- Best of Bellator Video: Pat Curran vs. Mike Ricci at Bellator 14. + Show Spoiler +
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Jhyun88 United States. Jul 21 2011 03:49. Posts 1383
Man.. poor Joe Stevenson :/
Who's this Papy Abedi guy getting to face Thiago on his UFC debut.
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PuertoRican United States. Jul 21 2011 05:31. Posts 13037
^ Thiago Alves is 1-3 in his last 4 fights, he needs a win badly. You can tell when a fighter draws a lot of fans to the UFC when they are kept around after multiple losses and/or are given a new fighter to the UFC who's from overseas.
Papy Abedi is an 8-0 Judo fighter with 5 wins via KO, 2 via submission, so this is most likely going to be a standup war for Thiago, which is his specialty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papy_Abedi
I think the UFC brings in guys like Papy Abedi and Jorge Santiago, who are known fighters overseas with good records, and then feed them to UFC fighters that are up and coming that need wins vs. notable guys like Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago (Santiago is good but is well known for having a weak chin and his first fight back in the UFC is vs. a heavy handed fighter, Santiago usually has decent standup but its vs. weaker opponents then Stann, and Santiago usually tries to get it to the ground at some point, which Stann was prepared for), and now Thiago Alves vs. Papy Abedi (should be a pure standup fight with Abedi underestimating the power of Alves). (Just my guess)
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PuertoRican United States. Jul 21 2011 20:17. Posts 13037
- Paul Sass vs. Michael Johnson set for UFC on Versus 6 in Washington, D.C.
- Ramsey Nijem vs. Danny Downes added to UFC 137 in Las Vegas.
- Cincinnati to host "Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinals" on Sept. 10.
- Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante vs. Yoel Romero slotted for Sept. 10 Strikeforce event.
- Michihiro Omigawa vs. Jason Young added to UFC 138 in England.
- Welterweights Mark Scanlon vs. James Head added to UFC 138 in England.
- Terry Etim returns against Edward Faaloloto at UFC 138 in England.
- Nelson vs. Wetherspoon, Newton vs. Shivers co-headline Shark Fights 18.
Ovince St. Preux: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
def. Joe Cason: $3,000
Sarah Kaufman: $10,000 (no win bonus)
def. Liz Carmouche: $2,500
Adlan Amagov: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus)
def. Ron Stallings: $3,000
T.J. Cook: $5,000 ($2,500 win bonus)
def. Lionel Lanham: $2,000
Anthony Smith: $5,000 ($2,500 win bonus)
def. Ben Lagman: $2,000
Bill Cooper: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus)
def. Maka Watson: $2,000
Sterling Ford: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus)
def. Brian McLaughlin: $2,500
Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special bonuses Zuffa, LLC oftentimes pays.
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
- Curse continues: Alessio Sakara is out of UFC 133 with torn ACL, Jorge Rivera's new opponent is Constantinos Philippou. Philippou's former opponent, Rafael Natal, will now face Paul Bradley.
- Matt Riddle welcomes newcomer Lance Benoist at UFC Fight Night 25.
- Gerald Harris signs multi-fight deal with DREAM, could debut at September event.
- Movie trailer: "Haywire" starring Gina Carano. + Show Spoiler +
- Quick photo of Rory MacDonald's foot going towards Nate Diaz's face. + Show Spoiler +
- Vitalskills: Fedor Emelianenko Fedor's way day 1. (basically Fedor and his crew in Illinois, trying to kill time before his fight this weekend) + Show Spoiler +
- Here's that Denis Kang vs. Seung Bae Whi slugfest that everyone has been talking about. + Show Spoiler +
- Amanda Lucas will be making her MMA debut at the DEEP 55 event. Amanda is the daughter of George Lucas. Look at the promotional poster and see if you notice anything that is related to a George Lucas film. + Show Spoiler +
- Tim Kennedy to be on next week's episode of Deadliest Warrior. Next week's LIVE episode of Deadliest Warrior features the US Army Rangers vs. North Korea's Special Forces. Tim Kennedy will be one of the experts for the Rangers. Episode premiers at 10pm EST/21:00 LP.net. http://www.spike.com/shows/deadliest-warrior
so many good fights involving overeem could have been made!
im a regular at nl5
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PuertoRican United States. Jul 30 2011 19:54. Posts 13037
Alistair Overeem cut from Strikeforce
(Most of what is said below has been taken from various news articles mixed with a little bit of my own words, which is why it will look like things are jumbled together.)
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Earlier this week it was reported that Alistair Overeem had been removed from the Strikeforce Grand Prix tournament, and Daniel Cormier would take his place. With Overeem himself saying he had a broken toe, Scott Coker said Overeem's job wasn't in jeopardy and that he still had one fight left on his Strikeforce contract.
