The UFC’s returns to Fortaleza for the first time since 2017 this weekend. And while it doesn’t hold quite the stakes of their most recent card in Brooklyn, they’re still bringing a top shelf night of action back to Brazil. Featherweight top contenders Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes rematch in the main event in hopes to gain their chance at gold. While Jose Aldo looks to fend off the new generation of featherweight prospects in the co-main event against Renato Moicano. Toss some Demian Maia, Charles Oliveira, and Johnny Walker in there and it should make for a night to remember.
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Here’s a look at the UFC Fortaleza card as it stands right now:
ESPN+ MAIN CARD | 9PM/6PM ET&PT Raphael Assunção vs. Marlon Moraes – 3:19 José Aldo vs. Renato Moicano – 17:20 Demian Maia vs. Lyman Good – 35:31 Charles Oliveira vs. David Teymur – 44:03 Justin Ledet vs. Johnny Walker – 58:40 Livia Renata Souza vs. Sarah Frota – 1:06:47
ESPN+ PRELIMS| 6PM/3PM ET&PT Anthony Hernandez vs. Markus Perez – 4:36 Thiago Alves vs. Max Griffin – 12:56 Mara Romero Borella vs. Taila Santos – 25:41 Júnior Albini vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik – 33:25 Geraldo de Freitas vs. Felipe Colares – 39:23 Ricardo Ramos vs. Said Nurmagomedov – 47:50 Magomed Bibulatov vs. Rogéirio Bontorin – 1:00:23
It sounds like Khabib Nurmagomedov isn’t the only one voicing his displeasure with the recent fines and suspensions levied by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). The Dagestani lightweight champion was hit with a half-million dollar punishment for his part in the 2018 brawl, following UFC 229’s main event — in which Nurmagomedov scaled the Octagon and leapt into the crowd to attack members of Conor McGregor’s fight camp.
‘The Eagle’ was also saddled with a nine-month suspension for his actions. One it sounds like he’s intent on sitting out, even though he could get it reduced to six by participating in an anti-bullying public service announcement for the commission. To UFC president Dana White’s mind, that all seems a “little harsh” (transcript via MMA Fighting)
“I was obviously surprised how much they put on Khabib,” said White in a recent interview on ESPN’s Sports Center. “It was a half-million dollars and six months if he does some PSAs. They had the whole thing contained in seconds. It was a little harsh in my opinion. It is what it is.”
“It’s a fight. At the end of the day, it’s a fight,” he continued. “Sometimes you come across people that don’t like each other and there’s a lot of bad blood. That was in the case in this fight. That’s what we do it’s the fight business. These guys are talking about fighters saying mean things to each other and all this other stuff. If you break it down and you go back to when Ali fought Frazier, and you look at the times when it happened, the stuff he said about Frazier and to Frazier was horrible. Horrible things you didn’t say to somebody else back then.”
At the time of the brawl, White said he was “disgusted and sick” over the events of the evening, which included members of Khabib’s camp climbing into the Octagon to attack McGregor as well. However, within a couple weeks, White’s tone notably cooled on the idea of either fighter being severely punished. As he told ESPN in late October, “I was upset about it. I was the only one. The rest of the world could care less…” “Nobody was hurt in this thing and we contained it pretty fast.”
At the same NSAC hearing where Nurmagomedov was handed his punishment, two other members of his entourage – Zubaira Tukhugov and Abubakar Nurmagomedov – were handed 1-year suspensions and fined $25,000. In response, Khabib’s manager has claimed that the champ is done fighting in Nevada, and hopes to return to Madison Square Garden in the fall, after Tukhugov’s and Abubakar’s suspensions are completed.
Jon Jones can go back to fighting in Nevada. The NSAC (Nevada State Athletic Commission) put the UFC champion through an extended hearing, including statements and questioning of multiple people involved in the drug testing process, and the result ended up in line with California’s decision making — when the state granted Jones a license to compete at UFC 232 back in December.
