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The Saint John’s wrestling team travels to Augsburg this Saturday, March 1, for the NCAA West Regional. The meet is scheduled for 9 a.m. at Si Melby Hall in Minneapolis. The top three at each weight class qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division III Championships, which are scheduled for March 14-15 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. – Live Results | Regional Website & Travel Information | Live Video (semifinals/finals/third-place matches only)v

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: No. 21 Saint John’s wrestling (9-11 dual record) dropped four matches each by three points or less in a 28-9 loss to then-No. 7 Augsburg on Feb. 16 in Collegeville. Mike Fuenffinger, ranked fourth nationally, gave the Auggies a 6-0 lead with a pin of sophomore John Wells (Janesville, Wis./Milton) in 5:24 at 125 pounds. The match was Wells’ first since Jan. 11. Chad Bartschenfeld scored a takedown with 27 seconds left to hand senior Alex Peck (Edina, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret’s) a 6-4 loss at 133 pounds. Sophomore Ben Henle (Spicer, Minn./New London-Spicer) put SJU on the scoreboard with an 11-4 win, one point from a major decision, to improve to 17-8 at 141 pounds. Junior Joe Hessing (Loretto, Minn./Delano) led by as much as 6-2 but Augsburg’s Will Keeter recorded a takedown with 45 seconds left to cut it to 7-6 and sent the match into overtime with the addition point for riding time. Keeter won the match 9-7 with a takedown 20 seconds into the one-minute, sudden-death overtime. Senior Ryan Arne (Orono, Minn.), ranked 10th nationally, built an 8-2 lead and held on for an 11-7 win, thanks to a late takedown in his favor, at 157 pounds. His opponent, Rashad Kennedy, bit Arne’s forearm after the match and was disqualified, which gave SJU three additional team points (serving as a forfeit) and cut its deficit to 12-9. Arne now touts a team-leading 18-5 record on the season. The bizarre action failed to spark the Johnnies, however, as Augsburg won the final five matches. The Auggies’ Justin Bowland won the battle of high-school teammates with a 6-1 decision over senior Brandon Seppelt (Foley, Minn.) and freshman Teddy Erickson (Annandale, Minn.) fought back from an 8-4 deficit, only to lose by a 10-8 score at 174 pounds. Tommy Teigen tallied a 13-2 major decision over sophomore Josh Willaert (Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson) at 184 pounds and Matt Hechsel, ranked fifth nationally, edged junior Ryan Michaelis (Monticello, Minn.) 3-0 at 197. Two-time defending national champion, and top-ranked heavyweight, Chad Johnson ended the dual with a 7-1 win over senior John Scepaniak (Avon, Minn./Holdingford).

TRACK RECORD: SJU has qualified two or more wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in 23 of the last 24 seasons.

SJU’S LINEUP: Here is a preview of SJU’s lineup for Saturday’s regional.

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Sophomore John Wells (Janesville, Wis./Milton) is 9-11 on the year and is looking to improve on his fifth-place finish at last year’s regional. He will likely face third-ranked Fuenffinger from Augsburg, who he is 1-2 against (including the loss by pin Feb. 16).

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Senior Alex Peck (Edina, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret’s) has compiled a 9-7 record this season and is looking to get a bid to the national tournament in his first and last appearance at the NCAA Regional. The lone ranked wrestler in the 133-pound bracket will be Concordia-Moorhead’s Jacoby Bergeron, who is ranked as high as eighth (NWCA). Peck defeated Bergeron’s backup 11-4 in the dual loss to the Cobbers Feb. 11.

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Sophomore Ben Henle (Spicer, Minn./New London-Spicer) is 17-8 on the season and competes Saturday in a bracket that will not have any ranked wrestlers. The bracket does, however, contain returning All-American Nathaniel Behnke of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, who Henle defeated in the first tournament of the season by an 8-7 decision. Henle has been ranked as high as fifth nationally this season.

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Junior Joe Hessing (Loretto, Minn./Delano) has accumulated a 17-10 record and a team-leading 11 pins so far this season. He missed all of last season, and a majority of the 2011-12 campaign, due to injury. Regionally, Hessing touts a 14-13 win over sixth-ranked Jake Long of Concordia-Moorhead, who won the region and placed fourth at the national tournament last season. Later that week, Hessing dropped an overtime decision to Augsburg’s returning All-American, Will Keeter, 9-7. Last year’s national champion at 149, Greg Sanders of Concordia (Wis.), suffered a season-ending injury and will not get the chance to defend his title.

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Senior Ryan Arne (Orono, Minn.) boasts a team leading 18-5 record this season and is looking to repeat as a national entrant. Arne, who won the region last season, will have the top-ranked wrestler, Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s Nazar Kulchytskyy, in his bracket. Last year’s national champion at 165 pounds, Kulchytskyy dropped down to 157 pounds in 2013-14 and has a 33-2 record on the year.

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Senior Brandon Seppelt (Foley, Minn.) has an 8-16 record on the year and is appearing in his first regional tournament, in his final season. This bracket is up in the air as there is no clear leader regionally at this weight.

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Senior Brock Friesen (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest) will appear in his first regional tournament and has compiled a 4-9 record in his final season at SJU. Friesen earned a spot in the lineup with a wrestle-off win during last week’s practices.

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Sophomore Josh Willaert (Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson) looks to improve on his fourth-place finish at last year’s regional. He has bumped up a weight class from a year ago and is 11-8 on the season. The 184-pound bracket will have two ranked wrestlers: No. 2 Dan Schiferl of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and No. 5 James Roach of St. Olaf. Willaert missed the region finals with a close 7-4 loss to Roach last March.

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Junior Ryan Michaelis (Monticello, Minn.) looks to repeat as a national qualifier this weekend. Michaelis, who is 12-9 on the season, may have to battled past seventh-ranked, and returning All-American, Matt Hechsel of Augsburg. Hechsel earned a close 3-0 over Michaelis Feb. 16.

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Senior John Scepaniak (Avon, Minn./Holdingford) will have a tough road to the national tournament, as the heavyweight bracket contains two top-three wrestlers, top-ranked Chad Johnson of Augsburg and No. 3 Cody Kasprick of Concordia, and St. Olaf’s Zack Gibson. Scepaniak (10-12 record) lost to Johnson, the two-time defending national champion, by a 7-1 decision Feb. 16 and was pinned by Kasprick Feb. 11.

