MetroPCS will be hosting a live fan chat with UFC President Dana White tomorrow, August 21, at 5PM PT. Those interested to participate are invited to submit questions to the MetroPCS Facebook page leading up and during the chat. White will discuss recent news, talk future fights and answer questions live from participants.
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Initial reports that came out of SummerSlam indicated that the lead singer for Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst, was kicked out of show yesterday after he gave the camera the middle finger when the cameras were showing celebrities who were attending the show.
A WWE spokesman cleared the air with TMZ.COM saying that Durst wasn’t thrown out by security but he felt so bad after flipping off the camera that he went backstage to apologize for his actions.
“We appreciate Fred’s apology. However, we take our family-friendly environment very seriously and this was a violation of that. We sincerely apologize to our fans,” the spokesman said.
Durst later tweeted, “Ya know, I kinda like the rumor. Let’s just keep it as is. Love me some @WWE – Time to Rock !!”
W-O readers Michael Brinkschroeder and Dave Zelickson sent in an article which originally appeared on the SLAM! Wrestling website about the discovery of the original WWWF title from 1963.
When Bruno Sammartino defeated Buddy Rogers at Madison Square Garden to win the WWWF title, Sammartino never received the original belt which Rogers held at the time. A new one was made and Sammartino eventually wore that one throughout his long reign as the company’s champion.
Cue in Annie Barend, the widow of former WWWF wrestler and former tag team parter of Rogers, Johnny Barend. While she was cleaning her attic in Avon, N.Y., she found a belt wrapped in a bath towel and after doing some homework she discovered that the wrapped belt was Buddy Rogers’ original WWWF title.
Dave Millican, who creates title belts for WWE, verified the authenticity of the title and bought the title off Annie Barend. The full article can be read here.
PWInsider.com is reporting that the lead singer for Limp Bizkit, Fred Durst, was kicked out of SummerSlam yesterday after he gave the camera the middle finger when the cameras were showing celebrities who were attending the show.
Security personnel quickly acted to boot the singer out for his gesture, a big no no since the company turned TV PG.
WWE used Limp Bizkit songs in the past, most notably the theme song for WrestleMania XIX which was titled Crack Addict and the group performed the Undertaker’s theme song Rollin’ live on the show on that night as well.
WWE will be giving a $10 merchandise gift card to the first 1,000 fans who arrive at the Save Mart Center between 3:30 and 4:30PM for RAW tonight. The gift card can be redeemed for any merchandise being sold at the show in the building. This offer is only available to California residents who live within 35 miles of Fresno, the site of tonight’s RAW, and a valid photo ID will be required to check that you are 18 years or older.
Apart from that, WWE will be picking up the tab for the first 1,000 vehicles to arrive at the arena, giving fans a free parking.
It was not a good night for Triple H yesterday at SummerSlam but it looks like Brock Lesnar enjoyed it so much that he will be on RAW tonight as well.
The former WWE and UFC champion will make another RAW appearance, kicking off the show at 8PM EST, to discuss his victory at SummerSlam. Lesnar’s next program will probably not be for a few more months due to his limited appearances with the company that runs till WrestleMania 29.
Also, WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels will be appearing on RAW “via satellite” to talk about last night’s SummerSlam main event. HBK supposed to be in Triple H’s corner at the show but had to pull out after Lesnar attacked him on RAW, “breaking” his arm.
For 24 years, the biggest Summer event for WWE is SummerSlam and tonight it’s the 25th annual of SummerSlam.
The highly promoted match for tonight is Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar that has been in the making since the end of April. Brock broke the arm of Triple H using the Kimura armbar a few months ago. Later on, Triple H returned to the pay-per-view No Way Out to challenge Brock to a match. This brought the returning manager of Brock, Paul Heyman. After a few meetings between both men, the match was made.
Don’t forget there is a Triple Threat match tonight for the WWE Championship in which the Champion does not need to be pinned to lose his belt.
Let’s also not forget that Dolph Ziggler is the current holder of the Money in the Bank contract.
Tonight, WWE’s 25th anniversary SummerSlam is live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
There are 7 matches scheduled for the event tonight and one Pre-Show Match.
Pre-Show match is Santino Marella (c) vs. Antonio Cesaro for the WWE United States Championship.
A distraction from Aksana allows Antonio to finish Santino.
Winner of the Match – Antonio Cesaro via pinfall to win the WWE United States Championship.
Our 1st Match is Dolph Ziggler vs. Chris Jericho
After the cheap attack from Dolph on Jericho not once but twice on Smackdown, will revenge be in order or will Jericho fail like Ziggler has promoted. Jericho is sporting bandage to the ribs from the attack.
Jericho has rolled into town to begin and control this match from the start with a huge clothesline to Ziggler and back suplex. He then is able to buy even more time after throwing Ziggler over the top rope but then misses Ziggler and falls hard to the floor below. This allows Ziggler to gain control with a drop kick the ribs of Jericho and getting even more aggressive, punishing Jericho with a picture perfect neck breaker. He attempts a cocky cover by standing on the chest of Jericho with one leg with a fast kick out.
