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Written by Kris Snyder
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Friday, 01 January 2010 19:13 |
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Keichi Sasahara, event producer for Dream speaking with Sherdog's Tony Loiseleur had this to say about the two fighters: “Maybe after March, or even for the March event, I'd like to invite them over. They’ve never fought in Japan yet, so I’d like for them to make their way over.” Dream is looking to add some talent and some name power to its heavyweight roster. Despite never having fought in Japan and coming off recent losses, Sylvia and Arlovski provide both . Dream could provide interesting match ups with the likes of Alistair Overeem and Josh Barnett. Not to mention a 4th tilt against each other with bad blood providing some heavyweight fireworks.
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Written by Kris Snyder
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Friday, 01 January 2010 18:57 |
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k-1 Premium 2009 Dynamite!! "Power of Courage"
December 31, 2009 via Saitama, Japan
Click Here for Full Results
“Super Hulk” Tournament Finals:
Ikuhisa Minowa def Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou via TKO in Round 3
MMA FIGHTS - DREAM [vs] SENGOKU:
Shinya Aoki def Mizuto Hirota via injury stoppage
Tatsuya Kawajiri def Kazunori Yokota via unanimous decision
Alistair Overeem def Kazuyuki Fujita via KO (knee) in Round 1
Akihiro Gono def Hayato “Mach” Sakurai via Armbar in Round 2
Masanori Kanehara def “Kid” Yamamoto via unanimous decision
Melvin Manhoef def Kazuo Misaki via TKO in Round 1
Hideo Tokoro def Jong Man Kim via unanimous decision
Michihiro Omigawa def Hiroyuki Takaya via TKO in Round 1
Hiroshi Izumi def Katsuyori Shibata via unanimous decision
DREAM WINS OVER SENGOKU 5-4
OTHER MMA FIGHTS:
Gegard Mousasi def Gary Goodridge via TKO in Round 1
Hidehiko Yoshida def Satoshi Ishii via unanimous decision
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Written by Kris Snyder
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 23:14 |
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In a rematch of their 2006 clash, Jon Fitch and Thiago Alves are currently being mentioned as a fight for UFC 111. If the UFC makes this fight, 111 will shape to be quite a interesting card with St. Pierre defending his welterweight belt against Dan Hardy and Mir fighting Carwin for the interim heavyweight championship.
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Tuesday, 29 December 2009 23:32 |
UFC RELATED
UFC 108 Does Not Officially Lose Steve Cantwell. A rumor circulated earlier today about Steve haven't be pull out of the event for undisclosed reasons. However his management at KO Reps have released a brief statement: “Steve Cantwell is not officially off the card. There has been a minor issue and we hope it will be resolved in the morning. Steve is still training and preparing for the bout. As always, special thanks to Steve’s sponsors Jaco, Silver Star, GammaO, Hayabusa and Punch Drunk Gamer.”
Sam Stout Training for UFC 108 Video. He is training at the new TapouT Gym, having to prepare without former teammates Gray Maynard and Tyson Griffin [who he thinks has the best chance of beating BJ Penn]. He thinks Joe Lauzon may be his toughest fight to date. This will be his first time on a PPV main events card.
Martin Kampmann and Mike Pyle Training for UFC 108. They discuss training with Shawn Tompkins and Kampmann discusses his new opponent [Volkmann], after Rory Markham had to pull out of his fight due to injuring his achilles tendon. Also noteworthy, Kampmann admits he didn't fight a 'smart' fight against Paul Daley [should of used his ground game] and wants revenge.
The Matt Hughes Story Part 1. He started mixed martial arts in 1996. On paper, he is the most dominating UFC welterweight of all time.
 
WEC RELATED
Miguel Torres vs Joseph Benavidez (11-1) at WEC 47 on March 6, 2010 from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The WEC 135lb bantamweight division looks stacked and the winner of this fight will likely fight the division champion. Whether it be Brian Bowles or Dominick Cruz.
