May 22, 2013

UFC / MMA: Henderson retained UFC lightweight title with split decision over Gilbert Melendez

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — SAN JOSE, Calif. – UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson retained his belt, albeit in razor-thin fashion, and capped off his win with a marriage proposal. Henderson earned a split-decision win over former Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez in the main event of Saturday’s UFC on FOX 7 event at HP Pavilion. It [...]

Boxing: Pacquiao, Marquez want to settle 4th bout with KOs

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(L-R) Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez stand onstage to face the media cameras during the Manny Pacquiao v Juan Manuel Marquez – Press Conference at Beverly Hills Hotel on September 17, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (September 16, 2012 – Source: Victor Decolongon/Getty Images North America) BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — (AP) Manny Pacquiao scribbled [...]

UFC 150: Henderson survives to retain lightweight title

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(By Ron Chenoy, US Presswire) (PhatzRadio / MMA) — Frankie Edgar said he was going to Denver to get his lightweight title back. But after yet another 25-minute effort for the New Yorker, he didn’t get what was he was looking for — even if many in the crowd thought he did. Edgar fell to [...]

Barao beats Faber for 19th straight win at UFC 149

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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Renan Barao won a unanimous decision against Urijah Faber at UFC 149 Saturday night for his 19th straight victory. The Brazilian, who outlasted his opponent in the five-round main event, now holds the interim bantamweight title and has put himself in position to take on current titleholder Dominick Cruz. The two [...]

Boxing: Nev. AG – Nothing criminal in Pacquiao-Bradley bout

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(R-L) Manny Pacquiao throws a left to the head of Timothy Bradley during their WBO welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (June 8, 2012 – Source: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images North America) LAS VEGAS (AP) – Nevada’s state attorney general found nothing illegal or criminal in [...]

UFC / MMA: Maynard tops Guida at UFC on FX 4

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Waiting for the decision, Gray Maynard smacked himself on each side of the face a few times to rile up the crowd. At last, some hitting. Clay Guida danced and dodged his way around the octagon for five rounds and it cost him a few thousand fans and points on [...]

Boxing WBO panel: Pacquiao beat Bradley

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(R-L) Manny Pacquiao throws a left to the head of Timothy Bradley during their WBO welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (June 8, 2012 – Source: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images North America) MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Manny Pacquiao says he wants a rematch with Timothy Bradley [...]

Boxing: Chavez stops Lee in seventh to retain middleweight title

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. continued his march toward greatness by stopping Andy Lee in the seventh round Saturday night at the Sun Bowl in El Paso to remain undefeated and retain his WBC middleweight title. A week after the Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley fight erupted into a full scale controversy after [...]

Boxing: WBO to review Pacquiao-Bradley title bout

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(R-L) Manny Pacquiao lands a left to the head of Timothy Bradley during their WBO welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (June 8, 2012 – Source: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / SI) — One of boxing’s major sanctioning bodies will review Timothy Bradley’s [...]

Boxing: Top Rank requests ‘complete inquiry’ into Pacquiao-Bradley decision

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(L-R) Timothy Bradley lands a left to the body of Manny Pacquiao during their WBO welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (June 8, 2012 – Source: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / SI) — Top Rank has submitted a request to the Nevada Attorney [...]