Barboza picks apart Pearson for win at UFC 134

Edson Barboza was simply too long and fast for Ross Pearson tonight at UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro. The 5-foot-11 Barboza stayed on the move for 15 minutes and picked his shots on the way to a split decision victory 29-28 on the two cards and 28-29 on the other.

Pearson did well to survive against a guy who's looked spectacular at times in previous fights. Barboza's best weapon are his kicks. Pearson decided to push forward and close space for most of the night. His face showed the affect.

By the end of the fight, he had a good size hematoma over his left eye and a cut above his right eye. When there was space, Barboza (9-0, 3-0 UFC) did his biggest damage with some nifty spinning kicks.

Pearson, the champ from Season 9 of "The Ultimate Fighter," is now 5-2 in his official UFC fights. He looked a little beefier than normal for this one. Pearson's lack of speed made him an easy target for Barboza.

The judges were split on the fight. the number may back up the judge who chose Pearson. According to FightMetric, the Brit actually outlanded Barboza 60-55. Who landed the more significant, powerful shots? That can be debated. Check the fighter's faces at the close of the fight. Barboza wasn't showing much damage.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Barboza-picks-apart-Pearson-for-win-at-UFC-134?urn=mma-wp6316

Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves  Andre Amade 

ONE FC Results: Kwon vs. Folayang, Baroni vs. Yoshida, More

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MMA Fighting has ONE FC results of A Sol Kwon vs. Eduard Folayang, Phil Baroni vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida and the rest of the inaugural ONE FC event on Sept. 3 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

In the main event, lightweight Kwon aims for his seventh straight win against the Martial Combat veteran Folayang.

For live round-by-round updates, click here.

ONE FC results are below.

Eduard Folayang def. A Sol Kwon via unanimous decision (
live blog)
Yoshiyuki Yoshida def. Phil Baroni via unanimous decision (
live blog)
Eric Kelly def. Mitch Chilson via Technical Sub (Rear-Naked Choke) - Round 1, 3.10
Gregor Gracie def. Seok Mo Kim via Unanimous Decision
Zorobabel Moreira def.
Andy Wang via TKO (Knees) - Round 2, 1.49
Eddie Ng def. Yuan Chun Bo via KO (Punches) - Round 1, 0.45
Radeem Rahman def. Susovan Ghosh by TKO (Punches) - Round 1, 3.18
Vuyisile Colossa def. Ma Xing Yu by KO (Punch) - Round 1, 0.49
Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai def. Daniel Mashamaite via TKO (Knee) - Round 2, 0.14
Leandro Issa def. Soo Chul Kim via Unanimous Decision

 

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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/09/03/one-fc-results-kwon-vs-folayang-baroni-vs-yoshida-more/

Tank Abbott Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi  Daniel Acacio

Dana White: Brock Lesnar Retirement Rumors are ?Ridiculous?

UFC President Dana White said rumors that Brock Lesnar could soon retire were "ridiculous" and that the former UFC heavyweight champion is "100 percent" and still on track to return early next year. "That's ridiculous. That's so far from the truth, it's not even funny," White said.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/24225/dana-white-brock-lesnar-retirement-rumors-are-ridiculous/

Gilbert Aldana  José Aldo  John Alessio  Houston Alexander

Nice guys finish fights: Brendan Schaub brings gear to Brazilian kids

Last week, we had to give out a Facepalm of the Week, but this week, Cagewriter can tell you about Brendan Schaub (pictured at right), one of the UFC's up-and-coming heavyweights, being a good guy.

Schaub, a runner-up on "The Ultimate Fighter, is in Brazil to fight Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 134. It is the biggest fight of his career, as a win could put Schaub into the mix for title contention, but that didn't keep him from going back to a poor town that he had visited on his last trip to the South American country.

With the help of his sponsors RevGear, Echo Unlimited and Bony Acai, Schaub came back with bags of training gear. On his first visit, he found that the young MMA students were practicing on asphalt with little protection.

"You go there, and these kids have nothing," the heavyweight said today at a pre-event press conference for UFC 134, which takes place Saturday at HSBC Arena in Rio. "Literally, nothing, and they're as happy as can be ... For me, it was a rude awakening. It's stuff I'm not used to in Denver, Colorado ? my little bubble ? so I got all my sponsors together (to collect) donated gear."

The poverty in Brazil is hard to ignore, but someone with a laser focus on a fight easily could have done that. Kudos to Schaub for keeping his eyes open, and then doing what he could to help.

Thanks to MMA Junkie

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Nice-guys-finish-fights-Brendan-Schaub-brings-g?urn=mma-wp6223

Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi  Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah 

MMA Marketplace: Get your own authentic MMA championship belt

To get an authentic MMA championship belt, you can put in years of hard work, sacrifice and training to earn it, or you can drop $1,600 on a WAMMA belt on eBay. Look, it's so shiny!

WAMMA was the organization that wanted to create an undisputed champ at every weight class, regardless of what promotion they fought in. Fedor Emelianenko held the WAMMA heavyweight title. In this picture from November 2009, Fabricio Werdum can be seen jokingly grabbing at Fedor's WAMMA belt, but WAMMA barely made a blip among most MMA fans.

What they did make was a pretty, pretty belt, and it can be yours for a starting bid at $1,595 plus shipping on eBay.

Thanks to Bloody Elbow

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/MMA-Marketplace-Get-your-own-authentic-MMA-cham?urn=mma-wp6135

Andre Amade  Dean Amasinger  Jimmy Ambriz Matt Andersen 

Lesnar announces his return by ?disintegrating? prairie dogs

There's nothing Brock Lesnar loves more than being the alpha male in the cage and pounding on someone, except maybe for his hunting. A strong looking Lesnar popped up on YouTube today to announce that he's ready to return to active fighting.

He did it on the range in South Dakota while shooting a promo for Fusion Ammo and Jack Links beef jerky.

"I feel great, healthy, strong. I feel like I used to feel," Lesnar said. "[...] I believe there's still a bright future in the UFC for me. My health is 100 percent. I feel great. My motivation is there. I want to get on the map again. I want to become the UFC heavyweight champ again."

Lesnar was showing off some big weapons while blowing away some prairie dogs.

"There was definitely some disintegration going on. That's for sure," chuckled Lesnar.

Lesnar last fought in Oct. of 2010. His diverticulitis flared up again in May and he announced that he'd be sidelined indefinitely because surgery was the only option. Lesnar underwent surgery on May 29 and 12 inches of his colon was removed.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Lesnar-announces-his-return-by-disintegrating-?urn=mma-wp6039

Terrance Aflague Yoshihiro Akiyama  Gilbert Aldana  José AldoÂ