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Sunday, June 30, 2013
Five Fighters Who May Be the Best
In boxing, a fighter needs to compile a thick resume to be considered the best. Becoming a pound-for-pound entrant is an accomplishment-based endeavor. Fair enough. Sometimes, there can be fighters who may in fact be the best, but just haven?t created the necessary body of work yet. Surely, you have seen fighters who were incredible for a short window of time. No one will ever rank them among the best historically, even if there were a few times where they were the best you may have ever saw.
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Best Fights of 2013 (Mid-Year)
MMAFrenzy takes a look back at some of the best fights to this point of 2013. Be sure to check out our list of the best fight cards of 2013 as well.
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/90648/best-fights-of-2013-mid-year/
Preview: Nacho Figueras Profile - 60 MINUTES Sports, July 3rd 9PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME - Videos
Polo is one of the oldest organized sports in the world and its leading star, Ignacio "Nacho" Figueras, plays it with a style befitting his other role as the face of Ralph Lauren's iconic fashion brand, Polo. Watch a preview of Lara Logan's report before it airs Wednesday, July 3rd 9PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME.
Watch a fighter vomit during his post-fight interview
So, you've made it through a three-round fight. It was described as "grueling," but you still got the decision win. Now, you get your chance to practice what it will be like when Joe Rogan comes into the cage after a UFC fight. It's time for the post-fight interview. Sure, your stomach is rumbling and you're not feeling great, but you just made it through a fight. You can make it through an interview, right?
Poor Cliff Thompson. He's 2-0, won his split decision over Doug Usher, but will still be remembered as the guy who puked before he could say a word in his post-fight interview. At the same time, there are plenty of fighters who are fighting in anonymity. Even if he is known as the Fightin' Puker, he will at least be known.
Thanks, Awful Announcing.
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
Bernard Hopkins fails to draw right conclusion
In his previous 57 bouts Bernard Hopkins had known what it was to be a winner and a loser, but not at the same time.�
The American travelled to Quebec City to challenge Jean Pascal for his WBC and IBO light-heavyweight titles. Hopkins was attempting to become the oldest world champion, eclipsing George Foreman’s performance to [...]
The American travelled to Quebec City to challenge Jean Pascal for his WBC and IBO light-heavyweight titles. Hopkins was attempting to become the oldest world champion, eclipsing George Foreman’s performance to [...]
Source: http://www.boxing-blog.com/index.php/bernard-hopkins-fails-draw-conclusion/
Substance Cage Combat CEO Neil Forester Talks Setting Up SCC 1.0 - Videos
http://fightnetwork.com/ - Fight Network's John Pollock (@IAmJohnPollock) chats with Substance Cage Combat CEO Neil Forester about the logistics of setting up a mixed martial arts event, the new headliner of Alex Ricci vs. Luis Felix and future MMA events. Substance Cage Combat 1.0 takes place on Saturday June 29, 2013 at the George Bell Arena in Toronto, Ontario. Click here to buy your tickets now! - http://www.ticketbreak.com/event_details/6107 For additional coverage of MMA, boxing and pro-wrestling check out http://fightnetwork.com/ or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/fightnet or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FightNetwork
Matchmaker, matchmaker: Benson Henderson and Chael Sonnen have their next bouts
The UFC announced a ton of fights on Tuesday night, so let's get right to it.
-- Benson Henderson will defend his belt in Milwaukee at the end of August against T.J. Grant at UFC 164. Previously announced fights on that card include Clay Guida vs. Chad Mendes and Frank Mir vs. Josh Barnett.
-- As expected, Chael Sonnen vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua's bout will happen. Their fight will be the main event of the first UFC on Fox Sports 1 show on August 17. Urijah Faber will fight Yuri Alcantara on the same card.
-- Former Strikeforce champion Sarah Kaufman will make her UFC debut against Sara McMann at UFC on Fox Sports 1 - 2. Yes, that's an awkward name for an event, but it's a great match-up. Robert "Bubba" McDaniel will also fight Brad Tavares on August 28.
August will be a really busy time for MMA fans. Want to make some early fight predictions? Speak up on Facebook or Twitter.
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Penn vs Condit Trailer
UFC 137 – ‘The Prodigy’ BJ Penn faces ‘The Natural Born Killer’ Carlos Condit. Promo by Nicktheface. Soundtrack: ‘Hyperion’ www.youtube.com
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Mark Munoz on Dramatic Weight Loss: ?I Went From Obese to a Beast?
At Mark Munoz’s Reign Training Center, they stress the Five D’s – (no, not Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge) Desire, Direction, Discipline, Diligence and Dedication. The tagline is plastered throughout the state-of-the-art facility to remind his star-studded squad that they are the ones who determine their own fate. Munoz has leaned on his Five [...]
