Aleksander Emelianenko (14-3) scored a first-round knockout of South Korean prospect Sang Soo Lee (10-5) in yesterday’s M-1 Challenge 9 event.
Emelianenko floored Lee with an early right hook in the opening minutes of the Round 1.
Here’s the results rundown from last night’s Strike Destruction, videos to follow!
Full results listings after the jump.
The M-1 Challenge No 9 event takes place later tonight from Saint Petersburg, here’s the full fight card line-up and pictures from the weigh-ins.
Full weigh-in picture gallery in the MMA Forums - M1 Global 9 Pics
Fedor Emelianenko has spoken out on his recent Combat Sambo defeat, speaking with Dave Meltzer Fedor made the point that Sambo is just a hobby for him, MMA is his job.
“My Bulgarian opponent wasn’t a surprise,” said Emelianenko through an interpreter. “I always understand there could be the possibility of losing a bout. My opponent [...]
The Strikeforce: Destruction event airs live on HDNet later today at 10pm ET from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
Here’s the full fight card and weigh-in results.
Strikeforce: Destruction Fight Card:
185 lbs. - Scott Smith (185.5) vs. Terry Martin (186)
205 lbs. - Bobby Southworth (204) vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral (204)
164 lbs. - Duane [...]
Brazilian Renato “Babalu” Sobral will fight against Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Bobby Southworth at the Strikeforce: Destruction event this coming friday.
Here’s what he had to say about the upcoming match:
“Bobby called me out and I gladly accepted the challenge. On Friday, the world will learn what Bobby already knows – that this was [...]
Affliction have officially seven additional matches for their January 24th Affliction: Day of Reckoning event.
In addition to the already well publicised Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski main event, here are the other fights scheduled to take place on that night.
PPV Card:
Renato “Babalu” Sobral Vs. Matt Lindland
Chris Horodecki Vs. Dan Lauzon
Josh Barnett Vs. TBA
Vitor [...]
Widely considered as the world’s number one MMA heavyweight, Fedor Emelianenko suffered a rare defeat at the hands of Bulgaria’s Blagoi Ivanov at the weekend’s 2008 World Combat Sambo Championships.
Fedor was beaten on points by the Bulgarian wrestler in the semi-finals of the over 100kg division which saw Emelianenko lose with a 8-5 deficit.
Fedor, a [...]
Sports Illustrated have revealed that the second Affliction event, Affliction 2 will be airing live on Showtime PPV on January 24th.
According to Affliction VP Tom Atencio, the event will be officially announced on Monday with the main event being Andrei Arlovski taking on Fedor Emelianenko for the WAMMA Heavyweight title.
The Affliction 2 undercard will feature [...]
Saturday’s Raw Combat “Redemption” event saw Denis Kang face up against UFC veteran Marvin Eastman. The Raw Combat event took place in in Calgary, Canada.
Here’s the Denis Kang Vs. Marvin Eastman redemption fight video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiMfE2Shm20
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