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Drwal X-Rays Negative, MRI On Monday

Palhares vs. Drwal

In the aftermath of the application of a heel hook to Tomasz Drwal at UFC 111, Rousimar Palhares received a 90-day suspension. But a bit of good news came out of all this.

Drwal had X-rays done on his leg and knee, and fortunately, no fractures were found; however, an MRI is scheduled for Monday.

The Drwal camp is of the hope that the only damage incurred in a worst case scenario is a sprained knee; again, that information should be available some time on Monday. Stay tuned to Octagon Buzz for incoming information on the prognosis of Drwal and his MRI.

Post a comment . Mar 29, 2010
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UFC 111 Medical Suspensions

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Carwin vs. Mir

After UFC 111 took place Saturday night, medical suspensions were handed down by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board – six, to be exact.

Besides the 90-day suspension handed down to Rousimar Palhares for failing to release a hold at the referee’s behest, the following fighters received medical suspensions:

Frank Mir (30 days). Suspended for precautionary reasons. Makes sense to me after the beatdown received by Shane Carwin; but to be fair, referee Steve Miragliotta let Mir take a bit too much punishment.
Mark Bocek (30 days). Suspended for laceration on his scalp in his loss to Jim Miller.
Rory Markham (30 days). Suspended for a facial laceration in his loss to Nate Diaz.
Tomasz Drwal (indefinitely). Suspension is pending X-rays on his left knee and ankle, incurred by a heel hook by Palhares.
Jared Hamman (60 days). Suspended for lacerations to his right foot, with competition suspended indefinitely until he receives an X-ray on his foot.
Matt Riddle (indefinitely). Suspended a minimum of 30 days and a return to training pending a CAT scan.

1 Comment . Mar 29, 2010
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Palhares Apologizes, Receives 90 Days Suspension

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Palhares vs. Drwal

Apologies, no matter how sincere they may be, will not go unpunished in the MMA game – in this case, the judge, jury and executioner was the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board.

If you watched the UFC 111 PPV, then you probably caught the preliminaries in which Rousimar Palhares took on Tomasz Drwal. Palhares would win the bout via submission, but would come out the loser as well as the State Board suspended Palhares for 90 days because Palhares injured Drwal’s knee by not letting go of the heel hook he placed on him. Palhares subsequently apologized post-fight to Drwal and his camp.

While 90 days doesn’t seem like much time as that’s the normal down time for a MMA fighter, the suspension certainly cannot help Palhares’ career. It remains to be seen if this affects his career in the UFC; I doubt that it will affect him that much. He isn’t the first fighter suspended by an athletic board nor will he be the last after a victory.

Post a comment . Mar 28, 2010
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Palhares To Meet Drwal At UFC 111

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New Jersey’s second event got a littler bit bigger as another fight has been added to the UFC 111 fight card, which is scheduled to take place on March 27 from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.

Specifically, the bout in question will pit middleweight Rousimar Palhares against Tomasz Drwal, according to sources close to the situation; bout agreements are expected to be turned in relatively soon.

Palhares last saw action at UFC 107 in December 2009, submitting Lucio Linhares. Meanwhile, Drwal earned his third consecutive UFC victory this past September at UFC 103 when he defeated Drew McFedries. As of this post, it has not been detemrined where this bout’s placement on the fight card will be.

With the addition of this bout, UFC 111 looks like this:

MAIN CARD:

Georges St. Pierre vs. Dan Hardy
Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir
Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch*
Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown*
Mark Bocek vs. Jim Miller*

PRELIMINARY CARD:

Tomasz Drwal vs. Rousimar Palhares*
Martin Kampmann vs. Ben Saunders*
Fabricio Camoes vs. Kurt Pelligrino*
Ricardo Funch vs. Matthew Riddle*
Jared Hamman vs. Rodney Wallace*

* – Not officially announced.

2 Comments . Jan 18, 2010
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The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale – Official Results

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Diego Sanchez

Below are the official card results for The Ultimate Fighter 9, which took place Saturday at The Pearl at the Palms Casino resort in Las Vegas, NV:

Preliminaries:

Jason Dent defeated Cameron Dollar (anaconda choke), 4:56 of Round 1.
Nick Osiczak defeated Frank Lester (rear-naked choke) 3:40 of Round 1.
Tomasz Drwal defeated Mike Ciesnolevicz (TKO – strikes) at 4:48 of Round 1.
Brad Blackburn defeated Edgar Garcia, split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
Melvin Guillard defeated Gleison Tibau, split decision.

Main Card

Joe Stevenson defeated Nate Diaz, unanimous decision (29-28).
Ross Pearson defeated Andre Winner, unanimous decision (29-28).
Chris Lytle defeated Kevin Burns, unanimous decision (29-28).
James Wilks defeated DeMarques Johnson (rear-naked choke), 4:51 of Round 1.
Diego Sanchez defeated Clay Guida, split decision (28-29, 29-27, 29-28)

Post a comment . Jun 21, 2009
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Grant, Kampmann Likely For The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale

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The fight card for The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale on June 20 is finally in place as T.J. Grant and Martin Kampmann are very close to signing an agreement; Grant confirmed the bout through his Facebook page while Kampmann’s agent, Ken Pavla, confirmed as well.

