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UFC 171: Hector Lombard and Jake Shields Set to FIght

It has been announced that two former middleweight champs have been booked to fight each other at UFC 171 in March.  The UFC has announced that former Bellator Middleweight Champion Hector Lombard will be squaring off with former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields.  Though both men are former middleweight champions, this fight will take place in the UFC's Welterweight Division where Shields once challenged GSP for the title.

After going 1-2 in the UFC's Middleweight Division, Hector Lombard made his welterweight debut in a contest against Nate Marquardt in which he KO'd Marquardt in the first round.  Shields is coming off of two straight split decision victories over Tyron Woodley and Demian Maia.

This fight joins the UFC Light Heavyweight title fight between the Champ Jon Jones and Glover Teixeia.  Plus another fight at 205 between Thiago Silva and Ovince St. Preux plus TUF 17 alumni Tor Troeng and Bubba McDaniel.

MMA Veteran Julie Kedzie Retires This Weekend

MMA Veteran and Invicta FC commentator, Julie Kedzie, fought at UFC Fight Night 33 in Brisbane Australia this weekend against Bethe Correia and lost via split decision.  After her fight with Correia, Kedzie announced via twitter that she was retiring from M MA competition.  She retires with a professional record of 16-13.

Invicta FC 7 Results

Barb Honchak def. Leslie Smith via unanimous decision
Lauren Murphy def Miriam Nakamoto by TKO (injury) at 0:23 of the fourth round
Tecia Torres def. Felice Herrig by unanimous decision
Joanne Calderwood def. Katja Kankaanpää by unanimous decision
Julia Budd def. Charmaine Tweet by unanimous decision
Vanessa Porto def. Zoila Frausto Gurgel by unanimous decision

Tonya Evinger def. Sarah D'Alelio by Unanimous Decision
Nina Ansaroff def. Munah Holland by KO at 3:54 of the second round

WSOF 7 Results

Main Card:

Karakhanyan def. Palmer via rear naked choke submission at 4:40 of the third round
Taylor def. Mutapcic via unanimous decision
Newell def. Fadai via guillotine choke submission at 1:21 of the first round
Starnes def. Lewis via KO at 1:02 of the second round


Preliminary Card:

Hill def. Arsenault via doctor's stoppage at 1:29 of the second round
Perron def. Baker via triangle choke submission at 1:46 of the first round
Solorio def. Albrecht via unanimous decision (29-28) (29-28) (29-28)
Merola def. Ring via unanimous decision (29-27) (29-27) (29-27)
Kornberger def. Brakefield via corner stoppage at 2:45 of the second round

UFC on Fox 9: Injury Takes Brown out of Condit Fight

UFC Welterweight Matt Brown was scheduled to face former Interim UFC Welterweight Champion, Carlos Condit on December 14th in what could of been a title eliminating fight, but a back injury has removed "the Immortal" from his fight.  The UFC has decided not to long for a new opponent for Carlos Condit and will look to reschedule the fight for another time.

UFC 170: Evans vs. Cormier in February

In late November, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans hinted to the public that he may possibly be facing Daniel Cormier in Cormier's 205 lb debut.  It has now been officially announced that the two of them will be facing each other at UFC 170 on February 22 in Las Vegas.  I feel that this will be a tough test for Cormier as a first fight in a new weight class.  Cormier is an Olympic level wrestler with good striking who has remained undefeated in all of his 13 pro MMA bouts.  So far Cormier has defeated two former UFC champions (Josh Barnett and Frank Mir) and if he were to defeat Evans, he would make it three champions defeated.  This is a very important fight for Evans, who is getting back to his usual winning ways after a split decision win over Dan Henderson and a first round TKO victory over Chael Sonnen in November.  If he were to win this fight followed by another fight I think we could see him challenge for the title again by late 2014 or early 2015.

Also added to the card is a Welterweight fight between two of the top contenders in the UFC Welterweight Division who both are coming off of losses in their last bouts.  Brazilian Jiu Jitsu specialist and former title challenger at 185 lbs, Demian Maia, will suare off with GSP's training partner Rory MacDonald.  Rory MacDonald is coming off of a decision loss to Robbie Lawler who easily out-scored him in there bout at the UFC 20th Anniversary event, UFC 167.  Rory was very reserved in that fight and lacked aggression after promising to entertain in that fight.  Demian recently lost to high-level grappler Jake Shields in their main event fight at UFC Fight Night 29.

