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This Week’s Combat Sports Show: Nunes vs. Pennington Recap, Lomachenko vs.. Linares analysis, Liddell Unretires and calls out Jon Jones

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This week’s fight news unlimited combat sports show is a great mix of boxing and mixed martial arts. Tom, Tony and Rich cover all the action from last weekend and marvel at the master of his craft that is Vasyl Lomachenko. We discuss Chuck Liddell coming out of retirement with Golden Boy MMA, and Tito Ortiz taking the debate to be his first opponent. We also have a bit of a debate about Raquel Pennington telling her corner she wanted to be done after the fourth round against Amanda Nunes. Her coaches pep talked her into continuing, which led to more blood loss and facial damage from a clearly more hyped up and fresh opponent. Weigh in right here in the comment section if you have your own opinion on the situation.

 

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OFFICIAL BELLATOR 199: BADER vs. KING MO RESULTS & Whakaahua

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Ryan Bader (25-5) defeated “King Mo” Lawal (21-7, 1 NC) mā knockout (meke) i :15 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

 

Photos: https://tinyurl.com/ycysrnua

 

Jon Fitch (31-7-1, 1 NC) patua Paora Daley (40-16-2) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu (29-27, 29-26, 29-26)

Photos: https://tinyurl.com/y98s82hr

 

Arona Pico (3-1) patua Lee Morrison (19-9) mā TKO (punch to body) i 1:10 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

 

Photos: https://tinyurl.com/ycdhxdko

 

Cheick Congo (28-10-2) patua Javy Ayala (10-7) mā knockout (nifó) i 2:29 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

 

Photos: https://tinyurl.com/yalv99d6

 

Arama Piccolot (10-2) patua Carrington Banks (7-1) mā tāpaetanga (kowaowaotia iho muri-tahanga) i 4:41 o te a tawhio noa e toru

 

Photos: https://tinyurl.com/y9bo2tea

 

Hyder Amil (2-0) patua Elias Anderson (0-1) via TKO at 3:01 o te a tawhio noa e rua

Ignacio Ortiz (1-0) patua Matt Aragoni (1-1) via TKO at 2:57 o te a tawhio noa e toru

Mark Climaco (2-0) patua Daniel Oseguera (0-1) via TKO at 2:21 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

J.J. Okanovich (6-1) patua Hugo Lujan (3-3) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu

Tom Ponce de Leon (2-0) patua Dominic Sumner (1-2) via TKO at 2:48 o te a tawhio noa e rua

Nohelin Hernandez (7-2) patua Josh San Diego (7-4) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu

Josh Paiva (10-2) patua Adam Antolin (13-4) via KO at :32 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

Cass Bell (1-0) patua Khai Wu (1-1) mā tāpaetanga (kowaowaotia iho pororere) i 3:27 o te a tawhio noa e rua

Jordan Williams (7-2) patua Brandon Hester (4-1) mā TKO (nifó) i 1:11 o te a tawhio noa e rua

Amber Leibrock (3-1) patua Janay Harding (3-4) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)

James Terry (20-9) patua Danasabe Mohammed (5-2) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)

Gaston Bolanos (3-1) patua Malcom Hill (3-5) mā TKO (leg kicks) i 2:54 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

Justin Tenedora (2-1) patua David Rivera (0-3) mā tāpaetanga (triangle-choke) i 4:27 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

Deron Winn (4-0) patua Ahmed White (0-1) mā knockout (nifó) i 2:32 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

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FNU aro Sports Whakaatu: Fight Recaps, Bellator me UFC Arokite, Chuck vs. Tito 3?

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Tom, Tony and Rich recap last week’s boxing action, including the quick KO of Vanes Martirosyan by Gennady Golovkin. We also look ahead to Ryan Bader vs. King Mo Lawal in the Bellator Heavyweight Tournament. I tua atu, Raquel Pennington takes on Amanda Nunes at UFC 224, and Pennington will likely have to win by knockout to get the belt in the Brazilian backyard of Nunes. We also chat about the week’s major news stories in combat sports, namely Chuck Liddell wanting a rematch with Tito Ortiz and Oscar De La Hoya promising to promote the fight in a new MMA venture for the boxing legend and promotional kingpin. Aita i maoro a'e, after our broadcast Thursday night, Tito and Chuck moved much closer to that trilogy fight with Tito announcing he is coming out of retirement for the bout. Listen to the whole show by clicking on the link below.

