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UFC 127,features top welterweight contenders B.J. Penn and Jon Fitch
UFC 127, which features a main event between top welterweight contenders B.J. Penn and Jon Fitch, will be held on Saturday night at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia. Here’s who Yahoo! Sports staffers see as the winners.
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
The following is a new from the page of UFC Dana White:Tiot pulled out UFC FIGHT NIGHT
The following is a new from the page of UFC Dana White:
“Tito has pulled out of night due to getting stitches. 8-0 Phil davis will be lil nog now and is pumped for this fight!”
“Tito has pulled out of night due to getting stitches. 8-0 Phil davis will be lil nog now and is pumped for this fight!”
MMA DIET ?
When Jon Fitch signed his first contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2005, the former Purdue University wrestling captain could suddenly afford to eat whatever he wanted.
That meant meat. Lots of it.
“I would eat three meals a day with meat, and meat was the main part of every meal,” said Fitch, who is preparing for his biggest fight in years on Feb. 26 in Sydney, Australia against B.J. Penn in UFC 127. “I’d eat two steaks for dinner almost every night.”
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Jon Fitch has dropped meat from his diet as he prepares for his UFC 127 main event against B.J. Penn.
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Fitch, considered by most either the No. 2 or No. 3 welterweight in the world, grew up in the meat-and-potatoes Midwest in Fort Wayne, Ind. When he went to college, meat became an even bigger dietary staple.
“My mother would make meat and sides, but in college, I was always in a hurry, so cooking meat was quick and easy, and there were a lot less sides,” he said. “I lived off the George Foreman Grill.”
But after college and before signing with the UFC, meat became a luxury. As a small-show fighter living in expensive San Jose, he had to survive on a budget of $800 a month, which didn’t get him very far.
Ramen noodles were in. High-priced animal flesh was out.
But in his training for the Penn fight, Fitch has come full circle. The top welterweight has joined a growing number of MMA stars who have committed to a vegetarian diet.
The list includes the next challenger for Georges St. Pierre’s welterweight title, Jake Shields, Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz, and two former Ultimate Fighter winners, Nate Diaz and Mac Danzig.
Shields, whose parents are vegetarians, grew up on a meatless diet, never wavered, and is in large part the catalyst for the trend.
Related: Check out Jake Shields’ diet
He influenced training partner Nick Diaz. Nate Diaz, Nick’s younger brother, followed in Nick’s footsteps. Fitch, based in San Jose, and Shields, who lives nearby in San Francisco, have trained together in the past.
“I’ve been this way all my life,” said Shields, 32, who faces St. Pierre on April 30 in Toronto on a show that has already sold out the 55,000-seat Rogers Centre. “I’ve got nothing to compare it to. The only thing is, nobody can train as hard or as long as me and Nick Diaz, so that seems to indicate something.”
Diaz, 27, turned to a vegetarian diet as a teenager. Unlike Shields and Fitch, who live in the upscale Bay Area, Diaz lives in working-class Stockton, Calif. This means his diet require a substantial commitment, as he noted he has to load up on groceries when he goes to train with the likes of Shields in San Francisco, an hour away from his home.
Frequent shopping and constant eating are a necessity in balancing the vegetarian lifestyle and high-level professional fighting, because foods with no preservatives spoil quickly, and maintaining weight and strength are necessary.
“I try to keep my diet all organic,” said Diaz. “It’s healthier. You recover faster. Nobody trains as hard as we do.” With plenty of vegetarian restaurants in San Francisco, Shields eats out several times per week.
Shields noted the only time his diet became difficult was when he was in Strikeforce and bounced back and forth between welterweight and the 185-pound welterweight class. When he competed at the higher weight class, he sometimes had to force himself to eat seven or eight times a day to add the extra weight.
At the top level of MMA, particularly for main-event caliber UFC fighters, a good deal of travel is required, which can be a particular challenge to those with vegetarian needs.
Fitch went to Sydney several weeks ago for a media tour to promote UFC 127, and will leave more than a week in advance of his fight to get acclimated to the substantial time change.
Jake Shields is a lifelong vegetarian. His biggest dietary challenge is finding good eats on the road.
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“Eating there won’t be a problem,” Fitch said. “I was there in December and scouted out places for the week of the fight.”
Shields spent last week in Toronto in promotion of his fight. He’s fought all over the world and noted having problems finding good places to eat on fight week in some cities.
Early in his career, Shields fought frequently in Japan, which was a struggle, because so much of the Japanese diet is fish-based, and he didn’t speak the language. Shields said at times he didn’t eat as well as he would have liked in the days leading to a fight, and didn’t feel his best. Even with the challenge, Shields only lost one fight while competing in Japan.
Husband-and-wife team
Fitch’s transformation to vegetarianism came about in large part to the influence of his wife Michele. He noted that Shields, who has won 15 consecutive fights, helped sway his decision.
And he couldn’t be happier with the changes.
“In every kind of testing to see where I’m at, strength, speed, conditioning, I’m either right at or well ahead of the best marks I’ve ever had at this stage of training,” Fitch said. “A few weeks ago, we were concerned I was peaking too fast. I’d kick the [expletive] out of myself at the same stage of training for any of my previous fights.”
Fitch, who turns 33 on Feb. 24, is now about 183 pounds. As a welterweight fighter, his weigh-in weight is 170. Most modern welterweights range from 185 pounds as their regular weight before cutting down, to as much as 210 pounds for somebody like Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. Fitch was on the upper end of that scale for years. But two weeks before the Penn fight, he was about five pounds lighter at the same stage as he would have been for his last few fights.
“The biggest thing is better recuperation from training,” Fitch said. “I don’t have the days where I came in flat. It’s made for the best training camp of my career.”
If anything seems like a negative with Fitch in regard to his change, it’s that he has to constantly eat or he will lose too much weight.
Both Fitch and Shields augment their diets with frequent protein shakes. Fitch has limited his supplementation to plant-based protein of late, and is also using amino acids as a supplement. Shields uses supplements supplied by his sponsor, usually soy- or whey-based, but sometimes milk-based protein.
Neither fighter is vegan. Fitch said during his Penn camp he has been eating fish about once a week, although he went three straight weeks at one point with no animal products. Besides his milk-based protein powder, Shields regularly eats eggs.
“I used to get pressured to eat meat when I was younger by [amateur wrestling] coaches,” said Shields. “But I was successful in sports, so they started leaving me alone.”
Fitch’s transformation was gradual, stemming from when Michele read “Skinny Bitch,” a diet book by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin that advocated a vegan lifestyle and focused on unhealthy aspects of eating meat.
“Before UFC 100, she went on a vegan diet and started feeling better,” said Fitch. “Prior to my fight with Paulo Thiago [during the summer of 2009], I went to a more organic diet. I cut back to eating meat three times a week, limited to an eight-ounce steak or poultry, and started eating more fruits and vegetables. In two weeks, I noticed a big difference in training. I had a much easier weight cut and recovered from it better. So I kept it up.”
Fitch read “Skinny Bastard,” the male counterpart to” Skinny Bitch,” by the same authors, as well as “The China Study,” a research project collaboration among Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, which examined diseases and lifestyles in rural China. The study showed people who ate the most animal-based protein had more chronic illnesses, and people who ate mostly plant-based foods were the healthiest and lived the longest.
Fitch credits his wife for his ability to pull off his dietary experiment because she handles the shopping and food preparation.
“We’re a real team,” he said. “With all the food I have to eat to maintain weight on this diet, she is constantly cooking and preparing things.”
“He eats nonstop,” said Michele Fitch. “Particularly at night. I wake up in the morning and the snack tray is empty.”
Fitch gets home most nights from his evening workout at about 9:30 p.m. and eats dinner at 10. He will eat another light meal before going to bed around midnight.
“After his evening workout, he has a spinach noodle dish with spinach, zucchini, garlic, onions, olive oil and sometimes mushrooms – his Popeye meal,” she said. “All meals contain a variety of fruits.”
The Fitches don’t measure portions, but Michele Fitch said the goal for Jon is a three-to-one ratio between fruits and protein, with the goal of getting 90 grams of protein daily.
“The average person needs 60 grams, but with all the intense training, I have to keep my strength up,” he said.
For Danzig, a matter of principle
Danzig, 31, the Season 6 winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” as a welterweight, even though he normally fights at lightweight, turned vegetarian full-time in 2004.
With his stint on the reality show and public advocacy for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, he’s more vocal about the vegetarian lifestyle than other fighters.
Danzig ponders about peoople with pets who know of the often inhumane conditions animals raised for food are subjected to.
“I don’t understand how anyone can have an animal in their life and know what is going on and contribute to it,” Danzig said. “You don’t need any kind of animal products to be an athlete in this day and age.”
Danzig came upon the vegetarian diet differently from Fitch and the Diaz brothers, who did it for their sport. He cites being on a farm at 13 and seeing a truck taking pigs to slaughter, making eye contact with a pig on the way to its death, and the moment having a profound effect on him.
Danzig worked at an animal sanctuary in Pennsylvania at the age of 20 and met people who felt strongly about not eating meat. He was a vegan for a year, but gave it up when he started training as a full-time fighter, believing he would need animal protein to have enough strength to compete at the top level. But after reading up on the subject, he felt he could go without any animal products and be successful, so he reverted back to veganism.
The Gracie Diet
Fitch raves about the health and performance benefits of his new lifestyle. But he doesn’t consider it a moral matter. He noted after his fight with Penn, he’s planning on eating a steak.
“The thing is, steak tastes great.”
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That meant meat. Lots of it.
“I would eat three meals a day with meat, and meat was the main part of every meal,” said Fitch, who is preparing for his biggest fight in years on Feb. 26 in Sydney, Australia against B.J. Penn in UFC 127. “I’d eat two steaks for dinner almost every night.”
More From Dave MeltzerA look at vegetarian fighters' diets Feb 18, 2011 UFC 129 sellout means more Toronto shows Feb 15, 2011 AdChoices
Jon Fitch has dropped meat from his diet as he prepares for his UFC 127 main event against B.J. Penn.
(Getty Images)
Fitch, considered by most either the No. 2 or No. 3 welterweight in the world, grew up in the meat-and-potatoes Midwest in Fort Wayne, Ind. When he went to college, meat became an even bigger dietary staple.
“My mother would make meat and sides, but in college, I was always in a hurry, so cooking meat was quick and easy, and there were a lot less sides,” he said. “I lived off the George Foreman Grill.”
But after college and before signing with the UFC, meat became a luxury. As a small-show fighter living in expensive San Jose, he had to survive on a budget of $800 a month, which didn’t get him very far.
Ramen noodles were in. High-priced animal flesh was out.
But in his training for the Penn fight, Fitch has come full circle. The top welterweight has joined a growing number of MMA stars who have committed to a vegetarian diet.
The list includes the next challenger for Georges St. Pierre’s welterweight title, Jake Shields, Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz, and two former Ultimate Fighter winners, Nate Diaz and Mac Danzig.
Shields, whose parents are vegetarians, grew up on a meatless diet, never wavered, and is in large part the catalyst for the trend.
Related: Check out Jake Shields’ diet
He influenced training partner Nick Diaz. Nate Diaz, Nick’s younger brother, followed in Nick’s footsteps. Fitch, based in San Jose, and Shields, who lives nearby in San Francisco, have trained together in the past.
“I’ve been this way all my life,” said Shields, 32, who faces St. Pierre on April 30 in Toronto on a show that has already sold out the 55,000-seat Rogers Centre. “I’ve got nothing to compare it to. The only thing is, nobody can train as hard or as long as me and Nick Diaz, so that seems to indicate something.”
Diaz, 27, turned to a vegetarian diet as a teenager. Unlike Shields and Fitch, who live in the upscale Bay Area, Diaz lives in working-class Stockton, Calif. This means his diet require a substantial commitment, as he noted he has to load up on groceries when he goes to train with the likes of Shields in San Francisco, an hour away from his home.
Frequent shopping and constant eating are a necessity in balancing the vegetarian lifestyle and high-level professional fighting, because foods with no preservatives spoil quickly, and maintaining weight and strength are necessary.
“I try to keep my diet all organic,” said Diaz. “It’s healthier. You recover faster. Nobody trains as hard as we do.” With plenty of vegetarian restaurants in San Francisco, Shields eats out several times per week.
Shields noted the only time his diet became difficult was when he was in Strikeforce and bounced back and forth between welterweight and the 185-pound welterweight class. When he competed at the higher weight class, he sometimes had to force himself to eat seven or eight times a day to add the extra weight.
At the top level of MMA, particularly for main-event caliber UFC fighters, a good deal of travel is required, which can be a particular challenge to those with vegetarian needs.
Fitch went to Sydney several weeks ago for a media tour to promote UFC 127, and will leave more than a week in advance of his fight to get acclimated to the substantial time change.
Jake Shields is a lifelong vegetarian. His biggest dietary challenge is finding good eats on the road.
(Getty Images)
“Eating there won’t be a problem,” Fitch said. “I was there in December and scouted out places for the week of the fight.”
Shields spent last week in Toronto in promotion of his fight. He’s fought all over the world and noted having problems finding good places to eat on fight week in some cities.
Early in his career, Shields fought frequently in Japan, which was a struggle, because so much of the Japanese diet is fish-based, and he didn’t speak the language. Shields said at times he didn’t eat as well as he would have liked in the days leading to a fight, and didn’t feel his best. Even with the challenge, Shields only lost one fight while competing in Japan.
Husband-and-wife team
Fitch’s transformation to vegetarianism came about in large part to the influence of his wife Michele. He noted that Shields, who has won 15 consecutive fights, helped sway his decision.
And he couldn’t be happier with the changes.
“In every kind of testing to see where I’m at, strength, speed, conditioning, I’m either right at or well ahead of the best marks I’ve ever had at this stage of training,” Fitch said. “A few weeks ago, we were concerned I was peaking too fast. I’d kick the [expletive] out of myself at the same stage of training for any of my previous fights.”
Fitch, who turns 33 on Feb. 24, is now about 183 pounds. As a welterweight fighter, his weigh-in weight is 170. Most modern welterweights range from 185 pounds as their regular weight before cutting down, to as much as 210 pounds for somebody like Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. Fitch was on the upper end of that scale for years. But two weeks before the Penn fight, he was about five pounds lighter at the same stage as he would have been for his last few fights.
