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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Rashad Evans Offers to Train Quinton ?Rampage? Jackson for Jon Jones?
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. That might not exactly be the case between rivals Rashad Evans and Quinton ?Rampage? Jackson, but it appears ?Suga? has grown sweet on the idea of Jackson reclaiming the light heavyweight throne. It certainly makes it easier for Evans to root for Rampage considering his most recent [...]
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You tell us: Who will win the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix?
The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix is now more than half finished, with just three bouts left to decide a champion. The Final Four of Silva, Kharitonov, Barnett and Overeem isn't exactly what was expected, but every great tournament needs a few wrenches thrown in to make it compelling. Take a look at the first four matches.
Emelianenko gets overpowered by Silva: In his first fight after sustaining his first loss in nearly a decade, Emelianenko had to fight the much larger Antonio "Big Foot" Silva. He couldn't hold off attacks from Silva, and took several hammer fists when Silva was able to gain full mount. The fight was stopped before the third round could start.
Kharitonov makes quick work of Arlovski: A veteran of PRIDE and DREAM, the Russian fighter had no problem with the Belarussian Arlovski. A knee and an uppercut ended the bout in the first round, advancing Kharitonov to the semifinals.
Barnett smothers his way to submission of Rogers: Like Kharitonov, Barnett made his Strikeforce debut in the GP. He had no problem with Rogers, a fighter who has one-punch knockout power, but hasn't shown it in two years. Barnett barely let Rogers move in the first round before submitting him with an arm triangle early in the second round.
Overeem wins weirdly over Werdum: The match-up between Overeem, someone with unbelievable strength and striking, and Werdum, a world-class jiu-jitsu practitioner, should have made an interesting fight. Instead, it featured a frustrated Overeem, who couldn't land the shots he wanted to because Werdum spent much of the bout daring him to fight on the ground.
Now, having watched the four quarterfinal bouts, are your predictions on who will win the GP the same as when it started? Tell us who you think will win.
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ProElite, Former Home of Kimbo Slice, Relaunches MMA Promotion
ProElite, the former parent company of EliteXC, will attempt to restart its mixed martial arts business with a return to promoting events. On Wednesday, the company -- now owned by Stratus Media Group Inc. -- announced it will host an event on August 27 in Oahu, Hawaii.The event will take place at Blaisdell Arena in Waikiki.
ProElite, once the home of Kimbo Slice, had a rapid rise and fall in the mid-to-late 2000s, founded in 2006 as a partnership with Showtime Networks. The company made history in May 2008, when its EliteXC-branded event was broadcast on CBS, making it the first time an MMA event aired on primetime U.S. network television.
Headlined by a Slice vs Jamees Thompson matchup, the event drew an average of 4.3 million viewers, with over 6.5 million tuning in to watch the main event bout. As quickly as it rose though, the company's fortunes sank, buried by mountains of debt.
Its symbolic end came just months after that ground-breaking network breakthrough. On Oct. 4, 2008, Slice was scheduled to take on Ken Shamrock in another CBS broadcast. Shamrock, however, suffered a deep laceration on the day of the fight and was unable to compete. In a pinch, EliteXC replaced him with undercard fighter Seth Petruzelli.
The company had put most of their marketing muscle behind Slice, and when Petruzelli, a true light-heavyweight fighting the heavyweight Slice on short notice, knocked him out in 14 seconds, damage was done. Worse, the day after the fight, Petrzuelli told an Orlando radio show that EliteXC promoters made it "worth my while" to keep the fight standing, essentially asking him to employ a style in which Slice was more capable of being competitive. The backlash to the possible fight manipulation was swift and furious.
Though Florida regulators eventually cleared EliteXC of any wrongdoing, by then it was too late. The day before being cleared, ProElite threw in the towel.
While Slice and to a lesser extent, Petruzelli, have received much of the lion's share of the blame for sinking the company, in reality, financial issues had the company underwater well before that. By the time it ceased operations on Oct. 21, ProElite was $55 million in the red despite existing for less than two years.
In recent months, rumors of a revival swirled, proven true by the Stratus Media Group purchase. Reportedly, ProElite was one of the bidders when Strikeforce went up for sale in late 2010. The company recently hired former Strikeforce matchmaker Rich Chou and former ICON owner T.J. Thompson as executives. The promotion said it plans to announce fighter signings and matchups for the August 27 event in the near future.
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Mojitos considered girly?
Are mojito's considered a gay drink now?
Sucks because I like fruit and fruity drinks are all considered gay but now mojitos too?
Sucks because I like fruit and fruity drinks are all considered gay but now mojitos too?
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UFC on Versus 4 ratings: Versus broadcast averages 744,000 viewers
"UFC on Versus 4: Kongo vs. Barry," which aired this past Sunday night on Versus, drew an average audience of 744,000 viewers.The number marks a small rebound from the series-low 681,000 viewers who witnessed March's UFC on Versus 3 event.
However, Spike TV's replay of "UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares," which aired in the same timeslot, actually outdrew the Versus broadcast with 793,000 viewers.
Joe Warren, Joe Soto Among Fighters for Season 5 Bellator Bantamweight Tournament
Apparently not satisfied with one title, Bellator featherweight champion Joe Warren is also setting his sights on the bantamweight belt, as well.Bellator announced Tuesday its pairings for its Season 5 eight-man bantamweight tournament, which will begin in September. Right smack in the middle will be Warren, who will drop down a class to go after a second title. And joining him in dropping down from 145 pounds to 135 will be the man he beat to win the featherweight belt, Joe Soto.
Warren will meet Alexis Vila in the quarters; Soto faces Eduardo Dantas. Also in the tournament field, Ed West takes on Luis Nogueira, and Marcos Galvao fights former WEC bantamweight champ Chase Beebe.
The tournament will open on Sept. 24 with all four quarterfinal fights. That event is likely to be Bellator 51; no venue has yet been announced. Bellator's fifth season will open on Sept. 10 with Bellator 49, and events will again be broadcast on MTV2. Bellator's current bantamweight champion, Zach Makovsky, will defend his title against the tournament winner, likely in the spring of 2012.
"To say our Season 5 bantamweight tournament is stacked is a gross understatement," Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said in a release from the promotion. "Warren-Vila is going to be absolutely explosive for as long as it lasts, and the inclusion of Dantas, Nogueira, Chase, Soto, Ed and Luis makes every single fight in this tournament a pick'em adventure."
Warren (7-1, 5-0 Bellator) is scheduled to face Patricio Freire next month to defend his featherweight title. The NCAA Division I All-American wrestler also won two state wrestling titles in high school. Warren's MMA debut was an upset of Beebe in the Dream featherweight grand prix in 2009. Vila (9-0), who trains at American Top Team, won a bronze medal in the 1996 Olympics. He will be the oldest competitor in the field at 40. Only one of his nine wins has gone the distance - Vila owns six knockout wins and a pair of submissions.
