July 2015 – Page 2 – Five Rounds with Emma

TUF 22 NEW COACHES ANNOUNCED AS CONOR MCGREGOR AND URIJAH FABER

Interim UFC^® Featherweight champion Conor McGregor aims to lead Europe against Urijah Faber and the Americans to victory on The Ultimate Fighter^®

The next season of The Ultimate Fighter ^®will feature no shortage of star power as interim UFC^®featherweight champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor coaches opposite Team Alpha Male’s Urijah Faber on the 22^nd episode of the UFC’s reality television series.

The Ultimate Fighter^®: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber will feature 16 competitors in the lightweight division and, in addition to a UFC contract; national pride will be on the line as McGregor leads eight European hopefuls against the Faber-led American squad. The sixth season to air on FOX Sports 1 (BT Sports in the UK) will kick-off on Wednesday, September 9th with a two-hour season premiere airing at 10 p.m. ET. The season will continue with 11 one-hour shows Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET.

Since bursting onto the scene in 2013, McGregor (18-2) has taken the MMA world by storm. Declaring in July 2014 “we’re not here to take part; we’re here to take over” when referring to the Irish presence in MMA, the Irish sensation has done exactly that. Originally scheduled to fight Jose Aldo at UFC^® 189, McGregor defeated Faber’s friend and training partner Chad Mendes to claim the interim UFC featherweight title Saturday night by second-round TKO. Now he awaits his next fight, a highly anticipated title unification bout with Jose Aldo in the coming months.

The former WEC featherweight champion, Faber (32-8) has been vocal in his disdain for McGregor. Long considered a pioneer for the lighter weight classes, Faber has assembled one of the top gyms in the sport, Team Alpha Male, featuring UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw, No. 2 flyweight Joseph Benavidez and Mendes. Now, he’ll bring his high-powered team to Las Vegas in hopes of leading the Americans past the Europeans.

“Conor McGregor will not be fighting Urijah Faber. They will be just coaching and mentoring these young fighters. Obviously the best decision was to get Conor McGregor for the Europeans, and Faber’s such a great coach, has an amazing team, and has a lot to offer the U.S team.” Stated Dana White on The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale last night.

New season of The Ultimate Fighter 22 debuts Wednesday, September 9th on FOX Sports 1 or BT Sports in the UK.

UFC 189 Official Fight Results: Conor McGregor becomes New Interim Featherweight Title Champion

UFC 189 came live from The MGM Grand in Las Vegas last night where ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor defeated Chad ‘Money’ Mendes in a ‘bloody’ two round war to become the new Interim Featherweight Title Champion. In the co-main event it was ‘Ruthless’ Robbie Lawler who held onto his welterweight belt in what was to be a five round ‘bloody’ battle from Rory Macdonald.

Here are the results from the rest of the card:

Main Card

Conor McGregor Def Chad Mendes Via TKO 4 mins 57 secs Round Two

NEW INTERIM FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION

Champ Robbie Lawler Def Rory MacDonald Via TKO 1 min Round Five

STILL WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION

Jeremy Stephens Def Dennis Bermudez Via TKO 0.32 secs Round Three

Gunnar Nelson Def Brandon Thatch Via RNC 2 mins 54 secs Round One

Thomas Almeida Def Brad Pickett Via KO (Flying Knee) 0.29 secs Round 2

Preliminary Card

Matt Brown Def Tim Means Via Guillotine 4 mins 44 secs Round One

John Howard Def Cathal Pendred Via Split Decision 29-28, 28-29, 29-28

Alex Garcia Def Mike Swick Via Unanimous Decision 29-28, 30-27, 30-27

Cody Garbrandt Def Henry Briones Via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

Early Preliminary Card UFC FIGHT PASS

Louis Smolka Def Neil Seery Via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

Cody Pfister Def Yosdenis Cedeno Via Unanimous Decision 29-28, 29-28, 29-28

BONUSES

POTN

Thomas Almeida

Conor McGregor

FOTN

Robbie Lawler Vs. Rory MacDonald

The Ultimate Fighter Finale 21 Official Weigh-In Results: Ellenberger 170.5 lbs Thompson 170.5 lbs

It’s The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale tomorrow night and headlining the card is a welterweight bout between Jake Ellenberger and Stephen Thompson. The co-main event is of course American Top Team fighter Hayder Hassan against Blackzilian Kamaru Usman. The only other TUF21 cast members also to compete are Michael Graves who is against Vicente Luque.

