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UFC fight results Aug. 5, 2012?
LOS ANGELES-An urgency to become the next light heavyweight contender ignited Brazilian's Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida to knockout victories on Saturday in the Ultimate Fighting Championship showdowns.
So who gets the light heavyweight champion Jon Jones? Looks like its Machida.
In front of more than 16,000 fans at Staples Center, Brazil's Rua (21-6) slugged it out with San Diego's Brandon “The Truth” Vera (12-6) in one of the more entertaining fights of the year. Not to be out done, Machida knocked out his opponent decisively too on the UFC on Fox fight card.
Brazil's Rua never seems to engage in easy fights. This was as tough as it gets.
Rua dominated on the ground after taking Vera down when the San Diego fighter attempted a kick. All through the first round Vera was under Rua's control and it looked dismal for the American fighter. But he survived.
Vera came out punching in round two but was driven back with some serious blows by Rua. It looked bad for Vera who looked like he was seeking cover, but it was all a ploy to get Rua back in range and a big right hand rocked Rua. The battle went back and forth.
Rua looked tired in round three but came out swinging any way. Vera absorbed a lot of punishment but returned fire every time there was a glimmer of hope for a stoppage. Rua looked befuddled by Veras resiliency.
Both fighters looked tired coming out for round four. Rua and Vera came out swinging and kicking but the Brazilian tried to take down Vera and was unsuccessful. Both began to fire again when a right hand by Rua caught Vera who stopped to fix his mouthpiece. The Brazilian closed in quickly with some more heavy blows and down went Vera. This time for good. Referee Herb Dean stopped the fight at 4:09 of the round for a technical knockout win for Rua.
“Brandon Vera is a very good fighter,” said Rua, who is a former light heavyweight champion. “I didn't do my best today..I was a little tired from the second round on.”
MACHIDA WINS TOO
Brazil's Machida (18-3) ended his light heavyweight clash with Ryan “Darth” Bader (15-3) with a single punch in round two to end the fight at 1:32 as referee John McCarthy stopped the fight. For most of the first round Machida occassionally feinted and kicked while trying to entice Bader to engage. The second round saw Bader jumped toward Machida and he ran into a right hand to the jaw. Down he went with a thud. Machida fired one more tentative blow but realized that the Arizona fighter was unconscious.
“The Dragon is back,” said Machida, who hopes to get the shot at the UFC light heavyweight champion.
Machida was named after the fight to meet the the winner between UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones and Dan “Hendo” Henderson in September.
OTHER BOUTS
Lightweights Joe Lauzon (21-7) and Jamie Varner (20-7-1) battled furiously for three rounds before Lauzon menauervered into a triangle choke at 2:44 of the third and final round. Arizona's Varner started quickly behind some nifty punching, but Lauzon hung tough and proved stronger as the fight lasted. Though Varner scored with some take downs, Lauzon was able to reverse the mount and wrap his legs around Varner's neck for the tap out.
San Jose's Mike Swick (15-4) caught a kick by Salt Lake City's DeMarques Johnson (18-11) and put him down and pile drived three right hand bombs for the knockout. Swick started quickly with his speed but Johnson took him down in the first round. Then the ill-fated kick attempt by Johnson led to the knockout by Swick at 1:20 of round two of the welterweight match.
“He came a lot tougher than I thought,” said Swick. “He hit me in the eye in the first round and I couldn't see.”
Southern California's Nam Phan (18-11) and Georgia's Cole Miller (18-7) slugged it out for three rounds in a featherweight fight that had the fans cheering. Combination punching by the shorter Phan had him starting quickly, but Miller began using his height and reach to find the range with his punches. The third round was close and Phan won by split decision 29-28 twice and 28-29. In the end Phan's combination punching proved the difference.
In a good looking light heavyweight match up Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis (8-0) inadvertently poked Brazil's Wagner Prado (9-1) in the right eye with his index finger. The referee determined that Prado was unable to fight and declared the bout a no decision at 1:46 of round one.
Brazil's Rami Yahya (17-7) was allowed by Massachusetts fighter Josh Grispi (14-3) to take the fight to the ground and that was a bad thing for the American. Using his ground techniques Yahya was able to manuever into a north-south choke where he literally choked out Grispi with one arm at 3:15 of the first round of a welterweight fight.
Great Britain's Phil De Fries (9-1) softened up fellow British Oli Thompson (9-4) with some crushing right hands and a knee. Finally, in round two De Fries delivered a right and submitted Thompson with a rear naked choke at 4:16 of round two in a heavyweight contest.
Hollywood's Manny “The Anvil” Gamburyan (12-7) overcame a sluggish first round to out point Japan's Michihiro Omigawa (13-12) in a three round featherweight bout. Both landed powerful blows but Gamburyan's take downs proved the difference.
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2015 Fight of the Year – Francisco Vargas vs Takashi Miura
The WBC World Super Featherweight title bout between Francisco Vargas and Takashi Miura came on one of the biggest boxing stages of 2015, as the bout served as the HBO pay-per-view’s co-main event on November 21st, in support of Miguel Cotto vs Saul Alvarez.