Soto (9-1, 4-1 Bellator) in September suffered his first career loss, a second-round TKO to Warren, dropping his featherweight title. Soto has been with Bellator since its first event in April 2009 and won the promotion's first 145-pound title with a submission of Yahir Reyes. He is scheduled to next fight Eddie Yagin at a Tachi Palace Fights event in August. Dantas (10-2) is a product of the Brazliian jiu-jitsu team at Nova Uniao. His Bellator debut also will be his debut in the United States.
Beebe (18-7, 1-0 Bellator) started his MMA career 12-1. His WEC debut was a unanimous decision win over Eddie Wineland to win the bantamweight title in March 2007. He defended it once against Rani Yahya before losing it to Miguel Torres in February 2008. That started a stretch of five straight losses, his loss to Warren at Dream 7. But since 2010, Beebe has gone 6-1, including a win in his Bellator debut in May. He is scheduled to face Ralph Acosta for the World Fighting Championship's bantamweight title next month in England. Galvao (9-4-1, 0-1 Bellator) is a WEC vet whose last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Warren at Bellator 41 in April. In December, he won Ring of Combat's featherweight title. He, like, Dantas, is a Nova Uniao Brazilian jiu-jitsu product.
West (16-5, 2-1 Bellator) will be looking to get back to the finals after reaching the championship bout of Bellator's Season 3 135-pound tourney, which he lost to Makovsky by unanimous decision. The Tucson, Ariz.-based West, who trains frequently with UFC fighter George Roop, is 8-1 over the last four years, including five submission victories. Nogueira (11-1, 1-0 Bellator) has won seven straight, including his Bellator debut against Jerod Spoon in April. His only career loss came against Dantas at a Shooto Brazil event in 2008.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Junior Dos Santos Leaves Manager Ed Soares
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Nate Marquardt Incident Highlights Need for Comprehensive HRT Policy in MMA
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If you have to do a live interview where you answer questions about the testosterone injections that cost you your job -- and, ideally, you'd probably rather avoid that situation altogether if possible -- the way Nate Marquardt did it is probably the best way. In his interview with Ariel Helwani on Tuesday's edition of The MMA Hour, Marquardt was open and direct about his hormone replacement therapy (HRT, if you're down with the lingo). He explained what he did, when he did it, and why. He appeared emotional, vulnerable, and -- as far as we could tell -- honest.
Even the people who wanted to string him up the moment they heard UFC president Dana White say he was "disgusted" with Marquardt must have at least considered putting down the torches and pitchforks when they heard his side of it.
But even with all the questions Marquardt answered in the hour-long interview, the one that still bugs me is the one we may never be able to pin down: does any of this make Marquardt a cheater, or does it simply make him unlucky?
At least in the eyes of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, receiving testosterone injections is not, in and of itself, cheating. If you can prove (to the satisfaction of the commission) that you need it, and if you can make sure your hormone levels fall within a pre-determined range by the day before the fight, it's really no problem at all.
In fact, if Marquardt had managed to hit that range -- and by all accounts, he just missed it -- the fight would have gone on, he'd still have a job, and none of us would have ever known that he was getting a little hormonal help on the side.
If that's the case, then the difference between illegally using performance-enhancing drugs and competing entirely on the up-and-up is a matter of degrees. It's a difference of a few nanograms per deciliter. It's less about what you're doing, and more about how much of it you're doing.
Marquardt knew those were the rules when he decided to play this particular game, and now he's suffering the consequences of failing to abide by them. But maybe what we should really be asking is if these rules are all that fair to begin with.
There's a reason you can't compete with too much testosterone in your system. It's a performance-enhancing drug. It's one that the body produces naturally, but it's also a powerful substance than can change your whole personality in the right (or, depending on the personality you started with, wrong) doses.
In fact, that's one of the reasons Marquardt said he needed it. He was tired and grumpy all the time, to the point where his wife didn't want to be around him, he said. So he went to the doctor, got a prescription for testosterone, and presto chango, he's a changed man. No more fatigue. No more irritability. Just full speed ahead.
That, by definition, makes it a performance-enhancer. But it doesn't make it cheating, apparently. Not unless you do just a tad too much of it, and then it's scorched earth for you, my friend. Then you're pulled from the main event, fired from your job, and verbally blasted on national TV by your boss, who will claim to be "disgusted" by you for engaging in a practice that he was totally fine with just a few months ago, and would have been totally fine with again if only your hormone levels had dropped just a wee bit faster.
Am I the only who feels like this makes absolutely no sense?
The problem with hormone replacement therapy for pro fighters is that athletic commissions haven't really made up their minds about it yet. That much was clear when Chael Sonnen went before the California State Athletic Commission to make his case for an after-the-fact therapeutic-use exemption for testosterone.
The commission agreed that firmer, more coherent policies on HRT were absolutely necessary, then it took no clear action to make any of that happen. Instead, it decided that Sonnen had failed to give proper notice to the right people at the right times. It nailed him on a paperwork issue, more or less. As for whether he should have been mainlining testosterone to begin with? That one they weren't about to touch.
The fact that Sonnen was still being offered an Ultimate Fighter coaching job after that incident while Marquardt and his camp got to find out via Twitter that he'd been fired from the UFC altogether, that tells us where the UFC's concern really lies in this discussion.
If you get in trouble after an event -- that is, after the UFC has already made its money off you -- then your hormones are your problem. The fines, the suspensions, that's between you and the athletic commission once the fight's over.
But if those same exact hormones get you pulled from a main event the day before it's supposed to go down -- that is, after the UFC has done the work of promoting the fight but before it has reaped the lion's share of the profits -- then brother, look out. Then it won't matter that you told the UFC about it months beforehand, or that you tried to go about it in the most transparent possible way.
If that's how the UFC wants to play it, that's the UFC's choice. Whenever the issue of drug testing comes up, it can -- and usually will -- step back and let the commissions take the flack. It will also make its hiring and firing decisions based on financial considerations first, and everything else a distant second.
But while the UFC's main concern is profit, the commissions are supposed to be the ones ensuring fairness. Right now the commissions seem to think that letting one fighter artificially raise his natural testosterone levels is fair -- as long as he gets a doctor's note first, and as long as he keeps those levels below at a certain point.
Whether that's a version of fair play we agree with, or one we truly want to hold our athletes to, that's something this sport has yet to decide.