Frank Gomez (8-1) has withdrawn from WEC 46 and Wagnney Fabiano (12-2) awaits a new opponent. Gomez trains with Greg Jackson and has not revealed reasoning on why he pulled out. Gomez was suppose to be Fabiano's debut fight at 135lbs but we'll have to wait and see who replaces him.
WEC 46 Video Trailer "Varner vs Henderson" on January 10. Live from the Arco Arena, the WEC lightweight championship is on the line aswell as Urijah Faber stepping back into the cage. $40 gets you into the event.
JAPANESE NEWS
DREAM will host a Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament May 2010. According to Gegard Mousasi's manager [Apy Echteld], "the 30th of May, [Gegard] will have a fight in Japan - the first round of the light heavyweight championship. Then in July, he will have his second round of the light heavyweight championship." Also note that Gegard only has two fights remaining on his Strikeforce contract. He will fight in April on the same card as Fedor Emelianenko and will also participate more in boxing.
DREAM Pre-Fight Video Interviews Of The Following Fighters.. Alistair Overeem, Gegard Mousasi, and Melvin Manhoef. We've left off the Japanese fighter interview links due to language barrier but they can be accessed on DREAM's youtube.
STRIKEFORCE RELATED
Marloes Coenen Video Interview on Title Fight vs Cyborg Santos. Coenen is a 28 year old 5'9 Dutch fighter with a 17-3 record. She speaks with confidence on strength not being a disadvantage in her title fight.
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Monday, 28 December 2009 22:40 |
MMA RELATED NEWS
Check Out the Most Expensive MMA Gym in the World - $6 Billion Dollars. It is based in Singapore, Asia and will hold it's grand opening on January 18-22, 2010. This state of the art building is called "Evolve Far East Square". Rafael "Gordinho" Correa de Lima is an instructor whom won the 1998 Mundials World Championship. Other team members include UFC fighter Rafael dos Anjos (12-4) who will be fighting at Fight Night 20 on January 11, 2010 against Kyle Bradley (14-6).
UFC RELATED
Mike Swick (14-3) Replaces Teammate Josh Koscheck (14-4) @ UFC 109 against Paulo Thiago (12-1). Josh Koscheck's undisclosed injury forces him to miss out on avenging his last recent loss to Paulo Thiago [UFC 95], as his American Kickboxing Academy teammate steps in. Swick is coming off a loss in a #1 contender match against Dan Hardy where he lost via unanimous decision. Paulo Thiago is 2-1 in the UFC [loss against Koscheck teammate Jon Fitch & wins over Koscheck & Volkmann] and will make it three straight fights against different AKA teammates when he faces Mike Swick. Lucky guy.
Phil "Mr Wonderful" Davis (4-0) vs Brian "All American" Stann (8-2) has been added to UFC 109 on the preliminary card, according to UFC.com. Phil's UFC debut is highly anticipated as many think the 4x collegiate all-american wrestler will be a dominant force and future of the 205lb division. Brian Stann is the former WEC light heavyweight champion and former Marine who was the recipient of a Silver Star, the nation's third highest award for valor in combat.
Paul "Semtex" Daley (22-8) Video Interview.. rides his quick fame from KOing top contender Martin Kampmann [UFC 103] to build confidence ahead of his UFC 108 fight against Dustin "McLovin" Hazelett (12-4). "Every fight in the UFC is an eliminator for that title.. I love to strike because I can knock people out.. I have a 75% + KO Ratio.. if you get in the cage with me, I'm going to knock you out." Dustin Hazelett discusses the fight aswell, explaining why he'll take the win.
Video: Dan Hardy says, "I am Georges St-Pierre's Kryptonite".. Hardy will face GSP for the welterweight title in the main event of UFC 111 on March 27th. Hardy talks about overcoming critics and his feud with Josh Koscheck.
