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When the UFC visits Staples Center in Los Angeles on Oct. 24 for "UFC
104: Machida vs. Shogun," the organization will be making its first
trip to California since July 2007 and its first visit to Los Angeles
since May 2006.
Could the event also mark the return of veteran referee "Big" John
McCarthy to the UFC for the first time since officiating the December
2007 bout between Roger Huerta and Clay Guida?
McCarthy is currently licensed as an MMA referee in the state of
California, and today he told MMAjunkie.com he
would be available for the October event should the commission assign
him to the card.
Muhammad Lawal earned $40,000 and fellow headliner Mark Kerr earned
$15,000 at this past weekend's "M-1: Breakthrough" event, MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with the Kansas Boxing Commission.
Lawal defeated Kerr via 25-second KO at the Aug. 28 event, which took place at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, K.C.
Additionally, a total of five fighters from the card were issued medical suspensions following the HDNet-televised event.
2008 Olympic wrestler and two-time NCAA wrestling champion Ben Askren kept his perfect MMA record intact by improving to 3-0 with a submission win Friday at Max Fights DM "Ballroom Brawl" in Des Moines, Iowa.
Askren, a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, stuck to his strengths, shooting early on and securing overhooks to look for a trip takedown. The 25-year-old then switched to a single leg to bring opponent Matt Delanoit to the ground. From there Askren avoided a triangle choke to pass to north-south, where he would finish with the choke at 1:15 of the opening round.
As Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira slapped on a choke, torqued it and looked to tap out Randy Couture in the main event of this past Saturday's UFC 102 event, one guy was backstage yelling at the nearest monitor.
"No, no!" he pleaded. "Get out, Randy! Get out!"
Couture ultimately escaped, but unfortunately, he'd go on to suffer a unanimous-decision loss at Portland's Rose Garden Arena. But it didn't matter to that backstage supporter, who secured a cool $60,000 once the fight went to the judges' scorecards.
"Life is kinda moving along pretty fast now, especially after this (Andre) Arlovski fight. I feel this is well deserved, I mean, everything that happened, happened for a reason, and I was the one to complete it. I feel that I’m a different fighter for Fedor; he hasn’t felt the power that he’s about to get. He’s talented, but the same things he’s skilled in, I’m skilled in. It’s just we’re gonna see who’s more hungry."
Undefeated heavyweight wrecking machine Brett Rogers anticipates giving former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko more power than he can handle when the two clash this Fall for the Strikeforce promotion on Showtime. "Da Grim" has taken a serious step up in competition after knocking out Andrei Arlovski at the "Lawler vs. Shields" event back in June. Is he ready to dethrone "The Last Emperor?" Or will Emelianenko drop the iron curtain on the aspiring heavyweight? Time will tell…
With UFC 102 now in the books, the UFC will turn its focus to the next major pay-per-view show, "UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort," in two weeks.
That's the day "UFC 103 Countdown: Franklin vs. Belfort," the UFC's traditional preview show for the Sept. 19 headliner between Rich Franklin and Vitor Belfort, debuts on Spike TV.
The one-hour preview special debuts Sept. 14 (6 p.m. ET/PT), and replays are set for Sept. 17 (1 a.m.) and Sept. 19 (8 p.m.).
When the UFC visits Staples Center in Los Angeles on Oct. 24 for "UFC
104: Machida vs. Shogun," the organization will be making its first
trip to California since July 2007 and its first visit to Los Angeles
since May 2006.
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Muhammad Lawal earned $40,000 and fellow headliner Mark Kerr earned
$15,000 at this past weekend's "M-1: Breakthrough" event, MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with the Kansas Boxing Commission.
As Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira slapped on a choke, torqued it and looked to tap out Randy Couture in the main event of this past Saturday's UFC 102 event, one guy was backstage yelling at the nearest monitor.
With UFC 102 now in the books, the UFC will turn its focus to the next major pay-per-view show, "UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort," in two weeks.