UFC Live Blog: Court McGee vs. Dongi Yang Updates

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NEW ORLEANS - This is the UFC Fight Night 25 live blog for Court McGee vs. Dongi Yang, a middleweight bout on tonight's UFC on Spike telecast from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

McGee (13-1, 2-0 UFC), the winner of Season 11 of "The Ultimate Fighter," has not competed since a submission win over Ryan Jensen at UFC 121 last October. It was his second straight submission win after tapping out Kris McCray to win TUF 11.

Yang (10-1, 1-1 UFC) is coming off a TKO victory over Rob Kimmons at UFC on Versus 3 in March. Prior to that, he dropped a split decision to Chris Carmozzi at UFC 121 in his UFC debut, which also was the South Korean's first fight in the United States.

The live blog is below.



Round 1: McGee opens with a leg kick followed by traded jab fakes. Not much happening for 90 seconds, but Yang lands a kick and a punch, then ducks out of the way of McGee's combo until McGee lands a right uppercut. Inside leg kick from Yang lands, and a right cross from McGee just misses. Another inside leg kick from Yang hits, then another, and he just dodges a high kick from McGee. The crowd starts chanting for more action. A left from McGee lands, and it looks like Yang slips and hits the mat for a second. Another couple good kicks from Yang. He's landing them reguarly, but McGee is coming forward a little more. It's a close round. We'll give it to Yang 10-9 based on the leg kicks, but it could go either way.

Round 2: Nice combo from McGee gets things started. Yang ducks under a punch, but McGee rushes in looking for a takedown. He can't get it and we go back to the center 90 seconds into the round. A long stall of not much action beyond traded jabs and some OK inside leg kicks, but with 90 seconds left McGee lands a nice 1-2. The crowd is booing and wants more than it's getting from this fight. High kick from McGee finds the mark, but not enough to drop Yang. But a couple short uppercuts hit home and wobble Yang briefly. It's a 10-9 second round for McGee on our card.

Round 3: Good jab from Yang lands. McGee looks briefly for a takedown, but it's not there, and he backs out of Yang's counter. We trade jabs and then out of nowhere, Yang lands a left that drops McGee, and as McGee gets back up Yang lands a knee moving in. We move into rock 'em sock 'em robots mode all of a sudden with 2:40 left, and the crowd appreciates it greatly. Both fighters are cut up on the face. They clinch and look for a takedown, but no dice. Yang now is bleeding a little more, and he spits some blood out onto the canvas. McGee is coming forward and just misses a roundhouse kick. He shoots for a takedown, but Yang defends. They clinch, and McGee gets a nice takedown, then looks to transition to mount but Yang gets up. McGee goes for a tired shot and somehow gets a short takedown. He lands some good elbows at the 10-second mark, then looks to lock in a choke. Yang survives the round, but it's an obvious 10-9 for McGee. We've got the fight for him 29-28.

Result: Court McGee def. Dongi Yang, unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-28)


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UFC allows questionable music choices at UFN 25

UFC allows questionable music choices at UFN 25One of the fun parts of a live UFC event is the way fighters use music to pump up as they walk out to the Octagon, but two fighters made questionable choices in their walkout songs at Ultimate Fight Night 25. Those bad decisions were then repeated by UFC president Dana White, who approves every song that is used by fighters.

Ken Stone, who won via submission, walked out to the Prodigy song, "Smack My Bitch Up." The song repeats two lines, "Smack my bitch up, change my pitch up." When it was released in 1997, it was protested by women's groups as condoning violence towards women. MTV only allowed the song to be played late at night, and Wal-Mart and K-Mart pulled the CD from its stores. Prodigy released a statement that the song was not about violence, but that's not apparent from its lyrics.

The next bad decision was when Matt Riddle walked out to the Scorpions song, "Rock You Like a Hurricane." In most cities, it's the perfect song to walk out to, but these fights took place in New Orleans. That's a city that was literally rocked by a hurricane in 2005. Hurricane Katrina's effects are still being felt in New Orleans, as they struggle to restore their population and status as a tourist destination to pre-Katrina levels.