Shortly after it was announced that Alistair Overeem had been released by Strikeforce, the latest episode of his video documentary "The Reem" hit the web.
Why is this significant?
Because the video showcases an important piece of the puzzle. On top of running through his fight against Fabricio Werdum on June 18th in Texas, it also fasts forward to about a month later and showcases "Demolition Man's" trip to the hospital.
During his time there, Overeem proclaims that he "must prove" his injuries are real and proceeds to get his ribs x-rayed to determine any damage. Sure enough, the doctor explains that he has a broken rib and advises him not to fight until he no longer feels any pain.
Nevertheless, Overeem was recently booked for a kickboxing match that will take place at the United Glory event in October, in his native Netherlands.
Barring a surprise move to the UFC, Overeem is going to be the sport's top free agent – but one far too expensive for most organizations to afford.
Overeem, who hasn't been defeated in four years and his past 11 fights, won the Strikeforce belt in 2007 and defended the title just once (against Brett Rogers) during his reign. The run included numerous overseas fights for other organizations, as well as an active K-1 kickboxing career.
"If anyone reads the UG forum there's a guy named Hammers Hamil who posted about Brocks surgery before it happened, and A few days ago posted about Reem being stripped of his title etc. He has an inside source at SF. He doesn't post here so i'm just relaying them to this forum.
Anyways he posted tonight which is interesting because he's been accurate so far.
Again this is just RUMORS but rumors from an accurate source. This is just for discussion purposes right now."
Josh barnett is not a lock as of yet for the tourny as ohio obides with csac and nsac zuffa is trying to smooth things over but been told it can happen but is not guaranteed... Werdum has been told to keep in shape and training cause he will be brought back into the tourny... Heat on sergei for taking that kickboxing match and may get shown the door also if that fight happen lots going on in strikeforce land...
On July 21 2011 02:49 Jhyun88 wrote:
Man.. poor Joe Stevenson :/
Who's this Papy Abedi guy getting to face Thiago on his UFC debut.
He was at the gym I did BJJ at a while ago. I wasn't there but apparently he's ridiculously strong but may or may not have some slight issues with cardio which is annoying if he's cutting down to Welterweight. Good Judo and nice power though.
Here's a fun Vblog from THE MAULER!
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PuertoRican United States. Aug 02 2011 18:28. Posts 13037
- Chad Ochocinco calls out Georges St. Pierre: "I'll fuck him up." + Show Spoiler +
- Scott Coker: Cung Le is going to fight in Strikeforce, hopefully before year's end. (Cung Le originally said he would only fight in the UFC for his next fight, guess he was wrong.)
- Chris Cope vs. Che Mills planned for UFC 138 in England.
- Leonard Garcia out, Jim Hettes in against "Bruce Leroy" at UFC on Versus 5.
PuertoRican United States. Aug 03 2011 20:46. Posts 13037
- Zuffa releases team Golden Glory from both their organizations, including names such as Marloes Coenen, Valentijn Overeem, and Jon Olav Einemo. Sergei Kharitonov is the last member of the team to still be employed by Zuffa, but if he loses in the Strikeforce Grand Prix, expect him to get axed as well. http://mmajunkie.com/news/24666/rep-z...alentijn-overeem-john-olav-einemo.mma
- Strikeforce's Tim Kennedy on Spike TV's "Deadliest Warrior" tonight. The show airs at 10 p.m. ET/PT, and an immediate replay is set for 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.
- Rick Story calls out Dong Hyun Kim. He wants the fight to take place at UFC 139. Story is 6-2 in the UFC, Kim is 5-1 in the UFC.
- Fedor Emelianenko opts against retirement, M-1 Global says he'll return in the Fall. His opponent is unknown, but the location will likely be in Russia.
- Steve Cantwell vs. Mike Massenzio added to UFC 136 in Houston. (both are 1-3 in the UFC)
- UFC's Jorge Rivera decides against retirement. He's 7-7 in the UFC, currently on a 2 loss streak and looked terrible in his last fight.
- Chad Mendes hand injury from UFC 133 should be fine in a few weeks.
- ProElite close to signing broadcast deal with CBS and Showtime.
- Jon Jones: Rashad Evans was never my friend, just a jealous snake.
Kendall Grove vs. Joe Riggs
Andrei Arlovski vs. Ray Lopez
Reagan Penn vs. Paul Gardiner
Sarah McMann vs. Raquel Pa'aluhi
Mark Ellis vs. Jake Heun
Drew McFedries vs. Kala Hose
