Forced to pull out of Bellator’s inaugural Pay-Per-View event after fracturing his neck last week, Tito Ortiz says he plans on returning to action sooner than some believed possible.
“Ppl I will have 100% recovery & will be back n the gym in 6 weeks,” Ortiz posted to Twitter. “I’m a fighter & I love competition. I was doing great n training but accident do happen. Just time to reshuffle the deck & deal another hand. #positiveminded”
Ortiz, of course, was originally slated to face fellow former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson in the main event at Bellator 106 on Nov. 2, the promotion’s first foray in PPV. With Tito removed, Jackson was shifted to a later card where he’ll face former UFC heavyweight Joey Beltran. Bellator 106, no longer a PPV, will now be headlined by the lightweight title rematch between champion Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez.
PPV numbers. Dave Meltzer takes a look at why UFC 165 and UFC 166may not have reached expectations. “Today it’s very clear that big personalities who can fight reasonably well trump even the combination of skill, size and fighting ability at the highest level, and even heaviest level, when it comes to what gets people to spend their money.”
20 in 20. Chuck Mindenhall’s series reaches 2011, where the year’s best action all took place on one night in two different shows.
So, Twitter decided not to cooperate last night and for some reason refused to let me embed tweets. I’ll try to get it sorted ASAP. Sorry for the screen grabs.
Halloween is my least favorite holiday, and I don’t know what would come in second. This is an odd way to start an article about being scared, true. But I detest it. I think it brings out the worst in people, especially in regards to the whole trick-or-treat culture. You have kids running full speed in the dark and shoving other kids out of the way to get first dibs on the prime candy spots; you have lazy, absentee parents “taking” their kids trick-or-treating (when all they’re doing is inching up the street in their cars, making it impossible to drive); worst of all, you have people pretending to be someone else and pretending to scare other people, which is an affront to all those special folks doing those things for real the other 364 days of the year. It’s kind of like New Years Eve, where all those non-drinkers have a few whiskey sours and end up passed out in their neighbors flower bed singing “Bennie and the Jets” and vomiting at the same time. Simply put, it’s amateur hour.
That being said, I’m trying to get into the spirit, because I have children in my life. You don’t want to be an ogre, because that energy rubs off on kids. Since I can’t figure out how to transition from opining on Halloween to opining on things about MMA that would scare the shit out of me if I was forced to experience them … well, here are some things about MMA that would scare the shit out of me if I was forced to experience them.
Getting into a leglock battle with a Japanese guy.
One of the most important adages in life, “never play footsies with a Japanese guy” is right up there with “never play cards with anyone who has the same first name as a city”. It’s just a bad idea. You’re scrambling, you think you have something, and next thing you know, you’re tapping rapidly. Actually, I just thought of a better one …
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Forced to pull out of Bellator’s inaugural Pay-Per-View event after fracturing his neck last week, Tito Ortiz says he plans on returning to action sooner than some believed possible.
“Ppl I will have 100% recovery & will be back n the gym in 6 weeks,” Ortiz posted to Twitter. “I’m a fighter & I love competition. I was doing great n training but accident do happen. Just time to reshuffle the deck & deal another hand. #positiveminded”
Ortiz, of course, was originally slated to face fellow former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson in the main event at Bellator 106 on Nov. 2, the promotion’s first foray in PPV. With Tito removed, Jackson was shifted to a later card where he’ll face former UFC heavyweight Joey Beltran. Bellator 106, no longer a PPV, will now be headlined by the lightweight title rematch between champion Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez.
PPV numbers. Dave Meltzer takes a look at why UFC 165 and UFC 166may not have reached expectations. “Today it’s very clear that big personalities who can fight reasonably well trump even the combination of skill, size and fighting ability at the highest level, and even heaviest level, when it comes to what gets people to spend their money.”
20 in 20. Chuck Mindenhall’s series reaches 2011, where the year’s best action all took place on one night in two different shows.
So, Twitter decided not to cooperate last night and for some reason refused to let me embed tweets. I’ll try to get it sorted ASAP. Sorry for the screen grabs.
