UFC welterweight Johny Hendricks has been as patient as humanly possible when it comes to competing for divisional gold. Initially, it appeared as though the heavy-handed wrestler had earned the opportunity by beating Martin Kampmann in November to pick up his fifth straight win only to see Nick Diaz receive the honor despite having come [...]
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Well-known MMA referee Josh Rosenthal has been a part of some of the UFC's most famous bouts, including Brock Lesnar's championship win over Shane Carwin and Dan Henderson's Fight of the Year win over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Now, it turns out he was also part of an illegal drug operation.
In a story that could have been the plot of the show "Weeds," Rosenthal plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana. He and an associate owned a warehouse that kept 1,356 marijuana plants with a street value of $6 million. According to MMA Junkie, he could spend more than three years in prison:
The government is recommending 37 months in jail, fines and five years of probation, during which he would be subject to random searches, according to the agreement. Without a deal, he faced 10 years to life in prison, a $10 million fine and a minimum of five years' probation.
The court will ultimately decide Rosenthal's fate. He is scheduled to appear on May 17.
Rosenthal was once a mainstay on the UFC refereeing rotation, but hasn't been in the cage recently. His license lapsed in California as he dealt with his legal troubles and healed from a staph infection. Though referees are assigned by state commissions, not the UFC, Rosenthal had earned the praise of UFC president Dana White for his role in the Lesnar-Carwin bout.
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Saturday night, the UFC returned with yet another free event that was headlined by a magnificent bantamweight bout between frequent training partners Urijah Faber and Scott Jorgensen. The event was the finale of Season Seventeen of the UFC?s hit TV show, The Ultimate Fighter. This bout capped off a great night of fights which included…
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Combat sports fans will know Duke Roufus as a former super-heavyweight kickboxer, but MMA fans know him as one of the best striking coaches/trainers in the game. In a recent interview, Roufus was asked who had the best Muay Thai in mixed martial arts. His answer might not surprise you, but he also talks about…
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Brazilian light heavyweight Vinny Magalhaes has a bout with Phil Davis scheduled for UFC 159: Jones Vs Sonnen. Magalhaes was asked in an interview who he would like to fight and he mentioned Davis? name, but he insists it wasn?t a call out and just someone he thought was on the same skill level as…
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There are a handful of Mixed Martial Arts referees who are easily identified by fans based on the amount of time spent in the cage overseeing high-profile pairings. Known for his shaved head, sleeve tattoos, and solid job as an in-ring official, one such individual is Josh Rosenthal . However, fans shouldn?t expect to see [...]
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I was recently asked by a colleague what was the worst thing I ever saw at an amateur MMA event. We were discussing the ills of amateur MMA, and how its clearly a necessary evil to the sport. You can spar in the gym with complete strangers, and physically feel what its like to be…
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UFC lightweight Jim Miller has proven himself to be one of the best 155ers in Mixed Martial Arts. Though the 29-year old may not be the biggest, fastest, or strongest competitor in the division he?s certainly one of the hardest working. The 22-4 Miller?s dedication to his craft has resulted in a ton of success [...]
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UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey now knows who she will face in her next bout. In a fight with huge implications, Cat Zingano won by TKO over Miesha Tate at 2:55 of the third round at "The Ultimate Fighter" finale on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Zingano found herself in trouble early in the fight as she was caught in several of Tate's submission attempts in what proved to be a thrilling bout. Both a kneebar and an armbar appeared to be tight, but Zingano worked out of every attempt Tate tried. In the third round, the fight turned for Zingano as she hit Tate with several, well-timed knees from the clinch. Zingano finally finished the bout with an elbow.
Now, Zingano, the first mother to ever fight in the UFC, will coach against Rousey on the next season of "The Ultimate Fighter." Their teams will face off on the reality show that will air on the soon-to-be launched Fox Sports 1, and then Zingano and Rousey will fight for the UFC women's bantamweight belt.
[Also: What's next for Urijah Faber after his submission victory?]
Zingano and Rousey are already looking forward to facing each other.
"It's going to come down to heart, to technique, to speed. It's going to be a battle. You're going to watch," Zingano said after the bout.
Rousey admitted the fight wasn't exactly what she expected, but she already learned something about her future opponent.
