This Past Weekend: Friday May 27th, 2011

Titan Fighting Championship 18
May 27, 2011
Memorial Hall,
Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Catchweight (140 lbs)

Brian Davidson (7 – 3 – 0) defeated UFC, Pride and WEC vet Jens Pulver (24 – 15 – 1) by submission due to rear-naked choke at 4:04 of round 1.  Davidson, who is on a 2 fight win streak (preceded by a 2 fight losing streak), enters the featherweight “Top 250” at [#215].  Pulver, who was on a 2 fight win streak prior to this loss (preceded by a 6 fight losing streak), remains unranked.

Catchweight (200 lbs)

John Ott (9 – 8 – 0) defeated UFC vet Jake Rosholt (11 – 4 – 0) by disqualification due to an illegal knee strike at 4:23 of round 3.  Ott, who is 3-2 in his last 5, moves from [#321MW] into the light heavyweight “Top 250” at [#71].  Rosholt, who was on a 4 fight win streak prior to this loss, moves from [#64MW] into the light heavyweight “Top 250” at [#79].

Middleweight (185 lbs)

Bellator vet Rudy Bears (13 – 7 – 0) defeated Darryl Cobb (5 – 3 – 0) by submission due to rear naked choke at 3:30 of round 1.  Bears, who has won 11 of his 13 victories by stoppage, moves from [#179WW] into the middleweight “Top 350” at [#167].  Cobb, who is on a 2 fight losing streak (preceded by a 5 fight win streak), remains unranked.

Heavyweight (265 lbs)

Younger brother of [#79LHW] Jake Rosholt, Jared Rosholt (3 – 0 – 0) defeated Kirk Grinlinton (2 – 3 – 0) by TKO due to punches at 1:37 of round 1.  Rosholt, who has won 2 of his 3 stoppage victories in under 1:45, enters into the heavyweight “Top 250” at [#222].  Grinlinton, who has both lost and won all 5 of his fights by TKO via punches in under 3:00, remains unranked.

Lightweight (155 lbs)

Joe Wilk (11 – 6 – 0) defeated Jesse Zeugin (5 – 2 – 0) by submission via anaconda choke at 3:36 of round 1.  Wilk, who has won all 11 of his victories by stoppage (9 by submission), moves from [#177FW] into the lightweight “Top 500” at [#263].  Previously ranked [#369] Zeugin, who was on a 5 fight win streak by submissions (4 choke based), falls off the rankings.

Lightweight (155 lbs)

Sean Wilson (28 – 16 – 0) defeated Deryck Ripley (9 – 20 – 0) by submission via toe hold at 2:00 of round 1.  Wilson, who is on a 4 fight win streak (all by stoppage), moves 3 spots down the ranks from [#334] to [#337].  Ripley, who is on a 5 fight losing streak (2-12 in his last 14), remains unranked.

Shark Fights 15 – Villasenor vs. Camozzi
May 27, 2011
Santa Ana Star Center,
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States

Middleweight (185 lbs)

Strikeforce veteran Joey Villasenor (27 – 8 – 1) went to a draw with “Ultimate Fighter season 11” vet Chris Camozzi (14 – 4 – 1).  Villasenor, who is 0-2-1 in his last 3 (preceded by a 4 fight win streak), moves 1 spot down from [#94] to [#95].  Camozzi, who prior to going 0-1-1 in his last 2 was on a 4 fight win streak, moves 10 spots up from [#129] to [#119].

Middleweight (185 lbs)

UFC vet Dave Branch (9 – 2 – 0) defeated “Ultimate Fighter season 7” veteran Jeremy May (9 – 8 – 0) by TKO due to punches at 3:19 of round 3.  Branch, who was recently pink slipped by the UFC after losing to [#16] Rousimar Palhares, holds his rank at [#46].  May, who is 3-2 in his last 5, drops 27 spots down from [#191] to [#218].

Middleweight (185 lbs)

Artenas Young (6 – 3 – 0) defeated Kyle Bracey (4 – 2 – 0) by TKO due to punches at 4:04 of round 1.  Young, who 3-2 in his last 5, enters the middleweight “Top 350” at [#206].  Bracey, who had won 2 in a row via submission by chokes prior to this loss , enters the middleweight “Top 350” at [#300].

