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Just a reminder that we’ll be streaming the UFC 121 weigh-ins today live from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Will Brock and Cain butt chestpieces? Will Diego go into full-retard staredown mode? Will Tito apologize to Hammill and the deaf com…
Just a reminder that we’ll be streaming the UFC 121 weigh-ins today live from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Will Brock and Cain butt chestpieces? Will Diego go into full-retard staredown mode? Will Tito apologize to Hammill and the deaf community using sign language?
All of these questions and more will be answered after the jump.
("BJ Penn’s not the lightweight champion anymore? You’re *sure*? How sure are you?")
After getting completely handled by John Hathaway in his welterweight return at UFC 114, we were a little surprised to learn Diego Sanchez would be giving …
("BJ Penn’s not the lightweight champion anymore? You’re *sure*? How sure are you?")
After getting completely handled by John Hathaway in his welterweight return at UFC 114, we were a little surprised to learn Diego Sanchez would be giving 170 another shot against Paulo Thiago, an opponent who’s arguably even more dangerous than Hathaway. Who knows what’s going on in that crazy mind of his from day to day, but we do know that the Nightmare vows to drop back to lightweight after Saturday. As he told UFC.com:
"…just for the record, I do plan on dropping back to 155 after this fight. Me and Greg (Jackson) and the team are just gonna work together and see what (UFC matchmaker) Joe (Silva) can get lined up for me…For now I think [the move is] basically gonna be permanent, but that all depends because I feel like I can fight in both weight classes. There’s 125, 135, 145, 155 — I wish we had a 165 and a 175 (pound division). That would make it a lot easier for me because I could fight 165, but we don’t have that yet and I’ve got to make a decision.
Brock Lesnar (current champion) vs Cain Velasquez In the Heavyweight Championship bout, we have the humongous Brock Lesnar taking on the always conditioned and great stand up boxer/wrestler Cain Velasquez. I’ve wanted Lesnar to lose almost every match. However, it hasn’t happened. The guy has gotten excellent at what he is good at. This is […]
In the Heavyweight Championship bout, we have the humongous Brock Lesnar taking on the always conditioned and great stand up boxer/wrestler Cain Velasquez. I’ve wanted Lesnar to lose almost every match. However, it hasn’t happened. The guy has gotten excellent at what he is good at. This is no different than anyone in the early days of mixed martial arts, where they won based on their main skillset. Matt Hughes, Royce Gracie, Dan Severn, Mark Coleman, now Brock Lesnar. Velasquez is a far different fighter with extremely well rounded skills. Velasquez is going to be giving up a lot of weight to Lesnar, and it will be interesting to see how Velasquez carries that burden.
If Velasquez gets Lesnar in the same position Carwin got Lesnar in round 1 of their fight, I think Velasquez will do better at taking advantage of the situation. Not only that, Cain is maybe less powerful than Carwin, but much faster, 10x better footwork, and his wrestling is top notch as well.
If Lesnar can’t work his gameplan, I think Velasquez will win via decision. If Lesnar can work his gameplan, which he has been able to do in all his winning fights, Velasquez could get KO’d rather quickly. Velasquez was stunned badly against Cheick Kongo, but nobody else has been able to strike with him. If Lesnar gets on top, I think its over. He has one of the most vicious and relentless top games in MMA.
Cain at +145 and Lesnar favored at -175
I want to pick Cain here as I’ve been impressed with his last string of fights. I’m going to go against what I want to happen, and go with Lesnar. He is too much of a wall and I don’t know if Cain’s firepower is enough to chop the mountain down inside 5 rounds.
PPV card
I’m going with Jake Shields because he somehow manages to avoid getting destroyed on the feet and has a devastating ground attack that smothers people into submission.
Looking for Diego to bounce back here and avoid getting KO’d or submitted, by the always tough Thiago.
Perfect opponent for Tito Ortiz. However, I worry Hamill is the one more pumped up for this fight. I have no clue if Tito is pumped up or not, I just know Hamill has to be going against a legend and his former coach.
Hamill is a great opponent for Ortiz. He isn’t very good off his back which lends to Ortiz getting back to his old punishment from inside the guard. Ortiz also has an underrated ground game. Remember him catching Machida in a triangle?
I like Ortiz to get a win inside the Octagon and we never hear the end of it.
I think Gonzaga gets back on the winning side in this match up.
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Ryan Jensen. Super tough, highly experienced.
Coteeeeee, Cote Cote Cote.
