11/28/2011- Bellator 59 Results, NY Jets def Buffalo, preview of WWE Raw, more

Hello everyone! I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving weekend. I can't believe November is almost over and the Christmas season is just around the corner. Here are all the highlights that took place over the weekend.

NFL
After a 2 game losing streak for the New York Jets, the Jets made a successful attempt to snap the losing streak by beating the Buffalo Bills in the last few minutes of the 4th quarter. The game was very close as both teams went back and forth in touchdowns. At the end of the game, the Jets prevailed. The best part of the game was Marv Albert calling the game, and the one thing I don't get was the sports media saying the Jets didn't deserve to win. Now I know it was an ugly game, but the Jets will take a nasty win for this time. Gang Green isn't out of the woods just yet as they have to face the Redskins, Chiefs, Eagles, Giants on Christmas Eve, and the Dolphins to conclude the season.

The New York Giants will be playing tonight on Monday Night Football as they face the New Orleans Saints in the Superdome. I will give those results on Friday.

Bellator
Bellator 59 aired on MTV 2 as it was the last fight of 2011 and Season 5. However it wasn't met without controversy as the last fight of the season ended in a controversial fashion. Here are the results:

•  Marcin Held def Phillipe Nover via split decision
• Eduardo Dantas def Alexis Vila via unanimous decision to win the Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament
• Patricky "Pitbull" Freire def Kurt Pellegrino via TKO at Round 1
• Eric Prindle vs Thiago Santos went to a No-Contest as Santos kicked Prindle in the groin during Round 1and Prindle was unable to continue.

I was surprised that the last fight of Season 5 ended up being a no-contest and the Heavyweight Tournament had no winner. I hope Bellator resolves this issue ASAP.

College Football
Over the weekend in College Football, the Oklahoma Sooners defeated Iowa State 26-6, Notre Dame fell to Stanford 28-14 in their last game of the season, Rutgers fell to Connecticut 40-22 in their last game of the season, and last but not least Kean University lost the NCAA Tournament to Salisbury University 49-47.

WWE
Last Friday on SmackDown was an out of the ordinary episode since WWE teased a MiTB cashing in and had Daniel Bryan win the World Heavyweight Championship for 2 minutes. Although SmackDown GM Theodore Long nullified this decision (thus Daniel Bryan is still MiTB briefcase holder), he gave Daniel Bryan a slot in a Fatal 4-Way match to face Mark Henry in a steel cage match on a special live edition on SmackDown. At the end of the night, Daniel Bryan won that match, and will face Mark Henry this Tuesday in a live SmackDown hosted by Mick Foley.

Here's a recap of what happened last week on WWE TV

This Monday on Raw will have a WWE Championship rematch between CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio. Also, Roddy Piper will host "Piper's Pit" and John Cena is the guest of the segment.

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

-NYCKNP

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:
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• 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

11/4/2011- Mayweather vs Pacquiao scheduled for 5/5/2012, NY Jets def Buffalo, NY Giants def Patriots, UFC 138 results, WWE Week in 90 Seconds, more

Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a good weekend as there were a lot of upset victories in football. Here are the highlights of what happened over the weekend.
Boxing
After many years, ESPN announced that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will fight on May 5, 2012. For those who are confused as to why this is a big deal, here is why. After the glory days of where the legends such as Muhammed Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya, George Foreman graced their presence in the ring, boxing went into a steep decline. The decline is mostly due to MMA going on the rise, mainly due to UFC reforming their rules in the early 2000s. Since the period of decline, there have only been a few famous fighters, notably the two I mentioned above.  Keep in mind that neither of the two boxers have signed the dotted line to make it official, so when it happens, I will let you know.

NFL
Yesterday was a day of upset victories as the New York Jets defeated the heavily favored Buffalo Bills, and the New York Giants defeated the extremely favored New England Patriots in a Super Bowl rematch. In the early game, after a scoreless 1st quarter, the Jets managed to make a field goal in the 2nd quarter, and the rest was history written by the Jets. Here are the highlights:

Later on, once the Jets/Bills game concluded, the Giants faced the Patriots in Foxborough in a Super Bowl rematch 4 years in the making (that is, if you don't include the preseason). Neither team scored in the 1st half, but things began to pick up as the Giants started to score. Patriots attempted a comeback, but in the end the Giants made a bigger comeback and what I would call "The Miracle at Foxborough". Here are the highlights:

Due to the Giants victory, the AFC East is a now a 3-way tie for 1st place between the Jets, Bills, and Patriots.

