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Daily Update: Weekend shows, Frank Mir, Kofi Kingston

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WON NEWSLETTER: November 29, 2021 Observer Newsletter: Survivor Series review, NJPW vs. NOAH show announced

In this week’s issue: 

  • Match of the week and performer of the week
  • Complete Survivor Series rundown, the matches, the finishes, the business, the interest level  and the product placement ads
  • The story on the guy who attacked Seth Rollins on Raw
  • How the audience watching WWE & AEW has changed over the past year, older or younger, men or women, a breakdown of every national show
  • US TV ratings, where wrestling ranked with sports and overall, and details of how each show did in each key demo
  • International TV ratings for WWE & AEW
  • Two latest sports media rights deals in the U.S., and how this could affect WWE and AEW in their next deals and the key factors
  • WWE & AEW streaming numbers for the week
  • More on WrestleMania ticket sales
  • How tickets are moving for the major upcoming WWE & AEW shows
  • What is the hottest wrestling ticket in North America on the secondary market and the answer will surprise you
  • NXT WarGames notes
  • Full PWG rundown from this past weekend
  • New Japan vs. NOAH at Yokohama Arena, the press conference and what top stars asked for as their opponent for the show
  • New Japan Best of Super Juniors and tag team tournament updates
  • All Japan tag team tournament update
  • Why police were called at a recent Tokyo show
  • New star debuts in CMLL but not where you would think
  • Jeff Cobb and TJP’s weekend in Mexico and matches they seem to be building
  • TripleMania Regia, new main event, PPV notes, more on Omega vacating title and he talks of a return
  • Mexico bringing in one of the tallest wrestlers ever
  • Big York Hall show coverage and how the unique main event story plays into the Tokyo Dome shows
  • A must for Hall of Fame voters:  Who is L’Ange Blanc, the biggest mainstream star ever in France and a rundown of his impressive career
  • Full coverage of last weekend’s UFC show

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FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE

With Thanksgiving weekend, Garrett is away so we won’t be doing a show this week. I will be back with the regular weekend show with Bryan either Saturday or Sunday.

Smackdown tonight has announced Drew McIntyre & Jeff Hardy vs. Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss and Cesaro vs. Ridge Holland. 205 Live, which isn’t 205 or Live, has Solo Sikoa vs. Andre Chase, Amari Miller vs. Erica Yan and Elektra Lopez vs. Valentina Feroz.   

AEW Rampage tonight has Adam Cole & Bobby Fish vs. Orange Cassidy & Wheeler Yuta, Britt Baker vs. Riho non-title and Eddie Kingston vs. Daniel Garcia.

Stardom has a PPV tonight from Yoyogi Gym in Tokyo. Stardom PPVs are some of the best shows in the world, particularly at the main event level. It airs at 2 a.m. Eastern and 11 p.m. Pacific:

  • Ruaka vs. Mai Sakurai vs. Waka Tsukiyama for the Future of Stardom title
  • Momo Watanabe & AZM vs. Unagi Sayaka & Lady C
  • Mayu Iwatani & Hazuki & Hanan vs. Saki Kashima & Fukigen Death & Rina
  • Saya Kamitani vs. Natsupoi vs. Himeka – Winner gets a Wonder of Stardom title match
  • Starlight Kid vs. Koguma for the High Speed title
  • Syuri vs. Konami for the SWA title and the right to challenge for the World of Stardom title at Sumo Hall
  • Tam Nakano vs. Mina Shirakawa for the Wonder of Stardom title
  • Utami Hayashishita vs. Maika for the World of Stardom title

Ordering info is http://ticket.pia.jp/piasp/inbound/stardom21fibreplex-engpls.jsp

With it being a slow holiday week in the U.S., the biggest shows are really the Stardom show tonight and the Sunday NOAH show also from Yoyogi Gym, which is on Wrestle Universe in English live. Wrestle Universe is free until the end of the year.  Katsuhiko Nakajima puts up the GHC title against the National title of Kenou, in a match to unify the two top singles titles in NOAH.  Keiji Muto & Naomichi Marufuji & Masato Tanaka vs. Takashi Sugiura & Kazushi Sakuraba & Kazuyuki Fujita is the semi.

The Joey Janela vs. Nick Wayne match from Defy over the last weekend that a lot of people have talked about is up for free on YouTube.

New Japan has a Super Juniors show at 4 a.m. Eastern today from Fujisawa live on New Japan World:

  • Yuto Nakashima vs. Ryohei Oiwa non-tournament
  • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  • Douki vs. Sho
  • Master Wato vs. Yoh
  • El Phantasmo vs. Bushi
  • Robbie Eagles vs.  Desperado
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori

Frank Mir said that he will make close to seven figures for his fight tomorrow night on the Triller Triad show against former boxing champion Kubrat Pulev. He said in his UFC 100 fight with Brock Lesnar which did 1.3 million buys that he didn’t’ come within a few hundred thousand of  $1 million payoff. He noted that he and Lesnar didn’t get 10 percent of what Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder got even though they sold far ore PPVs. The gimmick for tomorrow’s show is boxing vs. MMA in a triangular ring. They will fight with MMA gloves, allowing more clinching and spinning attacks that aren’t legal in boxing.  

WWE

  • The reason Kofi Kingston has been out of action doing a knee injury angle is because his wife was about to give birth. She gave birth Tuesday night to a girl, Lotus Selene Sardokie-Mensah, who was 6 pounds 2 ounces and 19.5 inches long.
  • The first day ticket sales for a Smackdown taping on 1/21 in Winnipeg got off to a big first day as they were already at 6,200 tickets out.

UFC

  • James Krause announced on The Fighter vs. The Writer podcast that he’s not necessarily retiring, but right now he’s not looking for any future fights as he’s transitioning to coaching.
  • Edson Barboza vs. Bryce Mitchell is being looked at for a 3/5 show.  Mitchell comes into the fight with a 14-0 record.
  • Matt Brown is off the 12/4 UFC show where he was to face Bryan Barbarena due to testing positive for COVID-19.

OTHER NOTES

  • AAW on FITE TV PPV tonight from 115 Bourbon Street in Merrionette Park, IL:
    Fred Yehi vs. Mat Fitchett for AAW heavyweight title
    Allysin Kay vs. Skye Blue for AAW women’s title
    Ace Austin & Myron Reed vs. Hakim Zane & Karam in a street fight’
    Charli Evans vs. Christi Jaynes vs. Lady Frost vs. Sierra for a women’s title shot
    Silas Young vs. Manders
    Russ Jones vs. Larry D
    Hartenbower vs.  Ren Jones vs. Schaff vs. Jake Lander vs. Brayden Lee vs. Gringo Loco vs. Storm Grayson vs. Jah-C in a ladder match and the winner gets to pick the title he wants to challenge for
    Rich Swann vs. Davey Vega vs. Josh Alexander vs. Brody King for a heavyweight title shot
  • There is a huge Lucha Libre show on 12/11 at Dorton Arena in Raleigh.
    Cage match, loser loses his hair:  El Texano Jr., Mecha Wolf 450, Mesías, El Hijo de Dos Cara, Monsther Clown, Dave the Clown, Alberto El Patron’
    Pagano & Psycho Clown & Murder Clown vs.  Taurus & Rey Escorpion & Dr. Wagner Jr.
    L.A. Park & Blue Demon Jr. vs.. Diamante Azul & Puma King
    El Hijo de L.A. Park & L.A. Park Jr. & El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr vs Drago & Laredo Kid & Aero Star
  • Combate Global on 12/12  on Univision and Paramount + with a $100,000 first prize. The idea is an international tournament with Kevin Cordero (12-2) of Spain; Leo Muniz (6-1) from the U.S.; Frans Miambo (10-5) of Ireland; Jose Zaraauz (22-8-1) of Peru; Cristian Barraza (7-3) of Chile; Luciano Ramos (8-6) of Argentina and Pierre Daguzan (6-5) of France.
  • Lucha Libre Toronto on 12/30 at the Opera House.
  • Superkick’d Wrestling tonight at The Great Hall in Toronto with Taylor Wilde vs. Taylor Rising.

