Posted on March 29th, 2010 by admin
Well, after Frank Mir got knocked out again by a heavier hitter, it didn't take long for Brock Lesner to find a new stalker. Shane Carwin took the batton from Mir quickly and jumped all over Lesner and how he is disrespectful to the sport, etc, bla, bla, bla.
What I think some of these guys are forgetting is that they are fighting for a living. Some guys are not going to have been raised in an MMA gym, which in my opinion is generally higher income families sending their kids. Some guys are just good at fighting period. And Lesner is one of those guys.
I for one, can't wait to see Lesner fight Carwin this summer and hopefully knock him out like he did Mir and taunt him just the same. I could even take some taunting of the UFC sponsors if he so desires.
Maybe if these guys stop stalking Lesner and start preparing more to fight, they wouldn't end up eating ham hock fists all night when they fight the UFC heavyweight champ.
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Posted on February 12th, 2010 by sagescott
UFC 110 is coming up on February 20, 2010 from Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia. The main event is Minotauro Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez. Velasquez is the young gun in this bout, and he enters the octagon unbeaten. But Nogueira is a two-time champion (once with the UFC and once with PRIDE).
Also eagerly anticipated on the UFC 110 main card is Brit Michael Bisping (aka “The Count” ) against Wanderlei Silva (aka “Axe Murderer”). Silva is the leading legend here and has an intimidating 32-10 record, but this is his first bout as a middleweight, while Bisping is on fire with an even more frightening 19-2.
Similarly matched are Joe Stevenson (with his 36-10 record) and George Sotiropoulos with 11-2 under his belt. But a more even match may be Keith Jardine with his 14-7-1 record vs. Ryan Bader with his 11 undefeated bouts, and Mike Cro Cop at 25-7-2 against Ben Rothwell and his 30-7.
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Posted on December 28th, 2009 by sagescott
Now that B.J. Penn has secured his title for another while, after a 5th round TKO of contender Diego Sanchez in UFC 107, all eyes are set on the next big fight card - the one for UFC 108 - which after many injury-spurred adjustments has finally been finalized.
Zuffa announced the full 11-bout card last Monday. The headlining bout on the main card is former light heavyweight champ Rashad Evans vs. Brazilian fighter Thiago Silva. Evans has a 13-1-1 record, but that 1 loss was his most recent fight, and Silva's record even tops his, at 14-1, so there's a lot of pressure on him to turn in a win. Funny coincidence, both Silva and Evans suffered their only losses to Lyoto Machida, both in 2009.
After a lengthy recovery from knee-surgery, welterweight Dustin Hazelett will be squaring off against Brit Paul Daley after Hazelett's originally intended opponent Karo Parisyan pulled out.
Former PRIDE fighter, Gilbert Yvel will face up-and-coming heavyweight contender Junior dos Santos.
UFC 108 will take place in Las Vegas on January 2, 2010.
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Posted on December 14th, 2009 by sagescott
Meant to cap the year off right, UFC 107 did just that and more.
For starters, let's give credit where it's due, and for his performance that night, its due to BJ Penn, who shamed Diego Sanchez before fans had even taken a second breath, ultimately ending the fight with a kick to the head that left a bloody gash.
Kenny "Kenflo" Florian needed a big win after his humiliating defeat to BJ Penn, and he got it at UFC 107, against Clay "The Carpenter" Guida, ending the bout with a crushing rear naked choke.
Frank Mir beat Cheick Kongo literally to a pulp, boxing his way through most of the match, and all the way to victory, making this the third loss in a row for Cheick.
Stephan Struve won over Paul Buentello in a unianimous decision after the closest thing MMA has seen to a bare-knuckle brawl. And another unanimous decision was handed down in favor of John Fitch who in all ways outmatched his opponent Mike Pierce, who never really had a chance.
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Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by sagescott
So UFC 107 is coming up on Dec. 12 in Memphis, Tennessee, and everyone's looking at BJ Penn to take Diego "The Nightmare" Sanchez down and down hard. The reigning UFC lightweight champ, BJ Penn is a 155-pound extreme cage fighter. Diego Sanchez is The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 champ.
But while Penn stays in - looking like a sure thing to hold onto that title - Jake Rosholt is out, not in the sense of having lost his bout against Kendall Grove by submission at UFC 106, but because the UFC dropped him entirely. Rosholt came into the UFC last year (around this time, actually) with a 5-0 record, and promptly got his rear end handed to him on a platter in his first UFC fight (vs. Dan Miller).
Memphis is the hometown of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, former light heavyweight champion, who was originally slated to fight Rashad Evans at UFC 107, but is now pursuing a career in acting and no longer fights for the UFC (or MMA, for that matter).