"Cat really showed that she was able to perform under pressure. I'm going to be ready for that," Rousey said.
Though Rousey has only been a professional MMA fighter for two years, she zoomed to the top of the women's MMA world since switching to fighting after winning an Olympic bronze medal in judo. She has seven straight fights by first-round, armbar wins, including her defeat of Liz Carmouche in her UFC debut in February.
[Related: Kelvin Gastelum wins 'The Ultimate Fighter']
Zingano is also undefeated as a professional. Like Rousey, she is 7-0, but has finished opponents through knockouts and submissions. With a wrestling and jiu-jitsu background, she is a more well-rounded fighter than many of Rousey's previous opponents. Zingano showed her power against Tate, so it will be interesting to see if she will be able to muster the same kind of power against Rousey.
Women fighting in the UFC is still new, as the Tate-Zingano bout was just the second female bout in UFC history. The women's bantamweight division is quickly growing, though; it has added several fighters since Rousey was originally signed as the first women in the UFC. Adding TUF castmembers to the mix will help it the division develop depth even faster.
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Just days after Nick Diaz's camp criticized the athletic commission in Quebec for their handling of his UFC 158 weigh-in with UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre, another athletic commission is under fire. Jackson's MMA, the gym who backs Andrei Arlovski, said a timing error by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board resulted in Arlovski's broken jaw.
Arlovski lost to Anthony Johnson in a World Series of Fighting bout on Saturday. Jackson's MMA posted on their Facebook about the timekeeping problem:
The NJ athletic commission was worried about the World Series of Fighting getting a new canvas and new corner pads for the cage they almost canceled the fight Saturday night. Unfortunately they forgot to get a time keeper that was trained properly. 1st round 5min 8 sec in the Andrei fight. A devastating blow was landed after the 5min mark. It's amazing how so much time is spent with over regulating but the simple things can cost dearly.
WSOF had to bring in a new canvas and pads when the ones they originally had were unsuitable. But the timing error is much worse. Check out this video via MMA Fighting, and listen to the wood clacking at the 10-second mark. The clock disappears from the screen at seven seconds. Even a generous countdown shows the fight went past the five-minute mark.
The worst part is that the damage Johnson caused came after the time should have expired. His jaw was broken, and it needed surgery for repair. It also raises questions on if the fight result would have been different if Arlovski wouldn't have been hurt late in the first round.
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UFC welterweight Jordan Mein reminded the MMA world of his status as one of the sport?s brightest young stars by beating Dan Miller last month in his Octagon debut. In addition to emerging successful against a seasoned foe, Mein also became the first man to finish Miller, doing what past opponents like Rousimar Palhares, Michael [...]
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Rose Namajunas spent just 12 seconds fighting at Invicta on Friday. After months of preparation for her bout with Kathina Catron, Namajunas hit a flying armbar and won by submission in just 12 seconds. The fight starts right around the one-minute mark, but it's worth watching the entire, moving video.
See as she prepares to walk out with the help of her boyfriend, UFC heavyweight Pat Barry. See the entire fight, because it is just 12 seconds long. See how she breaks down in tears as her arm is being raised and the emotion of her accomplishment hit her. See Barry show some athleticism, too, as he flies onto the side of the cage to congratulate his girl.
Fighting at straw weight (115 lbs.), Namajunas won four amateur fights before winning her first pro bout in January. She is now 2-0, and clearly is an exciting fighter to keep an eye on.
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UFC heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga fought his way into a title-shot a little over five years ago but came up short in his effort against then-champion Randy Couture. Unfortunately, Gonzaga was never able to capture the same momentum catapulting him into contention and was cut by the organization after an October 2010 loss to Brendan Schaub.…
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The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) has released the full disclosed payroll for the UFC’s TUF 17 Finale. Topping Saturday’s payroll was main event fighter Urijah Faber, who took home $110,000 for his efforts in the Octagon. Facebook preliminary fighter Cole Miller had the second highest payday, taking home $42,000. As always, these numbers do [...]
