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By the Way, Jon Jones Won’t Be Having That Surgery on His Hand After All

(“What has two relatively healthy thumbs and just screwed with Rashad Evans’s career? This guy!” Photo courtesy of Francis Specker.)

Well, this isn’t going to help the credibility of that swagger-jackin’ Jon Jones. Bones’s manager Malki Kawa took to twitter today with a revelation that will only give more ammunition to the haters who found it a little suspicious that the UFC light-heavyweight champion postponed a fight against Rashad Evans to fix a thumb injury that “doesn’t affect [his] punching or grappling“:

I guess its time to put out the truth. @Jonnybones suffered a tear in his thumb in 2 different spots… Every dr he saw said to have surgery. We went to meet with the surgeon on wed and after he looked at @Jonnybones he thought that surgery was a bit [invasive] and bones didn’t have To have if he didn’t want to. @Jonnybones decided against surgery, and we immediately met with dana and lorenzo the next day to get his next fight scheduled.

(“What has two relatively healthy thumbs and just screwed with Rashad Evans’s career? This guy!” Photo courtesy of Francis Specker.)

For the record, every doctor @Jonnybones saw was a @ufc referred doctor. The very last one on the day before surgery thought against it…And to be quite frank, @Johnnybones never wanted to have surgery, the doctors advice all along was to have the procedure done. No @Jonnybones is not fighting rashad. Rashad is fighting phil davis. I’ll let you know who or when jon will fight real soon.

Do we think Jones ducked Rashad because he’s afraid of his former training partner? Of course not. Judging from the flawless beatings Jones has inflicted on guys like Mauricio Rua and Ryan Bader, that’s a ludicrous suggestion. Unfortunately, perception is reality, and Rashad can now hijack the narrative with the talking point that Jones pulled out of their fight with a fake injury, just to avoid fighting him. (Look, he’s already doing it!) At this point, turning public sentiment against Jones is probably as important to Evans as beating him in a fight. Get ready for a whole lot of mud to be slung…

Savage Head-Kick Knockout of the Day: Keep Your Hands Up, Bro

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I’m gonna be honest — I have no idea who these people are or when this fight took place. But you can tell it’s an educated audience by the way they openly laugh at that jacked-up teep kick and standing hammer-fist at the 0:07 mark. After that, the dude just hangs out with his hands down, and the Neil Grove-lookalike kicks his head into last month. Concussions, man. Always entertaining.

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CagePotato Stats: Longest UFC Win Streaks, All-Time and Current

(The pink-shirted gangster and the Canadian poster-boy have compiled the two longest win streaks in UFC history. Props: fightworld.com.br)

If Jim Miller can sock away his eighth consecutive UFC victory in August, he’ll become just the seventh fighter in the promotion’s history to accomplish that feat; Cain Velasquez also has a chance to join the club in October. With that in mind, we figured it would be a good time to publish a stats list of the UFC’s greatest win streaks — both all-time, and ongoing.

For the purposes of these lists, we only included fighters whose UFC win streaks were unbroken by draws or no-contests. However, if a fighter competed for different promotions between stints in the UFC, only the UFC fights are counted. If we’ve accidentally omitted somebody, please let us know in the comments section. And as with our previous stats lists, timelines, and leaderboards, we’ll periodically update this page when there are changes. Now let’s get to the numbers…

(The pink-shirted gangster and the Canadian poster-boy have compiled the two longest win streaks in UFC history. Props: fightworld.com.br)

Longest UFC Win Streaks, All-Time
Anderson Silva: 13 wins (6/28/06 – present)
Georges St. Pierre: 9 wins (8/25/07 – present)
Gray Maynard: 8 wins (9/19/07 – 8/28/10)
Lyoto Machida: 8 wins (2/3/07 – 10/24/09)
Jon Fitch: 8 wins (10/3/05 – 3/1/08)
Royce Gracie: 8 wins (11/12/93 – 9/9/94)
Chuck Liddell: 7 wins (9/24/99 – 11/22/02)
Chuck Liddell, again: 7 wins (4/2/04 – 12/30/06)
Randy Couture: 7 wins (5/30/97 – 11/2/01)
Cain Velasquez: 7 wins (4/19/08 – present)
George Sotiropoulos: 7 wins (12/8/07 – 11/20/10)
Rich Franklin: 7 wins (4/25/03 – 3/4/06)
Pat Miletich: 7 wins (3/13/98 – 12/16/00)
Jim Miller: 7 wins (7/11/09 – present)

