Haha, Fedor is too nationalistic to admit to himself that his manager is just another greedy snake. That's a shame. I doubt Coker will be any more malleable in his negotiations in terms of co-promotion, though, so I'm curious to see where Vadim goes from here. I suppose DREAM and Sengoku could put together a pretty decent HW GP.Quote from: whytemykehis legacy is hurt just as much as anyones cuz in the prime of his career he ducked the only legit HW competition still out there.That's a bit of an exaggeration.
Zuffa could sell shit in a box and make it seem like they're doing you a favor. Just because Affliction was inept at marketing and promoting their fighters and events doesn't mean that the UFC wouldn't be able to hype Fedor and make him a legitimately profitable expenditure. Think of what they could do with all the old PRIDE footage.
They would be totally fucked if he lost his first fight in the Octagon though :lol
Copy/pasting my GAF shit since I'm lazy:Quote from: OptimoPeachHaha, Fedor is too nationalistic to admit to himself that his manager is just another greedy snake. That's a shame. I doubt Coker will be any more malleable in his negotiations in terms of co-promotion, though, so I'm curious to see where Vadim goes from here. I suppose DREAM and Sengoku could put together a pretty decent HW GP.Quote from: whytemykehis legacy is hurt just as much as anyones cuz in the prime of his career he ducked the only legit HW competition still out there.That's a bit of an exaggeration.Quote from: OptimoPeachZuffa could sell shit in a box and make it seem like they're doing you a favor. Just because Affliction was inept at marketing and promoting their fighters and events doesn't mean that the UFC wouldn't be able to hype Fedor and make him a legitimately profitable expenditure. Think of what they could do with all the old PRIDE footage.
They would be totally fucked if he lost his first fight in the Octagon though :lol
Oh and on the last bit of your post: M-1 isn't publicly traded, so that's not going to happen.
“The offer which was made by the UFC is not interesting for us,” said Emelianenko. “I completely trust Vadim and I completely trust our team in M-1 Global."
:lol Seriously? What a ridiculous request.
Quotes like this make me wonder if Fedor is even fully aware of what the UFC has offered. Were the specifics about their negotiations revealed in that press conference? Like, did White even have the opportunity to speak to Fedor personally?
apparently one of the sticking points is that fedors guys wanted elbows on the ground banned
pretty obvious they have no intention of getting fedor fighting in the UFC, they just want to control him
Wish they'd show boxing on tv more often. UFC is good and all but it's far less interesting than boxing to me.
From a thread over on Sherdog:
M-1 is AWESOME!!! Vadim Outlines M-1's Future Business Plans
M-1 and Marvel Films present: Iron Man 2
M-1 and Arum present: Pacquiao versus Mayweather
M-1 and NFL present: NFL Superbowl 2010
M-1 and 19 Entertainment present: American Idol 2010 Season
M-1 and NASA present: Mars expedition
:lol :lol
From a thread over on Sherdog:
M-1 is AWESOME!!! Vadim Outlines M-1's Future Business Plans
M-1 and Marvel Films present: Iron Man 2
M-1 and Arum present: Pacquiao versus Mayweather
M-1 and NFL present: NFL Superbowl 2010
M-1 and 19 Entertainment present: American Idol 2010 Season
M-1 and NASA present: Mars expedition
:lol :lol
My question is how did Affliction get Fedor to roll with them, but Fedor's people turned down UFC.
It is making Fedor look scared.
Don't know much of anything about mma. Looked up Brock Lesnar...holy shit he was in the WWE, now he's dominating the UFC?
one of these days he's gonna talk shit about the wrong guy and they're going to cripple him
can't wait to see the youtube after that
ANDERSON FUCKING SILVA HOLY SHIT ASLDKFJ;DFYeah I said holy God damn too. And I laughed pretty hard when Forrest ran the hell out of there afterward.
I missed the PPV, but apparently I didn't miss much. Anderson and BJ dominated as expected, and the undercard sounded like shit. One thing I hate about the UFC though is it will probably take another 4 months to see Silva and BJ back in the octagon. With Anderson at least, sounds like he didn't even break a sweat. We shouldn't have to wait that fucking long.
I missed the PPV, but apparently I didn't miss much. Anderson and BJ dominated as expected, and the undercard sounded like shit. One thing I hate about the UFC though is it will probably take another 4 months to see Silva and BJ back in the octagon. With Anderson at least, sounds like he didn't even break a sweat. We shouldn't have to wait that fucking long.
there's just so many fighters to nowadays. The spotlight needs to be shared!
UFC 101 - my most epic fail in my MMA hobby to-date: I just got back from a trip to Hawaii, and was even on The Big Island on the night of the fight. I was Kona-side, not Hilo, but the whole island is huge into MMA and of course everyone's rooting for BJ. I'm there with family who have converged from all over the USA, but I warn them that I'm going to borrow my bro-in-law, head for a sports bar, and be gone for the duration of the event.:lol I'm sorry
The morning after we arrive, I find a sports bar, it's got the flyers for a viewing event in the windows. US$10 cover, no problem, lots of Kona Brewing Company on tap -- this looks like it'll be heaven. I flag a waitress - "Hey, what time does the UFC thing start today? When should I show up?"
"It was last night. It was Saturday night" -- yeah, and today being Sunday, it appears I missed the boat. Holy. Fucking. Shit.
UFC 101 - my most epic fail in my MMA hobby to-date: I just got back from a trip to Hawaii, and was even on The Big Island on the night of the fight. I was Kona-side, not Hilo, but the whole island is huge into MMA and of course everyone's rooting for BJ. I'm there with family who have converged from all over the USA, but I warn them that I'm going to borrow my bro-in-law, head for a sports bar, and be gone for the duration of the event.:lol I'm sorry
The morning after we arrive, I find a sports bar, it's got the flyers for a viewing event in the windows. US$10 cover, no problem, lots of Kona Brewing Company on tap -- this looks like it'll be heaven. I flag a waitress - "Hey, what time does the UFC thing start today? When should I show up?"
"It was last night. It was Saturday night" -- yeah, and today being Sunday, it appears I missed the boat. Holy. Fucking. Shit.
ginnnaaaaaa unf unf :hump
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Yeah, she definitely did. She had no chance versus Mickey Rourke.
Yeah, she definitely did. She had no chance versus Mickey Rourke.
:rofl
Neither did this reporter:
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Holy shit @ Gegard Mousasi making Babalu look like a fuxxing scrub, and after making Mark Hunt look like a scrub only 2 months ago. I hope he only learns MMA from fedor, and not how to manage his career though, so he can wind up in the UFC someday.
"I just touched base with Joe Silva and he explained this is basically what happened regarding Mousasi:"
"Mousasi called him Saturday because he suspected he had been lied to by his manager, Appy Echteld, regarding an offer of $40,000/$40,000 from the UFC and then encouraged to accept an offer from Strikeforce. According to what Mousasi shared, that amount was less than half of the purse agreement he had with Affliction but he trusted his manager and signed with Strikeforce. The UFC would have honored the Affliction deal of $125,000 purse plus win bonus had Mousasi signed with them."
"Contrary to the claim made today by M-1 that Mousasi was on the phone during negotiations with Joe Silva for his services, Joe adamantly denies that is true. Had that been the case, there would have been no reason for Mousasi to call Joe to question Echteld’s claim of a $40,000/$40,000 offer from the UFC."
It's going to be two huge guys going at it.I can almost see the dollar signs in his eyes :lol
It's going to be two huge guys going at it.I can almost see the dollar signs in his eyes :lol
Who knows, maybe Carwin will get lucky, but I don't see him doing much better than Mir. I do like this better than Velasquez at least
I duno. I'm not all that familiar with Carwin's wrestling credentials, so maybe I'm underestimating him, but is he really comparable to Couture? I mean, yeah, I was surprised that Lesnar had as much trouble taking and keeping Randy down as he did, but I was mostly just inclined to give credit to Randy for being a beast. I think Carwin will take it if they keep it on the feet, but I'm still expecting Lesnar to pound him out eventually.Gonzanga took him down. I think Carwin's only chance is to land a shot before Lesnar can shoot because I don't think his wrestling even approaches Lesnar's or Couture's and if he gets taken down I see him getting controlled and dominated similar to Herring.
And yeah, the Rothwell/Cain match-up is sweet. Is that going to be on the same card?
Sweet: looks like the UFC is going to broadcast the undercard for free, prior to airing the pay-per-view.
http://punch.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/20/ufc-103-undercard-to-be-telvised-on-spike-tv/6361/
Hope it works out; this could further increase awareness of MMA.
Oh, and for whoever cares, Fedor/Rogers is confirmed :-\
Don't get your hopes up, Rogers was already looking shaken in the press conferenceOh, and for whoever cares, Fedor/Rogers is confirmed :-\
Hope Rogers ko's him early. Then Fedor* can go away with Gina and I never hear of them again
any videos of the gina fight? :'(http://www.worldofcombat.net/index.php?id=883&z=manprev
They showed a slow-mo replay and it looked like the ref went to pull her off like a nanosecond before the bell rang. Besides that, Gina didn't seem to upset about it, so whatever lol.
So sick of Brandon Vera's boring fightsFixed
So sick of Brandon Vera's boring fightsFixed
Don't want to see Mirko again though.:( He stated in a Croatian interview after the fight that he's pretty much done. He basically said he's mentally out of it, washed up, and was owned last night. He also said that the last punch tore the inside of his eyelid, and he had to have 4 stitches. At least he can acknowledge that he needs to hang it up unlike some of the other guys (Chuck, Wanderlei).
The thing that got me was the fact that it was a unanimous decision. smh:rofl I KNOW
Wasn't the line like +500 at one point for Shogun?
Yahoo Sports / Cagewriter: 48-47 Rua
BloodyElbow : 48-47 Rua
USAToday: 48-47 Rua, 49-46 Rua
MMA Fanhouse / Michael David Smith: 48-47 Rua
MMATorch : 48-47 Rua
MMAJunkie : 49-46 or 48-47 Rua
MMAMania : 50-45 Rua
5 Ounces of Pain : Rua (no score given)
Fightlinker -- Rua (no score given)
ProMMA.Info: 50-45 Rua
Sherdog:
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Rua (48-47 Rua)
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Rua (48-47 Rua)
Mike Fridley scores the round 10-9 Rua (50-45 Rua)
PVT Users (biggest brazilian MMA community) = 80% Shogun
Sherdog Users = 90% Shogun
Gus Johnson is terrible for MMAAgreed on all three.
Fedor looked pretty poor.
Never want to see Jake Shields again
The ref almost let Mir die in that ring. The guy was getting full blown illegal shots to the back of the head while he was knocked out, and while the ref was there watching.Yeah, I think any ref worth a shit would have stopped it 3-4 punches after it hit the ground. Miragliotta actually has a long history of terrible reffing mistakes; moron shouldn't be anywhere near the octagon. If it was anyone other than Mir I would feel bad
The other day, I finally watched the Jon Jones vs Matt Hammill fight, and I was ready to climb in the cage and drop Mazzagatti -- what an ass-hat.
Jones had already destroyed Hammill, clearly Hammill had no way to get out, no plan, no hope, and Jones is looking at Steve for a stoppage. Nope. How much damage is going to have to happen? Finally Jones gets one or two strikes that mazzagatti doesn't like and THEN the match is over -- a DQ for Jones? WTF
UFC Fight Night on now on Spike. Florian versus Gomi as the main event.
Comedy ensues, Hammil is declared the winner while looking like he came out of a car crash, Jones was ready for another fight.
What's up with people all up in the arms about Palhares? The guy got the other dude in a submission, and it ain't training, it's over when when the ref says so.
Dude looks like a mini hulk.
Yeah saw the results on that. So much for PRIDE as a barometer of talent. Florian is really good, and I like his attitude.
True enough, maybe I'm just imagining a larger pattern, when the real pattern is simply "time has passed."
It's just that so many of these guys who are hot in Japan appear in the Octagon and just get wasted. Crocop was obliterated in his Gonzaga fight, which made me think that Gonzaga was an utter badass, but he's looking like a wash for title contention.
Then again, ex-UFC champs aren't necessarily holding their own as the sport evolves. Despite their history, Sylvia and Arlovsky seem to have no place in the league any longer. It leaves me wondering the same thing Randy Couture recently speculated: is Fedor ducking a chance to prove his mettle, because he'd actually have a hard time facing someone like Brock or Carwin?
I think that Anderson understood what the fans didn't like about GSP's fight with Hardy so he tried to take more risks than he usually does to satisfy the fans, but this time he ended up just being disrespectful to his opponent and exhausting himself from dancing.i doubt he was tired. rogan was just trying to rationalize why he was preforming like that.
Acting like a clown isn't really taking risks, fighting your opponent where he is best at is putting your belt at risk for the sake of a more exciting fight.
I think what's common to most combat sports fans is that they like knockouts and people who finish. Probably overly so. It's why somebody like Mike Tyson still casts a shadow over boxing and combat sports in general. You could say the same about Fedor.It sounds more likely to be true now that you have explained why you think so, I also felt that Dana over reacted a bit from reading those tweets.