Jericho is able to gain control of the match again when Jericho moves from the corner and Ziggler hits nothing but turnbuckle. A few shoulder shots to Ziggler but just as fast, Ziggler able to quickly take out Jericho and attempt a 2 count pin. Ziggler counters the Walls but then delivers a huge drop kick to Ziggler for 2.
Ziggler able to hit the sleeper he so well uses and is able to get Y2J close to the mat but Jericho is able to break the hold. With Ziggler on the top rope, Jericho deliveries 1- shots the head and hits a huge Hurricanrana but only gets a 2 count. Ziggler then nails a DDT for another 2 count.
Mixed crowd tonight for both superstars as the running bulldog is applied but missed the Lionsault when Ziggler lifted his knees directly into the ribs of Jericho.
Ziggler nails the Zip Zag but Jericho does not go down just yet. Jericho then nails the Code Breaker but wasn’t able to cover Ziggler yet. Vicki attempts to hold Jericho so Ziggler can roll up Jericho but musters a 2 count. Jericho is then able to hit the Walls of Jericho and Dolph has tapped out.
Winner of the Match – Chris Jericho via submission.
We break to Brock Lesnar interview and Paul Heyman quotes the Triple H spoke to the ref to not stop this match until it is done. Brock grabs the mic saying, HHH will not win. Paul then steals a quote from DX, they have only two words for ya, TAP OUT!
Our 2nd Match is Kane vs. Daniel Bryan
NO…NO…NO…That has been how the life of Daniel Bryan has been since the 1000th RAW and its no different as he attempts to fight the crowd.
Daniel begins to start this match but then just gets slammed to the mat and drop kick to the head for the trouble. Daniel is able to start the offense again and the crowd chants yet to everything. He is using the kicks heavily to bring the big man down to the mat. He takes out the knees and legs of Kane. Kane then just gets up and hits a huge clothesline then huge side slam for a 2 count pin attempt. Daniel avoids the chokeslam and Daniel slaps Kane, guess what, this annoys the hell out of Kane.
Kane then digs a big mud hole in Daniel but Daniel then is able to take Kane out. Daniel then starts the kicks again and a big shot to the head. He takes his time as he fights the crowd chanting yes so much and he goes to the top rope.
He gets caught and Kane nails a huge chokeslam to the mat. Kane is slow to get up. Kane signals for the Tombstone but Daniel counters the move and rolls up Kane for a 3 count.
Winner of the Match – Daniel Bryan via pinfall.
Kane, realizing he just lost is mad and heads directly to the back. They break to the back with Kane destroying everything in the back looking for Daniel. Josh Matthews attempts an interview and Kane just lifts him to throws him off screen into what sounded like piping and stage equipment.
Our 3rd Match is The Miz (c) vs. Rey Mysterio for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
Rey is dressed like Batman tonight, Cap with the head mask having Bat ears and Miz gets his Giant AWESOME entrance bubbles back.
Slow start as both men try to show who is the better man with each getting some type of offensive hit but Miz begins to control the match with a kick to the stomach then sends Rey to the outside. Miz runs to the outside as Ray runs back inside. Baseball slide again from Rey this time takes out Miz. He then slams Ray into the outside barrier then gets Ray back inside the ring for a 2 count.
Miz slows things down with a submission move as he digs his knee into the back of Rey’s head. Rey is able to counter with a quick 2 count. Miz then hits a nice back breaker but only gets a 2 count. He continues to work the back and head of Rey. Multiple pins attempts by Miz don’t finish Rey just yet but a cocky Miz wastes a lot of time and as he climbs to the top rope, Rey takes Miz down.
Rey now climbs to the top and he takes down Miz but Miz able to nail a big powerbomb. He continues to allow the crowd to distract and a roll up for 2 then shot the head of Miz gets another 2 for Rey.
Rey with another 2 count pin after a DDT then he is going up again but this time, Miz catches him this time. Miz cant do much and Rey hits the 619, then Rey to the top ropes but missed the high flying slam. Rey quickly is able to counter the Miz to a quick rollup of 2. Both men stagger up and Miz launches Rey into the corner then hits the Skull crushing Finale for the 3 count
Winner of the Match – The Miz via pinfall to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
After a Promo for the new WWE app, which is pretty nice, CM Punk enter AJ’s office and demands respect.
Our 4th Match is Sheamus (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Alberto rides in a Nice Ferrari California valued at $250,000. mmmmm, nice!
This match almost did not happen tonight from the events of Smackdown but Sheamus called for this match to happen.
Its does not take long to get this match to go outside the ring and Sheamus is the first to taste a little table. Both men end back in the ring and Del Rio kicking Sheamus in the head but Sheamus returns the favor in the corner. Both men trade shots back and forth but Sheamus sets the match and controls Del Rio to the mat.
As Del Rio was in one of the corner, He rips it off as Sheamus pulls him away. A drop kick from Del Rio ends with Sheamus falling to the outside of the ring hard. This doesn’t faze Sheamus but the a push to the steps does. Del Rio throws him back into the ring and then from the top rope nails the head of Sheamus for a 2 count.
