PuertoRican United States. Mar 30 2011 23:01. Posts 13184
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some sadistic part of me wants to see bj vs anthony johnson freakshow match. massive gap in skill level and massive gap in size. what weighs more? who knows, lets find out!
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i wish fitch didn't get hurt, i really wanted to see penn/fitch 2 and see what kind of game plan penn would employ
On March 30 2011 23:51 Daut wrote:
some sadistic part of me wants to see bj vs anthony johnson freakshow match. massive gap in skill level and massive gap in size. what weighs more? who knows, lets find out!
i think standard penn tdd and speed would win here, johnson's takedowns aren't GSP/fitch level and even GSP only got penn down in the second round of their title fight i think.
johnson would probably be less effective and have less time to grind bj down.
penn decision i think or 3rd round sub
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Jhyun88 United States. Mar 31 2011 01:18. Posts 1383
Except Anthony Johnson is big enough to be a heavyweight... I'd easily pick Johnson for 3 rounds of lay and pray.
On March 30 2011 23:51 Daut wrote:
some sadistic part of me wants to see bj vs anthony johnson freakshow match. massive gap in skill level and massive gap in size. what weighs more? who knows, lets find out!
LOL I'm curious now in a sicko sort of way.
Fair bit of shit has been going down over on bjpenn.com over training etc and why he stopped using the Marinovich brothers. Interesting read as BJ was answering quite a few questions and giving some incites into what goes on behind the scenes.
not news but seems like seagal was telling the truth about teaching machida and silva some martial arts tricks. he's teaching them kali arnis and some aikido
hard to argue that the guy's not legit when 2 of most elite strikers listen to him lol
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Jhyun88 United States. Mar 31 2011 07:34. Posts 1383
Commenting on a picture of Chael Sonnen posted on The Underground forum today, Bisping mocked the American’s recent California State Athletic Commission hearing. Sonnen told the hearing he was using hormone replacement for his UFC 117 fight with Anderson Silva because he has under-developed testicles.
“I think Jail just saw Jake Shields in the shower and cant take how large his balls were in relation to his,” Bisping commented underneath the photo, which shows Sonnen next to Shields looking a little cross."
On March 31 2011 05:43 whamm! wrote:
not news but seems like seagal was telling the truth about teaching machida and silva some martial arts tricks. he's teaching them kali arnis and some aikido
hard to argue that the guy's not legit when 2 of most elite strikers listen to him lol
Never seen anyone as tricked by marketing as you lol.
Silva isn't big in Brazil, even though he is from Brazil, Seagal however is extremely known in Brazil,
and they are both using it to their advantage that massive media whoring is awesome.
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PuertoRican United States. Mar 31 2011 18:36. Posts 13184
A broken hand takes Mike Kyle out of the fight vs. Gegard Mousasi at "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley"
i just got back from RFC 4 which is an mma here in recife - brazil
here is card:
70kg Junior Assunção (Ascension MMA - EUA) VS Wes Murch (ING)
70kg Rafaello Oliveira (AMA Fight Club-EUA) VS Ryan "Bones" Bixler (EUA)
93kg Marcos Rogério "Pezão" (Barbosa Team-SP) VS Rodrigo "Dragão"(PR)
66kg Marcos Vinicius (NineNine-PE) VS Renato Velame(Champion Team-BA)
100kg Cassio "Jacaré" (Jacaré Fight Team) VS "Leleco" Guimarães (Gracie Barra-BA)
61kg Vanessa Porto (SP) VS Kalindra Farias (Gibi Thai-SP)
77kg Thawã Rils (NineNIne-PE) VS Alldyr "Pé" (Gracie Barra/Axé Capoeira-PE)
84kg Jack Godzilla (Kezen-PE) VS Gilvan (Marcos Valle JJ-PE)
84kg Renato Castro (Kezen-PE) VS Paulo Cesar (Punch Team/GF/NineNine-PE)
70kg Pedrinho (Kezen-PE) VS José Angola" (Jacaré Fight Team-PE)
I was especially excited for this fight since for the first time i would see someone fight who i personally knew, my jiu jitsu teacher Renato Castro who was gonna fight his first ever mma fight. He is an amazing jiu jitsu practitioner having won world championship 3 years back if im not mistaken.
He was up against a striker and immediately took a punch or two and tried for the takedown via grabbing one leg which failed ... next few minutes he repeatedly tried the same fail attempt and in numerous occasion got up and gave his back to the striker in which one point the guy kicked him in the ass.. eventually ref stopped the fight from so much beating he was taking and doing absolutely nothing
was quite shocking to me to see my teacher get beat so hard while the guy in jiu jitsu owns so hard
seems like a trend at some of these jj guys that are great on the ground and bad standing that they don't know how to take the opponent down well
anyhow the fights were really bad up until the last two
rafaello oliveira gave an impressive performance vs the american, thought he was really solid and definitely has the potential to be a ufc fighter
and the last fighter, whos brother is already in the ufc, was over in like 30 seconds, guyt chocked the opponent out really fast
and that was the event
ill update post if video ever comes out of the fights
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as promised here is fights:
fight of my jj teacher renato, one of the worst performances i have seen:
fight of godzilla, another guy from my gym, very humble and has some power in him
the last two fights which were the best are not up yet, ill edit again once they are
Jhyun88 United States. Apr 04 2011 17:56. Posts 1383
lol Sonnen and Bisping might kill each other before the real fight if they really coached TUF.
TUF: Team Fedor vs Team Couture or Nog. Make it happen lol.
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 04 2011 18:21. Posts 13184
Strikeforce.com posted a couple matches to hype up this weekends event.
PuertoRican United States. Apr 04 2011 21:55. Posts 13184
Wanderlei Silva vs. Chris Leben at UFC 132.
Via wikipedia, the current fight card looks like this:
* Bantamweight Championship bout: United States Dominick Cruz (c) vs. United States Urijah Faber
* Middleweight bout: Brazil Wanderlei Silva vs. United States Chris Leben
* Lightweight bout: United States Melvin Guillard vs. United States Shane Roller
* Lightweight bout: Australia George Sotiropoulos vs. United States Evan Dunham
* Lightweight bout: Germany Dennis Siver vs. United States Matt Wiman
* Light Heavyweight bout: United States Tito Ortiz vs. United States Ryan Bader
Eddie Alvarez on Ariel Helwani's radio show, this was a few days before his recent title bout against Pat Curran. He speaks some truth, it's worth the listen, only 15 minutes.
Click on Eddies face in the picture box once you're at the site, so it takes you directly to his portion of the show.
Caros Fodor: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. David Douglas: $2,500
Lorenz Larkin: $4,000 ($4,000 win bonus)
def. Scott Lighty: $2,000
James Terry: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus)
def. Josh Thornburg: $2,000
Damion Douglas: $2,000 ($1,000 win bonus)
def. Wayne Phillips: $1,000
Anthony Avila: $1,000 (no win bonus)
def. Rafael Rios: $1,000
Robert Escalante: $1,000 (no win bonus)
def. Raul Sandoval: $1,000
Tristen Arenal: $1,000 (no win bonus)
def. Tom Peterson: $1,000
Ronald Carillo: $1,000 (no win bonus)
def. Adam Antolin: $1,000
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.
In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not represent the total amounts earned by each fighter.
wtf silva lied AGAIN when he said that he had taken something to prevent the 'painkillers' from appearing in the urine test results
and that was a letter that he sent to everyone, including the ufc iirc, when his controversy became public
now he admits to have taken steroids and used a synthetic urine -_-
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 07 2011 22:46. Posts 13184
"I feel like I get paid way too much money but not enough"
ROFL...
Nick Diaz is such a faggot, I cant wait for Daley to knock his fucking block off.
The way he opened up that interview is dumb, and he thinks he's too cool for school.
My favorite post from that thread is:
Doctormma
This video should be used as an educational video across gyms in the USA. This is what your brain will look like after serious drug abuse. If this doesn't scare the kids off I don't know what else will. It wasn't the herbal that did this to him.
Let's dissect the ramblings of Mr. Space Cadet Diaz..
Too Many Fights: He has averaged 2 a year for SF.. although being the greedy person he is he jumped to make more money fighting in Japan by choice every year.
Nick if you needed a break you should've said no to the money.
Not Afraid to Fight: There was a huge Mayhem fight on the cards.. but Nick turned it down.. because he didn't want to fight at MW.. but for many other fighters he did go up to MW to fight them. It sounds like he has a chicken farm in his backyard.
Paid Like Elite Fighters: PacMan, Money, GSP, Couture, Wanderlei all have something in common.. they fight the best so get paid exceptionally. Boxing only pays the super elite.. the rest get buttons.. as Diaz has learned they are not interested in paying him big either.
He has an impressive winning streak.. losses to Parisyan, Sanchez, Riggs, Sherk before being cut by the UFC who are middle achievers at best in the UFC won't make for great paydays Nick. You are overpaid.
Scoring System: Nick stated he didn't realize it when he was an 18 year old how to play the rules.. Nick you are not 18 anymore.. the rules haven't changed much.. yet you complain about elbows causing cuts.. and then say you won fights because of damage... and then you lost fights because of damage that you thought you won...? What is it?
You complain about wrestlers playing for points yet you load up on pitter-patter punches that do no damage unless you have reach.. and can keep the opponent away. Which is what you are blessed with.
Sounds like Nick is looking for an advantage on every angle.. but not willing to concede anything.. he knew wrestling was paramount and that is why he spent all these years training his complaints against the system instead of learning to stuff the take-down, or how to out wrestle an opponent to an advantage.
Hey I too think wrestlers can be boring hey BJJ which Nick is a practioner of was the exact reason yellow cards were introduced in the first place.. in Japan.. but I only think people that complain about wrestlers are even more boring.. a great fighter is just that.. no excuses.
That brings us to the yellow cards and his rant.. against the UFC...
Dana White would love to see Yellow Cards Nick.. just imagine Bonuses & Yellow Cards.. Dana would be in heaven... but it is the commissions that say NO!!! You dumb ass.. everyone knows that.
In Japan there were no Commissions that regulated the sport so stomping an opponent on the canvas was cool... a soccer kick that was great.. but lets face reality fighters would die if either of those practices were continued with better fighters in the modern day.
That severe level of trauma to a fighter would cause harm to our sport.
Now I too was a huge Pride fan.. and still believe knees to the head of a downed opponent are legitimate as well as 12 to 6 elbows..
but let us make it clear the only reason for not having YELLOW CARDS ARE THE COMMISSIONS. It has nothing to do with the UFC.
The commissions don't believe that a fighter should be docked his purse for trying to defend themselves, especially in a fight that they are extremely mismatched in, which on occasion will happen.
Fighter safety is the importance.. in those situations.. and although I believe in the Yellow card system.. I agree with the commissions because of the safety. Instead maybe the ref stepping in and docking a point on the round for stalling would be more effectual without harming the safety of those in a weaker position.
Docking the purse.. was sometimes abused in Pride to pay a fighter less.. in some cases both fighters were docked for a close fight that none were stalling in.
Just imagine if your boss could dock your pay not because you weren't great but because you couldn't reach his targets.
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 08 2011 20:07. Posts 13184
UFC fighter Chael Sonnen's federal charge results in two years' probation, $10,000 fine.
Good thing he's white, and somewhat respectable in the MMA community. I assume we'll see him in UFC sometime this year.
On April 08 2011 15:13 PuertoRican wrote:
The way he opened up that interview is dumb
Just the way he opened? It was the ramblings of a retard for the entire interview. So pretty much a typical Diaz interview really. Don't really care who wins this weekend, hopefully it's a double KO.
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Jhyun88 United States. Apr 09 2011 00:34. Posts 1383
Quadruple KO imo! Nate Diaz and Mayhem Miller will jump in after the fight and also knock each other out.
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 09 2011 00:39. Posts 13184
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Recent fighters released from UFC
Ricardo Almeida (retired) - Welterweight 6–5
Dave Branch - Middleweight 2–2
Todd Brown - Light Heavyweight 0–2
Chris Camozzi - Middleweight 2–1
Rob Kimmons - Middleweight 3–4
Sean McCorkle - Heavyweight 1–2
Chris Tuchscherer - Heavyweight 1–3
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 11 2011 18:03. Posts 13184
Nick Thompson calls it quits on MMA career.
I think Nick fought too much in his career, without stopping and really working on his weak points, like wrestling. I've only seen 2 of his fights, so I cant say anything good/bad about him, but I do know he was weak against a wrestler in his match vs. Askren. Nick is only 29 years old, and fought 53 times.
PuertoRican United States. Apr 12 2011 18:13. Posts 13184
Brian Foster out of UFC 129 with brain hemorrhage.
The bad news comes on the heels of another serious injury from which Foster recently recovered. Fiore said the welterweight received a hard kick to the groin six weeks ago that caused one of his testicles to burst, and doctors were forced to remove it.
PuertoRican United States. Apr 13 2011 07:40. Posts 13184
As a reminder, "UFC Primetime" returns tonight in anticipation of UFC 129's championship main event.
The three-part series focuses on UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre (21-2 MMA, 15-2 UFC) and former Strikeforce titleholder Jake Shields (26-4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), who headlined this month's massive UFC 129 event.
The show debuts tonight (Wednesday, April 13th) at midnight ET/PT (00:01am on Thursday). Two subsequent episodes debut each week in the same timeslot.
Replays of the debut episode air Thursday at 1:30 a.m. ET/PT and 11 p.m. ET/PT. The same goes for the April 21 and April 28 editions.
UFC 129 takes place April 30 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and airs on pay-per-view. The event is sold out with more than 55,000 tickets purchased within the first hour of the on-sale period. It'll be the largest-attended event and biggest gate in North American MMA history.
Different from the UFC's traditional "Countdown" show (which also returns for UFC 129), "UFC Primetime" goes more in depth and focuses on some of the biggest fights of the year. The most recent "Primetime" special, for example, focused on this past October's UFC 121 heavyweight title clash between then-champ Brock Lesnar and challenger Cain Velasquez.
St-Pierre twice before has been featured in "UFC Primetime" specials. The champ's UFC 111 bout with Dan Hardy drew the extra treatment, as did a UFC 94 fight with B.J. Penn.
Joe Duarte: $2,000 ($1,000 win bonus)
def. Saad Awad: $1,500
Herman Terrado: $1,500 ($500 win bonus)
def. A.J. Matthews: $1,000
Rolando Perez: $3,000 ($1,000 win bonus)
def. Tom Peterson: $1,000
Casey Ryan: $2,000 ($1,000 win bonus)
def. Paul Song: $750
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.
In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not represent the total amounts earned by each fighter.
Chael Sonnen, who we have not heard from since December, will make his first public appearance to address all the news going on his professional and personal life. Click the link below, and then click on Chael's thumbnail photo below the video box, it's the last in the list. That way you can skip to his interview.
PuertoRican United States. Apr 14 2011 23:28. Posts 13184
Nick Diaz reworks contract, eyes boxing bout with Jeff Lacy. In the article, it says that Fernando Vargas has some medical test/issue preventing his fight against Nick Diaz after they had signed some contract for the fight, but Vargas will be fighting against Henry Buchanan in 2 days after a 3 year retirement. Vargas had talked about returning to the ring for several months, so this issue Cesar Gracie said Vargas had puzzles me, since Vargas is fighting this Friday.
