Fight Previews

IFL Connecticut Weigh-In Results

The official weigh-in results for tonight’s International Fight League event at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut are below. All fighters successfully made weight on their first try with the exception of Josh Souder, who needed only a few minutes to cut his extra weight.

The event will feature a total of three title bouts. IFL heavyweight champion Roy Nelson will defend his title against last-minute injury replacement Brad Imes, who was the heavyweight runner-up on the second season of “The Ultimate Fighter”.

IFL middleweight king Ryan McGivern will also take on New Jersey native Dan Miller and lightweight champion Ryan Schultz will make his second title defense against submission artist Deividas Taurosevicius.

Championship Fights:

Roy Nelson (264.2 lbs) vs. Brad Imes (249.2 lbs)
Ryan Schultz (154 lbs) vs. Deividas Taurosevicius (154 lbs)
Ryan McGivern (181.2 lbs) vs. Dan Miller (180.5 lbs)

Non-Title Fights:

Matt Horwich (185.7 lbs) vs. Joey Guel (185.5 lbs)
Zac George (155.2 lbs) vs. Josh Souder (155.2 lbs)
Lamont Lister (205.2 lbs) vs. Aaron Stark (205.7 lbs)
John Franchi (155 lbs) vs. Frank Latina (152 lbs)
Nick Calandrino (170 lbs) vs. John Howard (170.5 lbs)
Mike Massenzio (185.2 lbs) vs. Danillo Villefort (184.7 lbs)

Video Hype: Pulver Talks Faber at PBR

Former UFC lightweight champion Jens “Lil’ Evil” Pulver discusses his upcoming WEC featherweight title fight against current champion Urijah Faber, which takes place just a little more than two weeks away on June 1st at WEC 34 in Sacramento, California in the above video at a recent PBR event courtesy of Versus.

Pulver talks about the mutual respect he and Faber have for each other, how he plans to put on an exciting fight on for all of the fans watching, and why he would like to out-wrestle and score a submission win over Faber to prove that his skills are still evolving.

Inoue Returns to Action at Saturday’s X-1

Former longtime Superbrawl/ICON Sport middleweight champion and two-time PRIDE veteran Egan Inoue will come out of a five-year retirement this Saturday to take on HDNet Fights veteran Hans Marrero at X-1’s “Legends” event at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Inoue has not fought since being stopped by fellow former ICON Sport title holder Jason “Mayhem” Miller in December 2003. Before the loss, Inoue had won six out of his past eight bouts, including submission wins over Joe Doerksen and John Alessio.

Marrero, who requested the matchup against Inoue on his behalf, has not fought since being defeated by current “Ultimate Fighter” participant C.B. Dollaway at HDNet Fights inaugural show last October. Marrero has lost his last three fights.

The co-main event will see current X-1 welterweight champion and Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Chad Reiner defend his title against Brandon Wolff. Local favorite Ray Cooper will also be returning to active competition after a two-year hiatus against Richie Whitson for the vacant X-1 lightweight title.

The complete fight card for the event is as follows:

Hans Marrero vs Egan Inoue
Chad Reiner vs. Brandon Wolff
Richie Whitson vs. Ray Cooper
Dylan Clay vs. Ronald Jhun
Michael Brightmon vs. Kolo Koka
Kana Hyatt vs. Albert Manners
Brandon Visher vs. Lorenzo Moreno
Sean Sakata vs. Johnavan Visante

Cage Rage 26: Extreme Weigh-In Results

The official weigh-in results for tomorrow afternoon’s Cage Rage 26: Extreme show are below. All fighters successfully made weight.

The event will be headlined by a Cage Rage light heavyweight British title bout between a returning veteran in Ian Freeman and a streaking Paul Cahoon, who is currently riding a five-fight winning streak and most recently defeated Elvis Sinosic in December.

Mark Epstein and Matt Ewin will also clash for the Cage Rage middleweight British belt. Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Ross Pointon will be in action as well, taking on Ross Mason. The full card will be available for free viewing on ProElite.com.

Main Card:

Ian Freeman (205 lbs) vs. Paul Cahoon (200 lbs)
Rodney Faverus (204 lbs) vs. James Zikic (202 lbs)
Ross Mason (169 lbs) vs. Ross Pointon (169 lbs)
Mark Epstein (185 lbs) vs. Matt Ewin (184 lbs)
Paul Reed (145 lbs) vs. Brad Pickett (145 lbs)
Che Mills (169 lbs) vs. Marios Zaromskis (169 lbs)
Henrique Nogueira (200 lbs) vs. Marc Goddard (205 lbs)
Kev Simms (240 lbs) vs. Popek Rak (228 lbs)
Harvey Harra (154 lbs) vs. Garry Kelly (154 lbs)
Chris Rice (184 lbs) vs. Edgelson Lue (180 lbs)

MFC 16: Anger Managment Weigh-In Results

The official weigh-in results for tonight’s MFC 16: Anger Management show are below. Two fighters, Ryan McGillivray and Jeremy Martin failed to make their required weight limits. Both fighters will lose a quarter of their purse.