Halloween is my least favorite holiday, and I don’t know what would come in second. This is an odd way to start an article about being scared, true. But I detest it. I think it brings out the worst in people, especially in regards to the whole trick-or-treat culture. You have kids running full speed in the dark and shoving other kids out of the way to get first dibs on the prime candy spots; you have lazy, absentee parents “taking” their kids trick-or-treating (when all they’re doing is inching up the street in their cars, making it impossible to drive); worst of all, you have people pretending to be someone else and pretending to scare other people, which is an affront to all those special folks doing those things for real the other 364 days of the year. It’s kind of like New Years Eve, where all those non-drinkers have a few whiskey sours and end up passed out in their neighbors flower bed singing “Bennie and the Jets” and vomiting at the same time. Simply put, it’s amateur hour.
That being said, I’m trying to get into the spirit, because I have children in my life. You don’t want to be an ogre, because that energy rubs off on kids. Since I can’t figure out how to transition from opining on Halloween to opining on things about MMA that would scare the shit out of me if I was forced to experience them … well, here are some things about MMA that would scare the shit out of me if I was forced to experience them.
Getting into a leglock battle with a Japanese guy.
One of the most important adages in life, “never play footsies with a Japanese guy” is right up there with “never play cards with anyone who has the same first name as a city”. It’s just a bad idea. You’re scrambling, you think you have something, and next thing you know, you’re tapping rapidly. Actually, I just thought of a better one …
“Of course (I’d like to fight him),” says St-Pierre of Askren. “He’s a good fighter, undefeated, and yes, if he comes, I’ll fight him. No problem.”
“Bring him in; I’ll fight everyone. I am the champion, and I have no choice, so it’s no problem. I’m not afraid.”
Askren, who finished out his contract with Bellator with a successful title defense to Andrey Koreshkov in July, mulled retirement before deciding it was ‘time for some new challenges.‘ Although UFC president Dana White once characterized Askren as human Ambien, the promotion is expected to make some sort of offering in the near future. As for when, it largely depends on the extenuating circumstances involving Bellator’s matching period with Askren. Once the matching period has ended, Askren becomes a true free agent, allowed to sign with whomever regardless of the terms.
With no fight on the docket, Askren has been keeping busy competing in the newly formed Agon Wrestling Championships, most recently outpointing two-time NCAA champion and four-time All-American Quentin Wright in the promotion’s inaugural event on Oct. 27. St-Pierre, who has a bit more on his plate, defends his welterweight title to Johny Hendricks on Nov. 16 at UFC 167 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Knapp says no. After a report stated the UFC had plans on creating a women’s strawweight (115lbs) division, Invicta FC CEO Shannon Knapp says it’s not happening.
#6 Seo Hee Ham vs. #12 Sadae Numata (For Atomweight title) Both of these girls (woman for Numata, I mean she’s FORTY ONE, according to Sherdog) would be welcome additions to Invicta’s 105 division. In seems Invicta isn’t keen on a Penne/Waterson rematch, so soon. The winner of this fight, could be next for Waterson.
Numata missed weight for her last fight, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens if she misses weight again. It can’t be easy cutting weight as not only a woman, but also a 41 year old woman. This is a very winnable fight for Numata.
#10 Mizuki Inoue vs #11 Emi Fujino (Strawweight Semi-Final #1) Inoue drew first in the random draw and got Fujino. Fujino is a tough fighter, but she loses to the best, and Inoue is going to be a star. Inoue has already fought girls on Fujino’s level, such as Invicta fighters, Alex Chambers, Bec Hyatt and Ayaka Hamasaki, beating Chambers and Hyatt. She had the best debut for a Japanese fighter in America in a long, long time (Horiguchi made an emphatic debut against Dustin Pague too).
“Of course (I’d like to fight him),” says St-Pierre of Askren. “He’s a good fighter, undefeated, and yes, if he comes, I’ll fight him. No problem.”
“Bring him in; I’ll fight everyone. I am the champion, and I have no choice, so it’s no problem. I’m not afraid.”
Askren, who finished out his contract with Bellator with a successful title defense to Andrey Koreshkov in July, mulled retirement before deciding it was ‘time for some new challenges.‘ Although UFC president Dana White once characterized Askren as human Ambien, the promotion is expected to make some sort of offering in the near future. As for when, it largely depends on the extenuating circumstances involving Bellator’s matching period with Askren. Once the matching period has ended, Askren becomes a true free agent, allowed to sign with whomever regardless of the terms.