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Frank Mir making pro wrestling debut at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport

Posted on by Josh Nason

GCW announced Friday that former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir will make his pro wrestling debut at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport, set for April 4th in New Jersey as part of WrestleMania week activities.

No opponent was announced for the 39-year-old Mir who currently still fights for Bellator MMA.

The show will feature Barnett, also a former UFC heavyweight champion, former UFC fighter and Filthy Four Daily co-host Tom Lawlor, Jonathan Gresham, Timothy Thatcher, and the U.S. debut of Hideki Suzuki, a catch wrestler trained by Billy Robinson.

Formerly Matt Riddle’s Bloodsport, the show now carries Barnett’s name and is promoted as a hybrid wrestling and MMA show with no ring ropes, finishes by knockout or submission, and a look and feel based on the Jean Claude Van Damme movie of the same name. 

Last year’s show was headlined by Riddle vs. Minoru Suzuki, Nick Gage vs. Thatcher, WALTER vs. Lawlor, Dan Severn, and more.

Fedor Emelianenko stops Frank Mir at Bellator 198

Posted on by Josh Nason

If you like quick fights, Saturday’s Bellator 198 show was for you.

In the night’s main event, Fedor Emelianenko defeated Frank Mir by first round TKO in just 48 seconds to advance in the Bellator heavyweight title tournament against Chael Sonnen.

Mir attacked early, using his size and power to hurt the Russian with a punch. Emelianenko rallied quickly with a judo throw and kept Mir off guard, hitting a left uppercut while Mir was charging forward. Mir dropped to his knees and Emelianenko punched Mir out while he was in turtle position on the ground. 

This was Mir’s first fight in Bellator and the first time he’s fought since a USADA suspension following his March 2016 loss against Mark Hunt. He was released by the UFC in July 2017. This was Emelianenko’s first fight since losing via first round KO to Matt Mitrione last November.

In other action, the first four fights on the main card all ended in submission, three in the first round. Considering three of the fights featuring BJJ studs, that shouldn’t have been a surprise.

In the co-main event, Emmanuel Sanchez got former UFC veteran Sam Sicilia to tap out to an arm triangle choke in the first round (3:52) and made his claim at a title shot with his performance and an impassioned promo afterward. It’s his fourth straight win for Sanchez who is 9-2 in his Bellator career. 

The show began with Conor McGregor stablemate Dillon Danis making his pro debut by submitting Kyle Walker with a first round toehold in 1:38. The outspoken Danis got hit with a few punches early, but managed to get the fight down to the ground, working for a leg lock and transitioning to a toehold for the quick tap. This was a 175 pound catchweight fight, but welterweight will be Danis’ division of choice.

From there, the undefeated welterweight Neiman Gracie got into the submission mix by defeating Javier Torres with a second round arm triangle choke. The 29-year-old is now 8-0 with six of those coming in Bellator.

Another BJJ black belt making his presence felt was middleweight Rafael Lovato Jr. who submitted UFC veteran and late replacement Gerald Harris via first round armbar (1:11). He remains undefeated at 8-0 and has finishes in seven of them.

In the one prelim fight that made the main card, Eric Wisely submitted Morgan Sickinger by first round submission via armbar (1:11).

Bellator MMA releases bracket for heavyweight title Grand Prix

Posted on by Josh Nason

Two of the biggest talkers in the sport will face off in the first round of the Bellator MMA Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament, announced Tuesday along with the rest of the first round fights and locations.

On January 20th at the Forum in Los Angeles, CA, Chael Sonnen will face former UFC light heavyweight champion Rampage Jackson to kick off the tournament as part of the undercard of Rory MacDonald vs. welterweight champion Douglas Lima. The show will go head-to-head with UFC 220 from Boston, MA.

