Catching up with some of da local boys…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
When Harrah wrestling coach Bryan Miller started to tell me about his fund-raising event more than a month ago, I was pretty excited.
Not necessarily for the event but because of the names I was hearing. It was going to give me a chance to check in with some of the former Oklahoma high school standout wrestlers.
It was a blast from the past in one aspect and then a look at the future in another at the Harrah Fight Night on Saturday.
I was at Shawnee during Gary Frazier’s senior season. I’m happy to hear he is landing on his feet. He’s still quite the presence. Frazier was a two-time state champion for Shawnee and won his MMA bout by first-round TKO.
Former teammate Aaron Smith also was a two-time champion and went on to Oregon. Frazier told me Smith is thinking about heading into the MMA world, even coming to the gym last month.
The two used to battle each other and both were made the better for it. Frazier said they used to play “toetaps” where you see who can tap the other’s toe from the standing position. He said it really helped out in footwork and movement.
Smith is shooting for a degree in petroleum engineering, so he has a future somewhere, be it there or in MMA.
Frazier trains with Matt Grice and said his favorite fighter is Anderson Silva. Good choice. He said Silva because of the way he can attack with the knees.
Also spoke with Harrah product Tony Quintero. He’s hoping to go to Bacone to wrestle, but he looked impressive in his first-round TKO on Saturday.
Quintero has a solid, compact frame and said his favorite fighter is B.J. Penn. Penn is not just his favorite, he’s Quintero’s all-time favorite. He’s trying to model his game after Penn, but you know that’s not easy to do.
Most impressed with Harrah graduate Levi Queen in his win Saturday. He’s going to be a sophomore at Central Oklahoma this year and hopes to perhaps play football.
He missed out on sports last season because of a communication error, but he’s been training and looks in great shape.
His favorite fighter is Forrest Griffin. Griffin is the working man’s hero, for sure. It’s not surprising how big of a following he has.
Caught up with Shawnee coach Jeff Chamblin. He pretty much nailed it: “I would prefer these kids not get involved. But they’re grown men now and make their own decisions. If they’re going to be in it, might as well go in the full way.”
That’s true, just have to accept this is what the kids want and support them. Always good to speak with Chamblin and his assistant, Jason Merrell.
It was the first MMA event for Thunder P.A. announcer Jim Miller. Most know him as the Thunder guy, he’ll always just be the Harrah tennis coach for me. Always enjoy chatting it up with Miller.
Now turn my attention to four-time state champion from Harrah, Matt Grice. He’s fighting at UFC 100 on July 11 in Las Vegas. And I’m going to head to one of his training sessions this week.
Harrah boys steal show…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
If it was 100 degrees outside, then it had to be at least 110 degrees inside the Harrah gym Saturday night for the Harrah Fight Night.
It was the elephant in the room during what was a great night for the fund-raiser for the Harrah wrestling team and a solid night of MMA action.
My shirt was drenched with sweat, water and a little blood, but it was a great event with a great, enthusiastic crowd.
There ended up being 13 bouts and nobody quite stood out more than the Harrah kids, Tony Quintero and Levi Queen.
Quintero took on Jessie Haugen of Claremore and actually had to feel his way out in the first 15 seconds or so.
However, he landed a big right hand that sent Haugen retreating from one side of the cage to the other, and it was over about 10 seconds later.
The other Harrah boy, Levi Queen, is a beast. Or should I say machine as is his moniker? At 215, he is cut up. He looks in fantastic shape and had little problem in taking out Jonas Malone of Cushing.
Queen got him down and a solid ground-and-pound game had it over in the first 30 seconds, much to the delight of the hometown crowd.
Other notes
- What a way to start the show with a highlight-reel kick from Steven Gibson that left Jeff Davis down and out for a good couple of minutes. It showed right away that this wasn’t just going to be a charity event. There would be real fights with real consequences.
- I wrote about Gary Frazier, a former Shawnee High star. He had little problem in disposing of Jessie Sinks in round 1, but he was upset the fight was called.
Frazier opened up a nasty cut over the left eye of Sinks. There was no way he could continue, but Frazier was livid about it.
It took him a couple of minutes to calm down, and then he realized what was up and showed good sportsmanship.