With no fight on the docket, Askren has been keeping busy competing in the newly formed Agon Wrestling Championships, most recently outpointing two-time NCAA champion and four-time All-American Quentin Wright in the promotion’s inaugural event on Oct. 27. St-Pierre, who has a bit more on his plate, defends his welterweight title to Johny Hendricks on Nov. 16 at UFC 167 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Knapp says no. After a report stated the UFC had plans on creating a women’s strawweight (115lbs) division, Invicta FC CEO Shannon Knapp says it’s not happening.
#6 Seo Hee Ham vs. #12 Sadae Numata (For Atomweight title) Both of these girls (woman for Numata, I mean she’s FORTY ONE, according to Sherdog) would be welcome additions to Invicta’s 105 division. In seems Invicta isn’t keen on a Penne/Waterson rematch, so soon. The winner of this fight, could be next for Waterson.
Numata missed weight for her last fight, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens if she misses weight again. It can’t be easy cutting weight as not only a woman, but also a 41 year old woman. This is a very winnable fight for Numata.
#10 Mizuki Inoue vs #11 Emi Fujino (Strawweight Semi-Final #1) Inoue drew first in the random draw and got Fujino. Fujino is a tough fighter, but she loses to the best, and Inoue is going to be a star. Inoue has already fought girls on Fujino’s level, such as Invicta fighters, Alex Chambers, Bec Hyatt and Ayaka Hamasaki, beating Chambers and Hyatt. She had the best debut for a Japanese fighter in America in a long, long time (Horiguchi made an emphatic debut against Dustin Pague too).
Some ugliness from this weekend finds its way back into our lives in the form of video from the infamous skirmish between Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller and Uriah Hall. Miller and Hall were reportedly involved in an altercation Friday night …
Some ugliness from this weekend finds its way back into our lives in the form of video from the infamous skirmish between Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller and Uriah Hall. Miller and Hall were reportedly involved in an altercation Friday night at BAMMA USA’s Badbeat 11 event in Commerce, Calif. While some media outlets have worked to sort out the cause for the fray, we’re dealing with ‘Mayhem’ Miller, after all.
Now, video has emerged showing an aggressive Miller provoking Hall with taunts before being separated by security. Here’s how it happened, according to the video’s description:
The scene begins with Jason “Mayhem” Miller being aggressive to a woman who is apparently his ex girlfriend who he has allegedly assaulted in the recent past. She was visibly emotional and upset and he continued to yell at her. Uriah Hall poked his head in the situation and instantly Miller turned his aggression to him. He began with continuous rants of, “N**** please.” Then the video starts and you see the rest.
See the entire video here, as the embed option has unfortunately been disabled.
5 MUST-READ STORIES
20 years in 20 days. Chuck Mindenhall introduces his project to chronicle from the UFC’s early struggles through to the present culminating with November’s UFC 167. “So, to commemorate 20 years of UFC, this is a countdown to 1993. I’ll work backwards beginning with this long-winded introduction in our present year of 2013. Better to start with these lush times, and head backwards into the wilderness of Rome.”
Cowboy heading south. Career lightweight Donald Cerrone says he’s strongly contemplating a move to featherweight after he takes out Evan Dunham at UFC 167. “I don’t know. Most people lose a lot of fights, and they run down. I’m going to go down to 45 after a win, so we’ll see.”
100% confident. After reviewing the tape, referee Marc Goddard says he made the correct call in the Guillard-Pearson no-contest ruling. “The knee came in, connected with the forehead. That’s what caused the cut. That’s exactly what I saw, and that’s why I stopped the fight at that time to deal with it.”
Diego on Conor.Diego Sanchez says Dana White’s business acumen is the only thing stopping him from putting a beating on Conor McGregor. “Come on, there is money in him, he can bring a crowd to Ireland and Europe. So they are not going to give him someone like me who is just going to destroy this guy. It doesn’t make sense from a business standpoint.”
I’m going into my third fight, and I’m moving up in the level of competition I’m facing. I would love it if you guys could critique the fights and tell me what I need to work on. I fight at featherweight and my next fight is on Nov. 8th.
MMA manager and promoter Ed Soares hasn’t changed his tune since seeing longtime client and former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva lose his strap. Calling The Spider the G.O.A.T. for years, Soares’ faith in the former champ hasn’t been rattled following his knockout loss to Chris Weidman.
“I believe Anderson is the best fighter on the planet, period,’ says Soares. “Any weight class. I believe he has a bigger danger to any fighter he faces than any fighter has towards him. Can he be beat? Of course he can be beat. Anybody can be beat, but you put him against any fighter in any weight class and I think he has a better chance of beating them than they do beating him.”
