Bellator 41 Weigh-In Results

The Bellator 41 weigh-ins took place earlier this evening at Cocopah Resort and Casino in Yuma, Arizona. All fighters made weight with the exception of Patricio ?Pitbull? Freire who missed by two tenths of a pound. He was given two hours to lose the weight. The weigh-in results: Joe Warren (136.8) vs. Marcos Galvao (136.6) [...]

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Arman Gambaryan Manvel Gamburyan Sean Gannon Edgar Garcia

Anderson Silva Documentary to Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival Next Week

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A documentary about Anderson Silva's life between his bizarre title fight against Demian Maia at UFC 112 and his showdown with Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 will premiere on Thursday, April 21, at New York's Tribeca Film Festival.

A trailer for "Like Water," directed by Pablo Croce and produced by Jared Freedman, was released on Wednesday. You can watch it above.

"We basically took a slice out of Anderson Silva's life and all of our lives and basically documented it," Silva's manager Ed Soares said on a recent episode of The MMA Hour. "People can see the entire experience up until he is walking out of the locker room."

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/04/14/anderson-silva-documentary-to-premiere-at-tribeca-film-festival/

Joe Hybrid Duarte Aldrin de Jesus  Todd Duffee  Marvin Eastman 

Strikeforce Challengers: ‘The Silverback’ elbows his way to impressive win

UFC bought Strikeforce two weeks ago and said the Showtime-televised promotion would continue to run with a "business as usual" approach. That didn't necessarily mean inside the cage.

The UFC eliminated the "no elbows to a grounded opponent" rule in Strikeforce. Justin Wilcox, a powerfully built former college wrestler, took full advantage of the added weapon. He mauled Rodrigo Damm with some big blasts, opening a huge gash over the Brazilian's left eye. The doctors advised a stoppage and Wilcox got the victory via TKO following the first round.

Wilcox's game improves with each fight. A muscle-bound freak who wrestled at Edinboro in Pennsylvania, Wilcox has come a long way with his striking game.

Tonight, it was his legs that through Damm for a loop. Wilcox set the tone just 40 seconds into the fight by blasting Damm with kick to the head. The kick was actually partially blocked by Damm's left arm, but he was rattled and put his back on the cage. Another Wilcox kick sent Damm into scramble mode. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt tried to settle the fight by getting a takedown. Wilcox's takedown defense was impenetrable.

Damm got to his feet, but was still out of it and kept moving in the same direction. With Damm scurrying to his left, he walked right into several more of those nasty head kicks. Around the 3:00 mark, a cut over Damm's eye starting leaking blood. He hit the deck again after absorbing a straight right. On the ground, Wilcox kept pushing Damm's head down, landing elbows and punches. By the end of the round, Damm's blood was all over the canvas. He had small cuts under both eyes and the big gash over his eye.

"It's messed up," joked Wilcox. "They let the 'Silverback' use elbows."

Wilcox credited his camp, American Kickboxing Academy. The striking coaches at AKA have done wonders. Wilcox (11-3, 5-1 Strikeforce) has the tools to become a real factor at lightweight. The 31-year-old has won five straight

Fodor completely outclasses Douglas

David Douglas looks the part, but tonight a guy with all the tools to be a great fighter. The thickly-muscled Douglas was greeted by an offensive onslaught from Carlos Fodor. Douglas quickly wore down and took a beat for eight-plus minutes. Fodor moved to 8-2 with the TKO victory at 2:12 of the third round.

Fodor actually apologize for a slow pace. Douglas couldn't have thought it was slow. He was dominated in the clinch and it was even worse on the ground. This is the first Strikeforce event where elbows to a grounded opponent were legal. Douglas ate dozens of elbows and found himself fighting off several guillotine attempts.

Douglas (8-3) had been fed some smallish opponents last two fights with Strikeforce.

Undercard results (Courtesy MMAjunkie):

Lorenz Larkin def. Scott Lighty via TKO (punches) - Round 2, 3:15

James Terry def. Josh Thornburg via knockout (punch) - Round 1, 4:38

Damion Douglas def. Wayne Phillips via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)

Untelevised prelims

Anthony Avila def. Rafael Rios via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Robert Escalante def. Raul Sandoval via submission (armbar) - Round 1, 4:10

Tristen Arenal def. Tom Peterson via submission (armbar) - Round 1, 1:58

Ronald Carillo def. Adam Antolin via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 1, 1:48

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Strikeforce-Challengers-The-Silverback-elbows?urn=mma-wp859

Edgar Garcia Leonard Garcia Andrew Gardner Tiki Ghosn

Through My Eyes: Still The Iceman

Mixed Martial Arts is not like other major sports. In other sports, teams play daily, every other day, or weekly. In other sports, fans have the playoffs to look forward to, where no matter what happened in the prior few months, as long as you got into the playoffs, anything could happen in the next [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/04/15/through-my-eyes-still-the-iceman/

Roan Jucao Carneiro Shane The Engineer Carwin  Jason Hollywood Chambers Ryo Piranha Chonan 

Streak of bad luck hits American Kickboxing Academy fighters

Someone must have broken a mirror while under a ladder as a black cat crossed their path at American Kickboxing Academy, the gym that trains Cain Velasquez, Josh Koscheck, Mike Swick, Josh Thomson and a slew of elite fighters. Two of their fighters had to withdraw from fights this week.

First, Jon Fitch pulled out of his planned rematch with B.J. Penn. The two were slated to fight at UFC 132 after they fought to a draw at UFC 127. No replacement has been named, but Penn is still expected to fight on the card.

Then, Mike Kyle was forced out of next week's Strikeforce bout with Gegard Mousasi with a broken hand. Strikeforce is looking for a replacement.

This is after Velasquez hurt his shoulder in training for a bout with Junior dos Santos, Koscheck broke an orbital bone against Georges St. Pierre, and Swick went through a laundry list of ailments that have kept him from fighting.

Since it's opening day for baseball, AKA fighters may want to think about pulling some ideas from "Major League" and "Bull Durham" to remove whatever curse that has befallen them. Sacrificing a live chicken might be a bit much -- especially for animal rights crusader Thomson -- but a bucket of KFC and chicken bones on their cage just may do the trick.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Streak-of-bad-luck-hits-American-Kickboxing-Acad?urn=mma-wp842

Dean Amasinger  Jimmy Ambriz Matt Andersen  Alex Andrade 

Zach Makovsky vs. Chad Robichaux Fight Video Bellator 41

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Source: http://www.mmatko.com/zach-makovsky-vs-chad-robichaux-fight-video-bellator-41/

Zelg Benkei Galesić Mauro Galvao Arman Gambaryan Manvel Gamburyan