Del Rio attempts to takes the big man down with a kick to the face and Sheamus breaks the pin attempt. Del Rio again works Sheamus to the mat but Sheamus just keeps getting up. He then gets taken back down again for another 2 count after a shot to the head of Sheamus. Del Rio mocks Sheamus but misses the kick to the head. Sheamus gets a few shots in then climbs to ropes to get caught on the top rope.
Del Rio then takes Sheamus to the mat from the top rope and lands right on the arm of Sheamus. Del Rio then nails the Cross Arm bar but Sheamus counters and just lifts him off the mat, then slams Del Rio to the mat. Great counter. Sheamus nails the White noise but Del Rio kicks out at 2. Awesome match between these 2.
Sheamus, after the pin attempt, signals for the Brogue Kick. Del Rio backs up to the ring corner but Sheamus spears him to the corner. A huge kick to the head from Del Rio gets a very close 2 count. Del Rio is mad, and grabs Ricardo into the ring. Ricardo then throws his shoe but Sheamus grabs it instead.
Sheamus then uses the shoe and hits the head of Del Rio and then hits the Irish Curse, he then pins and is able to get the 3 count for the win. After the match, it is shown that the leg of Alberto was on the bottom rope before the 3 count and as the ref got up to signal the bell, Sheamus moved the leg off the rope before the ref noticed. Alberto was screwed and the crowd wasn’t happy either.
Winner of the Match – Sheamus via pinfall to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
We break to the pre-show and HHH telling the assigned Ref to not end his match in DQ or anything except a pinfall only. Side note, this match is not scheduled as a no DQ, no countout match at this time.
Our 5th Match is R-Truth and Kofi Kingston (c) vs. The Primetime Players (Titus O’Neil and Darren Young) Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
R-Truth and Darren start the match with Truth controlling. A quick counter allows Darren to tag in Titus and begins to punish Truth. A quick kick to the head of Titus from Truth allows Kofi to get tagged in and begins to take out Titus then nails The Boom Drop. Darren distracts Kofi and allow Titus to roll out of the ring, As Kofi chased, He takes out Darren but Titus rips the head off of Kofi with a huge clothesline.
Back in the ring, The Primetime Players tag back and forth and tear down Kofi in their corner as Truth looks on. Kofi gets a quick slam in but pays for it from both Players. He still tries to fight back but Titus puts him in a submission, abdominal stretch. Kofi is able to DDT Titus and both teams get tagged in but Truth gets the upper hand. Then as Titus is on the outside, Kofi flies like Superman and takes him out. In the ring, Truth nails Darren in the middle of the ring and is able to pin for the 3 count.
Winner of the Match – R-Truth and Kofi Kingston via pinfall to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship.
Our 6th Match is CM Punk (c) vs. Big Show vs. John Cena Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
No DQ, No Countout, pinfall must be in the ring, and the Champion (CM Punk) does not have to be pinned to lose the belt. John Cena cashed in his Money in the Bank Contract and lost that match via DQ but just 3 weeks later, He is in another title match already and this time, disqualification won’t be an excuse and all CM Punk wants is respect and Big Show is just plain made, and, and, and, its gonna be none stop, great match.
Big Show out of the gate and attacking both men, controlling them both. Shots the head and stomach of both men and then huge chops to the chests of both men get big WWWOOO cheers from the crowd. John Cena and Punk both begin to attack Big Show but then both fail as he suplex both men.
Cena gets crushed in the corner and rolls out of the ring by Big Show, then CM Punk is able to drop kick the Big Show to the mat and begins to kick the chest of Show. He signals for the GTS on Show but Show is to big. Cena was back in the ring and was going to hit the AA but Punk takes out both men. Punk then covers Cena but Show breaks the pin.
Big Show then slams Punk to the mat hard and signals for the WMD but Cena interferes then Big Show nails the spear but only gets a 2 count. Big Show lands hard on Cena and attempts to pin but Punk breaks the count. Big Show throws Cena to the outside with one hand and then Punk tries to attack Show. He just gets thrown into the ropes then flies off the ropes onto the floor below.
Cena back in the ring gets slammed to the mat but kicks out of the pin attempt by Show. CM Punk then distracts Show and drops him to the mat. Punk from the top rope nails the elbow to the chest but Show kicks out. Punk gets Show into a submission but Show breaks out of it and Punk pays for it. Cena, then hits the STF on Big Show and Show breaks that submission hold to.
John Cena gets slammed to the mat for his troubles. Punk from the top rope takes out Big Show then nails the high running knee to the head 3 times. He failed at the running bulldog. Cena nails the flying leg drop from the top rope on Big Show. Both Cena and Punk have their submission hold on Big Show and Show is tapping out and the bell is rung.
No clear winner but AJ then skips to the ring to shed some light on what just happen. Both men tapped Big Show, they both win. As she talks, Big Show is behind both Punk and Cena in the ring. She claims to RESTART the match.
Big Show from behind, chokeslams both men and pins Cena for a 2 count, he then attempts to pin Punk for 2 count. Cena from behind is able to hit the AA on Big Show. Punk from behind pushes out Cena to the outside of the ring, he then steals the pin from Cena and is able to pin The Big Show for 3.
