Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Weekend Results: Severn, Escudero, Magalhaes Earn Victories

On a weekend where former NFL star Herschel Walker made news for picking up his second MMA victory at the age of 48, MMA's own elder statesman Dan Severn won his 97th fight on an Elite-1 MMA event in New Brunswick, Canada.

The 52-year-old Severn put Scott Fraser (3-2) away with an arm-triangle submission to take the promotion's heavyweight title, extending his win streak to eight and improving his record to 97-16-7.

Severn was just one of the many notables stepping in the cage this past weekend. Check out the weekend results below.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/01/31/weekend-results-severn-escudero-magalhaes-earn-victories/

Jason Reinhardt Eddy Rolon João Roque Kristian Rothaermel

Event Review ? UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami

UFC 122 had very little going for it heading into things and when news broke that the co-main event, it lost a potential fight that had fight or knockout of the night written all over it. You know the card isn?t all that important when every loser on the main card not in the main [...]

Source: http://cardiofreakmma.com/2010/11/16/event-review-ufc-122-marquardt-vs-okami/

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Dana White video blog UFC 123 11-19-10

Source: http://www.mmamemories.com/2010/11/20/dana-white-video-blog-ufc-123-11-19-10.html

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Heavy.com Launching Fight Day Live, College Gameday-Style Pre-Show, Prior To UFC 126 This Weekend

There was a time when all there was to watch before a UFC pay-per-view was old UFC fights on Spike at best. Now we get free prelims for nearly every card and starting this weekend, we’re also going to get a College Gameday-style pre-fight show before the action kicks off in Vegas thanks to the [...]

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmaconvert/~3/Ul5JwiaSVaA/

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8 Fighters Suspended Following ?Diaz vs. Cyborg?

Robbie Lawler was issued a six-month medical suspension by the California State Athletic Commission following his third-round submission loss to Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo Souza in the Strikeforce ?Diaz vs. Cyborg? co-headliner on Saturday

Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/8-Fighters-Suspended-Following-Diaz-vs-Cyborg-29840

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?Fedor vs. Silva? Prelims to Air on HDNet

The undercard for Strikeforce and M-1 Global?s ?Fedor vs. Silva? on Feb. 18 will air live on HDNet.

Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Fedor-vs-Silva-Prelims-to-Air-on-HDNet-29753

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Muay Thai Legend Germaine de Randamie Admits More Work to Be Done

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- MMA Fighting spoke to women's MMA prospect Germaine de Randamie about winning her first Strikeforce fight on Saturday night Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg. The Dutch Muay Thai fighter, who left the sport with a 48-0 record, talked about improving her record to 2-1, her performance in the fight and when she thinks she will be ready to fight the best 135ers in the organization.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/01/30/muay-thai-legend-germaine-de-randamie-admits-more-work-to-be-don/

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