Archive for May 2010

Michael DiSanto, UFC – The first minute of the fight between Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson changed everything, in my opinion. Evans landed a big overhand right that staggered Rampage. Actually, it sent him stumbling several steps backward. And from that point forward, Evans fought with a sense of confidence that had been sorely [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – At times, the long-awaited UFC 114 grudge match between former light heavyweight champions “Suga” Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson looked like the calm after the storm of trash talk and bad blood. But an action-packed third round and a solidly executed gameplan from Evans will remain in the minds of [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – British middleweight star Michael Bisping was sharp, disciplined, and in fine form in his UFC 114 co-main event bout with Dan Miller Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, using a pinpoint striking attack to score a three round unanimous decision victory over the ultra-tough New Jersey native. News Source: [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – South Korea’s Dong Hyun Kim kept it conservative in his welterweight bout against Amir Sadollah Saturday night, but his smothering ground attack was enough to allow him to pound out a three round unanimous decision win over the former Ultimate Fighter winner in UFC 114 prelim action at the MGM Grand [...]

Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine defended his WBC heavyweight championship belt Saturday night with a 10th-round knockout of Albert Sosnowski of Poland. Klitschko improved his record to 42-2 (38 KOs) after the ring referee called the 12-round bout following a left-right combination to Sosnowski’s head at the 2 minute, 30 second mark of the 10th round. [...]

Vitali Klitschko beat challenger Albert Sosnowski by technical knock-out Saturday. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .

Super middleweight Librado Andrade earned a win Friday night when Eric Lucas was unable to continue in the eighth round because of a cut over his left eye. Andrade (29-3, 22 KOs) was leading on all three scorecards when referee Michael Griffin stopped the fight on the advice of the ringside physician. News Source: Yahoo [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Matt Hughes is probably tired of me bringing up this topic (you can even see it as the lead to the defining moments piece linked below), but as the two-time welterweight champion celebrates his induction into the UFC Hall of Fame tonight, I couldn’t help but remind him of his words [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – In the sport of mixed martial arts, confidence needs to be a part of your makeup if you have designs on being among the best in the world. This aspect of fighting is not lost on former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans, who has had no lack of faith in himself [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – “I don’t know what it is that draws people to him. Maybe it’s just his whole energy and his whole persona. Everybody wants to be a tough guy. He kicks people’s asses, he don’t take no mess, and he’s got those cool sayings.” The above quote comes from the mouth of [...]

Souleymane Mbaye of France has earned a unanimous decision over Antonin Decarie of Canada to win a vacant interim welterweight title. Mbaye knocked down Decarie in the fourth round and won all three judges’ scorecards. Jose Ignacio Martinez and John Coyle scored the bout 116-113, and Pierluigi Poppi had it 116-112. News Source: Yahoo Sports. [...]

Former cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek will fight Michael Grant on Aug. 21 at the Prudential Center in his fourth fight at heavyweight. Main Events and Ziggy Promotions, along with X-Cel Worldwide, announced the fight Friday. After beating Chris Arreola in a slugfest in his last outing, Adamek had hoped to get a title shot against [...]

Heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will have a significant size advantage when he defends his title Saturday night against Albert Sosnowski. The WBC titleholder weighed 247 pounds on Friday, while Sosnowski weighed 224. The fight at Veltins Arena will be the fifth for Klitschko (39-2, 37 KOs) since he returned from an injury that sidelined him [...]

Miguel Cotto has sold more tickets to boxing events in New York City over the past decade than anyone. The Puerto Rican star has won titles in two weight divisions, and long ago stamped himself as one of the most exciting fighters of his generation. Yet all that success didn’t mean much when he hooked [...]

It isn’t Vitali Klitschko’s fault he’s fighting Albert Sosnowski in this era. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .