Sport review 17.02.15

 

Sebastian Ciobanu – debut in MMA. Video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roy Jones Jr seeks third straight knockout in March
Fight legend and future Boxing Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr. (59-8, 42KOs) returns March 6.

The
46 year old multi-division champion will be back in the States to face
Baltimore cruiserweight Willie Williams (14-8-2, 4 KO) at Cabarrus Arena
and Events Center in North Carlina.

Jones last fought in
September, engineering a first round knockout of Hany Atiyo (then 14-2,
10 KO). That fight, which took place in Krasnodar, Russia, served as
Jones\’ first opening round stoppage in 17 years (August 1997 vs Montell
Griffin).

The win was Jones\’ fifth in a row and second straight via knockout.

 

 

 

UFC Fight Night 60 post-fight facts: Holloway ties McGregor\’s featherweight streak

Short
notice? Up a weight class? These points were of little concern to
Benson Henderson (22-5 MMA, 10-3 UFC) when he agreed to fight
welterweight Brandon Thatch (11-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) on Saturday at UFC Fight
Night 60.

Henderson’s lack of regard for the circumstances paid
off in a big way, though. The former lightweight champ thwarted Thatch’s
10-fight winning streak with a brilliant submission victory in the
fourth round of his UFC 170-pound debut, which aired on FOX Sports 1
from 1STBank Center in Broomfield, Colo.

The main event was the
highlight of the night, and though Henderson’s comeback wasn’t something
that can be quantified by facts or statistics, there were plenty of
performances on the card that can be. That said, check out 35 post-fight
facts about UFC Fight Night 60.

Main card

Henderson snapped the first two-fight losing skid of his career for his first victory since June 2014.

Henderson earned a victory just 27 days after his split-decision loss to Donald Cerrone at UFC Fight Night 59.

Henderson improved to 7-2 in UFC main events.

Henderson has earned his past two UFC victories by stoppage after he started his UFC career with eight consecutive decisions.

Thatch suffered the first submission loss of his career.

Thatch
fought past the first round for just the second time in his career.
Both of his career losses have come in fights that lasted longer than
one round.

Max Holloway’s (12-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) five-fight UFC
winning streak is tied with Conor McGregor for the second longest active
streak in the featherweight division behind champ Jose Aldo (seven).

Holloway’s five-fight winning streak is tied for the longest of his career.
Cole Miller (21-9 MMA, 10-7 UFC) fell to 3-4 since he dropped to the featherweight division in March 2012.

Miller
failed to register a third consecutive UFC victory for the fourth time
in his career. He’s never had a three-fight winning streak is his
17-fight stint with the organization.

Magny’s (14-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) six-fight UFC winning streak is the longest active streak in the welterweight division.

Magny earned his first submission victory since May 14, 2011 – a span of 1,372 days (nearly four years) and 11 fights.

Magny’s strike differential rate of +2.25 in UFC welterweight competition is the best among active fighters in the weight class.

Magny absorbs just 1.51 strikes per minute, the least among active UFC welterweights.

Kiichi
Kunimoto (18-6-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) had his seven-fight winning streak
snapped and suffered just his second defeat in his past 16 bouts.

Kunimoto suffered his first submission loss since Jan. 30, 2008 – a span of 2,572 days (more than seven years) and 19 fights.

Patrick Walsh (5-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Kevin Lee (10-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has earned all three of his UFC victories by decision.

Lee has landed 12 takedowns in his three UFC victories.

Michel Prazeres (18-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered both of his career losses by decision.

Borg (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned six of his eight career victories by submission. That includes both of his UFC victories.

Chris Kelades (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of his career.

Preliminary card
Efrain Escudero (23-9 MMA, 4-5 UFC) snapped his skid of four UFC losses for his first octagon victory since May 2010.

Rodrigo de Lima (8-3-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC) suffered the first decision loss of his career.

Chas
Skelly’s (14-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak is tied for
the fourth longest active streak in the featherweight division behind
Aldo (seven), McGregor (five) and Holloway (five).

Jim Alers had his nine-fighting winning streak snapped for his first defeat since April 2010.

Alers
suffered his first knockout loss since April 3, 2010 – a span of 1,778
days (nearly five years) and 10 fights. Both of his career defeats are
by knockout.

Zach Makovsky (19-5 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has earned all three of his UFC victories by decision.

Makovsky has landed 18 takedowns in his four UFC appearances.

Tim Elliott (10-6-1 MMA, 2-4 UFC) suffered his third consecutive loss to extend the longest losing skid of his career.

Elliott has suffered three of his four UFC losses by decision.

Main card

Benson Henderson def. Brandon Thatch via submission (rear-naked choke) (4th, 3:58)
Max Holloway def. Cole Miller via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Neil Magny def. Kiichi Kunimoto via submission (rear-naked choke) (3rd, 1:22)
Dan Kelly def. Patrick Walsh via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Kevin Lee def. Michael Prazeres via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Ray Borg def. Chris Kelades via submission (kimura) (3rd, 2:56)

Undercard

Efrain Escudero def. Rodrigo de Lima via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Chas Skelly def. Jim Alers via second-round TKO (4:59)
Zach Makovsky def. Tim Elliott via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
James Moontasri def. Cody Pfister via submission (rear-naked choke) (2nd, 1:49)

Source: www.http://mmajunkie.com/

 

 

Fighters from Moldova won two medals on Turkish Taekwondo Championship.

Vadim Dmitrov – silver medal
Andrei Rotaru – bronze medal