Thursday, June 28, 2012

3 Reasons To Attend 'Warriors Conquest'

As Colorado boxing fans get ready for 'Warriors Conquest' Saturday night, here are 3 good reasons why you don't want to miss this one.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Raul Carrillo Interview - 'Warriors Conquest'

Here is an interview in it's entirety done by Bill Green with Raul Carrillo, a standout Colorado boxer fighting this weekend in the main-event of 'Warriors Conquest'.

Raul “El Chino” Carrillo (9-1, 6 KOs) will not only get a chance to fight in front of his hometown of Longmont, Colo., this Saturday night at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, but he’ll be battling for major bragging rights for the right to be labeled top Southwest prospect, between Colorado and New Mexico.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

'Bellator 71' Full Results - MMA Results

MAIN CARD RESULTS

Travis Wiuff def. Chris Davis via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 4:12

Attila Vegh def. Zelg Galesic via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 1, 1:00

Rousey vs. Kaufman Set To Go Down

Ronda Rousey (5-0 MMA, 3-0 SF) is set to take on number one challenger Sarah Kaufman (15-1 MMA, 6-1 SF) as the main-event of 'Strikeforce's upcoming August show.

Silva Looking To Hurt Sonnen, Bad

If 'The Spider's words are any indication, Chael Sonnen, wanna be politician turned fraud, better not have any plans for a couple weeks after UFC 148 goes down.

Coming out of his usual pre-fight press conference shell, Silva unloaded on Sonnen via media call for his UFC 148 rematch with Sonnen earlier this week.

Monday, June 25, 2012

'Triad Fight League' To Make History

Alexo Bell and his newly created 'Triad Fight League' are both set to make MMA history with the promotion's ground breaking first event to be held in September.

And with it come some fresh ideas for Mixed Martial Arts competition.

As advertised, it consists of an unheard of 300 fighters in 3 cages battling over a 3 day span.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

'Ortiz vs. Lopez' Full Card Results

Main card results from the recent 'Ortiz vs Lopez' Showtime Boxing event:

-Josesito Lopez over Victor Ortiz via TKO at start of 10 round

-Lucas Matthysse over Humberto Soto via KO in the 5th round

'UFC 147' Full Results - MMA News

-Rich Franklin def. Wanderlei Silva via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)

-Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira def. Sergio "Serginho" Moraes via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) - to win "TUF: Brazil" middleweight tourney

Beatdown MMA 'A Champions Quest' Results

Pro Bouts:
145 lbs.
Brian Wood defeated Alfredo Corona by KO (slam) at 3:21 of round one.


142 lbs. Female
Tori Adams defeated Raquel Pennington by unanimous decision (3 rounds).

'Annihilation 41' Full Results - Colorado MMA

Pro Bouts:
155 lbs.
Sean Claffey defeated Larry Williams by submission (triangle choke) at 3:16 of round two.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Chris Camozzi Gets Win Over Catone

Colorado's Chris Camozzi (17-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) scored a huge "comeback" win last night as part of the 'UFC On FX 4' event.

'ESPN Friday Night Fights' Results

Here are the results from the televised portion of June 22nd's 'ESPN Friday Night Fights' card:

-Mike Dallas over Javier Castro via 6th round TKO

-Ji-Hoon Kim over Ali Rahimov via unanimous decision

'XFC 18' Full Results - MMA Results

The 'XFC 18' main-card results:

-Reggie Pena def. John Salter via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 2, 0:36

-Scott Barrett def. Gabriel Salinas-Jones via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)

'UFC On FX 4' Full Results

Full UFC on FX 4 results include:

Friday, June 22, 2012

'Warriors Conquest' Press Release

Here is an official press release for the upcoming 'Warriors Conquest' featuring Colorado's Raul Carrillo:

LONGMONT, COLORADO, (June 21, 2012) Hometown favorite Raul “EL Chino” Carrillo is “ready for war” next Saturday night, June 30th as he returns to battle against Josh “Pitbull” Torres in the main event of WARRIORS CONQUEST at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, thirty miles northwest of Denver, Colorado.        

'UFC 147' Weigh In Results - MMA News

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

-Rich Franklin (190) vs. Wanderlei Silva (188)
-Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira (184) vs. Sergio "Serginho" Moraes (185)
-Rony "Jason" Mariano Bezerra (146) vs. Godofredo "Pepey" de Oliveira (145)
-Mike Russow (248) vs. Fabricio Werdum (246)
-Yuri Alcantara (146) vs. Hacran Dias (146)

Thursday, June 21, 2012

'Bellator 71' Weigh In Results

MAIN CARD (MTV2)

-Chris Davis (204.6) vs. Travis Wiuff (206)
-Zelg Galesic (205) vs. Attila Vegh (204.6)
-Roy Boughton (205.6) vs. Emanuel Newton (204.6)
-Tim Carpenter (204.2) vs. Beau Tribolet (204.6)
-Brett Rogers (264.8) vs. Kevin Asplund (246.8)

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Ludwig vs. Mills For 'UFC On Fuel TV 5'

Colorado's Duane 'Bang' Ludwig (21-13) is set to face Che Mills (14-5) at the upcoming 'UFC On Fuel TV 5' event to be held September 29th.

The location will be Nottingham, England.

Ludwig is coming off a discouraging KO loss at the hands of the desperate Dan Hardy back at UFC 146 making him 2-4 in his last 6 fights under the UFC banner.

Full 'UFC 148' Updated Card

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)

-Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen 
-Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
-Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le
-Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia
-Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie
-Mike Easton vs. Ivan Menjivar

Monday, June 18, 2012

'Kickdown 101' Full Results - Colorado MMA

Results:
Pro Bouts:
185 lbs. Title
Jason Clayton defeated Josh Goldberger by unanimous decision (3 rounds).

