May 2012
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Kangaroo Court: Nick Diaz Suspended One Year For...
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
Proving once again what a bunch of worthless idiots they are, the Nevada State Athletic Commission recently suspended Nick Diaz a year for marijuana use, while allowing Chael Sonnen a medical exemption for his low testosterone.
Mr. Diaz’s transgression poses no danger to his opponents, or to Diaz for that matter, as the test only proved that he had been high in the...
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Jon Jones Totals Bentley in Binghamton: Arrested...
The Washington Post reports Jon Jones wrapped his Bentley around a telephone pole in Binghamton, NY at 5:00am this morning. It is probably the one in the picture above, unless he bought another. I’m guessing he’s not going to be appearing in any more Bud Light ads. Enjoy Responsibly.
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Josh Barnett vs Daniel Cormier
Photo by Esther Lin/Showtime
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
Before this fight I was like, damn, Josh Barnett (left) is old as hell, but it just seems that way because he won the UFC championship when he was 24. He was caught juicing soon after for the first of his three positive tests. Barnett maintains his innocence, but one look at his body now that he is being tested regularly shows otherwise.
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Gilbert Melendez vs Josh Thomson
Photo by Esther Lin/Showtime
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
This fight was all I needed to see to remove Gilbert Melendez (above) from the discussion of top lightweights. His boxing looked terrible. His wrestling was ineffective. He did his worst damage eye-pokes, while Josh Thomson was landing clean shots that rearranged Melendez’s face. But the judges scored for Melendez, 47-48 and 48-47...
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Rafael Cavalcante vs Mike Kyle
Photo by Esther Lin/Showtime
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
Rafael Cavalcante defeated Mike Kyle by submission in just 33 seconds Saturday night on the Strikeforce undercard. Cavalcante opened by catching Kyle’s lowered head with a huge knee. Kyle staggered as Cavalcante whiffed on his next few punches, allowing Kyle to work to his feet. But Cavalcante jumped up and locked in a tight guillotine...
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Live: David Rickels vs Karl Amoussou
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
No elbows to the head allowed. That’s some fucking bullshit right there.
Round 1: Karl Amoussou with a big head-kick. Karl throws a combination and got kicked so hard his jock strap broke. Yowzers. Never seen that happen before. They’re going back to the locker room to get the man a spare jock strap. Looks like someone is going to have to share. Eww. Pretty...
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Megumi Fujii vs Jessica Aguilar
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
Jessica Aguilar recently revealed that she is bisexual, which makes her the first bisexual fighter that I am aware of. But I’m sure I will be corrected by the commentariat in our bustling comments section.
Anyhow, it’s a good thing for the sport, which has had some issues with homophobia in the past. According to Bellator’s rankings, Bellator pretty much...
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Bellator 69 Live: Mark Holata vs Abe Wagner
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
Round 1: Mark Holata lands a left, shoots and takes down Abe Wagner. Haven’t seen Wagner since TUF, but I remember his lack of cardio. Wagner is moving his guard up high and is going for an armbar. Holata is pretty chunky, and smaller than Abe, but seems to be outmuscling him so far. Holata isn’t getting anything done at all.
Holata goes for a foot lock and Abe...
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Dusty Harrison & Ty Barnett Prop Up DC Boxing
by Gautham Nagesh
WASHINGTON, D.C.—It’s been a rough month for boxing in the nation’s capital.
Most of the momentum gained in recent months appears to have been squandered, after a series of events connected to December’s Khan-Peterson fight. That night’s big winner Lamont Peterson is facing intense scrutiny and possible suspension after testing positive for a...
Dustin Poirier vs. Chan Sung Jung "The Korean...
The Korean Zombie comes out to Zombie by the Cranberries. Terrible song, but totally hilarious under the circumstances. God, some of the shit they played on the radio in the nineties was horrible, but I guess it is better than the shit the kids are listening to on the internets nowadays. Next time he should go for Astro Zombies by the Misfits, which is a way more badass tune. Danzig is one of...
Amir Sadollah vs. Jorge Lopez
Round 1- Not a lot going on so far, but Jorge looks way bigger than Amir. Jorge has Amir pushed up against the cage and Amir is struggling to get control of the clinch. Amir is able to get Jorge off him. Amir throws a kick, which was blocked. Jorge throws a leg kick. Lopez goes for the takedown. Jorge picks him up and slams Amir and is now on top in the full guard. Amir knows what he is...
