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Chael Sonnen Denies Making Comments About Lance Armstrong

So yesterday we joked that if Chael Sonnen was still making a political run for the Oregon House, his recent comments on Pro MMA Radio  regarding Lance Armstrong, likely wouldn’t have been too helpful in the PR deparment. In this day and age of around the clock media coverage, with a bazillion internet sites looking […]

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So yesterday we joked that if Chael Sonnen was still making a political run for the Oregon House, his recent comments on Pro MMA Radio  regarding Lance Armstrong, likely wouldn’t have been too helpful in the PR deparment. In this day and age of around the clock media coverage, with a bazillion internet sites looking for anything to run as a headline, stating that the 7 time Tour De France winner cheated, and further, that Armstrong’s well documented battle with cancer was as a result of allegedly taking PEDs, well, that’s kind of a sh-t load of fodder for your political opponents no?

While Sonnen no longer has to concern himself about a political campaign (which if he were this story would likely be plastered on something like the Huffington Post … oh wait a minute…), no one should be surprised that the talented fighter has already been asked for a ‘follow up.’ While speaking to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, Sonnen outright denied making the comments, stating he’s never talked to Pro MMA Radio’s Larry Pepe…WTF? When asked specifically about Armstrong, Chael responded:

“I never spoke of Lance Armstrong ever. Never. Not until just now.”

 Now, we’re far from experts in anything, much less voice analysis, so check out the show for yourself. Head to around the one hour / thirty mark of the show to hear Sonnen, or some dude that sounds just like him, lay into Armstrong. If the whole Twitter fiasco wasn’t bad enough… this is just outright messed up.

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Greg Jackson on Jon Jones

Watch Greg Jackson Talks Jon Bones Jones on RawVegas.tvBefore his Versus fight this weekend, we talked with Jon “Bones” Jones trainer, Greg Jackson.
Jackson revealed some of his pre-fight training tactics with Jones, although didn’t mention anything like, “absolutely fucking demolish your opponent in under a round.”
Tried to corner Jackson on if he thought Vlad wasn’t […]

Watch Greg Jackson Talks Jon Bones Jones on RawVegas.tv

Before his Versus fight this weekend, we talked with Jon “Bones” Jones trainer, Greg Jackson.

Jackson revealed some of his pre-fight training tactics with Jones, although didn’t mention anything like, “absolutely fucking demolish your opponent in under a round.”

Tried to corner Jackson on if he thought Vlad wasn’t a worthy opponent for Jones, but dude is a pro, and no such luck.

Watch the vid above. To watch more MMA Fix videos, go here.

Kenda Perez Featured in Latest UFC Magazine

If you’re having a tough day then it likely got much, much, much better, having seen the above pic. Yes, we’ve conceded in the past that the world is a much prettier place with Kenda Perez walking around, and if you haven’t seen her host Spike’s “Best of Pride” your life is incomplete (not just […]

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If you’re having a tough day then it likely got much, much, much better, having seen the above pic. Yes, we’ve conceded in the past that the world is a much prettier place with Kenda Perez walking around, and if you haven’t seen her host Spike’s “Best of Pride” your life is incomplete (not just because she’s hot as hell but because Pride was the sh-t).

The new edition of the UFC Magazine features Randy Couture on the front, as well as, a multiple pic spread of Kenda (more importantly). We’d be remiss if we didn’t give huge props to Cage Potato for running the above picture of Kenda, including several others from the shoot. Now run along and be happy.

Roy Nelson Sees Junior dos Santos Ahead of Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin

While Chael Sonnen has been capturing headlines over the last few weeks for his ‘okay what now?’ trash talk, it’s easy to forget that there are plenty of other dudes in the UFC, who also possess a remarkable gift for controversial gab. Of course, if you’ve followed Roy Nelson since his arrival in the UFC […]

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While Chael Sonnen has been capturing headlines over the last few weeks for his ‘okay what now?’ trash talk, it’s easy to forget that there are plenty of other dudes in the UFC, who also possess a remarkable gift for controversial gab. Of course, if you’ve followed Roy Nelson since his arrival in the UFC (or before), you know that you don’t head for another web site when the heavyweight’s talking.

