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Matt Hamill Fights Through Staph, A Broken Hand, And An Eye Poke To Defeat “The Dean Of Mean”

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UFC light-heavyweight fighter Matt Hamill earned a majority decision over opponent “The Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine in last nights “TUF 11″ Finale co-main event bout. In the post fight interview, Hamill revealed that the red dot on his lower back was a staph infection, that he’d broken his left […]

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UFC light-heavyweight fighter Matt Hamill earned a majority decision over opponent “The Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine in last nights “TUF 11″ Finale co-main event bout. In the post fight interview, Hamill revealed that the red dot on his lower back was a staph infection, that he’d broken his left hand in the first round, and that he jokingly thought he’d be “blind and deaf” after getting poked in the eye by Jardine.

“It just happened so fast and I just go all out with my hands. I don’t know what happened. I just fought my heart out. It happened in the first round. I knew something was wrong with my hand. I lost my power and I was trying to go for a takedown. When I grabbed his leg, I had no power to grip. It looked like The Hulk.

And then he poked me in the eye. I thought I was going to be blind and deaf. Enough handicaps. But I could fight. I could go all night on the feet. Even though I’m not good at striking. But I’m glad I came and fought. Keith Jardine is a great fighter.

I just wanna be in the top ten fighters in the world. I just wanna let people know that I am a great fighter. I want people to know that I belong in the UFC and I’m gonna do better next time. If you are not happy with the way I’m fighting, I’m sorry. I’ll come back again and do a lot better. I promise you that.”

Fedor Not A Fan Of The UFC

During Friday’s ‘Strikeforce and M-1 Global’ conference call with top ranked heavyweight and Strikeforce fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, admitted that he doesn’t watch the UFC because he finds there is a lot of “negativity” involved with the events.
“I’m not a fan of watching their fights,” Emelianenko said. “I’ve seen what seems to be a negativity involved […]

“I’m not a fan of watching their fights,” Emelianenko said. “I’ve seen what seems to be a negativity involved in a lot of their shows.”

“I think it’s a combination in some ways of how the fights are presented and the manner they are presented,” Emelianenko said. “Also, in some ways, the behavior of a lot of fighters in the UFC takes away from the sport.”

When asked which two upcoming heavyweight fights were more relevant to the sport of mma, the UFC’s Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin, or his own fight against Fabricio Werdum, Fedor naturally leaned towards his bout.

“I think both fights are very important because you’ve got four world class heavyweights in the top ten of their sport,” Emelianenko said. “But I’m not a UFC fan. I would invite all the fans to watch our fight, which I believe is the more important one.”

Audio for the conference call can be found at Sherdog.com.

After Decision Victory Babalu Calls Out Dan Henderson.

After a successful victory over “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler at the June 16 Strikeforce: “Los Angeles” event Babalu wasted no time in calling out former Pride champion Dan Henderson. Renato “Babalu” Sobral spoke recently with MMA Weekly:
“I won’t never punch and try to hurt my friends, but I would like to ask for a fight, […]

“I won’t never punch and try to hurt my friends, but I would like to ask for a fight, and all the respect that I have, in the beginning of my career I fought Dan Henderson in Japan and lost to him. I don’t want to disrespect, but I would like to fight him”

The match Sobral is speaking of occured under the RINGS promotion and happened 10 years ago, so really it seems that a rematch would be more than overdue. Expect Strikeforce to make this happen, and expect Henderson to look much better than his previous fight against Jake Shields.

Nick Diaz vs. ‘Mayhem’ Miller Could Happen Later This Year

During Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker talked about wanting to match up welterweight champion Nick Diaz (22-7) against Jason “Mayhem” Miller (23-7) at a future event later this year.
Coker planned to put the two in the cage long before April’s brawl which took part at the “Strikeforce: Nashville” event which […]

Coker planned to put the two in the cage long before April’s brawl which took part at the “Strikeforce: Nashville” event which was broadcast live on CBS.

“I think ‘Mayhem’ versus Nick Diaz was a fight we were going to promote anyway,” Coker said. “It was just going to be a matter of time. So I think that fight will happen.”

Asked whether the next time we see Miller and Diaz will be against each other, Coker simply responded:

“I believe that fight will happen probably in the next eight months to a year.”