Donald Cerrone vs. Jeremy Stephens
Cowboy Cerrone looked like shit in his last fight against Nate Diaz, but Diaz has been making everyone look like shit lately. Hopefully Cerrone has improved his defense since the Diaz fight, when he ate a record-breaking 258 of 314 punches 82%. Jeremy Stephens punches a lot harder than Nate Diaz so if he lands a few clean ones on Cerrone, the fight could be over quickly. Stephens is not...
Jeff Hougland vs. Yves Jabouin
Round 1- Yves threw a leg kick. Yves lands a left. Hougland throws a leg kick and gets hit with a right and a spinning back kick. Big leg kick by Yves. Hougland throws a kick, which is blocked. Yves returns the favor with a head kick and it is also blocked. Another head kick checked by Hougland. Another head kick, also blocked by Hougland. Hougland throws a leg kick. Not much has happened...
Fabio Maldonado vs Igor Pokrajac
These Harley commercials are corny as fuck. Every time I change to the Yankees game my TV goes back to the thing where it shows the giant black frame around the tiny standard definition picture. Does anyone know how to fix this? Please tell me in the bustling comments section below. The people at Fox should be shot. I have fucking Fios. Lasers are shooting this signal to my giant television...
UFC on Fuel TV 3: Jason MacDonald vs. Tom Lawlor
Free card tonight so lots of little guys. Nothing wrong with that though, the little guys usually put on an awesome show. What does suck is that this shit is in standard definition, which is unacceptable in this, the year 2012. Get your shit together Fox. You’re wasting your HD channels on fucking Glee. The Facebook feed is a hundred times better than this piece of shit. It is pathetic. ...
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“The most impressive male prospect of the night was probably Marcus Browne, 20,...”
– My assessment for TQBR after watching Staten Island’s Marcus Browne win the New York Golden Gloves champions last year at Madison Square Garden. Browne qualified for the 2012 Olympics on Tuesday by winning his quarterfinal bout at the Americas Qualifier in Rio de Janeiro. He is the fifth...
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Opening Bell: Miguel Cotto Stands Tall In Defeat
by Gautham Nagesh
One of the benefits of working at Washington’s premier policy publication is that I share office space with Tim Starks of TQBR, who scored Saturday night’s main event between Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto a draw. I spoke briefly with Starks about the fight and his verdict, which was not far from my card of 115-113 Mayweather. We were both in agreement on one...
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UFC on Fox 3: Nate Diaz Submits Jim Miller
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
Lavar Johnson def. Pat Barry by TKO at 4:38 of Round 1-This is another one of those fights where you wonder what Pat Barry was thinking. I really like the guy and he always puts on an exciting fight, but he had a full mount on Lavar Johnson with plenty of time to spare. Then he switched to side control and went for a kimura. He almost got it too; instead Lavar Johnson was...
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Floyd Mayweather Edges Miguel Cotto, Canelo Wins
by Gautham Nagesh
Floyd Mayweather survived a tough challenge from Miguel Cotto with his unbeaten record intact on Saturday night, winning a unanimous decision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mexican prodigy Saul “Canelo” Alvarez pummeled Shane Mosley for 12 rounds en route to a points win in the chief support.
Mayweather was the overwhelming favorite against Cotto, Ring...
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UFC Underdog Pick of the Night: Nate Diaz
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
Why bet on some big dumb animals in the Kentucky Derby today, when you can bet on savage humans? I picked Nate Diaz before the Don Cerrone fight when he was a bigger underdog, and I’m picking him again. Nick is 9/5 right now on Bovada.lv. I think that he was 2/1 earlier, but the line is moving in his favor, so get on that shit. Here’s why:[[MORE]]
Nate has...
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Shane Mosley Misses Weight, Needs Second Chance
Photo by Tom Hogan/Golden Boy Promotions
by Gautham Nagesh
Friday’s weigh-in for the Mayweather-Cotto HBO Pay Per View card at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas was largely uneventful, with a large crowd and several networks lending themselves to the hype. The solitary sour note came when future Hall of Famer “Sugar” Shane Mosley missed weight on his first attempt, coming in half a...
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Weekend Preview: Mayweather vs Cotto
by Gautham Nagesh
There aren’t too many hard-core boxing fans thrilled with tomorrow night’s Pay Per View card headlined by Floyd Mayweather vs Miguel Cotto. That’s because most fight fans wanted to see this fight five years ago, before Cotto suffered brutal beatings at the hands of Antonio Margarito and Manny Pacquiao. But Saturday night’s main event, which pits a...
