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  • NJPW G1 Climax Tournament 8-2 results: Yano vs. Tanahashi, Naito vs. Makabe

    by Bryan Rose, WrestlingObserver.com

    Welcome to tonight’s coverage of Day 9 of the G1 Climax tournament, held today in Aichi, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. This is a multi-camera set up with no commentary.

    It was announced before the matches started today that Tiger Mask is out today due to a neck injury. The eight man that was scheduled to start the show will now be a six man.

    Satoshi Kojima, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Tomoaki Honma, Mascara Dorada & David Finlay Jr.

    This was a backdrop to Kojima vs. Honma as they’re due to square off soon in the G1 tournament. Crowd was super into them interacting with their back and forth. The few moments Dorada was in there, he looked great. Kushida isolates Finlay and submits him with the hoverboard lock.

    Kojima and Honma had a pull apart after the match that had to be stopped by their teammates.

    Michael Elgin & Jay White vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Cody Hall

    The lone star of this match was Elgin who continues to get himself over big time here in New Japan, doing all of his great offense, including a Harlem hangover off the middle rope. Beyond Elgin, this was a boring tag match with zero heat whenever the heels came in and worked their offense. Yujiro won after landing the Tokyo Pimps on White.

    Hirooki Goto, Yuji Nagata & Captain New Japan vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI

    Standard, solid tag match. A lot of the focus was on interactions between Nakamura and Goto, as well as Ishii and Yuji Nagata. Yoshi Hashi got the win for his team, pinning Captain New Japan after a swanton bomb.

    Kazuchika Okada & Gedo vs. Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga

    Another standard tag team match. Anderson and Okada were the focus this time around, with Anderson working on Gedo for a good portion of the match. Okada made a comeback, but eventually their seconds were tagged back in and Tama Tonga got the win with his waistlock DDT.

    Kota Ibushi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan

    Very good match. Ibushi missed his trademark moonsault at one point and took a spectacular bump on the outside, rolling around and landing near the barricade. Great exchanges including Ibusi doing his flurry of offense, including the mongolian chops. Tenzan tried the anaconda buster but Ibushi dodged and landed on his feet. He made a comeback then pinned him with the phoenix splash. Ibushi looked great and Tenzan chose his spots well which made this a very well worked match.

    Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bad Luck Fale

    This was kept rather short, which was probably for the better the way this was going. Fale dominated a lot of the match after throwing Shibata on the guardrail. Fale picked him up like he was going to finish him off but Shibata floated over with a sleeper. Fale tried to fight it off but he fell to the floor, then Shibata came back with the penalty kick for the win. Cool finish, uninteresting match.

    A.J. Styles vs. Doc Gallows

    This was a good storytelling kind of match. Gallows, who is in fact way bigger than Styles, dominated the match from the start. AJ eventually started to wear him down, eventually at one point hooking Gallows’ leg and rolling into a calf killer. Gallows went for a back body drop but AJ floated over, landed on his feet and planted Gallows with the Bloody Sunday DDT for the win.

    Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito

    Awesome match. Naito took an exceptionally long time taking off his outfit, and eventually Makabe got tired of his antics and jumped him. Naito reversed it and sent him to the barricades then started to take off the outfit. Very good back and forth match. Makabe missed the King Kong knee drop. Naito tried his flash bridging pin twice but it didn’t work. Crowd very into the nearfalls. Naito was sent to the turnbuckle where Makabe was going to the knee drop again. Naito’s head was rammed into the post twice, busting him open, then Makabe landed the knee drop and pinned him.
     Toru Yano vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
    Good match for what it was. Yano in the past year has really excelled at working his own comedic style and turning it into, at the very least, an entertaining match. Tanahashi went to splash Yano on the outside but Yano dodged and Tanahashi crashed into the post. Yano got the heat by mostly using the exposed turnbuckle pad. Tanahashi went for the high fly flow out of the ring but Yano ran under the ring, only for Tanahashi to baseball slide him and give him the high fly flow anyway. It was a match where Yano was doing his usual tactics but nothing was working, even after Tanahashi missed the senton after doing Yano’s taunt. They did a ref bump spot as Yano tried to use the chair but Tanahashi got the better of him and laid him out with the slingblade on the chair, then followed with a high fly flow for the win. It seems like Yano’s cut from a few days ago was reopened towards the later stages of the match.