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Nate Marquardt On The MMA Hour At 1pm EST Today To Talk About Being Cut By The UFC
Former UFC middleweight Nate Marquardt will be in the studio with Ariel Helwani to discuss why he wasn’t medically cleared to fight at UFC Live on Versus 4 and what’s next for him.
Show is now over. Replay of the first 15 minutes of Nate Marquardt On The MMA Hour is here.
Show is now over. Replay of the first 15 minutes of Nate Marquardt On The MMA Hour is here.
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UFC targeting welterweight bout between Jake Shields and Jake Ellenberger for fall event
By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
UFC welterweight Jake Ellenberger has been publicly expressing his desire to fight Jake Shields since the former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion signed with the UFC in 2010, and now it appears he'll be getting his wish.
According to a report from MMAFighting.com, the two Jakes have verbally agreed to meet in a fight this fall. Though no event has been revealed for their bout as of yet, the report suggests November's UFC 138 event in San Jose, Calif. could land the fight.
The surging Ellenberger believes he can defeat Shields, and has said so on multiple occasions over the last year while continuing a four fight win streak in the UFC. Ellenberger is 8-2 in his last ten fights, dropping a decision to Rick Story in 2008 and a split decision to Carlos Condit in his UFC debut.
In the Condit fight, Ellenberger nearly finished the bout in the first round, dropping Condit multiple times. However, Condit survived, and came back to win the second and third rounds on two judges scorecards to take the fight. Since then, however, Ellenberger has gone on a tear in the UFC's welterweight division, defeating Mike Pyle, John Howard, Carlos Eduardo Rocha and Sean Pierson in succession. In all but the Rocha fight in that stretch, Ellenberger has stopped his opponents with strikes.
Shields will look to rebound from his first loss in over six years, which came to UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre at UFC 129 in April. In that six year stretch, Shields had compiled 15 straight wins, a stretch that included victories over Carlos Condit, Yushin Okami, Mike Pyle, Paul Daley, Robbie Lawler, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Martin Kampmann and Dan Henderson.
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Penick's Analysis: I've been very interested in seeing this fight since Ellenberger began calling out Shields last fall. Ellenbeger hasn't fought the level of competition that Shields has, but he's come on strong and defeated a number of fighters in impressive fashion in the UFC, and that's what good fighters are supposed to do against lesser competition. He's got a skillset that can work favorably against a fighter like Shields, and though the former Strikeforce and EliteXC Champ will be the favorite into this fight, Ellenberger has a very good chance in that fight. This should be a really good matchup on whatever card it winds up on, and if it's in San Jose in November, it will be essentially in Shields' back yard.
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According to a report from MMAFighting.com, the two Jakes have verbally agreed to meet in a fight this fall. Though no event has been revealed for their bout as of yet, the report suggests November's UFC 138 event in San Jose, Calif. could land the fight.
The surging Ellenberger believes he can defeat Shields, and has said so on multiple occasions over the last year while continuing a four fight win streak in the UFC. Ellenberger is 8-2 in his last ten fights, dropping a decision to Rick Story in 2008 and a split decision to Carlos Condit in his UFC debut.
In the Condit fight, Ellenberger nearly finished the bout in the first round, dropping Condit multiple times. However, Condit survived, and came back to win the second and third rounds on two judges scorecards to take the fight. Since then, however, Ellenberger has gone on a tear in the UFC's welterweight division, defeating Mike Pyle, John Howard, Carlos Eduardo Rocha and Sean Pierson in succession. In all but the Rocha fight in that stretch, Ellenberger has stopped his opponents with strikes.
Shields will look to rebound from his first loss in over six years, which came to UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre at UFC 129 in April. In that six year stretch, Shields had compiled 15 straight wins, a stretch that included victories over Carlos Condit, Yushin Okami, Mike Pyle, Paul Daley, Robbie Lawler, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Martin Kampmann and Dan Henderson.
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Penick's Analysis: I've been very interested in seeing this fight since Ellenberger began calling out Shields last fall. Ellenbeger hasn't fought the level of competition that Shields has, but he's come on strong and defeated a number of fighters in impressive fashion in the UFC, and that's what good fighters are supposed to do against lesser competition. He's got a skillset that can work favorably against a fighter like Shields, and though the former Strikeforce and EliteXC Champ will be the favorite into this fight, Ellenberger has a very good chance in that fight. This should be a really good matchup on whatever card it winds up on, and if it's in San Jose in November, it will be essentially in Shields' back yard.
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Cain Velasquez VS Junior Dos Santos UFC 138 Prediction
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UFC On Versus 4 Weigh In Results, Marquardt Out, New Main Event
By CHRIS HOWIE<Br>
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer<Br><Br>
UFC Live on Versus 4 will take place tomorrow evening (June 26th) from the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and today all fighters took too the scale to weigh in for their bouts. Except for Nate Marquardt.<br><br>
Marquardt has apparently failed his pre fight doctors assessment and has been pulled from the main event of the card.<Br><Br>
Cheick Kongo and Pat Barry's heavyweight tilt has been bumped to the main event. Rick Story now faces Charlie Brenneman on the televised portion of the card.<Br><Br>
Complete weigh in results and the updated card are as follows:<Br><Br>
Main Card:<Br><Br>
Pat Barry (243) vs. Cheick Kongo (234.4)<Br>
Charlie Brenneman (170.6) vs. Rick Story (170.4)<Br>
Matt Brown (170) vs. John Howard (170.2)<Br>
Matt Mitrione (261.1) vs. Christian Morecraft (261.4)<Br><Br>
Prelimy Card:<Br><Br>
Manny Gamburyan (145.8) vs. Tyson Griffin (145.8)<Br>
Joe Stevenson (146) vs. Javier Vazquez (145.8)<Br>
Joe Lauzon (156) vs. Curt Warburton (155.6)<Br>
Rich Attonito (170) vs. Daniel Roberts (170.6)<Br>
Nik Lentz (155.6) vs. Charles Oliveira (153.8)<Br>
Matt Grice (145.2) vs. Ricardo Lamas (145.4)<Br>
Edward Faaloloto (155.4) vs. Michael Johnson (155.2)<Br><Br>
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UFC Live on Versus 4 will take place tomorrow evening (June 26th) from the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and today all fighters took too the scale to weigh in for their bouts. Except for Nate Marquardt.<br><br>
Marquardt has apparently failed his pre fight doctors assessment and has been pulled from the main event of the card.<Br><Br>
Cheick Kongo and Pat Barry's heavyweight tilt has been bumped to the main event. Rick Story now faces Charlie Brenneman on the televised portion of the card.<Br><Br>
Complete weigh in results and the updated card are as follows:<Br><Br>
Main Card:<Br><Br>
Pat Barry (243) vs. Cheick Kongo (234.4)<Br>
Charlie Brenneman (170.6) vs. Rick Story (170.4)<Br>
Matt Brown (170) vs. John Howard (170.2)<Br>
Matt Mitrione (261.1) vs. Christian Morecraft (261.4)<Br><Br>
Prelimy Card:<Br><Br>
Manny Gamburyan (145.8) vs. Tyson Griffin (145.8)<Br>
Joe Stevenson (146) vs. Javier Vazquez (145.8)<Br>
Joe Lauzon (156) vs. Curt Warburton (155.6)<Br>
Rich Attonito (170) vs. Daniel Roberts (170.6)<Br>
Nik Lentz (155.6) vs. Charles Oliveira (153.8)<Br>
Matt Grice (145.2) vs. Ricardo Lamas (145.4)<Br>
Edward Faaloloto (155.4) vs. Michael Johnson (155.2)<Br><Br>
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
"UFC On Versus 4" Prelims Predictions
When the UFC broadcasts its ?UFC on Versus 4? event live on the Versus network, it will have been after an amazing seven-fight lead-in courtesy of the UFC?s ongoing relationship with Facebook. At one time, the UFC was set to offer eight free preliminary fights on their Facebook page, although one was recently cancelled due [...]
