Author: Luke Irwin

By: Luke Irwin | January 24, 2020 Bellator Women’s Featherweight Championship: Julia Budd (c) (13-2) vs. Cristiane Justino (21-2) Luke Irwin: Budd hasn’t lost a fight in over eight years since she lost by submission to an up-and-comer named Ronda Rousey. Immovable object, meet an unstoppable force named Cyborg. Justino via R1 KO. Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix Quarterfinals: Adam Borics (14-0) vs. Darrion Caldwell (14-3) Luke: This should be awesome. Most seedings that Bellator comes out with for their Grand Prixs has a clearly defined A-fighter and a clearly defined B-fighter. Caldwell, of course, is one of the...

By: Luke Irwin | January 24, 2020 Heavyweight Bout: Curtis Blaydes (12-2) vs. Junior dos Santos (21-6) Luke Irwin: Ever since his loss to Stipe, the UFC has just run JDS headfirst into heavyweight swingers. Ivanov, Tuivasa, Derrick Lewis, Ngannou, and now Blaydes. He’s come out on the right side of those until Ngannou mauled him in a minute in change. JDS has some serious miles on him from a lot of wars, and unlike his other recent foes, Blaydes has the extra tool of being a devestating takedown artist. One hiccup, or the start of the real downfall?...

By: Luke Irwin | January 24, 2020 Welterweight Bout: Danny Garcia (35-2) vs. Ivan Redkach (23-4-1) Luke Irwin: Usually fighters who are locked in to their opponent, don’t have to publicly say they’re locked in to their opponent. Redkach is fighting JUST good enough to be a dominated B-side. Knocking out a 52-year old Devon Alexander when you were losing on the cards doesn’t make a Showtime headliner, but hey, whatever, this is, I guess, a step up from Adrian Granados before Garcia actually fights a capable fighter for the first time since September ’18. Garcia via R8 TKO....

By: Luke Irwin | January 24, 2020 Date: December 31, 2007Card: K-1 PREMIUM Dynamite! 2007Championship(s):Venue: Kyocera Dome OsakaLocation: Osaka, Japan [embedded content] Combat, MMA, Undercard Superstar View the original article on Undercard Superstar: Fight of the Day: Bernard Ackah vs....

By: Luke Irwin | January 23, 2020 Date: September 26, 1972Card:Championship(s): WBA, WBC World Light Heavyweight Championships (Foster)Venue: Empire PoolLocation: London, England [embedded content] Combat, MMA, Undercard Superstar View the original article on Undercard Superstar: Fight of the Day: Bob Foster vs. Chris...

By: Luke Irwin | January 22, 2020 Here at Undercard Superstar, we’re in the business of your business! Just follow our sound betting advice, and you too, can purchase paperbacks to cut in half and show off your advanced tastes to Twitter for attention! As usual, we’ll take a hundred dollars and divide it among five fights. Let’s make some cashola. Cristiane Justino -400 over Julia Budd ($30) Sara McMann -155 over Lina Lansberg ($20) Danny Garcia -1600 over Ivan Redkach ($30) Rafael Dos Anjos -260 over Michael Chiesa ($10) Stephen Fulton -1600 over Arnold Khegai ($10) European male...

By: Luke Irwin | January 22, 2020 Date: June 23, 1986Card:Championship(s): WBA World Featherweight Championship (McGuigan)Venue: Caesar’s PalaceLocation: Las Vegas, Nevada [embedded content] Combat, MMA, Undercard Superstar View the original article on Undercard Superstar: Fight of the Day: Barry McGuigan vs. Steve...

By: Luke Irwin | January 21, 2020 Date: October 25, 2009Card: DREAM 12Championship(s):Venue: Osaka-jo HallLocation: Osaka, Japan [embedded content] Combat, MMA, Undercard Superstar View the original article on Undercard Superstar: Fight of the Day: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Zelg...

By: Luke Irwin | January 20, 2020 A quick snapshot at the weekend that was. Biggest Upset: Jeison Rosario +1200 over Julian Williams Notable New Champions: Interim WBA World Junior Lightweight Championship: Chris Colbert WBA Super World/IBF World/IBO World Junior Middleweight Championships: Jeison Rosario WBC Continental Americas/WBO Intercontinental Light Heavyweight Championships: Eleider Alvarez WBA Fedebol Welterweight Championship: Franco Maximiliano Ocampo A Few Storylines Going Forward: The Hour of Upsets: How rare is a +500 or more upset in combat sports? Rare, right? Very rare. It might happen a few times a year. What if there were two…in the same...

By: Luke Irwin | January 20, 2020 Date: August 7, 1992Card: 1992 Summer OlympicsChampionship(s): Super Heavyweight Freestyle Gold MedalVenue: Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de CatalunyaLocation: Barcelona, Spain [embedded content] Combat, MMA, Undercard Superstar View the original article on Undercard Superstar: Fight of the Day: Bruce Baumgartner vs. Jeffrey...

