UFC 125 - Edgar vs. Maynard

Here's the card from Saturday's UFC 125 in "Loss Wages"...

Main card
Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Gray Maynard
Middleweight bout: Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann
Light Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva
Welterweight bout: Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Takanori Gomi

Preliminary card (lon TV/ESPN UK/Rogers Sportsnet)
Lightweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Jeremy Stephens
Featherweight bout: Josh Grispi vs. Dustin Poirier
Middleweight bout: Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares

Preliminary card
Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Diego Nunes
Welterweight bout: Daniel Roberts vs. Greg Soto
Lightweight bout: Jacob Volkmann vs. Antonio McKee

UFC 125

The ol' Dixie outlaw will be pullin' for Maynard, Stann, Guida (vs. jap Gomi), Baroni (vs. amerindian Tavares), Brown (vs. mestizo Nunes) & Volkmann (vs. afflete McKee).

Good to see Volkmann beat the typically over-hyped Negro McKee via unanimous decision. Came very close to choking him out in the 2nd.

I hope Baroni is finally gone he is terrible. send his ass back to the Jersey Shore please.

Baroni always losses bad when I see him. He is 13-13 so not sure how he stayed in the UFC this long.

Dustin Poirier looked awesome in beating Grispi. I am now glad that Aldo pulled out as he would have handled Josh (who at 22 is still learning and can be a champ someday). But Dustin is only 21 and he has incredible standup! I give him a shot against Aldo. Actually, Poirier fights very similar to Aldo and is a bit bigger.Edited by: Liverlips

Nice submission by Guida!

hawkeye said:

I hope Baroni is finally gone he is terrible. send his ass back to the Jersey Shore please.

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Baroni needs to retire ASAP he is in danger of becoming the MMA version of James Toney...

Vera now 3-5 in his last 8 fights (and has lost 3 in a row). I think he may get cut after this pathetic performance against Thiago Silva.

NO caste matches left but am pretty excited for Edgar-Maynard. I see Gray pulling out a decision with his wrestling.

Wow -- big KO for Brian Stann over Leben. Didn't see that coming at all.

We certainly have a new white contender at 185.

Edgar/Maynard a split draw how awesome was that fight. much respect to Edgar for coming back after the pounding he took in the first round.

Phil Baroni is like the white Vernon "Tiger" White. I think Baroni's record in the UFC is 2-7 and the last fighter he beat with a winning record was in 2006.

hawkeye said:

I hope Baroni is finally gone he is terrible. send his ass back to the Jersey Shore please.

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He needs to be canned. He has pretty much been mister paycheck for a while now. I think the last time I actually saw him win a fight was way back in Pride.

hawkeye said:

Edgar/Maynard a split draw how awesome was that fight. much respect to Edgar for coming back after the pounding he took in the first round.

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Amazing fight. Edgar has an incredible amount of heart, I can't believe he survived that first round and then in my opinion went on to win the next 4.

I'm glad Mckee lost. Poirier and Stevens both looked awesome.

Here's the full card results from UFC 125...

Preliminary Card

* Lightweight bout: Jacob Volkmann vs. Antonio McKee

Volkmann defeated McKee via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29).

* Welterweight bout: Daniel Roberts vs. Greg Soto

Roberts defeated Soto via submission (kimura) at 3:45 of round 1. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Edgar vs. Maynard fight.

* Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Diego Nunes

Nunes defeated Brown via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29).


Preliminary Card (Televised)

* Middleweight bout: Phil Baroni vs. Brad Tavares

Tavares defeated Baroni via KO (strikes) at 4:20 of round 1. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Roberts vs. Soto fight.

* Featherweight bout: Josh Grispi vs. Dustin Poirier

Poirier defeated Grispi via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Lightweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Jeremy Stephens

Stephens defeated Davis via KO (punch) at 2:33 of round 3.

Main Card

* Lightweight bout: United States Clay Guida vs. Japan Takanori Gomi

Guida defeated Gomi via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:27 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout: Nate Diaz vs. Dong Hyun Kim

Kim defeated Diaz via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Light Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Thiago Silva

Silva defeated Vera via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27).

* Middleweight bout: Chris Leben vs. Brian Stann

Stann defeated Leben via TKO (strikes) 3:37 of round 1.

* Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Gray Maynard

Edgar and Maynard fought to a split draw (48-46, 46-48, 47-47).


***Ol' Dixie's half-cent.....Baroni has become a "mater can" & never should been allowed back in the UFC. Vera might have 1 more fight (as best) before getting cut (too). Glad to see USMC hero Stann w/ the big KO. I thought Maynard would win the strap, but Edgar's a tough hombre. I was also glad to see the "Carpenter" win a big win.






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UFC Fighter Jacob Volkmann Calls Out President Barack Obama, Gets A Visit From the Secret Service




UFC lightweight Jacob Volkmann, following his win over Antonio McKee, declared that he wanted to fight U.S. President Barack Obama for his next bout. His words got him a visit from the Secret Service on Tuesday.





Volkmann, who is based out of Minnesota, told MMAFighting.com after his win over McKee that he wanted to face Obama because he disagreed with many of his policies.



Well, if anyone ever wondered if a potential threat against the President goes unnoticed, you just got your answer.





"It happened on Tuesday, I was coaching youth practice, and then two guys came up and one of the other coaches that was helping me out, they said there was a cop and another guy out there waiting for me,"Â Volkmann told MMAWeekly.com. "I went out there and the guy introduced himself and said he was from the Secret Service and he wanted to ask me some questions about UFC 125 and my quote. He said there were people calling in to D.C. telling them that somebody, me, was threatening the President."Â





The interview was a formal process due to any potential threat made against the President, but it should be the close of the matter for Volkmann. The reason for the investigation wasn't because of the original interview after his fight, but because someone alerted the authorities about a ‘threat' that was made.





"This guy had the whole interview on a piece of paper and it had my picture and everything," said Volkmann. "He was like ‘is this what you said?' and I said, ‘yes it is.' He's like ‘I want to let you know I'm a little embarrassed for coming here and doing this because obviously nothing happened.' He actually apologized for coming, but he had to come. He wanted to make sure I wasn't going to D.C to hurt the President.





"The thing is, I got home and I checked my e-mail and I had about 20 e-mails and one of them, one of ladies had actually contacted the FBI and the Secret Service, and she was telling me that she was going to do it."Â



The person who contacted Volkmann, according to the fighter, was a member of the election committee that worked for President Obama's campaign.





Volkmann was successful in his fight at UFC 125, and also mentioned a possible future fight against Clay Guida. It appears that one is much more likely than the Obama confrontation.





The Minnesota based fighter, who is also a chiropractor, wanted to clarify the statements he made in the original interview as well, because he says that was the reason most people seemed upset with him in the first place.





"People were misunderstanding the point of view I was going for with the health care plan. That's why they were getting so upset. I'm thinking about the provider, I'm a chiropractor, so I'm thinking about my point of view, not everyone getting insurance. They don't have to worry about getting denied, which is good I guess, just not good for health care providers,"Â said Volkmann.





Still happy he spoke his mind, Volkmann says the Secret Service considers the matter closed at this point.



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Don, I saw that. Der SS vill not allow de discontent against Obongo.