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MMAmania.com (www.mmamania.com) has received the fighter payouts for UFC Fight Night 12 from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) for the SpikeTV special event held on January 23 at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 5 lightweight winner, Nate Diaz, was the top earner on the show, pocketing $30,000 for his first round stoppage of Alvin Robinson. Not far behind was Patrick Cote, who took home $28,000 for his win over Drew McFedries.
Here are all the UFC Fight Night 12 payouts:
Mike Swick — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Josh Burkman — $10,000
Swick defeated Burkman via majority decision
Patrick Cote — $28,000
Drew McFedries — $10,000
Cote defeated McFedries via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
Thiago Tavares — $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win)
Michihiro Omigawa — $5,000
Tavares defeated Omigawa via unanimous decision
Nate Diaz — $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win)
Alvin Robinson — $7,000
Diaz defeated Robinson via submission (triangle choke) in round one
Kurt Pellegrino — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Alberto Crane — $4,000
Pellegrino defeated Crane via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Gray Maynard — $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Dennis Siver — $7,000
Maynard defeated Siver via unanimous decision
Jeremy Stephens — $10,000 ($5,000 to show, $5,000 to win)
Cole Miller — $8,000
Stephens defeated Miller via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Corey Hill — $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Joe Veres — $3,000
Hill defeated Veres via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Matt Wiman — $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Justin Buchholz — $4,000
Wiman defeated Buchholz via submission (rear naked choke) in round one
Keep in mind the salaries listed above do not include fight bonuses, sponsorships, percentages and other unofficial payments. It also does not include deductions for expenses such as insurance, taxes, etc.
For example, the UFC often hands out extra cash for “Fight of the Night,” “Knockout of the Night” and “Submission of the Night.” We’ll pass along those figures as soon as possible. The total base fighter payroll for UFC 79 was $232,000.
For complete results and coverage of the UFC Fight Night 12 click here and here.
Written by admin on January 24th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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UFC Fight Night 12 is set for tonight (January 23) from the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two-hour event airs LIVE at 9 p.m. ET on SpikeTV.
Remember: MMAmania.com will provide LIVE updates and blow-by-blow, round-by-round commentary of the main card action throughout the telecast. As usual, it promises to be a great discussion during a decent line up of fights.
To get us pumped for the festivities MMAmania.com contributor Jesse Holland and site veteran “PW” went toe-to-toe below to try and predict the fighters who will leave the Octagon with their hands raised tomorrow during the featured fights of the evening.
It’s important to note for the predictions that while someone may be lauding a certain fighter, he isn’t necessarily the guy who he thinks is going to win. Basically, we never want this to come out sounding repetitive. At the end of each analysis, therefore, you will see the individual picks.
Let’s get to it:
Mike Swick (10-2) vs. Josh Burkman (9-4)
Jesse Holland: Mike Swick is back, and that’s bad news for welterweights not named Jon Fitch, Josh Koscheck or Georges St. Pierre. While I’m not entirely behind his move to 170 pounds, there’s no question he can bang with the best. Aside from a flash KO at the hands of Chris Leben back in 2004, Swick’s only other loss was to the powerful Yushin Okami at UFC 69. Despite having rocked in the second round, Swick’s frustration got the better of him as the much larger Okami muscled his way to a unanimous decision. Prior to that Swick was on a 5-0 tear through the middleweight division, disposing of Joe Riggs with a guillotine at UFC 60 and dominating the durable David Loiseau at UFC 63. His nickname is “Quick” for a reason: he’s got blistering combos and can hustle on the ground. Burkman is tough but has yet to prove he can overcome a top five contender as seen in his losses to Jon Fitch at Fight Night 4 and Karo Parisyan at UFC 71. Swick may not be ready for GSP, but he’s certainly ready for Josh Burkman.
MMAmania.com reader “PW:” This fight is huge for both Josh Burkman and Mike Swick because the winner will force his way into welterweight title discussions. Swick used a definitive speed advantage to compile a 5-1 UFC record as a middleweight, before dropping to welterweight after getting out-muscled by Yushin Okami. Burkman should be better equipped to deal with Swick’s speed than the larger middleweights. He is also physically strong with good wrestling and grappling skills. While Swick is no slouch on the mat, as evidenced by two wins via “Swickotine,” as though he invented the move, the ground game gives Burkman his best chance to win. He needs to maintain top position and outwork Swick for 15 minutes. Otherwise Swick’s cleaner and more technical stand-up will decide the fight. Burkman’s last four fights have all gone the distance, and I don’t think this one will be any different.