Grant is coming off a victory over Ryo Chonan on April 18 while Kampmann defeated Carlos Condit in early April. Below is the tentative fight card for The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale*:

MAIN CARD

Lightweight finalist No. 1 vs. No. 2
Welterweight finalist No. 1 vs. No. 2
Clay Guida vs. Diego Sanchez
Nate Diaz vs. Joe Stevenson
Matt Brown vs. Anthony Johnson

PRELIMINARY CARD

TJ Grant vs. Martin Kampmann
Kevin Burns vs. Chris Lytle
Melvin Guillard vs. Gleison Tibau
Mike Ciesnolevicz vs. Tomasz Drwal
Brad Blackburn vs. Edgar Garcia

*Card subject to change.

1 Comment . May 21, 2009
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UFC 93 – Final Card Results

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Dan Henderson
Below are the final results of the UFC 93 fight card, which took place on Saturday:

Dan Henderson defeated Rich Franklin, split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
Mauricio Rua defeated Mark Coleman (TKO – strikes), 4:36 of Round 3
Rousimar Palhares defeated Jeremy Horn, unanimous decision (30-27 X 3)
Alan Belcher defeated Denis Kang (guillotine choke), 4:36 of Round 2
Marcus Davis defeated Chris Lytle, split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
John Hathaway defeated Thomas Egan (TKO – strikes), 4:36 of Round 1
Martin Kampmann defeated Alexandre Barros (TKO – strikes), 3:09 of Round 2
Eric Schafer defeated Antonio Mendes (TKO – punches), 3:35 of Round 1
Tomasz Drwal defeated Ivan Serati (TKO – punches), 2:02 of Round 1
Dennis Siver defeated Nate Mohr (TKO – strikes), 3:47 of Round 3

Post a comment . Jan 18, 2009
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2 More Bouts Added to UFC 93

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UFC 93 is gradually taking shape as two more bouts have been added to the fight card; the event is scheduled to take place on January 17 at the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland; according to MMAJunkie, Warrior Promotions Fighter Management confirmed the bout between Tomasz Drwal and UFC newbie Ivan Serati while a source has confirmed a bout between Rousimar Palhares and Jeremy Horn.

Drwal last fought in his UFC debut in September 2007 when he suffered a loss to Thiago Silva while Serati is on a 4-fight win streak with his last loss being at a Cage Rage event in April 2007 event to Vitor Belfort. Even though Horn has lost two in a row, he gets another chance to redeem himself in the UFC; his last 2 losses were to Nate Marquardt and Dean Lister. Palhares last fought in September at UFC 88, a loss to Dan Henderson.

The UFC 93 fight card, with the addition of the above 2 bouts, currently looks like this*:

Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin
Mark Coleman vs. Mauricio Rua
Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle
Alan Belcher vs. Denis Kang
Jeremy Horn vs. Rousimar Palhares
Tomasz Drwal vs. Ivan Serati
Nate Mohr vs. Denis Siver
Andre Gusmao vs. Antonio Mendes
Abdul Mohamed vs. TBA
Tom Egan vs. John Hathaway

*Fight card suject to change.

Post a comment . Nov 28, 2008
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UFC 87 – By The Numbers

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While there is a fight to be had in Minneapolis, MN later today in UFC 87, there is a bit of a numbers geek in all of us – especially when it comes to sporting events. And UFC 87 is no different in that respect. Haivng said that, here are some interesting numbers and facts that directly or indirectly involve UFC 87, courtesy of Sherdog:

Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch

.897 — The combined winning percentage of St. Pierre and Fitch, highest of all main event pairs in 2008.
2 – Losses for each main event fighter, the lowest for any main event fighter this year with at least five appearances.
15 — Consecutive wins for Fitch, the longest streak for any fighter on the card.
161 — Days between fights for Fitch.
0 — Shared opponents between St. Pierre and Fitch.
1 — Welterweight title fight this year (Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra).
2 — Welterweight champions this year (St. Pierre, Serra).

Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring

3 — Years since Brock Lesnar held a professional wrestling championship belt.
39 — More fights that Heath Herring has had than Lesnar.
.955 — Collegiate wrestling winning percentage of Lesnar.

Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta

.667 — Percentage of fights Florian ends by submission.
.520 — Percentage of fights Huerta ends by KO or TKO.
2 — Times that Florian has gone the distance — both losses.
6 — Times that Huerta has gone the distance — four wins, one draw and one no contest.

The Event

0 — UFC events previously held in Minnesota.
1 — Fighters on the card who hold or have held UFC gold (St. Pierre).
2 — Fighters on the card fighting out of Minnesota (Huerta, Lesnar).
3 — Fighters who will enter the event undefeated in their MMA career (Demian Maia, Andre Gusmao, Jon Jones).
6 — Countries represented by the fighters at UFC 87 (United States, Brazil, Canada, France, Norway, Armenia).
19,500 — Capacity of the Target Center.

Other Notes:

Either Andre Gusmao or Jon Jones will lose their first loss in the UFC tonight.
Tomasz Drwal was originally slated to face Gusmao, but had to withdraw due to an undisclosed injury.
The Jason McDonald-Demian Maia bout will be the first meeting between two fighters who have eaxh won “Submission of the Night” honors twice. Not to mention that they both performed this feat in consecutive bouts.
Although Ben Saunders lost during Season 6 of The Ultimate Fighter, he has never lost a MMA fight.
Prior to entering the UFC, Manny Gamburyan’s only MMA loss was to Sean Sherk.
Gamburyan’s opponent at UFC 87, Rob Emerson, was part of the double-knockout that took place at The Ultimate Fighter 5 finale.
Cheick Kongo’s last 4 fights have gone to a decision while only 1 of Dan Evensen’s last 4 fights went to a decision.