Michelle Waterson makes her UFC debut and faces Angela Magna amongst the line up of top fighters on this card for International Fight week.

Before any of the fights can go ahead we must first make sure all fighters step onto the scales to make sure they make-weight.

Here are the weigh-in results:

Main Card

Jake Ellenberger (170.5 lbs) vs. Stephen Thompson (170.5 lbs)

Hayder Hassan (170.5 lbs) vs. Kamaru Usman (170.5 lbs) – TUF 21 Welterweight Final

Michael Graves (170.5 lbs) vs. Vicente Luque (171 lbs)

Cezar Ferreira (171 lbs) vs. Jorge Masvidal (172.5 lbs)*

Angela Magana (115.5 lbs) vs. Michelle Waterson (115 lbs)

Maximo Blanco (148.5 lbs)* vs. Mike De La Torre (145.5 lbs)

Preliminary Card

Caio Magalhaes (185 lbs) vs. Josh Samman (186 lbs)

Russell Doane (135.5 lbs) vs. Jerrod Sanders (136 lbs)

Dan Miller (184 lbs) vs. Trevor Smith (185.5 lbs)

George Sullivan (170.5 lbs) vs. Dominic Waters (171 lbs)

Preliminary Card UFC Fight Pass

Willie Gates (125.5 lbs) vs. Darrell Montague (125.5 lbs)

* has 1 hour to make allowed weight

UFC 189 Official Weigh-In Results: McGregor 145 lbs Mendes 144.5 lbs

UFC 189 takes tomorrow tonight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (finally). After what has seemed an eternity the day has finally arrived. With now an Interim featherweight belt on the line, Ireland’s Conor McGregor faces Chad Mendes. In the Co-Main event Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler rematches Rory MacDonald in what promises to be a great title fight.

The line up of fights from the out set is truly one of the best cards the UFC have put together for International Fight week.

Before we get to the fights, as always we do have to make sure the fighters hit the scales and are all on weight first.

Here are the Weigh-In results:

Main Card

Conor McGregor (145 lbs) vs Chad Mendes (144.5 lbs)

Champ Robbie Lawler (169.5 lbs) vs Rory MacDonald (170 lbs)

Dennis Bermudez (146 lbs) vs Jeremy Stephens (149.5 lbs)*

Gunnar Nelson (169.5 lbs) vs Brandon Thatch (170.5 lbs)

Thomas Almeida (136 lbs) vs Brad Pickett (136 lbs)

Preliminary Card

Matt Brown (171 lbs) vs Tim Means (171 lbs)

John Howard (170.5 lbs) vs Cathal Pendred (171 lbs)

Alex Garcia (171 lbs) vs Mike Swick (170.5 lbs)

Henry Briones (136 lbs) vs Cody Garbrandt (136 lbs)

Early Preliminary Card UFC FIGHT PASS

Neil Seery (125.5 lbs) vs Louis Smolka (126 lbs)

Yosdenis Cedeno (155 lbs) vs Cody Pfister (156 lbs)

*Needs to lose 3 .5 lbs to make-weight

BEC RAWLINGS OUT OF UFC SCOTLAND; JOANNE CALDERWOOD GETS NEW OPPONENT

The UFC has confirmed that Scotland’s Joanne Calderwood will face a new opponent for their promotional debut in Glasgow on July 18th.

Originally set to face Australian Bec Rawlings (6-4), she was forced to withdraw from the card due to an undisclosed injury. Stepping in to replace her on eight days notice is new comer Cortney ‘Cast Iron’ Casey (4-1) making her UFC debut.

Casey was last seen picking up a controversial referee stoppage win over UK’s Helen Harper on promotion PXC 47 [watch from 1 hr 25 mins] back in March earlier this year. The hard-hitting american has not gone past the first round.

UFC Scotland takes place on July 18th in Glasgow which is headlined by Michael Bisping vs. Thales Leite.

Invicta FC 13 Full Results: Cyborg dominates Van Duin in 45 seconds to retain the Featherweight Title

Invicta Fighting Championships held its first event from Las Vegas last night headlined by Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino and Faith Van Duin which was streamed exclusively on UFC Fight Pass.

