Filed under: UFC, StrikeforceIn this installment of the Twitter mailbag we comb through questions on what Paul Daley’s future with Strikeforce will look like, whether a change to fighter contracts instead of MMA rules is the solution to cutting down on…
In this installment of the Twitter mailbag we comb through questions on what Paul Daley‘s future with Strikeforce will look like, whether a change to fighter contracts instead of MMA rules is the solution to cutting down on boring fights, and of course at least one Butterbean query makes it in there too. It is Friday, after all.
If you have a question of your own for a future mailbag column, hit me up @BenFowlkesMMA. Until then, let’s all revel in the wonderfully inquisitive nature of some of my other Twitter friends. Who’s first?
@johnkwon89 what’s your thought on Shogun’s long lay off. He looks pretty fat now. Do you think he’ll deal well with five round return?
(The moral of the story? When Gina Carano does it, it’s awesome. When Paulo Filho does it, it’s terrible. / Photo courtesy of CombatLifestyle.com)
Anybody can be forgiven for missing weight by a half-pound — as long as it doesn’t become a …
(The moral of the story? When Gina Carano does it, it’s awesome. When Paulo Filho does it, it’s terrible. / Photo courtesy of CombatLifestyle.com)
Anybody can be forgiven for missing weight by a half-pound — as long as it doesn’t become a habit. But when an MMA fighter comes in a full four pounds heavy, as Efrain Escudero did this week for his doomed UFC Fight Night 22 bout against Charles Oliveira, it tends to raise some eyebrows. As we’ve done previously with steroid busts, we decided to catalog the worst scale-fails in MMA history, arranged by number of pounds over the limit. When the information was available, we also listed the punishments the fighters were given, along with their excuses for missing weight, which range from injuries to salt water to the dreaded "menstrual period." This is by no means a definitive list — but we’d like it be, eventually. So if you know of any other occasions where fighters missed weight by four pounds or more, or missed weight for multiple fights, please let us know in the comments section.
Nick Diaz @ EliteXC: Return of the King Weigh-in date: 6/13/08 Weight: 169.5, 9.5 over limit Punishment: Diaz forfeited a portion of his fight purse to his opponent, Muhsin Corbbrey. Fight result: Diaz by third-round TKO Excuse: After arriving in Hawaii, Diaz said he "went in the salt water and absorbed a lot of sodium or something." In Cesar Gracie’s version of the tale, Diaz got sick after accidentally ingesting the water. Nick reached out to Corbbrey when the weight-cut was looking grim, and made a deal to hold the bout at a catchweight.
Dale Hartt @ Ringside 7: No Escape Weigh-in date: 6/17/10 Weight: 163.4 pounds, 8.4 over limit Fight result: Hartt lost to Guillaume DeLorenzi by second-round TKO (shoulder injury)
(Regrets? Does it look like I have any regrets??)
After announcing they had taken a gamble in signing perennial positive drug test denier, Josh Barnett Monday, Strikeforce is letting the questionable bet ride as the promotion revealed today that it has…
Daley, whose story of why he was dropped by the UFC has been re-told ad nauseam, fought twice since receiving his Zuffa walking papers, finishing Daniel Acacio with elbows in the third round of a July Impact Fighting Championship clash and winning by razor-thin decision to Jorge Masvidal at Shark Fights 13 last weekend.
A long-rumored deal between Paul Daley and Strikeforce has officially been finalized.
MMA Fighting has confirmed with Strikeforce director of communications Mike Afromowitz that the former UFC and EliteXC welterweight contender has signed a multi-fight contract with the organization.
The organization has yet to decided when the British fighter will make his Strikeforce debut.
It may have been a weekend devoid of big time MMA, but there was still plenty of fight action of all stripes on the airwaves this past Friday and Saturday. Between an eight-man tournament, a promise to finish in exciting fashion, and some outrageous co…
It may have been a weekend devoid of big time MMA, but there was still plenty of fight action of all stripes on the airwaves this past Friday and Saturday. Between an eight-man tournament, a promise to finish in exciting fashion, and some outrageous color commentary, we have no shortage of things to talk about on Monday morning.
What do you say we comb through the wreckage and see who the big winners and losers are after this eventful weekend in MMA?
Biggest Winner: Drew Fickett
Winning the Shine Fights lightweight grand prix may not be the triumph of a lifetime for most fighters, but after the hard times Fickett has fallen on/brought upon himself, it’s at least a break in the clouds. He beat three professional fighters in one night, all by first-round submission. Even if one of them was the eminently submittable Charles Bennett, it’s still impressive. Then again, the issue with Fickett has never been a lack of talent. Hopefully he’s had enough self-destruction by now and can use his big night as a springboard to something greater. Might be time to send a tape of his tournament win to Strikeforce, along with an assurance that he’s not under contract anywhere else this time.
This is the Shark Fights 13 live blog for Paul Daley vs. Jorge Masvidal, a welterweight bout on tonight’s Shark Fights pay-per-view in Amarillo, Texas.
Daley is coming off a win over Daniel Acacio at Impact FC 2 in July. Masvidal in April defeated Nao…
Daley is coming off a win over Daniel Acacio at Impact FC 2 in July. Masvidal in April defeated Naoyuki Kotani by split decision at the one-shot ASTRA event in Japan.
In this installment of the Twitter mailbag we comb through questions on what Paul Daley‘s future with Strikeforce will look like, whether a change to fighter contracts instead of MMA rules is the solution to cutting down on boring fights, and of course at least one Butterbean query makes it in there too. It is Friday, after all.
A long-rumored deal between 
It may have been a weekend devoid of big time MMA, but there was still plenty of fight action of all stripes on the airwaves this past Friday and Saturday. Between an eight-man tournament, a promise to finish in exciting fashion, and some 
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