And the weird thing is that Silva was right in that mold. Before Cote he had 7 fights in the UFC and they all ended in the 1st or 2nd round. But starting with Cote he started to fight way differently. The old Silva re-emerged in the Griffin fight but that's mainly because Griffin fought a real straight ahead (i.e. dumb) match.
Everybody knows and understands he's way better than these guys which is why it's weird when he stops fighting during a match. He could have easily finished Maia earlier in the fight. But he let off for some reason. That's hard to accept as a fight fan of any kind.
And he didn't let off because he was worried about Maia which would be an understandable situation in most champion/challenger situation. I don't really understand why he let off. And later in the fight he barely threw anything.
That's not why he got so popular and impressed people. He impressed people by finishing them and by being elusive and entertaining. He's dropped the finishing them part which just makes for 5 boring rounds.
It's understandable when you face better competition that they are harder to finish but I don't think anybody has the sense that these guys are challenging for Silva or that he couldn't finish them. He just doesn't for some reason now.
Also that Hughes, Gracie fight was god awful also.
I don't think anyone of us will know the truth unless we are there for the conversation between the two. I know Silva really wanted to fight Roy Jones and was upset when Dana wouldn't allow it.he could be trying to get out of his contract. possibly the reason he preformed like he did at 101 is because jones was in attendance and he believed the fight had a realistic chance of happening.
Of course it could be anything. Silva could want more money or the chance the bounce around weight divisions or who knows. It could also legit be that for what ever reason he thinks its a good idea to fight the way he's been fighting recently. But from a marketing and money perspective I can certainly say it isn't.
Anderson Silva did his Dural from Virtua Fighter thing with Maia, impersonating other fighters.don't buy that at all. he continued to taunt until the end of the fourth even though he wasn't engaging. he acted like an ass and deserves criticism.
Anyway, people can bitch on all they want, the guy busted Maia's face and then stopped attacking his face have you noticed that? He felt bad, that he had clowned around so much, and busted this dude's face that had done nothing worth of being disrespected. Regret, pity, that's what made Anderson Silva completely change halfway through.
Give him a real challenge.
Anderson Silva did his Dural from Virtua Fighter thing with Maia, impersonating other fighters.don't buy that at all. he continued to taunt until the end of the fourth even though he wasn't engaging. he acted like an ass and deserves criticism.
Anyway, people can bitch on all they want, the guy busted Maia's face and then stopped attacking his face have you noticed that? He felt bad, that he had clowned around so much, and busted this dude's face that had done nothing worth of being disrespected. Regret, pity, that's what made Anderson Silva completely change halfway through.
Give him a real challenge.
running away from your opponent a entire round isn't the way to show you want a challenge, beating them decisively is.
what point are you arguing? i don't think anyone is saying maia won, just that anderson put on a bad fight and acted like a douche. if you can beat someone beat them, don't just taunt and humiliate them, it's disrespectful and a waste of time.Anderson Silva did his Dural from Virtua Fighter thing with Maia, impersonating other fighters.don't buy that at all. he continued to taunt until the end of the fourth even though he wasn't engaging. he acted like an ass and deserves criticism.
Anyway, people can bitch on all they want, the guy busted Maia's face and then stopped attacking his face have you noticed that? He felt bad, that he had clowned around so much, and busted this dude's face that had done nothing worth of being disrespected. Regret, pity, that's what made Anderson Silva completely change halfway through.
Give him a real challenge.
running away from your opponent a entire round isn't the way to show you want a challenge, beating them decisively is.
The point is, he completely stopped hitting Maia, aside from some "get back" kicks.
He beat Maia decisively, Anderson doesn't have one scratch. Maia had his eye shut and his nose broken. I love how Anderson fights like this are more about "I demand to see Silva kill somebody" and not "I demand to see a fight". Because what did Maia do aside from getting his face fucked up, throw himself on the ground and then at the end go for broke on 2 moments.
Give me a break.
@danawhite you should have built that stadium in russia instead, the best p4p doesn't play around, gas out or disrespect the fans like that.Dana actually agreed with this tweet :dizzy
Middleweight Championship bout: Jake Shields (c) vs. Dan Henderson[1]
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Gegard Mousasi (c) vs. Muhammed Lawal[1]
Lightweight Championship bout: Gilbert Melendez (c) vs. Shinya Aoki[1]
Yeah ended up being quite the snoozefest. Disappointed with Mousasi but oh well
Couple of good bouts tonights free on CBS.
I haven't seen it yet; what happened with the Diaz-initiated "brawl" I'm hearing about?
Featherweight Championship bout: Jose Aldo (c) vs. Urijah Faber
Lightweight Championship bout: Ben Henderson (c) vs. Donald Cerrone
Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Manvel Gamburyan
Lightweight bout: Anthony Njokuani vs. Shane Roller
Bantamweight bout: Antonio Banuelos vs. Scott Jorgensen
First WEC ppv card tonight.QuoteFeatherweight Championship bout: Jose Aldo (c) vs. Urijah Faber
Lightweight Championship bout: Ben Henderson (c) vs. Donald Cerrone
Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Manvel Gamburyan
Lightweight bout: Anthony Njokuani vs. Shane Roller
Bantamweight bout: Antonio Banuelos vs. Scott Jorgensen
Crazy WEC prelim fight on Spike.
They probably all changed their minds after that awful decision from the judges.
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher
Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
Fuck.
I feel it. Machida is gonna lose :'(
This ain't no fight.
One day UFC really has to start score fights as fights and not as wrestling matches.
I'm hearing Daly also kneed Kos in the head getting up from a ground position. What's with that?
This ain't no fight.
One day UFC really has to start score fights as fights and not as wrestling matches.
Oh, stuff it. How does "scoring it as a fight" change the outcome compared with "scoring it as a wrestling match"?
When you can have your way with an opponent like Kos did in this fight, you win.
Or put it another way, when the only way that Daley can land a punch is to chase Kos after the fight is over and throw a sucker punch, then in no conceivable way can you say that Kos didn't deserve to win.
I don't think Evans got past Thiago Silva's half guard a single time throughout the fight, and Fitch is only a few notches above him when it comes to looking for a finish on the ground. Koscheck was constantly improving his position and attempted a submission or two as well; moreover, that was his first decision win in nearly 2 years, and Lytle got his ass beat in that fight. I don't think Koscheck has looked that boring since his TUF days. It's absolutely not exciting, but you can just as easily blame Daley's inability to do anything on the ground other than hang on for dear life and stall.This ain't no fight.
One day UFC really has to start score fights as fights and not as wrestling matches.
Oh, stuff it. How does "scoring it as a fight" change the outcome compared with "scoring it as a wrestling match"?
When you can have your way with an opponent like Kos did in this fight, you win.
Or put it another way, when the only way that Daley can land a punch is to chase Kos after the fight is over and throw a sucker punch, then in no conceivable way can you say that Kos didn't deserve to win.
All i'm saying is, just taking people down without doing damage is the most boring shit ever. Rashad Evans did it, Fitch did it, Kos did it.
It's not what it's supposed to be about. It's like anti fighting.
Yoinks! That looks like a full-on whiff!I'm hearing Daly also kneed Kos in the head getting up from a ground position. What's with that?
He didn't. Kos faked an over-reaction to what looked like a knee on the ground but wasn't. He has a history of phony reactions.
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UFC 113 tonightQuoteLight Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
Heavyweight bout: Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Alan Belcher
Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
Pretty big Machida fan, but his attitude as of late was shit.Me too; I like Lyoto from the first fight I saw him in, that Heath fight. Evade, evade, evade, and then MT clinch, knees to the head, what was it, 7 in a row?
Shogun is complete opposite, http://www.sherdog.com/videos/recent/Shogun-Hoping-to-Square-Off-With-Couture-Next-2423. Makes it impossible to not be happy for the guy. His translator is a douchebag though.I don't see the douchebaggery. He seemed to be doing his job alright.
Pretty big Machida fan, but his attitude as of late was shit.Me too; I like Lyoto from the first fight I saw him in, that Heath fight. Evade, evade, evade, and then MT clinch, knees to the head, what was it, 7 in a row?QuoteShogun is complete opposite, http://www.sherdog.com/videos/recent/Shogun-Hoping-to-Square-Off-With-Couture-Next-2423. Makes it impossible to not be happy for the guy. His translator is a douchebag though.I don't see the douchebaggery. He seemed to be doing his job alright.
Heavyweight Championship bout: Alistair Overeem (c) vs. Brett Rogers
Heavyweight bout: Andrei Arlovski vs. Antonio Silva
Middleweight bout: Ronaldo Souza vs. Joey Villaseñor
Light Heavyweight bout: Roger Gracie vs. Kevin Randleman
Light Heavyweight bout: Rafael Cavalcante vs. Antwain Britt
I can't get excited for Strikeforce. I will admit I was into the Cung Le/Shamrock fight, but that's about it. There's no depth of talent and no fights that get me excited.good fights are good fights. heavy artillery was better than the last couple ufcs.
Main card
Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Rashad Evans
Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping vs. Dan Miller
Heavyweight bout: Todd Duffee vs. Mike Russow
Light Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs. Jason Brilz
Welterweight bout: Diego Sanchez vs. John Hathaway
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Lightweight bout: Efrain Escudero vs. Dan Lauzon
Light Heavyweight bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Rich Franklin
Heavyweight bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Pat Barry
Welterweight bout: Paulo Thiago vs. Martin Kampmann
Heavyweight bout: Ben Rothwell vs. Gilbert Yvel
Welterweight bout: Carlos Condit vs. Rory MacDonald
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Lightweight bout: Tyson Griffin vs. Evan Dunham
Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. Matt Wiman
Yeah, I never know if I'm cheering for Rich because he's a self-made talent, or because he's a smart, nice guy. Getting knocked out by The Spider isn't much of a knock against him, looking back now across Silva's record.
. Hominick has come a long way from eking out a decision in a stand-up fight with Jorge Gurgel, no doubt thanks to Shawn Tompkins.
Man I didn't think he hooked up with him until after his UFC days. I can't recall Tompkins being in his corner during the Gurgel fight, but it's been so long that I'm probably wrong.
Are there any Canadians that HAVEN'T trained under Tompkins at some point?
:lol That's crazy!
Main Card
Heavyweight bout: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabricio Werdum
Middleweight bout: Cung Le vs. Scott Smith
Women's Featherweight Championship bout: Cristiane Santos(c) vs. Jan Finney
Lightweight bout: Josh Thomson vs. Pat Healy
Preliminary Card
Catchweight (175lb) bout: Ron Keslar vs. Chris Cope
Middleweight bout: Yancy Medeiros vs. Gareth Joseph
Lightweight bout: Bobby Stack vs. Derrick Burnsed
Welterweight bout: Brett Bergmark vs. Vagner Rocha
What are the odds on Werdum at this point? I'm tempted to put money on him, just on the off chance that he wins, because 1000-to-1 payoffs are so few and far between?I don't really know much about odds, I think stoney can help you with that.
CajoleJuice: *subscribes to Dana White's Twitter feed* *waits*:lol
Twitter - 4 minutes ago
So I finally get to see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZyzeQ6Arls#t=1m40s
That was really fucking dumb on Fedor's part. Wow.
While I certainly didn't expect him to win and fully expected Fedor to roll all over him, Werdum isn't a nobody at all.
While I certainly didn't expect him to win and fully expected Fedor to roll all over him, Werdum isn't a nobody at all.
Next to the God of MMA? Yes he was.
Now Werdum shall be seen as the man who beat a god.
Of course people lose in MMA. The issue here is that they've probably thrown away tens of millions of dollars by not having him fight in UFC.
Of course people lose in MMA. The issue here is that they've probably thrown away tens of millions of dollars by not having him fight in UFC.
ya the hilarious part of this for me is fedor consoling his entourage.
His M-1 groupies are going to cry themselves to sleep for a while now that they just lost all of their leverage for the millions they've been able to make off Fedor.
Of course people lose in MMA. The issue here is that they've probably thrown away tens of millions of dollars by not having him fight in UFC.
ya the hilarious part of this for me is fedor consoling his entourage.
His M-1 groupies are going to cry themselves to sleep for a while now that they just lost all of their leverage for the millions they've been able to make off Fedor.
He'll be lucky to get 50k/50k to win from Dana now. No value whatsoever.
Of course people lose in MMA. The issue here is that they've probably thrown away tens of millions of dollars by not having him fight in UFC.
ya the hilarious part of this for me is fedor consoling his entourage.
His M-1 groupies are going to cry themselves to sleep for a while now that they just lost all of their leverage for the millions they've been able to make off Fedor.
Heavyweight Championship bout: Brock Lesnar (c) vs Shane Carwin (ic)
Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Chris Leben
Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Matt Brown
Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Stephan Bonnar
Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. Kurt Pellegrino[1]
[edit]Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Light Heavyweight bout: Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero
They were pummeling each other pretty badly, though. Leben pulled that out of his ass. Entertaining fight.
Well now Velazquez knows the plan.
Lay and pray baby, lay and pray. If a dude with the power of mjolnir in his hands can't finish the hulk, don't expect your puny human hands to be able to do it.
You just gotta...pray son.
