| Name | Sam Stout |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Hands Of Stone |
| Record | 13-4-1 (Wins-Losses-Draws) |
| Wins | 8 (T)KOs (61.54%) 1 Submissions (7.69%) 4 Decisions (30.77%) |
| Losses | 2 Submissions (50.00%) 2 Decisions (50.00%) |
| Association | Team Tompkins |
| Height | 5'9 (175cm) |
| Weight | 155 |
| City | London |
| State | Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
Photo by Josh Hedges. Copyright Zuffa, LLC
UFC lightweights “J-Lau” Joe Lauzon (18-4) and “Hands of Stone” Sam Stout (14-5-1) will matchup at UFC 108 in Las Vegas January 2, according to MMAmania and since reported by other publications.
Liverpulian lightweight Terry Etim (11-2) won a unanimous decision over Canadian “Hands of Stone” Sam Stout (13-5-1) by judges scores of 29-28 twice and 30-27 once.
Both strikers came out swinging in the first round. Stout knocked Etim down with a left hook; but, Etim rebounded with a Superman punch.
Said Etim, “That was the gameplan from the start, you know? He said he was going to trade and, give him all of his credit, he stuck to what he said.”
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All UFC 89 fighters made their weight today at the NIA for Saturday’s card in Birmingham.
“Count” Michael Bisping (16-1) 185 pounds v “Crippler” Chris Leben (18-4) 186 pounds
“I’m glad you guys let me into your country,” main event fighter Leben said at Thursday’s press conference. “I was a little worried on the plane.”
Leben was originally scheduled to fight Bisping in London 7 June, but opted to put to rest legal issues in Oregon stemming from an earlier DUI arrest to ensure a legal UK visa.
But, the pressure is squarely on the shoulders of Brit Bisping, who told the press, “I am on a quest. Losing this fight for me is not an option.”
Leben, wearing tight cornrows, chided his opponent, saying, “It seems to me that, when Michael Bisping fights, self-preservation is top on his list.”
A brawl would certainly benefit Leben. Bisping’s stand-up style is a bit more circle-and-poke, while Leben is happy to plant and throw bombs.
The UFC officially added two more matches Thursday to the UFC 89 card, set for Birmingham, England, 18 October.
Swedish lightweight Per Ecklund (13-3-1) will face France’s Samy Schiavo (10-5), and in another 155-pound match-up, Canadian “Hands of Stone” Sam Stout (13-4-1) will take on Liverpudlian Terry Etim (10-2).
Ecklund’s last fight was in January when he lost a unanimous decision to Stout.
Schiavo was TKO’d at his Octagon debut in April by “Carpenter” Clay Guida (23-9), snapping his six-fight win streak.
Stout lost his last fight, a split decision that went to Rich Clementi (32-12-1) in April.
Etim also lost his last fight to Clementi, by unanimous decision in May.
Canada welcomed in the UFC Saturday night in Montréal; and, the UFC welcomed back in Canada as “Rush” Georges St. Pierre (16-2) avenged his loss to “The Terror” Matt Serra (9-5) by second-round TKO to capture sole possession of the UFC welterweight title before his countrymen and fellow Quebecois.
Former UFC Middleweight Champion and Fighters.com’s second-ranked 185-pounder “Ace” Rich Franklin (23-3) also found the land of maple leaf friendly in a second-round TKO of “The Serial Killer” Travis Lutter (9-5).
TUF Champions “The Count” Michael Bisping (15-1) and Mac Danzig (18-4-1) debuted in new weight classes with stoppages.
Les habitants “The Athlete” Jason MacDonald (20-9), “Dooms” Jason Day (17-5), and Jonathan Goulet (22-9) also had success for the home team, while “The Rock” Nathan Quarry (10-2), Demian Maia (7-0), “No Love” Rich Clementi (31-12-1), and Cain Velasquez (3-0) scored wins as visitors to the true north, strong and free.
Though seven of the 11 duels on 83’s lineup featured St. Pierre’s fellow countrymen, this French-Canadian bon soirwas entirely the Quebecois phenom’s. He entered the Octagon blazing a crimson gi with the strength of 22,000 at the Centre Bell.
Serra had played a clever villain during the event’s promotional tour, but had no quips for “Rush” as St. Pierre packed him into the mat upon stuffing Serra’s initial shot.
St. Pierre mauled “The Terror” with short, sharp elbows as Serra pedaled through guards, all passed by St. Pierre. Serra finally crawled up the cage to his feet.
In the center of the cage, St. Pierre blasted Serra with a Superman punch, setting up a double-leg takedown near the end of round one.
Serra, a mouse puffing beneath his right eye, emptied his tank about 90 seconds into round two as “Rush” tagged “The Terror” with five snapping jabs before planting him back onto the mat with a double-leg takedown.
St. Pierre’s G’n'P onslaught poured on, driving Serra into turtle guard. A series of unanswered rib-rattling knees persuaded referee Steve Mazzagatti to end the fight at 4:45.
“I tired him out,” explained the best 170-pound fighter in the world.
