Carabello Over Walker at Bellator

For those of us unable to go to the IX Center last night, it was frustrating to watch the live stream on the Internet. The stream started late, and picked up the action about a minute into the 4^th round of Donny's Walker's fight with Frank Carabello.

What we saw was Carabello controlling the distance in the fight with his right, and Walker trying to get inside. From the comments of the announcers, that had pretty much been the fight up to that point. Carabello had controlled the action, and had won the first three rounds.

At 2:25 of the 4th Carabello over extended himself and Walker stepped inside to deliver a left, Carabello countered with a flying knee that caught Walker flush on his chin and he dropped.  The announcers sid Carabello had been using that combination all through the fight, and finally changed it up once he had Walker's timing down.

The rest of the results follow:

MAIN CARD RESULTS

• Eddie Alvarez def. Shinya Aoki via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 2:14
• Andreas Spang def. Brian Rogers via knockout (punches) - Round 2, 3:34 - middleweight tourney semifinal
• Maiquel Falcao def. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-29) - middleweight tourney semifinal
• Rick Hawn def. Lloyd Woodard via KO (punch) - Round 2, 0:10 - lightweight tourney semifinal
• Brent Weedman def. Thiago Michel via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) - lightweight tourney semifinal
  

PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS

• Jessica Eye def. Anita Rodriguez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• John Hawk def. Marcus Vanttinen via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Attila Vegh def. Dan Spohn via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
• Frank Carabello def. Donny Walker via knockout (flying knee) - Round 4, 2:25
• Julian Lane def. Joe Heiland via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 1, 2:49
  

Written by: Bob Donaghy

New Jason Dent Interview up on YouTube

Jason completed a very frank and revealing phone interview on April 19th with Mike Radich. He talks about his time in TUF in detail, and the effect it had on his fight career. He covers his fights with George Sotiropoulos, Chris Lozano, Paul Bird and goes into his fight plans for 2012 and beyond.

If you want to know what's going on in the head of GR's Head Coach, give a listen




Thanks to Mike Radich for posting the interview. See Mike's other interviews here:




Written by: Bob Donaghy

Jason Dent on Sherdog Jones v Evans

Sherdog has a recurring article in which they poll professional fighters on upcoming events.  GR's Jason Dent is a frequent contributor. 

Edited from Sherdog:

On Saturday night in the Philips Arena down in Atlanta, the UFC’s most marketable grudge match will finally take place. Former training partners Jon Jones and Rashad Evans haven’t exactly been the closest of friends over the years, and after multiple postponements and a landfill worth of trash talk, the two light heavyweights will be able to prove which is superior.

Champion Jones has been on an absolute tear ever since his debut in the UFC, and there appears to be no sign of him slowing down. However, Evans, a former champion at 205, is going to be Jones’ stiffest challenge to date. An illustrious wrestler who has become an upper echelon-level striker, Evans could be the lone man thus far to not only give the champion problems -- he could beat him.

Jones is a terrific wrestler in his own right, and his unorthodox striking -- coupled with his tree branch-like reach – makes hi m the slight favorite entering the contest. He’s determined to keep the title around his waist and prove that it is he, not his adversary, who is the king of the light heavies. The bout’s outcome realistically is a toss-up, but Sherdog.com has found quite a few experts on the subject. Read on to see how dozens of professional fighters and trainers picked Jones vs. Evans:

Jason Dent: I'm picking Jon Jones to win by referee stoppage in round three. I would love to see an upset here, and my heart is with Rashad, but my mind says Jones. Jones is just too gifted in every aspect. He has the height and the reach advantage on just about everyone in the division and his confidence is at an all time high, which makes him very dangerous as well. Plus, he trains out of Jackson’s.

Link to the article on Sherdog

Written by Bob Donaghy

Dent v Bird Fight Video

Jason won his fight in Iowa on April 7th by kimura. Paul Bird has just posted the video to his YouTube channel. We may not get to see Jason fight in Bellator this weekend, but this is pretty good too.

Enjoy



Written by Bob Donaghy

New GRTeam Board Shorts in Stock

New GR Board Shorts now available and in stock in our Team colors. They are available in both kids and adult sizes. Stop by the Pro Shop before they're all gone!

UFC Encyclopedia: 2012 Edition

The new edition of the UFC Encyclopedia is out. GriffonRawl's Jason Dent is mentioned three times:

• Fight of the night against Huerta (UFC 63)
• Submission of the night over Dollar (The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale)
• Semi finalist on season 9 of the Ultimate Fighter. 

 Written by: Bob Donaghy

Jason Dent wins in Des Moines, Iowa

Jason Dent ended a 3 fight losing streak last night in Iowa with a submission win over the very tough Paul Bird. From a text early this morning:

“Stand up fight for round 1. I dropped him with a overhand right in round 2 and jumped on him to finish, ended up popping his arm with a kimura for the tapout. Felt good to win.”

The kimura had to be particularly satisfying over an opponent known for power submissions and whose last fight was a win over BJJ Black Belt by RNC.

Jason has a fight offer from Bellator for the April 20^th card in Cleveland pending approval from the Ohio Athletic Commission.

Written by: Bob Donaghy