Filed under: MMA
UFC 92: THE RESULTS
Here are the results of UFC 92
Main Event: Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans
The first round of Griffin vs Evans was a like a strategic chess match with the advantage going to Griffin. Griffin connected a number of times with a right leg kick that appeared to bother Evans. Evans showed a bit of bravado after he and Griffin tangled it up about midway in the fight. The display elicited a rise out of the crowd. While Griffin had the advantage, Evans showed promise as he started to vary his attack.
Evans seized the moment in the third round with a take down, which allowed him to take Griffin into deep water. Evans periodically delivered punches, hammer fists and elbows. The new undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion was born at 2:46 in the third round after the referee intervened. “I was flailing not tapping. I’m fine. I’ll be back,” Griffin said of speculation that he was attempting to quit. Evans’ improves to 18-0-1 and Griffin’s record drops to 16-5.
Co-Main Event: Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira vs. Frank Mir
Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira and Frank Mir fought for the Interim UFC Heavyweight championship in a bout that show Mir demonstrating superior boxing skills early in the fight. Mir knocked Nogueira down twice, but allowed his foe to stand up after he was unable to finish him on the ground. At the end of the first round, Mir dropped “Minotauro” again to punctuate the round. Finally, Mir slumped Nogueira with a left hook. This win now matches Mir in another head on collision with champ Brock Lesnar. “Lesnar has the belt…we’ll see if he can make it out of the first round [in a rematch],” Mir said. From the sidelines, Lesnar shook his head, suggesting that Mir was simply talking trash. Mir defeated Lesnar in their first fight at UFC 81.
Filed under: Knockout of the day
This has nothing to do with boxing or MMA, but we couldn’t pass up the chance to see these two guys fight each other in a fit of road rage. Then, there is the KO and arrest. Check it out:
“Call 911, call 911!” Classic!
(KNOCKOUT NATION – DECEMBER 21, 2008)
On Saturday in Zurich, Switzerland, Evander Holyfield was absolutely robbed of a decision against Heavyweight titlist, Nikolay Valuev. Although many had hoped for Holyfield’s retirement no matter what the decision, Holyfield put on a spirited performance for a 46 year old and simply didn’t deserve the treatment he received. (more…)
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Floyd Mayweather Jr, Manny Paquiao, Ricky Hatton
(KNOCKOUT NATION – DECEMBER 19, 2008)
It appears that a proposed mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton is becoming a reality. Talks have begun for the two boxing superstars to face each other on May 2, 2009. It appears that the fight would take place at 140 pounds in Las Vegas.
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Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Carl Froch, Paul Williams, Winky Wright Jermain Taylor
(KNOCKOUT NATION – DECEMBER 19, 2008)
There is strong word in the boxing world that Winky Wright may be facing Jermain Taylor in a rematch in the 1st quarter of 2009. Taylor was penciled in to face WBC Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch, but apparently HBO does not want to approve the fight. Froch, who is a good fighter, could possibly be overlooked as his name simply isn’t big enough in the states. In steps Winky Wright.
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Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Antonio Tarver, Chad Dawson, Glen Johnson
HOLLYWOOD, FL – It takes a lot to get Glen Johnson angry, but when he heard that a March 14th rematch between Chad Dawson and Antonio Tarver had been finalized, he couldn’t hold back his feelings. “This is a disgrace to the sport,” said Johnson, the former light heavyweight champ who is currently the most avoided man in boxing. “Didn’t anyone watch the first fight? Do they think anything different will happen the second time around? HBO should have put this fight on a month earlier, so it could have been the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Part Two.”
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(KNOCKOUT NATION – DECEMBER 17, 2008)
If you ask him, he would tell you he’d fight anyone that you put in front of him, and he wouldn’t be lying. Since first turning pro on February 13, 2003, the self-proclaimed greatest heavyweight in the world, Star Boxing’s Kevin “Kingpin” Johnson has been telling anyone who would listen he was destined to become the next great heavyweight champion. Now 21 wins later against 0 defeats, Johnson has positioned himself as one of the top, if not the top, heavyweight prospect in the world (earning rankings in both the WBA #5, and WBC #10) and is making people believe that what he has been saying all along is actually true.
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(KNOCKOUTNATION – DECEMBER 17, 2008)
David Haye and WBC Champion Vitali Klitschko nearly came to blows when they recently met to finalize a proposed fight between the two in 2009. The two met with their respective management teams at a packed restaurant in Germany. Upon meeting, Haye showed Klitschko a magazine which featured a photoshopped photo of Hate holding the decapitated head of Vitali’s brother, Wladimir.
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(KNOCKOUT NATION – DECEMBER 21, 2008)
NEW YORK-Ring Magazine light-heavyweight champion Joe Calzaghe recently issued a statement in which he called boxing “a dying sport.” Light-heavyweight contender Shaun George took offense to those words, criticizing the undefeated Welshman for being part of the problem.
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Filed under: Boxing | Tags: boxer, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., Muhammad Ali, the greatest
Who is Shaun Boothe? He’s a man that does a very ill series called “The Unauthorized Biography of…” In this one, Boothe takes on the “great one” Muhammad Ali and sums up the champ’s illustrious legacy in under five minutes. Check it out.
