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Chan Sung Jung Wins Submission of the Night with “Twister”

Okay, so granted, the feature attractions for last night’s UFC Fight Night card in Seattle probably didn’t wear out the edges of many seats, as both Phil Davis and Anthony Johnson utilized their wrestling to score conservative wins over “Minotoro” Nogueira and Dan Hardy respectively. Not exactly thrilling stuff, but hey, sometimes ya gotta do […]

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Okay, so granted, the feature attractions for last night’s UFC Fight Night card in Seattle probably didn’t wear out the edges of many seats, as both Phil Davis and Anthony Johnson utilized their wrestling to score conservative wins over “Minotoro” Nogueira and Dan Hardy respectively. Not exactly thrilling stuff, but hey, sometimes ya gotta do whatcha gotta do.

Thankfully the undercard had several ‘holy eff’ moments, including, yup, Chan Sung Jung’s freakin awesome submission win over Leonard Garcia, which came via a “Twister.” How bad ass was that? Of course, “The Korean Zombie” won Submission of the Night and an extra 55 large for utilizing the rarely seen technique, which guess what? Apparently he learned by watching it on the world-wide-web thingy. In an interview posted up at MMA Weekly, Jung had this to say about his latest addition to the MMA highlight reel, hall of fame.

“Yes, it was something I actually saw a long time ago on the internet; it’s one of Eddie Bravo’s moves. It was something I practiced because it just looks fun, so I do it quite a bit in practice. I always told people that I was going to try it sometime in competition; that I wanted to do it in the UFC, and I was finally able to.”

We are all forever in your debt Mr. Jung. Looks like someone’s going to be moving a few more of those Korean Zombie t-shirts no?

Fedor Emelianenko Returning to Strikeforce this Summer

(photo credit: Esther Lin / Strikeforce)
Since the Fedor Emelianenko nation was completely silenced by Antonio Silva in February (other than perhaps some mild to moderate weeping), the rumor mill surrounding the legendary Russian heavyweight has been running overtime; will Fedor retire? Will he change sh-t up training camp wise? And what about Zuffa buying up […]

(photo credit: Esther Lin / Strikeforce)

Since the Fedor Emelianenko nation was completely silenced by Antonio Silva in February (other than perhaps some mild to moderate weeping), the rumor mill surrounding the legendary Russian heavyweight has been running overtime; will Fedor retire? Will he change sh-t up training camp wise? And what about Zuffa buying up Strikeforce? Fedor’s crew and Mr. Dana White aren’t exactly ‘bestest buddies’.

Well, it appears as though the former Pride champ could be throwing down sometime this summer, as Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has confirmed to several MMA outlets that Fedor will indeed look to end his two fight losing streak (how effin weird does that sound?). Speaking to MMA Weekly, Coker stated:

“He’ll be back in July/August sometime. As far as the opponent, we are talking to him right now, so give us a few weeks on that one,”

In a report from Sherdog, Coker confirmed that M-1 Global (the aforementioned pals of Dana…) will continue to co-promote events with Strikeforce, despite being purchased by Zuffa. Coker also added that Fedor fighting in an alternate bout for the promotion’s heavyweight grand-prix is “definitely a possibility.” In other words, looks like the pitch that some have made for Fedor to drop to 205, hasn’t exactly ‘resonated’ with the heavyweight.

In any case, it looks like we can all look forward to some serious ‘can you imagine if he loses again’ drama this summer.

UFC Newcomer Jon Olav Einemo Fighting Shane Carwin

Jon Olav Einemo certainly won’t be accused of having a tomato can tossed his way in his UFC debut, as boss man Dana White has confirmed in a Seattle Times live chat that the heavyweight will face none other than former contender Shane Carwin first. (Thanks to MMA Junkie for the heads up). Of course, […]

Jon Olav Einemo certainly won’t be accused of having a tomato can tossed his way in his UFC debut, as boss man Dana White has confirmed in a Seattle Times live chat that the heavyweight will face none other than former contender Shane Carwin first. (Thanks to MMA Junkie for the heads up). Of course, Einemo isn’t exactly a shrinking violet that just started doing this ‘UFC stuff’; the Norwegian heavyweight is 6’6, a former ADCC Submission Wrestling World Champ, whose only MMA loss came against Fabricio Werdum.