    Current Standings

    Block A

    Katsuyori Shibata- 8

    Bad Luck Fale- 6

    Tetsuya Natio- 6

    AJ Styles- 6

    Hiroshi Tanhashi- 6

    Kota Ibushi- 6

    Togi Makabe- 4

    Hiroyoshi Tenzan- 2

    Toru Yano- 2
    Doc Gallows- 2

    Block B

    Tomohiro Ishii- 6

    Kazuchika Okada- 6

    Karl Anderson- 6

    Hirooki Goto- 6

    Shinsuke Nakamura- 4

    Michael Elgin- 4

    Yujiro Takahashi- 4

    Satoshi Kojima- 2

    Yuji Nagata- 2

    Tomoaki Honma- 0 

  • UFC News: Another main event for Brazil appears likely as the third match of a trilogy

    Dan Henderson vs. Vitor Belfort will headline the 11/7 UFC show in Sao Paulo, Brazil according to a tweet tonight by Henderson.

    The show will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1, and will be the third meeting between the two fighters.  Henderson beat Belfort on October 21, 2006, in Las Vegas on a Pride show via decision while Belfort beat Henderson on November 9, 2013, on a UFC show in Goiania Brazil via knockout in 1:17.

  • UFC 190: Looking at different scoring options

    Submitted by Dan Velten

    The sport of Mixed Martial Arts is relatively young and has been growing strong.  It has evolved quite a bit since the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s birth in 1993.  As time goes on, evolution occurs, and sports are no different.  It has been said a million times, but the scoring system used in MMA is flawed because it was taken from a different sport, boxing.  MMA needs a scoring system designed for the complexity and nuances of MMA.  Simply put, fights could be scored in a more fair, accurate, and ubiquitous manner. 

    The current “10-point Must” scoring system is a dinosaur egg laid by the sport of boxing seemingly 60 million years ago.  The sport of MMA has evolved but the scoring system has not.  The fighters and fight dynamics have changed, and it is time for the scoring system to remove its vestigial tail.

    The goal of scoring should be to determine the correct result.  Too often we see a match where a fighter won on the judges scorecard, but it appears to the viewer that he or she lost the fight.  These scoring options would hopefully stop that from occurring.  As often stated by the fans, “Who would you rather be at the end of the fight?  That’s who won.” It is a tough opinion to argue. 

    Scoring is subjective, but it could become more objective to a degree, which would be better for the sport, the fighters, and especially the fans, many of which have become frustrated.  This sport is designed to represent a street fight.  Sometimes the scoring system does not accurately represent who fans thought won the battle.   Fans enjoy a competitive match, and love a dazzling knockout or submission, but what they hate is a robbery.  Obviously, there will always be those that say a decision was a robbery when their fighter lost, but hopefully this scoring overhaul can alleviate some of this aggravation.

    The current fossil scoring system works mediocre at best, even in boxing, but for fights that last more than 3 or 5 rounds, recovering to win from a slow start is incredibly difficult.  It makes it nearly impossible for a fighter trailing 20-18 after 2 rounds to win a decision.

    In boxing, a judge can focus primarily on punching and thus a fighter who connects more should be given the 10 points.  However, there are so many nuances to MMA judging that must also be considered.  One of which is the ground game and the submission attempts.  The “near finish submission attempt” is often overlooked because it appears that no damage was done.

