Led by Silva, Brazilians fight together at UFC 208

BROOKLYNMiddleweight icon Anderson Silva didn’t mince any words. With an ear-to-ear smile on Wednesday, he declared that on Saturday night at Barclays Center, it may very well feel like Rio de Janeiro and not Brooklyn.“This is the Brazilian…

BROOKLYNMiddleweight icon Anderson Silva didn’t mince any words. With an ear-to-ear smile on Wednesday, he declared that on Saturday night at Barclays Center, it may very well feel like Rio de Janeiro and not Brooklyn.“This is the Brazilian team,” he said of the Fab Five that will represent the nation on the UFC 208 card. In addition to Silva, who faces Derek Brunson in the co-main event, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, Glover Teixeira, Wilson Reis and Roan Carneiro will all fly the flag for a country that has long been producing elite mixed martial artists and just as ma … Read the Full Article Here

Brunson knows Silva still has it, hasn’t declined

#UFC208 star @DerekBrunson isn’t buying that Anderson Silva is on the decline. Brunson talks Spider, the belt and more! #OpenWorkouts pic.twitter.com/JgFOTlHO4U
— UFC News (@UFCNews) February 9, 2017

Anderson Silva hasn’t won a fight since 2012, but Derek Brunson describes the losses as “weird events.”First, Silva was kncoked out by Chris Weidman after taunting him a bit too long. Then he broke his leg in the Weidman rematch, and nearly KO’d Michael Bisping at Fight Night London.All that considered, Brunson isn’t buying any of the talk the “The Spider& … Read the Full Article Here

#UFC208 star @DerekBrunson isn’t buying that Anderson Silva is on the decline. Brunson talks Spider, the belt and more! #OpenWorkouts pic.twitter.com/JgFOTlHO4U
— UFC News (@UFCNews) February 9, 2017

Anderson Silva hasn’t won a fight since 2012, but Derek Brunson describes the losses as “weird events.”First, Silva was kncoked out by Chris Weidman after taunting him a bit too long. Then he broke his leg in the Weidman rematch, and nearly KO’d Michael Bisping at Fight Night London.All that considered, Brunson isn’t buying any of the talk the “The Spider& … Read the Full Article Here

UFC 208 – Breaking down all the fights

 
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HOLLY HOLM vs GERMAINE DE RANDAMIEIf you’ve followed the pre-MMA careers of Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie, it’s evident that the promotional tagline of best female boxer versus best female kickboxer isn’t hyperbole….

 
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HOLLY HOLM vs GERMAINE DE RANDAMIEIf you’ve followed the pre-MMA careers of Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie, it’s evident that the promotional tagline of best female boxer versus best female kickboxer isn’t hyperbole. The question is, will the two ladies vying for the featherweight title put the ground game to the side and say, “Okay, let’s throw?” We can only hope, because if they do, this has the potential to be one of the best fights, both technically and from a visceral point of view, that we’ve seen in a long time.ANDERSON S … Read the Full Article Here

Midnight Mania! Gunfighting meets MMA (seriously), Poirier explains Lawler’s ATT exit

Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA …

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tonight we’ve got a new wrinkle added to the “mixed” and “martial” in mixed martial arts (MMA) in the form of nothing less than gunfighting, Anderson Silva showing interest in a fighter’s union, Dustin Poirier explaining why Robbie Lawler left American Top Team (ATT), Yoel Romero starting a GoFundMe for Michael Bisping’s medical expenses, Conor McGregor boxing it up in his gym and much, much more.


Insomnia

So, have you seen this new so-called “sport” that combines actual gunfighting with MMA? The guns are modified to shoot training rounds, but are otherwise real. Running out of ammunition is no excuse, because once that happens you are free to engage your opponents in hand-to-hand combat.

New shootout sport combines near real ammo and MMA fighting

Imagine a new sport where gun fighting slams into mixed martial arts. Fighters and opponents shoot at each other with real guns, and when all the ammo is gone, there can be some real fighting. http://bit.ly/2kGOsEk

Posted by Fox 11 Los Angeles on Monday, February 6, 2017

My dream team for this from professional MMA ranks? Tim Kennedy, Cowboy Cerrone, Jon Jones, Brian Stann, Chad Mendes, Brock Lesnar and probably Jim Miller … who else is into shooting at the high levels of this sport?


UFC 208 Interviews

UFC 208’s Anderson Silva is interested in a fighter’s union:

.@spideranderson interested in MMA union https://t.co/ExNF2ARor3 pic.twitter.com/IGOmg2huzh

— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) February 9, 2017

Here’s a finish by Silva I had never seen before:

1.31.2002 – Anderson Silva vs. Roan Carneiro at Meca Vale Tudo 6. Ridiculous sweep. One of the Spider’s most underrated finishes. pic.twitter.com/oeH7fRfkl4

— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) February 8, 2017

Dustin Poirier explains why Robbie Lawler left ATT. According to him, it was based on a misunderstanding:

The FOX Sports 1 desk team interviews Holly Holm:

MMA Ratings interviews Marcus Davis about his coaching career and his student Tim Boetch’s upcoming Middleweight fight with Jacare Souza on the main card of UFC 208:

WME-IMG are pushing two people with real talent behind their good looks in Yair Rodriguez and Michelle Waterson:

Keep an eye out for @KarateHottieMMA & @PanteraUFC this week at #NYFW! pic.twitter.com/T8Hsj3f0Yw

— #UFC208 (@ufc) February 9, 2017

Waterson, who does not fight this weekend, even did an open workout for the media:

VIDEO: Michelle Waterson throws down the gauntlet before #ufc208 workouts with impressive session (@ekc) pic.twitter.com/HB0kZSBVZg

— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) February 9, 2017


Bobs and Weaves

Yoel Romero’s trash talk has been straight fire lately.

I’m raising money for Michael Bisping Medical Expenses. Click to Donate: https://t.co/CtOtbTiaUL via @gofundme

— Yoel Romero (@YoelRomeroMMA) February 8, 2017

McGregor posted a video of himself boxing at SBG Ireland.

Boxing at SBG

A video posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Feb 8, 2017 at 9:56am PST

This isn’t really MMA, but did you see that the “Cash Me Outside Howbow Dah” girl got into a fight that saw her, her mother and the other woman involved kicked off an airline. According to TMZ:

Danielle says the other woman put her hands on her mom’s throat, and that’s why she had to “cold-cock” the impatient passenger.

After Danielle uncorked the punch, the woman made a citizen’s arrest. A short time later police arrived and took all 3 off the plane. We’re told no one wanted to press charges so there were no arrests, and everyone involved decided their lawyers would handle it from here.

I promise to bring you the weird from the world of MMA, and this video below is me fulfilling that promise.

This is more wild, but it’s weird to watch, too:

Luke Rockhold Having Stem Cells Liposuctioned Out of His Fat & Injected Into Knee WARNING GRAPHIC https://t.co/2oAOtrNapI

— Zombie Prophet (@ZPGIFs) February 9, 2017

From Champions.co, Brandon Vera helps a turtle in trouble. My uncle lives in the Philippines, where this scene takes place, and from the times I’ve visited him I can say respect for wildlife is a problem. I may or may not have eaten a sea turtle killed by fishermen during my time there, which I’m told is against international law.

*Disclaimer Cussing and other shit.

Man a huge problem in Tagkawayan, Quezon, and Off the cost of St Rita island……..is that there is “Dynamite Fishing”……

I don’t know if they’re locals of/from other islands/provinces but we should be trying to find out.

No matter how you look at it, whomever they are, are just being fucking lazy…. Alam Ko. Fishing is hard Ass work, but you to say “fuck you mundo” “fuck you to our waters” “fuck you to our environment” fuck you other people”…… man you have nerve. Ma kapal ang mukha mo.

