MMA Fighting - UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos 2 Resultshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52789/mma_minimal_navy..jpg2017-05-14T01:11:49-04:00http://www.mmafighting.com/rss/stream/154008352017-05-14T01:11:49-04:002017-05-14T01:11:49-04:00UFC 211 results: Stipe Miocic knocks out Junior dos Santos in first round
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<p id="sYMSgO">The first meeting between <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/775/stipe-miocic">Stipe Miocic</a> and <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/22/junior-dos-santos">Junior dos Santos</a> went the full 25 minutes.</p>
<p id="5OQtjy">The second time around was a considerably shorter affair.</p>
<p id="SobT5i">Miocic, who was left limping by a brutal early kick to the shin, landed a huge right hand in the opening round of their UFC heavyweight title main event on Saturday night at <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/867/ufc-211">UFC 211</a>. </p>
<p id="AIL8FN">A series of left hands to the grounded dos Santos ended things via KO at the 2:22 mark of the opening round at Dallas’ American Airlines Center.</p>
<p id="QVByu2">With the victory, Miocic not only retained his championship, but he also avenged a unanimous decision loss in Dec. 2014. The Cleveland native became just the fourth fighter to successfully defend the 265-belt twice in the belt’s two-decade history, joining <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/715/tim-sylvia">Tim Sylvia</a>, <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/41/randy-couture">Randy Couture</a>, <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/27/brock-lesnar">Brock Lesnar</a>, and <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/37/cain-velasquez">Cain Velasquez</a>. </p>
<p id="jIIA5j">A limping Miocic, who has won five straight fights, all via KO, since the loss to dos Santos, admitted the kicks stung.</p>
<p id="vbtRxR">“It was terrible,” he said. “It hurt.”</p>
<p id="WTIXzO">But by avenging one of his two career losses, Miocic feels he’s silenced any remaining doubters.</p>
<p id="bbit0b">“I’m the best,” he said. “I’m the best in the world.”</p>
<p id="8tG9G9">Dos Santos (18-5) has now dropped two out of his past three fights and is 4-4 in his past eight. </p>
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https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/14/15637154/ufc-211-results-stipe-miocic-knocks-out-junior-dos-santos-in-first-roundDave Doyle2017-05-13T23:53:12-04:002017-05-13T23:53:12-04:00UFC 211 results: Demian Maia decisions Jorge Masvidal, earns title shot
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<p id="680G3k"><a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/93/demian-maia">Demian Maia</a> has perhaps the single tightest jiu-jitsu game in all of mixed martial arts. <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/520/jorge-masvidal">Jorge Masvidal</a> is one of the sport’s toughest outs.</p>
<p id="PgG8tU">If that sounds to you like a recipe for a close fight and a tight decision, you’re right. </p>
<p id="j6i9A4">Maia and Masvidal went back and forth for 15 minutes in their welterweight showdown at <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/867/ufc-211">UFC 211</a> before going to the scorecards. Maia, the Brazilian veteran, got the nod in Dallas, earning two out of three 29-28 scores at American Airlines Center. </p>
<p id="MLTodh">With his seventh straight victory, Maia is expected to get the next shot at <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/221/tyron-woodley">Tyron Woodley</a>’s welterweight title. UFC president Dana White told himself immediately after the bout.</p>
<p id="Xiqq51">Maia (25-6) looked all ready to finish Masvidal, as he scored an early takedown, and a scramble ended up with Maia bodylocking a standing Masvidal and getting his back. They remained in that position for the bulk of the round. Masvidal, however, busted out late and delivered a significant amount of strikes in the round’s closing seconds.</p>
<p id="wZJNW5">Both the second and third rounds were similar tales, as Masvidal got off to good starts with his striking -- in particular, he stung Maia with a kick to the knee early in the third -- but Maia took over around the midway point of each round and outgrappled Masvidal, certainly making the rounds interesting calls on the scorecards. </p>
<p id="P5kHFv">“He’s one of the best jiu-jitsu fighters I ever fought in the UFC, I thought I was winning because he didn’t really dominate the standup,” Maia said. ... “Down on the ground, I was totally dominating. </p>
<p id="guFS5W">Masvidal (32-12) had a three-fight win streak snapped. </p>
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/13/15637038/ufc-211-results-demian-maia-decisions-jorge-masvidal-earns-title-shotDave Doyle2017-05-13T22:14:38-04:002017-05-13T22:14:38-04:00UFC 211 results: Alvarez vs. Poirier ends in controversial no contest
