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If you’ve ever watched a submission ace like Joe Lauzon work inside the Octagon and wondered how he did the things he did, you are in luck.
Rener and Ryron Gracie do an excelle…
If you’ve ever watched a submission ace like Joe Lauzon work inside the Octagon and wondered how he did the things he did, you are in luck.
Rener and Ryron Gracie do an excellent job of breaking down the finer parts to a submission fighter in their “Gracie Breakdown” segments.
Going under the microscope for this edition is a 2012 win by Lauzon over Jamie Varner. Lauzon faces Marcin Held Sunday night at UFC Fight Night 103.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHOV5N-Esnk
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight Augusto Mendes didn’t have a smooth debut for the promotion. He was welcomed to the Octagon by Cody Garbrandt, who showed him “No Love” with a first round TKO finish. Just 10 months later, Garbrandt captured the 135-pound title.
“Tanquinho” told MMAJunkie.com that the loss irks him almost one year later. The Brazilian believes he can beat the champion:
“I’m still bothered by that loss. I truly believe that I can defeat him. He’s a very good opponent. I knew that when I accepted the fight, even though he wasn’t champion at the time. He was chasing his title shot. I knew I could defeat him. I only had five days to get ready. He faced someone who wasn’t at his best.”
Mendes will try to earn his first UFC win when he meets Frankie Saenz at this Sunday night’s (Jan. 15) UFC Fight Night event in Phoenix, Arizona. A loss would put Mendes at two straight and may cause him to be released from the UFC. He doesn’t seem concerned about the possible consequences.
“I don’t worry about what the UFC may choose to do. If they let one of us go, that’s their prerogative. I’ll show up to do my job. If I win or if I lose, that’s fine. The UFC can decide if they want to keep me. I’m showing up to win.”
Mendes has yet to earn a spot on the UFC’s bantamweight rankings. He feels a win over Saenz will put him one step closer to appearing on that list.
“It’s a good fight for me, so I can show that I can go far in our weight class. I plan to shut him down like no one else has. My plan is to win so I can be in the rankings.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHOV5N-Esnk
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight Augusto Mendes didn’t have a smooth debut for the promotion. He was welcomed to the Octagon by Cody Garbrandt, who showed him “No Love” with a first round TKO finish. Just 10 months later, Garbrandt captured the 135-pound title.
“Tanquinho” told MMAJunkie.com that the loss irks him almost one year later. The Brazilian believes he can beat the champion:
“I’m still bothered by that loss. I truly believe that I can defeat him. He’s a very good opponent. I knew that when I accepted the fight, even though he wasn’t champion at the time. He was chasing his title shot. I knew I could defeat him. I only had five days to get ready. He faced someone who wasn’t at his best.”
Mendes will try to earn his first UFC win when he meets Frankie Saenz at this Sunday night’s (Jan. 15) UFC Fight Night event in Phoenix, Arizona. A loss would put Mendes at two straight and may cause him to be released from the UFC. He doesn’t seem concerned about the possible consequences.
“I don’t worry about what the UFC may choose to do. If they let one of us go, that’s their prerogative. I’ll show up to do my job. If I win or if I lose, that’s fine. The UFC can decide if they want to keep me. I’m showing up to win.”
Mendes has yet to earn a spot on the UFC’s bantamweight rankings. He feels a win over Saenz will put him one step closer to appearing on that list.
“It’s a good fight for me, so I can show that I can go far in our weight class. I plan to shut him down like no one else has. My plan is to win so I can be in the rankings.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDssCDMGoIA
Featherweight prospect Yair Rodriguez hopes to become a contender in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) soon. This Sunday night (Jan. 15), he’ll go toe-to-toe with a former lightweight and welterweig…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDssCDMGoIA
Featherweight prospect Yair Rodriguez hopes to become a contender in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) soon. This Sunday night (Jan. 15), he’ll go toe-to-toe with a former lightweight and welterweight champion. He also happens to be a UFC Hall of Famer. The man sharing the Octagon with “El Pantera” will be B.J. Penn.
