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).
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Full Contact Contender 14 took place from the Macron Stadium last night, 17th October to packed house. The crowd was in for a treat as Matt Inman headlined this card in a PRO bout to see if he could successfully defend his European Welterweight Title against Dez Parker.
Full results:
PRO CARD
Matt Inman (c) vs Dez Parker – FCC European Welterweight Title
Matt Inman def Dez Parker via TKO (R2, 2.30) and retains the FCC European Welterweight Title
Jordan Desborough vs Declan Williams – Bantamweight Jordan Desborough def Declan Williams via TKO (R2, 3.51)
Aymard Guih vs Michael Bowman – Welterweight Aymard Guih def Michael Bowman via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Dean Trueman vs Adam Ventre – Featherweight Dean Trueman def Adam Ventre via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Aaron Aby vs Karim Miard – 130lbs Catchweight Aaron Aby def Karim Miard via Unanimous Decision (30-27 x3)
Ian Williams vs Mike Castell – Featherweight Ian Williams def Mike Castell via Submission (Guillotine Choke) (R1, 0.29)
Tobias Reid vs Ashley Reece – Lightweight Ashley Reece def Tobias Reid via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Tony Morgan vs Danny Barker – Welterweight Tony Morgan def Danny Barker via TKO (R1, 0.56)
Dan Konecke vs Shaun Hampton – Light Heavyweight Shaun Hampton def Dan Konecke via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Amateur Fights
Shawn Kenny vs Paul Wadsworth – Amateur Heavyweight Title Shawn Kenny def Paul Wadsworth via KO (Punch) (R1, 0.10)
AMATEUR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP: SHAWN KENNY
Chris Senior vsMatthew Bonner – Amateur Welterweight Title Chris Senior def Matthew Bonner via Submission (RNC) (R2, 2.16)
AMATEUR WELTERWEIGHT CHAMP: CHRIS SENIOR
Igor Puskarskis vs Tarro Grogan – Amateur Middleweight Title Igor Puskarskis def Tarro Grogan via Majority Decision (49-46, 48-47, 47-47)
AMATEUR MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP: IGOR PUSKARSKIS
Jack Owen vs Simon Home – Featherweight Jack Owen def Simon Home via Split Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Lerone Murphy vs Lloyd Sweeney – Lightweight Lerone Murphy def Lloyd Sweeney via TKO (R2, 2.32)
Lucas Alosinski vs Lukas Pilch –Welterweight Lukas Pilch def Lucas Alosinski via Referee Stoppage (R1, 2.29)
Jamie Hay vs Andy Nevinson – Lightweight Jamie Hay def Andy Nevinson via Submission (Armbar) (R2, 1.34)
Corey Layfield vs Aaron Pierre – Lightweight Aaron Pierre def Corey Layfield via Submission (RNC) (R1, 2.40)
Rob Woodrow vs Ash McCracken – Bantamweight Rob Woodrow def Ash McCracken via TKO (R2, 2.02)
Imraan Yusuf vs Reece Street – Lightweight Reece Street def Imraan Yusuf via TKO (R1, 2.16)
Pain Pit : Anarchy took place in Newport, Wales last night at the Newport Centre, holding an exciting 18 fights on their card, for which two of those bouts were professional contests.
Here are the full results:
PRO CARD
Rikki Fortuna Def Ashley Williams via Rear Naked Choke at 1.39 R1
Daryl Grant Def James Saunders via TKO (GnP) at 1.39 R2
AMATEUR LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
70kg Ammy Title Nathan Ford Def. Scott Pederson via Submission (Armbar) at 2:20 R1
AMATEUR LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP: NATHAN FORD
AMATEUR CARD
66kg Ammy Tom Karpinski Def. John Mcdevitt via TKO (GnP) at 1:15 R1
70kg Ammy Sami Hasheem Def. Kai Maybury via Submission (Guillotine) at 1:32 R1
105kg Ammy Ash Amos Def. Jordan Burton via TKO (Ref stoppage) at 1.33 R1
84kg Ammy Adam Mayo Def. Christian Duncan via Split Decision
70kg Ammy Tom Wood Def. Andrew Spiteri via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 0:52 Rd 1
65.8kg Ammy Aidan James Def. Gavin Theo via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 1:20 Rd 1
61kg Ammy Johnny Bryant Def. Sean Scrivens via Split Decision
77kg Ammy Liam Shotbolt Def. Ewan Wilson via Unanimous Decision
77kg Ammy Jack Tucker Def. Kyle Benger via Submission (Kimura) at 0:46 Rd 1
77kg Ammy Elliot Thomas Def. Struan Croxan via Unanimous Decision
84kg Ammy Lvl 2 Mike Todd Def. Kelvin Robinson via KO at 0:57 Rd 1
77kg Ammy Lvl 2 James Price Def. Mike Crole via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:59 Rd 2
Rise of Champions took place live from the City Pavilion in Romford, London, last night October 17th, to a sell-out crowd with an electrified atmosphere, which literally raised the roof off for UFC Bantamweight Brad Pickett and Titan Team Head Coach Mickey Papas, for their first Fight Night Promotion.
