung via controversial split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).

and remember.... You Can't Win, Until You Step In.

TUF 11 Episode 4: Yager Shows His Skills, Still Disliked by Other Fighters!

There are two bouts in this episode, which means less time in the house and more time for the reason I watch, the fights. In keeping with the title of tonight's episode Yager, who ended last weeks episode cheering for the other team is confronted by Nick Ring. Yager does not seem to care because has started his own team, “The Minority Report,” which consist of Tavares, Kyle Noke and Kris McCray. Anyone remember Sam Hogar TUF 1, Well Yager then gets accused of being a thief by Kyacey Uscola, and blah bleep blah, but I am still watching because there are two fights coming up.

The first STEP IN bout is between Rich Attonito (Team Liddell) and Kyacey Uscola (Team Punishment). Liddell had to miss Attonito’s bout, so Jake Shields was there to corner Attonito. The fight starts and Attonito drops Uscola and starts to take control looking for the finish, Uscola hangs on and shortly after Attonito brutally drops Uscola on his head, Uscola uses a Kimura to reverse and take top. With Uskola in top position Attonito attempts to get up and Uskola fires off what looked to me like a knee to the chest and an illegal knee to the face (which really looked like it just grazed him). Attonito is unable to continue and Ref Josh Rosenthal stops the fight ruling Attonito winner due to disqualification of Uscola. It is unfortunate because Uscola who had weathered the early storm looked as if he was turning the fight around. Ortiz gets angry and busts down a door. Later at the house we find out that Attonito broke his hand during the fight and may be out of the competition.

With Liddell still in control he picks the next bout, Charles Blanchard vs. Jamie Yager and they STEP IN for the face-off and Yager looks to be twice the size of Blanchard. I am really not sure why Liddell made this pick unless he was just sacrificing Blanchard. Liddell tells Blanchard to use his wrestling. Ortiz tells Yager to win so that he can shut everyone up. The Yager vs Blanchard fight begins Blanchard shoots in for a takedown, but Yager works his way out of it and quickly back to his feet. Yager then connects with a hard right hook dropping Blanchard to the mat at which point he turtles shows no heart and is pounded till the ref stops the fight. It seemed all to easy for Yager who is starting to look like the one who has got a good shot at making it to the finals.

Team Ortiz is now in control and will pick the match-up during next weeks episode. The episode ends with no hint of when Ortiz will be leaving as coach and replaced by Franklin.

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