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The part of the conversation where Penn talks about current UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar starts around the 6 minute mark. UFC 118 will feature Penn attempting to retake the title that many thought he had a complete chokehold on for a long time to come. Edgar may be the champ, but he […]
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The part of the conversation where Penn talks about current UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar starts around the 6 minute mark. UFC 118 will feature Penn attempting to retake the title that many thought he had a complete chokehold on for a long time to come. Edgar may be the champ, but he will be the underdog in many MMA fans and insiders eyes.
This video was shot before Machida learned that he would be facing Quinton Jackson, but it seems that he was more than hopeful to face the former light heavyweight champion. Props to Sherdog.
This video was shot before Machida learned that he would be facing Quinton Jackson, but it seems that he was more than hopeful to face the former light heavyweight champion. Props to Sherdog.
MMA legend Bas Rutten has scored a gig as a host of the upcoming “Ultimate Women Challenge” which basically sounds like TUF but with women. What’s interesting is that the show will air on NBC, though there’s no scheduled time or date.
Here’s the info, as per the show’s website:
The Ultimate Women Challenge on […]
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MMA legend Bas Rutten has scored a gig as a host of the upcoming “Ultimate Women Challenge” which basically sounds like TUF but with women. What’s interesting is that the show will air on NBC, though there’s no scheduled time or date.
Here’s the info, as per the show’s website:
The Ultimate Women Challenge on NBC marks the ascent of the “fairer sex” in this emerging world of sport. In a reality elimination show format hosted by actress & model Joanna Krupa (“Dancing with the Stars”) and former MMA Heavyweight Champion Bas Rutten, sixteen women will be given the chance to take off their make-up and put on their gloves in a historic competition. These contestants will leave the security of their homes to board planes bound for an undisclosed location, and compete against the best and brightest the sport has to offer.
Their coaches will be top ranked and world-renowned fighters themselves who know what it takes to make it in the hard-hitting world of MMA. They will settle for nothing less than perfection as they train their fighters to compete against each other and go for the glory. But, along the way, each episode of the series will feature entertaining and informative challenges that organically fuse elements of MMA with educational take-away information all for the benefit of charity. Through these challenges and a fly-on-the-wall perspective of the contestants as they go about their daily lives together, favorites will emerge because of their heart and spirit, their hard work & respect for the sport, and their touching personal stories. When the final bell rings, viewers will have plenty to root for as all of the women of Ultimate Women Challenge live together, train together, and compete together for the ultimate prize – a chance to reign supreme and take home the title of Ultimate Women Challenge Champion
SAN JOSE, Calif. (July 22, 2010) – Four women, three fights, one night!
With a world title shot on the line, STRIKEFORCE Women’s welterweight prospects Miesha “Takedown” Tate, Carina “Beauty But The Beast” Damm, Hitomi “Girlfight Monster” Akano and Maiju Kujala will compete in the first-ever STRIKEFORCE Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) women’s single-elimination tournament at STRIKEFORCE […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. (July 22, 2010) – Four women, three fights, one night!
With a world title shot on the line, STRIKEFORCE Women’s welterweight prospects Miesha “Takedown” Tate, Carina “Beauty But The Beast” Damm, Hitomi “Girlfight Monster” Akano and Maiju Kujala will compete in the first-ever STRIKEFORCE Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) women’s single-elimination tournament at STRIKEFORCE Challengers on Friday, Aug. 13, from Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Ariz., live on SHOWTIME®.
The draw to determine the semi-final matchups for the two-round tournament will take place at the Official Weigh-In on Thursday, Aug. 12. A complete list of tournament rules will be provided in the coming days.
The SHOWTIME telecast (live at 11p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) will begin with the two semi-final bouts. The winners of each bout will compete in the tournament final later that night, just before the main event matchup of Joe Riggs vs. Louis Taylor. Each of the three tournament fights are scheduled for three, 3-minute rounds.
“We are going to fast-track these four talented prospects in a quest to determine the best in this deep women’s division,” STRIKEFORCE CEO Scott Coker said. “Having all four women square off on one night with the chance to separate themselves from the pack is what STRIKEFORCE Challengers is all about.”
The tournament winner will become the official No. 2 contender in the competitive STRIKEFORCE women’s welterweight division. This Friday, July 23, live on SHOWTIME (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), current world champion Sarah Kaufman will risk her 135-pound crown against top-ranked challenger Roxanne Modafferi. The winner of that title fight will face Marloes Coenen next. The tournament winner will be the next in line.
