A packed weekend of mixed martial arts action was headlined in Curtiba, Brazil in the form of UFC 198. With the card stacked with Brazilian fighters of all stature, a top of the bill was Brazilian Fabricio Werdum defending his heavyweight championship against Stipe Miocic.
Having laid claim to his position as undisputed heavyweight champ in a victory over Cain Velasquez at UFC 188, Werdum has been scheduled for a rematch with the Mexican-American but due to injuries on both sides and a replacement in the strong, quick footed Miocic also getting rescheduled. Since becoming the full champion one year ago Werdum has watched Miocic knockout Andrei Arlovski in emphatic fashion and earn himself the chance at Werdum’s title. This was not to be the homecoming desired by Werdum, as he attacked forward in straight lines to be picked off with a huge right hand counter from Miocic inside the opening round, which flattened the champion and that was all she wrote. His pivot and plant of the feet allowed Miocic to deliver with full power onto the stalking Werdum, and rise himself to the summit of the world of mma heavyweights.
Earlier in the night saw the long anticpated UFC debut of Cristiane Justino, or more commonly known as Cris Cyborg. The former Strikeforce women’s featherweight champion made easy work of her opponent Leslie Smith dispatching of her via TKO (punches) inside the opening two minutes of their catchweight 140lbs bout.
Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza outstruck fellow Brazilian Vitor Belfort in the night’s co-main event to earn a TKO victory agaisnt the veteran. This win surely places Jacare into serious title contention and a fight against the winner of UFC 199’s main event for the middlewight crown in Luke Rockhold (C) vs Chris Weidman.
Demian Maia submitted the dangerous Matt brown via rear naked choke in the third round of their welterweight clash to place himself firmly within title contention also. The BJJ specialist was clinical against Brown before finding the late finish in front of his native crowd.
The main talking point outside of the UFC was the performance of the hot talented Frnch prospect, Tom ‘The Firekid’ Duquesnoy. Duquesnoy showed why he has so much hype surrounding him as he destroyed BAMMA bantamweight champion Shay Walsh with a strong right elbow from the clinch in the centre of the cage to make himself a two division BAMMA champion. Having spent much of the last year and a half to two years training in Jackson’s MMA with the likes of Jon Jones, Donald Cerrone, and BJ Penn to name a few, Duquesnoy has created a ton of hype with his fan friendly aggressive style. Now with outstanding back to back knockouts over Damien Rooney and Shay Walsh, the call from Dana White is only a matter of time.
Results :
UFC 198 -
Stipe Miocic def. Fabricio Werdum via KO (round 1) to become Heavyweight Champion
Ronaldo Souza def. Vitor Belfort via TKO (round 1)
Cristiane Justino def. Leslie Smith via TKO (round 1)
Shogun Rua def. Corey Anderson via decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Bryan Barbarena def. Warlley Alves via decision (unanimous) (29-28 x 3)
Demian Maia def. Matt Brown via submission (rear naked choke)
Thiago Santos def. Nate Marquardt via KO (round 1)
Francisco Trinaldo def. Yancy Medeiros via decision (unanimous) (29-26, 30-27, 30-26)
John Lineker def. Rob Fint via decision (unanimous) (30-27, 29-28, 30-26)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Pat Cummins via TKO (round 1)
Sergio Moraes vs Luan Chagas was a draw (29-28, 28-29, 28-28)
Renato Moicano def. Zubaira Tukhugov via decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
BAMMA 25 -
Tom Duquesnoy defeated Shay Walsh via Standing Elbow KO in 1st Rd
Martin Stapleton defeated Damien Lapilus via DQ after an illegal knee in 2nd Rd
Mark Godbeer defeated Stuart Austin via TKO in 2nd Rd
Walter Gahadza defeated Colin Fletcher via DQ due to illegal blows to back of the head in 1st Rd
Marc Diakiese defeated Kane Mousah via KO in 1st Rd
Ronnie Mann defeated Graham Turner via TKO in 1st Rd
Matt Hallam defeated Alexander Bergman via TKO in 2nd Rd
Ed Arthur defeated Cameron Else via TKO in 1st Rd
Brett McDermott defeated Jamie Sloane via KO in 1st Rd
Xavier Sedras defeated Chris Bungard via RNC in 2nd Rd
Terry Brazier defeated Issey Francis Buangala via RNC in 1st Rd
Rick Selvarajah defeated Oli Coyne via RNC in 1st Rd
Dean Trueman defeated Huseyin Garabet via Guillotine choke in 1st Rd
Mike Grundy defeated Marley Swindells via unanimous decision
Jai Herbert defeated Tony Morgan via RNC in 2nd Rd
Lukasz Parobiec defeated Tom Aspinall via DQ due to illegal blow to back of the head in 2nd Rd
(Credit to severemma.com for BAMMA results)
Bellator 154 -
Phil Davis def. Muhammad Lawal via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Saad Awad def. Evangelista Santos via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:31
Josh San Diego def. Jeremiah Labiano via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Adam Piccolotti def. Ray Wood via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:17
Andre Fialho def. Rick Reger via KO (punch) – Round 1, 2:11
Sam Spengler def. Doyle Childs via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Joshua Hardwick def. Jorge Acosta via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 1:21
Jaimelene Nievara def. Stephanie Frausto via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:43
Mark Dickman def. Thomas Diagne via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 3:05
Josh Paiva def. Steve Gruber via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:14
Danasabe Mohammed def. Martin Sano via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:18
Anthony Taylor def. Victor Jones via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 0:27
James Chapman def. Sean Tucker via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:41
(credit to mmajunkie.com for Bellator results)
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