No. 14-ranked welterweight Ryan LaFlare is facing No. 7-ranked Demian Maia in his home country of Brazil in the main event of Fight Night Rio. Hear LaFlare’s thoughts on his opponent, Brazilian fans, and more.
UFC Fight Night Rio de Janeiro takes place on Saturday, March, 21st.
Demian Maia is used to playing the spoiler role for up-and-coming fighters looking to use him as a springboard to the next level. Maia talks about his opponent Ryan LaFlare and more ahead of his main event bout at Fight Night Rio, Saturday, March 21st.
Fight Night Rio main event fighter Ryan LaFlare went 1-on-1 with UFC correspondent Megan Olivi ahead of his welterweight bout against Demian Maia. He talks about not being the fan favorite in Brazil and what he needs to do to beat Maia.
UFC Fight Night Rio de Janeiro is on Saturday, March, 21st.
Ryan LaFlare talks about the importance of his family life as a father to his two children in this edition of “Gym Escape.”
LaFlare takes on Demian Maia in the main event of Fight Night Rio, Saturday, March 21st.
Welterweight star Erick Silva goes one round with UFC correspondent Denis Martins to discuss fighting in Rio, his opponent change, and what the fans can expect from him inside the Octagon.
Silva takes on Josh Koscheck at UFC Fight Night Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, March, 21st.
UFC veteran and No. 7 welterweight Demian Maia continues his climb up the rankings as he takes on Rick Story.
Maia headlines in his home country against Ryan LaFlare in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday, March 21st.
Titan Fighting Championships held their thirty-third event last night (or early hours of the morning if you were watching in the UK), in Alabama, for their biggest event to date; whilst I would guarantee the majority of fans would have been looking at the Main Card event, for which had 3 Title fights by the way of former Bellator featherweight contender and Titan FC featherweight champion Desmond Green against Strikeforce vet and one-time UFC competitor Kurt Holobaugh, Pat Healy faced Kurt Kinser for the lightweight belt and Jon Madsen faced Chase Gormley for the heavyweight title belt.
I can assure you, it would be the UK fans who were more interested in the welsh super star Brett ‘The Pikey’ Johns, who was facing Walel Watson for the Vacant Bantamweight Title which was taking place on the aired portion of the Prelim Card.
The non-title matchup that opened up the main card was TUF 18’s Cody Bollinger against New York prospect Andre Harrison in the featherweight division.
Here are the Results:
Kurt Holobaugh Def Desmond Green Via Split Decision 49-46, 47-48, 48-47 to become #TheNEW #Featherweight #Champion
Pat Healy Def Kurt Kinser Via Split Decision 47-48, 49-46, 49-46 to become #TheNEW #Lightweight #Champion
Chase Gormley Def Jon Madsen Via Unanimous Decision 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 to become #TheNEW #Heavyweight #Champion
Andre Harrison Def Cody Bollinger Via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27
Preliminary Card
Brett Johns Def Walel Watson Via RNC 3 mins 06 secs Round Two to become #TheNew #Bantamweight #Champion
Anthony Gutierrez Def Austin Lyons Via KO (head kick and Punches) 3 mins 28 secs Round Three
Belal Muhammad Def Keith Johnson Via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27
Brian Davidson Def Estevan Payan Via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 29-28
Marcus Edwards Def Adam Nijem Via RNC (Technical Submission) 1 min 20 secs Round One
Unaired Preliminary Card
Andy Uhrich Def Bobby Cooper Via Split Decision 29-27, 29-28, 28-29
Photo Credits: Ricky Wright Facebook Page
The UFC heads to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for Fight Night 62, with welterweight Demian Maia taking on the undefeated Ryan LaFlare in the main event.
Josh Koscheck, steps in on short notice to face Erick Silva in the co-main event, whilst ‘The Queen of Spades’ Shayna Baszler takes on Amanda ‘The Lioness’ Nunes in a bantamweight showdown.
First of all, the all important weigh-ins, with all 24 athletes making weight on their first attempt.