The UFC generally controls their brand very tightly, and UFC officials confirmed to Cagewriter that White approves every walkout song. He has vetoed songs in the past. It's surprising that the UFC would let these two songs slip through.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/UFC-allows-questionable-music-choices-at-UFN-25?urn=mma-wp6987

Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah  Terrance Aflague Yoshihiro Akiyama  Gilbert Aldana 

Floyd Mayweather Knocks Out Victor Ortiz

Victor Ortiz was knocked out by Floyd Mayweather in the main event Saturday night in Las Vegas.In a crazy ending to one of the biggest boxing matches of the year, Floyd Mayweather knocked out Victor Ortiz with one second remaining in the fourth round of their fight on Saturday night -- with two hard punches that Ortiz never even saw coming, because he thought the referee had called a pause to the action.

The wild exchange at the end of the fourth round began with Ortiz battering Mayweather against the ropes, and then landing a head-butt to Mayweather's chin. The referee, Joe Cortez, immediately stepped in and admonished Ortiz for the head butt, taking the point away.

With that, Ortiz went over to Mayweather, kissed him on the cheek and apologized. Cortez wasn't even looking at the two of them at that point, and Ortiz seemed to think the fourth round had ended. But the round wasn't over, and Mayweather drilled Ortiz with a huge 1-2 punch, knocking Ortiz flat on his back. Ortiz wasn't able to get up as Cortez counted to 10, and Mayweather won by knockout.

After the fight, the crowd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas booed Mayweather, who blamed Ortiz for the head butt and said he himself had done nothing wrong.




"I got hit with a dirty shot," Mayweather said. "It's protect yourself at all time. I hit him with a left hook, right hand, and that ended the bout."

As he looked at a replay of his knockout, Mayweather said he had no remorse for hitting Ortiz when Ortiz didn't know it was coming.

"We're not here to cry and complain what he did dirty or what I did dirty," Mayweather said. "I was victorious. If he wants a rematch he can get a rematch."

For his part, Ortiz said he thought Cortez had called timeout in the fight at the time Mayweather knocked him out.

"It was called a break by the referee," Ortiz said. "I obeyed. I obeyed, exactly as I was told. I looked at the ref, I looked up, and then -- boom! -- I was out."

Ortiz apologized for the head butt and said he wasn't attempting to butt heads with Mayweather intentionally. And he wasn't blaming anyone, either Mayweather or Cortez, for his knockout loss.

"I'm not perfect," he said. "No one is, and neither is the ref."

In boxing, very little is perfect. And this fight had the most imperfect of endings.

 

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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/09/18/floyd-mayweather-knocks-out-victor-ortiz/

Andre Amade  Dean Amasinger  Jimmy Ambriz Matt Andersen  Alex Andrade 

All Ultimate Fight Night 25 fights official after weigh-ins

All Ultimate Fight Night 25 fights official after weigh-ins

All of the Ultimate Fight Night 25 fighters made weight at the drama-less weigh-ins in New Orleans on Friday.

UFC commentator Joe Rogan kicked things off while honoring recently deceased trainer Shawn Tompkins by wearing a Team Tompkins shirt. Clay Harvison, who will face Setb Baczynski, got into the NOLA spirit by throwing beads and wearing a jester's hat. Shamar Bailey didn't make weight on his first try, but made it after taking off his chain. Alan Belcher, who hasn't fought in more than a year because of an eye injury, only made weight after stripping down. Main eventers Jake Ellenberger and Jake Shields made weight without a problem.

