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On This Day in MMA History…

(Thank Crom somewhere along the way, they decided to wear shorts.)

36 years ago: MMA’s version of Yoda, Greg Jackson, was born in Washington, DC.

34 years ago: UFC middleweight and former CagePotato TUF 11 guest blogger Rich Attonito was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Check out the rest after the jump.

(Thank Crom somewhere along the way, they decided to wear shorts.)

36 years ago: MMA’s version of Yoda, Greg Jackson, was born in Washington, DC.

34 years ago: UFC middleweight and former CagePotato TUF 11 guest blogger Rich Attonito was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

4 years ago: UFC 72: Victory took place in Ireland, marking the first time the Octagon made an appearance on the Emerald Isle.

Although the card was not a particularly great one, a few things of note happened:

• A number of notable fighters fought their last respective bouts in the Octagon that night, including Hector Ramirez, Scott Smith and Rory Singer.

• Yushin Okami lost his first UFC bout against Rich Franklin. Had he won, he would have fought Anderson Silva next.

Martin Kampmann was originally scheduled to fight Franklin, but withdrew from the bout due to injury.

Jake O’Brien was scheduled to fight Tom Murphy, but was also forced to withdraw due to injury. Since no replacement for O’Brien could be found, Murphy too was pulled from the card.

• Clay Guida lost by split decision to Tyson Griffin, which was his second loss in a row. He pulled out a close split decision in his next fight against Marcus Aurelio. Had he lost that one, he may have been cut from the UFC.

• Fight of the Night went to Clay Guida and Tyson Griffin.

• Submission of the Night went to Ed Herman for his second-round rear naked choke over Scott Smith.

• Knockout of the Night went to Marcus Davis for his 1:15 knockout of UFC newcomer Jason Tan.

• 7850 attended the event.

1 year ago: Strikeforce LA took place on a Wednesday night at at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The event, whose final line-up changed several times after Charles Bennett, Jason Miller, Bobby Lashley, and Ron Sparks all ended up being pulled from the card for various reasons.

Two of the card’s bouts had title implications.

Renato “Babalu” Sobral defeated Robbie Lawler by decision in a 195-pound catchweight bout and was awarded a number one light heavyweight contendership bout his next fight against Dan Henderson after declaring that he would not face his friend and sometimes training partner Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal.

Tim Kennedy defeated Trevor Prangley and got a shot at the Strikeforce middleweight strap (which was vacated by Jake Shields when he left for the UFC) against Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza. Had Lawler defeated Sobral, he would have faced Souza instead.

It’s estimated that 164,000 viewers tuned in for the event with a peak audience of 197,000 watching it on Showtime.

5259 attended the show.

Cub Swanson Out of Rescheduled UFC 132 Bout With Erik Koch

Filed under: UFC, NewsIt’s deja vu all over again for Erik Koch.

In late February, just 10 days before his scheduled fight with Cub Swanson at UFC on Versus 3, Swanson pulled out with an injury. With the fight rebooked for UFC 132 next month, it has …

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It’s deja vu all over again for Erik Koch.

In late February, just 10 days before his scheduled fight with Cub Swanson at UFC on Versus 3, Swanson pulled out with an injury. With the fight rebooked for UFC 132 next month, it has happened again.

Swanson is now out of the rescheduled featherweight fight for July 2 in Las Vegas. He announced through his Twitter account that he had to pull out of the fight because of a training injury. “I broke the whole left side of my face,” Swanson said. Photos he uploaded via Twitter showed a deeply bruised left orbital area.

Swanson, who trains at the Greg Jackson camp in Albuquerque, N.M., went on to say that the injury happened in training, and that it required a seven-hour hospital visit.

Koch (12-1, 1-0 UFC), pictured, now awaits word on a new opponent for the pay-per-view, which is scheduled for the MGM Grand Garden Arena. After Swanson pulled out of their first scheduled meeting, Koch was moved to the UFC 128 card two weeks later to fill in for an injured Manny Gamburyan against Raphael Assuncao; he won with his second straight first-round KO and second straight Knockout of the Night bonus.

The Duke Roufus-trained fighter indicated on his Twitter account that he still expects to fight on the card.

Swanson (15-4, 0-0 UFC) went 5-3 in the WEC and was to be making his UFC debut. He won three Fight of the Night bonuses in his last five WEC bouts, but also suffered an 8-second flying knee knockout loss to Jose Aldo that propelled “Junior” to his featherweight title win against Mike Brown.

UFC 132 has had multiple issues with injuries and fight changes. The expected rematch between BJ Penn and Jon Fitch was scrapped when Fitch pulled out with a shoulder injury; Penn followed with an injury of his own. Evan Dunham pulled out of his lightweight bout against George Sotiropoulous and was replaced by Rafael dos Anjos. And Jason “Mayhem” Miller was scheduled to make his return to the UFC against Aaron Simpson. But he was pulled from the fight last week to instead coach Season 14 of “The Ultimate Fighter” opposite Michael Bisping. He’ll face Bisping at the TUF 14 Finale in December.

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Carlos Condit Says Nick Diaz Deserves Title-Shot (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

Carlos Condit tells our host Steve Cofield that people are expecting Nick Diaz to make Georges St. Pierre fight and that’s what they want to see. Not one to join the bandwagon and criticize St..

