Former Vols LB Saint Preux Expects Hometown Edge In Nashville

Ovince Saint Preux admits that his fighting style is unorthodox and, as he often says, “sometimes not pretty.” But the former University of Tennessee linebacker doesn’t argue with the results. Since dropping a unanimous decision to Ryan Bader in August 2014, Saint Preux has scored two first-round knockouts, including a KO of the legendary Mauricio “Shogun” Rua last November in Uberlandia, Brazil that earned him a fight of the night bonus.RELATED CONTENT: Saint Preux – Mr. Instant Replay | Free Fight vs. Cody Donovan | UFC Fighters Meet Tennessee Titans&nbsp … Read the Full Article Here

Ovince Saint Preux admits that his fighting style is unorthodox and, as he often says, “sometimes not pretty.” But the former University of Tennessee linebacker doesn’t argue with the results. Since dropping a unanimous decision to Ryan Bader in August 2014, Saint Preux has scored two first-round knockouts, including a KO of the legendary Mauricio “Shogun” Rua last November in Uberlandia, Brazil that earned him a fight of the night bonus.RELATED CONTENT: Saint Preux – Mr. Instant Replay | Free Fight vs. Cody Donovan | UFC Fighters Meet Tennessee Titans&nbsp … Read the Full Article Here

Tweets of the Week – 8/7

UFC Nashville: Teixeira vs OSP

Teixeira vs Saint Preux this Saturday LIVE and FREE on @foxsports1!!! pic.twitter.com/2nJtesHN4X
— Dana White (@danawhite) August 5, 2015
 

#UFCNashville headliner Ovince Saint Preux returned to his roo…

UFC Nashville: Teixeira vs OSP

Teixeira vs Saint Preux this Saturday LIVE and FREE on @foxsports1!!! pic.twitter.com/2nJtesHN4X
— Dana White (@danawhite) August 5, 2015
 

#UFCNashville headliner Ovince Saint Preux returned to his roots on the gridiron…sort of http://t.co/S5la1ETUyz pic.twitter.com/JK2dfj88zm
— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) August 6, 2015
 

.@gloverteixeira Doing work at #UFCNashville open workouts. https://t.co/BxzeCEyGJR
— Shanda (@UFC_Shanda) August 6, 2015
 

First UFC show I called was in Nashville, Tennessee. Still one of … Read the Full Article Here

Fight Night Nashville: By The Numbers

4Current ranking of Glover Teixeira as a UFC light-heavyweight86Career finishing rate percentage by Teixeira earning 19 stoppages across his 22 career victories (13 KO/TKOs, 6 subs)80UFC finishing rate percentage by Teixeira earning four stoppages acro…

4Current ranking of Glover Teixeira as a UFC light-heavyweight86Career finishing rate percentage by Teixeira earning 19 stoppages across his 22 career victories (13 KO/TKOs, 6 subs)80UFC finishing rate percentage by Teixeira earning four stoppages across his five Octagon wins (2 KO/TKOs, 2 subs)1:53Time it took for Teixeira to secure an arm triangle choke of Kyle Kingsbury at UFC 146, 6h fastest submission in UFC light-heavyweight history3.7Significant strikes landed per minute rate by Teixeira, 7th best rate among active UFC light-heavyweights (min. 5 fights)268Sig. strikes landed by Teixei … Read the Full Article Here

It’s a Good Life for Sam Alvey

Eventually, it becomes the natural question for someone nicknamed “Smile’N.” We can’t just let a happy guy be; we have to wonder when was the last time he wasn’t smiling. It stumped Sam Alvey for a moment, but eventually he brok…

Eventually, it becomes the natural question for someone nicknamed “Smile’N.” We can’t just let a happy guy be; we have to wonder when was the last time he wasn’t smiling. It stumped Sam Alvey for a moment, but eventually he broke down with the truth of the matter.“Somebody asked me that and I couldn’t really think of anything, so I spent some time thinking about it, and the last time I think I wasn’t a happy guy was after the series Dragonball Z ended and Dragonball GT came out,” he deadpanned. “Dragonball GT was terrible. I watched every … Read the Full Article Here

Teixeira is Still a Fighter First

It’s a story that never gets old, no matter who it applies to. In the case of UFC light heavyweight Glover Teixeira, when he arrived in the United States from Brazil in 1999, it was with the clothes on his back, a few dollars in his pocket, and a…

It’s a story that never gets old, no matter who it applies to. In the case of UFC light heavyweight Glover Teixeira, when he arrived in the United States from Brazil in 1999, it was with the clothes on his back, a few dollars in his pocket, and an uncertain future. Today, he’s a family man who owns his own gym, he’s one of the premier 205-pound fighters on the planet, and as cliché as it may sound to some, he’s living the American Dream.“If I had to stop fighting and live the life I’m living now, I would be happy,” he said. “I have my drea … Read the Full Article Here

Floyd Mayweather to Ronda Rousey: Call me when you can make over $300 million in 36 minutes

The manufactured feud between Floyd Mayweather and Ronda Rousey continues.
On Thursday night, Mayweather, the most popular boxer in the world, took a verbal swipe at Rousey on ESPN’s SportsCenter. This follows Rousey’s putdown of Mayweather …

The manufactured feud between Floyd Mayweather and Ronda Rousey continues.

On Thursday night, Mayweather, the most popular boxer in the world, took a verbal swipe at Rousey on ESPN’s SportsCenter. This follows Rousey’s putdown of Mayweather at the ESPYS last month.

“I’ve yet to see any MMA fighter, or other boxer, make over $300 million in 36 minutes,” Mayweather said. “When she can do that, then call me.”

Mayweather wasn’t all snarky, though.

“A while back I didn’t know who Ronda Rousey was, so I’m pretty sure she got upset. I want to say congratulations to Ronda Rousey and the UFC. You guys have done a tremendous job and I’ve won probably six or seven ESPYS for Fighter of the Year. And I truly believe she deserves it. Congratulations to Ronda Rousey.”

At the ESPYS in July, Rousey brought up Mayweather’s past history of domestic violence after defeating him in the Fighter of the Year category.

“I wonder how Floyd feels being beaten by a woman for once,” Rousey said.

Rousey said she waited a whole year before slamming Mayweather, because she felt like he disrespected her in 2014 by saying he didn’t know who she was.

“I know for damn sure that he knew who I was, because he was running against me for Best Fighter that year and he has signed MMA fighters,” Rousey said in July at a Los Angeles media day. “So his feigned ignorance was meant to be a snarky remark to me.”

Mayweather and Rousey are arguably the two most dominant athletes in their respective sports. Mayweather is an undefeated 48-0 after beating Manny Pacquiao in the biggest pay-per-view event ever back in May. Rousey is 12-0 in MMA with every finish but one coming in the first round. Rousey, coming off a 34-second knockout win over Bethe Correia at UFC 190 on Aug. 1 in Brazil, has ended her last three fights combined in just 94 seconds.

Mayweather meets Andre Berto on Sept. 12 in Las Vegas.