Clearly someone at the UFC thinks this guy might know a thing or two about fighting. The bout is expected to take place at UFC 131.

Dan Hardy Planning to go Multiplicity Style on Anthony Johnson

We’ve said it before, and hell, let’s say it again, this Saturday’s welterweight tilt between Dan Hardy and Anthony Johnson could be pretty, pretty, pretty sweet. Not only can both can bring it and then some on their feet, but because both dudes are coming off losses, the UFC Fight Night tilt has a lot […]

We’ve said it before, and hell, let’s say it again, this Saturday’s welterweight tilt between Dan Hardy and Anthony Johnson could be pretty, pretty, pretty sweet. Not only can both can bring it and then some on their feet, but because both dudes are coming off losses, the UFC Fight Night tilt has a lot riding on it. Whoever wins will re-stake their claim as a notable welterweight; the loser, well, they’ll take one more step to the ‘win or else’ UFC cut list.

You may have noticed that things have been kind of quiet on the Hardy trash chat front, apparently because the Brit believes Johnson is pretty “chill”, and thus there’s no point. If you’re like us and enjoy the less than reserved talk, it’s been a little bit of a letdown, but Hardy’s provided plenty of laughs in the past so who’s counting. In a recent interview with ESPN U.K., however, the punishing welterweight provided a lil bit of verbal gold, when asked what Johnson should expect come Saturday night.

“At the end of the first round, don’t be surprised to see him go back to the corner and ask ‘how many guys am I fighting?’ I’ll be hitting him a lot, and he’ll be swinging and missing.” …”The biggest difference is my speed,” said Hardy. “He’s a powerful guy and he’s got a few techniques that he relies upon. But to have any success with them he’s got to land them, and I’m very confident that I’ll be quick enough to hit him with three or four punches before he knows what’s happened.”

Multiple punches / multiple opponents? Sounds like a plan Dan. To bet on the tilt head here.

Tito Ortiz vs. Ryan Bader Set for UFC 132

So it’s looking like Tito Ortiz will look to score his first win since 2006, against yet another powerful wrestler in Ryan Bader, July 2nd at UFC 132. You may recall how Tito did against an opponent with similar qualities last time out, namely Matt Hamill….yeah, not so well. MMA Weekly is reporting that the […]

So it’s looking like Tito Ortiz will look to score his first win since 2006, against yet another powerful wrestler in Ryan Bader, July 2^nd at UFC 132. You may recall how Tito did against an opponent with similar qualities last time out, namely Matt Hamill….yeah, not so well. MMA Weekly is reporting that the bout is a done deal.

At any rate, Ortiz and Bader have been at it on Twitter, and as you see, Tito’s up for the fight.

@ryanbader want some? You will get some. Let’s go!!!!!

Should be interesting.

Rashad Evans Blasts Jon Jones, Feels Disrespected

After Jon Jones finished rag dolling “Shogun” Rua Saturday night, his former training partner Rashad Evans came into the Octagon to confirm they would be fighting next. It was a wee bit awkward, yes, but nothing too heated went down. In fact, if you were hoping for some ‘why you doing this to us man?’ type […]

After Jon Jones finished rag dolling “Shogun” Rua Saturday night, his former training partner Rashad Evans came into the Octagon to confirm they would be fighting next. It was a wee bit awkward, yes, but nothing too heated went down. In fact, if you were hoping for some ‘why you doing this to us man?’ type drama, the whole bit kind of fell flat. Well, the next time Mr. Jones and Mr. Evans meet, things might not be so ‘civil.’

Bloody Elbow has posted an interview today with Evans, where the former champ didn’t exactly hold anything back, while discussing his now former coach Greg Jackson and of course Jones. In addition to voicing his displeasure with his long time mentor Jackson, for letting things get to this point, here is just some of what Evans had to say about his next opponent.

I feel disrespected by Jon because when I think about when we trained or when we were chilling, was the s**t even real? Or was he just trying to be a master manipulator and try to manipulate the situation so he could get what he wanted out of it? I don’t know and that is a question that I have in my mind but when I get down to it…that doesn’t even matter because we are going to get in there and we are going to fight. People want to say “oh my God Jon is this and that” but Jon Jones is Jon Jones to me. He’s another fighter I have to face.

Yup, sh-t’s getting real son. The whole interview, references to Judas and all, is definitely worth a read.