That’s Frazier, for ya. He’s a nice kid outside the cage. But get him in there and lookout is all I’m going to tell you.
- The best fight was the semi-main event between Edmond’s Timothy Elliot (with Jared Hess in his corner) against Norman’s Shane Howell (with the Shawnee crew I know in his corner).
With about 5 seconds left in the third round, Howell got the TKO victory as both men were just exhausted, had nothing left in the tank.
I had Howell winning bout anyway, but the TKO victory put away any doubt there might have been.
When it comes to these events, sometimes it’s more fun for me to watch the corners and their strategy and trying to keep their fighter in the game.
- In the main event, a steady dose of leg kicks led Ryan McCurdy of Choctaw to a victory against Matt Bean of Mustang. Bean was a four-time state champion at Mustang but had no answer to the leg attack.
It took him out of his game, and he was forced to back pedal most of the night. Scores (mine, too) were 30-27 across the board.
Harrah coach Bryan Miller said the event was a tremendous success, and he was thrilled with the quality of the fights.
I had a good time in my first trip to Harrah, wouldn’t mind going back.
Quickie Results
Steven Gibson, Yale, TKO 1 Jeff Davis, El Reno (big leg kick)
Robert Blackstone, Midwest City, Submission 1 Jacob Johnson, Norman (guillotine)
Scotty Taylor, Shawnee, UD 3 Donald Parenzan, MWC (30-27, Boneman had it 29-28)
Edwin Coleman, Del City, Submission 1 Richard McDonald (Coleman overcame nasty cut and wore out McDonald)
Rocky Cranford, Sallisaw, TKO 2 Drew Hill, MWC
Tony Quintero, Harrah, TKO 1 Jessie Haugen, Claremore
Gary Frazier, Shawnee, TKO 1 Jessie Sinks, Norman
Jeremiah Haynes, Cushing, Submission 2 Aaron Radcliff, Choctaw
Jeremy Spoon, Chickasha, Submission 1 Chris Barnes, Sapulpa (rear-naked choke)
Levi Queen, Harrah, TKO 1 Jonas Malone, Cushing
Ronnie Douglas, Edmond, Submission 1 Kyle Sjafiroeddin (armbar)
Shane Howell, Norman, TKO 3 Timothy Elliot, Edmond
Ryan McCurdy, Choctaw, UD 3 Matt Bean, Mustang
Back tomorrow with an update on some of the local products from the Harrah show.
Ortiz shocked, comes up short…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Marcos Maidana must read the Bout blog and must have seen the throwaway line by yours truly about how I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch his fight with Victor Ortiz on Saturday.
That had to be it, right? Nothing else can explain his heart and determination in stopping Ortiz in the sixth round after being dropped three times in the first two rounds.
Hey, I missed the boat on this one, admit it. After getting home from the Harrah Fight Night, I watched the HBO West edition of the fight and was just as surprised as everyone else.
The fighters traded knockdowns in the first, with Ortiz a little more unsteady than Maidana. However, in round 2, Ortiz took control as dropped Maidana twice in the final minute and looked like he was on his way to another victory.
Those first four knockdowns were a little weird as all of them happened while the other guy was thinking offense, not defense. In fact, when they were falling, they were still throwing their punches.
Ortiz would have a solid round 3 but vanished from that point forward as Maidana found a home for his right hand over and over.
After a good round 4, Maidana came on strong in round 5 as a huge left hook opened a cut over the eyelid of Ortiz right eye and a big right hand late in the round led to swelling under the left eye.
Maidana dropped Ortiz 30 seconds into round 6. And Ortiz quit. Well, the referee stopped it on advice from the doctor about the cut, but it was clear Ortiz wanted to get out of the Staples Center as soon as possible.
Ortiz was supposed to be one of the cornerstones of Golden Boy Promotions. He still might be but as Oscar De La Hoya and Shane Mosley were consoling Ortiz after the fight, all I can think is I want to see Sugar Shane back in there.
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Finally got a chance to see the Clay Guida and Diego Sanchez fight from last weekend. Pretty clear-cut 29-28 decision for Sanchez, don’t see how you could see it any other way.
