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  • UFC 198 Curitiba live results: Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic

    Welcome to our live coverage of UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic from the Arena de Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil. The UFC brings their biggest event to Brazil as they visit a soccer stadium, the fourth stadium show in company history, with a headline bout featuring UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum defending against Stipe Miocic. The co-main event is a pivotal bout in the middleweight division as Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza takes on Vitor Belfort. Also on the card is the UFC debut of Cris Cyborg as she takes on Leslie Smith. Follow along with our live coverage of the event beginning at 6:15 PM eastern time with preliminary action all the way thru the main card.

    PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 6:15 PM ET/3:15 PM PT)

    FEATHERWEIGHTS- RENATO MOICANA (9-0-1, 1-0 UFC) VS. ZUBAIRA TUKHUGOV (18-3, 3-0 UFC)

    ROUND 1- This is an interesting battle of young prospects. The huge crowd is already very loud. They trade punches and Moicana comes back with some leg kicks. Tukhugov complains about a low blow but there is no break. They trade again and Moicano lands a nice left hand. Tukhugov misses a head kick and Moicana lands a couple of leg kicks. Tukhugov lands a left hand. Tukhugov lands a left and Moicano stumbles to the mat and Tukhugov goes into his guard. Moicano goes to rubber guard. Moicano is looking to go for a triangle choke. Not a lot happening as Moicano abandons the triangle attempt. Tukhugov with some strikes and eats an upkick from Moicano. They scramble and Moicano has a brief look at a choke from the back but they get to their feet. Crazy end to the first. Close round. 10-9 Moicano.

    ROUND 2- Moicano with a right hand early. Tukhugov looking for a head kick but eating the jab from Moicano. Moicano with some leg kicks and then a stiff jab. Tukhugov misses a big left hand. They trade punches. Moicano lands a low blow but the referee doesn’t see it. Moicano looks to pressure but Tukhugov fires back with punches. They each land in a wild exchange. Tukhugov shoots for a takedown but Moicano stuffs it and looks for a choke but Tukhugov scrambles out. Each man landing but Moicano controlling the center with leg kicks. Moicano lands a nice right hand. Tukhugov with a left hand and misses a spinning attack. Moicano with some leg kicks and goes high. Moicano with an uppercut and a high kick. 10-9 Moicano, 20-18 Moicano.

    ROUND 3- They trade as this fight is close and could come down to this round. Tukhugov has a cut under his left eye. Moicano lands a big punch on Tukhugov. Tukhugov goes for a takedown but Moicano scrambles out of the position and they are on their feet. Moicano with a jab. They call timeout to check the cut but fight continues. They trade punches as Tukhugov lands a nice left hand. Tukhugov with a quick takedown but they get up to their feet. Moicano with a big knee to the body. Tukhugov lands a punch but Moicano comes back with a series of punches. Moicano with a spinning head kick and then a quick left hand. Tukhugov shoots for a takedown but it is stuffed. They scramble to their feet. 10-9 Moicano, 30-27 Moicano.

    Official Result- Renato Moicano def. Zubaira Tukhugov by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

    WELTERWEIGHTS- SERGIO MORAES (10-2, 4-1 UFC) VS. LUAN CHAGAS (14-1, 0-0 UFC)

    ROUND 1- Chagas makes his UFC debut on short notice. Chagas looking to land early and Moraes goes for a takedown but the fence gets in the way. Chagas with a combo and a series of leg kicks. Chagas misses a spinning head kick. Chagas with a head kick that was blocked. Chagas with a leg kick and one to the body. Moraes with a leg kick. Moraes with a nice uppercut. They scramble. Chagas with a hard inside leg kick. Moraes with a big right hand. They trade leg kicks. Chagas drops Moraes with a head kick but lets Moraes back up. Moraes is still stunned after the head kick with under a minute left in the round. Chagas with a front kick to the body and then drops him with a left hand. Moraes inviting him down but Chagas gets away and they are on their feet. Chagas with a head kick and some punches to end the round. 10-9 Chagas.

    ROUND 2- Chagas lands a combo to start the second. Moraes with a big right hand and then misses a big swing. Left hook from Moraes. Chagas with a right hand and then two leg kicks. Chagas with another leg kick. Chagas with a combo and Moraes counters with a big right hand. They clinch and Chagas with a knee. Chagas misses a spinning wheel kick. Moraes with a kick and Chagas goes to the mat for a moment as he may be tired. Moraes with a right hand against the fence. They trade punches. Moraes grabs the neck and drops down for the guillotine and looking for the submission. Moraes has it tight but Chagas somehow gets free and is in the guard. Moraes landing some punches from the bottom as Chagas doing nothing from the top. They are stood up from the referee. Moraes goes for the takedown and they scramble to the mat. Chagas looks for mount but they scramble with Moraes on top and he lands an elbow and some punches from the top. 10-9 Moraes, 19-19.

    ROUND 3- Chagas misses two left hands and eats a right hand from Moraes. Moraes gets a takedown and is in the half-guard of Chagas. He looks to go to full mount but gets back into full guard. Moraes with an elbow from the top. Moraes gets to his feet and lands a big right hand and Moraes goes back into the guard. Chagas is exhausted on the mat. Moraes looking to pass guard. Moraes looking for mount from the half-guard. Moraes gets into side control. Chagas looks to spin out and gives up his back. Chagas attempts to roll out but eats punches from Moraes. Chagas looks for a leg lock. Moraes keeps the back. Moraes has the back but Chagas is defending. They get to their feet but Moraes still has the back. Slow end to the fight. 10-9 Moraes, 29-28 Moraes.

    Official Result- Sergio Moraes vs. Luan Chagas scored a split draw (28-29, 29-28, 28-28)

    LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS- (#10) ANTONIO ROGERIO NOGUEIRA (21-7, 4-4 UFC) VS. (#11) PATRICK CUMMINS (8-3, 4-3 UFC)

    ROUND 1- Cummins with a leg kick. Nogueira misses a left hand but defends a takedown attempt from Cummins. Cummins with a leg kick. Nogueira with a left hand. Cummins with a head kick that is blocked but he lands a leg kick and one to the body. Cummins with a leg kick. They trade punches. Nogueira with a big left hand and then another and Cummins is in trouble. Cummins grabs the leg and pushes the fight against the fence. They break. Cummins with two kicks, one high and one to the leg. They trade punches. Nogueira with a big right hook and Cummins is hurt. Nogueira looking for the finish as he lands more punches. Big left hands from Nogueira and he drops Cummins. Nogueira with punches from the top looking for the finish. Cummins gets up and Nogueira lands some more left hands and the fight is stopped! The crowd erupts as Nogueira gets the standing knockout win.

    Official Result- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Patrick Cummins by TKO (punches) at 4:52 of Round 1

    PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX SPORTS 1- 8 PM ET/5 PM PT)

    BANTAMWEIGHTS- (#12) JOHN LINEKER (26-7, 7-2 UFC) VS. ROB FONT (12-1, 2-0 UFC)

    ROUND 1- Lineker is one of the more exciting fighters in the UFC. Font missing some kicks to start. Lineker lands a right hand and then a left hook. They trade punches as Font is just staying out of range. Font with a front kick. Lineker just misses an overhand right. Lineker lands a left hook. Lineker lands a combo. Font with a leg kick. Lineker with a combo to the body. Lineker with some body shots and leg kicks Font who goes to the mat for a moment. They trade punches and Lineker lands good to the body. Font circling against the cage and they go to the mat and Lineker is in the side position on top. Lineker with punches from the top and they get to their feet. Lineker with more body punches. Font misses a head kick. 10-9 Lineker.

    ROUND 2- Lineker with a leg kick and then a huge left hook. Lineker with a series of leg kicks. Font lands some jabs. Lineker with a solid combo. Lineker with a left hook and then lands a combo as Font misses the jab. Lineker with a leg kick. Font with a leg kick. Lineker with a left uppercut and right hand. Font with a leg kick and Lineker fires back with some big punches to the body. Font lands a couple of good punches. Lineker really controlling the center of the Octagon. Font with a leg kick. Lineker with a combo to the body. Font with the jab. Lineker looks for a takedown but Font defends. Font ducks under a punch and goes for a takedown but Lineker defends it as well. Font with an uppercut. Lineker with a high kick but then lands a leg kick. 10-9 Lineker, 20-18 Lineker.