“The biggest thing is better recuperation from training,” Fitch said. “I don’t have the days where I came in flat. It’s made for the best training camp of my career.”
If anything seems like a negative with Fitch in regard to his change, it’s that he has to constantly eat or he will lose too much weight.
Both Fitch and Shields augment their diets with frequent protein shakes. Fitch has limited his supplementation to plant-based protein of late, and is also using amino acids as a supplement. Shields uses supplements supplied by his sponsor, usually soy- or whey-based, but sometimes milk-based protein.
Neither fighter is vegan. Fitch said during his Penn camp he has been eating fish about once a week, although he went three straight weeks at one point with no animal products. Besides his milk-based protein powder, Shields regularly eats eggs.
“I used to get pressured to eat meat when I was younger by [amateur wrestling] coaches,” said Shields. “But I was successful in sports, so they started leaving me alone.”
Fitch’s transformation was gradual, stemming from when Michele read “Skinny Bitch,” a diet book by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin that advocated a vegan lifestyle and focused on unhealthy aspects of eating meat.
“Before UFC 100, she went on a vegan diet and started feeling better,” said Fitch. “Prior to my fight with Paulo Thiago [during the summer of 2009], I went to a more organic diet. I cut back to eating meat three times a week, limited to an eight-ounce steak or poultry, and started eating more fruits and vegetables. In two weeks, I noticed a big difference in training. I had a much easier weight cut and recovered from it better. So I kept it up.”
Fitch read “Skinny Bastard,” the male counterpart to” Skinny Bitch,” by the same authors, as well as “The China Study,” a research project collaboration among Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, which examined diseases and lifestyles in rural China. The study showed people who ate the most animal-based protein had more chronic illnesses, and people who ate mostly plant-based foods were the healthiest and lived the longest.
Fitch credits his wife for his ability to pull off his dietary experiment because she handles the shopping and food preparation.
“We’re a real team,” he said. “With all the food I have to eat to maintain weight on this diet, she is constantly cooking and preparing things.”
“He eats nonstop,” said Michele Fitch. “Particularly at night. I wake up in the morning and the snack tray is empty.”
Fitch gets home most nights from his evening workout at about 9:30 p.m. and eats dinner at 10. He will eat another light meal before going to bed around midnight.
“After his evening workout, he has a spinach noodle dish with spinach, zucchini, garlic, onions, olive oil and sometimes mushrooms – his Popeye meal,” she said. “All meals contain a variety of fruits.”
The Fitches don’t measure portions, but Michele Fitch said the goal for Jon is a three-to-one ratio between fruits and protein, with the goal of getting 90 grams of protein daily.
“The average person needs 60 grams, but with all the intense training, I have to keep my strength up,” he said.
For Danzig, a matter of principle
Danzig, 31, the Season 6 winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” as a welterweight, even though he normally fights at lightweight, turned vegetarian full-time in 2004.
With his stint on the reality show and public advocacy for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, he’s more vocal about the vegetarian lifestyle than other fighters.
Danzig ponders about peoople with pets who know of the often inhumane conditions animals raised for food are subjected to.
“I don’t understand how anyone can have an animal in their life and know what is going on and contribute to it,” Danzig said. “You don’t need any kind of animal products to be an athlete in this day and age.”
Danzig came upon the vegetarian diet differently from Fitch and the Diaz brothers, who did it for their sport. He cites being on a farm at 13 and seeing a truck taking pigs to slaughter, making eye contact with a pig on the way to its death, and the moment having a profound effect on him.
Danzig worked at an animal sanctuary in Pennsylvania at the age of 20 and met people who felt strongly about not eating meat. He was a vegan for a year, but gave it up when he started training as a full-time fighter, believing he would need animal protein to have enough strength to compete at the top level. But after reading up on the subject, he felt he could go without any animal products and be successful, so he reverted back to veganism.
The Gracie Diet
Fitch raves about the health and performance benefits of his new lifestyle. But he doesn’t consider it a moral matter. He noted after his fight with Penn, he’s planning on eating a steak.
“The thing is, steak tastes great.”
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Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva” Results: Fedor Loses ?
The official “Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva” results were:
MAIN CARD
■Antonio Silva def. Fedor Emelianenko via TKO (doctor stoppage) – Round 2, 5:00 (heavyweight GP quarterfinal)
■Sergei Kharitonov def. Andrei Arlovski via KO (punches) – Round 1, 2:49 (heavyweight GP quarterfinal)
■Shane Del Rosario def. Lavar Johnson via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 4:31 (heavyweight GP reserve)
■Chad Griggs def. Gian Villante via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:49 (heavyweight GP reserve)
■Valentijn Overeem def. Ray Sefo via submission (neck crank) – Round 1, 1:37 (heavyweight GP reserve)
PRELIMINARY CARD
■John Cholish def. Marc Stevens via submission (kneebar) – Round 2, 3:57
■Igor Gracie def. John Salgado via technical submission (arm triangle) – Round 2, 3:04
■Sam Oropeza def. Don Carlo-Clauss via submission (strikes) – Round 1, 4:10
■Josh LaBerge def. Anthony Leone via TKO (cut) – Round 1, 5:00
■Jason McLean def. Kevin Roddy via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Watch Fedor Lose and retire @ Strikeforce: Fedor Emelianenko vs Antonio Silva
Fedor Vs Silva Fight Video, The very hype Fedor vs. Silva Strikeforce video had a surprising end with the superstar Russian fighter to lose a second time in his last two fights. Fans were stunned by the loss of video Fedor vs. Silva fight could be history as Emelianenko spoke of a possible retirement.
The first set started with both fighters exchange punches but Fedor seems to be dropping his hands at times. Both Silva and Fedor got crisp, clean punches in the first round ended. But the second round was Silva who won the full mount and pounded on Fedor on the legend of MMA that led to a right eye closed. The ring doctor to the dismay of fans fighting canceled the fight.
In a post fight interview, Fedor said that the fight could be his last in the cage. The crowd responded with a hearty roar as the announcement was quite unexpected
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Weigh-In: Strikeforce Heavyweight Quarterfinals - Fedor, Bigfoot, Arlovski, Overeem - SHOWTIME
Strikeforce World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament to catch the official weigh-in. Fedor Emelianenko, Fabricio Werdum, Antonio Bigfoot Silva, Andrei Arlovski, Brett Rogers, Sergei Kharitonov, Alistair Overeem, Josh Barnett. Plus, undercard fighters, Lavar "Big" Johnson, Shane del Rosario, Gian Villante, Ray "Sugarfoot" Sefo, Valentijn Overeem. And Strikeforce ring girls including Kelli Hutchenson.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Strikeforce Heavy Weight Tournament bio ....
Fedor Emelianenko of Stary Oskol, Russia, was regarded as the best fighter in mixed martial arts. It was a title that he earned during the heyday of the PRIDE Fighting Championship, when he reigned as heavyweight champ for four years until the company folded. Back then, PRIDE unquestionably housed the best heavyweight fighters in the world.
The most ambitious undertaking in the heavyweight division since Emelianenko’s and PRIDE’s prime kicks off this Saturday when Strikeforce’s year-long tournament begins at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J.
Emelianenko, retuning after his first legitimate loss in nearly a decade, is on Saturday’s card, which features the first two of four single-elimination quarterfinal matches.
