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Joanne Calderwood gets the TKO finish over Sally Krumdiack at CageWarriors 53
Browser Crasher: Cat Zingano in action
Zingano suplexes Barb Honchak at Fight to Win: Phenoms
On Saturday, April 13th, Cat “Alpha” Zingano takes on Miesha “Cupcake” Tate at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale in what will be the second-ever women’s match in the UFC. The winner will get the coveted coaching spot opposite Ronda Rousey on the next season of The Ultimate Fighter . If you don’t know about Cat… well you should, and this Browser Crasher will show you why.
If you’re going to see one Zingano fight, make it her 2010 war with Barb Honchak. The whole fight is one long highlight of grappling awesomeness. Zingano uses her Muay Thai to set up her powerful wrestling game, and her wrestling to enhance her striking to great effect. Once she closes the distance and clinches up, her opponent is going down hard. On the ground she’s excellent at advancing/securing position, and is a super-aggressive submission hunter.
Browser Crasher – Invicta FC 5 Primer
Jessica Penne using her feet to set up the finishing choke on Naho Sugiyama at Invicta FC 3
Invicta FC returns on Friday, April 5th in Kansas City, Missouri with a card that features a stack of interesting match-ups, both in terms of divisional relevance, and prospect development. Headlining the event is an Atomweight title bout pitting champion Jessica Penne against #3 ranked Michelle Waterson. This Browser Crasher will focus on some of the women competing on that card.
Jessica Penne – #1 Atomweight, current Invicta Champion
10-1 (2 KO/TKO, 6 Subs, 2 Decisions)
Solid rangy striking, good jab, very good in the Thai clinch, with nice trips and sweeps. Her grappling is very creative and threatening from any position, highlighted by her insane leg dexterity. Like Waterson, Budd, Honchak, Smith and so many other fighters on this card, she’s stepping her game up with each performance… which must be scary for her opponents since she’s already excellent. She’s probably the most complete WMMA fighter out there.
Penne going for a crucifix on Lisa Ellis ———- Showing her clinch game against Sugiyama
Leglock attempt | Reverses position | Clinch knee that smashed Ellis’ nose | Ellis finishing sequence | Sugiyama triangle transition | Sugiyama finished
Browser Crasher: Bellator 62 – Lightweight Quarterfinals
Patricky ‘Pitbull’ Freire vs. Lloyd ‘Cupcake’ Woodard
-Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal-
Woodard via Submission (Kimura), 1:46 of Rd 2
Woodard is the first man to finish Pitbull. Fractured his arm.
What a fight. What an upset. I doubt that most thought it would be an easy fight, but Patricky was surely expected to pull out the win. Cupcake doesn’t care about your expectations. He fought fearlessly, and was constantly on the attack, pressuring Pitbull, and drawing him into the clinch and close quarter brawls. It was Woodard’s clinch knees that ultimately turned the tide, as he rocked a visibly slowing Pitbull on two occasions.
Exchange-Takedown-Scramble | Off-Balance Knockdown & Slam | Clinch Knees
Pitbull Reversal & Takedown | Pitbull TD-Mount, Woodard Reversal | Pitbull Rocks Lloyd
Woodard Knee & TD Reversal | Finish | Finish alt angle | Lloyd mugging
Patricky accidentally punching his brother Patricio while warming up
~more highlights and awesome finishes after the break~
Rick Hawn vs. Ricardo Tirloni
-Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal-
Hawn via KO, 2:36 of Rd 1
Olympic Judoka Rick Hawn fought in Bellator’s Season 4 Welterweight Tournament, defeating Jim Wallhead and Lyman Good before losing a controversial split decision to Jay Hieron in the finals. Now having made the move down to Lightweight, Hawn is considered a favorite to win this tournament. His obviously-improved striking, and quick destruction of the much-hyped Tirloni reinforces that Hawn has the potential to be a major force in whatever division he competes in. For a couple of years anyway. Until his body falls apart.
Brent Weedman vs. J.J. Ambrose
-Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal-
Weedman via Submission (Von Flue Choke), 3:26 of Rd 2
Weedman is another class-dropper and veteran of the Season 4 Welterweight Tourney. He upset Dan Hornbuckle in the QF’s, and lost a controversial decision to Jay Hieron in the semis. Losing bullsh*t decisions to Hieron seems to be a recurring theme in Bellator. Weedman also competed in the Season 5 tournament, but legitimately lost by decision to Chris Lozano in the quarterfinals.
Von Flue choke FTW.
