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

Catchweight (140 lbs)
[*] Jens Pulver (24 – 14 – 1) vs. [*] Brian Davidson (6 – 3 – 0)

Catchweight (200 lbs)
[#64MW] Jake Rosholt (11 – 3 – 0) vs. [#321MW] John Ott (13 – 3 – 0)

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#179] Rudy Bears (12 – 7 – 0) vs. [*] Darryl Cobb (5 – 2 – 0)

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
[*] Jared Rosholt (2 – 0 – 0) vs. [*] Kirk Grinlinton (2 – 2 – 0)

Featherweight (145 lbs)
[#177] Joe Wilk (10 – 6 – 0) vs. [#369] Jesse Zeugin (5 – 1 – 0)

Lightweight (155 lbs)
[#334] Sean Wilson (27 – 16 – 0) vs. [*] Deryck Ripley (9 – 19 – 0)
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British Association of Mixed Martial Arts 6
May 21, 2011
Wembley Arena,
London, England

BAMMA Middleweight Championship

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#62] Tom Watson (13 – 4 – 0) vs. [#88] Murilo “Ninja” Rua (20 – 11 – 1)

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#56] Frank Trigg (20 – 8 – 0) vs. [#104] John Phillips (13 – 3 – 0)

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#230] Matt Ewin (21 – 9 – 1) vs. [*] Ivan Salaverry (13 – 7 – 0)

Lightweight (155 lbs)
[#141] Jason Ball (18 – 8 – 0) vs. [#152] Leonardo Santos (8 – 3 – 0)

Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#87] Che Mills (12 – 4 – 0) vs. [#437] Marcio Cesar (14 – 4 – 1)

Lightweight (155 lbs)
[#191FW] Shane Omer (6 – 0 – 0) vs. [#500WW] Aaron Wilkinson (7 – 4 – 0)

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
[#152] Oli Thompson (8 – 2 – 0) vs. [*] Marcin Bartkiewicz (3 – 3 – 0)
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Bellator Fighting Championships 45
May 21, 2011
L’Auberge du Lac Casino and Resort,
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament Final
Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
[#34] Richard Hale (17 – 3 – 1) vs. [#44] Christian M’Pumbu (17 – 3 – 1)

Bellator Featherweight Tournament Final
Featherweight (145 lbs)
[#12] Patricio Freire (16 – 1 – 0) vs. [#16] Daniel Straus (16 – 3 – 0)

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#92LHW] Sam Alvey (13 – 6 – 0) vs. [#128] Karl Amoussou (12 – 4 – 1)

Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#66] Luis Santos (48 – 6 – 0) vs. [#491] Nicolae Cury (4 – 1 – 0)

Catchweight (140 lbs)
[*] Joseph Abercrombie (2 – 1 – 0) vs. [*] Ben Parpart (1 – 1 – 0)

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
[*] Shawn Jordan (9 – 2 – 0) vs. [*] John Hill (3 – 1 – 0)

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#205] Tim Ruberg (5 – 0 – 0) vs. [*] Mike Fleniken (3 – 3 – 0)

Lightweight (185 lbs)
[#117] Rene Nazaere (8 – 0 – 0) vs. [#376] Kelvin Hackney (9 – 1 – 0)

Ultra X Combat – International Grand Prix
May 20, 2011
Exhibition Park,
Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#47] Delson Heleno (21 – 5 – 0) vs. TBA

Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#197] Leonardo Pecahna (13 – 7 – 0) vs.  [*] Matias Ezequiel Lemon (3 – 6 – 0)

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#131] Gustavo Machado (20 – 8 – 1) vs.  [*] Jeremy Johnson (0 – 0 – 0)

Middleweight? (185 lbs)
[#197LHW] Paulo Filho (22 – 3 – 1) vs.  [#167WW] Norman Paraisy (8 – 1 – 1)

Fight for Wrestling 3 – Back in Bakersfield
May 20, 2011
Icardo Center,
Bakersfield, California, United States

Lightweight (155 lbs)
[#23] Brian Cobb (17 – 6 – 0) vs. [#106] Radley Martinez (9 – 1 – 0)