    Point scoring in boxing is ok because a typical fight is between 6 and 12 rounds.  In MMA, over the course of the typical 3 round match, a fighter can barely win the first two rounds and lose the last round heavily and typically still wins the fight with a score of 29-28.  If judges were allowed to use more of the 10 points then this system would more accurately represent the fight.  The problem is that judges are told to “find a reason” to pick a round winner, and often rounds are too close to call, but draw rounds rarely occur on a judges scorecard.  Another flaw is that 10-8’s are only given when a fighter destroys the opponent.  The damage differential between a 10-10 and a 10-9 can be minimal, but to score a 10-8, the difference has to be massive to be given.  There are plenty of other problems with the “10-Point Must” system that I will look at in the future. 

    This article (and subsequent articles) will score fights using different methods.  Some of these have been realistically discussed, but never gone any further.  One I just made up completely.  A brief summary of each method is below. 

    10-Point Must Scoring (currently used in MMA) – The round winner receives 10 points and the round loser receives 9 or fewer, supposedly based on the differential of the damage and other advantages.

    10-Point Open Scoring – This is the same as above, but more of the points will be used, including each fighter potentially receiving 10 points in an even round.  It could be determined as follows:

    10-10 – No clear round winner

    10-9 – Winner barely eked out the round

    10-8 – Winner clearly won the round

    10-7 – Winner significantly won the round

    10-6 – Winner did tremendous damage and dominated the round

    10-5 – Winner dominated and nearly finished the fight

    Scoring a 10-4 or less is probably not necessary and thus you could make this a 5-point system.  10-10’s and 10-8’s will be more prominent.  As often mentioned, this is similar to the “Half Point” system, but with less math.  The “Half Point” system is needlessly complicated and judges already screw up the math, and asking them to do more seems like a bad idea.

    Weighted Round Scoring – The first round would be worth 1 point, the second would be worth 2, and the third would be worth 3 points.  This is something I just cooked up, because so often we will see a fighter barely win rounds 1 and 2, and then coast in round three.  It may result in more draws, but I’m predicting it will result in fighters keeping their foot on the gas pedal all the way.  At the end of the round, the judge simply needs to pick the winner and not worry about the damage differential.

    “Pride” Scoring – This would simply be picking the fight as a whole.  At the end of the fight, the judge decides who won.  This seemed to work excellently in the Pride promotion, as bad decisions rarely occurred.  People talk fondly of this system, and I believe it is actually the fairest.  However, people like statistics and points, so this system will probably never be re-implemented.

    Here is how the scorecards may look if these systems were used for UFC 190 (main card, only fights that went the distance):

    Gadelha vs. Aguilar

    Official result:  All three judges score the contest 30-27 in favor of Gadelha, and I would agree.

    Open Scoring:  Rd 1) 10-8 Gadelha  Rd 2) 10-8 Gadelha  Rd 3) 10-9 Gadelha

    Result:  30-25 Gadelha

    Weighted Scoring:  Rd 1) Gadelha  Rd 2) Gadelha  Rd 3) Gadelha

    Result:  6-0 Gadelha

    Pride Scoring:  Gadelha

    Nothing changes in this dominant performance for Gadelha who clearly won the fight.

    Struve vs. Big Nog

    Official Result:  All three judges score the contest 30-27 for Struve, and I would agree.

    Open Scoring:  Rd 1) 10-9 Struve  Rd 2) 10-9 Struve  Rd 3) 10-8 Struve

    Result:  30-26 Struve

    Weighted:  Rd 1) Struve  Rd 2) Struve  Rd 3) Struve

    Result:  6-0 Struve

    Pride Scoring:  Struve

    No changes here.

    Vieira vs. Lopez

    Official Result: 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 all for Vieira – I scored it 30-27 for Vieira.

    Open Scoring:  Rd 1) 10-10  Rd 2) 10-9 Vieira  Rd 3) 10-9 Vieira

    Result:  30-28 Vieira

    Weighted:  Rd 1) Vieira  Rd 2) Vieira  Rd 3) Vieira

    Result:  6-0 Vieira

    Pride: Vieira

    No change.

    Shogun vs. Big Nog

    Official Result:  All three judges score it 29-28 Shogun, and I’d concur.