Rampage says he's a "Serious Pimp" - Uncensored Video!. "Rampage Unchained, Uncut & Uncensored." The link is to Rampage's youtube where he has Part 1 thru 6. You Must see all these.
STRIKEFORCE RELATED
Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal Accepts Fine & Promises More Post-Fight Antics. On December 19, King Mo only earned $10,000 for his fight against Mike Whitehead and lost 10% of it via fine by the California State Athletic Commission for spraying his Rockstar energy drink in the cage during his victory celebration. Lawal openly talks about retaliation and how little he cares about his $1,000 fine which could lead to larger ones to make an example of him. Lawal explains his case to TapouT Radio by downplaying the severity of his 'crime', claiming he helped traction on the mat. Tell that to Josh Thompson and Gilbert Melendez who slipped all over that sucker. Still, Lawal promises more creative ways to celebrate his wins.
BELLATOR RELATED
Bellator's Welterweight Tournament Adds Iraq War Vet Steve Carl (10-1). The 25 year old Belle Planine, Iowa native is a U.S. Army sergeant who fought in the Iraq War and began training mma 5 years ago at Fort Hood, Texas. Carl joins tournament participants Ben Askren (3-0), Jim Wallhead (18-5), Dan Hornbuckle (19-2), and Jacob McClintock (6-0) in a stacked 8-man tournament which will see the winner face current champion Lyman Good (10-0). "I was getting offers from the UFC and others, but Bellator was just a better opportunity for me.. I'm really excited about the exposure that Bellator's TV deal will bring me and the chance to fight against some awesome competition."
JAPANESE RELATED
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (7-5) Pre-Fight Press Conference Interview. "All [Minowaman] does is leglocks and the wrestling.. i'm going to beat him up." Apparently Sokoudjou is a big soccer fan due to his native Cameroon's success.
Gary Goodridge (23-20) Pre-Fight Press Conference Interview. Gary was already scheduled in the US to fight Ron Sparks on January 9th and will come into this fight vs Gegard Mousasi more than prepared with a proper training camp. He wants to make some money and confirms this fight will be mma rules. Gary calls himself the 'gate keeper' and that Gegard will have to prove himself, admiting to not know too much about his opponent.
DREAM's Fields Dynamite!! 2009 shows off Training Video for Hayato "MACH" Sakurai (35-9) and Training footage of Akihiro Gono (30-15).and a training session with Hidehiko Yoshida (8-7).
Gegard Mousasi (27-2) Will Now Compete on New Years Eve by MMA rules, Not K-1. He was originally set to battle Ewerton Teixeira with K-1 rules set; however, since his opponent has been replaced by Gary Goodridge, it looks like mma rules are a go. Eight days later, Gegard will make his professional boxing debut in the United States at an event titled 'Glendale Glory 2' on January 8, 2010 at the Civic Auditorium in Glendale, California.
FREE AGENT TRACKER
Nick "The Goat" Thompson (38-12) will not be on TUF 11, Signs to Shine Fights Promotion. Thompson hoped to make the TUF 11 roster and participated in tryouts but it appears he was not a final selection. Too much experience? He has personality. He's only 28 years old. Maybe because he stunk at middleweight in Strikeforce/Sengoku and he should only fight lower in weight at 170lbs. The Shine deal is said to be an "exclusive" one.. bringing about the question.. where is Shine Fight's deep pockets coming from? Who are these guys?! Oddly all the big names they've supposedly signed, no fight date or matchups have been announced. Other free agent names signed by Shine are Jeff Monson, Din Thomas, Murilo Rua, Luiz Azeredo, Alexander Shlemenko, Eduardo Pamplona, Giva Santana, and former boxing champ Ricardo Mayorga. For a new/small promotion to pull this off out of no where, we'll believe it when we see it.