Jon “Bones” Jones may soon need to change his nickname to Superman or Batman.
The current UFC light heavyweight champion has somehow gotten into the hero business, and business is good.
Jones hit the spotlight on March 19, the same day he fought Maurcio “Shogun” Rua for the UFC light heavyweight title when he subdued a thief after he broke into someone’s car and stole their belongings.
Jones, along with his coaches Mike Winkeljohn and Greg Jackson, stopped the thief and held him there until police could arrive to make the official arrest.
While on a business trip to Florida this week, Jones observed a young woman along with her child involved in a somewhat loud conversation over a cell phone while he was checking into his hotel.
Jones overheard the young woman crying because she had apparently flown to Florida to be with her boyfriend, and after an argument ensued, he left her and her child to fend for themselves with no place to stay and an airline ticket for a flight that didn’t depart for two days.
Jones took it upon himself to offer to put the young lady and her child up in the hotel for the time she needed until her flight could take her back home.
It wasn’t until much later that the young woman was told that she wasn’t just helped out by a young man trying to do a good deed, he just happened to be one of the best fighters in the world.
“It’s just a good testament to his character,” Jones’ manager Malki Kawa of Authentic Sports Management, who was with Jones at the hotel, told MMAWeekly.com.
“I mean the guy walks into a hotel on South Beach, expecting maybe to go to bed or maybe go to dinner, and he sees a young lady that he’s got absolutely no responsibility to, and a young boy that’s absolutely not his responsibility, and just being a good citizen overheard a conversation and felt it was important that he handled their situation for that night. Just being the good guy that he is, helped a fellow citizen in need.”
Jones graciously paid for the room and went about his business, after making sure the woman and her child were safe and taken care of until they could make it back home.
The UFC light heavyweight champion might soon have to take on a second job as full-time life saver.
“His bat signal is a JBJ,” Kawa joked about Jon “Bones” Jones, the hero. “You put JBJ up in the clouds, he’ll probably come to the rescue.”
Its time to stop thinking like a bitch and think smart like a poker player - ket
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 18 2011 23:29. Posts 13184
Following questionable loss, Marcos Galvao granted Bellator tourney spot. Basically, most people thought Marcos Galvao beat Joe Warren in this past weekends non-title fight in Bellator 41, but two judges scored it 29-28 for Warren and the third gave it 30-27 for Warren, everyone including the CEO of Bellator said the 30-27 was a bad scoring, but he has no control over the judges. http://mmajunkie.com/news/23290/follo...vao-granted-bellator-tourney-spot.mma
After a 0-3 UFC record, Kris McCray was released from the organization.
After a 1-3 UFC record, Mario Miranda was released from the organization.
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LikeASet United States. Apr 19 2011 17:01. Posts 2113
don't know if anyone mentioned already but Nate the Great is moving down to welterweight wtf, how is he going to fit his yolked physique into the 170lb division? Also Kongo vs Pat Barry fk yeah will be an awesome fight. (June 26)
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 19 2011 18:01. Posts 13184
Randy Couture on retirement: "I think that time has come". "I think it's time to focus on the other things I have going in my life after the fight," Couture said. The 47-year-old Couture's film career has ramped up in recent years, and his work on the silver screen shows no signs of abating. He is scheduled to film "Hijacked" following UFC 129 and begins work on "The Expendables 2" in August. http://mmajunkie.com/news/23299/ufc-1...rement-i-think-that-time-has-come.mma
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 20 2011 19:33. Posts 13184
UFC moves 5 preliminary fights to FaceBook. Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Claude Patrick vs. Daniel Roberts (Welterweight) Ivan Menjivar vs. Charlie Valencia (Bantamweight) Jason MacDonald vs. Ryan Jensen (Middleweight) John Makdessi vs. Kyle Watson (Lightweight) Yves Jabouin vs. Pablo Garza (Featherweight)
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 22 2011 01:22. Posts 13184
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LikeASet United States. Apr 22 2011 01:56. Posts 2113
lol heath hearring doesn't belong with those elites, movie is actually going to take mma 2 steps backwards imo. Wonder what script Anderson Silva has with his Michael Jackson voice, prolly doesn't have any lines at all i bet.
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 23 2011 18:46. Posts 13184
I was listening to a radio talk show just now, Jones has a reoccurring hand injury from college, but it would come and go.
Basically he tore a ligament between his thumb and pointer finger, and he cant make a fist and it hurts when he tries to shake someones hand.
If he lets it heal now, he can have a lengthy career that will last at least another 15 years if he wants it.
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 26 2011 05:02. Posts 13184
Fight Life is a new groundbreaking documentary that gives the audience an intimate look into the real life of the modern day professional fighter. From paying dues starting out at the smaller shows to the championship fight on prime time TV, Fight Life chronicles the daily lives of professional fighters from all different levels over the course of one year. Directed by award-winning indie filmmaker James Z. Feng, this documentary currently stars: Frank Shamrock, Jake Shields, Nick Diaz, Lyle Beerbohm, Ryan Schultz, Matt Lindland, Miesha Tate, Gilbert Melendez, "Big" John McCarthy, Bryan Caraway, and Sam Sheridan (author of "A Fighter's Heart"). http://www.fightlife.tv/
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 26 2011 21:33. Posts 13184
Reminder: "UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Shields" concludes tonight on Spike TV. This is the third and final episode of the Primetime show, so don't miss it. It starts at midnight EST/PST.
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PuertoRican United States. Apr 28 2011 19:25. Posts 13184
Recent UFC signings: Chad Corvin, heavyweight, 6-0, team Etown Beatdown & Stanislav Nedkov, light heavyweight, 11-0, team Bulgarian federation BUSHIDO.
- I think there's some fights that aren't title fights that are main events, and it ends up being three (rounds), and it should have been five. I'm a big fan of it, and we're working on that right now. Lesnar vs. Dos Santos was almost a 5 round fight, except their fight was already lined up and didn't want to change anything. (I personally think they wouldn't mind a 5 round match.)
- As for adding extra rounds to fights that are a draw, like 3 round fights + 1 extra round if its a tie: That's a commission thing, White said. It has nothing to do with me. I hate draws.
- On Nick Diaz going into boxing: I just have to sit down and talk to Nick. It's been a long time since Nick and I have sat down and really talked since when he was in the UFC. I jut want to have the opportunity to talk to him. If I leave there and he says, 'I'm doing this. I want to do this,' then we'll honor the deal.
- On TUF 13: In our deal with Spike TV this season, we don't have as many episodes as we've had in the past. We figured that we would be killing some of the reality. We wouldn't have enough time to tell stories. But we really, really made a big mistake not having these guys fight to get in the house. I guarantee you that will never happen again.
- On the UFC lightweight division + Anthony Pettis: With Jim Miller and Dennis Siver making strides in the 155-pound division, some MMA pundits wondered if former WEC champ Anthony Pettis might be forced to wait for his shot at the UFC crown even if he proves victorious in a June matchup with Clay Guida.
White quickly shot down any potential theories regarding the future of the division. No, White said. "It's Pettis".
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PuertoRican United States. May 03 2011 17:57. Posts 13184
The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale - June 4
UFC 131: Lesnar vs. dos Santos - June 11
Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum - June 18
Strikeforce Challengers 16 - June 24
Bellator 46 - June 25
UFC Live: Marquardt vs. Johnson - June 26
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PuertoRican United States. May 03 2011 21:27. Posts 13184
Jedeye United Kingdom. May 06 2011 12:11. Posts 188
all these films look fucking awful. Also the fighters and others are constantly talking about how they are trying to make the sport more mainstream/legitimise it/ improve the public perception of it but next thing you see is them starring in a movie that makes the sport seem like some shady underworld gang organised bull shit. The films are also always terrible.
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JonnyCosMo United States. May 06 2011 14:28. Posts 7292
Jim Miller fought and won his match on March 19th.
So basically we have Anthony Pettis vs. Clay Guida on June 4th.
Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard in August or September at the earliest.
1. So basically if Anthony Pettis wins vs. Clay Guida, we'll see Pettis vs. Edgar/Maynard in December/January at the earliest. (guesstimate)
2. Then, after the winner of Pettis vs. Edgar/Maynard is over, the earliest another title shot would be April/May. (guesstimate)
3. Jim Miller will have 13-14 months of waiting time, so we can see him take 1 more fight and then just wait around for awhile, or possibly take 2 fights, but taking just 1 fight and laying low is his best bet, but either way he has to wait so long to fight for a title shot that 2 other people have to fight for first.
MMA movie theme - " I'm forced to fight because ..."
- i want revenge for my (father/fight buddy/brother/wife) death or hospitalized in critical condition
- to pay back what my (father/fight buddy/brother/wife) owes these guys
MMA documentary theme - "It's a hard life really..."
- no, really man, we're all white here but it's still a tough sport
- i grew up in a farm and got a free college education because of wrestling and decided to do this fight club thing for a living now I'm broke
- even though i get twice the recognition and pay for the same amount of hard work a boxer does, it's really tougher because we white guys deserve better in life unlike those black/hispanic boxing guys
On May 09 2011 20:29 whamm! wrote:
MMA movie theme - " I'm forced to fight because ..."
- i want revenge for my (father/fight buddy/brother/wife) death or hospitalized in critical condition
- to pay back what my (father/fight buddy/brother/wife) owes these guys
MMA documentary theme - "It's a hard life really..."
- no, really man, we're all white here but it's still a tough sport
- i grew up in a farm and got a free college education because of wrestling and decided to do this fight club thing for a living now I'm broke
- even though i get twice the recognition and pay for the same amount of hard work a boxer does, it's really tougher because we white guys deserve better in life unlike those black/hispanic boxing guys
i dunno what is the average pro boxer's salary? i read/saw somewhere that an mma fighters is 11k a year.
pro boxers dont even get paid nothing and lets face it, its hard to get boxing events running if ever at all, most boxers will never get paid 11k a year. usually boxers get close to nothing but you never see a documentary about them complaining about it since most of them come from really poor backgrounds and/or work a regular job to support themselves.
its different from country to country but i lived near a boxing stable before and got to be friends with a lot of them and asked about hwo much they made, how they regularly fix fights etc, it was really the worst living conditions, plus their food was crap. i dont blame boxers trying to make the switch to MMA, but this kind of working condition has been in boxing culture since forever.
I like MMA though, just that I get why boxers and boxing fans are semi-bitter about the MMA fighting thing. Also i find the movies and documentaries mostly bad, except for 1 or 2.
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goose58 United States. May 10 2011 06:16. Posts 871
If UFC paid a tad more for their fights I think the level of competition would increase because 1) fighters will have more time training, less time working jobs 2) More people joining MMA competitions
I'm pretty sure they are doing really well right now, but obviously I dont have access to their records
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PuertoRican United States. May 10 2011 07:15. Posts 13184
I feel bad that Miller isn't getting a shot yet, but that's the LW division for you and he'll probably beat Bendo. I'm thinking some sort of finish too! he brings the noise too hard for it to go to a decision
Apparently a bunch of people are posting how they expected this. They think Brock Lesnar's name was used to draw people to watch the TUF 13 show. That would make sense why Shane Carwin was originally given an opponent to face by the name of Jon Olav Einemo (6-1) who hasn't fought since November 2006. It's pretty easy to scrap that fight and not have to find a replacement for Jon Olav Einemo while Carwin easily steps in for Lesnar.
PuertoRican United States. May 13 2011 18:26. Posts 13184
Jones declines surgery, could still face Evans before year's end. Rather than fixing his hand now, he'd rather skip surgery since it's optional, and face future hand pains and possibly hurt his hand further in the future. So Rashad steps to him after he beats Shogun, then Jones vs. Evans is set, Jones pulls out because he hurt his hand, then Evans vs. Davis is set, now Jones says he wants to skip the surgery which he is now told is optional and says he can fight later this year. It makes no sense to not get the surgery now and have your hand be fixed for the future since its the smart thing to do and especially since your competition will be fighting during that time. http://mmajunkie.com/news/23598/ufc-c...still-face-evans-before-years-end.mma
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Vladimir Matyushenko in the works for UFC 133 in August. (This should happen since there's nobody else to match them up with atm.)
Former WEC vice president Peter Dropick has replaced Scott Coker as Strikeforce's No. 1 guy, and UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby has taken over matchmaking duties. Only Coker and his assistant remain as full-time employees according to several recent reports.
PuertoRican United States. May 17 2011 18:51. Posts 13184
"Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez 3" official for Nov. 12, 2011, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. In two previous bouts, "Pac-Man" won a split decision over "Dinamita" in 2008 following their controversial draw back in 2004.
Mayweather just made a fool out of marquez outscoring him like 6 to 1, Marquez is old as fuck etc, damn boxing is a fucking joke nowadays.
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PuertoRican United States. May 17 2011 23:48. Posts 13184
On May 17 2011 22:25 Baal wrote:
Pac vs Marquez? srsly???
Mayweather just made a fool out of marquez outscoring him like 6 to 1, Marquez is old as fuck etc, damn boxing is a fucking joke nowadays.
It was from a credible boxing source, but Juan Manuel Marquez has a fight with David Diaz on July 2nd, if JMM beats Diaz then a rematch vs. PacMan might happen, we'll see.
Things are kinda crappy atm in boxing, but there are some good fights to watch here and there, and if you only focus on the PacMan matches then you'll forever be pissed off cuz nobody will beat him within the next 3 years and I doubt Mayweather will ever fight him. I dunno who ducking who, so I say fuck them both.
My brain is too forgetful to remember PacMan vs. JMM's 2 fights, but the first was a draw, the second was a split decision.
Do you remember if JMM got owned?
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PuertoRican United States. May 18 2011 20:49. Posts 13184
UFC recent signings: Vagner Rocha (6-1 Welterweight), Aaron Rosa (Heavyweight 16-3), Dave Herman (Heavyweight 20-2), Jorge Santiago (Middleweight 23-8)
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PuertoRican United States. May 19 2011 18:24. Posts 13184
Programming Alert: Rampage Jackson to appear on the 'Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson' on May 23, 2011.
Fitch says Nick Diaz is a 'paper champ,' making a rumored fight with Georges St. Pierre at UFC 140 later this year in Montreal perhaps not all that meaningful. Diaz defeated Marius Zaromskis to win the vacant 170-pound Strikeforce title in Dec. 2009. He's won four consecutive fights since that time. (tweet below)
On May 17 2011 22:25 Baal wrote:
Pac vs Marquez? srsly???
Mayweather just made a fool out of marquez outscoring him like 6 to 1, Marquez is old as fuck etc, damn boxing is a fucking joke nowadays.
It was from a credible boxing source, but Juan Manuel Marquez has a fight with David Diaz on July 2nd, if JMM beats Diaz then a rematch vs. PacMan might happen, we'll see.
Things are kinda crappy atm in boxing, but there are some good fights to watch here and there, and if you only focus on the PacMan matches then you'll forever be pissed off cuz nobody will beat him within the next 3 years and I doubt Mayweather will ever fight him. I dunno who ducking who, so I say fuck them both.