Sunday, June 17, 2012

'Titan Fighting Championship 23' Results

'Titan Fighting Championship 23' Results

-Jorge Santiago def. Justin Guthrie via submission (inverted heel hook) - Round 1, 1:34

Chavez Jr. Keeps Rollin' On HBO

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (46-0-1, 32 knockouts) is still on a collision course with Sergio Martinez after dispatching the game Andy Lee (28-2, 20 KOs) in the 7th round on Saturday night.

Full Card Results From Chavez Jr. vs. Lee

-Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (46-0-1, 32 KOs) over Andy Lee (28-2, 20 KOs) via TKO in 7th round.

-Miguel “Titere” Vazquez (31-3, 13 KOs) over Daniel “The Prophet” Attah (26-11-1, 9 KOs) via unanimous judges decision.

-Robert Marroquin (22-1, 15 KOs) over Arturo Santiago (7-6-1, 4 KOs) via TKO in 2nd round

Friday, June 15, 2012

'UFC On FX 4' Full Updated Card

**Main Card**
-Gray Maynard (10-1-1) vs. Clay Guida (29-12)
-Sam Stout (17-7) vs. Spencer Fisher (24-8)
-Brian Ebersole (49-14-1) vs. T.J. Waldburger (15-6)
-Ross Pearson (13-5) vs. Cub Swanson (16-5)

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Ryan Martinez Signs With Bellator

A story that hasn't received nearly enough press over the last week or so is Greeley's heavy handed Ryan Martinez getting signed by one of the last standing MMA promotions outside of the UFC in the 'Bellator Fighting Championship'.

Billy Martin - "It's The Adrenaline Rush"

Las Vegas, NV - As Wyoming's Billy Martin (2-1) makes the long walk to the cage Saturday night as part of the 'Rogue Warrior Cage Fighting Championship' event, there will be more on his mind than his own fight.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Classic Boxing Wars - Johnston vs. Castillo 2

This edition of  "Classic Boxing Wars" includes Colorado's own 3 time WBC champion Stevie 'Lil But Bad' Johnston taking on Jose Luis Castillo.

The war was a highly anticipated rematch with a truly bizarre ending that you'd only see in boxing.

Leading up to September 15th 2000, Johnston had compiled an impressive 260-13 amateur career. He started his pro career in 1993 and had secured the WBC strap by 1997.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Full Results From Pacman vs. Bradley Card

Here are the full results from lastnight's Pacquiao vs. Bradley HBO PPV card:

- Randall Bailey vs. Mike Jones / Bailey by KO in 11th round

- Jorge Arce vs. Jesus Rojas / No decision, accidental injury

What We Learned From Pacman vs. Bradley

As the dust settles after the controversial ending to the Pacquiao vs. Bradley fight, here are 3 things we learned from yet another "black eye" for the sport:

Friday, June 8, 2012

Justin Salas Gets TKO'd ASAP

Wow.

Colorado's Justin Salas needs to get back to 'Grudge' to work on his striking as he got TKO'd on tonight's 'UFC On FX 3' card.

'Harbour Combat' Full Results - Wyoming MMA

June 2012 Wyoming MMA 'Harbour Fighting' results:

-Charles Vanpatten decision over Austin Vanderhoef 185 lbs

-Christian Dees TKO 1:11 Rd 1 over Abel Carv 135 lbs

Justin Salas vs. Tim Means Betting Odds

Colorado's Justin Salas (10-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will be fighting on tonight's 'UFC On FX 3' card so it's a great time to take a look at the betting odds for his fight.

Antonio Margarito Hangs'em Up

The former three-time welterweight title holder Antonio Margarito announced his retirement from professional boxing on Thursday.

Incidentally, Colorado's Abel Perry was set to face Margarito this month.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Matt Manzanares On MMAJunkie.com

Here is a story on Wyoming's Matt Manzanares by Kyle Nagel from MMAJunkie.com:

Full Card For UFC 147

Here is the full card for the upcoming UFC 147 event:

UFC 147
Date: June 23, 2012
Venue: Mineirinho Arena
Location: Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Tarver vs. Kayode A Letdown

In another display of what makes boxing the anti-climatic sport that it is in 2012, the Tarver vs. Kayode fight was no different from the last decade overall.

For the fans that tuned in, they were witness to a main-event that never lived up to the minimal expectations.

Tarver pleaded his case after the fight.

Monday, June 4, 2012

Classic Boxing Wars - Aldana vs. Antuofermo 1981

This edition of 'Classic Boxing Wars' here at 'TheFightWire' takes us back to April 2nd 1981 for a war in every sense of the word.

The 80's was an unforgettable decade from the landscape of boxing history and this classic bout featuring former middleweight champion Vito Antuofermo was a good representation of the era.

Antuofermo put his 46-5-2 record and #9 WBC ranking on the line against Mauricio "El Gato" Aldana and it was nothing short of a backyard brawl from start to finish. 

Sunday, June 3, 2012

'ROF 43 - Bad Blood' Full Results

Here are the full results from 'Ring Of Fire 43 Bad Blood':


- Chris Holland over Phil Baroni at 2:50 of round 2 by TKO

- Cameron Dollar over Tyler Toner at 2:00 of round 2 by submission

- Justin Gaethje over Marcus Edwards by decision

Saturday, June 2, 2012

'TUF Season 15 Finale' Full Results

Here are the full results from 'The Ultimate Fighter Season 15' finale:

*Martin Kampmann def. Jake Ellenberger via knockout (knees) - Round 2, 1:40