It's amazing to think that a couple of years ago the heavyweight division was a real albatross for the UFC and now their most lucrative fights coming up are probably in that division.
In his first appearance in almost a year, Brock Lesnar left the Octagon with the undisputed heavyweight championship around his waist and hefty lump of money in his bank account.
Lesnar submitted the previously unbeaten Shane Carwin with a second-round arm-triangle choke in the UFC 116 “Lesnar vs. Carwin” main event on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The victory, his first since an intestinal disorder nearly ended his career in late 2009, earned him a $75,000 “Submission of the Night” bonus.
Carwin had Lesnar on the run in the first round, after his heavy hands put the champion on his back. The 6-foot-3, 265-pound former World Wrestling Entertainment superstar weathered the attack and tired Carwin in the process. At the start of round two, it became clear Carwin had little left in the gas tank.
Meanwhile, Chris Leben and Yoshihiro Akiyama pocketed a $75,000 bonus for “Fight of the Night,” as did “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 1 finalist Stephan Bonnar and Krzysztof Soszynski. Leben finished Akiyama with a third-round triangle choke in the co-headliner. Bonnar put away Soszynski with a second-round knee strike and follow up punches in a featured light heavyweight attraction.
Finally, Carwin’s Grudge Training Center teammate, Gerald Harris, banked a $75,000 bonus for “Knockout of the Night” after he rendered Dave Branch unconscious with a powerful slam in the third round. Harris, 30, has rattled off 10 consecutive victories, nine of them finishes.
We know Velasquez has good cardio, and that his striking technique is very good, crisp and fast. Cain's path to victory very well could be in outstriking Brock, if he can shrug off a few takedowns.Yep. If Cain can avoid the mat and get Lesnar running scared a la Kalib Starnes like Carwin did, Cain is gonna beat that ass. I was pretty surprised at how mediocre Brock's striking defense still is. Guess that's just not something he's gonna excel it
This turned out to be a damn fine card. Maybe card of the year.Maybe for the UFC, but I don't think it trumps WEC 49.
I don't understand half of what he says.That's because you don't speak jive.
Preliminary card
Middleweight bout: Rob Kimmons vs. Steve Steinbeiss
Lightweight bout: Darren Elkins vs. Charles Oliveira
Middleweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Mike Massenzio
Light Heavyweight bout: James Irvin vs. Igor Pokrajac
Catchweight (172 lb) bout: DaMarques Johnson vs. Matthew Riddle
Lightweight bout: Paul Kelly vs. Jacob Volkmann
Main card
Lightweight bout: Tyson Griffin vs. Takanori Gomi
Welterweight bout: John Howard vs. Jake Ellenberger
Middleweight bout: Mark Muñoz vs. Yushin Okami
Light Heavyweight bout: Jon Jones vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Ben Saunders vs. Dennis Hallman
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Christian Morecraft
Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs. Charlie Brenneman
Light Heavyweight bout: Tim Boetsch vs. Todd Brown
Light Heavyweight bout: Phil Davis vs. Rodney Wallace
Welterweight bout: Dustin Hazelett vs. Rick Story
Main card
Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson vs. Junior dos Santos
Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Ricardo Almeida
Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Catchweight bout (171.5 Ibs): Jon Fitch vs. Thiago Alves
Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Chael Sonnen
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"According to CompuStrike, in his first 11 UFC fights, Silva was hit 208 times. Sonnen hit him a total of 289 times."
LOL
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Muhammed Lawal (c) vs. Rafael Cavalcante
Middleweight Championship bout: Ronaldo Souza vs. Tim Kennedy
Lightweight bout: KJ Noons vs. Jorge Gurgel
Heavyweight bout: Bobby Lashley vs. Chad Griggs
Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs. Amilcar Alves
Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczak vs. Greg Soto
Middleweight bout: Dan Miller vs. John Salter
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Lightweight bout: Andre Winner vs. Nik Lentz
Lightweight bout: Joe Lauzon vs. Gabe Ruediger
Main card
Welterweight bout: Nate Diaz vs. Marcus Davis
Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard
Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Mario Miranda
Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs. James Toney
Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar vs. B.J. Penn
(http://a.yfrog.com/img163/2460/boxv.jpg)So Chuck can only score outside the cage now?
Jon Fitch should be publicly stoned and hung. He's terrible
What is the deal with Brazil and MMA, anyway?
I know BJJ is a strong component of MMA, but BJJ is based off judo, but if there was ever supposed to be an advantage in early exposure to a grappling sport, it seems like Japan should be making a stronger showing in the world stage.
I guess the presence of the gi limits the applicability of the judo commonly learned here, but it's not like it cannot be overcome with continued training. There are -so- many Brazilians in the sport, it's just surprising to me, I guess.
Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Brian Foster vs. Forrest Petz
Welterweight bout: Anthony Waldburger vs. David Mitchell
Middleweight bout: Rich Attonito vs. Rafael Natal
Middleweight bout: Tomasz Drwal vs. Dave Branch
Light Heavyweight bout: Jared Hamman vs. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight bout: Yves Edwards vs. John Gunderson
Main card
Lightweight bout: Ross Pearson vs. Cole Miller
Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau
Catchweight (159lbs) bout: Efrain Escudero vs. Charles Oliveira
Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares
Sunday, September 19, 2010
by Greg Savage
According to California State Athletic Commission Executive Officer George Dodd, Chael Sonnen has been notified that he failed post-fight drug screening following his loss to Anderson Silva at UFC 117, which was held Aug. 7 at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif.
“[Sonnen] received his notice yesterday,” Dodd told Sherdog.com shortly after the Shane Mosley-Sergio Mora boxing match ended Saturday night in Los Angeles.
In a conversation the day before, Dodd declined to comment on the situation, other than answering that all fighters from UFC 117 had passed drugs-of-abuse scans, but that the commission was still waiting on performance-enhancing drug screens from the event.
Dodd did not state which banned substance was red-flagged, but with a clean drugs-of-abuse scan it is clear the positive test was for a performance-enhancing substance.
The last major UFC banned-substance case in the state centered on UFC 73’s lightweight title match, which saw both competitors -- Sean Sherk and Hermes Franca -- test positive for PEDs. Both fighters were suspended for one year and fined, though Sherk appealed and had his suspension shortened to six months.
Sonnen is staring at a long layoff if he elects not to appeal or is denied. He was scheduled to rematch Silva Feb. 6 in Las Vegas, but that fight may be delayed or scrapped in light of these allegations.
Text messages to Sonnen went unreturned.
His manager Matt Lindland told Sherdog.com that he was cornering a fighter on the East Coast and had no knowledge of the positive test results.
Silva’s manager Ed Soares, who engaged in some heated exchanges via the media in the build up to the fight, was stunned when asked for his reaction.
“If it’s true, I feel really bad for him,” said Soares. “I know he did it to himself but it is really sad, he put on such a great performance that night it is just a shame it will be tarnished.”
FFFUUUUUUUU... I thought we were over the PED era of this sport. Jesus, guys. Seriously.
Middleweight contender Chael Sonnen tested positive for abnormally high levels of testosterone following an Aug. 7 UFC championship fight against titleholder Anderson Silva, the California State Athletic Commission informed SI.com on Monday.
Sonnen, 33, of West Linn, Ore., was apparently concerned enough about the possibility that he would render a positive test that he told CSAC executive director George Dodd he used an illegal substance leading up to the biggest fight of his life.
"He only indicated that he was taking it but he never indicated why," Dodd said of a conversation he and Sonnen shared during drug testing conducted by the state a day prior to the fight in Oakland.
Sonnen "just let me know he was taking [something] and that's when I called over an inspector to get it documented. But when you do take it you still have to show a medical reason."
According to Dodd, Sonnen wrote on a pre-fight drug screening form that he used "testosterone." Sonnen also indicated the manner in which he ingested the drug, though Dodd declined to answer whether that was in pill or injectable form.
Despite making the CSAC aware that he'd taken a banned substance, the commission could not prevent Sonnen from competing because of Rule 303 C in its regulations.
"A positive test which has been confirmed by a laboratory utilized by the commission ... shall be used as conclusive evidence of a violation of the subsection," Dodd said. "We have to have confirmation from a labratory before we can say 'yay' or 'nay.'
"Remember, we don't know what levels or anything else he was going to be tested for when the results came back. What happens if they were at normal levels? If his levels were normal, and you actually didn't have a reason why, then we actually stopped somebody from earning a living. Health and safety is our No. 1 priority but you have to weigh everything. And our rules do say you have to have confirmation from a laboratory.
"It was just a weird situation. But you follow what your rules and guidelines tell you to do, and that's what they told us to do."
As reported by Sherdog.com over the weekend, Sonnen was notified Friday of his positive test. The CSAC first received results on Sept. 2 and waited for confirmation of a second sample tested at the World Anti-Doping Agency affiliated UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory before informing Sonnen.
Per CSAC guidelines, Sonnen has 30 days to file an appeal with the state. On Tuesday, MMAFighting.com quoted Sonnen's manager Mike Roberts as saying the fighter would file a formal appeal with California. The next CSAC commission meeting is scheduled for Dec. 2 in Sacramento, Calif. If Sonnen does not file an appeal, he will be subject to an automatic one-year suspension and $2,500 fine.
Though Sonnen mentioned using testosterone, the veteran mixed martial artist failed to note it on a pre-fight questionnaire with commission doctors or provide documentation about the use of testosterone in a medical context, according to Dodd.
"Whenever you're taking an enhancing drug you have to let the commission know prior to even taking the test that you're taking, and what the medical reasons are why you're taking the drug," Dodd said. "That way we can verify with our commission doctors that the reason you're taking that is the reason you should be on that type of drug. You can't just come in and say, 'Hey, I'm taking this,' and think that's going to get you off."
The eight-year MMA veteran received an immense amount of press leading up to his fight against Silva because of his willingness to make outlandish comments, including several regarded as controversial. Speaking of American cyclist Lance Armstrong, Sonnen suggested Armstrong's bout against testicular cancer was a direct result of his cheating and using illegal drugs. Armstrong has fought off numerous allegations that he used banned performance-enhancing drugs, and has not yet yielded a positive test.
The fight between Silva and Sonnen (24-11-1) on Aug. 7 was one of the year's best. Sonnen dominated Silva, a pound-for-pound top-ranked fighter and MMA's No. 1 middleweight since 2006, over the course of four rounds. Sonnen appeared well on his way to taking the UFC title when Silva stunned the wrestler, who competed collegiately at the University of Oregon, with a triangle choke submission at 3:10 of Round 5. Because of Sonnen's ability to sell a fight that turned out to be extremely competitive, Silva-Sonnen captivated not only close watchers of mixed martial arts but casual viewers as well. UFC officials planned to capitalize off the middleweights' initial encounter by scheduling an immediate rematch for Feb. 6 in Las Vegas. That bout is now in jeopardy.
Sonnen has not responded to repeated requests for comment by SI.com. He is expected to make his first public statements Thursday on ESPN2's "MMA Live."
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2010/09/sonnen-suspension-bumps-belfort-to-no-1-contender-status/1Is Okami doomed?
Yushin Okami am cry
Is Okami doomed?
So do you think Okami can get past Belfort? I don't but I didn't think Gomi stood a chance against Griffin.
Okami is the fighter the UFC loves to screw since sometimes his fights aren't exciting. Of course watching Jon Fitch fight is like watching paint dry and he is nearing his second title shot.
I would probably pick Belfort against Okami but its not like Belfort is some consistent guy. He always has his striking skills but its sort of funny to me how Belfort has been able to resurrect his career despite only fighting once in 2008 and twice in 2009.
Preliminary Card
Bantamweight bout: Demetrious Johnson vs. Nick Pace
Bantamweight bout: Antonio Banuelos vs. Chad George
Featherweight bout: Tyler Toner vs. Diego Nunes
Lightweight bout: Chris Horodecki vs. Ed Ratcliff
Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Cole Province
Featherweight bout: Zhang Tie Quan vs. Pablo Garza
Main card
Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Mark Hominick
Featherweight bout: Chan Sung Jung vs. George Roop
Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Charlie Valencia
Lightweight bout: Jamie Varner vs. Donald Cerrone
Featherweight Championship bout: Jose Aldo (c) vs. Manvel Gamburyan
Card tonight is crazy stacked.Might have to give this card a look. The way you're talking about it, it might be better than UFC 119
I mean, Mike Brown is on the fucking prelims!
I'm rooting for my buddies Hominick and Horodecki. :punch
Card tonight is crazy stacked.Might have to give this card a look. The way you're talking about it, it might be better than UFC 119
I mean, Mike Brown is on the fucking prelims!
I'm rooting for my buddies Hominick and Horodecki. :punch
Main Card
Welterweight Championship bout: Nick Diaz (c) vs. KJ Noons
Women's Welterweight Championship (135 lbs) bout: Sarah Kaufman (c) vs. Marloes Coenen
Lightweight bout: Josh Thomson vs. Gesias Cavalcante
Welterweight bout: Tyron Woodley vs. André Galvão
Preliminary Card
Welterweight bout: James Terry vs. Bret Bergmark
Middleweight bout: Ron Keslar vs. Josh McDonald
Lightweight bout: Jess Bouscal vs. Luis Mendoza
Yeah, it's funny watching Frank open his mouth. Nothing intelligent ever comes out of it. I'd like to hire a guy to stand behind him with a vuvuzela and blow it whenever it looks like Frank is going to talk.
Wasn't Nick in a very stupid fight inside the ring recently? I mean, like, after the official match had ended, and not one that he'd even been a participant in?
Wasn't Nick in a very stupid fight inside the ring recently? I mean, like, after the official match had ended, and not one that he'd even been a participant in?
It was the last Strikeforce event on network TV. Which is why there hasn't been another strikeforce event on network tv recently.
I always like watching Nick fight but otherwise this is a weak card.Josh Thomson vs JZ should be great. Probably gonna skip the rest and go back to watch if there's good buzz
meh. I find this diaz noons fight boring. The announcers are going nuts but to me it's like watching two sub-par boxers.
Preliminary card
Light Heavyweight bout: James McSweeney vs. Fabio Maldonado
Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Kurt Warburton
Lightweight bout: Paul Sass vs. Mark Holst
Heavyweight bout: Rob Broughton vs. Vinicius Queiroz
Light Heavyweight bout: Cyrille Diabaté vs. Alexander Gustafsson
Main card
Welterweight bout: James Wilks vs. Claude Patrick
Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Travis Browne
Welterweight bout: John Hathaway vs. Mike Pyle
Welterweight bout: Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit
Middleweight bout: Michael Bisping vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama
I'd really like to see Akiyama choke out Bisping.
Brock previewed his entrance walk for tonight.rofl fucking wrestling
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDmdf46JZZ0[/youtube]
So badass
Most satisfying main event since Shogun Machida 2
Retire fucker.
For those keeping track Ortiz hasn't won a fight since 2006. Against Frank Shamrock.
His win before that. Was also against Frank Shamrock
Ken. Ken shamrock.
UFC President Dana White made the landmark announcement on a Thursday conference call: World Extreme Cagefighting will merge with Zuffa LLC’s flagship promotion in 2011, absorbing the WEC’s considerable talent pool in the process.
Several of the WEC’s most prominent fighters have weighed in on the folding of the blue cage, speaking exclusively to Sherdog.com on the matter.
“I was speechless [when I heard the news] this morning. It’s crazy,” said lightweight title contender Anthony Pettis. “I was training hard, but now I’m pushing even harder. There’s so much to look forward to in this next year.”
Pettis will headline the WEC’s final event, WEC 53 on Dec. 16, when he takes on lightweight champion Benson Henderson to determine the brand’s final 155-pound king. White said the winner of that matchup will face the victor of Frankie Edgar’s UFC title defense against Gray Maynard in 2011.
Currently, WEC talent appears almost exclusively on the Versus network, a fact that will soon change. Starting next year, the fighters will regularly compete on pay-per-view, just like the rest of the UFC roster.
“It’s crazy,” Pettis said. “It’s not even real yet, and it’s not going to be real until it finally happens. I’ve heard the rumors for a year and a half. The possibility of headlining a pay per view is huge.”
His opponent, however, takes the merger in stride. Henderson claims the medium in which he performs is not as important as the performance itself.
“I’m not so affected by the pay-per-view stuff. No matter the venue, I still have to go out there and perform and get my hand raised,” Henderson told Sherdog. “I could be fighting in the back of a 7-11, and I still have to go out and do my best.”
However, Henderson admits the prospect of fighting on the biggest stage in mixed martial arts is inspiring. If he manages to get past Pettis in December, the unification fight sits on the horizon.
Regardless of who wins in the Edgar-Maynard contest at UFC 125 on New Year’s Day, Henderson says he will be prepared to prove himself inside the Octagon.
“It would mean a lot [to become the UFC lightweight champion],” he said. “It’d be a dream come true. I want to be the best on the planet, so I’ll probably eventually fight both guys. I want to beat everybody -- not my buddies, but everybody else.”
While Henderson and Pettis are relatively new additions to the WEC roster, Urijah Faber and Miguel Torres are not. They were longstanding champions in their respective divisions, and both men helped grow the brand by putting on action-filled fights. For Torres, the merger has produced mixed feelings.
“It’s definitely bittersweet, because I’ve been with the WEC a while, and I’ve been fighting since ’98. I think I’m a pioneer, but now the future is open to me,” said Torres. “I think it’s really good. It’s going to give us lighter guys more attention. We’ve sort of been viewed as second-tier fighters, and now we’ve got the opportunity to show the world that we belong in the UFC.”
Faber, on the other hand, looks wholeheartedly toward the future and even feels a sense of relief that the brands have finally merged.
“I’m excited, man. I’ve been pushing for [the merger] for a while now. We WEC guys haven’t been getting the credit or the exposure that we deserve. It’s also going to mean better paydays, which is obviously great,” Faber said. “Not having to explain the difference, or lack of a difference, to the fans is going to be nice. I’m looking forward to the satisfaction of there finally being no difference between the UFC and the WEC. I didn’t think there was a difference before, except the initials, but now it’s official.”
One fact all four men can agree on is that the new surroundings of the UFC’s massive, 30-foot Octagon will not negatively impact the action for which WEC combatants are known.
“I don’t think [the larger space will affect the action]. The WEC is known for putting on exciting fights. There are potential ‘Fight of the Year’ nominees on almost every card, and that’s because WEC fighters go out there and get after each other,” said Henderson.
“You could put us in the middle of the ocean or the desert, and we’re still going to push forward and have an exciting fight.”
Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Kris McCray vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Light Heavyweight bout: Seth Petruzelli vs. Karlos Vemola
Welterweight bout: Duane Ludwig vs. Nick Osipczak
Welterweight bout: Pascal Krauss vs. Mark Scanlon
Light Heavyweight bout: Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexandre Ferreira
Middleweight bout: Kyle Noke vs. Rob Kimmons
Main card
Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Goran Reljic
Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah vs. Peter Sobotta
Lightweight bout: Dennis Siver vs. Andre Winner
Middleweight bout: Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara
Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Yushin Okami
Yeah last night mostly sucked. Pacquiao/Margarito was much more entertaining, even if it was a one-sided beating. It was cool watching fighters that can actually throw a punch for a change
That bit was just tongue-in-cheek -- though I have to say that I AM pretty much done with MMA outside of the top 10 or so in each division. Watching the Jose Aldos, Cain Velasquezs, Shinya Aokis, Anderson Silvas, GSP's, etc is easily as awesome as anything any other sport has to offer, but the influx of lower tier "well-rounded" (read: wholly average and unremarkable at every discipline and will remain so forever) guys just bore me to tears lately. Like seriously, it gets to the point where I'd even rather be watching baseball or something. I mean I understand that there's always going to be a huge talent gap between the middling fighters and the best of the best, but does it have to be SO goddamn huge? Is that just the way it is?Yeah last night mostly sucked. Pacquiao/Margarito was much more entertaining, even if it was a one-sided beating. It was cool watching fighters that can actually throw a punch for a change
Okay, c'mon man. Boxers are the best at boxing, shock. But there's no point in decrying the striking skills in MMA for someone who has the knowledge for why MMA striking doesn't look like a boxing match.
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaDGBFB4ZOA[/youtube]:lol There was almost identical footage of Anderson with Seagal before his fight with Sonnen. I remember Seagal made Anderson address him as sensei looool. I still don't get if it's like a big Brazilian joke and they're all just clowning on the poor guy or what
Rampage is fucked.
Preliminary card
Lightweight bout: Tyson Griffin vs. Nik Lentz
Lightweight bout: Paul Kelly vs. T.J. O'Brien
Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza vs. Mike Lullo
Welterweight bout: Karo Parisyan vs. Dennis Hallman
Spike TV card
Middleweight bout: Aaron Simpson vs. Mark Muñoz
Welterweight bout: Matt Brown vs. Brian Foster
Main card
Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. Joe Lauzon
Light Heavyweight bout: Phil Davis vs. Tim Boetsch
Middleweight bout: Gerald Harris vs. Maiquel Falcão
Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. B.J. Penn
Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Lyoto Machida
Yup.
Basically, the scoring sistem dictates that the winner of the fight might not be the winner of the sum of the rounds.
jon fitch v BJ Penn in Sydney.
fuck off fitch
The unconventional ad for GSP/Kos II that aired during the PPV. I rather like it.I missed this somehow during the PPV. Never have actually seen it. Pretty badass.
[youtube=560,345]eqQxz49gT_Q[/youtube]
Oh yeah, did I mention I'm going to be there in Montreal for my first live UFC event? :hyper :hyper :hyper
I like Kosh. He seems like a smart asshole. Which I distinguish from someone like Brock Lesnar who just seems like an asshole. It's why I also like Frank Mir because he strikes me as a similar type.Watch the ultimate fighter, that guy is stupid even when he is trying not to be an ass.
My brain logically says he has no chance against GSP. But I'm still hoping for a good fight either way.
I like Kosh. He seems like a smart asshole. Which I distinguish from someone like Brock Lesnar who just seems like an asshole. It's why I also like Frank Mir because he strikes me as a similar type.Watch the ultimate fighter, that guy is stupid even when he is trying not to be an ass.
My brain logically says he has no chance against GSP. But I'm still hoping for a good fight either way.
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikL43tV-A_U[/youtube]
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ0yPNh4Nwg[/youtube]
Official Fight Card
Preliminary Card
Welterweight bout: Fernando Bettega vs. Wayne Phillips
Lightweight bout: Justin Lawrence vs. Max Martytniouk
Light Heavyweight bout: Terrell Brown vs. Patrick Cummins
Middleweight bout: Lucas Lopez vs. Cortez Coleman
Light Heavyweight bout: Lee Brousseau vs. Mike Glenn
Lightweight bout: Tom Aaron vs. Matt Ricehouse
Middleweight bout: Booker DeRousse vs. Coltin Cole
Catchweight (130 lbs) bout: Josh Epps vs. J.W. Wright
Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout: Benji Radach vs. Ovince St. Preux
Heavyweight bout: Antonio Silva vs Mike Kyle
Welterweight bout: Paul Daley vs. Scott Smith
Middleweight bout: Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Lindland
Light Heavyweight bout: Dan Henderson vs. Renato Sobral
Official fight card
Preliminary card
Middleweight bout: Rich Attonito vs. Dave Branch
Featherweight bout: Fredson Paixão vs. Pablo Garza
Catchweight (138 lb) bout: Will Campuzano vs Nick Pace
Lightweight bout: Sako Chivitchian vs. Kyle Watson
Featherweight bout: Tyler Toner vs. Ian Loveland
Lightweight bout: Cody McKenzie vs. Aaron Wilkinson
Main card
Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan
Welterweight bout: Rick Story vs. Johny Hendricks
Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Kendall Grove
Light Heavyweight bout: Stephan Bonnar vs. Igor Pokrajac
Lightweight bout: Jonathan Brookins vs. Michael Johnson
The UFC card was meh but the strikeforce card had some crazy knockouts. Good card. Good stuff.Agreed!
Can you guys recommend me a good strikeforce card to watch? I feel like watching some MMA right now.
I have watched the latest one with henderson (the reason why I want to watch another one) and I believe I have watched another one a couple of months ago with you.Can you guys recommend me a good strikeforce card to watch? I feel like watching some MMA right now.
Download the last one.
I have watched the latest one with henderson (the reason why I want to watch another one) and I believe I have watched another one a couple of months ago with you.Can you guys recommend me a good strikeforce card to watch? I feel like watching some MMA right now.
Download the last one.
Why? Who does their commentary?
Why? Who does their commentary?
Frank Shamrock and Mauro Ranallo. :yuck
Official fight card
Preliminary card
Lightweight bout: Pat Audinwood vs. John Makdessi
Welterweight bout: TJ Grant vs. Ricardo Almeida
Welterweight bout: Matt Riddle vs. Sean Pierson
Middleweight bout: Jesse Bongfeldt vs. Rafael Natal
Preliminary card (UFC.com live stream)
Lightweight bout: Mark Bocek vs. Dustin Hazelett
Middleweight bout: Joe Doerksen vs. Dan Miller
Main card
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. John Howard
Lightweight bout: Joe Stevenson vs. Mac Danzig
Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Charles Oliveira
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Sean McCorkle
Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St-Pierre (c) vs. Josh Koscheck
GSP is like Jon Fitch if he were a good striker.
GSP is like Jon Fitch if he were a good striker.
and if Fitch ever tried to pass guard.
ahem:
WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OLE OLE OLE OLE
FUCK YOU KOSCHECK *CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP* FUCK YOU KOSCHECK
So much fun! Crowd was insane! :D
Shame there was no finish, but embarrassing kos for five rounds, uglying him up, and breaking his orbital bone is a good consolation result.
Official fight card
Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs. Kenny Robertson
Light Heavyweight bout: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ricardo Romero
Lightweight bout: Paul Taylor vs. Gabe Ruediger
Preliminary card (Facebook Stream)
Bantamweight bout: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Demetrious Johnson
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone vs. Paul Kelly
Main card
Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos
Light Heavyweight bout: Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader
Welterweight bout: Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin
Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Vitor Belfort
How do you know if a piece of fruit is good, you have to bite it. His actions speak louder then his words. Sure I think he respects me, a side of him. He wears the mask though, tries to intimidate. He can see in my eyes though, I am a fighter. I don't get intimated by anyone. Even if I knock him out, or I get knocked out, I am here to put on a show for you guys. So, I am not going to get intimidated by anyone and he knows that...so I think he respects me.
Dana White was asked tonight in the UFC 126 post-fight press conference if Anderson Silva’s next opponent would be Georges St. Pierre. White answered, “If Georges wins his fight, that’ll probably be the fight we do”.
I mean really, who wants to see GSP dust Jake Jake Shields which is what it would be. I'm less interested in that fight than I was to see GSP dust Kosh.
I mean really, who wants to see GSP dust Jake Jake Shields which is what it would be. I'm less interested in that fight than I was to see GSP dust Kosh.
Who wants to see GSP dust Shields? I DO! 'course, I'm selfish, 'cause I'll be seeing it live.
But, really, GSP-Shields makes sense, because Shields is the last and final WW contender before GSP has well and truly cleaned out the division for the time being. And because there is a segment of the fanbase that calls GSP boring, and so a Fitch-esque drubbing of Shields would help hype GSP up a bit more.
change the title to SILVA VS GSP PLEASE
:bow SILVA :bow2
what an amazing man, GSP is doomed
Yes, because Silva KO'ing a headcase who hadn't fought in 15 months, had NEVER fought in the UFC at 185lbs, and had a history of wilting under pressure, and has nothing in common style-wise with GSP, means that GSP has no chance against SIlva. huh ???
Destruction silvahttp://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Steven-Seagal-helped-Anderson-Silva-with-KO-fron?urn=mma-317407
Fuck that was a nasty kick.
Destruction silvahttp://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Steven-Seagal-helped-Anderson-Silva-with-KO-fron?urn=mma-317407
Fuck that was a nasty kick.
:rofl
I foresee an August/Sept date if GSP beats Shields.Cowboy's Stadium. If they can do a boxing match there, they can do GSP/Silva there no problem
Question is, what should the venue be?
Madison Square Garden, if the UFC can get MMA legalized in NY in time?
Cowboy Stadium?
return to Toronto for the Skydome?
Vegas?
Destruction silvahttp://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Steven-Seagal-helped-Anderson-Silva-with-KO-fron?urn=mma-317407
Fuck that was a nasty kick.
:rofl
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Toronto's appetite for the UFC is proving to be near insatiable.
The mixed martial arts juggernaut enjoyed a record day at the box office Thursday, selling more than 42,000 tickets -- its entire original ticket block -- for UFC 129 on April 30 at the Rogers Centre.
"I LOVE CANADA!" UFC president Dana White told The Canadian Press in a text message.
The previous UFC attendance record was UFC 124 in Montreal, which drew 23,152 to the Bell Centre in December. White often refers to Canada as the mecca of mixed martial arts.
"To say the response was overwhelming would be an understatement," said Tom Wright, the UFC's director of Canadian operations.
"In less than an hour we were pretty well down to some singles (tickets)."
It took the UFC even less time -- just seven or eight minutes after tickets went on sale to members of the UFC Fight Club at 10 a.m. ET -- to decide it needed to make several thousand more tickets available so there would be some left when the general public gets a chance to buy them Saturday.
On Friday, another pre-sale is set for those who subscribe to the UFC newsletter.
Wright would not detail the possible total number of seats on sale but said 50,000 would be "pushing it."
"I'd love to see a first digit (of) five but time will tell."
Strikeforce is no longer the UFC’s biggest competitor.
In a video interview with Ariel Helwani posted to MMAFighting.com on Saturday morning, UFC President Dana White announced that Zuffa has purchased the San Jose, Calif.-based fight promotion.
“It's literally official right now. We literally just purchased Strikeforce,” said White. “I don't want to disclose any of the details on how the deal was done, but the reality is that we now own Strikeforce.”
White explained the reasons behind the purchase in the interview, stating that expanding Zuffa's talent pool was a necessary step to take as the promotion ventures into more international endeavors.
“As we go out and [continue to expand], we need more fights. Let's face facts. Strikeforce is a brand that fans have come to like and [the fans] enjoy the fights that they're putting on. So it made sense to us,” said White. “Our job is to put on the big fights that fans want to see, and as we continue to travel [abroad], we have to put on the right fights in these other countries.”
While White would not disclose the exact length of the negotiation period, the UFC boss did confirm that the buyout “happened quickly,” when asked if the talks lasted less than six months.
White then revealed that while Strikeforce is now the property of Zuffa, Scott Coker's promotion would not be dissolved. Rather, Strikeforce will continue to operate independently under the supervision of its new parent company.
“Strikeforce is going to continue to run -- business as usual. There are contracts in place, and we honor contracts. These guys pull good ratings on Showtime, and all of those contracts are going to be honored. These guys are going to remain Strikeforce fighters.”
White then elaborated on that concept, asserting that Coker would continue in his role as Strikeforce head, maintaining the promotion's operations and managing the talent. According to White, this means that Coker will have license to re-sign fighters at his discretion, including talents with whom White takes issue, such as Paul Daley and Josh Barnett.
“We've signed a deal with Scott Coker. He's staying on. You've seen me battle with guys over the years, but I’ve never had a bad thing to say about Scott Coker. I’ve known Scott since the K-1 days. Scott is a good guy.”
Elsewhere, Wrestling Observer writer Dave Meltzer is reporting that the financial relationship between Strikeforce and M-1 Global proved so burdensome to the former that they were forced to seek outside funding, allowing potential buyers in.
Official fight card
Preliminary card
Catchweight (195 lb) bout: Nick Catone vs. Constantinos Philippou
Featherweight bout: Erik Koch vs. Raphael Assunção
Bantamweight bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Lightweight bout: Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
Welterweight bout: Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Lightweight bout: Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani
Light Heavyweight bout: Eliot Marshall vs. Luiz Cane
Main card
Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Mirko Filipović
Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Dan Miller
Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
Bantamweight bout: Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Maurício Rua (c) vs. Jon Jones
I'm more interested in seeing Faber than the title fight.
He should be running for office in Croatia by now. How many fights left on his UFC contract?
BTW, what was the point deduction for? I didn't see it in the live blogging of the fight.
Raped. Shogun looked kinda fat lol. I didn't think he would be coming back after a third knee surgery
Rashad Evans: I'm Done With Greg Jackson's Gym
lol at the nuthuggers in that gaf thread who thought shogun was gonna own jones.
lol at the nuthuggers in that gaf thread who thought shogun was gonna own jones.
:(
lol at the nuthuggers in that gaf thread who thought shogun was gonna own jones.
Preliminary Card
Lightweight bout: Waylon Lowe vs. Nik Lentz
Middleweight bout: Mario Miranda vs. Aaron Simpson
Welterweight bout: Johny Hendricks vs. TJ Waldburger
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Heavyweight bout: Sean McCorkle vs. Christian Morecraft
Bantamweight bout: Michael McDonald vs. Edwin Figueroa
Welterweight bout: John Hathaway vs. Kris McCray
Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow
Featherweight bout: Alex Caceres vs. Mackens Semerzier
Main Card
Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung
Welterweight bout: Amir Sadollah vs. DaMarques Johnson
Welterweight bout: Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson
Light Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs. Phil Davis
JUNG BY TWISTER!I want a korean zombie shirt :S
GAWDAMN!
EAT IT, GARCIA!
UFC light heavyweight contender Thiago Silva on Thursday had his fight license revoked for one year and was fined $33,750 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for tampering with his UFC 125 drug screen
The commission ruled that Silva's license will be revoked for one year from his Jan. 1 fight date and that the fighter must fork over 25 percent of his $55,000 fight purse ($13,750), as well as $20,000 of a $55,000 win bonus that he earned for dominating Brandon Vera at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. That win has been changed to a no contest on Silva’s record. The earliest he will be allowed to reapply for a fight license is Jan. 2, 2012.
After Silva’s “A” test sample was flagged for banned substances by the commission following UFC 125, the fighter’s “B” sample was then tested. An inconclusive outcome resulted, and the NSAC filed a complaint against Silva, alleging that his sample was “not consistent with human urine” and therefore must have been altered.
One day after the commission filed its complaint, Silva issued a statement admitting his guilt in the matter.
“I re-injured my back 45 days before the fight with Brandon Vera. After not fighting for a year, I made the decision to not pull out of the fight,” wrote Silva. “I also decided that the only way I could continue with the fight was to take injections in my back and spine that contained substances prohibited by the Nevada Athletic Commission. I also made the decision to use a product to hide the presence of these substances in a urine test.”
Welterweight Championship bout: Nick Diaz (c) vs. Paul Daley[
Lightweight Championship bout: Gilbert Melendez (c) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Light Heavyweight bout: Gegard Mousasi vs. Keith Jardine
Lightweight bout: Shinya Aoki vs. Lyle Beerbohm
1. Nick Diaz is the most consistently entertaining fighter in the sport. Anyone that says otherwise is a butthurt prude
2. Gilbert Melendez would shit all over the UFC LW's
3. Aside from that awful, awful majority draw, that event couldn't have gone better for Zuffa. I'm expecting Dana's "We respect Strikefarce's contracts" bs to go out the window any day now
Come on, Boogie! Diaz is absolutely a shit-for-brains distinguished mentally-challenged fellow, but you can't deny his talentk so I'm (mostly) joking there. Serious as cancer regarding Melendez, though. Why not? At the risk of sounding like a UFC promo voice-over, he's shown marked improvements in every facet of his game from fight to fight since that '08 loss to Josh Thomson, and you're nuts if you think Frankie Edgar or Gray Maynard are going to have a GSP or Silva-esque reign in that division -- equally nuts if you'd even consider favoring anyone else (Florian? Jim Miller? Clay effing Guida?!) over him right nowspoiler (click to show/hide)Diaz by triangle/being the only fighter GSP ever faced that has any submission game off his back :smug[close]
I'm convinced this is all anti-Cesar Gracie camp hate stemming from your GSP crush and his upcoming fight with Shields :-*
2. Gilbert Melendez would shit all over the UFC LW's
lol at the Mousasi draw last night. I have nothing against the man but I always love it when the nuthuggers get dealt a blow. (whether its a deserved blow or not)I love good schadenfreude as much as anyone else, but this is getting ridiculous. Makes it very difficult to argue with the anti-wrestling Shertards and Gaffots when decisions like this are a regular occurrence. Apparently all you have to do to negate being outstruck 3:1 is land a couple takedowns, stall for 15 seconds, never attempt to pass or mount ANY offense at all, and then let your opponent stand back up. Oh yeah, can't forget the hick ref immediately deducting a point on an accidental infraction that did virtually no damage
1. Nick Diaz is the most consistently entertaining fighter in the sport. Anyone that says otherwise is a butthurt prude
I am an unabashed Diaz hater, and that clouds me from acknowledging his entertainment value. But, of course, a year from now, I will gladly pay $60 (or $400, if the event is in Canada) to see GSP wrestlefuck Diaz into oblivion.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/232618/ufc-primetime-st-pierre-vs-shields
The grudge match will have to wait. So will Jon Jones' first title defense.
A hand injury has knocked the new UFC light-heavyweight champion out of action for the time being, leaving the UFC without a main event for its upcoming return to Philadelphia in August. As a result, the promotion has booked a fight pitting Jones' scheduled opponent Rashad Evans against rising star Phil Davis.
The UFC 133 fight was confirmed by the UFC on Monday morning. It was first reported by the Canadian Press.
The full extent of Jones' injury and his rehabilitation time is not yet known, according to a source with knowledge of the situation, though it is believed to be a torn ligament. The uncertain timetable was a key factor in the change.
Evans (15-1-1) has not fought since last May when he defeated Quinton "Rampage" Jackson via unanimous decision. Afterward, he was supposed to fight Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, choosing to wait for Rua to recover from knee surgery to fight him. As Rua neared healthy though, Evans suffered an injury of his own. He was replaced in the fight by Jon Jones, who knocked out Rua to become the youngest UFC champion ever.
As members of Team Greg Jackson, Evans and Jones had originally promised never to face each other, but that bond fractured even before Jones won the belt. In the weeks since, Evans left his longtime camp of Team Jackson and the two have traded barbs online.
The friendship turned into a grudge match, but Jones' injury will sideline it at least for the time being. The UFC has yet to announce whether Davis would become the No. 1 contender with a win over Evans.
The unbeaten Davis is 9-0, and most recently defeated Antonio Rogerio Nogueira via unanimous decision at a Fight Night event in March.
UFC 133 takes place on August 6 at the Wells Fargo Center.
Wow, that's kinda insane for such a small octagon
lol. Good for you Boogie.
I can say I'm very excited for the main title fight but I actually think Couture Machida might be interesting and it seems a solid card overall.
It should be fun to see such a large crowd at an mma event.
Are you going to the weigh-ins, Boogie?
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there are places to watch online chrono
smh @ GSP. Mentally weak, and I don't care what anyone says. Worse than the worst of Anderson's bullshit. Hominick impressed me infinitely more
Machida's career-ending Karate Kid KO was worth the PPV price, though
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:lol
I just can't tell if Machida and Anderson are trolling us or what.
