MMA Weekend Rewind [October 5th & 6th]

This weekend was caulk full of MMA, offering up multiple high-profile events taking place on both Friday and Saturday. The UFC, Bellator, ONE FC and Invicta FC all held event this weekend, but so did UCMMA, CES MMA and Superior Challenge.

This past weekend was a MMA fans dream and a DVR’s nightmare. For those hardcore fans still playing catch up with your DVR, we salute you! For those that missed any of the MMA this weekend we got your back.

UFC on FX 5 (October 5th)

Upsets and come from behind knockouts were a plenty on Friday in Minnesota. Not to mention the drama of Jeremy Stephens and if he would in fact get out of jail in time for his fight with Yves Edwards. Flyweight John Dodson earned a title shot with a win over Jussier Formiga and heavyweight Antonio “Big Foot” Silva punched his way to his first UFC win.

Antonio Silva defeated Travis Browne by 1st rd. TKO
Jake Ellenberger defeated Jay Hieron by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
John Dodson defeated Jussier Formiga by 2nd rd. TKO
Justin Edwards defeated Josh Neer by 1st rd. Submission (Guillotine)
Michael Johnson defeated Danny Castillo by 2nd rd. KO
Mike Pierce defeated Aaron Simpson by 2nd rd. KO
Marcus LeVesseur defeated Carlo Prater by Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Jacob Volkmann defeated Shane Roller by 1st rd. Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Diego Nunes defeated Bart Palaszewski by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Darren Uyenoyama defeated Phil Harris by 2nd rd. Submission (Rear Naked Choke)

Bellator 75 (October 5th)

The event featured the opening round of the heavyweight tournament and was unfortunately tainted by another groin shot debacle between Thiago Santos and Eric Prindle. Luckily Richard Hale and Vinicius Queiroz looked really good in their tournament bouts.

Thiago Santos defeated Eric Prindle by 1^st rd. DQ (Groin Shot)
Alexander Volkov defeated Brett Rogers by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Richard Hale defeated Mike Wessel by 1^st rd. TKO
Vinicius Queiroz defeated Mark Holata by 1^st rd Submission (armbar)
Chase Beebe defeated Bo Harris by Unanimous Decision
Joe Williams defeated Rod Montoya by 1^st rd. Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Jason Graves defeated Rafal Skibinski by 1^st rd. Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Anthony Gomez defeated Jose Medina by 1^st rd. Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Cliff Wright Jr. defeated Bobby Reardanz by 1^st rd. Submission (Rear Naked Choke)

ONE FC: Rise of Kings (October 6th)

Dream lightweight champion Shinya Aoki made a successful ONE FC debut with yet another Submission and Jens Pulver earned a decision win. The win from Pulver advanced him in the ONE FC bantamweight tournament.

Shinya Aoki defeated Arnaud Lepont by 1^st rd. Submission (Triangle Choke)
Kotetsu Boku defeated Zorobabel Moreira by 3^rd rd. TKO
Soo Chul Kim defeated Leandro Issa by 2^nd rd. KO
Melvin Manhoef defeated Ryo Kawamura by 1^st rd. KO
Jens Pulver defeated Zhao Ya Fei by Unanimous Decision
Masakatsu Ueda defeated Min Jung Song by Unanimous Decision
Kevin Belingon defeated Yusup Saadulaev by 1^st rd. TKO
Gianni Subba defeated Bruce Loh by 1^st rd. KO
Mitch Chilson defeated Ngabdi Mulyadi by 2^nd rd. TKO

Invicta FC 3 (October 6th)

The women once again put on a great night of fights on Saturday, so good that some might even say it was the best event of the weekend.

Jessica Penne defeated Naho Sugiyama by 2^nd rd. Submission (triangle choke) [Atomweight Champion]
Shayna Baszler defeated Sarah D’Alelio by 2^nd rd. Submission (rear-naked choke)
Leslie Smith defeated Kaitlin Young by 2^nd rd. TKO
Barb Honchak defeated Aisling Daly by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Vanessa Porto defeated Tara LaRosa by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Cat Zingano defeated Raquel Pennington by 2^nd rd. Submission (rear-naked choke)
Michelle Waterson defeated Lacey Schuckman by Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Julia Budd defeated Danielle West by 1^st rd. TKO
Carla Esparza defeated Lynn Alvarez by 1^st rd TKO
Joanne Calderwood defeated Ashley Cummins by 1^st rd. KO
Stephanie Frausto defeated Amy Davis by 1^st rd. Submission (guillotine choke)
Jessamyn Duke defeated Marciea Allen by 1^st rd. Submission (armbar)
Tecia Torres defeated Kaiyana Rain by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Ediane Gomes defeated Katalina Malungahu by 1^st rd. Submission (rear-naked choke)

CES MMA: Real Pain

The CES MMA event gain attention for the night’s main event as WWE star Dave Bautista was making he’s MMA debut but the card offered more. Former UFC fighters David Loiseau and John Howard were also on the card and came away with TKO victories.