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<p id="ofCxqx">For the second straight month, controversy over knees to a downed fighter brought a halt to a spectacular bout.</p>
<p id="lcEhlI">Former UFC lightweight champion <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/54/eddie-alvarez">Eddie Alvarez</a> and <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/233/dustin-poirier">Dustin Poirier</a> were putting on what had the potential to be Fight of the Night, and perhaps even Fight of the Year, before three consecutive knees from Alvarez to a downed Poirier brought an end to their <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/867/ufc-211">UFC 211</a> lightweight bout in Dallas.</p>
<p id="kOehwx">Referee Herb Dean ruled the fouls accidental instead of intentional, causing the matchup to be ruled a no contest at 4:12 of the second round at Dallas’ American Airlines Center. </p>
<p id="0LSlB1">“Run it back,” Alvarez said. “I say let’s do it again.”</p>
<p id="hUyKK1">Poirier clearly won the opening round, using a sharp jab, forward pressure, and solid takedown defense to stymie Alvarez, who was fighting for the first time since losing the lightweight belt to <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1859/conor-mcgregor">Conor McGregor</a> at <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/803/ufc-205">UFC 205</a> in November.</p>
<p id="mxC92Q">Poirier appeared to be close to finishing Alvarez off in the second round, wobbling him on several occasions, before Alvarez somehow found a second gear. The Philadelphia native went into survival mode and began winging haymakers and landing some.</p>
<p id="uQrCQz">He had Poirier up against the fence when he landed the three disputed knees, the first of which was borderline illegal, and the last two of which were clearly illegal, as the downed Poirier crumpled to the mat. After a brief stoppage, Dean waved off the fight. </p>
<p id="trhjA5">“When the first one landed, it was kind of a glancing shot, the second one I thought landed on my glove, the third one flashed me,” Poirier said. </p>
<p id="ADXvzU">Poirier (21-5, 1 NC) had won five of six coming into the bout. Alvarez, who apologized to Poirier after seeing the replay on the arena’s big screen, is now 28-5, 1 NC.</p>
<p id="DP0gGX">The controversial finish came one month after <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/865/ufc-210">UFC 210</a>, in which a hot fight between <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/352/chris-weidman">Chris Weidman</a> and <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/50/gegard-mousasi">Gegard Mousasi</a> ended in a Mousasi TKO following a knee-related issue. </p>
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/13/15636854/ufc-211-results-eddie-alvarez-vs-dustin-poirier-ends-in-controversial-no-contestDave Doyle2017-05-13T20:56:17-04:002017-05-13T20:56:17-04:00UFC 211 results: Chase Sherman stops Rashad Coulter in thrilling brawl
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<p id="54OCkp">When <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3766/chase-sherman">Chase Sherman</a> and <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3215/rashad-coulter">Rashad Coulter</a> were bumped up to the FX portion of the <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/867/ufc-211">UFC 211</a> card on Friday from the Fight Pass prelims, many fans reacted with “who?”</p>
<p id="GO2SLR">But after their heavyweight battle on Saturday night in Dallas, those who tuned in aren’t likely to forget their names any time soon.</p>
<p id="1iP1cV">Sherman and Coulter threw down for the better part of two rounds before Sherman finally put away the ultra-tough Coulter, earning the TKO at 3:36 of the second.</p>
<p id="f44P5G">“I knew he was going to come in banging, you know what I mean?” Sherman said. “It was his first time in the UFC. I knew it was going to be a hopping fight. I’ll bang with anybody in this division.”</p>
<p id="BJSw54">Sherman got the best of a hard-hitting opening round, and appeared to be on the verge of putting away Coulter, who was fighting in his hometown American Airlines Center in his UFC debut.</p>
<p id="mp5W5Z">But Coulter simply refused to be put down. With his legs wobbly from brutal kicks and his gas tank on empty, Coulter began landing huge bombs and got back into the fight. </p>
<p id="Hvv6Ck"> Sherman responded by upping his game, as Coulter found himself needing to lean against the fence to stay up. Sherman finally landed a huge standing elbow which dropped Coulter and ended the fight. </p>
<p id="Im5Kxa">The Mississippi native improved to 10-3 and 1-2 in the UFC. Coulter dropped to 8-2 and had a five-fight win streak snapped.</p>
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/13/15636728/ufc-211-results-chase-sherman-stops-rashad-coulter-in-thrilling-brawlDave Doyle2017-05-13T20:02:05-04:002017-05-13T20:02:05-04:00UFC 211 results: Casey scores impressive win over Aguilar
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<p id="vighO1">Simply getting into the Octagon was a victory of sorts for <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/819/jessica-aguilar">Jessica Aguilar</a>.</p>
