Filed under: UFC, NewsTORONTO — In a taste of the madness that is to come on Saturday night, around 8,000 fans turned out to the Ricoh Coliseum just to watch the UFC 129 participants step on a scale. At UFC 129, there will be over 55,000 at Rogers Cen…
TORONTO — In a taste of the madness that is to come on Saturday night, around 8,000 fans turned out to the Ricoh Coliseum just to watch the UFC 129 participants step on a scale. At UFC 129, there will be over 55,000 at Rogers Centre to watch two championship matches and the possible last fight of a legend.
Among the night’s biggest fights, everyone made weight. Champion Georges St. Pierre came in comfortably at 169.5 pounds, but his challenger Jake Shields came in even lighter, 169 for the welterweight title bout.
Okay, so maybe it was just a little demonstration he put together to spice things up, but Georges St. Pierre used his UFC 129 Media Workout to disarm a knife weilding attacker. Hey man, this is helpful, I finally learned something from one of these wo…
Okay, so maybe it was just a little demonstration he put together to spice things up, but Georges St. Pierre used his UFC 129 Media Workout to disarm a knife weilding attacker. Hey man, this is helpful, I finally learned something from one of these workouts. See video below:
Dana White says UFC 129 ticket holder will be the one putting the Welterweight Championship belt on either Georges St. Pierre or Jake Shields. Well that’s better than letting them pick Fight of the Night. : here.
Check out UFC 129 weigh-in picture gallery: here.
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Dana White says UFC 129 ticket holder will be the one putting the Welterweight Championship belt on either Georges St. Pierre or Jake Shields. Well that’s better than letting them pick Fight of the Night. : here.
So far 2011 has continued to build on 2010 for MMA fans; there’s been a ton of great fights put together, the UFC finally introduced the bantamweight and featherweight divisions, and from a pure fan’s perspective, Zuffa’s acquisition of Strikeforce should produce even more great tilts. Yes, we’ve all been…gaining…(we’d use ‘winning’ if not for […]
So far 2011 has continued to build on 2010 for MMA fans; there’s been a ton of great fights put together, the UFC finally introduced the bantamweight and featherweight divisions, and from a pure fan’s perspective, Zuffa’s acquisition of Strikeforce should produce even more great tilts. Yes, we’ve all been…gaining…(we’d use ‘winning’ if not for the nauseating overuse of the term lately)
Well, at this week’s pre UFC 129 festivities (another card that is cause for celebration), Dana White has apparently announced that five round, non-title fights are headed to the UFC. Yup, that’s right, and after you’re finished shouting ‘eff yeah’, finish it off with an ‘it’s about effin time.’ Apparently one of the deciding factors in this decision was the recent draw between BJ Penn and Jon Fitch, which if there ever was an example of the need for two more rounds, there it was. MMA Fighting quoted the boss man saying:
“I hate draws worse than anything,” White said…”You sit there and watch a game for hours and nobody wins?” he said. “I don’t get it. That’s one thing I hate about fights, too. Draws suck.”
Yes, yes they do. The story also states that the UFC had looked at making the upcoming Brock Lesnar, Junior Dos Santos a five rounder, but eventually decided against it, as both men had already begun their preparations. Too bad, but we appreciate the UFC acknowledging that the fight should have two extra frames, and even more importantly, taking action to remove another item from our bitch list.
Filed under: UFC, NewsTORONTO — At some point, every professional athlete has to retire. If you’re lucky enough to stay active, for most, the questions about it begin in your mid-30s. That was when Randy Couture began his career. We’ve always wondered…
TORONTO — At some point, every professional athlete has to retire. If you’re lucky enough to stay active, for most, the questions about it begin in your mid-30s. That was when Randy Couturebegan his career. We’ve always wondered how long he can go. And yet now that he’s found his limit, we’re not quite ready for him to leave. In the midst of a three-fight win streak, the timing of Couture’s retirement announcement took many by surprise. Even at 47 years old, it seems, strangely, almost premature.
Not surprisingly, it’s been one of the main subjects of UFC 129 fight week, just as big a subject as the UFC’s first-ever stadium show hosting 55,000 people, or either of the two championship fights anchoring it.
Couture’s explained bits and pieces of his decision over the last few days. On Wednesday afternoon, he admitted that watching the final fighting days of his contemporary Chuck Liddell, and how the public called for his retirement, spurred him towards his ultimate decision to call it quits.
TORONTO — In a taste of the madness that is to come on Saturday night, around 8,000 fans turned out to the Ricoh Coliseum just to watch the UFC 129 participants step on a scale. At UFC 129, there will be over 55,000 at Rogers Centre to watch two championship matches and the possible last fight of a legend.
TORONTO — At some point, every professional athlete has to retire. If you’re lucky enough to stay active, for most, the questions about it begin in your mid-30s. That was when