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Gray Maynard Helping Jose Aldo Prepare For Chad Mendes At UFC 142 (Photo)

Tweet Former UFC lightweight contender Gray ‘The Bully’ Maynard is in Rio de Janeiro for three weeks exclusively to help featherweight champ Jose Aldo prepare for his upcoming title fight with Chad Mendes at UFC 142. As a decorated wrestler in his college years, who better than him to help Aldo prepare for another Division […]

Photo via Tatame.com

Former UFC lightweight contender Gray ‘The Bully’ Maynard is in Rio de Janeiro for three weeks exclusively to help featherweight champ Jose Aldo prepare for his upcoming title fight with Chad Mendes at UFC 142.

As a decorated wrestler in his college years, who better than him to help Aldo prepare for another Division I wrestler ‘The Bully’.

Maynard talked to Tatame.com about training at Nova Uniao with Aldo, as well as giving his fight prediction but you’ll have to hit the link to read those comments.

How did you end up here at Nova Uniao?
Me and Jose Aldo met few times at UFC’s backstage. But it was at UFC 136 I met him at the pre-fight press conference. I like the way he fights, and I have always admired him as a person and a fighter. He has always been nice to me and when I knew he’s fight Chad Mendes I offered him some help and he said he’d be grateful. Jose Aldo is a great guy and that’s how I end up here. I arrived yesterday and went straight to the Jiu-Jitsu classes and it was really good.

Could you tell how Jose Aldo’s takedown defenses are?
He knows how to defend the takedowns very well, I trained with him and it was hard for me to take him down. But actually I’ll stay for a short period of time, so he knows what he knows, he knows what he gotta do, but we’ve watched many of his fights and I can tell you he doesn’t need my help all that much, he’s pretty good at this. I’m just here to push him and help him with the little things and, if I’m able to, cooperate. I’ll try to tell him about my experience at college at Wrestling.

Fedor Emelianenko Spotted Wearing “Glorious Sweater of Absolute Victory”

Tweet Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko was spotted wearing his “Glorious Sweater of Absolute Victory” recently as the fighter made his way to Japan for his upcoming New Year’s Eve bout against Judo Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii. Ishii is really in for it now, as ‘The Last Emporer’ has apparently pulled out all the stops […]

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Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko was spotted wearing his “Glorious Sweater of Absolute Victory” recently as the fighter made his way to Japan for his upcoming New Year’s Eve bout against Judo Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii.

Ishii is really in for it now, as ‘The Last Emporer’ has apparently pulled out all the stops by breaking out his trademark striped sweater. The two are set to meet on Dec. 31

Learn more about the “Glorious Sweater of Absolute Victory” over at MMAFighting.com.

The video clip below shows Fedor at an airport wearing his trademark sweater.

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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Has Surgery For Broken Arm, Hopeful For Return To Training By June

Tweet Former interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo ‘Big Nog’ Nogueira (33–7–1, 1NC) suffered a brutal broken arm last weekend in Toronto, Ontario after refusing to tap to a Kimura submission by opponent Frank Mir in the co-main event of UFC 140. It was a rematch versus Mir, ending in the same result with another […]

Former interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Antônio Rodrigo ‘Big Nog’ Nogueira (33–7–1, 1NC) suffered a brutal broken arm last weekend in Toronto, Ontario after refusing to tap to a Kimura submission by opponent Frank Mir in the co-main event of UFC 140.

It was a rematch versus Mir, ending in the same result with another loss, this one coming at 3:38 of the first. Mir would end up breaking the humerus of Nogueira’s right arm.

After the bout, Nogueira was flown down to Los Angeles, California to see specialists there who felt that the Brazilian would not have to undergo surgery.

But his doctors re-evaluated the injury, deciding the former champ would need surgery. Nogueira would undergo surgery this past Friday night in Vail, Colorado with doctors going through the tricept to repair the arm. According to Tatame.com, the former champ is hopeful for a return to training by this June.

The doctors say he might return to the trains in June. Rodrigo went to Vail and went through new tests, which pointed out the need of the surgery. His biceps wasn’t touched during the process. The “entrance” was made on the triceps, what means he won’t lose strenght on this very arm.

Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal Weigh-in Photo’s

Tweet Fighters for tonight’s Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal event stepped onto the scales Friday night at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, which also hosts the action this evening. Main event fighters, Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez (155), and Jorge Masvidal (155) were both on their marks. While co-main event women’s fighters, featherweight […]

Fighters for tonight’s Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal event stepped onto the scales Friday night at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, which also hosts the action this evening.

Main event fighters, Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez (155), and Jorge Masvidal (155) were both on their marks. While co-main event women’s fighters, featherweight title holder Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Santos’ (145) and challenger Hiroko Yamanaka (145) made their title match official.

Staredown photos of Gegard Mousasi vs. Ovince St. Preux and KJ Noons vs. Billy Evangelista can be found below.

For a full gallery, visit Strikeforce.com by hitting the link.

Ultimate Collector Series 9: Ben “Smooth” Henderson Preview

Tweet Round 5 MMA Collectibles released this image of one of their latest figures for the upcoming Ultimate Collector Series 9, due out for April 2012. This particular figure is of UFC lightweight contender Ben ‘Smooth’ Henderson, who is scheduled to fight for the UFC title this coming February at UFC 144 in Japan. Well […]

Round 5 MMA Collectibles released this image of one of their latest figures for the upcoming Ultimate Collector Series 9, due out for April 2012. This particular figure is of UFC lightweight contender Ben ‘Smooth’ Henderson, who is scheduled to fight for the UFC title this coming February at UFC 144 in Japan.

Well Round 5, sometimes you get it right, and sometimes you get it wrong. looking at the image, I’d say they have a bit of work to do before I would look at this and call him Ben Henderson.

Yup, It’s Broken – Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s X-Ray (Photo’s)

Tweet The Ultimate Fighting Championship posted this x-ray photo of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s right arm showing a nasty break. Nogueira had his arm broken by opponent Frank Mir after refusing to tap to a Kimura submission in the co-main event of UFC 140 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The Brazilian was flown […]

The Ultimate Fighting Championship posted this x-ray photo of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira’s right arm showing a nasty break.

Nogueira had his arm broken by opponent Frank Mir after refusing to tap to a Kimura submission in the co-main event of UFC 140 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

The Brazilian was flown to Las Angeles in UFC president Dana White’s corporate jet after the event so the fighter could undergo surgery by doctors in California to help repair the arm.