By: Luke Irwin | January 17, 2020 Vacant WBC Continental Americas Light Heavyweight Championship: Eleider Alvarez (24-1) vs. Michael Seals (24-2) Luke Irwin: Just a tune-up fight after Alvarez’s rematch loss to Sergey Kovalev to get him back into the title picture. Alvarez via R5 KO. Lightweight Bout: Felix Verdejo (25-1) vs. Manuel Rey Rojas (18-3) Luke: After suffering a shocking TKO loss despite being up on the cards against Antonio Lozada, the full rebuild for Verdejo is on, and it’s rolling through Rojas, who hasn’t defeated a winning fighter since 2017. Verdejo via R4 TKO. Featherweight Bout: Adeilson...

By: Luke Irwin | January 17, 2020 Welterweight Bout: Conor McGregor (21-4) vs. Donald Cerrone (36-13) Luke Irwin: Goddamn, do I love Cerrone, but this is an absolutely horrible matchup for him. His way to victory is on the ground, even on his back, but he’s going to stand and trade with McGregor to disastrous results. Cerrone’s already a little chinny, and his technical boxing isn’t nearly good enough to avoid that lunchbox left that’s coming in. McGregor via R1 KO. Women’s Bantamweight Bout: Holly Holm (12-5) vs. Raquel Pennington (10-7) Luke: In February 2015, Holm made her UFC...

By: Luke Irwin | January 17, 2020 WBA Super/IBF World Junior Middleweight Championships: Julian Williams (c) (27-1-1) vs. Jeison Rosario (19-1-1) Luke Irwin: Williams is getting a fairly easy first defense of his titles after toppling Jarrett Hurd. Rosario is a fine second-level fighter, maybe a fringe contender if you squint hard enough, but a split-decision over Jorge Cota isn’t exactly blistering momentum. Williams via R9 TKO. Interim WBA World Junior Lightweight Championship: Chris Colbert (13-0) vs. Jezzrel Corrales (23-3) Luke: Colbert has checked the boxes of an up-and-comer dispatching veterans. He had little trouble against Mario Briones, Alberto...

By: Luke Irwin | January 17, 2020 Date: March 18, 1995Card: NCAA Division I Wrestling ChampionshipsChampionship(s): NCAA 150lb Gold MedalVenue: Carver-Hawkeye ArenaLocation: Iowa City, Iowa [embedded content] Combat, MMA, Undercard Superstar View the original article on Undercard Superstar: Fight of the Day: Lincoln McIllravy vs. Steve...

By: Luke Irwin | January 16, 2020 Date: May 13, 1995Card: Pancrase Eyes of Beast 4Championship(s): King of Pancrase Championship (Shamrock)Venue: Tokyo Bay NK HallLocation: Chiba, Japan [embedded content] Combat, MMA, Undercard Superstar View the original article on Undercard Superstar: Fight of the Day: Ken Shamrock vs. Minoru...

By: Luke Irwin | January 15, 2020 Here at Undercard Superstar, we’re in the business of your business! Just follow our sound betting advice, and you too, can run your unbelievably lame parody account right into the ground over one bizarre tweet during the debates! As usual, we’ll take a hundred dollars and divide it among five fights. Let’s make some cashola. Conor McGregor -325 over Donald Cerrone ($30) Holly Holm -140 over Raquel Pennington ($10) Roxanne Modafferi +600 over Maycee Barber ($5) Julian Williams -2250 over Jeison Rosario ($50) Claudia Gadelha -120 over Alexa Grasso ($5) I’m probably...

By: Luke Irwin | January 15, 2020 Date: November 4, 1995Card: Pancrase Eyes of Beast 6Championship(s):Venue: Yokohama Cultural GymnasiumLocation: Yokohama, Japan [embedded content] Combat, MMA, Undercard Superstar, Updates View the original article on Undercard Superstar: Fight of the Day: Frank Shamrock vs. Masakatsu...

By: Luke Irwin | January 14, 2020   1. Rodtang Jitmuangnonz: Left no doubt in his rematch with Jonathan Haggerty after their majority decision bout in August, TKOing him in the third round, and defended his ONE Muay Thai Flyweight title, the same title he took from Haggerty.   2. Alejandra Jimenez: Pulled off a major upset by claiming both world titles from Franchon Crews Dezurn on the Golden Boy card, earning a split-decision win in a fantastic bout, and now she and Elin Cederroos hold all the gold at 168lbs.   3. Elin Cederroos: Is now the IBF...

By: Luke Irwin | January 14, 2020 Date: September 11, 2010Card: Shark Fights 13Championship(s):Venue: Amarillo Civic Center ColiseumLocation: Amarillo, Texas [embedded content] Combat, MMA, Undercard Superstar View the original article on Undercard Superstar: Fight of the Day: Jorge Masvidal vs. Paul...

By: Luke Irwin | January 13, 2020 Date: March 10, 1979Card: 1979 NCAA Wrestling ChampionshipsChampionship(s): NCAA Division I 118-lb Gold MedalVenue: Hilton ColiseumLocation: Ames, Iowa [embedded content] Combat, MMA, Undercard Superstar View the original article on Undercard Superstar: Fight of the Day: Gene Mills vs. Joe...