Dave Bautista defeated Vince Lucero by 1^st rd. TKO
Chandler Holderness defeated Todd Chattelle by 1^st rd. TKO
David Loiseau defeated Chris McNally by 1^st rd. TKO
John Howard defeated Brett Chism by 2^nd rd. TKO
Mike Campbell defeated Gemiyale Adkins by Unanimous Decision
Calvin Kattar defeated Saul Almeida by Unanimous Decision
Luis Felix defeated Marc Stevens by Unanimous Decision
Greg Rebello defeated Chris Guillen by 1^st rd. Submission (rear-naked choke)
Tyler King defeated Josh Diekmann by Unanimous Decision
Brennan Ward defeated Shedrick Goodridge by 1^st rd. TKO
Nate Andrews defeated Leon Davis by 2^nd rd. Submission (guillotine)
Andre Soukhamthat defeated Rob Costa by 2^nd rd. TKO

UCMMA 30 (October 6th)

Jake Bostwick defeated Luke Sines by Majority Decision
Darren Towler defeated Dayman Lake by 1^st rd. TKO (UCMMA Heavyweight Title Fight)
Chi Lewis Parry defeated Tomaz Czerwinski by Unanimous Decision (UK-1 Heavyweight Title Bout)
Paul Taylor defeated Carl Kinslow by 1^st rd. TKO
Louis King defeated Andy Manzolo by 1^st rd. TKO
Jason Radcliffe defeated Jimmy Millar by 1^st rd. Rear Naked Choke Submission
Aurelijus Kerpe defeated Andre Mcintyre by 2^nd rd. TKO
Robert Skujins defeated Galore Bofando by 1^st rd. DQ (illegal Knee)
Spencer Hewitt defeated Cameron Else by 1^st rd. Rear Naked Choke Submission
Jordan Wright defeated Andy Cona by 1^st rd. KO
Umer Kayani defeated Colin Wilby by 2^nd rd. Triangle Choke Submission
Tommy King defeated Chase Morgan by 1^st rd. TKO
Makunga Bunduka defeated Steve Brand by 1^st rd. Guillotine Submission
Ben McGonigle defeated Dan Elie by 3^rd rd. TKO
Martin Sheridan defeated Paul Kingdon by 1^st rd. TKO

Superior Challenge 8: Malmo (October 6^th)

Ilir Latifi defeated Jorge Oliveira by Unanimous Decision
Marcus Davis defeated David Bielkheden by Decision
Matti Makela defeated James McSweeney by 2^nd rd. TKO
Malik Arash Mawlayi defeated David Round by 1^st rd. Submission
Martin Akhtar defeated Leandro Gontijo by 2^nd rd. TKO
Yosef Ali Mohammad defeated Denis Sokol by 1^st rd. TKO
Patrick Vallee defeated Matrin Wojcik by 1^st rd. Submission
David Glasnovic defeated Sharyar Sazesh by 1^st rd. Submission
Farshad Farsiani defeated Ake Bergvall by 2^nd rd. Submission
Bilal Musa defeated Edris Rafigh by 3^rd rd. Submission
Simon Skold defeated Michel Ersoy by Decision

Championship Fighting Alliance 8 (October 6^th)

Valdir Araujo defeated Paul Bradley by Split Decision
Luiz Buscape Firmino defeated Toby Imada by Unanimous Decision
Frank Carrillo defeated Charles Blanchard by Unanimous Decision
Oscar Delgado defeated Roy Jones by 1^st rd. TKO
Josh Mercado defeated Haendar Rodriguez by 3^rd rd. Submission (Guillotine)
Patrick Cenoble defeated Michael Trujillo by 1^st rd. KO
Danny Chavez defeated Chino Duran by Unanimous Decision
Jayson Jones defeated Gabriel Varona by Unanimous Decision
Alex Poulsen defeated Maurice Salmon by 1^st rd Submission (Armbar)
Pablo Alfonso defeated Patrick Williams by 1^st rd KO
Yosdenis Cedeno defeated Tony Christodoulou by Unanimous Decision
Michael Nates defeated Jason Gladey by Unanimous Decision

Let us know what you think of the MMA weekend rewind and if its something we should continue to do.

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