I’d like to request to my fans to spread this and let it be know… this shit needs to end. Punishment should be severe, I’ll dish it out…

Let’s figure something out… I’m no activist, or environmentalist, but This turtle woulda been fucked….

Thank you for helping Nenja…!!! ☺️

Posted by brandon Vera on Monday, February 6, 2017

Vera’s caption:

*Disclaimer Cussing and other shit.

Man a huge problem in Tagkawayan, Quezon, and Off the cost of St Rita island……..is that there is “Dynamite Fishing”……

I don’t know if they’re locals of/from other islands/provinces but we should be trying to find out.

No matter how you look at it, whomever they are, are just being fucking lazy…. Alam Ko. Fishing is hard Ass work, but you to say “fuck you mundo” “fuck you to our waters” “fuck you to our environment” fuck you other people”…… man you have nerve. Ma kapal ang mukha mo.

I’d like to request to my fans to spread this and let it be know… this shit needs to end. Punishment should be severe, I’ll dish it out…

Let’s figure something out… I’m no activist, or environmentalist, but This turtle woulda been fucked….

Thank you for helping Nenja…!!! ☺️


Slips, Rips and KO Clips

It’s the middle of the week, so these aren’t new, but they are classic:

Tenshin Nasukawa returns this weekend at #kovol1 pic.twitter.com/cjvmnPWMdB

— Bestrafer7 (@Bestrafer7) February 8, 2017

Riki Fukuda crushes Oleg Bazayev at GCM D.O.G. 2 (6-11-2005) #ROADFC036 pic.twitter.com/HwFYfVt3gR

— Bestrafer7 (@Bestrafer7) February 9, 2017

Nick Diaz vs Paul Daley pic.twitter.com/xMosyG7qJm

— Scott Bond (@_ScottBond_) February 8, 2017

It’s almost disrespectful trimming Takanori Gomi vs Nick Diaz down to 140 seconds but I did the best I could. #PRIDE33 pic.twitter.com/LeXyEqQS1V

— Scott Bond (@_ScottBond_) January 10, 2017


Podcasts and Video

Fights Gone By:

The Promotional Malpractice Live Chat:

Tommy Toehold’s Bushido Talk:

Heavy Hands, with Connor Ruebusch and Patrick Wyman:


Quick Hits


Random Land

Wait for it pic.twitter.com/wk1YzIpyXG

— Zombie Prophet (@ZPGIFs) February 9, 2017

MMAmania.com’s Flyin’ Brian J. does craft beer reviews, too!

Stay woke, Maniacs!

Follow me on Twitter @Vorpality

Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA …

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Tonight we’ve got a new wrinkle added to the “mixed” and “martial” in mixed martial arts (MMA) in the form of nothing less than gunfighting, Anderson Silva showing interest in a fighter’s union, Dustin Poirier explaining why Robbie Lawler left American Top Team (ATT), Yoel Romero starting a GoFundMe for Michael Bisping’s medical expenses, Conor McGregor boxing it up in his gym and much, much more.


Insomnia

So, have you seen this new so-called “sport” that combines actual gunfighting with MMA? The guns are modified to shoot training rounds, but are otherwise real. Running out of ammunition is no excuse, because once that happens you are free to engage your opponents in hand-to-hand combat.

New shootout sport combines near real ammo and MMA fighting

Imagine a new sport where gun fighting slams into mixed martial arts. Fighters and opponents shoot at each other with real guns, and when all the ammo is gone, there can be some real fighting. http://bit.ly/2kGOsEk

Posted by Fox 11 Los Angeles on Monday, February 6, 2017

My dream team for this from professional MMA ranks? Tim Kennedy, Cowboy Cerrone, Jon Jones, Brian Stann, Chad Mendes, Brock Lesnar and probably Jim Miller … who else is into shooting at the high levels of this sport?


