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Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber is the most notable fighter in the lighter weight classes, and some valuable lessons were learned about him when he outclassed former WEC bantamweight champion Brian Bowles.Did Faber show improved athletic…
Former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber is the most notable fighter in the lighter weight classes, and some valuable lessons were learned about him when he outclassed former WEC bantamweight champion Brian Bowles.
Did Faber show improved athleticism? Better technique? A better haircut? Read and find out!
Junior Dos Santos made history last weekend in not only stopping Cain Velasquez, but also becoming the first Brazilian to become the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion, and it’s sparked some debate already as to where he stands.As far as Brazilians to…
Junior Dos Santos made history last weekend in not only stopping Cain Velasquez, but also becoming the first Brazilian to become the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion, and it’s sparked some debate already as to where he stands.
As far as Brazilians to hold the UFC Heavyweight belt, he probably stands pretty high, as he’s the only man to have won the title from that, but is it realistic to believe that he’s among the UFC’s greatest champions of all time from Brazil when he just won the belt over a week ago?
Anyone who knows me knows how I feel about the Black House/Team Nogueira/Nova Uniao triumvirate that has held or is holding a major MMA World title right now, and if you know your MMA, you know their history with promotional titles all too well.
To give a brief history lesson, Anderson Silva is the UFC Middleweight Champion, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza only recently relinquished the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship to one Luke Rockhold, Bibiano “Flash” Fernandes held the DREAM Featherweight Title before a rematch with Hiroyuki Takaya, and Marlon Sandro relinquished his Sengoku Featherweight crown to UFC 144’s Hatsu Hioki.
In addition, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has held UFC Interim Heavyweight and PRIDE Heavyweight gold, Antonio Silva held EliteXC’s Heavyweight crown, Patricio Freire is on his way to becoming Bellator Featherweight Champion with no preference to whether he gets Joe Warren or Pat Curran next, and UFC 142’s certain headliner Jose Aldo is UFC Featherweight Champion.
Dos Santos brings the Heavyweight gold back to Team Nogueira, technically, but a champion’s reign is one-half title win and one-half title streak, and as much as I like and respect the daylights out of JDS, we’re just not going to be able to rank him among Silva, Nogueira or Aldo, nor are we going to properly rank him with Vitor Belfort, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Murilo Bustamante, the legendary multiple-time UFC tournament winner Royce Gracie, or any other Brazilian that has held UFC gold or any UFC honors until we find out who he will face after UFC 141.
If Junior can turn back either Brock Lesnar or Alistair Overeem, and in impressive fashion, no less, then and only then can we find ourselves talking about where JDS ranks among the all-time best Brazilian UFC World Champions.
If his win over Velasquez was any indication, however, then fans of the sport might find themselves seeing Dos Santos’ name among some of the greatest Brazilian champions in the UFC, but Junior can rest assured that the UFC Heavyweight belt is not one that’s easy to hold on to.
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Dan Henderson’s amazing and epic battle with Shogun Rua was the type of fight that makes MMA the hottest sport in the world right now.Two real warriors laid it all on the line and Henderson was justifiably awarded the decision. Let us not confuse an ex…
Dan Henderson‘s amazing and epic battle with Shogun Rua was the type of fight that makes MMA the hottest sport in the world right now.
Two real warriors laid it all on the line and Henderson was justifiably awarded the decision. Let us not confuse an exciting fighter with a truly elite and masterfully skilled one.
Both Jon Jones at light heavyweight and Anderson Silva at middleweight represent elite level fighters that will avoid the manic right hands from Hendo and defeat him.
In Jones’ case, his reach advantage, equal striking proficiency and awesome grappling skill will expose Hendo, who is not a true light heavyweight. He is likely more comfortable there at 39 years of age, but he will not be able to pressure and overpower Jones.
That fight will likely result in a lopsided decision or a late TKO in favor of Jon Jones.
In the case of Silva, this is perhaps Hendo’s best chance. Silva is advanced in age. He is likely to have just battled Chael Sonnen in a intense and emotional rematch. If the Spider is victorious in that bout, as I expect he will be, many will question how much he has left?
I believe Henderson is the type of fighter that is custom made for Silva. Hard charging opponents with one dimensional attack styles, no matter how potent, will not fair well against the Spider.
He has too many ways to beat you. Henderson’s chin is so good that a KO isn’t likely, but a lopsided decision is more feasible.
