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 Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 By admin
In the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s 170-pound title, Jon Fitch or BJ Penn will get another shot. UFC President Dana White said that at welterweight, the winner of a Feb. 26 bout between Fitch and Penn would be named the No. 1 contender. In 2008, Fitch unsuccessfully challenged champion Georges St. Pierre and in 2009, Penn did the same. Both will fight in the main event of UFC 127 inside the Acer Arena, Sydney, Australia. Fitch is an American Kickboxing Academy product, who has rattled off a five-fight winnibg streak since his loss to Georges St. Pierre in August of 2008. In his 14-fight stint inside the octagon, the “Fight of the Night” performance Jon turned in remains his only blemish, which includes victories over Diego Sanchez, Paulo Thiago, and Thiago Alves (twice). Since losing to St. Pierre, Fitch has won five consecutive bouts. For welterweights, the USA TODAY/SB Nation consensus rankings list Fitch at No. 2. Fitch finally appears poised for another chance at a title. He is currently riding a five-fight win streak. Since returning to the division with a vengeance, Penn meanwhile has reasserted himself into the 170-pound title picture. Penn moved up to the welterweight class for Continue Reading
Posted On Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 By admin
Josh Koscheck will be out of action from UFC for at least six months as he recovers from surgery that repaired a broken orbital suffered in his Dec. 11. In that UFC 124 bout, he lost to welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. Since losing to Georges St. Pierre in a unanimous decision at UFC 124, Josh Koscheck made his first public appearance. He said that he was beaten by Georges fair and square, although he thinks that he was unlucky in the match as he broke his eye, when he received the first punch, making the fight an uphill climb from the very start. He recovers from a broken orbital bone suffered in the loss to St. Pierre. If that was not the case, he definitely thinks that the fight would have been a lot different. On Dec. 20, he underwent surgery in Boston and he has been told by doctors to limit his physical activity to walking. During the 25-minute title affair, the American Kickboxing Academy product ate jab-after-jab and now it looks like Josh will be shelved for the better part of 2011. He said that he would build his way up to being the No. 1 contender; he Continue Reading
Posted On Thursday, January 6th, 2011 By admin
For UFC 129 in Toronto, a featherweight bout between Pablo Garza and Yves Jabouin is on deck. For the fight, both men have verbally agreed to it, with contracts set to be distributed by the promotion in the coming days. Dana White said that Canadians love the UFC and they have shown their love for the game repeatedly. Come April 30 and this will go down in the history books. Fans in Ontario have patiently waited for the bouts. He added that Toronto is going to host the biggest-mixed martial-arts event ever in North America. After a 1-2 stint in the WEC, the bout will be Jabouin’s UFC debut. At WEC 49, Jabouin was finished by Mark Hominick in a “Fight of the Year” contender, after losing his debut in a split decision to Rafael Assuncao. For Jabouin, it is a fight on home soil. Under the tutelage of St-Pierre trainer and strategist Firas Zahabi, he works out of Montreal’s Tristar Gym. With the now-defunct WEC, the Port-au-Price, Haiti, native ended a three-fight stint on a winning note when he took out Brandon Visher via decision at WEC 52. In the opening round of The Ultimate Fighter season 12, Garza Continue Reading
Posted On Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 By admin
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is returning to its Brazilian roots, although it has been more than 12 years since its last event. At the Rio de Janeiro City Hall, the UFC held a press conference to announce UFC Rio is set for Aug. 27, 2011, at the HSBC Arena. UFC president Dana White declared another historic day for the UFC. Brazil will be witnessing a lot of events namely Olympics, the World Cup and now the UFC. The declaration was made along with UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta and Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes too. Throughout the promotion, the announcement that the UFC was heading back to Brazil made many fighters extremely happy, but none more so than the dozens of Brazilian fighters that fills out the ranks. Under the ownership of Zuffa, the UFC has not been to Brazil and the promotion as a whole has not been there since Oct. 16, 1998. After over a decade of waiting game, the country is sure to be buzzing. Highlighted by current light heavyweight champion Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua, middleweight champion Anderson Silva and featherweight champ Jose Aldo; there are several fighters from Brazil in the UFC. For the card, no matchups 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 Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 By admin
Mirko Filipovic will face off against Patrick Barry in a heavyweight bout on Saturday at UFC 115 in Vancouver. These two fighters will match up with high expectations. At Patrick Barry’s last fight he was the most impressive fighter to be seen at UFC 104. In his fight he earned the “Fight of the Night” award and also the “Knockout of the Night” award. He really showed up at his last fight and he will be watched closely by a lot of fans as he takes the ring again. Barry is 5-1 in his career up to this point, and is not an extremely experienced fighter. This will be an advantage for Mirko Filipovic in this fight. Mirko Filipovic has already fought thirty five fights in his career and he has been successful throughout the whole thing. He has only lost 7 fights while winning 26 to this point in his career. It was not expected that sports betting favorite, Mirko Filipovic would fight Barry in this fight. Most thought that he would take on Ben Rothwell. They were scheduled to fight several events ago, but the fight never took place. This fight still hasn’t come, and that leaves Barry Continue Reading
Posted On Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 By admin
On March 27, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey the UFC will host its UFC 111. Two world titles are going to be on the line is the main buzz about this mma fight. The event’s main bouts will be on pay per view. Among many others Dan Hardy vs. George St. Pierre, Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir, Thiago Alves vs. Jon Finch, will likely be included in the event’s main bouts. MMA betting odds are always available with your favourite sportsbook. George St. Pierre and, one of the best welterweight fighters of the sport, is looked to retain his reign and his dominance on the mat. In the heavyweight category, the other world title contender is Frank Mir. To become the second man in UFC mma history, he is trying to win the world title three different times. George St. Pierre is often regarded as the best pound for pound fighter in the world, and has been completely dominant as of late. However, he should not disregard his opponent. The fights and boasts will both be incredible matchups as UFC president Dana White has talked up. Some incredible power, the ability to upset the fight, and MMA Continue Reading