Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Jackson-Evans-Said-Jones-Could-Join-Team-31079
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Jackson: Evans Said Jones Could Join Team
Rashad Evans has suggested trainer Greg Jackson is to blame for letting Jon Jones join their camp and set up a teammate-versus-teammate matchup, but Jackson has a different take.
Round 5 Releases ?Ultimate Collector? Series 6 Featuring Six New Figures & Limited-Edition Runs of Joe Rogan, and Bas Rutten
Markham, ON (March 28, 2011) ? Round 5 President Damon Lau announced the release of the ?Ultimate Collector? Series 6 featuring six figurines, representing a broad range of popular characters. Included in the Series are current fan favorites light heavyweight champion Jon ?Bones? Jones, Dan ?The Outlaw? Hardy, and Gray ?The Bully? Maynard, plus a [...]
Cain Velasquez Thinks a Fight With Jon Jones ?Would Be Great?
Many folks think UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones will eventually end up in the heavyweight division as he grows older and possibly bigger. We’re probably a few years away from that if it even happens, but if it does, one heavyweight you can count on fighting Jones is current UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez. [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmaconvert/~3/m46Nsp7yFTw/
Nogueira Tops UFC Fight Night 24 Salaries with $90K Payday
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira may have lost to Phil Davis at UFC Fight Night 24 last Saturday, but the veteran light heavyweight still walked away with the biggest purse of the night.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Nogueira-Tops-UFC-Fight-Night-24-Salaries-with-90K-Payday-31161
Imada-Freire Semifinal Joins Bellator 39, Completes 9-Fight Bill
The bill for Bellator Fighting Championships 39 is now set, as the promotion Tuesday announced the full nine-bout lineup for Saturday?s show.
Falling Action: Best and Worst of UFC Fight Night 24
Filed under: UFC
If ever there was an event to make aspiring fighters get out their singlets and focus on their wrestling skills, UFC Fight Night 24 was it. The ability to successfully complete and/or defend the takedown was the deciding factor in most of the fights on Saturday night. By the end, I think half the arena had unconsciously learned how to shoot a single-leg just from seeing it done over and over and over again. Bet that made for some interesting after-parties.
So who were the biggest winners, losers, and everything in between after Saturday night's wrestle-fest? The answers await you below.
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/28/falling-action-best-and-worst-of-ufc-fight-night-24/
Round 5 Releases ?Ultimate Collector? Series 6 Featuring Six New Figures & Limited-Edition Runs of Joe Rogan, and Bas Rutten
Markham, ON (March 28, 2011) ? Round 5 President Damon Lau announced the release of the ?Ultimate Collector? Series 6 featuring six figurines, representing a broad range of popular characters. Included in the Series are current fan favorites light heavyweight champion Jon ?Bones? Jones, Dan ?The Outlaw? Hardy, and Gray ?The Bully? Maynard, plus a [...]
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Alvarez vs. Curran World Championships fight, Two Semifinal Fights, and Return of Ben Saunders Make up Stacked Bellator 39 Card this Saturday LIVE on MTV2
UNCASVILLE, CT (March 29, 2011) ? Bellator Lightweight World Champion Eddie Alvarez will defend his world title this Saturday, April 2nd against Season 2 Lightweight Tournament champion Pat Curran in a highly anticipated World Championship Fight LIVE on MTV2. Former Welterweight world champion Lyman ?Cyborg? Good will take on undefeated Judo Olympian Rick Hawn in [...]
Who's that girl?
Speaking of people who may or may not have a job at "UFC: Rio", Sherdog has a new gallery of pics from the set of TUF 13, and hey look who showed up to "interview" Junior dos Santos... none other than our old friend Juliana "Juju" Salimeni. The star members may recall my Pulitzer-winning very first article for Fightlinker, in which we had a thorough but respectful look at Juju's NSFW assets. For those of you who are too cheap and heartless to help support Ryan's cough syrup addiction, well, no fap material for you. Just kidding, HERE'S her spread in the Brazilian edition of Playboy.
As for who this big-bottomed broad is, she's supposedly the Brazilian fanbase's polite suggestion for the job of guest Octagon Girl at the Rio event. Juju became famous for her role on a popular show called "Panico na TV" as a "Panicat" (translation: professional T&A jiggler), and is apparently considered one of the top hotties in the country these days.
So does her appearance at the TUF gym mean she's got the UFC gig, or is this just a segment for that "Panico" show? And what's with that dude's nose? Who knows. The point is, while she looked great in the above links, and even the pic at the top is flattering, as for the next one after the jump...