    ROUND 3- Lineker with some leg kicks. Font lands a left hand. Font with a leg kick but Lineker counters with some right hands. Lineker with a body kick. They trade punches in close range. Lineker with some good left hands against the fence. Font falls to the mat in an exchange and Lineker is on top next to the fence. Lineker with some big punches from the top. Lineker with some knees to the body on the mat. Font gets to his feet and they are back up. Font just misses a head kick. Font with a leg kick and Lineker catches it and counters with a right hand and they go to the mat. Lineker in the guard of Font and landing punches and elbows from the top. Lineker moves to half-guard and goes into side control. Lineker with some knees. They scramble to their feet. Lineker urging Font to attack. They go to the mat and Lineker is landing big punches as the crowd goes wild to end the fight. 10-9 Lineker, 30-27 Lineker.

    Official Result- John Lineker def. Rob Font by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-26)

    LIGHTWEIGHTS- FRANCISCO TRINALDO (19-4, 9-3 UFC) VS. YANCY MEDEIROS (12-3 1 NC, 3-3 1 NC UFC)

    ROUND 1- Medeiros with a body kick. Trinaldo with a brief takedown but they end clinching against the fence. Trinaldo with double underhooks looking for a takedown. Medeiros reverses and looks for his own takedown but Trinaldo reverses again. They trade knees to the body. Both men battling in the clinch. They break. Trinaldo with a leg kick. Trinaldo with a big left hand and they clinch again. They trade punches as they break. They trade body kicks. Trinaldo with a big left hand. A nice combo from Trinaldo and he lands another big left hand and then a right hand. Another left hand from Trinaldo. He rocks Medeiros with another left hand. Trinaldo with more left hands and Medeiros is in trouble. Medeiros is eating the punches and he will survive the round on wobbly legs. He was close to being done there. 10-8 Trinaldo.

    ROUND 2- Trinaldo with a body kick. Medeiros with a body punch and then a body kick. They trade strikes. Trinaldo lands a right hand and then the left hand. More big punches from Trinaldo land. Medeiros lands a right hand and then another. Medeiros with a front kick to the body. Trinaldo takes a deep breath and lands a leg kick. Trinaldo with a body kick and then two left hands. Trinaldo with another left hand. They clinch and Trinaldo with a knee to the body as he sprawls. They get up and Medeiros eats a head kick on the way up. Trinaldo with another series of left hands. Medeiros in trouble again. Trinaldo with a hard body kick. Trinaldo with a nice combo. Medeiros with a right hand to the body and then another. Trinaldo counters with a left hand. Trinaldo with a body kick. Medeiros with a big right hand that drops Trinaldo. Medeiros with punches from the top but the round ends. 10-9 Trinaldo, 20-17 Trinaldo.

    ROUND 3- Medeiros might need a finish here and he was close. They trade punches. Trinaldo with a leg kick. Trinaldo lands a counter left hand. Medeiros with a spin kick to the body following a body punch. Trinaldo with a left hand to the body. Trinaldo with a left hand. Trinaldo with a hard body kick. Trinaldo rocks Medeiros with a left hand and then a flying knee. Trinaldo with a left hand and he is looking for a finish. Trinaldo with a combo and a body and then a head kick and a left hand against the fence. More punches from Trinaldo. He drops Medeiros with a left hand and more punches from the top by Trinaldo. Trinaldo in side control with hammerfists. Medeiros not defending much. They scramble to their feet. Medeiros is out on his feet and this should be stopped. More left hands from Trinaldo. Knees to the body and they go to the mat. Hammerfists from Trinaldo. This fight should be stopped. More punches from the top by Trinaldo. Medeiros gets to this feet. Takedown by Trinaldo and more punches from the top. Medeiros scrambles to the half-guard. Medeiros with punches to the body from the top. He somehow survived the fight. 10-9 Trinaldo, 30-26 Trinaldo.

    Official Result- Francisco Trinaldo def. Yancy Medeiros by unanimous decision (29-26, 30-27, 30-26)

    MIDDLEWEIGHTS- THIAGO SANTOS (12-3, 4-2 UFC) VS. NATE MARQUARDT (34-15-2, 12-8 UFC)

    ROUND 1- Marquardt with a leg kick. Santos with a leg kick. They trade kicks. Santos with a leg kick and then a head kick. Marquardt with a leg kick. Santos with a leg kick and Marquardt comes back with his own. Santos with a body kick. Santos with a body kick. Santos with a left hand that drops Marquardt. They get to their feet. Santos with a left kick and then a combo from Santos finishes Marquardt. Santos with the knockout win!

    Official Result- Thiago Santos def. Nate Marquardt by knockout (punches) at 3:39 of Round 1

    WELTERWEIGHTS- (#6) DEMIAN MAIA (22-6, 16-6 UFC) VS. (#8) MATT BROWN (20-13, 13-7 UFC)

    ROUND 1- Brown got hit by some fans during his walkout and actually threw a punch back at one. Brown with a right hand. Maia shoots for the takedown and gets it and this is his world. Maia moves to the back. They are standing and Maia has the back and putting pressure on Brown’s knees. They go to the mat and Maia still has the back of Brown. Maia looking for the choke but Brown defending. Maia with punches from the back. Maia looking for the choke yet again. Maia with more punches from the back as he looks to get his arm under the neck. Brown looks to reverse and now has the top as Maia looked for an arm. 10-9 Maia.

    ROUND 2- Maia goes right back for a takedown but Brown defends. Maia goes right back for another and drives Brown to the fence and has a single leg. Maia gets the fight to the mat. Maia has the back again. They get to their feet but Maia trips them back to the mat and still has the back of Brown and is looking for the choke. Maia with punches from the back. Brown is looking for a stand-up but isn’t going to get it. Maia with more punches from the back. Brown is able to get on top and land punches as the round ends. 10-9 Maia, 20-18 Maia.

    ROUND 3- Maia goes for a takedown but it is defended. Maia with a left hand and misses another takedown attempt. Maia with a right hand and goes for a takedown. Brown lands some punches and they get to their feet. Maia looking for a takedown again. They go to the mat and Brown is on top. Maia ends up on top in a scramble. Maia flattens Brown out on the mat and is in the guard. They get to their feet and Maia takes the back of Brown. They go back to the mat and Maia is looking for a choke yet again. Maia still looking for the choke. Brown has defended the choke well all fight. Maia with more punches from the back. Maia has the arm under the chin and the choke is tight. Brown submits! Maia gets the win by rear-naked choke and the crowd goes wild.

    Official Result- Demian Maia def. Matt Brown by submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:31 of Round 3

    MAIN CARD (PPV- 10 PM ET/7 PM PT)

    WELTERWEIGHTS- WARLLEY ALVES (10-0, 4-0 UFC) VS. BRYAN BARBERENA (11-3, 2-1 UFC)

    ROUND 1- Alves with a body kick and takes the fight down and has the neck looking for a guillotine choke. Barberena gives a thumbs up that he is good but Alves still has the neck. Barberena escapes and lands a couple punches from the top. They scramble to their feet. They break and Alves misses a spinning wheel kick. They trade against the fence. Alves with a head kick and then a right hand and combo. They clinch and Barberena with an elbow. They break and Alves with a hard punch to the body. Barberena with a right hook. Alves with a combo. Alves with a big body kick and then a big combo against the fence. Alves with a straight right hand. Barberena with an inside leg kick. Alves with an uppercut against the fence. Barberena with some low kicks and a knee in the clinch. Close round. 10-9 Alves.

    ROUND 2- Alves with a right hand and a body kick. Alves with two right hands and another big body kick. Alves is cut under his left eye. Alves with a leg kick and a right hand. Alves with a right hand and then a body kick. Alves with a right hand to the body. Both men trading jabs against the fence and they clinch. They break and Alves takes a deep breath. Both men trading punches and Alves lands a big body kick. They clinch and Barberena lands an elbow on the break. Trading punches again. Barberena with a leg kick and another. Alves is starting to slow down. Barberena lands a solid combination and then another. They trade and Barberena gets the better of it. Barberena with a body kick. Close round again. 10-9 Barberena, 19-19.