In addition to this Saturday’s tilt between Sonnen and middleweight champ Anderson Silva, the bout between Nelson and Junior dos Santos has a teee-onne riding on the outcome. Dana White has already stated that the winner will get a crack at whoever wins between Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez on Oct. 23rd. Well, while speaking to MMA Fighting’s Ben Fowlkes, Nelson made the argument that dos Santos is “probably the No.1 guy out there”, by breaking down Lesnar’s recent win over Shane Carwin.

“Carwin, he seems like he trains for five, one-minute rounds. That’s his championship fight, apparently,” said Nelson. “But no, you learn a lot. Like Carwin, he quits. He basically quit with Brock and he tapped out. That means you quit. It’s pretty self-explanatory. Then Brock, you learned that if you don’t give him an opportunity to come back on you, if you don’t give him that hole to come back, he won’t come back. Shane just gave him the chance to come back. He didn’t put him away.”

Don’t hold back on our account Roy. Nelson also cited Carwin’s recent episode of ‘lactic acidosis,’ as to why he prefers to be “fat”, rather than a muscular monstrosity like Shane. See; being fat does have its perks. To bet on UFC 117 head here.

Jon Jones Wants to Face Top 3 Fighter Next

So if you decided yesterday that the MMA pundits were morons for having Jon Jones as such a heavy favorite, and consequently, threw some dough down on Vladimir Matyushenko pulling off the upset last night in San Diego…look at this way, at least it’s Monday and you can get back to earning some cash right?
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So if you decided yesterday that the MMA pundits were morons for having Jon Jones as such a heavy favorite, and consequently, threw some dough down on Vladimir Matyushenko pulling off the upset last night in San Diego…look at this way, at least it’s Monday and you can get back to earning some cash right?

Yes, if you missed the fight last night on Versus you likely know by now, that Jones quickly took “The Janitor” to the mat and promptly began cleaning the floor with his head via a flurry of elbows. As most expected, Jones cruised to victory over the accomplished decade plus vet, and today the hype spotlight is more scalding bright than ever before. Case in point, everyone wants to know who Jones wants to fight next, and speaking after the bout he reportedly stated (thanks to MMA Weekly for the quote):

“There’s the champion. He’s the toughest guy right now. He’s very well-rounded and is a great striker. Just the top three contenders that I really want to push myself against,” said Jones. “I really feel that needs to happen.”

The report furthered that Jones was referring to Shogun Rua (obviously), Lyoto Machida and “Rampage” Jackson. What about Rashad Evans? Jones trains with “Sugar” so that’s apparently in the ‘don’t go there’ category. What did Dana White have to say? After the “dust settles” in the upcoming schedule, Jones will reportedly take on someone in the top eight. Cool beans. And oh yeah, Jon, the post-fight “stay classy San Diego” bit was gold…

Yushin Okami “Wasn’t Wild” About Split Decision Ruling

Yesterday we remarked about the fact that Yushin Okami ranks amongst the best in the ‘ain’t no picnic’ to fight factor, and after watching his decision win over Mark Munoz last night, it would seem that the Japanese fighter has only furthered this rep. Yes, the bout wasn’t riddled with highlight reel moments, but you […]

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Yesterday we remarked about the fact that Yushin Okami ranks amongst the best in the ‘ain’t no picnic’ to fight factor, and after watching his decision win over Mark Munoz last night, it would seem that the Japanese fighter has only furthered this rep. Yes, the bout wasn’t riddled with highlight reel moments, but you can’t really fault Okami for that. Not only was Okami looking to keep the bout standing, but the takedown defense clinic he put on (and it was a masterpiece no?), nullified the vast majority of Munoz’s offense.

Now certainly it wasn’t like Okami punished Munoz mercilessly throughout the bout or anything, but aside from the second round where Okami got into a little trouble, it was relatively obvious that Okami was going to cruise to the UD win right? Well, cue Cecil Peoples. Yes, if you’ve followed the sport intently over the last few years, then you know that Judge Peoples doesn’t always see fights the same way that other people do, meaning the majority. He scored it 29-28 for Munoz while the other two scored it 29-28 for Okami. Speaking after the win Okami had this to say about the ruling (thanks to MMA Junkie):

“I’ll have to live with [the decision],” Okami said. “I wasn’t wild about it. I thought it looked a little better to me than a two-to-one split, although the [judges] know what they’re doing…”The second round wasn’t necessarily my best fighting ever. But I won, so I’ll live with it, though I can’t say I’m wild about the decision.”

Yes, we weren’t ‘wild’ about the scoring either dude.