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“UFC Fight Night 25: Shields vs. Ellenberger” Live Play-by-Play results from New Orleans

By on Sep 17, 2011 in Art Blog Content, Event Results

Hello fellow Fight Nerds, Tonight we have UFC fight night 25: Shields VS. Ellenberger or known as “Battle on the Bayou.”  So we can all guess where it is taking place – that’s right New Orleans!  Tonight, Fight Nerd Correspondent Joel Procell will be doing a play by play for the main card of this event.

For the main card, we start off with middleweight melt down, Alan “The Talent” Belcher (15-5) vs. Jason “The Athlete” MacDonald (26-14).  Followed by a stinging fight by the feather weights.   Jonathan Brookins (13-3)  vs. Erik “The new Breed” Koch (12-1).  This should be and exciting fight with both of these boys looking to move up in the ranking.  Will Brookins strikings knock out Koch’s submission genius?  We shall see.

After that, we have another Middle weight brawl.  Court “The Crusher” McGee vs. Dongi (12-1) “The Ox” Yang (10-1)  Both of these fighters are evenly matched, and both are very well rounded, I can’t wait to see if this match ends on its feet or in the matt, either way it should be an exciting fight.  And last and certainly not least, the fight everyone will be waiting for, the main even in a Welterweight showdown, Jake “The Juggernaut” Ellenberger  (25-5) vs. Jake Shields (26-5-1). Shields just lost his father earlier this month, and while many would have dropped out of this bout, Shields has pushed on. Will the weight of this unfortunate event be too much for Shields or will he overcome it to defeat a very-game Jake Ellenberger?

Hit the jump for play by play from the main card of this show, updated after each bout!

Alan Belcher VS. Jason MacDonald

Round 1 round starts off with a couple of fast exchanges.  Jason attempts a take down and fails, ends up against the fence.  After some clinch work jason pulls Alan to his guard.  Alan starts pounding from in Jasons guard.  Alan continues punching and ends up in side control, after a bit Jason begins to cover up, Alan attacks with more force.

Alan Belcher wins by Ground and pound Rd1.

Jonathan Brookins VS. Erik Koch

Round 1 Both fighters feeling eachother out.  Brookings attempts a take down ends up next to fence.  Good clinch work on both sides.  Brookins lands a solid elbow, both trying to keep control against the fence.  Great knees landed from both fighters.  Brookins lands another solid elbow.  The fight returns to the center of the ring.  Sever good 1-2 exchanges.  and then back to the fence.  Koch showing great take down defense.  Round 1 ends

Round 2 Power striking to begin the round from both fighters.  Brookins brings the pressure forces Koch to the fence, and to the ground, but koch stands right back up.  both fight for controll against the fence, and the fight is back to the center of the ring.  Koch is landing some great leg kicks.  Brookins forces koch back to the fence and then to the ground again, and holds him there.  Koch fight and gets caught with a good cross while standing up.  fight back to feet and against fence…  Round 2 ends

Round 3 Koch controlling center of ring.  Brookins shoots attempts single leg and ends up against fence again.  Brookings lands another great elbow fight stays against cage.  Ref breaks up clinch.  A series of good exchanges no fighter has upper hand.  Brookins takes Koch down, but the fight comes right back up and the fight is against the fence again.  clinch work until the round ends.  The fight goes the distance and its too close to call

UD winner Koch!!!

Court McGee VS. Dongi Yang

Round 1 Both fighters taking time and feeling each other out.  A series of 1-2 strikes from both fighters.  No advantage.  Both fighters keeping a distance want entice the other for counter striking.  Good exchange had, and mcgee lands good cross.  yang throwing lots of hooks and leg kicks.  Mcgee reaches and misses.  The control of the ring is changing back and forth back and forth.  yang trips and stumbles McGee fails to utilize chance… round ends

Round 2 Both fighters bouncing in a out.  a great hook landed by yang.  Another great right hook by yang again!!  Mcgee attempts take down, yang defends.  Mcgee controlling the center of the ring.  mcgee shoots and receives a hook to the face.  Mcgee gets aggressive and lands a series of good shots.  mcgee attempts another take down and the round ends.