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"UFC on Verus 4" Results: A Great Event Highlighted By One Of The Most Amazing Comebacks I've Ever Seen
With one of the greatest come-from-behind victories I?ve personally ever seen, the UFC?s fourth ?UFC on Versus? event certainly lived up to the hype of being almost as good as a Pay-Per-View and better than most ?Fight Night Live? events. This is an event that had to deal with its headlining attraction getting nixed approximately [...]
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Pre-fight Press Conference - UFC 131
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Daley vs. Woodley Targeted for ?Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson,? King Mo Shifted to September
A matchup between Paul Daley and Tyron Woodley is in the works for "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson" on July 30 near Chicago, but it's not yet known whether the vacant welterweight title will be on the line.
Meanwhile, former Strikeforce light heavyweight champ Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal has been pulled from the card and will instead return in September.
Meanwhile, former Strikeforce light heavyweight champ Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal has been pulled from the card and will instead return in September.
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Griffin, Vazquez winners in final prelims at UFC on Versus 4
PITTSBURGH -- Joe Stevenson lost in a unanimous decision over Javier Vazquez on Sunday night, with the judges seeing it 30-27, 29-28, 30-27.
Early in the first round, Vazquez ducked under a Stevenson punch to get a takedown, but Stevenson used it to grab his arm and pull it into an arm bar. Stevenson couldn't finish it, and Vazquez took over top position. After neither fighter was able to do much on the ground, they were stood up. Again, Vazquez took the fight to the ground, and again, not much was accomplished there.
Stevenson appeared in trouble in the second round when Vazquez jumped on for the guillotine. He could not finish, and the fight returned to stand-up. Stevenson looked sluggish for much of the bout. Vazquez never really took control, but managed to take advantage of Stevenson's lethargy by landing several straight shots.
For Stevenson, this was his fourth loss in a row, but his first fight at featherweight. He hasn't won a bout since 2009, and the wear of a career with 45 bouts appeared to show.
Griffin takes tight decision over Gamburyan
Tyson Griffin took the final decision of the UFC on Versus 4 undercard over Manny Gamburyan, 29-28, 29-28, 29-29.
Gamburyan started strong with a takedown early, and then used that to transition into a standing guillotine. When he couldn't finish that, he tossed Griffin to the ground, and took his back as Griffin stood up. Gamburyan then moved off his back, and finished the round clinching against the fence.
The two got into several violent tangles in the second round, exchanging several big strikes. In one of those dust-ups, Stevenson threw an inadvertent shot to Gamburyan's crotch, pausing the fight for a moment as Stevenson recovered. It happened again near the end of the round, and this time, Griffin seemed upset by the stoppage.
Griffin knocked Gamburyan down early in the third, but Gamburyan quickly returned to his feet. Gamburyan threw Griffin, but couldn't maintain control. Griffin ducked behind and landed several big strikes before Gamburyan maneuvered out. Griffin also used low leg kicks to tenderize Gamburyan's leg throughout the bout, giving him an edge in the bout.
This was Griffin's first bout at featherweight after spending years as a lightweight. He seemed well suited to the move down, staying strong throughout the three rounds.
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UFC 131 "Dos Santos vs. Carwin" Live Attendance, Gate Receipts, Post-Fight Bonuses, And "Prelims LIVE" Ratings
For all intents and purposes, ufc 131 ?Dos Santos vs. Carwin? was a better event than UFC 130 ?Rampage vs. Hamill?. In terms of pure quality, it had a better prelims special, a more talked-about main event, more dramatic finishes, and a main event that lived up to most of its hype, whereas the main [...]
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Randy Orton Suffers Concussion: Might Not Wrestle Sunday
Randy Orton suffered a legitimate concussion at WWE’s Smackdown house show from Madrid, Spain on Sunday. The injury occurred during the triple-threat main event match for the World Heavyweight title against Christian and Sheamus. Orton was asked on Twitter why he didn’t wrestle on RAW, to which he replied:
“because I was knocked out in Spain. U can’t wrestle, or should i say, perform, the day after a concussion.”
In case Orton is not medically cleared to wrestle Christian at Sunday’s Capitol Punishment pay-per-view, the concussion angle WWE ran on RAW will ...
“because I was knocked out in Spain. U can’t wrestle, or should i say, perform, the day after a concussion.”
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Bellator 46: Mann with awesome KO, Malegarie subs Devree
After a very good Season 4 featherweight tourney, won by Patricio "Pitbull" Freire, Bellator quickly threw together another 145-pound tournament for the summer and it looks to be loaded. Ronnie Mann and Nazareno Malegarie opened up this tourney with dynamic victories at Bellator 46 in Hollywood, Fla.
Mann, a nasty striker, crushed Adam Schindler with a left and knocked him out on the ground at 4:14 of the first while Malegarie (pictured) rolled through a variety of submission attempts and finally made good on a guillotine choke at 1:25 of the third.
Both fighters advance to the semifinals. As long as they came out of their fights unscathed they'll be fighting on July 22 at Bellator 47 in Canada.
Mann's a pretty accomplished fighter on the international scene and it showed against the American Schindler. Born in Thailand, Mann, 24, grew up in England. Before this dominant win, he'd made a name for himself in both Japan's Sengoku and several British promotions.
Schindler, a former high school wrestling star and U.S. Air Force vet, chose to stand and bang with Mann. It turned out to be an awful gameplan.
