At UFC on Versus 6, Struve taps out Barry

At UFC on Versus 6, Struve taps out Barry

In one of the weirder looking fights in the UFC, the 6-foot-11 Stefan Struve submitted the 5-foot-11 Pat Barry in the co-main event of the UFC on Versus 6 in Washington, D.C., on Saturday evening. The fight started slow but had an exciting finish.

The two felt each other out for more than two minutes before truly engaging in the first round. With the unusual height difference, it was understandable, but not exactly exciting. Struve used a push kick to keep Barry from closing the distance, and while Barry did land a head kick and punch combinations. Neither fighter decisively took the round.

Early in the second round, Barry wobbled Struve with an uppercut then followed up with a head kick and leg kicks. Struve took Barry down, and tried to first grab a guillotine. He couldn't finish it, but as Barry got his head out of the choke, Struve transitioned into a triangle choke. Barry stood up with Struve still attached and slammed Struve onto his back, but that only tightened to choke. Barry was forced to tap at 3:22 in the second round.

This win puts Struve at 22-5, while Barry experienced his second exciting loss -- if there can be such a thing -- in a row. In his last fight, Barry was KOed by Cheick Kongo while being on the brink of winning by TKO. Barry, who started with a career in kickboxing, falls to 6-4.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/At-UFC-on-Versus-6-Struve-taps-out-Barry?urn=mma-wp7630

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Biggest fight day in UFC history? White talks double-card plans in February

Just when you think the UFC has broken new ground in the fight industry, it comes up with something even crazier. Saturday night, Dana White added more details of Dave Meltzer's report that the promotion will present two fight cards on Feb. 26, 2012.

The great news for fans is that you'll get to see both and they won't overlap.

The UFC is hitting Japan for the first time since 2000. The 2012 card at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, will air live in the U.S. during the afternoon. At night, the UFC will offer another loaded pay-per-view card in Las Vegas. The Japan card, which White says will be stacked, will air on free television and serve as a lead-in to the PPV card.

"The thing that we don't do, and what boxing did a long time ago, is when the pay model started they started putting [expletive] fights on free TV and nobody ever wanted to watch it anymore," White explained to the gathered media at the UFC on Versus 6 postfight press conference (1:39 mark - NSFW). "We don't ever put [expletive] fights on free TV."

Many of the fighters the UFC acquired in the PRIDE deal have expressed a desire to fight on the Japan card including Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Biggest-fight-day-in-UFC-history-White-talks-do?urn=mma-wp7687

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