Miura entered the fight with a (29-2-2) record and he was making the fifth defense of his world title, while Vargas entered the fight with an undefeated mark of (22-0-1) in what was his first world title fight. Both men had a reputation for all-out fighting, with Miura especially earning high praise for his title defense in Mexico where he defeated Sergio Thompson in a fiercely contested battle.
The fight started out hotly contested, and the intensity never let up. Vargas seemed to win the first two rounds, but by the fourth round, Miura seemed to pull ahead, scoring a knock-down and fighting with a lot of confidence. After brawling the first four rounds, Miura appeared to settle into a more technical approach. Rounds 5 and 6 saw the pendulum swing back towards Vargas, as he withstood Miura’s rush to open the fifth round and the sixth round saw both men exchanging hard punches.
The big swinging continued, and though Vargas likely edged Miura in rounds 5 and 6, Vargas’ face was cut in at least two spots and Miura started to assert himself again in rounds 7 and 8. Miura was beginning to grow in confidence while it appeared that Vargas was beginning to slow down, and Miura appeared to hurt Vargas at the end of the 8th round.
Vargas turned the tide again at the start of the ninth round, scoring a knock down with an uppercut and a straight right hand that took Miura’s legs and sent him to the canvas. Purely on instinct, Miura got back up and continued to fight, but Vargas was landing frequently and with force. Referee Tony Weeks stepped in to stop the fight at the halfway point of round 9 as Miura was sustaining a barrage of punches.
Miura still had a minute and a half to survive if he was going to get out of the round, and it was clear that he was not going to stop fighting.
A back and forth battle of wills between two world championship level fighters, Takashi Miura versus “El Bandido” Vargas wins the 2015 Fight of the Year.
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Jan 9 in Germany – Feigenbutz and De Carolis To Settle Score
This coming Saturday, January 9th, the stage is set at the Baden Arena in Offenburg, Germany for a re-match between Vincent Feigenbutz and Giovanni De Carolis. The highly anticipated re-match is set to air on SAT.1 in Germany, and Feigenbutz will once again be defending his GBU and interim WBA World titles at Super Middleweight.
The first meeting between the two was less than three months ago, on October 17th and that meeting saw Feigenbutz controversially edge De Carolis on the judge’s cards by scores of (115-113, 114-113 and 115-113). De Carolis scored a flash knock down in the opening round, and he appeared to outbox Feigenbutz in the early going, but the 20 year old German champion came on in the later rounds.
The first bout is described as one of the most crowd-pleasing bouts of the year in Germany, and De Carolis and many observers felt that the Italian had done enough to win.
De Carolis told German language website RAN.DE that he was more prepared for the re-match, and that due to the arrogance Feigenbutz displayed in the aftermath of the first fight, he was confident that he had won over some of the audience. Though De Carolis fell short of predicting victory, he promised a re-vamped strategy tailored to what he has learned about Feigenbutz, whom he termed immature and inexperienced.
The stage is set for Feigenbutz vs De Carolis 2, this Saturday January 9th in Offenburg, Germany. If you can get to the live event do it, if not you have SAT.1 in Germany airing the fights, and The Boxing Channel right back here for full results.
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2015 Knock Out of the Year – Saul Alvarez KO’s James Kirkland
On May 9th of 2015, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez delivered a resonant knock-out of James Kirkland on HBO that wins the 2015 KO of the Year.
The knock-out itself came in the third round, after slightly more than two minutes of action. The end came when Alvarez delivered a single, big right hand that caught Kirkland on the jaw and left him flat on his back after spinning to the canvas.Alvarez was clearly the big star heading into the fight. The fight was telecast by HBO for free just one week after the controversial and disappointing Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao fight, and Alvarez was under pressure to deliver the type of finish that people were going to talk about. Kirkland was happy to oblige Alvarez, taking it right to Alvarez from the start. Kirkland’s aggression saw him appear to land blows that troubled the young Mexican in the early going. Alvarez played good defense, and he floored Kirkland in the first round, displaying his power and his technique in knocking down an aggressive opponent.
However, Kirkland kept coming at Alvarez and the fight entered the third round with both men working hard and the feeling that the fight would not go the distance. Kirkland continued to move forward, keeping “Canelo” against the ropes and scoring points with a barrage of punches while looking for an opening.
At around the two minute mark, Alvarez landed an uppercut that sent Kirkland to the canvas again. Kirkland got up, but it was clear that he did not have his legs under him. Kirkland was going to try to survive the round, but Alvarez had an opportunity to close out the fight. The question was would he take it?
Alvarez closed in on Kirkland, putting his opponent’s back to the ropes. Kirkland was hurt, but he was still dangerous, pawing with punches and loading up for one big shot.
But it was the big shot “Canelo” threw that ended the night. Kirkland never saw it coming, as he was loading up with a huge right hand of his own. The right Alvarez threw cracked Kirkland in the jaw, and his eyes went blank. His big right hand whizzed harmlessly over the head of a ducking Alvarez, providing the momentum for the spin that left Kirkland prone on the canvas.
Saul “Canelo” Alvarez went on to defeat Miguel Cotto in his second fight of 2015 and he is clearly one of boxing’s biggest stars heading into 2016. On May 9th Alvarez added another reel to his highlight film when he knocked out James Kirkland with the 2015 “Knock Out of the Year”.
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