Carlos Condit tells our host Steve Cofield that people are expecting Nick Diaz to make Georges St. Pierre fight and that’s what they want to see. Not one to join the bandwagon and criticize St. Pierre who trains with his same coach, Greg Jackson, Condit does feel Diaz could rightfully receive a title-shot, though it is unfair that even he, himself as the WEC Welterweight Champion did not receive an immediate title-shot when his division was absorbed into the UFC. While Condit waits in the wings for his eventual shot, he now focuses on his fight against Don Hyun Kim at UFC 132 on July 2nd.

Cofield also asks Condit about the now infamous Jon Jones and Rashad Evans feud and how it effects his team at Jackson’s Submission Fighting. Watch the interview below.

Watch Carlos Condit Talks Georges St-Pierre, Nick Diaz, Jon Jones and Rashad Evans on RawVegas.tv

Exclusive Interview: Jon Jones Discusses Greg Jackson, Respect, and His Management at ‘MMA Live’

As promised, here’s Brian J. D’Souza‘s video interview with Jon Jones at the ‘MMA Live 1‘ show last week in London, Ontario. Some highlights:

On his initial decision to train with Greg Jackson: “I was watching his professionalism with Georges St. Pierre and a few other fighters, and I thought ‘man, if I could get all that brilliant energy pointed towards me, they probably could do something really special,’ and that’s what they’ve done I think…who knows what would have happened if I decided to [train] somewhere else, but Jackson’s seemed like the place for me. I remember our first meeting, they were talking about respect, and working hard, and family, and things like that, and that was something that drew me towards them.”

As promised, here’s Brian J. D’Souza‘s video interview with Jon Jones at the ‘MMA Live 1‘ show last week in London, Ontario. Some highlights:

On setting an example as a UFC champion: “My only goal is just to represent our sport in the best light, and to treat people with love and respect, and never look past anyone, and respect everyone, pretty much, and let everything else take care of itself.”

On the recent shift in his management team: “My manager’s always been Malki Kawa, despite who partnered up with us. It was always about Malki Kawa. He’s a very close friend to me, and he’s a business partner, so everything’s still smooth sailing. We’ve been doing great by ourselves and we’ll continue to do great.”

Greg Jackson’s Fellow Coach Thinks Hey Greg, You Were Fired by Rashad. Why Wouldn’t You Train Jon? WTF…

Fellow Greg Jackson trainer at Jackson’s Submission Fighting, Mike Winkeljohn gave an interview to MMAFighting.com saying essentially what we’re all thinking… Rashad Evans is being a f*cking baby. He’s too old and experienced to get his feelings hurt by the younger Jon Jones. He voluntarily walked away from Jackson’s gym. Now get off your ass, […]

Fellow Greg Jackson trainer at Jackson’s Submission Fighting, Mike Winkeljohn gave an interview to MMAFighting.com saying essentially what we’re all thinking… Rashad Evans is being a f*cking baby. He’s too old and experienced to get his feelings hurt by the younger Jon Jones. He voluntarily walked away from Jackson’s gym. Now get off your ass, Greg and go train Jones to defend his title like any f*cking coach would do for their fighter. Okay, well maybe that’s just what I’m thinking. And maybe he didn’t put it quite in those words, but he did say this:

I wasn’t discouraged, and hey, I like the guy [Rashad Evans]. But Jon Jones has wanted to work with me and his stand-up has come a long way. He’s looking tremendous. But in my mind, if I was fired by Rashad, I don’t think I should take myself out of another job just because I used to work with the guy that fired me.

It looks like in this big mess of teammates feuding and firing longtime coaches and “brotherhood” members, that Winkeljohn is keeping a clear and rational head… which is what we’re used to seeing from Greg Jackson. Thus, Winkeljohn is confident, Jackson will come around to training Jones.

Greg, I think, will step out of it. That’s his philosophy, and bless his heart. But the sides were chosen a ways back. I feel bad saying that, but I don’t want to look like a bad guy and I don’t want [the Greg Jackson team] to look like a bad guy. Rashad lost to Machida, and he basically left. I know he left me, so that’s how I feel. Choosing sides? I don’t know if that’s the term for it, but he made that choice. I didn’t make that choice.

Hopefully a date for this fight is set soon enough and everyone can focus on getting into their chosen training camps to settle all this b*llshit, where it can properly be feuded out… in the Octagon.

Mike Winkeljohn: Rashad Evans Left Jackson’s MMA, Not Other Way Around

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveGreg Jackson may be committed to staying neutral when former teammates Jon Jones and Rashad Evans fight over the UFC light heavyweight belt, but striking coach Mike Winkeljohn is making no such promise.

A former ki…

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Greg Jackson may be committed to staying neutral when former teammates Jon Jones and Rashad Evans fight over the UFC light heavyweight belt, but striking coach Mike Winkeljohn is making no such promise.

A former kickboxing champion who has for the last four years taught striking out of Jackson’s Albuquerque, New Mexico-based gym, Winkeljohn said he doesn’t feel the need to stay out of the forthcoming title fight.

“I’m positive I’m going to be working with Jon Jones because, well, the kid didn’t do anything wrong,” Winkeljohn told MMA Fighting. “We have a good relationship.”

As for Evans? He might feel as though he’s been betrayed by the Jackson’s MMA team, but the way Winkeljohn sees it, Evans is expecting a loyalty that he hasn’t demonstrated himself.