Louisiana's May MMA Events

Bad Boyz Explosion

May 8, 2010
9039 Saint Landry Ave
Gonzales, Louisiana

Matt Brown vs Christopher Conklin
Thomas Webb vs Brandon Farran
Calvin Miller vs Tony Kelly
James Hinson vs Zach Cotthren
Randal Johnson vs Kyle Martin
Cody Mitchell vs Blake Dufour
Jay Veasman vs BRANDON TAYLOR
Cody Kidder vs TBD
Justin Friddle vs TBD
Christopher Friddle vs TBD
Andrew Morvant vs TBD
Barrett Gautreaux vs TBD

Bellator Fighting Championships 18

May 13, 2010
Monroe Civic Center - 401 Lea Joyner Memorial Expr
Monroe, Louisiana

Paulo Filho vs Hector Lombard
Georgi Karakhanyan vs Joe Warren
Patricio Freire vs Wilson Reis
Doug Williams vs Shawn Jordan
Lamont Stafford vs Jules Bruchez
Charlie Rader vs Christian Fulgium
Brock Kerry vs Mike Braswell

LEGENDS
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Coushatta Casino Resort
Kinder, LA

Credeur has to pull out of UFC 113

Unfortunately, Tim Credeur had to pull out of his upcoming bout against Tom Lawlor at UFC 113 “Machida vs. Shogun 2” on May 8 at the Bell Centre in Montreal with an undisclosed injury. His replacement will be canadian fighter Joe Doerksen.

Cormier takes out Devine

Lafayette native and former Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier won his second professional MMA bout. After shrugging of a takedown attempt by his opponent, Cormier vanquished John Devine with a clubbing overhand right roughly one minute into their fight.

Poirier trying out for TUF

USA MMA Night of Champions 2

The Cajundome was packed to see a great night of fights. The event was headlined by a lightweight championship bout between acadiana product Dustin Poirier and texan Derrick Krantz. Both fighters displayed their grappling acumen in a technical fight that was action packed with numerous positional changes and submission attempts.
After a brief punching exchange, Poirier landed a knee to the midsection of the texan. Krantz used his wrestling to push Poirier against the cage using a single leg attempt. He switched to a double leg takedown to finally elevate Poirier to put him on his back. Poirier secured guard and proceeded to fluidly transition through several submission attempts including triangles, armbars, and an omaplata but Krantz ended the round standing over his foe delivering blows.
The second round began similar to the first. Krantz pushed Poirier against the cage and got the single leg to drag him to the mat. Poirier used the cage to push off of landing in side control to reverse Krantz. Krantz gets back on top and then Poirier gets the tap with an armbar/triangle.
These two combatants put on a very competitive match and both can hold their heads high.