Weekend MMA (17th - 19th June) - Vote for the 5 best fights

[mattandbenny]

UFC Fight Night 89 (Sat 18th Jun, 10:30 PM, Canada, Fox Sports 1)
Rory MacDonald (18-3) vs. Stephen Thompson (12-1)
Donald Cerrone (29-7) vs. Patrick Cote (23-9)
Steve Bosse (11-2) vs. Sean O'Connell (17-7)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier (7-2) vs. Thibauld Gouti (11-1)
Joanne Calderwood (10-1) vs. Valerie Letourneau (8-4)
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Jason Saggo (11-2) vs. Leandro Silva (19-3)
Meisha Cirkunov (11-2) vs. Ion Cutelaba (11-1)
Tamdan McCrory (14-3) vs. Krzysztof Jotko (17-1)
Joe Soto (15-5) vs. Chris Beal (10-2)
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Elias Theodorou (11-1) vs. Sam Alvey (26-7)
Randa Markos (5-3) vs. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger (6-2)
Colby Covington (8-1) vs. Jonathan Meunier (7-0)
Ali Bagautdinov (13-4) vs. Geane Herrera (9-1)


Bellator 156 (Fri 17th Jun, 9:00 PM, USA, Spike TV)
Marcos Galvao (17-6) vs. Eduardo Dantas (17-4) - Bantamweight Title
Brandon Halsey (9-1) vs. John Salter (11-3)
Chris Honeycutt (7-1) vs. Mikkel Parlo (13-2)
Chidi Njokuani (14-4) vs. Thiago Goncalves (18-4)
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Ben Reiter (16-1) vs. AJ Matthews (8-4)
Javy Ayala (8-5) vs. Roy Boughton (14-7)
Blake Watkins (5-0) vs. Jermaine McDermott (2-0)
Carrington Banks (4-0) vs. CJ Keith (8-3)
Christian Buron-Navarro (5-0) vs. Paul Ruiz (6-3)
John Paul Elias (3-0) vs. Joey Cabezas (5-9)
Chris Lewis (0-0, 6-0 Am) vs. Gil Medina (1-0)


Fight Nights Global 50 (Fri 17th Jun, 11:00 AM, Russia, UFC Fight Pass)
Fedor Emelianenko (35-4) vs. Fabio Maldonado (22-9)
Vitaliy Minakov (17-0) vs. Peter Graham (11-9)
Rasul Mirzaev (15-0) vs. Dioginis Souza (10-2)
Anatoly Tokov (23-2) vs. Vladimir Filipovic (7-1)
Kirill Sidelnikov (9-4) vs. Ruben Wolf (10-7)
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Jack McGann (9-2) vs. Abdulla Dadaev (6-2)
Sergey Pavlovich (7-0) vs. Chaban Ka (8-4)
Vadim Nemkov (5-2) vs. Mikolaj Rozanski (4-1)
Akhmet Aliev (12-4) vs. Matej Truhan (9-4)
Georgy Kichigin (11-5) vs. Vladimir Tyurin (3-1)
Abus Alikhanov (4-2) vs. Makhmud Muradov (7-5)
Valentin Moldavsky (3-0) vs. Daniel Dorrer (5-2)


WSOF 31 (Fri 17th Jun, 9:00 PM, USA, NBC Sports)
Blagoi Ivanov (13-1) vs. Josh Copeland (12-3) - Heavyweight Title
Jason High (19-5) vs. Mike Ricci (11-4)
Luis Palomino (24-12) vs. Sheymon Moraes (8-1)
John Howard (23-12) vs. Michael Arrant (14-10)
Phil Hawes (3-0) vs. Joshua Key (6-11)
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Lorenzo Hood (9-3) vs. Tyler King (10-4)
Saul Almeida (18-6) vs. Bruce Boyington (13-8)
Juliano Coutinho (7-2) vs. Justin Willis (3-1)
Devin Powell (6-1) vs. Tommy Marcellino (7-4)
Rodrigo Almeida (12-3) vs. Ben Pierre-Saint (11-5)
Robert Fonseca (10-3) vs. Sean Lally (4-2)


