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

Featherweight (145 lbs)

Jeff Curran (34 – 13 – 1) defeated Billy Vaughan (9 – 9 – 0) by unanimous decision.  Curran, who is 4-1 in his last 5, moves 5 spots up the ranks from [#67] to [#62].  Vaughan, who is on a 4 fight losing streak, remains unranked.

Welterweight (170 lbs)

Former WEC lightweight champ Jamie Varner (17 – 5 – 1) defeated Tyler Combs (13 – 8 – 1) by technical submission via north-south choke at 1:30 of round 1.  Varner, who is 1-3-1 in his last 5, moves from [#116LW] into the welterweight “Top 500” at [#109].  Combs, who is on a 2 fight losing streak, moves from [#285LW] into the welterweight “Top 500” at [#354].
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World Absolute Fighting Championship – Mayor’s Cup 2011
May 7, 2011
Platinum Arena,
Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia

Light Heavyweight (205 lbs)

Baga Agaev (21 – 11 – 0) defeated Kevin Randleman (17 – 16 – 0) by submission due to an armbar at 3:00 of round 1.  Agaev, who has won 6 of his last 7 (5 by armbar) jumps 20 spots up from [#72] to [#52].  Randleman, who has lost 4 in a row, drops 21 spots from [#76] to [#97].  Randleman announced his retirement following the loss.

Lightweight (155 lbs)

Alexander Sarnavskiy (14 – 0 – 0) defeated Douglas Evans (13 – 8 – 0) by submission due to rear-naked choke in round 1.  Sarnavskiy, who scored his 3rd consecutive choke victory in this bout,  jumps 34 spots up from [#108] to [#74].  Evans, who is 3-2 in his last 5, moves from [#57FW] into the lightweight “Top 500” at [#239].

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In Episode 7, Team Lesnar’s Chuck O’Neil defeated Team Dos Santos’ Javier Torres with a D’Arce choke in the second round, earning the wild-card spot to become the eighth and final quarter-finalist.

Here are the quarter-final matchups (all rankings approximated as-of the show’s taping):

[#113] Anthony Ferguson vs [#200] Ryan McGillivray

[#247 LW] Ramsey Nijem vs [#387] Clay Harvison

[#289] Chuck O’Neil vs [NR] Zachary Davis

[#364] Shamar Bailey vs [#441] Chris Cope

The current win tally is 4 Team Dos Santos, 4 Team Lesnar.

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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)

WEC veteran Ian McCall (10 – 2 – 0) defeated Dustin Ortiz (7 – 1 – 0) by unanimous decision.  McCall, who is on a 3 fight win streak (4-1 in his last 5), moves 2 spots up from [#6]to [#4].  Ortiz, who tasted defeat for the first time, remains unranked.

TPF Featherweight Championship

Featherweight (145 lbs)

Issac DeJesus (10 – 3 – 0) defeated Russ Miura (9 – 2 – 0) by TKO due to punches at 2:52 of round 1.  DeJesus, who stopped a 2 fight losing streak with this victory, leaps 50 spots forward from [#127]to [#77].  Miura, who was on a 6 fight win streak prior to this loss (5 by stoppage), plummets 105 spots from [#112] to [#217].

Lightweight (155 lbs)

UFC veteran Fabricio Camoes (12 – 5 – 1) defeated fellow UFC vet Efrain Escudero (16 – 3 – 0) by unanimous decision.  Camoes, who is on a 2 fight win streak following release from the UFC, jumps 16 spots forward from [#72] to [#56].  Escudero, who was on a 3 fight win streak prior to this loss,  drops 22 spots from [#135] to [#157].

Middleweight (185 lbs)

UFC veteran Gerald Harris (18 – 4 – 0) defeated Anthony Ruiz (25 – 16 – 0) by unanimous decision.  Harris, who was on a 2 fight losing streak prior to this bout, moves 28 spots up from [#82] to [#54].  Ruiz, who is on a 3 fight losing streak, drops 11 spots from [#97] to [#108].

Flyweight (125 lbs)

Mamoru Yamaguchi (26 – 5 – 3) defeated Kevin Dunsmoor (10 – 4 – 0) by KO by a punch at 4:03 of round 2 .  Yamaguchi, who is on a 6 fight win streak (5 by stoppage), moves 1 spot up from [#2] to [#1].  Dunsmoor, who is 3-2 in his last 5, drops 6 spots from [#30] to [#36].
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Bellator Fighting Championships 43
May 7th, 2011

First Council Casino,
Newkirk, Oklahoma, United States

Bellator Welterweight Tournament Final

Welterweight (170 lbs)
Jay Hieron (22 – 4 – 1) won an extremely close and contentious split decision over Rick Hawn (11 – 1 – 0).  Round 1 belonged to Hieron, who out-struck his Olympic foe for the first 5 minutes.  Round 2 started to swing in Hawn’s favor.  It was this round that would cause the fight to be such a close call.  Hawn stalked the backpedaling Hieron and struck him often throughout the 3rd round.  It was not enough to make the judges see the fight in his favor.  Hieron, who is on a 10 fight winning streak, holds his ranking at [#10].  He will now face Bellator welterweight champion [#21] Ben Askren for the title.  Hawn, who tasted defeat for the first time, moved up 4 spots from [#49] to [#45].

Middleweight (185 lbs)
Bryan Baker (15 – 2 – 0) defeated UFC veteran Joe Riggs (34 – 13 – 0) by KO due to a punch at 3:53 of round 2.  Except for a duo of flying knees from Baker, there was little action in the 1st round.  Riggs was able to connect with straight punches, but did not have an answer for Baker in the 2nd round.  Baker swarmed the dazed Riggs midway through the round and knocked him out against the fence when he dropped his hands.  Baker, who on a 2 fight win streak (9-1- in his last 10),  moves 7 spots up from [#37 ] to [#30]. Baker will be in the Bellator season 5 middleweight tournament.  Riggs, who is on a 2 fight losing streak (both by T/KO from punches), drops 7 spots from [#100] to [#107].

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