Tag: UFC 118

Shane Mosley Open to MMA, but No Time Soon

Filed under: UFCCount Shane Mosley as one boxer who would love to give mixed martial arts a try.

During a live chat with FanHouse readers, Mosley was asked whether he’d ever follow in the footsteps of James Toney, who lost to Randy Couture last month …

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Shane MosleyCount Shane Mosley as one boxer who would love to give mixed martial arts a try.

During a live chat with FanHouse readers, Mosley was asked whether he’d ever follow in the footsteps of James Toney, who lost to Randy Couture last month at UFC 118, and test himself in MMA. Mosley said the idea interests him, but that he would need to take a long time training in wrestling and jiu jitsu to avoid being embarrassed the way Toney was, and he just doesn’t have that kind of time as he continues to focus on his boxing career.

After Takedown Clinic Against Maynard, Florian Hires Wrestling Coach

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File this under Least Surprising News of the Week: In the wake of getting thoroughly outwrestled by Gray Maynard at UFC 118 last month, Kenny Florian is vowing to make some wholesale changes in his train…


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File this under Least Surprising News of the Week: In the wake of getting thoroughly outwrestled by Gray Maynard at UFC 118 last month, Kenny Florian is vowing to make some wholesale changes in his training. Florian says he’s hired a wrestling coach from Boston University to help him with his grappling, so that he won’t get held down en route to a unanimous decision loss again anytime soon.

And frankly, this is a good example of yet another reason why KenFlo is one of the more likable fighters in all of MMA. Rather than taking the Dan Hardy approach — where you respond to your team’s multiple wrestling-based losses by publishing a screed in the local newspaper where you insist that (and, yes, this is an exact quote): “The problem is there’s beginning to be too much wrestling in the UFC Octagon, not too little of it in the (Team Roughouse) gym,” – Florian is opting to actually do something about it, trying to get better and keeping his dream of one day holding a UFC title alive.

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Dan Hardy Thinks There’s Too Much Wrestling in MMA, Wants Rule Changes

Filed under: UFCI love the fact that Dan Hardy writes a column for his local media outlet, This Is Nottingham. I wish more fighters would sit down at a computer and give us a look inside their mind, though, as Hardy demonstrated with his latest effort,…

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I love the fact that Dan Hardy writes a column for his local media outlet, This Is Nottingham. I wish more fighters would sit down at a computer and give us a look inside their mind, though, as Hardy demonstrated with his latest effort, sometimes it doesn’t work the way you think it’s going to.

The title of today’s piece is “Lentz went into hiding for the big fight.” It ostensibly deals with Nik Lentz‘s grappling-centric win over Andre Winner in a slow-paced fight at UFC 118, but a more accurate description of the column might have been: “Too much wrestling in MMA, says guy whose friends keep losing to superior wrestlers.”

Hardy’s thesis, more or less, is that there are too many wrestlers in the UFC who just want to take opponents down and hold them there, and this is a problem the sport needs to address via rule changes. As Hardy writes in his attempt to preemptively counter the argument that he and many of his fellow Brits simply need to become better wrestlers:

Frankie Edgar Learned a Valuable Lesson From Chael Sonnen

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, NewsChael Sonnen almost shocked the MMA world at UFC 117 when he came minutes away from snatching the middleweight title belt from Anderson Silva. Of course, his near-perfect performance ended in heartbreak when he…

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Chael Sonnen almost shocked the MMA world at UFC 117 when he came minutes away from snatching the middleweight title belt from Anderson Silva. Of course, his near-perfect performance ended in heartbreak when he was submitted in the late stages of the fifth round.

We’ll know later next year if Sonnen learned anything from that night in Oakland, Calif., but one thing’s for certain: thousands of miles away in New Jersey, Frankie Edgar, the UFC lightweight champion who was gearing up to defend his title against BJ Penn just three weeks later, learned a valuable lesson while watching Sonnen’s loss to Silva.

“I learned some stuff from Chael that night,” Edgar said on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “He was just constant pressure and didn’t give Anderson a chance to breathe except for that one second that he got caught in the triangle. So I kind of tried to learn from that; to put the pressure on but don’t be reckless while you are doing so.”

Unlike Sonnen, Edgar fought the perfect fight at UFC 118. He dominated Penn for five full rounds and proved that his UFC 112 win over “The Prodigy” was no fluke after all.

UFC 118 Fighter Salaries: James Toney Earns $500,000 in Debut Loss

Filed under: UFC, NewsThe Massachusetts State Athletic Commission released Thursday the salary figures for last Saturday’s UFC 118 event at the TD Garden. The biggest surprise is, without a doubt, James Toney earning more than any other fighter on the …

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The Massachusetts State Athletic Commission released Thursday the salary figures for last Saturday’s UFC 118 event at the TD Garden. The biggest surprise is, without a doubt, James Toney earning more than any other fighter on the card. “Lights Out” walked away with a cool $500,000 for his 199-second MMA debut.

His opponent, Randy Couture, earned $250,000 for his win, while lightweight champion Frankie Edgar walked away with his belt and $96,000.

Of course, the salaries reported to the commission do not necessarily represent a fighter’s final earnings once sponsorships and extra bonuses are factored in.

The purses (show/win bonus) are below.

Even After You Kick His Ass, Gabe Ruediger Will be Kind of a Dick to You, Joe Lauzon Reports

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You know how it goes in MMA circles: When two guys have beef they settle it with a 15-minute therapy session inside the cage. Next thing you know, problem solved. Hugs and high-fives all …


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You know how it goes in MMA circles: When two guys have beef they settle it with a 15-minute therapy session inside the cage. Next thing you know, problem solved. Hugs and high-fives all around. It’s pretty much the best formula we know of for conflict resolution that doesn’t involve some bullshit like talking or mutual understanding or compromise. Hence, those terrible “Fighting Solves Everything” T-shirts you see around sometimes.

Not so with the ongoing Joe Lauzon vs. Gabe Ruediger kerfuffle, however.

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