Any word yet on how bad GSP's eye really is, like is there permanent damage?http://mmajunkie.com/news/23460/champ-georges-st-pierre-ok-after-ufc-129-eye-injury-expected-to-recover.mma
Pacquiao versus Mosely is about to start. Should be an obvious dusting of Mosley by Pac but that's why they fight.
http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=6535275Chicken salad out of chicken shit, amiright?
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Bantamweight bout: Renan Barão vs. Cole Escovedo
Bantamweight bout: Michael McDonald vs. Chris Cariaso
Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Rafaello Oliveira
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Tim Boetsch
Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Demetrious Johnson
Main card
Middleweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago
Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Rick Story
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Travis Browne
Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson
Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Hamill
What are your guys' thoughts on Fedor vs. Hendo?
What are your guys' thoughts on Fedor vs. Hendo?
Shit fight between Overeem and Werdum. Both of these guys would get dusted in the UFC by the top guys.
What's the deal with "Testosterone Replacement Therapy"...? I'd never heard of it before MMA, and here there seem to be a number of these fighters being treated for it. Is it just an easy, theoretically legal loophole in the rules against doping?
Although his debut ended in success – Marquardt earned a decision victory over UFC veteran Ivan Salaverry – post-fight drug testing controversy led to Marquardt's suspension by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Marquardt tested positive for high levels of nandrolone, an anabolic steroid, which led the commission to file for his suspension. Marquardt maintains that he only used over-the-counter supplements in preparation for his fight.
God is dead, Boogie
God is dead, Boogie
I worship at the altar of GSP now.
Joe isn't commentating UFC 134 :(
Getting his tonsils taken out.
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Bantamweight bout: Yves Jabouin vs. Ian Loveland
Featherweight bout: Yuri Alcantara vs. Felipe Arantes
Welterweight bout: Erick Silva vs. Luis Ramos
Bantamweight bout: Raphael Assunção vs. Johnny Eduardo
Welterweight bout: Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell
Preliminary Card (Televised)
Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Dan Miller
Lightweight bout: Thiago Tavares vs. Spencer Fisher
Main Card
Light Heavyweight bout: Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Lightweight bout: Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza
Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Light Heavyweight bout: Maurício Rua vs. Forrest Griffin
Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Yushin Okami
Nick Diaz no shows to two press conferences after Dana spends 15k on airline tickets for him and his posse.
Cesar Gracie even went so far as to leave his own son's birthday party in order to try and drive Diaz to the airport.
Dana says "Fuck this" and pulls Diaz, gives the title shot to Condit.
:lol @ Nick Diaz.
Just hope BJ gets a good replacement opponent.
Career over
And now we're stuck with fucking Condit? I knew yesterday with Overeem vs Lesnar was too good to last
I don't think Condit offers much more if anything on the feet, and we all know what would happen on the ground. GSP probably would have driven Diaz through the mat like he probably will Condit, but I'd still much rather watch Diaz work off his back
Also, in that video he pronounced Condit's name as Conduit :lol
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Boogie suggests I check out and research the most popular mma fighters so i can get into it.
UFC is the most popular mma league, right?
List some names, niccas. Especially boogie. I'm researching the rules of MMA right now.
Thanks a lot. In boxing I always gravitated towards lightweights, probably because I like fast fighters. So I'll start there first.
Do MMA rules change depending on the league?
No mention of Clay Guida for lighter fighters? Guy never has a bad fight.
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyhsDZna6AE[/youtube]
"I'm not trying to make all these little excuses," Diaz today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "If I'd have known the fight was going to be off, I would have [expletive] gone to the press conference, or I would have told somebody, 'Hey, if I don't make it to this stupid [expletive], I'm not fighting.' I think that people would have gotten me there. I think people would have come and gave two [expletive] and gotten me to that press conference."
There were reasons that didn't happen, but Diaz wants to make it perfectly clear he's not trying to shift the blame. There was the lost passport that prevented him from making it Canada, and to be honest, Diaz admits he really didn't even realize why he was supposed to be getting on the plane. Had he known his shot at St-Pierre depended on his attendance, there certainly would have been a little more importance placed on compliance. However, Diaz thought it was little more than a video shoot that was more distraction than destination.
"I didn't even know there was a press conference," Diaz said. "I thought it was some PR thing. People were trying to tell me, 'You're going to do this skit' and that I was going to be a part of some PR skit where I had this part where I was walking through a hall, kind of like that scene Jake Shields did. I was like, 'What the [expletive]? Are you kidding?' So I'm thinking, 'Somebody better come over here and tell me what I'm doing and get me ready to go do it so I don't look like an [expletive].' That's how I feel when you're coming to get me ready for something I'm not ready for.
:bow MAYWEATHER FUCK YEAH :bow2
Rampage is gonna get fucked UP tomorrow
Jon Jones can snitch on all the stoners he wants as long as he keeps demolishing everyone
Rampage is gonna get fucked UP tomorrow
Jon Jones can snitch on all the stoners he wants as long as he keeps demolishing everyone
My problem with Rampage is that his UFC game has simply become the better striking version of Chuck Liddell and I think against really balanced fighters that style won't work or more accurately will be tough to implement against a top flight elite like Jones. He doesn't take anybody down anymore. He doesn't use leg kicks. He uses his superior striking to stay away and look for the big shots.
Tomorrow is my first UFC PPV :-[
Here's the style problem for Rampage as I see it:
Jones' freaky reach means a striking battle at range is not going to go well for the 'Page.
So, in theory, Rampage would want to get inside and work punches from in close.
But *oops*, you can't get into clinch range with Jones, because his Greco/Judo style throws are God-tier. So if Rampage does that he just gets dumped on his back.
Now, Rampage has very underrated defence on the ground, but almost no one attacks on the ground like Jones does.
It's not that Rampage has no chance. It's just that he's not the smart bet.
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Light Heavyweight bout: James Te Huna vs. Ricardo Romero
Bantamweight bout: Takeya Mizugaki vs. Cole Escovedo
Featherweight bout: Junior Assunção vs. Eddie Yagin
Preliminary Card (televised)
Middleweight bout: Nick Ring vs. Tim Boetsch
Lightweight bout: Tony Ferguson vs. Aaron Riley
Main Card
Lightweight bout: Nate Diaz vs. Takanori Gomi
Heavyweight bout: Travis Browne vs. Rob Broughton
Heavyweight bout: Ben Rothwell vs. Mark Hunt
Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Josh Koscheck
Light Heavyweight Championship: Jon Jones (c) vs. Quinton Jackson
How utterly predictable
and yet still entertaining!
Kinda funny seeing Jones not able to just throw his opponent around, though. For all of his supposed versatility, he missed so many opportunities in the clinch to drive his knees through Rampage's fat head.
Main Event:
Lightweight Championship: Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Gray Maynard
Main Card:
Featherweight Championship: José Aldo (c) vs. Kenny Florian
Middleweight bout: Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann
Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Joe Lauzon
Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan
Preliminary Card (Spike TV):
Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Jorge Santiago
Lightweight bout: Anthony Pettis vs. Jeremy Stephens
Preliminary Card (Facebook):
Heavyweight bout: Joey Beltran vs. Stipe Miocic
Featherweight bout: Zhang Tie Quan vs. Darren Elkins
Middleweight bout: Aaron Simpson vs. Eric Schafer
Middleweight bout: Steve Cantwell vs. Mike Massenzio
Preliminary card (Facebook)
Middleweight bout: Dustin Jacoby vs. Clifford Starks
Middleweight bout: Chris Camozzi vs. Francis Carmont
Lightweight bout: Ramsey Nijem vs. Danny Downes
Light Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Eliot Marshall
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Featherweight bout: Tyson Griffin vs. Bart Palaszewski
Lightweight bout: Dennis Siver vs. Donald Cerrone
Main card
Featherweight bout: Hatsu Hioki vs. George Roop
Bantamweight bout: Scott Jorgensen vs. Jeff Curran
Heavyweight bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Roy Nelson
Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione
Welterweight bout: B.J. Penn vs. Nick Diaz
Siver Cerrone could be hot shit.
BJ is gonna come in fat and lose on points
BJ is gonna come in fat and lose on points
BJ is going to get KTFO'd before he can submit Diaz.
I don't like Diaz at all. I'm one of those dojo-dorks that thinks martial artists should behave themselves and present themselves respectfully. So I hope that BJ gets a definitive win over Diaz.
GSP is going to get a hurt!
Dawww!
BJ's eye looked pretty nasty from the side. Ugliest case of swelling since Starnes vs Aldo?
The presser was...awkward.
edit: I was wondering where you were, Boogie! Thought you might have anger stroked on us after the post-fight interview
GSP is going to get a hurt!
aww, that's cute.
Preliminary card (Facebook and FoxSports.com)
Light Heavyweight bout: Aaron Rosa vs. Matt Lucas
Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs. Paul Bradley
Bantamweight bout: Alex Caceres vs. Cole Escovedo
Featherweight bout: Mackens Semerzier vs. Robert Peralta
Bantamweight bout: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Darren Uyenoyama
Welterweight bout: DaMarques Johnson vs. Clay Harvison
Featherweight bout: Cub Swanson vs. Ricardo Lamas
Featherweight bout: Dustin Poirier vs. Pablo Garza
Lightweight bout: Ben Henderson vs. Clay Guida
Main event
Heavyweight Championship bout: Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos
Cain > Junior
Ben Henderson > Clay Guida
I don't think I know anything about the opponents of Cub Swanson, Cole Escovedo, or Kid Yamamoto, and I'm completely unfamiliar with everyone else. Still infinitely better than UFC 138!
Have they explained why only the main event is being televised? It doesn't make any difference to me but it seems like a strange decision, even accounting for the casual fan's love of heavyweights. I can imagine so many scenarios where this just ends in disaster
Cain > Junior
Ben Henderson > Clay Guida
I don't think I know anything about the opponents of Cub Swanson, Cole Escovedo, or Kid Yamamoto, and I'm completely unfamiliar with everyone else. Still infinitely better than UFC 138!
Have they explained why only the main event is being televised? It doesn't make any difference to me but it seems like a strange decision, even accounting for the casual fan's love of heavyweights. I can imagine so many scenarios where this just ends in disaster
The official deal between FOX and UFC doesn't start until next year. This is like a last-minute preview they put together, I think. I totally agree that it could turn out really badly.
Cain > Junior
Ben Henderson > Clay Guida
I don't think I know anything about the opponents of Cub Swanson, Cole Escovedo, or Kid Yamamoto, and I'm completely unfamiliar with everyone else. Still infinitely better than UFC 138!
Have they explained why only the main event is being televised? It doesn't make any difference to me but it seems like a strange decision, even accounting for the casual fan's love of heavyweights. I can imagine so many scenarios where this just ends in disaster
The official deal between FOX and UFC doesn't start until next year. This is like a last-minute preview they put together, I think. I totally agree that it could turn out really badly.
Yes, but it being a "last-minute bonus" thing doesn't explain why they couldn't make it 90 minutes and throw Guida/Henderson on too.
That was quick
Yeah he reportedly threw a fit ahaha
Pretty abrupt way to end the night after all that hype. They definitely need a couple fights leading in. The production overall was surprisingly not that horrible but they have to get the NFL music out of there
lol, dana sounds pissed in the post-fight analysis.What's up with him talking shit about the new champion's gas tank? what was that about?
The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first live bout on network television lasted only 64 seconds, but nonetheless managed to become one of the most-watched fights of the new millennium.
Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez’s heavyweight title fight attracted 5.7 million viewers and a 3.1/5 household rating to Fox on Saturday night, according to figures released Sunday by Fox Sports Media Group. The statistic makes UFC on Fox 1 the most-watched event in the 18-year history of the UFC, as well as the most-watched professional fight since 2003, when 7 million viewers tuned in to watch Lennox Lewis defeat Vitali Klitschko on HBO.
The UFC on Fox rating also eclipsed the 4.9 million viewers which EliteXC drew to CBS in May 2008 with a heavyweight bout between Kimbo Slice and James Thompson.
In an official release, Fox projected the UFC event to win its 9:00-10:00 p.m. time slot for Saturday, despite heavy competition from a trio of college football games on ABC, NBC and ESPN. UFC on Fox pulled strong numbers in key demographics, including 4.3 and 4.0 in Men 18-34 and Men 18-49, respectively. According to Fox officials, the Men 18-34 rating was higher than all but one college football game thus far this season, bested only by the Nov. 5 showdown between top-ranked Louisiana State and No. 2 Alabama.
The show, which took place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., was highest-rated in the UFC’s hometown of Las Vegas, where it earned a 5.3/9. Other successful local markets included Dallas (5.1/10), Phoenix (5.1/9) and San Antonio (5.1/8).
Cain sucks
Also LOL @ Shields/Sexyama for UFC in Japan
RIP Japan
The only guy who was winning was Okami and he got clowned by Anderson Silva.
CSAC is run by dumbfucks
sup yall.. fucking scale was acting all nutty today for 139, CSAC is run by dumbfucks
Dana is full of himself, I just hate his ignorance. He talks way more than he should.