The first round was amazing and worthy of the hype. The next two rounds are good, but I don’t consider this a Fight of the Year candidate. Maybe watching it live I would have, but the intensity dropped off after the first.
Then again, it had to as not much could have equaled that level of intensity and excitement. Thought Guida was out with that leg kick in round 1. Big win for Sanchez and not too big a loss for Guida.
In other UFC news, UFC Undisputed was the No. 1 and No. 4 top-selling video game in the month of May. I believe No. 1 was for XBox 360 while the No. 4 slot was for Playstation 3.
That sounds like a good one as does boxing’s Fight Night Round 4. That’s good because if young kids are playing these games, they might learn about who some of these fighters are.
I know I did when the original Knockout Kings came out in the late ’90s. I didn’t know much about Earnie Shavers and Bob Foster (to name a few). It made me want to know more about them.
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Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez will try to do it again September 19. Conveniently enough that is Mexican Independence Day weekend. I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’. I won’t rip the fight too much as I love watching both fighers, and I’m sure I’ll be pumped for it.
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And finally, Bobby Lashley needed less than four minutes to take out Bob Sapp last night.
Lashley took Sapp to the ground and used a methodical ground-and-pound game until he started to fire away on the side of Sapp’s head and Sapp tapped out twice from the reports.
Tellin’ ya, like what I see from Lashley.
Back tomorrow with some thoughts from the Harrah event.
Harrah fund-raising card…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
The Boneman is on his hype machine. Hey, it’s for a good cause. And I’m not the only only who feels that way.
Oklahoma State Athletic Commission director Joe Miller said he would love to be at the Harrah event Saturday night but will be at another fighting event in the state.
To recap, it’s a 14-bout card to help support the Harrah wrestling team. Five professional bouts and nine amateur bouts. Most of the amateur bouts will be the debut bouts for many former local wrestling stars.
Fights start at 6:30, with the doors opening at 5:30. $10 general admission still remain. Contact Harrah coach Bryan Miller at (405) 640-0006 for more info.
The Card (subject to change)
Ryan McCardy vs. Matt Bean (four-time state champion at Mustang)
Tim Elliot vs. Shane Howell
Kyle Sfafiroeddin vs. Ron Douglas
Jonas Malone vs. Levi Queen
Chris Barnes vs. Jeremy Spoon
Jessie Sinks vs. Gary Frazier
Tony Quintero vs. Haugen (forget first name, sorry)
Drew Hill vs. Rocky Cranford
Donny Perenza vs. Rocky Cranford
Robert Blackstone vs. Jacob Johnson
Matt Babe vs. TBA
Carver Coyle vs. Scotty Taylor
Aaron Radcliff vs. Jeremiah Haynes
Jeff Davis vs. Gibson
Once again, this will be at the Harrah High gym. I had a chance to catch up with some of these men for a story in tomorrow’s paper. And I’ll be out there Saturday night. Hope to see you there.
The mat meets the cage…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
A couple of years ago it was a new trend to see college wrestlers graduating to become MMA fighters. Just hadn’t been done that often.
It’s only been in the last 5-10 years where this has really become an option. Now it’s not shocking to hear people like former Penn State star Phil Davis and Arizona State stars Cain Velazquez heading into MMA. And you know about the dearth of former Oklahoma State kids in the game.
But after talking to Harrah High wrestling coach Bryan Miller, there might be another trickle down effect: MMA might be saving the high school wrestling game.
For those that don’t know, Harrah is a city about 20 minutes away (give or take) from Oklahoma City and is the home of MMA fighter Matt Grice, who is fighting on UFC 100 on July 11.
Anyway, Miller brought up to me that more and more younger kids are willing to stick with wrestling now because they know there is a future that goes beyond the Olympics or becoming a coach.
I had never thought about it in that respect, but it’s a valid point. I always say the great heavyweight boxers aren’t out there because they’re playing football. That’s where the marketability and visibility and $$ is at.
But if you’re on the fence about staying in wrestling, something like MMA is a saving grace.
And that leads us to a unique event Saturday night at Harrah High. It’s a fund-raising event for the wrestling team via MMA bouts.