M1 Challenge 68 (Thu 16th Jun, 10:00 AM, Russia)
Alexander Shlemenko (52-9) vs. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (28-4)
Alexander Volkov (25-6) vs. Attila Vegh (29-6) - Heavyweight Title
Valery Myasnikov (10-1) vs. Enoc Torres (18-9)
Sergey Romanov (8-1) vs. Andreas Brigels (14-9)
Abukar Yandiev (7-1) vs. Tony Christodoulou (12-6)
Alexey Makhno (12-4) vs. Felipe Rego (7-2)
Daniil Arepyev (5-0) vs. Anton Vyazigin (5-1)
Mikhail Kuznetsov (4-1) vs. Andrey Lezhnev (8-6)
Daniil Prikaza (3-0) vs. Maksim Grabovich (3-2)


RFA 39 (Fri 17th Jun, 10:00 PM, USA, AXS.tv)
Raoni Barcelos (9-1) vs. Bobby Moffett (9-1) - Bantamweight Title
Joseph Gigliotti (7-0) vs. Daniel Vizcaya (9-3)
Mike Santiago (17-9) vs. Luis Saldana (11-4)
Shaun Asher (11-2) vs. Jordan Johnson (4-0)
Bobby Nash (7-1) vs. Deray Davis (7-2)
Douglas Deback (5-2) vs. Adam Ward (15-9)
Ode Osbourne (3-0, 5-0 Am) vs. Antonio Sanchez (2-0)


EFC Africa 50 (Fri 17th Jun, 10:45 AM, South Africa)
Dricus Du Plessis (7-1) vs. Martin Van Staden (15-8) - Welterweight Title
Ruan Potts (8-6) vs. Vandam Mbuyi (3-3)
Rafal Haratyk (6-2) vs. Gordon Roodman (2-2)
Elvis Moyo (5-3) vs. Ricky Misholas (3-5)
Chad Hanecom (1-0, 5-0 Am) vs. Cian Erraught (1-0, 4-0 Am)
Shana Power (1-0, 4-0 Am) vs. Micol Di Sengni (1-0)
Niel Du Plessis (0-0, 8-1 Am) vs. Sydney Mokgolo (4-4)


Aspera FC 39 (Sat 18th Jun, 5:00 PM, Brazil)
Gilberto Galvao (28-5) vs. Rodrigo Carlos (13-9) - Middleweight Title
Julio Cesar Neves (30-1) vs. Ranieri Zenidim (16-7)
Luis Rafael (31-1) vs. Dener Dos Santos (13-10)
Tim Ruberg (13-3) vs. Cleiton Caetano (5-0)
Gian Siqueira (11-3) vs. Silmar Nunes (28-11)
Alan Franci (8-2) vs. Gustavo Efrom (9-3)
William Lima (5-0) vs. Douglas Felipe (4-0)
Bruno Oliveira (5-0) vs. Huinderton Barbosa (3-2)
Willian Da Rosa (5-0) vs. Sidnei Schmitt (0-1)


Gladiator 1 (Sun 19th Jun, 1:30 AM, Japan)
Motonobu Tezuka (27-11) vs. Shoki Omichi (12-11)
Ryohei Tsujikawa (9-3) vs. Jae Nam Yoo (4-4)
Gota Yamashita (10-5) vs. Yuta Nakamura (16-21)
Tsuyoshi Minamide (6-2) vs. Takeshi Hara (1-3)
Shingo Yakul (9-5) vs. Tomoyasu Taniguchi (3-8)
Kazuya Kawabata (7-4) vs. Satoshi Watanabe (4-6)


VTJ Osaka (Sun 19th Jun, 3:00 AM, Japan)
Daichi Takenaka (9-0) vs. Alan Philpott (15-7)
Jun Doi (10-4) vs. Jun Jun (3-3)
Takumi Tamaru (5-0) vs. Huroyuki Tanaka (10-7)
Takaya Nagata (2-0) vs. Atsunori Suzuki (1-3)
Jin Aoi (2-0) vs. Jung Ho Hwang (0-2)


Brace 41 (Fri 17th Jun, 1:00 AM, New Zealand, UFC Fight Pass)
Gret Atzori (17-8) vs. Kieran Jobin (16-7)
Faith Van Duin (5-2) vs. Charlene Watt (6-1)
Steven Warby (7-1) vs. Pane Haraki (3-3)
Cole Davids (7-2) vs. BJ Bland (5-6)
Matt Vaile (4-0) vs. Jo Van Duin (1-0)


Full Contact Contendor (Sat 18th Jun, 11:00 AM, England)
Michael Bowman (9-4) vs. Charlie Leary (11-7) - Lightweight Title
Aaron Aby (7-2) vs. Andy Young (8-7) - Flyweight Title
Tom Aspinall (4-2) vs. Kamil Bazelak (4-7)
Martin Hudson (4-1) vs. Ashley Reece (2-0)
Sean Tobin (4-2) vs. Adam Ventre (4-2)
Shaun Lomas (21-56) vs. Kenneth Richardson (2-0)