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fightlinker/~3/cWTatH7W7zI/whos-that-girl
Phil Davis: If Dana White Says Get 'Em, I Got 'Em
Filed under: UFC
SEATTLE - Phil Davis improved to 9-0 with a unanimous decision win over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC Fight Night 24, but that doesn't mean he's going to start calling for a title shot just yet.Yes, it was the most significant win of his career so far, Davis acknowledged at the post-fight press conference, but he's in no hurry to jump all the way to the top of the light heavyweight ladder.
"Pretty much everyone I've ever fought has had more experience than I have in fighting," said Davis. "So just going through four fights in one year in the UFC has put me in a place where everyone is a lot more experienced than I am, so I just need to make sure I'm giving myself enough time to develop as a fighter."
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/27/phil-davis-if-dana-white-says-get-em-i-got-em/
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Royce Gracie still thinks he's fighting at "UFC: Rio"
Receiving a surprise invite to the press conference announcing "UFC: Rio" must have really gotten Royce Gracie's hopes up, because he's still under the delusion that he'll get a legacy fight on that card. Since then, he keeps talking like he's in negotiations with the UFC about it, despite the fact that the combined number of fans and Zuffa brass who seem the least bit interested in his "comeback" can be counted on one hand... of a retired sawmill worker... with leprosy.
His last Octagon appearance against then-welterweight champ Matt Hughes in 2006 is perhaps best described as a sad and brutal demonstration of how far the sport had evolved since the single-digit UFCs of Royce's salad days, as "Country Breakfast" utterly destroyed Gracie in the first round without appearing to break much of a sweat. Now consider the evolution we've seen just since 2006... the other champs at the time were Tim Sylvia, Chuck Liddell, and Rich Franklin, and the lightweight strap was on hiatus. GSP won the belt later that year, Arianny was brand-spanking-new, Tito Ortiz was still (mostly) relevant, and Jon Jones probably hadn't even seen the inside of an MMA gym yet. The idea of putting Royce in the cage with anyone even remotely relevant to today's UFC (or even the sport in general) sounds like a death sentence, especially since he's now 44 and hasn't fought in four years.
But I guess old dreams die hard, because CagePotato reports that Royce has canceled a European seminar tour in order to focus on training for the Rio event in August, though even his manager admits: "Nothing is locked down, no." That's apparently not stopping them from tearing up a guaranteed paycheck in favour of chasing a pipe-dream though.
So what's the Baldfather got so say about this? Well coincidentally, I happened to catch the last minute or two of "MMA Connected" just prior to the "Fight Night 24" broadcast on Rogers Sportsnet, in which Dana White was straight-up asked about it (among other things, like Strikeforce, teammate fights, unions, Sonnen/Bisping, GSP/Silva, and UFC 129). It's at 2:14 of the video above, but if you sneeze you might miss it, because his entire answer was: "I don't think so." In print, that doesn't sound definitive one way or the other, but something about his demeanor tells me that he could give a shit if Royce even shows up to watch.
Damkovsky, Figueroa On Weight for M-1 Challenge 24 Main Event
All eight main-card competitors made their contracted weights for Saturday's M-1 Global Challenge 24.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Damkovsky-Figueroa-On-Weight-for-M-1-Challenge-24-Main-Event-31065
Igor Zinoviev Kristaps Zile UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship
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Weekend Rundown: Drwal Demolishes ?Chocolate? in Homecoming
Despite a tepid start, Tomasz Drwal scored an impressive finish in his post-UFC debut on Saturday, knocking out Leonardo ?Chocolate? Nascimento in the 198-pound main event of Fighters Arena Lodz 2 in Lodz, Poland.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Weekend-Rundown-Drwal-Demolishes-Chocolate-in-Homecoming-31140
Bellator Featherweight Semifinals Set for April 16 in Arizona
The featherweight tournament rolls on for the four men who advanced through the quarterfinals on March 19, as the semifinal bouts are now set to go down April 16 at Bellator 41 at the Cocopah Resort and Casino in Yuma, Ariz.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Bellator-Featherweight-Semifinals-Set-for-April-16-in-Arizona-31057
Chan Sung Jung Practiced Twister Over and Over Because It 'Looks Fun'
Filed under: UFC
Who says that all that time spent watching videos on the internet is wasted? For Chan Sung Jung, the videos he found online of Eddie Bravo's unconventional twister submission helped him defeat Leonard Garcia at UFC Fight Night 24 and add an extra $55,000 to his bank account in the process.
