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Strikeforce Quick Results: Marquardt Vs. Saffiedine

January 13th, 2013 at 4:37 PM
By Phil Clark

These are the results for Strikeforce: Marquardt Vs. Saffiedine. This was the final card for the promotion, which is folding in both MMA and kickboxing. The main-event was Nate Marquardt defending the promotion's welterweight title against Tarec Saffiedine. The card was held from Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

 

Strikeforce Welterweight Championship

Nate Marquardt (Champion) Vs. Tarec Saffiedine (Challenger)

 

Saffiedine over Marquardt by decision (Unanimous: 48-47, 49-46, 49-46)

 

Saffiedine: 14-3, 6-1 SF

Marquardt: 32-11-2, 1-1 SF

 

Daniel Cormier Vs. Dion Staring

 

Cormier over Staring by TKO (Punches) R2 4:02

 

Cormier: 11-0, 8-0 SF

Staring: 28-8, 0-1 SF

 

Josh Barnett Vs. Nandor Guelmino

 

Barnett over Guelmino by submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) R1 2:11

 

Barnett: 32-6, 3-1 SF

Guelmino: 11-4-1, 0-1 SF

 

Gegard Mousasi Vs. Mike Kyle

 

Mousasi over Kyle by submission (Rear-Naked Choke) R1 4:09

 

Mousasi: 33-3-2, 4-1-1 SF

Kyle: 19-9-1 2 NC, 3-4-1 1 NC SF

 

Ronaldo Souza Vs. Ed Herman

 

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Shinya Aoki Impresses and Gerogi Karakhanyan Scores an Upset at Dream 18; Semmy Schilt Wins One-Night Kickboxing Tourney at GLORY 4

January 5th, 2013 at 10:59 PM
By Phil Clark

The year 2012 finished in Japan in a way that it has been for more than a decade: with a major show involving mixed martial arts and kickboxing.

 

This year, it was a co-promoted effort between Dream and Glory Sports International, the owners of kickboxing promotion GLORY. Both Dream and GLORY would hold shows at Saitama Super Arena with Dream going first.

 

Shinya Aoki finished Antonio McGee in a fashion that is very familiar to Aoki's fights: submission. The difference in this case is that it was a submission by punch.

 

After a first round that was mostly on the canvas, Aoki began the second round by unloading with a right to McGee's face that sent him partially through the ropes. McGee submitted while still between the ropes. The shot may have landed right on McGee's left eye as that is where one of his hands went right after the shot landed.

 

McGee's lone bright spot was having a guillotine choke on Aoki during the final 30 seconds of the first round, but it didn't appear serious and seemed more like a way to neutralize Aoki than defeat him. The rest of the opening round was Aoki wearing McGee down with takedowns, takedown attempts, or from the defense he would exhibit when McGee was in top position on the canvas.

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Mirko Cro Cop Wins by Quick Submission, Satoshi Ishii by Decision at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2012

January 3rd, 2013 at 12:56 AM
By Phil Clark

The man who helped establish mixed martial arts on New Year's Eve was back at it again.

 

Antonio Inoki returned to December 31 as a promoter with his Inoki Genome Federation, a pro wrestling promotion. In true Inoki fashion, the promotion has both wrestlers and fighters engaging in pro wrestling matches. In the case of this card, there was a mix of pro wrestling matches and mixed martial arts fights.

 

The main MMA fight of the card was the return of Mirko Cro Cop and the debut of Shinichi Suzukawa. A fighter versus wrestler matchup has never worked out that great for Inoki since he started booking them in real fights as opposed to in pro wrestling matches. The desired effect of booking these types of fights years ago was that the pro wrestler would win or fight good at the very least. In most cases, the wrestler did not perform well or was finished quickly. This ended up being no different.

 

Suzukawa, a former sumo wrestler, chose to make his MMA debut fighting in a sumo thong. Suzukawa came out charging with something resembling a flying knee to begin the fight, but ended up accidentally poking Cro Cop in his left eye after landing.

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Quick Results: Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2012 (MMA Portion)

December 31st, 2012 at 4:00 PM
By Phil Clark

These are the results of the MMA bouts from Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2012. The card was a mix of mixed martial arts and pro wrestling matches involving Antonio Inoki's IGF pro wrestling promotion. The MMA part of the show is headlined by Shinichi Suzukawa's MMA debut and Satoshi Ishii's first MMA fight since last New Year's Eve. The card was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan (Sumo Hall) in Tokyo, Japan.

 

Mirko Cro Cop Vs. Shinichi Suzukawa

 

Cro Cop over Suzukawa by submission (Armbar) R1 1:18

 

Cro Cop: 28-10-2 1 NC

Suzukawa: 0-1

 

Satoshi Ishii Vs. Tim Sylvia

 

Ishii over Sylvia by decision (Unanimous)

 

Ishii: 5-2-1

Sylvia: 31-8 1 NC

 

Ikuhisa Minowa Vs. Bor Bratovz

 

Minowa over Bratovz by submission (Heel Hook) R1 3:18

 

Minowa: 55-34-8

Bratovz: 6-3

 

Rolles Gracie Vs. Yusuke Kawaguchi

 

Gracie over Kawaguchi by submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) R1 2:00

 

Gracie: 8-1

Kawaguchi: 13-6

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Quick Results: Dream 18–Special NYE 2012

December 31st, 2012 at 2:43 PM
By Phil Clark

These are the results for Dream 18. This is the first Dream card since last May, not counting the annual New Year's Eve show co-promoted with K-1. The card was held at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.

 

Tatsuya Kawajiri Vs. Michihiro Omigawa

 

Kawajiri over Omigawa by decision (Unanimous)

 

Kawajiri: 32-7-2, 9-2 Dream

Omigawa: 13-13-1, 2-1 Dream

 

Hiroyuki Takaya Vs. Georgi Karakhanyan

 

Karakhanyan over Takaya by decision (Split)

 

Karakhanyan: 20-3-1, 1-0 Dream

Takaya: 17-10-1, 7-2 Dream

 

Shinya Aoki Vs. Antonio McGee

 

Aoki over McGee by submission (Punch) R2 0:24

 

Aoki: 31-6 1 NC, 12-2 1 NC Dream

McGee: 28-4-2, 0-0 Dream

 

Bibiano Fernandes Vs. Yoshiro Maeda

 

Fernandes over Maeda by technical submission (Triangle Choke) R1 1:46

 

Fernandes: 13-3, 9-0 Dream

Maeda: 30-12-4, 2-5 Dream

 

Melvin Manhoef Vs. Denis Kang

 

Manhoef over Kang by KO (Knee to the Body) R1 0:50

 

Manhoef: 27-9-1 1 NC, 3-3 Dream

Kang: 35-16-2 2 NC, 0-2 Dream

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