    Open Scoring:  Rd 1) 10-9 Nog  Rd 2) 10-9 Shogun  Rd 3) 10-10

    Result:  29-29 Draw

    Weighted:  Rd 1) Nog  Rd 2) Shogun  Rd 3)  Even

    Result:  4-3 Shogun

    Pride:  Shogun (Or a Draw)

    I would have judged this a draw fight because I do not think either had enough of an advantage, but I guess I’d rather be Shogun because I can’t imagine Big Nog’s ribs will feel very good tomorrow.  Also, I named my dog Shogun, and she’s awesome.

    MMA, and the UFC in particular, want fight winners, but as a sports fan, that waters down records.  A win should be a big deal, and not something to be disputed, and certainly not something that “could go either way”.  After all, the sport is basically trying to replicate a fight to the death, and killing your opponent should not be something decided by a coin toss in the eyes of the judges.  If no clear winner is determined, then it is a draw.  Wins would be far more significant, and that is important.  We see far too many undefeated fighters where we can easily recall a fight that could have been decided differently.

    Tonight, there were no real surprises or bad judging decisions in my book, but I would encourage you the fans to judge for yourself using one my methods or perhaps one of your own.

  • WWE Ontario, CA, house show results: Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho

    1) Bella’s beat Sasha Banks/Naomi
    2) Neville beat Bo Dallas
    3) Cesaro (huge reaction) beat Bad News Barrett
    4) Prime Time Players beat New Day
    5) Rusev beat R Truth
    Live Miz TV happened with Big Show. At the end, Big Show knocks out Miz. Said to be dull
    6) Steel cage main event – Chris Jericho beat Kevin Owens. Said to be excellent and best match of the night. Chemistry said to be awesome. Jericho wins by pin with codebreaker

  • WWE Hidalgo, TX, August 1 house show results: Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose

    By Rick Velazquez

    WWE Live Event in Hidalgo, TX.

    A ten bell salute to honor the passing of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper started the show off.

    Matches kicked off with a Triple Threat Tag Team Elimination Match: Los Matadores vs The Ascension vs Lucha Dragons.

    Crowd was hot for both Lucha Dragons and Los Matadores. The Ascension cut a promo before the match saying, “Hidalgo, welcome to The Wasteland”. Overall, the match was fun. Los Matadores were eliminated by Konnor. After that, the rest of match was a slow build for Sin Cara to make the tag to Kalisto. Kalisto & Sin Cara hit their finishers on Victor for the win.

    Next up was Jack Swagger vs Luke Harper. This match was surprisingly good. Crowd loved Swagger, chanting along “We The People!” and constant U-S-A chants. Match went back and forth with Swagger attempting the Patriot Lock several times. Finally, Swagger tried locking it in but Harper shoved him off and hit his Discus Clothesline for the win.

    Axel and Sandow vs the newly formed team of Adam Rose & Brad Maddox followed. Maddox & Rose wore matching gear and were doing push-ups and sit-ups in the ring. Rose cut a promo saying that they were in better shape than everyone there and that he and Maddox were BFFs. They proceeded to hug. Their gear said ‘Beef Mode’, so that might indicate they’re a legitimate team now. Axel was still wearing his black shorts. Axel & Sandow picked up the victory after a decent comedic match.

    After this, Emma teamed up with Natalya to face Cameron and Dana Brooke. Natalya got one of the loudest reactions of the night. Dana Brooke actually got pretty loud boos from the crowd. Dana Brooke wasn’t in the ring too much, it was mostly Cameron.  Natalya & Emma picked up the win after Cameron tapped out to the Sharpshooter.

    Heath Slater came out to a modified theme that references to a One Man Band and not Three Man Band as it said before. He cut a promo naming other Texas cities such as: Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas. The crowd booed very loudly. He had a match with Fandango who got a decent reaction. This was a very short match. Slater kept jumping from the inside of the ring to the apron and would stretch his leg on the rope. This went on a few times until he finally tripped on the rope and Fandango pinned him for the win.

    Randy Orton vs Sheamus was up next. Sheamus got a very loud reaction, but it was topped by the loudest reaction of the night for Randy Orton. Matched kicked off and after a few minutes, Sheamus grabbed his briefcase, told everyone to “kiss his arse” and started walking away. Orton chased after him and they went on to have a good match. After a missed Brogue Kick, Orton hit the RKO for the win.

    After this, it was Roman Reigns vs Bray Wyatt. Many people had their phones out for Wyatt. Reigns got a huge reaction. This was a good match, with back and forth action. Both men tried hitting their finishers a few times. Ultimately, Reigns beat Wyatt with the Spear but Wyatt beat on Reigns after the match.

    Finally, the main event was Rollins vs Ambrose. Rollins got massive boos, and Ambrose got a huge reaction. This was the match of the night. It had a lot of action using weapons and also had a good mix of comedy in it.

    Rollins Powerbombed Ambrose through a table, then Wyatt interfered and hit Sister Abigail to set up the win. Rollins & Wyatt began double teaming Ambrose until Reigns came out to help Ambrose. Reigns and Ambrose celebrated to close the show. 

    Loudest cheers:

    Orton
    Reigns
    Ambrose
    Natalya

    Loudest boos:
    Rollins
    Sheamus
    Wyatt
    The Ascension

  • VIDEO: UFC 190 Post-Fight Press Conference

    Hear from tonight’s competitors of UFC 190 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the UFC 190 Post-Fight Press Conference following the conclusion of tonight’s event.

  • UFC makes Mir vs. Arlovski official

    It’s not 2006, but UFC has just announced Frank Mir vs. Andrei Arlovski as the No. 2 fight for the 9/5 UFC 191 PPV in Las Vegas.

  • UFC News: Mir/Arlovski official, new main event announced

    It’s not 2006, but UFC has just announced Frank Mir vs. Andrei Arlovski as the No. 2 fight for the 9/5 UFC 191 PPV in Las Vegas underneath Demetrious Johnson and John Dodson re-matching for the UFC Featherweight Championship at the MGM Grand.

    Also announced is a five-round main event bout between Matt Brown and Kelvin Gastelum, scheduled for November 21 in Monterrey, Mexico. That headlines a FOX Sports 1 event serving as the finals for The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America season two. Gastelum is coaching the season alongside Efrain Escudero, but since they fight in different weight classes, they will not be fighting each other. Gastelum drops back down to 170 pounds for this fight. 

  • UFC 190 results: Ronda Rousey vs. Bethe Correia, Shogun, Nog Brothers

    Welcome to WrestlingObserver.com’s live coverage of UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia from the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event is headlined by UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey, the most dominant fighter in the UFC, defending the championship against the undefeated challenger, Bethe Correia. The action kicks off with preliminary card fights at 7 PM eastern time on UFC Fight Pass. The action moves over to FOX Sports 1 at 8 PM eastern time with additional preliminary fights before the main card kicks off at 10 PM eastern time on pay-per-view. We are looking for your thoughts on the show, so send a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle as well as a best fight and worst fight to dave@wrestlingobserver.com.

    Coverage provided by Dave Meltzer

    PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS-7 PM ET/4 PM PT)

    BANTAMWEIGHTS: HUGO VIANA VS. GUIDO CANNETTI

    First round: Cannetti with a high kick that didn’t land and Viana caught him.  Cannetti tried a spin kick but Viana took him down.  Cannetti going for a toe hold.  Viana spun out of it.  Viana got his back but Cannetti up.  Viana trying to throw him unsuccessfully.  Trading knees.  The ref separated them.  Takedown by Viana but Cannetti right back up.  Spin kick by Cannetti.  10-9 Viana.

    Second round: Low kick by Cannetti.  Cannetti landed a head kick and several punches and then took Viana down.  Cannetti in side control.  Viana back up.  Viana with a takedown but Cannetti back up.  Takedown by Cannetti and then he let him back up.  Viana took Cannetti off his feet with a sweeping kick.  The ref separated them from the clinch.  Viana took him down.  Viana throwing punches from the top.  Viana landing more punches.  Closer round but 20-18 Viana.

