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Video: The Pros Weigh In on Penn vs. Diaz

UFC 137 is just a week away, featuring what some believe to be a welterweight number one contender match between B.J. Penn and Nick Diaz. If you weren’t convinced by our betting advice for the main event, then perhaps the words of Stephan Bonnar, Manny Gamburyan, Tyson Griffin, and Phil Baroni will do your thinking for you. And from the looks of it, you’re thinking B.J. Penn is going to come out on top, because that’s what the consensus seems to be for these pros.

The question on everyone’s mind is of course, which B.J. Penn will show up to this fight; will it be the killer that put Matt Hughes away in less time than it takes to peel an anti-theft sticker off a DVD, or the somewhat lackadaisical Penn that was picked apart by Frankie Edgar and George St. Pierre? Well, according to our inside sources, Penn is indeed training his ass off for this one, but Nick Diaz has never been one to go away quietly, unless it’s at a press conference or any sort of interview type scenario. The other outside factor that’s been overlooked in this match-up is that of Diaz’s reach, which could pose heaps of problems for Penn as it did in his second fight with GSP.

So, what say you, Potato Nation? Who takes this one?

-Danga

UFC 135 Results: Ranking Jon Jones’ Victories in the Octagon

Jon “Bones” Jones continues his reign of dominance within the division after successfully defending his UFC light heavyweight championship against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson on Saturday at the Pepsi Center in Denver.With a 14-1 overall record and 8-1 wi…

With a 14-1 overall record and 8-1 within the UFC, Jones’ only loss was by disqualification to Matt Hamill back in 2009.

Relatively untested in his victories inside the famed Octagon, Jones has eclipsed mythological status inside the cage.

A tremendous talent with blessed abilities, the development of the champion since his arrival in the UFC in 2008 has been incredible.

Capable of securing victories on his feet or on the ground, “Bones” is a very balanced fighter with power, length, offensive creativity and an overall skill set that warrants his current reign as champion.

Defeating tremendous adversaries, please follow along as I power rank Jones’ top five victories inside the Octagon.

I welcome your comments.

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Josh Koscheck Offers to Replace Diego Sanchez and Face Matt Hughes at UFC 135

Only a little over an hour since UFC President Dana White tweeted that Diego Sanchez had to withdraw from his UFC 135 co-headlining bout with Matt Hughes, a credible replacement has already stepped up to the plate. Koscheck tweeted: “:) got a fig…

Koscheck tweeted: “:) got a fight in 21 days b*tches……..,” which is interesting since the American Kickboxing Academy standout recently stated that he would be fighting at UFC 139 in San Jose, California.

Rumors swirled that Koscheck would be taking on Stephan Bonnar in a middleweight bout, but that was quickly squashed when it was announced that “The American Psycho” would be taking on Kyle Kingsbury at UFC 139.

Kos then followed up with a tweet that read: “Oh ya 19 days then or something like that!!!! Either way it looks like I am in to fight matt Hughe [sic] if he takes it????”

A former Division I National Champion in collegiate wrestling, Koscheck is one of the few opponents at 170 pounds that would have the wrestling edge on Matt Hughes, a decorated high school and college wrestler in his own right.

Koscheck was on a three-fight win streak before losing a title rematch with Georges St-Pierre at UFC 124 last December.

GSP broke Koscheck’s orbital bone in the fight, which is why Kos has been on the shelf for so long.

Meanwhile, Hughes was also on a three-fight win streak before he was knocked out by BJ Penn in the trilogy of their fight series at UFC 123.

Hughes is 3-3 in his past six fights and appears to be in the twilight of his career.

However, a winner over a consensus top 10 fighter like Koscheck would certainly put Hughes’ name back into the title picture.

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Ryan Bader vs. Jason Brilz, Stephan Bonnar vs. Kyle Kingsbury Announced for UFC 139

(“…and that’s the ‘bleeding robot’. For my next impression — the ‘bleeding hula girl’.”)

Two pivotal light-heavyweight matchups have been added to UFC 139: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos, November 19th in San Jose. First, in the night’s “no pressure” match, Ryan Bader and Jason Brilz will both try to snap their two-fight losing streaks. Bader is skating on thin ice after being utterly ass-handled by Jon Jones in February, then getting choked out by Tito Ortiz in the upset of the year. Brilz kicked off his losing skid with a valiant effort against Lil’ Nog, followed by a far-less-impressive 20-second knockout loss to Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 129. Winner keeps their job. Loser…well, who knows anymore?

(“…and that’s the ‘bleeding robot’. For my next impression — the ‘bleeding hula girl’.”)

Meanwhile, beloved light-heavyweight vet Stephan Bonnar — who’s riding his first two-fight win streak since 2007 — will be matching his momentum against TUF 8 vet Kyle Kingsbury, who has won his last four, and is starting to look like a straight-up beast. Bonnar most recently out-scored Igor Pokrajac at the TUF 12 Finale in December, and was slated to face Karlos Vemola at UFC on Versus 5, but had to withdraw due to injury. Kingsbury is coming off his decision win over Fabio Maldonado at the TUF 13 Finale in June, where he showed off some nasty clinch-knees but ate a heap of body shots in the process.

