Author: Emma Bramford

Having been around combat sport for over two decades, my passion for MMA and Boxing just grows and grows. I am a former columnist for MMA Uncaged Magazine and currently contribute to Fighters Only and other leading MMA sites.

UFC 193 Embedded Episode 2: ‘No Pain No Gain’ Bigfoot Silva


On Episode 2 of UFC 193 Embedded, the card’s stars – including heavyweight Bigfoot Silva, women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and her opponent Holly Holm – continue to train hard to compete at the UFC’s biggest-ever event.

Strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk makes time for some Melbourne sightseeing, while heavyweight Mark Hunt and strawweight title challenger Valerie Letourneau take in a local Muay Thai show.

UFC Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the double-championship fight night at UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm, Saturday, November 14th 2015.

UFC 193 Embedded: Episode One – It’s all about the ‘Lube’


On Episode 1 of UFC 193 Embedded, women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey makes her way through Melbourne, staying sharp in the gym and embracing her latest wave of media controversy.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, title challenger Holly Holm goes to dinner with her family, to the chiropractor and to the gym for her last day of tough training.

UFC Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the double-championship fight night at UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm, Saturday, November 14th.

UFC 193 Embedded Extended Preview: Rousey v Holm


Women’s bantamweight champion ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey [12-0] will be taking on her toughest test to date, when she defends her title on November 14th at  the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia against ‘The Preachers Daughter’ Holly Holm [9-0].

Having reached a level of mainstream stardom, for which is unprecedented in MMA, Ronda Rousey counts A-listers like Mark Wahlberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Stephanie McMahon, Sylvester Stallone, Mike Tyson and Demi Lovato among her fans.

Holly Holm, who is no stranger to the big bright lights herself, being a former undefeated boxer in several weight divisions who then turned her ambitions in to ‘a new mountain to climb’ in MMA.

UFC Embedded: Rousey vs. Holm is an all-access, behind-the-scenes look at the lives and training camps of elite fighters leading up to the UFC 193 event in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday November 14th, 2015.

WSOF 25 to hold 8 man Lightweight Tournament in 1 night with new rules attached!


WSOF 25 which will be held on November 20th will be holding an eight-man lightweight tournament for which the use of elbows are prohibited in the earlier rounds of the quarter-finals and semi-finals.

Only when you have reached the finals, will you be able to use elbows again.  The new rules, according to WSOF is help combat the issue of serious head cuts sustained when ‘raining down’ elbows on your opponent.

Fighting the WSOF 25 WSOF 25

World Series of Fighting announced new rules for the lightweight tournament to be held at WSOF 25 on November 20th. The main one is the ban on elbows for the quarter-final and semi-finals.

According to WSOF the quarter-finals of fights will be 2 rounds of 5 minutes and the use of elbows are not prohibited. If the judges declare a draw after the two rounds then a fourth official will come in and decide the winner.

In the semi-finals, it will be 3 rounds of 5 minutes, but the use of the elbow is again not permitted.  And if any of the qualified athletes for the semi-final is injured, the fight’s loser will fight again, but if he is also injured, one of the winners of the previous bouts, whom have fought, will win the contest.

The final will be an MMA fight under unified rules; three rounds of five minutes and the use of elbows are allowed..

WSOF 25 will be held on November 20th at Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona.

UFC Fight Night 77 Sao Paulo Full Results


The UFC made a return to Sao Paulo in Brazil last night for what was deemed a ‘Rubber Match’ between Vitor Belfort and Dan Henderson, this time set at Middleweight (185 lbs).  It was, as expected though, another win for Vitor Belfort and within the two-minute mark via a well executed head kick which set up the final array of punches to call time on the trilogy.