    ROUND 3- Alves comes out quick with a combo and a body kick. Alves misses a big head kick. Barberena with a leg kick. Alves with the double jab. Barberena slips to the mat and Alves quickly grabs the neck but they get to their feet and clinch against the fence. They trade punches after a break. Both men looking tired, Alves moreso. Both men with front kicks to the body. Alves with a nice combo. Alves with a flying knee. Barberena lands some elbows. They clinch and Alves with some knees to the body. Barberena with a right hand and lands a left hand. Barberena with a good combination but Alves counters with his own. Both men are throwing for the fences. Alves with a left hand. Barberena with a combo. Alves with a body kick. They trade in the clinch. Both men landing and Alves misses a wheel kick. Barberena lands a good combo and is looking to make a closing impression. Alves with a right hand. Both men trade to end the fight. Very close fight. 10-9 Barberena, 29-28 Barberena.

    Official Result- Bryan Barberena def. Warlley Alves by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

    LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS- (#8) MAURICIO RUA (23-10, 7-8 UFC) VS. (#12) COREY ANDERSON (8-1, 5-1 UFC)

    ROUND 1- Rua with an early leg kick. He lands another after both feint punches. Rua with another leg kick. Rua with another followed by an uppercut. They trade punches. Rua with an overhand right. Rua with an uppercut followed with a leg kick. Rua with another big leg kick. Anderson goes for a leg kick and Rua goes for a takedown but it is defended. Anderson goes for a flying knee but Rua lands a right hand. They clinch and the crowd starts to boo. They break and Anderson with a nice right hand. They trade and Rua with a leg kick. They trade in a wild exchange. Anderson with a head kick. Anderson lands a left hook. Anderson with a leg kick. Anderson with a combo. Anderson with a double jab. Rua with a big left hand that drops Anderson and he goes for a finish but the round ends before he can get it. That was close. 10-9 Rua.

    ROUND 2- Rua with a leg kick. They trade wild exchanges. Rua with a leg kick and Anderson counters with a combo that was mostly blocked. Anderson scores a takedown and is in the half-guard. They scramble to their feet and are clinched against the fence. Rua with a knee to the body and Anderson lands his own and they break. Anderson with a jab and he shoots for another takedown but Rua defends it. They tie up against the fence. Anderson with short punches. They break and Rua circles away. Rua with an uppercut as he blocks a takedown attempt. Anderson with another takedown but Rua right back up. They trade punches. Rua with a leg kick and he drops Anderson again with a right hand at the end of the round. He lands two punches but again the round ends before he can get a finish. 10-9 Anderson, 19-19.

    ROUND 3- Rua with a leg kick. They trade punches. Anderson goes for a takedown and gets it against the fence. Anderson with some punches and elbows from the top. Anderson smothering Rua on the mat. Rua gives up his back as he tries to scramble to his feet. They are up and they break. Rua with a leg kick. Anderson goes for another takedown and Rua defends it. Anderson grabs the leg and finishes the takedown but they get right back up. Anderson with a knee. They scramble to the mat and right back up. Anderson still looking for the takedown but Rua defending and landing some small punches. Anderson digging for the takedown still. They break and Anderson with a flying knee and another takedown attempt as the fight ends. Boring last round. 10-9 Anderson, 29-28 Anderson.

    Official Result- Mauricio Rua def. Corey Anderson by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)

    140-POUND CATCHWEIGHT- CRIS CYBORG (15-1 1 NC, 0-0 UFC) VS. LESLIE SMITH (8-6-1, 2-2 UFC)

    ROUND 1- Cyborg is making her long-awaited UFC debut. Cyborg with a right hand to start. A big combo from Cyborg lands. Cyborg with a head kick. Big combo from Cyborg drops Smith and Cyborg looking to finish. Smith is hurt and Cyborg with some punches from the top and this fight is stopped. Cyborg with the knockout win in her UFC debut. Fight was stopped early looking at replays and Smith is not happy about it.

    Official Result- Cris Cyborg def. Leslie Smith by TKO (punches) at 1:21 of Round 1

    MIDDLEWEIGHTS- (#2) RONALDO SOUZA (22-4 1 NC, 5-1 UFC) VS. (#3) VITOR BELFORT (25-11, 14-7 UFC)

    ROUND 1- Big fight that could determine next middleweight title challenger. Souza with a body kick. Belfort fakes a flying knee and stuffs a takedown attempt. They clinch against the fence and Belfort lands a knee. Souza gets a takedown and is on top against the fence. Souza with short elbows from the top. Belfort is cut open and bleeding pretty badly right now. They call timeout at a wrong time for the cut to be checked. The doctor clears Belfort and they continue in the position they were in. Souza passes guard and Belfort ends on top and they scramble to the feet. They are clinched against the fence. Belfort pulls guard and Souza lands from the top. Belfort with a couple of upkicks but Souza is landing a lot from the top. Souza in mount and landing big elbows and punches with less than a minute left. Belfort in a lot of trouble. Souza with more punches from the top and the fight is stopped. Souza gets the TKO win in a dominant showing.

    Official Result- Ronaldo Souza def. Vitor Belfort by TKO (strikes) at 4:38 of Round 1

    UFC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP- (C) FABRICIO WERDUM (20-5-1, 8-2 UFC) VS. (#3) STIPE MIOCIC (14-2, 8-2 UFC)

    ROUND 1- They trade kicks to start. They trade leg kicks. Werdum with a body kick and then one to the leg. Werdum with a right hand. Miocic with a combo. Werdum lands a right hand. Miocic with a leg kick. Werdum looks to grab a leg but Miocic shakes it off. Miocic lands a right hand. They trade leg kicks. Miocic lands a left hand. They trade right hands. Miocic then lands a big right hand and Werdum is out cold! A one-punch knockout and Miocic has won the UFC Heavyweight Championship.

    Official Result- Stipe Miocic def. Fabricio Werdum by knockout (punch) at 2:47 of Round 1

  • Bellator 154 live results: Phil Davis vs King Mo

    Bellator MMA is back on Spike TV with a show starting earlier than usual, at 8 pm eastern/5 pm pacific. Originally scheduled as a “tent-pole” show, the card has been ravaged by injury and tragedy and is a shell of what it once was. The show, from San Jose, lost the Josh Thomson vs. Michael Chandler fight, which would have been even more important given lightweight champion Will Brooks is no longer with the promotion.  Jordan Parsons passed away when he was hit crossing the street by somebody who had no business driving.

    Former Strikeforce Champion King Mo Lawal, fresh off his win in the Rizin Heavyweight tournament on their New Year’s Eve shows, takes on former UFC veteran Phil Davis, who won a one-night tournament of his own last September in Bellator in San Jose. The winner will get a shot at Champion Liam McGeary later this year. The rest of the card is mostly unknowns with another former Strikeforce fighter, Evangelista Santos, going up against Saad Awad in the co-main event. Santos fights on the same night that his more famous ex-wife Cris Cyborg makes her UFC debut in an odd coincidence.

    Not a big crowd, but you wouldn’t expect it to be with a one fight show and no local stars.  The crowd is about what WWE would draw for a house show in this building.

    ANDRE FIALHO (7-0) VS. RICK REGER (7-1), WELTERWEIGHTS

    First round:  Fialho is from Portugal but he’s an AKA fighter out of San Jose, while Reger is also a Bay Area fighter.  Reger with low kicks.  Fialho knocked him down with a  right.  Fialho looks a lot bigger.  Reger working for a takedown.  Knee by Fialho.  Low kick by Fialho.  Fialho landing solid shots.  He dropped him again but Reger back up.  Fialho dropped him a third time with a right uppercut and finished him with a punch on the ground.  2:11

    Fialho said that he wants to be world champion and he’s going to get that belt.

    They just announced tonight’s show is dedicated to the memory of Jordan Parsons. 

    On the screen they are doing a music video somewhat like you’d see at a UFC live event.  It’s updaed because it showed Andrey Koreshkov beating Benson Henderson.

    ADAM PICCOLOTTI (7-0) VS. RAY WOOD (7-1), LIGHTWEIGHTS

    First round:  Piccolott is a Bay Area fighter who is he crowd favorite.  Wood with a side kick.  Another side kick by Wood.  Nice head kick by Wood and Piccolotti took him down off that.  Short slam by Piccolotti.  Piccolotti with punches.  Piccolotti with full mount and bow he’s got his back.  He’s working for the choke already. .  Now he’s working for a head and arm choke.  Piccolloti with punches from the mount. He’s jumped on Wood’s back and is again working for a choke, and this time he’s got it.  Piccolotti looked quite good on the ground here.  3:17

    They noted Piccolotti was supposed to fight Parsons.  He said it was tough and emotional but he pushed through it.  He said he wants to fight as much as possible and doesn’t want to wait six months to fight again.  