As for the ill-fated superfight with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, Soares still believes his man has what it takes to be the first man to put down ‘Bones.’
“I think he’ll beat him. I do think Anderson can beat Jon Jones. Not taking anything away from Jon Jones. Incredible athlete, but he doesn’t have the experience and I think a well-trained Anderson Silva would beat Jon Jones.”
Throwing in the towel.Dana White says he agrees with some fans’ sentiment that Rosie Sexton’s corner should have thought about putting a stop to her one-side affair with Jessica Andrade. “It should have been stopped. I said what we should do is bring the ref out in the hallway and let someone punch him in the face for 15 minutes, and nobody jump in to help him, just to see what it feels like.”
Action from the last two weeks of October, and videos for all non-UFC fights again, woo. hoo.
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A rough viewing priority ranking
1. Gonzalez/Casey
2. Clark/Cifers, Lim/Osman
3. Yamaguchi/Vidonic
4. Kianzad/Dudieva
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140lbs: Pannie Kianzad def. Milana Dudieva via unanimous decision
I knew I should not have included this fight in my preview, but I did. So, my suggestion is don’t watch it. It felt like a no name ultimate fighter level fight. Also, there were no commentators and barely any noise from the arena. Both fighters grappling were sloppy and I’m not looking forward to either of their next fight. Unless, Kianzad makes the move to 135. Kianzad wearing a low cut sports bra didn’t seem like the best choice for an MMA fight (sort of like Ronda’s sports bra against Carmouche). No wardrobe malfunction.
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MMA manager and promoter Ed Soares hasn’t changed his tune since seeing longtime client and former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva lose his strap. Calling The Spider the G.O.A.T. for years, Soares’ faith in the former champ hasn’t been rattled following his knockout loss to Chris Weidman.
“I believe Anderson is the best fighter on the planet, period,’ says Soares. “Any weight class. I believe he has a bigger danger to any fighter he faces than any fighter has towards him. Can he be beat? Of course he can be beat. Anybody can be beat, but you put him against any fighter in any weight class and I think he has a better chance of beating them than they do beating him.”
As for the ill-fated superfight with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, Soares still believes his man has what it takes to be the first man to put down ‘Bones.’
“I think he’ll beat him. I do think Anderson can beat Jon Jones. Not taking anything away from Jon Jones. Incredible athlete, but he doesn’t have the experience and I think a well-trained Anderson Silva would beat Jon Jones.”
Throwing in the towel.Dana White says he agrees with some fans’ sentiment that Rosie Sexton’s corner should have thought about putting a stop to her one-side affair with Jessica Andrade. “It should have been stopped. I said what we should do is bring the ref out in the hallway and let someone punch him in the face for 15 minutes, and nobody jump in to help him, just to see what it feels like.”
Action from the last two weeks of October, and videos for all non-UFC fights again, woo. hoo.
*
A rough viewing priority ranking
1. Gonzalez/Casey
2. Clark/Cifers, Lim/Osman
3. Yamaguchi/Vidonic
4. Kianzad/Dudieva
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140lbs: Pannie Kianzad def. Milana Dudieva via unanimous decision
I knew I should not have included this fight in my preview, but I did. So, my suggestion is don’t watch it. It felt like a no name ultimate fighter level fight. Also, there were no commentators and barely any noise from the arena. Both fighters grappling were sloppy and I’m not looking forward to either of their next fight. Unless, Kianzad makes the move to 135. Kianzad wearing a low cut sports bra didn’t seem like the best choice for an MMA fight (sort of like Ronda’s sports bra against Carmouche). No wardrobe malfunction.
When asked by host Michael Landsberg if he felt he was reasonably compensated during his UFC career, Ortiz says he doesn’t believe so.
“Reasonably? Not reasonably. I’m well off, yes. For the surgeries I’ve had and the things I have to look forward to when I’m 50, 60 years old? No. I look at guys like guys like Floyd Mayweather making $42 million dollars for a pay-per-view — what am I doing differently from what this guy’s doing?”
Largely discrediting White’s roll in the growth of MMA as a trivial consequence of having billionaire best friends, Shamrock insists, once again, that without his ilk’s gutsy performances the UFC and White would have failed long ago.