UFC Fight Night 77 Sao Paulo

Full Results:

Main Card BT Sports & FS1

Vitor Belfort  Def  Dan Henderson Via KO (Strikes & Punches) 2 mins 07 secs Round One

Glover Teixeira  Def  Patrick Cummins Via TKO (punches) 1 min 12 secs Round Two

Thomas Almeida Def  Anthony Birchak Via KO (punch) 4 mins 24 secs Round One

Alex Oliveira Def Piotr Hallmann Via KO (punch) 0.53 secs Round Three

Rashid Magomedov Def Gilbert Burns Via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

Corey Anderson  Def Fabio Maldonado Via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

Preliminary Card BT Sports & FS1

Gleison Tibau Def  Abel Trujillo Via RNC  1 min 45 secs Round One

Johnny Case Def Yan Calbral Via Unanimous Decision 29-28, 29-28, 29-28

Thiago Tavares Def Clay Guida Via Guillotine Choke 0.39 secs Round One

Chas Skelly Def  Kevin Souza Via RNC 1 min 56 secs Round Two

Preliminary Card Fight Pass

Viscardi Andrade Def  Gasan Umalatov Via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 29-28

Jimmie Rivera Def Pedro Munhoz via Split Decision 29-28, 28-29, 29-28

Matheus Nicola Def  Bruno Korea  Via Guillotine  3 mins 27 sec Round 3

BONUSES

POTN

Vitor Belfort

Thomas Almeida

Alex Oliveira

Thiago Tavares

Botched Street Robbery on Female PRO MMA Fighter!


This ‘incident’ happened on September 2nd 2015, just over one month on I thought I would re-cover the said ‘incident’ and put this ‘attempted’ awful crime that happened back out there for even more people to see.

Monique Bastos and her friend were on their way to jiu-jitsu training in Acailandia, Brazil when two men demanded their phones!

Much to their surprise, Bastos turned out to be an MMA fighter and wouldn’t let them get away with their actions.

“I’ve been through this a few times before, and it’s the second time I fought back,” she told MMAFighting.com.”There were two guys, and they were using knives, but I was able to use my jiu-jitsu and get my phone back. It’s a huge risk, but I did it to defend myself and my friends, so I used what I learned.”

In the video above, you can see how Bastos managed to capture the would-be thief and  then subdued him by a figure four leg lock around his neck to stop him from moving until the authorities showed up. Now, that’s some serious strength!

UFC Fight Night 77 Sao Paulo Weigh-in results: Dan Henderson 186 lbs Vitor Belfort 185 lbs


UFC will be in Sao Paulo, Brazil tomorrow night in which the main event features a rubber match between Dan Henderson and Vitor Belfort, this time at middleweight (185 lbs).

Patrick Cummins vs Glover Teixeira UFC Fight NIght 77 Sao Paulo

In the co-main event we have a light heavyweight bout (205 lbs) between Patrick Cummins and Glover Teixeira, whilst bantamweight prospect Thomas Almeida faces Anthony Birchak.  Also returning to action after a long lay off due to injury is Blackzilians fighter Abel Trujillo in a lightweight (155 lbs) bout with Gleison Tibau.

Abel Trujillo UFC Fight NIght 77 Sao Paulo

Before the fights can go ahead, it is of course the all important weigh-ins first.

Here are the full weigh-in results:

Main Card  BT Sports & FS1

Vitor Belfort 185 lbs vs Dan Henderson 186 lbs

Patrick Cummins 206 lbs vs Glover Teixeira 206 lbs

Thomas Almeida 135 lbs vs Anthony Birchak 136 lbs

Piotr Hallmann 155 lbs vs Alex Oliveira 156 lbs

Gilbert Burns 156 lbsvs Rashid Magomedov 155 lbs

Corey Anderson 205 lbs vs Fabio Maldonado 205 lbs

Preliminary Card  BT Sports & FS1

Gleison Tibau 155 lbs vs Abel Trujillo 156 lbs

Yan Cabral 156 lbs vs Johnny Case 156 lbs

Clay Guida 146 lbs vs Thiago Tavares 146 lbs

Chas Skelly 146 lbs vs Kevin Souza 146 lbs

Preliminary Card Fight Pass

Viscardi Andrade 170 lbs vs Gasan Umalatov 170 lbs

Pedro Munhoz 135 lbs vs Jimmie Rivera 136 lbs

Bruno Korea 134 lbs vs Matheus Nicolau 135 lbs

UFC Fight Night Dublin: Full Results – Louis Smolka defeats Paddy Holohan Via RNC


The UFC was back in Dublin, Ireland last night, Saturday, October 24th live from the 3 Arena which saw  Louis Smolka defeat Paddy Holohan via rear naked choke in the second round in a highly fought flyweight bout.

