Javier Vazquez is ill and needs some help. Vazquez, who is known for his run in World Extreme Cagefighting, was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. “Showtime” needs funds to cover the cost of his chemotherapy, which will begin once he’s healthy enough to receive the treatment. He will undergo chemo for six months. You can […]
Javier Vazquez is ill and needs some help. Vazquez, who is known for his run in World Extreme Cagefighting, was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. “Showtime” needs funds to cover the cost of his chemotherapy, which will begin once he’s healthy enough to receive the treatment. He will undergo chemo for six months. You can […]
While doing more research on the class-action lawsuit filed against the UFC last week, Bloody Elbow’s John Nash came across something strange. A second, nearly identical class-action lawsuit against the UFC was filed yesterday, with MMA vets Dennis Hallman and Javier Vasquez listed as plaintiffs:
The fighters named are asking to be representatives for their class in lawsuit that accuses the UFC of an “overarching anticompetitive scheme to maintain and enhance its (a) monopoly power in the market for promotion of live Elite Professional mixed martial arts (“MMA”) bouts,1 and (b) monopsony power in the market for live Elite Professional MMA Fighter services.”
They are also represented by the same legal counsel that are representing Le, Quarry, and Fitch.
That last detail makes this particularly odd. Because why wouldn’t Hallman and Vasquez just join forces with the first lawsuit to begin with? Reddit user hulking_menace offers one possible explanation:
While doing more research on the class-action lawsuit filed against the UFC last week, Bloody Elbow’s John Nash came across something strange. A second, nearly identical class-action lawsuit against the UFC was filed yesterday, with MMA vets Dennis Hallman and Javier Vasquez listed as plaintiffs:
The fighters named are asking to be representatives for their class in lawsuit that accuses the UFC of an “overarching anticompetitive scheme to maintain and enhance its (a) monopoly power in the market for promotion of live Elite Professional mixed martial arts (“MMA”) bouts,1 and (b) monopsony power in the market for live Elite Professional MMA Fighter services.”
They are also represented by the same legal counsel that are representing Le, Quarry, and Fitch.
That last detail makes this particularly odd. Because why wouldn’t Hallman and Vasquez just join forces with the first lawsuit to begin with? Reddit user hulking_menace offers one possible explanation:
If the class is certified I’d imagine they’ll be combined at that point. In the meantime I’d assume there’s a strategic reason for separate filings. I’m no civil attorney, but off the top of my head perhaps this gets the same case in front of multiple judges, so if one judge doesn’t like the claim another might be more persuaded.
Huh. So this is basically the legal equivalent of having your wife stand in one grocery store checkout line while you stand in another, and if she gets to her cashier first, you rush over with your stuff or something? I don’t know, man. I’m no grocery store expert. But we’ll update you when we know more.
The MMA Hour is back in your life on Tuesday with a former UFC star in studio.
* Former UFC middleweight Nate Marquardt will join us to discuss why he wasn’t medically cleared to fight at UFC Live on Versus 4 and what’s next for him.
We’ll also look back at UFC on Versus 4 and ahead to UFC 132.
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The MMA Hour is back in your life on Tuesday with a former UFC star in studio.
* Former UFC middleweight Nate Marquardt will join us to discuss why he wasn’t medically cleared to fight at UFC Live on Versus 4 and what’s next for him.
We’ll also look back at UFC on Versus 4 and ahead to UFC 132.
And of course, we’ll be taking your calls. Give us a shout at: 212-254-0193, 212-254-0237 or 212-254-0714.
*** You can now stream the show live on your iPhone or iPad by clicking here.
Watch the show live below beginning at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT. Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: audio feed here; video feed here. Download previous episodes here. Listen to the show via Stitcher here.
Michael Johnson vs. Edward Faaloloto
Round 1: Faaloloto and Johnson touch gloves and we’re underway. After an exchange, the two clinch against the cage. Johnson digs low and puts Faaloloto on his back. Faaloloto back to his feet quickly. Johnson with a nice kick to the body. Faaloloto is working on Johnson’s legs with hard kicks. Both kick at the same time, and off-balance, they both fall down. Faaloloto closes the distance but Johnson takes him down with 1:30 left. Johnson works him over with punches from the top, but Faaloloto creates space and gets back up. Johnson bulls Faaloloto in a clinch and lands knees to the body, then elbows. Faaloloto falls to the ground, Johnson follows up with ground and pound for the finish with time running low.
Michael Johnson vs. Edward Faaloloto
Round 1: Faaloloto and Johnson touch gloves and we’re underway. After an exchange, the two clinch against the cage. Johnson digs low and puts Faaloloto on his back. Faaloloto back to his feet quickly. Johnson with a nice kick to the body. Faaloloto is working on Johnson’s legs with hard kicks. Both kick at the same time, and off-balance, they both fall down. Faaloloto closes the distance but Johnson takes him down with 1:30 left. Johnson works him over with punches from the top, but Faaloloto creates space and gets back up. Johnson bulls Faaloloto in a clinch and lands knees to the body, then elbows. Faaloloto falls to the ground, Johnson follows up with ground and pound for the finish with time running low.
Filed under: UFCIt’s been six months since the UFC began experimenting with preliminary card fights on Facebook, and on Sunday it will set a new high-water mark.