“If Dana didn’t have [Tito], or didn’t have Chuck [Liddell], or didn’t have me, or didn’t have Frank [Shamrock] to be able to make money off of our sweat and our blood, where would he be? So without the charisma and talent we had, Dana White would not have a job right now.”
Catch the entire segment below.
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Chael and Anderson together again. While admitting he would love to fight him a third time, Chael Sonnen says he may reach out to Anderson Silva as a guest coach during TUF Brazil.
UFC Fight Night 30 predictions. Luke Thomas peers into the crystal ball in an attempt to forsee the ever-tricky midday international ‘fight night’ card.
Big John McCarthy on the journey of how to become an MMA referee.
Jon Jones talks the controversial oblique kick, says giving someone a permanent limp is a fair tradeoff for someone trying to give him brain damage.
Ohio wrestling legend and 4X Division 1 NCAA All-American, Lance Palmer, returns to the mat at Agon 1 on October 27, 2013 to challenge former Oklahoma State Cowboy and 2X Division 1 NCAA Champion, Jordan Oliver.
With Cain Velasquez’s dominant performance against Junior Dos Santos at UFC 166 many are talking about how a fourth fight won’t happen for many years, if ever; but all are still calling JDS the clear second best heavyweight in the world. While Cain doesn’t look like a fighter who is going to struggle against some of the other heavyweights next in line, heavyweight is truly the one division that one punch can change the fight. Every fighter will have a chance to catch Cain just as JDS did in their first encounter.
If Cain does happen to lose a fight, whether its his next fight against Werdum or a fight later down the line, you would have to imagine that the number two fighter in the division (JDS) will get the next shot at the newly crowned champion. And like Velasquez, I believe that JDS can beat anyone in the division, which would result in JDS becoming the champion as soon as Velasquez gets dethroned. With JDS as champion, how could the UFC prove that JDS is the best in the world without fighting the man who holds two dominant fights over him?
In my eyes, Cain Velasquez vs Junior dos Santos will happen a short time after Cain loses; could be next year or could be in five years, but lets remember this is the division that has never seen more then two title defenses by a champion. I picture Velasquez vs JDS IV happening in the next two years with JDS trying to defend his newly owned belt against his familiar challenger of Cain Velasquez.
When asked by host Michael Landsberg if he felt he was reasonably compensated during his UFC career, Ortiz says he doesn’t believe so.
“Reasonably? Not reasonably. I’m well off, yes. For the surgeries I’ve had and the things I have to look forward to when I’m 50, 60 years old? No. I look at guys like guys like Floyd Mayweather making $42 million dollars for a pay-per-view — what am I doing differently from what this guy’s doing?”
Largely discrediting White’s roll in the growth of MMA as a trivial consequence of having billionaire best friends, Shamrock insists, once again, that without his ilk’s gutsy performances the UFC and White would have failed long ago.
“If Dana didn’t have [Tito], or didn’t have Chuck [Liddell], or didn’t have me, or didn’t have Frank [Shamrock] to be able to make money off of our sweat and our blood, where would he be? So without the charisma and talent we had, Dana White would not have a job right now.”
Catch the entire segment below.
5 MUST-READ STORIES
Chael and Anderson together again. While admitting he would love to fight him a third time, Chael Sonnen says he may reach out to Anderson Silva as a guest coach during TUF Brazil.
UFC Fight Night 30 predictions. Luke Thomas peers into the crystal ball in an attempt to forsee the ever-tricky midday international ‘fight night’ card.
Big John McCarthy on the journey of how to become an MMA referee.
Jon Jones talks the controversial oblique kick, says giving someone a permanent limp is a fair tradeoff for someone trying to give him brain damage.
Ohio wrestling legend and 4X Division 1 NCAA All-American, Lance Palmer, returns to the mat at Agon 1 on October 27, 2013 to challenge former Oklahoma State Cowboy and 2X Division 1 NCAA Champion, Jordan Oliver.
With Cain Velasquez’s dominant performance against Junior Dos Santos at UFC 166 many are talking about how a fourth fight won’t happen for many years, if ever; but all are still calling JDS the clear second best heavyweight in the world. While Cain doesn’t look like a fighter who is going to struggle against some of the other heavyweights next in line, heavyweight is truly the one division that one punch can change the fight. Every fighter will have a chance to catch Cain just as JDS did in their first encounter.
