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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — MMA Fighting spoke to light heavyweight Krzysztof Soszynski on Wednesday about having to prepare for his third opponent at UFC 131, fighting Mike Massenzio, his recent injuries and the return of NHL hockey to his home province of Manitoba.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — MMA Fighting spoke to light heavyweight Krzysztof Soszynski on Wednesday about having to prepare for his third opponent at UFC 131, fighting Mike Massenzio, his recent injuries and the return of NHL hockey to his home province of Manitoba.
Dana White has many refrains and catch phrases. At this point, fans might as well tag “business as usual” on to the UFC’s recent partnership with Facebook. White has said repeatedly he believes the future of television is on the Internet, and he seems …
Dana White has many refrains and catch phrases. At this point, fans might as well tag “business as usual” on to the UFC’s recent partnership with Facebook. White has said repeatedly he believes the future of television is on the Internet, and he seems intent on proving that.
Once again Saturday, the UFC will stream fights from its preliminary card on its Facebook fan page, allowing fans to see for free bouts that six months ago, they would have had to pay for the next day at UFC.com or wait to see when the DVD was released.
UFC 131: dos Santos vs. Carwin, from the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, will feature five fights on Facebook. Those bouts will lead into a pair of prelims televised live on Spike TV, which in turn leads into the pay-per-view card. The UFC’s event page for Saturday’s card listed the details on Tuesday.
This will be the 10th consecutive event the UFC will have utilized the popular social networking site to air bouts that previously would have been unaired. And for the fourth straight event, fans can now see each fight on the card if they watch the Facebook stream, Spike-televised prelims and the pay-per-view.
The Facebook stream will open with a featherweight bout between Darren Elkins and Michihiro Omigawa, Elkins’ debut at the new weight class after dropping down from lightweight. Joey Beltran, fighting for the first time since a loss to Pat Barry at the UFC’s Fight for the Troops 2 show in January, faces Aaron Rosa in a heavyweight bout. Rosa makes his UFC debut, filling in for Dave Herman, who will fight Jon Olav Einemo – who was scheduled to face Shane Carwin, who got moved up to fight Junior dos Santos when Brock Lesnar went on the shelf. Dustin Poirier meets promotional newcomer Jason Young in a featherweight bout, Nick Ring meets newcomer James Head at middleweight, and likely capping off the Facebook portion of the prelims, Krzysztof Soszynski takes on Mike Massenzio in a light heavyweight contest. Massenzio stepped in just this week for an injured Igor Pokrajac.
To gain access to the fights, which will begin at 5:50 p.m. Eastern, viewers must “like” the UFC on Facebook. As of Tuesday afternoon morning, the UFC has more than 5.6 million fans at the site.
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 the Versus cable station. For the historic UFC 129 card in Toronto in April, five prelims were aired on Facebook, followed by a pair on Spike leading into the pay-per-view – meaning for the first time, fans were guaranteed the opportunity to see each fight on the card. That continued for UFC 130 with three Facebook prelims, a pair of Spike prelims and a five-bout main card pay-per-view, and Saturday’s TUF 13 Finale.
The main card for UFC 131 features a main event heavyweight contenders fight between dos Santos and Carwin. The winner is expected to face champion Cain Velasquez for the heavyweight title, perhaps at UFC 136 on Oct. 8 in Houston. The main card features three fighters making their UFC debuts. Brazilian Vagner Rocha takes on Donald Cerrone, and heavyweights Olav Einemo and Herman both also debut.
(Pokrajac chokes out James Irvin at UFC on Versus 2, but contracts the Sandman Curse in the process. Props: Francis Specker)
UFC 131 was never going to be remembered as the most stacked event of the year, but it did have a lot of crowd-pleasing names on it. Then, Brock Lesnar fell ill with a flare-up of diverticulitis, TUF 11 winner Court McGee tweaked his knee in training, and Mac Danzig’s chest injury snubbed out a compelling bang-up with Donald Cerrone. Throw in injury withdrawals from supporting players Anthony Perosh and Rani Yahya, and you’re left with a ghost-ship of a card that’s making Joe Silva work double-shifts.
Now, just days before the third UFC event in three weeks, the card continues to lose bodies. Due to an undisclosed injury*, Croatian light-heavyweight Igor Pokrajac has been forced to withdraw from his fight against Krzysztof Soszynski, and will be replaced on short notice by Mike Massenzio. (Pokrajac was already an injury replacement for Anthony Perosh, which means that this UFC 131 injury curse has affected K-Sos as much as anybody.)