Australian FC 16 (Sat 18th Jun, 5:00 AM, Australia)
Tai Tuivasa (3-0) vs. Brandon Sosoli (6-3) - Heavyweight Title
Ben Wall (8-4) vs. Rob Hill (13-9)
Gokhan Turkyilmaz (14-12) vs. James Bishop (2-1)
Dave Fowler (5-2) vs. Tony Dib (1-0)


Best of the Rest
Yaroslav Amosov (16-0) vs. Roberto Soldic (6-1) - Tech-Krep FC
Rodolfo Rubio Perez (14-10) vs. Raul Ocampo (4-1) - Xtreme Fighters Latino
Israel Giron (19-4) vs. Daniel Lezama (3-2) - Jesaji FL 12
Jesse Medina (10-1) vs. Ethan Dunham (5-2) - Minotaur 4
Mike Hernandez (10-2) vs. Jesse Arnett (10-4) - HKFC 50
Carl Deaton III (10-2) vs. Bo Harris (7-9) - NATO
Lewis Monarch (7-0) vs. Jordan Miller (15-15) - ICE FC 16
Karla Benitez (13-8) vs. Celine Haga (9-13) - WFT 3
Manny Bermudez (5-0) vs. Jeff Anderson (10-13) - Cage Titans 29
Bryce Mitchell (5-0) vs. Bobby Taylor (4-7) - V3 Fights
Jose Rugama (5-0) vs. Lance Bush (3-1) - University of MMA
Takuya Takahashi (6-2) vs. Koji Suzuki (5-9) - ZST
Ludovit Klein (4-0) vs. Michael Vodovozov (0-0) - PCF 14
Chris Anderson (3-0, 8-2 Am) vs. Curtis Harriot (3-1, 6-1 Am) - BFL 44
Cameron Graves (3-0, 6-0 Am) vs. Edward Turner (0-1) - Fury FC 11
John White (3-0, 7-1 Am) vs. Korey Kuppe (4-1) - NATO
Eryk Anders (3-0, 8-3 Am) vs. Dekarie Sanders (0-2) - V3 Fights


Best Amateur Fights
Eric Ellington (10-1) vs. Jon Rosener (2-1) - Fight Hard MMA
Steven Coleman (9-1) vs. David Johnson (3-2) - Fight Hard MMA
Dustin Brooks (8-2) vs. Ken Pizzi (0-0) - ECF 10
Montel Jackson (7-1) vs. Michael Parker (7-1) - XFO
Jenaid Ebanks (6-0) vs. Graham Mealand (1-1) - Full Contact Contender
Leo Imai (6-1) vs. David Gonzales (2-1) - University of MMA
Nav Singh Sethi (5-0) vs. Kingsley Crawford (4-0) - Fusion FC
Brett Sanchez (5-0) vs. John Gonzalez (2-0) - KTFO 14
Steven Birdsong (5-1) vs. David Fairly (1-2) - V3 Fights
Jeff Ronquille (5-1) vs. Josh Metzger (0-0) - Caged Warrior Championship
Tad Hoof (4-0) vs. Adam King (6-2) - NATO
Hiroki Hanawa (4-0) vs. Kazuyuki Tashiro (4-0) - ZST
Alex Martinez (4-0) vs. Ivan Bivanco (2-3) - RFA 39
Asef Askar (4-0) vs. Nick Longoria (0-1) - RFA 39
Ryal Carroll (4-0) vs. Jacob Small (1-0) - Caged Warrior Championship


Top Mismatches of the Week (Total Mismatch Record since 30/01/16 - W120-L15)
Carlos Rivera (7-1) vs. Jhonatan Cruz (0-0) - Xtreme Fighters Latino
Alex Enlund (13-2) vs. Paulo Boer (0-1) - ICE FC 16
Vugar Mamedzade (9-4) vs. Makhochi Sagitov (0-1) - Tech Krep FC
Viktor Kolesnik (6-2) vs. Oleg Ryabchikov (0-1) - Tech Krep FC
Willian Da Rosa (5-0) vs. Sidnei Schmitt (0-1) - Aspera FC
Tsuyoshi Minamide (6-2) vs. Takeshi Hara (1-3) - Gladiator 1
Shingo Yakul (9-5) vs. Tomoyasu Taniguchi (3-8) - Gladiator 1