Plus a bout between Rafael dos Anjos and Rustam Khabilov in the UFC's Lightweight clash between two exciting fighters.

UFC Fight Night 33 Results

Main Card:

Mark Hunt vs. Antonio Silva majority draw
Mauricio Rua def. James Te Huna via first-round KO
Ryan Bader def. Anthony Perosh via unanimous decision
Soa Palelei def. Pat Barry via first-round KO
Clint Hester def. Dylan Andrews via  TKO (doctor's stoppage)
Bethe Correia def. Julie Kedzie via split decision

Preliminary Card:

Takeya Mizugaki def. Nam Phan via unanimous decision
Caio Magalhaes def. Nick Ring via unanimous decision
Justin Scoggins def. Richie Vaculik via first-round TKO
Krzysztof Jotko def. Bruno Santos via unanimous decision
Alex Garcia def. Ben Wall via first-round KO

WSOF 7 Weigh-in Results

Main Card:

Georgi Karakhanyan (144.7) vs. Lance Palmer (144.6)
Elvis Mutapcic (185.6) vs. Jesse Taylor (185.7)
Sabah Fadai (155) vs. Nick Newell (155.8)
Dwayne Lewis (205) vs. Kalib Starnes (205)

Preliminary Card:

Richard Arsenault (169.8) vs. Michael Hill (169.2)
Matt Baker (185.8) vs. David Perron (185.8)
Shawn Albrecht (155.6) vs. Gabriel Solorio (154.8)
Myles Merola (155.7) vs. Dan Ring (155.5)
Micah Brakefield (185.4) vs. Brendan Kornberger (184.5)

Invicta 7 Weigh-in

Barb Honchak (124 ½) vs. Leslie Smith (124 ¾)
Carla Esparza (114) vs.Claudia Gadelha (114)
Lauren Murphy (134) vs. Miriam Nakamoto – (134 ¾)
Felica Herrig (114 ½) vs. Tecia Torres (114 ½)
Joanne Calderwood (115 ½) vs. Katja Kankaanpaa (114 ¾)
Julia Budd (145 ½) vs. Charmaine Tweet (145)
Vanessa Porto (125 ¼) vs. Zoila Frausto Gurgel (124 ¾)
Sarah D’ Alelio (135 ½) vs. Tonya Evinger (135 ¾)
Munah Holland (127) vs. Nina Arsanoff (126 ¾)

UFC Fight Night 33 Weigh-in Results. Predictions and Poll

Main Card:

Antonio Silva (264) VS Mark Hunt (262)
James Te Huna (205) VS Mauricio Rua (205)
Anthony Perosh (204) VS Ryan Bader (205)
Soa Palelei (264) VS Pat Barry (237)
Clint Hester (186) VS Dylan Andrews (185)
Bethe Correia (135) VS Julie Kedzie (135)

Preliminary Card:

Nam Phan (135) VS Takeya Mizugaki (135)
Caio Magalhaes (186) VS Nick Ring (185)
Justin Scoggins (125) VS Richie Vaculik (126)
Krzysztof Jotko (185) VS Bruno Santos (185)
Alex Garcia (170) VS Ben Wall (168)

Should Mauricio Shogun Rua make the move to Middleweight?--Tough Spar MMA

Yes, it would be a smart move

No, he belongs at Light Heavyweight

He needs to be cut from the UFC if he loses two Te Huna

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Pettis Hoping to Get His Hands on Diaz

After his victory this past Saturday, Nate Diaz followed in his big brother's footprints as he pulled a where-you-at-Georges moment and called out Anthony Pettis saying that he and Gilbert Melendez were waiting.

Pettis then appeared on UFC Tonight this week stating that Diaz was impressive in his match and wants him to move back up the ladder so on that the two of them can face each other.