Final predictions:
Jesse Holland — Swick via unanimous decision
PW — Swick via unanimous decision
Drew McFedries (6-2) vs. Patrick Cote (11-4)
Jesse Holland: Drew McFedries has very dangerous hands and considering he hasn’t gone to a decision in nearly eight years, he should be single-minded in his approach. To win he needs a first-round knockout. Cote is the type of fighter that can be content with letting McFedries swing away until he’s out of gas and then slap on a submission. Whether Cote is more apt to engage after his TKO wins over Jason Day and Kendall Grove remains to be seen, but knowing McFedries power I’m sure he’ll be in no hurry to stand and strike. McFedries has never been about technique and that’s surprising considering his affiliation with Pat Miletich. If McFedries can have confidence in his hands and stalk the more reserved Cote, he should be able to finish him in the first.
MMAmania.com reader “PW:” After a 0-4 start to his UFC career, Cote was given new life with a spot in The Ultimate Fighter 4. He scored wins over Jorge Rivera and Edwin deWees before losing to Travis Lutter in the final. He has since scored a lackluster unanimous decision win over Scott Smith and an impressive first-round KO of TUF 3 winner Kendall Grove. Cote has knock-out power, although he is a cautious fighter and averse to taking big risks. Drew McFedries earned first round knock-outs in his two UFC fights that stayed on the feet but got choked out the one time he went to the ground. Cote would be wise to take this to the ground and use his superior submission skills, but McFedries’ friends at Miletich FS surely have him prepared for this.
Final predictions:
Jesse Holland — Cote via submission
PW — McFedries via technical knockout
Nate Diaz (7-2) vs. Alvin Robinson (9-2)
Jesse Holland: Nate Diaz may be known for his slick jiu-jitsu, but Alvin “Kid” Robinson actually holds a higher submission ratio with eight of his nine wins coming by way of tapout. Alvin hit a bump in the road with his loss to Kenny Florian at UFC 73, but that’s nothing to be ashamed of considering the kind of performance KenFlo has turned in since graduating from The Ultimate Fighter. To overcome Diaz he’s going to have to fight fire with fire. His submissions are what got him this far and they are clearly his best weapon. He needs to take it right to Diaz and while there is always a risk when you start mixing it up on the mat, it should be known that Diaz can be submitted. Nate was armbarred by Hermes Franca at WEC 24 so it’s not unheard of to make him tap. Robinson shouldn’t waste any time fooling around on his feet where he’s at a disadvantage. If they both bring their grappling A-game, expect a very evenly matched, fight-of-the-night contender.
MMAmania.com reader “PW:” This fight will help either Nate Diaz or Alvin Robinson make a move up the incredibly stacked lightweight division. With both fighters being extremely well versed in jiu-jitsu this has Fight of the Night potential. In fact, it makes me wish Frank Mir was calling the action instead of Joe Rogan. Diaz defeated Manny Gamburyan in the TUF 5 finale due to an injury and got a first round submission win over Junior Assuncao. After getting completely overwhelmed by Kenny Florian in his octagon debut, Robinson rebounded with a dominant ground and pound win over BJJ specialist Jorge Gurgel. Robinson will try to do the same to Diaz, but Diaz is much better than Gurgel.
Final predictions:
Jesse Holland — Diaz via split decision
PW — Diaz via submission
Thiago Tavares (12-1) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (4-5)
Jesse Holland: Michihiro Omigawa is going to face the 12-1 Thiago Tavares, whose only loss was a decision to lightweight phenom Tyson Griffin. I’m trying hard to build a case for the 4-5 Judo practitioner but against Tavares I find myself grasping at straws. On the plus side he does train with PRIDE veteran Kazuhiro Nakamura, who if nothing else can show him how to at least make it to the judge’s scorecards. To his credit Omigawa has two TKO wins in 2007, but looked a bit flat against TUF graduate Matt Wiman. In order to win Omigawa needs to be flawless and hope that Tavares has some kind of undisclosed injury prior to the fight.
MMAmania.com reader “PW:” After opening his career 16 straight wins (12 if you believe the Sherdog site over the UFC site) Thiago Tavares suffered his first setback, dropping a decision to Tyson Griffin. Michihiro Omigawa also lost a decision to Matt Wiman in his first and only visit to the octagon. Tavares has a significant striking advantage with his Muay Thai. Omigawa is a judo specialist, so even if he manages to avoid Tavares’ knees and elbows and throw the larger and stronger Tavares, he will then have to deal with Tavares’ BJJ. Tavares is the younger, stronger, fitter and better fighter and will have the advantage on the feet and on the ground.