Rodriguez knows what’s at stake in this bout. In a video from the official YouTube channel of the UFC, The Mexican warrior talked about his opponent:
“It’s just an amazing opportunity for me. I used to watch him [B.J. Penn] and he was some guy that I looked up to. I don’t know how that sounds for you guys, but for me it’s a big deal.”
While Rodriguez gave Penn his due, he also made it clear that he has his own vision.
“He represents the old school of MMA. He has all the technique and experience. He knows what it takes to be a champion. He said he wants to go for a third belt, but man I’m here too. I wanna do the same thing. I’m wild, I’m young, I’m just hungry.”
Penn recently said there are too many positives for him to walk away from the sport. “The Prodigy” is happy to get back inside the Octagon to throw down with “El Pantera.” Rodriguez feels the fight will be his moment to shine.
“He already had his time to do everything he could do. Now it’s my time.”
The upcoming UFC Fight Night event will be held inside the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The prelims will air at 8 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1. The action will continue at 10 p.m. ET with the main card. The co-main event will feature a lightweight scrap between veteran Joe Lauzon and former Bellator contender Marcin Held.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhbvL6LsA0A
It’s clear that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer B.J. Penn is not ready to hang up his gloves. After getting bulldozed by Frankie Edgar in their third encounter, Penn decided to retire. L…
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It’s clear that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Hall of Famer B.J. Penn is not ready to hang up his gloves. After getting bulldozed by Frankie Edgar in their third encounter, Penn decided to retire. Less than three years later, “The Prodigy” is back in the game.
Penn will meet rising featherweight Yair Rodriguez inside the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. The two will headline the next UFC Fight Night event this Sunday night (Jan. 15). The main card will be airing on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) at 10 p.m. ET.
For Penn, the decision to come back wasn’t difficult. The former two-division champion said he had an itch to put the gloves back on and prepare for another battle in a new video on the official YouTube page of the UFC:
“I miss being in the ring. It’s the only thing that can like [give me] that kind of excitement and that kind of feeling and that’s it. It’s the only way you can get it.”
“The Prodigy” still hasn’t lost sight of trying to capture the 145-pound title. Penn has a long ladder to climb for that to happen, but at this time, he’s just happy to return to the Octagon.
“I really wanna complete a goal of getting a third title, but I just love it [fighting] man. I love this and there’s just so many things for me. It’s my identity, I can make an honest living. I just have too much pros and not enough cons to walk away.”
UFC President Dana White certainly didn’t give “The Prodigy” an easy return fight. Penn wouldn’t have it any other way.
“When Dana offered me this fight I said, ‘perfect.’ This is the kind of fight that I want and I want to fight someone in the top. That’s all I’ve ever known was fighting the best guys.”
As a potential future star of MMA, 24-year-old former The Ultimate Fighter (TUF): Latin American winner Yair Rodriguez will look to continue his rise up the featherweight ranks when he puts his undefeated Octagon record on the line against returning former two-division champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn in the main event of this weekend’s (Jan.
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As a potential future star of MMA, 24-year-old former The Ultimate Fighter (TUF): Latin American winner Yair Rodriguez will look to continue his rise up the featherweight ranks when he puts his undefeated Octagon record on the line against returning former two-division champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn in the main event of this weekend’s (Jan. 15, 2016) UFC Fight Night 103 from Phoenix, Arizona.
Many have doubted Penn leading up to his return bout based on the fact he hasn’t competed since 2014 and hasn’t won a fight since 2010. However, the former lightweight and former welterweight champion is training under the tutelage of legendary coaches Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn, which could help to revive his career.
Rodriguez has actually spent time at Jackson-Winkeljohn as well, although he isn’t worried about his training secrets being leaked to “The Prodigy”. In fact, Rodriguez recently told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour that he doesn’t give a ‘f*ck’ about it:
“He’s been training with people that know me really well and are my friends — ‘Cowboy,’ Diego Sanchez, ‘Magician,’ Jackson, ‘Wink,’” he said. “All of those guys can easily tell him where I’m good at … and not. I don’t really care, I’m a fighter and you have to worry about me at any area of the fighting game. I can wrestle, I can strike and I can grapple and I really don’t give a f*ck.
