Por Daniel “Mr. Clutch”
Mercado Castro
UFC Fight Night 82:
Hendricks vs Thompson
En las preliminares de la cartelera: Josh Burkman derrotó
por decisión unánime (30-27, 30-27 y 30-27) a KJ Noons; Derrick Lewis venció
vía TKO a los 2:17 del primer asalto a Damian Grabowski; Justin Scoggins
derrotó a Ray Borg vía decisión unánime (30-27, 30-27 y 30-26); Diego Rivas
venció vía KO a los 23 segundos del round 2 a Noad Lahat; Mickey Gall venció
vía sumisión (Rear Naked Choke) a Mike Jackson a los 45 segundos del primer
asalto y Alex White derrotó a Artem Lobov por decisión unánime (30-27, 30-27 y
30-27). Los bonos por Fight of the Night se lo llevó la de
Pyle vs Spencer y los de Performance of the Night se lo
llevaron Stephen Thompson y Diego Rivas por sus impresionantes victorias.
UFC Fight Night
83: Cowboy vs Cowboy
Donald Cerrone (29-7-1NC) fue el vaquero victorioso en el
Consol Energy Center en Pittsburgh, Pensilvania. Cerrone acabó rápido al
brasileño Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira (13-3-1-1NC) con un Triangle Choke para
apuntar el triunfo por sumisión a los 2:33 del primer asalto. Cerrone le aplicó
un takedown a Oliveira, lo buscó y le aplicó la llave para lograr su primera
victoria en la división Welterweight. Cerrone es rankeado #5 en los
Lightweight. Derek Brunson (15-3) trabajó rápido a Roan Carneiro (20-10) cuando
aprovechó un puño errado de su contrincante para darle un baile de puños en el
suelo hasta que el arbitro la detuvo a los 2:38 del primer asalto para llevarse
el triunfo vía TKO. Brunson dedicó su victoria al gran recibidor de los
Steelers, Antonio Brown, quien se encontraba entre los presentes. Cody
Garbrandt (8-0) mantuvo su invicto y su gente contenta al vencer vía TKO a los
4:18 del primer asalto al brasileño Augusto Mendes (5-1). Garbrandt le conectó
una rápida combinación a Mendes que lo mandó al suelo KO, pero fue tan rápida
que hasta el arbitro Mario Yamasaki se quedó frisado y tardó en detener la
pelea. ¡Wow!
El boricua Dennis Bermúdez (16-5) dejó atrás la racha de
dos derrotas al dominar vía decisión unánime (29-28, 29-28 y 29-28) al japonés
Tatsuya Kawajiri (35-9-2). Bermúdez perdió el primer asalto gracias a los
fuertes takedowns de Kawaijiri que mimaron la agresividad del boricua. La misma
agresividad que le costó las ultimas dos peleas. Bermúdez agrupó en los últimos
dos rounds, demostrando una buena combinación de herramientas con su striking,
sus takedowns y su excelente defensa de takedowns. Una de las mejores defensas
en la UFC con un 92.9% antes de la batalla. Bermúdez dejo saber luego del
triunfo que le interesa una pelea de revancha con Ricardo Lamas o con su ídolo
BJ Penn. Bermúdez lució mucho poder en su striking, especialmente en su
codazos. El boricua está es la división Featherweight de UFC. En otras batallas
del Main Card; Chris Camozzi (23-10) derrotó al veterano Joe Riggs (41-17-1NC)
a los 26 segundos del primer round vía TKO al conectarle 6 rodillazos seguidos
antes de ser detenida la pelea. James Krause (23-7) se apuntó un difícil
triunfo vía decisión unánime (29-28, 29-28 y 29-28) ante Shane Campbell (12-4).
Campbell fue salvado de un Rear Naked Choke por la campana en el primer asalto.
En el segundo asalto volvió a escaparse dos veces de la misma movida aplicada
por Krause. Campbell dominó los strikes 74-54, pero Krause dominó los
conectados a la cabeza 40-28 y los takedowns 3-2. Ambos dieron tremenda pelea
técnica.
Otras notas de la UFC
GLOBAL LAUNCH EVENT IN LAS VEGAS ON MARCH 4
Las Vegas – Building off the excitement of UFC® 196, UFC is UNSTOPPABLE from April through June, showcasing eight spectacular events, hailing from new markets such as Croatia and The Netherlands, to fan-favorite cities across the U.S., Brazil and Canada. The momentum all leads us to UFC® 200.
The UNSTOPPABLE launch event takes place Friday, March 4 at 2 p.m. PT on the weigh-in stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. UFC President Dana White will introduce the matchups, including the return of some of UFC’s biggest stars. The event will be streamed live at ufc.com.