LAST YEAR’S REGIONAL: SJU finished third out of 12 teams and qualified six wrestlers to the NCAA Division III Championships at last year’s NCAA West Regional, hosted by Augsburg, on March 2 (2013). A pair of Johnnies, Mitch Hagen ’13 and Arne, earned individual titles. Chris Stevermer ’13 finished third at 149 pounds to, like Hagen, earn his second consecutive trip to nationals, while Michaelis, Scepaniak and Nick Schuler ’13 earned their first national-tournament appearances. Augsburg won the regional with a total of 143.5 points and eight qualifiers, followed by Concordia-Moorhead (133), SJU (127) and Wisconsin-Oshkosh (79). The fourth-ranked wrestler in Division III at 184 pounds, Hagen went 3-0 with a pair of pins, including a title-clinching fall over Caleb Malychewski of Pacific (Ore.). Arne earned SJU’s other crown and his first trip to nationals with the most impressive performance of the day. Arne sandwiched a pair of major decisions with two technical falls, ending the day with a 17-1 win over Concordia-Moorhead’s Kevin Fynboh at 157 pounds. Schuler started the day with back-to-back decisions before falling to Kulchytskyy by technical fall, 20-5, in the 165-pound championship bout. Five wrestlers competed in the third-place matches of their respective weights. Stevermer posted a pair of pins before falling to Concordia-Moorhead’s Jacob Long, 3-2 in the 149-pound semifinal. He battled back with a 5-3 win over St. Olaf’s Carl Elmer and punched his ticket to nationals with a convincing 18-2 technical fall of Augsburg’s Rashad Kennedy. Michaelis won his first match at 197 pounds but allowed a late takedown to the Cobbers’ Nathan Schmitz in a 3-1 semifinal loss. He wrapped up third place with two more decisions. Scepaniak became the first SJU heavyweight to reach the national tournament since 1997 (Matt Wentland) with a 3-1 record. He dropped a hard-fought 8-4 decision to top-ranked Chad Johnson of Augsburg in the semifinal, but earned a trip to nationals with an overtime win over St. Olaf’s Zack Gibson, his second victory over the Ole on the day. Willaert registered two pins to start the tourney but fell to St. Olaf’s James Roach, 7-4 in the 174-pound semifinal. He earned a 10-5 decision over the Cobbers’ Sebastian Gardner but lost the third-place match to Augsburg’s Josh Kohler, 11-6. Wells went 2-2 to claim fifth place at 125 pounds. He won his first match by a pin in 49 seconds, before falling by decision to fifth-ranked Sean Ambrocio of Concordia (Wis.) and St. Olaf’s Wesley Azariah. Wells tallied a 12-1 major decision to claim fifth. Junior Evan Guffey lost his first match of the day with a high-scoring 14-12 decision to Marcus McCauley of Lakeland (Wis.), and fell in the consolation bracket by a 6-3 score to Ryan Baxter of Pacific).

Back in Full Sail University once again this week, NXT did a lot to build up to the NXT Takeover: New Orleans event taking place before WrestleMania in two weeks. General Manager William Regal appeared on this show several times tonight after making a major announcement at the start of the show. After promising to change NXT forever, William Regal has done just that, and some new faces have officially arrived on NXT as well. Before we get to any of that though, some big news came right off that bat.
Tommaso Ciampa arrived to Full Sail University incredibly flustered as he met William Regal outside of the building. He mentioned that Johnny Gargano has attacked him several times and even showed up to his house at 3am recently. Regal decided to have the two officially settle their differences in an unsanctioned match at NXT Takeover: New Orleans. If Gargano wins the match, he will be reinstated on NXT, but if not, he will remain banished forever.
As mentioned Regal promised a major announcement for the show, and that announcement came in the form of a brand new North American Championship coming arriving to NXT at Takeover: New Orleans. This brought out EC3 who made his NXT debut to a standing ovation from the Full Sail crowd. EC3 was elated to find out that Regal had created a title just for himself, only that is not what’s happening here. Regal said that EC3 is talented, but no one is handed anything in NXT. Instead, EC3 will compete for the title in a ladder match against five other competitors in New Orleans to crown the first-ever North American Champion. Undeterred, EC3 promised to win the match because he is in the top 1% of the industry.

TM61 appeared in a taped video filmed at the WWE Performance Center and vowed to get better and improve. Their video was interrupted by a shouting match between Ember Moon and Shayna Baszler. The two then began to brawl before other members of the PC were able to separate them.
The Authors of Pain vs. The Street Profits –
This was a semi-final match in the the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament. It saw The Authors of Pain work a great deal of this match as Akam and Rezar beat down Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford in the early stages of the match. They destroyed the team with some strikes for a while. Eventually, the Profits did receive some momentum after Dawkins was tagged in and slammed down the two giant men. It seemed like the two may have actually had a shot at winning… that is, until Montez Ford got involved.
Ford was so excited at the thought of winning the match that he picked up his signature cup and began to dance around the ring. He then bumped into the Author’s manager, Paul Ellering, who sternly stared at the young wrestler. Ford offered Ellering a sip out of his cup, but Ellering swiped the cup out of his hands and sent it crashing onto the floor. Ford was outraged and began to intimidate the old man up the ramp, but this proved to be a distraction for Dawkins. As this was going on, the Authors recuperated and hit the Last Chapter on Dawkins to win the match.

Winners: The Authors of Pain
Backstage, William Regal confirmed that the second participant in the ladder match at Takeover will be Adam Cole. Before he could leave, The Velveteen Dream arrived and insisted that Regal put him in the match as well. Regal acknowledged that the Dream has been impressive lately, so with little hesitation, he officially declared him to be the third member of the match.
Lars Sullivan vs. John Silver –

It has literally been months since the large monster known as Lars Sullivan has been seen on NXT programming. Luckily, he has returned to do what he does best: absolutely destroy every individual smaller than he is. In this case, Sullivan went up against a skinny, local enhancement talent named John Silver. Unsurprisingly, this did not end well for Silver.
Lars immediately sent him crashing down to the ring canvas and repeatedly began to strike him while he was down. Silver was thrown into the corner for an avalanche before Sullivan hit a powerslam on his already exhausted opponent. Interestingly enough, the large lad named Lars went up top for a high-risk maneuver and hit a huge diving headbutt on Silver. That was all that he needed to hit the Freak Accident and give himself the win.
Winner: Lars Sullivan
Not too much longer after this, Regal appeared backstage and came face to face with Sullivan. He welcomed him back and put him in the ladder match at Takeover. Lars said that he wanted to face Killian Dain, to which Regal responded by inserting Dain into the ladder match as well. He also said that Sullivan will face Dain in a singles match on NXT next week.
Dakota Kai came out for a match that never got started after footage from outside of Full Sail University showed Andrade “Cien” Almas savagely beating Aleister The announcers had been wondering why Black was late to the show all night, but it turns out that Almas had ambushed his challenger at NXT Takeover: New Orleans. Almas threw him all over the campus, and also tossed him into a cooler and into a door before dragging him to ringside in front of the live crowd while Zelina Vega cheered him on the whole time. Almas forced Black into the ring and held the NXT Championship over him as the crowd booed.
SAnitY vs. “The Bruiserweight” Pete Dunne & Roderick Strong –
The makeshift tag team of Pete Dunne and Roderick Strong managed to score a win over Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan on NXT last week. This time, they had to deal with former NXT Tag Team Champions Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe of SAnitY. The winners of this match would advance to the finals of this year’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament.
Each member of the two teams began to take turns fighting each other, which caused the referee to separate them both on two different occasions. Dunne gained the upper hand by taking control of Young’s arm and working it over for much of the early stages of this match. Young struggled to escape Dunne and make a tag to Wolfe, and he was unable to do so for quite some time. However, Young was finally able to fight out of a failed kimura attempt from Dunne.
Seeing what Young had in mind, Dunne went right after Strong and both men tagged in their tag team partners as the same exact time. Wolfe and Strong went back on fourth with blows to the head for quite a bit, much to the delight of the audience in attendance. Wolfe then hit a European uppercut on Strong, but the latter retaliated with a knee. Wolfe bounced off of the ropes and hit a Death Valley Driver. He made the tag back to Young and they worked together to nearly beat Strong, but Dunne ran back in the ring and broke up the pin with just moments to spare.
Wolfe tried to go for a top rope maneuver, but Dunne forearmed him. Young then tried to go for his own high-risk move until Strong caught him and attempted to hit a superplex on him instead. Eric Young sent Strong crashing down hard to the canvas before hitting an incredibly high elbow drop. This was not enough to put the former NXT Championship contender since Strong still found a way to kick out. Young was absolutely shocked that Strong was still able to fight.
Regardless, Strong continued to build momentum by hitting a backbreaker on Young before going for another pinfall attempt. Once again, the pin was broken up when Wolfe ran back in and saved Young. Wolfe was just about ready to suplex Dunne until Strong intervened and gave the German superstar the End of Heartache, taking care of Wolfe for the rest of the match. With just one more tag, Dunne was able to get the pin and score himself and Roddy a spot in the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament.
Winners: Roderick Strong & Pete Dunne
Before the show went off the air, Cathy Kelley stood outside William Regal’s office hoping to get confirmation on the final participant of the ladder match at Takeover. Regal stated that he just finished signing the sixth competitor to the match and that he will be introduced soon. Moments later, Ricochet emerged from the office and simply stated “see you at Takeover.”
What to take away from this show, you may be asking? Well, we now know that the North American Championship will be coming to NXT very soon and it will be defended in a ladder match in New Orleans. EC3 and Ricochet have officially arrived in NXT as well, and also, stars like Lars Sullivan have returned to the program. Perhaps most importantly, Johnny Gargano now has a shot to get his job back by facing and defeating Tommaso Ciampa in what promises to be a thrilling match in New Orleans on April 7th.
Until then, The Authors of Pain and the team of Roderick Strong and Pete Dunne will face off next week in the finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament. Who will go on to face The Undisputed Era for the NXT Tag Team Championships at NXT Takeover: New Orleans, we should have that question answered very soon. I’ll see you NXT time!