Jones had been set to face Alexander Gustafsson for the light heavyweight title in Las Vegas on December 29th, before concerns over Turinabol metabolites found in his out-of-competition drug testing cycle cause the NSAC to stop Jones from competing in the state. The bout was moved to Los Angeles, where Jones defeated Gustafsson via 3rd round TKO. Shortly afterward, the UFC booked Jones to take on top contender Anthony Smith, on March 2nd, back in Las Vegas.
At the January 29th hearing, commissioners questioned experts Dr. Daniel Eichner (Lab Director for WADA), Dr. Matt Fedoruk (Director of Science for USADA), and Jeff Cook (USADA’s Senior Director or Results Management & Investigations) about the lifetime of the ‘M3’ metabolite found in Jones’ samples over the last several months of USADA testing. They also questioned whether he may have re-ingested Turinabol during a lengthy 10-month period where he went untested during his initial suspension for the 2017 drug test failure. And about the discrepancy between the time when USADA initially found out about the metabolite in Jones’ sample and the point at which the NSAC and CSAC were notified.
The commission additionally stated that, by the letter of their regulations, Jones would likely be facing something like a lifetime ban from MMA. However, they felt that Jones’ case was unique, unlike any they’d ever seen, and that it required more careful treatment.
Jones reiterated that he never knowingly took oral Turinabol, and had no idea why the substances were in his body still. He also noted that he had reduced his supplement intake from fourteen different substances down to just four.
Eventually – and despite serious hesitations as to whether or not Jones may have re-administered Turinabol while under suspension, and questions as to why the NSAC wasn’t notified of Jones’ drug test results from August & September – the NSAC decided allow ‘Bones’ to fight in Nevada once again. He was granted a one-fight provisional license for UFC 235 on March 2nd, during the lead-up to which he will be drug-tested at least twice per-month by the NSAC — paid for by Jones.
“Mr. Jones, I appreciate you being here today, I appreciate you coming here to testify. Welcome back to the state of Nevada.” Chairman Anthony Marnell III said, upon granting Jones his license. “If you recall, a long time ago, you and I had a conversation in your locker room. When you came back to Nevada. I will reiterate what Commissioner Ault said: This is on you, it’s on your shoulders. I like what I hear, I like what I see, but the proof is in the pudding. So, I’m happy that you’re back here. You’ll always be treated with respect here. I wanted to make sure that you understood that today. Welcome back to Nevada, and do the right thing from this point going forward. As you know, we’re going to be visiting you frequently.”
The NSAC added that, if Jones does not undergo testing at least twice a month throughout 2019, and if those results are not consistently reported to the NSAC, the state would be unlikely to grant Jones a license in the future. The UFC champion is currently undergoing CSAC administered VADA testing, as well as USADA testing. Marnell handed USADA a stern warning over their lack of disclosure for Jones’ past tests, that the agency shouldn’t “test how broad they think my jurisdiction is,” when deciding whether or not to comply with the commission’s request for regular data on Jones.
Along with Jones’ case, the commission handed out several suspensions relating to the brawl between Team Nurmagomedov and Team McGregor during UFC 229 — where Nurmagomedov leapt the cage to attack Dillon Danis, as several of his cornermen brawled in the cage with McGregor’s team. Khabib ended up with the harshest punishment on the day, a $500,000 fine and a nine month suspension. While McGregor was hit with six-months and $50,000.
Not great news for the Dagestani champ, but it’s good news for the UFC, as it looks like they’ll be getting Jones, McGregor, and Nurmagomedov back in the cage in 2019.
When Ryan Bader hit the UFC back in 2008, he was a hot prospect. Fresh off the Ultimate Fighter with a ‘six figure’ contract – back when both of those statuses felt like they really meant something – he rolled out to a 12-0 unbeaten record, with five straight victories to start his run in the Octagon.