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UFC RELATED
Dana White says UFC will be the biggest sport in the world by 2020. The article is written directly from Dana White via the Las Vegas Sun Newspaper. He promises the UFC will be on network television soon and explains the on-going expansion right now, with 175 different countries airing the UFC in some form. He says, "Me and Lorenzo Fertitta will sit down and figure out a game plan for the next 10 years, and we’ll execute it. So, is 10 years enough time to make this the biggest sport in the world? Hell, yeah."
Kimbo Slice wants to ONLY fight at Catchweights of 215lbs. He gives thanks to his home gym, American Top Team, for adding the suplex to his arsenal and his improving ground game. "I still have the mentality and I still have that fire to want to just bang-bang-bang, you know what I'm saying?" Slice told Sherdog.com in this video exclusive one week after his UFC debut. "But if I know some ground game, then I can bang-bang-bang like I really want; I can fight the way I really want to fight..." Kimbo wants to stay at 215lbs in catchweight bouts only. He doesn't think 205lbs is feasible and he'd rather not face larger men like Roy Nelson. We'll see how this helps him.
Anderson Silva says that Nate Marquardt will be his Successor as UFC Middleweight Champion. Silva interviewed with Tatame [translated], saying that Marquardt has improved a lot since they last fought and that he follows all of Nate's fights.
BJ Penn Blogs via His Personal Website about ongoing workouts and having fun this holiday season. He wants his body to be ready for when he steps back into the octagon by preparing his nervous system. You can also pick up the official UFC 107 fight shirt, get to see BJ play video games, and going for a bike ride around Hilo. Aloha!
WEC RELATED
WEC President Reed Harris Behind the Scenes Video. He talks about fight night rituals, media relations, being a fan, his knowledge of mma, and interaction with his fighters.
STRIKEFORCE RELATED
Gegard Mousasi (27-2 MMA) will make his professional boxing debut in the United States at an event titled 'Glendale Glory 2' on January 8, 2010 at the Civic Auditorium in Glendale, California. Call 626-388-8888 for tickets. He will fight in the heavyweight division against a TBA opponent. Mousasi's boxing experience is highlighted by winning the Netherland's Amateur Boxing Championship at the age of 16, eight years ago. This is not so great news for MMA fans because this means the rumors are likely true that Mousasi can only fight on cards that Fedor Emelianenko is fighting on due to M-1 Global. We could have seen Gegard fighting for Strikeforce in January but now we'll likely have to wait for Fedor being ready in April.
Fedor Emelianenko celebrates Grand Opening of His New Gym in Stary Oskol, Russia. The gym's name translates to "Palace Sports Martial Arts". The building was built in 8 months with the help of a Russian humanitarian foundation. It is now the largest building in the city.
JAPAN RELATED
Imanari Masakazu (18-7) shows off his secret training method of 'Slamball'. Imanari is currently fighting in DEEP, most recently fighting at 137lbs and defeating Justin Cruz on December 19, 2009 by Omoplata. Look for Masakazu to likely move to DREAM soon.
FREE AGENT TRACKING
The UFC has cut multiple fighters that are no longer on the UFC's official website, after recent losing performances. From the UFC's TUF 10 Finale, Darill Schoonover (0-1 UFC), Justin Wren (0-1 UFC), Marcus Jones (0-1 UFC), and Houston Alexander (2-4 UFC) have all been cut. More recently from UFC 107, Shane Nelson (2-2 UFC), Kevin Burns (2-3 UFC) and Edgar Garcia (0-2 UFC) have all been cut. On a side note, Houston Alexander will be fighting Joey Beltran on January 16th, 2010 for the 5150 Combat Heavyweight Title.
Roger Huerta Training Video at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket, Thailand. Roger trained with 3x Lumpinee and World Muay Thai Champion Kru Rattanachai. Roger is still a free agent waiting to make an impact somewhere and his appearance in Phuket show his seriousness. Here is an interview with Roger from Dec. 27 on site to discuss his future in MMA.