Complete weigh-in results thanks to MMA Junkie:

MAIN CARD (Spike TV)
?    Jake Ellenberger (170) vs. Jake Shields (171)
?    Court McGee (184.5) vs. Dongi Yang (186)
?    Jonathan Brookins (145.5) vs. Erik Koch (146)
?    Alan Belcher (186) vs. Jason MacDonald (185)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook)
?    Cody McKenzie (155.5) vs. Vagner Rocha (155.5)
?    Shamar Bailey (156) vs. Evan Dunham (156)
?    Lance Benoist (170.5) vs. Matt Riddle (171)
?    Ken Stone (136) vs. Donny Walker (135.5)
?    Seth Baczynski (171) vs. Clay Harvison (170)
?    Mike Stumpf (171) vs. T.J. Waldburger (171)
?    Mike Lullo (146) vs. Robert Peralta (145.5)
?    Justin Edwards (171) vs. Jorge Lopez (171)

See a more pictures from the weigh-in at Combat Lifestyle, and a full video of the weigh-ins at the UFC website.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/All-Ultimate-Fight-Night-25-fights-official-afte?urn=mma-wp6954

José Aldo  John Alessio  Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez

Edwards, Peralta and Waldburger early winners at UFN 25

Edwards, Peralta and Waldburger early winners at UFN 25

Justin Edwards, Robert Peralta and T.J. Waldburger started off Ultimate Fight Night 25 with wins. Waldburger's submission was the most memorable of the early fights taking place in New Orleans on Saturday night.

Edwards ekes out decision

Jorge Lopez, a protege of Wanderlei Silva's started the fight with a big takedown, leaving him open for  Edwards to squeeze in for a guillotine. Edwards could not hold on, and the fight returned to stand-up.

Edwards had an easy time taking down Lopez, but couldn't always hold on to his position. Edwards took  Lopez's back near the end of the second and used that position to land several big hooks, but again, Lopez was able to reverse out of the position.

Lopez took over in the third round, taking Edwards down and smothering him with strikes. He also showed off great jiu-jitsu, but it was not enough. Edwards won by decision, 29-28 on all three cards.

Peralta wins with leg kicks

Robert Peralta, making his UFC debut, won the first round with a takedown and several punishing leg kicks, the same move that Edson Barboza used to beat Mike Lullo in his last fight. Peralta was able to stuff Lullo's takedown attempts and turn it into clinch work in the second round. Lullo returned several of his kicks but they weren't as damaging as Peralta's.

Lullo improved as the fight went on, but still had trouble overcoming Peralta's kicks and takedown defense. Lullo finally got him down near the end of the third round. He took Peralta's back, but couldn't finish the fight.  The judges called it 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 for Peralta.

Waldburger shows submission magic

T.J. Waldburger started the fight with fireworks, throwing a flying knee, then following Stumpf to the ground to damage him with strikes, then work him with jiu-jitsu. Stumpf, who took the fight on short notice, was able to get out and meet Waldburger with his own knee, but then Waldburger was able to get another takedown. From there, he put on a jiu-jitsu clinic, starting with an armbar before transitioning into a triangle choke. Stumpf tapped at 3:52.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Edwards-Peralta-and-Waldburger-early-winners-at?urn=mma-wp6961

Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah  Terrance Aflague Yoshihiro Akiyama  Gilbert Aldana 

Mayweather vs. Ortiz Results: Live Updates of Undercard and Main Event

Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz will be the main event on a boxing card Saturday night.MMA Fighting has live results of Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz fight card in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

When the main event begins, around 11:30PM ET, check out our Mayweather vs. Ortiz live blog for live round-by-round updates. Prior to the main event, we'll have live updates and results on all the undercard fights below.

Check out the Mayweather vs. Ortiz undercard live blog below.




