Новости за 17.04.2016

"Fighting just used to come so easy, so natural. Now I feel I'm fighting against myself."

The life of a professional fighter isn't all glitz and glamour. 

As if getting punched, kicked, kneed, choked and twisted into a pretzel on a regular basis isn't enough, fighters attract a general wackiness that makes their lives, well, interesting. 

To commemorate these day-to-day hardships, slip-ups, pranks, and more, we bring you "The Weekly Grind." 

Enjoy.

The overnight ratings for the nineteenth installment of UFC on FOX are in and there's both reason to cheer as well as frown. According to TV By The Numbers, Saturday's event from Tampa, Florida, averaged 2.13 million viewers and earned a 0.8 rating among adults 18 to 49.

If you've ever wanted to take control of the Diaz brothers and slap a grown man into submission, well, now you can.

One of the spectators at Saturday night’s UFC on FOX 19 in Tampa was Drew Dober, who was supposed to be locked in the Octagon with Islam Makhachev. When it was discovered the 24-year old Russian had popped for a banned substance, the fight was scrapped at the eleventh hour.

Dober, who made weight and was given his show money for doing so, suddenly got the night off. In a roundabout way, the turn of events was par for the course for Dober, who has grown to expect the unexpected.

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"The Last Emperor" will return to action in his home country against a UFC veteran.

Daron Cruickshank returned to the win column in his Rizin Fighting Federation debut in Japan, and he did it in impressive fashion.

MMA Fighting has Rizin 1 results for the Fujita vs. Prochazka fight card Sunday at the Nippon Gaishi Hall in Japan.

In the main event, Kazuyuki Fujita and Jiri Prochazka will square off. Vadim Nemkov and Karl Albrektsson face off in a light heavyweight contest in the co-main event.

Check out the Rizin 1 results below.

Main card
Jiri Prochazka def. Kazuyuki Fujita via first-round KO (3:33)
Karl Albrektsson def. Vadim Nemkov via split decision
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The best way to get what you want is to ask for it. Glover Teixeira can attest to that.

Rashad Evans faced the music after his knockout loss to Glover Teixeira on Saturday night.

TAMPA -- MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani and Danny Segura break down top storylines after UFC on FOX 19.

TAMPA -- Michael Chiesa talks about his UFC on Fox 19 victory over Beneil Dariush, having to go number two during the fight, the choke he used to submit Dariush, what's next and much more.

TAMPA -- After his UFC on FOX 19 win, Khabib Nurmagomedov discusses the changes he's made over the past two years, what he told Darrell Horcher after the fight, his training partner Islam Makhachev's USADA violation, and more.

TAMPA -- UFC welterweight Michael Graves discussed his win over Randy Brown at UFC on FOX 19, why he has such a strong dislike for reality shows and much mroe.

TAMPA -- UFC middleweight Cezar Ferreira spoke to the media about his UFC on FOX 19 win over Oluwale Bamgbose, why he left the Blackzilians for MMA Masters, the pressure of his recent slump and more.

this is my report on the matter, jon was born on december of the fifteen of augest at two pm central time. he had two parents martha jones and jake wilston sr. he most notably stared in the show friends. jon would later grow to take the footsteps of jake sr.

Bellator made its first trip to Italy on Saturday, and Patricky Freire moved one step closer towards a shot at the lightweight belt.

TAMPA -- UFC welterweight Santiago Ponzinibbio was happy about his stoppage win over Court McGee at UFC on FOX 19, but spoke to the media afterwards about who his favorite soccer player is from his country of Argentina and more.

TAMPA -- UFC women's bantamweight Raquel Pennington spoke to the media about her UFC on FOX 19 win over Bethe Correia, her thoughts on the split decision, what she wants next and more.

Glover Teixeira's hourly wage is looking pretty nice right now.

For stopping Rashad Evans in under 120 seconds in the main event at UFC on Fox 19 in Tampa, Fla., Teixeira will take home a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus. The win marked Teixeira's third straight – all via stoppage – since losing to Phil Davis at UFC 179.

Also taking home $50,000 bonuses for their efforts at UFC on Fox 19 are Michael Chiesa, Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, and Omari Akhmedov.

#UFCTampa bonuses
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Watch Rose Namajunas vs. Tecia Torres full fight video highlights from UFC on FOX 19's co-main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.

UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs. Evans took place April 16, 2016 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Strawweight contenders Rose Namajunas (5-2) and Tecia Torres (7-1) collided with a potential title shot on the line in the night's co-headlining bout, which aired live on FOX. Catch the video highlights above.

Who cares about a little thing like patience when you have grenades for fists? Apparently not Glover Teixeira.

The UFC on FOX 19 post-fight press conference is the last piece of  business to take care of after the action is over in the Octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com.

UFC officials will announce the winners of the Fight of the Night and the Performance of the Night bonuses, and winning fighters will meet the media after their fights.

The UFC on FOX 19 post-fight press conference takes place about 30 minutes after the main event ends, meaning it will start around... Читать дальше...

In case you forgot, Glover Teixeira can still hit like a truck.

Rashad Evans found that out the hard way Saturday night in Tampa.

Teixeira needed just 1:48 to knock Evans out cold in the main event of UFC on FOX 19. A gigantic left hand to the jaw dropped Evans to his knees, then a right hand flush to the face caused Evans to face plant.

"I go to finish," the 36-year old Teixeira said. "This fight is five rounds, I didn't want to stand and do footwork, I wanted to finish. I'm like Mike Tyson... Читать дальше...

Watch Glover Teixeira vs. Rashad Evans full fight video highlights from UFC on FOX 19's main event above, courtesy of FOX Sports.

UFC on FOX: Teixeira vs. Evans took place April 16, 2016 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Light heavyweight contender Glover Teixeira (25-4) took on former UFC champion Rashad Evans (19-5-1) in the night's main event, which aired live on FOX. Catch the video highlights above.