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The legendary Fedor Emelianenko highlights an all-star field in Strikeforce's Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament, which kicks off Saturday.
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Emelianenko (32-2, 1 no contest) vs. former Elite XC champion Antonio Silva (15-2) and former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski (15-8) vs. Sergei Kharitonov (17-4) make up the all-heavyweight Showtime event, along with a pair of alternate matches in Shane Del Rosario (10-0) vs. Lavar “Big” Johnson (15-3) and Ray Sefo (2-0) vs. Valentijn Overeem (28-25).
The two other first-round matches – former UFC champion Josh Barnett (26-5) vs. Brett Rogers (11-2) and Alistair Overeem (34-11, 1 no contest) vs. Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1) – will take place April 9 on Showtime. The location is still to be determined. Recent industry talk points to Tokyo. If all goes well, the semifinals would be held over the summer and the championship match in the fall.
Here’s a look at the tournament’s eight fighters:
Bracket A
Fedor Emelianenko: Long considered the best heavyweight in the sport, Emelianenko is still ranked No. 8 in the Yahoo! Sports poll even though his last win was in November 2009 vs. Rogers. Perhaps this will show if Emelianenko’s June 29 loss to Werdum via triangle armbar in 69 seconds was a mental lapse or a sign that the 34-year-old Russian has finally started to slip. Emelianenko is an experienced tournament hand, winning two in the Japanese RINGS promotion in 2001 and 2002, a PRIDE tournament in 2004, as well as 12 other national and international competitions in his original sport of sambo. Although he’s the smallest man in the tournament – he’s listed as 6 feet tall and is probably slightly shorter than that, usually fighting at around 235 pounds – he possesses the most high-level experience and has the best reflexes. While unorthodox in style, he has devastating knockout power and few weaknesses. One thing that should be noted is that because of how hard he punches, Emelianenko has broken his hand on multiple occasions, which could be key in a tournament where you must survive three fights in a year.
Antonio Silva: Known as “Bigfoot,” Silva possesses unique looks due to the effects of acromegaly, a chronic disease of adults marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face and jaw that is caused by an overactive pituitary gland. The condition is most associated with the legendary pro-wrestler Andre the Giant. Silva, 31, is 6-foot-4, but his hands, feet and head are gigantic, and he’s got long arms as well. Silva cuts weight to make 265 and likely will have 30-40 pounds on Emelianenko in the cage. He’s very strong, and when he gets an opponent down, he’s very good at keeping him there. But he does not have the reflexes of most of his opponents, and certainly not that of Emelianenko.
Silva was knocked down and almost finished by light heavyweight Mike Kyle in his last fight on Dec. 4, although he did come back to win.
Alistair Overeem: At 30, Overeem is the most physically impressive fighter of the bunch. With his aggressive attacks or punches and devastating knees, Overeem has been blowing people out in two sports. His cardio stamina, long a question, held up in December’s K-1 Grand Prix. He’s proven himself a finisher, with 14 knockouts and 19 submissions in his 34 wins, and went to the second round only once in his last 10 fights. But he was just 25-11 three and a half years ago, before gaining 35 pounds of pure muscle. Although he’s never failed a steroid test – something that can’t be said about everyone in the tournament – Overeem has been the most-accused man in the tournament, including frequent insinuations made by the Emelianenko camp. Overeem was tested for steroids after running through Rogers last year, his lone U.S. fight of the past three years, and will be tested throughout the tournament.
Fabricio Werdum: Coming off the most shocking and monumental moment of 2010 when he submitted Emelianenko, 33-year-old Werdum has the best ground game in the tournament. The two-time world champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and a two-time Abu Dhabi world submission champion has MMA wins over three men in the tournament: Silva, Emelianenko and Overeem, the latter two by submission. Overeem specifically asked to fight Werdum first in hopes of avenging his 2006 loss, making it the most-anticipated match of the first round. Werdum has to get his fights to the ground because he does not have the striking ability of the big boys here.
Bracket B
Josh Barnett: Barnett was the UFC heavyweight champion at 24 in 2002 – still the youngest ever to hold that title – but hasn’t been in with top-level competition since a New Year’s Eve 2006 decision loss to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. The 6-foot-3, 250-pounder’s fiercest opponent in recent years has been the California State Athletic Commission after testing positive for steroids in the summer of 2009, right before his scheduled showdown with Emelianenko. He’s still not licensed in the state, and unless he takes care of that problem, his matches will be limited to non-commission jurisdictions. The 2009 test was his third failed steroid test. The second came after his UFC title win over Randy Couture, and he was subsequently stripped of the title. He’s fought six times in four years against second- and third-tier fighters, while also performing as a pro wrestler in Japan. Clearly a top-level heavyweight in the mid-’00s, it’s complete conjecture as to where Barnett stands today. Barnett is good at every aspect, particularly a submission game that comes from old-school wrestling “hook” submissions as opposed to jiu-jitsu. And he can take a good punch. Barnett also is on the easy side of the brackets and thus comes in as a favorite to reach the finals.
Andrei Arlovski: Another former UFC champion, Arlovski comes into this fight having lost three in a row, all to people in the tournament: knockouts to Emelianenko and Rogers, and a decision to Silva. Now 31, the Belarus native has the best boxing technique in the tournament, very good takedown defense, a solid ground game, and great movement and agility for a man who is 6-4 and 240 pounds. He’s never been submitted, but he’s got the single most glaring weakness of anyone in the tournament: his chin. Six of his eight losses have been from knockouts, and there is some question as to where he is from a confidence standpoint after showing little fight against Silva. Aside from a 2008 win over Ben Rothwell, Arlovski hasn’t looked like the fighter many remember him to be since 2005, when he was running roughshod over the then-weak UFC heavyweight competition.
Brett Rogers: The youngest and least experienced fighter in the tournament, Rogers is best known for his fight with Emelianenko, where at one point in the first round he had the Russian on the ground and hurt. At 6-4 and 265, a weight he needs to cut to make, the 29-year-old is only a couple of years removed from working as a tire-changer at Sam’s Club in his native Minnesota. In terms of pure skill, he does not match up well with the rest of the tournament, but he’s got a hard punch, as shown by a 22-second knockout of Arlovski. But his last fight on Oct. 23 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was a split-decision against the lightly regarded Ruben Villareal – not a good sign coming into a tournament against this level of competition.
Sergei Kharitonov: The 30-year-old Russian was another star of the PRIDE era. He’s the last person to beat Overeem (a first-round knockout in 2007), and also holds a 2005 decision win over Werdum. But he’s only fought three times in MMA over the last three years, and once was a quick submission loss to Jeff Monson. He’s also 1-2 in kickboxing over that period. With a background in sambo and boxing, Kharitonov is a finisher. Of his 17 wins, eight have been by submission and eight by knockout. Being on the easy side of the bracket makes him a possibility to make the finals. by: yahoo.com/ufc
The most ambitious undertaking in the heavyweight division since Emelianenko’s and PRIDE’s prime kicks off this Saturday when Strikeforce’s year-long tournament begins at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J.
Emelianenko, retuning after his first legitimate loss in nearly a decade, is on Saturday’s card, which features the first two of four single-elimination quarterfinal matches.
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The legendary Fedor Emelianenko highlights an all-star field in Strikeforce's Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament, which kicks off Saturday.