Headlined by Bill Beaumont and David Round, in what promised to be a spectacular affair from the outset leading up to this fight, it did not disappoint, albeit all of 0.23 seconds with Beaumont keeping his perfect record intact.
Here are the full results:
MAIN CARD
PRO
WW Bill Beaumont Def. David Round via KO (Strikes) at :23 of Round 1
FW Daniel Crawford Def. Hermann Grebaba via TKO (Punches and Elbows) at 2:03 of Round 1
WW Carl Booth Def. Alex Lohore via KO (Punches) at :38 of Round 1
AMATEUR
HW Ivan Stoyanov Def. Juan Fernandez via Unanimous Decision
FW Joshua Onwordi Def. Mak Mwanza via Unanimous Decision
BW Javid Bashrat Def. Rob Harris via Submission (Guillotine) at :25 of Round 3
FW Diego Barbosa Def. Lucas Reali via Submission (Guillotine) at 2:23 of Round 2
FW Mike Ekundayo Def. Richie Katona via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:38 of Round 3
CW 74KG Reece Jones Def. Craig Arnold via TKO (Kick) at 1:01 of Round 1
CW 73KG Tom Mowle Def. Philip Weaire-Gil via Split Decision
AMATEUR PRELIMINARY CARD
BW Ali El-Fouani Def. Oliver Childs via Unanimous Decision
WW Lester Piggot Def. Danny Nash via Split Decision
WW Raymond Asare Def. Mike Dean via Submission (Triangle Choke) at 1:30 of Round 1
BW Jawany Scott Def. Lone’er Kavanagh via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at :58 of Round 2
CW 63KG Andrés Roldan Def. Gabriel Romesi via Submission (Triangle Choke) at :29 of Round 1
The UFC® announced today that UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: POIRIER vs. DUFFY, which sold out in a record-breaking 60 seconds will be airing on free to view channels in Ireland and UK.
With the huge success of last year’s event, the UFC have returned to the 3 Arena in Dublin on October 24th with six Irish stars consisting off Joseph Duffy, Norman Parke, Paddy Holohan, Neil Seery, Cathal Pendred and Aisling Daly.
Fans in Ireland can catch action from the main card live on free to air channels Setanta Ireland and 3e, while in the UK the event will be broadcast on a delay on Pick TV. It will be broadcast in its entirety live on UFC FIGHT PASS.
“The demand for the UFC’s return to the 3Arena in Dublin has been unprecedented and we wanted to ensure all our fans would have the opportunity to see the action live,” UFC Vice President and General Manager of EMEA James Elliot said: “By providing access across three fantastic platforms, Setanta Sports, 3e and UFC FIGHT PASS, we are ensuring maximum exposure of what will be a unmissable event for fight fans.”
Programming will start at 8:00 p.m. on 3e with UFC Breakdown followed by all of the action live from 9:00 p.m. on Setanta Ireland and 3e in Ireland and on a delay at 11:00pm on Pick TV in the UK.
3e is available on 5 on Saorview, Sky Channel 105 and UPC 106
Setanta Ireland is available on Sky Channel 423 and Virgin 401
PICK TV is available on Sky Channel 152
Click here for details on UFC Fight Pass and on how to start your free 7-day trial.
Full schedule of events announced for UFC Hangout including attendance of UFC fighters and Octagon Girls
With just over two weeks to go until the sell-out event in Dublin UFC® has confirmed that Murray’s Bar on O’Connell Street will become the official “UFC hangout” for fans.
The official guest fighters travelling to Dublin, which include number two ranked welterweight Rory MacDonald, top ten ranked featherweight Max Holloway, top ten women’s bantamweight Jessica Eye, will be on hand to meet fans and take part in a number of unmissable activities along with Octagon Girls Carly Baker and Kristie Pearson.
From Wednesday 21st October to Friday 23rd October UFC will host a number of free fan events at Murray’s Bar with tickets available via Eventbrite. Events include a meet and greet, UFC Pub Quiz and Official Pre-Party. Plus, on Friday afternoon between 4pm – 4.30pm fans will be able to watch a live stream of the official weigh-ins.