Announced earlier this month, four heavyweights and four light heavyweights moving up in weight class will compete in the Grand Prix tournament with the winner becoming the new Bellator heavyweight champion.

A month after Sonnen/Rampage, Matt Mitrione will look to keep his win streak going against Roy Nelson at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena in February 2018. This will be a rematch of their December 2012 UFC TUF finale encounter. 

In April at Chicago’s Allstate Arena, Fedor Emelianenko will try to turn back time one last time against Frank Mir who will be making his Bellator debut after being released by the UFC while under suspension by USADA. 

Finally, the first round wraps up in May at San Jose, CA’s, SAP Center with light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader moving up in weight to face “King” Mo Lawal, a fight originally scheduled to happen at the promotion’s NYC show this year.

Dates and locations for the semifinals and finals weren’t announced, nor were alternates in case of injury. Sonnen vs. Jackson will air on the Paramount Network, the soon-to-be renamed Spike TV, but it’s unclear as to whether all fights will be on free TV. Depending on how 2018 plays out, the finals could be on the company’s return to PPV.

UFC Fight Night 85 Brisbane live results: Mark Hunt vs. Frank Mir

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Welcome to F4WOnline.com’s live coverage of UFC Fight Night 85: Hunt vs. Mir from the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia. The event is headlined by a five-round bout in the heavyweight division as former title challenger Mark Hunt takes on former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir. In the co-main event, it is a battle of welterweights looking to get closer to a title shot as Neil Magny takes on Hector Lombard. Follow along with our live coverage of the event beginning at 7 PM eastern time with preliminary action all the way thru the main card.

UFC Fight Night 85 DFS Playbook

Coverage provided by Dave Meltzer

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 7 PM ET/4 PM PT)

LIGHTWEIGHTS- ALAN PATRICK (12-1, 2-1 UFC) VS. DAMIEN BROWN (15-8, 0-0 UFC)

First round:  Brown is a late replacement from Brisbane.  It’s 9 a.m. in Brisbane as this show starts.  Patrick took him down right away.  Patrick has a guillotine but gave it up.  Patrick with some elbows from the top.  Brown reversed to the top and landed punches.  This picked the crowd up.  Patrick escaped and up.  Brown took him down into side control and is riding him   Patrick backup.  Brown with a left hook but Patrick took him down and has his back.  Brown working for a Kimura.  Crowd liked the round.  10-9 Patrick but close..

Second round:   Patrick took him down.  Brown with elbows from the bottom.  Not much happening this round.  Patrick landing some punches  Brown again tried or a Kimura from the bottom.  Patrick’s round so 20-18 after two.

Third round:  Patrick took him down immediately off a kick.  Patrick trying for a choke but isn’t close.  Now he’s trying an arm triangle but Brown out of trouble.  Patrick moved to side control.  Patrick now has his back.  Patrick with some punches, but he’s more controlling him on the ground.  Fans are booing.  Brown got up.  Patrick took him down again.  Patrick 30-27 but could be 29-28, but Patrick has to win.

Scores:  30-27, 30-27 and 30-26 for Patrick.        

LIGHTWEIGHTS- ROSS PEARSON (18-10 1 NC, 10-7 1 NC UFC) VS. CHAD LAPRISE (10-1, 3-1 UFC)

First round:  Low kick by Pearson.   Low kick by Pearson.  Low kick by Pearson.  Laprise missed a high kick.  Slow round.  Left by Pearson.  Low kick by Pearson and Laprise back with a low kick.  Laprise’s left thigh looks bad.  Laprise landed a left and right.  Body kick by Pearson.  Body shot by Laprise.  Action picked up late in the round.  Pearson 10-9.