Heavyweight (155 lbs)
[#179] John Devine (6 – 4 – 0) vs. [*] Mike Cook (11 – 9 – 0)

Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#199] Brock Jardine (6 – 1 – 0) vs.  [#428] Kenny Ento (11 – 5 – 0)
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MMA Live 1
Alberta, Canada

Welterweight
[#85] Ryan Ford W-TKO(3) [#105] Karo Parisyan

Welterweight
[#47LW] Marcus Aurelio W-SUB(1) [#163] Matt MacGrath

Not much going on tonight, however former WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner and WEC veteran Jeff Curran will be competing on the XFO card.

Xtreme Fighting Organization 39
May 13, 2011
Sears Centre Arena,
Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States

Featherweight (145 lbs)
[#67] Jeff Curran (33 – 13 – 1) W–UD(3) [*] Billy Vaughan (9 – 7 – 0)

Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#116LW] Jamie Varner (16 – 5 – 1) W–SUB(1) [#285LW] Tyler Combs (13 – 7 – 1)

Pure Fighting Championships 7 – Red Deer
May 13, 2011
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#187] David Hulett (16 – 8 – 0) L-SUB(2) [#278] Ryan Machan (12 – 7 – 0)

Bellator Fighting Championships 44
May 14, 2011
Caesars Atlantic City Hotel and Casino,
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Superfight
Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#12] Hector Lombard (28 – 2 – 1) vs. [#45] Falaniko Vitale (29 – 9 – 0)

Bellator Lightweight Tournament Final
Lightweight (155 lbs)
[#49] Patricky Freire (9 – 1 – 0) vs. [#50] Michael Chandler (7 – 0 – 0)

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#29] Alexander Shlemenko (38 – 7 – 0) vs. [#88] Brett Cooper (13 – 6 – 0)

Bantamweight (135 lbs)
[#156LW] Anthony Morrison (16 – 10 – 0) vs. [#46] Brian Goldsby  (13 – 13 – 0)
Morrison weighed in at 146.5!!

Featherweight (145 lbs)
[#194] Jeff Lentz (6 – 2 – 0) vs. [*] Anthony Leone (8 – 3 – 0)

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#297] Sam Oropeza (5 – 1 – 0) vs. [#361] Giedrius Karavackas (4 – 1 – 0)

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
[*] Azunna Anyanwu (3 – 0 – 0) vs. [*] Randy Smith (11 – 8 – 1)

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#86] Jay Silva (6 – 4 – 0) vs. [*] Gemiyale Adkins (6 – 1 – 0)

Interesting matchmaking note:
[#49] Patricky Freire (9 – 1 – 0) vs. [#50] Michael Chandler (7 – 0 – 0)

Only 1 spot separate these two fighters in the Fightmatrix rankings.

World Absolute Fighting Championship – Mayor’s Cup 2011
May 7, 2011
Platinum Arena,
Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

Lightweight (155 lbs)
[#108] Alexander Sarnavskiy (13 – 0 – 0) vs. [#209] Joseph Ambrose (15 – 3 – 0)

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
[#72] Baga Agaev (20 – 11 – 0) vs. [#76] Kevin Randleman (17 – 15 – 0)

The Zone Fighting Championship – Unbreakable
May 7, 2011
Liseberg Hall,
Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden

Light Heavyweight? (205 lbs)
[#159] Eric Cebarac (8 – 4 – 0) vs. [#209MW] Victor Cheng (6 – 1 – 0)

Featherweight (145 lbs)
[#58] Paul Reed (16 – 8 – 1) vs. [#179] Martin Svensson (7 – 2 – 0)

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Tachi Palace Fights 9 – The Contenders
May 6, 2011
Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino,
Lemoore, California, United States

Flyweight (125 lbs)
[#6] Ian McCall (9 – 2 – 0) vs. [*] Dustin Ortiz (7 – 0 – 0)

McCall is 3-2 in his last 5.  The 2 losses came to bantamweight standouts [#1BW] Dominick Cruz and [#54BW] Charlie Valencia in WEC.  He last fought [#8] Jussier da Silva on February 18th, 2011 and won via unanimous decision.  Undefeated prospect Ortiz, who has finished in all 7 of his victories,  last fought on January 7th, 2011 and defeated [*] Matt Horning via TKO from punches.