Below is a full schedule of fan activities taking place at the Official UFC Hangout at Murray’s Bar during UFC Dublin fight week;
MEET & GREET GUEST FIGHTERS
When: Wednesday 21st October
Time: 18.30 – 20.30.
Location: Murray’s Bar: 33-34 O’Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1, Ireland.
Description: Informal Meet and greet session with guest fighters with dedicated hand wrapping station and photo opportunities.
LIVE STREAMING OF THE OFFICIAL WEIGH INS – UFC DUBLIN
When: Friday 23rd October
Time: 16.00 – 16.30
Location: Murray’s Bar: 33-34 O’Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1, Ireland.
Description: Live streaming of the official weighs ins.
Open to General public
OFFICIAL PRE-PARTY FOR UFC DUBLIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH MONSTER ENERGY
When: Friday 23rd October
Time: 19.30 – 10.30
Location: Murray’s Bar: 33-34 O’Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1, Ireland
Description: Official party to celebrate UFC Dublin. Monster Energy will be providing a DJ, merchandise and the Monster Mad girls (fire breathing etc). Guest fighters and UFC Octagon girls Carly Baker and Kristie Pearson will be in attendance.
Pannie Kianzad will be making her second appearance for the all female promotion Invicta Fighting Championships later tonight (12th September) in Kansas City, as the challenger for the Bantamweight Championship Title, which is currently held by newly crowned and long time veteran of WMMA Tonya Evinger.
Born in Iran, 23-year-old Pannie Kianzad and her family moved to Sweden when she was young. Having three older siblings (1 sister and 2 brothers) whom all used to train in Taekwondo and would often compete in competitions.
“My sister competed in taekwondo when she was younger, although she doesn’t want to admit it, but there are the movies (laughs). My older brother is a black belt in taekwondo and he don’t talk about it either – no-one wants to admit it, and he was really good, he had the early Jean-Claude Van Damme thing going on. Persian style, with the long, dark hair (laughs), whilst my other brother did MMA then moved over to boxing.”
Deciding not to waste anytime herself, Pannie started boxing at the of 13 and also competing, week in, week out all the way up until she was 18 years old when she decided boxing was not for her anymore.
“When I turned 18 I was really sick of boxing. It became a burden instead of having fun and training. There was a lot of things going on and I did not get the right support from my trainer, so when I was 18 I decided I was not going to do this anymore.”
After deciding boxing was no longer for herself, Pannie came across Mats Nilsson who convinced her to train in MMA where he was currently training at Kaisho Martial Arts and subsequently moved to Rumble Sports, Copenhagen early 2012 as it also happened to be close to her house. Pannie packed all her stuff from the boxing gym and left, she has not stepped foot back into the boxing gym to this day.
Having no prior MMA experience Pannie decided to take part in grappling tournaments as she had lost her love her striking and was adamant this was not something she was going to go back to. This only lasted four months before Pannie took part in her first shootfighting tournament championships for where she brought home a Silver and then the Gold the following year.
Overall, Pannie was competing in BJJ, Thai, Submission Wrestling, K1 and Shootfighting every other week to gain her transition into MMA as there were no females around at the time for her to have a ‘amateur’ MMA career as such with, for the 2 years she was gaining her experience.
“I couldn’t get any amateur fights in Scandinavia with punches on the ground, there was nothing, but once I went Pro then there were the females coming into the Pro scene who wanted to do the sport. Although technically I have no ‘amateur’ MMA record I do class the 2 years of my transition fights as my amateur record.”
Making her Pro debut on April 14th 2012 in Estonia and winning, continuing to win five straight fights, Pannie was then signed to UK and European promotion Cage Warriors which is where she found her new manager Graham Boylan and is now part of the Intensiti Fight Management Team. Along with her new fight nickname ‘Sexy Scramble’.
Pannie faced Megan Van Houtum at Cage Warriors 71 in a catchweight bout of 140 lbs having previously fought her MMA career at 145 lbs Featherweight, for which she won in the third round via TKO; taking no time she called out Agnieska Niedzwiedz for the vacant Bantamweight Title. Although that fight was scheduled Niedzwiedz later pulled out of the fight injured and was replaced by Eeva Siiskonen (3-1) on Cage Warriors 74, 15th November at The Copper Box Arena London.
The title fight went the distance with Pannie Kianzad gaining a Unanimous Decision and becoming Cage Warriors Female Bantamweight Title Holder in the process.
“I’m not really proud of that fight really just because it wasnt my fight, I didn’t feel it. I felt sharp and everything, I just didn’t feel strong and I felt I could finish her but I didn’t. I was really disappointed with that fight and it actually really bugged me for a long time, so much so I was like I really need to get another fight and not have this feeling.”
