Stockton Civic Memorial Auditorium Played host to UPC 10 Friday May 18th,2012, MMA fans came out and showed good support and were treated to some great fights, MMA notiables were in the house Nick Diaz, Michael McDonld, Lavar Johnson, Bob Cook, Josh Koscheck, and MC Hammer
Isaac De jesus loses by submission (guillotime choke) in 1:34 of Rd2 to Adrian Diaz Ron Kesler over Dominic Waters by Unanimous Dec Kyle Cerminara over Ryan Williams by Unanimous Dec Richard Rigmaden over Matt Clark by Ko in Rd1 Billy Carothers loses to James Chaney by submission (guillotine Choke) in Rd1
Javier Calas loses to Gabriel Carrasco by submission (armbar) in 1:40 of Rd1
Alex Rojas over Tony Rios by submission (rear naked choke) in :58 seconds of Lewis Gonzales over Lamar Reed by TKO (strikes) in 1:45 of Rd3
Mike Ruiz over Brandon Bettencourt by TKO in :10sec of Rd1
Miles Shaw over Granson Clark by split dec
Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier Weigh-in Results
The official weigh-ins for the Strikeforce Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament Final event went down this evening at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
The HP Pavilion also hosts tomorrow’s live event, which will air on Showtime (main card) and Showtime Extreme (prelim card).
Headliners, Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament finalists Josh ‘The Warmaster’ Barnett (248) and Daniel Cormier (238) were both well under the 265-lbs limit for their bout. A lightweight title bout was made official as champ Gilbert Melendez and opponent Josh Thomson weighed in at 153-lbs each for their match.
There was some problems with the scale early on as James Terry stepped on the scale at 135-lbs for his lightweight fight. The scale was re-calibrated and he officially weighed in at 156.25-lbs. No mention was made by officials whether Terry would have to drop the extra 0.25-lbs or not.
The full weigh-in results for Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Cormier is as follows:
Main Card (Showtime)
Heavyweight Grand Prix final bout: Josh Barnett (248) vs. Daniel Cormier (238)
Lightweight Championship bout: Gilbert Melendez (153) vs. Josh Thomson (153)
Light heavyweight bout: Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante (206) vs. Mike Kyle (203)
Welterweight bout: Nah-Shon Burrell (170) vs. Chris Spang (169)
Prelim Card (Showtime Extreme)
Lightweight bout: Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante (156) vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg (156)
Light heavyweight bout: Virgil Zwicker (204) vs. Guto Inocente (205)
Light heavyweight bout: Derrick Mehmen (205) vs. Gian Villante (205)
Welterweight bout: Quinn Mulhern (170) vs. Yuri Villefort (170)
Lightweight bout: Bobby Green (155) vs. James Terry (156.25)*
*Terry stepped on the scale at 135-lbs on his first attempt. The scale was re-calibrated and he weighed in at 156.25-lbs. No mention made about whether he’d have to drop the extra weight.
Mark Hunt Injured, Lavar Johnson Steps In Against Stefan Struve At UFC 146 Hunt, who was scheduled to face Stefan ‘Skyscraper’ Struve (23-5) on the main card, was forced to withdraw from the event due to a knee injury, leaving Johnson just nine days to prepare for the fight.
UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir is scheduled to take place on May 26, 2012 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The newly minted bout between Struve and Johnson will appear on the pay-per-view card of the event.
“I heard last night there was a chance I could get this fight and I accepted right away,” said Johnson. “You don’t get chances like this too much in life, so when you are lucky, you make the most of it. I took one week off after last fight [May 5] and then went back to the gym.”
““He’s looked impressive in his first two fights in the Octagon, but I’m gonna look even more impressive next week,” said Struve. “I want to thank him for stepping up on such short notice, but he’s gonna face the best Stefan Struve you’ve seen so far.”
Josh Koscheck Says He’s Accepted A Fight Against BJ Penn
Koscheck took to Twitter (joshkoscheck) Wednesday night to announce the bout.
- #UFC just offered me to fight BJ Penn…I said YES!!!!! Just waiting on him!!!!!! Let’s scrap bra?
No word from the UFC or BJ Penn has surfaced at this time.
Koscheck suffered a split decision loss to Johny Hendricks earlier this month in the co-main event of the UFC on FOX: Diaz vs. Miller event. The defeat ended a two fight win streak for the former No. 1 contender.
After a loss to Nick Diaz in October of last year at UFC 137, Penn stated that he was planning to take some “time off to enjoy life, train and teach.” The former two division champ offered no clue as to when, or if he might return and has been pretty quiet since then.
Mike Kyle Primed and Focused On Feijao
Overcoming injuries, Mike Kyle returns to Strikeforce on May 19th to face the former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Rafael Cavalcante, a man Kyle currently holds a knockout win over.
With a
win over the former
champion, Kyle hopes to be inline for a future title
UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs. Poirier Results
Headlining the show was a featherweight bout between ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin ‘The Diamond’ Poirier.
Main Card (FUEL TV)
Featherweight bout: Chan Sung Jung def. Dustin Poirier via Technical Submission (D’Arce choke) – R4 @ 1:07
Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah def. Jorge Lopez via Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone def. Jeremy Stephens via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Bantamweight bout: Yves Jabouin def. Jeff Hougland via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-27)
Light Heavyweight bout: Igor Pokrajac def. Fabio Maldonado via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Middleweight bout: Tom Lawlor def. Jason MacDonald via KO (Punch) – R1 @ 0:50
PrelimCard (Facebook.com/UFC)
Middleweight bout: Brad Tavares def. Dongi Yang via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Cody McKenzie def. Marcus LeVesseur via Submission (Guillotine choke) – R1 @ 3:05
Lightweight bout: T.J. Grant def. Carlo Prater via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Lightweight bout: Rafael Dos Anjos def. Kamal Shalorus via Submission (Rear-Naked choke) – R1 @ 1:40
Bantamweight bout: Johnny Eduardo def. Jeff Curran via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantamweight bout: Francisco Rivera def. Alex Soto via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