    Third round: Viana trying for a takedown but not getting it.  Cannetti with a takedown.  Fans are booing the endless clinch.  Cannetti with another takedown.  Another takedown by Cannetti.  Cannetti’s round, I’ve got Viana 29-28 but the second round was close 

    Scores: All three have it 29-28 Cannetti.  Crowd is not happy.

    MIDDLEWEIGHTS: VITOR MIRANDA VS. CLINT HESTER

    First round: Hester fighting for a takedown and gave him a slow spinebuster.  Miranda reversed to the top and pounding on him.  Hester bleeding from the right eye.  Miranda landing punches.  Miranda landing punches and elbows from the top.  10-9 Miranda.

    Second round: Hester got a takedown.  Miranda up and landing low kicks.  Hester trying for a takedown.  Hester went for a takedown but Miranda caught in with a knee that stunned Hester Miranda ended up on top and he’s just pounding on him.  Now Miranda throwing a lot of elbows and it’s been stopped by ref Herb Dean. 

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

    BANTAMWEIGHTS: IURI ALCANTARA VS. LEANDRO ISSA

    First round: Alcantara landed punches.  Knee by Alcantara.   Alcantara went for a triangle which allowed Issa to get the top position.  Issa moved to side control.  Issa with some elbows.  Issa is working for a Kimura.  Issa moved to full mount.  Issa landing a few punches.  10-9 Issa.

    Second round: Alcantara dropped him with a left, part of that was a slip.  Alcantara wth another left.  Uppercut by Alcantara.  Body kicks by Alcantara.  Issa trying for a takedown.  Alcantara working for a reverse triangle.  The ref separated them.  Big left by Alcantara.  Alcantara followed him to the ground and dropped elbows.  Left by Alcantara.  Alcantara hurt him with a left late in the round.  Alcantara’s round, so 19-19.

    Third round: They hugged before the round started.  Body kick by Alcantara.  Issa working for a takedown. Alcantara on top.  He stepped away.  Alcantara landed another left.  Trading body kicks.  Body kick by Alcantara.  Knee by Alcantara.  Alcantara working for a Kimura.  Alcantara landing punches on the ground.  He landed big punches and Issa is bleeding.  Alcantara walked away and wants him up.  Alcantara keeps landing the left  Front kick and knee by Alcantara.  Another front kick.  Great jumping kick by Alcantara.  Alcantara throwing punches.  Alcantara missed a spinning backfist.  Issa going for a takedown but he can’t get it and time ran out.  Alcantara’s round, has to win 29-28.  He has to win.

    Scores: 29-28, 29-28 and 29-27 for Alcantara

    WELTERWEIGHTS: WARLLEY ALVES VS. NORDINE TALEB

    First round: Alves caught a kick and is on top.  Good right by Alves.  Alves dropped him with a right.  Another right by Alves.  Taleb tried for a takedown bu didn’t get it.  Alves 10-9

    Second round: Trading body kicks.  Alves tried a judo throw and couldn’t get it.  Alves caught a kick and landed on top.  Taleb got up.  Taleb shot for a takedown, Alves grabbed a guillotine and Taleb was caught and had to tap.

    LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS: RAFAEL CAVALCANTE VS. PATRICK CUMMINS

    First round: Takedown off a kick by Cummins but Feijao right back up.  Another takedown by Cummins but Feijao right back up.  Fans booing right away.  Cummins took him down.  Another slam by Cummins.  Feijao landed a right.  Cummins took him down and has his back.  Another takedown by Cummins.  Feijao tired.  Feijao landed a right.  Cummins is cut under both of his eyes and they are swelling.  Cummins 10-9

    Second round:   Cummins’ right eye is looking bad and Feijao is tired.  Cummins is bleeding badly.  Good right by Feijao.  Cummins took him down.  Cummins landing hard body shots from the top.  Cummins landing punches to the head and body.  Cummins landing good punches from the top.  Feijao wth two good up kicks.  Elbow by Cummins.  Mario Yamasaki called for the doctor to look at Cummins’ eyes.  The doctor allowed it to continue.  They are being put back in the same position.  Another up kick and Feijao back up.  Cummins with a knee.  Takedown by Cummins and has his back with time running out.  Cummins round 20-18.