WWE
Here are the highlights that occurred last week in WWE Television:

This week, WWE will be in the UK as they are on a European Tour, and will tape episodes of Raw and SmackDown for the week.

UFC
UFC 138 took place last Saturday night, and featured the main event between Chris Leben vs Mark Munoz. Overall, there were 10 fights on the card. 5 were streamed live on Facebook, while the other 5 aired on Spike via tape delay since this event took place in the UK. Here are the results:

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• Chris Cariaso def Vaughan Lee via split decision
• Che Mills def Chris Cope via TKO at Round 1*
• Michihiro Omigawa def Jason Young via unanimous decision
• Philip De Fries def Rob Broughton via unanimous decision
• John Maguire def Justin Edwards via uanimous decision*

Spike

• Terry Etim def Eddie Faaloloto via submission at Round 1
• Anthony Perosh def Cyrille Diabate via submission at Round 2
• Thiago Alves def Papy Abedi via submission at Round 1
• Renan Barao def Brad Pickett via submission at Round 1
• Mark Munoz def Chris Leben via TKO at Round 2

College Football
Last Saturday in College Football, Oklahoma Sooners def Texas A&M 41-25, Rutgers def South Florida 20-17 at the OT, Notre Dame def Wake Forest 24-17, and last but not least LSU def Alabama 9-6 at the OT to remain undefeated. The latter game that I mentioned was considered to be the College Football Game of the Week. Here are the highlights of LSU/Alabama:

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

-NYCKNP

10/31/2011- UFC 137 Results, Bellator 56 Results, NY Giants def. Miami, preview of WWE Raw, more

Hello everyone! Happy Halloween! I hope you all had a great weekend, or a decent one for those who were affected by the snow in the northeast on Saturday. It was definitely a shocking moment over the weekend since the last time my area had snow was in 2008, but the difference was that the snow sticked to the ground. Anyways, here is what happened over the weekend, and what's in store for the week.

UFC
UFC 137 took place on Saturday night and emanated from Las Vegas. Overall, there were 11 fights on the card. 4 were streamed on Facebook, 2 aired on Spike, while the remainder aired on PPV. Here are the results:
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• Clifford Starks def Dustin Jacoby via unanimous decision
• Francis Carmont def Chris Camozzi via unanimous decision
• Ramsey Nijem def Danny Downes via unanimous decision
• Brandon Vera def Eliot Marshall via unanimous decision*

Spike

• Bart Palaszewski def Tyson Griffin via KO at Round 1
• Donald Cerrone def Dennis Silver via submission at Round 1**

PPV

• Hatsu Hioki def George Roop via split decision
• Scott Jorgensen def Jeff Curran via unanimous decision
• Roy Nelson def Mirko Filipovic via TKO at Round 3
• Cheick Kongo def Matt Mitrione via unanimous decision
• Nick Diaz def BJ Penn via unanimous decision

*= this also aired on Spike
**= this also aired on PPV

After the PPV, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic and BJ Penn announced their retirement from the UFC. Also, after a controversial remark that Nick Diaz made about GSP, GSP felt disrespected and asked to have a fight against Diaz on Super Bowl Weekend in 2012.

Bellator
Bellator 56 was also aired in the same night as UFC 137. However, it was on MTV 2 instead of PPV. Here are the results from Bellator 56:

• Eric Prindle def Ron Sparks via KO in Round 1 to advance to the Heavyweight Finals
• Jeremy Spoon def. Adam Schindler via unanimous decision*
• Thiago Santos def Neil Grove via submission in Round 1 to advance to the Heavyweight Finals
• Ben Askren def Jay Hieron via split decision to retain the Bellator Welterweight Championship

Here are the highlights:

NFL
The New York Giants were the only New York team to play this week as the New York Jets had a bye week. Yesterday was a  game against the Jets fierce rival Miami Dolphins. After Miami dominated the 1st half of the game, the Giants made a comeback and got a win 20-17 to "put it in the books".

College Football
Last Saturday was a big day in college football as West Virginia def Rutgers 41-31, Notre Dame blew out the Navy 56-14, Oklahoma blew out Kansas State 58-17, and last but not least Kean University def Rowan University 13-6.

WWE
This Monday on Raw, the Muppets are guest starring to promote their movie, "The Muppets". Also, The Rock will respond to John Cena for Survivor Series, and Jim Ross will accept the Michael Cole Challenge to face Michael Cole with the announcer's job on the line.