There will be 14 bouts (five professional, nine amateur). The event starts at 6:30, with the doors opening at 5:30.
I’ve done a little bit to try to help out Miller in promoting the event, but it sounds like word has leaked out.
He told me Tuesday that all the floor seats are sold out. I guess there have been radio spots that have made people interested. That’s great.
He said there are plenty of $10 general admission seats remaining. And I’m not done with my hype job of the event.
Tomorrow, I will post the entire 15-bout card here on the blog and Saturday’s paper will have a story about some of Harrah’s finest wrestlers coming back home to help out.
There are a lot of familiar names on this card for anyone who has followed the Oklahoma high school wrestling scene in the last 10 years. Grice will be one of the judges, and I plan on doing a nice Q&A with him for his fight coming up.
For more information, you can contact Harrah coach Bryan Miller at (405) 640-0006.
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We’re not totally devoid of any fights this weekend as HBO will have a bout featuring Victor Ortiz. I won’t bend over backwards for that one.
But there is also a very intriguing MMA bout between Bob Sapp and Bobby Lashley.
Sapp, believe it or not, actually helped re-introduce the Boneman to MMA a few years ago after I had kinda forgotten about it after the dark days of the UFC.
He had the look of a mega-star. It never really panned out that way, but Sapp has done well for himself.
And you know I’ve talked about my love of Lashley before. He just seems to be someone with his head screwed on straight. He “gets” it. He knows what he has to do and is willing to put in the work.
Back tomorrow with the Harrah card.
Hess in good spirits…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
You never know how a fighter will react to his first professional loss. For that reason, I waited until Monday to call UCO product Jared Hess.
Turns out I didn’t have to wait that long as Hess was fine with talking about his defeat Friday night to Hector Lombard in the Bellator middleweight championship bout.
My first question was if Lombard was stronger than Hess thought. Here’s what Hess said:
Yes and no. I knew coming in that he was extremely strong. I wasn’t surprised by that. It was his takedown defense that surprised me. He was so good on the defense.
Going in, that was our game plan. He basically stopped the game plan. I wasn’t able to get him on the ground.
Hess said the turning point was in round 3 when he caught an elbow that busted up the right side of his face. The referee stopped the bout twice to have the doctor look at it. Hess knew a third time would most likely end the fight.
Sure enough, it did in the fourth round.
Hess said he wasn’t happy with his performance, but he wasn’t too upset. He learned a lot from the experience and said the atmosphere was amazing. A second season of Bellator is supposed to kick off in September/October, and Hess said he would be ready.
Other thoughts from Hess:
- That was the first time in his pro career he had been cut. He said it didn’t weigh on him mentally, just physically. It left his vision impaired for most of the night.
- He got back to Oklahoma on Sunday night and watched his fight. He couldn’t believe how bloody it was. When you’re in the cage, you don’t think about that, he said. But watching it on tape, he was surprised.
- I wondered if Lombard said anything to him after the fight, and Hess said Lombard’s corner told him good fight but nothing much more than that.
I got the sense that Hess was OK with talking about everything because I don’t know if he was every truly hurt Friday. He was battered and bruised but still feeling OK.
I appreciate Hess taking the time to talk to me about the fight. Like the blog title says, I think he’s in good spirits. He’s going to take a couple of weeks off, and then he’s right back into training.
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Wladimir Klitschko did what he was supposed to do in stopping Ruslan Chagaev on Saturday night.
We know the Boneman is bored with the heavyweight boxing scene, but the Klitschkos are without question the two best.
Word on the street is Chris Arreola might get a crack at Vitali while David Haye (once healthy) will fight Wlad.
Don’t know how these fights will be, but excited about the prospect of two guys forcing the brothers into a more up-tempo bout.
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I didn’t see the Ultimate Fighter Finale but sure sounds like I missed a good one between Clay Guida and Diego Sanchez.
Sanchez won a three-round split decision in what some are calling the Fight of the Year. I meant to program the VCR on Saturday, but I just plum forgot when I left home.
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A lot of downtime in the fight game as the next big UFC event in July 11 with the biggest of them all, UFC 100.
No major boxing bouts coming down the pike, so the next couple of weeks might be a little sparse. Though I’m sure most posts will include “this fight has been announced for” because both boxing and MMA will be looking to fill up their fall dance cards.
