Video: Bellator 77 highlights, including Rich Clementi's main-event win

The eight-man field for Bellator's Season 7 lightweight field was whittled down to four at this past weekend's Bellator 77 event.�

Video highlights of the tournament's opening round are now available.�

They include Rich Clementi's narrow win overly previously unbeaten Russian fighter Alexander "Tiger" Sarnavskiy in the main event.

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The Week?s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Thomas Dulorme, Miguel Vazquez, Karim Mayfield And ...

A strange week on the boxing calendar, with a not-quite-HBO-level HBO show and a whole bunch of lesser stuff, almost all of it on Saturday. Our video this week is some oddly beautiful and appropriately soundtracked slow motion footage of pitch invaders avoiding security guards before a Polish football match. Boxing’s own pitch invasion incident, the fan man, has got nothing on that. To the fights!

• Thomas Dulorme vs. Luis Carlos Abregu, Saturday, HBO, Verona N.Y. HBO serves up another prospect-oriented card from upstate New York. It’s strange seeing match-ups of this level on HBO, but I suppose it’s better than no boxing at all. It’s certainly better than the general standard on ShoBox this year. The headlining bout pits Puerto Rican welterweight prospect Thomas Dulorme (16-0) against Argentina’s Luis Carlos Abregu (33-1). The Argentine is a tough cookie, but I’m not convinced he’ll be able to hang with Dulorme, a serious power puncher already being talked about as the successor to Miguel Cotto and Felix Trinidad. Abregu was open to Timothy Bradley’s left hook when they fought back in 2010, so I suspect that he’ll eat Dulorme’s straight left once the southpaw Boricua dials it in. And I don’t think Abregu will hang around for much longer once that happens. Underneath that bout is a lightweight fight between Mexicans Miguel Vazquez (31-3) and Marvin Quintero (25-3). I don’t see Quintero, another southpaw, beating Vazquez, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board’s number two and one of the craftiest in the biz. Probably the most exciting and evenly matched fight of the night pits Californian junior welterweight prospects Karim Mayfield (16-0-1) and Mauricio Herrera (18-2) against one another.  Mayfield, who at 31 is kind of old for a prospect, has been slowly stepping up his level of competition and Herrera figures to be a real test. Though he doesn’t hit that hard or shine in any aspect of the game in particular, Herrera is as tenacious as all get out. He’s repeatedly upset opponents, like Ruslan Provodnikov, who have been favoured to beat him and lost in a hell of a war against the much larger Mike Alvarado last time out.  He’s going to be all up in Mayfield’s grill all night, absorbing and smothering the big bombs that Mayfield likes to throw. We don’t yet know how Mayfield will deal with that kind of pressure and it’ll be fun to find out.
• Alejandro Lopez vs. Taklani Ndlovu, Saturday, Azteca America, El Paso. Junior featherweight Alejandro Lopez (23-2), who handily upset Teon Kennedy over a year ago, finally gets another relatively high profile fight, against South Africa’s Taklani Ndlovu (33-7). Lopez, a stand-up boxer, has probably caught “The Panther” at a good time, too, after a tough win over the limited Giovanni Caro and a loss to compatriot Jeffrey Mathebula. Ndlovu isn’t afraid to mix it up, throwing the weird-looking, choppy punches that seem to be a South African trademark. Whether the shorter Lopez can get in range and then fire punches down the middle of Ndlovu’s combinations will be the question of the fight.
• Rafael Marquez vs. Cristian Mijares, Saturday, Mexico City. More Mexican on Mexican violence here, between veteran junior featherweight Rafael Marquez (41-7) and Chrisitian Mijares (46-6-2), who has a few miles on the clock himself. Mijares is undefeated since 2009, though against unspectacular opposition, while Marquez has at least challenged himself sporadically, losing against elite-level competition.  Mijares is a southpaw mover, while Marquez, like his big bro Juan-Manuel, is an well drilled, orthodox aggression machine. I honestly don’t know who’s going to win. Marquez is not what he once was and Mijares isn’t spectacular. His name is in the conversation for Nonito Donaire fairly often though. Let’s hope it’s only a conversation.
• The Rest. Wednesday brings one of Lou Dibella’s Broadway Boxing cards from New York, featuring junior welterweight prospect Gabriel Bracero (19-1) and cruiserweight “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (15-0)… It’s a big week for the Cano family, with Pablo Cesar’s brother Ivan (21-4) facing undefeated French Canadian junior welterweight prospect Dierry Jean (22-0) in Quebec Friday… Saturday brings a Fox Deportes card featuring Jorge Linares conqueror and strangely named Mexican Sergio Thompson (24-2) against Luis Armando Juarez (16-5-2) in a junior lightweight bout. One of the Kameda bros is also fighting… The same night, TeleFutura broadcasts junior lightweight veterans Rocky Juarez (28-10-1) and Antonio Escalante (28-4). It’s really hard to care about Juarez anymore… New York welterweight prospect and former Olympian Sadam Ali (15-0) headlines an Integrated Sports PPV from Brooklyn Saturday. When it rains boxing in Brooklyn, it pours… Wealth TV continues its strange involvement in televised boxing by showing a Dominick Guinn (34-9-1) fight. Getting to see one of the worst tattoos in boxing should be worth the price of admission… Still Saturday, Tokyo plays hosts to a fight between the world’s number two junior lightweight, Takahiro Aoh (23-2-1) and his Mexican challenger Gamaliel Diaz (36-9-2), who’s been on a winning streak lately… To round out this lengthy “the rest," locally popular Virginia junior middleweight Jimmy Lange (38-4-2) fights Tony Jeter (14-3-1) at home in Fairfax Saturday.

