Long time MMA veteran and Nola resident Rich Clementi (39-17-1) lost friday night at Titan FC: 16 in Kansas City, KS. Clementi stepped in as a last minute replacement for Alonzo Martinez to face Aaron Derrow (8-2). Clementi controlled the action for the first two rounds maintaining a variety of top positions and using effective ground and pound to bloody the face of Derrow. Clementi looked to be in route to a unanimous decision victory when Derrow slapped on a triangle choke from the bottom in the closing minutes of the fight. Clementi didn't defend the submission and was choked unconscious.
Fight Video:
http://www.pancrase.org/aaron-derrow-vs-rich-clementi-%E2%80%93-titan-fighting-championships-16/01-29-2011/
Monday, January 31, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Nola Fighters Guillard and Barry Victorious at UFC: Fight for the Troops 2
The UFC charity event Ultimate Fight Night 23: Fight for the Troops 2 at Ft. Hood in Killeen, Tx turned out to be a smashing success. The event is reported to have raised over four million dollars for the Intrepid Fallen Heros Fund, which does treatment for Tramatic Brain Injury for veterans.
New Orleans natives Pat Barry and Melvin Guillard were both victorious in their bouts. Barry won a unanimous decision over tough veteran brawler Joey Beltran, and Guillard won by TKO in the first round over Evan Dunham in the nights main event bout.
The Barry bout started slow with Beltran pushing Barry to the fence and using the clinch, dirty boxing, and foot stomps to stifle Barry's kickboxing attack. In the second round Barry began to defend the takedown better and find his distance unleashing his vaunted striking skills. Barry began to punish the lead leg of Beltran with low kicks and mixing in some head kicks as Barry looked for the highlight reel knock out. Barry turned up the heat on his attacks during the final round, he continued to chop down Beltran with thudding leg kicks that caused Beltran to collapse with about a minute left in the bout, but Beltran persevered and lasted to the final bell.
In the nights finale, Melvin Guillard firmly placed himself in the mix to contend for the UFC lightweight belt. Evan Dunham trains out of the famed Extreme Couture camp in Las Vegas and was in the fast lane to contendership, but Guillard had other plans in mind. Guillard began the bout bouncing around, and after blocking a body kick uncorked a lightning fast straight right hand that wobbled his foe. Dunham immediately shot for and secured a takedown. Guillard put his back against the cage and wall walked to his feet. Shortly after Guillard unloaded a combination that again had Dunham in trouble, and Guillard followed up with a trio of knees to the head from the thai clinch that crumpled the highly regarded Dunham to the canvas forcing the referee to step in to save Dunham from more damage. Guillard put the lightweights on notice that he is not to be taken lightly and can ruin an opponent's night at any moment in the fight.
New Orleans natives Pat Barry and Melvin Guillard were both victorious in their bouts. Barry won a unanimous decision over tough veteran brawler Joey Beltran, and Guillard won by TKO in the first round over Evan Dunham in the nights main event bout.
The Barry bout started slow with Beltran pushing Barry to the fence and using the clinch, dirty boxing, and foot stomps to stifle Barry's kickboxing attack. In the second round Barry began to defend the takedown better and find his distance unleashing his vaunted striking skills. Barry began to punish the lead leg of Beltran with low kicks and mixing in some head kicks as Barry looked for the highlight reel knock out. Barry turned up the heat on his attacks during the final round, he continued to chop down Beltran with thudding leg kicks that caused Beltran to collapse with about a minute left in the bout, but Beltran persevered and lasted to the final bell.
In the nights finale, Melvin Guillard firmly placed himself in the mix to contend for the UFC lightweight belt. Evan Dunham trains out of the famed Extreme Couture camp in Las Vegas and was in the fast lane to contendership, but Guillard had other plans in mind. Guillard began the bout bouncing around, and after blocking a body kick uncorked a lightning fast straight right hand that wobbled his foe. Dunham immediately shot for and secured a takedown. Guillard put his back against the cage and wall walked to his feet. Shortly after Guillard unloaded a combination that again had Dunham in trouble, and Guillard followed up with a trio of knees to the head from the thai clinch that crumpled the highly regarded Dunham to the canvas forcing the referee to step in to save Dunham from more damage. Guillard put the lightweights on notice that he is not to be taken lightly and can ruin an opponent's night at any moment in the fight.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Nola fighters Guillard and Barry Fight for the Troops
Two proud New Orleanians will fight on this saturday night's UFC Ultimate Fight Night 23: Fight for the Troops 2. UFN 23 will be aired on Spike TV at 8 pm cst from Ft. Hood, TX.
Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard (44-9-3 1NC) will vault himself into contender status in the UFC lightweight division with a win over highly regarded Evan Dunham (11-1), and Pat "HD" Barry (5-2) will try to rebound off a loss when he battles with tough veteran Joey Beltran (12-4).
Guillard has won five of his last six bouts and is on a three fight win streak since joining Greg Jackson's fight team in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Melvin has always been an excellent athlete with good wrestling and atom bombs in both fist. With a strong team behind him, Melvin has matured as a fighter. He has been fighting smarter and has beaten some high level BJJ blackbelts and knockout artist during his current resurgence. Dunham has won four of his last five. He's good standing or on the ground and is a serious test for Guillard.
Barry will be looking to get back on track after he lost to legendary kickboxer Mirko Cro Cop. Barry had Cro Cop hurt badly but waned in the closing minutes after Barry broke a hand and a foot during the bout. The Duke Roufus protege' is another excellent athlete with power in both hands and kicks like a mule. Beltran is a tough banger that is not going to dance around, so Barry will not have a problem finding his foe.
Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard (44-9-3 1NC) will vault himself into contender status in the UFC lightweight division with a win over highly regarded Evan Dunham (11-1), and Pat "HD" Barry (5-2) will try to rebound off a loss when he battles with tough veteran Joey Beltran (12-4).
Guillard has won five of his last six bouts and is on a three fight win streak since joining Greg Jackson's fight team in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Melvin has always been an excellent athlete with good wrestling and atom bombs in both fist. With a strong team behind him, Melvin has matured as a fighter. He has been fighting smarter and has beaten some high level BJJ blackbelts and knockout artist during his current resurgence. Dunham has won four of his last five. He's good standing or on the ground and is a serious test for Guillard.
Barry will be looking to get back on track after he lost to legendary kickboxer Mirko Cro Cop. Barry had Cro Cop hurt badly but waned in the closing minutes after Barry broke a hand and a foot during the bout. The Duke Roufus protege' is another excellent athlete with power in both hands and kicks like a mule. Beltran is a tough banger that is not going to dance around, so Barry will not have a problem finding his foe.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Comier Defeats Cole at Strikeforce Challengers 13
Daniel Cormier defeated a tough competitor in Devin Cole by unanimous decision last friday night at the Strikeforce Challengers 13 event. Cormier dominated the action from start to finish. Comier began by testing his striking landing several very hard overhand rights that would have put most opponents to sleep, but to Cole's credit he stayed in the fight. Cormier then took the action to the mat and stayed busy while maintaining top position. The final two rounds were a repeat of the first with Cormier landing punches to start the rounds and then using his wrestling to dictate that the fight would go to the ground and stayed busy with ground and pound to win each round convincingly.
With this resounding victory over the veteran Cole, Cormier will be in contention to be one of the alternates for the upcoming Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix.
Post fight interview by sherdog.com
With this resounding victory over the veteran Cole, Cormier will be in contention to be one of the alternates for the upcoming Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix.
Post fight interview by sherdog.com
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Daniel Cormier fights friday on Showtime
Lafayette native and two-time Olympic wrestler, Daniel Cormier (6-0) will try to keep his mma record unblemished friday night Jan. 7 against tough veteran fighter Devin Cole (18-8-1). Cormier will take a step up in competion as Cole has battled many of the sports top fighters such as Jeff Monson, Mike Kyle, Travis Wiuff, Allen Goes, Ben Rothwell, Krzysztof Soszynski, and Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante. The Strikeforce Challengers 13 event will take place in Nashville, TN and will be televised on Showtime at 10pm CT during this weekend's Showtime "free preview weekend". War Cormier!!!
via: mmamania.com
via: sherdog.com
via: mmamania.com
via: sherdog.com
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Poirier defeats Grispi!!
Dustin "Diamond" Poirier started off 2011 by defeating the #1 featherweight contender in the UFC Josh "The Fluke" Grispi by unanimous decision. Dustin dominated the action from beginning to end. He took the center of the octagon and began the round with a couple of inside leg kicks, then started to let his hands go. Grispi clinched up and Poirier pushed him to the cage. Grispi jumped to guard breifly, Dustin secured the muay thai plum and landed a couple of knees to Grispi's head. Both men started throwing punches as they separated with Poirier landing some hard shots that forced Grispi to go for a takedown. Poirier defended the takedown attempt and got back to his feet. He knocked down his opponent with a hard front kick to the body and let Grispi get up. Then Poirier unleashed a barrage of punches that had Grispi in a lot of trouble. Grispi again tried to get the fight to the ground and locked up a kimura attempt that Poirier defended as the first round ended.
The second round began with Dustin landing a knee to the body as Grispi shot in for a takedown. Poirier shucked off the takedown attempt and they cliched against the cage. Then Poirier landed a nice elbow that made Grispi disengage, but Poirier followed up with an uppercut and landed several hard punches. Grispi again goes for the takedown and momentarily had mount, but Poirier reversed the position ending up on top with a little ground and pound before letting Grispi back up. The men clinched up against the cage with Poirier securing the thai plum and landing some good knees to the head that made Grispi look to get the fight to the ground, but Poirier ended up on top in the guard. Grispi slapped on a triangle choke attempt that Poirier slipped out of and followed up with a couple of hard punches before letting Grispi back to his feet. Grispi tried to clinch up again, but Poirier got the thai plum and ended the second round unloading knees, elbows, and punches.
The first half of the third round was more of the same with Poirier getting the thai clinch against the cage and landing knees to Grispi's head. Then Grispi gets the fight to the ground and got top position, but Poirier wrapped him up, defended Grispi's positional advances, and avoided punishment as the round ended.
All three judges scored the bout 30-27 in favor of the Lafayette native!!
War Poirier!!!
Post fight interview:http://www.ufc.com/media/125-grispi-poirier-winner
The second round began with Dustin landing a knee to the body as Grispi shot in for a takedown. Poirier shucked off the takedown attempt and they cliched against the cage. Then Poirier landed a nice elbow that made Grispi disengage, but Poirier followed up with an uppercut and landed several hard punches. Grispi again goes for the takedown and momentarily had mount, but Poirier reversed the position ending up on top with a little ground and pound before letting Grispi back up. The men clinched up against the cage with Poirier securing the thai plum and landing some good knees to the head that made Grispi look to get the fight to the ground, but Poirier ended up on top in the guard. Grispi slapped on a triangle choke attempt that Poirier slipped out of and followed up with a couple of hard punches before letting Grispi back to his feet. Grispi tried to clinch up again, but Poirier got the thai plum and ended the second round unloading knees, elbows, and punches.
The first half of the third round was more of the same with Poirier getting the thai clinch against the cage and landing knees to Grispi's head. Then Grispi gets the fight to the ground and got top position, but Poirier wrapped him up, defended Grispi's positional advances, and avoided punishment as the round ended.
All three judges scored the bout 30-27 in favor of the Lafayette native!!
War Poirier!!!
Post fight interview:http://www.ufc.com/media/125-grispi-poirier-winner
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