By Matt Stein: UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva (24-4, 14 KOs) put on a defensive clinic on Saturday night defeating his Brazilian challenger Thales Leites (14-2, 2 KOs) by an easy 5-round unanimous decision in Montreal, Canada. The scores were kind of odd with the judges’ scoring it 49-46, 48-47 and 50-46. How Leites could have possibly won even one round is a mystery to me, as Silva dominated every second of the fight and basically toyed with Leites the whole time.
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Murray Crushes Conception
By Nate Anderson: Undefeated middleweight prospect Martin Murray (14-0, 5 KOs) was too much for Kevin Concepcion (14-2, 3 KOs), knocking him down three times in the process of stopping him in the 3rd round on Friday night at the Indoor Sports Centre, Leigh, in Lancashire. The bout was stopped at the start of the 3rd round due to a cut above the right eye of Conception that had opened up late in the previous round. Referee Steve Gray officially stopped the bout at 0:01 of the 3rd.
UFC 97: Rua Stops Liddell – Is This The End For Chuck?
By Matt Stein: Last night, we may be seeing an end of an era as former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell (21-7, 14 KOs) was stopped in the 1st round by Brazilian Mauricio Rua (18-3, 14 KOs) in Montreal, Canada. Rua, 27, was rather easily controlling the first round when he suddenly unleashed a sweeping left hook that caught Liddell flush, sending him down on his back on the canvas. Rua then jumped on Liddell and pounded him with a half dozen hammer fists while Liddell was helplessly trying to get to get up. The referee then jumped in quickly and stopped the bout at 4:28 of the round to prevent Liddell, 39, from getting hit with any more shots.
Barry Hearn’s Prizefighter Returns
By Michael Payne: On Tuesday May 19th at Earls court in London Barry Hearn is returning with his successful prizefighter tournament where eight cruiserweights will battle it out for a ₤25,000 top prize in one night. Barry is promising that this will be even more successful than previous competitions. Here is a rundown of the fighters competing & my tip for the winner.
Nashiro Blasts Out Tomiyama
By Jason Kim: WBA Ordinary World super flyweight champion Nobuo Nashiro (13-1, 8 KOs) took out Konosuke Tomiyama (18-2, 6 KOs) in the 8th round on Saturday night at the Prefectural Gymasium, Osaka, in Osaka, Japan. Nashiro, 27, dropped Tomiyama with a left-right combination in the 8th. After Tomiyama got back up, Nashiro finished him Tomiyama with a series of right hands to the head causing referee Mark Nelson to step in and stop the bout at 1:22 of the round.
Garcia Stops Barrera
By Manuel Perez: Undefeated IBF minimumweight champion Raul Garcia (26-0-1, 16 KOs) stopped his number #1 contender Ronald Barrera (24-6-1, 16 KOs) in the 6th round of a one-sided fight on Saturday night at the Estadio Arturo C. Nahl, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Garcia, 26, opened a cut under the right eye of Barrera in the 6th round, and then unloaded on him with shots as he came forward to force stoppage by referee Rafael Ramos.
Fury Destroys Ellis in 48 seconds
By Nate Anderson: Undefeated British heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (5-0, 5 KOs) made easy work of Matthew Ellis (20-7-1, 9 KOs) tonight, destroying in 48 seconds of the 1st round at the York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London. Ellis, 35, plodded straight into two wicked right hands from Fury 10 seconds into the 1st round and was immediately dropped like a big sack of potatoes.
Davies Stops Edmonds, Lomax Defeats Camonin
By Nate Anderson: Bantamweight Gary Davies (9-2-1, 7 KOs) stopped Matthew Edmonds (10-3, 2 KOs) in the 7th round on Friday night to capture the vacant BBBofC British bantamweight title at the York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London.
Raoui Defeats Tabbuso – Boxing
By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated female flyweight Nadia Raoui (10-0-1, 3 KOs) defeated Italian Maria Rosa Tabbuso (12-4-2, 3 KOs) by a unanimous decision on Saturday night on the undercard of the heavyweight match between Alexander Povetkin vs. Jason Estrada to capture the interim WIBA Women’s International Boxing Association flyweight title at the Burg-Waechter Castello, in Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The final judges’ scores were 100-90, 97-93 and 100-91.
Lontchi Stops Santos in 7th!
By William Mackay: NABA super bantamweight champion Olivier Lontchi (18-0-2, 8 KOs) took out challenger Cecilio Santos (23-10-3, 13 KOs) in the 7th round on Saturday night at the Montreal Casino, Montreal, Canada. Lontchi, 25, making his 4th defense of his NABA belt, landed a perfect left hook to the midsection of Santos in the 7th, sending him down on the canvas on one knee. He never attempted to get up and was counted out by referee Marlon Wright at 0:39 of the 7th.