Coming off a loss in his last fight to Ryan Bader at UFC 119, Antônio Rogério “Minotouro” Nogueira (19-4) is looking for a big win in his fourth UFC bout on March 26. A winner of a “Fight of the Night” and a “Knockout of the Night” bonus, Nogueira looks to impress once again […]
Coming off a loss in his last fight to Ryan Bader at UFC 119, Antônio Rogério “Minotouro” Nogueira (19-4) is looking for a big win in his fourth UFC bout on March 26. A winner of a “Fight of the Night” and a “Knockout of the Night” bonus, Nogueira looks to impress once again when he meets Phil “Mr. Wonderful” Davis in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis (aka UFC Fight Night 24).
Originally slotted to meet Tito Ortiz, Nogueira has been steadily preparing himself to meet “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” but a freak accident this past week has forced Ortiz out after receiving over 20 stitches to his head after a training accident. Davis was tagged to step in as a replacement, which suits Nogueira just fine as he sees a lot of similarities between the two fighters.
“Minotouro” is still predicting the same result though, a knockout for him.
“My work’s done, man, the thing is to focus and train hard to face this new opponent. I still didn’t have the chance to watch many of his fights, but his game is similar to Tito Ortiz’s. I know he tends to use his kicks more, but his strong point also is Wrestling… The same background. I’m training too hard, everything’s perfect now. You can hope an aggressive me, I’ll really go for it this time. I just have to prevent the takedowns, but I’ll attack him, I’ll try to finish it and the good positions. My plan is to knock him out. He’ll have to fight a tough guy, it’ll be a good fight. I’ll make a difference with my Boxing skills, it’ll be my game plan so I keep the distance.”
JAKKS Pacific unveiled its prototype for the UFC President Dana White action figure on the Underground Forums on Friday night.
Hey UG. It’s official: Dana White is now part of the JAKKS Pacific line of UFC Action Figures.
Here’s a “first look” at the prototype of his figure. The head is from a face […]
JAKKS Pacific unveiled its prototype for the UFC President Dana White action figure on the Underground Forums on Friday night.
Hey UG. It’s official: Dana White is now part of the JAKKS Pacific line of UFC Action Figures.
Here’s a “first look” at the prototype of his figure. The head is from a face scan the team did back in September 2010. Dana White will debut in the JAKKS product line in Summer 2011 and will be exclusively available at Toys R Us.
All I can think of is a skinny Kojak, played by Telly Savalas for those old enough to remember Kojak. His picture and action figure after the jump
Pictured Pat Healy (left) and Lyle Beerbohm (right), more photos of the weigh-ins at Strikeforce.com
The official weigh-ins for Strikeforce Challengers 14 took place Thursday night at the Cedar Park Center on the main concourse in Cedar Park, Texas. The same venue for Friday nights event, which will feature a Showtime broadcasted main card beginning […]
Pictured Pat Healy (left) and Lyle Beerbohm (right), more photos of the weigh-ins at Strikeforce.com
The official weigh-ins for Strikeforce Challengers 14 took place Thursday night at the Cedar Park Center on the main concourse in Cedar Park, Texas. The same venue for Friday nights event, which will feature a Showtime broadcasted main card beginning at 11PM (EST/PST delayed on the West Coast).
A total of 14 fighters hit the scales with all of them making weight for their respective bouts. One of the main card fighters, Nick Gonzalez had to hit the scales twice weighing in at 151.75 lbs on his first attempt and eventually weighed in at 150 lbs.
Headliners Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm (155.75) and Pat “Bam Bam” Healy (155.5) had no problems making weight for their match. Also featured on the card will be a 160 lbs catchweight bout between Carlo “Neo” Prater (160) vs. Bryan Travers (159.7) and a lightweight matchup featuring Ryan Couture (155.5) vs. Lee Higgins (154.5).
