MMA Fighters Comment On Chael Sonnen’s Use Of Performance Enhancing Drugs
For our latest MMA Fix video, we went down to Xtreme Couture to find out what some of the fighters training this weekend thought about Chael Sonnen’s positive test results for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs).
Gil Guardado made a good point by saying that Sonnen, ”…wanted to paint Anderson […]
For our latest MMA Fix video, we went down to Xtreme Couture to find out what some of the fighters training this weekend thought about Chael Sonnen’s positive test results for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs).
Gil Guardado made a good point by saying that Sonnen, ”…wanted to paint Anderson Silva as a fake…then he gets popped for PEDs.”
But listening to the opinions of all the fighters on Sonnen, Mike Pyle seemed to sum it up: ”It’s not surprising, but it is surprising.”
For the most part, favorites ruled the day at UFC 119.
In the headliner, all of the money movement the week leading up to the fight was on Frank Mir. Shaking of two lack luster rounds, Mir caught Mirko “Cro Crop” Filipovic with a knee and then knockout with :58 seconds remaining in the fight. We […]
For the most part, favorites ruled the day at UFC 119.
In the headliner, all of the money movement the week leading up to the fight was on Frank Mir. Shaking of two lack luster rounds, Mir caught Mirko “Cro Crop” Filipovic with a knee and then knockout with :58 seconds remaining in the fight. We liked Mir at -220, and still liked him even as the line climbed as high as -280. But, we’ll admit, this one was closer than we thought it’d be.
The co-headliner had undefeated Ryan Bader winning a decision against Antonio Rogerio Nogueiravia decision (30-27). Similarly, the money movement on this fight was on Bader, as most lines shifted from -160 to -175/-180 by the opening bell.
Oddsmakers had Matt Serra vs. Chris Lytle pretty evenly matched, and rightfully so, as this one was determined via decision as well, with Lytle avenging his 2006 loss (30-27 on judges scorecards).
The one dog who pulled through did so on a controversial decision. Previously unbeaten Evan Dunham was listed as a -240 favorite pre-fight. While many (including the crowd) felt like Dunham won the second and third rounds, Sean Sherk pulled through with a 29-28 victory on two of the judge’s scorecards.
Look for a slew of new MMA Fix videos in the coming two days and UFC 120 early lines early this week.
A heavyweight bout between Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva (14-2) and Valentijn Overeem (28-25) may be on tap for the upcoming Dec. 4 Strikeforce card.
Alistair Overeem, younger brother to Valentijn, posted this notice on Twitter on Friday.
My brother Valentijn is fighting Antonio Silva on 4 december for his Strikeforce debut! Great news!
Despite the news from Alistair, Silva’s […]
A heavyweight bout between Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva (14-2) and Valentijn Overeem (28-25) may be on tap for the upcoming Dec. 4 Strikeforce card.
Alistair Overeem, younger brother to Valentijn, posted this notice on Twitter on Friday.
My brother Valentijn is fighting Antonio Silva on 4 december for his Strikeforce debut! Great news!
Despite the news from Alistair, Silva’s manager Alex Davis has stated that no offer has been made to fight Valentijn on Dec. 4th.
“Antonio isn’t in the business of picking opponents,” Davis said to MMAjunkie.com. “He’ll fight anybody, anywhere, anytime. Just send the contract, and he’s in. If Strikeforce wants us to face Valentijn, then that’s who we’ll fight. Antonio is anxious to get back in action, and he’ll fight regardless of who is on the other side of the cage.”
Silva is coming off a unanimous decision win over Andrei Arlovski at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery last May, erasing a loss to Fabricio Werdum last November. “Bigfoot” had won six straight matches, including the EliteXC heavyweight title, a bout in which he tested positive for steroid use and was suspended for a year by the California State Athletic Commission.
Overeem has fought for many organizations over his career including Rings, PRIDE, Sengoku, and K-1 most recently. The Dutch fighter has won two straight, both KO wins in the first round, against opponents C?t?lin Zm?r?ndescu and Tengiz Tedoradze this year. The career of Valentijn has had it’s ups and downs going at one point from 2001 to 2003, 2-10. Most recently his record is 4-2 preceding a four fight losing skid.