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

-NYCKNP

10/29/2011-St. Louis Cardinals win World Series!, MMA Saturday Night Fights, WWE Week in 90 Seconds, more

Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a great week so far! Here's a preview of what occurred over the week, and what will happen over the weekend.

MLB
As the title mentioned above, the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series in a decisive Game 7 against the Texas Rangers. Congratulations to St. Louis on that World Series victory. Here are the highlights:

This will be the final time I will be talking about MLB in the year of 2011. You won't hear anything about baseball until Spring Training for the Yankees and the Mets.

WWE
This week on Raw and SmackDown was the fallout from the Vengeance PPV. Raw started with Triple H calling out Kevin Nash. It didn't end well for "The Game" as he was attacked by Nash with a sledgehammer in hand, and was taken out via stretcher. Other story lines included were CM Punk potential WWE Championship match against Alberto Del Rio, John Cena choosing The Rock as a tag-team partner against Awesome Truth for Survivor Series, and an open challenge from Michael Cole to have a match against Jim Ross for next week's Raw. Later that week on SmackDown, CM Punk made an appearance to face off against Christian in what was a good match. Here's a video highlights on what occured over the week:

MMA
Tonight, there will be 2 MMA Events as UFC 137 will be airing on PPV from Las Vegas, and Bellator 56 will be airing on MTV 2. As you all may know, Bellator Fighting Championships is now a part of Viacom and will be airing on Spike in 2013. The reason why 2013, and not next year is mainly due to a no-compete clause that Spike signed with UFC as UFC is transitioning from Spike to Fox Sports, and wants to honor that commitment. I respect the decision that Spike is making since after the WWE left Spike in 2005, the UFC kept Spike TV on the map. Going back to the events, the main event of UFC 137 is Nick Diaz vs BJ Penn, and Bellator 56 is the heavyweight finals and a welterweight title fight. Results will be given on Monday.

College Football
Today on College Football, Oklahoma will face Kansas State, Rutgers will host West Virginia, and Notre Dame will host the Navy. All of these games have started, and the results will be shared on Monday. Also, the game between Rowan and Kean is currently in progress with the score of 7-6. More will be said on Monday.

NFL
After the days of College Football, tune in tomorrow to see the New York Giants host the Miami Dolphins. The Jets are off this week as they are on bye.

10/24/2011- NY Jets def. San Diego, MLB World Series, Sooners get 1st loss of the season, Bellator 55 results, more

Hello everyone! I apologize for my absence since I had a cold last Monday and was resting up the entire week. I am currently feeling a lot better compared to last week. Instead of recapping what happened while I was away, I will only recap stuff that occurred over the weekend. That way, it will save up time on typing.
MLB
The World Series began on October 19th as the Texas Rangers face the St. Louis Cardinals in a best of 4 out of 7 games. Currently the series is tied 2-2 as the Cardinals won Games 1 and 3, while the Rangers won Games 2 and 4. Here is the rest of the schedule:

• Game 5: 10/24 Cardinals @ Rangers 8:05 PM
• Game 6: 10/26 Rangers @ Cardinals 8:05 PM
• Game 7: 10/27 Rangers @ Cardinals 8:05 PM*

*- if necessary
All games are scheduled to air on FOX and ESPN Radio

NFL
Yesterday, the New York Jets hosted the San Diego Chargers in an afternoon game on CBS. It was the only New York football game on television since the Giants were on bye this week. This was considered to be the toughest game the Jets faced as the Chargers dominated most of the game. However, the Jets made a comeback and led to a 27-21 victory. Although we should give credit where credit is due since had it not been for defense playing really well, Plaxico Burress' 3 catches for TDs, and a field goal in the last few minutes of the 4th quarter, the Jets would have lost. Here are the highlights:

College Football
This past weekend was filled with shockers as Rutgers got their 2nd loss to Louisville Cardinals 16-14, Notre Dame lost to USC 31-17, and the Oklahoma Sooners got their 1st loss of the season to Texas Tech 41-38. The good news is that Kean University won their Homecoming Game against Morrisville State College 26-13.

Bellator
Bellator 55 took place on Saturday night and was emanated from Yuma, AZ. Here are the results from the main card:

• Ricardo Triloni def Steve Gable via submission in Round 2
• Travis Wiuff def Christian M' Pumbu via unanimous decision in a non-title bout
• Eduardo Dantas def Ed West via split decision to advance to Bantamweight Finals
• Alexis Vila def Marcos Galvao via split decision to advance to Bantamweight Finals

Here are the highlights:

UFC
As many of you already heard, UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre is out with a knee injury and therefore won't be able to defend his title against Carlos Condit on October 29th. UFC promoter Dana White announced that the new main event of UFC 137 will be BJ Penn vs Nick Diaz to take place instead of St. Pierre vs Condit. More info about UFC 137 will be announced.