TPF Featherweight Championship

Featherweight (145 lbs)
[#112] Russ Miura (9 – 1 – 0) vs. [#127] Isaac DeJesus (9 – 3 – 0)

Miura is on a 6 fight win streak (5 by submission).  He last fought [*] Randy Conway on February 20th, 2011, defeating him by submission due to punches.  DeJesus is 1-3 in his last 4 (all losses by stoppage).  He last fought [#24] Micah Miller on December 12th, 2010, losing via neck crank.

Lightweight (155 lbs)
[#72] Fabricio Camoes (11 – 5 – 1) vs. [#135] Efrain Escudero (16 – 2 – 0)

Camoes is 3-1-1 in his last 5 (0-1-1 in the UFC, 3-0-0 in Strikeforce).  He last fought [#358] Steve Lopez on February 18th, 2011 and defeated him by TKO via head kick and punches less than :30 into the first round.  “Ultimate Fighter: Season 8” winner Efrain Escudero is 4-2 in his last 6 (3-2 in the UFC).  His most recent bout was a victory via unanimous decision over [*] Ashe Bowman on April 8th, 2011.

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Bellator Fighting Championships 43
May 7, 2011
First Council Casino,
Newkirk, Oklahoma, United States

Bellator Welterweight Tournament Finals
Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#10] Jay Hieron (21 – 4 – 0) vs. [#49] Rick Hawn (11 – 0 – 0)

Middlweight (185 lbs)
[#37] Bryan Baker (14 – 2 – 0) vs. [#100] Joe Riggs (34 – 12 – 0)

Bantamweight (135 lbs)
[#44FW] Chase Beebe (17 – 7 – 0) vs. [#41] Jose Vega (9 – 4 – 0)

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
[#34] Neil Grove (10 – 3 – 1) vs. [#207] Zak Jensen (10 – 6 – 0) (Grove pulled out of the fight)

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
[#195] Ron Sparks  (6 – 0 – 0) vs. [*] Vince Lucero (19 – 19 – 1)

Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#328] David Rickles (7 – 0 – 0) vs. [*] Rich Bouphanouvong (1 – 3 – 0)

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#210] John Bryant (5 – 4 – 0) vs. [*] George Burton (1 – 0 – 0)

Welterweight? (170 lbs)
[*] Mike Schatz (3 – 3 – 0) vs. [*] Michael Osborn (3 – 3 – 0)

Interesting matchmaking note:
[#41] Jose Vega (9 – 4 – 0) vs. [#44FW ] Chase Beebe (17 – 7 – 0)  Only 3 spots separate these two fighters in the Fightmatrix rankings.  Nice matchmaking by Bellator on this one!

On the upcoming UFC 129 card this weekend, we will see two bouts with fighters extremely close in the rankings facing each other.  The first fight is:

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
[#29] Vladimir Matyushenko  (25 – 5 – 0) vs. [#33] Jason Brilz  (18 – 3 – 1)

But even more interesting is this prelim bout:

Featherweight (145 lbs)
[#78] Yves Jabouin  (15 – 6 – 0) vs. [#79] Pablo Garza (9 – 1 – 0)

With these two fighters ranked literally one spot away from each other, it looks like UFC matchmaker Joe Silva (or Sean Shelby)  may have been perusing the FightMatrix rankings upon deciding on this bout!  Hey, dream big or don’t dream at all.

