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WatchTHE REEM SEASON 2 EPISODE 7: CROSSROADS
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UFC 138 Post Fight Press Conference – at a glance
UFC 138 was the highest grossing event in the history of the LG Arena – generating $1.5 million
10,823 were in attendance
Bonuses Awarded:
Terry Etim – Sub of the Night
For his 17 second stoppage of Edward Faaloloto
Che Mills – Knock Out of the Night
After TKOing Chris Cope in 40 seconds flat
Brad Pickett vs Renan Barao – Fight of the Night
Barão defeated Pickett via rear naked choke at 4:09 of...
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MARK MUNOZ // CHRIS LEBEN
Round 1
Munoz scores an early takedown. Did he ever really consider standing in the pocket with Leben? Chants of “Leben” but all the while Munoz controls the action as well as his opponent. The Crippler gets Munoz down to the mat but doesn’t succeed, or necessarily try to keep him down. But quickly slams his opponent for a second time.
Bombs away from both guys in the closing minute and...
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BRAD PICKETT // RENAN BARAO
A collective gasp was heard and felt across the LG Arena when everyone realised that Barao was out to put a hurting on “One Punch”. The onslaught didn’t let up and it wasn’t long before the Nova Uniao product landed a game-changing knee to Pickett’s temple. Swiftly following up with a slick combination, putting the Londoner down hard.
Brad defended the choke decently but there...
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THIAGO ALVES // PAPY ABEDI
Papy comes out with the Jon Jones crawl but quickly gets to his feet and enters into the predictable stand up war we were yearning for. The first decent kick-boxing exchange of the night.
Some quality back and forth action before Alves clearly put Abedi on queer street with a sweet right hand. The ref lurched in to call a stoppage but backed off when the Swede proved he could somehow put up a...
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ANTHONY PEROSH // CYRILLE DIABATTE
The Hippo vs The Snake. Australia vs France. Either way it sounds like a novelty match up, and that’s probably the most interesting thing worth mentioning before the outset of Round 2.
Rounds 1 & 2
A great deal of smother and cover from Perosh but both fighters seem to falter in imposing their gameplan for while – at least until Perosh secured mount in the second. Perosh landed some...
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TERRRY ETIM // EDWARD FAALOLOTO
5 and 2 and fighting out out Honolulu, the American invader was never going to get much of a warm welcome in Birmingham. And he came a heck of a long way for what went down tonight.
Round 1
Etim. Punch, kick, arm-in guillotine, out. That was easy.
Etim by guillotine choke at 17 seconds
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JOHN MAGUIRE // JUSTIN “FAST EDDIE” EDWARDS
Round 1 How about a new record for fastest ever groin strike in the UFC? I think that just happened. Maguire looks relatively unphased however and took little time to recover. The Brit even wobbled Edwards before buckling completely himself. Surviving a blitz of hard strikes, Maguire covered up before prizing himself out of a tight guillotine.
The rapid first few minutes evolved into a more...
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PHIL DE FRIES // ROB BROUGHTON
Northern lad and no-nicknamed De Fries received a warm welcome as he entered the arena but was soon trumped by Liverpool’s Rob “The Bear” Broughton’s fan reaction. Fighting just marginally closer to home, Broughton has much to prove after his poor showing at high altitude against Travis Browne back in September.
Round 1
Tentative to engage on the outside, both Heavyweights spend a...
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UFC 138 LIVE BLOG
Spoiler Alert
WiFi has just been fixed here in Birmingham so I’ll be uploading my take on the fights as they play out. Just wanted to let you guys know if you’re holding out for a tape delay.
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Mark Munoz wants to be the "Manny Pacquiao of...
Nice guys don’t always finish last. A statement redefined by The Filipino Wrecking Machine with three solid wins in his last three outings. Appearing calm and confident at today’s UFC 138 press conference, one thing was clear right off the bat: this fight is for number one contender status.
Munoz surely makes the better claim with Leben faltering recently against Stann, compared with...
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Shotgun Young reloads for a second chance outing...
East London born and raised, Jason “Shotgun” Young faces Japanese veteran Michihiro Omigawa on Saturday night in Birmingham. After a hard fought decision loss Dustin Poirier at UFC 131 in Vancouver, Canada, Young faces an experienced Omigawa who likely has more cause for concern over his place in the organisation after consecutive losses to Chad Mendes and Darren Elkins.
Shotgun, who...
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The Weekend Weather Forecast: UFC 138
Leben vs Munoz
If I could sum up my sentiments about UFC 138 in a single statement it would be this: a weak card doesn’t mean poor fights. The UFC’s return to the UK shores is drawing a lot of criticism from limeys like myself - but - when it comes down to it we can all be sure that Birmingham’s LG Arena will be electric. Packed with thousands of Mixed Martial Arts fanatics who...
UFC on Fox 1 Conference Call (audio) →
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Attention all you Cage Junkies: My UFC 138 fight...
This glorious fight week I’m privileged to be reporting for CageJunkies.com. Set up by ex-UFC fighter and TUF 4 alum Charles McCarthy, the site is looking sharp and really gained some traction in recent months.
Tonight I’m putting pen to paper for my breakdown of the top 3 fights and I’ll pick the best of the rest. Tomorrow I’ll be snapping and tweeting from the press...
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The Weekend Weather Forecast: UFC 137
BJ Penn vs Nick Diaz
The long and winding road to 137 has taken many twists and turns. Despite the champ’s injury setbacks we’ve been left with a pretty damn awesome main event and another piece in the Welterweight contender puzzle. Two high-level Jiu Jitsu players with ace boxing is a decent recipe for a sick fight.
Guessing which BJ shows up to fight has in itself become...