Just 20 seconds into the fight, Schindler actually rocked Mann with a nice combination. Mann (20-2-1) has too much experience to freak out and came back seconds later with a three-punch combo that stopped Schindler in his place. It got worse from there.
Schindler would close space and throw hard shots, but nothing really landed. Meanwhile, Mann, still in pocket, blasted away with straight punches.
With 55 seconds left in the first round, Schindler was dropped by a beautiful left hook. He fell to his back and got crushed by a right hand as Mann pounced. "The Ninja Kid" then got off eight vicious hammer fists before referee Jorge Alonso stepped in. Schindler was out cold.
"I knew he was going to come in wild so I wanted come straight down the middle. So yeah it worked," Mann told MTV2's Jimmy Smith. "All I heard was my cornerman [Shawn Tompkins saying], 'use that left hook!' So I threw it and caught him."
Malegarie was just as dominant, but used his jiu-jitsu game and improved wrestling to wear down Jacob Devree. The Argentinian training out of Brazil got the fight to the floor whenever he wanted.
He worked for a guillotine submission for over a minute early in the first round. In the second, Devree fought off another early guillotine attempt and then survived the mount position from Malegarie. He was still alive entering the third, but all that submission defense wore him out. Just 25 seconds into the final round, Malegarie scored an easy takedown. Then Devree finally got sloppy with his defense. He pushed Malegarie off to create some space, but left his head exposed. That's death against a Brazliian jiu-jitsu black belt. Malegarie landed another guillotine choke and flipped so he was on top. Devree tapped inside of five seconds. Malegarie, 25, moved to 20-1.
"This is the real Nazareno Malegarie that you've seen tonight," the winner told Smith.
He's probably right. Malegarie lost to Daniel Straus in the first round of the Bellator Season 4 tournament. Straus, a huge featherweight, went on to the final and lost going the distance with very highly-touted Pitbull.
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Bellator's "Summer Series" All Booked; Launches Saturday, Wraps 8/20
<B>By MATT MOLGAARD<BR>
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer</B><BR><BR>
Bellator Fighting Championships' third and final 2011 "Summer Series" event is now officially booked for August 20th at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.<BR><BR>
With the first two ?Summer Series? events taking place on June 25th, and July 23rd, the promotion?s summer lineup is complete.<BR><BR>
The first of three events takes place this weekend, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida, and features the featherweight tournament quarterfinals. The tournaments opening round boasts a string of compelling fights, as well as the 145 pound return of Pat Curran.<BR><BR>
Check out the full first round lineup below:<BR><BR>
-Marlon Sandro vs. Genair da Silva<BR>
-Pat Curran vs. Luis Palomino<BR>
-Adam Schindler vs. Ronnie Mann<BR>
-Nazareno Malegarie vs. Jacob Devree<BR><BR>
Also slated to appear on this weekend?s Bellator 46 card are Jessica Aguilar, Dan Cramer and Josh Samman.<BR><BR>
Bellator will travel to Canada on July 23rd for their 47th (and second summer) event, when the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada hosts the action. Already booked to appear in non-tournament competition are Ben Saunders and Douglas Lima. A featherweight championship bout between Joe Warren and Patricio Freire is scheduled to headline the event.<BR><BR>
All three cards will be televised by MTV2.<BR><BR>
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Bellator Fighting Championships' third and final 2011 "Summer Series" event is now officially booked for August 20th at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.<BR><BR>
With the first two ?Summer Series? events taking place on June 25th, and July 23rd, the promotion?s summer lineup is complete.<BR><BR>
The first of three events takes place this weekend, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida, and features the featherweight tournament quarterfinals. The tournaments opening round boasts a string of compelling fights, as well as the 145 pound return of Pat Curran.<BR><BR>
Check out the full first round lineup below:<BR><BR>
-Marlon Sandro vs. Genair da Silva<BR>
-Pat Curran vs. Luis Palomino<BR>
-Adam Schindler vs. Ronnie Mann<BR>
-Nazareno Malegarie vs. Jacob Devree<BR><BR>
Also slated to appear on this weekend?s Bellator 46 card are Jessica Aguilar, Dan Cramer and Josh Samman.<BR><BR>
Bellator will travel to Canada on July 23rd for their 47th (and second summer) event, when the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada hosts the action. Already booked to appear in non-tournament competition are Ben Saunders and Douglas Lima. A featherweight championship bout between Joe Warren and Patricio Freire is scheduled to headline the event.<BR><BR>
All three cards will be televised by MTV2.<BR><BR>
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Monday, June 27, 2011
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Bellator 46 results: Curran, Sandro, Malegarie, Mann advance in featherweight tourney
Featherweights Pat Curran, Marlon Sandro, Nazareno Malegarie and Ronnie Mann all are one step closer to winning Bellator Fighting Championships "Summer Series" tournament.Each of the 145-pounders won an opening-round matchup in the eight-man tourney during Saturday's Bellator 46 event.
The show, which aired on MTV2, is the first of three summer events before the organization returns to its weekly format in September. The summer kickoff took place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.
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Faber nearing the end of the road? The nine-year rule
Competitive mixed martial arts hasn't been around long enough to come up with any definitive theories on length of career, but David Williams at Fight Opinion did a nice job recently of chronicling the career of the some of the biggest stars in the history of the sport. He points out that with few exceptions, no matter when you start your career, the nine-year mark is about when you see a downturn.
Check out these fighters:
CHUCK LIDDELL: MMA debut ? 5/18/98, 9-year mark ? 5/18/07
Liddell's first fight after reaching the 9-year mark was his sudden first-round KO loss to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. After that, Liddell's only win was against an "older" (by MMA years) fighter in Wanderlei Silva, and he was knocked out in brutal fashion by Rashad Evans, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Rich Franklin.
FEDOR EMELIANENKO: MMA debut ? 5/21/00, 9-year mark ? 5/21/09
Emelianenko's first fight after nine years was the Strikeforce match against Brett Rogers, in which Emelianenko was put in more danger than usual. After that, Emelianenko, whose only previous loss was a doctor stoppage due to a cut against Tsuyoshi Kosaka, shockingly lost two fights in a row, to Fabricio Werdum and Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva.
TAKANORI GOMI: MMA debut ? 11/27/98, 9-year mark ? 11/27/07
For Gomi, the fight previous to reaching the 9-year mark was the now infamous war against Nick Diaz that the Nevada State Athletic Commission ruled a No Contest. Since then, Gomi is 5-4 ...
JENS PULVER: MMA debut ? 4/24/99, 9-year mark ? 4/24/08
This is arguably the hardest collapse to watch. Pulver reached the 9-year point of his career prior to his first WEC fight against Urijah Faber. Beginning with that fight, Pulver is 2-7 ...