Source: http://www.5thRound.com/148975/mark-munoz-on-dramatic-weight-loss-i-went-from-obese-to-a-beast/
UFC Rookie Tim Kennedy Already Unhappy with Pay
How can one tick off their boss before technically starting to work for the company? Former Strikeforce star Tim Kennedy (pictured) may have just managed to do so by griping about his UFC salary prior to setting foot inside the Octagon. Kennedy makes his big league debut July 6 against Roger Gracie. The 185-pounders are [...]
Source: http://www.5thRound.com/148898/ufc-rookie-tim-kennedy-already-unhappy-with-pay/
Junior dos Santos jokingly escalates growing rivalry with Cain Velasquez, saying UFC champ ?hits like a girl?
Junior dos Santos will meet Cain Velasquez in the main event of UFC 166 on Oct. 19 in Houston, the third time in less than two years that the men have met with the heavyweight title at stake.
Dos Santos took the belt from Velasquez at UFC on Fox 1 on Nov. 12, 2011, with a 64-second TKO. Velasquez regained the belt and evened the series when he routed dos Santos and scored a wide five-round decision on Dec. 29, 2012, at UFC 155 in Las Vegas.
UFC officials would love for the rivalry to become heated, as it would stoke pay-per-view sales. As it is, both men are affable, low-key sorts who usually have little bad to say about the other.
Dos Santos, though, may have taken the first step toward creating a true rivalry when he said during a lengthy interview done in Portuguese and linked here that Velasquez "hits like a girl."
He was trying to explain his surprisingly poor performance against Velasquez at UFC 155 when he made the remark, which seems like an attempt at humor.
After my last fight with Velasquez, I was too bloated. My face was completely deformed. I went to the hospital. I had no cuts against Cain Velasquez. He hits like a girl. We say in boxing about people who 'catch,' who have that punch that you really feel or that cuts your face or knocks you down. He hit me a lot during the five rounds, but did not open anything, although I finished very bloated and had to go to the hospital.
The term catch is a Brazilian slang term for heavy punching power.
Now, dos Santos already admitted he was overtrained for the fight. And in an extensive interview with Yahoo! Sports, he repeatedly praised Velasquez.
But though he made a joke about it's power, it's likely that he does believe that Velasquez is not the biggest puncher around. He called Velasquez "my biggest adversary" but had some interesting things to say about light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.
He is taller than me; he has the biggest reach in the UFC. He is a specialist using his knees and elbows. I like him a lot; I'm a fan of his. I like to watch his fights because he plays offensive and ends fights. But if he comes to heavyweight and if the UFC wants us to fight, I will give the best of me.
A dos Santos-Jones fight would be a massive event for the UFC, as would a Velasquez-Jones fight. The winner of the rubber match at UFC 166 might be the guy who ultimately gets to Jones first.
Hat tip to Fernando Arbex of Yahoo! Brazil for the Portuguese-to-English translation of dos Santos' remarks.
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Former UFC fighter sentenced to 13 years in prison for drug trafficking
As mentioned previously on Cagewriter, UFC veteran Paul Kelly was convicted for trafficking heroin in the United Kingdom. He got his sentence. Kelly, who last fought in the UFC when he lost to Donald Cerrone at UFC 126, will have to serve 13 years in prison.
The judge in Kelly's case pointed out the fighter's role as a drug trafficker.
"In my judgement you decided to supply Class A drugs when your contract with UFC was terminated," Brown was quoted as saying in the Liverpool Echo. "You obviously enjoyed the high life and saw selling heroin as an easy way to make money."
An extra wrinkle to Kelly's sentence is that he is 28 years old and riding a two-fight winning streak. Assuming Kelly serves out his entire sentence, he will be 41 when he's released. Kelly's actions have not only cost him his freedom, but more than likely, his career. Crime doesn't pay, kids.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Quinton ?Rampage? Jackson signs with Bellator
Quinton Jackson has found life in MMA after the UFC. He signed with Bellator and TNA professional wrestling. Both entities are backed by Spike TV, and Jackson will appear on both shows. They will also create a reality series to follow him.
He is the second Bellator fighter to get a deal with both Bellator and TNA Wrestling. "King Mo" Lawal also has a contract both for MMA and professional wrestling. The two are both light heavyweights and had a beef years ago. A bout -- or a tag-team partnership? -- could be in their future.
He is joining the 205-lb division that includes Lawal, and fellow UFC veterans Renato "Babalu" Sobral and Vladimir Matyushenko. Other UFC vets who are now in Bellator include Paul Daley, Paul Sass and Matthew Riddle.
Jackson was once the UFC light-heavyweight champ, but left the UFC after he claimed poor treatment by the promotion. He left the organization on a three-fight losing streak, dropping a title bout to Jon Jones, then lost to Ryan Bader and Glover Teixeira. He's 34 years old, and has a record of 32-11.