Stephan Bonnar to Meet Kyle Kingsbury at UFC 139 in San Jose

Filed under: UFC, NewsJust about a week after the completion of the card he was supposed to fight on, Stephan Bonnar has a new date for his return.

Bonnar will fight Kyle Kingsbury in a light heavyweight bout at UFC 139 in November. The UFC announced…

Filed under: UFC, News

Just about a week after the completion of the card he was supposed to fight on, Stephan Bonnar has a new date for his return.

Bonnar will fight Kyle Kingsbury in a light heavyweight bout at UFC 139 in November. The UFC announced the fight on Tuesday.

UFC 139 is scheduled for Nov. 19 in San Jose and features a main event heavyweight title fight between champion Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos.

Bonnar (13-7, 7-6 UFC) was scheduled to meet Karlos Vemola at UFC on Versus 5 in Milwaukee earlier this month, but had to pull out in June with a Grade II tear of his MCL. After a three-fight skid, Bonnar has won two straight. He won his rematch with Krzysztof Soszynski at UFC 116 by TKO in a Fight of the Night performance. And he dominated Igor Pokrajac for a unanimous decision win at the TUF 12 Finale last December.

Bonnar, the TUF 1 light heavyweight runner-up to Forrest Griffin, has made some waves the last six months or so with a line of shirts started by his company, NGauge Inc., called Trash Talkin’ Kids. The shirts featured cartoon representations of UFC fighters, including Josh Koscheck – which Koscheck threatened a lawsuit over. The shirts have been shelved in favor of a new brand, Punch Buddies. But Bonnar and Koscheck, housemates on TUF 1, have traded barbs through social media. When Koscheck announced Monday he was moving to middleweight to fight at UFC 139, there was speculation that Bonnar might drop down to fight him. But instead, they’ll have to share the same card – just probably not the same locker room.

Kingsbury (11-2, 1 NC, 4-1 UFC), a product of Season 8 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” has won four straight in the UFC after losing his debut to Tom Lawlor at the TUF 8 Finale. His decision wins over Jared Hamman at Fight Night 22 and Fabio Maldonado at the TUF 13 Finale in June were both Fight of the Night winners.

The fight will be a homecoming for Kingsbury, who went to high school in the San Jose suburb of Cupertino, where he wrestled and played football. He was a walk-on for Arizona State’s football team. He lives and trains in San Jose.

UFC 139 will take place at the HP Pavilion and will be the UFC’s debut in the city, which is about 40 miles south of San Francisco. Aside from the heavyweight title fight and Koscheck’s return to middleweight, UFC 139 is expected to feature a bantamweight contenders bout between former champions Brian Bowles and Urijah Faber.

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UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle; Is Charles Oliveira the UFC’s Best-Kept Secret?

Throughout history, humanity has been fascinated with secret weapons. The McGraw-Hill Science and Technology Dictionary defines a secret weapon as a weapon closely guarded or kept under concealment so as to be used before countermeasures can be t…

The British government had exploding rats and time bombs made to look like Chianti bottles in World War 2. Nikola Tesla proclaimed to have the technical know-how to invent a secret death ray in the 1930’s.

The United States of America deployed a super secret weapon of nightmarish proportions in Iraq capable of firing concentrated doses of invisible frequencies that could wither opposing soldiers and civilians into a primordial soup of human splatter in milliseconds. So what or who is the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s secret weapon?

Look no further than Charles Oliveira. Assembled on Oct. 17, 1989, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Oliveira may be the UFC’s best-kept secret. With a total of 16 fights under his belt, the 5-foot-10 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Muay Thai practitioner has left a trail of destruction in his wake.

If Quentin Tarantino rewrote the American crime classic Pulp Fiction with an MMA twist, he’d probably cast Dana White as Marsellus Wallace, Stephan Bonnar as Vincent Vega, and Jon Bones Jones as Jules Winnfield.

White’s character would send Bonnar and Jones to retrieve the UFC’s secret weapon-a mysterious silver briefcase with a transcendental glimmer that revealed the source of Charles Oliveira’s fighting spirit.

Somewhere in between all of this, chance would have Bonnar and Bones dining in a crowded restaurant where Rashad Evans was staging an outlandish robbery and coupe de grace.

Evans would make his way to Bones and Bonnar’s table, attempt to steal the briefcase along with Bones’s wallet, and live to regret his not so serendipitous showdown with the UFC light heavyweight champion.

The movie would end as the briefcase arrived safely in Milwaukee, Wisc. on the eve of Charles Oliveira’s lightweight showdown with Donald Cerrone.

Is Charles Oliveira really the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s best-kept secret? We’ll let you decide!

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