“Marloes has made the move down to welterweight and she will get the next title fight,” Coker said. “She has proven that she belongs in the cage with our champion. So, after the tournament, we’ll have another legitimate contender to challenge for the title.
“We will have some terrific women’s matchups at 135 pounds in the next several months. It all starts this Friday with Kaufman and Modafferi, which is an excellent fight.”
The 23-year-old, 5-foot-7 Tate (9-2), of Olympia, Wash., is known for her superior skills, athleticism and determination. She notched her eighth professional victory on March 26, 2010, by submitting previously unbeaten Zoila “The Warrior Princess” Frausto with a textbook armbar in the second round (4:09) of a hard-fought bout during a STRIKEFORCE Challengers event on SHOWTIME at Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif.
As a teenager, Tate joined her high school boys’ wrestling team in order to compete in a fast-paced, aggressive sport. She was introduced to MMA by a friend in college and, soon thereafter, her desire to challenge herself led to the birth of a professional career.
Recently, Tate began using her MMA skills for a noble cause – rape prevention. Last month, she began production on a DVD in which she and MMA legend Frank Shamrock thoroughly demonstrate MMA techniques that can be used by women to effectively defend themselves against attackers.
Damm (15-3), a 31-year-old resident of Brazil and sister of STRIKEFORCE veteran Rodrigo Damm, has been dubbed “Barbie Girl” by the Brazilian media because of her striking appearance. While competing in Japan in 2006, the 5-foot-4 Damm gained widespread public notoriety and was featured in a clothed pictorial for the Japanese edition of Playboy magazine.
A student of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since the age of 15 and a professional mixed martial artist since 2004, Damm enters the tournament on a stellar 10-fight win streak. Her last victory, a first-round TKO (punches) over Aline Serio, came last Feb. 27 in Brazil. The Aug. 13 tournament will mark Damm’s third start in The United States. On April 3, 2008, she submitted (armbar) Sophie Bagherdai in the second round (1:52) in Los Angeles. One month later, she crushed Lashonda Knox with a knee strike in just 11 seconds in Racine, Wisc.
Akano, a 35-year-old who fights out of Tokyo, Japan, is a former champion of the Japanese women’s promotion Smackgirl and is an expert in submission holds. Fifteen of her 22 career victories have come by way of submission.
In her professional MMA debut in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2004, the 5-foot-4 Akano lost a unanimous decision to Megumi Yabushita, but bounced back and reeled off seven straight wins, the last of which was a unanimous decision over American star Debi Purcell in Smackgirl on Feb. 15, 2006.
On April 11, 2009, Akano made her STRIKEFORCE debut when she moved up in weight to challenge the No. 1 female fighter in the world, Cris Cyborg. Despite giving up size to the naturally bigger 5-foot-7, 145-pound Cyborg, Akano fought valiantly and took the hard-hitting Brazilian into the third and final round before being stopped via strikes.
Three months after the loss to Cyborg, Akano rebounded and forced Miki Morifuji to tap out from an armbar in the second round (4:17) in Tokyo.
A woman of many talents, Akano is known for using “Between the Sky,” a song she wrote, as her entrance music.
Kujala (4-1), a native of Imatra, Finland, has already been victorious in tournament competition, winning a single-elimination tournament in The Netherlands on March 27. In the semifinal round of the event, Kujala submitted Akvile Vitkauskaite with a rear-naked choke in the second stanza (4:12) and, in the championship bout, she earned a unanimous decision over Titiana van Polanen after 10 minutes of battle.
Kujala brings a three-fight winning streak to the STRIKEFORCE Challengers cage. Her sole loss came to Aisling Daly via unanimous decision on Nov. 7, 2009.
Tickets for the STRIKEFORCE Challengers event are on sale at the Dodge Theatre Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at (800) 745-3000, and online at www.livenation.com and www.STRIKEFORCE.com.
In the main event, Phoenix native and MMA star Joe “Diesel” Riggs (32-12) will square off with knockout artist Louis Taylor (6-1) at a catch weight of 182 pounds.
A former super heavyweight who once competed at over 300 pounds, the 27-year-old Riggs is now a dangerous threat in multiple STRIKEFORCE divisions. He holds the rare distinction of having competed at heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight and welterweight during the course of an eight-year career.
