Elliot Worsell, UFC – Mild-mannered and malevolent, Akihiro Gono is the kind of fighter who’ll beat you down and then haul you back up and apologise. Before all that, he’ll strut to the ring with a jig, a smile and a fancy wig. Throw in some wacky Japanese music, a homage to native musician DJ OZMA, and you have, in a nutshell, the Akihiro Gono experience.
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Beatdown: Georges St. Pierre
UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre (Pictures) joined TJ De Santis and Jordan Breen Monday afternoon on the Sherdog Radio Network.
GSP broke down his dominating victory over American Kickboxing Academy star Jon Fitch (Pictures) and discussed his future in the Octagon
Source:Beatdown: Georges St. Pierre
Martin Kampmann: Engineering a run up the middleweight ladder
Elliot Worsell, UFC – A world-class fighter is never born a world-class fighter. The nature and nurture debate can be saved for a rainy day but, on the whole, a fighter is usually a combination of the two. The desire to fight is often planted from an early age and the ability to fight is often learned at a later stage.
Source:Martin Kampmann: Engineering a run up the middleweight ladder
Hamman Exacts ShoXC Revenge
Jared Hamman (Pictures) needed less than one full round to avenge the only loss of his career — a disputed 15-second stoppage at the hands of Poai Suganuma
Source:Hamman Exacts ShoXC Revenge
Maia, Kongo Score Victories
MINNEAPOLIS — A back-and-forth battle for mat supremacy between middleweights Demian Maia (Pictures) and Jason MacDonald (Pictures) highlighted an undercard of action emanating
Source:Maia, Kongo Score Victories
Nate Marquardt: No stone unturned, no move unlearned
Elliot Worsell, UFC – There are 10 seconds left to go. Nate Marquardt has worked his way to an irreversible points deficit after two deductions for inadvertent fouls. He’s running out of options, ideas and alternatives. He’s about to lose a fight he feels he’s winning. The fortunate, albeit hurting, Thales Leites yanks for a single leg takedown…