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The St. Cloud State University wrestling team (19-1, 8-0 NSIC) completed its 2013-14 season with another strong showing at the NCAA Division II championships in Cleveland, Ohio on March 15. As a team, SCSU placed sixth in the nation at this year’s championships.

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The Huskies brought home four All-American awards and finished among the nation’s top 10 teams. SCSU wrestlers to earn All-America status in 2013-14 were Jay Hildreth (149), Clint Poster (157), Gabe Fogarty (165) and Austin Goergen (285).

At 149-pounds, Hildreth earned his first All-American award with a fourth place finish. On March 15, Hildreth lost in the semifinals by a 3-2 margin to Edwin Cooper of Upper Iowa. He then advanced in the wrestlebacks with a 4-0 decision against Cameryn Brady of Indianapolis. In the bout for third place, Hildreth ended his year with a 4-3 loss to Terrell Wilbourn of Lindenwood.

In action at 157-pounds, Poster charted his second All-American award as a Husky. To open the day, Poster lost a 7-4 match against Jonatan Rivera of Notre Dame (OH). In the wrestlebacks, Poster returned to form with a solid 11-4 victory over Ray Hall of CSU-Pueblo. He capped his run at the nationals this season with a decisive pin at 4:17 against Justin Pencock of UNC-Pembroke in the bout for third place.

SCSU’s Fogarty also earned his second consecutive All-American award at 165-pounds with a 7th place finish in 2013-14. Fogarty suffered a pinfall loss against Dimitri Willis of Maryville at 2:02 in his first match of the day and then earned his All-America award with a 6-2 win over Ty Loehten of Central Missouri in the bout for seventh place.

Goergen capped a strong freshman season at SCSU by finishing with a sixth place finish at 285-pounds, which also provided him with All-Amervca status for 2013-14. Goergen opened his day with a 5-4 loss to Steve Butler of Lindenwood and then lost by a close 8-7 decision in the match for fifth place against Evan Wooding of Indianapolis.

As a team, the Huskies placed sixth in the final team standings with 51.0 points. Notre Dame (Ohio) won the event with 99.5 points, while Nebraska Kearney was second at 64.5 Maryville (58.5), Ouachita Baptist (56.0) and Central Oklahoma (54.5) complete the top five teams in the meet. SCSU was the top team from the NSIC in the national standings this season.

NCAA Division II National Championships results

College Tournament Time

Last night’s episode of SmackDown Live emanated from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The dark match that took place before last night’s episode of SmackDown Live went on the air saw Naomi defeat Riott Squad Leader Ruby Riott in singles action in around 10 minutes. The Riott Squad’s Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan were at ringside.
The dark main event that took place after last night’s episode of SmackDown Live went off the air saw WWE United States Champion Randy Orton & SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos defeat Rusev Day (Rusev & Aiden English) & Baron Corbin in six-man action.

While the main event of WrestleMania was always scheduled to be the Universal Championship match between Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar, few fans were prepared for the outcome of the match. Lesnar had been favored to lose the match over reported talks of him leaving WWE to rejoin UFC not long after WrestleMania. However, you never truly know what may happen at WrestleMania, and the main event of the evening instead saw Lesnar shockingly retain his championship over “The Big Dog.” UFC President Dana White was in attendance for WrestleMania last night, but no word on Lesnar’s current status with WWE has been provided. For now, Lesnar remains the Universal Champion.

It took SIX F5s, including one THROUGH the announce table…but @BrockLesnar is STILL your #UniversalChampion! #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/St3BEDXEAc
— WWE (@WWE) April 9, 2018

Perhaps one of the most highly-anticipated matches of WrestleMania last night was the WWE Championship match between Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles. The two traded moves back and fourth for a while before Styles managed to defeat Nakamura after hitting him with a Styles Clash. After the match, Nakamura handed the title over to Styles, seemingly out of respect. That all changed when “The King of Strong Style” suddenly hit “The Phenomenal One” with a low blow. He then proceeded to attack Styles some more at ringside before defiantly laying him out with a Kinshasa. Nakamura smiled as he made his way to the back, proving that he was proud of what he had just done.

A PHENOMENAL effort by @AJStylesOrg…
The #StylesClash means that he is STILL your @WWE Champion at #WrestleMania! pic.twitter.com/9vCtwPYwxA
— WWE (@WWE) April 9, 2018

WHY, @ShinsukeN, WHY?! #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/D0TVqqfEzt
— WWE (@WWE) April 9, 2018

This may not be the #Kinshasa @ShinsukeN expected to deliver tonight, but it will be remembered for years to come… #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/9UfehXmows
— WWE (@WWE) April 9, 2018

Daniel Bryan made his in-ring return at WrestleMania 34 last night when he and Shane McMahon faced Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. After being fired by Bryan, Zayn and Owens were given the chance to earn their jobs back on Smackdown. All that they had to do was defeat McMahon and Bryan, but the two best friends were unable to do so. Bryan got the win for his team when he managed to make Sami Zayn tap out via Yes Lock. As per the stipulation of the match, Zayn and Owens will remain fired from WWE. The match marked Bryan’s first match back in WWE in over three years. Bryan embraced with his wife Brie Bella at ringside before he and Shane McMahon proceeded up the ramp.

By Paul Fontaine, WrestlingObserver.com

Adam Cole joins Kelly and Corino for commentary this week. Highlights of Chris Sabin’s debut and unmasking as a member of KRD take us into the first match.