Then Bader hit a rough patch. Back-to-back losses to Jon Jones and Tito Ortiz didn’t begin any kind of real slide in the Power MMA fighter’s career — he still won eight of next eleven fights. But, they did seem to put ‘Darth’ on track to be forever a bridesmaid in the UFC’s light heavyweight division.
Fast forward several years and Bader is no longer in the UFC, but instead fighting under the Bellator banner, after completing his Zuffa contract on two KO wins. And unlike his time in the Octagon, his career with the Paramount Network promotion has been an unmitigated success.
On January 26th, in the headliner of Bellator 214, Bader captured the promotion’s grand prix and vacant heavyweight titles with a win over the legendary Fedor Emelianenko — adding to the light heavyweight belt he collected off Phil Davis back in 2017. That makes him a champion three times over under the bright lights of the UFC’s largest rival. As for what’s driven that success, Bader credits a lot of it to finally getting the hang of striking, somewhere around the time of his Rashad Evans fight in 2015 (transcript via MMA Fighting).
“That’s a hard punch right there,” Bader said of the left hook that dropped Fedor for the quick finish. “He went down — and I saw that over and over again already. So, it just kinda played out how we saw it.”
“In my past, I’ve always had the physical abilities,” he added. “They were always there, but sometimes the mental side of it — I was younger coming in as a wrestler, didn’t know what the hell I was doing on my feet. I literally didn’t know what I was doing on my feet until was I fighting Rashad [Evans in 2015], and I got a jab and was like, ‘Oh, it’s so much nicer being able to not freak out.’ So, the people around me, the coaches and people I have around me right now, we’re just in a good groove, we mesh really well, and it’s fun for me.
“I made a promise after my last loss to go out there and have fun, to not worry about the result of everything and hype it up and whatnot, and ever since then it’s been a great run.”
The now ‘champ-champ-champ’ is 7-1 since that win over Evans, with his only loss coming against Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson in the fight immediately following. He’s teased the idea of possibly facing Daniel Cormier in a cross-promotional superfight, but that seems like more of a pipe dream than a realistic opportunity.
More likely, Bader could be looking at a bout with former champion Vitaly Minakov, who faces Cheick Kongo at Bellator 216 on February 16th. The bout marks the first time the Russian has fought in North America since leaving Bellator back in 2014 with the title.
Any time a decorated athlete makes the jump to MMA the question is always one of how their skills will translate. Will the former boxer be able to stay upright, will the former wrestler be able to strike, will the former grappler be able to get the fight down? For every fighter that makes their transition to mixed martial arts look effortless, there are many many more who struggle early on to find their footing.
Lately, Bellator has made a habit of finding those potential crossover stars. Athletes who want to try MMA after great success elsewhere, and want a fasttrack to success. It’s a trial by fire that’s led to some great successes – like Darrion Caldwell – and some otherwise mixed results. Aaron Pico just lost is second bout in six fights, this time by KO. But, he wasn’t the only hot prospect to have a rough night on January 26th.
Former IBJJF world no-gi champion (and ADCC runner up) AJ Agazarm made his debut at Bellator 214: Fedor vs. Bader at the Forum in Los Angeles, CA. There he faced MMA neophyte Jesse Roberts in a bout at 160 lbs, taking a split decision loss in the process. After the fight, Agazarm made it clear that he wasn’t all that pleased with his performance.
“Unlike most fighters who save their embarrassing, clumsy, disasters for the END of their careers,” Agazarm joked on Instagram, “I figured I’d just get mine out of the way at the beginning of mine.” AJ AGAZARM “Always Innovating”
Mookie Alexander and Eddie Mercado are here to breakdown this weekend’s Bellator 214 event which took place at The Forum in Los Angeles, CA yesterday, Saturday, January 26; with hot takes, possible next fights, and results from the main, which featured Fedor Emelianenko vs Ryan Bader in the final round of their Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament. The main card was viewed on Paramount Network (formerly Spike TV) at 9pm ET/PT. DAZN also live-streamed the prelims and main card.
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Here’s a look at the Saturday, January 26th, Bellator 214 card results, via Tapology.com:
BELLATOR 214
MAIN CARD Ryan Bader def Fedor Emelianenko, KO/TKO, 0:35 R1 Henry Corrales def Aaron Pico, KO/TKO, 1:07 R1 Jake “Swagger” Hager def JW Kiser, Sub, 2:09 R1 Juan Archuleta def Ricky Bandejas, Unanimous Dec Adel El-Tamini def Brandon McMahan, Sub, 1:16 R1
POSTLIM Ozzy Diaz def Christopher Reyes, KO/TKO, R1 David Pacheco def Jorge Juarez, KO/TKO
PRELIMS Thor Skancke def Jesse Merritt, Sub, N/S Choke, 4:26 R1 Jesse Roberts def AJ Agazarm, Split Dec Weber Almeida def Odan Ruiz, KO/TKO, 3:04 R1 Art Rivas def Sean Johnson, KO/TKO, 4:30 R1 Jay Jay Wilson def Tyler Beneke, Sub, 1:31 R1 Ryan Lilley def James Barnes, KO/TKO, 1:03 R1 Craig Plaskett def Ian Butler, Unanimous Dec Desmond Torres def Steve Ramirez, Sub, 4:21 R1
Bellator’s Scott Coker made it a point to personally contact California State Athletic Commission executive Andy Foster, following the CSAC’s decision to license Jon Jones for UFC 232. The once-again light heavyweight champion was cleared to compete on just a week’s notice by the commission, after a series of USADA drug tests turned up trace amounts of Turinabol metabolites — which had caused the Nevada Athletic Commission to block his participation in the fight card’s original Las Vegas location.
It’s a decision that’s come under a lot of scrutiny in the time since. Initially, only one of the ‘pulsing’ incidents was reported by the UFC to Foster and the rest of the CSAC. It later turned out that Jones’ samples had been turning up M3 metabolites for months (and apparently continue to do so). Still, Jones went on to face Alexander Gustafsson on December 29th, defeating him via 3rd round TKO. It’s a situation that has Coker disappointed in the sanctioning body — as he revealed in a recent media scrum, ahead of this weekend’s Bellator 214 event in Los Angeles, CA.
“I called Andy Foster, it was a private conversation. I’d like to leave it at that. But, just from a company standpoint I think it’s very disappointing,” Coker said. “You know, you go out there and put your reputation on the line for health and safety and all the weight-cutting the weight cutting things that we have always supported with the commission. And we will continue to support the commission. But listen, if a fighter has PEDs in him, he’s got PEDs in him. That’s how I feel. To be the judge, jury and executioner, now, it’s a little bit challenging for me to accept — but, it is what it is.
“And I always said we’re going to go by commission rules, and we will continue. But, I don’t think that it was the right call. And that was his call to make. And really, in the commission — for 32 years I’ve been with the California State Commission — I think this is one of the few times that I’ve ever said, ‘Hey, this is not right.’ And, you know what? We’ll see what happens with that.”
Following his fighter’s loss to Jones, Gustafsson’s manager – Nima Safapour – released a statement essentially accusing the commission, USADA, and the UFC of granting ‘Bones’ a “use exemption on a strict liability violation,” adding that the “science is not certain on the defense he as taken,” and that Jones is “creating a precedent that will go beyond his personal interests.” One that could see other fighters try to use Jones’ case to clear themselves from punishment for future drug test results.
Coker’s stance is interesting chiefly because Bellator has never pursued any sort of comprehensive out-of-competition drug testing program for any real duration. Fighters like Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva have undergone more testing than state athletic commissions require for bouts in the promotion, but beyond those rare instances, they tend to stick with the fairly minimal pre & post-fight samples taken by the local ACs. It may be worth wondering if, under that lower level of scrutiny, Jones would have been flagged at all.
It seems the original UFC referee is in agreement with TJ Dillashaw and Dana White. The UFC’s debut headliner on ESPN+ – the ‘superfight’ between Dillashaw and flyweight champion Henry Cejudo – was stopped earlier than it should have been. Or, at least, earlier than it would have been had McCarthy been in the cage rather than Kevin MacDonald.
Dillashaw dropped an additional ten pounds to make the cut to 125 lbs against the man who defeated Demetrious Johnson, in his attempt to play UFC hit man for the rapidly dwindling flyweight roster. Instead, a shove, a head kick, and a short series of hooks as Dillashaw tried to scramble to his feet, put a stoppage to the bout in just 32 seconds. After the event, Dana White called it a ‘horrible stoppage,’ with Dillashaw adding that it was ‘complete bullshit.’
Speaking to MMA Fighting’s Marc Raimondi ahead of this weekend’s Bellator 214: Fedor vs. Bader event, longtime referee and current Bellator cageside commentator ‘Big’ John McCarthy gave his take on the end of the fight. And while he wasn’t willing to call it “bad,” he made it clear that if it were up to him, the fight would have gone on longer.
“When you say ‘good stoppage/bad stoppage,’ I’m not into saying what’s good or bad,” McCarthy clarified. “Kevin made a decision, okay. It’s his decision. He’s the one that’s gotta live with his decision — along with TJ and the UFC themselves.
“If you’re gonna ask me – there’s things I want a referee to think about – if you’re gonna ask me, ‘Would I have stopped it at that point?’ No. I wouldn’t have stopped it at that point. And this is the reason why: this is not a fight between two guys that are just brought together and ‘Oh, we’re gonna match this fight up,’ whatever fight it is. It’s not, as I would say, ‘Fighter A’ against ‘Fighter B.’ This is a fight where both guys have earned, they’ve earned the right to actually be in this position. They’ve both created a background that’s put them in a position of being champions, and now these are champions going after each other. One to actually try and save his entire weight-class, basically. The other to prove, ‘Those guys are not as good as me.’
“And you look at what happened,” he continued, “that fight is a young fight. It’s 25 seconds in when Henry hits TJ with a shot. It hurts him, no doubt about it. Puts him down. But there’s no time… When you’re a referee you’ve got to understand certain things. And what you’ve gotta understand is, ‘I’ve got two guys that are champions, not all fights are the same.’ And you’re gonna hear a lot of referees say, ‘You ref every fight the same.’ And I’m gonna tell you that that’s a referee that has no clue what they’re doing, okay? You got two guys that are champions, they both have a full tank of gas. There’s no better time… You know one thing: TJ Dillashaw is in great condition. Now I’m not saying he didn’t lose a lot of weight, and that may have a factor in this fight. But, he’s in the best condition he can be in, with receiving as little damage as he can receive. He hasn’t had anything happen in there other than the shot that puts him down. This is his greatest opportunity to recover. Henry goes and swarms him, and so you gotta watch it and make sure, ‘If he goes out, I’m gonna stop the fight.’ Henry goes and hits him; three clubbing things, kinda hits him with the forearm a little bit. And TJ, you see he’s got the leg. He’s trying to collect himself, and you’ve got to give him that opportunity. Because again, he’s got a full tank of gas. He hasn’t received damage over a couple of rounds; it isn’t that he’s exhausted.
“Those are elements that you bring in as to whether you’re going to stop a fight or not. In that position, you want to try to give those guys as much as you can give them. You give the fans as much as they can give them. You give the promotion as much as you can give them, without getting somebody seriously hurt. And at that point, although TJ had accepted damage, he wasn’t seriuously hurt — in my opinion. At the stoppage of that fight, he still had a moment. It could have been that three seconds later he was out, okay? And that’s decisive and that’s what is best for those fighters, it’s best for the promotion, it’s best for the fans. So, in that circumstance, I would have let it go a little bit longer. But, you know, I could have been wrong in that too.”