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Emelianenko (32-2, 1 no contest) vs. former Elite XC champion Antonio Silva (15-2) and former UFC champion Andrei Arlovski (15-8) vs. Sergei Kharitonov (17-4) make up the all-heavyweight Showtime event, along with a pair of alternate matches in Shane Del Rosario (10-0) vs. Lavar “Big” Johnson (15-3) and Ray Sefo (2-0) vs. Valentijn Overeem (28-25).
The two other first-round matches – former UFC champion Josh Barnett (26-5) vs. Brett Rogers (11-2) and Alistair Overeem (34-11, 1 no contest) vs. Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1) – will take place April 9 on Showtime. The location is still to be determined. Recent industry talk points to Tokyo. If all goes well, the semifinals would be held over the summer and the championship match in the fall.
Here’s a look at the tournament’s eight fighters:
Bracket A
Fedor Emelianenko: Long considered the best heavyweight in the sport, Emelianenko is still ranked No. 8 in the Yahoo! Sports poll even though his last win was in November 2009 vs. Rogers. Perhaps this will show if Emelianenko’s June 29 loss to Werdum via triangle armbar in 69 seconds was a mental lapse or a sign that the 34-year-old Russian has finally started to slip. Emelianenko is an experienced tournament hand, winning two in the Japanese RINGS promotion in 2001 and 2002, a PRIDE tournament in 2004, as well as 12 other national and international competitions in his original sport of sambo. Although he’s the smallest man in the tournament – he’s listed as 6 feet tall and is probably slightly shorter than that, usually fighting at around 235 pounds – he possesses the most high-level experience and has the best reflexes. While unorthodox in style, he has devastating knockout power and few weaknesses. One thing that should be noted is that because of how hard he punches, Emelianenko has broken his hand on multiple occasions, which could be key in a tournament where you must survive three fights in a year.
Antonio Silva: Known as “Bigfoot,” Silva possesses unique looks due to the effects of acromegaly, a chronic disease of adults marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face and jaw that is caused by an overactive pituitary gland. The condition is most associated with the legendary pro-wrestler Andre the Giant. Silva, 31, is 6-foot-4, but his hands, feet and head are gigantic, and he’s got long arms as well. Silva cuts weight to make 265 and likely will have 30-40 pounds on Emelianenko in the cage. He’s very strong, and when he gets an opponent down, he’s very good at keeping him there. But he does not have the reflexes of most of his opponents, and certainly not that of Emelianenko.
Silva was knocked down and almost finished by light heavyweight Mike Kyle in his last fight on Dec. 4, although he did come back to win.
Alistair Overeem: At 30, Overeem is the most physically impressive fighter of the bunch. With his aggressive attacks or punches and devastating knees, Overeem has been blowing people out in two sports. His cardio stamina, long a question, held up in December’s K-1 Grand Prix. He’s proven himself a finisher, with 14 knockouts and 19 submissions in his 34 wins, and went to the second round only once in his last 10 fights. But he was just 25-11 three and a half years ago, before gaining 35 pounds of pure muscle. Although he’s never failed a steroid test – something that can’t be said about everyone in the tournament – Overeem has been the most-accused man in the tournament, including frequent insinuations made by the Emelianenko camp. Overeem was tested for steroids after running through Rogers last year, his lone U.S. fight of the past three years, and will be tested throughout the tournament.
Fabricio Werdum: Coming off the most shocking and monumental moment of 2010 when he submitted Emelianenko, 33-year-old Werdum has the best ground game in the tournament. The two-time world champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and a two-time Abu Dhabi world submission champion has MMA wins over three men in the tournament: Silva, Emelianenko and Overeem, the latter two by submission. Overeem specifically asked to fight Werdum first in hopes of avenging his 2006 loss, making it the most-anticipated match of the first round. Werdum has to get his fights to the ground because he does not have the striking ability of the big boys here.
Bracket B
Josh Barnett: Barnett was the UFC heavyweight champion at 24 in 2002 – still the youngest ever to hold that title – but hasn’t been in with top-level competition since a New Year’s Eve 2006 decision loss to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. The 6-foot-3, 250-pounder’s fiercest opponent in recent years has been the California State Athletic Commission after testing positive for steroids in the summer of 2009, right before his scheduled showdown with Emelianenko. He’s still not licensed in the state, and unless he takes care of that problem, his matches will be limited to non-commission jurisdictions. The 2009 test was his third failed steroid test. The second came after his UFC title win over Randy Couture, and he was subsequently stripped of the title. He’s fought six times in four years against second- and third-tier fighters, while also performing as a pro wrestler in Japan. Clearly a top-level heavyweight in the mid-’00s, it’s complete conjecture as to where Barnett stands today. Barnett is good at every aspect, particularly a submission game that comes from old-school wrestling “hook” submissions as opposed to jiu-jitsu. And he can take a good punch. Barnett also is on the easy side of the brackets and thus comes in as a favorite to reach the finals.
Andrei Arlovski: Another former UFC champion, Arlovski comes into this fight having lost three in a row, all to people in the tournament: knockouts to Emelianenko and Rogers, and a decision to Silva. Now 31, the Belarus native has the best boxing technique in the tournament, very good takedown defense, a solid ground game, and great movement and agility for a man who is 6-4 and 240 pounds. He’s never been submitted, but he’s got the single most glaring weakness of anyone in the tournament: his chin. Six of his eight losses have been from knockouts, and there is some question as to where he is from a confidence standpoint after showing little fight against Silva. Aside from a 2008 win over Ben Rothwell, Arlovski hasn’t looked like the fighter many remember him to be since 2005, when he was running roughshod over the then-weak UFC heavyweight competition.
Brett Rogers: The youngest and least experienced fighter in the tournament, Rogers is best known for his fight with Emelianenko, where at one point in the first round he had the Russian on the ground and hurt. At 6-4 and 265, a weight he needs to cut to make, the 29-year-old is only a couple of years removed from working as a tire-changer at Sam’s Club in his native Minnesota. In terms of pure skill, he does not match up well with the rest of the tournament, but he’s got a hard punch, as shown by a 22-second knockout of Arlovski. But his last fight on Oct. 23 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was a split-decision against the lightly regarded Ruben Villareal – not a good sign coming into a tournament against this level of competition.
Sergei Kharitonov: The 30-year-old Russian was another star of the PRIDE era. He’s the last person to beat Overeem (a first-round knockout in 2007), and also holds a 2005 decision win over Werdum. But he’s only fought three times in MMA over the last three years, and once was a quick submission loss to Jeff Monson. He’s also 1-2 in kickboxing over that period. With a background in sambo and boxing, Kharitonov is a finisher. Of his 17 wins, eight have been by submission and eight by knockout. Being on the easy side of the bracket makes him a possibility to make the finals. by: yahoo.com/ufc
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Stacked Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinals Pairings set for Bellator Season 4 Premiere LIVE March 5th on MTV2 - Bellator Fighting Championships
Stacked Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinals Pairings set for Bellator Season 4 Premiere LIVE March 5th on MTV2 - Bellator Fighting Championships
CHICAGO, Ill. (February 8, 2011) - Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the promotion's Season 4 Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal Pairings for Bellator 35, the premiere event at the Tachi Palace Casino & Resort in Lemoore, California on Saturday, March 5, 2011. With all four of the highly anticipated Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal fights on the schedule, Bellator 35 will serve as the launching point for talent-stacked welterweight tournament which will air LIVE on MTV2.
"This Welterweight tournament is stacked. Every fight should be hyper-competitive" said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. "Any one of these 8 fighters could win it, make $100,000 and earn the right to fight Askren for our world title.
View Fight Card Here: Bellator 35 Fight Card
Kicking things off it will be Judo vs. Judo as "Judo" Jim Wallhead and former Judoka Olympian Rick Hawn clash for a spot in the semifinals. Currently riding an eight-fight win streak, Wallhead will be looking to ride the momentum from a recent Bellator victory over UFC veteran Ryan Thomas into the semifinals, while the promising former Olympian Hawn will look to add to his perfect 9-0 professional record.
The evening's second 170 lbs. quarterfinal finds Army and Bellator veteran Steve Carl taking on the highly touted Bellator newcomer Jay "Thoroughbred" Hieron. Carl will look to capitalize on his Season 2 Welterweight Tournament experience to get past the highly regarded Hieron, who has not lost a fight in the last three years.
Additionally two Bellator veterans will collide in a long-awaited rematch when Dan "The Handler" Hornbuckle meets Brent Weedman in a quarterfinal pairing. Hornbuckle looks to get one step closer to a redemptive fight with current Bellator World Welterweight Champion Ben Askren, who he lost to in the Bellator Season 2 Welterweight Finals. However, he'll first have to go through Weedman who will look to redeem a 2006 submission loss to Hornbuckle while improving his impressive win streak to eleven-straight.
Leather will be flying in the Bellator 35 Main Event, as heavy-handed former Bellator World Welterweight Champion Lyman "Cyborg" Good will collide with fast-rising undefeated knockout artist Chris "The Assassin" Lozano. Both Good and Lozano are content to keep things standing which should provide a highly entertaining fight for Bellator fans.
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator
About Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago. Bellator's founder/CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator Fighting Championships' executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations. Bellator Fighting Championships is the first MMA promotion to hold a nationally televised tournament format. Bellator's fourth season will begin March 5, 2011, airing LIVE on MTV2.
About MTV2
MTV2 is a man's best friend, available in nearly 80 million homes and with the highest concentration of males 12-24 and 12-34 on TV today. A vibrant mix of music, lifestyle and action sports programming, MTV2 has reflected the habits and behavior of young people since its launch in 1996. MTV2 is part of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom, one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.
CHICAGO, Ill. (February 8, 2011) - Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the promotion's Season 4 Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal Pairings for Bellator 35, the premiere event at the Tachi Palace Casino & Resort in Lemoore, California on Saturday, March 5, 2011. With all four of the highly anticipated Welterweight Tournament Quarterfinal fights on the schedule, Bellator 35 will serve as the launching point for talent-stacked welterweight tournament which will air LIVE on MTV2.
"This Welterweight tournament is stacked. Every fight should be hyper-competitive" said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. "Any one of these 8 fighters could win it, make $100,000 and earn the right to fight Askren for our world title.
View Fight Card Here: Bellator 35 Fight Card
Kicking things off it will be Judo vs. Judo as "Judo" Jim Wallhead and former Judoka Olympian Rick Hawn clash for a spot in the semifinals. Currently riding an eight-fight win streak, Wallhead will be looking to ride the momentum from a recent Bellator victory over UFC veteran Ryan Thomas into the semifinals, while the promising former Olympian Hawn will look to add to his perfect 9-0 professional record.
The evening's second 170 lbs. quarterfinal finds Army and Bellator veteran Steve Carl taking on the highly touted Bellator newcomer Jay "Thoroughbred" Hieron. Carl will look to capitalize on his Season 2 Welterweight Tournament experience to get past the highly regarded Hieron, who has not lost a fight in the last three years.
Additionally two Bellator veterans will collide in a long-awaited rematch when Dan "The Handler" Hornbuckle meets Brent Weedman in a quarterfinal pairing. Hornbuckle looks to get one step closer to a redemptive fight with current Bellator World Welterweight Champion Ben Askren, who he lost to in the Bellator Season 2 Welterweight Finals. However, he'll first have to go through Weedman who will look to redeem a 2006 submission loss to Hornbuckle while improving his impressive win streak to eleven-straight.
Leather will be flying in the Bellator 35 Main Event, as heavy-handed former Bellator World Welterweight Champion Lyman "Cyborg" Good will collide with fast-rising undefeated knockout artist Chris "The Assassin" Lozano. Both Good and Lozano are content to keep things standing which should provide a highly entertaining fight for Bellator fans.
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator
About Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago. Bellator's founder/CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes. Bellator Fighting Championships' executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations. Bellator Fighting Championships is the first MMA promotion to hold a nationally televised tournament format. Bellator's fourth season will begin March 5, 2011, airing LIVE on MTV2.
About MTV2
MTV2 is a man's best friend, available in nearly 80 million homes and with the highest concentration of males 12-24 and 12-34 on TV today. A vibrant mix of music, lifestyle and action sports programming, MTV2 has reflected the habits and behavior of young people since its launch in 1996. MTV2 is part of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom, one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
UFC 126: Steven Seagal Talks About Teaching Anderson Silva Front Kick to...
UFC 126: Steven Seagal Talks About Teaching Anderson Silva Front Kick to the Face
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Unleashing a wicked left kick that moved Belfort's jaw toward his nose, Silva knocked down the former UFC champion, hesitated briefly to ensure there were signs of alertness, then moved in for a right punch and a left that led referee Mario Yamasaki to stop the fight at the 3-minute 25-second mark
. Brazil vs Brazil. Finally. it very well earlier today, Brazilians just love to fight BraziliansThe head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship openly admits that Saturday's main event between middleweight titleholder Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort could turn out to be a stinker.
Silva used a powerful left front kick to Belfort's face to knock him flat on his back on the canvas, then finished him off with a couple more punches on the ground. Although the first round hadn't had much action up until that point, the out-of-nowhere knockout from Silva was spectacular, and gave him an exclamation point on his UFC record 13th consecutive victory.
"We both know what these guys are capable of, and what kind of fight this could be," UFC President Dana White said Wednesday. "But if things go wrong because of the way that both these guys are sometimes, it could be the worst staring competition in the history of the world."
“He faked the body and kicked to the head . . . He caught me. That’s what happens.”
Though there were some hard feelings and plenty of posturing between the two former training partners in Brazil leading up to the match, Silva showed nothing but love towards Belfort afterwards.
“Before I even stepped in fighting, Vitor was a champion. He deserves the respect of everybody in this place,” said Silva.
The next challenge for Silva could be one of the biggest fights in the sport’s history: a dream match versus current welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.
"[Jones] just came off a great win in less than two rounds and he's 23 years old," White said. "You can do that [stuff] when you're 23."
Main card
Bantamweight: Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos – Torres defeated Banuelos via unanimous decision
Welterweight: Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha – Ellenberger defeated Rocha via split decision
Light Heavyweight: Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader – Jones defeated Bader via submission
Light Heavyweight: Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin – Griffin defeated Franklin via unanimous decision
Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort – Silva defeated Belfort via KO
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Featherweight: Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa – Mendes defeated Omigawa via unanimous decision
Lightweight: Donald Cerrone vs. Paul Kelly – Cerrone defeated Kelly via submission
Preliminary card (Facebook Stream)
Bantamweight: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Demetrious Johnson – Johnson defeated Yamamoto via unanimous decision
. Brazil vs Brazil. Finally. it very well earlier today, Brazilians just love to fight BraziliansThe head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship openly admits that Saturday's main event between middleweight titleholder Anderson Silva and Vitor Belfort could turn out to be a stinker.