Longest UFC Win Streaks, Current
Anderson Silva: 13 wins (6/28/06 – present)
Georges St. Pierre: 9 wins (8/25/07 – present)
Cain Velasquez: 7 wins (4/19/08 – present)
Jim Miller: 7 wins (7/11/09 – present)
Junior Dos Santos: 6 wins (10/25/08 – present)
Matt Hamill: 5 wins (12/27/08 – present)
Rick Story: 5 wins (9/19/09 – present)
Phil Davis: 5 wins (2/6/10 – present)
Matt Mitrione: 4 wins (12/5/09 – present)
Jake Ellenberger: 4 wins (1/2/10 – present)
Melvin Guillard: 4 wins (2/6/10 – present)
Jon Jones: 4 wins (3/21/10 – present)
Brendan Schaub: 4 wins (3/21/10 – present)
Nik Lentz: 4 wins (3/31/10 – present)

Last update: 5/13/11

Good News: Matt Hughes Won’t Be Charged For Accidentally Busting That Woman’s Nose (Allegedly)

(I know, right? Whaddya gonna do.)

Just an update on that business about Matt Hughes shoving some dude into a woman’s nose at an Illinois bar last month. According to a TMZ report published yesterday, Hughes will not be charged with a crime related to the incident:

TMZ spoke with the Illinois State’s Attorney … who told us there was not enough evidence to prove the fighter committed a battery when he allegedly shoved another man into a female bystander at the Trails End Bar and Grill in Taylor Springs, IL.

In other words, Matt Hughes and War Machine won’t be sharing a cell any time soon. But my God, that would make for an amazing sitcom…

(I know, right? Whaddya gonna do.)

In other words, Matt Hughes and War Machine won’t be sharing a cell any time soon. But my God, that would make for an amazing sitcom…

Mike Brown vs. Nam Phan Booked for UFC 133 in Philly

(“I’m healthy, I’m motivated, and there’s no way Phan is training as hard as I am.”)

Two years ago, Mike Brown was on the top of the world — an undisputed featherweight champion who could boast that he beat Urijah Faber twice. But after knockout losses to Jose Aldo and Manny Gamburyan, and a heartbreaking stretch earlier this year in which he dropped decisions to Diego Nunes and Rani Yahya in the same month, he’s now just fighting to stay relevant.

The UFC confirmed yesterday that Brown’s next match will be against TUF 12 vet Nam Phan at UFC 133 (August 6th, Philadelphia). Phan is coming off his very controversial split-decision loss to Leonard Garcia in December, after which he coined the phrase “Asian brother can’t get no love.” The body-shot specialist was slated to return to action in a rematch with Garcia at UFC Fight Night 24, but had to withdraw from the bout due to a broken foot; Chan Sung Jung stepped in and took care of business.

(“I’m healthy, I’m motivated, and there’s no way Phan is training as hard as I am.”)

Brown has also been recovering from an injury this year; during the Yahya fight, he tore a ligament in his left hand that required surgery. Anyway, it’s an end-of-the-road type fight for Brown, who might be booted from the organization if he loses to a TUF semi-finalist. Meanwhile, Phan has the opportunity to make his name off a former champion — as long as he can keep it out of the judges’ hands.

Hot Potato: Exclusive Interview With BAMMA Girl Georgia Graham

(Uh…yes please. Click all images for larger versions. Make sure to look over both shoulders first before checking out that last one.)

By Anton Gurevich

On May 21st, Wembley Arena in London, England will host the sixth BAMMA event, headlined by a middleweight showdown between Murilo “Ninja” Rua and local hero Tom “Kong” Watson. But before the fighters lock horns inside the cage, let’s take a look at what British Association of Mixed Martial Arts has to offer in terms of ringside entertainment.

Please meet the twenty-one year old Georgia Graham. She’s from Berwick-upon-Tweed, the northernmost town in England, on the east coast at the mouth of the River Tweed (thanks, Wikipedia). Georgia reached the finals of Miss Universe Great Britain back in 2009, and has been doing various promo work since then. She loves Oreo Cookies, Ice-Cream and of course Mixed Martial Arts.

In an exclusive interview for LowKick.com Community, Georgia Graham spoke about her job as BAMMA Ring Girl, Mixed Martial Arts and the most important things she looks for in a guy.

Feel free to add Georgia on Facebook or follow her on Twitter. You may also check out her website at Georgia-Graham.com.

Continue to Lowkick.com for the interview with Georgia and lots more pics!

(Uh…yes please. Click all images for larger versions. Make sure to look over both shoulders first before checking out that last one.)

By Anton Gurevich

In an exclusive interview for LowKick.com Community, Georgia Graham spoke about her job as BAMMA Ring Girl, Mixed Martial Arts and the most important things she looks for in a guy.

Feel free to add Georgia on Facebook or follow her on Twitter. You may also check out her website at Georgia-Graham.com.

Continue to Lowkick.com for the interview with Georgia and lots more pics!