However, while he may feel that the MacDonald’s decision to step in and end the bout was ill-timed, McCarthy was staunch in his defense of the difficulty of that kind of instantaneous decision making. The way he sees it, referee’s – just like anyone else – can get nervous for big fights, and need time to settle into the action. When things happen that fast, that early, they’re more likely to make mistakes.
“It is difficult,” McCarthy agreed, when asked about the challenges of deciding when to stop a fight. And what people don’t understand is this, Marc: you know the first time you did an interview with somebody – especially someone you kinda liked as a fighter – your heart was going ‘dut-dut-dut-dut-dut,’ It was beating. And as a referee, look at… Again, all fights aren’t the same. And when you’re doing a fight that’s in New York, it’s at the Barclays Center, it’s the first fight on ESPN+, and you’ve done all these fights, when he walks in there that referee’s heart rate is not at it’s normal 60 beats-per-minute. He’s standing there and it’s at 120.
“And so, it’s nice when the fight can go on for a little bit, because the referee starts to get in the timing of the fight and gets to settle into the fight — the same as the fighters settle into the fight. But when, all of a sudden, there’s ‘Pop!’ and TJ goes down, he’s gotta start making decisions. And you can watch, just off of what you’re seeing the referee do – if you know this game – you know, ‘Oh, his brain’s turning fast.’ He’s thinking so fast that, when you think real fast and can’t calm yourself down and stay in that moment (and it’s like they say, ‘Be in the moment’) you can end up saying, ‘I gotta stop this.’ When maybe, if you were just a little bit slower in everything and had more time, you’d be saying, ‘Oh, I’ll let it go just a second.’ Because, you are making a big decision.
“And they’re not easy decisions,” he added. “They’re the hardest decisions in the world. Everyone thinks that refereeing is easy. It is, until you’re in there. Then it’s a bitch. So, you know, it was a fight that you wanted to see go longer. I understand why it didn’t. But, hopefully they’ll play it back again.”
‘Big’ John also gave his thoughts on the stakes surrounding the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix finale between Fedor Emelianenko and Ryan Bader; as well as Aaron Pico’s amazing potential as he rises up the featherweight ranks, and Jack Swagger’s MMA debut. So, check out the whole interview and stay tuned to Bloody Elbow for more coverage of Bellator 214, in Los Angeles, CA.
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Bellator takes the spotlight this week for major MMA shows. What was supposed to be a two-title fight night has taken a bit of a hit with the loss of Gegard Mousasi vs. Rafael Lovato Jr., but the card still has Aaron Pico vs. Henry Corrales, the debut of Jack Swagger, and the finale of the heavyweight grand prix. Fedor Emelianenko faces off against Ryan Bader in the main event. The former UFC heavyweight will take on the all-time great to decide the promotion’s new champion in the 265 lb division. Throw the MMA debut of AJ Agazarm in there and it should make for a memorable event.
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Here’s a look at the Bellator 214 fight card as it stands right now:
PARAMOUNT NETWORK MAIN CARD | 9PM ET&PT Fedor Emelianenko vs Ryan Bader Aaron Pico vs Henry Corrales Jack Swagger vs JW Kiser Ricky Bandejas vs Juan Archuleta Brandon McMahan vs Adel El-Tamini
ONLINE PRELIMS Jay Jay Wilson vs Tyler Beneke Jesse Merritt vs Thor Skancke Jorge Juarez vs David Pacheco Sean Johnson vs Art Rivas Desmond Torres vs Steve Ramirez AJ Agazarm vs Jesse Roberts James Barnes vs Ryan Lilley Odan Ruiz vs Weber Almeida Ian Butler vs Craig Plaskett Christopher Gonzalez vs Henry Mendez Ozzy Diaz vs Christopher Reyes
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