Chris Sabin vs Kyle O’Reilly

Sabin exits through the crowd right after he’s introduced and then attacks O’Reilly from behind during his entrance. O’Reilly is wearing a bandage around his head as Kelly claims that his wounds from last week aren’t healed yet. Sabin beats on him outside the ring, tossing him into the ring barriers. He finally throws him into the ring after about 3 minutes and O’Reilly has recovered somewhat so Sabin bails. O’Reilly follows him out there and gets some payback. Kelly tells us that senior ref Todd Sinclair is out due to the injuries suffered last week at the hands of Tommaso Ciampa and that Ciampa has been fired from ROH.

Back in the ring and O’Reilly is working over Sabin’s arm to set up his armbar submission. Sabin asks for a timeout and then tries to get O’Reilly to adhere to the Code of Honor. He does not oblige. Sabin then spit on him and rolled out of the ring again. O’Reilly comes out after him but Sabin goes back into the ring and then hits him with a dive outside the ring as we go to break.

Back from break and Sabin’s still in control and he rips off the bandage and now Sabin working for a submission. Kelly plugs the codeline and I’ve been slagging these things but after last Sunday’s B&V show, I will not do it again. In fact I urge you to call this line, especially if you’re single and looking for a date. Screen cuts to black and white as the cut on O’Reilly is opened up. This show airs at 137 AM. Whatever. The blood isn’t even that bad.

O’Reilly takes over as the crowd chants O-REILLY! O’Reilly with an armbar but Sabin gets to the ropes. O’Reilly getting a taste of his blood and fired up. He follows Sabin to the top rope and tries to get the armbar but Sabin reverses and gets O’Reilly in a tree of woe and stands on his groin. “Illegal use of the ding-ding”, according to Corino. Sabin hits a springboard DDT for a 2. They trade kicks and chops to the YAY-BOO treatment. O’Reilly gets the better of it and ends up hitting the Nigel McGuiness clothesline and then a brainbuster for two. Sabin then tosses him out of the ring and he lands on his head.

Bobby Fish comes out to cheer on O’Reilly at this point and he’s really struggling to get back in the ring. The fans are even helpding him up. O’Reilly barely makes it in. They trade punches in another YAY-BOO sequence. This breaks into a hockey fight flurry of punches and O’Reilly gets the better of it, hitting a dragon sleeper. This brings out Christopher Daniels to distract the ref and he and O’Reilly break into a fight outside the ring. The ref is distracted, which allows Kazarian to run in and he and Sabin double-team O’Reilly. Sabin gets the win after an F5 into a sit-out powerbomb. I’m sure Sabin’s got a name for it but the announcers didn’t call it.

WINNER – CHRIS SABIN by pinfall

After a break Corino is putting over the upcoming series of ROH-New Japan shows, including an iPPV this coming Friday, which leads into some match announcements. On Friday:

– ROH All-Stars (Mark and Jay Briscoe, Roderick Strong, Rowe and Hanson) vs The Bullet Club (AJ Styles, The Young Bucks, Anderson and Gallows)

– ROH TV Title – Jay Lethal vs Tetsuya Naito

– Michael Elgin vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

– Cedric Alexander vs Kazuchika Okada

– ACH vs Shinsuke Nakamura

– Matt Sydal & Jushin Liger vs The Kingdom (Bennett & Taven)

Plus: Gedo, Kushida, Watanabe and more

A video recap of the issues between ACH and the Decade airs coming out of break and the announcement of ACH vs Adam Page as next week’s main event. That may be the match I was at live a couple weeks ago.

ACH/”Re-Bourne” Matt Sydal/Alberto El Patron vs “Mr. ROH” Roderick Strong/The Briscoes (ROH World Champion Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe)

Patron gets a superstar reaction for his ring entrance here in San Antonio. I think this is his final match with the company. Briscoes were over as well but Patron was clearly the biggest star to this crowd.

ACH and Mark Briscoe kicked things off. They traded holds for a few minutes with ACH having the slight advantage. They tagged out to Sydal and Strong. They did more or less the same thing that ended with them shaking hands in the centre of the ring to THIS IS WRESTLING chants. They tagged out to Patron and Briscoe which drew CI CI CI chants followed by MAN UP. Patron kind of took control of the match at this point, getting a sustained advantage over Briscoe with a couple two counts. Briscoe eventually made the tag to Mark, which being an extended sell period for Patron.

Patron was finally able to tag in ACH after Strong had taken over for Mark. Some double-teaming from Sydal and ACH on Strong followed. Strong stopped the momentum with a backbreaker, which drew a RODDY chant. Both guys tagged out to Mark Briscoe and ACH. A little redneck Kung Fu allowed Mark to take over. Mark then went for a suicide dive on ACH outside the ring but he blocked it with his knees. This started a series of dives from all guys, which ended with Jay taking out everyone.

Back in the ring and it’s ACH and Mark Briscoe again. ACH went for a flying splash but Briscoe cut him in mid-air with a Lariat as they went to break. Back in and ACH is isolated in the opponent’s corner and Strong tags in. Another Code Line plug 1-800-885-4ROH. A free Women of Honor screen shot and some exclusive news on a huge ROH star signing a long term extension, either Jay Briscoe or Matt Sydal. Strong and the Briscoes still taking turns beating on ACH.

ACH turns around the momentum, hitting the double foot stomp to the back of the head of Jay, and tagging in Patron. Patron hits Strong with an ironic backbreaker and a big boot for a two. Patron distracted by Mark, which allows Strong to hit a double gut-buster for two. Jay tags in and takes over on Patron, getting a two off of a neckbreaker as we go to break.

Patron tags in Sydal and he hits a standing moonsault for two. Briscoe tags in brother Mark, who hits a flying elbow for two. Sydal gets the tag to ACH, who hits a flying DDT for two. Match breaks down at this point, with everyone coming in without tags but Strong pretty much running wild on everyone. Strong hits a superplex on ACH, followed by Froggie-Bo by Briscoe but Patron breaks up the pin.

Patron hits a double foot-stomp on Mark, who’s suspended between the ropes, but Jay breaks up the pin. Patron lays out Strong with a Superkick. Patron gets an armbar on Mark and Sydal heads to the top. He hits a shooting star press on Mark as Patron lets the armbar go. Then ACH nails a 450 splash on Mark for the pin.

WINNERS: ACH/ALBERTO EL PATRON/MATT SYDAL by pinfall

The announcers put this over as the biggest win of ACH’s career, which it probably is. All 6 guys shake hands after the match as Kevin Kelly gets in a final plug for Global Wars.

