MMAjunkie.com Radio: Rad Martinez, Sean Wheelock, Esteves Jones and Kyle Nagel

MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show Bellator 50 fighter Rad Martinez and Bellator broadcaster Sean Wheelock.

We also catch up with reigning KOTC super-heavyweight champ Esteves Jones and MMAjunkie.com features writer Kyle Nagel.

MMAjunkie.com Radio airs from 12-2 p.m. ET (9-11 a.m. PT) live from Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Listen to and watch a video stream of the two-hour show at www.mmajunkie.com/radio, or watch it live on select television markets as part of Fight Now TV.


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UFC Fight Night 25's Court McGee says he's not the prettiest, but he has heart

NEW ORLEANS - Court McGee said he won't win any beauty contests.

And occasionally, he doesn't heed his corner's instructions, and he pays for it.

But when it comes to heart, "The Ultimate Fighter 11" winner said he has it in spades. And it's a big reason he pulled off a victory in the co-headliner of Saturday's UFC Fight Night 25 event.


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Wanderlei Silva Marcus Silveira Aaron Simpson Wes Sims

Dunham and Rocha notch UFN 25 wins

Dunham and Rocha notch UFN 25 wins

One fighter got back on the right track while another earned his first UFC win as the preliminary card concluded at Ultimate Fight Night 25 in New Orleans on Saturday night.

Dunham outclasses Bailey

Shamar Bailey showed tremendous heart in a decision loss to Evan Dunham. Dunham showed strong striking early, as he used short punches to control Bailey early in the first round. Bailey responded, showing striking that has improved from his time on "The Ultimate Fighter." Bailey then ended the round with a takedown. Dunham threw a strike after the horn sounded to end the round, but it was inadvertent. Dunham was not penalized.

In the second, Dunham continued to favor a left-right combo that befuddled Bailey. Dunham peppered in kicks in between throwing punches and stuffing takedowns. Bailey continued to withstand Dunham's shots in the third, but he didn't create enough offense to win the round. As the fight neared its end, Dunham teed off, throwing a bevy of kicks and punches but still couldn't knock Bailey down. Bailey continued to move forward and push for a takedown. Dunham won the fight 30-27 on all three cards.

Rocha's jiu-jitsu catches McKenzie

Though Cody McKenzie is known for his guillotine, he fell to Vagner Rocha on a rear naked choke submission. McKenzie lampooned Rocha early in the round, motioning for Rocha to come in and fight. When Rocha attempted a takedown, McKenzie tried to use his signature guillotine to stop the fight, but it didn't work. Rocha used his position to try for a Kimura. He couldn't finish, but he held onto McKenzie to move into a rear naked choke. Again, McKenzie got out and worked his way back to his feet before the round ended.

In the second, McKenzie showed great defense to nearly every submission attempt Rocha threw at him, but didn't have the same good fortune as Rocha took full mount with less than two minutes in the round. McKenzie turned to get away from Rocha's strikes, but gave up his back. Rocha applied a textbook rear naked choke, and McKenzie was forced to tap at 3:49 in the second round.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Dunham-and-Rocha-notch-UFN-25-wins?urn=mma-wp6972

Mikey Burnett  Murilo Bustamante  Grant Campbell  Gesias JZ Calvancante 

UFC Battle on the Bayou: Weigh In Pics

Are up!! Save a few close calls, the weigh ins went off without a hitch. They were held in Spanish Plaza in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The Budlight presence was massive with thousands of Budlight employees in the city for the fights. Afterwards, the weigh ins were followed by a Chevelle concert. Can’t [...]

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Nathan Quarry Jordan Radev Hector Ramirez Kevin Randleman

Torrie Wilson? & ?Zeus? Sign On New Reality Series

– Former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson and Tiny “Zeus” Lister have signed on for the first-ever reality series offering from the Reelz cable network, “The Z Team”. The show will feature Lorenzo Lamas and Rudy Reyes as a, “group, led by Lamas, contracted by law enforcement agencies and concerned citizens all across the country to confront real life and death situations on the streets of America. The Z Team, relying on years of experience fighting bad guys on the big screen, in the ring and in real life take on ...

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Hector Ramirez Kevin Randleman Vitor Ribeiro Aaron Riley

Rockhold takes Strikeforce middleweight belt with win over Souza

CINCINNATI --  Luke Rockhold became the new Strikeforce middleweight champ with a tight decision win over Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza at Strikeforce on Saturday night. In a bout that saw Rockhold outstrike Souza 145-63, the judges saw the fight 50-45, 48-47 for Rockhold.

Souza took Rockhold down early in the first round, but then had trouble maneuvering him. Rockhold worked to his knees, where was able to land punches, then get to his feet. Jacare took him right back down, but they worked back up again, and Rockhold was able to break free. Jacare took advantage, and stalked Rockhold down with kicks. Rockhold responded with a dazzling array of strikes, including three straight punches as Souza held Rockhold's leg.

Rockhold started the second round off well, showing a spinning back kick, but was wobbled by Souza twice. They continued to go back and forth, both landing powerful strikes, until Rockhold took over the round in the final seconds.

Early in the third round, Rockhold landed  a shot to Jacare's groin, halting the fight. When it was restarted, Jacare avoided Rockhold's strikes to get a takedown. Rockhold slipped back to his feet and pressured Jacare around the cage.

Blood dripped from Rockhold's face by the fourth round, but he did not slow down. He continued to stalk Jacare around until the Brazilian forced the fight into the cage. Jacare tried to turn their clinch into a takedown, but Rockhold slipped out. He returned to the clinch and landed damaging knees to Jacare's face.

Rockhold started well in the fifth and final round, but couldn't maintain his pace of landing strikes and pressuring Jacare around the cage, as Jacare managed a takedown halfway through the round. Still, Rockhold returned to his feet, withstood a front kick to the face, and landed more punches and kicks as the fight hit its final minute.

Rockhold, a product of the well-known American Kickboxing Academy, came up through Strikeforce's Challengers series before getting bigger shots. That system is in place just so that fighters aren't hurried along, and they did a good job with Rockhold, who is now their champ at just 26 yars old. .

But like with other Strikeforce championships, the future is vague. Though middleweight is one of their deeper divisions, it's not clear what will happen next. The young man can now just savor his victory before worrying about what's next.

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Harout Terzyan James Thompson Nick Thompson Josh Thomson

Welterweight semifinalists emerge at action-packed Bellator 49

Bellator held their first Season 5 show last night and ushered in a new era of streaming prelims and Hi-Def programming in fine fashion with an event featuring finishes early, as well as a quartet of spirited scraps in the opening round of the promotion?s newest welterweight tournament. When the smoke cleared in Atlantic City, moving [...]

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Bellator signs undefeated featherweight Rodrigo ?Ratinho? Lima

Undefeated Brazilian featherweight Rodrigo “Ratinho” Lima has signed a two year/three fight contract with the Bellator Fighting Championships. The news was originally reported by Brazilian website Tatame.com. Lima, a member of Tata Fight Team, expects to make his Bellator debut in January where he is ready to showcase his skills. I?m 20 years old and [...]

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Brett Rogers reaches plea deal in assault case, cleared for Titan Fighting 20 headliner

On Thursday former Strikeforce heavyweight Brett Rogers pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree assault following a June domestic-assault incident with his wife.

As part of the plea, three other charges were dropped, and Rogers expects to avoid jail time, "The Apple Valley Patch" reports.

Rogers still is slated to fight UFC veteran Eddie Sanchez next week in the headliner of Titan Fighting Championship 20.


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Mauro Galvao Arman Gambaryan Manvel Gamburyan Sean Gannon