(Pokrajac chokes out James Irvin at UFC on Versus 2, but contracts the Sandman Curse in the process. Props: Francis Specker)
UFC 131 was never going to be remembered as the most stacked event of the year, but it did have a lot of crowd-pleasing names on it. Then, Brock Lesnar fell ill with a flare-up of diverticulitis, TUF 11 winner Court McGee tweaked his knee in training, and Mac Danzig’s chest injury snubbed out a compelling bang-up with Donald Cerrone. Throw in injury withdrawals from supporting players Anthony Perosh and Rani Yahya, and you’re left with a ghost-ship of a card that’s making Joe Silva work double-shifts.
Now, just days before the third UFC event in three weeks, the card continues to lose bodies. Due to an undisclosed injury*, Croatian light-heavyweight Igor Pokrajac has been forced to withdraw from his fight against Krzysztof Soszynski, and will be replaced on short notice by Mike Massenzio. (Pokrajac was already an injury replacement for Anthony Perosh, which means that this UFC 131 injury curse has affected K-Sos as much as anybody.)
Best known as a middleweight, Massenzio was released by the UFC last year following consecutive stoppage losses to CB Dollaway and Brian Stann. He last competed on April 29th, scoring a 2nd round TKO over Nate Kittredge at a Combat Zone MMA event in New Hampshire.
In related news, a training injury has forced welterweight contender Martin Kampmann out of his scheduled bout against John Howard at UFC on Versus 4 (June 26th, Pittsburgh). Replacing him will be TUF 7 vet Matt Brown, who was slated to face Rich Attonito on the same card; Daniel Roberts will now come in to face Attonito. It’s a do-or-die fight for Brown, who has lost his last three fights — all by second-round submission.
* It’s nice to see that Sherdog has become as lazy as CagePotato, referring to Soszynski as ‘K-Sos‘. Add it to the list of phrases that we’ve popularized and then run into the ground.
Previously: The 10 Most Cursed MMA Events of All Time
Filed under: UFC, NewsMike Massenzio has agreed to step in on less than one week’s notice against Krzysztof Soszynski at UFC 131, officials announced late Monday night.
The opportunity presented itself for Massenzio, who was released from the organ…
Mike Massenzio has agreed to step in on less than one week’s notice against Krzysztof Soszynski at UFC 131, officials announced late Monday night.
The opportunity presented itself for Massenzio, who was released from the organization in August after losing his second fight in a row, after Igor Pokrajac was withdrew from his fight against Soszynski due to an undisclosed injury.
This marks the third opponent Soszynski has been forced to prepare for, as he was originally scheduled to meet Anthony Perosh before an injury sidelined the Australian.
Massenzio, who usually fights at middleweight, has agreed to meet Soszynski at light heavyweight. The New Jersey-native is 1-0 since leaving the UFC.
Soszynski (25-11-1) is 2-2 in his last four fights.
UFC 131, headlined by Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin, airs live on pay-per-view this Saturday night from Vancouver’s Rogers Arena.
Filed under: UFCLet’s face it, UFC on Versus 2 is not the most star-studded fight card the UFC has ever rolled out, even on cable TV. You’ve got also-rans taking on almost-weres, and has-beens facing off against probably-won’t-ever-bes.
That means se…
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Let’s face it, UFC on Versus 2 is not the most star-studded fight card the UFC has ever rolled out, even on cable TV. You’ve got also-rans taking on almost-weres, and has-beens facing off against probably-won’t-ever-bes.
That means several men will most likely be fighting for their jobs on Sunday night, and the Cut List is here to tell you who they are and what their chances for continued employment look like. Let’s start from the televised portion of the card and work our way down:
Filed under: UFCIn one form or another, Brian Stann has always been fighting.
Those who compete in mixed martial arts, like the UFC’s Stann, often talk about the rigors of training and the other level a fighter’s mind and body have to climb to in ord…
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In one form or another, Brian Stann has always been fighting.
Those who compete in mixed martial arts, like the UFC’s Stann, often talk about the rigors of training and the other level a fighter’s mind and body have to climb to in order to be successful in the sport. For Stann, stepping inside the cage, as he’ll do Sunday against Mike Massenzio in San Diego, is a walk in the park compared to what he’s been through.
As a platoon leader in the Marine Corps in 2005, Stann’s unit came under heavy attack during Operation Matador in Iraq. For six days, Stann led his team of 42 Marines through counterattacks in the ambush. All 42 survived, and Stann’s leadership earned him the Silver Star, accolades from President George W. Bush, television appearances on MTV and the History Channel, high-level stories in major newspapers and magazines – even book offers.