I applaud Hendo’s great performance, but Bones and the Spider are beyond the reach of his destructive right hand.
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Pride legend Mauricio “Shogun” Rua may be down, but he’s not out. At 29 years of age, there is still much for him to do in MMA. After all, light heavyweight isn’t exactly the thickest division in the UFC. Also, many of the top c…
Pride legend Mauricio “Shogun” Rua may be down, but he’s not out. At 29 years of age, there is still much for him to do in MMA. After all, light heavyweight isn’t exactly the thickest division in the UFC. Also, many of the top competitors are very close to each other skill-wise, making the division’s […]
UFC 139 Results: 5 Fights for Shogun Rua To Get Back on Track
It has been a topsy-turvy past few years for former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres, but his victory over Nick Pace last night at UFC 139 may have finally put his career back on track. It was only just over two years ago when Torres was once …
It has been a topsy-turvy past few years for former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres, but his victory over Nick Pace last night at UFC 139 may have finally put his career back on track.
It was only just over two years ago when Torres was once considered not only the unquestioned best 135-pound fighter in the world, but was also a consensus top five pound-for-pound fighter.
Torres rode an unbelievable, Fedor Emelianenko-like 17-fight winning streak into his Aug. 2009 battle against Brian Bowles at WEC 42. But it was on that night that the his historic run came to an end.
One punch from Bowles sent Torres tumbling back into reality as he was knocked out by the challenger in one of the most shocking losses of the year.
Torres would go on to lose his next fight to Joseph Benavidez, submitting to a guillotine choke at WEC 47. The tumble down the rankings had officially begun.
Though he got back in the win column in back-to-back fights against Charlie Valencia and Antonio Banuelos in his UFC debut, the level of competition was just not as good as what he had been competing against in his losses. But even worse, he did not look like the dominant former champion that we remembered from years past.
But last night at UFC 139, the real Miguel Torres was back. He showed some of the precision on the feet and incredible jiu-jitsu that helped make him one of the best in the world. Not only that, but he did it against an opponent who essentially opted not to cut weight and weighed in six pounds over the 135-pound limit.
He still has a fight or two to go before he can realistically be considered for a shot at the UFC bantamweight title, but a top-five ranking is well within reason.
The crazy thing about Miguel Torres is that despite competing in his 43rd professional MMA fight last night, the best may still be best to come. Just 30-years-old, he is still learning and improving his game every day.
If he is able to regain the confidence he once had, Dominick Cruz may have something to worry about at 135.
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There are three things you need to make life hard for Anderson Silva: an adamantine chin, suffocating wrestling and uncompromising submission defense. Of course, having the apocalyptic punching power of Dan Henderson also helps. The best p…
There are three things you need to make life hard for Anderson Silva: an adamantine chin, suffocating wrestling and uncompromising submission defense. Of course, having the apocalyptic punching power of Dan Henderson also helps.
The best place to beat Silva is on the ground. The problem is doing it quickly.
In a fight against Anderson Silva, the clock is not your friend. Be it on his feet, with his flawless counter-punching or off his back, utilizing long-limbed submissions, Anderson is the type of fighter to capitalize on his opponents’ mistakes.
They are bound to make them, and so, a fighter’s only bet is to finish the fight early. That no one has ever done this is no reason for Dan Henderson to try.
Since his always-appreciated destruction of Michael Bisping, Henderson added knockouts of Fedor Emelianenko, Rafael Cavalcante and Renalto Sobral to his resume.
While these fighters are clearly not in the same league as Silva’s, does anyone think, Emelianenko notwithstanding, they were in Henderson’s?
Henderson, a two-time Olympian, has some of the best wrestling in MMA. Henderson’s first round with Silva at UFC 82 had everyone thinking that the Brazilian’s reign was ending. He dominated Silva on the ground, blocking his airways and hammerfisting him to the temple while the champion clutched Henderson like a plank from the Titanic.
Then, in the second, Silva caught Henderson with a big shot, got on top of him and finished the fight, garroting him with a rear naked choke.
Opponents have since rocked Henderson on several occasions, but never finished him.
Henderson’s scramble with Rua, resulting briefly in Hendo locking up a true crucifix, has demonstrated his fluency with submissions and, presumably, how to defend them.
The fact is that Anderson Silva can beat any man on any given night. There is no fighter in the world that so clearly outclasses the champion that he unseats Silva as the favorite.
Nevertheless, Hendo has all the tools he needs to bring the title to Murrieta, CA.
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