This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling was able to draw 381,000 viewers. This is up 30% from last week’s 294,000 viewers and is the second best number for the show this year. This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling featured Rosemary defeating Taya Valkyrie in the Demon’s Dance Main Event.
This week’s episode of Impact Wrestling ranked #100 on the Cable Top 150, while last week’s show ranked #128. Jersey Shore topped the night in the 18-49 demographic while Rachel Maddow topped the night in viewership at 3.555 million.
Below are Impact Wrestling’s viewership numbers for the rest of 2018:

– January 4th Episode: 309,000 viewers
– January 11th Episode: 276,000 viewers
– January 18th Episode: 309,000 viewers
– January 25th Episode: 310,000 viewers (Genesis Episode)

– February 1st Episode: 319,000 viewers (Reboot Episode)
– February 8th Episode: 294,000 viewers
– February 15th Episode: 300,000 viewers

– February 22nd Episode: 262,000 viewers
– March 1st Episode: 365,000 viewers
– March 8th Episode: 325,000 (Crossroads Episode)
– March 15th Episode: 350,000 viewers
– March 22nd Episode: 362,000 viewers
– March 29th Episode: 399,000 viewers
– April 5th Episode: 294,000 viewers
– April 12th Episode: 381,000 viewers

by Jeff Hamlin, WrestlingObserver.com

The Big Takeaway: With another Special Event coming up and little time to build up for it, they rushed Seth Rollins vs. Dean Amrbose onto the main event spot for the Elimination Chamber show. Kevin Owens made his Raw debut where he jumped John Cena after tons of talk building up Wednesday’s NXT Takeover show. Cena and Owens will tangle at Elimination Chamber, as well. Owens was treated like a big deal and the fans were familiar with him.

HHH and Stephanie McMahon came out together for the first time since the night after WrestleMania. Stephanie put over Seth Rollins after his win at Payback as the future of the company and announced his three opponents from last night would go to the back of the line for title contendership.

Then they turned their attention to the Intercontiental championship, with Stephanie saying Daniel Bryan was watching at home on television, then corrected herself and said he was probably picking berries. HHH announced they would crown a new I-C champion inside the Elimination Chamber.

Sheamus came out and said they didn’t need an Elimination Chamber match to crown a new I-C champion because he was the one who took Bryan out of action, so he should be rewarded. Rewarded for giving someone a legit concussion?

Ryback came out and put over Bryan, even talking back to Steph at one point. He challenged Sheamus to a match saying Sheamus would get to fight someone his own size. HHH agreed to let them fight. I hated how Bryan is portrayed as this underdog, Spike Dudley-like character. Still it was good to see the top heel in the company in the ring….with her husband.

Sheamus defeated Ryback in 10:03

Match ended when Sheamus sold his eye for some reason. Referee forced Ryback to back off, giving Sheamus enough time to recover and deliver a Brogue kick for the pin. Ryback pressed slammed Sheamus onto the announcers table which had to be a rib on CM Punk.

Stephanie and HHH were sipping champagne backstage when Kane walked in. Stephanie talked how HHH should host the “Architect of a Champion” tribute segment for Rollins tonight. Kane mentioned how he felt Rollins was finally starting to grow up. Rollins then walked in laughing offering everyone toasts of champagne and mentioned how no one deserved a toast more than Kane. He then threw in the jab that Kane would have lost his job if he hadn’t won last night.

Dean Ambrose suddenly popped in and challenged Rollins for a rematch at Elimination Chamber since he needed four guys to help him win last night, while Ambrose beat Rollins in their last 1-on-1 match. HHH and Stephanie left while Rollins laughed off Ambrose’s challenge, saying he doesn’t know what going to the back of the line meant. Rollins left.

Ambrose told Kane he was nothing more than a glorified butler now and wondered what Paul Bearer and the Undertaker would say if they could see him now. Kane got mad and told Ambrose he would be facing Bray Wyatt later tonight. Ambrose stole a sip of Kane’s champagne and told him he shouldn’t be drinking on the clock.

Neville came out for an interview with Renee Young, who brought up how he was the longest reigning NXT Champion ever. Bo Dallas came out and said he was once the longest reigning NXT champion. That sure put over the belt. Neville said he won the championship from Dallas. This led to Dallas attacking Neville’s bad left knee from his match last night with Bad News Barrett.

Bad News Barrett defeated Neville in 7:04

Dallas was on commentary. Almost a squash match where Neville sold his knee the whole way. Barrett won with the Bullhammer Elbow. Nothing like Neville elevating himself last week only to get pinned clean tonight. Even worse, Dallas attacked Neville’s bad leg afterwards. So Dallas finally has a program again. At least Neville can go over a few times, but the nature of Neville’s interview with Renee made it clear he’s viewed as another undersized high-flyer who will join the company’s legion of midcarders.

Rusev came out. The announcers got into an argument over whether Rusev said he quit against Cena last night. Rusev said there would be no Lana tonight, said he knows how to speak English and denied ever saying “I quit.” Rusev had his Russian star.

He said he made John Cena pass out last night, but then Lana quit because she’s weak. He challenged Cena to come out to restart the match. Lana came out instead to explain herself. She called him the Bulgarian Brute. Wasn’t that gimmick 14 months ago? She said she had walked with Rusev every step of the way and said she was trying to protect him last night because she cared for him. Rusev called her pathetic and disgusting. She said she did the right thing for him and for them. She said she heard Rusev scream in Bulgarian “I quit” over and over. Rusev called her a liar, saying he didn’t need her or anyone and ordered her to go back to wherever she came from. Lana took a long walk to the back while Rusev posed. So Rusev is Bulgarian again, I guess. But he was still out there with the Russian flag.

Bray Wyatt defeated Dean Ambrose in 13:26

J&J Security interfered at the end when Ambrose went for a move to the top rope, but Joey Mercury distracted the referee and Jamie Noble pushed Ambrose off the top into Wyatt’s Sister Abigail. They’re trying to get over Wyatt using a senton off the second rope as a new setup move. Good match, though at one point Ambrose did a tope that Wyatt largely blocked, sending Ambrose into the barricade, though Ambrose didn’t sell it. Rollins came out with champagne and toasted J&J Security over Ambrose’s loss.

Another batch of Tough Enough tryout vidoes. One person had a truck run over their foot while two contestants had the same gimmick of doing promos inside their parent’s house. Remember when superstars were supposed to be larger than life?

The New Day went to a no contest with Tyson Kidd and Cesaro in a match for the WWE Tag Team Titles in 5:51.

Big E. and Kofi Kingston did prematch micwork upset over defending their tag belts against five over tag teams in the Elimination Chamber. Michael Cole kept saying superstars would be released from their Elimination Chamber pods at “regularly scheduled interviews.” Or intervals. Hey, I’m a play-by-play guy so who am I to talk about speaking mistakes? Terrible finish. Kidd had the sharpshooter on Kingston when Big E. broke it up. Big E and Kofi started putting the boots to Kidd…and the bell just sounded.

Xavier Woods ran down to help the New Day. It led to the Lucha Dragons coming down and flying onto Kingston and Woods. Los Matadores came in and did a tope onto Big E.. Then the Ascenion ran in and gave Kidd the Fall of Man. Next in was the Prime Time Players, with Titus O’Neal giving Kingston a backbreaker and slung him down. Lucha Dragons did stereo somersault topes onto the entire crew at ringside. Darren Young hit the Gut Check on Woods. All of these teams will be in the tag match at Elimination Chamber.

John Cena meets Kevin Owens

Cena came out with JBL comparing him to Lionel Messi winning another La Liga championship. That’s the most current sports reference he’s made in years. Largely cheers for Cena. Of all people, Kevin Owens came out with the NXT Championship. Cole built up the NXT Takeover show where Owens defends against Sami Zayn. Crowd was familiar with Owens. Cena had to tell the crowd who Owens was. Owens took credit for injuring Zayn before Zayn wrestled Cena in Montreal, and Owens vowed to finish what he started against Zayn on Wednesday. They engaged in micwork that was focused on building up NXT Takeover on Wednesday but teased a match between the two down the line. Owens kicked Cena and delivered the pop-up power bomb on Cena. There were “Fight, Owens, Fight” chants after that. Owens stomped on the U.S. title on Cena and gave him the “You can’t see me” sign. Excellent segment to make Owens seem like someone. Now can they sustain it?

