Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Alessio Sakara UFC Return Likely for February or March After UFC 122 Withdrawl
Rising middleweight Alessio Sakara is still recovering from a stomach virus that forced him out of UFC 122's co-main event with Jorge Rivera earlier this month, but is already training for a February or March UFC return.
Rampage Jackson Worries Lyoto Machida Will Give Him a Boring Fight
by Michael David Smith
When a UFC fighter goes on SportsCenter two days before his fight, he's usually expected to try to sell the viewers on a fight that he guarantees is going to be a "brawl" or a "barn burner" or a "slugfest" or whatever other word you want to use to describe the kinds of fights that will make the casual MMA fan watching ESPN buy the pay-per-view.
That's not what Rampage Jackson did on Thursday morning.
Instead, Jackson went on SportsCenter and described his fight with Lyoto Machida Saturday night at UFC 123 as one that could easily be boring.
When a UFC fighter goes on SportsCenter two days before his fight, he's usually expected to try to sell the viewers on a fight that he guarantees is going to be a "brawl" or a "barn burner" or a "slugfest" or whatever other word you want to use to describe the kinds of fights that will make the casual MMA fan watching ESPN buy the pay-per-view.That's not what Rampage Jackson did on Thursday morning.
Instead, Jackson went on SportsCenter and described his fight with Lyoto Machida Saturday night at UFC 123 as one that could easily be boring.
MMA on TV
Welcome to ?MMA on TV?, Five Ounces of Pain?s weekly update on the upcoming MMA-broadcast schedule. Miss the latest episode of ?MMA Live? or ?UFC Unleashed?? Wondering when Strikeforce or HDNet are airing a replay of their latest offering or interested in finding out where to tune into live shows occurring over the next seven [...]
Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2010/11/29/mma-on-tv-13/
James Te-Huna vs. Alexander Gustafsson Joins UFC 127 in Australia
More than a year after successfully making his UFC debut, James Te-Huna will return to action again in Australia when he's expected to meet fellow light heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 127 on Feb. 27 in Sydney.
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/16711/james-te-huna-vs-alexander-gustafsson-joins-ufc-127-in-australia/
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Gabe Ruediger vs. Paul Taylor targeted for UFC 126 in Las Vegas
Lightweights Paul Taylor and Gabe Ruediger are targeted for a meeting at UFC 126. MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the pending matchup with sources close to the event. While the fighters verbally have agreed to the matchup, bout agreements have yet to be signed.
UFC 126 takes place Feb. 5 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and is expected to feature a middleweight title bout between champ Anderson Silva and challenger Vitor Belfort.
Fabricio Werdum Fears Nobody and Looks Forward to Fighting Everybody
As the calendar turns towards 2011, the subject of Fabricio Werdum?s next fight continues to be on everyone?s mind. Werdum remains on the injured list after shaking the MMA world down to its core when he famously became the first man to ever legitimately beat Fedor Emelianenko on June 26 of this year. The exact [...]
Source: http://www.fighters.com/11/27/fabricio-werdum-fears-nobody-and-looks-forward-to-fighting-everybody
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State of the Strikeforce Heavyweights
by Michael David Smith
The list of names in Strikeforce's heavyweight division is undeniably impressive: Former No. 1 fighter in the world Fedor Emelianenko. The man who beat him, Fabricio Werdum. Former UFC heavyweight champions Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett. Hot prospects Daniel Cormier and Shane del Rosario. And the champion, K-1 wrecking machine Alistair Overeem.
The biggest question facing Strikeforce is whether it can actually get all of those fighters -- and Antonio Silva and Brett Rogers and Lavar Johnson and so on -- into the cage, fighting each other. The heavyweight talent is there. The heavyweight fights came all too infrequently in 2010, and as we take a look below at the state of Strikeforce's heavyweight division, we offer some suggestions on what should happen in 2011.
The list of names in Strikeforce's heavyweight division is undeniably impressive: Former No. 1 fighter in the world Fedor Emelianenko. The man who beat him, Fabricio Werdum. Former UFC heavyweight champions Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett. Hot prospects Daniel Cormier and Shane del Rosario. And the champion, K-1 wrecking machine Alistair Overeem.The biggest question facing Strikeforce is whether it can actually get all of those fighters -- and Antonio Silva and Brett Rogers and Lavar Johnson and so on -- into the cage, fighting each other. The heavyweight talent is there. The heavyweight fights came all too infrequently in 2010, and as we take a look below at the state of Strikeforce's heavyweight division, we offer some suggestions on what should happen in 2011.
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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/11/27/state-of-the-strikeforce-heavyweights/
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