As a writer who has made a career out of doing interviews and features, I have come to learn catching fighters during fight week and in the middle of their weight cut, as something to be avoided if possible. Unfortunately with the hectic schedule of recent years, sometimes fight week is the only opening available, […]
As a writer who has made a career out of doing interviews and features, I have come to learn catching fighters during fight week and in the middle of their weight cut, as something to be avoided if possible. Unfortunately with the hectic schedule of recent years, sometimes fight week is the only opening available, […]
UFC 158 will be remembered as the event where Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz finally faced off, but before the two welterweights take to the Octagon, 11 other bouts will be held inside the Bell Centre. The first three contests of the night were aired …
UFC 158 will be remembered as the event where Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz finally faced off, but before the two welterweights take to the Octagon, 11 other bouts will be held inside the Bell Centre. The first three contests of the night were aired live via Facebook as a lead in to the televised […]
Ever wonder what an athletic commission considers a conflict of interest? It’s a question running amok in my brain as I type and mull over last weekend’s featherweight bout between Clay Guida and Hatsu Hioki. Guida took home a split decision nod over Hioki after three tough rounds. The bout was certainly a closely contested […]
Ever wonder what an athletic commission considers a conflict of interest? It’s a question running amok in my brain as I type and mull over last weekend’s featherweight bout between Clay Guida and Hatsu Hioki. Guida took home a split decision nod over Hioki after three tough rounds. The bout was certainly a closely contested […]
“What’s that screeching noise? Sounds like a train coming to a sudden halt…”
Remember when we all thought that Hector Lombard was the X factor of the UFC middleweight division? And we pegged the middleweight who hadn’t lost a fight since 2006 a 4-1 favorite to wallop Tim Boetsch at UFC 149? And we thought he would go on to give Anderson Silva his toughest test to date? Oh man, those were some good times, right?
As far as Hector Lombard is concerned, not so fast. Three weeks after his dreadful performance at UFC 149, the Cuban middleweight has released a statement on his Facebook page. Presumably after meeting with his social media consultant, Tito Ortiz, Lombard claims that he was just too damn injured to have been fighting, bro. I know, put on your shocked faces.
“What’s that screeching noise? Sounds like a train coming to a sudden halt…”
Remember when we all thought that Hector Lombard was the X factor of the UFC middleweight division? And we pegged the middleweight who hadn’t lost a fight since 2006 a 4-1 favorite to wallop Tim Boetsch at UFC 149? And we thought he would go on to give Anderson Silva his toughest test to date? Oh man, those were some good times, right?
As far as Hector Lombard is concerned, not so fast. Three weeks after his dreadful performance at UFC 149, the Cuban middleweight has released a statement on his Facebook page. Presumably after meeting with his social media consultant, Tito Ortiz, Lombard claims that he was just too damn injured to have been fighting, bro. I know, put on your shocked faces.
I want to let all my fans know. I fought mu last fight injured. i wasnt 100% sure but i when to the doctors… I have a fracture sternum with a torn cartilage, i got this injure in training for my fight with Tim Boetsch. I have to be out of training for 6weeks i should never have fought like that, but i didnt want to let my fans and the UFC down, love you all.
So let me get this straight: You may have had this nasty injury coming into your fight at UFC 149 that restricted your movement to the point where you basically stood straight up and held your head perfectly still throughout the fight, but you somehow weren’t sure. And yet you waited until three weeks after the fight to go to the doctor to find out what, if anything, was wrong with you?
Given how appalling his performance was, do you buy his explanation, or is this another example of a fighter making an excuse for a loss after the fact?