The event which had three Title fights on the card saw Cyborg dominate Van Duin in just 45 seconds to retain her Featherweight Title; Tonya Evinger became the new Bantamweight Champion after a four round beating on very game Irene Aldana who showed tremendous heart throughout and Ayaka Hamasaki became the first Japanese Champion in the promotion’s history by gaining the split decision win over Brazil’s Herica Tiburcio by doing so to take home the Atomweight Title.

Here are the Full Results:

Featherweight Title

Cris Cyborg Def Faith Van Duin Via TKO (Punches) 0.45 seconds Round 1

Still Featherweight Champion Cris Cyborg

Bantamweight Title

Tonya Evinger Def Irene Aldana Via TKO (Punches) 4 mins 38 secs Round 4

New Bantamweight Champion Tonya Evinger

Atomweight Title

Ayaka Hamasaki Def Herica Tiburcio Via Split Decision 47-48, 48-47, 49-46

New Atomweight Champion Ayaka Hamasaki

Pannie Kianzad Def Jessica-Rose Clark Via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

Amber Brown Def Catherine Costigan Via RNC 3 mins 34 secs Round 1

Jamie Moyle Def Amy Montenegro Via Split Decision 29-28, 28-29, 29-28

Amber Leibrock Def Marina Shafir Via KO (Punches) 0.37 seconds Round 1

BONUSES

FOTN

Jamie Moyle Vs Amy Montenegro

POTN

Amber Leibrock

Cris Cyborg

UFC® ANNOUNCES 3 GUEST FIGHTERS FOR DEBUT EVENT IN SCOTLAND ON JULY 18TH

With less than two weeks to go until UFC^®’s sell-out debut event in Scotland, the organisation has confirmed the names of three fighters who will each travel to the Scottish capital as guest fighters for the event.

Women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, and top ten ranked featherweights Cub Swanson and Clay “The Carpenter” Guida, will all make the journey to Glasgow to meet fans and media alike, ahead of UFC FIGHT NIGHT^®: BISPING vs. LEITES.

The reigning 115lbs women’s champion, Jedrzejczyk successfully defended her title for the first time just last month, defeating the No. 3 ranked Jessica Penne in spectacular fashion in front of fans in Berlin, Germany. It was subsequently announced that Jedrzejczyk would be the latest fighter to form a partnership with leading apparel brand Reebok.

Cub Swanson, meanwhile, remains the No.6 ranked fighter in the UFC’s featherweight division. Swanson holds wins over some of the biggest names in the 145lbs weight class, including Dennis Siver, Jeremy Stephens and Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier.

Also making the journey to Glasgow will be veteran of the sport Clay Guida. Loved by fans for his colourful personality, Guida is arguably one of the most capable wrestlers within UFC. In April, Guida secured a win over Robbie Peralta at UFC FIGHT NIGHT^®: MENDES vs. LAMAS and now holds more than 30 wins in his professional MMA career.

All three fighters will be on hand to take part in a number of activities throughout UFC’s inaugural fight week in Glasgow.

On Thursday, July 16th, the fighters will host an exclusive MMA masterclass for students from all over Scotland. Organised in partnership with Glasgow University, Sport and Recreation, students of all ages and ability levels will attend the seminar, which will include an introduction into a variety of techniques, as well as a Q&A and an autograph and photo session.

The guest fighters will also pay a visit to Antonine Sports Centre, a local sports facility which UFC has supported for many years. There, members of the centre will have the unique opportunity to take part in a training seminar led by the fighters, as well as to have their photographs taken with their heroes.

On Friday, July 17th fans traveling to Glasgow for UFC FIGHT NIGHT^®: BISPING vs. LEITES will be invited to take part in a live Q&A with Jedrzejczyk, Swanson and Guida, just before the public weigh-ins begin. The Q&A will take place at the SSE Hydro from 12:45-13:30. Doors open to UFC FIGHT CLUB^™members at 12:00 and to the general public at 12:15.

Following the live UFC FIGHT NIGHT^®: BISPING vs. LEITES weigh-ins, the guest fighters will also take part in a fan signing, which takes place between 14:30-16:00.