All twenty-two competitors for Saturday night’s “UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop” made weight for their respective bouts on Friday afternoon.
The weigh-ins took place in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Conseco Fieldhouse which hosts Saturday’s show.
Headlining the event is a heavyweight title between Frank Mir (252) and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovi? (227). The former UFC […]
All twenty-two competitors for Saturday night’s “UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop” made weight for their respective bouts on Friday afternoon.
The weigh-ins took place in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Conseco Fieldhouse which hosts Saturday’s show.
Headlining the event is a heavyweight title between Frank Mir (252) and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovi? (227). The former UFC heavyweight champ, Mir, weighed in at 25 pounds over his opponents weight for their bout.
The full weigh-in results for UFC 119 are as follows:
Main card
Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir (252) vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovi? (227)
Light Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rogério Nogueira (205) vs. Ryan Bader (205)
Welterweight bout: Matt Serra (170) vs. Chris Lytle (171)
Lightweight bout: Sean Sherk (155) vs. Evan Dunham (156)
Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard (155) vs. Jeremy Stephens (155)
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Middleweight bout: C.B. Dollaway (186) vs. Joe Doerksen (186)
Heavyweight bout: Matt Mitrione (253) vs. Joey Beltran (239)
Preliminary card
Lightweight bout: Thiago Tavares (155)vs. Pat Audinwood (156)
Lightweight bout: Steve Lopez (156) vs. Waylon Lowe (154)
Welterweight bout: TJ Grant (170) vs. Julio Paulino (170)
Heavyweight bout: Mark Hunt (265) vs. Sean McCorkle (263)
World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight champion Ben Henderson (12-1) will defend his title on Dec. 16 against Anthony Pettis (12-1). The news was confirmed on Thursday by MMAWeekly.com with sources close to the fight.
Henderson has won eleven straight bouts, including five in the WEC. The lightweight champ successfully defended his united title against Donald […]
World Extreme Cagefighting lightweight champion Ben Henderson (12-1) will defend his title on Dec. 16 against Anthony Pettis (12-1). The news was confirmed on Thursday by MMAWeekly.com with sources close to the fight.
Henderson has won eleven straight bouts, including five in the WEC. The lightweight champ successfully defended his united title against Donald Cerrone at WEC 48 by earning a submission (guillotine choke) in the first round. Henderson defeated Cerrone at WEC 43 to earn the WEC interim title.
Pettis, who sports the same record as Henderson, has won three straight and is 4-1 in the WEC. He defeated Shane Roller at WEC 50 in his last fight with a triangle choke submission, which earned Pettis the “Submission of the Night” award. Pettis has appeared in three bouts in 2010 defeating Roller, Alex Karalexis at WEC 48, and Danny Castillo at WEC 47.
The two are expected to headline the as yet to be announced WEC 53, which goes down on Dec. 16 at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Chael Sonnen was scheduled to appear on MMA Live tonight to discuss his positive drug test, but decided to bail.
The appearance would’ve been Sonnen’s first to come clean on if he was using performance enhancers or not during his fight with Anderson Silva. But Sonnen decided the time wasn’t right yet.
MMA Live host Jon Anik […]
Chael Sonnen was scheduled to appear on MMA Live tonight to discuss his positive drug test, but decided to bail.
The appearance would’ve been Sonnen’s first to come clean on if he was using performance enhancers or not during his fight with Anderson Silva. But Sonnen decided the time wasn’t right yet.
MMA Live host Jon Anik told MMAJunkie Radio:
“I regret to inform you that Chael Sonnen will actually not be on the show tonight…Unable to join us. I hate to have to tell you guys that.”
Lame. Josh Gross from SI.com came on instead. Gross said that he’s heard Sonnen tested positive for testosterone and that it basically isn’t looking good.
Chael Sonnen was scheduled to appear on MMA Live tonight to discuss his positive drug test, but decided to bail.