My brain is too forgetful to remember PacMan vs. JMM's 2 fights, but the first was a draw, the second was a split decision.
Do you remember if JMM got owned?
what do you mean with "i dont know who is ducking who"... Mayweather ws asking absurd drug tests... like 1 liter of blood and shit, after a while Pacquiao accepted his ridiculous demands, and Mayweather keeps dodging, he is pathetic.
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PuertoRican United States. May 22 2011 21:06. Posts 13184
Murilo "Ninja" Rua retires: "I would like to announce officially my retirement from pro MMA fights," stated the 31-year-old Rua, the brother of ex-UFC champ Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. "It was an amazing run, and it's a very tough moment, but there comes a time for all in life, and it's time to move on. I am proud of all I did in MMA and all experiences I had. I will continue to work with MMA, doing seminars, teaching classes, training fighters, and doing my share to help our sport that I love so much. It's time now to help others and enjoy my family, my wife, my kids and move one."
he should watch some Maenhof MMA fights and see what great standup without groundfighting knowledge is worth in a "real" fight
Boxing is not fighting
Its a sport with heavy reglementation
U see what i did there with A8 ? He 4 bets and there we go insta jam A8 : ---booooom -- . hahahaha ( Krantz)
- UFC boss: Jon Jones' next opponent picked soon, Rashad Evans not in running.
- ESPN's Brett Okamoto tweets that Mirko Filipovic will "for sure" get to fulfill the final fight on his Zuffa contract, according to UFC President Dana White.
- Programming reminder: Rampage Jackson 'In the Moment' airs tonight (May 25) at 10pm EST on Spike TV.
- Programming reminder: 'Countdown to UFC 130' debuts tonight (May 25) at 11pm EST on Spike TV.
- Official UFC 129 scorecard for Georges St. Pierre vs Jake Shields released. (picture below) Source: MMM Mania.com
- According to ValeTudo.ru, the Russian version of Mirko CroCop, Adlan Amagov (7-1-1), has signed with Strikeforce and will debut sometime in July. (highlight video below)
PuertoRican United States. May 29 2011 22:33. Posts 13184
- Michael "The Voice" Schiavello confirmed a couple days ago at Titan Fighting Championship 18 that Badr "The Golden Boy" Hari will be his next guest on his show "The Voice Versus", which will be shown on June 26th.
- Strikeforce confirms Emelianenko vs. Henderson to be contested at heavyweight. Originally announced by Scott Coker that the fight would be at a catch weight of 220 pounds, a Strikeforce official confirmed that the fill will be at heavyweight, not a catch weight of 220 pounds. http://mmajunkie.com/news/23794/strik...on-to-be-contested-at-heavyweight.mma
- May 21, 2011 marked the 11 year anniversary of the debut of Fedor Emelianenko in a mixed martial arts. On May 21 of 2000, in Tula at the tournament "Rings Russia – Russia vs. Bulgaria" a 23-year-old Fedor made his debut in mixed martial arts against the Bulgarian Martin Lazarov. (Fedor won by guillotine choke) (video is below)
Travis Browne KO`ing Stefan Struve, picture below.
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PuertoRican United States. May 30 2011 22:05. Posts 13184
- After almost 2 years of being put on the back burner of the UFC due to injuries and an abnormality found in a brain scan, Tim Credeur makes his return to MMA this Saturday versus Ed Herman at UFC's "The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale". In Fall 2011, an MMA documentary titled "Fightville" will be released, which partially focuses on Tim Credeur and Dustin Poirier before they made it to the big show. (video trailer can be found below)
- According to a report from ESPN, Fedor Emelianenko is set to haul in $1.5 million for his fight against Dan Henderson, who will take home a cool $800,000. The bout is set to air live on Showtime at the upcoming July 30 Strikeforce event emanating from the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
- Strikeforce finally will air preliminary events! Well, just for their Fedor vs. Henderson card so far. HDNet will be airing 5 Strikeforce preliminary fights live, followed by the Fedor vs. Henderson main card on Showtime. This is a big step for Strikeforce that shouldn't have had to take so long, but better late than never. http://www.strikeforce.com/news/2011/...son-superfight-in-chicago-on-july-30/
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson: Must have have left hand X-rayed, and if injured, suspended until Nov. 25, though he can be cleared by an orthopedic doctor; regardless, suspended with no contact during training until June 28 Frank Mir: Suspended until Nov. 25 due to possible rib injuries, though he can be cleared by a doctor; regardless, suspended until June 28 with no contact until June 19 Stefan Struve: Suspended until July 28 with no contact until July 13 for precautionary reasons Brian Stann: Must have have right thumb X-rayed, and if injured, suspended until Nov. 25, though he can be cleared by an orthopedic doctor; regardless, suspended until June 28 with no contact until June 19 Jorge Santiago: Suspended until Nov. 25 due to a possible left-orbital injury, though he can be cleared early by an ENT doctor or ophthalmologist Rafaello Oliveira: Suspended until July 28 with no contact until July 13 for precautionary reasons Michael McDonald: Suspended until Nov. 25 due to a possible shoulder injury, though he can be cleared early by orthopedic doctor; regardless, suspended until July 28 with no contact until July 13 for precautionary reasons
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 the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $70,000 UFC 130 bonuses to Browne ("KO of the Night"), Tibau ("Submission of the Night"), and Stann and Santiago ("Fight of the Night").
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
- John Ott was owned for 3 rounds by Jake Rosholt at Titan Fighting Championship 18 this past weekend, luckily for Ott, Rosholt accidentally hit Ott with an illegal knee when he was almost all the way off the mat, which then the match was declared a DQ win for Ott after Jake had won every round decisively. (picture below)
- Kurt Pellegrino (7-4 UFC) decides to go on a hiatus from fighting for awhile, and the UFC will let him come back when he's ready. Pellegrino said if he hasn't returned by January 1st, 2012, he will retire. The reason? A very good one, he wants to put all of his time on his family and running his own training center which has around 300 students.
- Amanda Nunes out of "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" due to foot injury.
- Shinya Aoki vs. Rich Clementi at DREAM's Fight For Japan event last weekend. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Watch Patrick Cote and Todd Brown get into a pre-fight rumble at the "Ringside 11" weigh-ins. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Episode 6 of Shane Carwins training camp for UFC 131. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Cris Cyborg suplexes her way to a gold medal at Mundials (BJJ Worlds) 2011. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Strikeforce fighter Kj Noons Uncaged Episode 1 - Kj prepares for his fight vs #1 contender Jorge Masvidal which takes place in Dallas, TX on June 18th, 2011. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Jeremy Stephens vs. Danny Downes was an exciting match to watch. Stephens comes close to ripping off Downes' arm. (picture below)
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PuertoRican United States. Jun 06 2011 19:02. Posts 13184
Scott Jorgensen: $29,000 ($14,500 win bonus)
def. Ken Stone: $5000
Reuben Duran: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
def. Francisco Rivera: $4,000
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 the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $40,000 TUF 13 Finale bonuses to Ferguson ("KO of the Night"), Duran ("Submission of the Night"), and Kingsbury and Maldonado ("Fight of the Night").
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
- Strikeforce Champ "Jacare" Souza meets Luke Rockhold at Sept. 10 event.
- Jason "Mayhem" Miller's reaction to getting the coaching job on TUF 14. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- The Voice vs. Badr Hari preview. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Ex-WWE superstar "Batista" will be opening a Gracie Fighter Jiu-Jitsu gym in Tampa, Florida. While Batista has no mixed martial arts experience or grappling credentials, the Gracie name is likely to be enough to attract prospective students. http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/06/batista...-gym-training-facility-tampa-florida/
- LazyTheSavage was at the 2011 The Worlds event last weekend and made a video while there, pretty decent video imo. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- UFC 135: Matt Hughes vs Diego Sanchez fight booked for Sept. 24 in Denver.
- Kj Noons "Uncaged" Episode 1 - Kj prepares for his fight vs #1 contender Jorge Masvidal which takes place in Dallas, TX on June 18th, 2011. + Show Spoiler +
- Kj Noons "Uncaged" Episode 2 - Kj prepares for his fight vs #1 contender Jorge Masvidal which takes place in Dallas, TX on June 18th, 2011. + Show Spoiler +
- Jon Jones calls out Rampage Jackson in PSA for motorboating scandal. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Bud Light commercial for UFC 'Battle on the Bayou' with Dana White and Jon Jones. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Countdown to UFC 131. (The 40 minute special they showed on SpikeTV. video below) + Show Spoiler +
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PuertoRican United States. Jun 09 2011 19:56. Posts 13184
- Kyra Gracie pictures. She's a second degree black belt in BJJ, and an instructor. + Show Spoiler +
- Strikeforce Champ Cris "Cyborg" Santos Body Slams Tito Ortiz. + Show Spoiler +
- 2011 Minual results. Several prominent MMA fighters competed as well, with former WEC Champion Ben Henderson winning a bronze at brown belt lightweight, Strikeforce Women's Champion Cristiane 'Cyborg' Santos winning the gold in the women's purple belt heavy category and UFC Welterweight Nate Diaz doing very well until he ran into the buzzsaw that is Jimmy Harbison at brown belt middleweight. http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2011mundial.htm
PuertoRican United States. Jun 10 2011 19:54. Posts 13184
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Victor Ortiz on September 17th, 2011. The fight will be for Ortiz's WBC world championship. Ortiz, who is 10 years younger than his opponent, it will be Mayweather's first challenger in 16 months."
(As you remember, Victor Ortiz is that kid who recently beat Andre Berto and won the WBC belt. Mayweather is obviously picking his opponents wisely, Ortiz is a good young fighter and has a belt and is a credible fighter, but Mayweather will destroy him. This fight will show Mayweather is still skilled and can beat any top fighter without having to fight Pacquiao.)
- Renzo Gracie: Roger Gracie has the best BJJ in the Gracie family and the world. (video below, skip to 8:00 to 8:32) + Show Spoiler +
- Renzo Gracie was already fighting when BJ Penn was inside his fathers nut sack. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Rafaello Oliveira will be dropping to featherweight after losing his UFC 130 bout against a mammoth sized lightweight, in Gleison Tibau.
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goose58 United States. Jun 10 2011 23:54. Posts 871
haha rofl, nice posts/pics PuertoRican !
Kyra Gracie omg hot
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PuertoRican United States. Jun 13 2011 19:00. Posts 13184
- The Sunday Morning Rumor Mill by MiddleEasy.com - Partial rumors below, followed by a link to view the full rumor list for this week. + Show Spoiler +
An MMA organization called 'One Fighting Championship' is starting in Asia, and it appears to have some massive money backing them. The organization has one goal: to dominate MMA in Asia and they will have their first event on September 3rd in the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Expect a lot of your favorite Japanese fighters to make the transition to this new organization. Remember where you heard it first.
- After Kenny Florian wore his Boston Bruins jersey at the UFC 131 weigh-ins, he received verbal death threats from avid Vancouver Canuck fans later that evening.
- Unfortunately, MMA super agent, Ken Pavia (Pavia Holdings, LLC) is on the verge of going bankrupt.
- It appears that since UFC is leaving Spike TV pending the completion of the G4 deal, M-1 Global has also thrown their hats in the Spike TV 'lottery.'
- Another heavy rumor is that an undisclosed deal was made with Showtime to relieve Nick Diaz of his Strikeforce contract. It seemed as if Showtime put up a good fight to prevent Diaz from vacating his belt and signing with the UFC, but within the undisclosed deal (and I really wish I knew what it was), it benefited both parties.
- Spike TV executives are calling The Ultimate Fighter Season 14 their 'final season.
- A source out of Paul Daley's camp informed me that Cyborg Santos and Paul Daley will battle for possession of the now vacant Strikeforce welterweight belt.
- It's rumored that Gina Carano pulled out of her return fight in Strkeforce due to contractual obligations from Relativity Media and Overture Films.
- Jason "Mayhem" Miller TUF 14 video interview by HeavyMMA.com. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Bantamweights "Kid" Yamamoto vs. Damacio Page targeted for UFC 135
- Paul Daley vs. "Cyborg" Santos slated for "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson".
- After a 1-3 run at featherweight in the WEC and UFC, Canadian Yves Jabouin has decided to drop to bantamweight and will take on Ian Loveland at UFC 134 in Brazil on August 27th. Loveland himself recently made the same drop, losing his BW debut to highly-ranked Joseph Benavidez by decision at UFC 128.
- Urijah Faber & Jon Jones attempt to do the "dougie" dance. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Sam Stout KO`ing Yves Edwards at UFC 131. (picture below)
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PuertoRican United States. Jun 14 2011 21:32. Posts 13184
- Norifumi 'Kid' Yamamoto vs. Damacio Page on Tap for UFC 135.
- Showtime airs "M-1 Challenge 26: Bennett vs. Garner" on July 8th.
- Miami Hustle episode 1. Miami Hustle begins with an introduction to this seasons cast, and takes you inside the lives of Jorge Masvidal, Alexis Vila, Gesias Cavalcante, Jorge Santiago and Juan Carlos Faraldo. http://miamihustle.wordpress.com/ + Show Spoiler +
- As expected, champ Jon Jones and challenger "Rampage" Jackson headline UFC 135.
- The Evan Tanner documentary "Once I Was a Champion" will be screening in Los Angeles this week at the LA Film Festival (Regal Cinemas/LA LIVE) at the following times: Sat. Jun 18, 9:45pm, Thu. Jun 23, 5:30pm and Sat. Jun 25, 7:20pm. Produced by TapouT (who also produced the Matt Hamill biopic), the film centers on Tanner's belief in "the power of one." http://www.onceiwasachampion.com/screenings.aspx
- Ben Rothwell returns against Mark Hunt at UFC 135.
- Todd Duffee vs. Nick Gaston, Osawa vs. Fujiwara added to DREAM.17 in July.
- Heavyweights Travis Browne vs. Rob Broughton slated for UFC 135.
- Rener Gracie pranking EVERYONE in his academy. + Show Spoiler +
- Paul Daley vs. "Cyborg" Santos official for "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson".
- Following recent losses, Kendall Grove, Chuck O'Neil released from UFC.
- Ronny Markes replaces injured Stephan Bonnar at UFC on Versus 5.
- Strikeforce: Alistair Overeem apologizes for not being able to deliver against Werdum. (video below) + Show Spoiler +
- Take a tour inside Wolfslair, presented by Whoa! TV and MiddleEasy. + Show Spoiler +
- Conor Heun broke his friggin arm at Strikeforce's Overeem vs. Werdum event and still won. (picture below) + Show Spoiler +
- Justin Wilcox ran into JZ Cavalvante's finger this past weekend, which ended in a No Decision result, basically a draw. (picture below) + Show Spoiler +
- Jake Rosholt's DQ loss to John Ott at Titan Fighting 18 oveturned to no-contest. (Rosholt had originally dominated Ott for 3 rounds, but accidentally kneed Ott in the face while has was on his way to his feet, one of Ott's knees was off the mat while the other was still on it.) + Show Spoiler +
- Ross Pearson, the UK's only other hope currently inside the UFC, has released his first two videos that lead up to his fight at UFC 134 vs. Edson Barboza in Brazil. + Show Spoiler +
- In Miami Hustle episode 2, Alexis Vila gets riled up by the trash talking from Lewis McKenzie as Jorge "Gamebred" Masvidal, Juan Carlos Faraldo and Paulino Hernandez prepare and send him into battle. + Show Spoiler +
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PuertoRican United States. Jun 22 2011 18:05. Posts 13184
- Alistair Overeem Does The Dougie on The MMA Hour. + Show Spoiler +
- WHOOPS GAMING With Urijah Faber & Jareb Dauplaise. + Show Spoiler +
- Ryron Gracie Discuses Gracie Breakdown, Working at UFC 1. + Show Spoiler +
- T.J. Grant withdraws from UFC on Versus 4, fight with Charlie Brenneman scrapped due to illness.