<p id="KJlgI2">The former World Series of Fighting strawweight champion was once regarded as the world’s best fighter at 115 pounds. But injuries have meant the 35-year-old American Top Team Fighter has only been able to compete once in the past 2-1/2 years.</p>
<p id="S4m3O4">So Aguilar finally got back into action at <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/867/ufc-211">UFC 211</a>. But it wasn’t an ideal return. <a href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3336/cortney-casey">Cortney Casey</a> looked like the sharper fighter from bell-to-bell as she won a unanimous decision in the featured Fight Pass bout on Saturday night.</p>
<p id="DvJUW5">The judges’ scores were 30-27 at Dallas’ American Airlines Center.</p>
<p id="k9tbJz">Aguilar dropped Casey early in the first, but Casey foreshadowed the rest of the fight by being active from the bottom, working for submissions and throwing kicks. Casey also landed solid and crisp combos in the standup. Aguilar responded to a late flurry by throwing a punch after the horn.</p>
<p id="OTu6Jj">In the second, Casey landed an early knee. And while she ended up on the mat again, she put on an upkick clinic, landing kicks high and low, including one to the head which clearly stunned Aguilar. </p>
<p id="rqq2sk">“That was a little bit a part of the game plan, we knew she was going to wrestle a little bit, we just really wanted to stay active on our back,” Casey said.</p>
<p id="HIwAiv">It was all but academic over the final round, which was mainly conducted in the standup. The Arizona native threw with volume and precision and left Aguilar’s face busted open. </p>
<p id="JPg0bb">“She wanted a tuneup fight, I’m not much of a tuneup for anyone, so I hope she got what she wanted, Casey said.</p>
<p id="Ruraax">Aguilar (19-6) dropped to 0-2 in the UFC, while Casey (7-4) won for the third time in her past four bouts. </p>
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/13/15636642/ufc-211-results-cortney-casey-scores-impressive-win-over-jessica-aguilarDave Doyle2017-05-13T09:00:01-04:002017-05-13T09:00:01-04:00UFC 211 start time, TV schedule
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<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/867/ufc-211">UFC 211</a> start time, TV schedule for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight/6905/stipe-miocic-vs-junior-dos-santos">Stipe Miocic vs. Junior dos Santos</a> 2 event at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Saturday night. The fight card is broken into three different parts, each airing on three different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which times.</p>
<p>The main card airs on pay-per-view beginning at 10 p.m. ET. It is listed as follows:</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/775/stipe-miocic">Stipe Miocic</a> vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/22/junior-dos-santos">Junior dos Santos</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight/6949/joanna-jedrzejczyk-vs-jessica-andrade">Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Jessica Andrade</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight/6956/demian-maia-vs-jorge-masvidal">Demian Maia vs. Jorge Masvidal</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight/7123/frankie-edgar-vs-yair-rodriguez">Frankie Edgar vs. Yair Rodriguez</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight/6973/david-branch-vs-krzysztof-jotko">David Branch vs. Krzysztof Jotko</a></p>
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<p>The second portion of the preliminary card airs on FX at 8 p.m. ET. It is listed as follows:</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight/6975/eddie-alvarez-vs-dustin-poirier">Eddie Alvarez vs. Dustin Poirier</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight/7124/chas-skelly-vs-jason-knight">Chas Skelly vs. Jason Knight</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3766/chase-sherman">Chase Sherman</a> vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3215/rashad-coulter">Rashad Coulter</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight/7125/marco-polo-reyes-vs-james-vick">Marco Polo Reyes vs. James Vick</a></p>
<p>The first portion of the preliminary card airs on UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET. It is listed as follows:</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight/7057/jessica-aguilar-vs-cortney-casey">Jessica Aguilar vs. Cortney Casey</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3095/gabriel-benitez">Gabriel Benitez</a> vs. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3457/enrique-barzola">Enrique Barzola</a><br><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.mmafighting.com/fight/7126/joachim-christensen-vs-gadzhimurad-antigulov">Joachim Christensen vs. Gadzhimurad Antigulov</a></p>
https://www.mmafighting.com/2017/5/13/15631688/ufc-211-start-time-tv-schedule-for-stipe-miocic-vs-junior-dos-santos-2Bryan Tucker