The card will be headlined by two co-main events: MFC undefeated welterweight contender Ryan Ford will attempt to capitalize on momentum gained from his last win over UFC veteran Pete Spratt in taking on C.J. Fernandes (Rogers Sportsnet has an interview with Ford here); longtime veteran heavyweight Eric Pele will go up against California prospect Chase Gormley.

HDNet will televise the main card portion of the event starting at 10:30 PM ET.

Main Card:

C.J. Fernandes (170.5 lbs) vs. Ryan Ford (171 lbs)
Chase Gormley (266 lbs) vs. Eric Pele (263 lbs)
Matt Veach (171 lbs) vs. Matt Macgrath (170 lbs)
Ben Henderson (155.5 lbs) vs. Mike Maestas (154.5 lbs)
Chris Camozzi (184.5 lbs) vs. Dwayne Lewis (186 lbs)
Aron Lofton (204 lbs) vs. Jason Kuchera (203.5 lbs)
Gavin Neil (165 lbs) vs. Ryan McGillivray (174 lbs)
Jeremy Martin (175.5 lbs) vs. Mike Sorensen (169.5 lbs)

Preliminary Bouts:

Brandon Curts (184.5 lbs) vs. Sean Wright (183.5 lbs)
Troy Sorenson (155.5 lbs) vs. Mike Tubbs (154.5 lbs)
Dave Nippard (151.5 lbs) vs. Evan Sanguin (154 lbs)

Spratt-Von Flue Headlines UWC Card Saturday

Pete Spratt and Jason Von Flue, both veterans of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, will collide in a welterweight bout that will headline the Ultimate Warrior Challenge’s latest show tomorrow night at George Mason University’s Patriot Center in Washington D.C.

Longtime mixed martial arts veteran John Lewis, who was recently named President of the promotion, will be promoting the show.

Spratt is coming off of a controversial loss to Ryan Ford at a Maximum Fighting Championship event in February. Spratt was caught with two illegal right hands after time expired to end the first round. However Ford and referee Herb Dean were unaware that the round had ended

A stunned Spratt remained on the canvas for almost a minute and a half before finally making his way back to his corner. He was allotted a full five minutes in order to regain his composure but Spratt was unable to get his bearings back for the second round. Ford eventually submitted Spratt with a rear naked choke to end the fight minutes later.

Von Flue has lost his last three fights, most recently being stopped by IFL veteran Brett Cooper at a Pure Combat event in December. Special guests expected to be at the event include Andrei Arlovski, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Frank Trigg, Carlos Condit, and Hermes Franca.

The complete fight card for the event is as follows:

Pete Spratt vs. Jason Von Flue
Aaron Riley vs. Thiago Minu
Thomas Schulte vs. Zach Light
Carlo Prater vs. Marcelo Brito
Rex Richards vs. Antwain Britt
Marcus Foran vs. Tenyah Dixon
Mike Corey vs. Dwayne Shelton
Johnny Curtis vs. Josh Feldman
Gerald Lovato vs. Mike Easton
Reshad Woods vs. Ron Stallings

UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre II Weigh-In Results

The official weigh-in results for tomorrow night’s UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre II show are below. All fighters successfully made weight.

The event will be headlined by current welterweight champions Georges St. Pierre and Matt Serra unifying their belts in a main event rematch of their fight at UFC 69: Shootout last year, where Serra stopped St. Pierre with strikes to win the UFC welterweight title.

Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin will also be in action, taking on the middleweight winner of the fourth season of “The Ultimate Fighter, Travis Lutter. Additional main card bouts include Nate Quarry vs. Kalib Starnes, Michael Bisping vs. Charles McCarthy, and Mac Danzig vs. Mark Bocek.

