On Episode 5 of UFC 194 Embedded, the stars of UFC 194 hit the official press conference in between photo shoots and weight cuts. Featherweight champion Jose Aldo and interim champion Conor McGregor face off in an icy calm, while middleweight champion Chris Weidman and challenger Luke Rockhold keep things light during their interactions. Plus, Rockhold develops his own rapport with – and impression of – Weidman’s friend {…}
On Episode 5 of UFC 194 Embedded, the stars of UFC 194 hit the official press conference in between photo shoots and weight cuts. Featherweight champion Jose Aldo and interim champion Conor McGregor face off in an icy calm, while middleweight champion Chris Weidman and challenger Luke Rockhold keep things light during their interactions. Plus, Rockhold develops his own rapport with – and impression of – Weidman’s friend, Gian Villante.
On Episode 3 of UFC 194 Embedded, the stars of the fight card venture to Las Vegas. Middleweight champion Chris Weidman consults with his son for some last-minute game planning for his bout against “Wook Woghow.” Challenger Luke Rockhold gets a haircut and pedicure prior to the bout, as his coach Javier Mendez receives a quick geography lesson. Nocturnal 145-pound interim champ Conor McGregor reveals that […]
On Episode 3 of UFC 194 Embedded, the stars of the fight card venture to Las Vegas. Middleweight champion Chris Weidman consults with his son for some last-minute game planning for his bout against “Wook Woghow.” Challenger Luke Rockhold gets a haircut and pedicure prior to the bout, as his coach Javier Mendez receives a quick geography lesson. Nocturnal 145-pound interim champ Conor McGregor reveals that he has inside information on opponent’s Jose Aldo training camp, then boards a party bus to his Vegas digs.
On Episode 1 of UFC 194 Embedded, middleweight champion Chris Weidman talks fashion, friendship and fights during a media day in New York City. On the other coast, Californian challenger Luke Rockhold wraps up the most important training camp of his life. In Rio de Janeiro, featherweight champion Jose Aldo mulls over his methods for defeating [….]
On Episode 1 of UFC 194 Embedded, middleweight champion Chris Weidman talks fashion, friendship and fights during a media day in New York City. On the other coast, Californian challenger Luke Rockhold wraps up the most important training camp of his life. In Rio de Janeiro, featherweight champion Jose Aldo mulls over his methods for defeating interim champion Conor McGregor, who is busy honing his own skills in Los Angeles.
UFC 193 came live from Melbourne in Australia, in an all female double title headliner. Ronda Rousey was making a defense to her bantamweight belt against boxing champion Holly Holm in the main event at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia tonight and it was Holly Holm who put on a master class performance and KO’d Ronda Rousey in the 2nd round to become the New Bantamweight Champion.
UFC 193 came live from Melbourne in Australia, in an all female double title headliner. Ronda Rousey was making a defense to her bantamweight belt against boxing champion Holly Holm in the main event at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia tonight and it was Holly Holm who put on a master class performance and KO’d Ronda Rousey in the 2nd round to become the New Bantamweight Champion.
In the co-main event it was strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk who was defending her belt against Canada’s own Valerie Letourneau in a five round battle, for which we saw Joanna Jedrzejczyk retain her title via Unanimous Decision from a very tough Valerie Letourneau.
Here are the full results:
Main Card
Holly Holm DEF Ronda Rousey via KO 0.59 seconds Round Two
#AND #NEW #BANTAMWEIGHT #CHAMPION
Joanna Jedrzejczyk DEF Valerie Letourneau via Unanimous Decision 49-46, 49-46, 50-45
Mark Hunt DEF Antonio Silva via TKO 3 mins 41 seconds Round One
Robert Whittaker DEF Uriah Hall via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 29-28
Jared Rosholt DEF Stefan Struve via Unanimous Decision 29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Prelim Card
Jake Matthews DEF Arreola Akbarh via TKO (Dr Stoppage) end of Round Two
Kyle Noke DEF Peter Sobotta via TKO 3 mins 01 secs Round One
Gian Villante DEF Anthony Perosh via KO 2 mins 56 seconds Round One
Danny Martinez DEF Richie Vaculik via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27
Prelim card – Fight pass
Daniel Kelly DEF Steve Montgomery via unanimous decision 29-28, 29-28,29-28
James Moonstasri DEF Anton Zafir via spinning back kick TKO 4 mins 36 secs Round One
Rich Walsh DEF Steve Kennedy via decision 30-27, 30-27, 29-28
Ben Nguyen DEF Ryan Benoit v RNC 2 mins 35 secs
FOTN
Ronda Rousey vs Holly Holm
POTN
Holly Holm
Kyle Noke
UFC Fight Night New Jersey, came live from the Prudential Center in Newark last night where Luke Rockhold put on a clear dominant performance to become, only, the third person to have ever submit Lyoto Machida.