Main Event
Floyd Mayweather Knocks Out Victor Ortiz

Jesse Vargas vs. Josesito Lopez

Round 1:
This fight is underway. Plenty of empty seats still in the arena, and the crowd is awfully quiet. Vargas is landing the cleaner, more effective punches in the early going, and I have the first round for Vargas, 10-9.
Round 2:
Vargas's jab is giving Lopez a lot of trouble, and so far I see this fight being all Vargas, with the second round going to Vargas, 10-9.
Round 3:
Vargas lands a big right hand that makes Lopez wince. Now Lopez backs Vargas into the corner and lands to the body, for his best exchange of the fight so far. It's turning into a bit of a brawl with both men swinging hard and landing. Lopez is now landing the harder punches and feeling more comfortable, and I give the third round to Lopez, 10-9.
Round 4:
Lopez is continuing to throw the harder punches, and Vargas is feeling it. Lopez is really starting to turn it on now and is getting to the inside, and I now have it even after scoring that round for Lopez, 10-9.
Round 5:
Lopez is really going on the attack now. Vargas will jab, Lopez will block it and then Lopez will get inside and land. Vargas lands a strong left hand to the body, which hurt Lopez. This was a very close round that I'll give to Vargas, 10-9.
Round 6:
Vargas now going after the body more with another left hand to the ribs. And now Lopez goes to the body and Vargas appears to be hurting. It's back and forth with both men going to the body. Lopez hammers away at the end of the round and I'll give it to Lopez, 10-9.
Round 7:
Lopez has a cut near his right eye that was caused by an accidental head butt, and that's something we'll need to keep watching out for. I don't think the cut is bad enough to stop the fight, however. Now Lopez lands a very good left-right combination. Tough round to score but I'll give it to Lopez, 10-9.
Round 8:
Vargas comes out and lands a low blow, and he gets a point deducted. That could be huge in a close fight like this. Vargas is now coming in and attacking, and Lopez isn't getting much done. Now a big right hand for Lopez. Lopez coming on strong when he attacks but not doing enough of it. A close round that I'll give to Vargas, but with the point deduction it's a 9-9 round.
Round 9:
Vargas lands a nice series of punches now, and Lopez is being a little too passive for my tastes -- he's missing some opportunities. I'm giving that round to Vargas and we have a very close fight heading into the 10th: Vargas, 10-9.
Round 10:
Both guys look a little tired and I think Lopez is really missing an opportunity to pour it on late, losing his aggression late in the fight and giving Vargas some openings. Just as I say that, however, Lopez lands a good right hand. I think it's the cut from the accidental head butt that has made Lopez less aggressive, and Vargas is now landing a lot of punches. Now Lopez lands a hard left hook! Big punch for Lopez as these two are both pouring it on in the last 30 seconds. Vargas has landed more punches in this round and I'm going to give it to Vargas, 10-9. I've got Vargas winning 95-94. I'll let you know what the judges say in just a moment.
Vargas beats Lopez by split decision. Scores: 95-94 Lopez, 96-93 Vargas and 95-94 Vargas

Erik Morales vs. Pablo Cesar Cano

Round 1:
This fight is underway. Morales looks a little stiff and slow and Cano is letting his hands go, which isn't quite what I expected. Cano landed a hard left hook in the closing moments of the round and did enough that I give the first round to Cano, 10-9.
Round 2:
Morales comes to the inside and Cano makes him pay for it with a hard left hook. Cano with a couple good right hands as well. Now Morales finally opens up and lands a couple, although Cano keeps right after him. Morales was better in this round but I still give it to Cano, 10-9.
Round 3:
Morales is really looking slow here compared to the youngster Cano. Morales looks frustrated; Cano looks focused. Cano landing a combination and an uppercut. Morales lands a right hand that was probably his hardest punch of the fight so far. But Cano landed more and I'm giving the round to Cano, 10-9.
Round 4:
Morales with a good right hand. But then Cano comes right back with a good combination. That's been the story of the fight so far, whatever Morales can do, Cano can do better, and especially faster. That good right hand at the start of the round opened a cut on Cano, however, and Cano is feeling it. Morales sees the cut and goes on the attack, and Morales finally looks confident after having nothing going on earlier. I give the fourth to Morales, 10-9.
Round 5:
Morales seems to be feeling a lot more comfortable now and has started to come alive, although Cano isn't backing down. Now Cano with a jab, body shot and right hand to the head, and now Cano is hammering Morales against the ropes. The aging Morales just isn't as active as the Morales we all loved years ago. I give the fifth to Cano, 10-9.
Round 6:
Morales lands a hard punch early. Morales is showing more punching power now and looks like he's trying to knock Cano out. Morales has definitely woken up and is landing harder, more effective punches than he was early in the fight. I give the round to Morales, 10-9.
Round 7:
Cano comes out and lands a hard right hand. That opened a cut near Morales's left eye. The cut is really bothering Morales, who's backing away, and Cano is chasing him. Good round for Cano, 10-9.
Round 8:
Now both men are throwing hard and both men have bloodied faces. Morales has landed a couple hard right hands, and then Cano lands a hard right of his own. A couple of good jabs for Morales, who is really busting up Cano's face now. A good round for Morales, 10-9.
Round 9:
Cano is looking a little tired, and Morales lands a good left hand. As this fight wears on Morales is really improving his punching accuracy and hitting Cano with everything he throws. I give the round to Morales, 10-9.
Round 10:
Cano's corner told him between rounds that they think he's losing the fight, and it's not surprising that they'd say that because they're looking closely at Cano's bloody mess of a face. Cano is moving around and throwing more but Morales is the one landing with power. Morales lands a big right hand that hurts Cano. Now the referee is calling a pause to the fight to ask the doctor to examine the multiple cuts on Cano's face. The doctor says Cano can continue, but Cano looks really hurt now as Morales is starting to pour it on. Morales lands a huge right-left that rocks Cano. And it's over! Cano made it out of the round but his corner decided to stop the fight!
Erik Morales wins by TKO after the 10th round.