 

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BELLATOR 199: BADER vs. KING MO WEIGH-IN RESULTS & Whakaahua

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EVENT AIRS ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK AT 9 P.M. AND / 8 P.M. CT

 

WEIGH-IN PHOTOS HERE | RE-WATCH WEIGH-INS HERE

Bellator 199: Bader vs. King Mo e wahi apopo i te Center SAP i San Jose, Calif. The event will be broadcast live and free on Paramount Network at 9 p.m. AND/8 p.m. CT, ia ka rere mahi tuatahi i runga i Bellator.com me te ao i runga i te Bellator Mobile App.

Complete Bellator 199: Bader vs. King Mo Weigh-in Results:

Heavyweight Grand Prix Main Event: Ryan Bader (225.1) vs. "King Mo” Lawal (217.4)

Welterweight Co-Main Event: Paora Daley (170.3) vs. Jon Fitch (171)

Featherweight Main Card Bout: Lee Morrison (144) vs. Arona Pico (145.7)

Taumaha Kāri Matua Patupatu: Cheick Congo (241.7) vs. Javy Ayala (265.5)

Lightweight Main Card Bout: Carrington Banks (155.6) vs. Arama Piccolot (155.3)

140-Pound Catchweight Preliminary Bout: Elias Anderson (139.8) vs. Hyder Amil (137.9)

Taumekehiko Whakatekau Mua: Matt Aragoni (144.9) vs. Ignacio Ortiz (145)

Flyweight Tuhinga o mua: Mark Climaco (125) vs. Daniel Oseguera (124.7)

Kōmāmātanga Tuhinga o mua: Hugo Lujan (154.7) vs. J.J. Okanovich (155.4)

Welterweight Preliminary Bout: Tom Ponce de Leon (169.7) vs. Dominic Sumner (170.9)

Tuhinga o mua Bantamweight: Nohelin Hernandez (135.9) vs. Josh San Diego (135.5)

Flyweight Tuhinga o mua: Josh Paiva (125.7) vs. Adam Antolin (124.8)

Tuhinga o mua Bantamweight: Cass Bell (135.8) vs. Khai Wu (136)

Middleweight Preliminary Bout: Jordan Williams (184.1) vs. Brandon Hester (185.4)

Women’s Featherweight Preliminary Bout: Janay Harding (145.8) vs. Amber Leibrock (145)

165-Pound Catchweight Preliminary Bout: Danasabe Mohammed (164) vs. James Terry (164.7)

Taumekehiko Whakatekau Mua: Malcom Hill (144.4) vs. Gaston Bolanos (145.6)

137-Pound Catchweight Preliminary Bout: Justin Tenedora (135.8) vs. David Rivera (135.1)

190-Pound Catchweight Preliminary Bout: Deron Winn (192.1*) vs. Ahmed White (188.4)

 

*Missed weight

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FNU aro Sports Whakaatu: Fedor Floors Frank Mir, Tony’s Ringside Philly Boxing Report and Tom and Rich Recap the Latest TUF Season

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This week’s FNU Combat Sports Show covers a wide range of topics. We start off with a discussion about Fedor Emelianenko’s demolition of Frank Mir in the latest installment of their heavyweight tourney. We go on to discuss the FBI’s shadowing of Fedor leading up to his fight last weekend. We discuss the big Cinco De Mayo boxing matches coming up this weekend and recap last week’s fights, including the ones Tony attended personally in Philadelphia. We also catch up on the latest TUF season featuring Daniel Cormier coaching against Stipe Miocic.

