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Wreck MMA: Bad Intentions on August 20th!
The time has come to announce that Wreck MMA will be back in Gatineau on Friday August 20th to present Wreck MMA: Bad Intentions. But, this time around, Wreck MMA is heading to the prestigious Casino du Lac-Lemay to showcase the top MMA event in Gatineau.

In the main event of the evening, two of the top welterweights in Canada will be facing off to determine the number one contender for the Wreck Welterweight Title. After an impressive Wreck debut against the popular Louis-Philippe Carle, Simon ‘The Mutant’ Marini returns to the Wreck ring to face the talented FIT MMA fighter Cory Macdonald.

“Both these fighters have the talent to fight in the top organizations in the world,” said Wreck matchmaker Alex Caporicci. “I believe the winner of this fight can potentially take the next step and follow another Wreck veteran in Mark Holst and make their way to the UFC, Strikeforce or to Japan.”

Macdonald has been eagerly anticipating a fight for about a year and is ecstatic to be stepping into the Wreck ring and being featured in the main event. Macdonald sports a 10-2-0 record and has wins against UFC veteran Edwin Dewees and talented Canadians Matt Macgrath, Dan Grandmaison, Martin Grandmont and Rowan Cunningham. In his last bout, Macdonald defeated Team Revolution member Thiago Goncalves. Marini also came off a long layoff prior to his last bout and has a win against UFC Veteran and former King of the Cage lightweight champion, Alberto Crane. Expect a lot of bad intentions in this bout, as this is an opportunity to take their career to the next level.

Making his return to Wreck is the Ottawa Academy of Martial Arts’ Remi ‘Bam Bam’ Morvan who looks to get back to his regular winning ways against Simms KnockDown MMA’s Chance Whalen. Also returning after impressive MMA debut in April is RAMA’s Jeffrey Laughren who will be facing the experienced Nick Portieous.

Wreck MMA is also proud to announce the MMA debut of Toronto’s Alex Ricci. Ricci is a two-time Canadian Muay-Thai Champion and is looking to transform his successful muay-thai career into a successful MMA career. But standing in his way is a fighter with the same goals in mind. A veteran of muay-thai fights in Thailand and around the world, Adrenaline MMA’s Adil ‘Rambo’ Abbas will be looking to spoil Ricci’s coming out party.

Look for an announcement shortly with additional fights as they get signed and where to buy your tickets for Wreck MMA: Bad Intentions!!

WRECK MMA: BAD INTENTIONS
Date: AUGUST 20TH, 2010
Venue: CASINO DU LAC-LEMAY
Location: GATINEAU, QUEBEC

MAIN EVENT

Simon ‘The Mutant’ Marini (Regency Boxing, Hamilton) vs. Cory Macdonald (FIT MMA, Kingston)

Chance Whalen (Simms KnockDown MMA, Moncton) vs. Remi ‘Bam Bam’ Morvan (OAMA, Ottawa)
Nick Portieous (Cornwall MMA, Cornwall) vs. Jeffrey Laughren (RAMA, Rockland)
Adil ‘Rambo’ Abbas (Adrenaline MMA, London) vs. Alex Ricci (M1 & Team Ricci, Toronto)
TBA vs. Anna ‘Smiles” Barone (FIT MMA, Ottawa)
TBA vs. Randy Turner (OAMA, Ottawa)

*** Subject to change ***

Press Release

The time has come to announce that Wreck MMA will be back in Gatineau on Friday August 20th to present Wreck MMA: Bad Intentions. But, this time around, Wreck MMA is heading to the prestigious Casino du Lac-Lemay to showcase the top MMA event in Gatineau.

In the main event of the evening, two of the top welterweights in Canada will be facing off to determine the number one contender for the Wreck Welterweight Title. After an impressive Wreck debut against the popular Louis-Philippe Carle, Simon ‘The Mutant’ Marini returns to the Wreck ring to face the talented FIT MMA fighter Cory Macdonald.

“Both these fighters have the talent to fight in the top organizations in the world,” said Wreck matchmaker Alex Caporicci. “I believe the winner of this fight can potentially take the next step and follow another Wreck veteran in Mark Holst and make their way to the UFC, Strikeforce or to Japan.”

Macdonald has been eagerly anticipating a fight for about a year and is ecstatic to be stepping into the Wreck ring and being featured in the main event. Macdonald sports a 10-2-0 record and has wins against UFC veteran Edwin Dewees and talented Canadians Matt Macgrath, Dan Grandmaison, Martin Grandmont and Rowan Cunningham. In his last bout, Macdonald defeated Team Revolution member Thiago Goncalves. Marini also came off a long layoff prior to his last bout and has a win against UFC Veteran and former King of the Cage lightweight champion, Alberto Crane. Expect a lot of bad intentions in this bout, as this is an opportunity to take their career to the next level.

Making his return to Wreck is the Ottawa Academy of Martial Arts’ Remi ‘Bam Bam’ Morvan who looks to get back to his regular winning ways against Simms KnockDown MMA’s Chance Whalen. Also returning after impressive MMA debut in April is RAMA’s Jeffrey Laughren who will be facing the experienced Nick Portieous.

Wreck MMA is also proud to announce the MMA debut of Toronto’s Alex Ricci. Ricci is a two-time Canadian Muay-Thai Champion and is looking to transform his successful muay-thai career into a successful MMA career. But standing in his way is a fighter with the same goals in mind. A veteran of muay-thai fights in Thailand and around the world, Adrenaline MMA’s Adil ‘Rambo’ Abbas will be looking to spoil Ricci’s coming out party.

Look for an announcement shortly with additional fights as they get signed and where to buy your tickets for Wreck MMA: Bad Intentions!!

WRECK MMA: BAD INTENTIONS
Date: AUGUST 20TH, 2010
Venue: CASINO DU LAC-LEMAY
Location: GATINEAU, QUEBEC

MAIN EVENT

Simon ‘The Mutant’ Marini (Regency Boxing, Hamilton) vs. Cory Macdonald (FIT MMA, Kingston)

Chance Whalen (Simms KnockDown MMA, Moncton) vs. Remi ‘Bam Bam’ Morvan (OAMA, Ottawa)
Nick Portieous (Cornwall MMA, Cornwall) vs. Jeffrey Laughren (RAMA, Rockland)
Adil ‘Rambo’ Abbas (Adrenaline MMA, London) vs. Alex Ricci (M1 & Team Ricci, Toronto)
TBA vs. Anna ‘Smiles” Barone (FIT MMA, Ottawa)
TBA vs. Randy Turner (OAMA, Ottawa)

New York, NY, June 7, 2010 – Spike TV presents an encore presentation of the “UFC 113: MACHIDA VS SHOGUN 2” fight card on Saturday, June 26 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. The night’s main event featured two of the world’s best light heavyweights go toe-to-toe, with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua avenging his controversial loss to Lyoto Machida at UFC 104 by knocking out Machida via KO in the first round, and emerging from the Ocatgon™ with the UFC light heavyweight belt around his waist.

“UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2” took place at the sold-out Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec on Saturday, May 8, and featured some of MMA’s heaviest hitters, including Kimbo Slice, Sam Stout, Marcus Davis, and Patrick Cote, among others. Spike TV’s telecast will include the following bouts:

· Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
· Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
· Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
· Joe Doerksen vs. Tom Lawlor
· Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan Goulet
· Patrick Cote vs. Alan Belcher

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British fighter Paul “Semtex” Daley (23-9-2) isn’t sitting around mulling over his actions from Saturday night, yes he was released by the UFC after sucker punching Josh Koscheck, but it doesn’t mean that he still can’t fight.

“I am fighting on a pay-per-view show in Australia on July 3 with a lot of other big names, and I have other offers in the pipeline,” Daley announced the fight on Tuesday to MMAWeekly.com.

The heavy handed welterweight is already in talks with Japanese based DREAM and Sengoku based promotions looking for fights.

“My plan is to string a couple of fights together before the end of the summer and hopefully get on one of the grand prix shows. We’re currently talking to both Dream and Sengoku about getting a slot on their shows and there are some really good fighters there I can match-up with.”