    JEREMIAH LABIANO (9-3) VS. JOSH SAN DIEGO (6-1), BANTAMWEIGHTS

    First round:  Both are Bay Area fighters.  Labiano from Hayward and San Diego from Milpitas.  He must get teased ridiculously with that name.  San Diego tagged him.  San Diego with a high kick.  San Diego with a takedown.  Labiano up.  Knee by  San Diego.  Labiano going for a takedown but can’t get it.  San Diego threw a kick and Labiano used it to take him down and threw some punches late.  10-9 San Diego

    Second round:  Body kick by San Diego.  Not much happening this round.  San Diego moving fowward.  He’s throwing kicks that are being blocked.  Now Labiano with a kick that was blocked.  Labiano  in with a punch and San Diego with a body kick. Left by and knee by San Diego.  Boyd kick by Labaino.  Body kick by Labiano.  Labiano going for a takedown.  San Diego with elbows and Labiano took  him down.  San Diego back up.  San Diego threw a spinning elbow at the bell.  Close round for Labiano.  19-19.

    Third round:  Body shot by Labiano.  Right by San Diego.  Body kick by San Diego.  Spinning backfist by Labiano somewhat blocked.  San Diego moving forward.  Labiano with a series of kicks  and now going for a takedown.  Labiano got him down.  John McCarthy ordered a standup.  San Diego blocked a takedown, ended up on top in the mount and pounded him out with wild and hard punches and elbows as the round came to a close.  San Diego won the round in the last 15 seconds. 29-28 San Diego.

    Scores:  All scored it 29-28 for San Diego.

    They announced Michael Chandler will face Patricky Pitbull Freire on June 24th in St. Louis for the vacant lightweight title.  Chandler is talking about Jordan Parsons and the Bellator scholarshp fund in his name to train at the J Robinson camp.

    SAAD AWAD (18-7) VS. EVANGELISTA CYBORG SANTOS (21-16), WELTERWEIGHTS

    First round:  Santos has a grea look for a fighter and an awesome video wall entrance.  Awad is moving up from lightweight.  Santos used to be a middleweight.  Hard low kick by Santos.  Both throwing knees from the clinch.  Santos trying for a takedown.  He put Awad on his back.  Cyborg is holding him down to the first boos of the show.  Awad working for an armbar and Santos is working for a heel hook.  Awad kicking him while Santos continues to work for the heel hook.  Awad got on top and is throwing a lot of punches now.  Santos is hurt bad.  There’s a ton of unanswered punches here.  Awad kept pounding on him.  I’m surprised this hasn’t been stopped.  Awad keeps throwing punches.  Santos is bleeding now.  Finally it was topped about 30 punches late.   4:31

    Awad said he wants to move to 155 pounds and face Josh Thomson next.

    PHIL DAVIS (15-3, 1 NO CONTEST) VS. KING MO LAWAL (19-4, 1 NO CONTEST), LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS

    First round:  Mo got light cheers, no boos.  Fans have no emotional attachment to either of these guys.  Davis threw  a kick short.  Mo with a hard right.  Body kick by Davis.  Left and right by Mo. Body shot by Mo.  Left and right by Mo.  Body kick by  Davis.  Body shot by Mo.  Davis with a body kick and Mo caught the leg.  Davis tried for a takedown and didn’t come close.  Davis again went for the takedown and Mo stopped it easily.  Hard low kick by Davis.  Body kick by Davis.  Mo 10-9.

    Second round: Body kick by Davis.  Davis wih a kick and Mo caught the leg and took him down.  Davis right back up.  Davis missed a crazy kick and nearly fell on his ass.  Davis with punches.  Davis kicked him low.   Crowd is ooing as little is happening.  Low kick by Davis.  Body kick by Davis.  Body kick by Davis.  Low kick by Davis. Both missing punches.  Body kick by Davis and Mo with a punch.  Davis with a left and a front kick.  Crowd booing.  Davis with ar ght.  Body kick by Davis.  DMo i with pucnehs but mose missed.  Davis went fo rakedown and din’t get it.  Rihgt hby Mo.  Body kciks by Davis.  Davis so 19-19 after two.

    Third round:  Mo landed a right but missed a follow up.  Body kick by Davis. A knee by Davis. Mo with a left.  Both missing shots.  Crowd booing.  Mo landed as he moved in.  Mo landing a left.  Another left by Mo  Mo moving in but not landing.  Good right by Davis hurt Mo and he took him down.  Davis is pounding on him on the ground.  That shot probably won Davis the fight.  Davis has his back.  Davs working for a Kimura.  Mo reversed to the top.  Davis landing shots has Mo hurt.  Davis slipped on a high kick but Mo was slow to capitalize on it.  Crowd really liked the ending.  Mo just looked too tired and slow at the end.  Davis 29-28.

    Scores:  29-28, 30-27, 30-27 Davis.  Some booing of the decision 

    Phil Davis and Liam McGeary were in the cage together.  McGeary said he was knocking im out definitely.  Davis told him “Good luck” in a loud and sarcastic manner.  They shook hands when it was over. 

  • WWE Greenville, NC, live results (Fri): Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus

    Submitted by Andrew Hardison

    – IC Champion The Miz w/Maryse vs. Cesaro

    Miz got on the mic before the match and cut a promo where he channeled Rick Rude calling us “Greenville sweathogs” and talking about “what he’s like to have right now”.  The whole match was building to Cesaro gettting Miz in the big swing which he didn’t during the match.  Miz rolled up Cesaro after Maryse distracted him.  After the match, Cesaro got the big swing on Miz and held up the Intercontinental belt.

    – Stardust vs. Apollo Crews

    I don’t believe Stardust was advertised beforehand so this was a surprise. Stardust did heel stalling for most of the match. Crews wins after a spinning sit down powerbomb, looked kind of like a blue thunder bomb.

    – Big Cass vs Devon Dudley w/Bubba Ray Dudley

    I assume this was originally Enzo and Cass vs the Dudleys. Cass does a pretty good job with the entrance promo without Enzo and the whole thing is already really popular. Bubba gets on the mic and says he hates hearing the crowd chant “How You Doin”.  Cass wins after hitting the big boot on Devon and Bubba.

    – The Usos vs Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows

    Anderson and Gallows work one of the Usos for most of the match to lead to the hot tag. Usos were super popular and won after a top rope splash.

    – Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn

    Crowd was mostly dead for this match but Owens got them back on board after a few minutes in he grabbed the mic and said he didn’t want to hear any chants that weren’t for him.  Zayn won after hitting the blue thunder bomb.  Best match on the show in my opinion.

    Intermission

    – WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte vs. Natalya

    I figured this is where we’d see Ric but Charlotte came out alone and wrestled in a t-shirt which was odd.  Charlotte wins after a quick roll up .  After the match Natalya gets the exit where she lost but still stands there and gets cheered by the crowd for her valiant effort.  I didn’t think they did those things outside of tv.

    – Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler

    Ziggler wins after hitting the Zig Zag on Corbin.  It was a pretty uneventful match.

    – WWE Champion Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus

    In the smaller town of Greenville, I figured Reigns would be 100% supported but it seemed he was getting booed just as much as cheered.  Reigns wins after Sheamus misses a 2nd broque kick and Reigns hits the spear.

  • Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/14): ECW Hardcore Heaven; WWF In Your House; Kingston wins WWE IC Title

    1964 

    Yokohama, Japan:
    – Gene Kiniski & Cyclone Negro defeated Toyonobori & Michiaki Yoshimura to win the All Asian Tag Team Title 

    1970 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Baron Von Raschke defeated The Viking 
    – Central States Heavyweight Champion Danny Little Bear fought Harley Race to a double-count out in three falls (referee Bob Geigel)
    – Rufus R. Jones & Bob Ellis defeated Roger Kirby & Jon Soto in two straight falls

    1973 

    Moline, Illinois:
    – Wahoo McDaniel & Billy Robinson & Ken Patera beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens & Superstar Billy Graham 
    – Horst Hoffman went to a draw with Ric Flair
    – Geoff Portz beat Greg Gagne

    1974 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Giant Baba won the 2nd All Japan Champion Carnival tournament by defeating Mr. Wrestling in the finals of the elimination tournament  

    1981

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke beat Jerry Blackwell & John Studd
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens
    – Tito Santana went to a no contest with Sheik Adnan 
    – Brad Rheingans beat Jesse Ventura

    1982

    Houston, Texas:
    – Junkyard Dog beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel on a 3rd fall dq
    – Gino Hernandez beat Tommy Rich
    – Wahoo McDaniel beat Tully Blanchard
    – Manny Fernandez ddq Mil Mascaras
    – Jimmy Golden & Ken Lucas & Ricky Morton & Scott Casey beat Billy Graham & Bob Sweetan & Killer Brooks & Hacksaw Duggan
    – Bob Sweetan beat Ken Lucas
    – Billy Graham beat Jimmy Golden
    – Scott Casey beat Killer Brooks
    – Hacksaw Duggan beat Ricky Morton

    1983 

    San Juan, Puerto Rico:
    – Carlos Colon defeated Ox Baker to win the WWC World Heavyweight Title

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Roddy Piper & Billy Jack Haynes defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & Rip Oliver 

    1984 

    Ft. Myers, Florida:
    – NWA World champion Kerry Von Erich defeated Superstar Billy Graham 

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
    – AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Nick Bockwinkel
    – Texas Tornado Match: Frenchy Martin & Mad Dog Lefebvre beat Gino Brito Sr. & Dominic DeNucci (sub Tony Parisi)
    – Gino Brito Jr beat John White (sub Mr. Ito)
    – Mike Saw & Rick Valentine beat Armand Rougeau & Antonio Ricco
    – Richard Charland beat Louis Laurence  

    1987 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Rufus Jones beat Bulldog Bob Brown to win Central State title 
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Pork Chop Cash & Warlord
    – Ric McCord drew Vinnie Valentino
    – Earthquake Ferris beat Super Destroyer
    – Bart Batten & Bobby Jaggers beat Mr. Pogo & Steve Sybert
    – Dave DJ Peterson beat Rip Rogers

    1992

    Savannah, Georgia: 
    – Big Josh pinned Richard Morton
    – The Patriots, Firebreaker Chip & Todd Champion defeated Thomas Rich & Tracy Smothers
    – Nikita Koloff pinned Steve Austin 
    – Ron Simmons pinned Diamond Dallas Page
    – WCW U.S. Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry Taylor defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
    – WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko 
    – WCW U.S. Champion Rick Rude pinned Ricky Steamboat

    1993 

    Alexandria, Louisiana:
    – Kent & Keith Cole defeated the Wrecking Crew
    – Davey Boy Smith defeated the Barbarian
    – Arn Anderson pinned Erik Watts
    – Maxx Payne defeated Steven Dane 
    – Rick Rude defeated Kensuke Sasaki
    – WCW U.S. Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated WCW World TV Champion Paul Orndorff
    – NWA World Champion Barry Windham defeated Ricky Steamboat
    – Sting defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader in a non-title strap match

    1994 

    Johnson City, Tennessee:
    – SMW Tag Team Champions Brian Lee & Chris Candido defeated The Rock N’ Roll Express in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match
    – Scott & Steve Armstrong defeated Well Dunn via disqualification
    – Tracy Smothers defeated Jim Cornette & Killer Kyle in a handicap match 
    – The Dirty White Boy pinned Kendo the Samurai
    – The Dirty White Boy won a pole battle royal

    1995

    WWF In Your House: Syracuse, New York:
    – Jean-Pierre Lafitte defeated Bob Holly    
    – Bret Hart defeated Hakushi (with Shinja)    
    – Razor Ramon defeated Jeff Jarrett and The Roadie    
    – Mabel (with Mo) defeated Adam Bomb    
    – Owen Hart and Yokozuna (with James E. Cornette and Mr. Fuji) defeated The Smoking Gunns (Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship
    – Jerry Lawler defeated Bret Hart    
    – Diesel defeated Sid (with Ted DiBiase) by disqualification to retain the WWF Championship    
    – The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Kama (with Ted DiBiase)    
    – Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Tatanka (with Ted DiBiase)
    – The British Bulldog vs. Owen Hart (with James E. Cornette) ended in a time-limit draw

    2000

    ECW Hardcore Heaven: Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – Masato Tanaka defeated Balls Mahoney    
    – Little Guido (with Sal E. Graziano) defeated Mikey Whipwreck (with The Sinister Minister) and Simon Diamond (with Mitch, Prodigy, Prodigette and The Musketeer)    
    – Kid Kash defeated C.W. Anderson (with Lou E. Dangerously, Billy Wiles and Elektra)    
    – Nova and Chris Chetti defeated Da Baldies (Angel and Tony DeVito), and Danny Doring and Roadkill    
    – New Jack defeated Angel (with Vic Grimes and Tony DeVito)    
    – Yoshihiro Tajiri defeated Steve Corino (with Jack Victory)    
    – Rhino defeated The Sandman to retain the ECW World Television Championship
    – Jerry Lynn defeated Rob Van Dam (with Bill Alfonso and Scotty Anton)    
    – Justin Credible (with Francine) defeated Lance Storm (with Dawn Marie) to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship

    2003 

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Chris Sabin defeated Amazing Red & Jerry Lynn to win the TNA/NWA X-Division Championship

    2010 

    Buffalo, New York:
    – Kofi Kingston defeated Christian to win the Intercontinental Title

  • NXT Spokane, WA, live results: Samoa Joe vs. Austin Aries: Balor & Nakamura team up

    Submitted by David Dufvenberg

    – Elias Sampson vs No Way Jose

    Couldn’t even hear what Sampson tried singing he had so much heat. Mid match a “You like Nickelback” chant broke out which was hilarious. Jose won with his full nelson slam.

    – Mojo Rawley vs Murphy

    Pretty much blah but I’m not a big fan of either. Murphy’s prematch antics were like old school HHH. Mojo won, missed the finisher, crowd wasn’t too into it either.

    – Bayley vs Nia Jax

    Really good. Crowd was nuts for Bayley. Jax mid-match pranced around mocking Bayley which was a funny sight. Was close to being as good as their Takeover match. Bayley won with a roll up after Jax missed a tackle in the corner.

    – Nakamura and Finn Balor vs The Revival

    Good match. Crowd was way hot for Balor and Nakamura. Hard to tell who was more over. Nakamura must be being protected because he mainly did his big spots. Balor won hitting his finisher on both men.

    – After intermission, William Regal came out to our joy saying thank you.

    – NXT Women’s Champion Asuka vs Alexa Bliss

    Surprisingly really good and the crowd bought a couple of Alexa’s near falls. Asuka ended up winning with the chicken wing.

    – NXT Tag Team Champions American Alpha vs Tino and Tucker

    Decent. Tino is a physical specimen but that’s about it. Gable is crazy over as well. They won with their usual finisher that I forget the name of.

    – NXT Champion Samoa Joe vs Austin Aries

    Best match by far. Duel chants for both throughout the match. Aries had a nice near fall hitting the 450 but Joe got his foot on the rope. Joe won with the muscle buster. After it was over Aries scooted to the ropes and put his foot on one. Then as he left, he somehow got a banana and was eating it.

  • UFC 198 Observer Panel Picks: Werdum vs Miocic; Souza vs Belfort

    UFC is back on PPV tonight with the biggest show to ever take place in Brazil. This show took a hit with the loss of Anderson Silva but is still a very deep card with big names all the way down to the Fight Pass prelims: Werdum, Souza, Belfort, Shogun, Cyborg, Maia, Little Nog and much more. Even the future of Brazilian MMA is on hand with Warlley Alves and Renato Carneiro (both unbeaten) on the card.

    Our panel weighs in with picks from four of the main card fights, along with the featured FS 1 prelim.