Having the longest lay off in her MMA career due to a hiatus that her former promotion Cage Warriors was on, Pannie states she took to eating lots of ‘ice-cream’.
“First of all I was getting fat (as if that is possible – I say) I was growing a third arse. When it disappeared my coach was like – ‘its happened, its gone’. I got so fat because I was so depressed, then I got a bit injured in between so I was even more depressed but then I got the Invicta contract so it was time to get lean again (laughs). I was hanging out with my family more as they are very supportive in what I do and my dad is so supportive he loves MMA, he loves me competing. He saw how miserable I was in boxing and was a bit scared when I first started doing MMA and competing and was like oh ‘she’s gonna get so sad when she loses.”
He told me when I went to the TUF 18 tryout if you’re going to do this do it 100% don’t do it half way just go for it. After I didn’t make it to TUF I just kept on working then caught a few good fights.”
Being signed to all female promotion Invicta FC in March this year, Pannie made her promotional debut against Jessica-Rose Clark on July 9th at Invicta FC 13 in Las Vegas, which was also her first fight on American soil, winning via Unanimous Decision, Pannie was well and truly welcomed to America when her fight went viral on social media after using a unique move phrased by veteran fighter, match-maker and commentator for Invicta Julie Kedzie as the ‘ Butt-Bomb’.
Pannie goes on to describe how she is transferring her body from one position to more dominant position and the move is quite rightly so legal; whilst being in reverse mount and how hard it is to actually push over your opponent’s chest. Although she does admit that she does end up in this position a lot in training and wonders herself how she gets there?!
Pannie doing the ‘Butt Bomb (C) MMAnytt
Talking of signature moves for which I’m sure Pannie will now be fully associated with the ‘Butt Bomb’ we talk about her other love – Pro Wrestling and Rikishi as his signature move was also a form of a ‘Butt Bomb’ but she assures me that move is all hers or maybe watching some footage of UFC fighter Mark Hunt! 😉
If Pannie was not doing MMA she would be a Pro wrestler called ‘Persian Fury’ decked out in full Techno clothing. Neon Green with Orange Fur to go with her Purple hair and of course her love of Buffalo Boots. Playing the part of a good girl gone bad 😉
Back to the task in hand. Tonight September 12th, Invicta FC 14 Pannie will again be in America but this time for a crack at the Bantamweight Title against her toughest opponent to date in that of veteran Tonya Evinger.
“Of course were gonna go to war. I think were gonna show two different styles and that’s going to go well together. It’s going to be tricky because she is very unorthodox and I’m not I think our different styles will match up really good. I’m on enemy turf. I’m going into Kansas City. Its going to be fun. I like being the underdog and I like going to someone elses turf to fight. I like to be the underdog as I like to surprise people. Its like when I went to Russia I had no chance of winning on paper but totally fucked her up! Then I was like, I like this, I like being the under dog, I like coming in there – Fuck things up then walk away 🙂
Being only the second fight for the promotion some may argue that it was a quick turn-around for Pannie yet alone being offered a title shot in the mix.
“I thought they would give it to Raquel Pa’aluhi first but when they asked me I was like YEAH.”
I don’t have time to be polite anymore. I’m working 2 jobs here (Mon – Fri in a school and weekends in Security) and also training here full-time. I’m not wasting anybodies time here. It’s like a lot of those girls just do training and they don’t do anything else. I’m not waiting for anything, I’m working. I’m working myself to the top. I’m not waiting to give somebody else a shot just because she was maybe inline first, but if she was maybe inline she would have got that chance.”
Having already won Cage Warriors Gold but never the chance to defend that title the Invicta Fighting Championships Gold is a hard task to follow especially with such a seasoned veteran in Tonya Evinger (16-5).
“Tonya is already a much more already higher level of opponent, both on paper and as a fighter. She has a lot of experience behind her and in the people she has fought. I think that would put me in line of being one of the greatest female fighters at the 135 lb division outside of the UFC (as im not in the UFC). Its called a title fight but it’s just a name, it’s still just a fight, it’s still just an opponent in front of you. If I would have faced Tonya in a non title fight it would still be the same work, it would still be the same effort, it would still be the same fight. The ‘Title fight’ name is just making it sound more dangerous.”
You can watch Invicta FC 14 live on UFC Fight Pass on September 12th or the early hours of September 13th if you’re watching from the UK.
Pannie would like to say a thank you to the following:
Rumble Sports, her family, her team, Fit4Fight, Dirty Rebel, Massage Templet, MMAnytt, K.O.Store, Revolutionary Fitness Sweden, Intensiti Fight Managment, Tip-a-Fighter, and all of her fans from all around the world.
You can also follow Pannie on the following social media sites:
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