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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/quinton-rampage-jackson-signs-bellator-172023959.html
Liz Carmouche breaks down Ronda Rousey vs Miesha Tate 2 - Videos
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?Best of PRIDE?s? Kenda Perez Talks ?Hit? Show
It was a sad day for most old school MMA fans when the realization came that PRIDE was going to be no more, even if the demise of the promotion meant that several all-star, UFC vs. PRIDE match-ups finally materialized as a result. While it’s been over six years now since the final PRIDE show [...]
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/90593/best-of-prides-kenda-perez-talks-hit-show/
Follow Nick Diaz?s Crew For Two Days Before And During WAR MMA 1
Nick Diaz launched his new promotion WAR MMA. MMA Fighting was exclusively given access to and followed the WAR team 48 hours before the launch of the event in Stockton, Calif.
Source: http://www.mmatko.com/follow-nick-diazs-crew-for-two-days-before-war-mma-1/
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UFC 161: Ratings vs. Odds (06-15-2013)
This is not an attempt to suggest the rating system is more accurate than gambling odds. �Gamblers can analyze each fight individually, while the rating system uses a variety of mathematical routines to supply a primary fighter rating that is focused on ranking recent achievement, with a secondary priority of gauging future expectation. With that [...]
Source: http://www.fightmatrix.com/2013/06/13/ufc-161-ratings-vs-odds-06-15-2013/
Former UFC fighter sentenced to 13 years in prison for drug trafficking
As mentioned previously on Cagewriter, UFC veteran Paul Kelly was convicted for trafficking heroin in the United Kingdom. He got his sentence. Kelly, who last fought in the UFC when he lost to Donald Cerrone at UFC 126, will have to serve 13 years in prison.
The judge in Kelly's case pointed out the fighter's role as a drug trafficker.
"In my judgement you decided to supply Class A drugs when your contract with UFC was terminated," Brown was quoted as saying in the Liverpool Echo. "You obviously enjoyed the high life and saw selling heroin as an easy way to make money."
An extra wrinkle to Kelly's sentence is that he is 28 years old and riding a two-fight winning streak. Assuming Kelly serves out his entire sentence, he will be 41 when he's released. Kelly's actions have not only cost him his freedom, but more than likely, his career. Crime doesn't pay, kids.
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Tyrone Spong vs. Remy Bonjasky GLORY kickboxing fight moved to March
Less than a week after the fight announcement, Tyrone Spong's next kickboxing outing has been changed. In a bout originally set for Feb. 16 in London at GLORY 5, Spong now will meet Remy Bonjasky on March 23 in London.
GLORY officials recently announced the date change, saying the delay will give Bonjasky a chance for a full fight camp.
Where did Tito Ortiz, Forrest Griffin and Miesha Tate fall on Cagewriter?s Hot or Not list
On a week shortened by holiday, MMA still kept us busy. Let's see who was having a good week, and who wasn't.
Hot -- Forrest Griffin: After being a pioneer for the UFC, Griffin announced he was hanging up his clothes. He did it on his own terms, and will stay with the UFC in some executive role.
Not -- Jenna Jameson and Tito Ortiz: The one-time UFC champ and his one-time adult actress ex-girlfriend are going through a very messy break-up. For the most part, it has been tabloid fodder that had nothing to do with MMA. But on Thursday, Jameson made allegations that Ortiz did drugs during his MMA career, and posted what she thought were damning pictures. Ortiz denied her allegations, and said he is focused on raising their kids.
Hot -- Miesha Tate: Cat Zingano's misfortune worked out in Tate's favor as Tate took over coaching "The Ultimate Fighter" this week because of an injury to Zingano. Now, it will be Rousey vs. Tate fighting each other both as coaches and in the cage.
Hot -- Latin American UFC fans: Americans who are lucky enough to get Fuel get a crazy amount of MMA programming. Now, fans in most Latin American countries will have access to a 24-hour UFC channel that will launch late this year.
Still taking temperature -- Nick Diaz: He launched his new MMA promotion this week. How will it work out? We'll find out when he has his first event on June 22.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Badr Hari Easily Beats Overmatched Gregory Tony
by Michael David Smith
Badr Hari, the bad boy of kickboxing who hadn't fought in a year, finally returned to the ring on Saturday and easily beat an overmatched and uninterested opponent, the French boxer Gregory Tony at an It's Showtime event in France.
Hari won by first-round TKO, knocking Tony down three times without ever really hitting him all that hard. Tony looked like he didn't really want to be in the ring with Hari, and the matchup of Hari and Tony seemed like a generally bad idea: Tony isn't in Hari's class as a kickboxer, and Tony was also fighting just a week after he had two boxing matches on the same day, winning one and losing the other. A fight like this wouldn't get sanctioned by an American state athletic commission.