- Cyborg Santos vs. Melvin Manhoef throwback fight video. + Show Spoiler +
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PuertoRican United States. Jun 28 2011 00:40. Posts 13184
- Some things we learned about Nate Marquardt over this past weekend. + Show Spoiler +
1. The Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission (PSAC) said Nate had 6 weeks to get clearance.
2. Dana White said he's disgusted with Nate, and he has no business fighting in the UFC.
3. Nate said on his twitter that he will be addressing all issues regarding his medicals on Tuesday (June 28th).
- Recent UFC signings. (fight records shown are total MMA fights.) + Show Spoiler +
Sweden Papy Abedi Welterweight 8–0
United States Shamar Bailey Welterweight 12–3
United States Lance Benoist Welterweight 5–0
Canada Antonio Carvalho Featherweight 13–4
United States Chris Cope Welterweight 5–1
United States Nick Diaz Welterweight 25–7 (1 NC)
United States Justin Edwards Welterweight 6–1
United States Tony Ferguson Welterweight 10–2
United States Clay Harvison Welterweight 9–3
Japan Hatsu Hioki Featherweight 24–4–2
United States Jeff Hougland Bantamweight 9–4
Brazil Ronny Markes Light Heavyweight 11–1
United States Mike Massenzio Light Heavyweight 11–5
United States Jason Miller Middleweight 24–7 (1 NC)
United States Stipe Miocic Heavywight 6–0
Bulgaria Stanislav Nedkov Light Heavyweight 11–0
United States Ramsey Nijem Welterweight 4–1
Brazil Erick Silva Welterweight 12–1 (1 NC)
United States Donny Walker Bantamweight 15–6
- Recent UFC cuts. (fight records shown are UFC fights only.) + Show Spoiler +
Jesse Bongfeldt Middleweight 0–1–1
Chad Corvin Heavyweight 0–0
Renzo Gracie Welterweight 0–1
Kendall Grove Middleweight 7–6
Waylon Lowe Lightweight 2–2
Jon Madsen Heavyweight 4–1
Nate Marquardt Welterweight 10–4
Francisco Rivera Bantamweight 0–2
Charlie Valencia Bantamweight 5–5
Kyle Watson Lightweight 1–1
- Miguel Torres tweets the worst BJJ injury to ever happen in his gym. + Show Spoiler +
- Pat Curran won his match on Saturday in the Bellator 46 event. He won via peruvian neck-tie vs. Luis Palomino, from Peru... + Show Spoiler +
- Wanderlei Silva Up Close and Personal #1: Training with The Master. + Show Spoiler +
- UFC 132 Dominick Cruz - Episode 2, Training Camp. + Show Spoiler +
- Ben Askren calls out Nate Marquardt via Twitter. + Show Spoiler +
- Jake Shields vs. Jake Ellenberger confirmed for "UFC Fight Night 25: Battle on the Bayou".
- Check out what people thought about the premiere of "Once I Was a Champion". + Show Spoiler +
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PuertoRican United States. Jun 29 2011 23:23. Posts 13184
- VIDEO: The MMA Hour: Nate Marquardt Reveals Why He Was Released from UFC + The MMA Hour: Emotional Nate Marquardt Apologizes for Not Being Cleared. + Show Spoiler +
- Conor Heun video update. (the guy who got his arm broken while in a submission by Magno Almeida at "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" and still punched his way to victory.) + Show Spoiler +
- Tribute video to Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen (22-10) from Norway. + Show Spoiler +
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Jhyun88 United States. Jul 07 2011 21:28. Posts 1383
I fucking love and hate Chael Sonnen at the same time rofl...
On July 07 2011 22:32 Baal wrote:
what a moron Connor Heun lol, "i focused my chi in my elbow"... "there is no tapping in mma"...
plz put him against a monster BJJ buy in his next fight to watch him get his leg broken on a leg lock.
He has 5 submission victories in professional bouts (btw you're a sadist and he's a masochist).
(PS. I know what he means with 'focused my chi in my elbow', even though he might be
quite a bit 'too' spiritual but after hyperextending your elbow you need to really focus
on it while punching to make sure you do NOT go up to °165 degree angles)
On July 07 2011 22:32 Baal wrote:
what a moron Connor Heun lol, "i focused my chi in my elbow"... "there is no tapping in mma"...
plz put him against a monster BJJ buy in his next fight to watch him get his leg broken on a leg lock.
He has 5 submission victories in professional bouts (btw you're a sadist and he's a masochist).
(PS. I know what he means with 'focused my chi in my elbow', even though he might be
quite a bit 'too' spiritual but after hyperextending your elbow you need to really focus
on it while punching to make sure you do NOT go up to °165 degree angles)
So what if he has won by submission? he is not a masochist, he is just a huge moron who thinks he is some kind of medieval warrior and not just some guy in shorts in a sport.
Maybe im a sadist but id like to see him fight a bjj monster and get to watch him try to stop his bones from being shattered with his chi lol and hopefully he never recovers properly.
This idiot who dont tap are really bad for the sport, one of mma's biggest obstacle to grow even bigger its because many think its too violent, and it sure doesnt help seeing people with broken bones or being choked unconscious because they have a medieval mentality.
On July 08 2011 07:06 Baal wrote:
[The idiots] who dont tap are really bad for the sport, one of mma's biggest obstacle to grow even bigger its because many think its too violent, and it sure doesnt help seeing people with broken bones or being choked unconscious because they have a medieval mentality.
sometimes chael has more funny and/or good points than obnoxious, completely full of shit points but that interview was definitely heavily tipped towards the latter.
can someone explain testosterone replacement therapy? i can't believe any fighter would need that unless they previously took so many steroids that their body couldn't properly produce testosterone anymore.
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PuertoRican United States. Jul 08 2011 19:05. Posts 13184
- Bellator 49 hosts season-five welterweight tourney; eight-man bracket revealed: Dan Hornbuckle vs. Luis Santos, Ben Saunders vs. Rick Hawn, Brent Weedman vs. Chris Lozano and Douglas Lima vs. Steve Carl fill the evening's MTV2-broadcast main card, which takes place at Caesars Atlantic City.
- Frank "Twinkle Toes" Trigg vs. Tom "Kong" Watson title fight, Villasenor vs. Mills co-headline BAMMA 7 on September 10th. (Trigg vs. Watson might be okay, depends on how good Watson's ground game/take down defense is cuz he will own Trigg at the stand up part) http://mmajunkie.com/news/24311/trigg...ls-co-headline-bamma-7-on-sept-10.mma
- UFC 131 salaries: Dos Santos ($200K), Florian ($130K) lead $782K payroll. + Show Spoiler +
Darren Elkins: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Michihiro Omigawa: $8,000
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 the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $70,000 UFC 131 bonuses to Stout ("KO of the Night"), Weidman ("Submission of the Night"), and Herman and Einemo ("Fight of the Night").
- UFC Legend Rich "Ace" Franklin gives a candid interview on the sport of MMA, his training in Asia, the topic of street fights, and much more. + Show Spoiler +
- Herb Dean and Big John McCarthy give their take on the state of MMA judging. + Show Spoiler +
still gonna be great fight, hope fedor can make the weight
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us and as we let our own lights shine we unconsciously give other people permision to do the same
On July 08 2011 07:06 Baal wrote:
[The idiots] who dont tap are really bad for the sport, one of mma's biggest obstacle to grow even bigger its because many think its too violent, and it sure doesnt help seeing people with broken bones or being choked unconscious because they have a medieval mentality.
Yeah the Gracies sure halted the growth of MMA.
Way to totally not refute my argument and say some idiotic comeback that has nothing to do with it, the gracies helped MMA a lot obviously, but its has evolved and unless you can elaborate a REASON why never tapping out is good for MMA then dont reply.
Nasty injuries based o idiotic mentality and pseudo spiritualism is terrible for the sport and even the fighter
On July 12 2011 20:45 Jhyun88 wrote:
That bloody elbow article on Brock bubble is pretty interesting.
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PuertoRican United States. Jul 13 2011 19:36. Posts 13184
- Phil Davis out at UFC 133; UFC actively seeking replacement opponent for Rashad Evans. (Both Tito Ortiz and the wife of Lyoto Machida went on record saying that they don't want to take the fight on less than 4 weeks notice. Rich Franklin already fights Little Nog on the same card. Who else is left? http://mmajunkie.com/news/24367/phil-...acement-opponent-for-rashad-evans.mma
-6x Muay Thai World Champion, Anuwat Kaewsamrit (Thailand)
-Wushu and MCFC Champion, Eduard Folayang (Philippines)
-Sanda World Champion, Bao Li Gao (China)
-Spirit MC Champion, Kwang Hee Lee (Korea)
-6x Muay Thai World Champion, Namsaknoi Yudthagarngamtorn (Thailand)
-Total Combat FC Champion, Eddie Ng (Hong Kong)
-Malaysia Champion and XFC Champion, Adam Kayoom (Malaysia)
-Sanda World Champion, Zhao Zhi Long (China)
-BJJ World Champion, Zorobabel Moreira (Brazil/Singapore)
-URCC FC Champion, Kevin Bellingon (Philippines)
-WBA Boxing World Champion, Yodsanan Sityodtong (Thailand)
-Muay Thai World Champion and K1 Veteran, Ole Laursen (Philippines)
-Risingon FC Champion, Soo Chul Kim (Korea)
-2x MCFC Champion, Mitch Chilson (USA/Singapore)
-BJJ World Champion and MCFC Champion, Leandro Issa (Brazil/Singapore)
-URCC FC Champion, Eric Kelly (Philippines)
-5x Muay Thai World Champion Orono Wor Petchpun (Thailand)
-Sanda World Champion, Ba Teer (China)
-Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion, Gregor Gracie (Brazil)
-Muay Thai World Champion, Yoddecha Sityodtong (Thailand)
-Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion, Rolles Gracie (Brazil)
-Afghanistan Champion and MCFC Champion, Malik Arash Malawyi (Afghanistan)
-Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion, Igor Gracie (Brazil)
- Mirko Cro Cop vs. Roy Nelson to possibly happen at UFC 137.
- Hector Lombard has been calling out Nate Marquardt ever since he was fired from the UFC. Now the Nate's suspension has been lifted in Pennsylvania, Lombard goes to YouTube and calls him out once more. (Good sources say that Marquardt was given a direct title shot vs. Lombard in Bellator, but he turned it down.) + Show Spoiler +
- Reagan Penn, the younger brother of BJ Penn, to make MMA debut on ProElite's return in August.
- Bellator 47: Chris Horodecki vs Chris Saunders booked for July 23 on MTV2.
- Oh no! Brian Ebersole's girlfriend shaved the Hairrow! + Show Spoiler +
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PuertoRican United States. Jul 13 2011 20:08. Posts 13184
>>>>>>>>>> Big news just hit UFC.com regarding UFC 134. Tito Ortiz now steps in for the injured Phil Davis and will meet Rashad Evans for the second time. Tito had reportedly declined the initial offer to face Evans, but now the fight is locked. <<<<<<<<<<
Jhyun88 United States. Jul 13 2011 20:43. Posts 1383
Wow, I wanna hear some stories behind Tito taking this fight. Hope he wasn't coerced in any ways... Rashad's significantly better than him at pretty much everything. It's not gonna be pretty.
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LikeASet United States. Jul 13 2011 20:53. Posts 2113
Oh man I know many people don't like Tito here, but I feel like the whole world is going to be rooting for Tito on this one.
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PuertoRican United States. Jul 13 2011 21:54. Posts 13184
Big drama concerning the newly slated Evans vs. Ortiz 2 fight.
White today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Lyoto Machida initially agreed to replace Phil Davis and fight Rashad Evans at UFC 133 before balking and demanding "Anderson Silva money" to step in on short notice.
And while White openly admitted prior to Ortiz's UFC 132 contest that a loss would mean his release from the UFC, the UFC boss said that will not be the case at UFC 133. In fact, not only is Ortiz's career not on the line – he may actually find himself in title-shot discussions should he upset Evans.
1. Tito will earn a fat paycheck for taking this fight. It will at least be $450k, considering that's what he got for his win over Bader.
2. If Tito loses, he still gets another fight in the UFC.
3. If Tito wins, he gets a bunch more money + PPV % (so I assume), and he'll also be "in the mix" on his way to a potential title shot.
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Jhyun88 United States. Jul 14 2011 09:36. Posts 1383
Would be some sick shit if Tito actually pulls it off (there was a lot of doubt w Ryan Bader b/c he's honestly overrated). He'd be in serious title contention. Maybe #1 title contender fight w/ Machida then if he wins that (wtf?) he can get the winner of Jones vs Rampage. Who knows what will happen since Rashad last fight was over a year ago..
I'm a firm believer in ring-rust. War Tito!
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PuertoRican United States. Jul 14 2011 18:53. Posts 13184
- UFC 133's Rashad Evans opens as -400 favorite, Tito Ortiz a +300 underdog.
- Dana White's Plan D for Rashad Evans at UFC 133? Vladimir Matyushenko.
- Tito Ortiz did NOT ask for more money when taking the fight vs. Rashad Evans on late notice. Unlike Lyoto Machida (he told Dana he wanted "Anderson Silva money" to fight Rashad evans), Tito Ortiz didn't ask for more money to fight Rashad Evans, and is getting paid what his original contract states, as confirmed by Dana White earlier today in a UFC official radio press release.
- Gustafsson vs. Hamill official for Spike TV's UFC 133 "UFC Prelims" special.
- Raphael Assuncao vs. Johnny Eduardo added to UFC 134 prelims.
- James Te Huna vs. Ricardo Romero added to UFC 135 in Denver.
- DREAM.17, world bantamweight grand prix likely for September.
- Strikeforce confirms September 10th event, adds Jordan Mein vs. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos to card.
- Guto Inocente out, Lionel Lanham faces T.J. Cook at Strikeforce Challengers 17.
- Nam Jin Jo dazzles Honggang Yao with "Swishy hips" at Legend Fighting Championship 5 back on July 16 in Macau, unfortunately his rump shaking failed to impress the judges, who awarded Yao the unanimous decision victory. + Show Spoiler +
- The betting line for Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard at UFC 136. Edgar came in at -130, while Maynard is +100.
Yeah seems like Zuffa would like StrikeForce to sink asap, pretty sad but this is not a surprise really, that was the most expected outcome once they bought the company.