UFC^® FIGHT NIGHT: BISPING vs. LEITES will take place on Saturday, July 18th at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. Headlined by a five round bout between the UK’s Michael Bisping and Brazilian Thales Leites, the fight card also features three Scottish fighters – Robert Whiteford, Stevie Ray and Joanne Calderwood. Tickets to the event sold out in a matter of hours after going on general sale, so fans can expect a packed out arena on the night.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT^®: BISPING vs. LEITES will be aired live from 3:00 p.m. in the UK and Ireland on the BT Sport app.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT^® BISPING vs. LEITES FIGHT CARD

All bouts live and subject to change.

Heavyweight Bout

Daniel Omielanczuk (POL) vs. Chris De La Rocha (USA)

Bantamweight Bout

Jimmie Rivera (USA) vs. Marcus Brimage (USA)

Featherweight Bout

Robert Whiteford (SCO) vs. Paul Redmond (IRE)

Light Heavyweight Bout

Ilir Latifi (SWE) vs. Hans Stringer (NL)

Lightweight Bout

Teemu Packalen (FIN) vs. Mickael Lebout (FRA)

Flyweight Bout

Paddy Holohan (IRE) vs. Vaughan Lee (ENG)

Main Card

Lightweight Bout

Stevie Ray (SCO) vs. Leonardo Mafra (BRA)

Welterweight Bout

Leon Edwards (ENG) vs. Pawel Pawlak (POL)

Women’s Strawweight Bout

Joanne Calderwood (SCO) vs. Bec Rawlings (AUS)

Lightweight Bout

Joe Duffy (IRE) vs. Ivan Jorge (BRA)

Lightweight Bout

Ross Pearson (ENG) vs. Evan Dunham (USA)

Middleweight Bout

Michael Bisping (ENG) vs. Thales Leites (BRA)

For the latest information on this event, please visit www.ufc.com or follow @UFC_UK on twitter.

UFC® ANNOUNCES SERIES OF FAN EVENTS AHEAD OF UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: BISPING vs. LEITES

Ahead of UFC^®’s highly anticipated debut event in Scotland, UFC FIGHT NIGHT^®: BISPING vs. LEITES, the organisation has today confirmed a series of fan events which will take place during the lead up to the event on Saturday, July 18th.

On Wednesday, July 15th fans will have the opportunity to watch their favourite fighters from the UFC Fight Night Glasgow line-up train, as UFC hosts an exclusive open workout evening at The Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow. Fighters including Michael Bisping, Thales Leites, Joanne Calderwood, Stevie Ray and Robert Whiteford will all take part in individual workouts in front of fans and media, as well as facing off against their opponents for the very first time.

Doors to the event open at 17:30 BST. The event is free to attend but fans will need to secure a free-of-charge ticket in order to gain entry. Tickets can be secured by clicking this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/official-ufc-open-workouts-for-ufc-glasgow-tickets-17602663039

On Friday, July 17th fans are invited to attend the official UFC FIGHT NIGHT^®: BISPING vs. LEITES live weigh-ins at the SSE Hydro. Doors will open to UFC Fight Club^™members at 12:00, with general admission following at 12:15.

Ahead of the fighters stepping onto the scales, there will be a live Q&A with UFC guest fighters, between at 12:45-13:30, while an autograph signing will follow between 14:30-16:00.

The weigh-ins, Q&A and fan signings are all free to attend and open to the public.

Summary of fan events during UFC FIGHT NIGHT: BISPING vs. LEITES fight week:

Wednesday, July 15th

Ultimate Fan and Media Day

Details: Free to attend and open to all.

To secure a free ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/official-ufc-open-workouts-for-ufc-glasgow-tickets-17602663039

Location: Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, Glasgow, G1 1NQ

17:30: Doors open to fans

18:30 – 19:30: UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites open workouts

19:30 – 19:45: UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites fighter face offs

Friday, July 17th

Weigh-ins, Q&A and fan signings

Details: Free to attend

Location: SSE Hydro, Glasgow, G8 8YW

Times:

Doors open to UFC Fight Club members 12:00

Doors open to general public 12:15

UFC Guest fighter Q&A 12:45-13:30

UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites weigh-ins 14:00-14:30

UFC Guest fighter autograph signings 14:30-16:00

For the latest information on this event, please visit www.ufc.com or follow @UFC_UK on twitter.

