Matthew Roth Archives: 02/2012

Takanori Gomi defeats Eiji Mitsuoka by TKO. The stoppage came at 2:21 in the second round. Eiji Mitsuoka landed a short left hand and was…

Vaughan Lee defeats Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto by submission due to armbar. The stoppage came at 4:29 in the first round. The first minute of the…

Riki Fukuda defeats Steve Cantwell by Unanimous Decision. The judges scored the fight 29-28, 30-27, 30-27. Steve Cantwell opened the first round with a head…

Chris Cariaso defeats Takeya Mizugaki by Unanimous Decision. All three judges scored the fight 29-28. As the round opened Chris Cariaso attempted a high kick.…

Issei Tamura defeats Tiequan Zhang at :32 in the second round via knockout. The first round commenced with Tiequan Zhang landed early but Tamura responded…

Takeya Mizugaki is considered one of the most exciting fighters in the UFC’s bantamweight division. Rarely caught up in a boring fight, Mizugaki has won…

Will UFC 144 be the final time that Tiequan Zhang competes in the UFC? Since he signed with the WEC back in 2010, the “Mongolian…

Recently on twitter there has been a discussion of the recent health issues of former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight champion “King” Muhammed Lawal. Following his fight…

Some more news from Houston-based Legacy Fighting Championship was released today. After last week’s announcement about the signing of Robert Drysdale, there were some questions…

After years of incessant whining from fans to the UFC to add Flyweights to the roster, Zuffa has decided to put together a 125 pound…

Remember EliteXC? It was the MMA promotion of Gary and Jared Shaw that hoped to directly compete with the UFC at a time when there…

In some huge news from the American regional MMA scene, famed grappler Robert Drysdale has chosen to sign with Houston-based Legacy Fighting Championship as his…

Pardon the tardiness of this post, I am aware that it usually gets posted earlier in the day following a UFC or Strikeforce event. I…

Stefan Struve defeats Dave Herman by TKO. The stoppage came at 3:52 in the second round. In what comes as a surprise to no one,…

Ronny Markes defeats Aaron Simpson by split decision. The judges scored the fight 29-28, 29-28, and 28-29. Ronny Markes battled Aaron Simpson for three rounds…

Stipe Miocic defeats Phil De Fries by TKO. The stoppage came at :43 in the first round. Phil De Fries came out early and surprised…

T.J. Dillashaw defeats Walel Watson by unanimous decision. The judges scored the fight 30-25, 30-25, and 30-26. T.J. Dillashaw came out aggressive early with a…

Ivan Menjivar defeats John Albert by submission with a rear naked choke. The tap out came at 3:45 in the first round. Ivan Menjivar was…

Justin Salas defeated Anton Kuivanen by Unanimous decision. The judges scored the fight 30-27, 30-27, and 29-27. To be honest, this was no a good…

Tim Means defeats Bernardo Magalhaes by Unanimous Decision. The judges scored the fight 30-27, 30-26, and 30-26. Tim Means had size on his Brazilian opponent…