Cat Zingano Targeting a May 2014 Return

Who remembers Cat Zingano? I do! For anyone who doesn't, Cat Zingano was originally cast to coach opposite of Ronda Rousey on TUF 18.

On April 13, 2013, Cat Zingano went to war with the #2 135 lb Woman in the world, Miesha Tate.  The two of them fought hard for three rounds in the Octagon with Tate likely winning the first two rounds before Zingano stopped her in the third round due to knee strikes. With a victory she was tapped to be the other coach for the next TUF season and a title shot at the end of the season.  Unfortunately for Zingano she sustained a serious knee injury that put her on the sidelines and opened the door for Tate to step in and coach in her place. 

For months and months Zingano has been nursing her injured knee so she could get back into title contention. She now has updated her twitter account saying that she should be ready for battle again in May of 2014.  She hopes to face the winner of the current title fight set to take place this month between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate?

Technically Zingano has already earned her title shot, but I feel that she should take a warm-up fight before immediately challenging for a title shot upon her return especially considering the fact that ahe didn't have an easy time getting through Tate in their match. We couldnt expect her to truly pose a threat to Rousey if she can not keep herself out of trouble by getting out-grappled. I think the best opponent for Zingano upon her return would be against Alexis Davis who absolutely looked phenomenal against former title challenger, Liz Carmouche. Davis felt she was ready for a title match after her victory at UFC Fight for the Troops not long ago.  I say the UFC should pit the two of them together and let the winner get the next title shot after UFC 168.

UFC 171 to Be Headlined by Jones-Teixeira

After a hard-fought title defense against Alexander Gustafsson, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Jon Jones, is finally ready to put his title on the line in the highly anticipated clash between he and Glover Teixeira. The match was originally targeted for February, but Jones didn't feel physically ready for the fight. Now the UFC has dound a date for the champ and that date is March 15th in Dallas. This will be Jones' seventh title defense.

Roy Jones Jr. Still Interested in Silva Fight

Boxing living legend, Roy Jones Jr. Has expressed that he still has a desire to face Anderson Silva in the ring despite Silva's loss to Chris Weidman this summer.  Jones stated that he took his upcoming fight this December against Zine Eddine Benmakhlouf to help get him prepared for a fight with Silva.  Jones hasn't fought in almoat a year and is treating this fight as a warm up fight.

I think that a fight with Anderson Silva in a boxing match could be fun, but I dont think it really benefits either one of the combat sport legends. If one beata the other no one truly wins seeing as both men are at the second end of their careers. It would be a fight for the fans with no solidification of any sorts.  Jones Jr. wins: he beat a fighter out of his prime. Silva wins: he beat a fighter out of his prime. This match means nothing now that both, men are aged and on their way out of their primary sports soon.

A few years a ago the boxer versus mixed martial artist debate was played out and it wasn't pretty at all. James Toney took on Randy Couture in an MMA fight inaide the UFC in which you saw Randy Cooture make James Toney look like a school child against a man. We don't need to see that again. It did nothing good for combat sports whether youre an MMA fan or a boxing fan. It pleases no one. That fight just solidifies my theory. My theory is a boxer can't beat an MMA fightwr in an MMA fight and an MMA fighter cant beat a boxer in boxing match. It is what it is. The idea of the fight of course grabs my curiosity just a bit as to how well Silva would fair against Jones Jr., but I just know he would loseand quite frankly it juat wouldn't be a world class fight what so ever. It would be a fight that favors the boxing community and would even the score between MMA and boxing 1-1 if the fight were to happen.

If news were to break that Nick Diaz or Chris Lytle wanted an exhibition fight against a pro, you would have my undivided attention. In this case, it's a dream fight that would not go as most bandwagon casual fight fans qould expect. It would be a one-sided victory for Jones Jr.

Dodson Out of December Fight with Jorgenson

After Ian McCall was removed from his UFC Flyweight fight with Scott Jorgenson, John Dodson was chosen to replace the injured fighter.  Now with the fight only a few weeks away, John Dodson has also fallen victim to injury as well.  So far the UFC has not named a new opponent for Jorgenson.