WANDERLEI SILVA: MMA debut ? 11/1/96, 9-year mark ? 11/1/05
Silva's first two fights after the nine-year mark were wins: a split decision win against Ricardo Arona and a stoppage of Kazuyuki Fujita. After that, Silva is 2-5 ...
Williams also points out Tito Ortiz (debuted May of 1997, 2-4-1 since), Andrei Arlovski (Apr. of 1999, 2-4), Ken Shamrock (Sept. of 1993, 2-8), Mike Brown (Apr. of 2001, 1-3) and Rich Franklin (June of 1999, 3-3) all wilted once their ninth year of fighting started.
He also argues that it's also costly to begin a career before you're 21. Joe Stevenson and Karo Parisyan are two fighters having a tough time surviving and they're both not even 30 yet. Stevenson and Parisyan took their first pro fights at 16. Stevenson, 3-4 since his ninth year began, faces Javier Vasquez this weekend down at featherweight at UFC on Versus 4.
Randy Couture began his career at 34 and was competitive until 47. Can Urijah Faber buck this trend as he gets ready to challenge Dominick Cruz at UFC 132?
Faber, 32, is seven years and 10 months into his career. With advances in nutrition and training, it looks like he can do it. We'll see if the nine-year rule comes up and bites him some time in 2012.
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The Perfect Storm: An Early Look At The Strikeforce, Bellator, And UFC Events All Planned For Next Week
In mere hours, strikeforce is set to present ?Overeem vs. Werdum?. It?s an event that I?ve spoken about at length, and one that I?m incredibly excited for. In terms of pure excitement, the only thing that really comes close is the trifecta of shows planned for next week. You read that right, fans and friends: [...]
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Noons commits to difficult cut, reluctantly visits a salon
Strikeforce in Dallas this weekend is highlighted by the heavyweight battles but one of the sleeper fights is KJ Noons and Jorge Masvidal.
This inside video look at Noons shows the lightweight contender taking care of a crucial prefight task. He checks in with the stylist. Apparently, Noons wiping away his bangs against Nick Diaz annoyed the hell out of the fighter's trainers (1:40 mark).
The Noons' video series is well made and this one provides a bonus with an appearance by the fighter's wife, Melany Lorenzo. Lorenzo is also an athlete having logged time in the Lingerie Football League.
Noons' could be fighting for a shot at Strikeforce 155-pound champion Gilbert Melendez. Does he have a chance against Melendez? Of course. Noons' boxing is as good as anyone's in the business. He's faced Diaz twice. Noons is a true lightweight, who finished Diaz on one occasion and also went the distance with the welterweight champ last year.
The first task at hand though is Masvidal, a well-rounded fighter, who may be able to slow Noons' striking game by getting the fight to the floor. Noons is listed as a minus-320 favorite. With Gina Carano dropping off the card, Noons-Masvidal is now part of the Showtime telecast (10 p.m. ET/PT).
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You tell us: Who will win the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix?
The Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix is now more than half finished, with just three bouts left to decide a champion. The Final Four of Silva, Kharitonov, Barnett and Overeem isn't exactly what was expected, but every great tournament needs a few wrenches thrown in to make it compelling. Take a look at the first four matches.
Emelianenko gets overpowered by Silva: In his first fight after sustaining his first loss in nearly a decade, Emelianenko had to fight the much larger Antonio "Big Foot" Silva. He couldn't hold off attacks from Silva, and took several hammer fists when Silva was able to gain full mount. The fight was stopped before the third round could start.
Kharitonov makes quick work of Arlovski: A veteran of PRIDE and DREAM, the Russian fighter had no problem with the Belarussian Arlovski. A knee and an uppercut ended the bout in the first round, advancing Kharitonov to the semifinals.
Barnett smothers his way to submission of Rogers: Like Kharitonov, Barnett made his Strikeforce debut in the GP. He had no problem with Rogers, a fighter who has one-punch knockout power, but hasn't shown it in two years. Barnett barely let Rogers move in the first round before submitting him with an arm triangle early in the second round.
Overeem wins weirdly over Werdum: The match-up between Overeem, someone with unbelievable strength and striking, and Werdum, a world-class jiu-jitsu practitioner, should have made an interesting fight. Instead, it featured a frustrated Overeem, who couldn't land the shots he wanted to because Werdum spent much of the bout daring him to fight on the ground.
Now, having watched the four quarterfinal bouts, are your predictions on who will win the GP the same as when it started? Tell us who you think will win.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
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Nate Marquardt Camp Issues Statement Regarding Failed Medicals
By CHRIS HOWIE<Br>
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer<Br><Br>
During tonight's broadcast of UFC on Versus, Nate Marquardt's camp issues a statement regarding Marquardt's failed medicals that forced him out of tonight's main event which then led to UFC President Dana White canning Marquardt and saying he will never fight for the UFC again.<Br><Br>
Marquardt didn't address the reason behind the failed tests but does say he will speak more on the subject Tuesday:<Br><BR>
"Nate Marquardt was not medically cleared by the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission at UFC on Versus 4. Nate was looking forward to making his welterweight debut and is disappointed by this unfortunate turn of events. Nate wants to apologize to his family, friends, fans and the UFC. This outcome was certainly not what he wanted. At this time, Nate wants to be with those closest to him so he can evaluate his situation over the coming days."Marquardt's manager, Lex McMahon, indicated that his fighter "will personally be addressing all issues this Tuesday."<Br><Br>
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During tonight's broadcast of UFC on Versus, Nate Marquardt's camp issues a statement regarding Marquardt's failed medicals that forced him out of tonight's main event which then led to UFC President Dana White canning Marquardt and saying he will never fight for the UFC again.<Br><Br>
Marquardt didn't address the reason behind the failed tests but does say he will speak more on the subject Tuesday:<Br><BR>
"Nate Marquardt was not medically cleared by the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission at UFC on Versus 4. Nate was looking forward to making his welterweight debut and is disappointed by this unfortunate turn of events. Nate wants to apologize to his family, friends, fans and the UFC. This outcome was certainly not what he wanted. At this time, Nate wants to be with those closest to him so he can evaluate his situation over the coming days."Marquardt's manager, Lex McMahon, indicated that his fighter "will personally be addressing all issues this Tuesday."<Br><Br>
What do you think the reason was for the failed tests?<Br><br>
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The JFK-UFO Connection: Bogus Documents or Unanswered Questions?
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Shane Carwin Discusses Leaner Diet, Plan of Attack Against Junior dos Santos - UFC 131
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Video analysis: Strikeforce fighters want UFC champ, will it happen?