Saul Alvarez vs Alfonso Gomez

Round 1:
This fight is underway. Alvarez looks sharp early and lands a couple of quick, hard punches when Gomez leans in. And down goes Gomez! A very short left jab from Alvarez knocks Gomez down late in the first round, and that gives the first round to Alvarez, 10-8.
Round 2:
The fans are chanting "Canelo!" for Alvarez, who looks very confident and assured right now. Gomez lands a strong body shot. Alvarez now goes to the body with a combination. Alvarez sticks and moves, landing a punch to Gomez's face and showing good head movement to dodge a punch from Gomez. A close second round that I give to Alvarez, 10-9.
Round 3:
Alvarez unleashes a good combination of punches early. Gomez now goes on the attack and backs Alvarez against the ropes. Gomez is landing some nice long jabs and follows one with a good right hand. Gomez is looking much better now after seeming a little overwhelmed to start the fight. I give the round to Gomez, 10-9.
Round 4:
Gomez goes to the ground early but it's ruled a slip, not a knockdown. Gomez has Alvarez against the ropes, and Alvarez is answering Gomez's shots with some hard uppercuts. Alvarez is landing much harder punches, but Gomez is throwing at a much higher volume. I give the round to Alvarez based on the more effective, harder punches, but I wouldn't be surprised if the judges all give it to Gomez. Alvarez, 10-9.
Round 5:
Gomez is continuing to back Alvarez up against the ropes, and it looks like it's starting to frustrate Alvarez. Alvarez is coming back with harder punches, and Gomez's punches don't have nearly as much power. Alvarez lands a hard left at the end of another very tough round to judge, with me giving it to Alvarez, 10-9.
Round 6:
It's more of the same: Gomez landing jabs and high-volume punches, while Alvarez is coming back and landing harder punches. Alvarez pours it on against the ropes! Alvarez really hitting Gomez hard and the referee steps in to stop it without Gomez even going down! A quick stoppage by the referee, and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez beats Alfonso Gomez by sixth-round TKO.

Now join me for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz live blog.

 

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Tank Abbott Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi  Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah 

White shoots down Lesnar retirement rumors

During today's UFC on Fox fight announcement teleconference, Dana White took a minute to address a Lesnar retirement story that made the rounds this morning on the MMA blogosphere.

"That's ridiculous. That's so far from the truth it's not even funny. The guy's a 100 percent. The guy's working up on farm in Canada all summer long," White said. "He's a 100 percent. His surgery went great. He's a 100 percent. He's getting back into training here in the next couple of weeks."

The MMACorner reported that Lesnar's career could be over:

However, multiple sources close to his camp tell a different story about the former champion's condition.  According to the sources, more than one doctor has informed Lesnar that he should no longer compete in the sport due to the stress that training and fighting puts on his body.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/White-shoots-down-Lesnar-retirement-rumors?urn=mma-wp6547

Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves  Andre Amade  Dean Amasinger  Jimmy Ambriz