Featherweight (145 lbs)

WEC veteran Frank Gomez (10 – 3 – 0) defeated Tim Snyder (12 – 8 – 1) via submission by rear naked choke at 3:19 of round 1.  Gomez, who has gone 2-0 in 2011, (0-2 in 2010), bounds 47 spot up the ranks from [#160] to [#113].  Snyder, who is 3-2 in his last 5, remains unranked.

East Coast Fight Productions – Resurgence
May 27, 2011
Trenton Rink,
Trenton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Welterweight (170 lbs)

Ricky Goodall (8 – 4 – 0) defeated Lenny Wheeler (4 – 2 – 0) by TKO due to punches at 4:29 of round 1.  Goodall, who has won 2 in a row, enters the welterweight “Top 500” at [#473].  Wheeler, is 1-2 in his last 3, remains unranked.

To Be Updated

Warrior’s Honor 3
May 27, 2011
Lokomotiv Sport Club,
Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Heavyweight (265 lbs)

[#44] Konstantin Gluhov (19 – 6 – 0) defeated [#207] Ruslan Magomedov (5 – 1 – 0) by KO due to a punch to the body at 1:19 of round 2.  Gluhov is on a 5 fight win streak, all by stoppage (13-1 in his last 14 since September 2010).  Magomedov had finished all his opponents in his victories prior to this bout.

Heavyweight (265 lbs)

[#44] Konstantin Gluhov (18 – 6 – 0) defeated [*] Yuri Gorbenko (1 – 4 – 0) by submission due to a toe hold at 2:35 of round 1.  Gluhov was on a 4 fight win streak at this point in the night, all by stoppage.  Gorbenko is on a 3 fight losing streak, and has never gone past the 1st round in a loss.

Heavyweight (265 lbs)

[#207] Ruslan Magomedov (5 – 0 – 0) defeated [*] Vagan Bodzhukyan (4 – 4 – 0) by TKO due to punches at 3:12 of round 2.  Magomedov has finished all his opponents in his victories up to this point in the night.  Bodzhukyan 3-2 in his last 5.

Bulgarian MMA Federation
May 27, 2011
Lokomotiv Sport Club,
Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Heavyweight (265 lbs)

[*] Lyubo Simeonov (2 – 0 – 0) defeated [#216] Jimmy Ambriz  (15 – 16 – 1) by submission due to punches at 0:33 of round 1.  Simeonov’s only other fight is a TKO over [*] Gary Goodridge.  Ambriz is 1-4 in his last 5.

Welterweight (170 lbs)

[#160] Rumen Dimitrov (12 – 0 – 2) defeated [*] Mikel Cortes  (5 – 2 – 0) by TKO due to punches at 2:39 of round 1.  Dimitrov is on a 7 fight win streak (his last 3 in a row by TKO via punches).  Cortes is 1-1 in the last 1 1/2 years.

Middleweight (185 lbs)

[#138] Rosen Dimitrov (13 – 2 – 0) defeated [*] Jesus Rodriguez (1 – 2 – 0) by TKO due to punches at 3:15 of round 1.  Santos was on an 8 fight win streak prior to this draw (6 by stoppage, 5 by (T)KO).  Rodriguez had not fought in over 1 1/2 years prior to this bout.

Amazon Fight 8
May 27, 2011
State University of Para School of Physical Education Gymnasium,
Belem, Para, Brazil

Middleweight (185 lbs)

[#69WW] Luis Santos (49 – 6 – 1) went to a draw with  [#101] Carlos Alexandre Pereira (23 – 9 – 1).  Santos was on an 8 fight win streak prior to this draw (6 by stoppage, 5 by (T)KO).  Pereira is 3-1-1 in his last 5.

Fight of the Night 2011
May 27, 2011
Hippodrom,
Greding, Bavaria, Germany

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)

[#124] Yoel Romero Palacio (4 – 0 – 0) defeated [*] Laszlo Eck  (0 – 1 – 0) by KO due to a punch at 0:33 of round 1.  Palacio has won all his fights by (T)KO.  This was Eck’s 1st professional fight.

Grand Prix Chomutov
May 27, 2011
Mestska Sport Hall,
Chomutov, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic

Middleweight (185 lbs)

[#266] Andre Reinders (17 – 9 – 3) defeated [*] Nathan Schouteren (16 – 12 – 2) by unanimous decision.  Reinders is 5-1 in his last 6.  Schouteren is on a 4 fight losing streak.