Source: http://www.queensberry-rules.com/2012-articles/october/the-week-s-boxing-schedule-featuring-thomas-dulorme-miguel-vazquez-karim-mayfield-and-rafael-marquez.html

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MMAFrenzy Welterweight Rankings

MMAFrenzy continues to roll out our rankings with today's look at the welterweight division. Be sure to check out our previous rankings as we continue to work our way up to heavyweight. The rankings were created by each of our staff ranking fighters 1-10 and then taking an average of the scores to establish the final ranking for the fighters. Be sure to tune in for our middleweight rankings tomorrow.

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Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/30909/mmafrenzy-welterweight-rankings/

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Glover Teixeira could be out six months with injured hand

The UFC 153 medical suspensions were released this week and feature a number of notable fighters. Though there is technically no athletic commission in Brazil, the UFC oversees the action under the eyes of an outside regulatory board. A few fighters from the October 13 event ended up with six-month suspensions unless cleared by a doctor.

Perhaps the most relevant, rising light heavyweight star Glover Teixeira may have injured his hand in a win over Fabio Maldonado and will have to get it x-rayed. The win was Teixeira’s second inside the Octagon, coming after doctors decided to stop the lopsided affair and award him the TKO win.

The full list of suspensions can be found below:

- From his technical knockout loss to Anderson Silva, Stephan Bonnar received a suspension of 30 of days no contact and 45 days of no contest.

- From his knockout loss from Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Dave Herman�received �a suspension of 21 days of no contact and 30 days of no contest.

- From his technical knockout win over Fabio Maldanado, Glover Teixeira received a suspension of 180 days, or until he has his right hand and right elbow x-rayed and examined. In addition, �He faces a 21 days of no contact and 30 days of no contest.�In the same fight, Fabio Maldanado received a suspension of 180 days or until he receives neurological clearance from a physician. He also faces 45 days of no contact and 60 days of no contest for his injuries.

- From his decision loss to Jon Fitch, Erick Silva received a suspension of 21 days of no contact and 30 days of no contest.

- From his technical knockout loss to Rony Mariano Bezerra, Sam Sicilia received a suspension of 30 days of no contact and 45 days of no contest.

- From his decision win over Joey Gambino, Diego Brandao Received a suspension of 21 days of no contact and 30 days of no contest. In the same fight, Joey Gambino received a suspension of 21 days of no contact and 30 days of no contest.

- In his submission win over Renee Forte, Sergio Moraes received a suspension of 180 days or until they do an MRI of his right and have it cleared by a physician. He also faces 30 days of no contact and 45 days no contest.

- In his decision win over Luiz Cane, Chris Camozzi received a suspension of 180 day or until he has a negative x-ray of his nasal bone. He also faces a suspension of 30 days of no contact and 45 days of no contest. �In the same fight, Cane received a suspension of 180 days or until he has his left orbital and nasal bone cleared by a physician. He also faces a suspension of 30 days no contact and 45 days of no contest.

- From his decision win over Reza Madadi, Cristiano Marcello received a suspension of 30 days no contact and �45 days of no contest. In the same fight, Madadi also received a suspension of 30 days no contact and �45 days of no contest.

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Brett Cooper Talks Fighting in Bellator, Life in MMA Outside the UFC

by Michael David Smith

When Brett Cooper last stepped into the cage, it was for a five-minute, five-round fight for a championship in the Lords of the Cage MMA promotion. Cooper had prepared to fight for 25 minutes, but things didn't go quite as planned: He knocked Keith Berry out in just 10 seconds (video above).