Preliminary card
Pass
Sam Stout is more highly skilled and possesses better standup in terms of combos and is probably more powerful in both the hands and legs than Paul Taylor (however, Taylor is VERY good on the feet). Should get replayed on the PPV if time allows as this fight is going to be good.
Pass
Madsen is likely going to take Yvel down and do the wrestler GnP thing on Yvel. However, this is one spot where Yvel could get highlight reel KO as Madsen is on the shorter side which plays into Yvel’s dangerous high kicks.
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For many American fighters, the prospect of heading across the pond to fight a British opponent in the U.K. sounds about as much fun as an IRS audit.
There’s the long flight to deal with, the significant time change, the near certaint…
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For many American fighters, the prospect of heading across the pond to fight a British opponent in the U.K. sounds about as much fun as an IRS audit.
There’s the long flight to deal with, the significant time change, the near certainty that your sponsor’s hat will be stolen off your head during your entrance, and, of course, a hostile crowd that’s unanimously in the other guy’s corner.
But for welterweight Mike Pyle, that only sweetens the deal.
“I love it,” said Pyle, who on Saturday faces up-and-coming British welterweight John Hathaway at UFC 120 in London. “I love that none of the fans are going to like me. That’s great. But I’m telling you, by the time I’m done with him, I’m going to capture some British fans, guaranteed. …And at least they speak English over there.”
(Where’s your glass trophy now, playboy? Props: thesun.co.uk)
By CagePotato contributor Jim Genia
In a perfect world, The Ultimate Fighter would give us an up close and personal look at some of the most promising mixed martial artists out there, vyi…
(Where’s your glass trophy now, playboy? Props: thesun.co.uk)
By CagePotato contributor Jim Genia
In a perfect world, The Ultimate Fighter would give us an up close and personal look at some of the most promising mixed martial artists out there, vying for greatness in the crucible of combat. But in reality, it’s become a perversion of manufactured drama and prefabricated stars — stars made bright not by the depth of the competition they must face but by the trouncing of whatever hapless wannabes a SpikeTV producer chose at the tryouts. You see, it stopped being about “who’s the best” a long time ago, and was twisted into “who makes for the best TV,” so what we get now is more Jersey Shore than Ultimate Fighting Championship, only instead of Snooki and JWoww’s cleavage we get an IFL champ or Sengoku veteran beating the ever-loving crap out of people with maybe a handful (if that) of fights.
That’s why, when a TUF winner loses in Octagon — sometimes after facing real UFC-level competition for the first time — it’s totally awesome! Because, sure, Michael Bisping, Joe Stevenson and Mac Danzig are tough, likeable guys, but don’t try to fool us into thinking they’re the definition of “badass” just because they defeated a personal trainer from New Orleans, a boxer from Maine and some kid who should be working on a farm. We’re not the ignorant general public flicking through the channels, we’re knowledgeable MMA fans. We know better!
Therefore, here, in no particular order, is a list of the ten greatest TUF winner fails of all time. It’s a list based not on animosity towards any particular fighter, but on animosity towards the Spike TV executive who skipped over the few hundred fighter hopefuls with real talent and real skill, and instead chose the clown with the funky hair, the drinking problem and the propensity for trashing houses…
Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson, UFC 100
British fighter Michael Bisping was a stud in the UK MMA scene (which is a lot like saying you’re a gold medalist in the Special Olympics) when he got the call to compete on TUF, and he took Season 3 top honors after beating, well, pretty much no one of note. But he continued to rack up wins on the pay-per-views, defeating such marginables as Elvis Sinosic, Charles McCarthy and Jason Day. However, TUF 9 saw him pitted against Dan Henderson as an opposing coach, and we were supposed to believe the inevitable Octagon conflict between them would be competitive. It wasn’t, and fans everywhere rejoiced over a knockout so devastating Bisping has no recollection of anything to do with the weekend of July 11, 2009 and about nine days before and after.
(Greg Jackson is once again in control of Diego’s leash.)
Either hell has frozen over or Diego Sanchez has finally realized that all of the stevia and "yes" cartwheels in the world aren’t going to replace top-tier trainers an…
(Greg Jackson is once again in control of Diego’s leash.)
Either hell has frozen over or Diego Sanchez has finally realized that all of the stevia and "yes" cartwheels in the world aren’t going to replace top-tier trainers and training partners.
"The Nightmare" has apparently rejoined his teammates at Jackson’s MMA after a nearly three year absence from the gym he began training at as a teenager.
Here’s the announcement he tweeted this morning:
