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Beltran-Johnson fight on FUEL TV

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by MMAjunkie.com
UFC officials announced today that Canadian Mitch Gagnon (8-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is unable to cross into the U.S. for a fight with Johnny Bedford (18-9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), forcing the promotion to scrap the booking at UFC on FOX 2.

A heavyweight bout between Joey Beltran (13-6 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and newcomer Lavar Johnson (15-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has subsequently been added to the event’s six-bout preliminary card broadcast, which airs on FUEL TV.

UFC on FOX 2 takes place Saturday at Chicago’s United Center. A three-bout main card airs live on FOX.

Gagnon, who hails from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, was a replacement for Eddie Wineland (18-8-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC), who was forced to withdraw from the event with a knee injury. Wineland was initially slated to face onetime bantamweight title challenger Demetrious Johnson before the UFC announced a championship flyweight tournament set for UFC on FX 2 in Australia.

All of Gagnon’s career wins have come via submission (five via guillotine choke). His lone defeat came via decision in 2009 to William Romero, who later went on to fight in Bellator.

Bedford, who was knocked out of the “TUF 14″ bantamweight semifinals by eventual show winner John Dodson, returned earlier this month on the undercard of the show’s live finale, where he scored a vicious third-round TKO beatdown of fellow cast member Louis Gaudinot. The onetime Bellator fighter is now 7-1 over his past eight pro fights, and five of the wins came via stoppage.

It’s unknown whether Gagnon vs. Bedford will be rescheduled for a later date.

With the late change to the schedule, the UFC on FOX 2 lineup now includes:

MAIN CARD (FOX)

  • Phil Davis vs. Rashad Evans
  • Michael Bisping vs. Chael Sonnen
  • Demian Maia vs. Chris Weidman

PRELIMINARY CARD (FUEL TV)

  • Evan Dunham vs. Nik Lentz
  • Michael Johnson vs. Shane Roller
  • Jon Olav Einemo vs. Mike Russow
  • George Roop vs. Cub Swanson
  • Charles Oliveira vs. Eric Wisely
  • Joey Beltran vs. Lavar Johnson

Upcoming UFC events

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MMA Schedule

UFC on Versus 6: ‘Cruz vs. Johnson’

Saturday, October 1, 2011 from the Verizon Center in Washington D.C.
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UFC 136: ‘Edgar vs. Maynard 3′

Saturday, October 8, 2011 from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas
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UFC 137: ‘St. Pierre vs. Diaz’

Saturday, October 29, 2011 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada Diaz is off card for now.

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UFC 138: ‘Leben vs. Munoz’

Saturday, November 5, 2011 from the LG Arena at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England

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UFC 135 Results

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UFC 135 Early Results:

  • Early Spike Action Sees Tim Boetsch and Tony Ferguson Collect Wins on Spike TV Prelims

UFC 135 Results

  • Rampage cant beat the worlds best 205 pounder either, Jon Jones continues to take names

  • Diaz Submits Gomi and asks the UFC for better opponents,

  • Matt Hughes loses a no-Brainer to Josh Koscheck (Sorry Joe Silva, I love you and Matt, and can’t stand Josh but this one made no sense whatsoever)?  Lets see, match up a equally good wrestler that is younger, and who is clearly demonstrated better stand-up guy than Hughes,  and call it a co-main UFC event simply because Matt was good before wrestling became the known key ingredient in MMA.

  • Mark Hunt Barely outlasts Ben Rothwell

  • Travis Brown goes to 12-0 with win over Broughton

 
Nate Diaz at UFC 118

UFC Fight Night 25 Results

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UFC Fight Night 25 Results: Jake Ellenberger KO’s Jake Shields in the First Round

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Damon Martin

 

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It’s a fight that Jake Ellenberger has been asking about for almost a year.

On Saturday night in New Orleans he got his wish and it paid off as Ellenberger finished former UFC title contender Jake Shields with strikes in the first round of their main event fight at UFC Fight Night 25.

Ever since Shields signed with the UFC, Ellenberger has been calling for a fight with him. Why? Simply because he thought he could beat him.

“I just never really believed it. Jake Shields is the best middleweight in the world, the best welterweight in the world, like I never believed it,” Ellenberger told MMAWeekly Radio prior to the fight. “He has beat some very tough opponents, but it’s nothing personal against him, he’s probably a great guy. I’m sure we could be friends afterwards, but I was just never sold on him.”

Ellenberger showed no fear facing the former Strikeforce middleweight champion, especially after he shrugged off a takedown attempt and was able to overpower Shields in the clinch in the opening moments of the fight.

Once Shields did engage and get close enough for Ellenberger to get a hold of him, it was the end of the fight.

Ellenberger got the back of Shields’ head and threw two knees. The first went to the body, but the second connected flush to Shields’ face, sending him crashing to the canvas.

Pouncing on Shields, Ellenberger blasted away with a barrage of machine gun like punches that knocked his opponent senseless, and the referee had seen enough and swooped in for the save.

Being aggressive was Ellenberger’s whole strategy and it paid off on Saturday night.

UFC’s Jake Ellenberger dismantles Jake Shields within seconds

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Timing and a bad match-up prove to be a bad recipe for Jake Shields

Photo by Josh Hedges Zuffa LLC via Getty Images.

By Nate Wilcox - MMA Editor

The UFC scores one of its best-selling live events in Ultimate Fight Night history with UFC Fight Night 25 in New Orleans.

Sep 17, 2011 - New Orleans gave the UFC a warm welcome back tonight as 7,112 attended for a $685,000 live gate according to reports from the post fight press conference. New Orleans’ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center hosted the event which saw its main card air on Spike TV

The main event showcased Jake Ellenberger dismantled and knocked out Jake Shields in 50 seconds. The co main event  saw The Ultimate Fighter winner Court McGee outlast Dongi Yang by unanimous decision after a wild three round war and cardio display.

The gate and attendance were some of the best numbers in the series’ history.

UFC Fight Night 25 weigh-in results

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The weigh ins for UFC Fight Night 25 took place the home of Hurricane Katrina and the city that never gave up, New Orleans on Friday with main eventers Jake Shields and Jake Ellenberger making weight, thus making their fight official in the MMA world.

Jake Shields takes the fight this Saturday surprisingly after his dad died just a few weeks ago.  Surprising because his father Jack, was also his manager and mentor as well.  Jake Shields  former Strikeforce champion and last victim of GSP, said he stayed in the bout because his dad was his biggest fan and would have wanted to see him shine in the Octagon.

Ellenberger wishes to make a statement tonight as he will attempt to make his way up to top  10 rankings by beating Jake Shields.

The Co-main event fighters entail a much anticipated bout between Court McGee and Dongi Yang, and former TUF  ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ winner Jonathan Brookins  faces featherweight Erik Koch.

Here are the entire weigh in results below:

MAIN CARD SPIKE TV:

MAIN EVENT:
Jake Shields (171) vs. Jake Ellenberger (170)

Court McGee (184.5) vs. Dongi Yang (186)
Erik Koch (146) vs. Jonathan Brookins (145.5)
Alan Belcher (186) vs. Jason MacDonald (185)

PRELIMINARY CARD FACEBOOK:

Cody McKenzie (155.5) vs. Vagner Rocha (155.5)
Evan Dunham (156) vs. Shamar Bailey (156)
Matt Riddle (171) vs. Lance Benoist (170.5)
Ken Stone (136) vs. Donny Walker (135.5)
Clay Harvison (170) vs. Seth Baczynski (171)
TJ Waldburger (171) vs. Mike Stumpf (171)
Mike Lullo (146) vs. Robert Peralta (145.5)
Justin Edwards (171) vs. Jorge Ortiz (171)

UFC Fight Night 25, will Jake Shields rise again

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The UFC returns to Louisiana in September for UFC Fight Night 25, and a key welterweight matchup between Jake Shields (26-5-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) and Jake Ellenberger (25-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) headlines the card.

Shields is hoping to earn a second crack at the UFC welterweight title, while Ellenberger is hoping to prove his legitimacy as a contender with a signature win.

In our latest MMAjunkie.com/”Inside MMA” poll, and the results were revealed on Friday’s new episode of HDNet’s weekly MMA news show, and it was fairly one-sided.

The most popular response, with 35 percent of the vote, was Shields via submission.

While it’s been a while since Shields has earned a stoppage win, it’s certainly not out of the question. Shields owns 10 career victories via submission, including wins over Robbie Lawler, Paul Daley, Nick Thompson, Mike Pyle, Ido Pariente and Ray Steinbeiss during an incredible 15-fight win streak that was recently snapped by St-Pierre.

Close behind was Shields via decision, which secured 29 percent of the vote. Another three percent voted for Shields via knockout or TKO, meaning a total of 67 percent of votes favor the former Strikeforce champ.

Those supporting Ellenberger favored a knockout or TKO win, with 21 percent of the total response predicting the result. Another 10 percent voted Ellenberger via decision, and just two percent predicted him to win via submission.

The results could be seen as a little surprising considering Ellenberger is returning from a stunning first-round knockout of Sean Pierson and currently carries a four-fight win streak in the octagon. In fact, Ellenberger is 8-1 in his past nine overall fights.

When shown the results of the poll, Ellenberger remained unflappable.

“It fuels the fire,” Ellenberger said of receiving so little of the vote. “It’s just people’s opinions, but at the end of the day, it really doesn’t mater.”