Silva used a powerful left front kick to Belfort's face to knock him flat on his back on the canvas, then finished him off with a couple more punches on the ground. Although the first round hadn't had much action up until that point, the out-of-nowhere knockout from Silva was spectacular, and gave him an exclamation point on his UFC record 13th consecutive victory.
"We both know what these guys are capable of, and what kind of fight this could be," UFC President Dana White said Wednesday. "But if things go wrong because of the way that both these guys are sometimes, it could be the worst staring competition in the history of the world."
“He faked the body and kicked to the head . . . He caught me. That’s what happens.”
Though there were some hard feelings and plenty of posturing between the two former training partners in Brazil leading up to the match, Silva showed nothing but love towards Belfort afterwards.
“Before I even stepped in fighting, Vitor was a champion. He deserves the respect of everybody in this place,” said Silva.
The next challenge for Silva could be one of the biggest fights in the sport’s history: a dream match versus current welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.
"[Jones] just came off a great win in less than two rounds and he's 23 years old," White said. "You can do that [stuff] when you're 23."
Main card
Bantamweight: Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos – Torres defeated Banuelos via unanimous decision
Welterweight: Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha – Ellenberger defeated Rocha via split decision
Light Heavyweight: Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader – Jones defeated Bader via submission
Light Heavyweight: Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin – Griffin defeated Franklin via unanimous decision
Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort – Silva defeated Belfort via KO
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Featherweight: Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa – Mendes defeated Omigawa via unanimous decision
Lightweight: Donald Cerrone vs. Paul Kelly – Cerrone defeated Kelly via submission
Preliminary card (Facebook Stream)
Bantamweight: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Demetrious Johnson – Johnson defeated Yamamoto via unanimous decision
Saturday, February 5, 2011
breaking news UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jon Jones is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 19, 2011 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
Evans is out of ufc 128 , Jon Bones Jones will replace Rashad Evans ........
UFC 128: Shogun vs. Evans is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 19, 2011 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
UFC 128: Shogun vs. Evans is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 19, 2011 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
Friday, February 4, 2011
UFC 126 Ryan Bader vs Jon Jones
Jon Jones knows that he’ll face the fight of his life at UFC 126 on Saturday, when he’ll meet unbeaten Ryan Bader in a duel not only for positioning within the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s stacked light heavyweight division but for the more prestigious honor of the promotion’s most heralded prospect as well.
There haven’t been such raves for a young player like 23-year-old Jones since Michael Jordan was a rookie with the Bulls.
he’s all but dreamed of Bader. He’s human, however, and he lets his guard down, if only for a moment, allowing himself to look beyond Saturday’s fight.
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Jon Jones (above) has rarely been tested on his path to the top, but Ryan Bader stands in his way.
“I think,” he says, lustfully, “I’m going to go to Pizza Hut and get a large one. I’ll probably go to McDonald’s and get a double cheeseburger. At least one or two.”
He chuckles, then realizes the danger of thinking ahead. He can’t let his body go, the way he’d like, because he’s got to help former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans prepare for his March 19 bout in New Jersey against reigning 205-pound kingpin Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
“I need to be the best training partner I can be for Rashad,” Jones says dutifully, “so I can’t really go crazy. But I will at least have a double cheeseburger.”
He cracks the broad smile that has made him one of the UFC’s most popular fighters and lifts his shirt – 48 hours before he has to weigh in at no more than 206 pounds – to reveal a washboard-like abdomen.
He says all the right things – that he’s taking the fight no differently than he’s taken fights with guys such as Brandon Vera and Vladimir Matyushenko – but the rippling abdominal muscles would suggest otherwise.
He knows, and Bader knows, that much is at stake.
“Obviously, this is a huge fight for both of us,” Bader said. “Everyone knows that. There is a lot that is riding on this.”
UFC president Dana White said he’ll consider the winner a Top 10 light heavyweight, one who will move into position to fight for the championship. That’s saying a lot, considering the division includes some of the sport’s elite fighters.
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Jones has been a runaway hype machine since his UFC debut in 2008, when he scored a decision over Andre Gusmao. Jones unveiled moves never seen before, along with athleticism unmatched in mixed martial arts.
Bader is a thickly muscled guy with a more traditional MMA build and background. He was a college wrestler at Arizona State and, not surprisingly, a star linebacker when he was in high school. Once he took up MMA, he found that his strength allowed him to punch extraordinarily hard.
While Jones has been hailed as a budding superstar from his earliest UFC days, Bader has taken a longer, quieter road to contention. He was the winner of Season 8 of “The Ultimate Fighter” and has reeled off a 12-0 record, including wins over veterans Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Keith Jardine.
Bader, 27, doesn’t begrudge Jones the hype he’s received: “He deserves it because he’s been running through people.”
Bader is about a 3-1 underdog, which is shocking for a guy with a perfect record and few close fights. That’s indicative of the fascination the public has with Jones, who learned a lot of moves by watching YouTube videos and who continues to work on new, unusual techniques.
He’s embraced his role as the underdog, using it as motivation.
“I like the underdog role,” Bader said. “I like proving people wrong and going in and putting on a show. That’s what I like to do. I respect him as a person and as a fighter; He deserves all the accolades he’s got. It’s my turn to go in there and prove to myself and my fans I can take that.”
No one whom Bader has faced has been consistently able to stuff his takedowns. And when Bader gets top position, he’s been able to deliver serious punishment.
Jones, though, is a former national junior-college champion wrestler and isn’t concerned that Bader will be able to dump him on his back and bust him up. If Bader wants to try that, Jones would welcome the challenge.
“I know myself and I know my weaknesses, and I don’t think a strong wrestler would be the worst matchup for me at all,” Jones said. “I’ve been wrestling for a very long time and I have a lot of pride in my wrestling.”
There’s a psychological aspect to fighting, though, and once someone does something you don’t think he can do, it can cause panic to set in. Nobody in the UFC had gotten up once former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar had taken them down, but Cain Velasquez did when they met in a title match at UFC 121 in Anaheim, Calif.
Lesnar dumped Velasquez seconds into the bout, but Velasquez quickly bounced up and won a psychological edge before going on to stop Lesnar and take the belt from him.
Jones is confident without being cocky, and one gets the sense he sincerely doesn’t believe Bader will be able to take him down. If that happens, though, it wouldn’t be the worst thing, Jones insists.
“No one has seen me fight off my back yet, but I work on my gaidojutsu all the time with [Coach] Greg Jackson,” Jones said.
“My goal is to not be taken down at all – and I believe in my heart I won’t be taken down – but if he does get me down, I’m mentally prepared for that,” Jones added. “For the people who think a big factor in this fight will be Bader double-leg-diving me, I think it’s silly. I won a state championship, a national championship, and just because I’m a striker it doesn’t mean I haven’t been wrestling since I was 14.”