“I’m a fighter and I was born a fighter. I’m a champion, I know I’m a champion already.”
It has indeed been a few years since Rodriguez spent time at the notorious gym in New Mexico, and although he now trains at Valle Flow Striking in Chicago, he says there’s no hard feelings between him and Jackson.
Do you feel is Rodriguez will continue to shine, or will Penn get back to his winning ways?
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The hole left in the UFC Fight Night 103 card in Phoenix, AZ due to an injury to Bryan Caraway has been plugged. A key flyweight tilt between Sergio Pettis and John Moraga has now been promoted to the main card, the UFC confirmed today. The bout was originally scheduled to headline the Fox Sports 1 Preliminary portion of the event.
In the wake of Caraway’s injury, opponent Jimmie Rivera was offered replacement opponents John Dodson and Marlon Vera, and eventually settled on Vera. However, he apparently changed his mind on the short notice replacement, and withdrew from the event, claiming he feared looking like a bully. With Rivera, who had a huge career boost with a win over Urijah Faber at UFC 203, off the event, the UFC were down a main card fight. Enter Pettis vs. Moraga.
Pettis (14-2), the younger brother of former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, enters the bout on a two-fight win streak, and is 5-2 in the UFC overall. He meets former title challenger Moraga (16–5) as the latter is coming off a two-fight losing skid, with decision losses to Joseph Benavidez and Matheus Nicolau.
UFC Fight Night 103: Penn vs. Rodrigeuz now breaks down as follows:
MAIN CARD (Fox Sports 1)
Yair Rodriguez vs. B.J. Penn
Marcin Held vs. Joe Lauzon
Court McGee vs. Ben Saunders
John Moraga vs. Sergio Pettis
PRELIMINARY CARD (Fox Sports 1)
Augusto Mendes vs. Frankie Saenz
Aleksei Oleinik vs. Viktor Pesta
Tony Martin vs. Alex White
Drakkar Klose vs. Devin Powell
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass)
Nina Ansaroff vs. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
Walt Harris vs. Chase Sherman
Joachim Christensen vs. Bojan Mihajlovic
Cyril Asker vs. Dmitrii Smoliakov
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXg_9aLd5_Y
The hole left in the UFC Fight Night 103 card in Phoenix, AZ due to an injury to Bryan Caraway has been plugged. A key flyweight tilt between Sergio Pettis and John Moraga has now been promoted to the main card, the UFC confirmed today. The bout was originally scheduled to headline the Fox Sports 1 Preliminary portion of the event.
In the wake of Caraway’s injury, opponent Jimmie Rivera was offered replacement opponents John Dodson and Marlon Vera, and eventually settled on Vera. However, he apparently changed his mind on the short notice replacement, and withdrew from the event, claiming he feared looking like a bully. With Rivera, who had a huge career boost with a win over Urijah Faber at UFC 203, off the event, the UFC were down a main card fight. Enter Pettis vs. Moraga.
Pettis (14-2), the younger brother of former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, enters the bout on a two-fight win streak, and is 5-2 in the UFC overall. He meets former title challenger Moraga (16–5) as the latter is coming off a two-fight losing skid, with decision losses to Joseph Benavidez and Matheus Nicolau.
UFC Fight Night 103: Penn vs. Rodrigeuz now breaks down as follows:
MAIN CARD (Fox Sports 1)
Yair Rodriguez vs. B.J. Penn
Marcin Held vs. Joe Lauzon
Court McGee vs. Ben Saunders
John Moraga vs. Sergio Pettis
PRELIMINARY CARD (Fox Sports 1)
Augusto Mendes vs. Frankie Saenz
Aleksei Oleinik vs. Viktor Pesta
Tony Martin vs. Alex White
Drakkar Klose vs. Devin Powell
PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass)
Nina Ansaroff vs. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
Walt Harris vs. Chase Sherman
Joachim Christensen vs. Bojan Mihajlovic
Cyril Asker vs. Dmitrii Smoliakov