Kyle Jensen (38-10-2) defeats Rich Clementi (33-14-1) at Rumble on the River in Pittsburgh PA on...

Kyle Jensen (38-10-2) defeats Rich Clementi (33-14-1) at Rumble on the River in Pittsburgh PA on Saturday night.

According to the UG:

"The Clementi and Jensen fight was the main event and it lasted ~30 secs. I'm not sure exactly what happened but Clementi came out and took Jenesen down and slammed him to the mat. In the process he injured his shoulder or his collarbone and tapped out 30 secs in."

"I talked to Rich earlier today and he was telling me he broke his clavical on a takedown just like everyone is saying. He said it sucks but he will be back. He also said he didnt appreciate the way Jensen jumped on the cage acting all excited like he just beat Richs ass. I hope and think there will be a rematch."

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that sucks for Rich

any idea what the healing prospects are for a clavicle break?

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by Kid Nate on Jun 29, 2009 12:16 AM EDT reply actions

i broke mine when i was in middle school

and it took around a month to heal, but still didn’t feel right for a while after that. it’s a really sucky injury since you can’t do squat in terms of activity that involves the upper body. Plus I had to wear this brace that wraps around your shoulders and makes it look like you’re wearing a backpack all the time.

by Grappo on Jun 29, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions

I think Rich Clementi is a pretty big douche bag.

That said, sucks that he got injured, especially on something as fundamental as a takedown. Hopefully he heals up and gets some more wins because he’s one of the better fighters that the UFC has cut in the last year.

by Ahhhoki on Jun 29, 2009 12:32 AM EDT reply actions

From mmaweekly

the main event between Rich Clementi and Kyle Jensen ended prematurely when Clementi suffered a broken clavicle at just :45 seconds in the first round.

Clementi and Jensen came after each other early, and after a clinch it was Clementi who went for a throw, but ended up crashing on the mat himself as Jensen reversed the move. As Jensen worked to improve his position, Clementi yelled up to referee Mark Matheny that he broke his collarbone, and immediately the fight was stopped.

Jensen commented after the win how hard he trained for the fight with Clementi, and the former WEC fighter will now look to make his mark at 155lbs after this event.

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by Anton Tabuena on Jun 29, 2009 12:33 AM EDT reply actions

micah miller also won.

American Top Team product, Micah Miller, put on a show for the Pittsburgh crowd looking very impressive, submitting J.C. Pennington in the 2nd round of their co-main event fight.

Miller used his reach to light Pennington up when the fight stayed standing, and once on the mat he showed his superior ground game, opening up shots, and moving to a rear naked choke forcing the tap out. Miller, a top featherweight prospect, will now head back home to Florida where he will have another fight on August 1st.

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by Anton Tabuena on Jun 29, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions

Rich Clementi on the UG:

Kyle Jensen is a b*tch

How the hell can you or your camp go bragging around about what happened during our fight on Saturday! Basically after about 5 seconds and me throwing a punch you realized you didn’t want to stand with me so you tried to close the distance and take me down. I reversed you picked you up over my head like a sack of potatoes and slammed your ass into the ground almost knocking myself out because I seperated my Clavical from my C Joint!!!! Of course I couldn’t continue and your going to hop on the cage and dance around the cage as if you did even one thing to me.

You wanna be a man I’ll show you what a mans like, you wanna celebrate, you wanna say you beat me, I will offer a rematch on any show and you can have 100% of my purse if you ligitmentaly win!

I am proud of my wins in this sport and just as proud of my losses. I will keep bringing this tread up till you either except or at least let everyone know what kind of man you really are!

Rich Clementi

by Nick Thomas on Jun 29, 2009 9:10 AM EDT reply actions

What a guy

This comes two weeks after he beat a guy with no pro fights. If he wants to travel around padding his record and fighting every two weeks, I’m not gonna sympathize with him when he ends up looking dumb.

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by Dodectagon on Jun 29, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions

I was at the show in Pittsburgh

I have to agree with Clementi, It was a total Dbag move for Jenson to run around the ring like crazy and jump the cage after a victory he won because the guy got a freak injury on a takedown.

Micah Miller looked solid, he was very methodical.

Former TUF7 cast member Phil Bradley fought in Pittsburgh on Saturday night too, (he was the short muscular guy that had to leave the show after he won his prelim fight because of a skin condition), he fought one of the boringist fights I’ve ever seen. He just danced with the guy and went for a take down at the end of each round and got the decision. He basically won via lay and pray during his prelim fight on TUF as well.

by polevaultking on Jun 29, 2009 10:45 AM EDT reply actions

where do they do these shows in pittsburgh? just curious, as i used to live there ages ago… well before the mma boom.

by woooburn on Jun 29, 2009 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Tito was a special guest at the fights in Pittsburgh

He claimed to be working on a contract with Strikeforce and that he has aspirations of fighting Fedor at a catchweight in the future. It was hard to take him seriously.

by polevaultking on Jun 29, 2009 10:48 AM EDT reply actions

I'm sure this is a mistake...

Anybody notice that Sherdog fight finder has Clementi winning this fight? It made me double-check more sources to get this straight. I wonder how they got that one messed up.

by flassasin24 on Jun 29, 2009 7:45 PM EDT reply actions