If it didn’t come from UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre’s own mouth, most MMA fans wouldn’t believe that the takedown king doesn’t do any strength and conditioning but its true. Fighters Only recently talked to the champ:
I don’t do strength and conditioning. The reason I lift weights is to make me […]
If it didn’t come from UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre’s own mouth, most MMA fans wouldn’t believe that the takedown king doesn’t do any strength and conditioning but its true. Fighters Only recently talked to the champ:
I don’t do strength and conditioning. The reason I lift weights is to make me more marketable, to make my shape more symmetric. I don’t life weights to have an effect on my performance, I don’t believe in it.
I believe sometimes you can do some exercises that help the nervous system. Like Olympic lifting, it makes you more explosive. Olympic lifters are the most explosive athletes in the world. Also gymnastics, I like gymnastics, I think it makes me more athletic.
GSP is certainly going against the mold with his training, but you can’t deny the results as his 21-2 record clearly shows. St. Pierre is currently riding a seven fight win streak which he’ll look to improve on when he rematches Josh Koscheck at the end of the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter.
The Maximum Fighting Championship announces a stacked lineup for it’s Sept. 10th main card event in Edmonton, Canada. The event will be shown live on HDNet (check local listings) and features a MFC lightweight title bout between champ Antonio McKee vs. Luciano Azevedo.
Here’s the full MFC Press Release
A power-packed lineup of talented fighters including […]
The Maximum Fighting Championship announces a stacked lineup for it’s Sept. 10th main card event in Edmonton, Canada. The event will be shown live on HDNet (check local listings) and features a MFC lightweight title bout between champ Antonio McKee vs. Luciano Azevedo.
Here’s the full MFC Press Release
A power-packed lineup of talented fighters including many of the Maximum Fighting Championship’s biggest names is set for action at the highly anticipated MFC 26: Retribution.
This is the formal announcement of the final card for the event slated on Friday, Sept. 10 at the River Cree Resort and Casino, just outside Edmonton, Alberta.
Before the live crowd and the millions watching throughout North America on HDNet Fights, MFC 26: Retribution will be one of the most action-filled events in the history of the Maximum Fighting championship. The event begins at 6:15 p.m. MT with the televised main card starting at 10 p.m. ET/8 p.m. MT/7 p.m. PT (check local listings for HDNet channel designation).
MFC 26: Retribution will feature two high-impact bouts that will share co-main event status. In the night’s finale, homegrown MFC standout Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford (12-2), a two-time challenger for MFC welterweight championship, returns on his quest for championship gold as he takes on American Top Team star Douglas “The Phenom” Lima (14-4).
Ford, an Edmonton, Alberta product, has built up a massive fan following thanks to his aggressive style and he will be out to extend his current four-fight winning streak. Lima, a native of Brazil now fighting out of Atlanta, Georgia, is a submission specialist who is eying a shot at the MFC crown.
In the night’s other co-main event, legendary veteran Antonio “Mandingo” McKee (23-3-2) not only puts his MFC lightweight title on the line but also his very career when he takes on Brazilian talent Luciano Azevedo (16-8), the only man to hold a win over pound-for-pound top-10 fighter Jose Aldo.
McKee, who fights out of Lakewood, California, has not been defeated in seven years, but stated clearly that he will retire from competition should he not finish Azevedo inside the five-round distance. Azevedo, a native of Rio de Janeiro, has taken to the challenge and vowed to end McKee’s career and secure the title around his own waist.
The remainder of the televised card is stacked with the MFC’s finest including a pair of middleweight bouts that promise to be explosively entertaining.
First up, brash British striker Tom “Kong” Watson (12-3) takes on hard-charging American wrestler Jesse “JT Money” Taylor (15-6) in a true matchup of clashing styles. Watson, who hails from Southampton, England, made a dynamic organizational debut scoring a first-round, head-kick knockout of Travis Galbraith at MFC 24, and he wants to follow that up with a win that will assure him a title shot. Taylor, who fights out of Murietta, California, is looking to get back to winning ways following his submission loss to Thales Leites at MFC 25, and the former reality show standout is determined to leave his mark on Watson.
In the other middleweight clash, two rugged customers will meet head-to-head as “King” Solomon Hutcherson (11-6) takes on David Heath (15-6). Hutcherson, who fights out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has made a name for himself with MFC fans for his never-say-die attitude, and the former reality show contender is eager to prove his worth. Heath, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma who will be making his first venture into the 185-pound ranks, is always ready for battle and was a co-recipient of the MFC Fight of the Year for 2009.
A light heavyweight matchup is also featured on the main card as ultra-popular Fort McMurray, Alberta, native Dwayne Lewis (11-5) matches up against Mike Nickels (8-3) of Denver, Colorado. The heavy-handed Lewis is on the cusp of big things in the MFC’s 205-pound division but needs to return to the formula that earned him a seven-fight winning streak prior to a unanimous decision loss to former light heavyweight champ Emanuel Newton at MFC 25. Nickels, a jiu-jitsu expert who has no problems standing toe-to-toe with his foes, was a co-recipient of the MFC Fight of the Year for 2009 and is eager to strut his stuff again.
Opening the HDNet Fights televised card is a showdown of lightweights pitting Curtis “The Demon” Demarce (10-7) against undefeated rising star Tyson “The Man Of” Steele (6-0). Both fighters are making their organizational debuts and hoping to leave a strong first impression on the big stage.
The MFC 26: Retribution undercard features a number of up-and-coming fighters in the following bouts:
Middleweight – Steve Fader (2-1) Calgary, Alberta vs. Ford Robertson (2-0) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Light Heavyweight – Adam Rabidoux (1-1) Edmonton, Alberta vs. Taylor Bull (2-2), Hobbema, Alberta
Catchweight – Ryan Ballingall (3-3) Nanaimo, B.C. vs. Aaron Berke (4-2) Kamloops, B.C.
Lightweight – Theo Brisley (3-2) Nanaimo, B.C. vs. Chad Freeman (5-3) Kamloops, B.C.
Tickets for MFC 26: Retribution are going fast and are available via the MFC Ticket Hotline at (780) 504-2024 and through Ticketmaster charge-by-phone (780) 451-8000 and www.ticketmaster.ca.
Fans may have noticed Curtis Brigham cornering fighters at previous Canadian Fighting Championship events. Brigham, the Winnipeg Academy of Mixed Martial Arts founder and head coach, has been instrumental in the success of WAMMA fighters like Eric Perez, Dominick Blais, Roland Delorme and many others. Now, after a six year layoff, fans will have a […]
Fans may have noticed Curtis Brigham cornering fighters at previous Canadian Fighting Championship events. Brigham, the Winnipeg Academy of Mixed Martial Arts founder and head coach, has been instrumental in the success of WAMMA fighters like Eric Perez, Dominick Blais, Roland Delorme and many others. Now, after a six year layoff, fans will have a chance to see Brigham at CFC 6.
Brigham started fighting in 1999 and had a 9-5 record spanning a five year fight career that had Curtis fighting all over the globe. However, in 2004, Brigham seemingly hung up the gloves as an undersized fighter in an unpopular sport. That all changed in the past six years. Everyone is aware of the UFC skyrocketing to popularity thanks to success of The Ultimate Fighter. The WEC also came around and made celebrities out of smaller fighters like Urijah Faber.
Now fans will be able to see WAMMA’s ‘Boss’ fight on October 8th. Brigham, who has fought in Japan and all over the USA and Canada, has faced tough opposition over his career. The submission specialist has beaten future Bellator fighter Brian Green in 2003. Brigham also took a much larger, future UFC Lightweight champion Sean Sherk into the third round of a fight.
Tickets to see Curtis Brigham and his WAMMA students Eric Perez, Dominick Blais, and Roland Delorme are now available at Ticketmaster. Need a better sight line to the action? Please call 772-2599 to make your VIP table arrangements.
Munduruca Out
At the same time as the exciting Brigham announcement, the CFC must also acknowledge that Rodrigo Munduruca has pulled out of his CFC 6 fight due to injury. Although Rodrigo will be missed, Brigham is a fantastic replacement of one submission specialist with another. Brigham has won all nine of his victories by submission. Brigham is not one to leave decisions in the judges’ hands.
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (20-2) doesn’t include any sort of strength and conditioning programs as part of his preparations for an upcoming fight. The French-Canadian fighter doesn’t “believe in it,” but does lift weights so his physique is more marketable to the public.
GSP recently spoke with Fighters Only Magazine and revealed that bit […]
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (20-2) doesn’t include any sort of strength and conditioning programs as part of his preparations for an upcoming fight. The French-Canadian fighter doesn’t “believe in it,” but does lift weights so his physique is more marketable to the public.
GSP recently spoke with Fighters Only Magazine and revealed that bit of news while talking about his time coaching on the upcoming twelfth season of “The Ultimate Fighter”.
Is training the nervous system for explosiveness the next big thing in mixed martial arts? I don’t do strength and conditioning. The reason I lift weights is to make me more marketable, to make my shape more symmetric. I don’t life weights to have an effect on my performance, I don’t believe in it.
I believe sometimes you can do some exercises that help the nervous system. Like Olympic lifting, it makes you more explosive. Olympic lifters are the most explosive athletes in the world. Also gymnastics, I like gymnastics, I think it makes me more athletic.
FO: So why are people still training with strength and conditioning coaches rather than doing things your way? I am the only one who does it that way, I don’t say that I have the right answer I don’t know, but for me it is very good and it works so far. But I have been doing this pretty recently, so we’ll see.
Shooting for “TUF” 12 began in early June and will air on Sept. 15 on Spike TV. GSP is coaching opposite Josh Koscheck, both men will tentatively meet at UFC 124 on Dec. 11 for the UFC welterweight title.
Press Release
Due to some unforseen circumstances, the main event for Friday August 20th’s Wreck MMA: Bad Intentions has been changed. Wreck MMA and FitShop.ca are excited to announce that Markhaile ‘Showtime’ Wedderburn will be making his Wreck debut against the talented striker from Drummondville, Martin ‘The Hammer’ Grandmont.
Showtime is known as one of the most […]
Press Release
Due to some unforseen circumstances, the main event for Friday August 20th’s Wreck MMA: Bad Intentions has been changed. Wreck MMA and FitShop.ca are excited to announce that Markhaile ‘Showtime’ Wedderburn will be making his Wreck debut against the talented striker from Drummondville, Martin ‘The Hammer’ Grandmont.
Showtime is known as one of the most controversial welterweights in Canada, but his talent and willingness to face the country’s best cannot to be forgotten. An excellent stand-up fighter who has shown flashes of brilliance on the ground, Showtime is coming back to Gatineau to entertain the fans. Grandmont is one of the best strikers in Canada and put those skills on display on many occasions throughout his MMA career. In his last trip to Gatineau, Grandmont KOed Ottawa’s own and UFC veteran, Mark ‘Boots’ Holst in dramatic fashion. Holst moved past the loss and into the UFC but Grandmont believes he deserves an opportunity in the biggest show in the world and is coming back to the place of his biggest victory to prove it. These two fighters are known for their exciting fights and a war is promised on August 20th.
In the co-main event of the evening, OAMA’s Stephane Bernadel once again fights in front of his home fans against one of the top prospects in eastern Canada, Jon ‘Judo’ Williams. Bernadel is one of the top strikers in the featherweight division and Williams is a talented grappler under Dana Dickeson and a member of BTT Canada. A classic striker vs. grappler battle, this fight will not make it to the judges as one of the two will ultimately impose their will.
In the tradition of supporting local causes, Wreck MMA will be supporting the Ottawa Food Bank at Wreck MMA: Bad Intentions. Many of the local martial arts gyms in Ottawa/Gatineau (including NX Martial Arts, 100% Martial Arts, Ottawa Japan Karate, N-1 Thai Boxing, and OAMA) will be collecting non-perishable food items and the gym that collects the most will be announced at the event. Also, the Ottawa Food Bank will be collecting other non-perishable food items at the event as well.
Wreck MMA: Bad Intentions is proud to be brought to you by FitShop.ca, your #1 online supplement shop and retail store located at 1383 Clyde Avenue in Ottawa. and tickets for this event are available via Ticketmaster.ca or by calling (613) 755-1111. Buy your tickets now as there are only 1200 seats available and this event will sell out!!
WRECK MMA: BAD INTENTIONS
Date: AUGUST 20TH, 2010
Venue: CASINO DU LAC-LEAMY
Location: GATINEAU, QUEBEC
MAIN EVENT
Markhaile ‘Showtime’ Wedderburn (Team Sufferaz, Toronto) vs. Martin ‘The Hammer’ Grandmont (Ultimeaction, Drummondville)
CO-MAIN EVENT
Jon ‘Judo’ Williams (Double D MMA/BTT Canada, Fredericton) vs. Stephane Bernadel (OAMA, Ottawa)
TBA vs. Cory MacDonald (FIT MMA, Kingston)
Chance Whalen (Team Knockdown, Moncton) vs. Remi ‘Bam Bam’ Morvan (OAMA, Ottawa)
Tannaya Hantelman (Titans MMA, Halifax) vs. Anna ‘Smiles” Barone (FIT MMA, Ottawa)
Nick Portieous (FIT MMA, Ottawa) vs. Jeffrey Laughren (RAMA, Rockland)
Lyndon Whitlock (Iron Tiger Muay-Thai, Stoney Creek) vs. Pablo Santos (Tapout Training Center, Gatineau)
Adil ‘Rambo’ Abbas (Adrenaline MMA, London) vs. Alex Ricci (M1 & Team Ricci, Toronto)
Kyle Vivian (Empire Red/Dragon’s Lair, Orillia) vs. Jeff Harrison (OAMA, Ottawa)
TJ Coletti (Team Tugboat, Toronto) vs. Wes Ranger (Florin’s Ultimate MMA, Kanata)
Canadian fans and mixed martial arts fans in general must be ecstatic with the news that Ontario will allow MMA events. Canada is certainly one of the hotbeds of potential MMA fans, and the UFC shows that have made it North of the border have been some of the most successful in company history. […]
Canadian fans and mixed martial arts fans in general must be ecstatic with the news that Ontario will allow MMA events. Canada is certainly one of the hotbeds of potential MMA fans, and the UFC shows that have made it North of the border have been some of the most successful in company history.