He may even pursue a boxing career to fill in the void as he sits out what ever punishment the Quebec athletic commission wishes to dole out. Either way, he needs to make a living and fighting is what he loves to do.

“Boxing is still an option,” added Daley. “One of my training partners is Rendall Munroe and his trainer is currently speaking to (boxing promoter) Frank Maloney on my behalf. I want to do both, fight MMA and get my boxing up to speed, but I want to do them concurrently.”

He still sees plenty of tough opponents who don’t belong to the UFC.

“Where to start? K.J. Noons, Nick Diaz, Jay Hieron, Joe Riggs…”

The Quebec Athletic Commission has issued suspensions to all 22 participants from this past Saturday’s UFC 113 event, luckily only two fighters will have to sit out for longer than thirty days.

UFC 113 took place on Saturday May 8th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on pay-per-view.

The longest suspensions were handed down to former UFC light-heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida, who is suspended for 60 days, and preliminary card fighter Jonathan Goulet who is suspended for 30 days.

Canadian fighters Patrick Cote and Jason MacDonald were only issued seven-day suspensions despite their injuries. Cote suffered a broken hand against Alan Belcher and has had surgery to repair some of the damage. While MacDonald broke his leg against John Salter in the opening bout of the event and has also had surgery.

The full list of UFC 113 medical suspensions are as follows:

- Lyoto Machida – 60-day suspension
- Jonathan Goulet – 30-day suspension

Seven-day suspensions were handed to

- Mauricio “Shogun” Ruah, Alan Belcher, Patrick Cote, Marcus Davis, Joe Doerksen, Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, Tom Lawlor and Matt Mitrione.

Fourteen-day suspensions were handed to

- Joe Beltran, Paul Daley, T.J. Grant, Mike Guymon, Tim Hague, John Hendricks, Josh Koscheck, Jeremy Stephens, Sam Stout and Yoshiyuki Yoshida.

Although the smoking gun is in plain sight, the Quebec Athletic Commission is conducting an investigation to determine whether to suspend welterweight Paul Daley's fight license.

Daley drew unanimous scorn this past Saturday when he slugged opponent Josh Koscheck after the final bell in a title eliminator bout at UFC 113.

"I'm not confirming that [Daley is] going to have a suspension; we're just analyzing the whole thing," Michel Hamelin, the commissioner of the Quebec Athletic Commission, today told MMAjunkie.com.

In the aftermath of all events, such as Saturday nights UFC 113 event, there are always a ton of information concerning the event and it’s fighters. The MMA News has done our best to collect the best News & Notes as well as some of the best quotes from around the web to bring to you.

“UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun II” took place on May 8th at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The show saw the crowning of a new light-heavyweight champion after Mauricio “Shogun” Rua knocked out the previously undefeated Lyoto Machida in the first round of their main event bout. The next welterweight title challenger was decided after Josh Koscheck earned a unanimous decision victory over Paul Daley. The biggest news from that fight was the Brits actions after the third round bell when he suckered punched his opponent and has been subsequently kicked out of the UFC.

- UFC 113 drew a total of 17,647 fans for a live gate total of $3.27 million. The numbers fell short of the previous two events, UFC 97 and UFC 84.
- UFC 97 holds the record with an attendance record of 21,451 and a gate of $4.9 million.
- UFC 84 ranks just behind it with an attendance record of 21,390 and a gate total of $5.1 million.

“When I connected with the overhand right, I already noticed that he was going out,” said Rua, whose finishing sequence. “Then I took the opportunity to punch him on the ground until the referee would stop the fight, but I actually stopped punching a little before the referee stopped the fight. But when we see that opportunity, we go in there for the kill because sometimes in the fight you only have that one opportunity.”

“The only guy I wouldn’t fight is Wanderlei Silva because he’s a great friend of mine,” Rua said. “Other than that, whoever the show wants me to fight, I’ll fight.

“I’m a professional fighter, so I don’t care.”

“I was just in doing an interview with ESPN and Rashad was all over me about it. Obviously more than likely yes, [Rashad Evans and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson] one of those two is going to get the shot at the title.”

