UFC on FX Bonuses: Barry, Morecraft, Miller, Denis Each Collect $45K

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Pat Barry, Christian Morecraft, Jim Miller and Nick Denis were each awarded post-fight bonuses of $45,000 for their performances Friday at UFC on FX in Nashville.

In the Fight of the Night, heavyweight striker Pat Barry battled back from numerous submission attempts to TKO Christian Morecraft with ground and pound punches.

The end came when Barry slipped a left hook to land a leaping left hook of his own to floor Morecraft. Barry pounced and referee Herb Dean called a stop to the fight at three minutes and 38 seconds of the opening round.

The Submission of the Night involved another comeback. Jim Miller weathered through a knockdown to capitalize on opponent Melvin Guillard's weakness in submission defense. During a scramble, Miller hopped on a standing Guillard and pulled him to the ground to set up the rear-naked choke. Miller locked in the body triangle and forced the tapout at two minutes and four seconds of the first.

Sengoku and King of the Cage veteran Nick Denis needed only 22 seconds to win his UFC debut and collect the Knockout of the Night. The Canadian bantamweight brutally finished Joseph Sandoval with rapid-fire right elbows from standing.

 

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UFC on FX Results: Josh Neer Chokes Out Duane Ludwig

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In a short but entertaining fight on Friday night's UFC on FX card, Josh Neer withstood an early barrage from Duane Ludwig, then ended up choking Ludwig unconscious in the first round.

Early on Ludwig looked great, battering Neer with punches that seemed to be hurting him, and Neer was backing away. At one point Ludwig also knocked out Neer's mouth guard, and Neer may have benefitted from a brief pause in the action so that he was able to put it back in. At the start of the first round, it looked like Ludwig would have his way with Neer standing up.

But Neer bided his time and took Ludwig down, and once he did that he was in control. First Neer landed punches on the ground, then he slipped in a guillotine choke from half guard. Ludwig looked like he was about to tap out and then he simply slumped down, and Neer yelled to referee Josh Rosenthal that Ludwig was out. Rosenthal checked, saw that Neer was right, and stopped the fight. The fight lasted 3 minutes, 4 seconds.

"It was a good win," Neer said. "I wanted to stand up and trade more but he was getting the better of me so I took it to the ground to finish him."

The win improves Neer's MMA record to 33-10-1 and puts him on a six-fight winning streak. Ludwig falls to 21-12 and snaps a two-fight winning streak of his own.

 

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Jose Aldo?s post-fight celebration spills into crowd at UFC 142

UFC feather weight champion Jose Aldo adopted Rio de Janeiro as a home when he started fighting. After he beat Chad Mendes to defend the belt, they adopted him right back.

Immediately after the fight was stopped, Aldo ran out of the cage and into the crowd. The raucous crowd swarmed around him, all hoping to touch their triumphant fighter. The featherweight was lost among the bodies until he emerged on a cornerman's shoulders and finally made it back to the cage.

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Greatest promotion ever: Wearing ?Minowaman trunks? gets you tickets for the rest of 2012

There's no such thing at too embarrassed when it comes to stunts for free MMA tickets. At least not in Hawaii.

Promoter T. Jay Thompson found a way to bring in Japanese cult hero Ikuhisa "Minowa" for his fight card next weekend in Honolulu. Minowaman is revered in Japan for his lack of fear in facing fighters who often outweigh him by 60-plus pounds, and he's a real character. Leading the Minowaman fan club is HDNet's Michael Schiavello, who freaks out over Minowaman's red trunks.

Thompson is tapping into that craze by offering free tickets to anyone who shows up at Blaisdell Arena on Jan. 21, for the card featuring Minowaman against Kendall Grove, wearing those famous trunks. If someone does it there's an additional bonus.

"I did something similar with Mayhem years ago in Hawaii," Thompson told Sherdog.com on Tuesday. "You know, dye your hair, dress up as Mayhem, and I was gonna give away three sets of free tickets for a year to all my shows. I figured if I'm gonna get someone to put on a set of tights, they need more than a year."

It would be unfair to give all the red trunk credit to Minowaman. Clearly, wrestling's Nikolai Volkoff should get a hat tip as well. If you're heading to Honolulu in two weekends, just hope you're not sitting next to one of these dudes wearing the Speedos.

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