Wrestlemania XXVI Results

   The WWEs annual PPV event, Wrestlemania, continues on it's 26th offering held at University of Phoenix Stadium in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. The event garnered 72,219 fans and grossed $ 5.8 million in ticket sales.



Doshi Yatsu won the 26-man Battle Royal dark match
Big Show and Miz def. Morrison and R-Truth
Orton def. DiBiase and Rhodes
Jack Swagger won Money in the Bank ladder match
Triple H def. Sheamus
Rey Mysterio def. CM Punk
Bret Hart def. VInce MacMahon
Chris Jericho def. Edge
Team Michelle McCool def. Team Mickie James
Cena def. Batista
Undertaker def. Shawn Michaels 

UFC 111: Mir vs.Carwin

   The third installment of Brock Lesnar - Frank Mir seems won't be happening sooner as the result of
UFC 111 saw Mir sufffers another setback when undefeated Shane Carwin defeated the former champ via KO (punches) at 3:48 of round 1 to become the UFC Interim Heavyweight champion.

   As a result, "The Engineer" Carwin will face UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, who will make his return after an extended period of absence due to illness, at UFC 116 on July 3.


  Mir, whose all of 5 losses resulted to knock-outs, tried to control Carwin at the start of the fight with his jiu-jitsu style. But Mir failed to ground Carwin, until the former champ gave enough space to the undefeated opponent, who proves himself to be more powerful, to unleash a series of uppercuts that brought him to his knees. Another series of strikes to the head that ended the fight.


   This fight was also Carwin's longest in his 12 fights, as all of his 11 previous opponents barely made to the 2-minute mark of the first round.


Results of UFC 111:


Georges St. Pierre defeats Dan Hardy via Unanimous Decision
Shane Carwin defeats Frank Mir via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
Jon Fitch defeats Ben Saunders via Unanimous Decision
Kurt Pellegrino defeats Fabricio Camoes via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
Jim Miller defeats Mark Bocek via Unanimous Decision
Nate Diaz defeats Rory Markham via TKO (strikes) Round 1
Ricardo Almeida defeats Matt Brown via submission (rear naked choke) Round 2
Jared Hamman defeats Rodney Wallace via unanimous decision
Rousimar Palhares defeats Tomasz Drwal via submission (heel hook) Round 1
Matt Riddle defeats Greg Soto via disqualification (illegal upkick) Round 3

El Terrible is Back!

   Known for his trilogy fights with fellow countryman Marco Antonio Barrera and Filipino Manny Pacquiao, former 3-division title holder Erik "El Terrible" Morales made his awaited return to the boxing ring against Jose Alfaro as a welterweight yesterday, March 27 at Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.


  Morales, (49-6, 34 KO) now 33, captured the vacant WBC International welterweight title against Alfaro (20-3, 18 KO) in a unanimous victory. Prior to the fight, Morales stated that he wanted to face Pacquiao again for the fouth time as well as Juan Manuel Marquez.


  “One must pursue the dream” Morales said, “Defeating Pacquiao is my greatest accomplishment in the ring. I remember seeing him cry after our fight. I would love another chance at Pacquaio and I also look forward to fighting Juan Manuel Marquez in the future.”


El Terrible is also known as the last man who defeated Pacquiao, the fighter who is considered as todays best. In March 2005, Morales won a unanimous victory that left Pacquiao bloodied. The two faced each other again in January and November 2006 which both resulted in a knock-out win for Pacquiao after 10 and 3 rounds respectively.

UFC LIVE: Vera vs. Jones

   Is Filipino Brandon "The Truth" Vera on his way down of his career in UFC? Well let's hope not after his loss against the young and hungry Jon Jones at UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones.

   But the truth for "The Truth" is, his future is still uncertain after he reportedly suffered three fractures on his right cheekbone when he received a single vicious elbow from Jones which ended the fight at 3:19 of round one.


   "The whole right side of Brandon's face was numb," Matt Stansell, Vera's manager, said on an interview at MMAjunkie.com. Vera will likely need clearance from a doctor before he can be issued a license to fight again, just like in any contact sports.


  Both fighters faced each other coming off a loss. Jones (10-1, 5 KO), had his record blemished against Matt Hamill in a DQ loss. Vera (11-7, 5 KO), recently fought UFC legend Randy Couture, which resulted to a controversial  unanimous decision loss last November.

Clottey's "The Event" Aftermath

   Now, we all know who won The Event. The Filipino undisputed king of the ring Manny Pacquiao reigned supreme in his last fight over the Ghana, Africa native Joshua Clottey and retained his WBO Welterweight belt at the Cowboys Stadium last Sunday, March 14, 2010 (Manila time).

      Pacquiao, (51-3-2, 38 KOs) earned a unanimous victory over Clottey (35-4, 1 NC, 20 KOs), who barely fought through the whole 12 rounds of the fight. Dismayed over Clottey's luck-luster performance is the 51,000 strong, the biggest since the Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. - Greg Haugen fight where 132,274 showed up to set a record for fight attendance in boxing. The Event also garnered 700, 000 PPV buys, lower compared to 1.25 million that the Pacquiao - Cotto bout sold last November.

   We already heard the most of Manny's thoughts about the fight, so that leaves the people (at least for some not-so hardcore boxing fans) wonder why Clottey fought that way.

   I think Clottey, having fought some of the boxing's biggest names, already knew before the fight that he'll face the sports top fighter. So, in my opinion, did the right thing. Protect himself from humiliation. 

   Unlike David Diaz (KO 9), he (Clottey) covered himself all fight long to avoid those lightning speed punches. According to Diaz, whenever Manny's throwing up combos, he thought that Manny's trainer, Freddie Roach, was also throwing up punches against him. So Clottey, aware of Manny's talent, avoided those dreaded punches. Compared to Oscar Dela Hoya (TKO 8), Clottey moved a little more around the ring. Oscar had his legs stiffed against Manny which resulted to Oscar being cornered and pounded. According to CompuBox, Pacquiao unleashed an average of 73.1 punches per round (far above the welterweight average of 58) against Dela Hoya while in his fight against Clottey, Pacquiao averaged 102.5 per round, result of Clottey's "turtle-shell" defense and more ring movements. That made Manny threw up more punches to chase him and open up his defense. Against Ricky Hatton (KO 2), Manny let himself be bullied by Hatton and provided him with a finishing left hook, which did not happen in his fight against Clottey, again it's because of his boring yet effective defense. Lastly, Miguel Cotto (TKO 12), Manny left him bloodied and bruised, which Clottey didn't suffer in their fight. Clottey provided some more "extra careful shots" to Manny. Unlike Cotto who exchaged blows that left himself uncovered that resulted to a knockdown in rounds 3 and 4. Clottey and Cotto both share the punching power against the smaller Pacquiao but still in boxing, "speed kills".

   Those four shared the common fate, knock out loss. As a result after their loss, there's also one thing in common on what to do next, retirement, as what the people close to them suggested. Clottey, on the other side, also suffered loss but doesn't include retirement as one of his future plans. Clottey can still face other big names in boxing like Andre Berto or Paul Williams, dubbed as welterweight's "most avoided man". He can even go down back a notch to light welterweight to face Amir Khan, who Roach predicted as the one who can beat Manny in the future. He may even face again Antonio Margarito or Cotto in a rematch, if Cotto decides not to retire.

  As for now, Clottey can go back home for a short time then find the right next opponent as a comeback while he's still in his tip-top body shape.