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Michael Reed, Danny Kelly Lose In National Golden...
From left: Michael Reed, Danny Kelly, and Jerry Odom at the 2012 Golden Gloves Regionals last month
by Gautham Nagesh
The latest results from the National Golden Gloves tournament are a mixed bag for Washington-area fight fans: reigning 141-lb national champion Michael Reed of Dream Team Boxing fell in the quarterfinals to Preston Freeman of St. Louis by decision, while super-heavyweight Danny...
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DMV Amateurs Roll At National Golden Gloves
by Gautham Nagesh
Washington-area prospects swept through the first two rounds of the National Golden Gloves tournament this week in Mesquite, Nevada. Local stars David Grayton (above, center), D’Mitrius Ballard, Jerry Odom, and Danny Kelly all scored stoppages in the second round on Wednesday to roll into the quarterfinals.
According to the official results, all the local fighters...
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Lithuanian Bodybuilder Less Awesome at Fighting...
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
Remember the other day when I observed how you can just tell certain fighters are juicing? If you read the comments section of MMA boards (lord knows I do), you’ll know that no matter how yoked up someone is, there are always a dozen dudes who say shit like “oh yeah, Overeem was cutting weight and he was young and it just took him some time to fill out” or...
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Chad Dawson Dethrones Bernard Hopkins In Rematch
Words and Pictures by Gautham Nagesh
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—New Haven’s “Bad” Chad Dawson out-boxed the ageless Bernard Hopkins here on Saturday night to earn the Ring Magazine and WBC light heavyweight championship via majority decision. One judge scored the bout a draw, but we had B-Hop winning two or three rounds at the most on our card.
As expected, Dawson’s...
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April 2012
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Seth Mitchell Shows Heart, Stops Chazz Witherspoon
by Gautham Nagesh
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.—The road to the top of the heavyweight division is a long one, and almost every fighter along the way is capable of stopping a prospect’s ascension. Rising Maryland heavyweight Seth Mitchell (above) found that out here on Saturday night in the first round against veteran Chazz Witherspoon. Witherspoon had Mitchell in serious trouble after...
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Luis Del Valle & Jose Pedraza Advance on ShoBox
Images by Tom Casino/Showtime
by Gautham Nagesh
Two top Puerto Rican prospects endured tough tests and towering South African super middleweight Thomas Oosthuizen (right) edged Houston native Marcus Johnson in a compelling main event on ShoBox Friday night from Miami, Oklahoma.[[MORE]]
Johnson pressured Oosthuizen early and appeared to gain the advantage on the inside, pushing the bigger man...
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Denis Grachev Shocks Ismayl Sillakh, Javier...
by Gautham Nagesh
When boxing is done right, few spectacles are more thrilling. ESPN’s Friday Night Fights did it right last night, matching four undefeated prospects in a pair of bouts designed to separate the contenders from the pretenders. And the fighters delivered, or at least half of them did, from the campus of the University of Texas in Austin.
Dominican featherweight Javier...
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Weekend Preview: BHop-Dawson 2 and Seth Mitchell
by Gautham Nagesh
This weekend’s boxing schedule is fairly packed, but the headliner in our view is clearly the man you see above. That’s Maryland heavyweight Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell, one of the local fighters we’ve been following since Stiff Jab’s inception. Mitchell fights Chazz Witherspoon on Saturday night at in Atlantic City, and as usual we’ll be...
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Erislandy Lara is a Contender, Jermain Taylor...
Photos by Craig Bennett/Showtime
by Gautham Nagesh
Cuban junior middleweight contender Erislandy Lara (below) steamrolled Detroit native Ronald Hearns in just over 90 seconds, but former middleweight champ Jermain Taylor (above left) had considerably more trouble with Caleb Truax en route to a unanimous decision win on Friday’s edition of ShoBox from Biloxi.
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Lara opened up...
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Anselmo Moreno and Abner Mares Are Really, Really...
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by Gautham Nagesh
Mexican Olympian Abner Mares (above) punished veteran Eric Morel over 12 rounds in his first fight since moving up in weight, and Panama’s Anselmo Moreno forced David de la Mora to quit after giving him a boxing lesson for nine rounds Saturday night on Showtime from El Paso, Texas. [[MORE]]
The former Mexican Olympian Mares is considered...
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