The co-main event between Reza Madadi and Norman Parke was set to be a highly charged, lightweight bout after the verbal lead up to the fight. It was again left in the hands of the judges and Norman Park managed to get the all important win.

Louis Smolka Win UFC Fight Night Dublin

Full Results

Main Card

Louis Smolka  Def  Patrick Holohan Via .Rear Naked Choke  4 min 09 secs Round 2

Norman Parke Def Reza Madadi Via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27

Darren Till vs Nicolas Dalby Declared Majority Draw  29-28(Till)  28-28 28- 28

Neil Seery  Def Jon Delos Reyes  Via Guillotine  4 min 12 secs Round 2

Preliminary Card 

Steven Ray  Def  Mickael Lebout  Via Unanimous Decision 29-28, 30-27, 30-27

Aisling Daly Def Ericka Almeida Via Unanimous Decison  30-27, 29-27, 29-28

Krzysztof Jotko  Def Scott Askham Via Split Decision 29-28, 28-29, 29-28

Tom Breese Def Cathal Pendred  Via TKO 4 mins 37 secs Round 1

Darren Elkins  Def  Robert Whiteford  Via Unanimous Decision  30-27, 30-27, 30-27

Garreth McLellan  Def  Bubba Bush  Via  TKO (GnP) 4 mins 58 secs Round 3

BONUSES

FOTN

Darren Till vs Nicolas Dalby

POTN

Tom Breese

Neil Seery

UFC Fight Night Dublin Weigh-In Results: Holohan 126 lbs Smolka 125 lbs


The UFC is back in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday, October 24th live from the 3 Arena for a card that was due to see lightweight athletes Joseph Duffy take on Dustin Poirier in the main event, but due to an injury sustained to Joseph Duffy in his last sparring session he has been declared medically unfit and the bout cancelled.

Paddy Holohan vs Louis Smolka

The new main event will now see Paddy Holohan against Louis Smolka in a flyweight bout and the co-main is a lightweight bout between Reza Madadi and Norman Parke.

Norman Parke vs Reza Madadi

Streaming live exclusively on Fight Pass, and on delay via PICK TV (main card) in the UK, also on Setanta Ireland and 3e.

Here are the full weigh-in results:

Main Card

Patrick Holohan  126 lbs vs. Louis Smolka 125 lbs

Reza Madadi  156 lbs vs. Norman Parke  156 lbs

Nicolas Dalby   170 lbs  vs. Darren Till  171 lbs

Jon Delos Reyes  125 lbs   vs. Neil Seery  125 lbs

Preliminary Card 

Mickael Lebout  155 lbs  vs. Steven Ray  155 lbs

Ericka Almeida  115 lbs  vs. Aisling Daly 116 lbs

Scott Askham  184 lbs  vs. Krzysztof Jotko  185 lbs

Tom Breese  171 lbs  vs. Cathal Pendred  169 lbs

Darren Elkins  145 lbs  vs. Robert Whiteford  145 lbs

Bubba Bush   185 lbs  vs. Garreth McLellan  185 lbs

Fight Night Dublin: UFC On The Fly – Episode 2: Paddy Holohan


UFC Fight Night Dublin takes place at the 3 Arena this Saturday, October 24th headlined by Dustin Poirier vs Joe Duffy.

In the co-main event we see Paddy Holohan who will face Louis Smolka.

In this second episode of UFC On The Fly it features Paddy Holohan, who will face Louis Smolka in the co-main event on Saturday at Fight Night Dublin.