TORONTO — MMA Fighting caught up with Master Steven Seagal following UFC 129 to talk to him about Lyoto Machida‘s spectacular front kick knockout of Randy Couture. This marks the second time in over two months that a fight ends due the kick (Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126) and the second time a fighter credits Seagal for teaching him the kick.
Seagal also addressed the critics who claim he is taking credit for a kick he didn’t invent.
TORONTO — MMA Fighting caught up with Master Steven Seagal following UFC 129 to talk to him about Lyoto Machida‘s spectacular front kick knockout of Randy Couture. This marks the second time in over two months that a fight ends due the kick (Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC 126) and the second time a fighter credits Seagal for teaching him the kick.
Seagal also addressed the critics who claim he is taking credit for a kick he didn’t invent.
TORONTO — MMA Fighting spoke to UFC president Dana White following UFC 129 about Georges St-Pierre’s performance against Jake Shields, whether GSP should be criticized for not finishing finishing Shields, what’s next for the champion, whether he now believes this is the end of Randy Couture’s career, the decision to allow Mark Hominick to fight after “The Machine” developed a hematoma on his forehead and his overall thoughts on the event at Rogers Centre.
TORONTO — MMA Fighting spoke to UFC president Dana White following UFC 129 about Georges St-Pierre’s performance against Jake Shields, whether GSP should be criticized for not finishing finishing Shields, what’s next for the champion, whether he now believes this is the end of Randy Couture’s career, the decision to allow Mark Hominick to fight after “The Machine” developed a hematoma on his forehead and his overall thoughts on the event at Rogers Centre.
While the debating and moaning is underway in regards to the fact that Georges St. Pierre once again fought to a victory, sans no stoppage, news is beginning to surface regarding the eye injury he incurred. While his trainer Greg Jackson has pointed to the injury as a reason that, you know, it’s kind of […]
While the debating and moaning is underway in regards to the fact that Georges St. Pierre once again fought to a victory, sans no stoppage, news is beginning to surface regarding the eye injury he incurred. While his trainer Greg Jackson has pointed to the injury as a reason that, you know, it’s kind of hard to stop one of the world’s best welterweights when you’re not seeing too well, there are still some who are likely questioning that excuse. Now Cage Potato has this clip up which clearly shows Jake Shields’ finger introducing itself to GSP’s eye socket, but yeah, there are still going to be some who just aren’t down with anything short of a KTFO finish.
The good news for GSP fans, and the UFC, is that it’s looking like the champion’s eye injury isn’t too serious. A couple of updates have appeared on St. Pierre’s Twitter account, where apparently the P4P contender has stated within the last 24 hours that he’s alright.
Hey guys just want to say that I am ok. I’ll need to see a doctor in the next days! Yesterday I was told it was not a retina problem
Hopefully this means that GSP won’t have too long of an extended layoff and he’ll have another bout lined up soon, although, decision after decision complaints or not, the fact remains he’s running out of dudes to fight. We touched on the possibility of Nick Diaz yesterday, but the UFC might also wait and see what goes down with Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami in August. Superfight NYE?
Filed under: UFCFor those of us who tuned in all the way from the Facebook prelims to the Spike prelims to the pay-per-view card, UFC 129 made for a long and sometimes repetitive night.
There’s not necessarily anything wrong with that. A good knockout…
For those of us who tuned in all the way from the Facebook prelims to the Spike prelims to the pay-per-view card, UFC 129 made for a long and sometimes repetitive night.
There’s not necessarily anything wrong with that. A good knockout is still a good knockout the second (and third) time you see it, just like ‘UFC Central’ is still an ‘MMA Live’ rip-off whether you’re watching on a laptop or a TV. But am I alone in feeling just a tad overwhelmed by it all?
When you attend a live UFC event, it’s a full evening’s worth of entertainment to begin with. But when you sit through it all from home and still end up rewatching several of those fights again later in the night, at some point they all blur together in the mind. Granted, the UFC can’t assume that its entire audience is hardcore enough to tune in early, but at a certain point it becomes difficult to keep straight who did what to who, and when. Or maybe I’m just easily confused.
Now that we’ve all had a while to digest and decompress Saturday night’s action, let’s look at the big winners, losers, and everything in between after UFC 129.
Filed under: UFCTORONTO — This is the UFC 129 live blog for Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick, a featherweight bout on tonight’s pay-per-view at the Rogers Centre.
Aldo (18-1) is making his UFC debut after successful WEC featherweight title defenses last y…
TORONTO — This is the UFC 129 live blog for Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick, a featherweight bout on tonight’s pay-per-view at the Rogers Centre.
Aldo (18-1) is making his UFC debut after successful WEC featherweight title defenses last year against Urijah Faber and Manny Gamburyan. Hominick (20-8) has won his last five fights and earned a title shot by stopping George Roop in January.
Filed under: UFC, WEC, NewsIn a classic fight before 55,000 fans at UFC 129 in Toronto, Jose Aldo dominated Mark Hominick for the better part of four rounds — only to get dominated himself in the fifth and final round and hold on to win a surprisingly…
In a classic fight before 55,000 fans at UFC 129 in Toronto, Jose Aldo dominated Mark Hominick for the better part of four rounds — only to get dominated himself in the fifth and final round and hold on to win a surprisingly competitive unanimous decision.
Aldo retained his UFC featherweight title, but Hominick gained a huge amount of respect for the heart he showed, continuing to fight despite Aldo turning his face into a bruised, bloody mess.
“Take your hat off in congratulations to Mark Hominick,” Aldo said after the fight. “He’s a hell of a fighter, and he came out for five rounds, giving his all.”
But while Hominick showed he was a hell of a fighter in the fifth round, Aldo definitely won the first four.
For those of us who tuned in all the way from the Facebook prelims to the Spike prelims to the pay-per-view card, 
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In a classic fight before 55,000 fans at