Nick Diaz is set to make the jump to the UFC in October. Strikeforce heavyweight fighters like Alistair Overeem, Fabricio Werdum and Josh Barnett have made it clear they want in as well. Most of the fighters in Strikeforce's heavyweight Grand Prix say the victor in the tournament should get an immediate shot at the UFC heavyweight king early in 2012.
Is that possible?
During the UFC 131 prefight press conference, Yahoo! Sports' lead MMA writer Kevin Iole asked Dana White about the winner of the Strikeforce heavyweight GP getting an immediate shot at the UFC champ. The UFC president seemed surprised by the question and was non-committal.
Iole joined us this week on video and said the Strikeforce vs. UFC champ showdown makes sense and will probably happen, but Zuffa also has to be careful in managing its relationship with Showtime, the current broadcast partner for the smaller promotion.
If he wins this grueling tournament, Overeem wants the UFC king next.
"It's all about achieving a goal, and then you look toward the next goal," Overeem told the MMA media in Dallas. "This is my next goal. [...]
"After this tournament, there will be another goal. I don't know what that goal is, but if you think about it, and I'm not occupied with it, but the winner of the tournament should fight the UFC champion. That sounds like a logical next step."
Overeem's opponent on Saturday, Fabricio Werdum, has the same goal in mind.
"If I win this Grand Prix, I will count the titles," Werdum said. "I want to be the champ of this Grand Prix and defeat the champ of UFC."
The current UFC champ Cain Velasquez is looking forward to taking on the best from Strikeforce.
"Those guys are great, top level guys," Velasquez said earlier this year. "I'm glad that the UFC can finally, later down the road match everybody together so we can have a true No. 1 champion. I want to fight the best guys and those are the best guys, too."
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Nate Marquardt out of UFC on Versus 4, Rick Story now fights Charlie Brenneman; card gets new main event
By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The scheduled main event for tomorrow's UFC on Versus 4 card from Pittsburgh's Consol Energy Center is off, as MMAJunkie.com reports that Nate Marquardt is a late scratch just hours before today's weigh-ins.
SBNation.com's Luke Thomas reports that Marquardt has not been "medically cleared," but his camp released a statement stating it's a setback but he'll be looking to return as soon as possible.
"Nate is really disappointed," the statement read. "He really was looking forward to making his welterweight debut, and he plans to be back in there as soon as possible."
With Marquardt out, Story will now meet Charlie Brenneman on the card, and the heavyweight bout between Pat Barry and Cheick Kongo will now headline the event.
Brenneman was removed from the card earlier this week after his second scheduled opponent, T.J. Grant, was forced out of the event with an illness.
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Penick's Analysis: This is a major, major blow to this card. It was a very good main event fight, and clearly the most important fight on the card, and now Marquardt's welterweight debut has been delayed. If it was an issue with his weight cut then he'll need to reconsider whether that's the right move, but regardless it's just a really unfortunate development here. I'm glad for Brenneman who is now getting a fight, but it's a major step up for him, and Story goes from taking a main event fight to being in one that doesn't have any upside for him and that could be dangerous on a day's notice. With Barry-Kongo now in the main event, the broadcast is going to suffer in the ratings. This is just not good news in any capacity.
UPDATE: Joe Rogan told the crowd at the weigh-ins that Marquardt failed a physical before the fight, though his management team says it is nothing serious.
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SBNation.com's Luke Thomas reports that Marquardt has not been "medically cleared," but his camp released a statement stating it's a setback but he'll be looking to return as soon as possible.
"Nate is really disappointed," the statement read. "He really was looking forward to making his welterweight debut, and he plans to be back in there as soon as possible."
With Marquardt out, Story will now meet Charlie Brenneman on the card, and the heavyweight bout between Pat Barry and Cheick Kongo will now headline the event.
Brenneman was removed from the card earlier this week after his second scheduled opponent, T.J. Grant, was forced out of the event with an illness.
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Penick's Analysis: This is a major, major blow to this card. It was a very good main event fight, and clearly the most important fight on the card, and now Marquardt's welterweight debut has been delayed. If it was an issue with his weight cut then he'll need to reconsider whether that's the right move, but regardless it's just a really unfortunate development here. I'm glad for Brenneman who is now getting a fight, but it's a major step up for him, and Story goes from taking a main event fight to being in one that doesn't have any upside for him and that could be dangerous on a day's notice. With Barry-Kongo now in the main event, the broadcast is going to suffer in the ratings. This is just not good news in any capacity.
UPDATE: Joe Rogan told the crowd at the weigh-ins that Marquardt failed a physical before the fight, though his management team says it is nothing serious.
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AMADI: Comparing and contrasting Frank Mir and Junior dos Santos' UFC wins over Roy Nelson
By: Jason Amadi, MMATorch Columnist
This article is in response to one of our readers requesting a compare and contrast of the respective wins of Junior dos Santos and Frank Mir over Roy Nelson
The difference in approach between Frank Mir and Junior dos Santos is so dramatic that the only real thing their bouts with Roy Nelson have in common is that they beat up Nelson so long and so viciously that they fatigued and their victories became less impressive as a result.
There is no getting around the fact that fighting is fatiguing. Executing takedowns, defending takedowns, battling in the clinch, and taking clean, flush strikes is simply taxing on the human body. It is natural to fatigue, and while bigger fighters definitely hit harder, they will also fatigue faster.
Roy Nelson can take a beating about as well as anyone in MMA. He took shots from dos Santos and Mir that would floor most heavyweights, and doling out that type of punishment is going to tire out most men who walk around over 240 pounds.
If you look at the Frank Mir fight, Mir attacked Nelson with the full arsenal of mixed martial arts. In the first round Nelson tried to close the distance and get Mir up against the fence, but from there it was Mir that was doing damage on the inside. Every time Nelson would get in close, Mir would punish him to the face and body with knees. When Nelson pressed him up against the fence later in the first round, Mir hit a beautiful throw, achieved full mount, took Nelson's back and secured the round with those dominant positions.
In the second and third rounds Mir continued to close the distance with punches, kick Nelson to the body, and secure takedowns against the fence. That sort of high pace fatigued Mir, but it also helped him to secure all three rounds despite never being truly close to a finish in any of them.
Junior dos Santos absolutely lathered Roy Nelson when they met at UFC 117 last August. "Cigano" used uppercuts to discourage Nelson from shooting on him, and brutalized him in the first round with combinations that sent Nelson across the Octagon at one point. The real problem with the approach of dos Santos in that fight was that he could have finished the bout in the first round.