In the co-main event Jacare Souza proved yet again why he should be the number one contender in the middleweight division, with almost an exact re-run of his first encounter with Chris Camozzi and defeating him under three minutes of the first round.
Max Holloway grows with each fight and the 23-year-old featherweight proved again why he is ‘Blessed’ by dismantling Cub Swanson in the third round with an awesome mounted Guillotine Choke.
One of the youngest fighters on the UFC’s roster is female athlete Paige VanZant for whom their was a lot of hype surrounding this match up with veteran fighter Felice Herrig. It was to be the youngster’s night who clearly put on a one-sided dominant performance who took the unanimous decision victory over Felice Herrig.
Main Card Results
Luke Rockhold Def Lyoto Machida Via RNC 2 mins 31 secs Round Two
Jacare Souza Def Chris Camozzi Via Verbal submission Armbar 2 mins 33 secs Round One
Max Holloway Def Cub Swanson Via Mounted Guillotine Choke 3 mins 58 secs Round Three
Paige VanZant Def Felice Herrig Via Unanimous Decision 30-27, 30-26, 30-26
Preliminary Card FOX, BT Sports
Beneil Dariush Def Jim Miller Via Unanimous Decision 29-28, 29-28, 29-28
Ovince St. Preux Def Patrick Cummins Via KO 4 mins 54 secs Round One
Gian Villante Def Corey Anderson Via TKO 4 mins 18 secs Round Three
Aljamain Sterling Def Takeya Mizugaki Via Arm Triangle 2 mins 11 secs Round Three
Preliminary Card (Fight Pass)
Tim Means Def George Sullivan Via Arm Triangle 3 mins 21 secs Round Three
Diego Brandao Def Jim Hettes Via TKO (Dr Stoppage)* 5 mins Round One
Chris Dempsey Def Eddie Gordon Via Split Decision 28-29, 29-28, 29-28
*Jim Hettes sustained an Ear Injury for which turned out his ‘Cauliflower’ on his Ear exploded
BONUSES
FOTN
Gian Villante and Corey Anderson
POTN
Luke Rockhold
Max Holloway
All earned $50,000 each
The UFC is in New Jersey this weekend, coming live from the Prudential Center in Newark, where Lyoto Machida faces Luke Rockhold in which could potentially be a No.1 contender’s match-up in the middleweight division. With Yoel Romero injured, Chris Camozzi has stepped in on short notice to face Jacare Souza in the co-main event. In the featherweight showdown Cub Swanson takes on Max Holloway in what should be an action packed fight, while Felice Herrig opens up the Main Card with a women’s strawweight showdown with the much talked about Paige VanZant, and lets face it, there seems to be no love lost between these two athletes, so expect fireworks from the off and a potential FOTN!
Before we get to the fights we have to make sure they’re all on weight. Here are at the results:
Main Card (FOX, BT Sports)
Lyoto Machida (185 lbs) vs. Luke Rockhold (185 lbs)
Jacare Souza (186 lbs) vs. Chris Camozzi (185 lbs)
Cub Swanson (145 lbs) vs. Max Holloway (146 lbs)
Felice Herrig (115 lbs) vs. Paige VanZant (115 lbs)
Preliminary Card FOX, BT Sports)
Jim Miller (156 lbs) vs. Beneil Dariush (155 lbs)
Ovince St. Preux (205 lbs) vs. Patrick Cummins (205 lbs)
Corey Anderson (205 lbs) vs. Gian Villante (206 lbs)
Aljamain Sterling (136 lbs) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (136 lbs)
Preliminary Card (Fight Pass)
Tim Means (170 lbs) vs. George Sullivan (171 lbs)
Diego Brandao (145 lbs) vs. Jim Hettes (146 lbs)
Eddie Gordon (186 lbs) vs. Chris Dempsey (186 lbs)