Dave "Pee Wee" Herman (16-1) Next Fight February 20, 2010 in Nashville Tennessee for 'Gameness Fighting Championship'. His opponent is TBA. He is a top heavyweight free agent and may return to Bellator in April after most recently fighting in Sengoku.
OTHER MMA RELATED NEWS
Bas Rutten Presents His 2009 Bazzie Awards via Inside MMA on HDNet alongside Kenny Rice. Unfortunately it appears that UFC fighters and events were not counted. See the contestants. See who takes home the Rutten Bobblehead Trophies. Sneak Peak: KO of the Year is won by Fedor Emelianenko against Andrei Arlovski. Congrats to Fedor. Also includes video interviews about accepting the award. Also, not surprising - Ray Mercer wins Upset of the Year by defeating Tim Sylvia. Ray Mercer says he'd like to thank his wife for putting bandaids on him and rubbing him down to where he needs to be rubbed down. Mercer wants a big name for his next fight and he hopes the award will bring it to him. Other awards include 'Walkout of the Year', 'Submission of the Year', 'Bloodbath of the Year', etc..
Brazilian Trainer Marco Jara Murdered. He trained with Royce Gracie and mentored Marco Ruas & Mirko Filipovic among others.
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Saturday, 26 December 2009 00:00 |
JAPAN RELATED
DREAM vs SENGOKU promotional video has been released via DREAM's youtube. Fields Dynamite!! 2009 on December 31 is mark the two Japanese organization's first co-promotion. The event airs in the USA on HDNet live at 3:00AM EST on December 31, 2009.
Shinya Aoki and Hideo Tokoro Training Footage. Lots of playing around with a bit of everything. Both are representing DREAM out of Japan.  Hideo Tokoro (25-21) vs.  Marlon Sandro (15-1) and Shinya Aoki (22-4) vs Mizuto Hirota (12-3)
American Gary Goodridge replaces Ewerton Teixeira against Gegard Mousasi at Fields Dynamite!! 2009 says training partner Jason High. This fight will likely be held under K-1 rules, not MMA. Jason High says the fight is signed and official. Michael Kogan [FEG's American Director] confirmed the news.
UFC RELATED
Eddie Bravo is training Chuck Liddell full time at 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu for his upcoming stint on TUF 11 and pending fight against Tito Ortiz. Eddie Bravo says, "Einstein & I will do are best to turn him into a jiu jitsu master." Stop in to see Chuck in Los Angeles, California on Santa Monica Blvd.
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira [little brother] may return at UFC 111 in Newark, New Jersey [March 27]. He recently pulled out of a main card [poster featured] fight against Brandon Vera at UFC 109 [Feb 6] due to a severe ankle injury. The ankle injury originated before his last fight with Luiz Cane which he left with an impressive TKO win despite the lingering injury. Ed Soares said, "His ankle was swollen for about a week after the fight.. we thought it was just a sprain and would get better, but it just kept getting worse.. after such a great performance and on the hurt ankle, he wants to heal it up since it is a lot more serious than we all expected.. we would love for the UFC to offer us something like [March 27].”
Frank Mir talks UFC Heavyweight Division and waiting for a title shot. Says Brock is holding the belt ransom and compares the situation to himself when he was stripped of the belt after his motorcyle accident. Brock is at 240lbs? Frank Mir has fun with that.
STRIKEFORCE RELATED
Frank Shamrock will return March 6, 2010 on a yet to be announced fight card for Stirkeforce. "Whoever brings ratings. I need ratings. I just need some ratings." For this reason he refuses to fight Jake Shields which he considers boring, with no personality; however, Shields will likely fight Dan Henderson for the Middleweight title a month later in April. Scott Smith or Robbie Lawler appears to be logical choices.. along with Ronaldo Souza. Matt Lindland means little at this point and Cung Le leans toward returning to his movie career.
