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Kemal
10-12-2011, 07:45
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Main Card (Showtime)

Welterweight Championship bout: Shamil Zavurov (c) vs. Yasubey Enomoto
Enomoto defeated Zavurov via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:10 of Round 5.

Lightweight bout: Artiom Damkovsky vs. Jose Figueroa
Damkovsky defeated Figueroa via KO (punch) at 2:19 of Round 1.

Lightweight bout: Alexander Sarnavskiy vs. Sergio Cortez
Sarnavskiy defeated Cortez via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:46 of Round 1.

Middleweight bout: Eddie Arizmendi vs. Tyson Jeffries
Jeffries defeated Arizmendi via submission (d'arce choke) at 2:08 of Round 2.

Featherweight bout: Alvin Cacdac vs. Bao Quach
Quach defeated Cacdac via submission (triangle/armbar) at 3:33 of Round 1.

Kemal
10-12-2011, 08:19
Jose Figueroa Knocked Out Again on M-1 Global Showtime Card

The final fight card of M-1 Global's four-event deal with Showtime aired Friday night, and it was typical of what fans have come to expect of M-1 Global on Showtime: Some entertaining scraps with plenty of finishes, but few fighters with any name value for American MMA (http://www.mmafighting.com/) fans.

Unfortunately, the card also featured an ugly knockout loss for Jose Figueroa -- the second knockout loss for Figueroa in less than three weeks.

That knockout came in the co-main event, when Artiom Damkovsky hit Figueroa with a right hand that planted him flat on his back on the canvas. Damkovsky landed one more punch on the ground before the referee could jump in to stop the fight, and by that point Figueroa was out cold.

At a time when sports organizations across the country are becoming more sensitive to the dangers of concussions, it's surprising that M-1 Global and the California State Athletic Commission allowed Figueroa in the ring, considering that he lost by first-round knockout on another M-1 Global card in Moscow on November 20. Fighters who are knocked out are usually told to avoid contact for at least 30 days. It's worrisome that Figueroa has now been knocked out twice in less than three weeks. The California State Athletic Commission did not immediately respond to a message from MMAFighting.com about why Figueroa was licensed for the fight.

The main event of the M-1 Global event went into the final minute of the fifth round before Yasubey Enomoto forced Shamil Zavurov to tap out to a guillotine choke. The fight was close and even for 24 minutes and appeared to be headed toward a decision until Enomoto (who was avenging a loss to Zavurov earlier this year) sunk in a guillotine in the closing minute. Enomoto becomes the new M-1 Global welterweight champion.

In other M-1 Global action:
-- Alexander Sarnavskiy had an easy time with Sergio Cortez, taking him down and putting on a grappling clinic before sinking in a rear-naked choke to force him to tap after just 1 minute, 46 seconds in the first round. Sarnavsky improved his record to 17-0, and the 7-7 Cortez didn't belong in the same ring with him.

-- Tyson Jeffries broke a two-fight losing streak by submitting Eddie Arizmendi with a D'Arce choke in the second round.

-- Bao Quach (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/bao/quach/1375/) beat Alvin Cacdac (http://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/alvin/cacdac/1246/) by first-round submission with a triangle-arm bar to end a very entertaining opening fight.

Kemal
14-12-2011, 21:24
After 2 Knockouts in 3 Weeks, CSAC Regrets Licensing Jose Figueroa

Jose Figueroa fought in Moscow on November 20 and was knocked out in the first round. Then he fought in California on December 9 and was knocked out in the first round again. Now the California State Athletic Commission says it regrets allowing Figueroa into the ring for that second knockout loss -- but the Commission says it was Figueroa who failed to disclose his prior knockout loss when he filled out the Commission's paperwork at the weigh-in on December 8.

"Prior to the bout, Mr. Figueroa was required to file out a pre-fight questionnaire indicating his last bout and the outcome of that bout. Mr. Figueroa did not list that fight nor did he list that he lost by KO," CSAC Executive Officer George Dodd told MMAFighting.com. "If CSAC would have know that Mr. Figueroa had fought in Russia three weeks prior to this event and lost by KO, we would not have allowed this fight to occur. We take health and safety of combative athletes very seriously, but the athlete also has a responsibility as well."

Dodd says he is looking into the possibility that Figueroa may face disciplinary action from the California Commission, something that Dodd says he hasn't had to do before.

"I haven't taken any type of disciplinary action since I've been here against a fighter not stating his previous fight," Dodd said.

But even if Figueroa failed to list his last fight on his paperwork, why didn't the CSAC do its own research? It's not like Figueroa's Moscow fight was a secret: It aired live on pay-per-view in the United States as the co-main event on the Fedor Emelianenko vs. Jeff Monson card, and Figueroa's loss was listed as part of his record on several online databases, and also mentioned in several news articles about the Fedor-Monson fight. (A Google News search of Jose Figueroa's name reveals more than 10 articles that referenced Figueroa's November 20 loss prior to his December 9 fight.)

Dodd says the California Commission was relying on a database that had not been updated with Figueroa's November 20 fight.

"The California State Athletic Commission reviews the Association of Boxing Commission (ABC) mixed martial arts website to review past fights and suspensions of fighters," Dodd told MMAFighting.com. "They did not list Jose Figueroa's previous fight in Russia nor did it list that he was on any type of suspension."

Dodd acknowledges that allowing a fighter to get knocked out twice in less than three weeks can have potentially serious health consequences.

"I think with any type of fighter that's been knocked out, a rush into the ring is the same thing as a football player who's been knocked out -- the secondary concussions are just as traumatic or more traumatic than the first one," Dodd said. "The brain and the body haven't healed themselves. So I take that seriously. In light of that, the fighter is at a greater risk when his body isn't able to recover after a KO loss. I'm not a medical doctor but in my experience and from what I've read about post-secondary concussions, yeah, it's definitely dangerous."

Ultimately, the responsibility to prevent a fighter from getting knocked out twice in rapid succession is on everyone involved, Dodd says.

"A fighter has the responsibility as well to ensure that he takes care of himself and doesn't put information down that could lead to disciplinary action against him," Dodd said. "They have a responsibility -- I think there's a lot of people that have the responsibility."


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de Stiep
14-12-2011, 23:11
Dank je wel Kemal. Lekkere beelden zo, op een rustige woensdagavond ;-)