Early UFC 157 PPV buy estimates: 400-450k for Ronda Rousey’s debut
Much of the talk ahead of UFC 157 was how many pay-per-views a show headlined by female fighters could be. Some were predicting in the 700,000 buy range, leaning on a large number of non-MMA fans buying simply to see a historic moment or having been captivated by Rousey’s “mystique.” Other’s predicted a low 200,000 […]
UFC 157: Machida vs Henderson – Open Guard 101
Here we are, my last post event breakdown at Bloody Elbow. UFC 157 was a pretty decent night of fights all around – Kenny Robertson showed us that there is always room for something we haven’t seen before with his leg stretch submission from the back, Robbie Lawler (whom I have always had a soft […]
UFC fighter rankings: Lawler ranked at 170, Henderson falls at 205
I’m sure you’ve heard by now that the UFC is doing their own version of official rankings. It’s still early in the process and selected media members have only been asked to submit their lists three times so far, but things were updated today in the aftermath of UFC 157 and there were a few […]
Dana White ‘would be cool’ with Gina Carano in the UFC, but he won’t pursue her
With women’s MMA in the spotlight at UFC 157 over the weekend, there was obviously a lot of talk about Gina Carano. The original “face of women’s MMA” helped to open the doors necessary to make UFC 157 possible, and everyone from Ronda Rousey to Dana White were rightfully giving her props for it. Carano […]
Chael Sonnen: I’m not giving Lyoto Machida a title shot
Chael Sonnen is up to his old tricks again. The outspoken UFC fighter has settled into his job as an analyst on Fuel TV quite nicely and generally does his best to hype fighters instead of hyping himself. But in the wake of UFC 157, Sonnen ratcheted up the hyperbole a bit in regards to […]
UFC 157 results recap: Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche
In the main event of UFC 157, Ronda Rousey overcame a dangerous situation early to finally submit challenger Liz Carmouche with an armbar late in the first round of their UFC women’s bantamweight title fight. Carmouche gave Rousey the hardest fight of her short career, taking her back early and trying to sink a choke […]
UFC 157 results recap: Lyoto Machida vs. Dan Henderson
In the co-main event of UFC 157, Lyoto Machida and Dan Henderson didn’t exactly blow the roof off of the Honda Center with their bout, but in the end it was Machida who picked up the close split decision victory. Henderson spent most of the first round kicking Machida’s leg and trying to set up […]
UFC 157 results: Fights to make for main card fighters
In terms of relevance, UFC 157 was really a two-fight show. While I’m sure that Urijah Faber fans might be a bit ticked at the idea of this, his bout really didn’t change much in his division. And even though Robbie Lawler did pull off the upset, it’s not like the welterweight division is insanely […]
UFC 157 results: Dan Henderson’s use of testosterone is the dog that didn’t bark
The 42-year-old UFC Light Heavyweight Dan Henderson received permission (called a “therapeutic use exemption” or TUE in the jargon) from the California State Athletic Commission to use testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in his UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche bout with Lyoto Machida. Henderson lost the fight by split decision after a dull performance by both […]
UFC 157 full fight video highlights: Machida vs. Henderson, Faber vs. Menjivar
Tonight at UFC 157 in Anaheim, Lyoto Machida padded his case for another UFC light heavyweight title shot with a close split decision victory over Dan Henderson. The judges had it 29-28, 28-29, and 29-28 for the Brazilian karate master. Here’s what our own Brent Brookhouse about the final two rounds of the bout, and […]
UFC 157 results: Ronda Rousey survives by the skin of her teeth
UFC women’s Bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey was heavily favored to beat Liz Carmouche last night at UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche. And when memories of the dramatic fight fade, fans will likely only remember it was another in a series of Rousey first-round arm bar submission wins. But it was much closer than the final […]
UFC 157 results: Kid Nate’s bathrobe review & post-fight analysis of Rousey vs. Carmouche
Note: I incorrectly state that Urijah Faber lost his WEC Featherweight belt to Jose Aldo when he actually lost it to Mike Brown. Faber later lost to Jose Aldo in a title fight. In which I offer my post-fight review and analysis of UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche from top to bottom. If you like […]
UFC 157 results: Should Josh Koscheck be released from the UFC?
