While neither competitor has any intention of facing each other in the Octagon, outside of the eight-sided cage, it seems that anything goes. Anderson Silva and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira seem to be competing for more than just a UFC title in a bran…
While neither competitor has any intention of facing each other in the Octagon, outside of the eight-sided cage, it seems that anything goes.
Anderson Silva and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira seem to be competing for more than just a UFC title in a brand new commercial.
The two Brazilians are seen shopping for a new Honda Hornet CB600F until they both become interested in the same model. Ultimately, Silva and Nogueira square off in a fictional bout to determine who wins the motorbike.
It looks as if the UFC is taking advantage of advertising “The Spider” in his homeland after the amount of exposure he received to promote UFC 134.
In hopes of achieving similar success in his next trip to Brazil, Silva seems to be expanding his celebrity status in his country and becoming one of the most well-recognized and successful professional athletes in the world.
Mixed martial arts fans have been treated to some of the best heavyweight fighting action ever in 2011 and the picture is heating up towards New Year’s Eve with the colossal battle between Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem. From the epic scramble …
Mixed martial arts fans have been treated to some of the best heavyweight fighting action ever in 2011 and the picture is heating up towards New Year’s Eve with the colossal battle between Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem.
From the epic scramble and roll between Mir and Nogueira to the bombing overhand right to Velasquez’s temple that won Junior Dos Santos the title, the division holds some exciting matchups for fans to want to see in the future,
With the recent news that Strikeforce will dissolve it’s heavyweight’s and almost all the best big men will be fighting under one promotional roof for the first time in history, the question remains who is the Best Heavyweight MMA Fighter Of All Time?
Medical suspensions have been released for UFC 140, including those given to main card fighters Lyoto Machida, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mark Hominick and Tito Ortiz. MMajunkie.com received the list of suspensions with Nogueira, Hominick and …
Medical suspensions have been released for UFC 140, including those given to main card fighters Lyoto Machida, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mark Hominick and Tito Ortiz.
MMajunkie.com received the list of suspensions with Nogueira, Hominick and Ortiz getting the longest suspensions at 60 days. Several other fighters also were suspended for 60 days.
Nogueira suffered a broken arm in his rematch with Frank Mir in the co-main event. During the fight, it appeared as if Mir had dislocated Nogueira’s shoulder due to a vicious kimura applied early in the first round. Later news revealed his arm had been broken. UFC officials have confirmed Nogueira will not need surgery and that he may be able to return to the cage within nine months.
Ortiz took on Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and was stopped in the first round due to body strikes. It appeared as if Ortiz had injured his ribs during the stoppage, which will cause him to need a chest x-ray and have an abdominal ultrasound done before his next fight.
Hominick was stopped just seven seconds into the first round, when Chan Sung-Jung knocked him out.
The main event featured former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida going up against reigning UFC champion Jon “Bones” Jones. Machida was choked unconscious in the second round after a guillotine choke was applied by Jones.
Full list of suspensions: (Fighters with 60 day suspensions lost via TKO or submission. Fighters with 14-day suspensions done for precautionary reasons)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira: Suspended 60 days, needs clearance from orthopedic surgeon
It is the aftermath of UFC 140 in Toronto and living in the city, the buzz is surely on the brutal finishes of the fights from the card on Saturday night.All the coverage and talk of Frank Mir breaking Nogueira’s arm, along with local reports of …
It is the aftermath of UFC 140 in Toronto and living in the city, the buzz is surely on the brutal finishes of the fights from the card on Saturday night.
All the coverage and talk of Frank Mir breaking Nogueira’s arm, along with local reports of how all the Maple Leafs and hockey players in attendance thought it was quite a brutal sport, has left me throwing caution to the wind.
The finishes, and some of the fights we saw this weekend fall directly into the five-90-five percent rule, and it must be explained before any judgement is passed by the uneducated MMA fan.
Five percent of all fights will end in some sort of shocking, brutal or even gruesome fashion, 90 percent will end in exciting, even thrilling but normal finishes and the other five percent will end in boring and uneventful fashion.
Usually, the shocking and brutal finishes are spread and sort out among the many different fight cards in a year or period of time. In my opinion, a case could be made that we saw three fights that had finishes in the first five percent.
Frank Mir’s brutal kimura on “Big Nog” is definitely one, Jones’s somewhat brutal-looking choke and how he landed plastered face-down was another.
It could be argued that Chan Sung Jung’s knockout seven seconds in qualifies in there, too.