UFC Welterweight Championship

Welterweight (170 lbs)
[#1] [#3DD] Georges St. Pierre (21 – 2 – 0) vs. [#2] [#9DD] Jake Shields  (26 – 4 – 1)

Two of the best pound for pound fighters in the sport in Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields will clash this Saturday night.  St. Pierre comes into the fight on an 8 fight win streak, 5 by decision.  St. Pierre has been criticized in the past for not being a finisher, yet he remains a thoroughly dominant fighter.  His last loss came by way of a TKO (punches) at the hands of [#24] Matt Serra at UFC 69 back in April 2007.  St. Pierre lost the title that night in what was considered one of the biggest upsets in MMA history.  1 year and 3 victories later, St. Pierre rectified his 2nd career loss by winning the welterweight title back from Matt Serra via TKO (knees to the body) at UFC 83 in April 2008.  He went on to win 5 victories over top 10 competition, effectively cleaning out the division.  Enter Jake Shields.  The former Strikeforce middleweight champion comes into this fight riding an amazing 15 fight win streak (8 by stoppage).  Shields, who has also been criticized for having a rather prosaic and underwhelming fighting style himself, did not impress very much in his UFC debut.  After winning a contentious split decision over [#11] Martin Kampmann back at UFC 121 in October 2010, Shields was immediately thrust into the title picture because of his past accomplishments outside of the promotion.  Both men are adept on the ground, with Shields possibly having a slight submission grappling advantage on paper.  However, St. Pierre clearly has the wrestling as well as the boxing/stand up advantage.  St. Pierre will most likely be able to dictate where this fight goes.  Most expect St. Pierre to continue his march, but Shields does have a grapplers chance.  A victory for Shields would propel him to the pinnacle of the welterweight division, as well as the division dominance rankings.

UFC Featherweight Championship

Featherweight (145 lbs)
[#1] [#4DD] Jose Aldo  (18 – 1 – 0) vs. [#14] Mark Hominick (20 – 8 – 0)

Reigning featherweight kingpin Jose Aldo will make his first UFC featherweight title defense as well as his UFC debut this Saturday against Mark Hominick.  Aldo, who is on an 11 fight win streak (7 by T/KO), most recently knocked out [#10] Manny Gamburyan in September 2010 at WEC 51.  Aldo won the WEC featherweight title from [#25] Mike Brown at WEC 44 back in November of 2009.  He made two successful title defenses against [#3BW] Urijah Faber and Manny Gamburyan before the WEC merged with the UFC in January of 2011.  Aldo is seen as one of the most violent, dynamic fighters today.  Hominick is on a 5 fight winning streak, 4 by stoppage.  He most recently earned a title shot by TKOing [#61] George Roop in his 3rd promotional appearance (1st appearance at featherweight) at “UFC Fight for the Troops 2” in January 2011.  Hominick is a very game opponent who has been on a hot streak lately.  He has the ability to hurt his opponents standing or on the ground.  The problem for Hominick is that Jose Aldo most likely does everything he does better.   Hominick is a savvy veteran who will have to call on all his past experiences in order to stand a chance against the pound for pound ranked Aldo.

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Bellator Fighting Championships 42
April 23, 2011
Lucky Star Casino,
Concho, Oklahoma, United States

Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals
Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
[#29] D.J. Linderman (9 – 1 – 0) vs. [#51] Richard Hale (16 – 3 – 1)

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)
[#49] Christian M’Pumbu (16 – 3 – 1) vs. [#114] Tim Carpenter (7 – 0 – 0)

Other Bouts

Featherweight (145 lbs)
[#84] Ronnie Mann (18 – 2 – 1) vs. [#406LW] Josh Arocho (6 – 9 – 0)

Bantamweight (135 lbs)
[#69] Luiz Alberto Nogueira (10 – 1 – 0) vs. [*] Jerod Spoon (5 – 1 – 1)

Middleweight (185 lbs)
[#70] Jared Hess (10 – 2 – 1) vs. [*] Chris Bell (10 – 3 – 0)

Bantamweight (135 lbs)
[#22FLY] Shane Howell (9 – 7 – 0) vs. [#145] Mark Oshiro (12 – 3 – 0)

Heavyweight (265 lbs)
[#66] Mark Holata (10 – 2 – 0) vs. [*] Chris Guillen (13 – 12 – 0)

Featherweight (145 lbs)
[*] Owen Evinger (6 – 0 – 0) vs. [*] Brandon Shelton (16 – 5 – 0)