Serra countered, “I ended up coming up short, no pun intended.”
Welterweights Goulet and Kuniyoshi Hironaka (11-5) both pocketed 75 grand for battling the “Fight of the Night” in the card’s opening bout.
Goulet got the worst of it in the punch-up’s first round. Attempting to press his striking advantage, Goulet got tagged with a short Hironaka left hook. The Japanese fighter fell the Canadian and followed with a mix of fists and elbows to close the round.
“He tried to finish me,” Goulet admitted after the fight, “but he got too excited. I was careful because of my experience.”
The two fighters traded evenly to open the second before Hironaka was stunned with a punch that backed him to the cage. Goulet stalked with a flurry that dropped his opponent for a TKO at 2:07.
In the co-main event, Franklin also rebounded from a lost first round in which Lutter took the former champ to the mat and worked his jiu-jitsu juju. Franklin was nearly tapped in an armbar before he countered in a nifty maneuver that rolled him into Lutter’s full guard.
Lutter had worn himself weary by the second round and got caught with head kick as he shot for single-leg takedown. Franklin hammered “The Serial Killer” and motioned for the referee to stand him up. “Ace” picked Lutter apart on their feet with a combination of slick boxing and knees until the referree stopped the fight at 3:01
Danzig predicted to Fighters.com that Mark Bocek (5-2) is susceptible to a knee and the debuting 155-pounder delivered three big knees to set Bocek up for a rear naked choke submission at 3:48 of the third round.
“I paced myself, and I needed that; because, if I didn’t pace myself I wouldn’t have been able to do what I did in the last round,” Danzig said.
His fellow TUF Champion Bisping debuted at 185-pounds with a dominant TKO “W” over “Chainsaw” Charles McCarthy (10-5), who was unable to continue due to an arm injury after round one.
“Charles couldn’t get up,” “The Count” expalined after the fight.
Middleweight Quarry chased down a timid Kalib Starnes (8-3-1), who probably ran himself out of the UFC, for a unanimous decision.
Middleweight MacDonald added $75,000 to his bank balance with a “(T)KO of the Night” versus Joe Doerksen (39-12) at 54 seconds of the second round.
Middleweight Maia also earned 75 grand for “Submission of the Night”, a triangle choke of “Short Fuse” Ed Herman (14-5) at 2:27 of round two.
Middleweight Day made a successful UFC debut with a 3:58 TKO of “The Talent” Alan Belcher (12-5).
Lightweight Clementi ruined Canadian “Hands of Stone” Sam Stout’s (13-4-1) homecoming with a split decision victory.
Finally, touted heavyweight Velasquez only spent 2:10 in his Octagon debut before TKOing Brad Morris (9-3).
Leather-clad UFC President Dana White manned the podium at a presser in Montréal Monday morning to promote UFC 83 at the Bell Centre April 19th.
The fight card’s big bout features interim UFC Welterweight Champions Matt Serra and Georges St. Pierre.
“To be the champion, I have to beat the champion,” St. Pierre clarified.
St. Pierre, 15-2, was TKO’d by “The Terror” Serra at UFC 69 last April, but has dominated his subsequent two opponents.
“A bit of an underdog? Is that what you heard?” Serra teased a reporter. “What were the odds? Something ridiculous, like 14 to one?”
Serra’s “W” was the upset of ‘07, a year which included “Rampage” Jackson’s KO of top-ranked former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin’s submission of highly-touted PRIDE standout Mauricio Rua.
Serra, 9-4, echoed St. Pierre, “That’s what I always heard: You beat the guy, you’re the guy.”
Serra’s championship is considered a fluke.
Serra lamented, “If I beat [St. Pierre] again, they’ll want to give him the best three out of five!”
“Serra likes being Rocky,” White explained, likening Serra’s role to Sylvester Stallone’s character in “Rocky IV”. “I want to thank Matt Serra for taking this fight in Canada. I don’t think there’s going to be a lot of Matt Serra fans here in Canada.”
UFC 83 will be the preeminent MMA promotion’s debut in Canada.
Quebec Boxing Council Commissioner Mario Latraverse announced, “In April, we have our Super Bowl.”
Quebec was the first Canadian province to sanction MMA in 1998.
White told a curious Canadian press corps, “People in Canada don’t even realize how big this sport is in Canada.”
Tickets went on pre-sale yesterday and White claimed “13,700 were sold on the first day. We’re almost sold out now. This event here will be the biggest UFC event ever.”
“It’s a dream come true,” a swaggering St. Pierre boasted of fighting in his hometown. “I can’t be more happy than I am right now.”
St. Pierre’s loss to Serra is blamed on his mental focus.
“I had a lot of issues before,” St. Pierre admitted. “It’s done now.”
However, fighting in his hometown will compound distractions unimaginably.
“My life might change,” St. Pierre mentioned thoughtfully.
White confirmed the card will also feature former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin versus TUF champion Travis Lutter, Brit TUF champion Michael Bisping, lightweight TUF champion Mac Danzig, and Canadians Patrick Côté and “Hands of Stone” Sam Stout.