Second round:   Another low kick by Pearson.  Low kick by Laprise.  Body kick by Laprise.  Low kick by Pearson.  Pearson with another  low kick.  Head kick by Laprise.  Left by Pearson.  Low kick by Pearson,  Laprise with a left.  Pearson with a right.  Laprise with high kick.  Low kick by Pearson.  Laprise with a left.  Laprise with some punches.  Left by Pearson.  Low kick by Pearson.  Spin kick by Laprise.  Left by Pearson.  Pearson’s left leg is giving him trouble.  Laprise with two kicks.  Another close round, very good round.  Laprise barely so 19-19 after two.

Third round:   Low kick by Pearson.  Right by Pearson.  Pearson is the guy moving forward.  Low kick by Pearson.  Laprise landed a series including a body kick.  Laprise with a left.  Head kick by Laprise.  Another high kick by Laprise.  Low kick by Pearson.  Laprise with an elbow.  Pearson went for a takedown but didn’t get it.  Left by Pearson.  Both throwing like crazy late.  Laprise’s round close.  29-28 Laprise.   First two rounds were close enough to where this could go either way.

Scores:  30-28 Laprise, 30-27 Pearson 29-28 Pearson.  The 30-27 score for Pearson was bad as Laprise won the  third.

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX SPORTS 1- 8 PM ET/5 PM PT)

WELTERWEIGHTS- RICHARD WALSH (9-3, 2-2 UFC) VS. VISCARDI ANDRADE (18-6, 2-1 UFC)

First round:  Andrade knocked Walsh down, although some of that was as much a slip.  Andrade landing more punches.   Walsh landed.  Andrade trying for a takedown but Walsh defending well.  Andrade got him down.   Andrade landing some punches.  The ref warning  Andrade about not being busy enough from the top.  The ref stood them up.  Right by Andrade.  Andrade 10-9.

Second round:  Big right by Walsh knocked him down.  Walsh landing punches on the ground.  Walslh brought him up against the cage.  Walsh landing elbows.  Andrade back to his feet.   Knee and punches by Walsh.  Left by  Walsh.  Andrade with a right.  Andrade with a takedown but Walsh right back up.  Walsh landing punches.  Elbow by Walsh.  Knee by Andrade.  Andrade looks tired.  Andrade took him down.  Andrade working for a choke.  Walsh survived the round.  The choke made it close but  Walsh’s round so 19-19 after two.

Third round:  Walsh landing punches early.  Andrade took him down.  Walsh took him down.  Andrade got another takedown.  Andrade throwing punches from the top.  Andrade 29-28.

Scores:  All three had it 29-28 for Andrade.     

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHTS- LESLIE SMITH (7-6-1, 1-2 UFC) VS. RIN NAKAI (16-1-1, 0-1 UFC)

First round:  Smith landing punches.  Smith landing more.  Nakai couldn’t get the takedown when she tried a hip throw.  Crowd is pretty dead at this point.  Smith landing more punches.  Nakai got the takedown right as the round ended.  10-9 Smith.

Second round:   Smith landing some punches.  Nakai got the takedown.  Nakai keeping her down but doing no damage.   Nakai is in side control.  Smith working for a triangle  but Nakai got out.  Nakai working for a head and arm choke.  She doesn’t have it.  Smith escaped with 1:16 left.  Smith landing a hard uppercut.  Smith kicked her in the face and Nakai got another takedown.  Nakai landing punches from the top.  Close round.  Smith 20-18.

Third round:  Smith landing punches.  Nakai has the clinch.  Knee and uppercuts by Nakai.  Smith landing several punches.  Sloppy but the crowd is enjoying this.  Right to the body by Smith.  Left uppercut by Smith.  Nakai working for a takedown but didn’t get it.  Nakai  got the hip toss into side control.  Nakai is trying to get her back.  Smith 30-27 but I could see round two and perhaps three going to Nakai because of the ground control.  .

Scores:  30-27, 29-28 and 29-28 for Smith.