Three other men werre announced for the I-C Elimination Chamber match: Barrett, Rusev and R-Truth.

Dolph Ziggler defeated Stardust in 1:26

Dolph Ziggler’s stitches were shown after his head butt on Sheamus last night. Ziggler won quickly with the Zig Zag. Cole did an in-ring interview with Ziggler, where it was announced that Ziggler will be the final man in the I-C Chamber match.

Lana came down in the middle of the interview staring at Ziggler and then kissed him. Crowd chanted “Yes.” They had this awkward hesitation and then kissed again. Ziggler looked around for Rusev, who finally ran down and beat up Ziggler easily. Rusev acted upset with Lana, who slapped Rusev to a big pop. Rusev started screaming, but Ziggler gave Rusev the Zig Zag. Some fans at ringside started doing the Florida State Seminoles warchant, clearly familar with Lana’s background. Lana left with Ziggler.

The soap opera didn’t end there as Kane walked backstage past Adam Rose and Rosa Mendes kissing.

Luke Harper and Erick Rowan defeated Zack Ryder and Fandango in 3:26

Crowd still chanted for Zack Ryder after all this time. Erick Rowan pinned Ryder with a full nelson slam after a kick from Luke Harper.

Stephanie met Nikki and Brie Bella backstage. She half heartedly told Brie she was sorry about the injury to Bryan. In fact, Steph was so worried about Brie that she scheduled therapy sessions for her. Some bad segments on the herizon. Stephanie also told Brie that she didn’t want Brie accompanying Nikki to the ring tonight.

Nikki Bella defeated Naomi by DQ to retain the Divas Title in 6:29

Naomi did an inset promo and you have to hear her try to do an evil cackle. Great unintentional comedy. Nikki did a tope on Naomi and Tamina Snuka early. Finish was Nikki going for the rack attack but Tamina ran in and superkicked Nikki for the DQ. Paige made her return to make the save and clear the ring. Paige gave Nikki the Rampage and posed with the title.

They replayed Owens’ attack on Cena from earlier. They cut backstage to Owens shaking hands with HHH. Renee talked with Owens, who announced he would face Cena at Elimination Chamber.

The cast of Entourage will be on Raw next Monday.

HHH, Stephanie and Kane came out for the main event segment for the Architecht of a Dream tribute for Rollins. HHH said Rollins reminded him of the Cerebral Assassan when he won with the pedrigree last night. HHH asked kane to say some words in tribute.

Kane said there were so many things he would like to say to him right now, but finally said Rollins was best for business. Rollins asked Kane if there was something else he would like to say. Through clinched teeth, Kane thanked Rollins for saving his job, then showed a video package that Kane supposedly had put together for him.

The package showed Rollins with the Shield, breaking up with the Shield, winning the Money in the Bank and the WWE Heavyweight title. Noble spoke up and said it was an honor to be back in the ring to protect Rollins. Mercury looked at Rollins like Norm MacDonald looked at David Letterman on Friday night, tearing up.

Then Ambrose came out, got in the ring with the entire Authority still in there. Ambrose said he was looking for the perfect Justin Beiber album for Rollins. He asked for another opportunity against Rollins for the WWE Heavyweight title at Elimination Chamber. Rollins said he was at the back of the line again. Rollins said he was a line jumper or else. Stephanie spoke up and told Rollins to get Ambrose.

It led to Ambrose putting the punches to Rollins, laying out J&J Security and sending Rollins over the barricade. Ambrose backdropped Rollins over the announcer’s table, then unveiled a stack of cinderblocks. He threatened to hit Ambrose over the head with a chair. Stephanie said if Ambrose let him go, he wold get the WWE Championship match. Ambrose didn’t listen, but Mercury grabbed the chair. Kane got involved, but Rollins threw Noble into him. Kane came in and tried to choke slam Ambrose, but Ambrose broke free and clotheslined Kane. Rollins attacked Ambrose from behind and gave him the Pedigree. The match with Ambrose and Rollins is on for Elimination Chamber.

SUMMARY: I can’t come up with one reason why Ambrose had to be laid out at the end of the show. In fact, why should the fans care about him getting the title shot when he jobbed to Wyatt tonight? They’ve already gone to the Ambrose-Rollins well too often. Suddenly the WWE feels like UFC in 2014 where they don’t have enough big stars to headline an excess amount of shows. The Owens segment was the highlight of the night, hands down. First hour was forgettable.

Another new date added for Brock Lesnar is the July 6 Raw show in Chicago. Lesnar will be returning for the Battleground PPV on July 19 in St. Louis and will be doing some television to support that new match.

By Ryan Frederick, WrestlingObserver.com

Welcome to WrestlingObserver.com’s live coverage of UFC Fight Night 68: Boetsch vs. Henderson. We are live cageside at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event, headlined by a five-round middleweight bout between Tim Boetsch and Dan Henderson, airs on FOX Sports 1, with preliminary action beginning on UFC Fight Pass before moving over to FOX Sports 1. While you wait on the action to begin, check out our preview of the event HERE and coverage of the weigh-ins HERE.

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 7 PM ET/4 PM PT):

BANTAMWEIGHTS: JOSE QUINONEZ VS. LEONARDO MORALES

ROUND 1: Morales missed weight for this bout by a pound. Morales with a series of kicks as they come out swinging. They connect and clinch against the fence. Quinonez looking for a takedown off a body lock. Good defense by Morales. Quinonez gets the takedown and into side control. Quinonez moves into the half-guard and looks to pass and goes back to side control. Quinonez spins and takes the back of Morales and looks for the choke. He has it locked in but lets go and Morales is out. Quinonez gets it locked back in and is looking to finish and he gets the tap! Quinonez with the submission win.

Official Result: Jose Quinonez def. Leonardo Morales by submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:34 of Round 1

MIDDLEWEIGHTS: RICARDO ABREU VS. JAKE COLLIER

ROUND 1: Collier with a jab to start. They trade a flurry against the fence and Collier lands a big leg kick and a front kick. Collier with the jab. Abreu lands a nice combo and Collier misses an uppercut. They exchange against the fence and Abreu lands a big kick and knee before a break. Collier with a leg kick. Abreu lands a big right hand and they tie up. They break. Collier with a combo and they trade punches against the fence. They trade leg kicks. Abreu with a nice combination. They trade punches and Abreu with a leg kick. Collier with a leg kick and a high kick. Collier with a body kick and they clinch and he lands a knee. Abreu ducks a punch and ties up but misses a big right hand on the break. Abreu with a leg kick. They trade punches and Collier lands a head kick. Collier with a left hook to the body and then two body kicks. They trade punches. Abreu with a high kick and Collier lands a leg kick and stumbles to a clinch to end the round. 10-9 Collier.