Some fans have posted that this is a move to get Overeem to UFC sooner, instead of later.
It makes sense if you think about it, the Strikeforce Grand Prix would finish in January 2012 or so, and it would be better if someone aside Overeem won the grand prix, since it would bring more buzz to the heavyweight scene.
Future fight idea:
- Overeem vs. UFC heavyweight champion.
- Strikeforce grand prix winner vs. UFC heavyweight champion.
- Overeem vs. Strikeforce grand prix champion and winner is #1 contender for UFC heavyweight title.
- Strikeforce grand prix winner vs. UFC heavyweight champion, Overeem fights the winner.
- Overeem vs. UFC heavyweight champion, winner fights Strikeforce grand prix winner.
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Jhyun88 United States. Jul 19 2011 03:55. Posts 1383
Lets get Overeem vs Brock for some entertaining beat-down + ridiculous betting line which will probably have Brock as the favorite >.>
- 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 13184
^ 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 13184
- 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 13184
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 13184
- 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 13184
- 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
- UFC 136 main card set with 2 title fights and 1 #1 contender fight. Frankie Edgar takes vs. Gray Maynard (lightweight title). Jose Aldo vs. Kenny Florian (featherweight title). Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann (#1 middleweight contender).
- Gilbert Melendez to defend Strikeforce belt against Jorge Masvidal in late fall.
- UFC signs Wand Fight Team's Jorge Lopez. Debut against Justin Edwards on the under card of UFC Fight Night 25 on September 17th in New Orleans.
- Josh Grispi out, Nam Phan in against Matt Grice at UFC 136 in Houston.
- Gerald Harris vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura at DREAM.17.
- Lorenz Larkin vs. Virgil Zwicker slated for Strikeforce Challengers 19. (Larkin, often described as the new Melvin Manhoef with crazy colored hair.)
- BAMMA 7 fight card additions include UFC vet Andre Winner.
Dan Hardy (23-9) -120 vs. Chris Lytle (30-18-5) -110
Jim Miller (20-2) -155 vs, Ben Henderson (13-2) +125
Amir Sadollah (5-2) -310 vs. Duane Ludwig (20-11) +250
Charles Oliveira (16-1) -145 vs. Donald Cerrone (15-3) +115
C.B. Dollaway (11-3) -255 vs. Jared Hamman (12-3) +205
Jacob Volkmann (12-2) -105 vs. Danny Castillo (11-3) -125
Alex Caceres (5-3) +285 vs. Jim Hettes (8-0) -355
Karlos Vemola (8-1) -235 vs Ronny Markes (11-1) +185
Joseph Benavidez (14-2) -255 vs. Eddie Wineland (18-7-1) +205
Cole Miller (17-5) -405 vs. T.J. O'Brien (16-4) +305
Ed Herman (20-7) +130 vs. Kyle Noke (19-4-1) -160
Edwin Figueroa (7-1) -325 vs. Jason Reinhardt (20-2) +265
I srsly want Rampage to win but Jones will fuck him up. Also what he needs to work on is his heart and stamina coz he has got to be one of the worst in that area. If he just had the confidence it would be a great fight.
If Jones trains as hard as it seemed he had been doing up till now, I think he'll win as well, pretty convincingly. Maybe if Rampage isn't bullshitting and is training the hardest he ever has, it might be a lot more exciting though, weird he beat lyoto, can't quite remember the fight, but think I thought it was weird he got that win, either way, hope for good fights <3
jones could probably not train a single day till the fight and win fairly easy
i would be extremely surprised if jones-rampage was anything besides a humiliating fight... please dont try to hype this fight it will be extremely one sided even though i want a miracle win for rampage
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PuertoRican United States. Aug 15 2011 22:30. Posts 13184
- Sam Stout: Autopsy showed Shawn Tompkins died of a heart attack.
- Dana White calls Yushin Okami the best Japanese fighter ever. (Probably because Okami is under the Zuffa banner and "beat" Anderson Silva years ago.)
Would be niiiiiiiiice! Not really "news" though, more "gossip".
RaSZi - Unconventional, complete FPS-syndrome and arrogant without ever having achieved anything.
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PuertoRican United States. Aug 18 2011 08:58. Posts 13184
Things to think about an Alistair Overeem vs. Brock Lesnar match:
- Overeem is asking for the highest profile heavyweight in the UFC, the UFC are happy to oblige.
- Overeem is on a 10 fight win streak, but they're all against opponents who like to stand and bang and aren't as good at it as he is. He submitted 5 of those 10 guys.
- Overeem cant go a full 3 rounds in MMA without gassing, he slows down mid-late 2nd round, and he's only had 3 fights that went to the 3rd round in his 47 fight MMA career. (He was barely able to talk in the interview after he won, and he spent a lot of time deflecting Werdum's weak attempts to go to the ground and he was also standing up and waiting for Werdum a lot, so him gassing was weird since they didn't fight a lot.)
- Overeem vs. Werdum was the Reem's only 3 round MMA fight since his 3 round unanimous decision win over Vitor Belfort in June 2006. (videos below)
- I do believe that Overeem has decent BJJ like high profile fighters/trainers/news people have said. (16 of his 35 wins via submission, but the only known guys he submitted were Vitor Belfor and Paul Buentello, the rest were cans/nobodies.)
- Overeem has never faced a good wrestler, let alone a top wrestler.
- Brock has shown he can take a lot of punishment to the face and wont get knocked out.
- Overeem would have a tough time against the strength, size, movement, ability to go at least 3 rounds without gassing, although this would be a 5 round fight with the UFC's new rules for main event non-title matches.
- Brock is a good wrestler, wrestling is often referred to as the best MMA base to have out of all the fighting style. That being said, Overeem is known for his knees and Thai plum that he puts people in to deliver said knees, but as you can see in his fight vs. Vitor Belfort, if your opponent knows you use knees a lot he can catch your leg and pick you up in the air and slam you to the ground where he'll be on top pounding you.
- Overeem's main fighting style comes from his Dutch background, where they train everyday for big events such as K-1. In K-1, fights are crazy but they stand in front of each other and attack, you can see Alistair always waiting to get directly in front of his opponent when he throws punches and kicks, he doesn't have any foot-work like you would see boxers or some top strikers in MMA have, he keeps coming forward at you until he finds the best time to setup his base and attack.
- This is literally the perfect fight that the UFC could dream of. The UFC gets:
1. The only top heavyweight that's not signed by the UFC.
2. All of this international fame that Overeem brings plus all of the fame Brock brings.
3. The true Strikeforce heavyweight champion, even though he doesn't have the belt anymore.
4. A guy that is thought to be the most feared striker in the world with no wrestling ability.
5. A way to finally close the chapter on the UFC really having the best fighters in the world and there wont be anyone left outside of the organization that could come close to the skill and fame as their fighters.
6. If Overeem fights and loses to Brock, I wouldn't be surprised if they cut him or give him another good ground guy to lose to like Shane Carwin or Frank Mir.
Alistair Overeem vs. Vitor Belfort - Strikeforce: Revenge (June 2006) + Show Spoiler +
Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum - Strikeforece Grand Prix 2011 + Show Spoiler +
I want and hope Alistair Overeem would come to the UFC and win the title, but against guys like Brock Lesnar who has mediocre striking but the ability to take you down at anytime due to his size and strength, Cain Velasquez who's good at striking and wrestling, then Junior Dos Santos who has massive power in his hands and has good foot-work and doesn't usually gas out, it will be a tough road to the top for The Reem if he really wanted to prove he was the best. (Overeem personally said that only Cain and JDS are above him in the heavyweight rankings.)
Milkman lol i didnt spend half a thousand on a phone so i could play it cool and be all stealth
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PuertoRican United States. Aug 18 2011 21:48. Posts 13184
UFC announces seven-year deal with FOX, debuts live with its first event on November 12th
UFC and FOX officials today announced a new seven-year, multimedia-rights agreement that includes four live events broadcast in prime time on FOX, as well as four to six live events each year on FOX's cable network, FX.
FX and FUEL TV also will broadcast extensive UFC programming, including live fights, pre- and post-event shows, countdown shows, "UFC Unleashed," "UFC Primetime," "UFC Knockouts," "Best of PRIDE" and weigh-in specials, as well as "The Ultimate Fighter reality series," which will now feature live fights and fan-voted matchups during two annual seasons.
The UFC's first FOX-broadcast event takes place Nov. 12. UFC president Dana White said the likely host city for the event is Anaheim, Calif. He did not reveal any fights for the card.
"We're excited to be part of the FOX family," White stated in an official release. "The UFC is finally where it belongs on the No. 1 network in the country and aligned with the most prestigious sports properties in the world. I've always said that the UFC will be the biggest sport in the world, and with this relationship it will become a reality."
As the UFC previously announced, FOX Deportes also will feature UFC programming.
"My brother Frank, Dana and I always believed that our passion for the sport of mixed martial arts would help us to build the UFC into a successful global brand and ultimately make it one of the premier sports properties in the world," UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta stated. "The partnership with FOX is a major step in making this a reality and also builds on the great relationship that we already have established with FOX in Latin America, Australia and Europe."
- Is FOX the largest sports network? Yes! They show the NFL, MLB, NASCAR, NCAA Football including the BCS, they also own various regional sports networks including The Big Ten Network, Fox Soccer Channel, Speed Channel and Fox College Sports and now the UFC.
- Dana White gives the breakdown on the whole deal in his interview with Karyn Bryant. + Show Spoiler +
- The first announced fight for UFC's first show on Fox is Dustin Poirier vs. Pablo Garza.
- How much is FOX paying the UFC annually for its seven-year deal made official today? Around an average of $100 million per year, according to John Ourand of Sports Business Journal. When compared to the deal the UFC had with Spike, for around $35 million per year.
- Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan will call the events on FOX and FX, but now there's a lot more work to do since this will be a bigger production, so the UFC/Fox will be bringing in additional people.
wat, overeem would destroy Lesnar, talk about gassing but not mentioning Lesnar Gassing too?.
easy fight punch Lesnar in the face he goes pussy mode again and bam, against Cain its going to be interesting
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PuertoRican United States. Aug 19 2011 23:54. Posts 13184
On August 19 2011 01:58 Baal wrote:
wat, overeem would destroy Lesnar, talk about gassing but not mentioning Lesnar Gassing too?.
easy fight punch Lesnar in the face he goes pussy mode again and bam, against Cain its going to be interesting
Lesnar wouldn't gas in a 3 round fight vs. Overeem (although they would be fighting in a 5 round non-title fight), if he felt the need to get his energy back he could take Overeem down at ease and eat a punch going for the take down if necessary. I've watched Lesnar's boxing get slightly better in each of his UFC fights, and while it's not great, it is improving with each fight. My problem with Overeem is how he needs to setup his Muay Thai base before attacking you. I do like the fact that Overeem showed some good TDD against Werdum, but Werdum doesn't have the power and strength that Lesnar has and Werdum never tried any wrestling take downs.
- Georges St-Pierre dishes on the FOX deal and how Nick Diaz offended him. + Show Spoiler +
- Frankie Edgar talks FOX deal and Gray Maynard. + Show Spoiler +
- Rashad Evans embraces new FOX deal, wants to fight "cocky" Jon Jones. + Show Spoiler +
- Rene Nazare vs. Kelvin Hackney at Bellator 45. + Show Spoiler +
- Lesnar is Back! Fusion ammunition promotional video with Brock Lesnar. (Why is he killing random gophers? Probably because he lives on a ranch, he's a hunter and also because horses can/do break their legs when stepping in gopher holes.) + Show Spoiler +
lesnar will eat a strike to take him down, what lesnar have you been watching, he cant take a punch from much weaker strikers, how on earth is he going to eat a punch from a guy who punches way harder than he has ever been hit
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PuertoRican United States. Aug 20 2011 04:46. Posts 13184
Which Overeem have you been watching?
Do you think Lesnar will stay standing all 3-5 rounds?
Lesnar will probably come fast at Overeem like he did with Cain and Shane. I think that this would be a problem for Overeem, not because he isn't used to fast paced fights, but someone who comes right at him and will press up against him and take him down vs. his usual opponents who might come at him fast but stay on the outside with strikes since he doesn't fight wrestlers, let alone any good to top wrestlers.
What happens if Lesnar defends in round 1 and it goes to round 2 and Lesnar takes Overeem down and lays on top of him for a bit to catch his breath and land some hammer fists, all that weight on someone who hasn't had to face someone that huge laying on top of him and landing punches, let alone laying on top of him in general.
These two fighters style clash, that's pretty much it. Top striker with some okay BJJ vs. a top wrestler with some okay boxing.
If you took a moment and looked at the variables, a finish in round 1 favors Overeem, round 2 is where it starts to change, but if Lesnar takes it to round 3/4/5, it doesn't look good for Overeem.
What happens if the Lesnar takes him down in round 1 right away, Overeem would gas even faster, so it just depends.
Like I said already, I'm rooting for Overeem, but there's more chances for him to lose in this fight compared to his last 10 fights, but if he can get the win it will be so big for his career in the UFC.
Overeem has shown in his K1-fights which went the distance (not much since he pretty much owned it) that he has pretty good stamina. In his fight against Spong in last year's GP he did pretty well against someone that was able to put pressure on him for 3 entire rounds. So unless Lesnar is able to take Overeem down a couple of times / for a good length of time and is able to put his weight on him, I don't see how Overeem should gas THAT much quicker than Lesnar.
And Lesnar might be a good wrestler but for wrestling you have to close the distance first, and Overeem is packing some serious power in his arms en knees. So I am not sure if Lesnar is really that willing to keep closing the distance untill he takes him down, could be taking some serious damage whilst trying.
I think it's going to be pretty close, and I agree that once the fights gets to the later rounds the edge will go to Lesnar. But I disagree that this will be starting at round 2 already, and I :
1) Don't believe that Lesnar will jump full throttle in Overeem's punches and knees to get the early takedown
2) Don't think Overeem is THAT easily gassed
Should be a very, very interesting fight.
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On August 20 2011 03:46 PuertoRican wrote:
Which Overeem have you been watching?
Do you think Lesnar will stay standing all 3-5 rounds?
Lesnar will probably come fast at Overeem like he did with Cain and Shane. I think that this would be a problem for Overeem, not because he isn't used to fast paced fights, but someone who comes right at him and will press up against him and take him down vs. his usual opponents who might come at him fast but stay on the outside with strikes since he doesn't fight wrestlers, let alone any good to top wrestlers.
What happens if Lesnar defends in round 1 and it goes to round 2 and Lesnar takes Overeem down and lays on top of him for a bit to catch his breath and land some hammer fists, all that weight on someone who hasn't had to face someone that huge laying on top of him and landing punches, let alone laying on top of him in general.
These two fighters style clash, that's pretty much it. Top striker with some okay BJJ vs. a top wrestler with some okay boxing.
If you took a moment and looked at the variables, a finish in round 1 favors Overeem, round 2 is where it starts to change, but if Lesnar takes it to round 3/4/5, it doesn't look good for Overeem.
What happens if the Lesnar takes him down in round 1 right away, Overeem would gas even faster, so it just depends.
