They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and this weekend, the saying holds true when the UFC brings UFC 136 to Houston.I may be in the minority, but UFC 136 has the best fight card of the year, and I’m prepared to plead my case.Before you s…
They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and this weekend, the saying holds true when the UFC brings UFC 136 to Houston.
I may be in the minority, but UFC 136 has the best fight card of the year, and I’m prepared to plead my case.
Before you start commenting below and telling me how great of a fight card UFC 137 is or how stacked the cards were for UFC 129, 132 and 134, I already know.
UFC 129, 132 and 134 all had phenomenal fight cards with title fights and exciting bouts, and as for UFC 137, Georges St-Pierre vs. Carlos Condit, B.J. Penn vs. Nick Diaz, Cheick Kongo vs. Matt Mitrione and Mirko Cro Cop vs. Roy Nelson are all pivotal, exciting match-ups. But did that fight card have two title fights and two potential No. 1 contender bouts?
From Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard going to war for a third time to Jose Aldo defending his title against Kenny Florian to Melvin Guillard potentially becoming the new No. 1 contender, this fight card is beyond stacked.
Whoops, I forgot to mention the other No. 1 contender match between Brian Stann and the returning Chael Sonnen.
I’m just saying this fight card is nasty, and anytime you have Anthony Pettis not featured on the main card, the card has to be amazing. These are the five reasons UFC 136 will be the biggest PPV event of the year.
Two of the sports’ hottest commodities will meet this Saturday as the Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones puts his championship on the line against the No. 1 contender, Quintin “Rampage” Jackson. I alwa…
Two of the sports’ hottest commodities will meet this Saturday as the Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones puts his championship on the line against the No. 1 contender, Quintin “Rampage” Jackson.
I always get excited when I hear the promotional video the UFC released hyping the fact that Jones is the leader of the new generation of MMA, while Jackson is the hard-swinging veteran that swings with intentions to “kill you,” according to UFC Personality Joe Rogan.
This is a perfect situation for Jones to be in defending his title for the first time. He’s fighting a well-known fighter that is never afraid to speak his mind.
This fight has had a lot of drama surrounding it the past couple of weeks as Jackson accused Jones of having a spy in his camp.
To make a long story short, Jackson faked a hand injury, and according to Jackson, Jones’ camp found out before anything leaked on the Internet.
Personally, I think Jackson is using this to motivate himself for the toughest test of his MMA career. Fans can’t wait to see this fight, but here are five reasons fans should get excited to see every fight on the main card.
The first round of Strikeforce’s Grand Prix concluded Saturday night with an anticlimactic main event featuring Alistair Overeem defeating Fabricio Werdum by a unanimous decision. Werdum constantly tried to pull guard throughout the fight, and Ov…
The first round of Strikeforce’s Grand Prix concluded Saturday night with an anticlimactic main event featuring Alistair Overeem defeating Fabricio Werdum by a unanimous decision.
Werdum constantly tried to pull guard throughout the fight, and Overeem stuffed takedown after takedown in an attempt to keep the fight on the feet. I had flashbacks of the infamous Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites main event at UFC 97, and that’s never good.
Most of the fight, Overeem didn’t even have time to put combinations together, as Werdum would pull guard and drop to the canvas after one shot from Overeem.
It was an interesting chess match at first, and I enjoyed how they tried to bait each other to fight their style of fight by using showmanship. But after a while, it got old.
I understand Werdum not wanting to strike with the guy that just won the K-1 Grand Prix and him wanting to make it a Jiu-Jitsu match with the guy he tapped out in 2006. But sooner or later, you have to adjust the game plan.
Hopefully Overeem and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva will put on a much better show in the semifinals.
The event wasn’t all gloom and doom, however, because Josh Barnett, Jorge Masvidal, Daniel Cormier and Chad Griggs all put in brilliant performances.
Sanctions aside, Barnett is great for the sport. The guy is always entertaining and his love and passion for the sport is infectious. He puts on entertaining fights and always delivers with his promos that he made famous in Pride.
Perhaps the man I was most impressed with Saturday night was Masvidal. He out-struck K.J. Noons in what I thought was the fight of the night. He got the decision victory and certainly made a strong case for the coveted title shot against Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez.
As for Cormier and Griggs, I thought they both did what they needed to do. They not only get the victories, but they sent statements to fans.
Everyone knows Cormier can wrestle, and he didn’t attempt a single takedown against Jeff Monson. He showed much-improved striking skills. My only complaint in his decision victory was that I thought he should have followed up with a few more strikes after hurting Monson. But, all in all, it was a great performance.
Griggs proved once again he is no stepping stone, and he continues to win at all costs in Strikeforce. With his first round stoppage over Valentijn Overeem, he made a statement that he deserves the respect of every opponent he will face.
From here on out, the UFC is going to have some huge pay-per-views.Future fights fights include Rashad Evans battling Phil Davis, Anderson Silva fighting Yushin Okami for the second time, Jon Jones defending his belt against Rampage Jackson, the rubber…
From here on out, the UFC is going to have some huge pay-per-views.
Future fights fights include Rashad Evans battling Phil Davis, Anderson Silva fighting Yushin Okami for the second time, Jon Jones defending his belt against Rampage Jackson, the rubber match between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard, Georges St-Pierre against Nick Diaz and Junior dos Santos trying to dethrone Cain Velasquez.
With all those great pay-per-views lined up, UFC 132 could potentially be the best card of the year. Not from a huge PPV-buy standpoint, but these fights stylistically have the potential to make this a UFC event no fan will ever forget.
These are the top five most exciting fights of this stacked UFC 132 pay-per-view card on July 2.
I can’t reiterate this enough. This IS NOT the best grudge matches, best hyped up-fights or best feuds in MMA history. It’s simply the best MMA trailers ever made for fights.This is really a tribute to NicktheFace2 on Youtube.com, as most of these vide…
I can’t reiterate this enough. This IS NOT the best grudge matches, best hyped up-fights or best feuds in MMA history. It’s simply the best MMA trailers ever made for fights.
This is really a tribute to NicktheFace2 on Youtube.com, as most of these videos were made by him. If you’ve never seen his work, you’re in for a treat because he does a fantastic job hyping up the fights with his trailers.
Basically, I wanted to do something fun with all these great videos. From Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen to GSP vs. Josh Koscheck, this slideshow features the best trailers to keep your adrenaline pumping through every slide.
June might as well have been dubbed MMA month. Every weekend in June has a fight card associated with it, and MMA fans couldn’t be happier. Cards from UFC, Strikeforce, and Bellator are being shown in the United States, with many of the fights having t…
June might as well have been dubbed MMA month. Every weekend in June has a fight card associated with it, and MMA fans couldn’t be happier. Cards from UFC, Strikeforce, and Bellator are being shown in the United States, with many of the fights having title implications.
The featherweight division and welterweight division have a lot riding on these next couple of weeks, but the heavyweight division will gain the most from these fight cards. The number one contender match Saturday will determine who will face Cain Velasquez in Houston this October at UFC 136, and the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix’s first round will conclude on June 18.
Many believe that the winner of the tournament will face off against the UFC champion sometime next year, as the UFC would have another opportunity to make a super fight. Fans have been wanting to see Alistair Overeem vs. Velasquez since Velasquez dethroned former champion Brock Lesnar, and winning the tournament might be Overeem’s opportunity to face the current UFC champion.
These are my top five fights of June that I judged from potential excitment, intriguing storylines and impact on their weight divisions. I got around to doing this slideshow later than I wanted, so I didn’t get to include Anthony Pettis vs. Clay Guida.
