Castillo?s wrestling too much for Njokuani at UFC 141

Castillo?s wrestling too much for Njokuani at UFC 141

LAS VEGAS - Anthony Njokuani had to avoid the takedown and Danny Castillo needed to nullify his opponent's striking. Wrestling usually thwarts good standup and it did tonight at UFC 141.

The stronger grappler Castillo took the fight to the ground enough and controlled things on his way to a split decision win, 29-28, 28-29 and 29-28, over Njokuani in the first fight UFC 141 on the Spike broadcast.

Castillo got a little irked with UFC analyst Joe Rogan, who called the decision controversial.

"It was that close to you?" asked Castillo. "I thought it was close but not controversial."

Castillo (13-4, 3-1 UFC) got further annoyed when the crowd began to boo. He was quick to point out that he took three fights on short notice this year. The fans in attendance were clueless, they were just booing to boo.

Castillo took this fight on Decmeber 7 when Ramsey Nijem had to back out of the fight. He wasn't at 100 percent with his stamina, but it was good enough to control the pace of the fight.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Castillo-s-wrestling-too-much-for-Njokuani-at-UF?urn=mma-wp11309

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Brock Lesnar puts hunting incident behind him with fine and apology

Brock Lesnar puts hunting incident behind him with fine and apologyFormer UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar paid a fine and made an apology in a hunting incident in Canada from last year that made major news on the Internet last week when he was accused of several violations.

Lesnar was charged with failing to properly tag a deer, unlawful possession of wildlife and abandonment/wasting of the edible flesh of big game. Lesnar paid a fine for failing to tag a mule deer he shot, but the charge of abandonment was dropped.

The incident occurred during a hunt in Alberta, Canada, in 2010.

Lesnar released a statement in which he said, in part:

"In Alberta, Americans can't hunt without a licensed outfitter. The outfitter is there to make sure you follow the rules. I had two deer tags for the trip, which meant I could legally shoot two deer. On the first day of the trip, I shot a mule deer. On the second day, I shot a white tail. Video from the hunt has been on the Internet for over a year. After I shot the mule deer, I failed to immediately tag it. As far as I was involved, that's all there is to it.

"Now it's resolved. I paid my fine today. It's the kind of thing that happens to hunters all the time. I want to thank the Canadian authorities for their cooperation in resolving this misunderstanding. I love Canada and I can't wait to go back to Alberta for a hunt."

Lesnar said he had nothing to do with the abandonment charge and was relying on the outfitter to comply with the rules.

Lesnar fights Alistair Overeem in the main event of UFC 141 on Dec. 30 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It will be his first bout since losing his championship to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121 on Oct. 23, 2010.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Brock-Lesnar-puts-hunting-incident-behind-him-wi?urn=mma-wp10970

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UFC 141 Results, Live Coverage, and Play-by-Play

MMAFrenzy.com will have complete, live UFC 141 results tonight starting at 7:30pm ET for the preliminary card and 10pm ET for the pay-per-view main card, which is headlined by heavyweight contenders Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem and also features a lightweight showdown between Donald Cerrone and Nate Diaz.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/27011/ufc-141-results/

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Miguel Torres Back in the UFC

Miguel Torres is back in the UFC less than a month after the former WEC bantamweight champion was released for making a joke about rape on Twitter. UFC President Dana White announced at today's UFC 141 press conference that Torres had rejoined the promotion after he "handled his business like a man."

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/26999/miguel-torres-back-in-the-ufc/

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