Like I said already, I'm rooting for Overeem, but there's more chances for him to lose in this fight compared to his last 10 fights, but if he can get the win it will be so big for his career in the UFC.
Lets hope that the UFC makes this fight happen.
What lesnar have you been watching?
Defend on the first round? you mean stand up against overeem? there is no way he can trade with overeem for over 30 seconds without getting TKOd Lesnar's only hope is to grind him early on, i think it all comes down to that, if Overeem manages to avoid takedowns then he will crush Lesnar, and TD defense is probably the only thing he has been training lately.
lesnar's gonna get raped. two handed thai clinch and its GG. in k1 they cant do two hands no more (only one hand then release) because of ppl like reem and bob sapp who just abuse the move coz no one gets out of that once those two get hold of your neck. That and elbows to the face being legal i dunno, reem is prob excited to fight anybody who doesnt have werdum like bjj skills just so that he can strike with impunity.
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goose58 United States. Aug 22 2011 16:26. Posts 871
Epic matchup OMG. My predictions: this is gonna be level 1 metagame between these two. Reem trying to keep it standup, Brock trying to take it to the ground. I give the edge to Overeem though, he's just all around better. I think he can stuff enough takedowns, and even if he gets on the ground, his BJJ has to be better than Brocks. Brock only knows 1 or 2 good chokes and ground n pound.
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PuertoRican United States. Aug 22 2011 16:56. Posts 13184
Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem is still just a rumor, nothing official has been announced on Lesnar's return or if the UFC is signing Overeem this year, both need to happen for this match to come to fruition.
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PuertoRican United States. Aug 22 2011 20:36. Posts 13184
PuertoRican United States. Aug 23 2011 21:57. Posts 13184
- Anderson Silva vs. Dan Henderson possibly to headline UFC on FOX's first show on November 12th if Silva wins his match against Yushin Okami at UFC 134.
The fight, were it to happen, would take place at middleweight and would presumably be for the 185-pound title. In the event that Henderson does not agree to terms with Zuffa on the fight, Chael Sonnen would reportedly be taken out of his fight against Brian Stann and would be granted his rematch against Silva.
Stann would then potentially go on to fight Vitor Belfort.
- M-1 Global returns to Showtime on October 14th with 3 title fights. Guram Gugenishvili vs. Kenny Garner (heavyweight), Vinny Magalhaes vs. Mikhail Zayats (light heavyweight), Jose Figueroa vs. Daniel Weichel (lightweight).
- HDNet to air "Strikeforce Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov" prelims and weigh-ins.
- Stephan Bonnar vs. Kyle Kingsbury added to UFC 139 in San Jose.
- Ryan Bader vs. Jason Brilz added to UFC 139 in San Jose.
- Josh Neer vs. Keith Wisniewski at UFC on Versus 6 on October 1st.
- Josh Thomson scratched from "Strikeforce Grand Prix: Barnett vs. Kharitonov" due to foot injury.
- Sam Stout withdraws from UFC 137 due to stress from Shawn Tompkins death, Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone steps in to face Dennis Siver.
- Diego Nunes out of UFC 135, hopes to fight Gamburyan in December.
- Paul Daley has two upcoming fights already booked, first he fights Jordan Radev (23-4) at BAMMA 7, and one month later, he meets Luigi Fioravanti (22-10) at Ringside MMA 12.
- With only 2.5 weeks before his match vs. Jake Ellenberger, Jake Shields father passes away. No word yet on the cause of death, but Shields still content to fight. His father was 67 years old.
- Julia Budd vs. Ronda Rousey booked for November Strikeforce Challengers event.
- Eddie Yagin vs. Junior Assuncao at UFC 135 in Denver
- Wilson Reis replaces Joe Soto, meets Eduardo Dantas in Bellator 51 tourney fight.
- Michael Bisping re-ups with UFC on eve of "TUF 14," signs eight-fight deal.
- Matt Brown replaces injured Pascal Krauss, meets John Hathaway at UFC 138.
- Seth Baczynski vs. Clay Harvison headed to UFC Fight Night 25.
- DaMarques Johnson and Mackens Semerzier scratched from UFC Fight Night 25 due to injuries.
LikeASet United States. Sep 02 2011 21:13. Posts 2113
On August 30 2011 03:13 Baalim wrote:
That awkward moment when Silva pust his belt at your feet and kneels down...
Silva is a fake/cawky bastard now. Needs to stop clowning during fights and trying to embarass them, then try to act like he respects them afterwards. Plus he needs to learn how to give fkn straight up answers during interviews and press conferences, fk the most talented fighter but one of the gayest personalities.
PuertoRican United States. Sep 05 2011 20:46. Posts 13184
- Broken hand forces Diego Sanchez out of UFC 135.
- Josh Koscheck accepts fight with Matt Hughes at UFC 135 after injury to Diego Sanchez.
- Brett Rogers vs. Eddie Sanchez headlines Titan Fighting Championship 20.
- Bellator reaches verbal agreement with Brazilian middleweight prospect Bruno Santos.
- Bellator to sign German light heavyweight Jonas Billstein.
- Cub Swanson vs. Ricardo Lamas slotted for UFC on FOX 1 on November 12th. (Lets see if Cub can make it to the fight without an injury, or at least make it out of the fight without one.)
- Efrain Escudero has been forced to pull out of his bout against Tim Radcliffe this weekend at BAMMA 7 due to visa issues, according to MMA Weekly. Escudero says that while he's off this card, he's looking to fight somewhere else as soon as possible because he's already got a full training camp in.
- Yoshihiro Akiyama dropping to 170, hopes to train under Georges St. Pierre. (Akiyama still not cut from the UFC after losing 3 in a row.)
UFC: Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem set for Dec. 30
September 6, 2011 | 12:16 pm 05
Brock Lesnar will return to the UFC octagon in a five-round main event Dec. 30 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, facing newly signed former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem.
"Brock is a big name, a dangerous guy, and this is a dream matchup," Overeem told The Times on Tuesday, just after signing a standard UFC fight contract in the office of Chairman Lorenzo Fertitta. "Brock's a big guy, an exciting wrestler with his takedowns.
"I want to see this fight myself. Overall, I'm a different fighter. A striker, athletic, big. These are going to be two big trucks going at it on a collision course."
The 6-foot-5, 260-pound Overeem, 31, is a former K-1 kickboxing champion too, He most recently defended his Strikeforce belt in June with a unanimous decision over takedown specialist Fabrio Werdum, who had previously defeated Fedor Emelianenko.
Lesnar has been out of action since losing his UFC heavyweight belt to Cain Velasquez in October at Anaheim's Honda Center, suffering a return episode of the intestinal ailment diverticulitis.
The Dec. 30 winner will be first in line to fight the winner of a Nov. 12 fight between Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos.
"This is the fight the fans want," UFC President Dana White said. "Both of these guys are monsters. Can Lesnar take Overeem down?"
Fertitta said the Strikeforce belt won't be part of the promotion. The UFC has purchased Strikeforce.
"Our thinking when we bought Strikeforce was to give fans the fights they want," Fertitta said. "Obviously, Alistair's one of the best heavyweights in the world, but he also has that 'it' factor -- the tremendous look, he's huge. It's a star factor."
Overeem said he's exploring setting up training headquarters in Los Angeles.
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terrybunny19240 United States. Sep 06 2011 16:57. Posts 13829
feels like an overeem victory
hope brock is 100% he needs to stop diverting his intestines or what not asap
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PuertoRican United States. Sep 06 2011 18:12. Posts 13184
Great news HaiVan, adding it to the front page now, although the writer of that news has some mistakes:
Overeem is the reigning K-1 kickboxing champion and he competed in the Strikeforce grand prix where he beat Fabricio Werdum in a non-title fight.
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PuertoRican United States. Sep 06 2011 21:37. Posts 13184
- Alistair Overeem signs with UFC, faces Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 on December 30th. (Read front page for full information.)
- Tito Ortiz almost gets choked on The Daily Habit. (The Daily Habit is a show on FuelTV, a channel that is owned by FOX, and will air UFC related events starting in November 2011.) + Show Spoiler +
- Check out Joey Diehl's cut from this the XFO 41 event from this past weekend. Is it the worst you've ever seen? + Show Spoiler +
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Big upcoming fights in the UFC
Jake Shields vs. Jake Ellenberger on September 17th
Matt Hughes vs. Josh Koscheck on September 24th
Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson on September 24th
Dominick Cruz vs. Demetrious Johnson on October 1st
Anthony Pettis vs. Jeremy Stephens on October 8th
Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann on October 8th
Jose Aldo vs. Kenny Florian on October 8th
Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard on October 8th
Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz on October 29th
BJ Penn vs. Carlos Condit on October 29th
Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione on October 29th
Mirko Filipovic vs. Roy Nelson on October 29th
Dennis Siver vs. Donald Cerrone on October 29th
Chris Leben vs. Mark Munoz on November 5th
Brad Pickett vs. Renan Barao on November 5th
Cain Velasquez vs. Junior dos Santos on November 12th
Ben Henderson vs. Clay Guida on November 12th
Brian Bowles vs. Urijah Faber on November 19th
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Stephan Bonnar on November 19th
Martin Kampmann vs. Rick Story on November 19th
Michael Bisping vs. Jason Miller on December 3rd
Rory MacDonald vs. Brian Ebersole on December 10th
Alistair Overeem vs. Brock Lesnar on December 30th
Fedor Emelianenko vs Jeff Monson confirmed for a Nov. 12th M-1 event to be held in Russia.
I think it's a good fight for Fedor to try and reset his career after the recent slump he has gotten into.
On perhaps the biggest night for mixed martial arts (MMA) in the relative short history of the sport -- the debut of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on FOX Sports -- one of its all-time great heavyweight fighters will take on a journeyman half a world away.
Former number one UFC heavyweight contender Jeff Monson just "confirmed" that he will headline an M-1-promoted event that is scheduled for Nov. 12, 2011, in Russia opposite MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko.
No exact location or venue is known at this time.
Emelianenko was recently released from his contract with Strikeforce after a first round technical knockout loss to Dan Henderson in late July. It marked the third consecutive defeat for "The Last Emperor," who amassed one of the most impressive career resumes in the history of organized fighting under the Pride FC banner prior to the slump.
The Russian cyborg, who has called five different promotions home during his decade-long career, refused to hang up the gloves after his most recent loss to Henderson, which he felt was perhaps stopped too soon.
He'll get his chance for redemption when he takes on the "Snowman," a 54-fight veteran, who has won eight of his last nine bouts against no one really that noteworthy.
Monson most recently dropped a unanimous decision to Daniel Cormier at Strikeforce: "Overeem vs. Werdum" on June 18, 2011. The American Top Team (ATT)-trained fighter looked every one of his 40 years, getting battered and bruised by the much quicker, and younger, heavyweight prospect.
Despite his lackluster performance, Monson, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt and a two-time ADCC champion, remains a significant threat to submit anyone if he can get the fight to the floor. Emelianenko, however, has been tapped just once (Antonio Silva) in 36 career fights.
It's unclear at this time if the event will air on Showtime, which still has a contract for Emelianenko's services under the M-1 brand.
This is pretty dissapointing, atleast Carlos Condit is super legit and i expect a nice fight, oh well Diaz gonna Diaz.
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PuertoRican United States. Sep 07 2011 18:02. Posts 13184
Yeah, just read it right now.
Fucking Diaz, what a joke. He's supposed to be a MexiCan, not a MexiCant.
Who wouldn't show up for press releases when they obviously know how big they are for the UFC's promotion? Even people who are terrible at speaking and handling crowds like Donald Cerrone and Jim Miller would never do something like this.
I hope Dana White keeps Nick Diaz and puts him on the shelf for the rest of this year, that way he learns his lesson. Either way Diaz is in a bad situation, he doesn't have his Strikeforce belt anymore after signing with the UFC, and he has no title shot anymore. Even if he were to make up some excuse for his actions and get a title shot after Carlos Condit, he would need to pick up another fight because it would be 7-8 months before the next GSP match. (heal injuries, vacation, after fight promotional stuff, start training for camp again, plus the fact that GSP cleaned out his division so he doesn't fight often as others)
Gonna go exercise and then lay out at the pool, it's sunny today. Will update news later.
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f1shcake United States. Sep 07 2011 21:36. Posts 287
wut a clown....didn't he post a 10 reasons why he will beat gsp on his website.
Talking all that smack and then being a no show, idiot will be lucky if he only gets pulled from this fight...he should be cut, being a pro fighter he should act like one
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PuertoRican United States. Sep 07 2011 23:05. Posts 13184
- Nick Diaz out, Carlos Condit in against champ Georges St-Pierre at UFC 137. (Nick Diaz missed both press meetings in Canada and Las Vegas, he also isn't answering or calling back Dana White, UFC officials, or his own manager Cesar Gracie. Dana White said: "Diaz is going to hear on the news that he's no longer fighting Georges St-Pierre, maybe he'll call me then.") http://mmajunkie.com/news/25127/nick-...hamp-georges-st-pierre-at-ufc-137.mma
- Nick Diaz responds to him being replaced via YouTube video. (Basically just mumbles and doesn't say anything except gibberish. No explanation or apologies for his actions.) + Show Spoiler +
- GSP giving his reactions to the whole Nick Diaz/Carlos Condit ordeal while at the Las Vegas press conference, which Nick Diaz wasn't there for. (GSP is not impressed.) + Show Spoiler +
- Rampage Jackson: Jon Jones doesn't generate any power with the way he stands, he cant even bust a grape. + Show Spoiler +
- Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 2 slotted for UFC 140 in Toronto.
- Nam Phan vs. Leonard Garcia 2 slated for UFC 136 in Houston.
- A Strikeforce Grand Prix belt will be awarded to the winner, picture below. + Show Spoiler +
- Dream 17 will air LIVE, September 24th on HDNet.
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.
In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not represent the total amounts earned by each fighter.
Official numbers for the most recent Strikeforce event hasn't been released yet, but top MMA news reporters said it was between 1500 - 2000 people in attendance.
Strikeforce is literally bleeding money in every event they hold, and with payouts like the ones from the Grand Prix semifinals, it's no wonder why.
- $10k for a 4-0 Olympic wrestler making his Strikeforce debut, who lost.
- $13k for Maximo Blanco, who entered this fight 8-2 on a 6 win streak and his biggest win was against Rodrigo Damm (sigh), and he lost his fight.
- $80k for Roger Gracie, he entered this fight with a 4-0 record, 3 of his wins were against guys who were way past their prime and seriously washed up and are now retired. His 4th win was against Trevor Prangley, who's past his prime at 39 years of age and is 1-3-1 in his last 5 fights. Is Gracie the best BJJ practitioner in the world? According to his family he is. Is he good at MMA? No.
- King Mo only got $85k for his win over Roger Gracie, and Mo's last match was when he lost his belt to Rafael Cavalcante. Mo entered this fight with a 7-1 record, now 8-1.
- I cant judge the bloated prizes for the Grand Prix fights, since they are special, but damn those payouts are big for everyone.
On September 13 2011 08:19 PplusAD wrote:
not sure if serious with your last post ....