Just about every fight fan is aware by now that UFC welterweight contender Nick Diaz no-showed a scheduled Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu super fight with Braulio Estima Saturday night at the World Jiu-Jitsu Expo. Some fans are shocked, while others basically con…
Just about every fight fan is aware by now that UFC welterweight contender Nick Diaz no-showed a scheduled Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu super fight with Braulio Estima Saturday night at the World Jiu-Jitsu Expo. Some fans are shocked, while others basically consider this standard procedure for the Cesar Gracie black belt at this point. Speculation has run […]
(And if enough of you follow him on Twitter, he will fight this dog to the death on live television.)
Talk about an odd method of motivation. UFC President Dana White has long lamented over the extra baggage UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson has been carrying around over the course of his career, and it appeared to have some impact, as Nelson showed up at a slim and trim 246 pounds for his most recent UFC 143 battle with Fabricio Werdum. Though the results were less than successful, it seemed as if “Big Country” had actually begun to make a commitment to shedding the unnecessary pounds that were holding him back from being a truly elite fighter. After his loss to Werdum, many were calling for the rotund Burger King enthusiast to consider a drop to light heavyweight, regardless of how long it took. Though it would undoubtedly be a mountainous task, it would ultimately benefit Nelson, who is a mere 3-3 as a heavyweight in his UFC career.
Well according to Roy, we won’t be seeing him even attempt the cut unless he gets a few more people to “like” him on Facebook. In a recent interview with BloodyElbow, Nelson managed to set aside his order of baby back ribs long enough to make a pledge to transform his body, but if and only if he added 100,000 friends/likes/whogivesafucks to his profile:
The reason is my friend and I had a discussion about what was better? I think twitter just because of use and for fans interaction, but Facebook is 20x bigger. So we decided to bet. I said if it so easy and great I should be able add 100K fans in 2 weeks because I have that on twitter. Facebook is bigger and better so this should be easy. Right?
Bet is I will try to get to 205 if I can add 100k to Facebook.com/RoyNelsonUFC in two weeks. I love to win bets. Plus he will have to give me a part in his next movie.
(And if enough of you follow him on Twitter, he will fight this dog to the death on live television.)
Talk about an odd method of motivation. UFC President Dana White has long lamented over the extra baggage UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson has been carrying around over the course of his career, and it appeared to have some impact, as Nelson showed up at a slim and trim 246 pounds for his most recent UFC 143 battle with Fabricio Werdum. Though the results were less than successful, it seemed as if “Big Country” had actually begun to make a commitment to shedding the unnecessary pounds that were holding him back from being a truly elite fighter. After his loss to Werdum, many were calling for the rotund Burger King enthusiast to consider a drop to light heavyweight, regardless of how long it took. Though it would undoubtedly be a mountainous task, it would ultimately benefit Nelson, who is a mere 3-3 as a heavyweight in his UFC career.
Well according to Roy, we won’t be seeing him even attempt the cut unless he gets a few more people to “like” him on Facebook. In a recent interview with BloodyElbow, Nelson managed to set aside his order of baby back ribs long enough to make a pledge to transform his body, but if and only if he added 100,000 friends/likes/whogivesafucks to his profile:
The reason is my friend and I had a discussion about what was better? I think twitter just because of use and for fans interaction, but Facebook is 20x bigger. So we decided to bet. I said if it so easy and great I should be able add 100K fans in 2 weeks because I have that on twitter. Facebook is bigger and better so this should be easy. Right?
Bet is I will try to get to 205 if I can add 100k to Facebook.com/RoyNelsonUFC in two weeks. I love to win bets. Plus he will have to give me a part in his next movie.
In a somewhat contradictory assessment, Nelson later stated that he believes his page will not reach the required goal, ensuring that he will therefore not have to make the cut. A clever bit of reverse psychology? We’d like to think so, because otherwise it appears that he simply made a bet he knew was damn near unattainable in order to fake a commitment to his UFC future. And we love Roy too much to make that kind of assumption about him.
Anyway, head over to Big Country’s Facebook page and “like” him if you want to see Nelson put his money where his mouth is. Just pray that he doesn’t cover said money with ketchup and nacho cheese before doing so.