    Third round: Takedown by Cummins.  Cummins pounded on him with elbows until the Mario Yamasaki stopped it.  Feijao was hurt badly because he’s still on the ground.

    WELTERWEIGHTS: DEMIAN MAIA VS. NEIL MAGNY

    First round: Maia went for the takedown.  He’s now on top.  Maia has full mount.  Maia landing punches.  Maia pounding on him.  Maia working for an armbar but time ran out on him.  10-9 Maia.

    Second round: Maia took him right back down.  Maia in side control.  Magny went for a triangle but got nowhere.  Maia is back in mount.  Maia working for a choke and got it.  Total one-sided fight.  The crowd went crazy for his win.

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

    WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHTS: CLAUDIA GADELHA VS. JESSICA AGUILAR

    First round: Knee by Gadelha.  Galdelha landing punches.  Nice left by Gadelha.  Gadelha hurting her now.  Aguilar landed a punch.  Punch and knee by Gadelha.  Left by Gadelha.  Gadelha keeps landing.  Aguilar bleeding from the nose and cheek.  Nice takedown by Gadelha.  She’s got her back.  10-9 Gadelha.

    Second round: Left by Gadelha hurt her again.  Hard right by Gadelha.  Another taekdown by Gedelha into side control.  Knee to the body by Gadelha.  Big right by Gadelha.  Uppercut by Gadelha.  Another takedown by Gadelha.  20-18 Gadelha.

    Third round: Aguilar landing some low kicks.  Gadelha landing big punches.  Aguilar working for a takedown.  Gadelha blocked it.  Aguilar bleeding badly from the nose.  Aguilar landing low kicks.  Gadelha landing punches.  Aguilar landing more low kicks.  Another takedown by Gadelha.  Gadelha 30-27

    Scores: All three have it 30-27 for Gadelha.

    Gadelha made it very clear she wants Joanna next.  She made the best usage of her interview time.

    HEAVYWEIGHTS: ANTONIO SILVA VS. SOA PALELEI

    First round: Palelei with some jabs.  Silva with an uppercut.  Silva with a knee.  Silva is working for a takedown.  Palelei took him down with a hiptoss.  Palelei landing punches.  Palelei looks exhuasted though.  10-9.

    Second round: Silva landing an uppercut and a knee.  Anther knee by Silva, Bit knee.  Silva landing hard punches and Palelei went down and John McCarthy stopped it. :41

    HEAVYWEIGHTS: STEFAN STRUVE VS. ANTONIO RODRIGO NOGUEIRA

    First round: Nogueira landed a left.  Nogueira tied him up.  Nogueira working for a takedown.  Struve hurt him with a right.  Nogueira tied him up immediately.  Struve landed punches and Nogueria again tied him up.  Nogueira tried to take him down but Struve blocked it and walked away.  Front kick by Struve.  Low kick by Stuve.  Nogueira landed some punches coming in.  Knee by Struve and punches by Nogueira.  Struve with some front kicks and a low kick. Struve hurt him with a right.  Struve 10-9.

    Second round: Nogueira landed punches moving in.  Nogueira took him down and is working for a choke. Nogueira in full mount.  Struve back up.  Nogueira again tried a takedown but didn’t get it.  Front kick by Strve.  Struve hurt him with an uppercut.  Struve with front kicks.  Another front kick.  Struve with a low kick and a knee.  Struve 20-18.

    Third round: Head kick by Struve.  Nogueira trying for a takedown and got him down but Struve back up.  Struve landing punches.  Nogueira with a right.  Low kick by Struve.  Knee by Struve.  Knee and front kick by Struve.  Low kick by Struve.  Struve nailed him with a head kick.  Nice right by Nogueira and Struve back with a punch.  Struve with some jabs.  Left hook by Struve.  Struve with punches and a low kick   Struve landing lefts.  Struve 30-27.

