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Montreal to Host GSP vs. Josh Koscheck II

Heading into his first bout with Georges St. Pierre, Josh Koscheck likely wasn’t most Canadian’s ‘favori’ fighter to begin with, but after his post UFC 113 interview / antics (you may recall him declaring that the asses of both the Montreal Canadiens and GSP were going to get kicked), we’re thinking Kos might not be the […]

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Heading into his first bout with Georges St. Pierre, Josh Koscheck likely wasn’t most Canadian’s ‘favori’ fighter to begin with, but after his post UFC 113 interview / antics (you may recall him declaring that the asses of both the Montreal Canadiens and GSP were going to get kicked), we’re thinking Kos might not be the right guy to give you a tour of the historic city.

Well, word has come today from MMA Fighting, that the rematch between GSP and Koscheck will in fact go down in Montreal, on December 11^th. Dana White reportedly confirmed the fight date and location to the outlet, and in a follow up report from MMA Junkie, they too have verified that the fight will take place in St. Pierre’s hometown.

While Koscheck may or may not be looking forward to returning to a city where likely 90% of the people hate his guts (Kos does seem to revel in pissing others off), this news absolutely guarantees a packed Bell Centre / house come December 11^th.Throw in the fact that each dude is coaching in the upcoming season of “The Ultimate Fighter” and you’ve got yourself some serious hype. Oh yeah, if the NHL isn’t part of your regular sport’s diet, the Penguins ended up being eliminated by the Habs…How many signs do you think will be pointing that lil nugget out at UFC 124? If GSP in fact loses that night though…wow.

Dana White Heaps Praise on Frankie Edgar

Frankie Edgar might as well had walked out to the Octagon last night with a Rodney Dangerfield bit playing, as despite being the UFC Lightweight Champion, it wasn’t like the guy was receiving a ton of respect heading into his rematch with BJ Penn. Of course, Penn has long been widely regarded as the world’s […]

Frankie Edgar might as well had walked out to the Octagon last night with a Rodney Dangerfield bit playing, as despite being the UFC Lightweight Champion, it wasn’t like the guy was receiving a ton of respect heading into his rematch with BJ Penn. Of course, Penn has long been widely regarded as the world’s best lightweight, as well as one of the sport’s best P4P fighters, so something must have been wrong with him in their first meeting right? Wrong.

Now it wasn’t like Edgar beat the holy living hell out of Penn last night in Boston, but it was a pretty damn convincing win, as the Jersey fighter once again outscored the Hawaiian on his feet and threw in a couple of takedowns for good measure. Speaking afterwards at the post-fight presser, Dana White took the opportunity to heap praise on the promotion’s lightweight champ, saying (thanks to MMA Bay for the quote):

“This kid just beat the s— out of BJ Penn for five rounds. Dominated him in every facet of the fight: on the ground, on top, on bottom, stand-up, everything. The kid’s got a heart as big as this room. He comes from wrestling, but his boxing is unbelievable, his jiu-jitsu was great tonight, his wrestling was sick. He picked BJ up and power slammed him. I guarantee you BJ Penn is banged up right now.”

You don’t have to sell this on us Dana; Frankie’s got our complete and total respect. Now it just remains to be seen whether or not Joe and Jane ’UFC’s kind of cool’ embrace the new champ, or get pumped for his first bout with Gray Maynard.

Jason “Mayhem” Miller Vs. Sakuraba Set For DREAM 16.

Jason “Mayhem” Miller will face mixed martial arts legend Kazushi Sakuraba as part of DREAM.16 on September 25 from Nippon Gaishi Hall, Nagoya Japan and you have to think that Miller is thrilled. Sakuraba has been someone that Miller has wanted to face for some time, and now he’ll get his chance.
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Also announced is the addition of Joe Warren who will face Michihiro Omigawa, and who is also still scheduled to fight Joe Soto on September 2nd as part of Bellator 27. The main event bout will feature a light heavyweight title matchup between Gegard Mousasi vs. Tatsuya Mizuno and we’ll update this story as news comes out.

James Toney Estimated To Make $750,000 To $1 Million On Saturday.

According to Yahoo Sports’s Dan Wetzel, former boxing champion James Toney is expected to make between $750,000 and $1 million for his efforts tonight at UFC 118 when he takes on UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture. Wow. That’s crazy money for a man who’s never fought MMA before, but boxers do command […]

The UFC, led by former boxer-turned-promoter Dana White, has flourished. “MMA is the king of the [expletive] right now,” Toney said, which is another reason he’s here. He’ll make an estimated $750,000 to $1 million Saturday. In boxing, “I can’t get no fights.”

Seems like he’s getting way more than many, many established UFC fighters. What are your thoughts? Is it fair?

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua Likely Out Until Middle Of 2011.

Fans of UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua were hoping for a quick recovery from his most recent knee injury but it looks like it’s going to be at least the middle of spring before we see him return. Dana White spoke on ESPN’s Sports Center and said that while they were looking at spring or early summer that the surgery was different than the other two previous surgeries in that Shogun had this one done in the United States by the “best doctor in the country.”

After a horrendous start in the UFC, losing to Forrest Griffin, Rua proved himself king of the light heavyweight heap with a convincing KO victory over previously undefeated Lyoto Machida. Look for Rua’s first fight to still be against Rashad Evans, though the UFC may pull Evans into active action sooner.

GSP Doesn’t Do Strength And Conditioning Training.

If it didn’t come from UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre’s own mouth, most MMA fans wouldn’t believe that the takedown king doesn’t do any strength and conditioning but its true. Fighters Only recently talked to the champ:
I don’t do strength and conditioning. The reason I lift weights is to make me […]

I don’t do strength and conditioning. The reason I lift weights is to make me more marketable, to make my shape more symmetric. I don’t life weights to have an effect on my performance, I don’t believe in it.

I believe sometimes you can do some exercises that help the nervous system. Like Olympic lifting, it makes you more explosive. Olympic lifters are the most explosive athletes in the world. Also gymnastics, I like gymnastics, I think it makes me more athletic.

GSP is certainly going against the mold with his training, but you can’t deny the results as his 21-2 record clearly shows. St. Pierre is currently riding a seven fight win streak which he’ll look to improve on when he rematches Josh Koscheck at the end of the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter.