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Despite losing during last nights television broadcasted UFC 127 prelim match to Alexander Gustafsson, New Zeland light heavyweight James Te-Huna earned his “win bonus” for the fight.
Te-Huna looked great in the opening few minutes against Gustafsson but appeared to tire at the end of the round. Gustafsson would take control of the fight and would take Te-Huna’s back using a rear-naked choke to force the tap at 4:27 of the first round.
Before the fight Te-Huna had made it known that he was donating his fight purse to the Christchurch earthquake victims in New Zealand. At the post fight press conference, UFC Managing Director of International Development, Marshall Zelaznik announced that the promotion would be matching Te-Huna’s donation.
Now it appears that Te-Huna’s donation also includes his win bonus as UFC President Dana White made the announcement via Twitter (@danawhite) during last nights event.
@GrabakaHitman sent this message to White “@danawhite Riki Fukuda deserves his win money” who responded “@GrabakaHitman he’s gettin it.”
This is great to see the UFC helping out even more as the promotion is already providing disaster relief donations for the flooded Queensland area in Australia with their UFC.TheGivingBridge.com auction site. The UFC is auctioning off fighter gear from last nights event to raise money for flood relief to the stricken area.
No Dana White at this post fight press conference, instead UFC Managing Director of International Development, Marshall Zelaznik, oversaw the proceedings after last nights UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch event.
UFC 127 brought in 18,186 fans into the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia for an approx. gate total of $3.5 million.
“Fight Night” bonuses of $75,000 were handed down to Mark Hunt, Kyle Noke, Chris Lytle and Brian Ebersole.
Zelaznik told the gathered press that UFC prelim fighter James Te-Huna would be donating his full purse to the New Zealand earthquake relief efforts, and that the UFC would match the donation. Te-Huna was submitted in the first round by Alexander Gustafsson of their TV broadcasted fight.
“Knockout of the Night” was awarded to Mark Hunt who earned a second round knockout of opponent Chris Tuchscherer on the unaired prelim card. The win was Hunt’s first in the UFC and first win in seven fights.
With four submissions on the night, it was fitting that an Australian was the one to win the “Submission of the Night” bonus, as main card winner Kyle Noke earned a first round rear-naked choke submission over opponent Chris Camozzi.
“Fight of the Night” went to main card fighters Brian Ebersole and Chris Lytle. The two longtime mma veterans, who have a combined total of 115 professional fights between them, battled it out for three rounds in an entertaining match. Ebersole, who made his UFC debut, stepped in for an injured Carlos Condit against Lytle to win a unanimous decision.
MMA Live previews this weekend’s UFC 127 card from Australia. UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar checks in with his thoughts on the main event between Jon Fitch and B.J. Penn.
Tonight’s weigh-ins for UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch will begin at 10 PM EST (2 PM Saturday in Australia, AEST local). Fighters will hit the scales at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia for Sundays (Saturday night in North America) live pay per view event.
Fans can watch the fighters hit the scales over the web beginning at 10 PM EST (7PM PST) by catching the live streaming video at UFCLive.com. Former UFC lightweight contender Kenny Florian will host a Q&A session at the Acer Arena, which fans can watch at the same web address beginning at 8PM EST.
The live event is headlined by a UFC welterweight bout between former champ BJ Penn and former #1 welterweight Jon Fitch. Co headlining the show is a middleweight match between Michael “The Count” Bisping vs. Jorge Rivera.
A total of five preliminary bouts will be aired live for free to fans all over the world both on Facebook and Television.
Fans can watch Anthony Perosh vs. Tom Blackledge and Zhang Tie Quan vs. Jason Reinhardt on Facebook.com/UFC beginning at 8PM EST (5PM PST).
And then at 9PM EST (6PM PST) fans can watch Nick Ring vs. Riki Fukuda, James Te-Huna vs. Alexander Gustafsson, and Ross Pearson vs. Spencer Fisher on Television.