President Scott Coker explains the Robbie Lawler Debacle. Jorge Santiago was on suspension. Mamed Khalidov was not available. Trevor Prangley got injured. Denis Kang wasn't available til January. Kala Hose didn't work out. Monte Cox [manager to Lawler] had a long talk with Coker but Coker refuses to elaborate on the dialogue but says is working on making it right. Melvin Manhoef will end up fighting somebody else. And Robbie Lawler may not have fight scheduled until March.
FREE AGENT TRACKING
Josh Barnett's License Not Reinstated.. The California Athletic Commission has postponed his appeal hearing for the third straight time. Josh is hopeful to overturn a decision from last July which suspended his fighter's license due to an alleged positive test for anabolic steroids. The appeal is now scheduled for February 22, 2010 which will make his time away from professional mma a full calendar year. More on his background and future by Josh Gross of SI.
5150 Combat/XFL Jan. 16th Event Showcases Big Free Agent Names at the SpiritBank Event Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The words is that the booked fights are Jeff "The Snowman" Monson vs Scott Barrett, Jeremy Horn vs Victor Moreno, Houston Alexander vs Joey Beltran, Rich Clementi vs Mike Budnik, and Tim Boetsch vs Rudy Lindsey. Nice mix of former UFC and WEC talent. Also for the 110lb female title, Amber Powell vs Tammie Schneider.
MFC 24 HEAT XC on Feb. 26th Showcases Hermes Franca in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The main event is between two former UFC lightweights, Hermes Franca vs Per Eklund. The co-main event is Nick Penner (9-1) vs Chris Price (15-3). Another former UFC fighter, David Heath (13-6) vs Dwayne Lewis (10-4). Also, Derrick Noble (24-12) will appear on this developing fight card.
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Thursday, 24 December 2009 00:00 |
JAPANESE NEWS
King of the Cage: Toryumon on January 30th focuses on Japan vs USA at the Okinawa Convention Center in Japan. The main event features SHOOTO legend Mamoru Yamaguchi (22-5) vs American Frank Baca (6-0) for the King of the Cage World Junior Flyweight Championship [Strawweight]. The co-main event features Japan's Kotetsu Boku (15-6) vs USA's Tony Hervey (11-6) in a lightweight bout. Another bout worth mentioning is Japan's Kiichi Kunimoto (8-3) vs USA's Toby Imada (22-13). Should be a fun night.
Kamipro's Twitter says the UFC has been offered a High Dollar UFC Contract to Takanori Gomi (31-5). Nothing is official yet but the former Pride Champion and #1 Fightbomb Lightweight Free Agent would most likely get at least one fight before a showdown with UFC champion B.J. Penn. This fight would finally fused the PRIDE/UFC lightweight champion to one, despite Gomi's recent struggles. Gomi and Penn originally fought in 2003 where Penn won but Gomi says he hardly trained for that fight due to his own ignorance and over-confidence.
UFC RELATED
The UFC did 620,000 PPV buys for UFC 107. This is impressive and beyond expectation. It's the 8th MMA show in a 5 week span and proves that over-saturation in MMA is not an issue. Frank Mir has risen to new heights as a top draw for PPV sales and his outspoken nature & ability to back up trash talk have been vital to building his fan-base. In February of 2008, Frank Mir vs Brock Lesnar [Nogueira vs Sylvia Main Event] did 600,000 buys.. fast forward to now --> Frank Mir vs Cheick Kongo [Penn vs Sanchez Main Event] breaks that. It may be time for Frank Mir to headline shows.
Todd Duffee Training Footage & He's Got Jokes: "The ladies want to romance me and the boys want to bro-mance me." Muscle Juice? Bob? Duffee's skit is amusing and his return to the octagon has heavy eyes waiting for a matchup to be created. He was suppose to fight Paul Buentello at UFC 107 but an injury forced him off the card. Stefan Struve replaced him and ending up winning a controversial decision over the "Headhunter" Buentello.