Lombard stops Hess…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
I didn’t get to see the Bellator event last night, but I followed along all night at the Bellator official site. Hector Lombard is the middleweight champion while Eddie Alvarez is the lightweight kingpin.
From reading the reports, sounds like a combination in round 1 was the undoing for Hess. It dropped him to a knee and gave him a mouse (swelling) under his left eye. By the time the second round started, the eye had almost swollen shut.
Lombard took advantage and took Hess down and cut him open on the right side, and Hess was a bloody mess the rest of the night.
The referee stopped the bout less than two minutes into the fourth round. It is the first loss in the career for Hess.
After an uneventful first round, Alvarez dropped Toby Imada in the opening second of round 2. He pounded away until Imada gave up his back and Alvarez took the crown with a rear-naked choke.
The fights will be shown tonight on ESPN Deportes.
For a recap of Hess’ fight, here’s the Bellator blog.
I’m going to try to catch up with Hess later this week and get his thoughts about things. I’m wondering if this is the first time he’s been cut in a fight.
Unfortunately for the Central Oklahoma product, this was his fate on this night.
Photo by Dave Mandel of Sherdog.com.
Hess v. Lombard prediction…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
The time has come…finally. Once you start writing about something for so long, you’re itchin’ to see it happen just as much as any other fan.
Tonight in Florida will be the final Bellator event of its crazy-good first season. Wrapping the show up might be the most intriguing final the Bellator brass could have hoped for with UCO product Jared Hess against world-renowned Hector Lombard.
Earlier this week, I’ve taken a closer look at both guys. Guess now would be the time for a prediction.
Hess will control what happens in this bout. Him and his training crew at Premier Martial Arts have laid down the plan. But in this setting, will Hess be able to follow through and not be caught up in the moment?
He’s fought on big stages before as an amateur wrestler, but I think it’s safe to say tonight will be the most raucous environment the Oklahoma City native has ever dealt with.
I’ve said before that his best bet is to try to extend Lombard (at least into the second round). I don’t want to say concede the first round, but you know Lombard will be the aggressor.
Hess has the height, so it’ll be interesting if he tries to use his reach. As a natural wrestler, I don’t see it playing as big a role as maybe it would if Hess was a natural striker.
Can Hess take Lombard’s shot? What kind of beard does Hess have? Find out one way or the other tonight.
If Hess can get Lombard down, will Lombard be able to bust free to get back to his game plan? That’s where the size of Hess may work to his advantage the most. He might be able to just swarm Lombard on the mat.
Boneman has plenty of questions and hypotheticals, but not too many answers for ya. Excited about this one and wish I could be there tonight for the bout.
Lombard was a major get for Bellator, and his time is now. At 25, Hess still has time. He’s not as polished as he needs to be at this point. It’s a credit to his natural ability and quick-learning skills he’s made it as far as he has.
Don’t want to say Lombard schools him because Hess will be competitive, but I think Hess’ chance at $175,000 will have to wait. Not too much longer but not seeing it in the cards tonight.
Prediction: Lombard unanimous decision Hess.
In the lightweight final, Toby Imada is coming off the submission of the year against Jorge Masvidal.
But that won’t help him against Eddie Alvarez, who is one of the best lightweights in the world and will prove he’s the best in Bellator.
Alvarez wins, let’s say, in the second round.
Lombard the face of Bellator?
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
I remember going out to lunch with Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney two months ago in preparation for the Bellator event at OU’s Lloyd Noble Center.
He was talking about some of the fighters in Bellator, and he kept coming back to two names: Jorge Masvidal and Hector Lombard.
Masvidal was taken out in the most unique submission ever by Toby Imada, but Lombard has been everything that was advertised.
And after seeing him in person, the Boneman is a believer, too.
He’s a physical specimen to behold, I tells ya. Built like a tank but still able to move around and not let all that muscle tighten him up.
Lombard takes on UCO product Jared Hess tomorrow night at Bellator XII in Florida for the middleweight championship and a shot at $175,000.