Following the announcement, UFC invites media and fans to attend the UFC 196®: DOS ANJOS vs. McGREGORweigh-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The following athletes will headline UFC events during the UNSTOPPABLE seasonal campaign:
WHO: Dana White – UFC president
Junior Dos Santos – No. 5 UFC heavyweight contender
Ben Rothwell – No. 4 UFC heavyweight contender
Khabib Nurmagomedov – No. 2 UFC lightweight contender
Tony Ferguson – No. 4 UFC lightweight contender
Daniel Cormier – UFC light heavyweight champion
Jon Jones – No. 1 UFC light heavyweight contender
Demetrious Johnson – UFC flyweight champion
Henry Cejudo – No. 3 UFC flyweight contender
Luke Rockhold – UFC middleweight champion
Chris Weidman – No. 1 UFC middleweight contender
The complete list of fighters attending will be announced in the coming days
WHEN: Friday, March 4 at 2 p.m. PT
WHERE: MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nev.
Additional information and current fight news is available at ufc.com. All bouts live and subject to change.
UFC FIGHT PASS SIGNS
GLORY SUPERFIGHT SERIES
EDDIE BRAVO INVITATIONAL
TO EXCLUSIVE LIVE CONTENT DEALS
Las Vegas, Nevada – UFC FIGHT PASS® announced today that the world’s greatest digital destination for fight fans has added world class kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu to its ever-expanding live event offering.
FIGHT PASS, UFC’s digital streaming service, is now the home of the GLORY SuperFight Series and Eddie Bravo Invitational events.
Eric Winter, UFC Senior Vice-President and UFC FIGHT PASS General Manager, made the announcement this afternoon at a UFC media event in Los Angeles.
Winter said: “We are proud to announce our new partnerships with the GLORY kickboxing and EBI Brazilian jiu-jitsu organizations. This is a huge development for FIGHT PASS. We haven’t just added some kickboxing and some BJJ to FIGHT PASS – we partnered with leaders in both sports. GLORY has established itself as the pinnacle of world kickboxing while EBI leads the way in exciting, fast-paced submission grappling. Both of these organizations are tremendous additions to FIGHT PASS.”
Live GLORY SuperFight Series action will hit FIGHT PASS in just two weeks, while live EBI will be on tap for FIGHT PASS customers in April. GLORY and EBI join Invicta FC, Pancrase, Victory FC, Shooto Brazil, Titan FC, BRACE MMA and EFN as FIGHT PASS live event content partners.
GLORY co-founder Scott Rudmann said: “UFC FIGHT PASS is at the top of the global MMA world, and GLORY is the world’s leading kickboxing league. This is an unprecedented partnership that brings the best of MMA and the best of kickboxing together on a single platform that is available to fight fans around the world.”
EBI creator Eddie Bravo said: “The UFC FIGHT PASS partnership is nothing short of a dream come true. UFC is responsible for the explosion of popularity for BJJ around the world, and having EBI on UFC’s digital streaming service is the perfect fit for us. I am incredibly confident that MMA and jiu-jitsu fans will love the full-throttle entertainment EBI is going to deliver on UFC FIGHT PASS.”
Winter added: “Including live and exclusive UFC FIGHT NIGHT events like the Silva vs Bisping February 27 event and our exclusively live Featured Bouts on the UFC Prelims, FIGHT PASS now presents live action from 10 of the leading combat sports organizations in the world.
“No combat sports platform in history - anywhere - has ever offered such a massive amount of live and world-class fight action. With subscriptions as low as $7.99 per month, we feel our loyal customers are getting amazing value.”
The first GLORY SuperFight Series event to live-stream on FIGHT PASS will be GLORY SuperFight Series Chicago on Friday, February 26. The five-fight event is headlined by No.1 ranked Joe Schilling, 20-6, 12 KO in kickboxing, taking on fellow Californian Mike Lemaire, 14-2, 7 KO, in a middleweight contenders fight.
As part of the agreement with GLORY, UFC FIGHT PASS also acquired the rights to the world’s definitive kickboxing library. Beginning immediately, FIGHT PASS will upload over 2000 hours of elite striking action including the 27-event GLORY archive, seven major events from the It’s Showtime library and over 100 events from the iconic K-1 organization that featured athletes like Mark Hunt, Mirko Cro Cop and Alistair Overeem.
The first EBI submission grappling event to live stream on FIGHT PASS will be EBI 6 on Sunday April 24 from Los Angeles. There will be five live EBI events on FIGHT PASS in 2016, and previous EBI action will available on FIGHT PASS immediately.
Winter said: “BJJ legend Eddie Bravo is well-known to UFC fans, having trained dozens of UFC athletes over the years and also having served as a UFC broadcaster on occasion. What Eddie has been doing with his EBI events over the last couple of years is make BJJ accessible to MMA fans. EBI uses the same weight-classes as we do in the UFC, and the rules are set up to encourage athletes to be very aggressive and go for submissions from start to finish. The result is an exciting product that I know our loyal FIGHT PASS customers are going to love.”
UFC FIGHT NIGHT LONDON, headlined by Anderson Silva vs Michael Bisping, is available live and exclusive on UFC FIGHT PASS Saturday, February 27.
UFC FIGHT PASS is available on personal computers, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Android, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV and Roku devices.