    Scores: All three judges have it 30-27 for Struve.  Struve hugged Nogueira after which got a big reaction.

    Struve said he got sick in the dressing room and was throwing up and it cost him some in cardio.  

    TUF BRAZIL 4 BANTAMWEIGHT FINALS: REGINALDO VIEIRA VS. DILENO LOPES

    First round: Lopes landing a ton of uppercuts.  Vieira grabbed a guilloine.  Lopes in side control Now Lopes has a guillotine.  Vieira out with a knee and punches.  Lopes dropped him and grabbed another guillotine.  Vieira out of trouble.  Vieira landing big punches.  Body kick by Vieira.  Big right by Vieira. Left by Lopes.  10-9 Vieira.

    Second round: Lopes has swelling under his left eye.  Vieira with a right.  Right landed by Lopes.  Left by Lopes.  Body kick by Lopes.  Another body kick by Lopes.  Another body kick by Lopes, and another one. Lopes landing punches.  Lopes bleeding under both eye.  Lopes landing several punches.  Lopes with a takedown.  The ref ordered a standup.  Lopes round so 19-19 after two.

    Third round: Vieira with a hard low kick.  Lopes in with punches.  Takedown by Lopes.  Lopes with another guillotine.  Vieira punching the body.  Vieira popped out.  Vieira punching for the top.  Vieira landing a lot of punches.  Vieira landed a ton at the end to win the fight in the last minute.  This was the best fight of the night.  29-28 Vieira.

    Scores: 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27 Vieira

    TUF BRAZIL 4 LIGHTWEIGHT FINALS: GLAICO FRANCA VS. FERNANDO BRUNO

    First round:   Bruno landed some punches early.  Bruno took him down.  Franca up and took Bruno down.  He pulled him back down.  Franca has his back.  Franca controlled most of the round and should take it 10-9.

    Second round: Low kicks by Franca.  Franca with a takedown.  Bruno took him down.  Bruno went for another takedown bu Franca scrambled and got his back and worked for a choke. Franca is working for a choke.  Franca’s round 20-18.

    Third round: Bruno landing punches ealry.  Bruno took him down and got his back.  Bruno now workign for a chke but Franca escaped and moved to the top.  Bruno moving in with punches.  Franca kneed him and Bruno said low blow and got a imem out but it looked legal on he replay.  Franca got the takedown.  Franca got the choke and Bruno tapped out.

    LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS: MAURICIO RUA VS. ANTONIO ROGERIO NOGUEIRA

    First round:   Body kick by Rua.  Shogun landed some punches.  Both trading and a body kick by Rua.  Hard body kick by Shogun.  Nogueira hurt him with punches. Nogueira has him in bad shape.  Rua is holding on.  Knee by Nogueira.  Shogun hit him.  Nogueira working for a guillotine.  Nogueira with punches.  Shogun fired back.  Shogun survived the round.  Great round Nogueria 10-9, really could be 10-8.

    Second round: Rua took him right down.  Nogueira got up.  Body kick by Rua.  Nogueira with a low kick.  Rua’s round 19-19 after two.

    Third round: Rua with body kicks.  Nogueira landing punches.  Nice left by Nogueira and Shogun back with a right.  Body kick by Shogun.   Rua landing a punch back.  Both trading punches and a body kicks and a body kick by Rua.  Shogun with a right and a body kick.  Shogun working for a takedown.  He took him down but Nogueria has a gullotine.  Rua popped out.   Rua with a few punches at the end.  Nogueira’s round 29-27.

    Scores: All three have it 29-28 for Rua.  Crowd booed the decision a lot and booed Rua when he did he interview after.

    UFC WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: RONDA ROUSEY(C) VS. BETHE CORREIA

    First round: Ronda got a lot of cheers and a lot of boos.  More boos.  Great staredown.  Rousey landed punches.  Rousey shoved her down and Correia got up.  Rousey knocked her out cold, a left a knee and a righ to the temple knocked her out. :34

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