Sweet kimura sweep by Ambrose, and nasty upkick from Weedman that knocks out JJ’s mouthpiece.
Knockdown | Kimura Sweep & Upkick | Guard Pass to Crucifix | Von Flue Choke Finish
Rene Nazare vs. Thiago Michel
-Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal-
Michel via Split Decision
Michel comes from kickboxing, but he’s developed pretty good takedown defense, and used it to great effect against Nazare, totally picking him apart on the feet. On the ground, which is Nazare’s game, Michel was able to stifle most of Nazare’s offense with kung fu grip wrist control. Impressive North American debut from Thiago Michel in what should have been a unanimous decision victory.
Michel Counter & Kick | Flashy Exchange | Michel Attack | Bendo Kick | Ass Whipping
-Undercard Bouts-
Rad Martinez vs. Doug Frey
Martinez via TKO, 4:08 of Rd 1
Luis Vega vs. Sonny Luque
Vega via Submission (Arm Triangle), 3:43 of Rd 1
Sean Spencer vs. Joseph Daily
Spencer via Submission (RNC), 1:24 of Rd 2
Chris Jones vs. Steven Peterson
Jones via Split Decision
Dude’s cup popped ot his shorts! Bet the ref was glad he was wearing gloves.
This was a decent scrap between two guys who were completely evenly matched. I couldn’t decide who won the fight, and I can’t decide who has the worst tattoo either. *Upon further review, they used the wrong fighter image in the graphic. The real Chris Jones’ tattoos are marginally less abhorrent than the flaming Superman chest abomination that Peterson is sporting. And this is coming from a dude that also has a ginormous, ridiculous chest tattoo.
Both guys landing | Exchange and Takedown
Browser Crasher: Bellator 61
Brian Rogers vs. Vitor Vianna
Rogers by KO (flying knee) 4:14 of Rd 1
Brian Rogers kneeing his way into the semifinals of the Middleweight tournament, by way of Vitor Vianna’s facepiece. Vitor making me think of ">Soundgarden there.
Bellator 61 might have been pretty weak on paper even before the Heavyweight Tournament Final between Prindle and Santos was pulled, but the night provided some decent action regardless of whether you gave a sh*t about any of the fighters involved.
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Maiquel Falcao vs. Norman Paraisy
-Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal Match-
Falcao by Unanimous Decision
Big Rig beat the holy hell out of Paraisy, and in the fashion that you’d expect from Falcao; taunting aplenty, illegal shots, hitting after the bell, it’s all there. The only thing missing is a finish. Props must be given to Paraisy, who got utterly blasted over and over again, but had the balls to keep taunting back at Falcao til the very end.
Mark, Set, Meh | Trip TD | Slam & Late Hit
Attack & Taunt | Throwdown | Knockdown | DAYUM
Attack slo | Trip TD | Taunting Final Exchange
~much more action after the break!~
Victor O’Donnell vs. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky
-Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal Match-
Vasilesky by Unanimous Decision
I wasn’t particularly stoked to see this fight because A) I’d never heard of the Russian dude before, and B) I was none too impressed the last time I saw Khal Drogo’s doughy little brother fight. Slava brought it though, and after a lackluster first round that showed his deficiencies off of his back, he put on an absolute boxing clinic, and scored 10-8′s for the last 2 rounds on my cards.
Knockdown | GNP | Knockdown 2 | Knockdown alt | Exchanges
Giva Santana vs. Bruno Santos
-Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal Match-
Santos by Unanimous Decision
The only real stinker of the night, and it wasn’t even that bad. Santana just could not get Santos to the ground, so no arms were collected. Santos fought a smart, cautious fight, and secured his spot in the semis.
Derrick Krantz vs. Eric Scallan
Krantz by Technical Submission (Brabo Choke) 3:01 of Rd 1
Trey Houston vs. Jeremiah Riggs
Trey “That Just Happened” Houston by Submission (Armbar) 3:30 of Rd 1
These two just went at each other throwing bombs from the bell. Riggs usually got the better of the exchanges, but the tide turned once Houston finally got a takedown. That sweet armbar soon followed.
Exchange | Exchange | Exchange & TD | Exchange | Exchange & TD | Armbar Finish
Jason Sampson vs. Jeremy Myers
Sampson by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) 2:25 of Rd 3
Throw Attempt | GNP | Finish
Josh Quayhagen vs. Brent Taylor
Quayhagen by Unanimous Decision
Quayhagen showed solid kickboxing skills here in his 3rd pro fight, while Taylor (debuting) showed a lot of heart by absorbing an incredible beating.