ROUND 2: They trade punches. Collier with a big head kick. Collier misses a left hand. Abreu with a front kick to the face. Collier fires back some kicks. They trade punches and Abreu with a body kick. They trade again. Collier with a combo ending with a body kick. They trade punches. They trade again and Abreu misses a big right hand. Both firing away with shots. They trade again. Abreu looks for a takedown but it is defended as they move against the fence. Big knee from Abreu. They each land body shots. They break. Collier with a combo but Abreu fires back a big right hand. Collier lands a flush right hand. Abreu with a big head kick. Abreu with a combo and then scores a takedown. Abreu works from the guard and lands punches from the top. Abreu with body punches from the top. Abreu works from top to end the round. 10-9 Abreu, 19-19.

ROUND 3: They come out swinging quickly. Collier pushes Abreu back with a teet kick. Collier misses a combo. Collier lands a high kick. Abreu lands a big right hand and a leg kick and then scores a takedown. Abreu moves to the back and has the body lock. Collier works to his feet. They break. They battle with an exchange and Abreu lands a big head kick. Collier with a combo. They trade punches. Collier misses a leg kick. Abreu is bleeding. Abreu misses a takedown but scores on one right after. Collier with punches around the head as Abreu has the body locked. Collier gets to his feet and they are tied up against the fence. They break. Collier with a combo ending with a body kick. Abreu with a big left hand. Abreu with a leg kick and they trade punches. Collier with a big body kick. Collier with an uppercut but Abreu fires back a combo. They trade numerous punches to end the fight and get a big reaction from the crowd. 10-9 Abreu, 29-28 Abreu.

Official Result: Jake Collier def. Ricardo Abreu by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX SPORTS 1- 8 PM ET/5 PM PT):

LIGHTWEIGHTS: JOE PROCTOR VS. JUSTIN EDWARDS

ROUND 1: Proctor with a leg kick to start. He lands another. They trade and Edwards lands some big punches and a knee in the clinch. They trade knees. Edwards working for the takedown. Edwards with some elbows and they break. Proctor lands a big right hand. They trade and Edwards lands a head kick and drops for the takedown and gets it. Edwards on top but they get up and Edwards lands a knee. Proctor with a front kick. Edwards with a right hand. They trade punches. Edwards with a body kick. Proctor with a leg kick and then a combo. They trade punches. Proctor with a big leg kick and then a head kick. They trade punches. They trade again. Proctor with a big leg kick. They trade and Edwards lands a spinning kick to the body. Proctor with a leg kick and then one to the body. They trade punches. Proctor with a leg kick. They trade to end the round as Edwards misses a spin kick. 10-9 Proctor.

ROUND 2: Proctor with a head kick and then a body punch. They trade punches. Proctor with a front kick to the body. Edwards backs him up with a combo. They each miss big punches. They clinch and Edwards lands some knees. More knees from Edwards but Proctor escapes. Proctor with a combo and then a leg kick. Proctor with a head kick. They trade punches. They each land a left hand. Proctor with a body kick. Proctor with a jumping head kick. Edwards lands a big combo. Proctor fires back with a leg kick. Proctor with another but Edwards lands a right hand and then scores a takedown. They get up but Edwards lands against the fence before the circle to the center. Proctor lands a combo ending with a head kick. They trade. Proctor with a spin kick but Edwards fires a combo and lands a jumping front kick. They trade to end the round. Close round. 10-9 Edwards, 19-19.

ROUND 3: Proctor with a leg kick to start. They trade big punches and Proctor lands a solid right hand. Proctor with a combo. They continue to trade punches a minute in with no one landing big. They trade against the fence and Edwards goes for a takedown. Proctor defending against the fence. Proctor lands a head kick as they break. Edwards with a body kick. Proctor with a right hand and then a combo. Proctor with a jab. Proctor lands a left flush as Edwards misses a spin kick. Edwards with a left hand. They trade in close range. Each man lands some punches and Edwards goes for a takedown. Proctor grabs the neck and drops down but Edwards escapes and they get back up clinched against the fence before breaking.Edwards with a right hand. They trade against the fence and Proctor lands a big knee and a flurry and grabs the neck looking for the choke. Wow. Proctor chokes Edwards out cold with just seconds left! Submission win for Joe Proctor.

Official Result: Joe Proctor def. Justin Edwards by submission (guillotine choke) at 4:58 of Round 3

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LIGHTWEIGHTS: CHRIS WADE VS. CRISTOS GIAGOS

ROUND 1: Giagos tries a quick takedown but Wade defends against the fence and they break. Wade with an inside leg kick. They trade punches. They trade again and Giagos backs Wade up to the fence. They clinch against the fence and Wade has control. Giagos reverses and they break. Wade ducks under a punch and gets the takedown but Giagos rolls to his feet and they clinch against the fence. They break. Giagos with a big body kick and goes for a takedown. Wade grabs the neck but Giagos pops out. They battle against the fence but break. Giagos drops Wade for a second and they battle against the fence. Wade with a big judo throw and gets right into mount. Giagos rolls out but Wade has the neck. They break. Wade with a head kick. They trade. Wade with a standing elbow. They break and then clinch again to end the round. 10-9 Wade.

ROUND 2: They trade punches and Wade goes high with a kick. They scramble for a moment. Giagos with a body kick. Giagos grabs the body lock and lands an overhand right. Wade with a leg kick. Giagos with a high kick. Wade drops down but Giagos sprawls the takedown attempt. Giagos looks to spin to the back. Wade reverses to the top but Giagos has the neck of Wade. Wade pops out and is in half-guard. Giagos gets out but Wade has the neck. Wade looking for the choke. Giagos plants him more on the mat but Wade still has the neck. Giagos is oit and in side control. Wade reverses to the top and looks to extend Giagos on the mat. Wade grabs the neck again. Wade looks to go to the back and lands a knee. Wade works for the takedown as the round ends. 10-9 Wade, 20-18 Wade.

ROUND 3: Giagos lands a big left hook but Wade comes back with punches. Wade with some body kicks but Giagos lands a left hook. Wade goes for the takedown but Giagos defends. Wade on top looking to extend Giagos on the mat. Wade in the half-guard. Wade gets in the full guard of Giagos. Wade with body punches from the top. Wade with more from the top and Giagos rolls out and they get to their feet. Giagos with a standing knee. Giagos is bleeding pretty good. Wade with a leg kick and then a side kick. Wade gets the takedown but they get to their feet. They break. Wade goes for another takedown but they push up against the fence. They break. Giagos with a combo. Wade with a high kick. Giagos with a body punch. Giagos with some knees as Wade has a hold of his arms. They battle against the fence as the fight ends with both tired. 10-9 Wade, 30-27 Wade.

Official Result: Chris Wade def. Cristos Giagos by unanimous decision (29=28, 29-28, 30-27)

WELTERWEIGHTS: BRIAN EBERSOLE VS. OMARI AKHMEDOV

ROUND 1: Ebersole has his famous arrow in his chest hair. Akhmedov with a big body kick to start. Akhmedov with a leg kick. They trade in a sloppy attempt at a clinch. Akhmedov with another big body kick. Ebersole slips on a kick attempt. Akhmedov with some leg kicks. Akhmedov with a big right hand. Ebersole has a takedown attempt stuffed and eats a right hand from Akhmedov. Akhmedov with another series of leg kicks. Not a lot of action going on. Akhmedov with a right hand and then a combo on Ebersole. Akhmedov with another combo. Ebersole lands a body kick. Akhmedov with another combo and big body kick. 10-9 Akhmedov.

