Posted On Friday, May 11th, 2012 By admin
A lightweight matchup has been booked for July’s UFC 148 event between and Team Takedown’s Shane Roller (10-6 MMA, 1-3 UFC) and longtime vet John Alessio (34-15 MMA, 0-4 UFC). The UFC officials announced the new matchup today. UFC 148 takes place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on Facebook, FX and pay-per-view are expected to carry the prelims. Alessio, in his fourth stint with the organization, looks again for his first UFC win. Over the years, under the UFC banner, he suffered losses to Thiago Alves (2006), Diego Sanchez (2006) and Pat Miletich (2000). Recently, though, the 32-year-old Canadian had a short-notice fight against Mark Bocek at the past month’s UFC 145 event did not go his way. However, he had been doing well with 10 victories in his past 11 fights. After Bocek’s original opponent had to withdraw from the bout, which was his first fight in the UFC since 2006, Alessio agreed to take the fight on short notice. In 2000, Alessio made his UFC debut as he took on MMA veteran Pat Miletich at UFC 26 at the age of 20 and has fought all over the world. Meanwhile, for Continue Reading
Posted On Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 By admin
On April 30 in Toronto, more than 40,000 fans expected to attend at the Rogers Center. UFC 129 will smash the promotion’s attendance record. You’ve been anticipating this fight for a solid five years if you’re a longtime MMA fan. Over the last half decade, no two guys have been more dominant at 170 pounds than Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields. Four years ago the UFC champ GSP hasn’t lost a round since his upset loss to Matt Serra; Shields has won 15 straight fights. It presents a new challenge for each fighter, what makes this bout particularly interesting. Shields will be the most dangerous submission artist St-Pierre has ever faced, as one of the world’s very best Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners. Meanwhile, Shields has fought at 185 pounds before and even manhandled Dan Henderson, who usually fights at 205 pounds. St-Pierre will be the strongest pure wrestler Shields has ever faced, on the reverse. Generally, Shields dominates a fight once he takes it to the ground; he could have trouble doing so against the freakishly strong GSP. GSP studies his opponents eternally and shows up for every bout ready to fight them wherever they’re weakest. Shields’s clear weakness is in Continue Reading
Posted On Friday, March 25th, 2011 By admin
At a Strikeforce event planned for July, Fedor Emelianenko is supposed to fight an as-yet-unnamed challenger. The co-promotional stamp of Strikeforce partner M-1 Global will bear the event. Following the sale of Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker’s California-based promotion to the UFC, he is yet to talk with company officials. According Coker, Emelianenko is improbable to fight current Strikeforce light-heavyweight winner Dan Henderson. Since the challenger is yet to be pronounced, the betting odds for the Strikeforce event planned for July has not yet released. After knocking out Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante, Henderson got his hands on the light-heavyweight belt. Strikeforce chief Coker feels Henderson might be “a little bit small” to face the heavyweight, although he has made frequent calls to take on Emelianenko. In the last fight Antonio Silva, Emelianenko weighed in at 230 pounds, while Henderson cuts hardly any weight to make his 205-pound divisional limit. At “Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Silva”, Emelianenko (31-3 MMA, 1-2 SF) most recently competed this past month and endured the second true loss of his virtually unblemished career. He was ruled out to fight a third round with Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva by the doctors. At “Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Continue Reading
Posted On Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 By admin
Shinya Aoki faces Lyle Beerbohm in a lightweight match-up on the San Diego card. This marks the return of Aoki to Strikeforce on April 9. On Monday, Strikeforce officials confirmed the match-up. In Strikeforce, Aoki last fought in April when he lost to lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez in a lopsided decision. Since that time, in MMA competition Aoki has gone 3-0, which includes a win over Tatsuya Kawajiri. In December, Aoki lost a fight to kick boxer Yuichiro Nagashima. It was a mixed-rules bout hence the fight does not appear on the mixed martial arts record. In the first round, K-1 kickboxing rules were followed, while in the second round Dream MMA rules were put into use. At the start of the second round, Aoki was defeated when Nagashima knocked him out with a knee strike to the face. This past April, Aoki made his promotional debut at the CBS-televised and faced champion Gilbert Melendez. The Cesar Gracie protege en route controlled him to a unanimous decision loss, in a one-sided and largely dull affair. Aoki’s last trip inside the ring was disastrous, although he had success in MMA. Aoki was knocked cold by a knee just four ticks into Continue Reading
Posted On Friday, January 21st, 2011 By admin
On February 5 in Fukuoka, Japan, street fighting legend turned mixed martial artist Kimbo Slice is scheduled to make his professional wrestling debut. Against disgraced Sumo wrestler Shinichi Suzukawa, Slice’s professional wrestling debut will be in the Inoki Genome Federation’s upcoming eight-man tournament at Genome 14. He has already quit boxing as well as he couldn’t cut it as a mixed martial artist. Kimbo Slice had left boxing promoter Gary Shaw after filming the latest installment of “The Scorpion King” and decided that boxing wasn’t for him which was reported earlier this week. He was a hard hitting street fighter even though he was not a proficient mixed martial artist. Boxing requires entirely too much discipline and Kimbo just doesn’t have it. But the world of professional wrestling doesn’t require the multiple talents of MMA or the ridiculous skill set of boxing. It’s just what Kimbo Slice wishes to flourish in a different career. The fact that Kimbo Slice is a character to most is another reason why a career in the world of professional wrestling makes total sense. He has an image that fans immediately notice as well as he is marketable. It was quite sure that WWE and Continue Reading
Posted On Friday, December 10th, 2010 By admin
Sean McCorkle and Stefan Struve will square off soon in a mixed martial arts fight at the upcoming UFC 124 event. This event will be the last UFC event of the year and will close out the 2010 season of the UFC.UFC betting lines odds have not yet been posted for this fight. These two fighters will square off in matchup that should be entertaining just from watching the physical differences between these two fighters. The main difference that everyone will notice is the 6 foot 11 inch frame of Stefan Struve. He has used his height and length well in his fights to this point, compiling a stellar record of 23-4 in his career. The amazing thing about Struve is that he has managed to win all of these fights in such a short time. He is only 22 years old, yet he has fought 27 career MMA fights. His experience should be a big factor in his fight against McCorkle. He has won 4 of this last 5 fights and he will enter this match with a good deal of momentum from those recent victories. While McCorkle is not nearly 7 feet tall, he has something that Struve Continue Reading
Posted On Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 By admin
In a middleweight clash that could propel the winner into title contention, Robbie Lawler will take on 2000 Olympic silver medalist Matt Lindland. On Saturday at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, the pair will meet in a featured matchup at Strikeforce “Henderson vs. Babalu”. Lawler, a former Icon Sport and EliteXC middleweight titleholder claims the idea fighting for the belt is of little concern. During a Nov. 23 conference call, Lawler said, “I am not too worried about what is happening after this fight. I am worried about training for Matt and [stepping] in there and doing my best.” The H.I.T. Squad product has changed his training regimen. To drill his wrestling with some of the sport’s best he travelled to Power MMA and Fitness in Gilbert, Ariz. Lawler says he still had a successful camp, although he was unable to train with UFC talents Aaron Simpson, Ryan Bader and C.B. Dollaway. He said, “I didn’t go down to Arizona this time because the gym wasn’t open, but I’ve been working on my wrestling as much as I’ve been working on all my other skills. I’ve trained hard for this fight, and I look forward to it.” Lawler’s approach Continue Reading
Posted On Thursday, July 1st, 2010 By admin
Dave Branch and Gerald Harris will fight in a middleweight bout at UFC 116. At the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the fight will take place. Gerald Harris, MMA betting star, has been absolutely on fire as of late. He ended up losing to the winner of the show Amir Sadollah, even though he took part in TUF (The Ultimate Fighter) 7. Since losing that fight, he has been absolutely unbeatable. In his last 9 fights, he has brought home victories and he appears to have found a swagger that should help him out as he takes on Dave Branch. For Branch, the experience of Harris could be a problem as this will be his debut in the UFC. As Branch has shown no signs of weakness to this point in his career, it is difficult to tell. Branch has yet to lose a fight in his professional MMA career and he has demonstrated an ability to end fights early. He has not allowed a fight to go all the way to decision, in his 6 career fights. By submission, he has ended three fights and three more fights by way of TKO. For Branch, this will be a big Continue Reading
Posted On Monday, May 24th, 2010 By admin
Amir Sodollah will take on Dong Hyun Kim as part of the event. UFC 114 is set to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 29; the welterweight division at UFC 114 will be an exciting one. Amir Sadollah, UFC betting lines favorite, boasts a record of 3-1 and is the winner of Ultimate Fighter 7. Since then he has kept himself out of the mat because of the multiple injuries and not allowed him to take many fights. Amir, in his previous two fights, showed that he is a heavy striker and has a lot of different combos up his sleeves. He took out Brad Blackburn and Phil Baroni in impressive fashion. Amir hopefully forgets about his embarrassing loss TKO loss to Johnny Hendricks and looks to extend his win streak to three. He looks to do well in this fight and his rebound has been pretty good. Dong Hyun Kim, Sadollah’s opponent, is a bit of a different fighter and prefers his judo expertise. Dong has won three fights inside of the Octagon and has an impressive record of 12-0-1. He has had a six-year career so far and he has scored some top-notch wins against T.J. Continue Reading
Posted On Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 By admin
On May 29th, there will be a lot of great matches that will go on, in the highly anticipated UFC 114. The matchup between Diego Sanchez and John Hathaway is one of the most exciting matches. The event is expected to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. The event is expected to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center and it is one of the biggest points of news on this fight. He is set to come back to the ring to strut his stuff against another top welterweight fighter, after coming off as the winner of the popular show the “Ultimate Fighter”. At UFC 107, in December, Sanchez’s previous fight was against B.J. Penn and after getting beat pretty bad he talked about moving back up to the welterweight division. Since he has gained some mass but cut down on his fat percentage, he looks to have more of an advantage in this weight class. Sanchez, UFC lines favorite was in the welterweight division before he was at 7-2 and holds a record of 21-3. He didn’t fare so well when he was fighting in the lightweight division. Continue Reading