“That’s probably Kimbo’s last fight in the UFC,” White said.


“I said that I have a lot of respect for Kimbo and how he’s handled this whole thing – a lot of trash-talking for a couple of years, by me,” White said. “He took me up on my challenge. He came in to ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ and tonight he got beat by Matt Mitrione. Mitrione was 1-0, and he came in and took Kimbo out tonight.


“I’ve got nothing but respect for Kimbo. I like him as a person. He carried himself really well.”

“He’s done. I don’t give a [expletive] if he’s the best 170-pounder in the world, he’ll never come back here again,” White said in the postfight press conference.


“He’ll never come back. I’m probably the most lenient guy in sports and this is proboably one of the most lenient organziations. You know we’re all human, we all make mistakes, things happen. There’s no excuse for that. These guys are professional athletes. You don’t ever hit a guy blatantly after the bell like that whether you’re frustrated or not.”

“I just kind of got kneed in the eye,” Koscheck said. “I don’t know if it was a knee or a punch, to be honest with you. I was on my knees and just got hit. I just tried to get a couple seconds to get my bearings and go back in.”

- Koscheck appeared to take a heavy knee to the head while he was on his rising to stand by opponent Paul Daley. Video review showed that the knee did not connect but Daley was deducted a point anyway.

“Broken tibia and fibia and dislocated ankle,” MacDonald posted on his Twitter account late Saturday night. “Surgery tomorrow night.”

Joe Rogan on the UG:

- “MacDonald was trying to stop the takedown and his leg got caught under him as he fell backwards. It was nasty. He knew it was broken immediately and called the ref over while he was on the bottom in side control with his leg up in the air and his ankle looking nasty.”

“I’ll fight him someday if he keeps winning because I’m going to move up to light heavy after a couple of title defenses. It’s a guarantee that I’ll move up to light heavyweight. I’d like to win the belt first, but I can guarantee I’m going to move up.”

- Alan Belcher defeated Patrick Cote during the PPV card and felt pretty good defeating someone who lost to the champ in their last fight.

“I feel like I’m getting better every time, and I got to fight someone that’s been in there with the champ, and it makes it a little bit more realistic for me to fight for the title in the future some time,” Belcher said. “I overcame the crowd and getting booed and all that. I overcame a lot of fears and stuff, and I’m just really proud of myself.


“I performed closer to my potential. Maybe I’ll peak whenever I fight for the title.”

HT: UFC.com, Yahoo! Cagewriter, MMAFighting.com and MMAjunkie.com.

Photo courtesy of Tracy Lee.

There’s a new sheriff in town in the UFC light heavyweight division as Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has taken his place as the undisputed best light heavyweight fighter in the world this evening with a devastating first round knockout of Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida.

A looping overhand right to the temple of Machida sent the former champion directly to the canvas where Shogun mounted his fallen foe and finished him off with a savage series of punches to the chin that left Lyoto completely unconscious midway through the opening round.

There is no doubt of who the king of the hill is at 205 pounds after this evening. Let the pound for pound debate rage on.

Shogun captured the light heavyweight crown during UFC 113 this evening from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec Canada.

Josh Koscheck earned his crack at Georges St-Pierre for the UFC welterweight championship and a spot as a coach on TUF 12 utilizing his superior wrestling ability to keep Paul Daley pinned to the canvas for the majority of the welterweight showdown between the pair; and Daley likely earned a lengthy suspension for landing a left hook to the chin of Koscheck immediately following the bout’s conclusion.

Matt “Meathead” Mitrione humbled former Youtube brawler turned mixed martial artist Kimbo Slice over two rounds during the UFC 113 showdown between fellow heavy handed heavyweights. Mitrione utilized crushing leg kicks to tenderize the thigh of Kimbo and came out on top of the majority of exchanges between the two before taking the fight to the mat where he finished Slice off with a prolonged session of good old fashioned ground and pound.

Also on the main card was Alan Belcher submitting Patrick Cote following an exciting back and forth battle, and Jeremy Stephens edging out Sam Stout in a brutal stand-up war via split decision.