He was disgusted, he said, while watching the Timothy Bradley-Devon Alexander boxing bout last week on HBO, and was eager to let everyone know that Jones-Bader will easily trump it in terms of excitement.
“I love to see great fights; I love to put on greats whenever possible,” White said. “I don’t like to take any chunks out of boxing, but the fight that happened last Saturday, where they were pumping this up as the two guys who were undefeated and all this stuff, was the worst fight I’ve ever seen. It’s one of those fights where I say in boxing, ‘Did I just sit home on a Saturday night and waste my time and watch this?’
“I hate to give guarantees, but I guarantee you “Bones” Jones and Bader won’t do that on Saturday night. I’d lay money down and guarantee you that that’s going to be a [sensational] fight.”
The winner will be the true sensation. Jones is 11-1, but his loss was a disqualification for an illegal elbow in a fight against Matt Hamill which he was dominating. If Bader is able to beat him, he’ll be the hottest prospect in the game.
If Jones derails Bader, though, it will push the already unbelievable expectations of him even higher.
“I know all the hype is out there and it’s all good,” Jones said. “But hype means nothing if you don’t put the time and effort and passion into it. The hype is a result of the work, and I have worked harder for this fight than I ever have for any fight – ever.” yahoo.com
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Form Athletics White Jon ''Bones'' Jones Fight Premuim T-shirt (XX-Large)
The good thing for Jones? Jones will Win ( Thoughts )
There haven’t been such raves for a young player like 23-year-old Jones since Michael Jordan was a rookie with the Bulls.
he’s all but dreamed of Bader. He’s human, however, and he lets his guard down, if only for a moment, allowing himself to look beyond Saturday’s fight.
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Jon Jones (above) has rarely been tested on his path to the top, but Ryan Bader stands in his way.
“I think,” he says, lustfully, “I’m going to go to Pizza Hut and get a large one. I’ll probably go to McDonald’s and get a double cheeseburger. At least one or two.”
He chuckles, then realizes the danger of thinking ahead. He can’t let his body go, the way he’d like, because he’s got to help former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans prepare for his March 19 bout in New Jersey against reigning 205-pound kingpin Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
“I need to be the best training partner I can be for Rashad,” Jones says dutifully, “so I can’t really go crazy. But I will at least have a double cheeseburger.”
He cracks the broad smile that has made him one of the UFC’s most popular fighters and lifts his shirt – 48 hours before he has to weigh in at no more than 206 pounds – to reveal a washboard-like abdomen.
He says all the right things – that he’s taking the fight no differently than he’s taken fights with guys such as Brandon Vera and Vladimir Matyushenko – but the rippling abdominal muscles would suggest otherwise.
He knows, and Bader knows, that much is at stake.
“Obviously, this is a huge fight for both of us,” Bader said. “Everyone knows that. There is a lot that is riding on this.”
UFC president Dana White said he’ll consider the winner a Top 10 light heavyweight, one who will move into position to fight for the championship. That’s saying a lot, considering the division includes some of the sport’s elite fighters.
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Jones has been a runaway hype machine since his UFC debut in 2008, when he scored a decision over Andre Gusmao. Jones unveiled moves never seen before, along with athleticism unmatched in mixed martial arts.
Bader is a thickly muscled guy with a more traditional MMA build and background. He was a college wrestler at Arizona State and, not surprisingly, a star linebacker when he was in high school. Once he took up MMA, he found that his strength allowed him to punch extraordinarily hard.
While Jones has been hailed as a budding superstar from his earliest UFC days, Bader has taken a longer, quieter road to contention. He was the winner of Season 8 of “The Ultimate Fighter” and has reeled off a 12-0 record, including wins over veterans Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Keith Jardine.
Bader, 27, doesn’t begrudge Jones the hype he’s received: “He deserves it because he’s been running through people.”
Bader is about a 3-1 underdog, which is shocking for a guy with a perfect record and few close fights. That’s indicative of the fascination the public has with Jones, who learned a lot of moves by watching YouTube videos and who continues to work on new, unusual techniques.
He’s embraced his role as the underdog, using it as motivation.
“I like the underdog role,” Bader said. “I like proving people wrong and going in and putting on a show. That’s what I like to do. I respect him as a person and as a fighter; He deserves all the accolades he’s got. It’s my turn to go in there and prove to myself and my fans I can take that.”
No one whom Bader has faced has been consistently able to stuff his takedowns. And when Bader gets top position, he’s been able to deliver serious punishment.
Jones, though, is a former national junior-college champion wrestler and isn’t concerned that Bader will be able to dump him on his back and bust him up. If Bader wants to try that, Jones would welcome the challenge.
“I know myself and I know my weaknesses, and I don’t think a strong wrestler would be the worst matchup for me at all,” Jones said. “I’ve been wrestling for a very long time and I have a lot of pride in my wrestling.”
There’s a psychological aspect to fighting, though, and once someone does something you don’t think he can do, it can cause panic to set in. Nobody in the UFC had gotten up once former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar had taken them down, but Cain Velasquez did when they met in a title match at UFC 121 in Anaheim, Calif.
Lesnar dumped Velasquez seconds into the bout, but Velasquez quickly bounced up and won a psychological edge before going on to stop Lesnar and take the belt from him.
Jones is confident without being cocky, and one gets the sense he sincerely doesn’t believe Bader will be able to take him down. If that happens, though, it wouldn’t be the worst thing, Jones insists.
“No one has seen me fight off my back yet, but I work on my gaidojutsu all the time with [Coach] Greg Jackson,” Jones said.
“My goal is to not be taken down at all – and I believe in my heart I won’t be taken down – but if he does get me down, I’m mentally prepared for that,” Jones added. “For the people who think a big factor in this fight will be Bader double-leg-diving me, I think it’s silly. I won a state championship, a national championship, and just because I’m a striker it doesn’t mean I haven’t been wrestling since I was 14.”
He was disgusted, he said, while watching the Timothy Bradley-Devon Alexander boxing bout last week on HBO, and was eager to let everyone know that Jones-Bader will easily trump it in terms of excitement.
“I love to see great fights; I love to put on greats whenever possible,” White said. “I don’t like to take any chunks out of boxing, but the fight that happened last Saturday, where they were pumping this up as the two guys who were undefeated and all this stuff, was the worst fight I’ve ever seen. It’s one of those fights where I say in boxing, ‘Did I just sit home on a Saturday night and waste my time and watch this?’
“I hate to give guarantees, but I guarantee you “Bones” Jones and Bader won’t do that on Saturday night. I’d lay money down and guarantee you that that’s going to be a [sensational] fight.”
The winner will be the true sensation. Jones is 11-1, but his loss was a disqualification for an illegal elbow in a fight against Matt Hamill which he was dominating. If Bader is able to beat him, he’ll be the hottest prospect in the game.
If Jones derails Bader, though, it will push the already unbelievable expectations of him even higher.
“I know all the hype is out there and it’s all good,” Jones said. “But hype means nothing if you don’t put the time and effort and passion into it. The hype is a result of the work, and I have worked harder for this fight than I ever have for any fight – ever.” yahoo.com
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Form Athletics White Jon ''Bones'' Jones Fight Premuim T-shirt (XX-Large)
The good thing for Jones? Jones will Win ( Thoughts )
Thursday, February 3, 2011
UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort
The best fighter in the world squares off against his toughest competition
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