ION television will carry the broadcast in the US, Rogers Sportsnet in Canada, and ESPN UK in Britain. Unconfirmed for this event, but networks that have been used by the promotion in the past include: Australia – Fuel TV, New Zealand – SKY TV, Germany – SPOX.com, and Middle East – OSN.
The full UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch weigh-in results are as follows:
Main Card
Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch (77.2kg/169.8lbd) vs. B.J. Penn (76kg/167.2lbs)
Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping (84.2kg/185.2lbs) vs. Jorge Rivera (84kg/184.8lbs)
Lightweight bout: Dennis Siver (70.9kg/156lbs)* vs. George Sotiropoulos (70.8kg/155.8lbs)
Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle (77.2kg/169.8lbs) vs. Brian Ebersole (77.2kg/169.8lbs)
Middleweight bout: Chris Camozzi (84.2kg/185.2lbs) vs. Kyle Noke (83.6kg/183.9lbs)
Preliminary Card (Television)
Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher (70.2kg/154.4lbs) vs. Ross Pearson (70.6kg/155.3lbs)
Light Heavyweight bout: Alexander Gustafsson (93.2kg/205lbs) vs. James Te-Huna (93kg/204.6lbs)
Middleweight bout: Riki Fukuda (84kg/184.8lbs) vs. Nick Ring (84kg/184.8lbs)
Preliminary Card (Facebook.com/UFC)
Light Heavyweight bout: Tom Blackledge (93.2kg/205.2lbs) vs. Anthony Perosh (93kg/204.6lbs)
Featherweight bout: Jason Reinhardt (66kg/145.2lbs) vs. Tiequan Zhang (66.2kg/145.6lbs)
Preliminary Card
Heavyweight bout: Mark Hunt (119.2kg/262.2lbs) vs. Chris Tuchscherer (118.6kg/260.9lbs)
Lightweight bout: Maciej Jewtuszko (70.2kg/154.5lbs) vs. Curt Warburton (70.8kg/155.8lbs)
* Siver missed weight on first weigh-in, hitting the scale at 71.2kg/156.6lbs and was given extra time to make weight. Was successful on second attempt.
Tonight’s weigh-ins for UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch will begin at 10 PM EST (2 PM Saturday in Australia, AEST local). Fighters will hit the scales at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia for Sundays (Saturday night in North America) live pay per view event.
Fans can watch the fighters hit the scales over the web beginning at 10 PM EST (7PM PST) by catching the live streaming video at UFCLive.com. Former UFC lightweight contender Kenny Florian will host a Q&A session at the Acer Arena, which fans can watch at the same web address beginning at 8PM EST.
The live event is headlined by a UFC welterweight bout between former champ BJ Penn and former #1 welterweight Jon Fitch. Co headlining the show is a middleweight match between Michael “The Count” Bisping vs. Jorge Rivera.
A total of five preliminary bouts will be aired live for free to fans all over the world both on Facebook and Television.
Fans can watch Anthony Perosh vs. Tom Blackledge and Zhang Tie Quan vs. Jason Reinhardt on Facebook.com/UFC beginning at 8PM EST (5PM PST).
And then at 9PM EST (6PM PST) fans can watch Nick Ring vs. Riki Fukuda, James Te-Huna vs. Alexander Gustafsson, and Ross Pearson vs. Spencer Fisher on Television.
ION television will carry the broadcast in the US, Rogers Sportsnet in Canada, and ESPN UK in Britain. Unconfirmed for this event, but networks that have been used by the promotion in the past include: Australia – Fuel TV, New Zealand – SKY TV, Germany – SPOX.com, and Middle East – OSN.
