UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson results!
An action-packed UFC 93 was an amazing way to kick start the new year with a bang! Held at The O2 in Dublin, Ireland, the main event saw a dominating performance by former PRIDE Middleweight Champion Dan Henderson as he defeated former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin by what most considered a surprise split decision as many felt that Henderson deserved a unanimous decision victory over Franklin. Elsewhere, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua was able to avenge his gruesome stoppage from PRIDE 31 back in 2006 by defeating Mark Coleman via TKO. After the event, it was announced by UFC President Dana White that Rua's next match will be against the legendary Chuck Liddell at UFC 97 in April. Denis Kang's first venture into the Octagon didn't go too well for the Korean-Canadian veteran. The former PRIDE, HERO'S and DREAM fighter was unable to defeat rising middleweight star Alan Belcher as he was submitted in the second round.
UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson
Saturday, January 17, 2009
The 02 in Dublin, Ireland
Fight #1 - Lightweights
Dennis Siver def. Nate Mohr via TKO (punches) - R3 (3:27)
Fight #2 - Welterweights
Tomasz Drwal def. Ivan Serati via TKO (punches) - R1 (2:02)
Fight #3 - Middleweights
Eric "Red" Schafer def. Antonio Mendes via TKO (punches) - R1 (3:35)
Fight #4 - Welterweights
Martin Kampmann def. Alexandre Barros via TKO (punches) - R2 (3:07)
Fight #5 - Welterweights
John Hathaway def. Tom Egan via TKO (strikes) - R1 (4:36)
Fight #6 - Welterweights
Marcus Davis def. Chris Lytle via split decision
Fight #7 - Middleweights
Alan Belcher def. Denis Kang via submission (guillotine choke) - R2 (4:36)
Fight #8 - Middleweights
Rousimar Palhares def. Jeremy Horn via unanimous decision
Fight #9 - Light Heavyweights
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua def. Mark Coleman via TKO (punches) - R3 (4:36)
Fight #10 - Light Heavyweights
Dan Henderson def. Rich Franklin via split decision
Alistair Overeem meets Dana White!
In a bizarre piece of news, Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and DREAM fighter Alistair Overeem was said to have met up with UFC President Dana White at UFC 93. In his video blog, White asked Overeem twice on different occasions if he wanted to compete in the UFC, which Overeem replied that he would if his management could come to terms with the controversial UFC President.
Overeem remarked that the reason he is hoping to compete in the UFC is due to the fact that he believes a lot of fighters were ducking him and not wanting to fight him, using Mirko Filipovic as a concrete example. He is also looking for new opponents to compete against with White reassuring Overeem that if he does sign with the UFC, he will be able to find opponents for the hulking Dutchman.
White has also toyed with the idea of bringing in former King of Pancrase and three-time K-1 WORLD GP Champion Semmy Schilt over to the UFC as well. If he does sign with the UFC, it will mark Schilt's return to the UFC since his 2001 loss against Josh Barnett at UFC 32.
Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto out of the DREAM Featherweight GP.
Unfortunately for fans of the dynamic Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto, the popular Japanese fighter will be pulling out of the DREAM Featherweight GP to crown the promotion's first-ever Featherweight Champion. Yamamoto is currently recuperating from a knee injury he suffered back in July, causing him to miss out on his DREAM debut at DREAM.5 against Joseph Benavidez. He went for surgery in August and according to the 2005 HERO'S Middleweight Champion, his doctor advised Yamamoto to recuperate from his injury for eight months, meaning that he won't be able to recover in time for the Featherweight GP, which begins in March at DREAM.7.
Oscar De La Hoya endorses Affliction: Day of Reckoning!
Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya was present during the recent press conference hosted by Donald Trump at Trump Tower to hype Affliction: Day of Reckoning and why shouldn't he be? De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions is working together with the upstart MMA promotion based on the popular Affliction Clothing line to extensively help promote Affliction's MMA events and considered the upcoming WAMMA Heavyweight Title bout between champion Fedor Emelianankeo and challenger Andrei Arlovski to be one of the most historical MMA fights that is comparable to some of the most legendary heavyweight boxing fights.
De La Hoya mentioned his desire to help promote Affliction and provide healthy competition to the UFC. "In what we accomplished in this short amount of time in boxing, our intention is the same in the MMA world. The expertise in what we have, in what Affliction, Trump have, we can beat one of the premier promoters in the MMA world. A little competition doesn’t hurt."
In related news, Affliction Vice-President Tom Atencio has planned to put on four Affliction pay-per-views this year with ten events based around the M-1 Challenge series, bringing a total of fourteen events this year. Atencio remarked that he will look at each event as it comes in order for him to put on four Affliction PPVs. M-1 Challenge is also said to be a "feeder system" for Affliction and will be running the second season of the popular MMA team challenge this year.
Source: MMAFighting.com
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