WWE
Last week, WWE was in Mexico City for the tapings of Raw and SmackDown. Here is a recap of what took place last week in WWE:

Last night, the Vengeance PPV took place. Even though I didn't see this PPV, I heard that during the World Heavyweight Title Match, Mark Henry superplexed the Big Show and the ring broke. Here are the results from the Vengeance PPV:

• Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) def. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
• Dolph Ziggler def. Zack Ryder to retain the United States Championship
• Beth Phoenix def Eve Torres to retain the Divas Championship
• Sheamus def Christian
• The Miz and R-Truth def Triple H and CM Punk
• Randy Orton def Cody Rhodes in a non-title match
• Big Show vs Mark Henry went to a No-Contest (as mentioned above)
• Alberto Del Rio def John Cena to retain the WWE Championship in a Last Man Standing Match

The next WWE PPV will be Survivor Series, and will feature The Rock making his return match.

 More info to be announced.

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

10/14/2011- MLB Postseason, WWE Raw disappointing this week, review of 10/8/2011, preview of Bellator 54, more

Hello everyone! I hope everyone has had a great week. The main highlight of this blog is the disappointment episode of WWE Monday Night Raw. There have been bad episodes in the past, but I gave them the benefit of the doubt. However, this was completely ridiculous. Here's my take.

WWE
This past Monday on Raw was the episode where the 55 WWE talents walked out on WWE COO Triple H. It started with ring announcers, commentary team, and the locker room absent. Triple H showed up and said that Raw will continue despite the "walk out". John Cena, Sheamus, and CM Punk showed up and said that they will continue to work so the 1st match was John Cena vs Sheamus with Triple H as referee and CM Punk on commentary. I thought this was a little innovative, and very original. Of course, this was short lived as WWE Chairman Vince McMahon showed up and told Triple H that he no longer has booking power over Raw and that a "Interim" GM would take control. The Raw GM turned out to be John Laurinitis. Afterwards, Raw went back to status quo, and the one thing that made me shut off the television was when Laurinitis fired Jim Ross from commentary because he "simply didn't like him". WWE should know that Jim Ross=ratings. No Jim Ross= ratings go down (albeit with a few exceptions). After that, I didn't bother watching the rest of Raw.

My rant on the WWE is finished for now. It's time to shift gears to the positives.

ROH
This past episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling had the main event of ROH World Champion Davey Richards vs Roderick Strong for the ROH World Title. It was another great episode that ROH is producing as of recent. Overall, the opening match between Tomasso Ciampa (pronounced cham-pa) and Andy Ridge and the main event said above was really good. At the end, Richards retained his title via submission. Here's a preview of the next episode:

Also posted is a recent ROH Video Wire to keep everyone in the loop:

MMA
Tonight, M-1 Challenge 27 will take place from Phoenix, AZ and will air on Showtime. The main event of the card is Kenny Garner vs Maxim Grishin. The following night, Bellator 54 will emanate from Atlantic City, NJ and features Bellator Bantamweight Champion Zach Makovsky fighting in a non-title bout and the semifinals of the Middleweight Tournament.

MLB
In the latest series on the Road to World Series, the ALDS is currently on the wire as Texas leads 3-2, and NLCS is tied between Brewers and Cardinals. NLCS Game 5 will take place tonight at 8 PM, while Game 6 of the ALCS will take place tomorrow night.

College Football
This weekend in College Football, Oklahoma will face Kansas in a primetime game scheduled at 9:30 PM on ESPN 2. Also, Rutgers will face against Navy which will air on ESPN 3 in select areas, and last but not least,  Kean will head to Brockport to face against The College of Brockport.

NFL
This week, the New York Giants will be coming home to CBS to host the Buffalo Bills in a Super Bowl rematch. If you read "coming home to CBS", this is no error as you read it correct. Believe it or not, CBS was the home of the NFC Conference for several years before losing rights to FOX Sports. Giants games used to air on CBS, so this is a return home to it's original network. Here's proof that NFC was on CBS:

The following night, the New York Jets will host the Miami Dolphins on ESPN Monday Night Football.

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

-NYCKNP