The undercard was packed full of action packed bouts as Marcus Davis dropped “The Irish Hand Grenade” on Jonathan Goulet with a second round TKO, Joe Doerkson upset Tom Lawlor via rear naked choke, and Jason MacDonald destroyed his own ankle in a freak accident.

A full list of results from UFC 113 are below:

John Salter def. Jason MacDonald via TKO (injury) – Round 1 – (MacDonald broke his ankle while dropping back for an attempted guillotine choke)

Mike “Joker” Guymon def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Joey Beltran def. Tim Hague via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-28)

Johny Hendricks def. T.J. Grant via majority decision (29-27, 29-27, 28-28)

Marcus Davis def. Jonathan Goulet via TKO – Round 2

Joe Doerksen def. Tom Lawlor via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 2

Alan Belcher def. Patrick Cote via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 2

Matt Mitrione def. Kimbo Slice via TKO – Round 2

Jeremy Stephens def. Sam Stout via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29)

Josh Koscheck def. Paul Daley via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua def. Lyoto Machida via knockout – Round 1

Tonight’s “UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun II” event is taking place at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The preliminary card began at 7:20 p.m. EST (4:20 p.m. PST) and the ppv portion of the event begins at 10:00 p.m. EST (7:00 p.m. PST).

The show is headlined by a light-heavyweight title bout between champ Lyoto Machida and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua who face each other in a rematch from last October. The co-main event sees welterweights Josh Koscheck and British striker Paul “Semtex” Daley square off with the winner earning a shot at welterweight title holder Georges St-Pierre as well as a spot coaching on season 12 of “The Ultimate Fighter.”

As always The MMA News will keep the spoilers off-of the main page. To view the full Quick Results for “UFC 112: Invincible” just click

Main Card

- Mauricio “Shogun” Rua def. Lyoto Machida via KO – R1, 3:35 (earns light heavyweight title)
- Josh Koscheck def. Paul Daley via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Jeremy Stephens def. Sam Stout via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29)
- Matt Mitrione def. Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson via TKO (strikes) – R2, 4:24
- Alan Belcher def. Patrick Cote via submission (RNC) – R2, 3:25

Preliminary Card

- Joe Doerksen def. Tom Lawlor via submission (RNC) – R2, 2:10
- Marcus Davis def. Jonathan Goulet via TKO (punches) – R2, 1:23
- Johny Hendricks def. T.J. Grant via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 28-28)
- Joey Beltran def. Tim Hague via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-28)
- Mike Guymon def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- John Salter def. Jason MacDonald via TKO (injury) – Round 1, 2:42
MacDonald appears to have seriously injured his left ankle and was carried out by his corner

FiveOuncesofPain.com will be here all evening to keep you up to date with all of the latest live results from “UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun II” along with post-fight analysis.

UFC 113 takes place this evening from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec Canada, with the preliminary bouts beginning at approximately 7:30 pm ET and the main card action kicking off at 10 pm ET.

The main event will see Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida attempt to defend his UFC light heavyweight throne in a highly anticipated rematch with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, while Josh Koscheck and Paul Daley will be looking to decimate one another en route to a promised welterweight title clash with GSP in the co-main event. Also on the card will be an expected heavyweight slugfest between former TUF 10 housemates Kimbo Slice and Matt Mitrione along with a slew of top Canadian talent in intriguing match-ups against many of the promotion’s top contenders.

A full set of live results from UFC 113 are below:

John Salter def. Jason MacDonald via TKO (injury) – Round 1 - (MacDonald broke his ankle while dropping back for an attempted guillotine choke)

Mike “Joker” Guymon def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Joey Beltran def. Tim Hague via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-28)

Johny Hendricks def. T.J. Grant via majority decision (29-27, 29-27, 28-28)

Marcus Davis def. Jonathan Goulet via TKO – Round 2

Joe Doerksen def. Tom Lawlor via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 2

Alan Belcher def. Patrick Cote via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 2

Matt Mitrione def. Kimbo Slice via TKO – Round 2

Jeremy Stephens def. Sam Stout via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29)

Josh Koscheck def. Paul Daley via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua def. Lyoto Machida via knockout – Round 1