    Here’s our panel with the 2016 records in parenthesis. We’ve also added a running tally of the records of the favorites going into the fights and the panel consensus picks

    • John Pollock (28-12; .700) – Fight Network analyst, Live Audio Wrestling co-host, MMA Report co-host
    • Josh Nason (27-13; .675) – Host of Josh Nason’s Punch Out; writer/editor WrestlingObserver.com , WON Twitter guy
    • Mike Sawyer (25-15; .625) – Tough Talk MMA
    • David Bixenspan (25-15; .562) – Figure Four Weekly writer, podcast host
    • Consensus picks (23-14; .622)
    • Mike Sempervive (24-16; .600) – Wrestling Observer Live and Big Audio Nightmare co-host
    • Ryan Frederick (24-16; .600) – WrestlingObserver.com UFC reporter, WON Twitter guy
    • Favorites (24-16; .600)
    • Dave Meltzer (23-17; .575)– Wrestling Observer founder
    • Steve Juon (23-17; .575) – MMA Mania/Wrestling Observer writer. Angry Marks founder
    • Front Row Brian (21-19; .525) – MMA newsbreaker, Beloved internet personality, Podcast host
    • Paul Fontaine (19-21; .475) – MMADraws.com founder, WrestlingObserver.com writer

    UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum (20-5-1) vs Stipe Miocic (14-2)

    Werdum is thought by many to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, and his last eight years stack up against just about anyone in the history of the division. Since a first round KO at the hands of Junior Dos Santos at UFC 90, he’s only suffered one loss, a decision defeat to Alistair Overeem. Along the way, he’s beaten Fedor Emilianenko, Cain Velasquez, Mark Hunt, and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, all by finish.

    Miocic earned the shot by scoring a KO over former champion Andrei Arlovski and also holds wins over Mark Hunt and Roy Nelson, among others. This should favor Miocic slightly if it stays on the feet but should it go to the ground, Werdum will have the huge advantage. This is the best fight that can be currently made in the division. Our panel is split right down the middle for this one.

    • Werdum (slight favorite) – Juon, Fontaine, Pollock, Nason, Bix
    • Miocic – FRB, Frederick, Sawyer, Sempervive, Meltzer

    Jacare Souza (22-4) vs Vitor Belfort (25-11)
    MIDDLEWEIGHTS

    Souza was expecting his next fight to be his long-awaited title shot but he suffered a controversial decision loss to Yoel Romero in December which stopped that. He’s up against a true legend that’s been around since UFC 12 and both Brazilian favorites hope to impress enough to face whomever emerges from the Luke Rockhold-Chris Weidman match at UFC 199 for the belt.

    Prior to the Romeo loss, Souza had 8 straight wins, with 7 coming by stoppage.  Belfort, meanwhile, is a big question mark due to the fact that he can no longer use TRT and at the weigh-ins yesterday, he did not look the same as he had in the past. Still, he’s shows the kind of power that can knock out anyone.

    • Souza: Pollock, Nason, Sempervive, Meltzer, Bix, Juon, Fontaine, Frederick, Sawyer 
    • Belfort: FRB

    Cris Cyborg (15-1) vs Leslie Smith (8-6-1)
    CATCHWEIGHT 140 LBS

    Cyborg makes her long-awaited UFC debut in her hometown and Smith seems to be the lamb being led to slaughter. Nothing short of a quick KO win for the former Mrs. Santos would please the fans in attendance. Her management has already indicated that a further 5 lb weight cut is impossible for Cyborg so it’s hard to see where she goes from here unless a top bantamweight is willing to come up in weight to fight her and UFC is willing to sanction it.  She did make the 140 lb catchweight with one pound to square and looked just as muscular as ever.

    Cyborg (massive favorite): FRB, Juon, Fontaine, Frederick, Sawyer, Pollock, Nason, Sempervive, Meltzer, Bix

    Shogun Rua (23-10) vs Corey Anderson (8-1)
    LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS

    Rua is the former champion and another Brazilian legend who will be a big favorite. Years of tough fights have made him a shell of his former self but he is coming off a win against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira – who also fights on this card – last August at UFC 190. Prior to that, he’d lost 5 of his previous 7 fights and looked progressively worse in each one. Anderson is a rising contender in the division but was the beneficiary of what many thought was a gift decision over Tom Lawlor in his last fight. He will solidify his place in the top 10 with a win here, which would be the biggest of his young career.

    • Anderson: Juon, Fontaine, Frederick, Sawyer, Pollock, Nason, Sempervive, Meltzer, Bix 
    • Rua – FRB

    Demian Maia (22-6) vs Matt Brown (20-13)
    WELTERWEIGHTS

    This is the featured prelim on FS 1 and to show the depth of this card, it would not be out of place as a Fight Night Main event or 3rd from the top on a big PPV. Maia has been very vocal about wanting a title shot and has four straight wins since losing a tough decision to Rory McDonald in 2014. Brown asked for this fight on enemy soil and will probably be the biggest heel on the entire show, especially after flipping the double bird to the fans during yesterday’s weigh-ins.

    He seems to relish in the negative heat and this should be a great fight. It’s Maia’s submission grappling skills against the power and determination of Brown. It’s notable that the only two losses that Brown has since 2011 were decisions against Robbie Lawler and Johny Hendricks, the current and former champions in the division.

    • Maia (sizable favorite) – FRB, Juon, Frederick, Pollock, Nason, Meltzer, Bix
    • Brown – Fontaine, Sawyer, Sempervive

    Action begins with the Fight Prelims at 6:30 pm eastern, followed by the FS 1 portion at 8. The main card kicks off at 10 pm on PPV and Ryan Frederick will have play by play coverage of the card.

    While you’re waiting, check out the following content, also related to the show:

  • Despite ailments, Naito wrestling at tonight’s ROH/NJPW show in NYC

    Despite recovering from a high fever and hospitalization Friday and a bum elbow, IWGP heavyweight champion Tetsuya Naito rallied Saturday and will be in action against ACH as part of the ROH/NJPW Global Wars event at New York City’s Terminal Five.

    It was unclear yesterday and today if he would be able to wrestle on tonight’s show due to his many ailments.

    As one of the most popular of the New Japan wrestlers on the current tour, he had noted long autograph lines for him this year when last year on this same ROH/NJPW tour that wasn’t the case in the U.S. and Canada.

    Naito beat Kazuchika Okada at the Invasion Attack PPV in Sumo Hall in Tokyo in April, and will make his next defense against Okada in the main event of Dominion on June 19th in Osaka Jo Hall.

    Tonight’s show was already revamped due to storyline changes as well as a rib injury to The Young Bucks’ Nick Jackson. There are a number of other injuries to talent performing tonight including Young Buck Matt Jackson (swollen and bruised hand) and Hiroshi Tanahashi, who was banged up in matches earlier in the week.

    Here’s your lineup:

    • Bullet Club (Adam Cole & Matt Jackson) vs “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii vs ROH World Champion Jay Lethal & Roderick Strong
    • IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito vs ACH — non-title
    • Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Reborn Matt Sydal
    • ROH Tag Team Champs The Addiction vs War Machine
    • Cedric Alexander vs Donovan Dijak w/ Prince Nana
    • Jushin “Thunder” Liger & the Briscoes vs Guerrillas of Destiny & “Hangman” Adam Page
    • CHOAS (Beretta & Gedo) w/ Rocky Romero vs Motor City Machine Guns
    • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA vs “Pro Wrestling’s Last Real Man” Silas Young – non-title
    • Michael Elgin vs Moose w/ Stokely Hathaway vs Dalton Castle w/ the Boys vs Lio Rush
    • reDRagon vs All Night Express

  • NXT Largo, FL, live results: Lana in action; Manny Andrade vs. Tye Dillinger

    I’m here in Largo FL for NXT Live in front of approximately 250 people.

    – Mikey Nicholls and Shane Veryzer beat The Authors Of Pain

    Early power work by Dhinsa and Selmani with bearhugs, stomps, and overall destroying Mikey. The finish was a flash pin as Shane dropkicked one of the big men which allowed Mikey to get a roll up for the win.

    – Adrienne Reese beat Peyton Royce

    Early lock-up and mat work before Reese took to the ropes for a big cross body. She hit lots of speed moves and finished Royce off with the top rope jumping stunner.

    – Alexander Wolfe beat Josh Woods

    Wolfe and tag partner Fulton are out together. Wolfe puts a beating on Woods before the hope spot of Woods catching an ankle lock on Wolfe. Wolfe then hit a big boot for the win. Post match, Fulton and Wolfe cut a promo but were completely drowned out. The gist: Fulton challenged anyone in the back which leads to…

    – Angelo Dawkins beat Sawyer Fulton

    Hoss match; two large men just throwing each other around. The finish came out of nowhere when Dawkins rocked Fulton with a big punch.