The full UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch weigh-in results are as follows:
Main Card
Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch (77.2kg/169.8lbd) vs. B.J. Penn (76kg/167.2lbs)
Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping (84.2kg/185.2lbs) vs. Jorge Rivera (84kg/184.8lbs)
Lightweight bout: Dennis Siver (70.9kg/156lbs)* vs. George Sotiropoulos (70.8kg/155.8lbs)
Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle (77.2kg/169.8lbs) vs. Brian Ebersole (77.2kg/169.8lbs)
Middleweight bout: Chris Camozzi (84.2kg/185.2lbs) vs. Kyle Noke (83.6kg/183.9lbs)
Preliminary Card (Television)
Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher (70.2kg/154.4lbs) vs. Ross Pearson (70.6kg/155.3lbs)
Light Heavyweight bout: Alexander Gustafsson (93.2kg/205lbs) vs. James Te-Huna (93kg/204.6lbs)
Middleweight bout: Riki Fukuda (84kg/184.8lbs) vs. Nick Ring (84kg/184.8lbs)
Preliminary Card (Facebook.com/UFC)
Light Heavyweight bout: Tom Blackledge (93.2kg/205.2lbs) vs. Anthony Perosh (93kg/204.6lbs)
Featherweight bout: Jason Reinhardt (66kg/145.2lbs) vs. Tiequan Zhang (66.2kg/145.6lbs)
Preliminary Card
Heavyweight bout: Mark Hunt (119.2kg/262.2lbs) vs. Chris Tuchscherer (118.6kg/260.9lbs)
Lightweight bout: Maciej Jewtuszko (70.2kg/154.5lbs) vs. Curt Warburton (70.8kg/155.8lbs)
* Siver missed weight on first weigh-in, hitting the scale at 71.2kg/156.6lbs and was given extra time to make weight. Was successful on second attempt.
Competitors fighting on tomorrow nights BAMMA 5 card, the latest event for the UK based British Association of Mixed Martial Arts, took to the scales today.
According to MMAWeekly.com, fighters ran into a bit of a problem before the scheduled weigh-in time as the hotel hosting the fighters accidentally switched off the sauna, forcing fighters to find a new venue to continue cutting weight.
This could have certainly been part of the reason for three main card fighters missing weight.
Headliner Paul Daley weighed in at 172 lbs on his first attempt, and was unable to hit the 170 lb limit for the BAMMA welterweight title, finally weighing in at 170.4 lbs. He will now meet DEEP champion Yuya Shirai (169.6) in a non-title match.
Co-event headliner former UFC heavyweight champ, Ricco Rodriguez was also unable to meet his catchweight limit of 215 lbs by hitting the scales at 217 lb for his fight against James McSweeney (214.6).
Daley has had a history of missing weight for matches, failing five times out of his last eleven fights to make the proper cut. He’ll have to suffer a cut to his fight purse for failing to make weight as well as losing a shot at the BAMMA title.
The full weigh-in results, courtesy of MMAWeekly, is as follows:
Main Card
Welterweight bout: Paul Daley (170.4) vs Yuya Shirai (169.6)
Catchweight (215 lbs) bout: Ricco Rodriguez (217) vs James McSweeney (214.6)
Middleweight bout: Alex Makhonin (182.6) vs Xavier Foupa-Pokam (185.4)
Middleweight bout: Claudio Henrique Da Silva (186.5) vs Jean-Francois Lenogue (185)
Preliminary Card
Welterweight bout: Leeroy Barnes (170.6) vs Mohsen Bahari (169.6)
Welterweight bout: Rob Mills (170.2) vs Leigh Cohoon (169)
Lightweight bout: Jason Ball (155.8) vs Peter Duncan (152.4)
Welterweight bout: Paul Cook (170) vs Michael Johnson (170.6)
Lightweight bout: Tim Newman (155.2) vs Diego Vital (155)
Lightweight bout: Costas Doru (155.2) vs Liam James (155.4)
Lightweight bout: Franky Slater (154.4) vs Jeremy Petley (155.8)
Weigh-ins for the latest Maximum Fighting Championship event took place today near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
All sixteen participants for MFC 28: Supremacy appeared to make weight for their respective bouts.
Headlining the event is a MFC light heavyweight title bout featuring Ryan “The Real Deal” Jimmo and Dwayne “D-Bomb” Lewis. The co-main event has lightweights Drew “Night Rider” Fickett meeting Matt Veach.