Winner of the Match – CM Punk via pinfall to retain the WWE Championship.
Cena cannot believe what just happened and as he leaves to the back, he keeps looking at a celebrating CM Punk.
WWE then shows a few celebrities in the crowd and one stands out, Fred Durst who gave the middle finger to the camera. How nice was that. Also, the former WCW World Heavyweight Champion is shown but it’s not Goldberg or Hollywood Hogan or Sting, it’s David Arquette. The PPV then hits the music button with a live presentation of the theme song of SummerSlam, Don’t Give Up by Kevin Rudolf with the WWE Divas dancing on stage.
We then break to the promo to the highly anticipated match, tonight’s last match.
Our Final Match is Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar
And here we go, so excited for this one!! Shawn Michaels is not at ringside tonight due to the actions from Mondays RAW via a tweet at the start of the Pay per View.
Lesnar right out of the corner brings the fight to HHH. He is punishing HHH right now. He continues to attempt to apply the armlock on HHH. HHH reverses the flow of this match and knocks out Brock Lesnar out of the ring twice. Lesnar paces outside the ring and enters when he wants to.
Lesnar then begins to remove the gloves on his hand with a smirk and takes down HHH and nails HHH in the back of the head with his fist. He wears down Triple H outside of the ring then slams him to the table on the outside announce table. Triple H then makes his way back into the ring but the ref is not counting to 10, as he enters the ring, he then gets slammed to the mat.
Lesnar using the ropes to pull and injury the arm, then stomps on the arm while HHH is down on the mat. HHH is able to must a few shots but just ends up back in the corner. Huge German suplex to HHH allows the camera to shows the bleeding nose of Lesnar then he continues to work the arm. HHH musts enough to hit a few shots to Lesnars head then nails a DDT and both men are down. As they both get up, Lesnar works the arm again and while HHH is down, He gets thrown to the outside. While outside, Lesnar throws HHH to the stairs then spears HHH into the announce table. Lesnar then stands on the table and jumps real high into the ground, almost like Kofi Kingston height, and nails HHH in the neck.
Back into the ring, Lesnar gets a quick rollup for 2 and allows HHH to try attempt some type of offense and gets a huge clothesline from Lesnar. He is then thrown again to the outside of the ring by Lesnar. While outside, HHH throws Lesnar into the corner of the announce table and Lesnar is seriously complaining of stomach pains and he is curled up in pain the ring. Lesnar attempts another armbar but HHH breaks the hold and Triple H begins to work the stomach of Lesnar with vicious knee shots over and over again.
Triple H nails the Spine Buster and he is in the match again by attempting the Pedigree. He nails it and Lesnar kicks out of the Pedigree. A low blow from Lesnar but the ref wanted to ring the bell but thinks twice and does not DQ Lesnar. This allows him to hit the F5 but HHH kicks out of the pin attempt. Lesnar hits the arm lock and its in, HHH grabs the ropes but the ref does not break the hold. Shots to the stomach breaks the hold for HHH. Triple H then nails the Pedigree and Lesnar applies the submission hold again.
HHH is trying to break out of the hold but its to much, HHH has tapped out and what appears the arm may have broken again. Nobody is sure if the arm is broke as the video is going to be played back for sure.
Winner of the Match – Brock Lesnar via Submission.
Video playback shows the arm going back as if the arm broke and HHH then taps out. Brock Lesnar then walks to the back as HHH lays in the ring, much of the crowd not happy with the ending and HHH refusing any medical attention at this time from WWE trainers. The crowd chanting, you tapped Out, as HHH says sorry to the crowd. Many booing him and other chanting, HHH. He leaves to the back looking very sad that he lost.
Kurt Angle’s Twitter rants usually involve some weird commentary, sometimes he blames it on his account being hacked, and sometimes he owns up to his comments.
His latest cryptic message came in around 15 hours ago when he sort of “threatened” TNA on what will it take to keep him around in the company.
“If Tna Uses Me as the top Guy I Will Stay. I Love Tna,” he wrote, before adding, “If Not, I Will Make A Business Decision.”
Whatever that “business decision” might be is up to your guess and imagination but right after he posted the tweet, he posted another one with just, “Tna!”
Live tonight from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California, WWE presents the 25th annual of SummerSlam on pay-per-view. The full card is as follows:
CM Punk vs Big Show vs John Cena for the WWE title in a triple threat match; Sheamus vs Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight title; Triple H vs Brock Lesnar; Kane vs Daniel Bryan; Dolph Ziggler vs Chris Jericho; The Miz vs Rey Mysterio for the Intercontinental title; R-Truth and Kofi Kingston vs Prime Time Players for the Tag Team titles; and Santino Marella vs Antonio Cesaro for the U.S. title in the pre-show.
Yesterday afternoon, WWE and THQ revealed the full roster for the upcoming WWE ’13 video game during the SummerSlam Axxess.
The game will have 51 modern era WWE Superstars and Divas as well as an additional 35 from the Attitude era.