Boxing
Andrzej Fonfara (28-3) vs. Joe Smith Jr (21-1)
Hugo Centeno Jr (24-0) vs. Maciek Sulecki (22-0)
Juan Payano (17-0) vs. Rau'shee Warren (13-1)
Carlos Molina (25-6) vs. Javier Prieto (27-8)
Johnny Gonzalez (60-10) vs. Christopher Martin (29-7)


WWE Money in the Bank 2016 (Sun 19th Jun, 9:00 PM, USA)
Roman Reigns (C) vs. Seth Rollins - Singles Match - WWE Heavyweight Title
John Cena vs. AJ Styles - Singles Match
Dean Ambrose, Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens, Alberto Del Rio, Cesaro & Sami Zayn - 6 Man Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Rusev (C) vs. Titus O'Neil - Singles Match - US Title
The New Day vs. The Club vs. Enzo & Cass vs. The Vaudevillans - Fatal 4 Way Tag Team Match - WWE Tag Team Titles
Sheamus vs. Apollo Crews - Singles Match
Dolph Ziggler vs. Baron Corbin - Singles Match
Charlotte & Dana Brooke vs. Natalya & Becky Lynch - Women's Tag Team Match

 

[Guile]

Dean Ambrose, Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens, Alberto Del Rio, Cesaro & Sami Zayn - 6 Man Money in the Bank Ladder Match gets my vote.

 

[Necrocrawler]

As always, thanks for those threads!
Anyway, looks like that Suicide girl turned pro mma fighter is fighting this weekend... Nice!

 

[originalbadguy]

Luis Palomino (24-12) vs. Sheymon Moraes (8-1)
Very interesting fight also

 

[Meathead Jock]

Wow I left some great fights unvoted for this weekend.

 

[fermaPY]

Crazy MMA weekend, so many good fights
My votes:
McDonald vs Thompson
Cerrone vs Cote
Galvao vs Dantas
Ivanon vs Copeland
Fedor vs Maldonado
+ 2 title fights at M-1 + Minakov and Mirzaev at EFN + the rest of the Main Cards of Bellator and WSOF are looking very good, is a shame that they made the transmission same time

 

[MMAddict21]

Heads up I believe the VTJ Osaka card is on Fight Pass as well for anyone that's interested in watching

 

[qw3rty]

Wow I left some great fights unvoted for this weekend.

Same here, I can't pick only 5

 

[qw3rty]

Damn Morceguinho is figthting in Aspera?

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

i would have voted for mirzaev vs dioginis and tokov vs vladimir filipovic if they were options


surprised mroe people arent interested in minakov

 

[mattandbenny]

Yea apologies if your favourites didnt make the cut, was so hard keeping it down to 15 fights - could have easily done a poll for 25 if it allowed. Was harsh leaving off fights like Palomino/Moraes & Mirzaev/Souza etc

 

[CC27]

BUnch of fights.

Rory/Wonderboy
Cowboy/Cote
JoJo/VL
Fedor/Fabio
Minakov/Graham
Ivanov/Copeland
Slava/Storm
Galvao/Dantas

 

[Kinger85]

thanks as always

 

[WallyBear]

i would have voted for mirzaev vs dioginis and tokov vs vladimir filipovic if they were options


surprised mroe people arent interested in minakov

I'm certainly interested in Minakov but the match up against Graham is meh.

 

[asdf122345]

Thank you again for the schedule.

 

[BeardotheWeirdo]

My votes were swayed by the fact that I already knew the results of the Volkov and Shlemenko fights when I voted, so I left them out.

I'm going to have to get fight pass again. I can't watch Fight Nights live tomorrow, gotta work.

 

[rpn453]

Damn; a lot of good fights that I didn't even realize are happening.

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

I'm certainly interested in Minakov but the match up against Graham is meh.

my logic goes minakov > fedor. graham ~= maldababo

 

[WallyBear]

my logic goes minakov > fedor. graham ~= maldababo

I see your point, but my logic goes this way: Fedor and Maldobubu might bang it out until the Iron Hillbilly goes down, Minakov can just take Graham down whenever he wants.

 

[Fahrenheit1221]

01.) MacDonald / Thompson
02.) Cerrone / Cote
03.) Fedor / Maldonado
04.) Galvao / Dantas
05.) Minakov / Graham

Honorable Mentions:

01.) Ivanov / Copeland
02.) Volkov / Vegh
03.) Shlemenko / Vasilevsky