U think MMA fighters dont deserve money ?
lol
Come on, he clearly isn't saying that. I know when I read those figures on another site I thought they were high for a lot of fighters. If the Strikeforce division of Zuffa can afford those payouts and be sustainable then more power to the fighters. Otherwise it could be a case of "Strikeforce is no longer sustainable as a business therefore we will integrate it into UFC". Which would be good for some name fighters and good for fans who want to see certain matchups but for a lot of low to mid tier fighters it's gonna suck as they will probably be out of a job.
Really looking forward to Lesnar/Reem. Heard it opened as a pick em. Lesnar gets pummeled in the standup by Cain, now he is supposed to stand a chance against the K1 champ?
On September 13 2011 15:19 CamilaPunt wrote:
plz don't compare overeem with velasquez... velasquez is on a completely other level and im quite positive will wreck reem if it happens...
Reem has at least equal if not better stanup than Valasquez
But Valasquez wrestling is 10 times better than reems
U see what i did there with A8 ? He 4 bets and there we go insta jam A8 : ---booooom -- . hahahaha ( Krantz)
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RaiNKhAN United States. Sep 13 2011 17:44. Posts 4080
condit to upset gsp and take the throne
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On September 13 2011 15:19 CamilaPunt wrote:
plz don't compare overeem with velasquez... velasquez is on a completely other level and im quite positive will wreck reem if it happens...
what? i think we have very little information to judge this, it would be interesting to hear what Nazgul or others think about this but most overeem losses arent really meaningful to the fighter he is today, Overeem is the best HW striker in MMA and so far he hasnt fought a very strong wrestler however Werdum couldnt even get close to take him down.
I simply dont see where you can base that opinion, if you say Cain has an edge ok thats debatable but saying they are on a completely different level is just plain dumb
On September 13 2011 15:19 CamilaPunt wrote:
plz don't compare overeem with velasquez... velasquez is on a completely other level and im quite positive will wreck reem if it happens...
Reem has at least equal if not better stanup than Valasquez
But Valasquez wrestling is 10 times better than reems
How can Reems standup be remotely on question? there is no "equal if not better", Reem is 10 times better at striking than Cain, just put Cain in a K1 match and watch him get demolished
On September 13 2011 15:19 CamilaPunt wrote:
plz don't compare overeem with velasquez... velasquez is on a completely other level and im quite positive will wreck reem if it happens...
Reem has at least equal if not better stanup than Valasquez
But Valasquez wrestling is 10 times better than reems
How can Reems standup be remotely on question? there is no "equal if not better", Reem is 10 times better at striking than Cain, just put Cain in a K1 match and watch him get demolished
This, Cain has decently good MMA striking, Overeem is a K-1 champion, who wins when they fight in MMA though is a completely different question.
Overeem - Lesnar should be a fun fight if Brock can get a take down early on, otherwise he'll be performing some sweet dance moves once again.
Poker chobo.
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PuertoRican United States. Sep 13 2011 18:16. Posts 13184
On September 13 2011 08:19 PplusAD wrote:
not sure if serious with your last post ....
U think MMA fighters dont deserve money ?
lol
I never said fighters don't deserve money. I said that Strikeforce is literally bleeding money, which they are.
Strikeforce fighter contracts are bloated, it's part of the problem they have. Another part of their problem is that they're having less and less people attend their events, no matter how many good fights they have on the preliminary and main card, as shown by this past weekend when about 2,000 people showed up for the Grand Prix semifinal after Strikeforce had once again given out many tickets and still couldn't get people to want to use their free tickets.
If you're spending almost $1 million dollars for the prize payout for a stacked card such as this, and only 2,000 people show up to watch even when handing out free tickets, and there's no money to be made from PPV since it was shown on HDNet and Showtime, you're in some serious trouble. (Example: UFC 132 payroll was $1.277 million, their live attendance was 13,109 attendees for $2.3 million live gate, although 5,036 of those tickets were free tickets. This doesn't count PPV buys.) (Couldn't find the payroll for UFC 133/134.)
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Both Strikeforce and Bellator had shows going on at the same time. Bellator had around the same amount of viewers it usually gets, even when there's a UFC/Strikeforce event on the same day.
(Taken from MMA Junkie) The top-five and bottom-five Strikeforce-Showtime broadcasts include:
1. "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva" (February 2011): 741,000 viewers
2. "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" (June 2011): 624,000
3. "Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg" (August 2009): 576,000
4. "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson" (July 20011): 571,000
5. "Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg" (January 20011): 561,000
14. "Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II" (December 2010): 341,000
15. "Strikeforce: Evolution" (December 2009): 330,000
16. "Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery" (May 2010): 308,000 17. "Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov" (September 2011): 274,000
18. "Strikeforce: Los Angeles" (June 2010): 164,000
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TLDR, Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov:
- $942,000 fighter payroll
- 274,000 Showtime TV viewers vs. 235,000 Bellator 49 on MTV2 viewers, both events held at the same time
- About 2,000 people in attendance, give or take a couple thousand
- Strikeforce fighter contracts are bloated
- Strikeforce is literally bleeding money with every show
which reflects how clueless the average mma fan is... that card was fucking awesome and exciting
but yeah the payouts are stupid i mean, why would you pay 100k + 50k bonus to Cormier? he is a nobody how on earth has he earned 6 figures payouts, Roger Gracie 80k? wtf... he has only beaten cans so far, sure he is promising and shit but he doesnt deserve such payout yet, as he proved.
- Cain Velasquez shows off his dance moves on UFC Latino. + Show Spoiler +
- Alexis Vila trains for his Bellator debut against Joe Warren. (Alexis Vila, bronze Olympic medal in freestyle wrestling, 2 gold medals/1 silver from World Championships, 1 gold medal in Pan-American Games) vs. (Joe Warren, gold Olympic medal in Greco Roman wrestling, 1 gold in Pan American Championships, 1 gold in World Cup) + Show Spoiler +
"I bet if i call him a bitch he wouldnt fight me", he says it like its a bad thing, newsflash Nick, that is what civilized normal people do, imbeciles like yourself fight over an insult and miss the most important opportunity in their lives out of a whim, gj lol.
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PuertoRican United States. Sep 15 2011 23:15. Posts 13184
- With final fight on contract set for UFC 135, Matt Hughes weighing career options. (Basically he will be talked into retiring if he loses since Dana White wont want to resign a washed up legend.)
- Top heavyweight prospect Guram Gugenishvili set for stateside debut under M-1 Global on October 14th.
On September 19 2011 23:14 whamm! wrote:
I dont want to eventually watch a Shogun vs Fedor please no
shogun beats hendo and u won't see cause he will be too hot for that.. shogun loses to hendo and u won't see either cause he will be too uncool for that
fedor is fighting jeff monson (sigh) and seeing how cormier struggled vs him and cormier is like the new black fedor (semi-chubby sick fighter) who is good...fedor is gonna have a hard ass time vs him
On side note:
anyone else think jones rampage odds r really wrong? i think odds should be like federer/fedor prime age odds like 10-1 for rampage and 1.05 for jones lol and even then i don't think i'd bet rampage although i pray for miracle from him.
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PuertoRican United States. Sep 21 2011 17:09. Posts 13184
- UFC 139 shakeup: Vitor Belfort out due to undisclosed injury, Wanderlei Silva in against Cung Le.
- Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua takes UFC 139's main-event slot. Wanderlei Silva vs. Cung Le is the co-main event.
- Eddie Alvarez injured, Bellator 54 title fight with Michael Chandler delayed. (FUCK! This will be a good match)
- Ovince St. Preux vs. ex-champ Gegard Mousasi booked for December 17 Strikeforce event.
- Siyar Bahadurzada: "I've been offered a UFC contract, nothing is signed yet," he tweeted. "My team and I will discuss it and let you know when it's signed." (Golden Glory member)
- Mark Scanlon out of UFC 138, John Maguire debuts against James Head.
- Despite Golden Glory flap, Jon Olav Einemo back in UFC, return date unknown.
its a shame that the fight against monson could be the last fight of fedor's career. such a disappointment, i wish we were considering fights such as fedor-dos santos or fedor-velasquez.
shogun-hendo will be pretty damn good, really looking forward to that one.
hey baal who was the dutch friend you mentioned in the tv show? strafe? he speaks spanish pretty well afaik
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Jhyun88 United States. Sep 21 2011 19:58. Posts 1383
Would be awesome if we had like Fedor vs Cro-cop/Nog/Couture where both fighters retire afterwards.
On September 21 2011 17:55 Raidern wrote:
its a shame that the fight against monson could be the last fight of fedor's career. such a disappointment, i wish we were considering fights such as fedor-dos santos or fedor-velasquez.
shogun-hendo will be pretty damn good, really looking forward to that one.
hey baal who was the dutch friend you mentioned in the tv show? strafe? he speaks spanish pretty well afaik
Yup i was talking about Rob (Strafe)
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PuertoRican United States. Sep 22 2011 03:49. Posts 13184
On September 21 2011 16:28 iop wrote:
Alexander Gustafsson apparently has a new fight, anyone heard any rumors?
Gustafsson vs. Matyushenko rebooked for UFC 141 in December.
On a side note, Akira (Swedish guy on TUF 14) made it into the house. He doesn't look tough enough to win this season, but at least he made it into the house.
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PuertoRican United States. Sep 30 2011 04:25. Posts 13184
I started college on September 26th, so I've been busy and it will only get busier. I'll update this thread with less items and stick to the big topics instead of updating daily like I was doing.
Feel free to post MMA news if you see any, which is what this thread was meant for.
On October 06 2011 12:16 CamilaPunt wrote:
boom boom boom
MACHIDA VS JONES UFC 140
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PuertoRican United States. Oct 06 2011 19:31. Posts 13184
Lyoto Machida's path to the title:
- Lose 2 fights in a row to two old school fighters with an old fighting style, which they continue to use and refuse to adapt to new fighting styles.
- Win 1 fight against the oldest fighter in the UFC who was on his way out the door anyway, via "jumping front kick" to the face, which the old man wouldn't have been able to block in his prime.
- Wait around for 5+ months after your last fight in hopes you will be able to replace someone in a title match since you know that your boss knows you're top 5 in the division, and your name will be one of the first to come up as a replacement.
- Jon Jones fought in March, Lyoto fought in April, Lyoto knew Jones would have another match before he would and could possibly lose the match, which means Lyoto would get to fight an easier opponent, probably one he beat already, or his opponent would get injured and Lyoto could step in.
Anyone remember Lyoto ever getting injured while in the UFC? Bad enough to make him step away from a fight. As far as I know, he never gets majorly hurt and was the technician before he got figured out, similar to where Jon Jones is at right now.
This is a bet even at -800 seriously, machida has 0 outs, he is a elusive counter striker facing Dhalshim, how on earth is machida ever going to win this? impossible.
It would be interesting if he sees this and goes crazy trying to legkick him to death, but if he doesnt he is simply toast, he has the least chance of winning in the entire division imo
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PuertoRican United States. Oct 18 2011 22:14. Posts 13184
- UFC champ Georges St-Pierre out of UFC 137 due to knee injury, Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn named new headliner. Even though Diaz/Penn is the headliner, Dana White said it will still be a 3 round fight. Diaz's camp said he is okay with a 5 round fight, so it's up to Penn to agree.
- Carlos Condit is going to wait for GSP to get better instead of fight someone else.
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LikeASet United States. Oct 18 2011 22:41. Posts 2113
On October 18 2011 21:14 PuertoRican wrote:
- UFC champ Georges St-Pierre out of UFC 137 due to knee injury, Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn named new headliner. Even though Diaz/Penn is the headliner, Dana White said it will still be a 3 round fight. Diaz's camp said he is okay with a 5 round fight, so it's up to Penn to agree.
- Carlos Condit is going to wait for GSP to get better instead of fight someone else.
FUCK
C'MON GSP, even after all the gymnastics and modern training you do, still gonna fuk up your knees?
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NMcNasty United States. Oct 18 2011 22:41. Posts 2041
Fak
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PuertoRican United States. Oct 18 2011 23:08. Posts 13184
What I want to know is, why did they promote Tavares vs. Jacoby to the main card, and leave Siver vs. Cerrone on the SpikeTV card. Both Siver/Cerrone will "bring it", so I don't see how they didn't get their fight promoted. Siver is on 4 win streak and Cerrone is on a 5 win streak. Siver is known for his standup and while the commentators always talk about Cerrone's standup, 12 of his 16 wins come by submission.
Main Card
BJ Penn vs. Nick Diaz
Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione
Mirko Filipović vs. Roy Nelson
Brad Tavares vs. Dustin Jacoby
Hatsu Hioki vs. George Roop
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Dennis Siver vs. Donald Cerrone
Tyson Griffin vs. Bart Palaszewski
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- ProElite Signs Broadcast Deal With HDNet. (They have an event coming up later this month.)
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JonnyCosMo United States. Oct 18 2011 23:58. Posts 7292
TILT, GSP NOOOOOOOOOOO
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JonnyCosMo United States. Oct 19 2011 00:02. Posts 7292
On October 06 2011 19:00 Baalim wrote:
This is a bet even at -800 seriously, machida has 0 outs, he is a elusive counter striker facing Dhalshim, how on earth is machida ever going to win this? impossible.
It would be interesting if he sees this and goes crazy trying to legkick him to death, but if he doesnt he is simply toast, he has the least chance of winning in the entire division imo
I'm with you on this, I find it weird that vegas lines don't put more fights in the -600 or more range. I mean, it surprises me that Anderson wasnt like -2000 vs Yushin Okami. You mean to tell me Okami had more than 5% chance in that fight? O_O
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JonnyCosMo United States. Oct 19 2011 06:26. Posts 7292
Couture vs Toney -500 OH REALLY O_O
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On October 18 2011 22:08 PuertoRican wrote:
What I want to know is, why did they promote Tavares vs. Jacoby to the main card, and leave Siver vs. Cerrone on the SpikeTV card. Both Siver/Cerrone will "bring it", so I don't see how they didn't get their fight promoted. Siver is on 4 win streak and Cerrone is on a 5 win streak. Siver is known for his standup and while the commentators always talk about Cerrone's standup, 12 of his 16 wins come by submission.
My thinking is to promote the PPV? I don't think anyone would specifically buy the PPV to see either bout (so there won't be lost sales by either being on Spike) so may as well have the 'higher chance of being a good fight' on Spike to draw people in.
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WhyYouKickMyDog United States. Oct 19 2011 18:59. Posts 1623
On October 18 2011 22:08 PuertoRican wrote:
What I want to know is, why did they promote Tavares vs. Jacoby to the main card, and leave Siver vs. Cerrone on the SpikeTV card. Both Siver/Cerrone will "bring it", so I don't see how they didn't get their fight promoted. Siver is on 4 win streak and Cerrone is on a 5 win streak. Siver is known for his standup and while the commentators always talk about Cerrone's standup, 12 of his 16 wins come by submission.
My thinking is to promote the PPV? I don't think anyone would specifically buy the PPV to see either bout (so there won't be lost sales by either being on Spike) so may as well have the 'higher chance of being a good fight' on Spike to draw people in.
