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UFC 139 results: Referee Josh Rosenthal explains third round gaffe in 'Henderson vs Shogun' fight
Ball three, take your base. UFC 139: "Henderson vs. Shogun" went down last Saturday night (Nov. 19, 2011) at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, featuring a unanimous decision win for Dan Henderson following a three five round bloodbath that was not only "Fight of the Night," but perhaps of...
Strikeforce: Diaz vs Noons 2 Results - Tyron Woodley TKO's Andre Galvao
That was a quick fight. Tyron Woodley, according to Frank Shamrock, is the first true Strikeforce fighter to have come up through the Challengers series and looked so good doing it. He struggled a bit in his last fight but that was not the case in this one. From the start, Galvao looked...
UFC 118 Results - Nik Lentz Scores a Decision Win Over Andre Winner
The crowd did not like the way this fight played out over 3 rounds. Nik Lentz had a clear game plan to avoid standing and trading with Winner but using his strikes to close the distance and clinch with Winner. He was constantly working for a single leg throughout the fight and scored a few...
UFC 117: Anderson Silva is the Best in the World
I could not believe what I was seeing. For 4 and a half rounds Chael Sonnen was doing exactly what he said he was going to do. In the first round he even rocked Anderson Silva. Yes, I just said that Chael Sonnen rocked Anderson Silva, and he never stopped coming at him. Sonnen did exactly what no...
The Week in Quotes: July 4th - 10th
THINGS GET UGLY AND ADRENALINE LEAKS IN THE GAS TANK "He heard. He responded to my commands." - Referee Josh Rosenthal, explaining why he allowed the UFC 116 main event between Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin to continue during Carwin's ground and pound assault in round one. (MMA Mania) "Before the...
Was Shane Carwin Robbed of a Win Over Brock Lesnar at UFC 116?
That's the view of some of Kevin Iole's readers. Here's one I thought had an interesting angle: I truly believe Carwin was robbed of the victory. How many times beforehand have the referees stopped fights when someone turtles up in the corner of the cage for more than 10 seconds? Lesnar was down...
UFC 116: Brocky Balboa makes second round comeback -- with a little help from Josh Rosenthal
Props: KFAN in Minneapolis (via Sports Radio Interviews) Quoteworthy: "I took a good ass-whupping in the first round and made a Rocky comeback in the second ... Before the fight [Josh Rosenthal] comes into the locker room and he says listen fellas if things get ugly out there I’m gonna give...
UFC 116 Results: Referee Josh Rosenthal Also Puts on Performance of a Lifetime
Josh Gross says the requisite: "Retreating to the fence, Lesnar almost appeared to want out of the fight. But he never did. Rarely thought of this way, professional fighting is a dance for three. And so even though it was Lesnar hanging in, remaining lucid, taking Carwin's absolute best, some...
Questionable Reffing an Unfortunate Footnote to a Great Combat Weekend
This weekend's fights were very solid and a lot of fun. The WEC card was especially entertaining with great action top to bottom. But there was a very big negative that stuck out on the UFC and WEC events, reffing. To be more specific, the lack of consistent handling of fights and rules...
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