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UFC 131 is just around the corner, and the fight card is shaping up into an exciting one.The main event featuring Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin, as well as the featherweight debut of Kenny Florian facing Diego Nunes, will headline the pay-per-view…
UFC 131 is just around the corner, and the fight card is shaping up into an exciting one.
The main event featuring Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin, as well as the featherweight debut of Kenny Florian facing Diego Nunes, will headline the pay-per-view, but there are other great fights on the card as well.
With under a week remaining before the fights take place, let’s take a look at each bout in this full breakdown of the UFC 131 fight card.
At UFC 131, Junior dos Santos is set to face Shane Carwin in a heavyweight bout that will determine the No. 1 contender for the UFC heavyweight title.Cain Velasquez awaits the two fighters and is a tough test for either one of them. At the age of 26, i…
At UFC 131, Junior dos Santos is set to face Shane Carwin in a heavyweight bout that will determine the No. 1 contender for the UFC heavyweight title.
Cain Velasquez awaits the two fighters and is a tough test for either one of them. At the age of 26, is Junior dos Santos destined to overtake Velasquez or eventually take over the UFC throne?
Dos Santos has come into the UFC and picked apart each fighter he has faced with his devastating striking ability, beating the likes of Roy Nelson, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Gabriel Gonzaga and Fabricio Werdum.
The brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, dos Santos has yet to showcase his ground game and it could be his one key weakness in his game. But who knows how good he really is on the ground? Yes, we haven’t seen it yet, but it could be great for all we know. It could also be very bad.
Dos Santos, though, has made it this far with his striking, and for a heavyweight, is a very athletic fighter.
Eventually I see dos Santos as a champion, and he could be the best threat to Velasquez’s throne. If we knew what dos Santos’ ground game looked like, I could say how good of a chance he has. But, if the fight stays standing I think he has the ability to beat the likes of Velasquez.
Since we don’t know about his ground game, though, I think Velasquez could use his All-American wrestling to control dos Santos on the ground and win a decision victory, or get into full mount and ground-and-pound dos Santos.
Soon enough, the 26-year old dos Santos will be champion, and he has all the potential to become a UFC heavyweight champion. This dream for dos Santos could very well be achieved this year.
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Another Ultimate Fighter has come and gone, with the win going to team Lesnar via Tony Ferguson’s first round KO of team Dos Santos’s Ramsey Nijem.Hopefully, Ferguson, and maybe Nijem, will be able to give Georges St-Pierre some competition in the futu…
Another Ultimate Fighter has come and gone, with the win going to team Lesnar via Tony Ferguson’s first round KO of team Dos Santos’s Ramsey Nijem.
Hopefully, Ferguson, and maybe Nijem, will be able to give Georges St-Pierre some competition in the future.
Not to take from Ferguson’s moment, which was very well deserved, but it is time to look ahead. The call has already gone out for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter, which has made full use of the media hype surrounding Zuffa’s buyout of the WEC. For the next season, Bantamweights and Featherweights, or just one of the two, will duke it out for the chance of being crowned TUF 14 winner.
There are often problems with trying to hype a fight between the lower weights. Due to their natural size, many lack the power to KO an opponent, which means a bigger emphasis on wrestling and Jiu Jitsu.
That’s not a problem if they are constantly transitioning from position to position. A technical battle for control can be just as exciting as two guys standing up and trading. The problem is not many people appreciate the ground aspect of MMA.
So, how do you get around people’s conceptions?
Enter Michael Bisping and Jason “mayhem” Miller.
I will admit now, I am a huge fan of both. Bisping, for the fact that he is a fellow Brit and Miller for his never-say-die craziness that he brings to each and every one of his fights.
For a reality show, as TUF falls into, you could not have two better coaches. Bisping is an outspoken individual who knows how to hype a fight and Miller gets a fight going just by putting his name on the card.
Both have had checkered pasts over the year. Bisping recently won everyone’s hatred for giving Jorge Rivera an illegal knee prior to ending the fight via TKO in the second round. To add insult to injury, he spat at Rivera’s corner and refused any attempt at conciliation by Rivera.
Mayhem dominated headlines due to his involvement in the “Strikeforce: Nashville Brawl,” where he asked Shields for a rematch before being blindsided by the Diaz brothers, who both refused to face him afterward.
They are also both very outspoken. Bisping is eager to call out his opponent on any given occasion, whilst Miller clowns around, sure in his ability to end any fight.