Mir’s destruction of Nogueira’s arm is comparable to the worst injury in any other sport suffered under the rules, like a broken neck on a clean hit in football, a broken leg on a knee-on-knee hit in hockey or a broken arm from a collision at home plate.
You can’t judge the sport on the most brutal of its incidents. They happen but they are rare. Just like Machida getting choked out on his feet and dropped or Hominick getting knocked out in seven seconds.
The only difference in these incidents is what makes MMA even safer than some of the other sports mentioned.
Both Nogueira and Machida could have stopped these incidents on the spot by swallowing their pride and tapping out to the opponent—a choice not available in mid-action in most sports.
But both men chose not to tap, and both men suffered very cold and real consequences.
Dwight Wakabayashi is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report MMA and correspondent for MMACanada.net.
Mind your manners?After impressive performances at UFC 140, Jon Jones and Frank Mir are being showered with criticism for unsporting conduct supposedly displayed immediately following their victories.In a Facebook post on Sunday, MMA trainer Erik Pauls…
Mind your manners?
After impressive performances at UFC 140, Jon Jones and Frank Mir are being showered with criticism for unsporting conduct supposedly displayed immediately following their victories.
In a Facebook post on Sunday, MMA trainer Erik Paulson voiced his disappointment in the post-fight behavior of Mir and Jones.
“A little bummed out to see Mir break Nogeras Arm and not check to see if he was okay after the Fight. Also to see Jones Drop Machita on his face after he knew that he was out! safety and Well being of your Brothers after you share sweat and blood. then don’t care about their well being. leaving a statement for the next generation of fighters that do it to you someday.”
In his bout with MMA legend Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mir recovered after getting dropped with a punch and locked up a kimura. The hold was completely locked in, but Nogueira refused to tap and kept trying to find an opening to escape.
With the fight on the line, Mir was left with no choice but to crank the hold all the way through and break Nogueira’s arm. Nogueira began to tap just as his arm was being wrenched in a complete circle, but it was too late. Fans all over the world watched as Nogueira’s bone snapped, and Mir got up to celebrate.
While Mir didn’t immediately check on Nogueira, he was incredibly humble after the fight.
“I honestly hope that Nogueira ends up being okay,” Mir told UFC commentator Joe Rogan in his post-fight interview. “I idolize him. When you’re our size and you’re as dangerous as we are, things happen. You can get caught. It takes nothing away from Nogueira.”
As for Jones, he ended LyotoMachida‘s title hopes in the second round of their UFC championship bout with a modified guillotine choke.
The choke was locked in the standing position against the cage. After the referee realized Machida was unconscious, he stepped in to call a halt to the action.
Instead of slowly lowering the unconscious challenger to the ground, Jones merely released the choke, and Machida‘s body crumpled to the floor.
Despite his post-fight actions, Jones was also humble in his post-fight interview with Rogan.
“He didn’t have me hurt, but he did punch me pretty good and wobble me a little bit,” said Jones. “He’s just really smart. He kicks really hard, and he knew his range. He has great tactics. He was definitely a very tough puzzle.”
It’s tough to ignore the incredible adrenaline rush fighters go through. After pushing their bodies for months in training, they come out and compete live in front of thousands, with millions watching around the world.
A rare moment of greatness can overtake any athlete.
For those few seconds, Jones wasn’t thinking about Machida being unconscious and the fact that Mir had just broken Nogueira’s arm was probably the furthest thing from his mind. Their initial thoughts likely revolved around all of the hard work it took to accomplish a goal.
Football legend Vince Lombardi may have said it best in a memorable sports quote.
“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle—victorious.”
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After UFC 140 there was a passing of the torch, so to speak, when Frank Mir put any thoughts to rest of who is the best Heavyweight submission specialist in the sport of mixed martial arts, earning his ninth submission victory.In Mir’s nine&n…
After UFC 140 there was a passing of the torch, so to speak, when Frank Mir put any thoughts to rest of who is the best Heavyweight submission specialist in the sport of mixed martial arts, earning his ninth submission victory.
In Mir’s nine wins by way of submission, Frank has utilized an amazing seven different types of submission holds to gain victory over his opponents.
With his most recent win, Frank Mir has solidified himself as a top three contender in the Heavyweight division and will be remembered for being the first and only man to defeat Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira by both knockout stoppage and submission stoppage.
I thought it would be fun to rank every submission victory by Mir in order of importance to his career. And with his many different types of submissions I thought it would be a good way to brush up on the history of Frank Mir.
While neither competitor has any intention of facing each other in the Octagon, outside of the eight-sided cage, it seems that anything goes.