FEATHERWEIGHTS- DAN HOOKER (12-6, 2-2 UFC) VS. MARK EDDIVA (6-2, 1-2 UFC)

First round:  Hooker is fighting at 145.  He has fought as a heavyewight before which is crazy.  Hooker going for a guillotine.  He’s squeezing.  Eddiva tapped.  Finally a finish.

WELTERWEIGHTS- BRENDAN O’REILLY (6-1 1 NC, 1-1 UFC) VS. ALAN JOUBAN (12-4, 3-2 UFC)

First round:   O’Reilly with a foot sweep and got his back.  Jouban right back up.  Jouban with knees and and elbows.  Now Jouban landing all kinds of punches and kicks.  O’Reilly also throwing.  This was tremendous.  Knees and elbows by Jouban.  A couple of elbows put him down and it was stopped after punches on the ground.  Short explosive great action fight.

MAIN CARD (FOX SPORTS 1- 10 PM ET/7 PM PT)

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHTS- BEC RAWLINGS (6-4, 1-1 UFC) VS. SEOHEE HAM (16-6, 1-1 UFC)

First round:  Han is undersized for this weight class but a good fighter.  Han landed a couple of punches.  Both landing punches.  Crowd is into this one.  Han landing more.  Big size difference.  Rawlings  with a nice right and hurt her with another right.  Both trading punches.  Rawlings landing harder punches.  Han landing more again.  Good right by Rawlings.  Nice left by Rawlings  Han 10-9

Second round:   Both landing punches.  Both landing a lot of punches.  Rawlings stating to land but Han right back and landed a good body kick.  Rawlings took her down off a punch.  Han tried a triangle but Rawlings got her back and is working for a choke.  Rawlings with an armbar.  Han landing nice punches and a body kick.  Rawlings so 19-19 after two.

Third round:   Rawlings took her down and Han trying for a triangle.  Rawlings throwing knees to the back.  Rawlings escaped and on top.  Rawlings landed  a good punch but Han back up and landed a punch.  Han landing a lot of punches.  Knee by Rawlings.  Knee and punches by Han.  Rawlings with a knee to the body.  Nice right by Rawlings.  Han 29-28.  Good fight.

Scores:   30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 Rawlings.  Please.

MIDDLEWEIGHTS- JAMES TE HUNA (16-8, 5-4 UFC) VS. STEVE BOSSE (10-2, 0-1 UFC)

First round:  Te Huna from Australia, Bosse was a cult favorite in Montreal as a former hockey enforcer years back.  In other words, if they were on skates, Bosse would have a great advantage.  Bosse knoked him out in seconds.  He threw some solid shots and Te Huna went down hard.  He stopped fighting immediately before Marc Goddard stopped it.  Bosse should be getting a bonus.  It was a short right that did the job.  :52

MIDDLEWEIGHTS- DAN KELLY (10-1, 3-1 UFC) VS. ANTONIO CARLOS JUNIOR (5-1 1 NC, 2-1 1 NC UFC)

First round:   Carlos with a takedown and has his back.  Now he’s got the body triangle.  He tried a neck crank.  Carlos warned for hitting to the back of the head.  Carlos throwing punches from that position.  Carlos landing more punches from back position.  Carlos working for an armbar as time ran out.  10-8 Carlos.

Second round:   Carlos with low kicks.  Carlos tried a takedown but Kelly stopped it. Kelly with an uppercut.  Kelly bleeding from the nose.  Jumping knee by Carlos.  Kelly with lefts.  Carlos shot and Kelly caught him  and landed a knee.  Right by Carlos.  Left by Kelly.  Carlos landed a few shots back.  Carlos shot in and Kelly sprawled.  Kelly got his back.  Kelly landing punches from that position and a knee to the butt.  Kelly landing a lot of punches.  Carlos got up.  Takedown by Carlos.  Carlos has his back now.  Carlos dropped down but he ref ordered him to stand up.  Carlos landing punches.  Kelly’s round so 19-18 Carlos.

Third round:  Knee and punch by Carlos.  Carlos with a low blow and Kelly went down hard.  A time out was called.  Kelly almost threw him and landed a knee.  Kelly took him down, got his back and is pounding on him.  Kelly is hurting him now.  Kelly throwing tons of of punches and it’s over.  Great come from behind win by Kelly.

LIGHTWEIGHTS- JAKE MATTHEWS (9-1, 3-1 UFC) VS. JOHNNY CASE (22-4, 4-0 UFC)

First round:  Matthews in with punches.  Case with a body kick.  Case landed a nice punch.  Matthews caught a kick but couldn’t get the takedown.  Low kick by Case.  Both landing big shots.  Matthews tried for a takedown but Case ended up on top.  Case with a knee.  Matthews landed a right.  Big left by Matthews.  Matthews with a kick to the butt.  Left by Case hurt him.  Matthews 10-9.

Second round:   Body kick  by  Matthews.  Case went for a takedown.  Case on top but Matthews working for a triangle.  Case out and on top and landed some punches.  Case landing punches .  Knee to the body by Case.  Matthews hurt him with a body shot but Case took him down into side control.  Case’s round so 19-19 after two.

Third round:  Body kick by Case.  Body kick by Matthews.  Knee by Matthews.  Body kick by Matthews.  Matthews with  a hard left.  Trading knees form the clinch.  Case going for a takedown but blocked.  Left by Case.  Body kick by Matthews.  Now they are in a clinch against the fence.  Knee by Matthews.  Matthews has his back.  Matthews throwing punches from back position and working for a choke.  Case escaped.  Matthews is in mount.  Matthews has his back again.  Matthews got the choke and Case tapped.  Good third round.

WELTERWEIGHTS- (#13) HECTOR LOMBARD (34-4-1 2 NC, 3-2 1 NC UFC) VS. (#9) NEIL MAGNY (17-4, 10-3 UFC)

First round:  Still the same body.  Lombard landed hard punches up close.  Lombard pounding him on the ground.  Lombard with hard punches and elbows.  Lombad throwing hard punches from back position.  Magny back up and thrown down and Lombard is landing more punches.  Lombard in side control.  Lombard with an elbow.  Hard elbow by Lombard.  Magny back up.  Magny with a jumping knee and punches but Lombard landed a hard shot.  Lombard looks tired.  Magny tried a takedown, which was a bad idea as Lombard landed on top.  Magny up and started to land.  Left by Magny.  10-8 Lombard.

Second round:   Magny starting to land.  Low kick by Magny.  Low kick by Lombard.  Knee by Magny.  Good right by Magny.  Magny landing jabs.  Lombard working for a takedown but Magny blocked.  Lombard dropped him with a left.  Lombard on top.  Lombard went for a leglock  which wasn’t smart.  That allowed Magny to get on top and could cost him the round.  Magny moved to mount and is working for a triangle.  Magny holding the triangle and punching from the bottom.  Magny also working for an armbar.  Lombard escaped.  Magny now in mount and pounding him.  Lombard gave up his back and Magny is throwing a lot of punches.  Now Lombard is in real trouble.  Lombard is taking a lot of punches.  Ref Steve Percival is letting this go way too long.   Magny landing a ton of punches, and now elbows.  This was ridiculous that it wasn’t stopped.  The fans were booing like crazy in the closing seconds because it wasn’t stopped .  10-8 Magny.’

Third round:  Lombard is bad shape.  Magny landing punches and Lombard is exhausted.  Knees and elbow by Magny.  Magny with an elbow took him down into the mount.  Lombard is bleeding.  Magny with more punches and it was stopped.  :46

HEAVYWEIGHTS- (#9) MARK HUNT (11-10-1, 6-4-1 UFC) VS. (#10) FRANK MIR (18-10, 16-10 UFC)

First round:  Mir looks heavy.  He weighed in at 260.  Hunt is soft like usual but smaller than usual.  Hunt landed punches and blocked a takedown.  Big right by Hunt.  Antoher right by Hunt.  Hunt dropped him and walked away and it was over.