Tag: UFC 121

Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez: Head to Head

(Use the rage, Cain. Use it!)
By this point, you’ve probably picked a winner for tomorrow night’s Lesnar vs. Velasquez event in Anaheim. Maybe you think Cain Velasquez’s speed and striking technique will win the day. Maybe you think Brock Lesnar’s…

(Use the rage, Cain. Use it!)

By this point, you’ve probably picked a winner for tomorrow night’s Lesnar vs. Velasquez event in Anaheim. Maybe you think Cain Velasquez‘s speed and striking technique will win the day. Maybe you think Brock Lesnar‘s power and hugeness will carry him through. But have you really considered all the relevant factors? Let’s run down the UFC 121 headlining match and see who really holds the advantages…

MMA RECORD BEFORE ENTERING THE UFC
Lesnar: 1-0 (first-round TKO win over Min Soo Kim)
Velasquez: 2-0 (first-round TKO wins over Jesse Fujarczyk and Jeremiah Constant)
Advantage: Velasquez

# OF OPPONENTS THEY COULDN’T FINISH
Lesnar: 2 (lost to Frank Mir by submission, defeated Heath Herring by decision)
Velasquez: 1 (defeated Cheick Kongo by decision)
Advantage: Velasquez

WALKOUT MUSIC
Lesnar: "Enter Sandman"
Velasquez: A vaguely threatening Mexican tune about illegal immigration
Advantage: even

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Tito Ortiz Proves He’s 100 Percent Healthy This Time Around

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosROSEMEAD, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Tito Ortiz at Thursday UFC 121 media workouts about why he wasn’t all that thrilled to be there, his apology to Matt Hamill, why he is 100 percent healthy…

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ROSEMEAD, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Tito Ortiz at Thursday UFC 121 media workouts about why he wasn’t all that thrilled to be there, his apology to Matt Hamill, why he is 100 percent healthy this time around and why he decided to come back after neck surgery.

Daniel Roberts Says We’ve Yet to See His Complete Game in UFC

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosROSEMEAD, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Daniel Roberts on Thursday about his UFC 121 fight against Mike Guymon, training with the likes of Jake Shields and the Diaz bros., what he learned from h…

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ROSEMEAD, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Daniel Roberts on Thursday about his UFC 121 fight against Mike Guymon, training with the likes of Jake Shields and the Diaz bros., what he learned from his knockout loss to John Howard in March and why we have yet to see his complete game in the UFC.

Daniel Cormier Predicts Either Late Stoppage or Decision for Cain Velasquez

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosROSEMEAD, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Strikeforce heavyweight fighter and American Kickboxing Academy member Daniel Cormier about his training camp with Cain Velasquez prior to UF…

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ROSEMEAD, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Strikeforce heavyweight fighter and American Kickboxing Academy member Daniel Cormier about his training camp with Cain Velasquez prior to UFC 121, Velasquez’s development as a fighter, why he thinks Velasquez will win and when he expects to fight again.

Jake Shields Thinks Former Showtime Employers Will Be Rooting for Him

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosROSEMEAD, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Jake Shields on Thursday about his UFC 121 debut fight against Martin Kampmann, why he thinks his former Showtime employers will be rooting for him on Sat…

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ROSEMEAD, Calif. — MMA Fighting spoke to Jake Shields on Thursday about his UFC 121 debut fight against Martin Kampmann, why he thinks his former Showtime employers will be rooting for him on Saturday night, whether he has something to prove in his Octagon debut and more.

$2,000 UFC Prediction Contest

Log into your Sportsbook.com account this weekend for your chance to win up to $2,000.00 in their UFC Prediction contest. Once you log into your account you’ll see a message asking you to predict the winner of all the fights on Saturday’s card. If no-one hits perfection, Sportsbook.com still award the top player with a […]

Log into your Sportsbook.com account this weekend for your chance to win up to $2,000.00 in their UFC Prediction contest. Once you log into your account you’ll see a message asking you to predict the winner of all the fights on Saturday’s card. If no-one hits perfection, Sportsbook.com still award the top player with a cash prize.

Interested in this contest?

Here are our UFC 121 picks.