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Jose Aldo defeats Chad Mendes

January 16, 2012 / Staff

Every once in a while you see an MMA fight that really highlights of brutal nature of mixed martial arts. This fight between Aldo and Mendes had a devastating finish.

Jose Aldo stopped Chad Mendes with one devastating knee to the head with a second left in the first round Saturday night, defending his featherweight title in his homeland at UFC 142.
Aldo (21-1) spun and knocked the previously unbeaten Mendes senseless on his back with a perfectly timed right knee that caught Mendes (11-1) flush in the face.
Aldo then landed two punches to Mendes’ defenseless head before referee Mario Yamasaki stopped the bout before the bell.
Aldo then bolted from the octagon and sprinted into the HSBC Arena crowd, which raised him on its shoulders to cap the UFC’s second event in Brazil in six months after a 13-year absence.

Wow. A knee to the head. That’s just crazy!

This is one reason this sport has become so popular and has surpassed boxing. There are so many different strategies and styles. In the end though, one powerful shot can change everything.

The UFC is on a roll, and this is becoming very popular with all sorts of fans. UFC betting is getting more and more attention as well. More and more people are also having house parties to watch these fights. It may not rival the Super Bowl but it’s starting to rival other more traditional sports.

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UFC 141 on December 30th to feature Lesnar vs. Overeem

December 21, 2011 / Staff

The MGM Grand Garden Arena will host MMA future betting action that is as good as it gets with a card that features five bouts on the main card headlined by the heavyweight matchup of Brock Lesnar vs. Allstair Overeem.

The action will start earlier than normal for UFC at 10 PM ET on this special Friday, December 30th edition. The winner of the Lesnar vs. Overeem bout is expected to face Junior dos Santos for the UFC Heavyweight Championship at a later date. UFC 141 is also expected to be the last that will offer preliminary bouts for free on Spike TV.

Lesnar is one of the most popular and appealing fighters in the UFC with a career record of 5-2 after losing his last bout over a year ago to Cain Velasquez by TKO at the 4:12 mark of the first round. The loss snapped a four-bout winning streak. Lesnar was the reigning heavyweight champion and was seeking to successfully defend his title for the third straight bout. Lesnar won the heavyweight title with a win over Rand Couture at UFC 91 in November of 2008. Lesnar’s popularity and stature is confirmed by the fact that he is the highest paid member of the UFC.

Overeem is a “rookie” that will be in his first UFC bout as he signed with the series on September 6, 2011 after being kicked out of GP/Strikeforce due to a scheduling dispute. He has a career record of 35-11 and was the Dream Heavyweight Champion before vacating the throne.

Also on the UFC 141 main card are Nate Diaz and Donald Cerrone in a lightweight bout. In welterweight action Jon Fitch will take on Johny Hendricks, Vladimir Matyushenko will match up with Alexander Gustafsson in a light heavyweight bout and in featherweight action Nam Phan will face Jimy Hettes.

In the Spike TV Preliminary Card, Ross Pearson will take on Junior Assuncao in a featherweight fight while in the lightweight ranks Anthony Njokuani will face Danny Castillo.

Preliminary Card bouts on Facebook include Jacob Volkmann vs. Efrain Escudero in Lightweight action, Matt Riddle vs. Luis Ramos in Welterweight action, Manvel Gamburyan vs. Diego Nunes in the featherweight ranks and Dong Hyun Kim vs. Sean Pierson in the welterweight class.

It should be an exciting night of action on December 30th with great MMA future betting action.

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Dan Henderson defeats Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

November 20, 2011 / Staff

Last night at UFC 139 we had some great fights:

UFC 139 didn’t have a title fight as the main event, but the battle between Dan Henderson and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua couldn’t have been any better.
The two competed in the first five-round non-title fight since the UFC added the new five-round rule to any main event, and in the end, Henderson managed to narrowly out-point Rua for a unanimous decision.
It appeared that Henderson would end the fight early as he landed some big right hands on Rua, but the former UFC champion survived and pushed the fight into the later rounds where Henderson became exhausted. The final seven minutes were all Rua, but it was too little, too late, as Henderson had done enough to win 48-47 on all three judges’ scorecards.
The win pushes Henderson into the top 5 of the UFC light heavyweight division, but an immediate rematch with Rua may be in order due to the reaction from the fans and UFC brass on the fight itself.

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UFC 139 on Saturday from San Jose

November 18, 2011 / Staff

UFC 139 Shogun vs. Henderson will take place on Saturday, November 19th as the light heavyweight bout between Mauricio Rua and Dan Henderson will be for the right to fight for the light heavyweight title and make for an outstanding matchup for MMA bets.

There are four additional bouts on the main card. All five main card fights can be seen on pay per view and Spike TV will televise two preliminary card bouts.

Also on the main card is a middleweight bout between Wanderlei Silva and Cung Le, a bantamweight bout between Urijah Faber and Brian Bowles, a welterweight bout between Martin Kampmann and Rick Story, and a light heavyweight bout between Stephan Bonnar and Kyle Kingsbury.

The Spike TV preliminary bouts will feature a light heavyweight matchup between Ryan Bader and Jason Brilz, and a bantamweight bout between Michael McDonald and Kyle Kingsbury.

Dan Henderson is currently ranked as the top light heavyweight contender in UFC and has a career record with MMA bets of 28-8. Henderson is riding a three bout winning streak and has won 6 of his last 7 bouts overall. Although Henderson has won Pride and Strikeforce titles he has come up short in UFC with title bout losses in the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions. He has been in Strikeforce since April of 2010 and last fought in UFC with a win at UFC 100 over Michael Bisping on July 11, 2009 in a middleweight bout. Henderson is one of the most mentally tough fighters in UFC and is a superb wrestler with a powerful punch from either hand.

Rua has a record of 20-5 and is coming off a win at UFC 134 over Forrest Griffin by knockout at the 1:53 mark of the 1st round on August 27, 2011. It was the 17th knockout win of Rua’s 20 for his career. Rua won the UFC light heavyweight title on May 8, 2010 when he knocked out Lyoto Machida at the 3:35 mark of the first round. He subsequently lost the title belt in his next fight against Jon Jones in a technical knockout on March 19, 2011 in a tough three-round battle. Rua has been in UFC since September 2007 and fought in Pride and IFC before that. Rua is known for his aggressive style in which he backs down to nobody and goes for the kill.

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Junior dos Santos knocks out Cain Velasquez

November 13, 2011 / Staff

The first UFC fight on Fox was a quick one:

In the UFC’s anticipated debut on FOX, it didn’t take long for the inaugural fight to end.
Junior dos Santos won the UFC Heavyweight Championship in a little over a minute as he knocked out the champion, Cain Velasquez from the Honda Center in Anaheim.
Dos Santos came into the fight as the betting underdog, but a devastating right hand early in the first round caught the champion in the ear and sent him crashing.

It was definitely interesting to see this one end with a big punch.

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