The full list of modern era characters include: Alberto Del Rio, Big Show, Booker T, Brock Lesnar, Brodus Clay, Chris Jericho, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Daniel Bryan, David Otunga, Dolph Ziggler, Edge, The Great Khali, Heath Slater, Hunico, Jack Swagger, JBL, John Cena (The Doctor of Thuganomics), John Laurinaitis, Justin Gabriel, Kane, Kevin Nash, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, The Miz, Primo, Randy Orton, John Cena, Rey Mysterio, The Rock, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Sheamus, Sin Cara, Epico, Ted DiBiase, Triple H, The Undertaker, Jinder Mahal, Wade Barrett, Zack Ryder, Alicia Fox, Beth Phoenix, Brie Bella, Eve, Kelly Kelly, Kharma, Nikki Bella, Lita, AJ Lee (RAW General Manager), and CM Punk.
Attitude Era characters include: Road Warrior Animal, Big Boss Man, Billy Gunn, Bradshaw (APA), Bret Hart, British Bulldog, Cactus Jack, Chris Jericho (Y2J), Christian (Edge & Christian), Dude Love, Eddie Guerrero, Edge (Edge & Christian), Faarooq (APA), The Godfather, Road Warrior Hawk, Hunter Heart Helmsley, Kane, Ken Shamrock, Mankind, Mark Henry (Nation of Domination), Mike Tyson, Mr. McMahon, “The Big Show” Paul Wight, Road Dogg Jesse James, The Rock, Shane McMahon, Shawn Michaels (D-Generation X), Triple H (D-Generation X), The Undertaker (The Lord of Darkness), Vader, X-Pac, Lita (Attitude Era), Stephanie McMahon (The Billion Dollar Princess), Trish Stratus, and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin,
It took just 54 seconds for Ronda Rousey to win her first title defense against former Bantamweight champion Sarah Kaufman, and yet again, she won with an arm bar.
This was her sixth straight arm bar submission win as a professional MMA fighter with none of her fights lasting more than the first round. Only Miesha Tate gave her a decent fight, going to 4:27 of the first round before she submitted as well, giving Rousey the Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight title.
Right after the fight, a pumped-up Rousey called out Cris Cyborg, who is currently serving a suspension for illegal substance use till December. In a previous interview, Cyborg said she’ll fight Rousey in the parking lot after her fight.
Rousey didn’t hold back, saying that she doesn’t care if “she injects horse semen into her eye balls,” as long as Cyborg makes it to 135lbs.
“First of all, ah, I need to send a challenge to Ms. Cyroid out there,” said Rousey in her first post-fight comments in the Octagon. She said she’s the champ now and the champ doesn’t come to her, but she has to come to the champ.
“Come down to 135 and let’s settle this,” she screamed as fans roared in approval.
San Diego California is going to be the host for tonight’s Women’s Bantamweight Championship as Ronda Rousey defends the title for the first time as she takes on former champ Sarah Kaufman. In the co-main event former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza faces a 9-1 Derek Brunson.
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Lightweight(155lbs)
Matt Ricehouse vs Bobby Green
Bobby “King” Green comes out to the cage with a crown on, an American flag and arm full of crowns for the crowd.
Ref: Jason Herzog
Round 1-
Ricehouse catches a kick and trips Green momentarily before he pops back up. Green catches the leg kick now of Ricehouse. Green with a good left hook. Green with a left jab. Green grabs a plum clinch just long enough to land a lifting knee to the head of Ricehouse. Green is coming forward and has his hands down for the most part other that to try and swat away the punches of Ricehouse. Ricehouse gets dropped by a right. Green pouring it on. is landing the right uppercut now a knee to the body. Green ducks under the right head kick from Ricehouse. Green catches a kick from Ricehouse delivers a leg kick of his own and trips Ricehouse for the take down to score before the round ends.
Round 2-
Green is able to mix it up well with the left hand and getting the clinch when they are close for the knee. Ricehouse tries for a take down but Green flings him off. Green catches another kick and attempts a take down but Ricehouse threatens a choke and Green lands two knees to the body. Ricehouse lands the right hand now after a knee to the body. Green walking down Ricehouse lands a left jab and two right hands to the body. Green with another left jab. Green eats a knee this time to the body from Ricehouse.
Green gets his back and drags Ricehouse to the canvas. Ricehouse gets him off his back and Ricehouse putting pressure against him against the cage.
Round 3-
King Green is easily up two rounds entering the last round. Ricehouse now pressing the action and lands a good three punch combo. Green counters and now has Ricehouse circling the outside again. Green with uppercuts against the cage. Green gets the single leg briefly. Green with another knee to the body as they break. Green with a switch kick after a lower lead leg kick lands clean and yet Ricehouse is still on his feet. Green with a right hook and right uppercut. Ricehouse ties up Green but can’t get the take down. Ricehouse now with a good left right in the final minute mark. Green has controlled the center for almost the entire fight and kept Ricehouse about a step away from the cage.