Dana is full of himself, I just hate his ignorance. He talks way more than he should.
I love Dana 80% of the time.
He's as much a fan as he is a President, which is his strength.
Fight should have been a draw. How the last round wasn't a 10-8 is beyond me
Dana is full of himself, I just hate his ignorance. He talks way more than he should.
I love Dana 80% of the time.
He's as much a fan as he is a President, which is his strength.
He is really making this press conference about his opinions. He is also clearly biased and when Ariel got him cornered he just went on in circles and then ignored him and went on about him and judges.
Those presser are perfect for point out the logical fallacies games. You didn't create a sport, your argument is invalid, SHUT UP!
Can someone lamp me for the Fedor fight?
@JoshGrossESPN
Josh Gross White denies Overeem is off the Lesnar card. But Alistair is on Mon.'s NSAC agenda. I've heard possibly in connection w/ prefight drug test.
But to my fans who are worried that I will not be 100 percent ready to rip Brock Lesnar apart on December 30 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, let me promise you: coming back to Holland for this camp will not be a factor at all. ... I say to MMA fans, again, don't worry, I will be sending this guy back to WWE for you.
Lesnar doesn't like getting hit, and Overeem has got sick reach. And Overeem has decent ground, doesn't he?
Anderson Silva vs. Demian Maia UFC 112:rofl
Demian Maia is one of the many people smart enough not to attack Anderson Silva. In fact, if that was the measure of intelligence, Demian Maia might be the smartest man alive. He stood almost perfectly still in front of Silva for almost 25 minutes, but he's not the villain in this story. This is the fight where Anderson Silva earned his black belt in High School Bully.
Once he saw that Maia wasn't doing anything, Silva teased the fellow Brazilian with little dances and Portuguese racial slurs. It looked like two children playing video games with Anderson Silva being controlled by a racist little brat and Demian Maia controlled by a kid whose Internet kept going out. This wasn't a fight. This was a boy jamming fireworks into a helpless cat while a crowd booed.
Despite the slow pace of the fight, it seemed like 15 minutes of making fun of white people and doing The Macarena was too much for the champ. He spent the last 2 rounds retreating in a circle and catching his breath. And while Silva didn't find the time to throw many attacks during this dance recital, one of the shots still fractured something near Maia's eye. When this happens and you blow your nose, your eye swells shut like an air mattress. Demian Maia blew his nose. That meant that for the rest of the fight, Demian had to watch this shimmying dickhead taunt him through an eye that looked like a body builder's vagina. At the risk of inventing an Internet fetish, his entire field of vision must have looked like Chyna giving birth to a boxing glove.
Apparently Brock retired after the fight. I'm gonna assume that surgery was pretty serious and he realizes he can't compete anymore after it.
Brock Lesnar :lol
Fuck you dana
For what its worth I thought it was stopped too early although the result would have been the same.
Hendricks has a left hand like a Jon Fitch fight. It could put anyone to sleep.
Brock Lesnar :lol
Fuck you dana
For what its worth I thought it was stopped too early although the result would have been the same.
What did he say this time?
Johnny Hendricks is my new favourite fighter for fucking up Jon FitchYES!
edit: Holy crap Chronovore! Missed the pic at the top. That's awesome;)
edit: Holy crap Chronovore! Missed the pic at the top. That's awesome;)
Was Brock a top-tier fighter? I mean, yeah, Heavyweight Champion and all that, but it looked like he wasn't even in the same weightclass as Couture in that fight. He's 5-3-0, and I think he was given the championship shot ABSURDLY early.
That was an amazing Aldo finish.
"He says, 'I am praying every night when I go to bed that Nick Diaz wins this fight,'" White said. "I have never seen Georges St. Pierre hate somebody. He hates Nick Diaz. I've never seen him so motivated to fight somebody and to beat somebody like Nick Diaz."
I eagerly await the 5 round blanketing by GSP
http://deadspin.com/5879953/ufc-president-dana-white-compares-anti+sopa-activists-to-911-terrorists
''You go out there and start acting like a terrorist, you're gonna get Osama Bin Ladden'ed''
I bet his asshole is jealous of the amount of shit that comes out his mouth.
I eagerly await the 5 round blanketing by GSP
errr, that was kinda rambling. I can only rest easy because I've changed credit card numbers since I became a UFC Fight Club member over a year ago, so my info is safe. :lol
Bisping's problem is his overconfidence. He keeps thinking he's smarter than the other guy, and he's clearly not. Once the surprise attack has failed twice, probably best to put that aside for a bit. Or maybe he thought it landed? I dunno. He thought he won the fight, it was ridiculous; did he think the judges were scoring pitty-pat strikes from the bottom as hits?
Sweet! Then I've seen my first UFC live event, in a bar, with good beer, and good friends. Only one other table seemed to be paying attention, but even they left before the final fight.
What the hell was a "title eliminator" match? I thought Rashad was the champ, because it was 5-rounds... but it wasn't even an interim champ match?
As of the Shogun-Hendo fight last year, the UFC has decided that the main event for all PPV and Fox cards will be 5-rounds, even if a non-title fight.
Sweet! Then I've seen my first UFC live event, in a bar, with good beer, and good friends. Only one other table seemed to be paying attention, but even they left before the final fight.
What the hell was a "title eliminator" match? I thought Rashad was the champ, because it was 5-rounds... but it wasn't even an interim champ match?
As of the Shogun-Hendo fight last year, the UFC has decided that the main event for all PPV and Fox cards will be 5-rounds, even if a non-title fight.
Utterly boring fight but Condit won it. If Diaz wasn't a lunkhead and so macho about his fighting style I actually think he could have easily won it. But he's too "cool" to chase or try to take somebody down to the ground.
Diaz is a crazy mother fucker and I have nothing but respect for him. When Diaz says what he really thinks about this scoring system he is called a goof, a whiner, a baby, an angry girlfriend, a bad loser, crying like a little bitch so on and so on.. But when Dana white swears and calls reporters fegs, hardcore fans idiots, internet users no-lifers and compares script kids with 9/11 terrorist attackers people look up to him and praise his alpha fat ass for having the courage to tweet.
Not trying to start a flame war. I was just in rant mode and honestly that's how mma fans generally act like, at least that's how i see them.
Noooo, I pretty much consider Dana to be a complete douche when he does those things too.
Most people are just as you've said. I didn't take it to be a disrespectful swipe at your fellow boritos, but rather a swipe at the TapOut Bros and couch jiujitsu experts worldwide who are riding Dana's prong.I just showed the fight to my dad and my younger brother, they both have seen an mma match or two before but are not really fans of the sport. They watch more K1 on Eurosport but they found this one really entertaining and where fully engaged in conversations about the fight and how it ended.
http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/2012/2/8/2784104/dana-white-carlos-condit-accepts-rematch-with-nick-diaz(http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs4/1571472_o.gif)
rematch
http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/2012/2/8/2784104/dana-white-carlos-condit-accepts-rematch-with-nick-diaz
rematch
http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/2012/2/8/2784104/dana-white-carlos-condit-accepts-rematch-with-nick-diaz
rematch
no rematch.
rumblings is that Nick got busted for weed on the drug test again. lololol
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/3/22/2893170/ufc-dana-white-soccer-least-talented-sport-on-earth
son of a whore
They really are not showing UFC Sweden any love. :(
This was a random drug test. Overeem was to be randomly tested twice before the match as one of the conditions of him being granted a licence.
But there's not enough of it being done. I think UFC want to have the commissions do it since they handle it at events, but none of them have enough money to do so.
Any predictions on the main event Alexander vs Silva? I am on my way to Stockholm now to watch the event, my first UFC. Btw, If I get to ask tito ortiz a question in the Q&A what should I ask him?
I think Rashad has a very good chanse of winning. I will make an update on UFC Sweden when I come back home.
I think Rashad has a very good chanse of winning. I will make an update on UFC Sweden when I come back home.
I think Rashad has almost zero chance of winning.
Rashad's record is great, but when you look at how he wins, he barely wins.
Barely beats Thiago Silva.
Barely beats Rampage.
Gets KTFO'd by Lyoto.
Even had moments of struggling against Tito early on.
Whereas Jones:
Curbstomps Rampage.
Chokes Lyoto unconscious.
Outside of a close first round against Machida, hasn't had a moment in his UFC career where he wasn't winning the fight.
I say Rashad is getting steamrolled. Might take until round 4 for the finish, but it's going to happen.
Wildcard is the psychological game. Outside chance that Rashad is in Jones' head.
So yeah guys boxing is officially dead. They can just pack up their shit and fuck off. The one time I decide boxing may be worth my time post Lennox and I walk into this bullshit.
In a perfect world, yeah.dude everyone knew that Mir was going to get destroyed exactly like he did which was why there were so many people pulling for Mark Hunt, he would've put up a better fight and don't give me shit about rankings and MMAth, it's all about the stylistic matchups. But he got injured too anyways.
But there was really no one else they could have given the fight to on such a short notice after the Overeem clusterfuck.
Mir was the best choice of a bad situation.
Regardless, I'm hyped now for this Silva/Sonnen 2 fight, shit is gonna be NUTS when Sonnen shatters the myth that was Anderson Silva.
For what its worth I think Silva owes Sonnen a great debt in the sense that Sonnen was a viable, worthy opponent with a viable worthy gameplan that gave Silva a good deal of mainstream credibility in a way that Silva never had. You want your favorite fighters to have rivals and opposition. Ali needs a Frazier. The Lakers need the Celtics. And MMA has been kinda missing that dynamic recently. This fight mattered in a way that most MMA fights don't. Whether that was manufactured is another debate but it felt real and that's what matters.
For what its worth I think Silva owes Sonnen a great debt in the sense that Sonnen was a viable, worthy opponent with a viable worthy gameplan that gave Silva a good deal of mainstream credibility in a way that Silva never had. You want your favorite fighters to have rivals and opposition. Ali needs a Frazier. The Lakers need the Celtics. And MMA has been kinda missing that dynamic recently. This fight mattered in a way that most MMA fights don't. Whether that was manufactured is another debate but it felt real and that's what matters.http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Viewpoint-Farewell-to-a-Partnership-44033
Main Card
Chris Clements vs. Matt Riddle
Brian Ebersole vs. James Head
Cheick Kongo vs. Shawn Jordan
Hector Lombard vs. Tim Boetsch
Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao
Preliminary Card
Mitch Clarke vs. Anton Kuivanen
Antonio Carvalho vs. Daniel Pineda
Bryan Caraway vs. Mitch Gagnon
Ryan Jimmo vs. Anthony Perosh
Roland Delorme vs. Francisco Rivera
Court McGee vs. Nick Ring
Main Card
Henderson vs Edgar
Cerrone vs Guillard
Shields vs Herman
Okami vs Roberts
Lawrence vs Holloway
Prelims
Bermudez vs Hayden
Hamman vs Kuiper
Stone vs Perez
Pague vs Camus
Lentz vs Mitsuoka
Hey, how did Jon Jones get his original title shot, anyway......?
Hey, how did Jon Jones get his original title shot, anyway......?
I think it was against shogun with 42 days notice but I might be wrong.
Yes, the UFC is to blame for putting such a shit undercard on 151. But they tried to salvage the card. And it doesn't change the fact that Jones' actions are bullshit.
Greg Jackson didn’t think Jon Jones should accept a short-notice bout against Chael Sonnen, and the trainer hasn’t changed his view despite strong criticism from UFC President Dana White.
“When it was brought to me, it was a question of, ‘Do you think we should fight Chael Sonnen on basically three days’ notice?’ The fight week doesn’t count,” Jackson told the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Jordan Breen Show.” “It’s not eight days’ notice. You’re not training and preparing for somebody on that week. You’re cutting weight and doing the media and basically not training at all. You get like 15 minutes. So that was the question that was asked -- ‘Should we fight somebody at Sonnen’s level with three days’ notice? -- and as a trainer I thought absolutely not. I didn’t know that like an entire card was in the balance or anything like that. [Jones] came to me as a trainer and asked me a question, and I advised Jon and I stand by that.”
Jones had been scheduled to fight Dan Henderson on Sept. 1 in the UFC 151 main event. However, Henderson suffered a partial MCL tear. Sonnen, a training partner, agreed to replace him, but Jones declined the bout and the UFC cancelled the event. White blamed Jackson for Jones’ decision, calling the trainer a “sport killer” and adding that he shouldn’t be interviewed by anyone other than a psychiatrist.
“I was asked an opinion,” Jackson said. “I gave it. I gave my advice. I still think that it’s a valid opinion. Again, I’m not a promoter, so I don’t have to deal with the things [he] deals with. I guess part of that is, he’s in his world and I’m kind of in my world. Our worlds are very much the same. We do do a lot of fights in his organization, but he comes at it from he’s got a lot of people to take care of. … He’s also a very passionate guy. I come at it from I want my guys to win as quickly as possible and I want them to be smart in there and treat it as a sport. I guess that the conflict comes there. We just have different personality types. I’m no good at talking bad about people. I never really have been.”
Jackson said he didn’t know the event would be cancelled if Jones declined to fight Sonnen, but that he still stood by his opinion.