 

Listen to the full show here:

 

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BELLATOR 198: FEDOR vs. MIR OFFICIAL RESULTS & Whakaahua

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FULL EVENT PHOTOS | FULL VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

 

Bellator 198: Fedor vs. Ahau Hua:

Fedor Emelianenko (37-5, 1 NC) patua Frank Mir (18-12) mā TKO (nifó) i :48 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

Emmanuel Sanchez (17-3) patua Sam Sicilia (16-9) mā tāpaetanga (ringa-tapatoru kowaowaotia) i 3:52 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

Rafael Lovato Jr. (8-0) patua Gerald Harris (25-6) mā tāpaetanga (armbar) i 1:11 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

Neiman Gracie (8-0) patua Javier Torres (10-4, 1 NC) mā tāpaetanga (ringa-tapatoru kowaowaotia) i 3:18 o te a tawhio noa e rua

Dillon Danis (1-0) patua Kyle Walker (2-5) mā tāpaetanga (toe hold) i 1:38 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

 

Kāri hukihuki:

R’Mandel Cameron (6-3) patua P.J. Cajigas (6-7) via unanimous decisión (29-28 X3)

Mark Stoddard (16-9) patua Dan Stittgen (12-6) mā tāpaetanga (tapatoru kowaowaotia) i 4:43 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

Eric Wisely (29-9-1) patua Morgan Sickinger (20-11) mā tāpaetanga (armbar) i 1:12 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

Joey Diehl (12-9) patua Nate Williams (27-18) mā tāpaetanga (tapatoru kowaowaotia) i 54 seconds of round one

Asef Askar (1-0-1) a Andrew Johnson (0-0-1) fought to a majority draw (28-27, 28-28, 28-28)

Adil Benjilany (4-1, 1 NC) patua Corey Jackson (3-1) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Sultan Umar (6-2) patua Tom Angeloff (7-6, 1 NC) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)

Robert Morrow (24-21-1) patua Adam Maciejewski (13-7-1) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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FNU aro Sports Whakaatu: Lee vs. Barboza Recap, Wilder Camp Offers $50 Million to Joshua for Boxing Superfight, aha.

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Tenei wiki Tom, Tony and Rich recap last week’s UFC Fight Night, all the boxing action from last Saturday, and all the biggest combat sports stories of the week, including the funeral of Wrestling Legend Bruno Sanmartino. arokite hoki matou takahanga ka ū mai, with Tom and Rich making a push-up bet on Fedor vs. Mir in this Saturday’s Bellator Main Event.

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JULIA BUDD DEFENDS HER WORLD TITLE AGAINST UNDEFEATED TALITA NOGUEIRA AT BELLATOR 202 FRIDAY, JULY 13 ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK

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MICHAEL MCDONALD CHALLENGES FORMER BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION EDUARDO DANTAS IN CO-MAIN EVENT

Los Angeles – On Friday, Hōngongoi 13, Julia Budd (11-2) will defend her featherweight world title against Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Talita Nogueira (7-0), i roto i te hui matua o Bellator 202 at WinStar World Casino and Resort. I tua atu, the co-headliner will feature former Bellator world champion Eduardo Dantas (20-5) tango i runga i Michael McDonald (18-4) in a bantamweight clash of top contenders.

 

Bellator 202: Budd vs. Wōnati will be broadcast live and free on Paramount Network at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT, while preliminary action will stream on Bellator.comand globally on the Bellator Mobile App. Tickets for the event go on sale this Friday, April 20 and can be purchased at the WinStar World Casino and Resort box office, as well as through Ticketmaster and Bellator.com. Additional bouts will be announced in the coming weeks.

 

 

 

Julia Budd, the only fighter to sit atop Bellator women’s featherweight division, has bested Germaine de Randamie, Arlene Blencowe a Marloes Coenen amongst other names over the course of her eight-year mixed martial arts career. “The Jewel” is also the only woman to defeat Gina Carano in Muay-Thai competition. Na, the Canada-native and former STRIKEFORCE competitor, returns to Oklahoma, where she makes her second title defense since winning the belt last year at Bellator 174.