Winner by judges scores of 30-27×3 for Bobby “King” Green
Women’s Featherweight(145lbs)
Germaine de Randamie vs Hiroko Yamanaka
Ref: Mike Beltran
Round 1-
Yamanaka pumping that jab while de Randamie looks like she wants to land one big right and end it. de Randamie finally throws it but the over right hand is partially blocked. de Randamie with a left jab and right hook behind it. Yamanaka lands that jab again. de Randamie can’t find a home for that right until now and Yamanaka blinks deep but stays up. de Randamie with a right cross now. Yamanaka is still standing and eats a left she wants to stand and trade now. They both swinging away until they tie up and Yamanaka moves her up against the cage. de Randamie and Yamanaka jockeying back and forth. Yamanaka with a knee to the body and legs. de Randamie has a high head kick just blocked right before the horn.
Round 2-
Both ladies trading leg kicks early in the round. Yamanaka with a lot of movement. She is trying to keep from being a stationary opponent in front of de Randamie. de Randamie with another right hand and Yamanaka is still standing. Yamanaka gets the tie up and trying to drag de Randamie down but de Randamie is firing away the short punches to the head and bouncing well. de Randamie bounces backwards across the cage on one leg as Yamanaka tries for the take down. 90 seconds left and the ref separates them. Yamanaka with a left but eats one her self. de Randamie with a lunging overhand right that sends her momentum across the cage. de Randamie with another big right as the round ends.
Round 3-
de Randamie with a right hand to start the round. Yamanaka tries for the take down and de Randamie lands the left that creates a mouse on the cheek of Yamanaka. Yamanaka misses with a superman punch. Yamanaka rushes de Randamie and presses her against the cage. Yamanaka is working hard but can’t seem to get the take down. Fight is stopped now for a low blow to de Randamie from the knee of Yamanaka and ref gives her five minutes. de Randamie with a right hand now left and right. de Randamie wants to stand and trade. Yamanaka things the wiser after a couple punches and she puts de Randamie on the cage. de Randamie is landing that straight left and big right hook behind it. Yamanaka is giving into the idea now but she is getting the worst of it. de Randamie with a head kick but only the toes landed clean.
Winner by judges scores 30-27×3 of Germaine de Randamie
Middleweight(185lbs)
Keith Berry vs Adlan Amagov
Ref: Herb Dean
Round 1-
Amagov with a spinning back kick to the body. Amagov with a side kick to the knee and Amagov gives chase and starts pounding away. Herb Dean jumps in and stops the fight. Replay shows that side kick lands clean to the knee. Which leads to the next question on legality because of the damage that kick can do to someones leg permanently.
Winner at :48 seconds winner by TKO Adlan Amagov
Womens Bantamweight(135lbs)
Julie Kedzie vs Miesha Tate
Tate now going by the nickname of “Cupcake” is making her return to the cage 6 months after it was dislocated by Rousey when she took the championship.
Ref: Jason Herzog
Round 1-
Tate gets in close as she looks for a tie up and Kedzie lands the left jab and a right. Kedzie with an upper cut now. Kedzie with the hook as Tate comes forward with the superman punch. Tate has her tied up on the fence now. Kedzie is able to reverse it and lands the left elbow and right hand before she steps back and lands a kick to the body. Tate shoots a double and Kedzie is able sprawl and swims over to side and than north south before she lets her up. Kedzie with a right hand and she sprawls to defends another take down. Kedzie sprawls out of another take down and gets Tate on the fence and lands an elbow. Kedzie with a side kick that drops Tate. Tate with an arm bar and as Kedzie pulls back Tate switches it to a triangle now from the top but the horn ends the round.
Round 2-
Tate with a right hand now. Kedzie lands the left jab as Tate comes in. Kedzie lands the left head kick now. Tate ties up Kedzie and Kedzie lands a serious of plum clinched knees. Tate gets her down and Kedzie immediately has her in a triangle. Kedzie switches to a shoulder lock. Kedzie tries for a leg lock but Tate takes her back. Tate locks on the body triangle now. Kedzie trying to dump her off the front. Tate sees her neck extended and Tate gets the RNC. Kedzie gets on to her back and gets her head free. Tate is in the mount but Kedzie sweeps her into the guard. Tate with a guillotine now and Kedzie gets to her feet. Tate puts Kedzie back on her butt against the cage. Kedzie is unable to get up before the round ends.
One round apiece now.
Round 3-
Kedzie with a leg kick that drops Tate. Kedzie sprawls free from another take down. Kedzie with another leg kick and Kedzie kicks her in the head and drops her. Kedzie shoots in and is dropping elbows and hammer fist. Tate gets her legs up and latches on to the arm. Kedzie with hammer fist as she keeps her weight on top of Tate. Tate holding on tight. Tate gets it Kedzie is able to use her foot to get her hand free but she is still pinned under Tate’s legs. Tate gets a hold of the arm again and this time Kedzie taps out.
