6 August 2016 | Vivint SmartHome Arena | Salt Lake City, UT MAIN CARD FOX Sports 1, 10 p.m. ET Yair Rodríguez vs. Alex Cacares Dennis Bermudez vs. Ronny Jason Chris Camozzi vs. Thales Leites Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Zac Cummings Joseph Gigliotti vs. Trevor Smith Maryna Moroz vs. Danielle Taylor PRELIMINARY CARD FOX Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET Court McGee vs. Dominique Steele Viktor Pešta vs. Marcin Tybura David Teymur vs. Jason Novelli Horacio Gutiérrez vs. Teruto Ishihara PRELIMINARY CARD FOX Sports 1, 7 p.m. ET Cub Swanson vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri Chase Sherman vs. Justin Ledet
Teruto Ishihara told reporters this week that he doesn't like MMA but does it because of the tail. Kind of flies in the face of what Rampage said, something to the effect of 'if I'd known all MMA fans were men I'd've done something else.'
A couple dozen or so people showed up for the Q&A with P4P #1 fighter in the world Demetrious Johnson. Fuck. How can this guy get over?
Big Dan & Brian Stann just admonished Trevor Smith for a knee on his opponent who was in a three-point stance. Have we not changed this rule? Edit: apparently the rule changes aren't instituted until 2017.
Over five rounds this is one of the highest paced fights I have ever seen. Both guys seem to be capable of going several more rounds. Interesting fight stylistically as well.
Results Yair Rodriguez def. Alex Caceres via split decision (46-49, 48-47, 48-47) Dennis Bermudez def. Rony Jason via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-27) Thales Leites def. Chris Camozzi via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 2:58 Santiago Ponzinibbio def. Zak Cummings via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) Trevor Smith def. Joseph Gigliotti via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26) Maryna Moroz def. Danielle Taylor via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Court McGee def. Dominique Steele via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Marcin Tybura def. Viktor Pesta via knockout (punch) – Round 2, 0:53 David Teymur def. Jason Novelli via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 1:25 Teruto Ishihara def. Horacio Gutierrez via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:32 Cub Swanson def. Tatsuya Kawajiri via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Justin Ledet def. Chase Sherman via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Moroz/Taylor reached new heights of paid sparring. Moroz was 17/251 in significant strikes (7%). Taylor was 17/201 (17%). Combined, no sub attempts, no guard passes or reversals, and Taylor's one takedown was at the end of the third round with no time left.