Ebersole threw in the towel between rounds due to a knee injury, so it’ll be a TKO win for Akhmedov.

Official Result: Omari Akhmedov def. Brian Ebersole by TKO (knee injury) at 5:00 of Round 1

HEAVYWEIGHTS: SHAWN JORDAN VS. DERRICK LEWIS

ROUND 1: Lewis just misses a head kick and they start swinging. They clinch against the fence. Jordan gets a takedown and is in side control. Lewis gets to his feet and they are clinched against the fence. They break and start swinging. Lewis misses a spin kick. Lewis with a head kick. They each miss a punch Jordan goes for a takedown and gets it but not without eating some back elbows. Jordan looking for the mount. Jordan in side control but Lewis gets to his feet. Jordan with the body lock and looking for the takedown. Jordan with some short knees in the clinch. They break and Lewis slips. They trade big punches back and forth and Lewis grabs the body. Jordan grabs the body and gets a takedown into side control. Jordan with some punches from the side to end the round. 10-9 Jordan.

ROUND 2: Lewis with a jump kick but then gets dropped with a head kick. Jordan swarms on him and looking to finish. Jordan gets the mount and Lewis rolls to his back. More punches from Jordan as Lewis looks to survive. It is over. Jordan gets the win by TKO as the ref stops the fight.

Official Result: Shawn Jordan def. Derrick Lewis by TKO (strikes) at :48 of Round 2

MAIN CARD (FOX SPORTS 1- 10 PM ET/7 PM PT):

BANTAMWEIGHTS: FRANCISCO RIVERA VS. ALEX CACERES

ROUND 1: Caceres comes out on the attack and lands a body kick. Rivera drops Caceres with a left hand and it is all over after a few more punches. The ref stops the fight. Caceres is protesting but he was dropped clean. Rivera gets the win.

Official Result: Francisco Rivera def. Alex Caceres by knockout (punches) at :21 of Round 1

BANTAMWEIGHTS: JOE SOTO VS. ANTHONY BIRCHAK

ROUND 1: Birchak with a leg kick. They trade punches. Birchak with another leg kick. Birchak with a combination that lands. Birchak with a big body kick. They trade punches and Birchak drops Soto with a knee to the body. Birchak with some punches but Soto gets up. Birchak with a big flurry and he knocks Soto out cold! Big knockout win for Anthony Birchak over Joe Soto.

Official Result: Anthony Birchak def. Joe Soto by knockout (punches) at 1:37 of Round 1

FEATHERWEIGHTS: THIAGO TAVARES VS. BRIAN ORTEGA

ROUND 1: They come out swinging. Tavares with a right hand and then gets a takedown. Tavares gets on top but Ortega throws up his legs looking for an armbar. Tavares escapes and is pounding from the top. Tavares with more punches from the top as he avoids a triangle choke attempt. Tavares with more work from the top as he avoids Ortgea throwing his legs up. Ortega goes for another armbar and rolls Tavares over and is on top. Ortega lets go but goes into full mount. Ortega with elbows from the top. Ortgea with big elbows. Tavares reverses and they get to their feet. They scramble back to the mat and Tavares goes into the guard of Ortega. Ortega tries to scarmble out but Tavares stops him. They get to their feet and break. Tavares is cut open. They trade punches. Tavares with a combo and Ortgea gets a body lock. Tavares with a judo throw into top position as he rides out the round. 10-9 Tavares.

ROUND 2: They trade punches. Ortega with a spinning back elbow that drops Tavares. Tavares up quickly and backing away and comes back with a takedown. Tavares on top and landing with some shots. Ortega scrambles and tries to get up but Tavares keeps him on the mat. Ortega working to get to his feet and does and he has the neck of Tavares. Tavares drags him back to the mat. Ortega looks for another triangle attempt but gives up his back. Tavares starts throwing big ground-and-pound from the top. Ortega grabs a leg and looks for a leg lock and they get to the feet before Tavares takes it back down. Tavares with body punches from the top. Ortega with an elbow from the bottom. Tavares with more punches from the top and he is bleeding. Tavares eats some upkicks from Ortega before going back to the guard. Ortega almost has a triangle but Tavares gets out. Tavares with short punches from the top as the round ends. 10-9 Tavares, 20-18 Tavares.

ROUND 3: Tavares has a big cut but fights on. Tavares drops down but the takedown is defended. They trade punches and leg kicks. Tavares with a big right hand. Ortega misses an uppercut and eats a big right hand. Combo from Tavares then he shoots in for a takedown but Ortega spins out. They trade punches and then Tavares lands a low knee and we have a break in the action. Back to action and Tavares lands a big head kick. Ortega with a combo that backs Tavares up. They are trading wildly. Ortega with a connecting spinning head kick. Ortega is coming after Tavares. Tavares has a takedown stuffed but drags it down. They are brought back to their feet. They start throwing wildly and both are looking to finish. Ortega landing big punches and has Tavares in trouble. Tavares tries to take it down. Ortega drops Tavares and is swarming on him. Full mount from Ortega and he is dropping bombs and this fight is over! The ref stops the fight and Ortega with a big win in an awesome fight.

Official Result: Brian Ortega def. Thiago Tavares by TKO (punches) at 4:10 of Round 3

LIGHTWEIGHTS: DUSTIN POIRIER VS. YANCY MEDEIROS

ROUND 1: Medeiros missed weight for this bout. Poirier the big crowd favorite. Poirier with a big left hand. Poirier with a leg kick. Poirier drops Medieros twice and is swarming on him. Big punches from Poirier but Medeiros is surviving. Poirier with a takedown and has the back and looking for the choke. Looking to get an arm under the neck. Poirier has the body locked with his legs. They get back to their feet. Poirier with a big left hand and a big body kick and Medeiros is in trouble. Poirier swarming on him looking for the finish and he gets it! Big finish by Poirier who had Medeiros in all sorts of trouble from the beginning and he gets the TKO win!

Official Result: Dustin Poirier def. Yancy Medeiros by TKO (punches) at 2:38 of Round 1

HEAVYWEIGHTS: BEN ROTHWELL VS. MATT MITRIONE

ROUND 1: Mitrione with a left hand. Rothwell with a leg kick. Mitrione lands a left hand. They trade punches. They trade again and clinch for a moment. Rothwell and Mitrione trade leg kicks. Body kick from Mitrione. Mitrione with a combo and then gets a quick takedown. Rothwell grabs the neck for a guillotine and Mitrione quickly taps! Rothwell with the submission win out of nowhere. Mitrione tapped really quick there.

Official Result: Ben Rothwell def. Matt Mitrione by submission (gogo choke) at 1:54 of Round 1

Rothwell did a promo that I can’t even put into words. This has been one of the best fight cards in history, fight card of the year quality.

MIDDLEWEIGHTS: TIM BOETSCH VS. DAN HENDERSON

ROUND 1: Boetsch with a right hand to start They trade punches and Henderson rocks Boetsch and drops him with a right hand and then starts swarming him with punches on the ground and this is stopped quickly! TKO win for Dan Henderson in under a minute.

Official Result: Dan Henderson def. Tim Boetsch by knockout (punches) at :28 of Round 1

Gonna be hard to top this show this year. One of the better UFC events of all-time.

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