    – Chris Girard beat Patrick Clark

    Hard-hitting action with Chris taking the attack to Patrick. The finish was a vicious running uppercut by Girard to lay Patrick out.

    – Daria and Carmella beat Mandy Rose and Lana

    Pre-match promo by Lana saying she is excited to be back in this poor village. This was a safe and basic match. Lana did headlocks when she was in, and Mandy did most of the selling for her team. Carmella ran wild on Mandy and then tagged out to allow Daria the win via submission.

    – Tye Dillinger beat Manny Andrade

    Great match and they added even more from last night. Early grappling followed by flashy rope running and one upsmanship. Tye had Manny up for an apparent GTS yet it was countered in to a front roll pin attempt and near fall. Big slingshot dive over the top by Manny onto Tye. Action really picked up towards the finish when Tye had Manny up for a powerbomb yet again it was reversed into a forward roll. Yet, Tye countered and kept rolling through and scored the pin. Post-match, the two shook hands and their live event series is 1-1.

  • Daily Update: UFC 198 weigh ins, ROH card changes, and more

    UFC 198 Weigh-In Results

    Everyone made weight and Cris Cyborg did so with two pounds to spare at 139. She obviously looked smaller at that weight. Vitor Belfort looked like a different person, like an early 40s tennis player while Jacare Souza looked the same as he always does. The weigh-ins took place at the soccer stadium. It wasn’t full. They were talking about 20,000 people beforehand but on television were saying 15,000. Given the set up the 15,000 number looked legit, as there were a lot of people in the upper deck and the bottom section looked full. The only real note was Matt Brown decided to play American heel and Stone Cold, flipping the audience off on at least two occasions, leading chants of “You’re gonna die” that were directed at him from the Brazilians, and turning his back on the crowd while weighing in.

    UFC 198 FROM THE ARENA DA BAIXADA IN CURITIBA, BRAZIL – WEIGH-IN RESULTS

    FIGHT PASS AT 6:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME

    • Renato Moicano (9-0-1, 146) vs. Zubaira Tukhugov (18-3, 146)
    • Luan Chagas (14-1, 169) vs. Sergio Moraes (8-2, 171)
    • Patrick Cummins (8-3, 206) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (21-7, 205)

    FS 1 AT 8 P.M. EASTERN

    • Rob Font (13-1, 135) vs. John Lineker (26-7, 135)
    • Yancy Medeiros (12-3, 156) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (19-4, 156)
    • Nate Marquardt (34-15-2, 186) vs. Thiago Santos (12-3, 185)
    • Matt Brown (20-13, 171) vs. Demian Maia (22-6, 171)

    PPV AT 10 P.M. EASTERN

    • Warlley Alves (10-0, 170) vs. Bryan Barbarena (11-3, 170)
    • Corey Anderson (8-1, 204) vs. Mauricio Shogun Rua (23-10, 205)
    • Cris Cyborg Justino (15-1, 139) vs. Leslie Smith (8-6-1, 139)
    • Vitor Belfort (25-11) vs. Renato Jacare Souza (22-4, 186)
    • Fabricio Werdum (20-5-1, 240) vs. Stipe Miocic (14-2, 241)    

    This is a big weekend of events with a full WWE lineup of shows including four events tomorrow night, one of UFC’s deepest PPV shows in a long time going head-to-head with Bellator and ROH in New York.

    We’re looking for reports on tonight’s WWE show in Greenville, NC (Roman Reigns, Sheamus, Miz, Zayn, Owens, Cesaro, Dudleys, Ziggler, Usos, Cass, Charlotte, Natalya) as well as tonight’s NXT shows in Spokane and Largo, FL to dave@wrestlingobserver.com

    Our only weekend poll will be for UFC 198.

    One of the best one-hour wrestling television shows you’ll ever see, the English language version of the Kushida vs. Kyle O’Reilly Best of the Super Juniors final from 2015, will be replayed tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern on AXS.

    LEGACY FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIPS TONIGHT ON AXS TV FROM HOUSTON AT 10 P.M. EASTERN

    • Humberto DeLeon (132.5) vs. David Acosta (135.1)
    • Jeremiah Jones (171.3) vs. Jason Langellier (172.1)
    • David Waters (124.4) vs. Roberto Sanchez (125.5)
    • Edgar Juarez (150.9) vs. Alex Black (149.8)
    • Bilal Williams (184) vs. Artenas Young (185)
    • Brandon Farran (186.7) vs. Ike Villanueva (186.6)
    • Brice Ritani-Coe vs. Justin Ledet (231.6)

    CMLL LIVE FROM ARENA MEXICO TONIGHT AT 7:30 P.M. 

    • Ultimo Dragoncito & Electrico vs. Mercurio & Nitrito
    • Estrellita & Lluvia & Princesa Sugei vs. Amapola & Tiffany & Zeuxis
    • Blue Panther & Guerrero Maya Jr. & Titan vs. Dragon Rojo & Polvora & Bobby Z
    • Stuka Jr. vs. Cavernario
    • Mistico & Valiente & Volador Jr. vs. Euforia & Gran Guerrero & Ultimo Guerrero
    • La Mascara & Pierroth & Rush vs. El Terrible & Rey Bucanero & Shocker

    Saturday we’re looking for reports from WWE in Raleigh (Roman Reigns, Sheamus, Chris Jericho, Miz, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Ziggler, Usos, Cass, Charlotte, Natalya), WWE in Roanoke (Dean Ambrose, Rusev, Big Show, Kane, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman, New Day, Paige, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, Kalisto), NXT in Portland and Jacksonville, the Lucha Libre show in San Jose at the Civic Auditorium headlined by Mil Mascaras and ROH in New York.

    BELLATOR LIVE ON SPIKE TV AT 8 P.M. (ONE HOUR EARLIER THAN USUAL) FROM THE SAP CENTER IN SAN JOSE

    • Saad Awad vs Evangelista Cyborg Santos
    • Andre Fialho vs. Rick Reger
    • Adam Piccolotti vs. Ray Wood
    • Phil Davis vs. King Mo Lawal

    Sunday has WWE house shows in Columbia, SC (Roman Reigns, Sheamus, Chris Jericho, Miz, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler, Usos, Cass, Charlotte, Natalya) and Charlottesville, VA (Dean Ambrose, Rusev, Big Show, Kane, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman, New Day, Paige, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch and Kalisto.  We’re looking for reports on those shows as well.  

    Raw will be Monday in Greensboro. The only thing announced for Raw is that The Shining Stars will debut as a tag team.

    Smackdown will be Tuesday night in Greenville, SC.

    THE ROUND UP

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    READ IT HERE: May 16, 2016 Wrestling Observer newsletter: Potential UFC sale, WWE releases, plus tons of news

    Our lead story updates the talks of a UFC sale, plus an updated look at how the WWE is doing as a business, a look at WWE cuts, the booking behind the ROH Global Wars PPV and how New Japan and ROH are working together even more closely than on the surface, Global Wars coverage, a look at the status of a lot of ROH talent, coverage of the UFC debut in Holland, the hidden story of just how much of the male audience has been lost by WWE, as well as what WWE can learn from the NBA, and historical bios on Billy Wicks and Kato Kung Lee.

    There is also a look at the ESPN story on the potential sale of the UFC, what we know is legit, numbers being thrown around, who actually owns UFC, Dana White’s reaction to the story, moves UFC has made, Dana White’s long-term future if there is a sale, timing of the sale and sustaining the brand popularity.  Plus there’s also a look at the various companies listed that are in talks of buying.

    An update on WWE financials is in this issue, plus a look at the WWE Network numbers, what last year’s patterns tell us about the numbers, the company’s profits and losses, how well every division does for WWE and what is the most important for the bottom line, how well the company is doing financially compared to last year, what is projected by WWE this year for the WrestleMania quarter, update on injured wrestlers and their returns, Vince McMahon talks WWE injuries, and how much cash on hand the company has right now.

    There is also a look at how WWE is going to be changing how it reports information and what information they are going to be keeping secret as compared to the past. Also, there is a look at the dichotomy between social media numbers and WWE network subscribers and what it says.