Round 3 Mcgee is holding great pressure, is always moving forward this round.  controlling the ring.  Yang lands several great left hooks.  Yang then lands a solid hook, mcgee stumbles and falls.  Yang follows up with a knee, then takes the fight to the ground, tries to take Mcgees back, but the fight is back on their feet.  yang lands another hook then a head kick.  Mcgee stays strong and starts picking yang apart.  Yang looks tired.  Yang stuffs a take down, and ends up against the fence.  Mcgee finishes the take down, and takes mount, but looses yang, and they stand up.  mcgee shoots again takes down again, slides to mount and attempts 1 arm guillotine.  And the round ends.  That was an exciting round of Fighting people.

UD McGee wins…

Main event: Jake Ellenberger VS. Jake Shields

Round 1 And the main event is underway.  Shields adds the pressure quickly.  Placing his jab and charging forward.  Ellenberger throws shields down but can not follow shields is back on his feet.  Shield attempts a take down but gets stuffed.  Ellenberger lands a close hook to head, stuns shields.  Ellenberger throws knee to body then follows it by a knee to the head, Shields falls, Ellenberger is on top of shields with a nasty hammer fist.  The ref stops the fight, and shields is stunned and tries to take the Ref down.

Ellenberger wins by TKO 53 secs. into the first round!!!!

Those are our fights tonight, and what an exciting set of fights they were.  Here is to seeing some great up and comers.

I would like to thank the Fight Nerd for letting me help him out tonight, and I look forward to seeing you all next week for an amazing night here in Denver for UFC 135 here in Denver, Colorado.  Jones Vs. Rampage.

This is Joel Procell in for the Fight Nerd, Signing off…


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UFC on Versus 4 Open Workout – Exclusive Photo Gallery

By on Jun 24, 2011 in Art Blog Content, Event Results

Earlier today at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh International Airport, Zuffa held the press workout for UFC on Versus 4 for members of the media. Fighters participating included Nate Marquardt, Rick Story, Matt Mitrione, John Howard, Pat Barry, Cheick Kongo, and Christian Morecraft. Stay tuned tomorrow as our coverage continues with the weigh-ins from this event as well as a full fight photo gallery after the show!

Photos courtesy of John C. Zielinski, who also has a book full of MMA photos available for sale at this link here. Hit the jump to check out more shots from this event with all of the fighters!







If you want to see the full gallery from this event, head to this link here!

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M-1 Challenge 24 and Titan FC 17 happened this weekend, too

By on Mar 28, 2011 in Art Blog Content, Event Results

This weekend was loaded with MMA like I could not believe, and it was overwhelming to say the least. We already took a look at Bellator 38 earlier with the inverted triangle choke finish, now let’s take a look at M-1 Challenge 24 and Titan FC 17. First up, M-1 made their debut on Showtime a success with a night of great fights, only one of which went to a decision. In the middleweight title fight, Magomed Sultanakhmedov beat on a very game Tyson Jeffries for two rounds to win the vacant belt. This fight showed how tough both of these fighters were, especially Jeffries who seems to be like some sort of cyborg from “The Terminator”, despite taking a beating he keeps pushing on.

Jose Figueroa became the first American M-1 champ as he beat Artiom Damkovsky for the lightweight title. Figueroa kept Damkovsky on his back and battered him with brutal ground and pound that left his Russian opponent wearing a crimson mask worthy of Ric Flair. Also of note, “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 8 light heavyweight runner-up Vinny Magalhaes made short work of previously unbeaten Jake Doerr, punching him out at 1:47 of the first round.