At one point dos Santos had an opportunity to take Nelson's back, achieve dominant position and possibly finish the fight that way, but he opted to simply throw more punches and continue to box with Nelson. Despite his dominance on the feet, dos Santos' affinity for boxing could get him in trouble down the line. Roy Nelson is a big puncher, as are most heavyweights, and because he couldn't get him out of there in the first, Nelson was still landing big shots on him in the third.
While Frank Mir was never really close to stopping Roy Nelson, his diversified approach kept Nelson out of the fight by the third round, whereas Nelson was still competitive with Junior dos Santos even after dos Santos secured what should have been a 10-8 first round.
As we've seen more recently with Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin, and even in the continuation of the Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix, at the elite level there is a very small window to actually finish the fight; once it's gone, it's gone. The way that Junior dos Santos is able to rip through lesser fighters like so many used Kleenex but then can have trouble dispatching Shane Carwin is indicative of that fact. Once divisions separate the wheat from the chaff, it becomes less about punching power and the ability to submit, and more about strategy and technique.
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The difference in approach between Frank Mir and Junior dos Santos is so dramatic that the only real thing their bouts with Roy Nelson have in common is that they beat up Nelson so long and so viciously that they fatigued and their victories became less impressive as a result.
There is no getting around the fact that fighting is fatiguing. Executing takedowns, defending takedowns, battling in the clinch, and taking clean, flush strikes is simply taxing on the human body. It is natural to fatigue, and while bigger fighters definitely hit harder, they will also fatigue faster.
Roy Nelson can take a beating about as well as anyone in MMA. He took shots from dos Santos and Mir that would floor most heavyweights, and doling out that type of punishment is going to tire out most men who walk around over 240 pounds.
If you look at the Frank Mir fight, Mir attacked Nelson with the full arsenal of mixed martial arts. In the first round Nelson tried to close the distance and get Mir up against the fence, but from there it was Mir that was doing damage on the inside. Every time Nelson would get in close, Mir would punish him to the face and body with knees. When Nelson pressed him up against the fence later in the first round, Mir hit a beautiful throw, achieved full mount, took Nelson's back and secured the round with those dominant positions.
In the second and third rounds Mir continued to close the distance with punches, kick Nelson to the body, and secure takedowns against the fence. That sort of high pace fatigued Mir, but it also helped him to secure all three rounds despite never being truly close to a finish in any of them.
Junior dos Santos absolutely lathered Roy Nelson when they met at UFC 117 last August. "Cigano" used uppercuts to discourage Nelson from shooting on him, and brutalized him in the first round with combinations that sent Nelson across the Octagon at one point. The real problem with the approach of dos Santos in that fight was that he could have finished the bout in the first round.
At one point dos Santos had an opportunity to take Nelson's back, achieve dominant position and possibly finish the fight that way, but he opted to simply throw more punches and continue to box with Nelson. Despite his dominance on the feet, dos Santos' affinity for boxing could get him in trouble down the line. Roy Nelson is a big puncher, as are most heavyweights, and because he couldn't get him out of there in the first, Nelson was still landing big shots on him in the third.
While Frank Mir was never really close to stopping Roy Nelson, his diversified approach kept Nelson out of the fight by the third round, whereas Nelson was still competitive with Junior dos Santos even after dos Santos secured what should have been a 10-8 first round.
As we've seen more recently with Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin, and even in the continuation of the Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix, at the elite level there is a very small window to actually finish the fight; once it's gone, it's gone. The way that Junior dos Santos is able to rip through lesser fighters like so many used Kleenex but then can have trouble dispatching Shane Carwin is indicative of that fact. Once divisions separate the wheat from the chaff, it becomes less about punching power and the ability to submit, and more about strategy and technique.
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Celeb jiu-jitsu showdown: Ashton Kutcher vs. ‘Al Bundy,’ who wins?
A guy breaks into your home and gets on top of you. Can you find a way to get yourself off the floor?
Here's a shocker. Ed O'Neill of "Al Bundy" fame from "Married with Children" would probably be standing in a matter of seconds and chances are Ashton Kutcher would have no shot of rising to his feet. You ask why? The 61-year-old O'Neill has been training jiu-jitsu for 15 years, meanwhile Kutcher is a novice, who borrowed a black belt, during this recent visit to Brazil.
Black Belt Magazine tells the story that O'Neil, who played a dumpy shoe salesman on FOX's hit television show, got hooked on jiu-jitsu during a quick visit to Rorian Gracie's gym in Torrance, Ca.
O'Neil was pushed by a producer/writer friend John Milius to visit the gym. Gracie put "Al Bundy" through the robber drill and he failed.
Taking the bait, he asked Gracie how he'd managed to maintain complete control (while on top of O'Neil). Once the principle was explained the simplicity of the art floored O'Neil. He set up an appointment to begin training and has been rolling ever since.
Black Belt reports that in 2007, O'Neil received his black belt.
"Ed has a vast knowledge of moves," Gracie said. "He has great execution of the techniques and does them with a certain level of ease. We're worked with this guy every single week for 15 years."
Maybe Kutcher, 33, will have his black belt in 15 years. The photo is from Rio de Janeiro where Kutcher stopped in to visit a Carlson Gracie disciple.
Ashton Kutcher, [was in] yesterday, June 13, [to see] Ricardo de la Riva, in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. Ashton showed that understands the subject and trained very well with the black belts of the academy.
Ashton learned the secret of one of the world's most famous guards, the De la Riva guard, which was demonstrated by the master himself, to the finest detail.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Strikeforce Recap: Overeem, Barnett advance in the Heavyweight Tournament
Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum Overeem takes a spot in the semifinals of Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament with a unanimous decision victory over Werdum. For the most part Overeem was able to keep the fight standing while avoiding the multiple attempts by Wedrum to take the action to the ground. Early in the fight Wedrum [...]
Strikeforce Recap: Overeem, Barnett advance in the Heavyweight Tournament is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News
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Poll results: Did the UFC make the right call with five-round non-title fights?
In a sport where "you can't leave it in the hands of the judges" is considered more factual claim than potential theory, it sounded like a brilliant decision.UFC president Dana White recently announced the sport's top promotion will extend all non-title main-event contests from three rounds to five, giving competitors 10 extra minutes to try and finish high-profile fights on their own terms.
But even the sport's best fighters don't always provide 15 solid minutes of action, and an additional 10 minutes could prove thoroughly unentertaining. With that possibility in mind, was it really the right call to make?
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Tim Kennedy vs. Robbie Lawler added to July's "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson"
An intriguing middleweight bout between military hero Tim Kennedy and slugging specialist Robbie Lawler has been added to "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson."Strikeforce officials today announced the bout via Twitter.
"Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson" takes place July 30 at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The main card, including a Fedor Emelianenko vs. Dan Henderson headliner, airs on Showtime.
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