Badr Hari, the bad boy of kickboxing who hadn't fought in a year, finally returned to the ring on Saturday and easily beat an overmatched and uninterested opponent, the French boxer Gregory Tony at an It's Showtime event in France.
Hari won by first-round TKO, knocking Tony down three times without ever really hitting him all that hard. Tony looked like he didn't really want to be in the ring with Hari, and the matchup of Hari and Tony seemed like a generally bad idea: Tony isn't in Hari's class as a kickboxer, and Tony was also fighting just a week after he had two boxing matches on the same day, winning one and losing the other. A fight like this wouldn't get sanctioned by an American state athletic commission.
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BJ Penn?s Daily Blogs: In the locker room
In the locker room with Reagan,Kendall,Chad and Kaleo
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Bits And Pieces: Mikey Garcia Vs. Juan Manuel Lopez Preview And Prediction
How much of the earlier Lopez is left will be telling for his chances against featherweight contender Mikey Garcia Saturday, back on HBO. Things got more interesting after the weigh-in Friday, when it looked like JuanMa might not be the only one who is incomplete. What will remain of Garcia after he failed to make weight and looked gaunt at 127.5 pounds? Garcia's glimmers of greatness have steadily glowed brighter, especially after he dismantled JuanMa conqueror Orlando Salido. But nothing snuffs out a fighter like being a physical shell of himself.
Garcia inhabits the top 20 of my pound-for-pound list, and probably isn't far from cracking the top 10 of others if he keeps up what he's been doing. Before he fought Salido, he was almost entirely untested, yet the surgical precision with which he operated on lesser opponents was impressive stuff. Wins over a faded Bernabe Concepion, a green Matt Remillard, journeyman Cornelius Rock and assorted other even worse opponents were enough to convince people that he ought to be the favorite against Salido, who was coming off two knockouts of Lopez and had taken out past contenders like Cristobal Cruz and Robert Guerrero, although the Guerrero win was overturned when Salido failed a drug test. And for most of the fight, Garcia delivered: He made Salido look older than his 32 years, ripping him apart with perfectly placed shots, controlling spacing and even making the gung-ho veteran gun-shy.
Garcia proved that what we saw in him when he was coming up -- excellent counterpunching, sharp, short crisp shots with both hands upstairs and downstairs, solid defense and ramrod power -- was no illusion. What we didn't find out was whether he had the requisite toughness. It was no real fault of his own. Salido was coming on strong late, winning a round or two, before Garcia's nose was broken by a head butt. Garcia's corner lobbied for the fight to be stopped, and naturally he won on the scorecards. It was a fair play by the Garcia corner, just one that robbed us of a chance to see if Garcia would be able to handle adversity should he encounter it.
And Lopez can bring the adversity, especially if Garcia is weight-drained, something Lopez has struggled with himself, what with his uncertain focus on boxing training. This time, he was well within the range of the proper weight long in advance, making some wonder whether he was actually overtraining. But he apparently looked very good at the weigh-in, energetic and strong. Lopez's time in upper atmosphere of boxing wasn't as brief as it now feels; he had nine fights from 2008 to 2010 before Salido did him in, so he packed in a lot of good work in a short time. Yes, the Rogers Mtagwa win where he was unconscious for a whole round but still somehow on his feet surely is a black mark, and might have precipated his decline. But look at who he beat: Ponce De Leon; Gerry Penalosa; Rafael Marquez; a better version of Bernabe Concepcion; and Steve Luevano. You can offer asterisks to some of those wins, and be disappointed (as I am) that he never faced Yuriorkis Gamboa. You just can't say it wasn't a nice run.
From his win over Ponce De Leon to somewhere around the time he first met Salido, he began to lose something. When was the last time, since the De Leon win, anyone uttered about Lopez that he won because of "his quicker, more skillful approach" or "his punches are too short," as HBO's broadcast team did? Lopez fell in love with his power, and while he never was a boxer-puncher of the versatility of Garcia, he also was more a boxer-puncher then than the brawler he became. Fortunately enough for him, his power got him pretty far. Lopez was some kind of puncher at 122, and nearly as good at 126. That he dropped Salido with one of his patented right hooks in their second meeting is evidence of that, because Salido's head is a cinder block. Lopez lost to Salido twice not just because of his shaky chin -- and he does have one -- but also because he couldn't outbox him, either. His punches are too wide these days, his flaws exaggerated into prominence. Lopez keeps his hands too low, especially after punching, which makes him a counterpuncher's delight. It's also been a while since he's been particularly quicker than anyone.
Lopez also had been away from the ring for approximately a year due to a draconian punishment by the authorities in Puerto Rico for some admittedly foolish remarks Lopez made about a referee having a gambling problem, although he subsequently apologized. He returned in February then again in April with two nothing wins, the second one featuring a suspect knockout where his punches didn't even land on his opponent, unless you count his gloves. Lopez has talked about needing to box more, which he does, and about how the Salido Garcia met was damaged by their two wars, which he was. But Lopez showed no signs in his two comeback bouts that he had fixed the chinks in his armor, and he might be forgetting that he has taken plenty of damage himself, even more than Salido did in their two meetings.
What we end up with is a boxer in Lopez whose flaws feed right into Garcia's strengths -- namely, one is a great counterpuncher and the other lives to be counterpunched -- and unless he's done something drastic to sweep up all his pieces and put them back together into the Lopez who demolished De Leon, it comes down to a puncher's chance. And Lopez can punch, and a drained Garcia is more vulnerable to getting hurt by him.
What this looks like to me, ultimately, is a masterpiece of the Top Rank Promotions genre: One fighter younger and more promising, one fighter older, both with action-friendly styles, the older fighter with a smidge of a chance to upset the younger one but guaranteed to make things fun while it lasts. Throw in a Mexican vs. Puerto Rican angle and you've got a card that could be very popular for how predetermined the outcome looks. I wonder if Lopez remembers when Top Rank was feeding him Rafael Marquez, and he was on the other side of this equation. Despite his weight problems, I'll stick with my original prediction of Garcia by knockout in the first half of the fight, however unoriginal that is as a prediction for this site.
Former UFC fighter sentenced to 13 years in prison for drug trafficking
As mentioned previously on Cagewriter, UFC veteran Paul Kelly was convicted for trafficking heroin in the United Kingdom. He got his sentence. Kelly, who last fought in the UFC when he lost to Donald Cerrone at UFC 126, will have to serve 13 years in prison.
The judge in Kelly's case pointed out the fighter's role as a drug trafficker.
"In my judgement you decided to supply Class A drugs when your contract with UFC was terminated," Brown was quoted as saying in the Liverpool Echo. "You obviously enjoyed the high life and saw selling heroin as an easy way to make money."
An extra wrinkle to Kelly's sentence is that he is 28 years old and riding a two-fight winning streak. Assuming Kelly serves out his entire sentence, he will be 41 when he's released. Kelly's actions have not only cost him his freedom, but more than likely, his career. Crime doesn't pay, kids.
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Glory 9: New York Results
Glory 9: New York took place Saturday at the Hammerstein Ballroom and featured a light heavyweight tournament featuring some of the biggest names in kickboxing for their first event in the U.S. It was Tyrone Spong who defeated Danyo Ilunga just 16 seconds in the finals match technical knockout to walk away with the 95kg…
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What Is Normal for ?The Spider? Is Chaos For The Fly
Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.- Charles Adams As the marketing begins to take hold for UFC 162: Silva Vs Weidman, fans are coming out in droves in support for the challenger Chris Weidman. These are usually the same people who pretend they didn?t pick against…
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Finishing rate in UFC drops from 100 to 50% over 20 years, now steady
When the UFC debuted in 1993, the finish rate was 100%, as there was no other way to end the contest. It was not until 1995 that time limits debuted,...
Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/133977-finishing-rate-ufc-drops-100-50-over-20-years-now-steady.html
Watch Bellator 96 Highlights (VIDEO)
Bellator 96 took place in Thackerville, Oklahoma this past Wednesday night, and if you were looking for a fight card with finishes look no further. Bellator kicked off their Summer Series tournaments on Spike TV, and all four of the light heavyweight and heavyweight bouts ended without the need of the judges. Check out how…
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
UFC's Dan Hardy plans future training sessions with St-Pierre, targets spring return
After a four-fight skid that had him thinking about retirement, Dan Hardy's evolution is continuing in the midst of a two-fight resurgence. The former UFC welterweight title challenger is coming off a stint at Montreal's Tristar Gym to help champion and former nemesis Georges St-Pierre prepare for common opponent Carlos Condit.
And recently, the Brit revealed he is planning to train in the future with St-Pierre and the Tristar crew.
Old School MMA Review: UFC 2 - Videos
The Fight Nerd and Zane Simon from bloodyelbow.com are back for another round of Old School MMA! This week, we continue looking at the SEG UFC period with UFC 2: No Way Out! We break down the biggest one-night tournament that the UFC ever held and discuss why this might be one of the best early events they ever had. Featuring the debut of Big John McCarthy, we discuss the continually growing ego of Royce Gracie and his tendency to break arms after fights, Pat Smith's road to redemption and insanely quick evolution of his fighting style, Pencak Silat and Ninjas, what happened to Fred Ettish, and plenty of other trivia along the way! Let's get it on!Source: http://mmalice.com/videos/old-school-mma-review-ufc-2-video_hqi6ymmg.html
Is the UFC and MMA dying?
Ok, so don't take this the wrong way or as an attack on something I know some of you are really passionate about.
I've been there. I'm not a UFC fan...
I've been there. I'm not a UFC fan...
Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/133985-ufc-mma-dying.html
Brock Lesnar Out of UFC 131
by Michael David Smith
In a blockbuster announcement Thursday afternoon, UFC President Dana White revealed that Brock Lesnar is once again suffering from diverticulitis and will not be able to fight at UFC 131. Instead, the main event on that fight card will be Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin.
"I want to thank the UFC, I want to thank Mr. White and I want to apologize to Junior dos Santos and Spike TV," Lesnar said. "This is an unfortunate situation for me. I dodged a bullet about two years ago with diverticulitis, at that time not knowing what the problem was. ... Diverticulitis is something that never goes away. It's something I've dealt with since the first occurrence and I've been battling it."
In a blockbuster announcement Thursday afternoon, UFC President Dana White revealed that Brock Lesnar is once again suffering from diverticulitis and will not be able to fight at UFC 131. Instead, the main event on that fight card will be Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin."I want to thank the UFC, I want to thank Mr. White and I want to apologize to Junior dos Santos and Spike TV," Lesnar said. "This is an unfortunate situation for me. I dodged a bullet about two years ago with diverticulitis, at that time not knowing what the problem was. ... Diverticulitis is something that never goes away. It's something I've dealt with since the first occurrence and I've been battling it."
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Legal updates: UFC expects positive outcome in Boston, but no MMA in NY this year
Because MMA was once outlawed in several states, a patchwork of laws govern the sport across the country. This week has been a big one for the UFC to wade through legal red tape as it works on Boston and New York.
-- In Boston, there is an issue with the documentation foreign-born fighters must have to work in Massachusetts for the first UFC on Fox Sports 1 show. Basically, the law won't necessarily keep fighters off the card, but it will create a whole lot more work for the UFC. The UFC is expecting a "positive outcome" with this issue.
-- MMA won't have such a positive outcome in a state a short drive from Boston. The UFC has been lobbying to legalize MMA in New York for years, and for a while, it seemed like this year could be the year MMA would finally break through. Unfortunately, the New York legislature failed to bring the MMA bill to a vote, meaning the sport has to wait until next year.
Understandably, the UFC is disappointed. Here's what UFC chairman Lorenzo Fertitta had to say about it.
This year?s new, absurd, offensive, and completely erroneous charge used to justify the defeat of MMA legislation was that MMA is anti-woman and leads to domestic violence. This is a deception fabricated by a Las Vegas union that is recklessly and callously trying to use an important societal issue to try and punish the UFC. It isn?t honest and doesn?t work.
Fertitta pointed out that one of the fighters the union in Las Vegas has been most upset about is Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. This union, which has a problem with Fertitta's Station Casinos non-union status, didn't protest when Jackson signed with Bellator. If they truly thought MMA -- and not the Fertitta-owned UFC -- was the problem, wouldn't they send press releases and fill up Twitter decrying Bellator and World Series of Fighting and every other promotion out there?
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Bernard Hopkins fails to draw right conclusion
In his previous 57 bouts Bernard Hopkins had known what it was to be a winner and a loser, but not at the same time.�
The American travelled to Quebec City to challenge Jean Pascal for his WBC and IBO light-heavyweight titles. Hopkins was attempting to become the oldest world champion, eclipsing George Foreman’s performance to [...]
The American travelled to Quebec City to challenge Jean Pascal for his WBC and IBO light-heavyweight titles. Hopkins was attempting to become the oldest world champion, eclipsing George Foreman’s performance to [...]
Source: http://www.boxing-blog.com/index.php/bernard-hopkins-fails-draw-conclusion/
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UFC changes how it will test for marijuana
The UFC has decided to follow the lead of the World Anti-Doping Agency and change the way it tests fighters for marijuana. In international fights where the UFC acts as a commission, the detection levels will be at a higher threshold. The commission in Brazil has also decided to change its threshold, meaning that a fighter will have had to use more marijuana to come up positive.
Marc Ratner, the UFC vice president of regulatory affairs, spoke about the change at a meeting of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. According to MMA Junkie, he also encouraged the NSAC to change its levels. Currently, state commissions decide their own levels for fights. Nevada, however, is one of the leading states in regulating MMA. If it changes its threshold, other states would likely follow.
Recently, the UFC has had to deal with several fighters who tested positive for marijuana. Pat Healy lost $130,000 in bonuses to a positive test after UFC 159. Matt Riddle had two positives and was cut from the UFC after the second one. Alex Caceres also tested positive in March. With attitudes and laws changing in the United States about marijuana, fighters being punished for marijuana use made little sense.
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Ramsey Nijem on Game Planning for Next Fight With Clay Harvison
by Michael David Smith
With the first round of fights all out of the way on this season of The Ultimate Fighter, Ramsey Nijem has advanced to the quarterfinals and learned on this week's episode that he'll be taking on Clay Harvison next. In his weekly interview with MMAFighting.com, Nijem said that was a matchup he liked -- but not the matchup he requested.
Nijem talked about his game plan for Harvison, which member of Brock Lesnar's team he would have preferred to fight, and how he felt about the wild card fight between Chuck O'Neil and Javier Torres.
Nijem also weighed in on the annual coaches' challenge, which this year meant Lesnar and Junior dos Santos going through an obstacle course on Fertitta Field at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas.
The full interview is below.
With the first round of fights all out of the way on this season of The Ultimate Fighter, Ramsey Nijem has advanced to the quarterfinals and learned on this week's episode that he'll be taking on Clay Harvison next. In his weekly interview with MMAFighting.com, Nijem said that was a matchup he liked -- but not the matchup he requested.Nijem talked about his game plan for Harvison, which member of Brock Lesnar's team he would have preferred to fight, and how he felt about the wild card fight between Chuck O'Neil and Javier Torres.
Nijem also weighed in on the annual coaches' challenge, which this year meant Lesnar and Junior dos Santos going through an obstacle course on Fertitta Field at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas.
The full interview is below.
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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/05/12/ramsey-nijem-on-game-planning-for-next-fight-with-clay-harvison/
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
This pic from UFC FB is killing me
So, i just decided it's thread worthy...
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Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/133969-pic-ufc-fb-killing-me.html
Bellator's 'Vote for the Fight' series continues with Daley, Saunders, Lima, War Machine
Bellator's interactive feature allowing fans to pick the first fight on the promotion's Spike TV debut continues with the second episode in an ongoing web series. The promotion recently announced "Vote for the Fight" during the MTV2 broadcast of Bellator 79.
Bellator events currently air Fridays on MTV2 through the remainder of Season 7, but will move to Spike TV starting in January 2013.
White: Bellator is ?Never Going to be as Good as Us?
Bellator has made headlines in recent weeks by signing established fighters like “Rampage” Jackson, Diego Nunes and John Alessio (as well as prospect Bubba Jenkins), and has increased its exposure considerably by moving to SPIKE, but none of it apparently concerns UFC President Dana White. Not that anyone should be surprised by that of course. [...]
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/90492/white-bellator-is-never-going-to-be-as-good-as-us/
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Welterweight, lightweight titles on line at Saturday's BAMMA 11 card in England
BAMMA returns this week with a card featuring a pair of title fights as well as a struggling UFC vet in the main event. Tom Breese meets Warren Kee for the promotion's British welterweight title while Dale Hardiman takes on Steve Ray for the British lightweight belt. Headlining the card is a middleweight bout between UFC vet Xavier Foupa-Pokam and BAMMA regular Jack Marshman.
BAMMA 11 takes place Saturday and airs on AXS TV at 4 p.m. ET.
Joseph Benavidez and Jussier ?Formiga? da Silva In The Works For Brazil Card
Reports coming out of Brazil are saying that UFC Flyweights Joseph Benavidez and Jussier “Formiga” da Silva will meet in September. The bout is set to to go down in Brazil on an unannounced UFC on FOX Sports 1 card on September 4th. Globo?s SporTV was the first to report the bout. Benavidez is looking…
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UFC 162: Anderson Silva?s Last Loss And What It Tells Us About The Chris Weidman Bout
It?s a sign of how dominant Anderson Silva has been that any challenger to his middleweight reign seems to become a star just by facing off with him. Being the greatest of all time, as Joe Rogan described Silva recently, has a way of doing that. The recent drama about Chris Weidman, and how the [...]
UFC on FS1 3: Teixeira-Bader, Jacar�-Okami Targeted
A pair of bouts have been reportedly targeted for unofficial UFC on FOX Sports 1 3 card. In the first targeted bout of the evening, light heavyweights Glover Teixeira and Ryan Bader are set to face off, while middleweights Ronaldo “Jacar�” Souza and Yushin Okami are also set to meet. Brazilian site Porto do Vale [...]
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/90461/ufc-on-fs1-3-teixeira-bader-jacare-okami-targeted/
Report: Emelianenko vs. Cro Cop rematch booked for November
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Monday, June 24, 2013
UFC 162: Undisputed vs. Undefeated - Videos
Anderson Silva is the best there's ever been. Chris Weidman is the top contender for his title. What will happen when two masters of mixed martial arts bring their best to one another?Source: http://mmalice.com/videos/ufc-162-undisputed-vs-unde-ed-video_ebnktq3j.html
Original ?Ultimate Fighter? Forrest Griffin retires
After 26 fights and a key role in turning the UFC into the promotion it is today, Forest Griffin has retired. His decision was announced at the UFC 160 post-fight press conference.