Final predictions:
Jesse Holland — Tavares via anything he wants
PW — Tavares via technical knockout
That’s a wrap, folks.
For the complete UFC Fight Night 12 fight card click here.
Remember to come check us out after the show for all the latest results, recaps and thoughts on the second major UFC event of 2008.
What do you think? Now it’s your turn … let us have it in the comments section and share your thoughts and picks for UFC Fight Night 12.
Written by admin on January 23rd, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Believe it or not (based on the lack of collective enthusiasm) UFC Fight Night 12 takes place about 24 hours from now and the fighters all tipped the scales this afternoon at the the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the official weigh-in.
Former middleweight contender, Mike Swick, had no apparent problems making weight for his welterweight debut against Josh Burkman in the main event of the evening.
In fact, the entire field of all 18 fighters made their respective weight limits with apparent ease.
Here are the official results via UFC.com:
170 lbs.: Mike Swick (170) vs. Josh Burkman (170)
185 lbs.: Patrick Cote (184) vs. Drew McFedries (185)
155 lbs.: Thiago Tavares (155) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (154)
155 lbs.: Nate Diaz (155) vs. Alvin Robinson (155)
155 lbs.: Kurt Pellegrino (155) vs. Alberto Crane (155)
155 lbs.: Gray Maynard (155) vs. Dennis Siver (154)
155 lbs.: Cole Miller (155) vs. Jeremy Stephens (155)
155 lbs.: Corey Hill (154) vs. Joe Veres (155)
155 lbs.: Matt Wiman (155) vs. Justin Buchholz (155)
*Note: Fighters are allowed to weigh one pound more than the division limit in non-title fights.
There should be a video highlight package of the UFC Fight Night 12 weigh-in available soon, which we include in this post as soon as possible.
Reminder: The televised portion of the SpikeTV special begins Wednesday, January 23, at 9 p.m. ET. We will provide LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the main card action at this time when the event begins to air from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
UFC Fight Night 12 quick results, however, will begin to flow earlier than that here at MMAmania.com at about 7:30 p.m. ET with the prelim fights.
Feel free to hit us up before, during and after the show for some good discussion and coverage — it should be a nice night of FREE mixed martial arts (MMA) action.
See you all tomorrow right here at showtime.
Written by admin on January 22nd, 2008 with comments disabled.
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UFC Fight Night 12 tickets are set to go on sale this week for the SpikeTV special event that takes place live from the The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 23, 2008.
Here are the details:
UFC Fight Club Presale: Thursday, December 12 at 1 p.m. ET
Newsletter Presale: Friday, December 14 at 1 p.m. ET
General Ticket Sale: Saturday, December 15 at 1 p.m.
UFC Fight Night 12 tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster.com or StubHub.com (Note: StubHub often has seats available even if the event is “sold out.”)
The Wednesday night show features the welterweight debut of former middleweight contender, Mike Swick, against Josh Burkman. In addition, 185-pound bangers Drew McFedries and Patrick Cote are also receiving top billing.
Here is the rest of the rumored participants to date:
Nate Diaz (7-2) vs. Alvin Robinson (9-2)
Kurt Pellegrino (10-3) vs. Alberto Crane (8-1)
Corey Hill (1-0) vs. Joe Veres (4-2)
Thiago Tavares (13-1) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (4-5)
Cole Miller (13-2) vs. Jeremy Stephens (12-2)
Gray Maynard (3-0) vs. Dennis Siver (11-4)
Matt Wiman (8-3) vs. Justin Buchholz (7-1)
To check out the entire rumored fight card click here. For more on UFC Fight Night 12 hit up our archive.
Written by admin on December 11th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Thiago Tavares (13-1) will fight Michihiro Omigawa (4-5) at UFC Fight Night 12 on January 23, 2008, according to Sherdog.com.
Up until his first loss to Tyson Griffin at UFC 76: “Knockout” in September (a fantastic clash that produced the “Fight of the Night”), Tavares was on the fast-track to top contender status in the lightweight division.
Perhaps it was too fast, however; the talented Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt now appears to have accepted a fight against someone who he should (on paper) handle rather easily.
