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(UFC 129: The Battle to Not Screw Up the GSP/Silva Superfight.)
Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA Link Club…
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(UFC 129: The Battle to Not Screw Up the GSP/Silva Superfight.)

Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA Link Club…

– Fedor Emelianenko Discusses Overeem, Respect, and Role Models (LowKick)

– The Shogun Rua vs. Jon Jones Pic That Will Send Chills Down Your Spine (MMA Convert)

– How MMA Helped Packers’ Clay Matthews Become a Super Bowl XLV Champion (5thRound)

– Forrest Griffin Possibly Sidelined For Six Months With Foot Injury (Five Ounces of Pain)

– Mike Brown on Recent UFC Losses: ‘My Heart Is Broken’ (MMA Fighting)

– Dan Henderson Nearly Accepted a Spot on the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix (MiddleEasy)

– Anthony Pettis ‘Mad’ He Has to Wait for Title Shot (Versus MMA Beat)

– Jon Jones vs. Anderson Silva: How Great Would That Be For UFC? (SBNation.com/MMA) 

– UFC Vet Ben Saunders Signs With Bellator (FightMagazine)

– Snapshot of the Day: In Case You Were Wondering, Gina Carano is Still Pretty and Stuff (MMA-Scraps)

GSP: Jake Shields Poses Biggest Threat to My Title

Filed under: UFC, NewsWith all the talk surrounding a potential Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre super fight, the UFC would like to send a reminder out that St-Pierre still has to face Jake Shields at UFC 129 on April 30.

On Tuesday, a press confe…

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With all the talk surrounding a potential Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre super fight, the UFC would like to send a reminder out that St-Pierre still has to face Jake Shields at UFC 129 on April 30.

On Tuesday, a press conference for UFC 129 was held at the site of the event, the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada, and before discussion of UFC 129 could commence, the issue of Silva had to be addressed.

“Everybody wants to talk about the Georges St-Pierre-Anderson Silva fight,” UFC president Dana White said. “Well, he’s got to beat Jake Shields first.”

UFC 129 Toronto Press Conference Video

Filed under: UFCTwo UFC champions will meet the media in Toronto Tuesday to promote their upcoming fight at the Rogers Centre, and we’ll carry their press conference live right here at MMAFighting.com.

UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and …

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UFC 129 Toronto Press ConferenceTwo UFC champions will meet the media in Toronto Tuesday to promote their upcoming fight at the Rogers Centre, and we’ll carry their press conference live right here at MMAFighting.com.

UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will both be in attendance, as will UFC President Dana White. April’s UFC 129 will be the promotion’s first event in Toronto, and it’s expected to draw upwards of 40,000 people and break the UFC attendance record.

Tuesday’s press conference begins at 1 PM ET and will stream live below.

Reminder: Watch the Live UFC 129 Press Conference from Toronto Right Here at 1:00 pm ET

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Just a quick friendly reminder that Dana White, Georges St-Pierre, Jake Shields, Jose Aldo and Mark Hominick among other UFC notables will be appearing at a press conference from Rogers Centre in Toronto today to a…


(These seats will only cost you $200)

Just a quick friendly reminder that Dana White, Georges St-Pierre, Jake Shields, Jose Aldo and Mark Hominick among other UFC notables will be appearing at a press conference from Rogers Centre in Toronto today to announce details of UFC 129, which is coming to the city April 30.

The presser will stream live at 1:00 pm ET.

The media player is after the jump.

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Exclusive: Jake Shields Doesn’t Feel Like the Underdog Going Into UFC 129 Fight With GSP

Jake Shields talks UFC 129 vs Georges St. Pierre – Watch more Funny Videos
By CagePotato contributor Brian J. D’Souza
The April 30th UFC event at the Rogers Centre in Toronto will play host to pound-for-pound king Georges St. Pierre, a Fren…

Jake Shields talks UFC 129 vs Georges St. Pierre – Watch more Funny Videos

By CagePotato contributor Brian J. D’Souza

The April 30th UFC event at the Rogers Centre in Toronto will play host to pound-for-pound king Georges St. Pierre, a French-Canadian superstar who helps move everything from action figures to videogames for his UFC bosses. Jake Shields hasn’t quite reached that level of mainstream acclaim, but when he faces off with GSP at UFC 129, he’ll be carrying a 15-fight win streak thanks to an arsenal of tools that could be the wildcard against an experienced champion who has yet to show any stylistic weaknesses nor signs of decline.

Catching up with Shields during a tour of Ontario, the friendly Cesar Gracie team member seems to effortlessly surmount a packed schedule of seminars, media appearances, interviews, photo shoots and autograph requests with a smile and his positive attitude. A former welterweight champion in Elite XC and middleweight champion in Strikeforce, Jake wants to add the most important belt to his collection — the UFC 170-pound title.

Shields won’t play into a war of words with St. Pierre in the grand tradition of B.J. Penn, Dan Hardy and Josh Koscheck. “He’s a great guy. I don’t know him that well, so I’d have no reason to suspect him as being fake,” Shields says.

As he once told FIGHT! magazine’s Danny Acosta, “When you’ve been in fights, fighting 10 people at once, people with knives and bats and guns and whatnot, it definitely takes fear away in the cage,” however, on this day, Shields shied away from elaborating too much on his tumultuous youth.

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Mark Hominick on Facing Aldo: ‘This Is Going to Be a Life-Changer for Me’

Filed under: UFC, NewsMost fighters have enough to think about when they have an opponent directly in front of them. When the stakes get raised and there’s something more on the line, it’s easy to lose focus. That’s the scenario Mark Hominick faced at …

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Most fighters have enough to think about when they have an opponent directly in front of them. When the stakes get raised and there’s something more on the line, it’s easy to lose focus. That’s the scenario Mark Hominick faced at UFC Fight for the Troops 2.

Beat George Roop, and earn a shot to co-headline the biggest event in UFC history and fight for the featherweight championship. Lose, and start all over again. For an eight-year veteran, that’s an all-or-nothing scenario.

But as Hominick explained on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, focusing directly on the match was as routine as a day at the gym.