“[Sonnen] knows what he’s doing, and obviously he’s been training with Dan Henderson, so he’s been right there in the entire camp helping him get ready for Jones,” Jackson said. “I know he’s in good shape, and it just didn’t seem to me like a smart thing to do on three days’ notice, to fight somebody of that caliber. I feel that it’s a professional sport and it’s the world championship. Fighting somebody on three days’ notice is not something Jon needs to do. That was my opinion, and it still is today. I won’t change it or turn it around. There’s a lot of people that think Jon could blow Chael out of the water, and maybe he could, but preparing for somebody for a world title on three days’ notice, for me, is not something that’s wise.”
Getting on White’s bad side might not be wise either, but Jackson is hoping there won’t be any repercussions for him or his camp because he gave Jones honest advice.
“I gave my two cents,” he said. “I gave my opinion. If Dana hates me because of that, then there’s nothing I can do about it. I certainly hope he doesn’t punish other people because that’s the way I feel about it. I think he’s a better guy than that, but I have no idea. At this point I’m a little taken aback by the whole thing.”
Quote from: BoogieYes, the UFC is to blame for putting such a shit undercard on 151. But they tried to salvage the card. And it doesn't change the fact that Jones' actions are bullshit.
Weak undercards are due to having too many shows. It's not Jones' fault, I don't blame him for not taking a fight that has no upside for him. I would think twice about my boss asking me to do something on very short notice that could damage my earning power or career
Unfortunate situation but I don't believe fighters should be forced to take very late notice fights without preparation. If they are willing to do it then props on them but I understand a person not wanting to do that.
Glad your overweight friend is trying something active; is he the guy from the other thread? If so, martial arts may give him some self-respect, start him on a path to healthiness.Yeah it is him, I really liked that he didn't give a flying fuck about how he looked and just worked out with us. He is motivated and is planning to continue.
Neither guy wants to fight each other. The GSP fight is much more likely although I'm pretty sure GSP isn't too keen on doing that one so who knows if it will ever happen either.
For what its worth I think Jones would smash Anderson simply because he's too big and strong and athletic. Which is to take nothing away from Silva.
I think you do the Silva versus GSP super fight first and if Silva wins that then basically you offer so much money for the Jones Silva superfight that they would kinda have to be crazy to turn it down. I think that's the only potential way it could happen.
The casual public has moved on to Jones versus Silva but that's partially due to GSP being out of the public eye for so long with the injury. He's back next month when he defends against condit. Silva is also far more open to that fight (let's be honest because he has a much better shot at winning it). GSP has historically shown far less interest in it, but if Dana wheels up the money truck, he might be a company man for a catch-weight fight.
or whatever gimme fights Jones will inevitably have throughout his career.
AHEM
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Jon-Jones-Chael-Sonnen-to-Coach-TUF-17-on-FX-Prior-to-April-27-Title-Bout-on-PPV-46571
I wouldn't even care if this were not a TUF fight.
:piss TUF :piss2
I always get the weirdest boners whenever BJ Penn or a Diaz brother catches a beating...
I'm not gonna go as far as GAF or the Shertards in the GSP hate but I won't be shedding any tears if he takes an ass whooping.
Diaz by punches -> gogoplata a la Diaz/Gomi baby.spoiler (click to show/hide)In my dreams. GSP by five rounds of uneventful grapplefucking. GSP will beg the crowd for forgiveness and maybe talk more about the empty space between his ears, and Nick will have another I'M distinguished mentally-challenged/RETIRING meltdown. Maybe Dana will fuck Hendricks over again and announce Maia as GSP's next opponent.[close]
WHY DID I CLICK THAT?!?! :yuck
I'm surprised by how many people call still call Silva a fraud
anyone haz stream? firstrowsports is garbage
I can't wait for all the people saying Anderson threw the fight.
I can't wait for all the people saying Anderson threw the fight.
What sort of idiot would say that. It's pretty clear what happened.
He really should retire though. There isn't much else to prove out there and hes quickly approaching 40.
The much-anticipated UFC middleweight rematch between champion Chris Weidman and former titleholder Anderson Silva is set for Dec. 28 at UFC 168 in Las Vegas, promotion president Dana White told ESPN on Saturday.
sonnen is fucking awful
sonnen is fucking awful
He has one skill and that's it. He's always been overblown.
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre announced Friday that he will step away from fighting for an undetermined period of time.
As such, St-Pierre will relinquish the UFC belt one month after retaining his title for the ninth time in a controversial decision over Johny Hendricks in Las Vegas.
UFC president Dana White announced that, in lieu of St-Pierre, Hendricks has been tabbed to fight Robbie Lawler for the vacant strap March 15 in Dallas.
St-Pierre, 32, cited personal issues and a severe reaction to the intensifying pressure of being a star athlete for his decision to walk away at this time.
"My life is a frickin' zoo right now," the Montreal native said during a teleconference.
St-Pierre refused to explain the nature of his personal issues. During a question-and-answer session at an event in Quebec City following the announcement, he said he will consult with his family about the direction of his career.
The three-time Canadian athlete of the year will continue to train and improve on his considerable skills, he said. However, he did not wish to think about fighting at this time and didn't consider it fair to hold up an expansive list of contenders beneath him.
"I'm content," St-Pierre said. "It's a lot of things I wanted to do. I wanted to be the greatest, and also I said before when I do things, I want to do things to be remembered, to make a difference in the sport, make the sport reach another level. I'm trying to do it during my last fight. Unfortunately, it did not work. These people are not ready for it. I tried to do my best."
St-Pierre was alluding to his disappointment regarding the scope of drug testing leading up to his fight with Hendricks on Nov. 16 in Las Vegas, the fighter's manager, Rodolphe Beaulieu, told ESPN.com.
St-Pierre said he hoped for a normal life and that he didn't "want people thinking about me."
He has been outstanding as a competitor for the UFC, standing as champion twice since 2006 while posting a 25-2 record. The fighter said he was 100 percent healthy and ready to physically compete, but mentally he was ill-prepared to step in the cage at this time.
St-Pierre is the most successful draw on pay-per-view for the UFC, but White noted this is part of the business.
"He's got these issues that he needs to deal with, and once he deals with them, he can focus on training and being a fighter again," White said.
St-Pierre left the door wide open to returning.
"If I decide to come back, I will be at the top of the game," he said.
Couldn't even finish his career, went out by decision.:lol :lol
Fun first round. Rhonda is so strong. And dat judo.
I bet Dana didn't expect his prized woman fighter to become a heel after this match.
At least it didn't happen in the first round. I saw enough in the first round to declare Weidman the better fighter.
This is like the worst case of fucking blue balls ever. EVER!for real real.
So unsatisfying.
:'(
Yea, that ending was a bummer but it was a fantastic card pretty much throughout.yeah it was. But its like a really good fuck that gets interrupted during climax by your mom busting in.
Also a pretty shitty way to end a career. No way Anderson is coming back from that shit. He's too old. :'(yeah I hate to see him go out like this. I was hoping that even if he was knocked out again he would eventually end his career fighting. But between both Weidman fights he is going out on a really sour note.
Well he gave me a lot of good memories. And he was most entertaining/perplexing/dazzling/bewildering fighter of this generation.
At least it didn't happen in the first round. I saw enough in the first round to declare Weidman the better fighter.
The same thing happened in the first fight and Silva was winning the second round (in the prior fight I mean) before the craziness happened. Just my opinion but one round of not very damaging ground and pound doesn't mean a guy is going to win the fight.
But what does it really matter at this stage.
meh I'm going to bed.
I don't understand how anyone can see that as anything other than a definitive ending. It's a horrific injury, to be sure, and I am surprised that it doesn't happen more in the sport.
But what you appear to be saying, Skidmark, is that Weidman baited Silva into attacking in a manner which would allow him to inflict that kind of injury? Did I get that right?
DC has got this
I would not have tried to get in between them :lol
On a serious note though this is the most interesting, exciting fight in a long time in the UFC for me. I think both guys are great fighters. Should be fun.yep. Both are incredibly talented and it seems like a legitimate competition this time. Most recent UFC fights are already decided as soon as they announce them
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So... cocaine?
Dana outright lying: There is no warrant. NYPD has stated this to multiple reporters. This is a straight up NWO angle. :lol :lolhttp://calgarysun.com/sports/mma/conor-mcgregor-causes-a-stir-at-ufc-223-media-day
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Dana outright lying: There is no warrant. NYPD has stated this to multiple reporters. This is a straight up NWO angle. :lol :lolhttp://calgarysun.com/sports/mma/conor-mcgregor-causes-a-stir-at-ufc-223-media-day
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People have said from the match-ups and championship opportunities that UFC has long been less of a sport and more about theater. I had no idea it'd gone this far.
NBC News: Champion UFC fighter Conor McGregor is in custody and is expected to be charged with assault by the NYPD following an incident in Brooklyn, NY earlier today, @jonathan4ny & @SarahWallace4NY report.
UFC 223 main event is official. Al Iaquinta will face Khabib Nurmagomedov in five round title fight. Nurmagomedov is eligible to win the undisputed title, Iaquinta is not because he did not weigh in at 155 pounds this morning.
World Boxing Super Series?
Guess the Joshua thing is about Deontay Wilder.
joerogan It is insanely rare to have a fighter as dominant as @khabib_nurmagomedov. In one of the most talent stacked divisions to go 25 and 0 is incredible, but to do it without even having a rough moment in a fight is completely unheard of.
The closest thing to adversity he’s had to face in the Octagon before Saturday was one solid punch that was landed by Michael Johnson in a fight that was otherwise a horrifically one-sided mauling. When I’m commentating on someone that dominant I am constantly looking for cracks in their armor, and on Saturday night we saw the first of those cracks exposed by an incredibly game Al Iaquinta.
Most people, myself included, expected the highly favored Khabib to rag doll his last minute opponent the way he’s done to everyone else he faced in the Octagon, and that was the case in the early going, but as the fight got into the later rounds Al was able to keep the fight standing and we saw some possible flaws in Khabib’s defense. Make no mistake about it, Khabib won that fight by a landslide, but it went to a decision, and that in and of itself was an upset.
When I’m looking at a fighter as spectacularly talented as Khabib fighting a guy like Al who is an almost impossible underdog I’m not just looking at this fight, but I’m looking at openings that can possibly be exploited by the best fighters in the division. I saw some of those openings Saturday night, and I certainly found them interesting. In no way am I biased against Khabib, in fact I’m a massive fan of his and he’s one of my all time favorite fighters. If any of you were annoyed by my concentrating on that aspect of an incredibly dominant performance by one of the most impressive guys in the history of the division, please accept my sincere apology.
When I commentate on fights my goal is to highlight the action and make it more exciting for the fans at home. Obviously all this is done live in real time, and if I had to go back and do it again I would often be able to do a better job. Even after all the years I’ve been commentating I still learn something new about the position with each and every event, and when that stops happening that will most likely be when I quit.
This Zabit guy is the real dealYeah he's insanely talented. I hope he sorta reigns it in a bit though, he's going to get himself Weidman'd with all the spinning and fancy shit, other than that there's no limit for him.
This Zabit guy is the real deal
It was definitely 2-2 but I give Rose the last round, mostly because of her last minute takedownThey need to do something about that in scoring, there is no sense in scoring a takedown where the person getting taken down gets up immediately or pulls the wrestler straight into a guard and works them from below. It's fucking dumb, if they do that then they need to start counting submission attempts as well. That being said the takedown wasnt the difference maker for me.
Rumours of a Nate Diaz versus Georges St-Pierre fight have been doing the rounds in the MMA media over the last few days and UFC President Dana White has today confirmed that they are true.
Speaking on the UFC Unfiltered podcast earlier today, White confirmed that the UFC are targeting a lightweight bout between St-Pierre and Diaz
I can't believe Pennington's corner put her into the 5th round. I wouldn't be surprised if she changes camps cos that was some bullshit
I can't believe Pennington's corner put her into the 5th round. I wouldn't be surprised if she changes camps cos that was some bullshit
I've never liked that macho element of the sport where people continue to fight in mma fights when they are hopelessly outclassed. People should be more willing to throw in the towel versus taking a ridiculous beating with no hope of winning.
Then again the matchmaking also creates some of these situations.
Canelo buying some judges to call his loss a draw then trying to PED to get GGG the next time is an interesting sequence of events to lead to calling GGG a hymen, I hope GGG never gives that bum another fight.
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The clear implication was "don't work yourself into a shoot, brother"
UFC PPVs will be exlusively provided through ESPN+ going forward. Not included with ESPN+, but only able to be purchased through ESPN+.
So they want you to pay for an OTT monthly subscription streaming app to be allowed to pay $65 for their PPVs.
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Oh, you also need to have a Fight Pass subscription to watch most of the other shows.
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https://twitter.com/latimespugmire/status/1107736822770073600
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Junior welterweight Maxim Dadashev died Tuesday morning as a result of brain injuries suffered during an 11th-round knockout loss to Subriel Matias on Friday night at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Dadashev was 28.
francis lmaohttps://twitter.com/slavisa_janjic/status/1259325907686350849
https://twitter.com/Pat_Egan/status/1259326009431777280