Winner by arm bar submission at 3:28 of round 3 Miesha Tate
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Light Heavyweight(205lbs)
T.J. Cook vs Ovince Saint Preux
Ref: Mike Beltran
Round 1-
Saint Preux with a left head kick and Cook with a left hook to the body and misses on the right. Saint Preux with another kick. Cook now with a nasty stepping inside leg kick. Saint Preux goes back to the head with a kick and Cook with another stepping inside leg kick. They tie up but no one gets the advantage. Saint Preux with a left hook that drops Cook. Saint Preux with left upper cuts and ground and pound the ref is letting them go. Cook gets up and hurts Saint Preux with a right hand. Cook has Saint Preux on the fence and is delivering the short right hand. Saint Preux hurts Cook with a right now. Saint Preux gets the take down and is in half guard. Saint Preux with short elbows now. Americana now from Saint Preux and Cook gets his hand free. Saint Preux gets the mount and Cook escapes out the back.
Round 2-
Both men stand and look at each other in the first 30 seconds Saint Preux with a body kick. Saint Preux with another after the ref tells them to pick up the action. Saint Preux with a head kick that grazes Cook. Cook lands an uppercut and Saint Preux with a lunging jab. Neither men looking like they want to really get into it again and Saint Preux nails Cook in the cup with an inside leg kick. Cook telling the ref he isn’t ready to continue and the ref is trying to press him back into action after a minute. Saint Preux goes for a head kick and Cook ducks under and lands the counter right hook. Saint Preux shoots the double and gets it. Cook with his feet against the cage and Saint Preux now in side control. Saint Preux working for a north south choke abandons it and goes back to side control. Saint Preux has got the mount position and sits up and starts pounding away until Cook gives up his back and than has to roll back onto his back and Saint Preux threatens a side choke but the round ends.
Round 3-
Saint Preux with the straight left and resets before he follows it with a left hook that knocks Cook out cold to end the fight.
Winner by KO at :20 of round 3 Ovince Saint Preux
Middleweight(185lbs)
Anthony Smith vs Lumumba Sayers
Ref: Herb Dean
Round 1-
Smith with a big looping right that Sayers ducks under and drags Smith down. Smith reverses and gets the mount position and is punching away while staying close. Smith working the elbows in now and looks to have busted open Sayers. Sayers with some punches from the bottom. Smith unhooks his legs and Sayers escapes. Sayers with a big shot as they split and Sayers is bleeding from high on the side of the head. Sayers ducks under a big punch and Anthony Smith misses and falls retreating. Sayers goes for the attack and Smith was waiting and locks on a quick triangle immediately and Sayers taps.
Winner by submission to a triangle choke at 3:52 of round 1 Anthony Smith
Welterweight(170lbs)
Roger Bowling vs Tarec Saffiedine
Ref:Jason Herzog
Round 1-
Saffiedine takes a leg kick and left hook to the body. Bowling is ducking in and out now. Bowling keeps going to the body with that left hand. Bowling with a right hand and left kick. Saffiedine gets a hold of the plum and delivers the knee. Bowling with a left up top and one to the body. Saffiedine ties him up and Bowling gets him against the cage before separating. Bowling goes to the body and Saffiedine gets the clinch and pair of knees. Bowling presses him up against the cage. Bowling with a pair of right hands as he chases after Saffiedine. Saffiedine has Bowling on the fence now and is kneeing away. They reset and Saffiedine with a head kick now and Bowling throws the left and Saffiedine delivers an outside lower leg kick.
Round 2-
These two top strikeforce welterweights are back at it and Bowling starts the action with another big left hook to the body. Bowling gets poked in the eye and they break the action. He tells the doc he is good and they are back at it. Bowlimg with a big left kick high on the body and Saffiedine with a leg kick. Saffiedine eats a left and right but counters with a left of his own that lands clean. Saffiedine switches stances and delivers a right left and right leg kick before he puts Bowling against the cage. Saffiedine with the knees and gets reversed and briefly taken down. Saffiedine putting his weight against Bowling to see if he tires any sooner from the big weight cut. They reset and Bowling makes a brief charge before Saffiedine walks him down. Saffiedine with a good straight left as the round ends.
Round 3-
They touch gloves both kick. Saffiedine is coming forward but Bowling isn’t backing up and delivers a body kick that backs up Saffiedine. Saffiedine with a knee as Bowling attacks. Bowling with a right jab and left hook to the body. Saffiedine with a knee as Bowling comes in for another body shot. Very close fight. Bowling with another body kick. Saffiedine with a spinning kick attempt and Bowling ties him up but can’t get the take down. Bowling now has his back on the fence and Saffiedine is kneeing away to legs body and head. Saffiedine with two to the body and two uppercuts as they separate. Saffiedine sprawls on a take down and spins to the back of Bowling and gets the hooks in. Saffiedine punching away with 30 seconds left. Saffiedine gets the choke in but Bowling survives till the last horn. Saffiedine took the fight in the last minute there all the first two rounds were close but that one was clear.
Winner by judges scores of 30-27×3 Tarec Saffiedine
Middleweight(185lbs)
Derek Brunson vs “Jacare” Souza
Brunson’s lone loss came at the hands of Kendall Grove when he took a fight outside of the Strikeforce organization to stay busy back in June since he hadn’t fought since the previous November.
Ref: Mike Beltran
Round 1-
Brunson with a few high head kicks early but Souza easily blocks. Souza catches him with a right hand and Souza lets him up only to hit him with another right to drop him again and pounds him out. Souza does the alligator crawl across the cage after picking up his first win by KO.