Main Card
Demian Maia 171 lbs vs. Ryan LaFlare 171 lbs
Josh Koscheck 170 lbs vs. Erick Silva 171 lbs
Leonardo Santos 156 lbs vs. Tony Martin 156 lbs
Amanda Nunes 136 lbs vs. Shayna Baszler 136 lbs
Gilbert Burns 154 lbs vs. Alex Oliveira 155 lbs
Godofredo Pepey 145 lbs vs. Andre Fili 145 lbs
Preliminary Card
Francisco Trinaldo 155 lbs vs. Akbarh Arreola 156 lbs
Kevin Souza 146 lbs vs. Katsunori Kikuno 146 lbs
Leandro Silva 156 lbs vs. Drew Dober 156 lbs
Leonardo Mafra 155 lbs vs. Cain Carrizosa 155 lbs
Preliminary Card UFC Fight Pass
Jorge de Oliveira 156 lbs vs. Christos Giagos 155 lbs
Bentley Syler 126 lbs vs. Fredy Serrano 125 lbs
UFC Fight Night 62, takes place at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, March 21st.
FURY MMA held their fourteenth event on Sunday, March 8th at Studio 338 in London, with an action packed card full of MMA, K1 and Boxing.
With respected UK MMA referee Daniel ‘The Gentleman’ Movahedi, to whom is Co-Owner, Co-Founder & Fight Coordinator alongside Steve Doran, you know FURY MMA events will always bring you a first class experience and this event was no exception.
Flying in especially to corner his ‘Lions Pride Team’ was UFC fighter Jimi Manuwa who had four fighter’s on tonight’s card.
Having had the commentary team in place, for which was the job of Chris Hoekstra and UFC fighter Brad ‘One Punch’ Pickett calling the action tonight, the only thing left to do was to introduce the third man into the octagon for which was the job of Ron ‘Bomber’ Frith and let tonight’s action packed event take place.
FIGHT RESULTS
MAIN EVENT
Pro MMA 170lbs WW: Simon Wright v Jacek Kaminski
Winner: Jacek Kaminski Via TKO referee stoppage due to GnP Round one 0.39 secs
Pro MMA 205lbs LHW: Victor peixoto v Mark Jone
Winner: Victor Peixoto Via guillotine choke Round One 0.12 secs
Amateur A Class 145lbs FW: Jordan French v Dylan Edwards
Winner: Jordan French Via TKO referee stoppage due to GnP Round One
Amateur A Class 145lbs FW: Vitor Silva V Josh Onwardi
Winner: Josh onwardi Via triangle choke Round One 2 min 23 secs
Amateur A Class 185lbs MW: Jay Tovee v Luke Lendrum
Winner: Luke Lendrum Via Majority Decision
Amateur A Class 17olbs WW: Korlos Kaminskas v Chris Kemblaku
Winner: Korlos Kaminskas Via Armbar Round One 1 min 48 secs
Pro 170lbs WW: Alex Lohor v Brendan Morgan
Winner: Alex Lohor Via Tko Referee stoppage due to GnP 1 min 22 secs
Amatuer A Class 145lbs FW: Sam Walker v Ayat Lorestani
Winner: Sam Walker Via Split Decision
This fight was awarded #FOTN
Amateur A Class 185lbs WW: Cameron Rice vMathew Nicholson
Winner: Mathew Nicholson Via TKO referee stoppage GnP Round One 1 min 14 secs
Amateur A Class 170lbs WW: Nerijus senavaitis v Arman Rostam
Winner: Arman Rostam Via Bull dog Choke 1 min 24 secs
Amateur A Class 155lbs LW: Hayden Smith v Jessi Kila
Winner: Jessi kila Via: KO Head Kick 0.27 secs
K1 3 x 2 Minute Round
K1 : Darren Leston v Seth Mon 170lbs Welterweight
Winner : Darren Leston Via Majority Decision
K1 : Richard Keeler v Kirk Jackson 170lbs Welterweight
Winner: Richard keeler Via Majority Decision
Boxing 3 x 2 Minute Rounds
Boxing: Rickel Reid v James Nutbrown 205lbs LHW
Winner: Rickel Reid Via Judges decision
The next FURY MMA 15 event – The Uprising, has already started to take shape, which will be held on Sunday May 17th click here for further details.
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You can follow Daniel ‘The Gentleman’ Movahedi on his Facebook Fanpage here.
Photo Credits: Jimi Manuwa Instagram
Photo Credits: FURY MMA
Photo Credits: Daniel Movahedi Facebook
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