4 New Bouts Added For The Summer

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Just a few new bouts added for the UFC summer cards and TUF 13.

Up-to-the minute news about UFC 130, UFC 131, UFC 132 and the TUF13 finale...

The TUF 13 fight card got a new welterweight addition on Monday: UFC president Dana White announced that Matt Brown and Rich Attonito had verbally agreed to meet. Brown starred on the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter; Attonito on the 11th.

Three thrilling lightweight bouts have been added to the summer lineup featuring TUF stars pitted against WEC favorites who've had success so far in the UFC.

“Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone and TUF 6 winner Mac Danzig have verbally agreed to meet in what should by a non-stop action fight at UFC 131 in Vancouver,” said White. He also confirmed a bout between two UFC veterans on that same card: "Yves Edwards VS Sam Stout, a matchup of top lightweight strikers has been verbally agreed to."

Two wrestlers with knockout power collide in Las Vegas as Shane Roller and Melvin Guillard have verbally agreed to fight at UFC 132. "Both of these guys are coming off of Knockout of the Night winning performances," added White.


updated March 12th: The bantamweights will be out in force in Las Vegas this spring, as three intriguing 135-pound matchups have been verbally agreed to for the UFC 130 card on May 28th and the Ultimate Fighter 13 finale event on June 4th.

At UFC 130, which takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, two of the division’s top rising stars will meet when speedster Demetrious Johnson takes on Brazilian phenom Renan Barao. Johnson is coming off a career-best win over Kid Yamamoto at UFC 126, and Barao’s stellar win streak, which includes back-to-back WEC victories, speaks for itself.

“One of the fastest men in the sport, Demetrious Johnson, and Renan Barao, with an incredible 27 fight unbeaten streak, have both verbally agreed to fight at UFC 130 on May 28th in Las Vegas,” said UFC President Dana White.

Also on the UFC 130 card, Japanese star Yamamoto returns in search of his first UFC win when he faces off against Chris Cariaso.

A week later, at The Pearl at The Palms, the bantamweight fest continues with exciting strikers Reuben Duran and Francisco Rivera squaring off against each other in an all-California turf war on the TUF13 finale card.


Also, four bouts on the UFC 131 fight card have been verbally agreed to, including a matchup of rising middleweights:

* Mark Munoz vs. Demian Maia
“Heavy handed Mark Munoz will take on Demian Maia, one of the top Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts in MMA," says UFC president Dana White.
* Anthony Perosh vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
* Jesse Bongfeldt vs. Court McGee
* Darren Elkins vs. Michihiro Omigawa (at featherweight)

Check out more on this at http://www.ufc.com/news/ufc-131-fight-card-updates

Did we miss something this week?

Holy mother of all things MMA. We have been out of commision for a week. It seems that a bad ass strain of the flu got me down. I was able to watch alot of old MMA action, watch possibly one of the greatest fights in UFC history take place in MY STATE and then as i started feeling better was able to multi task watching both Bellator and Strikeforce Saturday night. Did very little on the Twitter account and of course no blogs since UFC a week ago. However I am back at about 80% strength and ready to start the week off right. Lets recap the week that was MMA.

Thursday Night  - UFC on Versus 3

The Bluegrass State came out almost 9000 strong to watch what in my opinion will go down as one of the greatest fights in UFC history. Diego Sanchez and Martin Kampmann threw down like it was do or die time. This was 15 minutes of brutal action. What else would you expect from a Diego Sanchez bout? He put it all out on the line and got the decision. Should he have won? Maybe. A draw? I hate those. Dana White was quoted as saying that Kampmann may have a loss in the column but no one was a loser in the main event of the evening. Hats off for both guys for slugging it out and not pussying around like some of these fights can go. The rest of the card was no let down either as Mark Munoz put a quick finish to C.B. Dolloway's night with a knockout for the highlight reels. Brian Bowles locks in the choke to finish Damcio Page for another great finale. This card was better than the last ppv no doubt.

Saturday Night - Bellator 35

Gotta admit, this was a fine show indeed. MTV2 did a fairly good job with the presentation but it was all on the fighters this night. The welterweight tourney kicked off with 4 outstanding brawls. Up and comer Rick Hawn was looking impressive with his win and so was Brent Weedman. The winners banked 20k for the fight. Not too shabby.

Strikeforce - Feijao vs Henderson

I was so pissed when Hendo left UFC while on a roll. He gets over to Strikeforce and gets dominated for 4 rounds on his back by Jake Shields.. I wrote him off. However the 40 year old brawler did impress me with his win and the taking of the Light Heavyweight belt. TKO by way of punching the hell out of  Rafeal Cavalcante. Shout out to Jorge Gurgel for getting back in the win column and always good to see Tim Kennedy get a win although he could stand to fight a higher caliber opponent.

There it is. Quick and to the point. Big Dump Daddy is glad to be back in the blog. I am feeling much better. Hope all our readers and followers have a solid week.

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Tonight live in KY..

We really wish we could have made it to this event. This is the kind of stuff that is helping Kentucky catch up with the rest of the nation. Trying to satisfy the Bluegrass and their fans with great MMA action.