All in all, Dana White has created a masterpiece compared to TUF 13. He has signed two coaches who will train their fighters well, whilst still taking part in some lighthearted/serious banter, as opposed to the “fiasco” of TUF 13 where the coaches (shock, horror) focused on training their fighters and avoiding any serious confrontations that could have hyped their now non-existent fight, due to Brock Lesnar’s most recent bout with diverticulitis.
It stands to reason that this season of TUF could imitate “TUF: UK vs USA” in terms of the coaches, with Bisping always eager to carry on the Anglo-American hostilities that exist in combat sports, leading to a finale built upon the coaches potential animosity towards each other and a meeting that could turn sour.
Congratulations to Ferguson, now bring on Bisping vs Miller!
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You can train your boxing, you can work on your wrestling, you can become a wizard at hitting submissions off your back, but the one thing that you can’t learn is the ability to land an explosive right hand and stop any fighter in the world in th…
You can train your boxing, you can work on your wrestling, you can become a wizard at hitting submissions off your back, but the one thing that you can’t learn is the ability to land an explosive right hand and stop any fighter in the world in their tracks.
There are ways to improve power, but the guys who can put anyone out by throwing one solid shot to the chin are a different breed of being. The raw power that these seven fighters have is something they’re just born with, and no matter how hard you try, it is impossible to replicate.
As the name implies, mixed martial arts has always been a sport in which fighters of various backgrounds come together to settle the debate of who truly is the best. While no specific style can be guaranteed as a guaranteed winner, we have seen aspects…
As the name implies, mixed martial arts has always been a sport in which fighters of various backgrounds come together to settle the debate of who truly is the best. While no specific style can be guaranteed as a guaranteed winner, we have seen aspects of numerous fighting styles dictate where fights happen and how they finish.
In this countdown, we will be taking a closer look at who the best of the best are in various skills used in mixed martial arts. If we were building the perfect super-fighter, these would be many of the attributes that he would possess.
So without further ado, it’s time to unveil the 15 members of my 2011 MMA All-Star team!
“Speed kills.” Ask anyone in the sports of boxing who will win between a fighter who has fast hands and someone who possesses power but lacks speed, and you will often get the former as the answer. If this will apply in the upcoming title-eliminat…
“Speed kills.” Ask anyone in the sports of boxing who will win between a fighter who has fast hands and someone who possesses power but lacks speed, and you will often get the former as the answer.
If this will apply in the upcoming title-eliminator match between former title contender Shane Carwin and upcoming superstar Junior dos Santos, then it is much likely that the Brazilian will take the victory, as he is known to be the faster fighter.
Just take a look at “Cigano’s” last six fights in the UFC, and you’ll find out how he managed to win by out-striking notable stand-up fighters known for their power: Fabricio Werdum, Stefan Struve, Mirco Flipovic, Gilbert Yvel, Gabriel Gonzaga and Roy Nelson—all of which ended with a finish except for the last one.
In dos Santos’ fight with Nelson at UFC 117, he managed to out-point the former IFL heavyweight champion who is known for his knockout power. Nelson tried to land power shots during the fight but was overwhelmed with the speed that dos Santos possesses.
Even though “Cigano” had not managed to end the fight with a finish, he had still done enough to earn a unanimous decision by turning “the Big Country” into a punching bag.
Meanwhile, Shane Carwin can brag about his own record of knockout wins over four of his last five opponents in the UFC. Nonetheless, none of those fighters possessed the same striking skills as dos Santos, with the only notable ones being Frank Mir and Gabriel Gonzaga—two fighters who are not even classified as “pure strikers.”
If Carwin’s fight against dos Santos turns out to be a boxing match, as most predict, then Carwin might be in for a long night with dos Santos.
Remember how boxing’s pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao defeated his supposed-to-be toughest test in Miguel Cotto? The Pacman used more of his speed than his power to win, making Cotto, who is known for his power-punching, quit due to the number of punches he received.
The strategy of using speed as an advantage is well-supported by Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddy Roach.
For instance, in one of his trainee’s fight, he was quoted saying, “We took a lot of the muscle out of the upper body and put it in his lower body, into his legs. If you have a guy with speed, it’s the best asset in the world, why would you take away from that and try to build him up? There’s no sense in that whatsoever. Speed kills,” when asked about the camp’s strategy in Amir Khan’s title fight against Andreas Kotelnik.
In order to win, Carwin should use more of his wrestling to gain control of the fight. He can try to test the water in the stand-up department but must be wise in choosing where the fight goes should he discover that he is in a certain disadvantageous position.
Perhaps Carwin should take a lesson or two from fellow contender Brock Lesnar on using power for wrestling rather than boxing. In my opinion, this is the only way he can gain victory from dos Santos and align himself to get another title shot.
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