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Posted on November 22nd, 2009 by admin
Last night UFC 106 produced some great fights and devestating KO's and even a choke submission for a change. Here are the results of the nights fights:
Griffin Defeats Ortiz - Split Decision
Josh Koscheck Defeats Anthony Johnson via Rear Naked Choke
Paulo Thiago Over Jacob Volkmann - Decision
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Defeats Luiz Cane - 1st round KO
Amir Sadollah kicked Phil Baroni around the ring
Ben Saunders kneed Marcus Davis into next week and KO'd him in the 1st round
Kendall Grove Over Jake Rosholt via triangle choke in the 1st round
There you have it. Now we are looking forward to
The Ultimate Fighter® Heavyweights FINALE - Dec-5-2009
This should be a good one!
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Posted on November 10th, 2009 by sagescott
As oddsters place their bets for the upcoming UFC 105 on November 14th and its light heavyweight battle between Randy Couture (the favorite) and Brandon Vera (the underdog) in Manchester, England, the fight card has just been finalized for the UFC 106 headlining bout of Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin 2. That'll be on Saturday, November 21st.
The remaining bouts on the UFC 106 main card are:
- welterweights Dustin Hazelett vs Karo Parisyan
- light heavyweights Luiz Cane vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
- welterweights Phil Baroni vs Amir Sadollah
- welterweights Josh Koscheck vs Anthony Johnson
The only non-Americans on this card are th two Brazilians who'll be facing off against each other, Cane and Nogueira, and Parisyan of Armenia.
And, for good measure, the other bouts on the UFC 105 main card are:
- welterweights Mike Swick vs Dan Hardy
- middleweights Michael Bisping vs Denis Kang
- welterweights James Wilks vs Matt Brown
- lightweights Ross Pearson vs Aaron Riley
This card is about half-split down the middle between Americans (Couture, Vera, Swick, Brown, Riley) and Brits (Hardy, Bisping, Wilks, Pearson) with Kang of Canada being the odd man out.
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Posted on October 28th, 2009 by sagescott
As Yushin Okami (going in with a 7-1 record) and UFC vet Ben Rothwell recover from their crushing defeats at UFC 104 to Chael Sonnen and Cain Velasquez, respectively, fans and fighters gear up for the upcoming UFC 106, where in the main event MMA superstar Tito Ortiz will be going up against Forrest Griffin.
On the downside, Brock Lesnar has taken ill and won't be able to show up for his bout with Shane Carwin. Strangely, the same thing happened to Mark Coleman, who was originally supposed to step into the Octagon to face Ortiz.
Paulo Thiago is going up against newbie Jacob Volkmann (this after Thiago was pulled from his intended UFC 107 bout against semi-namesake Thiago Alves).
More on UFC 104: Lyoto Machida took the main event win in a decision against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, and Yoshiyuki Yoshida TKO'd Anthony Johnson.And Spencer Fisher fell to Joe Stevenson.
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Posted on October 7th, 2009 by sagescott
UFC 104 is right around the corner, and this time - after two years away - the UFC is going back to Cali.
The main event at UFC 104 will be the UFC Light Heavyweight title bout between two Brazilian behemoths, with Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida defending his belt against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.
Rua was once Pride Grand Prix Champion. Machida is a karate master. It should be an interesting bout, with both men noted for their striking power.
Though Machida-Rua is the only championship bout on the UFC 104 fight card, there are some other great fights scheduled. Like the one between heavyweights, the undefeated Cain Velasquez and Ben Rothwell, veteran of the IFL.
One of the most heated fights on the card, though, could be that between Gleison Tibau and Josh Neer, with the two being such an evenly matched pair.
UFC 104 takes place on Sunday, October 25 at 3 am at the Staples Center and will be broadcast on ESPN.
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Posted on June 25th, 2009 by sagescott
Now that Diego Sanchez has won The Ultimate Fighter Season 9, he's ready to take on the world, or the UFC Lightweight Championship at least. The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 finale last Saturday night, June 20 at the Pearl in the Palms Resort Casino, was a heart-stopper, with a special main event on the card featuring Sanchez, middleweight division winner of The Ultimate Fighter Season 1, and Clay Guida, contender for the lightweight UFC title. Ultimately it came down to a split decision favoring Sanchez. Does that make him the UFC lightweight contender now? He thinks so. Always a ham for the cameras, he hinted to Cagewriter at filling in for B.J. Penn if he drops out of UFC 101 on August 8.
Also in The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 finale:
- Lightweight Joe Stevenson won his bout against Nate Diaz
- In the TUF lightweight finals, Brit Ross Pearson beat Brit Andre Winner
- Welterweight Chris Lytle won his bout against Kevin Burns
- In the TUF welterweight finals, James "Lightning" Wilks beat DaMarques Johnson
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