If a main card fight gets cancelled, they leave the spike prelims as-is and move a fight from the undercard to the main card. This is what they've done the last couple times.
man, too bad GSP got injured. The card was pretty interesting but without his fight it doesn't look nearly as good. There are still some cool fights left, obviously, but it's still disappointing.
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Jhyun88 United States. Oct 19 2011 20:55. Posts 1383
Wasn't really interested in GSP wrestlefucking Condit for 5 rounds so much anyways. Way more excited about the Diaz vs Penn. Could easily be the fight of the year imo... Funny how things just worked out for the best for Diaz. Siver vs Cerrone looks good too
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Jhyun88 United States. Oct 19 2011 21:05. Posts 1383
o yea.. how do you guys think the betting lines will be if Silva vs Sonnen 2 happens. If Sonnen gets +200 or something, I think I'd want to put a lot of money on him.
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PuertoRican United States. Oct 21 2011 00:00. Posts 13184
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) will partner with innovative digital theatrical distribution company Cinedigm Digital Cinema (NASDAQ:CIDM) for the first ever, live 3D broadcast of a UFC Pay-Per-View event when it brings it Feb. 4, 2012 fight card to upwards of 120 theatres across the nation. The 3D broadcast will be the first of four annual Pay-Per-Views set to air in theatres via the partnership between UFC and Cinedigm.
“We are extremely pleased that UFC® has chosen to work with Cinedigm on this ground-breaking, live 3D broadcast,” said Chris McGurk, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Cinedigm. “We know the legions of avid UFC fans will be blown away when they see what promises to be an exciting night of championship fighting on the big-screen and in 3D.”
“By partnering with Cinedigm, we’re taking the UFC viewing experience to a whole new level,” UFC President Dana White said. “For the first time ever, fight fans can watch a UFC Pay-Per-View card in 3D at theatres across the country. We want UFC fans to have the best viewing experience possible and now they get a chance to experience major UFC Pay-Per-Views in 3D.”
PuertoRican United States. Oct 21 2011 16:29. Posts 13184
- Brad Tavares forced from his UFC 137 bout against newcomer Dustin Jacoby due to injury, another Octagon debutant will step in, as Clifford Starks will put his 7-0 record on the line against the 6-0 Jacoby.
- Jorgensen vs. Curran promoted to UFC 137 main card, Jacoby-Starks to prelims.
- UFC on FOX 1 refs include 'Big' John McCarthy, Herb Dean and Larry Landless.
- Chael Sonnen to host 2011 World MMA Awards, ceremony airs on FSN and FUEL TV on November 30th.
Siyar Bahadurzada - Welterweight - 20–4–1
Maximo Blanco - Featherweight - 8–3–1 (1 NC)
John-Olav Einemo (resigned) - Heavyweight - 6–2
Tim Kennedy - Middleweight - 14–3
Che Mills - Welterweight - 13–4 (1 NC)
Khadjimourat Gatsalov - Middleweight - (0-0) (He is an Olympic Gold Medalist, a four time world champion, a two time world cup winner and in 2003 was pronounced the greatest wrestler in Europe. He also competes in Sambo and is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt. He competed against Strikeforce heavyweight Daniel Cormier at the 2004 Olympics. Gatsalov dominated Cormier winning the match 5-0.)
- With cast removed, UFC's Diego Sanchez cleared to resume training.
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PuertoRican United States. Oct 31 2011 23:13. Posts 13184
- Donald Cerrone vs. Nate Diaz official, granted co-main-event status for UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem. (Weird fight since Nate Diaz is 1-2 in his last 3, while Cerrone is on a 6 fight win streak and will crush Diaz ez pz.)
- UFC 141 adds Manny Gamburyan vs. Diego Nunes and Junior Assuncao vs. Ross Pearson.
- UFC 137 salaries: Diaz ($200K), Penn ($150K) and Kongo ($140K) top fighter payroll. + Show Spoiler +
The full payouts included:
Nick Diaz: $200,000 (no win bonus)
def. B.J. Penn: $150,000
* - Although not recognized on the official pay sheet, Griffin was fined $8,500 for missing weight for the fight, and contracts were reworked with those amounts. That money was issued to Palaszewski, an NSAC official confirmed with MMAjunkie.com. Otherwise, Griffin would have made $34,000 and Palaszewski would have made $20,000.
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 the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $75,000 UFC 137 bonuses to Palaszewski ("KO of the Night"), Cerrone ("Submission of the Night"), and Diaz and Penn ("Fight of the Night").
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
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Jhyun88 United States. Nov 01 2011 05:09. Posts 1383
On October 31 2011 22:13 PuertoRican wrote:
- Donald Cerrone vs. Nate Diaz official, granted co-main-event status for UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem. (Weird fight since Nate Diaz is 1-2 in his last 3, while Cerrone is on a 6 fight win streak and will crush Diaz ez pz.)
I wouldn't be so sure about this, Nate Diaz's 2 losses came from when he was still in welterweight and he fought 2 strong wrestlers and lost via decisions. Cerrone's gonna scrap and we know any Diaz can scrap.
Nice addition to the card, let's hope they stack that one up to the skyyyyyyyyy.
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PuertoRican United States. Nov 01 2011 22:28. Posts 13184
@Jyhun, we can bet on Cerrone/Diaz if you want. A small non-money bet, maybe loser takes a pic in their underwear/boxers with a LP.net logo on their chest for the rest of us to laugh at.
Diaz was facing bigger guys and he can also take a beating, but Cerrone will be the best striker he has faced and can handle himself on the ground. IMO, Nate is a weaker version of Nick. Nick hasn't faced elite strikers, only strikers who are made to sound elite via whatever commentator is hyping them up, and Nate has faced good strikers and lost to them.
- UFC 138 loses Paul Taylor vs. Anthony Njokuani; Cyrille Diabate vs. Anthony Perosh promoted to main card. (Taylor suffered whiplash in a recent car accident.)
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 the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $65,000 UFC on FOX bonuses to Dos Santos ("KO of the Night"), Lamas ("Submission of the Night"), and Henderson and Guida ("Fight of the Night").
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
100k $ is what Mariusz Pudzianowski gets for his fights in Poland. Average Polish boxer Albert Sosnowski(yes you probably never heard of him and never will) got 1mln $ for his fight against Klitshko year ago. UFC and ZUffa are greedy bastards who's got enough money to buy every competition and give fighters scraps of their profits.
Adapt or die.
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LikeASet United States. Nov 18 2011 09:56. Posts 2113
On November 18 2011 06:36 CamilaPunt wrote:
really? 100k for velasquez? thats pretty sad
breaks all records of viewers.. in brazil alone ~ 60kk viewers and wins 100k
thats like pocket change money for most top athletes give me a break
i know he won way more than that but the official value is ridic
Well compare UFC athletes to other mainstream athletes like basketball, baseball, football players etc. who play games 1-3 games per week, along with the whole range of merchandise that is sold with player's names on it (jersey's, shoes, hats etc.) How often are you going to run into someone wearing a Kobe Jersey vs someone wearing something Cain Velasquez written on it? Plus also keep in mind that UFC was near bankrupt in the 90's, and just started to turn a profit in the mid 2000's and is now just becoming somewhat mainstream. But yeah UFC athletes should definitely get paid more but it's going to take a few more years, unless there's some credible source that says Dana is a billionaire already. IMO all other athletes get paid way too fkn much, don't know if there's any reasonable way to deal with that issue though.
^valid point but then u could say the same thing about boxing but they make way more and the # of viewers on each one are similar with the difference that ufc has more events
of course boxing has been around for long time but the disparity of 100k to 15kk is really big
GSP said he makes between $4 and $5million per fight, and i think his ufc official payment is around $200k, so that number is just a number anyway. I guess Velasquez makes at the very least 1/10 of what GSP makes, and that's a very nice payout imo.
On November 18 2011 10:34 Raidern wrote:
GSP said he makes between $4 and $5million per fight, and i think his ufc official payment is around $200k, so that number is just a number anyway. I guess Velasquez makes at the very least 1/10 of what GSP makes, and that's a very nice payout imo.
wow rly? source?
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PuertoRican United States. Nov 18 2011 19:58. Posts 13184
On November 18 2011 10:34 Raidern wrote:
GSP said he makes between $4 and $5million per fight, and i think his ufc official payment is around $200k, so that number is just a number anyway. I guess Velasquez makes at the very least 1/10 of what GSP makes, and that's a very nice payout imo.
I seen a video of GSP dancing at a night club, he reminded me of Jean Claude Van Damme dancing in one of his movies, but even JCVD got massive vag in the 80s.
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PuertoRican United States. Nov 21 2011 22:54. Posts 13184
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 the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $70,000 UFC 139 bonuses to McDonald ("KO of the Night"), Faber ("Submission of the Night"), and Henderson, Rua, Silva and Le ("Fight of the Night").
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
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Jhyun88 United States. Nov 23 2011 09:01. Posts 1383
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PuertoRican United States. Nov 24 2011 16:21. Posts 13184
- ProElite 3 scheduled for January 21st at Blaisdell Arena; Kendall Grove vs. MinowaMan targeted.
- Top Swedish fighter, Reza Madadi (11-2), signs with UFC, expected to fight at UFC on FX 1.
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PuertoRican United States. Nov 29 2011 19:53. Posts 13184
- UFC 138's Chris Leben suspended one year following failed drug test (painkillers). (Second time he got caught when fighting for the UFC outside of USA. The commission doesn't do tests in the countries he got caught in, but the UFC brings their own guys in to test.) http://mmajunkie.com/news/26287/ufc-1...wing-failed-drug-test-painkillers.mma
- UFC looks at Australia for March event, possibly Sydney, for UFC 145.
- Carlos Condit vs. Josh Koscheck, Michael Kuiper vs. Rafael Natal confirmed for UFC 143
- Jake Ellenberger vs. Diego Sanchez to headline Feb. 15 UFC event on FUEL TV.
- Mike Brown vs. Vagner Rocha, Ryan Jimmo vs. Karlos Vemola added to UFC on FX 1.
- Mike Pyle vs. Paulo Thiago, Rob Broughton vs. Ednaldo Oliveira official for UFC 142 in Brazil.
- UFC 141 'UFC Prelims' special gets Anthony Njokuani vs. Ramsey Nijem, Junior Assuncao vs. Ross Pearson on Spike TV.
- Jon Olav Einemo vs. Mike Russow at UFC on FOX 2.
- Jorge Lopez vs. Amir Sadollah added to UFC 143 in February.
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 the UFC oftentimes pays. They also do not include portions of the pay-per-view revenue that some top-level fighters receive.
For example, as previously reported, UFC officials handed out additional $40,000 TUF 14 Finale bonuses to Dodson ("KO of the Night"), Brandao ("Submission of the Night" and "Fight of the Night") and Bermudez ("Fight of the Night").
In other words, the above figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
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f1shcake United States. Dec 07 2011 20:02. Posts 287
in before the words you know bitch french pussy money not-enough-of rashad evans like fuk you all grunt grunt look sideways fuk you ariel words are used in an upcoming nate diaz interview
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PuertoRican United States. Dec 07 2011 22:10. Posts 13184
My god, GSP... Dunno what to say except I cant remember the last time GSP had to pull out of a fight because he was hurt, and now he's done it twice against the same person in 6 months or something.
Condit is a beast, he is the true #1 contender, he just doesn't have the big name yet. If Diaz finishes Condit, I'll get on the hype train, otherwise he's just a mid-tier winning fighter imo.
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PuertoRican United States. Dec 07 2011 22:29. Posts 13184
- Michael Bisping vs. Demian Maia added to UFC on FOX 2. (UFC will show 3 fights live on FOX: Phil Davis vs. Rashad Evans, Mark Munoz vs. Chael Sonnen, Michael Bisping vs. Demian Maia)
- Ramsey Nijem out due to injury, Danny Castillo in against Anthony Njoukani at UFC 141.
- Stefan Struve vs. Dave Herman confirmed for UFC on FUEL TV 1.
- 'Strikeforce: Luke Rockhold vs. Keith Jardine' adds Robbie Lawler vs. Adlan Amagov, Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal vs. Lorenz Larkin, Tarec Saffiedine vs. Tyler Stinson.
- UFC to announce new 125-pound flyweight class this weekend.
- Dana White: Strikeforce staying on Showtime, details announced next week.
That twitter quote isn't the exact quote he got fired over. He deleted the original and reposted that one. Apparently it comes from "It's always sunny in Philadelphia" but I haven't rewatched the episode to check (which is one of the best shows ever BTW).
Basically IMO it's retarded to fire him over that and this is one of the few times that I think Dana is acting like a complete cock. There is an interview with Helwani where he says at the start of it that he calls all the guys when they do this sort of stupid shit to get their side of the story (ie/ Forrest re: rape comments and Rashad re: rape comments). But then 5 minutes later says he never called or talked to Miguel about it, he had his people do it and word back was that, "it was a joke". Apparently that was the length and breadth of the explanation which sounds like complete bullshit to me.
wtf USA cant be that sensitive..
guy says something on press conference and nothing happens.
then other dude says less harmful thing on personal twitter and gets cut ? i dont even ...
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PuertoRican United States. Dec 09 2011 02:09. Posts 13184
Dana is racist against mullet wearing Mexicans.
And he must be sensitive if someone who has a fan base in the UFC and is coming off a win can be cut just like that, without warning or fining him.
Something should have happened to Miguel for saying something dumb on twitter, but not an insta-cut imo. I think that Dana will eventually re-hire him and say he overreacted, since he wont do shit to Rashad, who had brought up a more touchier subject.
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Stim_Abuser United States. Dec 09 2011 03:13. Posts 7499
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- Strikeforce will complete the Heavyweight Grand Prix in March 2012. The winner of the Grand Prix will have one more heavyweight fight, then Strikeforce will be closing it's heavyweight division and the fighters will be moved over to the UFC.
- Erik Koch forced out at UFC 143 due to injury; Ricardo Lamas now faces Dustin Poirier. (Would have been a sick fight)
- Strikeforce import Lavar Johnson meets Joey Beltran at UFC on FOX 2.
- Fighters confirm Fabricio Werdum vs. Roy Nelson for UFC 143 in February.
- Matt Brown vs. Chris Cope at UFC 143 in Las Vegas.
Roger Bowling: $14,200 ($7,000 win bonus)*
def. Jerron Peoples: $1,600*
Devin Cole: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus)
def. Gabriel Salinas-Jones: $3,000
Eddie Mendez: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus)
def. Fernando Gonzalez: $3,000
Herman Terrado: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus)
def. Chris Brown: $3,000
* - Peoples surrendered $200 of his $2,000 show money to Bowling and $200 to the CSAC because he missed weight
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.
Finally Cyborg gets busted. I doubt anyone in the whole world will be surprised. Hopefully she admits it and moves on instead of going the whole "I'm innocent" approach that no one will believe.
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Claude Patrick vs. 
Daniel Roberts (Welterweight)
Diego Brandao - Featherweight 13–7
Michael Kuiper - Middlewieght 11–0
Reza Madadi - Lightweight 11–2
Khabib Nurmagomedov - Lightweight 16–0
Oli Thompson - Heavyweight 9–2
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