"It's something that I saw a long time ago on the internet on video," Jung said via a translator during Saturday night's post-fight press conference. "It's one of Eddie Bravo's techniques. It's something I practiced because it just looks fun, and so I do it quite a bit in practice. I always told people I was going to try it some time in competition and I wanted to do it in the UFC and I was able to."
Bellator Featherweight Semifinals Set for April 16 in Arizona
The featherweight tournament rolls on for the four men who advanced through the quarterfinals on March 19, as the semifinal bouts are now set to go down April 16 at Bellator 41 at the Cocopah Resort and Casino in Yuma, Ariz.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Bellator-Featherweight-Semifinals-Set-for-April-16-in-Arizona-31057
MMA Top 10 Bantamweights: Cruz, Faber on a Collision Course
Filed under: UFC, WEC, Rankings, Bantamweights
The two best 135-pound fighters in the world will square off some time later this year for the first ever UFC bantamweight title match in what should be a great showcase for what has quietly become one of the UFC's most talented weight classes.Before the UFC absorbed World Extreme Cagefighting, the smaller guys were largely overlooked by casual MMA fans. But now that the UFC has added the WEC's bantamweights -- and also snapped up some 135-pounders from other promotions -- the bantamweight class is stacked. In fact, as I put together my latest ranking of the Top 10 bantamweights in mixed martial arts, all 10 of them are now under contract to the UFC.
The top two, as you probably suspect, are bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and the only man to defeat him, Urijah Faber. Those two will square off at UFC 132. But the rest of the bantamweight division includes several talented fighters who could become worthy challengers to the bantamweight title in the years ahead.
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/27/mma-top-10-bantamweights-cruz-faber-on-a-collision-course/
Monday, March 28, 2011
Weekend video round-up bonanza
Another Bellator tournament, another freakin' inverted triangle as Richard Hale joins Toby Imada in the "Crazy Fucking Bellator Sub Hall of Fame." What are they feeding these guys? Can I have some? After the jump a sumptuous feast of MMA-related video from the last few days including all 5 6 of Phil Davis' video blogs leading up to his fight against Lil Nog (the Mos Def song in the 5th vlog is called "Ghetto Rock" in case you're wondering), Dana's UFC Fight Night 24 video blog, and some footage of the post-event presser shot ninja-style by the good folks at MMAWeekly.
Bellator vid props: BellatorMMA.
Phil Davis vlog props: Kimura.se
Press conference vid props: MMAWeekly.com
Dana vlog props: UFC.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fightlinker/~3/Zuv-hTfep2Q/weekend-video-round-up-bonanza
Jose Canseco is the dumbest bastard in sports.
Like all of us who follow MMA and other sports, I've heard tell of athletes doing some pretty stupid stuff. Gazillionaire football players running drugs and guns and trying to start fights with Bas Rutten, boxers allowing themselves to be managed by the single sleaziest businessman ever to involve himself in sports, soccer players throwing lawn darts at youth training teams...the list goes on and on. But this one is a real goddamn doozy. The idiot at the center of this particular shitstorm of dumbness is only peripherally involved in MMA, but who cares? Let's all point and laugh at him! The scene: Jose Canseco is set to take part in a "Celebrity Boxing" match at the Hard Rock Hotel in Seminole, Florida. He shows up demanding 5 grand in cash up front, which the promoter doesn't give him because he wants to pay with a check. And from there, things went a little "Dumb & Dumber":
A half-hour before the scheduled bout, here was the scene: Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael, was waiting in Jose's corner. The opponent, trainer Billy Padden, waited in the ring. The music to introduce Jose Canseco began playing. When he didn't show, it played again.
"I still wasn't going to pay cash, and that's when [Ozzie] walked out,'' Feldman said. "About then people began telling me it wasn't really Jose, too. They pointed to the tattoos on his arms.
Yep, Jose sent his twin brother Ozzie out to fight for him. No, really. Ozzie was promptly busted and the fight didn't happen. Granted, Canseco's celebrity boxing record is less than stellar--he's dropped "fights" to washed-up NFL players and the craziest ginger in the world--and his moral compass was smashed into tiny pieces long ago, but this is a pretty hilarious new low for the roided-up former ballplayer. In fairness to Canseco, bad things usually happen when he shows up for a fight. Of course, this is one of the best things about sports, be it mixed martial arts or tennis or whatever else: we get to give some very stupid people insane amounts of money and fame and then watch them fuck it all up so completely that it defies belief. Awesome.
HT for this amazing display of stupidity: MMAMania.com by way of the Sun-Sentinel.