The live fight card will take place on Friday, February 25 at the River Cree Resort and Casino, just outside Edmonton, Alberta. The main card will air live throughout North American on HDNet Fights, MFC’s broadcasting partner.
The official MFC 28: Supremacy weigh-ins are as follows:
MFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Ryan Jimmo (203.4) vs. Dwayne Lewis (203.6)
Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: Drew Fickett (160) vs. Matt Veach (159.4)
Lightweight bout: Richie Whitson (155) vs. Curtis Demarce (153.8)
Welterweight bout: Thomas Denny (169.4) vs. Sheldon Westcott (169.4)
Light Heavyweight bout: Rodney Wallace (204) vs. Emanual Newton (204.2)
Lightweight bout: Robert Washington (155.6) vs. Tyrone Glover (154)
Lightweight bout: Dan Ring (155) Garret Nybakken (155)
Catchweight (179 lbs) bout: Brendan Kornberger (178) vs. Paapa Inkumsah (176.8)
MMA Live looks back at the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix and Fedor Emelianenko’s stunning loss to Antonio Silva. Details on the UFC’s record sellout for the April show in Toronto and word on Kenny Florian’s featherweight debut.
Pictured Pat Healy (left) and Lyle Beerbohm (right), more photos of the weigh-ins at Strikeforce.com
The official weigh-ins for Strikeforce Challengers 14 took place Thursday night at the Cedar Park Center on the main concourse in Cedar Park, Texas. The same venue for Friday nights event, which will feature a Showtime broadcasted main card beginning at 11PM (EST/PST delayed on the West Coast).
A total of 14 fighters hit the scales with all of them making weight for their respective bouts. One of the main card fighters, Nick Gonzalez had to hit the scales twice weighing in at 151.75 lbs on his first attempt and eventually weighed in at 150 lbs.
Headliners Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm (155.75) and Pat “Bam Bam” Healy (155.5) had no problems making weight for their match. Also featured on the card will be a 160 lbs catchweight bout between Carlo “Neo” Prater (160) vs. Bryan Travers (159.7) and a lightweight matchup featuring Ryan Couture (155.5) vs. Lee Higgins (154.5).
The full weigh-in results for Strikeforce Challengers 14 are as follows:
Main Card
Lightweight bout: Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm (155.7) vs. Pat “Bam Bam” Healy (155.5)
Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: Carlo “Neo” Prater (160) vs. Bryan Travers (159.7)
Lightweight bout: Ryan Couture (155.5) vs. Lee Higgins (154.5)
Welterweight bout: Erik “Bad” Apple (170.7) vs. Ryan Larson (170.2)
Catchweight (150 lbs) bout: Nick “Ghost” Gonzalez (151.75) vs. David “Tarzan” Douglas (150)
Preliminary Card
Lightweight bout: Thomas Diagne (154,7) vs. Aaron Lan Franco (154.5)
Featherweight bout: Drew Pendleton (145.2) vs. Dennis Dombrow (145.2)
Mixed martial arts fans already knew that the upcoming bout between former two division UFC champ BJ Penn (16-7-1) and former welterweight contender Jon Fitch (23-3, 1NC) would decide which fighter stood higher in the 170 lb division, but it will also determine who gets the next title shot.
UFC President Dana White made the announcement on Tuesday during a conference call for UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch.
“Let’s face it, the reality is B.J. Penn has held titles in both weight classes. Fitch has fought for the title and has literally dominated that division for a long time, just didn’t win the title. Any one of these guys that wins this fight is in the mix — the No. 1 guy.”
Penn recently returned to the welterweight division earning a quick 21-second victory over Matt Hughes at UFC 123, it was their third meeting and puts Penn at 2-1 against the former 170 lb champion. The win erased back-to-back losses against Frankie Edgar for the UFC lightweight title.
Fitch meanwhile has won five straight since his loss to welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre at UFC 87, and puts his record at 21-1-1 since his second professional defeat back in December of 2002. His last octagon appearance was at UFC 117 when he earned a unanimous decision against Thiago Alves in a 171.5 lbs catchweight bout.