Winner by KO at :41 of round 1 Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
STRIKEFORCE WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Sarah Kaufman vs Ronda Rousey
Ref: Herb Dean
Round 1-
Rousey with a series of jabs and grabs a hold of Kaufman against the cage. Rousey gets the trip and moves right into position for the arm bar. Kaufman is rolling trying to defend by holding her bicep but she can’t fight it for long as Rousey gets her 6th pro win and 6th win by arm bar submission all in the round 1.
Winner at :54 of round one by arm bar submission and STILL Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey
Rousey calls out Cyborg, who is still suspended, and says she is the champ so if Cyborg wants her than she can come down to 135.
WWE has reportedly signed 20 year old Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado, a female wrestler who worked for Cahotic Wrestling and New England Championship Wrestling.
The announcement was made by Chaotic Wrestling’s Facebook page which noted that she would be leaving the indy company as the Women’s champion, a title she won in December 2011.
The California native made her wrestling debut in 2010 and wrestles under the name of Mercedes KV. She will be transferred to WWE developmental in Tampa, Florida.
You can see five photos of her below.
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Former WWE Diva Tiffany made her TNA debut during yesterday’s episode of IMPACT under her real name, Taryn Terrell.
Terrell was brought in by Brooke Hogan as the special guest referee for the Madison Rayne vs Miss Tessmacher Knockout title match and she walked out in a referee top showing a lot of cleavage. In a funny side note, when Hogan introduced her, she moved backward and fell on the stage, quickly getting back up, dusting herself off, and taking a bow!
The Playboy model was a WWE Diva until she got released by the company after an incident involving her and her husband Drew McIntyre which happened in a hotel in August of 2010.
You can watch Terrell making her TNA debut below.
Hulk Hogan will be making his return on IMPACT Wrestling next week to help Sting and other TNA Superstars fight off the Aces & Eights group. The segment will be opening the show, which is an ‘Open Fight Night’ edition.
Hulk Hogan was attacked by the masked group in July as a way to get him off television to undergo another surgery. The WWE Hall of Famer is now feeling better and is ready to resume his work with TNA.
“It’s not gonna be pretty so I’m asking for forgiveness now,” tweeted Hogan to push next week’s angle. “They crossed the line when they made Brooke a target,” he added, referring to the segment where two of the group cornered Brooke during IMPACT only to be saved by Bully Ray, Austin Aries, and Jeff Hardy.
TMZ cameras caught up with WWE champion CM Punk yesterday in Beverly Hills and said that he agreed with WWE’s decision to fire Abraham Washington over the Kobe Bryant rape joke.
He said that he doesn’t like to see anybody lose his job but a rape joke is not funny and he thinks if there’s a reason to get fired, it’s justified to get the pink slip over such a joke.
“Making fun of rape, I don’t think it’s that funny,” Punk said to the TMZ guy who identified A.W. as Abraham Johnson before Punk laughed and corrected him.
You can see the 30 second clip with Punk below.
After a failed first attempt, WWE has released a mobile app for both iOS devices and Android.
Available for free on iTunes and Google Play, the WWE app – both for mobiles and tablets – contains Superstar profiles, biographies, feeds from their social networking, tons of WWE videos including clips from RAW, Smackdown, and classic videos along with news and exclusive content.
The app is currently featured on the iTunes Store ‘New and Noteworthy’ front section. You can download it from iTunes and Google Play.
Strikeforce champion Ronda Rousey was the subject of a two episode All Access on Showtime to hype up her first title defense against Sarah Kaufman tomorrow night.
The All Access show takes you behind the scenes and in the life of Rousey as she trains for the fight and fulfills her media obligations with comments from Kaufman herself, UFC President Dana White, her trainers, room mates and others.
You can check both episodes – running at 23 minutes each – below.
WWE kicked off its SummerSlam weekend with a star-studded party VIP party yesterday which was held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Olympic gold medalists Tyler Clary and Ryan Lochte, Maria Menounos, Kym Johnson, Ariel Winter, CNN’s Piers Morgan, Mayra Veronica, Carmen Electra, Terry Crews, Dominic Monaghan, Kellan Lutz, and several other celebs joined WWE Superstars and Divas for the party.
You can see 27 photos from the red carpet arrivals and some photos from the party below.
Paul Heyman somewhat addressed a rumor going on about him and his deal with WWE along with his status with the company following SummerSlam.
In a very long speech, not denying or not confirming anything, Heyman said that no one knows what his deal with WWE is and it is impossible for anyone to state with certainty what his situation is or isn’t.
Heyman said that when he left the company in 2006, he thought it was done and would never return. He classified his return a few months ago as surprise to him, the fans, and also to his kids.
“Enjoy the ride. Watch it unfold. See what happens. For the first time in forever, we have people GUESSING what comes next,” Heyman wrote.
He then talked about the SummerSlam match between Brock Lesnar and Triple H, telling fans that if they have sold them in buying the pay-per-view, he bets that everyone is going to get their money’s worth.
“If we haven’t sold you on the ppv yet, then thank you for your time, and I hope something else has captured your attention or imagination,” he wrote.