If Cain does happen to lose a fight, whether its his next fight against Werdum or a fight later down the line, you would have to imagine that the number two fighter in the division (JDS) will get the next shot at the newly crowned champion. And like Velasquez, I believe that JDS can beat anyone in the division, which would result in JDS becoming the champion as soon as Velasquez gets dethroned. With JDS as champion, how could the UFC prove that JDS is the best in the world without fighting the man who holds two dominant fights over him?
In my eyes, Cain Velasquez vs Junior dos Santos will happen a short time after Cain loses; could be next year or could be in five years, but lets remember this is the division that has never seen more then two title defenses by a champion. I picture Velasquez vs JDS IV happening in the next two years with JDS trying to defend his newly owned belt against his familiar challenger of Cain Velasquez.
Melvin Guillard may have found a permeant base camp at long last. As reported on UFC Tonight by our own Ariel Helwani, Guillard says he’s made the last camp change of his career.
“Remember, we all thought [Guillard] had found a home after his great KO of Mac Danzig in July. He had trained for that fight with the Grudge Training Center after bouncing around for quite some time, gym to gym. We thought, ‘This is great. He looks good coming out of that camp.’ Shortly thereafter he changed camps again. He’s now training out of the American Top Team gym and he lives around that area (Coconut Creek, Florida).”
“He told me he left Grudge, because, basically they couldn’t come to an agreement about how much he owes them. They had a disagreement about the percentage that he had to pay them. They gave him an ultimatum, he said ‘goodbye,’ and now he’s training at ATT. He said he is not moving again. This is his home for life. ATT it is.”
Chat Wrap. Luke Thomas answers your questions while recapping UFC 166 and previewing this weekend’s upcoming events.
Next for Bisping. On the mend with an eye injury, Michael Bisping says he wants the Lyoto Machida vs Mark Munoz winner sometime early next year. “In some ways, this is going to be best thing to happen to me. I know it sounds like a cliche, but I had my career almost taken away, and it made me realize how much I still have left to achieve in this sport.”
Part one of Heavy Hands this week brings back boxing trainer Luis Monda to discuss the results of Timothy Bradley vs Juan Manuel Marquez, and how Tim Bradley is becoming, like Bernard Hopkins and Floyd Mayweather, a master spoiler.
Luis also explains the differences between pure boxing and boxing for MMA, and the similarities.
Finally, a discussion of the “hard right hand” that Luis teaches, as requeste by listeners, including a harrowing tale of Connor hurting his shoulders because he’s scared of the punching bag.
Found something you’d like to see in the Morning Report? Just hit me up on Twitter @SaintMMA and we’ll include it in tomorrow’s column.
Melvin Guillard may have found a permeant base camp at long last. As reported on UFC Tonight by our own Ariel Helwani, Guillard says he’s made the last camp change of his career.
“Remember, we all thought [Guillard] had found a home after his great KO of Mac Danzig in July. He had trained for that fight with the Grudge Training Center after bouncing around for quite some time, gym to gym. We thought, ‘This is great. He looks good coming out of that camp.’ Shortly thereafter he changed camps again. He’s now training out of the American Top Team gym and he lives around that area (Coconut Creek, Florida).”
“He told me he left Grudge, because, basically they couldn’t come to an agreement about how much he owes them. They had a disagreement about the percentage that he had to pay them. They gave him an ultimatum, he said ‘goodbye,’ and now he’s training at ATT. He said he is not moving again. This is his home for life. ATT it is.”
Chat Wrap. Luke Thomas answers your questions while recapping UFC 166 and previewing this weekend’s upcoming events.
Next for Bisping. On the mend with an eye injury, Michael Bisping says he wants the Lyoto Machida vs Mark Munoz winner sometime early next year. “In some ways, this is going to be best thing to happen to me. I know it sounds like a cliche, but I had my career almost taken away, and it made me realize how much I still have left to achieve in this sport.”
Part one of Heavy Hands this week brings back boxing trainer Luis Monda to discuss the results of Timothy Bradley vs Juan Manuel Marquez, and how Tim Bradley is becoming, like Bernard Hopkins and Floyd Mayweather, a master spoiler.
Luis also explains the differences between pure boxing and boxing for MMA, and the similarities.
Finally, a discussion of the “hard right hand” that Luis teaches, as requeste by listeners, including a harrowing tale of Connor hurting his shoulders because he’s scared of the punching bag.
