My Image

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Dos Santos knocks out Velasquez to take the Heavyweight title

Reported by Ernest I Aguilar

Here are the results from yesterday's UFC on Fox 1: Velasquez vs Dos Santos live event which took place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Preliminary card: (aired on Facebook and FoxSports.com)

Aaron Rosa defeated Matt Lucas; Mike Pierce defeated Paul Bradley; Alex Caceres defeated Cole Escovedo; Robert Peralta defeated Mackens Semerzier; Darren Uyenoyama defeated Norifumi Yamamoto; DaMarques Johnson defeated Clay Harvison; Ricardo Lamas defeated Cub Swanson; Dustin Poirier defeated Pablo Garza;

Main card: (aired on Fox)

Ben Henderson defeated Clay Guida; Junior dos Santos defeated Cain Velasquez to become the new UFC Heavyweight champion

<a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/ufc/story/Junior-dos-Santos-stuns-Cain-Velasquez-in-UFC-on-FOX-debut-111211?videoId=7644fe9b-3ab3-4621-9110-0916ba57e557&amp;src=v5:embed::" target="_new" title="Highlights: Velasquez/dos Santos">Video: Highlights: Velasquez/dos Santos</a>

UFC on Fox 1: Velasquez vs Dos Santos tonight

Reported by Ernest I Aguilar

Live tonight from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, UFC presents UFC on Fox 1: Velasquez vs Dos Santos free on network television. This is the network debut for UFC and the first event on Fox after the new multi-million seven year deal. The full card is as follows:

Preliminary card: (airing on Facebook and FoxSports.com)

Aaron Rosa vs Matt Lucas; Mike Pierce vs Paul Bradley; Alex Caceres vs Cole Escovedo; Mackens Semerzier vs Robert Peralta; Norifumi Yamamoto vs Darren Uyenoyama; DaMarques Johnson vs Clay Harvison; Cub Swanson vs Ricardo Lamas; Dustin Poirier vs Pablo Garza; Ben Henderson vs Clay Guida

Main card: (airing on Fox)

Cain Velasquez vs Junior dos Santos for the UFC Heavyweight title

Brock Lesnar medically suspended till June after injury

Reported by Ernest I Aguilar

Brock Lesnar was medically suspended till June 28 by the Nevada Athletic Commission for an abdominal injury he suffered during his fight against Alistair Overeem last Friday.

The suspension will not really matter as the former UFC
Heavyweight champion announced that he was retiring from mixed martial arts and his loss to Overeem was his last one. Lesnar suffered some hard kicks to the ribs and was transported to a local hospital after the fight.

Overeem, who won the fight in a spectacular and convincing fashion, was also medically suspended till February 14 due to the cut he received on his right eye after he got caught by Lesnar.

Dana White says Lesnar retired under contract

Reported by Ernest I Aguilar
UFC President Dana White announced during the post-fights press conference that Brock Lesnar is retiring under contract, meaning that he cannot go anywhere else until a deal is reached to break free.

Apparently Lesnar still had remaining fights as part of his deal and just because he is retiring doesn't mean he can go to WWE or do anything else without either Dana White's permission or else buying out his current contract.

Brock's announcement yesterday following his fight against Alistair Overeem sparked a huge interest online with many non-wrestling news websites and major newspapers covering the story.

Lesnar received $400,000 for his fight against Overeem yesterday while his opponent got almost that amount when you figure out his win bonus.

WWE takes down Lesnar story from website

Reported by Ernest I Aguilar

- The Brock Lesnar story on WWE.COM vanished today completely just a day after the company posted congratulations to the former WWE Superstar and new UFC Heavyweight champion. A search for Brock Lesnar on the website brought up the address for the story which was posted yesterday however the link is now dead and points to a 'page not found' on WWE.COM. While offering their congrats in the story, WWE took a shot at UFC by criticizing them on their pay-per-views which most of the times fall short of their "three hour" running time due to quick endings to different fights. UFC fill up the void time by playing fights which were taped earlier in the evening that weren't shown on television. After UFC pumped thousands of dollars in advertising revenue on WWE.COM last week to promote Couture vs Lesnar I guess it wasn't a nice thing for the WWE editors to blast UFC over their show.

TNA congratulates Brock Lesnar on his UFC title win

Reported by Ernest I Aguilar

 The official TNA website at TNAWrestling.com has the leading story on Brock Lesnar, congratulating him on his win yesterday at the UFC 91 pay-per-view. "Everyone at TNA Wrestling would like to congratulate Brock Lesnar, who defeated Randy Couture in Las Vegas to become the new UFC World Champion. Lesnar made the successful transition from pro wrestling to mixed martial arts, ultimately winning the top prize in the UFC at Saturday's Pay-Per-View event." The story then turns to teasing Kurt Angle's involvement in mixed martial arts in the future. "Will Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle follow in Lesnar's footsteps and enter the world of mixed martial arts?" Angle's thoughts about this is heavily featured in his new double disc DVD which will be released by TNA on November 25.

Big pay day for Brock Lesnar at UFC 91

Reported by Ernest I Aguilar
It was a good pay day for Brock Lesnar yesterday as the new UFC Heavyweight champion walked out of the MGM Grand with the UFC title and $450,000. According to the LA Times, Couture and Lesnar were given a quarter of a million dollars each for their fight plus bonuses. Lesnar pocketed an additional $200,000 for his win. If Couture won the fight he would have received an additional $250,000, $50,000 more from Brock Lesnar's win bonus. Lesnar won the UFC title in only his fourth MMA fight - and third in the UFC - which ironically is the same thing that happened to Randy Couture when he won the UFC Heavyweight title for the first time back in 1997.