Brian Foster (13-4) has replaced an injured Dong Hyun Kim on the UFC 110 fight card against Chris "Lights Out" Lytle [which has been confirmed by Lytle's manager, Ken Pavia. UFC 110 takes place on February 21, 2010 in Sydney Australia. Foster is a H.I.T. Squad team member and trains with Matt Hughes/Robbie Lawler among others.
New UFC 108 Video Preview with AC/DC for an instrumental. Nice little creation. Check it out.
Phil Baroni taking time off but still likely for UFC 111 in New Jersey. Baroni has been in Hawaii, training with Satoshi Ishii. He did just lose to Amir Sadollah in his return to the octagon at UFC 106 but Dana White claims he will give the "New York Badass" another shot. Several reports have indicated that Baroni will fight Marcus Davis at UFC 111 on March 27, 2010 and this should still go according to plan. Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center is only a little over an hour away from Phil Baroni's home town in Long Island. Expect him there for sure.
Jon "Bones" Jones has Lost His Appeal with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Referee Steve Mazagatti's decision will be upheld as Matt Hamill remains the victor due to illegal downward elbows from Jones. Jason Genet [manager of Jones] confirmed the news and explained the ruling against Jones was upheld largely due to Hamill sustaining a shoulder injury and not being able to continue. Wasn't this injury due to the judo throw by Jones? Isn't that unrelated to the 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock illegal elbows? History was set however.. remember.. Mazagatti became the first referee to utilize instant replay during this event during the Jones vs Hamill fight.
Diego Sanchez Has Plastic Surgery after the beating by the hands of B.J. Penn at UFC 107. "I'm 90% healed with no scar." 11 days ago he had a deep & ugly laceration so props to his surgeon. Diego is expected to face Kenny Florian, Gray Maynard, or Frankie Edgar when he gets back into the octagon.
STRIKEFORCE RELATED
Roger Gracie Interview: plans on fighting at Light Heavyweight in pending Strikeforce debut. His contract is non-exclusive and has the ability to fight in Japan aswell. He is debut was American-soil debut was suppose to take place in 2009 but injuries and a new baby have postponed prior attempts. He is the grandson of Carlos Gracie for all you not in the know of who this is. "there is nothing more to prove with the Gracie name.. I'm not here for the glory of the Gracie name because it doesn't need any glory.. it spoke for itself years ago."
Strikeforce Challengers VI Not Happening on January 22, 2010 despite last Saturday's "Strikeforce Evolution" advertising that it would. Strikeforce Director of Communications [Mike Afromowitz] says that Strikeforce will focus all its attention on their January 30th Showtime broadcasted event from Miami, Florida. He says the event was never "set in stone" and the advertising was premature. When the next Challenger Series show will air has not been pinpointed but it is certain that the January 30th broadcast will most likely get the advertising right this next time around.
K.J. Noons Says He's A Champion. The former Elite XC champion is set to compete in the Strikeforce lightweight division [walks around at 185lbs] and has turned his back on progessing his boxing career in favor of setting himself up for full time in mma. "In my eyes, I'm still the Champ."
OFF-TOPIC BUT MMA RELATED
The Karate Kid Remake Movie Trailer stars Wills Smith's son Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan as the Mr. Miagi-esque sensei. Releases June 11, 2010.
Gina Carano via Twitter wants you to feel the love of Christmas.
Dana White gave all his fighters Christmas presents which are Flip Ultra HD cameras. Nice little gift from the big guy. These little camcorders retail for $189.00 and have 2 hours of HD recording time. Looks like he wants more fighter blogs. And this means, we'll probably get them. Good thinking.
UFC legend Don Frye says he's buying UFC 109! The main event is Randy Couture vs Mark Coleman. Frye fought Coleman twice during his 13 year career [going 0-2] and is apparently a fan of Coutures. "This might be the first UFC I buy and actually watch in about 10 years, you know?" Frye said. "These two guys, it's going to be one hell of a barnburner. They’re going to show these new guys how to fight."
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