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    FRIDAY UPDATE

    Happy birthday today to Danny Hodge, who was one of the greatest amateur wrestlers in U.S. history and the best junior heavyweight in U.S. history who turned 84 today.

    Lots of people banged up on the ROH tour. The card in New York at Terminal Five has changed somewhat. As noted yesterday, Nick Jackson is injured and won’t be wrestling tomorrow. He has what is believed to be a rib injury and will be getting it checked on Sunday. Matt Jackson is wrestling tomorrow but he injured his hand taking a super power falcon arrow from Michael Elgin on Wednesday, just seconds after Nick was injured. The hand is swollen and bruised.  here are others banged up as well but as of right now, only Nick Jackson is off the show. This is the new lineup:

    • Adam Cole & Matt Jackson vs. Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jay Lethal & Roderick Strong
    • Tetsuya Naito vs. ACH in a non-title match (this may be questionable)
    • Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Matt Sydal
    • Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian vs. Ray Rowe & Hanson for the ROH tag titles
    • Cedric Alexander vs Donovan Dijak
    • Jushin Liger & Mark & Jay Briscoe vs. Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa & Adam Page
    • Trent Baretta & Gedo vs. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley
    • Kushida vs. Silas Young non-title
    • Michael Elgin vs. Moose vs Dalton Castle vs.. Lio Rush
    • Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly vs. Rhett Titus & Kenny King

    New Japan made an announcement today regarding the Super J Cup, which is not the same as the Super Juniors tournament. The Super Juniors starts 5/21 and is a round-robin tournament.  The Super J Cup will be a 16-man multi-promotional single elimination tournament.  The first round matches will be 7/18 at Korakuen Hall, which will be eight bouts.  The final eight move into a one-night tournament, similar to the old K-1 Grand Prix, on 8/21 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo.  They announced there would be four wrestlers from New Japan, (three regulars and one from Chaos, likely Will Ospreay), five from NOAH (three from NOAH and two from the Suzuki-gun side), plus one wrestler each from All Japan, Okinawa Pro, CMLL, ROH, K-Dojo, Dragon Gate and one more participant.

    In a major mainstream news story in Japan, the Japanese Sports Agency has requested the national Olympic Committee and Tokyo government to investigate allegations of payoffs that may have been used to get Tokyo the 2020 Summer Olympics. Hiroshi Hase, a pro wrestling Hall of Famer who is the Sports Minister in the government held a press conference today saying that they would cooperate and want a thorough examination. Hase said their intent was to submit a bid that would have no wrongdoing associated with it, but he has doubts that happened. The prosecutors have found a check of $2 million from a Japanese bank to a Singapore bank related to Papa Massata Diack, the son of IAAF President Lamine Diack in July and October listed as “Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games bid.” A good rule of thumb for all prospective bribers going forward is not to write what you are bribing on the check itself. 

    A clarification from this week’s Observer regarding Court Bauer and his leaving AAA/Lucha Underground. While it was true that Lucha Underground attempted to get him to sign an addendum to where he’d have no affiliation with Konnan, he said that he was able to negotiate around it and that was not a major part of the reason he left working for the promotions.  He said he just felt it was time to move on and he’s spending more and more time working for Combate Americas.

    WWE & Pro Wrestling

    • Lana will be wrestling on tonight’s NXT show in Largo, FL.
    • Chris Harrington talks WWE financials and changes in reporting.
    • Rolling Stone talks to Damien Sandow about his release, saying he wasn’t surprised,. had nothing bad to say about WWE and talked about studying Shakespearean acting now
    • WWE’s Gerrit Meier talks company business. 
    • Zack Sabre Jr. talks joining the WWE cruiserweight tournament.
    • WWE stock was up 14 cents per share today to $17.93. 
    • Jimmy Snuka was to be in court today for a hearing to see if he is mentally competent enough to stand trial in the case involving the death of Nancy Argentino in 1983. 
    • Pop TV has, effective immediately, dropped the Saturday replay of Impact, so Impact now only airs at 9 p.m. on Thursday night. This is the same pattern that Destination America did with the cutting of shows. 

    UFC & MMA

    • UFC announced today that USADA had contacted them regarding a potential Anti-Doping policy violation by Carlos Diego Ferriera from an out of competition test. Because of this, Ferreira is provisionally suspended and is off his scheduled fight with Abel Trujillo on 5/29 in Las Vegas. UFC is looking for a new opponent for Trujillo.
    • Paul Fontaine predicts 325,000 to 360,000 buys for tomorrow’s show.
    • EA Sports announced the launch of live event competitions, a brand new competitive experience in the EA Sports UFC 2 live event mode in the game. Starting tomorrow, fans can play the qualifiers in the live event competition to compete for a chance to earn Ultimate Team rewards and a trip to the live finals coinciding with the UFC Fan Expo in July. The winner of the grand slam final match on 7/8 at Fan Expo will win $10,000 and a belt signifying them as the EA Sports UFC 2 world champion.

    MISCELLANEOUS

    • Our British wrestling columnist Alan Boon was a guest on the Indy Darlings podcast.
    • Some of you may be able to watch Lucha Underground here.
    • Here is a story on the closing of the Los Angeles Sports Arena, which housed a ton of wrestling events over the years, including WrestleMania, AAA’s When Worlds Collide and tons of big shows in the 60s. 
    • Monster Energy drink has signed a renewal of its sponsorship death with Bellator. Tomorrow night’s show will be the first of the new deal.
    • Chris Hero vs. Big Damo headlines for Discovery Wrestling on 7/16 in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Portobello Town Hall.
    • Jimmy Hart will be signing tomorrow night at the Rochester Red Swings game at Frontier Field from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and at the Webster Columbus Center on Sunday from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
    • The next Evolve seminar an training session will be 6/10 in Ybor City, FL, with WWE coach Norman Smiley giving a lecture on what WWE is looking for and helping evaluate talent. For more info go to go DGUSA.tv and look for the WWN Seminar/Tryout section.
    • Fight Club OC on 6/9 at the Hanger in Orange County features both boxing and MMA fights. Former UFC and Strikeforce fighter Mike Kyle will be boxing on the show. They are 180 tickets shy of capacity and are working on their ninth straight sellout.
    • Tetsuya Naito will be in Singapore at a press conference for Bushiroad’s Chara Expo on 7/9 and 7/10 at the Sony PlayStation Stage.
    • River City Wrestling on 6/3 at Retama Park in San Antonio features Warlord, Barbarian, Hernandez and Lance Hoyt (Archer).
    • There was a Lucha Libre show on Sunday in Raleigh as part of a Mothers Day Festival which drew 1,500 to the North Carolina State Fairgrounds: Canek Jr won Battle Royal, Seiya b Beau James, Cristal b Misty James, Tzuki b Papa Smurf, Canek Jr. b Huracan Ramirez Jr. (thanks to Todd Goss). This was only part of the festival, which included big name singers and bands from Mexican television, rodeo, and games for kids. There will be another event like this in June in Winston-Salem.
    • National Fighting Championships on 6/11 at Center Stage in Atlanta for a show headlined by Jared Gooden vs. Amir Dadovic. They are also running 7/22 in Kennesaw, GA at Electric Cowboy with Chazz Walton vs. Warren Smith for the Georgia lightweight title. 
    • Johnny Devine will headline for CWE in Calgary on 5/21 teaming with Danny Duggan against Frankie Kazarian and Silas Young. Kazarian will be in Canada for CWE touring from 5/19 to 5/28.
    • Maryland Championship Wrestling and GFW have a doing show tomorrow night in Joppa, MD with Sonjay Dutt vs. Lio Rush vs. DJ Zema Ion for the Gen X title plus Jeff Jarrett & Punk Rock All-Stars vs. Eric Chapel & Dirty Money & Ken Dixon, Kevin Matthews vs. Brandon Scott, Pat Sick vs Drolix plus GFW champion Nick Aldis defends against Brian Meyers.

    Today in professional wrestling history: Race wins Missouri Title; Martel wins AWA World Title; Angle wins TNA World Title

  • WOL: NXT Seattle Road Report, Dr. Lucha Steve Sims!

    Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with tons to talk about including an NXT Road Report from Seattle, tons of thoughts on all the various characters, Dr. Lucha’s weekly report on all things South of the Border and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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