Meanwhile, Titan FC 17 in Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Missouri, featured former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley against late replacement John Ott. Lashley was notably bigger than Ott, and while most would think this would be helpful to the former wrassler, Lashley did what he did best; gas after the first round and thank the heavens he was fighting a scrub. Lashley’s only weapon was his takedown, and had Ott been someone who wasn’t a natural middleweight, he may have given Lashley another loss on his record. Phil Baroni also returned to his winning ways against Nick Nolte, which you can watch after the jump. Warning: it played out similarly to the aforementioned match, except with slightly less fail sauce.

At the end of the day, M-1 put on a far better show than Titan FC, and fans will hopefully begin to realize that the crazy management team behind Fedor is not exactly the same as the team that puts on these American fights. Oh, there was also some UFC event this weekend, stuff happened there too. Anyway, hit the jump for Baroni VS Nolte and a sad (but anticipated) moment at M-1 before they went live!

And finally, complaints were heard for a long time about M-1 Global simply not advertising their show enough to fill their venue. Turns out those complaints were a reality, as Jimmy Lennon Jr. implored fans to move down and fill in the empty seats before the show began live. M-1 puts on some very good shows and I wish their advertising was as good as their fighters, as it’s a pity people are missing out on the live experience.

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Marcus Davis doodle for “Rattling the Cage”

By on Aug 18, 2010 in Art Blog Content

The sketch blog returns – now with no more of that numbering system. Seriously, the last day I was up to was day 18 and that was months ago. The only way I knew this was the nineteenth drawing was checking the blog. Anyway, here is a drawing of “The Irish Hand Grenade” or sometimes “The Celtic Warrior” depending on what continent he is on, Marcus Davis.

This drawing was done for “Rattling the Cage,” an interview series by Anthony Reid of Reid Fight Wear, for TapouT Magazine (AKA the magazine you should be reading every month supplemented by MMA Worldwide magazine since I write columns for both). Each issue, Tony interviews a fighter in his unique way and has an artist draw a representation of them, and for now I have taken over that role.

If you want to see more of my drawings, you can click on the lovely animated banner on the sidebar or just click this link here instead. Head to rattling-the-cage.com for more from Anthony Reid! And don’t forget to buy the latest issue of TapouT magazine! Enough shameless plugs, go read some other stuff on my site now.

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Day 18- Duane Ludwig

By on Mar 26, 2010 in Art Blog Content

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A beat up Duane “Bang” Ludwig has seen better days in this doodle. We talked to Duane waaay back in October and since then, he found himself back in the UFC but is currently out of action after a terrible ankle injury just a week ago. We wish Bang a speedy recovery and hope to see him back on his feet and in the octagon again soon!

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Day 17- Mark Coleman

By on Feb 08, 2010 in Art Blog Content

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Fresh from his loss to Randy Couture at UFC 109, here is Mark “The Hammer” Coleman. Owner of the most awesome championship belt in MMA history, the Pride Grand Prix 2000 Championship belt, which was valued at more than the prize money for winning the entire tournament! Not sure if it is the end for Mark or not after his performance against Couture, but at least we got to finally see these two legendary wrestlers duke it out.

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Day 16- Dan Severn

By on Jan 20, 2010 in Art Blog Content

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Dan “The Beast” Severn all dressed up with nowhere to go (from a Hall of Fame induction ceremony reference pic). I interviewed Severn not long ago on Fight Nerd Radio, it was a pretty interesting interview to say the least. We spoke for about 30 minutes and I could not believe some of the stuff he said, go give it a listen! He talked about what he thinks of today’s fighters, boring fights and video games. I am definitely making a highlight reel of it very soon as a vid!

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Day 15- Jorge Gurgel

By on Jan 06, 2010 in Art Blog Content

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Jorge Gurgel, UFC veteran, TUF contestant and currently slugging it out in ShoMMA, oh and best bud of Rich “Ace” Franklin! A BJJ Black belt who is more than content to throw hands instead of grappling, nothing too novel in today’s MMA but he still draws alot of ire from critics and fans for doing so. Here is a quick doodle of him, notice how I neglected to finish his hair and probably made it comically longer than it should be. That’s what you get when you have tall, pointy tips and when I get carried away with my pens! Lesson learned!

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