Mayweather Beats Maidana By Decision, Rematch to Come?

37-year-old Floyd Mayweather Jr. extended his undefeated record to 46-0 with a win over 12-1 underdog Marcos Maidana on Las Vegas Saturday night.

Despite few giving the long shot a chance against Mayweather, he was closer in this fight than the 46-0 pre-fight media poll would indicate, falling in a majority-decision to Mayweather.

Maidana would not stop throwing punch, throwing 858 against Mayweather, a defensive-orientated fighter. Mayweather threw less than half that many at 426, landing 230 to Maidana's 223.

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Maidana came out aggressive, looking for a knockout after he nearly did so in his upset win over Adrien Broner. Mayweather was able to hold up through it all and even survived being nearly tackled out of the ring in the 11th round.

While Mayweather win the fight, a largely Argentinian crowd felt otherwise and could lead to a rematch between the two. Mayweather will likely take another fight before this one, but the possibility is very real.

Maidana feels robbed and wants another shot at Mayweather because he said he won the fight.

"Yes, I did go after him. He's a difficult fighter but I won," Maidana said. "I would have to give him a rematch because I won the fight [because Mayweather had a rematch clause in his contract]. Yes, I would give him a rematch."

Who Mayweather fights is not overly important as he has three fights left in a six fight, $200 million deal with CBS/Showtime. Mayweather said the fans should decide if there is a rematch.

"If the fans want to see it again," he said, "let's do it again."

Mayweather's promoters said it was a very exciting fight and were not as surprised as many in the media were at how close the fight was.

"I think it was a very, very exciting fight. Maidana came to fight. We all knew Maidana would come to fight and he did. He always does," Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer said. "He was not intimidated by Floyd. Even though Floyd landed some good shots it didn't seem to hurt Maidana at all. He kept coming and he wasn't going to give up."

The final scorecards from the judges were 117-111 and 116-112 for Mayweather with another judge scoring the fight a 114-114 draw.

Jon Jones Defends UFC Title Against Glover Teixiera

Jon Jones successfully defended his title as UFC Champion for a record seventh time with a UFC 172 win over Glover Teixiera Saturday night.

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The scores across the board give Jones the win as every judge scored the fight 50-45 in his favor. Jones commented on his pre-fight preparation and said Teixiera fought the way he expected.

"It was a lot of what we thought it would be," Jones said. "Glover doesn't always tend to be versatile. We foresaw a lot of things and sure enough, it happened that way."

Jones was much more dominant in this fight than his previous bout in UFC 165 when he held off Alexander Gustafsson to retain his championship belt. Jones went to the hospital following the fight with his face badly swollen.

Jones mixed-up his style throughout the fight, keeping Teixiera away from his body in the opening rounds and conning inside on him late. Jones had his left-hand working hard and frequently effected the challenger's vision by having the hand on his forehead. Jones said he wanted to keep Teixiera off-balanced and was pleased at his execution.

"It was a lot of improv," said Jones, on the fight. "Game plan was to stick takedowns and pick him apart from a distance. I realized he was winding up on his punches so I switched game plans and fought at extremely close range. It worked out great."

Teixiera said after the fight that he suffered a shoulder injury in the five-round battle. Teixiera's overall record fe to 22-3 after 20 straight wins while Jones improves to 20-1.

Jones has not lost since 2009 when he was disqualified against Matt Hamill. Jones was winning the fight at the time of the DQ and could be 21-0 had he not been charged with illegally elbowing Hamill.

Jones' next fight will be a rematch with Gustafsson, who last fought in March. Gustafsson is 16-2 and coming off a second-round TKO over Jimi Manuwa.

There are rumors that this fight could take place in Gustafsson's home country of Sweden in front of a crowd of 60,000.

MMA Fighter Blacks Out During Match, Continues to Fight

Matt Manzanares and Junior Maranhao fought for the Resurrection Fighting Alliance flyweight title in Wyoming when Maranhao blacked out after the fourth-round.

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Maranhao was sitting on his stool and collapsed off of it with his face hitting the canvas. Maranhao's crew get him off the canvas and back onto the stool and it was good enough for the referee to allow the fight to go to a deciding fifth-round.

The Wyoming Combat Sports Commission responded to Deadspin.com's request as to why the fight was allowed to continue.

"Thank you for reaching out to the Board. As to your question regarding Mr. Maranhao, he was thoroughly examined by a licensed physician after he fell off his stool between the 4th and 5th round of the RFA event in Cheyenne on April 11. He was also examined by his corner men and the referee. All parties, including Mr.Maranhao, believed and stated unequivocally that Mr. Maranhao was medically safe to and capable of finishing the fight. In fact, he fought well in the last round and lost in a close split decision. He was examined by a licensed physician after the bout as well and again found to have no neurological or other medical issues of concern.