Hess compared Lombard to a mini-Mike Tyson. Pretty appropriate in that Lombard is kinda small-ish for his weight class but can intimidate his opponents and end it early and end it quickly.
His KO of Virgil Lozano is still the sight I remember most from LNC show. The crowd was still packed, and he became an instant favorite.
Though I believe Lombard is being groomed to be the “face of Bellator,” I do not for one second think there’ll be any fishiness if Lombard and Hess go to a decision.
At 31, the time is now for Lombard. He knows it. He’s fought in PRIDE and was supposed to fight in the UFC in the last couple of years. But for whatever reason, he’s in Bellator.
He’s got great power, but I wonder what will happen if Hess can weather that early storm and take him into deep waters? Does Lombard have the stamina? So far he hasn’t needed it. Wish I could be in Florida for this one.
As for Hess? Well, I promised something in today’s paper, so here ya go. Check out the corresponding tidbits that go with it as well, if you wouldn’t mind.
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I won’t go out of my way to watch it but Wladimir Klitschko and Ruslan Chagaev are fighting for the heavyweight boxing championship Saturday night.
Wlad was originially scheduled to take on David Haye (which I thought would have been a fun fight), but Haye pulled out.
I’ve never seen Chagaev fight, so who knows, maybe I’ll be surprised?
Excellent point being made by boxing pundits that the Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez fight was selling, hmm, let’s say “not like hot cakes.”
A July fight is tough to pull off in the Las Vegas heat and apparently, it was not doing so well.
Doesn’t make me doubt Mayweather’s rib injury, but it would give credence to him not trying to hide it and fight anyway.
A proposed September date would help ticket sales and would have that added boost as being the weekend of Mexico’s Independence Day. A spot normally reserved for Oscar de La Hoya for the last decade, JMM would try to take the mantle this year.
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And photographer John Clanton was able to help me out and produce a video of Hess when we watched him train last week. So here ya go.
Pacquiao-Cotto looms in the distance..
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
After re-watching the Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey fight, I’m singing a different tune. But I still believe I will never watch the fight again.
Watching it the first time, I had it 7-5 in rounds for Clottey. Rounds 10 and 11 are your swing rounds. Still think Clottey won, but I won’t cry for him.
Here’s what’s funny about Cotto. Coming up, he was being labeled as the “next big Puerto Rican star.” He was taking the place of Tito Trinidad.
Since turning professional, he’s done a fantastic job of trying to live up to the moniker. For the record, there will never be another Tito.
Cotto’s mystique has disappeared as he has moved up in weight. It’s made him more endearing (to me) and his fights more entertaining.
He’s not an indestructible machine. But his boxing IQ is among the best out there, and he can adjust mid-fight better than 99 percent of the fighters out there.
I have to give him credit for learning English, too. Some Spanish-speaking boxers see that as turning their back on their heritage, but all it does is increase the chances of crossover appeal.
The pre-fight piece on Cotto didn’t need subtitles. His English is solid. And his guts and warrior-ness will never be questioned.
My only point of contention with Cotto now is his “I need a vacation” line. I’m not buying it because for every mega-fight (Shane Mosley, Antonio Margarito), there’s been that “stay busy” fight (Alfonso Gomez and Michael Jennings).
Boxrec.com already has it penciled in for Nov. 14 with Cotto and Manny Pacquiao. Nothing’s confirmed yet, but here’s to hoping.
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Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez has been postponed because of a rib injury suffered to “Money May” in training.
Originally scheduled for July 18, it will now be sometime in September (most likely). Hope this fight still comes off, though.
I’d bet even-money odds that because of the postponement, Mayweather gets thrown into that November slot vs. PacMan.
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UFC 102 has its main event as heavyweights Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira will take on former Oklahoma State and legendary UFC fighter Randy Couture.
Both are coming off tough losses as Couture was knocked out by Brock Lesnar in November while Minotauro was no challenge for Frank Mir in December.
The Ultimate Fighter 9 finale is Saturday night on Spike. Here’s the card.
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Took a look at Jared Hess. Be back tomorrow with a look at Hector Lombard as the two prepare for their middleweight Bellator championship fight Friday. Because of space issues, the Hess package did not run in Wednesday’s paper. But it will run in Thursday’s edition.