UFC® RETURNS TO DUBLIN ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 24th 2015

UFC^® announced its highly anticipated return to Ireland, set to take place at the 3Arena on Saturday October 24th 2015.

Following a hugely successful event in 2014, which saw tickets sell out in under an hour for UFC FIGHT NIGHT^®: McGREGOR vs. BRANDAO, the organisation immediately stated they would hope to return to the ever expanding market in 2015.

Joe Carr, Vice President of International for UFC commented: “Ireland has been such an important market to the UFC and we couldn’t let a year go by without delivering another spectacular event for the fans in the capital. We’re looking forward to showcasing both local and international talent at the event and hopefully getting the decibel counter higher this year round.”

Tickets for UFC FIGHT NIGHT^® DUBLIN will go on sale to UFC FIGHT CLUB members at 10:00 a.m. IST on Wednesday September 2nd with Sun+ subscribers also getting priority access from 12:00 p.m. IST on Wednesday. Tickets will become available to UFC Newsletter subscribers on Friday September 4th at 10:00 a.m. IST with general sale taking place from 12:00 p.m. IST.

In order to avoid disappointment, fans are encouraged to register their interest via this LINK for UFC FIGHT NIGHT DUBLIN to receive information and reminders about the ticket sale.

This month sees an exciting month for Irish fans as UFC superstar Conor McGregor faces Chad Mendes at UFC 189 as he competes to bring the world title home to Ireland on Saturday July 11th. Fans can watch this event live on Setanta Sports from 3:00 a.m. IST.

Tickets will go on general sale Friday September 4th.

Full Fight Results! MACTO Championships June 27th Milton Keynes

MACTO Championships took place last Saturday, June 27th at the ArenaMK, Stadium Way in Milton Keynes and boasted a stellar card for the evolving new promotion.

Macto is the evolution of the highly successful Too Much Talent promotion and retains its ethos of ‘doing it better’, so much so, with original founders of TMT James Lutman and Brad Burnell they teamed up with Wad Alameddine, Ross Laurence and Chris Emmanuel all of whom have a heavy UKMMA presence in their own rights.

Making sure that their events are about the whole experience, MACTO had packages available for the everyday fan; through to the VVIP Experience.

FULL FIGHT RESULTS

PRO Welterweight – Nick ‘Slick’ Osipczak DEF Kyle ‘Wreck It’ Redfearn VIA RNC R1

PRO Welterweight – David ‘One More’ Round DEF Alex ’Mean’ Montagnani VIA Verbal Submission (Injury) 0.54 secs R1

PRO Flyweight – Sam ‘The Hobbit’ Creasey DEF Mark ‘The Beast’ Sainci VIA TKO 1 min 02 sec R1

PRO Middleweight – Dean ‘Renegade’ Amasinger DEF Dan Vinni VIA TKO 0.09 R2

PRO Heavyweight – Oli ‘The Spartan’ Thompson DEF Kamil ‘Vanderlei’ Bazelak VIA KO 3 min 06 secs R3

PRO Middleweight – Denniston ‘Mad Max’ Sutherland DEF Avi Jack VIA Crossface 1 min 15 secs R1

PRO K-1 -Louis ‘KO’ King DEF Romelleo Da Silva VIA UD

PRO Women’s Strawweight – Ffion Davies DEF Fruszina Nagy VIA TKO (GnP) 1 min 14 secs R1

PRO Heavyweight – Dante ‘The Bull’ Hawkins DEF Michael ‘Mikey Tiger’ Piszczek VIA Strikes (due to verbal submission) 4 mins 23 secs R1

PRO Welterweight – Sunny Sandhu DEF Charlie Simmons VIA

Amateur K-1 – Tim Thomas DEF Tyler Thomas VIA TKO R1

Amateur Flyweight – Tom ‘The Boom’ Creasey DEF John Shink VIA UD (30-27, 30-27,30-27)

Amateur Welterweight – Dan Collins DEF Casean Fritz VIA RNC 2 mins 18 secs R2

Amateur Featherweight – Richard Mearns DEF Byron Thomas VIA UD (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Amateur Bantamweight – Ben Hodgson DEF Joey Pavey VIA TKO 1 min 17 secs R2

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