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RFA 28 video highlights: Andrew Sanchez looked damn good on Friday night

BAD MMA News — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 12:07:25 +0000

Filed under: AXS TV Fights , Featured Videos , News , Videos Andrew Sanchez is now the RFA middleweight champion, but perhaps more importantly, he posted a performance that’s likely to garner him attention, including some from the UFC’s matchmakers. In Friday’s RFA 28 headliner at The Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis, Sanchez (7-2) thoroughly dominated and then scored a third-round TKO victory over fellow 185-pounder John Poppie (6-2).

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Andrew Sanchez dominates, devastates John Poppie to claim vacant RFA middleweight belt

BAD MMA News — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 04:50:03 +0000

Andrew Sanchez Andrew Sanchez (7-2) thoroughly dominated John Poppie (6-2) from start to finish, then ended their championship fight in devastating fashion, claiming the vacant RFA middleweight title in the process. The contest served as the featured bout of Friday’s RFA 28 event at The Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis, which aired on AXS TV

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The List: The stoppages that came way, way too late

BAD MMA News — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:46:50 +0000

For too long, our writers’ hyper-specific arguments have been confined to the private corridors of the Internet. Welcome to The List, where we take their instant-message bickerings, add a little polish, and make them public. Today: After a shuffle of too-soon, too-late controversies at UFC on FOX 14, we take a look at a few that were without question, way, way too late. They should be read as cautionary tales, MMA fans and officials.

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RFA 18 results: Alexandre Pantoja chokes out Matt Manzanares to win 125 title

BAD MMA News — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 04:13:15 +0000

Alexandre Pantoja believed a win over Matt Manzanares would get him a call from the UFC. Now time will tell. Pantoja had some dicey moments in the first round, but in the second he went to work, eventually choking the champion unconscious at 2:38 of the second round to take RFA’s flyweight title. The 125-pound championship bout was the main event of RFA 18, which took place at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M.

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Alexandre Pantoja replaces UFC signee Joby Sanchez in RFA 18′s title headliner

BAD MMA News — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:36:03 +0000

With Joby Sanchez headed to the UFC, Legacy FC flyweight champion Matt Manzanares has a new opponent for next month’s RFA 18 headliner. RFA officials today confirmed with MMAjunkie that Alexandre Pantoja (14-2) has stepped in for Sanchez and will meet Manzanares (7-2) in the champ’s first title defense. RFA 18 takes place Sept. 12 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico. The main card airs live on AXS TV

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Joby Sanchez gets UFC call, replaces Tim Elliott at UFC Fight Night 49

BAD MMA News — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:04:02 +0000

Although RFA has recently sent many fighters to the UFC, Joby Sanchez only needed to be booked for a fight with the promotion to get his call up to MMA’s premier organization. Sanchez (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who was slated to fight Matt Manzanares for the RFA flyweight title at RFA 18 on Sept. 12, instead has replaced injured Tim Elliott (10-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) and now fights fellow 125-pounder Wilson Reis (17-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 49.

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RFA 18 features Manzanares vs. Sanchez, ‘Useless’ vs. Cullum as org visits 10th state

BAD MMA News — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 02:12:53 +0000

The main card is set for RFA 18, and a title fight headlines the lineup, which marks the fast-growing organization’s debut in its 10th state. RFA 18 takes place Sept. 12 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico.

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When RFA 14 fighter blacks out but continues fighting, many are to blame

BAD MMA News — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:58:42 +0000

This past Friday, RFA held its 14th card in Wyoming, and in the AXS TV-televised flyweight title bout between Matt Manzanares and Junior Maranhao , the viewing audience witnessed something I hope to never see again. For the last 40 seconds of the fourth round, Maranhao struggled while trapped in a triangle-choke attempt. After the conclusion of round, Maranhao lost consciousness , collapsed from his stool and lay motionless, face down, for several seconds until aroused by his corner mates. Without thoroughly examining the fighter, the ringside physician asked his cornermen if their fighter was fit to continue and allowed the bout to continue as if nothing happened. They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

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Video: RFA 14 highlights with main-event controversy, heel hook, a male-model KO

BAD MMA News — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:48:01 +0000

Filed under: AXS TV Fights , Featured Videos , News , Videos Tagged: Alan Jouban , Armando Montoya Jr. , Daniel Aguiar , Junior Maranhao , Mark Dickman , Matt Manzanares , Raoni Barcelos , RFA 14 , Tyler Toner Friday’s RFA 14 event on AXS TV had a little bit of everything, both good and bad. The event, which took place at the City of Cheyenne Ice and Events Center in Wyoming, saw Matt Manzanares (7-2) earn a split call over Junior Maranhao (9-3) to win the vacant RFA flyweight title. However, though not seen in the above video, Maranhao actually passed out on his stool after the fourth round but bafflingly was allowed to continue after he regained consciousness. Check out the highlights of that fight above. The clip also includes Mark Dickman (9-1) choking out featherweight Raoni Barcelos (7-1), former male model Alan Jouban (8-2) flatten welterweight Armando Montoya Jr.

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RFA 14 results: Matt Manzanares wins flyweight belt with split vs. Maranhao

BAD MMA News — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 05:13:34 +0000

In a fight that likely should’ve been stopped after four rounds, Matt Manzanares needed to go the full five to win RFA’s flyweight title against Junior Maranhao. Manzanares took a split decision in the main event of RFA 14 on Friday. But there will be conversations now about whether Maranhao should have been allowed to continue into the fifth after apparently fainting on his stool after the fourth.

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