Posts from — December 2007

Nick Penner def. Eric “Butterbean” Esch - Submission (strikes)
Victor Bachmann def. Stjepan Vujnovic - TKO (Strikes)
Chris Ade def. Adam Thomas - Submission (Armbar)
Tim Thurston def. Curtis Demarce - KO
Shaun Krysa def. Richard Menard - Submission (Strikes)
Jay Jenkins def. Brad Geiger - KO
Marcus Hicks def. Mason Hunter - TKO (Strikes)
Chase Holthe def. Phil Wark - Submission (Triangle Choke)
Chuck Pelc def. Lee Berger - TKO (Strikes)

David “The Crow” Loiseau, a native of Montreal, Quebec, will return to action January 12, 2008 at WCO Fighting when he steps into the cage with Leopoldo Serao.

Loiseau (15-7) last fought at Art of War 2 on May 11, 2007 where he submitted Freddie Espiricueta in the second round of their middleweight bout. Following the fight, Loiseau was forced to take some time off as he suffered a broken thumb which required surgery.

Leopoldo Serao, a native of Rio de Janiero, Brazil, sports a mixed martial arts record of 11-6. Associated with Cluba de Luta, Serao holds victories over the likes Todd Seyler, Geoff Hawks, Mestre Ari, and Fabrini de Souza. Serao has dropped fights to UFC veterans Jorge Santiago and Assuerio Silva as well as Muril “Ninja” Rua.

WCO Fighting

Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs.Vernon “Tiger” White
Ricco Rodriguez vs. Mike Kyle
Mark Kerr vs. Rick Roufus
Jimmy Ambriz vs. Wesley Correira
Joe Riggs vs. Gustavo Machado
Virgil Zwicker vs. David Mejia
David Loiseau vs. Leopoldo Serao
Tiki Ghosn vs. J.J. Ambrose
Fabio Costa vs. Carlos Fuentes
George Karakahyan vs. Armando Sanchez
Tony Sylvestor vs. Cain Velasquez
Megan Gangitano vs. TBA

Steve Cofield of ESPN radio caught up with Greg Jackson, Georges St. Pierre’s coach, following St. Pierre’s submission victory over Matt Hughes at UFC 79: Nemesis. Jackson discussed a variety of subjects including St. Pierre’s mental game and training camp.

“I don’t know if the mental thing was ever a huge issue. I think he had to learn his lesson. I think that he needed to learn that I can’t go out and party before a fight. I need to take each fight seriously and he needed to learn that lesson. It’s better sooner then later. As far as him evolving, he’s still evolving, he’s still continuing to evolve and get better and better. I mean, I think you’re going to see next fight an even better Georges St. Pierre.”

“Because we took this fight on short notice, we all went up to Montreal which is one of my favorite places on God’s green earth, I love Montreal. So we spent some time up there, I sent my whole camp up there and we basically had camp up in Montreal in addition to his other coaches.”

For the full interview, go here.

Tonight, Rumble in the Cage 27: Seasons Beatings will take place at the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta.

In the main event, TKO veterans Dan “Torture” Chambers and Jacob MacDonald will square off in a middleweight bout. Chambers (11-5) last fought at Ring Xtreme Challenge II losing to UFC veteran Jonathan “The Road Warrior” Goulet. MacDonald (4-7) also last fought at Ring Xtreme Challenge II defeating Shawn Marchand.

Also on the card is TKO veterans Dave Pariseau (6-5-1), Tommy Pariseau (2-1), Justin Tavernini (9-7), and Eric Leclerc (3-1).

Rumble in the Cage 27: Seasons Beatings
Main Card:

Dan Chambers vs. Jacob MacDonald
Dwayne Lewis vs. Jarrit Evans
Jordan Mein vs. Dave Pariseau
Brian Constant vs. Brandon MacArthur
Mark Aparicio vs. Dave Logan
Ian Asham vs. Nick Goetz
Tim Tamaki vs. Tommy Pariseau
Cody Petrovic vs. Ryan Conventry
Kevin Smith vs. Dylan Ferguson
Jared Kilkenny vs. Martin Desillet

Preliminary Fights:

Justin Tavernini vs. Eric Leclerc
Jesse Fox vs. Dave Crawford
John Laing vs. Mike Reid
Mike Jones vs. Andrew Rutledge
Spencer Rohovie vs. Dave Nippard
Jerrod Cardinal vs. Tim Chamelli
Ira Horning vs. Jason Warshawsky

UFC.com caught up with former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes following his tough submission loss to Georges “Rush” St. Pierre at UFC 79: Nemesis. A humble Matt Hughes told reporters that Georges St. Pierre was the better man and he had no excuses.

“Well first off I want to say I’ve got no excuses. I think I definitely prepared like I should have. We came in with a good strong game plan I just didn’t get it implemented so my hats off to Georges he fought a great fight, can’t say anything about it.

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A match six years in the making.

Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell, former UFC light heavyweight champion, known for dominating the UFC light heavyweight division with incredible victories over notable fighters such as Renato Sobral, Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Jeff Monson, Kevin Randelman, Guy Metzger, Jeremy Horn, Murilo Bustamente, and Vitor Belfort. Liddell reigned as the UFC champion from April 16, 2005 to May 26, 2007 and was regarded as one the world’s top light heavyweights next to his rival, PRIDE champion, Wanderlei Silva.

Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva, former PRIDE middleweight champion, much like Liddell is known for dominating the PRIDE middleweight division stopping the likes of Dan Henderson, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kiyoshi Tamura, Hidehiko Yoshida, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Yuki Kondo, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Ricardo Arona, and Kazuyuki Fujita. Silva reigned as the PRIDE middleweight champion from 2001-2007 and he also won the PRIDE World Grand Prix in 2003.

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“Rush” Georges St. Pierre solidified his status as one of the world’s top pound-for-pound mixed martial artists with his two round domination of former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes.

The main event, which took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, was an utter domination from start to finish. Hughes was the first combatant to make his way to the coveted octagon walking with his calm, confident swagger. Shortly after, Georges St. Pierre made the walk to the octagon possessing an angry yet focused stare.

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World Victory Road: Sengoku 4
August 24, 2008

Takanori Gomi vs. Chris Horodecki (London, Ontario)

Lightweight Grand Prix:

Duane Ludwig
Rodrigo Damm
Yokota Kazunori
Mitsuoka Eihi
Satoru Kitaoka

UFC 87: Seek and Destroy
August 9, 2008
Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Main Card:

Georges St. Pierre (St. Isidore, Quebec) vs. Jon Fitch
Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta
Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring
Cheick Kongo vs. Doug Evensen
Steve Bruno vs. Chris Wilson
Ben Saunders vs. Jared Rollins
Jason MacDonald (Edmonton, Alberta) vs. Demian Maia
Andre Gusmao vs. Tomasz Drwal

MFC 17: Hostile Takeover
July 25, 2008
River Cree Casino in Edmonton, Alberta

Main Card:

Ryan Ford vs. TBA
Santino Defranco vs. Jason Maxwell
Ron Faircloth vs. Brad Zazulak
Ricardo Tirloni vs. Ben Henderson
Dwayne Lewis vs. Aron Lofton
Ryan Machan vs. Ryan Heck

Preliminary Bouts:

Lemont Davis vs. Mike Sorenson
Gavin Neil vs. Evan Seguin
Jay Whitford vs. Jason Kuchera
Brandon Curts vs. Elliot Duff
Jason Zorthian vs. Jesse Clarke
Jeremy Martin vs. Jason Biggeman