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UFC officials have announced another lightweight bout for UFC On FOX 8 in Seattle, Washington. Bobby Green and Danny Castillo have signed to fight on July 27 at the UFC?s eighth run on FOX TV. Green is coming off of a last minute submission win over Jacob Volkmann at UFC 156 in February, and Castillo…
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The Uriah Hall hype train came to a halt on Saturday night as Kelvin Gastelum managed a tight, split-decision win over the heavily favored Uriah Hall in the final of "The Ultimate Fighter" on Saturday night. The judges saw it 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 for Gastelum. With the win, Gastelum won the UFC's reality show tournament, a new motorcycle and a six-figure UFC contract.
Hall got to the final by knocking out three straight opponents in spectacular fashion. Gastelum, his teammate on the show, neutralized Hall with several takedowns throughout the bout. Early in the fight, he added in nasty ground and pound with elbows. Hall answered with a big slam in the second round and some takedowns and strikes of his own, but the overwhelming power he used to get to the final was not there.
Gastelum was the last fighter picked by Chael Sonnen during the first episode of the show, but he got to the final with three straight upsets. He continued with the upset win over Hall, and has now guaranteed his spot in the UFC. He still has plenty to prove in the UFC's middleweight division as he looked gassed late in the bout, but being the guy who stopped Hall is a good way to enter the division. At just 21, he has plenty of time to develop into an even better middleweight.
Hall's loss was shocking because the three straight wins he rattled off to get to the final were so overwhelming. His knockout of Adam Cella in the first round was one of the most memorable in TUF history, and earned him a $25,000 bonus as the fans voted it the best of the season. Sonnen, who coached Hall during the show, said that Hall was well on his way to being a UFC champion.
He has been such a popular fighter this season that it's highly likely that Hall will still get another shot in the UFC. But the buzz around him will drop off considerably, and his rise to the top of the MMA world will not be as fast as everyone expected.
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Middleweight Kelvin Gastelum?s win over Uriah Hall this weekend at the Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale marked a display of show?s spirit few past victories have. Gastelum was selected last by TUF 17 coach Chael Sonnen on the show and seen as a non-factor all the way up until his bout with Hall where he entered [...]
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UFC President Dana White ripped into the Swedish regulatory board overseeing last weekend?s UFC on Fuel 9 lineup in Stockholm after the event?s conclusion, calling into question a number of their decisions related to the health of the card?s competitors. At the root of White?s ire was the removal of Alexander Gustafsson from the show [...]
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After back-to-back bouts less than two months apart, UFC bantamweight Urijah Faber knows what he wants next and it?s not a title-fight. Rather, ?The California Kid? is ready for a little time off to heal up from an injury he sustained against Ivan Menjivar when the two met in February. Fortunately, Faber won?t need surgery [...]
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The UFC wasted little time laying down the law on Matt Mitrione, suspending the heavyweight indefinitely for transphobic comments regarding Fallon Fox he made during an interview with Ariel Helwani Monday on "The MMA Hour."
Fox was born a man and underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2006 and has had two fights as a professional mixed martial artist, winning both.
Mitrione repeatedly referred to Fox as a he and called her as "a lying, sick, sociopathic disgusting freak."
"Because she's not a he. He's a he," he said. "He's chromosomally a man. He had a gender change, not a sex change. He's still a man. He was a man for 31 years. Thirty-one years. That's a couple years younger than I am. He's a man. Six years of taking performance de-hancing drugs, you think is going to change all that? That's ridiculous.
"That is a lying, sick, sociopathic, disgusting freak," Mitrione said. "And I mean that. Because you lied on your license to beat up women. That's disgusting. You should be embarrassed yourself. And the fact that Florida licensed him because California licensed him or whoever the hell did it, it's an embarrassment to us as fighters, as a sport, and we all should protest that. The woman that's fighting him, props to you. I hope you beat his ass, and I hope he gets blackballed and never fights again, because that's disgusting and I'm appalled by that."
The UFC, which announced a fighter code of conduct in January, moved swiftly to suspend Mitrione and denounce his comments.
"The UFC was appalled by the transphobic comments made by heavyweight Matt Mitrione today in an interview on 'The MMA Hour.' The organization finds Mr. Mitrione?s comments offensive and wholly unacceptable and - as a direct result of this significant breach of the UFC?s code of conduct ? Mr. Mitrione?s UFC contract has been suspended and the incident is being investigated. The UFC is a friend and ally of the LGBT community, and expects and requires all 450 of its athletes to treat others with dignity and respect."
The exact length of Mitrione's suspension has yet to be released.
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