Taylor, of Chicago, has rattled off two consecutive knockout wins since the STRIKEFORCE and M-1 GLOBAL: Fedor vs. Rogers event in Chicago, Ill. on Nov. 7, 2009. The 5-foot-11 Taylor has scored knockouts in four of his six victories and has only gone to the judges’ scorecards once in his pro career.
Dodge Theatre doors will open at 5:15 p.m. MT for the STRIKEFORCE Challengers event. The first preliminary bout will begin at 6 p.m. and the first main card bout will begin at 8 p.m.
The SHOWTIME telecast will begin at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.)
STRIKEFORCE Challengers, where tomorrow’s champions are born, is a proving ground for up-and-coming MMA fighters. The series is designed to provide today’s top prospects with the opportunity to step-up their level of competition and demonstrate their ability in a nationally televised event.
About STRIKEFORCE
STRIKEFORCE (www.strikeforce.com) is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which, on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its “Shamrock vs. Gracie” event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California state history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion Frank Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San Jose’s HP Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995, STRIKEFORCE, sanctioned by ISKA, has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming for ESPN and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts (MMA) series with “Shamrock vs. Gracie.” In May 2008, West Coast Productions, the parent company of STRIKEFORCE, partnered with Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), an entity created in 2000 to oversee all business operation aspects of the San Jose Sharks and HP Pavilion at San Jose. In March 2009, STRIKEFORCE signed a multi-year agreement with SHOWTIME® to stage live events on the premium cable television network. The promotion has since also produced two live, primetime events on the CBS Television Network.
UFC 121 is shaping up to be a great card, with Gabriel Gonzaga set to take on former TUF competitor Brendan Schaub on October 23 from Anaheim California.
Gonzaga is looking to come back from a first round loss to Junior Dos Santos at UFC on Versus 1, and the versitile heavyweight is an […]
UFC 121 is shaping up to be a great card, with Gabriel Gonzaga set to take on former TUF competitor Brendan Schaub on October 23 from Anaheim California.
Gonzaga is looking to come back from a first round loss to Junior Dos Santos at UFC on Versus 1, and the versitile heavyweight is an excellent jiu-jitsu competitor as well as having a strong striking game. His chin, however, is quite suspect with his last four loses coming via TKO or KO. At one time thought to be a serious threat for the heavyweight title, Gonzaga needs a win to keep any chance of moving forward alive.
Schaub looked to be a sure thing for TUF 10 but he lost the title of The Ultimate Fighter to Roy Nelson but has rebounded nicely. KO victories over Chase Gormley and Chris Tuchscherer have certainly helped Schaub’s confidence, and a win over Gonzaga would go a long way towards giving him a shot at someone higher up the rungs.
UFC 121 will feature Brock Lesnar taking on Cain Velasquez, as well as Jake Shields entering the Octagon for the first time when he takes on Martin Kampmann. Also on the card will be Tito Ortiz, who will return from back surgery to face popular fighter Matt Hamill. Wow this card is shaping up nicely, and should be a PPV powerhouse.
Tito Ortiz will return to action against Matt Hamill at UFC 121, according to MMAfighting.com. UFC 121 will take place on October 23 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California and will mark the return of Ortiz who last fought at UFC 106 as part of the main event of the night when he […]
Tito Ortiz will return to action against Matt Hamill at UFC 121, according to MMAfighting.com. UFC 121 will take place on October 23 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California and will mark the return of Ortiz who last fought at UFC 106 as part of the main event of the night when he took on and lost to Forrest Griffin.
Ortiz hasn’t looked good at all, having struggled to compete at a high level and not having won a bout since 2006(and that was against Ken Shamrock) but has gone on the record to say that injuries to his back have been the culprit, not a decrease in skill set. Ortiz is still a strong draw, however, and fighting against Matt Hamill will certainly get many fans watching, both live and PPV.
Hamill is riding a four fight win streak, with his last loss coming to Rich “Ace Franklin” at UFC 88, though everyone including Hamill himself, realises that his disqualification win over Jon Jones was pretty hollow as he was thoroughly getting his butt whipped. Hamill last fought against Keith Jardine and won the fight, prompting the UFC to cut Jardine from the roster. With a win over Ortiz, he could make it two for two as Ortiz clearly is a “name” but with no wins in so long one has to wonder how many more chances he’ll get.
UFC 121 will feature heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar taking on number one contender Cain Velasquez and will also mark the introduction of Jake Shields to the promotion when he takes on Martin Kampmann.