Josh Koscheck has spent nearly his entire professional MMA career in the UFC. Of his 24 fights, all but 2 have taken place inside the Octagon, and Koscheck earned his way into the UFC through the first season of The Ultimate Fighter. Fans have watched him develop and improve as a fighter for nearly 8 […]
UFC 157 Judo Chop: Kenny Robertson’s ‘Suloev Stretch’ kneebar submission against Brock Jardine
Before heading into UFC 157, most probably assumed the Submission of the Night was a lock for the Queen of Armbars ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey, and few would expect it to go to a Facebook preliminary fighter, as traditionally these ‘of the night’ bonuses elude the lower profile fighters. Fortunately for Kenny Robertson, his submission was […]
UFC 157 results: Post-fight interviews & media scrum with Dana White, Rousey, Carmouche
Zombie Prophet has compiled a comprehensive video playlist of post-fight interviews from MMA Fighting, Fuel TV, UFC.com and ESPN following UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche. Subscribe to MMA Nation on YouTube to keep up with all of the Zombie’s finds. It’s a video playlist so just hit play on the video above and use the […]
UFC 157 results: Explaining the concept of a limited ‘standing eight count’ rule in MMA
In my UFC 157 results and post-fight analysis article last night I brought up my support of the standing eight count’s implementation in MMA. While discussing Dennis Bermudez’s win over Matt Grice I said ” If MMA had a standing eight count (it should), I don’t know that Grice would have made it to the […]
UFC 157 Rousey vs Carmouche Results: Sunday Perspective
UFC 157’s main event of Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche was a perfect introduction to Women’s MMA for the average UFC fan who hadn’t seen it before. These ladies can fight and it is often thrilling and very enthralling. So often the MMA media, bloggers and fans talk about the need for a Bonnar/Griffin moment, […]
UFC 157 results: Winners and losers
Another night of professional fighting is over with, and it was one for the history books. For the first time in UFC history the ladies took center stage, and it seems pretty obvious that they delivered. I wasn’t a fan of being asked to pay a good chunk of change for such a lopsided fight […]
UFC 157 results: Ronda Rousey worried about sports bra as much as Liz Carmouche
Ronda Rousey proved to UFC fans that she’s a force to be reckoned with by pulling off a first-round armbar victory over Liz Carmouche late in the first round of their UFC 157 main event fight. Rousey was in a bit of trouble early in the bout for a couple of reasons though. One was […]
UFC 157 results: Miesha Tate vs Cat Zingano winner to challenge Ronda Rousey
Saturday night at UFC 157, women’s MMA made it’s debut with the premier promotion in the sport. As the first round played out between Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche it seemed that the challenger would be the first to ever take the champ out. Her luck didn’t hold out, however, and she was armbarred in […]
UFC 157 results: Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche full fight video highlights
Tonight at UFC 157 in Anaheim, Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche went to war in the first women’s fight in UFC history, and the fight was very exciting. Rousey was able to work through some early adversity and picked up an armbar submission victory late in the first round. Here’s what our own Brent Brookhouse […]
UFC 157: Rousey vs Carmouche results and post-fight analysis
I don’t know that it could have gone much better for the UFC as far as Ronda Rousey’s debut at UFC 157 went. Liz Carmouche gave a good effort, capitalizing on a positional mistake to take Rousey’s back and lock in what looked as though it would be a fight finishing face crank, only to […]
UFC 157 results: Ronda Rousey armbars Liz Carmouche late in first round
It took a lot longer than most people expected, but the best women’s fighter in the world got the expected armbar finish. Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche was surprisingly competitive, with Carmouche getting Rousey’s back early and threatening with a choke. Once Ronda got it down and got side control, she methodically worked until the […]
UFC 157 results: Lyoto Machida takes split decision over Dan Henderson in slow fight
Lyoto Machida and Dan Henderson didn’t provide the fireworks that fans wanted, but in the end it was Machida’s night. Henderson spent a lot of the fight trying to chase Machida down and land the H-Bomb, but Machida used his usual timing and counterfighting to land shots on Hendo as he advanced. In the end, […]
UFC 157 results: Urijah Faber chokes out Ivan Menjivar
Urijah Faber had his back to the wall a bit coming into his UFC 157 bout with Ivan Menjivar. UFC president Dana White had mentioned that Faber’s position in the company may be at risk if he didn’t put in a good performance. Well it doesn’t matter now because Faber looked awesome, because The California […]
UFC 157 post-fight press conference video and coverage
Join us here at Bloody Elbow.com at approximately 1:30 a.m. ET/10:30 p.m. PT for live video coverage of tonight’s UFC 157 post-fight press conference. You can catch the live video on the Youtube stream above, or over at MMA Fighting. The winners of the UFC 157 fights will sit down to talk about their performances […]
UFC 157 results: Court McGee takes decision over Josh Neer
Court McGee had UFC 157 opponent Josh Neer badly hurt in the first round, but couldn’t get the finish. It looked for a while like that might come back to haunt him, but the TUF 11 winner regrouped well and took it to Neer over the second half of the fight with volume striking. In […]
UFC 157 results: Robbie Lawler stops Josh Koscheck early
Robbie Lawler hadn’t fought in the UFC in eight years, but he made a pretty impressive return to the organization at UFC 157 against Josh Koscheck. After fighting off Koscheck’s signature wrestling, Lawler started bombing away and got a TKO finish at 3:57 of the first round. It may have come a bit early for […]
Bad Boy Presents Bloody Elbow Radio – Episode 249: UFC 157 Results Review
Bloody Elbow Radio, presented by Bad Boy, will be LIVE! at 12:30 a.m. ET/9:30 p.m. PT for another edition of the show. Join hosts Matt Bishop, MMA Mania’s Brian Hemminger and T.P. Grant as they review tonight’s UFC 157, which is headlined by a UFC women’s bantamweight championship bout between Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche […]
UFC 157 results: Brendan Schaub smothers Lavar Johnson long enough to take decision
It sure wasn’t pretty, but Brendan Schaub got the job done. The common train of thought was that Schaub shouldn’t spend much time striking with UFC 157 opponent Lavar Johnson, and he certainly did a good job of getting takedowns. He couldn’t do much else though, and most of the 15 minutes passed without a […]