Main Card:

Matt Serra (169.5 lbs) vs. Georges St. Pierre (169.5 lbs)
Rich Franklin (185.5 lbs) vs. Travis Lutter (185 lbs)
Nate Quarry (185.5 lbs) vs. Kalib Starnes (186 lbs)
Michael Bisping (185.5 lbs) vs. Charles McCarthy (186 lbs)
Mac Danzig (154.5 lbs) vs. Mark Bocek (154.5 lbs)

Preliminary Bouts:

Jason MacDonald (185 lbs) vs. Joe Doerksen (184.5 lbs)
Sam Stout (155.5 lbs) vs. Rich Clementi (155 lbs)
Ed Herman (185.5 lbs) vs. Demian Maia (184.5 lbs)
Jonathan Goulet (169.5 lbs) vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka (170 lbs)
Alan Belcher (185 lbs) vs. Jason Day (183.5 lbs)
Cain Velasquez (235.5 lbs) vs. Brad Morris (225.5 lbs)

Screenshots from this afternoon’s weigh-ins featuring St. Pierre and Serra are after the jump, courtesy of Yahoo! Sports.

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YAMMA Pit Fighting Weigh-In Results

The official weigh-in results for tonight’s YAMMA Pit Fighting debut show are below. All fighters successfully made weight.

The event will be highlighted by two bouts in YAMMA’s “Master’s Division”. Infamous professional boxer Eric “Butterbean” Esch will take on replacement opponent Patrick Smith. Former UFC tournament champions Oleg Taktarov and Mark Kerr will also collide.

A one-night, eight-man heavyweight tournament featuring veterans Ricco Rodriguez and Travis Wiuff is also scheduled.

There were only a couple of minor hitches at the weigh-ins. Ricco Rodriguez and Bryan Vetell both originally failed to make weight but each came in under the heavyweight tournament limit one-hour later.

Main Card:

Oleg Taktarov (221 lbs) vs. Mark Kerr (266 lbs)
Patrick Smith (240 lbs) vs. Eric “ Butterbean” Esch (416 lbs)

Tournament Fights:

Ricco Rodriguez (264 lbs) vs. George Bush (231 lbs)
Travis Wiuff (Pictures) (242 lbs) vs. Marcelo Pereira (219 lbs)
Chris Tuscherer (264 lbs) vs. Tony Sylvester (262 lbs)
Sherman Pendergarst (264 lbs) vs. Alexey Oleinik (220 lbs)
Antwain Britt (228 lbs) vs. Bryan Vetell (266 lbs)*
Lamont Lister (212 lbs) vs. Oleg Savitsky (199 lbs)*

* - Britt-Vetell and Lister-Savitsky will serve as alternate bouts for the tournament. Ron Waterman will standby as an injury replacement. He weighed-in at 264 lbs.

ShoXC Weigh-In Results and Quotes

Streaking Bao Quach of Irvine, Calif., will seek his seventh consecutive victory in a fight he took on two day’s notice when he faces Doug Evans of Anchorage, Alaska, in one of the five Showtime-televised fights tomorrow/Saturday on ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series (live on Showtime, 11:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) at Table Mountain Casino at Friant, Calif.

Quach (12-8-1) is a replacement in the 145-pound match for Wilson Reis, who failed to turn in his paperwork on time to the California State Athletic Commission.

In his ShoXC debut on Jan. 25, 2008, at Atlantic City, Quach registered an impressive, upset three-round unanimous decision over Bobby McMaster (8-3) of Boston Mass.

Other televised fights include: undefeated Jared Hamman (10-0) of San Bernardino, Calif., vs. once-beaten Po’ai Suganuma (8-1) of Hilo, Hawaii, in the main event at 205 pounds; Shayna “The Queen Of Spades’’ Baszler (10-4) of Sioux Falls, S.D., vs. Japan’s Keiko “Tama Chan’’ Tamai (16-14) at 140 pounds; Fabricio “Morango” Camoes (9-4) of Brazil vs. Joe Camacho (10-11-3) of Los Angeles at 160 pounds; and Giva “The Arm Collector’’ Santana (10-0) of Irvine, Calif., vs. Matt “Luke Duke’’ Lucas (9-0) of Phoenix, Ariz., at 185 pounds.

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Three Title Fights Headline IFL Tonight

The International Fight League will jump back into action with the first of two events in two months as the promotion travels to the Izod Center (formerly Continental Airlines Arena) in East Rutherford, New Jersey for their second show in 2008.

The card for the event might very well be the deepest lineup the organization has put together since it’s inception in January 2006. Matchmaker Kurt Otto has put together three championship fights as well as an undercard featuring the likes of Bart Palaszewski, Chris Horodecki, and UFC veterans Carmelo Marrero and Alex Schoenauer.

Tonight’s event will be televised live on HDNet beginning at 8:30 PM ET. Here’s a little preview of tonight’s bouts.

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