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Leonard Garcia Is Four Times Blessed: King of Bad Decisions Does It Again
It's truly inexplicable. By all rights, Leonard Garcia should be 0-7 in his last seven bouts. Instead, amazingly, he's 3-3-1. Five of his last six fights have gone to a split decision, each one a neatly wrapped gift from ignorant judges, lovely presents for Garcia that had to make the routine ass...
Nam Phan's Decision Loss Should Spark Call for Commission Accountability
Joe Rogan said it best during The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale tonight. Keith Kizer and the Nevada State Athletic Commission need to be held accountable for the incompetence displayed during the opening featherweight battle between Nam Phan and Leonard Garcia. After three rounds of Phan essentially...
WEC 51 Results: Mark Hominick Batters Leonard Garcia to a Decision
29-28 Hominick, 29-28 Garcia and 29-28 Hominick were the shocking scores that were read by the judges for the opening bout of WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan. Hiominick lit up Garcia with his strikes for three straight rounds and somehow one judge scored it for Garcia. Garcia is throwing his pattened...
Anthony Waldburger and David Mitchell Set UFC Record for Submission Attempts
During the action at UFC Fight Night 22, WEC matchmaker Sean Shelby tweeted during the prelim fight between Anthony Waldburger and David Mitchell: Waldburger and Mitchell might set some sort of sub attempt record. What a fight. Our own Kid Nate added: Waldburger attempted more subs than I've...
Shocking Report - A Lot of People Hate Wrestling Applied to MMA
No, I don't mean pro wrestling; I mean actual wrestling. I mean GSP taking guys down with absolutely no resistance due to his superior wrestling skills. Recently we've seen a few high profile names come out strongly opposed to wrestling in MMA and wanting to be rid of it. First up, Dan...
USAT/SBN August MMA Consensus Rankings: Bantamweight
Rankings compiled by Richard Wade. <!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Dominick Cruz 100 WEC 1 2 Brian Bowles 94 WEC 2 3 Joseph Benavidez 92 WEC 3 4 Scott Jorgensen 85 WEC 5 5 Miguel Torres 84 WEC 4 6 Takeya Mizugaki 77 WEC 6 7 Masakatsu...
USAT/SBN August MMA Consensus Rankings: Featherweight
Rankings compiled by Richard Wade. <!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter % Promotion Last Rank 1 Jose Aldo 92 WEC 1 2 Manny Gamburyan 86 WEC 2 3 Mike Brown 81 WEC 3 4 Urijah Faber 81 WEC 4 5 Marlon Sandro 73 WVR 5 6 Bibiano Fernandes 71 DREAM 6 7 Hatsu...
2010 Bloody Elbow Reader Awards: Fight of the Mid-Year
I missed the first two rounds of this fight live. The Chicago Blackhawks had defeated the Nashville Predators in game 5 of their quarterfinal series earlier in the day (it was the miracle comeback in which Kane tied the game shorthanded in the third and Hossa put in the winner in overtime). In my...
USAT/SBN July MMA Consensus Rankings: Featherweight
Rankings compiled by Richard Wade. <!-- BEGIN RANKINGS TABLE --> Rank Fighter Points Promotion Last Rank 1 Jose Aldo 300 WEC 1 2 Manny Gamburyan 277 WEC 2 3 Mike Brown 264 WEC 3 4 Urijah Faber 263 WEC 3 5 Marlon Sandro 237 WVR 7 6 Bibiano Fernandes 230 DREAM 5 7 Hatsu...
Snapshot of the Day - WEC: 'Aldo vs Faber' Gets Re-Branded Under the UFC Banner
The WEC: "Aldo vs Faber" undercard bout between Leonard Garcia and the "Korean Zombie", gets repacked on a UK broadcast under the UFC name, and in the "UFC Featherweight Division". Is this a sign of things to come? HT: Fozo (via MiddleEasy)
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