The promotion on Monday announced that all eight undercard fights for the upcoming UFC o…
It’s been six months since the UFC began experimenting with preliminary card fights on Facebook, and on Sunday it will set a new high-water mark.
The promotion on Monday announced that all eight undercard fights for the upcoming UFC on Versus 4 show will stream live on the social networking site. Just last week, with UFC 131, the promotion set a new best with six prelims streaming on Facebook.
This will mark the 11th consecutive fight card that the UFC has streamed fights for free at Facebook, and it will be the fifth consecutive show the promotion has provided a way for fans to see each fight on the card live.
UFC on Versus 4 will feature a four-fight main card that airs live on the Versus cable channel, the second of the UFC’s four-fight 2011 deal with the channel. The Facebook live stream is scheduled to begin at 4:55 p.m. Eastern. The main card starts at 9 p.m. Eastern on Versus. Versus will also again produce a live pre-fight preview show and post-fight analysis show before and after the main card featuring Todd Harris, UFC light heavyweight Stephan Bonnar and MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani.
To gain access to the fights, viewers must “like” the UFC on Facebook. As of Monday evening, the UFC has more than 5.7 million fans at the site.
The “main” and “co-main” events of the Facebook prelims are featherweight bouts featuring a pair of former lightweights dropping down – both looking to snap out of disastrous three-fight losing skids.
Tyson Griffin (14-5, 7-5 UFC) returns to featherweight for the first time since the early part of his career to face Manny Gamburyan (11-5, 2-3 UFC), who fights for the first time since a knockout loss to featherweight champion Jose Aldo last November in a WEC title fight. Griffin has split decision losses to Evan Dunham and Nik Lentz in the last year, plus a quick first-round knockout loss to Takanori Gomi last August on Versus. Gamburyan fights in the UFC for the first time in two years after dropping to featherweight and sliding over to the WEC, where he went 3-0 before his loss to Aldo.
And Joe Stevenson (31-13, 8-7 UFC), the Season 2 welterweight winner of “The Ultimate Fighter,” goes for his first win since October 2009 when he takes on Javier Vazquez (15-5), who makes his UFC debut after going 2-3 in the WEC. Stevenson has dropped decisions to George Sotiropoulos and Danny Castillo, and was knocked out by Mac Danzig in December. Stevenson is 3-6 since challenging BJ Penn for the lightweight title at UFC 80 three and a half years ago, including the loss to Penn. Monday, on “The MMA Hour,” Stevenson talked about his dislike of Vazquez and why he dropped to featherweight.
The Facebook prelims stream opens with a lightweight bout between TUF 12 runner-up Michael Johnson, fighting for the first time since losing to Jonathan Brookins in December on the show’s finale, against Edward Faaloto, who makes his UFC debut after a loss in his WEC debut last November.
Nik Lentz (21-3-2, 5-0-1 UFC) tries to remain unbeaten in the UFC against submission specialist Charles Oliveira in a lightweight bout.
Rich Attonito drops from middleweight after a loss to Dave Branch in December to make his welterweight debut against Daniel Roberts, who lost to Claude Patrick at UFC 129 in April. Attonito was original scheduled to face Matt Brown, but an injury to Martin Kampmann forced him out of a fight with John Howard, and Brown moved up the card for that fight. Roberts stepped in to face Attonito.
Other bouts include a featherweight contest between Ricardo Lamas and Matt Grice, a welterweight bout between Charlie Brenneman and TJ Grant, and Joe Lauzon returns for the first time since a UFC 123 loss in November to Sotiropoulos to face England’s Curt Warburton.
The UFC began streaming preliminary fights in January with its Fight for the Troops 2 show at Fort Hood, Texas. Since then, the promotion has included free Facebook fights for each event, regardless of the main card’s platform – be it on pay-per-view, Spike or Versus.
UFC on Versus 4 takes place Sunday at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, and will be the promotion’s first event in the Pennsylvania city. The card features a main event between Nate Marquardt and Rick Story – with Marquardt making his welterweight debut and Story fighting on short notice after a win just a month prior against Thiago Alves at UFC 130. Marquardt was scheduled to face Anthony Johnson, but an injury forced Johnson off the card.
And in a pair of heavyweight bouts, kickboxing specialists Pat Barry and Cheick Kongo clash, and Matt Mitrione looks to stay unbeaten against Christian Morecraft, whose last win sent Mitrione friend and training partner Sean McCorkle packing from the UFC.
Joe “Daddy” Stevenson fans can rest easy, as although the former TUF winner has dropped three straight in the Octaogn, the UFC has announced today that he is dropping to featherweight and will fight Javier Vazquez in June. The tilt will take place at the UFC on Versus 4 card, which hasn’t officially been assigned […]
Joe “Daddy” Stevenson fans can rest easy, as although the former TUF winner has dropped three straight in the Octaogn, the UFC has announced today that he is dropping to featherweight and will fight Javier Vazquez in June. The tilt will take place at the UFC on Versus 4 card, which hasn’t officially been assigned a date as of yet.
Well, if you’re going to give a struggling fighter another go in the UFC, why not Joe right? Should be interesting to see how he looks at 145.
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