The Wyoming State Board of Mixed Martial Arts stands by our physicians and officials and has the utmost confidence in their ability to assess the medical status of Wyoming contestants. Safety is the Board's number one priority and all necessary precautions were taken at the April 11 RFA event to ensure that Mr. Maranhao was safe to continue fighting.

Again, thank you for your interest in Wyoming MMA."

Pat Miletich was announcing the fight and had his voice go low when he said "this is how bad things happen."

Maranhao was not reported to have been injured in the fifth-round and lost the fight by decision.

Ronda Rousey to Defend Title Against Alexis Davis in UFC 175

UFC President Dana White announced this week that bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will defend her title against Alexis Davis during UFC 175 on July 5.

Davis is better known as Cris "Cyborg" Justino for her great jiu-jitsu and Thai kickboxing skills. She enters with a lifetime fighting record of 17-5 against the undefeated Rousey, but is also undefeated in the UFC at 3-0.

This match is causing some fireworks outside the octagon from Rousey as she is attacking Justino for steroid use. The challenger admitted to Yahoo Sports in March that she used anabolic steroids prior to a fight in December of 2011 against Hiroko Yamanaka.

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Rousey called the offense criminal and feels that a fighter should receive a lifetime ban from the UFC for life after one failed drug test.

Justino said that she used steroids before the fight just to make weight and not to build muscle.

"I don't need [steroids] for muscles," Justino told Yahoo Sports last month. "I always had muscles for as long as I remember. It's how I was born. I did it for the weight. It was a mistake, but it wasn't to cheat and get muscles. It was weight [loss]."

There was talk before the match was announced that Gina Carano could come out of retirement and face Rousey. Rousey has lots of respect for Carano, but White met with the currently retired fighter and no deal came about.

White maintained after the meeting that Carano still wants to fight, but with this fight in place, it is clear that there are outside factors that are not allowing a Rousey-Carano fight to happen. Rousey feels that Carano is a more honorable opponent than Justino and would give her a better fight.

"I'd be honored to fight a competitor like Gina, who is an example of what real respect and honor is in the cage," Rousey said. "I really think with Cyborg taking all of those steroids and hormones and then going into the cage, it's like going in with a weapon. It's certainly very negligent, but it's also criminal. I believe, it really is. Promoting her would be promoting that act and I think it would be wrong in every way."

Rousey said that she will not overlook Justino even though their fight is lower profile than if she would have fought Carano.

"I think the reason why people don't know her so well has nothing to do with her actual talent and more to do with the way she has chosen to promote her fights," Rousey said about Justino.

49-Year-Old Bernard Hopkins Unifies Titles

49-year-old Bernard Hopkins became the oldest fighter in history to unify titles with his win over Beibut Shumenov on Saturday.

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Two scorecards had Hopkins winning the fight 116-111 while the third judge, Gustavo Padilla, had it 114-113 for Shumenov. ESPN's Dan Rafael called his scorecard "among the worst in modern boxing history" as Shumenov himself did not think he won the fight.

"To be honest, I wasn't thinking about the scorecards," Shumenov said when asked about the split decision. "Obviously, I chose the wrong strategy. I'm kind of angry I lost the fight. I am a true warrior. I couldn't get the victory. I wanted to fight the best and tonight it was not my best."

Hopkins unified lightweight world titles with the win. Hopkins improved his career record to 55-6-2 with 32 knockouts, a career that begin in 1988. Hopkins is said that he does not want people to get bored with his accomplishments.

"Another page of history that I hope you don't get bored with," Hopkins said. "Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen. I'm glad to [unify titles]."

Hopkins was the better fighter in terms of statistics to make Padillia's decision look even more foolish. Hopkins landed 93 of the 182 he threw in the fight while Shumenov was 67 of 332. Hopkins landed 31 percent more of the punches he threw and hit on 26 more punches despite attempting 150 fewer punches.

Hopkins was not too concerned about the judging in the fight as he said he was just focused on what he could control.

"Listen, when you get into all that about the judges and all that stuff, they go to school. They have commissions to regulate all that," Hopkins said. "I don't like to get into all of that. It's not my job to deal with that. It's my job to get ready to unify the championship before 50."

Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer would show his announce his displeasure for the judging and said Padillia needs to retire.

"That was complete bulls---. I'm speechless. That's another judge who should retire." Schaefer said.

Hopkins continues to get it done despite his inability to get a knockout. Hopkins has win a fight by knockout since he put Oscar De La Hoya on the canvas in 2004.

Hopkins said that his body feels good even though he is 49-years-old. He will said that he will continue to try to fight his hardest and let others decide what his legacy is.

"I trained so hard. One thing I want people to know before I leave this game is I gave it my all," Hopkins said. "I set out to be the best in the light heavyweight division. I'm thirsty for it like I was at the middleweight division.

"I describe my legacy like a Joe Frazier. We get knocked down but we get back up. I'll let the historians analyze and debate over the years as I grow a deeper gray beard watching soap operas. I'll let them break down my legacy and how it compares to someone else."