The full weigh-in results for Strikeforce Challengers 14 are as follows:
Main Card
Lightweight bout: Lyle “Fancy Pants” Beerbohm (155.7) vs. Pat “Bam Bam” Healy (155.5)
Catchweight (160 lbs) bout: Carlo “Neo” Prater (160) vs. Bryan Travers (159.7)
Lightweight bout: Ryan Couture (155.5) vs. Lee Higgins (154.5)
Welterweight bout: Erik “Bad” Apple (170.7) vs. Ryan Larson (170.2)
Catchweight (150 lbs) bout: Nick “Ghost” Gonzalez (151.75) vs. David “Tarzan” Douglas (150)
Preliminary Card
Lightweight bout: Thomas Diagne (154,7) vs. Aaron Lan Franco (154.5)
Featherweight bout: Drew Pendleton (145.2) vs. Dennis Dombrow (145.2)
Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar’s new book ‘Death Clutch’ hits stores on May 24.
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Brock Lesnar has been, and is one of the most popular – and polarizing – figures in sports and sports entertainment. Whether fans love him or hate him, they never miss an opportunity to watch […]
Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar’s new book ‘Death Clutch’ hits stores on May 24.
Brock Lesnar has been, and is one of the most popular – and polarizing – figures in sports and sports entertainment. Whether fans love him or hate him, they never miss an opportunity to watch Brock when he squares off with an opponent. He is a celebrity of the first order, but disdains fame, avoids the media, and remains intensely private. Now, for the first time, Brock tells his incredible story in his own words. Brock relives his long journey to become the best college wrestler in the country, his meteoric rise in World Wrestling Entertainment, and what lead him to walk away from fame and fortune when he was at the top. He talks openly about the accident that derailed his plans to play in the NFL, his professional wrestling comeback in Japan, and his transformation and rebirth as a Mixed Martial Arts fighter. Fans will get an insider’s look at Brock’s career in the UFC – the training, the competition and what it takes to be, and to remain a champion. Brock will also talk about the illness that nearly killed him, his will to survive, and what he really values and aspires to be. Powerful and real, this remarkable memoir is the story of Brock’s determination and domination, and the making of a true champion.
UFC lightweight Joe Lauzon (19-6) has had to cancel a goodwill military tour at the last minute due to a badly twisted ankle.
Joe was set to leave on Thursday for Iraq but received a call at 2AM notifying him that his brother, ex-UFC fighter Dan Lauzon, had been taken to the hospital. As Joe […]
UFC lightweight Joe Lauzon (19-6) has had to cancel a goodwill military tour at the last minute due to a badly twisted ankle.
Joe was set to leave on Thursday for Iraq but received a call at 2AM notifying him that his brother, ex-UFC fighter Dan Lauzon, had been taken to the hospital. As Joe ran out to his vehicle he “ended up rolling” his ankle on the walkway.
MMAFighting.com says that Dan received a non-life threatening stab wound after an altercation in the parking lot of a Bridgewater, Mass. pub, which was published in The Enterprise, a local paper. The article from the paper does not name Dan as the individual wounded but Mike Chiappetta confirmed the news with sources close to Lauzon.
Dan Lauzon received a few stitches for the injury, and according to brother Joe “it wasn’t a big deal as was originally thought.”
Joe Lauzon posted the photo on his blog site (@joelauzon.com) and his hopes that maybe he can catch another flight out to Iraq to do all the non-physical activities of the goodwill military tour.
I went to the ER when I woke up this morning and got it xrayed. They said it wasn’t broken, but that it was a bad sprain. They told me to stay off it for a few days and no “work” for a week… then I explained to them what I do for “work” and they said no training of any kind for a little while longer than that.
So needless to say, I will not be making it to the airport and heading to Iraq today. Hopefully I can walk on it better by tomorrow and I can get another flight out there, but it’s not looking real good. I definitely won’t be able to train out there, but I would still like to be able to do all of the Q&A, meet and greets and whatnot.
