Bellator 63 Highlights (Video)

Bellator 63 took place Friday night at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT. The card featured the opening round of the welterweight tournament and aired live on MTV2 and EPIX2 HD, with the prelims airing live on Spike.com. Bellator released a video recap of the event with the highlights of Bellator 63 and preview of Bellator 64.

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Melvin Guillard Set to Face Fabricio Camoes at UFC 148

Melvin Guillard will look to end his two-fight losing skid as he will match up with Fabricio Camoes at UFC 148 in July. The two most recently fought at the same event, UFC on FX 1, with Guillard fighting in the main event, while Camoes found himself on the preliminary card. UFC 148 takes place on July 7th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

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Iraq vet uses rear naked choke to stop robbery

You walk into a store and see someone holding up the cashier. What do you do? If you're Zack Thome, an Iraq vet and someone who has trained in MMA, you slap a rear naked choke on the offender and choke him out.


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Thome held Brandon Slanger, the suspect who is said to be schizophrenic, down as someone else called the police. Thome said he lives near the store and didn't want to see the cashier hurt.

"It's kind of my hometown.  I live right next to the place, you know, I'm in there everyday.  I think if it was the other way around, if I worked there and the guy at the register was there, he would have done the same thing," said Thome.

Kudos to Thome for using his MMA training to good use. But unless you've actually trained, don't try this at home, folks. Watching every UFC pay-per-view doesn't count.

Gracias, Cage Potato.

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?The Ultimate Fighter: Live? premieres with 16 one-round fights

"The Ultimate Fighter," the reality show that helped jumpstart the UFC's success, began a new chapter on Friday night as it switched both channels and format. For the first time, fights were shown live and on FX.

Though fights on TUF were previously two rounds with a sudden-death round when needed, the fights to get on the show were just one round. Fighters who needed time to find their rhythm did not fare well, but the ones who managed to win by submission or knockout got a $5,000 bonus. Some highlights from the fights:

-- Sam Sicilia wasted no time making a name for himself, getting the fastest knockout of the day in just eight seconds.

-- After Andy Ogle's win, he jumped onto UFC president Dana White for a full-body hug.

-- Dakota Cochrane, the fighter whose past included acting in gay pornographic movies, did not make the house. He lost a split decision.

-- On the way to losing to Al Iaquinta, Jon Tuck also sustained a broken and disfigured toe.

Complete results:

1. Joe Proctor (8-1), Pembroke, Mass., submitted Jordan Rinaldi (5-1), Matthews, N.C., by guillotine choke at 2:08
2. Cristiano Marcello (13-3), Curitiba,Brazil, submitted Jared Carlsten (3-1), Los Angeles, Calif., at 2:42
3. Sam Sicilia (11-0), Spokane Valley, Wash., knocked out Erin Beach (3-2), San Diego, Calif., at 0:08
4. Chris Tickle (8-4), Bloomington, Ill., knocked out Austin Lyons (9-2), Cordova, Tenn., at 0:44
5. Andy Ogle (9-1), Tynemouth, England,defeated Brendan Weafer (6-4), New York, N.Y., by unanimous decision
6. Vinc Pichel (8-0), Sherman Oaks, Calif., submitted Cody Pfister (7-4), Amarillo, Texas, at 3:39
7. John Cofer (8-1), Hull, Ga., defeated Mark Glover (5-2-1), Liverpool, England, by unanimous decision
8. Chris Saunders (10-2), Long Beach, Calif; defeated Chase Hackett (4-2), Littleton, Colo., by unanimous decision
9. James Vick (5-0), Fort Worth, Texas, defeated Dakota Cochrane (11-3), Omaha, Neb., by split decision
10. Michael Chiesa (8-0), Spokane Valley, Wash., submitted Johnavan Vistante (4-2), Pearl City, Hawaii, at 2:05
11. Mike Rio (9-1), Miami, Fla., submitted Ali Maclean (9-6-1), Belfast, Northern Ireland, at 3:32
12. Justin Lawrence (4-0), Villa Ridge,Mo., knocked out James Krause (14-5), Blue Springs, Mo., at 1:25
13. Daron Cruickshank (10-2), Wayne, Mich.; defeated Drew Dober (8-3), Omaha, Neb., by unanimous decision
14. Jeremy Larsen (9-2), Phoenix, Ariz., defeated Jeff Smith (9-2), Mechanicsburg, Penn., by unanimous decision
15. Al Iaquinta (6-1-1), Wantagh, N.Y., defeated Jon Tuck (6-1), Hagtna, Guam, by unanimous decision
16. Myles Jury (10-0), San Diego, Calif. defeated Akbarh Arreloa (19-7-1), Chula Vista, Calif., by unanimous decision

What did you think of the first night of fights? Tell us in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter.

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