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MMA News Written by Arnold Lim - The Sushiboy
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Saturday, 24 January 2009 |
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2009) Fedor Emelianenko knocks out Andrei
Arlovski, Josh Barnett defeats Gilbert Yvel, and more as the Honda center
showed off some interesting matchups.
MAIN EVENT HEAVYWEIGHTS - 5 ROUNDS
Fedor Emelianenko of Stary Oskol, Russia, defeated Andrei Arlovski of Chicago, IL by KO at 3:14 in the initial round. Emelianenko improves his record to 29-1 (7 KOs) while Arlovski became 14-6.
Josh Barnett of Seattle, WA defeated Gilbert Yvel of Amsterdam, HOL by submission at 3:14 in the third round with Yvel tapping out. Barnett improves his record to 26-5 while Yvel became 35-13-1.
Vitor Belfort of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil defeated Matt Lindland of Eagle Creek, OR by TKO at :37 of the initial round. Belfort improves his record to 18-8 (12 KOs) while Lindland became 21-6.
Babalu Sobral of Costa Mesa, CA, defeated Thierry Sokoudjou of San Diego, CA, by submission at 2:36 in the second round. Sobral has now improved his record to 32-7 (3 KOs) while Sokoudjou became 5-4.
Paul Buentello of San Antonio, TX, defeated Kiril Sidellnikov of Stary Oscal, Russia by TKO at 4:18 in the third round. Buentello has now improved his record to 27-10 (17 KOs) while Sidellnikov became 5-3.
Dan Lauzon of Boston, MA, defeated Bobby Green of Californias Inland Empire by submission at 4:38 in the initial round. Lauzon has now improved his record to 12-2 while Green became 7-2.
HDNet MAIN EVENT - LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS - 3 ROUNDS
Antonio Nogueira of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, defeated Vladimir Matyushenko of El Segundo, Calif., by TKO at 4:26 of the second round. He improves his record to 16-3 while Matyushenko falls to 21-4.
L.C. Davis of Kansas City, Mo., defeated Bao Quach of Irvine, Calif. by unanimous decision. He improves his record to 12-1 while Quach fell to 15-9.
Albert Rios of Los Angeles, defeated Antonio Duarte of Tijuana, Mexico by unanimous decision. He improves his record to 11-3 while Duarte became 11-2.
Brett Cooper of Long Beach, Calif., defeated Patrick Speight of San Diego, by TKO at 4:10 of the second round. He improves his record to 8-4 while Speight drops to 7-2.
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