"He came in real quick and aggressive, I countered him with a punch and it was over," Cooper said. "It was a strange moment because it happened so fast. It was bittersweet. But that's why you train hard, so things come easy in the fight. But I wouldn't have been disappointed if the fight would have gone more minutes."

For the 23-year-old Cooper, who will fight Alexander Schlemenko Saturday at Bellator 44 on MTV2, trying to make it as a full-time fighter outside the UFC sometimes means not wanting to win a fight too quickly: The experience of getting more minutes in the cage can be good for a fighter's development, and Lords of the Cage isn't exactly handing out six-figure Knockout of the Night bonuses, like UFC fighters can earn.

 

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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/05/13/brett-cooper-talks-fighting-in-bellator-life-in-mma-outside-the/

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Winner of Alexander Gustafsson-Mauricio Rua fight to receive title-shot

When light heavyweights Alexander Gustafsson and Mauricio Rua meet on December 8 at UFC on FOX 5 there will be much more on the line than a win bonus or chance to impress the world on network television. Rather, the 205-pound tilt will also determine a future contender to the divisional crown.

According to UFC President Dana White, the bout will serve as a title-eliminator, giving champion Jon Jones a preview of who his next defense should come against.

Viva Vic Darchinyan

Vic Darchinyan warned us he would win. He warned his opponent from last weekend, Orlando Del Valle, too. Lots of fighters dish that kind of smack before a fight. Only Darchinyan would trash tralk his own promoter, Gary Shaw, the one he shares with Del Valle. "Shaw should not have invested his money in Del Valle," Darchinyan scolded, "because it was a bad investment and he is going to lose his money."

Even though he was at least two weight classes too high as a junior featherweight Saturday on HBO, and even though he was fighting an acclaimed prospect yet another division up, Darchinyan's warnings were prescient. The underdog, aging and undersized, picked apart his younger foe, first ouboxing him, then roughing him up, and then alternating between the two. It was the latest reinvention of a career left for dead, and one that just got Darchinyan another win closer to the Hall of Fame.

Darchinyan, a devastating flyweight and junior bantamweight who has snuck in a couple major wins above his ideal divisions, isn't a superstar, per se. He doesn't pack houses, although he does have a nice Armenian following. He didn't beat the two talented opponents of his career, Anselmo Moreno and Nonito Donaire, and didn't come close. But he has made a unique and successful career for himself, a career that has helped lift the popularity of the lighter divisions, and boxing needs more guys like him.

Certainly, he's not everyone's flavor. With the nose of an owl, the body language of a mud crab and the demeanor of a particularly surly and arrogant warthog, he's quite the walking, talking sight, and that surliness rubs some people as raw as an Indian burn. I rather find his hyperactive post-fight interviews, the ones where his teeth trample all over his tongue and lips as he spits out menace, brutishly charming.

On the plus side, that arrogance has fueled him to great heights. It has hurt him in the ring at times when he decides the mere act of getting punched is an insult that needs to be answered immediately, game plan be damned. But it also allowed him to get up from that Donaire knockout, rebuild his motor and make those who predicted a shutout loss to Cristian Mijares (present company included) look like fools. He has won some and lost some since -- the Yonnhy Perez win especially surprising among them -- but aside from the Moreno loss, he has been competitive every time, including a close loss to another major talent, Abner Mares.

And he's anything but boring. He wants oh so very badly to crush his opponents. No other fighters do it exactly like him, either. Watching him against Del Valle, he repeatedly offered up one of my favorite Darchinyan stylistic tics: First, he swings his arms across his body, like someone generating momentum for a leap, and then he throws an uppercut that springs upward with the force of a diving board recently vacated. It looks hopelessly spastic, but it works more often than not and is fun to look at the same way ugly dog competitions are.

Maybe this latest revival is a mirage born of Del Valle being overrated. It's a rather common practice for fans and writers to say of a defeated fighter who came into acclaim, "He wasn't any good. Just look at him getting beat by that other bum!" Sometimes that's the right answer, sometimes not. But it wasn't that long ago that some were arguing that Del Valle was a better Puerto Rican prospect than the then-more acclaimed welterweight Thomas Dulorme.

I'm going to give Darchinyan at least a little credit for what he did. And who knows how far this latest resurrection will last. I could go for a Mares rematch, whether he wins or loses to Moreno in his next fight. Either way, I say: Long live Vic Darchinyan.

Source: http://www.queensberry-rules.com/2012-articles/october/viva-vic-darchinyan.html

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