(more photos at Strikeforce.com)
Press Release – AUSTIN, Tex. (Feb. 16, 2011) – Lyle “Fancy Pants’’ Beerbohm, Carlo Prater and Lee Higgins, who will compete on the televised portion of a STRIKEFORCE Challengers Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card presented by Rockstar Energy Drink at Cedar Park Center in the Austin, Texas suburb of Cedar Park […]
Press Release – AUSTIN, Tex. (Feb. 16, 2011) – Lyle “Fancy Pants’’ Beerbohm, Carlo Prater and Lee Higgins, who will compete on the televised portion of a STRIKEFORCE Challengers Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card presented by Rockstar Energy Drink at Cedar Park Center in the Austin, Texas suburb of Cedar Park this Friday, Feb. 18, participated in an open media workout Wednesday at South Austin Gym.
Beerbohm (15-0), of Spokane, Wash., will face dangerous veteran Pat “Bam Bam’’ Healy (25-17), of St. Louis, in the main event live on SHOWTIME® (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). It will be Beerbohm’s fourth start for STRIKEFORCE and his main event debut. It will also be his initial appearance on SHOWTIME.
Prater (25-10-1), of Bryan, Texas, will battle Bryan Travers (14-2), of Bakersfield, Calif., at a catch weight of 160 pounds and Higgins (2-0), of Houston, will take on fellow unbeaten prospect Ryan Couture (1-0), of Las Vegas, Nev., in a lightweight (155 pounds) matchup. Ryan, the son of MMA legend, Randy Couture, will be making his second pro start and second for STRIKEFORCE on SHOWTIME.
In other televised fights, Erik “Bad’’ Apple (10-2), of Laguna Niguel, Calif., will be opposed by local favorite Ryan Larson (5-2), of Austin in a welterweight (170 pounds) skirmish and David “Tarzan’’ Douglas (5-2) of Antioch, Calif., takes on Austin fan favorite Nick “The Ghost’’ Gonzalez (16-8, 1 NC) at 150 pounds.
Tickets are on sale at the Cedar Park Center ticket office, all Ticketmaster locations (800) 745-3000, Ticketmaster online and STRIKEFORCE’s official website.
The first non-televised, undercard fight will begin at 8 p.m. CT. Doors will open at 7:15 p.m.
What the fighters had to say Wednesday:
LYLE BEERBOHM
“My ultimate goal is to become STRIKEFORCE world champion but my immediate goal is to get my hand raised and beat Pat Healy.
“This is going to be a fun, tough, hard fight that I expect will go everywhere. There’ll be stand-up, wrestling, a little but of everything. Pat is definitely an all-around great fighter who is coming off a great performance, but the bottom line is I want to win.
“This is a great matchup and I am very excited about fighting in my first main event for STRIKEFORCE on SHOWTIME. There are so many great, tough, talented fighters at 155 pounds in STRIKEFORCE. I’m looking to build off the fight Friday and show what I can do and show that I belong in that company.
“My time has come and I am really looking forward to the fight. l want that title shot.’’
CARLO PRATER
“I am very honored to be fighting for STRIKEFORCE on SHOWTIME. I remember fighting for STRIKEFORCE at the HP Pavilion (in San Jose, Calif.) before they started promoting MMA.
“This is going to be a great fight. Travers is a tough and durable and I know I need to be at my best. I’ve trained very hard. I want to make a statement and be around a long time.
“I want Travers to be at his best so when I win, I can say I beat him at his best.’’
LEE HIGGINS
“I’m really happy for this opportunity to fight on SHOWTIME and for STRIKEFORCE. For some people, this is a really big deal but, as a fighter, for me, this is just another fight.
“I can’t and won’t allow myself to get caught up in the hype of fighting a fighter with a very famous last name. Sure, there is extra motivation but I am not going to put any more pressure on myself.
“So, I have to treat this as just another fight. Besides, I’m fighting Ryan, not Randy. I’ve watched his tapes and broken them down. I’m ready to fight the fight. There is no pressure. If anything, the pressure is on Ryan.
“I’m looking forward to a great, exciting fight.’’