Damkovsky, Figueroa On Weight for M-1 Challenge 24 Main Event
All eight main-card competitors made their contracted weights for Saturday's M-1 Global Challenge 24.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Damkovsky-Figueroa-On-Weight-for-M-1-Challenge-24-Main-Event-31065
Brandon Vera Renato Verissimo Marcus Vinicios Falaniko Vitale
Results of Bellator 38 Weigh-In Announced
Tunica, MS – (March 25, 2011) ? Conducting its first weigh-ins in the state of Mississippi, Bellator Fighting Championships? presented the new and highly stacked Light Heavyweight Tournament quarterfinalists and local feature fighters. All 18 fighters stepped on the scale in order to compete in front of MMA fans at Harrah’s Tunica Hotel and Casino [...]
Source: http://www.mmaonline.com/headlines/results-of-bellator-38-weigh-in-announced/
UFC Fight Night 24 Live Blog & Chat
The live chat will launch at 9:00pm ET during the Facebook prelims. We’ll start the live blog at 10pm ET for the east coast Spike TV. To participate in the chat, simply click the “Comment Now” tab in the box below and either enter your name or click one of the icons to log in [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmaconvert/~3/oLEN3-CNNZI/
Clementi, Madadi Meet in LW Title Bout at Superior Challenge 7
Up-and-coming Swedish lightweight Reza Madadi announced via Facebook on Tuesday that he will square off against UFC veteran Rich Clementi at Superior Challenge 7, set to take place April 30 at the Hovet arena in Stockholm.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Clementi-Madadi-Meet-in-LW-Title-Bout-at-Superior-Challenge-7-31008
Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Week-in-Review: List of UFC, Strikeforce & Other Matchups Announced
A complete list of significant new fights reported in the past week.
?Snowman? Meets Lopez in April 1 Fight Time Headliner
Onetime UFC heavyweight title contender Jeff Monson will return to action on April 1 against former two-division King of the Cage champion Tony Lopez in the main event of Fight Time 4 ?MMA Heavyweight Explosion.?
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Snowman-Meets-Lopez-in-April-1-Fight-Time-Headliner-31033
Trainer: Jones Overcame Fatigue, Found ?Another Gear? to Beat Rua
To the naked eye, it appeared that Jon Jones was never in the slightest bit of trouble during his 205-pound title-winning performance against Mauricio ?Shogun? Rua in the main event of Saturday?s UFC 128.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Trainer-Jones-Overcame-Fatigue-Found-Another-Gear-to-Beat-Rua-30948
Horn-Leites Added to April 30 Superior Challenge Bill
Following today?s announcement that Rich Clementi will face Reza Madadi for the vacant lightweight title at Superior Challenge 7, another championship bout has been added to the Swedish promotion?s April 30 card.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Horn-Leites-Added-to-April-30-Superior-Challenge-Bill-31009
Sherman Pendergarst B.J. Penn Anthony Perosh Seth Petruzelli
Saturday, March 26, 2011
UFC Fight Night 24 ?Nogueira vs. Davis? Live Results & Recap
UFC Fight Night 24 takes place later tonight at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. The event airs on Spike TV at 10pm ET/PT. Prior to the broadcast, several prelims will be shown live on Facebook beginning at 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT. In the main event, Phil Davis looks to jump “in the mix” in the light [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmaconvert/~3/bv_SAnt2teo/
Jennito finito?
As lovey dovey as Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson try to appear most of the time, they've got some serious issues. Remember that time Jenna pretended Tito beat her up because he freaked out about her doing Oxycontin? Yeah, that was fun. Now it seems like the couple has run into another rough patch, but at least the police aren't involved this time. Yet.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fightlinker/~3/c9uTnvfcZg8/jennito-finito
Horodecki Receives Opponent for April 2 Ontario Event
Chris Horodecki now has an opponent for Ontario's first sanctioned MMA event, as ?The Polish Hammer? will square off with Jeremy Horn pupil David Castillo in a lightweight affair at MMA: The Reckoning.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Horodecki-Receives-Opponent-for-April-2-Ontario-Event-30911
Dan Hardy Gets Emotional While Visiting Bruce Lee's Grave
During the early portion of Dan Hardy's UFC career, he was considered by some to be just another British brawler.But when last year's UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Hardy series aired footage of the time Hardy spent in Northern China training with Shaolin monks, "The Outlaw" began receiving more respect from the MMA community for being a true mixed martial artist.
On Thursday, Hardy showed just how much respect he has for the history of martial arts when he visited Bruce Lee's grave at Lakeview Cemetery in Seattle, Wash. The visit was so moving, it brought the 28-year-old Hardy on the verge of tears.
"I don't want this to sound disrespectful," Hardy told The Seattle Times, "I kind of treated it as a bit of a sightseeing kind of thing, to come and see Bruce Lee's grave just to say that I've been there and done it. But to be here, I don't know, I kind of got something else from it."
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/25/dan-hardy-gets-emotional-while-visiting-bruce-lees-grave/
R1 MMA Gym to Host Animo Locke Tech MMA Club Seminar
Dec 14, 2010 ? The R1 Training Center, Los Angeles Original MMA Gym, is proud to host the Animo Locke Tech High School Mixed Martial Arts Club (ALTMMA) along with their coaches Ben Clancy and Ray Ramirez for a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) seminar featuring, MMA legend, Rico Chiapparelli. ALTMMA founded by Ben Clancy, a [...]
Source: http://www.mmamemories.com/2010/12/14/r1-mma-gym-to-host-animo-locke-tech-mma-club-seminar.html
UFC Fight Night 24 Predictions
Filed under: UFC
The UFC is wrapping up a busy March with a big Fight Night card on Saturday night in Seattle, with a light heavyweight fight featuring an aging veteran against a young prospect in the main event, and three very intriguing undercard matchups. We've got the preview and predictions right here.What: UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira vs. Davis
When: Saturday, the Spike televised card begins at 10 PM ET
Where: Key Arena, Seattle
Predictions on the four televised fights below.
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/25/ufc-fight-night-24-preview-and-predictions/
Friday, March 25, 2011
Coker: If Strikeforce Is Profitable, It Will Continue
Following Strikeforce?s sale to the UFC, conventional wisdom suggests Strikeforce will close up after its various contracts expire.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Coker-If-Strikeforce-Is-Profitable-It-Will-Continue-31051
Can the BJJ Ace Make It Three in a Row?
Decorated Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner, Vinny ?Pezao? Magalhaes (6-5) walks into his bout against undefeated Jake Doerr (6-0) at M-1 Challenge: Damkovsky vs. Figueroa riding a momentous wave and a win puts him in light heavyweight title contention. Fans can capture the submission specialist in action LIVE on SHOWTIME on Friday, March 25 at 11 [...]
Source: http://www.mmaonline.com/headlines/can-the-bjj-ace-make-it-three-in-a-row/
Jansen-McAfee Targeted for Bellator 39
Two WEC veterans will lock horns on April 2, as Dave Jansen meets Scott McAfee in a lightweight duel at Bellator 39
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Jansen-McAfee-Targeted-for-Bellator-39-31082
Alvarez to Take on Bruce for IBA Welterweight Title Tonight on GFL
NEW YORK / ATLANTIC CITY (December 4, 2010)?TONIGHT!!! at Ballys in Atlantic City, Two welterweights will vie for the IBA Welterweight championship which they hope will be a steppingstone to a shot at greener pastures. Shamone Alvarez will look to thrill the hometown fans when he takes on Ayi Bruce that will headline a big [...]
Shane Carwin to Face Jon Olav Einemo At UFC 131
The waiting game is over for Shane Carwin. The onetime UFC interim champion finally has an opponent, as UFC president Dana White revealed during a Seattle Times live chat that Carwin would face octagon newcomer Jon Olav Einemo.MMA Fighting first reported Einemo's signing earlier this month.
The 35-year-old is a member of Team Golden Glory and has a 6-1 record in MMA, though he has not fought over four years.
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/23/shane-carwin-to-face-jon-olav-einemo-at-ufc-131/
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Michael Bisping apologizes poorly
Michael Bisping took some time out of his busy schedule of being a flaming cock to 'apologize' for what he did at UFC 128.
?I was out of order. As a father, as a mixed martial artist, or possibly even as a role model, it?s not a way I should be behaving. It?s not how a mixed martial artist should be acting; not how any man should be acting. Of course, I do regret it, and I owe Dana [White, UFC CEO], and the UFC an apology?and I won?t be acting like that again.?
Since this is Michael Bisping though, he can't leave well enough alone. Here comes the hair-splitting:
I want to make it clear ? I never spat on his cornerman. I spat on the floor to let him know what I thought of him?
And don't forget though that Rivera and his team WENT TOO FAR!
What this guy was doing was that he was insinuating my partner had a sexually transmitted diseases, talking crap about my country, crap about my family, insinuating I was not even English, chanting a song that I was a d? d? d?, it just went over the top really and I shouldn?t have let it get to me. But it did.
Of course, he still wants an apology out of Jorge:
I?m ashamed of myself and I have apologised, he [Rivera] should be man enough to do the same.
Yeah, the dude you illegally kneed in the head owes you an apology! For a bunch of laughably silly videos which were obviously harmless. You have to be on the emotional level of an autistic 12 year old to get pissed by those. But after cheating to win a fight and then spitting at the losing fighter's corner, Michael Bisping is still waiting for the apology that he deserves. What a twat.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fightlinker/~3/OM1TYbduPNA/michael-bisping-apologizes-poorly
The Origins of Phil Davis? ?Mr. Wonderful? Nickname (UFC Fight Night 24 Video)
For complete UFC Fight Night 24 coverage and UFC Fight Night 24 results this Saturday stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/17993/the-origins-of-phil-davis-mr-wonderful-nickname-ufc-fight-night-24-video/
Phil Davis in No Rush to Make Jon Jones Fight a Reality
Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, News
At the UFC 126 post-fight press conference, Urijah Faber said he was looking forward to one day seeing Jon Jones fight Phil Davis for the light heavyweight title.He's not the only one.
Since Jones won the belt on Saturday, and to a degree even before UFC 128, media, fans, and even fighters have pegged Davis as the man who could give the unstoppable Jones trouble inside the Octagon.
That's a huge compliment for a 26-year-old who only made his MMA debut in October 2008.
But Davis (8-0), who faces Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in the main event of UFC Fight Night 24 this Saturday, says he isn't concerning himself with anything other than what's next.
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/23/phil-davis-in-no-rush-to-make-jon-jones-fight-a-reality/
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Marshall Vows to ?Put the Pressure? on Cane in UFC Return
One loss is all it took for Eliot Marshall to lose his spot
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Marshall-Vows-to-Put-the-Pressure-on-Cane-in-UFC-Return-30925
Fitch-Penn 2, Sotiropoulos-Dunham Tapped for UFC 132 in July
UFC officials announced Thursday that a welterweight rematch between Fitch and the former two-division champion Penn will take place at UFC 132 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. The card will also feature a bout between lightweight contenders Evan Dunham and George Sotiropoulos
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Fitch-Penn-2-Sotiropoulos-Dunham-Tapped-for-UFC-132-in-July-30899
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Jon Jones Opens as Huge Favorite Over Rashad Evans, Fans Bet Him Up Further
Awe over Jon Jones' UFC light-heavyweight championship win continues to dominate the post-UFC 128 headlines.Fresh off his third-round TKO over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, Jones already knows who he's fighting next: former teammate Rashad Evans.
According to oddsmakers and fans, Evans -- a former champion himself -- is an underdog. A very big underdog.
UFC 128 AFTERMATH BURNING QUESTIONS
No, I'm not answering questions about what's burning in your mother's crotch region. What I'm here to address are some of the more prevalent questions that have been floating around the MMA blogosphere in the wake of Saturday's UFC 128 card. Let's get to it.
Does Jim Miller deserve a shot at the UFC Lightweight Title?
I can't believe how often I've seen this question posed, and I also don't really understand why it's being framed like that in the first place. The short answer is yes, Miller absolutely deserves a shot. The Jersey-based fighter is now on a seven-fight win streak, having stopped two previously unbeaten fighters in his last two trips to the Octagon. If that doesn't scream "championship worthy" to you, then I'd have to seriously question your judgment on all life decisions. But the question shouldn't be whether the younger Miller brother deserves a shot at the title, but what he'll have to do to actually get one.
What stands in Miller's way right now is a combination of bad timing and those lone two losses he has on his twenty-two fight resume.
Despite earning his seventh consecutive win this weekend, Miller has entered the short list to a title shot at a time when there is already a fight booked that will produce a clear-cut #1 contender: Clay Guida vs. Anthony Pettis. Say what you will about how Miller might deserve it more than either of those two, but the fact is that both Guida and Pettis are each coming off a higher profile victory than anything Miller has done as of late. On top of that, Pettis has already earned a title shot, so it follows that the winner of his fight with Guida should produce the next title challenger. Barring an injury to either of those two, Miller simply isn't getting the next title shot.
More after the jump.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fightlinker/~3/oPjujeJuygk/ufc-128-aftermath-burning-questions
Tim Sylvia Mairbek Taisumov Nobuhiko Takada Yoshihiro Takayama
Rashad Evans Says Jon Jones Stabbed Him In The Back, Greg Jackson ?Spilled The Milk? (Update)
“You can’t say you are not going to have anything to do with it when you are a big part of the reason why the situation originated. That’s like spilling a glass of milk and then walking away and saying that you don’t want to have anything to do with it. You f**kn spilled the [...]
