Tag: Sean McCorkle

Sean McCorkle: UFC Pays Me More Than They Have To

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsConsidering how much Sean McCorkle talked prior to his UFC 124 fight against Stefan Struve last year, it was a little surprising to see “Big Sexy” remain relatively quiet in the weeks leading up to his UFC Figh…

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Considering how much Sean McCorkle talked prior to his UFC 124 fight against Stefan Struve last year, it was a little surprising to see “Big Sexy” remain relatively quiet in the weeks leading up to his UFC Fight Night 24 fight against Christian Morecraft.

Sure, there were a few tweets and videos posted, but nothing close to the verbal assault he unleashed on Struve.

“I really just didn’t want to go into reruns,” McCorkle (10-1) said on Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour. “I didn’t want to do the same thing I did last time. I think you and I talked about that, how it might wear thin.”

The MMA Hour With Phil Davis, Frank Shamrock, Dan Hardy, Sean McCorkle

Filed under: UFC, Strikeforce, VideosThe MMA Hour returns on Monday with a stacked two-hour show. Our guests will include:

* UFC light heavyweight Phil Davis, who faces Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFN 24.

* Showtime commentator Frank Shamrock, who wi…

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The MMA Hour returns on Monday with a stacked two-hour show. Our guests will include:

* UFC light heavyweight Phil Davis, who faces Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFN 24.

* Showtime commentator Frank Shamrock, who will break his silence about the Zuffa purchase of Strikeforce.

* Welterweight Dan Hardy, who faces Anthony Johnson at UFN 24.

* Heavyweight Sean McCorkle, who faces Christian Morecraft at UFN 24.

* Irish bantamweight fighter Paul McVeigh, who will be calling from the TUF 14 tryouts in New Jersey.

* Matt Mitrione, who will grace us with his presence to deliver his “Mitrione Minute.”

And of course, we’ll be taking your calls while looking back at UFC 128. Give us a shout at: 212-254-0193 or 212-254-0237.

Watch the show live below beginning at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT. Download previous episodes of The MMA Hour on iTunes here.

Fighter vs. Writer: UFC 126 Picks

Filed under: UFCLast time on Fighter vs. Writer, Sean McCorkle suffered one of the most lopsided defeats in the history of the series. It was brutal, it was ugly, and — I have to be honest — it was not anywhere near as satisfying as I thought it woul…

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Last time on Fighter vs. Writer, Sean McCorkle suffered one of the most lopsided defeats in the history of the series. It was brutal, it was ugly, and — I have to be honest — it was not anywhere near as satisfying as I thought it would be.

So for UFC 126 I decided to challenge myself. I decided to go after bigger (although technically physically smaller) game. I decided to take on someone who would make picks on the basis of something other than his hatred for Clay Guida’s brother.

Enter Kenny Florian. As an ‘MMA Live’ analyst and occasional color man on the UFC broadcasts, he’s serious competition. But is he good enough? Find out below, as we go head to head with our UFC 126 picks.

2011: Year of the Heavyweight

Filed under: UFC, StrikeforceIf 2011 goes as planned, we’ll see more good, competitive, high-level mixed martial arts fights than we’ve ever seen in any year of the sport’s existence.

Strikeforce’s eight-man heavyweight tournament was getting all the …

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If 2011 goes as planned, we’ll see more good, competitive, high-level mixed martial arts fights than we’ve ever seen in any year of the sport’s existence.

Strikeforce’s eight-man heavyweight tournament was getting all the headlines last week, but the UFC did a nice job of bouncing back with the news that Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos will coach the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter, that Shane Carwin expects to return in June, and that Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson and Stefan Struve vs. Travis Browne are slated for May.

Assuming a best-case scenario for both promotions, we’ll have good heavyweight fights from Strikeforce, the UFC or both every month for the next 10 months or so, culminating with the return of Cain Velasquez and the Strikeforce tournament final toward the end of the year. Remember, I started this with an “If”: Looking ahead to fights that we hope to see in the future is always risky business. But below we’ll look at the fights that will make this the year of the heavyweight.

Mark Hunt to Get One More Shot in the UFC Against Chris Tuchscherer in Australia

(Ah, yes. The glory days. Photo via fighters.com)
Currently riding a six-fight losing streak with all losses coming in the first round, PRIDE/K-1 vet Mark Hunt last competed at UFC 119 in September, where he fell victim to a Sean McCorkle armlock in …

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(Ah, yes. The glory days. Photo via fighters.com)

Currently riding a six-fight losing streak with all losses coming in the first round, PRIDE/K-1 vet Mark Hunt last competed at UFC 119 in September, where he fell victim to a Sean McCorkle armlock in just 63 seconds. Hunt’s UFC debut was part of a contractual obligation carried over from his days in PRIDE, and we figured we’d seen the last of him in the Octagon when he lost in such garbage-ass fashion. And yet, the UFC has added the Kiwi kickboxer to the lineup of UFC 127 (February 27th; Sydney, Australia). Oceania represent?

Hunt will be taking on Team Deathclutch member Chris Tuchscherer, who’s also skating on thin ice, contract-wise. Tushcherer has gone 1-2 during his stint in the UFC, winning a razor-thin majority decision over Tim Hague between first-round knockout losses to Gabriel Gonzaga and Brendan Schaub. As Gonzaga himself might say, loser, you are a fired. In other heavyweight news…

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Fighter vs. Writer: UFC 125 Predictions With Sean McCorkle

Filed under: UFCIn the last edition of Fighter vs. Writer, Matt Mitrione and I came to a bittersweet tie. Considering my dismal record in this series, I’ll gladly take it.

But since both Mitrione and I picked Sean McCorkle to win, and since his defeat…

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In the last edition of Fighter vs. Writer, Matt Mitrione and I came to a bittersweet tie. Considering my dismal record in this series, I’ll gladly take it.

But since both Mitrione and I picked Sean McCorkle to win, and since his defeat made us both look like suckers, I thought it only fitting to invite “Big Sexy” McCorkle on for the UFC 125 edition of Fighter vs. Writer.

When told of the way things played out last time, he expressed surprise that I wasn’t able to beat Mitrione, since, as McCorkle put it, “he knows nothing about MMA. You really should have been able to do better against him.”

Clearly, McCorkle hasn’t been following my past performances, otherwise he’d know to keep his expectations low. On to the picks.