"It's been a good eight years, I guess. Biggest thing I've learned ... when [UFC president] Dana White says retire otherwise you will blow your knee out," Griffin said at the press conference.
Griffin's last fight was a win over UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz in July of 2012. Coincidentally, it was Ortiz's last bout before retirement. He won that fight by decision. His career included 19 wins, 7 losses and stint as the UFC light heavyweight champion.
What Griffin will always be remembered for is being one-half of a fight that catapulted the UFC into fame. He and Stephan Bonnar were finalists on the first season of the UFC's reality show, "The Ultimate Fighter." Their fight was a close, thrilling battle that played on Spike TV on April 9, 2005.
It was responsible for earning the UFC many fans, which helped earn bigger sponsors and television deals. Griffin won the decision, taking the title of the first "Ultimate Fighter," but both fighters were given contracts.
During the media scrum following the press conference, White said that Griffin and Bonnar will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame together.
Griffin went on to be a force in the 205-lb. division, upsetting Pride star Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in 2007, then taking the belt from Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in July of 2008. He lost the belt to Rashad Evans that December.
White said Griffin will continue to have a role with the UFC.
Nick Diaz's WAR MMA debut event to stream online � for name-your-own-price
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Four questions that UFC 161 will answer
UFC 161 is this Saturday in Winnipeg. Before you tune in, see what questions will be answered by these fights.
Does Dan Henderson have another great fight in him? Think back of some of the greatest MMA bouts you've seen. There's a pretty good chance at least one of Henderson's bouts is somewhere on your list. On Saturday, he's facing Rashad Evans, and he has the chance to give another memorable performance. Will he do it, or will his 42-year-old body not it perform like he used to?
Will a heavyweight title contender make himself known? There are two heavyweight bouts on Saturday's main card. Pat Barry is taking on Shawn Jordan, and Roy Nelson is fighting Stipe Miocic. Fabricio Werdum is supposed to be the next contender after the Cain Velasquez-Junior dos Santos bout, but one good performance can change a fighter's fortune quickly. Will anyone make a major leap forward?
Will Alexis Davis beat a path to a title shot? The Canadian bantamweight will be fighting in front of a home crowd against Rosi Sexton. She won her last two fights by rear naked choke. Will she get another one and make her stake on the title?
Which Tyron Woodley will show up? In February, Woodley knocked out Jay Hieron in 36 seconds. Last July, he was knocked out by Nate Marquardt in just over a minute. Against Jake Shields, which Woodley will we see?
Don't forget to make your UFC 161 picks on Cagewriter's Facebook page.
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Amir Khan ready for Floyd Mayweather
The smart money has said for a long time that if any trainer has a boxer who can beat Floyd Mayweather Jnr it is Freddie Roach.
And Roach would agree, except that he is not talking about a match-up with Manny Pacquiao. Instead he is promoting the claims of the man whom he believes to be [...]
And Roach would agree, except that he is not talking about a match-up with Manny Pacquiao. Instead he is promoting the claims of the man whom he believes to be [...]
Source: http://www.boxing-blog.com/index.php/amir-khan-ready-floyd-mayweather/
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Bellator 97 Set with Lawal-Noe, Minakov-Martinez
The Bellator 97 main card is set with a stacked lineup after the addition of a pair of tournament finals. In the first final, light heavyweights Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal will meet Jacob Noe. The second final will see heavyweight Vitaly Minakov square off with Ryan Martinez. Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal literally punched his ticket [...]
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/90423/bellator-97-fight-card-set-with-lawal-noe-minakov-martinez/
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UFC interim champ Renan Barao's coach prefers title shot, but doesn't want to wait
Barao coach Pederneiras would prefer title shot, but doesn't want fighter to wait Nova Uniao leader and coach Andre Pederneiras on Wednesday told MMAjunkie.com he's waiting on UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby's call to tell him when and where UFC interim bantamweight champ Renan Barao is fighting next.
"If I had a choice, I would rather Renan fight Dominick (Cruz), but I don't want to wait too long," Pederneiras said.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
UFC's Chael Sonnen and Molly Qerim again host World MMA Awards ceremony
For the second straight year, UFC fighter Chael Sonnen will serve as host of Fighters Only's World MMA Awards. Sonnen has again has been paired up with CBS Sports Network/NFL Network anchor Molly Qerim.
The duo hosts the 2012 World MMA Awards official ceremony, which is a black-tie ceremony held Jan. 11 at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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