 

 

 

Talita Nogueira had already been crowned a world champion in jiu-jitsu prior to testing her hand in MMA. “Treta” went undefeated in six MMA contests in her home town of Sao Paulo, Brazil between 2009 a 2013, before signing to compete with Bellator. Originally slated to fight Budd at Bellator 133, Nogueira suffered an injury that forced her to withdraw from the contest. Her highly-anticipated promotional debut ultimately took place at Bellator 182, where the 32-year-old scored a first-round submission over Amanda Bell. The Demain Maia-trained fighter now gets a second chance to compete against Budd, and this time, the world championship is on the line.

 

 

 

Former two-time world champion Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas has proven himself a perennial top-10 bantamweight fighter with impressive performances over Joe Warren, Marcos Galvão (x2), Wilson Reis and Zach Makovsky. Ko te Season Bellator 5 tournament champion has strung together an impressive 10-2 record with Bellator during his seven-year tenure with the promotion. The 29-year-old trains alongside the likes of Jose Aldo at the famed Nova Uniao team in his home town of Rio de Janeiro and is looking for another shot at Bellator gold.

 

 

 

Fighting professionally since the age of 16, McDonald has been a mainstay in the bantamweight rankings for the better part of 11 tau. The exciting Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt has amassed an astonishing finishing rate, reaching the judges’ scorecards only three times in his 22 whawhai. “Mayday” made his Bellator debut in 2017, scoring a victory over Peter Ligier, despite fracturing his hand early in the fight. Now that his hand has fully healed, the former world title challenger from Modesto, Calif. will look to defeat Dantas July 13 on Paramount Network.

Whakahōutia Bellator 202: Budd vs. Wōnati Fight Card:

Women’s Featherweight World Title Bout: Julia Budd (11-2) vs. Talita Nogueira (7-0)

Bantamweight Main Card Bout: Eduardo Dantas (20-5) vs. Michael McDonald (18-4)

 

 

 

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BELLATOR 197: CHANDLER vs. GIRTZ RESULTS & Whakaahua

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FULL EVENT PHOTOS

 

Michael Chandler (18-4) patua Brandon Girtz (15-8) via technical submission (head & arm choke) i 4:00 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

A.J. McKee (11-0) patua Justin Lawrence (11-5) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Logan Storley (8-0) patua Joaquin Buckley (8-2) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)

Baby Slice (2-1) patua Devon Brock (1-1) mā tāpaetanga (kowaowaotia iho muri-tahanga) i :34 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

Juliana Velasquez (7-0) patua Rebecca Ruth (6-3) mā TKO (body kick) i :19 o te a tawhio noa e toru

Derek Anderson (15-3) patua Zak Bucia (18-10) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Dominic Mazzotta (14-2) patua Josh Sampo (11-6) mā te whakatau Kotahi tonu (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Eric Ellington (5-0) patua Jordan Howard (10-5) mā te whakatau ritua (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Arama pūtau (9-8) patua DeWayne Diggs (2-2) mā TKO (nifó) i 4:27 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

Cort Wahle (3-3) patua Joe Roye (1-5) mā tāpaetanga (pororere) i :21 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

Horano Dowdy (5-4) patua Jeff Crotty (1-1) mā tāpaetanga (kowaowaotia iho muri-tahanga) i :29 o te tetahi a tawhio noa

A.J. Siscoe (3-2) patua Justin Robbins (14-19) mā tāpaetanga (kowaowaotia iho muri-tahanga) i 4:34 o te a tawhio noa e rua

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FNU aro Sports Whakaatu: McGregor Goes Berserk, UFC 223 Card Suffers, Event Recaps and Previews

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This week’s show features Tom, Tony and Rich chatting about the circus atmosphere surrounding UFC 223, starting with Conor McGregor’s hand cart throwing incident. We also recap the past week’s boxing and MMA events, and we even briefly discuss Ronda Rousey’s Wrestlemania performance and the news that Brock Lesnar recently signed an extension to stay with the WWE. Listen to the broadcast below: