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Welterweights Rick Hawn and Douglas Lima will battle for the vacant 170-pound title this evening in the Bellator 117 main event. The card also features the season 10 lightweight tournament semifinals. Bellator 117 will air LIVE on Spike TV from Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, starting at 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT). The … Read more
UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber II takes place this evening at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., and is headlined with a bantamweight title bout between champion Renan Barao and challenger Urijah Faber. Barao earned the decision win in their first meeting back in 2012, but can Faber’s momentum from his four-fight win streak in 2013 carry him through to victory in the rematch?
Paul “Semtex” Daley stopped Romario Manoel da Silva with a huge left hook that put the Blackzilian to sleep in the second round in the BAMMA 14 main event on Saturday. BAMMA 14 took place at Birmingham’s LG Arena in the UK.
Former UFC middleweight title contender Chael Sonnen shocked the MMA world with a first round submission win over former UFC champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Sonnen immediately shot for the takedown and took Rua to the mat to land some solid ground and pound work. However, Sonnen latched onto a guillotine as Rua was looking to get back to his feet and pulled guard with it forcing Rua to tap for just the third submission loss of his career.
The Ranik Ultimate Fighting Federation (RUFF) held its fifth event in China at the Hohhot Indoor Stadium. We have the full results from the event.
UFC veteran Vinny Magalhaes (6-5) improved to 4-1 since his release from Zuffa, with a Jan. 29 submission win over fellow light heavyweight Damien Knight at MMA Xplosion in Las Vegas.
On Saturday, PROMMA.INFO’s Brian Furby attended the “ICF 16: Resurrection” show at the ICF Fight Club in Cincinnati, Ohio. The ten-fight card was capped off by two professional fights – a catchweight match between George Oiler and Brandon Howard, and an ICF Lightweight Title match between Team Xtreme’s Chad Hinton and Justin Moore from 4 Seasons.
Play-by-play, full results, and my choices for the “of the night” honors follow the jump.
This Shooto event took place on October 26, at the Tokai TV Telepia Hall, Nagoya, Japan. The main event was for the Pacific Rim Middleweight Title. The fight results are as follows:
Main Event – Pacific Rim Title Fight:
Main Card
This Pancrase event took place on October 26, in Differ Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan. The fight results are as follows: