LFA 82 Results

LFA 82 Results

Richard

So the LFA Visited the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, Minnesota as they tend to do. I really want The LFA to be its own thing, Why? Because of the fights. The fights are so good, the match making is good, the talent spotting is good. What I mean by it being its own thing is, the LFA not depending on using the UFC to gain legitimacy. In my opinion, it doesn’t need the UFC. Anyway, we carry on.

Main Event

Alex Polizzi vs Jamal Pogues Light Heavyweight

Round 1

Pogues is looking for one shot to finish this fight. Polizzi is better in scrambles, beats up Pogue’s body and gets a huge slam read more

What happened at UFC 247

What happened at UFC 247

Richard

My Picks are so bad. They are horrible this week. I know some people check this site just for the picks. But damn, I feel like I let some of you guys down. I was also requested to expound on some of my reasoning for the outcomes of the fights. I’ll do what I can

Jon Jones def. Dominick Reyes

Controversy. I’ll start by saying this; I was very impressed with Reyes’ cardio. He sort of has a point about that whole “athlete” schtick that he’s pushing. He had enough in the tank at the end to fend off the take down and look decent. I thought he won that fight. I thought Reyes won 1 & 2 and Jones won 4 & 5. Round 3 was tight, and I personally think that Reyes edged it. The fight could’ve also been a draw with a rare 10-10 round for round 3. I really really need to watch the Thiago Santos fight again. Anyway, Jones had to answer the question if he’s still evolving. As of right now, I say “No”. I dont think he’s evolved since the Thiago Santos fight. I didn’t see any new tools in the toolbox, I didn’t see any sublime skill that he’s known for. I also didn’t like his interviews leading up to the fight – They just didn’t seem honest. What do I think Jon Jones should do? He should Go to Thailand and work on a clinch game – seriously. He needs to just keep evolving. Reyes deserves a rematch. read more

LFA 81 results

LFA 81 results

Richard

So LFA 81 took place in Costa Mesa, California. There were some good fighters there. King of the Cage always lends some good talent to LFA when they come into town.

Main Event

Jamall Emmers vs Rafael Barbosa – Featherweight

Round 1

Emmers follows Barbosa around the ring, and Barbosa does some circling/running and tries to catch Emmers with some punches.

Round 2

Emmers is able to get Barbosa down after more running and circling

Round 3

Emmers gets Barbosa down and is able to lock in the triangle choke to get the win.🚩Emmers wins by Tech. Submission read more

UFC 247 Picks

UFC 247 Picks

Richard

The UFC is doing the right thing by skipping a week and allowing people to talk about the the UFC 247 card coming up. Its in Houston, and its pretty big. Any card with Jon Jones is pretty big.

Jon JonesvsDominick Reyes

I think this is a big fight for Jones. He’s coming off the Thiago Santos Split decision – I think he lost that fight – And he’s gonna want to prove that he’s still the top dog. Reyes is undefeated, and is a worthy contender. Jones’ game is always evolving, I want to see if it’s still evolving. read more

Best in Texas 2019

Best in Texas 2019

Richard

So, I’ve seen a lot of fights in 2019. Ofcourse I havent seen everyone, but, I’ll go with the stuff I know. So here are my top 5 rankings, in weight divisions in Texas. Ofcourse, guys in larger organizations are excluded

Women

  • Desiree Yanez
  • Vanessa Demopoulos
  • Courtney King
  • Hailey Cowan
  • Audrey Wolfe

Women have a tough time in the fight game in general. They may need to travel to get fights, They may need to move up and down in weight classes, and sometimes life just gets in the way. A lot of good female fighters in Texas never really move on from the Amateur scene. Id really like to put Sam Hughes on this list. She’s fought in Texas a couple of times, but she really is from the PNW. She’d be number 1 or 2 on this list. Demopoulos fights out of California, but she’s had several fights in Texas read more

What happened at UFC 246?

What happened at UFC 246?

Richard

These are my picks

There were so many twists and turns at UFC 246. This whole card made me feel like I dont know what I’m talking about when I pick these fights. it was all so bad. so very bad

Conor McGregor def. Donald Cerrone

This call made me feel like I know nothing. I totally over-estimated Donald Cerrone, he got embarrassed in this fight. Beatdown and finished

Holly Holm def. Raquel Pennington

I got this call right. Holm was able to get into the clinch and beat up Pennington. Pennington should just go ahead and retire IMO

Aleksei Oleinik def. Maurice Greene

Got this call right. It played out just like a said too. – Oleinik was able to strike to get on the inside and get the submission. This call was unbroken read more

LFA 80 Results

LFA 80 Results

Richard

So, its LFA 80, its the new year. Its a new Fight Pass production, its more fights, more prospects and same old face punching, the LFA rolled into Albuquerque, New Mexico to check out their talent

Main Event

Chepe Mariscal vs Steve Garcia Jr. – Featherweight

Round 1

Garcia rocks Mariscal twice on the feet and wildness ensues. Garcia look bigger and stronger, but he also looks very sloppy. Mariscal is wild, and breaking all the rules when it comes to fighting, sometimes he gets punished, sometimes he gets away with it.

Round 2

Garcia gets his opponent down and hits Mariscal with some hard ground and pound shots, they stand and Garcia starts to hammer Mariscal with shots up against the cage and the ref stops it.🚩 Garcia Jr. wins by TKO read more

XKO 48: All in Casino Night

XKO 48: All in Casino Night

Richard

XKO had their XKO 48 Casino night “All in” event in Dallas at Gas Monkey live, on a hail-y, rainy night in Texas. I wanted to go, but I also didn’t want to be trapped on the highway, because of delays from hail, so I kept myself at home.

The stream on the XKO site was pretty bad. I missed all of the prelims, and was only able to see small segments of the post fight speeches.

Main Event

Isaiah Gutierrez vs Evers Anderson – Bantamweight

Round 1

This was for the XKO Bantamweight strap. Both guys are feeling out with Gutierrez doing a little more read more

UFC 246 Picks

UFC 246 Picks

Richard

So that pesky little Irishman rears his head. I dont really care. I dont care at all. Yeah, I watched him about five years ago, and I was invested then, but I’m not invested now. There are other fights at UFC 246 that I want to see, so he can just move on and sell whiskey or do whatever he does. Anyway, the stakes are ridiculous. So, if said Irishman were to win, he’d face Khabib –if he wins, at a lower weight class. It makes absolutely no sense. I think the UFC knows it makes no sense, but they’re willing to screw hardcore fans to appease the casual fans. Casual fans probably don’t even know what weight class McGregor fights at, so who cares?? This might as well just be a grudge match for that little verbal spat that they had at that press conference, a few years ago. read more

What was unBROKEN in 2019?

What was unBROKEN in 2019?

Richard

Jan. 12 At XKO 44. The Hooters girls were unbroken – I’m not really a horn-dog per se, but for some reason those Hooters girls at the show did something for me. Also The rap music mixed with Tejano was unbroken. – It was more of rap music mashed up with Tejano, I’ve never heard that before, and I was impressed.

Jan 18. At LFA 57 Taylor Johnson was unbroken – The man ran through Aaron Chambers. I was also a little surprised that he was stopped by Jiu Jitsu ace Andre Muniz on the Contender Series. Sometimes they let too savages fight each other on that show read more