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MMA Top 10 Pound-for-Pound: Jon Jones Surges
Filed under: UFC, Rankings, Overall
The last time I ranked the Top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in MMA, I heard from a lot of readers who thought it was too early to have Jon Jones on the list.No one is going to say that now.
After Jones smashed "Shogun" Rua at UFC 128, the question isn't whether Jones is one of the sport's Top 10 pound-for-pound fighters -- everyone agrees that he is. Now the question is just how high Jones belongs on the pound-for-pound list.
I think Jones is doing things we haven't seen before, and dominating his opponents in ways that few fighters can equal, and so I have Jones among the truly elite on my latest list, which is below.
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/22/mma-top-10-pound-for-pound-jon-jones-surges/
Dangerous Terry Martin goes to the Maximum Fighting Championship
One might not expect a heavy-handed brawler with a penchant for going toe-to-toe with his opponents to actually outthink an upcoming foe. But if there was ever a prime example of this uncanny ability, it just may very well belong to Terry Martin, making him an even more ?Dangerous? threat to current MFC welterweight champ [...]
Source: http://www.mmaonline.com/headlines/dangerous-terry-martin-goes-to-the-maximum-fighting-championship/
Event Review ? UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami
UFC 122 had very little going for it heading into things and when news broke that the co-main event, it lost a potential fight that had fight or knockout of the night written all over it. You know the card isn?t all that important when every loser on the main card not in the main [...]
Source: http://cardiofreakmma.com/2010/11/16/event-review-ufc-122-marquardt-vs-okami/
Tito Ortiz Expected To Fight Ryan Bader At UFC 132 (Update)
It looks like Ryan Bader got his wish, and Tito Ortiz didn’t. Bader recently told ESPN’s Brett Okamoto that he wanted to fight Tito in his next fight, however Tito told Inside MMA that he wasn’t interested in building anyone’s career and only wanted to fight “big names,” namely Forrest Griffin. Well, it seems the [...]
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Marshall Vows to ?Put the Pressure? on Cane in UFC Return
One loss is all it took for Eliot Marshall to lose his spot
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Marshall-Vows-to-Put-the-Pressure-on-Cane-in-UFC-Return-30925
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UFC 128 Twitter Reactions: Dana Says Cro Cop Done in the UFC, Everyone Calling For Jon Jones vs. Anderson Silva
Trying something new here tonight. It’s a work in progress because I don’t have everyone in my MMA Twitter list that I should, but here’s a rundown of interesting and noteworthy tweets, many from the post-fight presser, coming off of UFC 128.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmaconvert/~3/pHTHmj-xq5M/
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Brilz ?Praying for a Miracle? After Wrestling Power UNO Drops Program
The University of Nebraska at Omaha has decided to cut its wrestling program on the heels of its third consecutive Division II national wrestling title, a disappointing fact for UFC light heavyweight talent and UNO alum Jason Brilz.
11/16 MMA News Recap
UFC/WEC News: *Cole Miller vs. Matt Wiman has been moved from the UFC 125 prelim card to the UFC Fight for the Troops 2 main card. Good deal. Always like seeing Cole in action. *UFC 122 drew� 2.2 million viewers on SpikeTV. That number is crazy good for UFC. Not only did it beat UFC [...]
Source: http://cardiofreakmma.com/2010/11/16/1116-mma-news-recap/
UFC Wastes No Time Pitting Jones Against Evans, With Good Reason
Filed under: UFC
NEWARK, N.J. - Call it the championship life cycle: one legend is barely out of his post-knockout haze, his facial tissue still in mid-swell, when the new champ is already confronting his next challenger on a canvas where the blood hasn't even dried yet.It wasn't an unfamiliar encounter when former training partners Jon Jones and Rashad Evans shook hands in the middle of the Octagon before agreeing to beat each other up at some point in the near future. It also wasn't exactly an enthusiastic agreement on either man's part, though it was a decisive one.
Jones didn't just beat Mauricio "Shogun" Rua to claim the UFC light heavyweight title at UFC 128 - he utterly demolished him. In a little less than three full rounds of combat, there wasn't a second where it wasn't Jones' fight. Aside from possibly hurting his elbow on Rua's skull, Jones had almost nothing to worry about in the biggest fight of his career.
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Event Review ? WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki
WEC delivered their Las Vegas swansong this past Thursday night and it was once again another outstanding event, especially if you are a member or fan of Team Alpha Male. It was a night filled with almost non-stop action, some extremely slick submissions, a spectacular knockout, one of the best fights of the year, and [...]
Source: http://cardiofreakmma.com/2010/11/14/event-review-wec-52-faber-vs-mizugaki/
Edson Barboza: 'This Is Just the Beginning'
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, Videos
NEWARK, N.J. -- Watch below as Edson Barboza discusses his thrilling UFC 128 win over Anthony Njokuani, what he did to secure the win, his performance in the fight, what's next and his place in the UFC.Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/20/edson-barboza-this-is-just-the-beginning/
Event Review ? WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki
WEC delivered their Las Vegas swansong this past Thursday night and it was once again another outstanding event, especially if you are a member or fan of Team Alpha Male. It was a night filled with almost non-stop action, some extremely slick submissions, a spectacular knockout, one of the best fights of the year, and [...]
Source: http://cardiofreakmma.com/2010/11/14/event-review-wec-52-faber-vs-mizugaki/
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UFC 128: Brendan Schaub Knocks Out Mirko Cro Cop
Filed under: UFC
A fairly slow-paced heavyweight fight ended in a sudden burst of violence Saturday night, as Brendan Schaub delivered a stunning knockout blow to Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 128.Late in the third round, with the fight looking close to going the distance, Schaub hit Cro Cop with a huge right hand that sent Cro Cop head-first into the canvas. Cro Cop was already out, but Schaub pounced and landed another hard punch before referee Herb Dean stopped it.
Schaub, who improved his record to 8-1, hugged the legendary Cro Cop afterward and said, "You're the reason I got started, Mirko."
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/19/ufc-128-brendan-schaub-knocks-out-mirko-cro-cop/
Saturday, March 19, 2011
UFC 128 Weigh-in Video
Friday's UFC 128 weigh-ins can be viewed here.
Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/UFC-128-Weigh-in-Video-30789
St. Valentine?s Day Massacre lives up to the hype
You never know who or what you’ll run into at a Mixed Martial Arts fight night. Maybe Jackie Kallen, the ex-Detroiter and “First Lady of Boxing,” whom Meg Ryan played in the movie “Against the Ropes,” or UFC legend Mark (The Hammer) Coleman, who is retired from the cage but trains MMA fighters out of [...]
Source: http://www.mmamemories.com/2011/02/20/st-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-massacre-lives-up-to-the-hype.html
Good signs / Bad signs
Trying to figure out if your favorite fighters are going to suck or not tonight? A quick look into the news might give you some more info on that subject. Let's see what might be affecting guys in the cage at UFC 128.
Kurt Pellegrino: With all the attention focused on Shogun Rua's knee issues, barely anyone has mentioned that Kurt is returning from a torn ACL as well. Sometimes when an athlete battles back from a bad injury to return early, it's inspirational. Other times it's a recipe for disaster. The prognosis from doctors was that Pellegrino would be out for at least a year. He's coming back 8 months later. We know the mind is willing but can the body deliver?
Brendan Schaub: The specter of overtraining reared it's ugly head during Brendan's preparations for Mirko Crocop. According to Schaub himself, things fell apart 'several weeks out' from the fight, leading his camp to force a training break on the heavy hitting heavyweight. How much a three day break helps reset things will be something we'll have to see on Saturday night. Schaub may have tried his best to prepare himself for the biggest fight of his life, only to have that backfire and actually hurt his performance.
Nate Marquardt: Every so often, we get to see the Nate Marquardt who really deserves his 'Nate the Great' nickname. Remember when he pulled off a Killer Instinct level combo on Wilson Gouveia? Or the time he almost ripped Jeremy Horn's head off with a guillotine from hell? Then there are times where he fights like a fuckin' bum. The Chael Sonnen and Yushin Okami fights come to mind.
Which Nate will show up against Dan Miller? Whichever Nate his coaches have programmed. The good news is these coaches have admitted they screwed the pooch on his past fights. During a recent media supertour to get out from under Greg Jackson's shadow, coach Trevor Wittman took 'full responsibility' for the Okami fight, saying their counter-striking gameplan didn't work and they had no plan B to fall back on. Whatever they cobble together for last minute replacement Dan Miller, let's hope at least they keep some B, C, and D ideas up their sleeves. Maybe one of these will actually be 'let your hands go, be aggressive and kick some ass.'
Mike Pyle: Mike must have gotten sick of his rep as a monster in the gym who just couldn't put it together in the cage. He's now put together a two fight win streak including a trouncing of hot prospect John Hathaway where I started to see what all the hype was about. Will he be able to keep moving up against Ricardo Almeida. According to most people, it all depends on Kyle's head. And to insure that his head is in the right place, he's been spending a decent amount of time with a sports psychologist.
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