Cyborg Offers to Aid Tate in Defeating Rousey

Invicta FC Featherweight Champion and highly respected Muay Thai practioner, Cris Cyborg in a recent tweet has offered to play a part in the UFC 168 co-main event involving a UFC Bantamweight Championship fight between Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate.  By way of Twitter, Cyborg has reached out to Tate and offered to train with the title challenger to help her take down the current Champ, Ronda Rousey.  Before Liz Carmouche was ever set to compete against Ronda Rousey in the first ever UFC fight involving female competitors, the UFC was trying to put together a fight between the current UFC Champ and the current Invicta FC Champ.  Cyborg was pretty much guaranteed a spot in the UFC, but Cyborg insisted that she could not medically make 135 lbs.  Many believe that Cyborg is the only true threat to Rousey in WMMA.  It would be interesting to see the two of them clash in the future, but as for now it is all speculation. I think Cyborg would possibly destroy Rousey on the feet with no fear of the ground considering that she has a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Davey Grant Joins the UFC Roster

Despite losing an entertaining fight to the Chris Holdsworth, Davey Grant has been added as a fighter in the UFC's Mens' Bantamweight Division.  He confirmed the news via Twitter stating that he was getting a contract with the UFC.

I think that it was a wise decision for them to go ahead and and bring Grant to the UFC  considering how unexciting the UFC's Bantamweight Division is. The division has a champion who has stood on top of the division without even fighting in it for two years. The Bantamweight division is the only division that the word 'blah' comes to mind and doing TUF for that division was the best move for the company to bring in some great talent and Grant is one of those great talents.

Shogun at Middleweight

Maurico Rua is considering a future in the UFC's Middleweight Division if he were to lose his match at UFC Fight Night 33 this Saturday against James Te Huna in Australia.  Former UFC Light Heavyweight and Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Champion, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua thinks that a loss at UFC Fight Night would be what would push him to go to 185 lbs after many have felt that he already needed to be there.

Shogun Rua is 5-6 in the UFC and hasn't completely lived up the hype that he built as he was coming over from Pride FC.  He came into the Octagon with notable wins over men such as Alistair Overeem, Akihiro Gono, Cyrille Diabate, Quinton Rampage Jackson, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Ricardo Arona and Kevin Randleman.  He was a man on a path of destruction who had a bright future in the UFC.  Shogun eventually went on to take the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship belt from Lyoto Machida by way of knockout.  Rua was unable to defend his belt as his first title defense was against a man named Jon Jones who would take the title from Rua and set a new record for the most UFC Light Heavyweight title defenses.

After losing the title to Jon Jones, Rua was never able to truly bounce back from the defeat. He went on to TKO Forrest Griffin in his next match, but would go 1-3 after the Griffin fight.  Shogun has looked terrible in his last two fights which he lost to Jon Jones' last two title challengers, Chael Sonnen and Alexander Gustafsson.  I feel that a move to Middleweight would be very beneficial to the former champ.  I think that Rua has the ability to make 185 lbs considering that he doesn't carry around a lot of muscle like some of the other guys who compete at 205.  We will just have to see what happens at UFC Fight Night 33 to see what Rua's fate will be.  I think he should make the cut down to Middleweight no matter the outcome.

Should Mauricio Shogun Rua make the move to Middleweight?--Tough Spar MMA

Yes, it would be a smart move

No, he belongs at Light Heavyweight

He needs to be cut from the UFC if he loses two Te Huna

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TUF 18 Finale Results

Main Card:

Nate Diaz def. Gray Maynard via first-
round TKO
Julianna Pena def. Jessica Rakoczy via
first-round TKO
Chris Holdsworth def. David Grant via
submission (rear-naked choke)
Jessamyn Duke def. Peggy Morgan via
unanimous decision
Raquel Pennington def. Roxanne
Modafferi via unanimous decision

Preliminary Card:

Akira Corassani def. Maximo Blanco
via disqualification (intentional foul)
Tom Niinimaki def. Rani Yaha via split
decision
Jared Rosholt def. Walt Harris via
unanimous decision
Sean Spencer def. Drew Dober via
unanimous decision
Joshua Sampo def. Ryan Benoit via
submission (rear-naked choke)