11/25/2011- UFC 139 results, Bellator 58 results, NFL Recap, more

Happy Black Friday everyone! I hope all of you enjoyed your Thanksgiving Day! And don't worry, I didn't end the sports blog, just got caught up in a lot of school work and I never had the time to write a blog these past 2 weeks. Here's the info on what happened last weekend, yesterday on Thanksgiving, and a preview of what will happen this weekend. Let's do this!

NFL
After a loss to the Patriots, the NY Jets attempted to rebound last Thursday with a win over Denver Broncos. However, it was unsuccessful as Tim Tebow of the Broncos ran for a touchdown. Here are the highlights from that game:

Few days later on Sunday Night Football, the Giants also attempted to rebound from a 49ers road loss. It was unsuccessful, as the Giants lost to the Eagles at home 17-10.

Fast forward to the Thanksgiving Day games, the Lions hosted the undefeated Packers, Cowboys hosted the Dolphins, and the Ravens hosted the 49ers in a prime time game on the NFL Network. The Lions, who were looking to end the Packers undefeated streak failed to do so as the Packers got the better end of the Lions. Here are the highlights:

Later that day, Dallas Cowboys hosted the Miami Dolphins. Dallas dominated most of the game, but Miami attempted to make a comeback. Although Miami had a short lead in the 4th quarter, it proved to backfire them as Dallas made a field goal winning kick. Here are the highlights:

In the prime time portion of the Thanksgiving Day games, the Baltimore Ravens upset the heavily favored San Francisco 49ers with a victory of 16-6.

This weekend, the New York Jets will host the Buffalo Bills, and the following night on Monday Night Football, the New York Giants will face the New Orleans Saints in the Superdome. With that being said, are the Jets and Giants eliminated from playoffs contender ship?
UFC
UFC 139 took place last Saturday night in the HP Pavillion in San Jose, CA. Overall, there were 12 fights on the card. 5 were streamed on Facebook, 2 aired on Spike TV, while the rest aired on PPV. Here are the results:
Facebook

• Danny Castillo def Shamar Bailey via TKO at Round 1*
• Seth Baczynski def Matt Brown via submission at Round 2*
• Miguel Torres def Nick Pace via unanimous decision
• Gleison Tibau def Rafael dos Anjos via split decision
• Chris Weidman def Tom Lawlor via technical submission at Round 1*

Spike

• Michael McDonald def Alex Soto via KO at Round 1
• Ryan Bader def Jason Brilz via KO at Round 1

PPV

• Stephan Bonnar def Kyle Kingsbury via unanimous decision
• Martin Kampmann def Rick Story via unanimous decision
• Urijah Faber def Brian Bowles via submission at Round 2
• Wanderlei Silva def Cung Le via TKO at Round 2
• Dan Henderson def Mauricio "Shogun" Rua via unanimous decision

*- this also aired on Spike

Bellator
Bellator 58 took place the same night as UFC 139, but this was televised on MTV 2. Here are the results of the main card:

• Marlon Sandro def Rafael Dias via submission at Round 1
• Jessica Aguilar def Lisa Ellis-Ward via unanimous decision
• Hector Lombard def Trevor Prangley via TKO at Round 2
• Michael Chandler def Eddie Alvarez via submission in Round 4 to become the NEW Bellator Lightweight Champion

Here are the highlights from Bellator 58:

Also, due to the fight between Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez being the Bellator Fight of the Year, the full fight has been posted online.

Bellator 59 will take place this Saturday night as the season finale of Season 5.

WWE
This past Sunday was the 25th Anniversary of Survivor Series. The main event was a tag team match consisting of The Rock & John Cena vs The Miz and R-Truth. Here are the results:

• Dolph Ziggler def John Morrison to retain the United States Championship
• Beth Phoenix def Eve to retain the Divas Championship
• Team Barrett def Team Orton in a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match (Wade Barrett and Cody Rhodes were the sole survivors. The elimination order consists of Dolph Ziggler eliminated by Orton, Sin Cara eliminated by injury, Mason Ryan eliminated by Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston eliminated by Wade Barrett, Sheamus eliminated by DQ, Jack Swagger eliminated by Orton, Hunico eliminated by Orton, and Randy Orton eliminated by Wade Barrett.)
• CM Punk def Alberto Del Rio to win the WWE Championship
• The Rock & John Cena def The Miz and R-Truth

Overall, it was a good PPV. Better PPV I ordered compared to WrestleMania 27. The opening match wasn't that special since Morrison is leaving the WWE, but it was nice that Long Island native Zack Ryder made an appearance after the match. Divas match was a miss, but the rest of the card was a sleeper hit. The two people that stole the show were CM Punk and The Rock, respectively. CM Punk, who no one expected to win the WWE title won via Anaconda Vise to Del Rio. The best part about it was Howard Finkel was the guest ring announcer for that match. The Rock stole the show since it was his 1st time in the ring since 2004 (ironically his 1st match, last match as a full time wrestler, and his return match took place in MSG). No one thought that The Rock would become a technician in the match, but I'm glad to see that he wrestled like he was 29 years old. The last veteran to surprise me was Ricky Steamboat. After the match, The Rock gave John Cena the Rock Bottom to which the crowd responded with a enormous pop.

Unfortunately, the following night on Raw wasn't that special since it was a hangover show from the PPV, but it did set the tone for a future Booker T/ Cody Rhodes feud. Also, the team of Awesome Truth broke up as The Miz attacked R-Truth on the titan tron stage. This was done to write R-Truth off the story lines as he got a 30-day suspension for a Wellness Policy violation. Another write off in story lines is Sin Cara since Cara suffered a ruptured patella and will be out for 6-9 months, therefore a Mysterio/Cara match off the cards for the time being.

Here are the highlights from Survivor Series:

That's all I have to say for now. Have a good weekend!

-NYCKNP