UFC 208 Interviews

UFC 208’s Anderson Silva is interested in a fighter’s union:

Here’s a finish by Silva I had never seen before:

Dustin Poirier explains why Robbie Lawler left ATT. According to him, it was based on a misunderstanding:

The FOX Sports 1 desk team interviews Holly Holm:

MMA Ratings interviews Marcus Davis about his coaching career and his student Tim Boetch’s upcoming Middleweight fight with Jacare Souza on the main card of UFC 208:

WME-IMG are pushing two people with real talent behind their good looks in Yair Rodriguez and Michelle Waterson:

Waterson, who does not fight this weekend, even did an open workout for the media:


Bobs and Weaves

Yoel Romero’s trash talk has been straight fire lately.

McGregor posted a video of himself boxing at SBG Ireland.

Boxing at SBG

A video posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on

This isn’t really MMA, but did you see that the “Cash Me Outside Howbow Dah” girl got into a fight that saw her, her mother and the other woman involved kicked off an airline. According to TMZ:

Danielle says the other woman put her hands on her mom’s throat, and that’s why she had to “cold-cock” the impatient passenger.

After Danielle uncorked the punch, the woman made a citizen’s arrest. A short time later police arrived and took all 3 off the plane. We’re told no one wanted to press charges so there were no arrests, and everyone involved decided their lawyers would handle it from here.

I promise to bring you the weird from the world of MMA, and this video below is me fulfilling that promise.

This is more wild, but it’s weird to watch, too:

From Champions.co, Brandon Vera helps a turtle in trouble. My uncle lives in the Philippines, where this scene takes place, and from the times I’ve visited him I can say respect for wildlife is a problem. I may or may not have eaten a sea turtle killed by fishermen during my time there, which I’m told is against international law.

*Disclaimer Cussing and other shit.

Man a huge problem in Tagkawayan, Quezon, and Off the cost of St Rita island……..is that there is “Dynamite Fishing”……

I don’t know if they’re locals of/from other islands/provinces but we should be trying to find out.

No matter how you look at it, whomever they are, are just being fucking lazy…. Alam Ko. Fishing is hard Ass work, but you to say “fuck you mundo” “fuck you to our waters” “fuck you to our environment” fuck you other people”…… man you have nerve. Ma kapal ang mukha mo.

I’d like to request to my fans to spread this and let it be know… this shit needs to end. Punishment should be severe, I’ll dish it out…

Let’s figure something out… I’m no activist, or environmentalist, but This turtle woulda been fucked….

Thank you for helping Nenja…!!! ??

Posted by brandon Vera on Monday, February 6, 2017

Vera’s caption:

*Disclaimer Cussing and other shit.

Man a huge problem in Tagkawayan, Quezon, and Off the cost of St Rita island……..is that there is “Dynamite Fishing”……

I don’t know if they’re locals of/from other islands/provinces but we should be trying to find out.

No matter how you look at it, whomever they are, are just being fucking lazy…. Alam Ko. Fishing is hard Ass work, but you to say “fuck you mundo” “fuck you to our waters” “fuck you to our environment” fuck you other people”…… man you have nerve. Ma kapal ang mukha mo.

I’d like to request to my fans to spread this and let it be know… this shit needs to end. Punishment should be severe, I’ll dish it out…

Let’s figure something out… I’m no activist, or environmentalist, but This turtle woulda been fucked….

Thank you for helping Nenja…!!! ??


Slips, Rips and KO Clips

It’s the middle of the week, so these aren’t new, but they are classic:


Podcasts and Video

Fights Gone By:

The Promotional Malpractice Live Chat:

Tommy Toehold’s Bushido Talk:

Heavy Hands, with Connor Ruebusch and Patrick Wyman:


Quick Hits


Random Land

MMAmania.com’s Flyin’ Brian J. does craft beer reviews, too!

Stay woke, Maniacs!

Follow me on Twitter @Vorpality

Ashlee Evans-Smith to Face Ketlen Vieira at UFC on Fox 24

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Alistair Overeem on Mark Hunt’s Situation With UFC: ‘I Don’t Complain to The Media’

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