Diaz has won his last 7 bouts, having defeated Hayato Sakurai at DREAM.14 last month in a non-title bout in Japan. He defeated Marius Žaromskis last January in Miami to earn the Strikeforce welterweight title. His last loss was against K.J. Noons in 2007 for the vacant EliteXC lightweight title, a fight which he lost by TKO (cuts).

Miller, meanwhile, is 1-1 in his last two fights having defeated Tim Stout by TKO (punches) at the Nashville event. The loss came to current Strikeforce middleweight champ Jake Shields as both men fought for the vacant title in November at the Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers event. Shields earned a unanimous decision in that fight.

HT: MMAFighting.com

Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovi? Questioned About War Crimes By Canadian Customs

Returning to home to his native Croatia fresh of his victory over Pat Barry at Saturday nights UFC 115 event, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovi? told a local news agency, Net.hr, that after arriving in Canada for his fight that Canadian customs threatened to deport him for possible “war crimes.”
Canada customs held Filipovi?’s for four […]

Returning to home to his native Croatia fresh of his victory over Pat Barry at Saturday nights UFC 115 event, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovi? told a local news agency, Net.hr, that after arriving in Canada for his fight that Canadian customs threatened to deport him for possible “war crimes.”

Canada customs held Filipovi?’s for four hours wanting to know about his war time service during the Yugoslav Wars in the 90’s and whether or not he had been involved in any war crimes.

“The first day I was kept for four hours and two more the next day. Although they were not satisfied with my answers let me to sleep through the city, the hotel, and asked to think about the questions raised. I was threatened deportation, but rose to Croatian Embassy, the Consul urgently flown in from Ottawa, and the UFC hired the best lawyer for immigration issues. They obviously knew what would happen because my lawyer welcomed the runway at the airport, “retells the Croatian gladiator and discovered the unpleasant details of the conversation:

“Testing has been painful for me, but I must say that the Immigration Bureau officials very correctly perform their job. They used what they have to, but there are obviously very interested in the military and police matters from the former Yugoslavia. Most of them are interested in my military service that I served the 1993rd and 1994th time, as conscripts, but I was not involved in combat activities. They asked me if I was involved in the torture of civilians, asking for names of command lines and tactical commander. are asking for my activities in Port ATJ where I joined a few years after the war. They gave me a list of names to be confirmed, but I did it. No one not named because it is still a matter of dignity and principles. I said to myself, if this bid is ready to return home. They could do with me what they wanted, yet they’ll let me fight, “revealed the Vecernji Cro Cop.

The article was translated from Croatian to English using Google Translate.

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua Willing To Face Anderson Silva

Fresh off his stunning first round knockout win over Lyoto Machida, the current UFC light-heavyweight champion, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (19-4) say’s he’d be willing to face middleweight champ Anderson Silva.
In this months issue of Tatame magazine, Rua notes that he and Anderson “were never close” and “were never friends,” and if the UFC wanted to […]

Fresh off his stunning first round knockout win over Lyoto Machida, the current UFC light-heavyweight champion, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (19-4) say’s he’d be willing to face middleweight champ Anderson Silva.

In this months issue of Tatame magazine, Rua notes that he and Anderson “were never close” and “were never friends,” and if the UFC wanted to stick both men in the cage he’d be willing to take that fight.

“We’ve always had a good relationship, but we were never close. I’ve always admired Anderson on the gym, but we were never friends… If UFC wanted to, I’d confront Anderson”, said Maurício, who used to train with Anderson on Chute Boxe. “Anderson is a very good guy, had a good technique and conditioning, he’s one of the three best pound for pound, but I’m used to challenges. I’d be a tough fight, but I like tough challenges”, guarantees.

First, the champ will have to face Rashad Evans before he can think about facing Silva in the octagon. Evans won the right to fight for the light-heavyweight title last month by defeating Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 114 in Las Vegas.

This would definitely be a fight fans would want to see, as well as one that UFC president Dana White could get behind and make happen. If Silva is successful in his next fight against Chael Sonnen in August, the UFC president may push for a Rua vs. Silva bout for next year as White has already expressed his desire to move the middleweight champ up a weight class.