Here’s his take:
“I think he is a good opponent … the guys from UFC are trying to build my name again because I’m coming off a loss. That’s why they didn’t give me a top opponent. Not disrespecting him — he is a good athlete, fought at the Olympics and in big MMA organizations. He is a middle-level fighter, not top, but I’m training to face him like it is a title shot. Every single fight is the most important fight of my life.”
Omigawa dropped his Octagon debut Matt Wiman also via unanimous decision at the same September show mentioned above from the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Prior to that appearance Omigawa made a name for himself competing under the DEEP banner in Japan.
It’s important to note that before his loss to Wiman that Omigawa was on a three-fight winning streak.
Tavares was on a roll with impressive UFC wins over Jason Black and Naoyuki Kotani before he met up with Griffin. It’s a fight that in his mind he feels he did not lose.
Here’s another snip:
“You have no idea what I’ve being going through since that fight … Plus the fact I didn’t think I lost. … Maybe he won, but I didn’t agree with the way that gave him the victory. … There was a judge giving him 30-27; that guy had bad intentions. I’m trying to let it go, but I will over-think it. I’m trying to see that fight not as one step back, but as I didn’t make a step forward. I’ll beat Omigawa in January and I hope to fight in April again because by the end of the upcoming year, I’ll be back to the top again. That loss will give me a lot of victories — that’s a promise.”
His newfound motivation could spell trouble for Omigawa and the rest of the 155-pound class in 2008. It should be fun to watch and find out.
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Written by admin on November 21st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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The crop of 18 fighters for UFC 76: “Knockout” have all weighed-in this evening for the pay-per-view (PPV) event tomorrow night from The Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Jon Fitch was the only fighter in the field who failed to make weight, coming in one pound over the 170-pound limit at 172 pounds (fighters are allowed to be one pound over in non-title fights.)
He has one hour to lose the last pound. Update: Fitch lost the weight and came in at 171.
Not surprisingly, former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell got the biggest ovation.
Here are the official results:
205 lbs.: Chuck Liddell (205.5) vs. Keith Jardine (204.5)
205 lbs.: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (205) vs. Forrest Griffin (205)
170 lbs.: Diego Sanchez (170) vs. Jon Fitch (172)
205 lbs.: Ryoto Machida (205.5) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (205)
155 lbs.: Tyson Griffin (155.5) vs. Thiago Tavares (154.5)
177 lbs.: Rich Clementi (169) vs. Anthony Johnson (177.5)*
155 lbs.: Diego Saraiva (155.5) vs. Jeremy Stephens (155)
Hvywt.: Christian Wellisch (230.5) vs. Scott Junk (257.5)
155 lbs.: Matt Wiman (156) vs. Michihiro Omigawa (152.5)
* This fight is at a catch-weight of 177 pounds.
The televised portion of the pay-per-view (PPV) event begins Saturday, September 22, at 10 p.m. ET. We will provide LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the main card action at this time.
UFC 76 quick results, however, will begin to flow earlier than that here at UFCmania.com at about 8:30 p.m. ET with the prelim fights.
It’s going to be a killer night — see you all then!
Written by admin on September 21st, 2007 with comments disabled.
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UFC 76: “Knockout” at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., is set for one week from today on Saturday, September 22.
UFCmania.com will provide LIVE up-to-the-minute quick results, including the preliminary and under card fights. Our blow-by-blow coverage will begin at 10 p.m. ET with the pay-per-view (PPV) telecast.
This is one of the more solid cards in terms of match ups that has been put together for some time — even if some people aren’t too thrilled with the main event between former light heavyweight champion, Chuck Liddell, and Keith Jardine.
Don’t count me as one of them — someone is getting knocked out.
PRIDE FC stud Mauricio “Shogun” Rua will make his long-awaited Octagon debut against fan favorite, Forrest Griffin. Jon Fitch and Diego Sanchez will throwdown in a welterweight scrap, and lightweights Tyson Griffin and Thiago Tavares will clash to see who moves up the 155-pound ladder quicker.
There’s also another debut — Kazuhiro Nakamura will try and knockout the very tough, tricky and undefeated Ryoto Machida.
Put simply, this is a great line up of fights that should not disappoint. Make sure to tune-in; however, if you can’t we will have everything you need right here.
Many of our readers check-in before, during and after the PPV telecast to share their thoughts on the action. Therefore, feel free to leave a comment or 10 before you leave and chat with many of our readers during the show — it always turns out to be a good time.
Don’t forget also that we will be the spot for the latest news, recaps and post-fight analysis after UFC 76.
For the complete UFC 76 fight card click here.
Written by admin on September 15th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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