On this episode of “The Ultimate Show”, we take a look back at all the fights from UFC 137. MMA Correspondent Brian Oswald breaks down each fight from UFC 137. The most anticipated fight of the weekend had to be Penn vs. Diaz. With his reti…
On this episode of “The Ultimate Show”, we take a look back at all the fights from UFC 137. MMA Correspondent Brian Oswald breaks down each fight from UFC 137.
The most anticipated fight of the weekend had to be Penn vs. Diaz. With his retirement on the line, Penn looked to show his experience versus a younger fighter Diaz. Penn may have be on the way out of UFC, but he will always be known one of the great fighters the sport has produced.
We get some insight from Josh Koscheck on what fans should know about fighters, his fighting technique and even his favorite athlete.
We all saw Sonnen call out Silva at 135. BR’s MMA contributor Andrew Brining give us five reasons Silva should take the fight.
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MMA H.E.A.T. brings you the UFC ON FOX pre-fight conference call featuring UFC President Dana White, reigning heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez and title challenger Junior Dos Santos. The two fighters answer questions about their preparation for the fight, what it means to be the first UFC fight to air on FOX and what they think about their opponent. More questions are directed towards Dana though, as the media get the story behind the new production elements that will air as part of the broadcast, how Dana feels about past promotion’s attempts to move to broadcast TV and his goals for global expansion of the UFC.
MMA H.E.A.T. brings you the UFC ON FOX pre-fight conference call featuring UFC President Dana White, reigning heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez and title challenger Junior Dos Santos. The two fighters answer questions about their preparation for the fight, what it means to be the first UFC fight to air on FOX and what they think about their opponent. More questions are directed towards Dana though, as the media get the story behind the new production elements that will air as part of the broadcast, how Dana feels about past promotion’s attempts to move to broadcast TV and his goals for global expansion of the UFC.
The UFC is slated to make history when they make their debut on FOX Sports next weekend, as a heavyweight title bout between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos will headline the first event. It will mark the first time they are broadcasted on n…
The UFC is slated to make history when they make their debut on FOX Sports next weekend, as a heavyweight title bout between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos will headline the first event. It will mark the first time they are broadcasted on network television, showcasing a title bout between two of the sports […]
If you remember nothing else about WEC 48’s Jose Aldo-Urijah Faber main event besides the leg kicks and the loss Faber sustained, you’ll remember it as something of the catalyst for the Aldo we see right now.Aldo attempted his share of takedowns and si…
If you remember nothing else about WEC 48’s Jose Aldo-Urijah Faber main event besides the leg kicks and the loss Faber sustained, you’ll remember it as something of the catalyst for the Aldo we see right now.
Aldo attempted his share of takedowns and significantly out-struck Faber, including the left kicks that encouraged Faber’s camp to help him stick around for the post-fight press conference with Joe Rogan, but Aldo’s UFC 142 foe Chad “Money” Mendes seems convinced that Aldo will not go 2-0 against Team Alpha Male fighters.
“For me I can figure out what I can and can’t do [best] when I’m in the cage competing,” he told MMA Junkie. “I definitely gained a lot of confidence in that fight (with Yahya). And I learned a lot by watching Aldo’s fight, too.”
Never fault a Team Alpha Male fighter for being confident; however, he must remember the one thing he never talked about from Aldo’s fight with Faber:
The leg kicks Aldo landed, despite what Faber might say, paid their dividends to Faber’s decision to go to Bantamweight, and if he could do that to Faber, what makes Mendes think that his wrestling game will be enough?
If anything, Mendes’ explosive shots could be the opening that Aldo needs to re-introduce MMA fans to himself and flat-line Mendes’ title hopes with either an uppercut, a hook, a sprawl followed by Aldo’s choice of choke-hold, or an old favorite in the form of Aldo’s infamous flying knees.
Mendes believe that he will succeed where Adlo falters, but is that hype or is that a heavily budding truth?
Until Mendes takes action against Aldo, it might be safer to assume that where Faber fell, Mendes might plummet—but if Mendes wants to prove that theory wrong, he can bring twenty-five minutes worth of beat-down to Brazil on January 14th and see how lucky he feels when he’s across the cage from Aldo.
The UFC is slated to make history when they make their debut on FOX Sports next weekend, as a heavyweight title bout between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos will headline the first event. It will mark the first time the company will be broadc…
The UFC is slated to make history when they make their debut on FOX Sports next weekend, as a heavyweight title bout between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos will headline the first event.
It will mark the first time the company will be broadcast on network television, showcasing a title bout between two of the sport’s most well-rounded and technical heavyweight fighters.
As much coverage and marketing the UFC is doing to promote the upcoming event, it will undoubtedly be a success, but one can’t help but notice it is lacking in potential talent. Other bouts like Benson Henderson vs. Clay Guida will be streamed live on Facebook and FOX.com, which leaves this anticipated card lacking in terms of quality.
The UFC took a big risk in advertising one of the company’s biggest title fights and placing it on a free televised card. Velasquez and dos Santos are two of the most skilled fighters competing the heavyweight division, but are relatively unknown with casual fans, so their presence on this upcoming card should help their marketability.
However, for as much success as the UFC can potentially gain from this event, they made a bad decision on promoting Velasquez and dos Santos as the marquee matchup. The fight itself has all the potential to be a fight of the year candidate, but favouring it over such bouts as Henderson and Guida or Urijah Faber versus Brian Bowles, devalues the event entirely.
While promoting a heavyweight championship bout, a title that is historically held with such prestigious and value, it would benefit much more from being featured on a pay-per-view card. Especially given the status’ of both fighters, and the magnitude surrounding the bout itself, either Velasquez or dos Santos will earn more notoriety with a victory, as opposed to establishing a reputation among casual fans.
Again, this heavyweight bout will do well in attracting more casual fans and more acceptance to the sport, but the UFC sacrificed a big opportunity to promote both Velasquez and dos Santos on a bigger stage to a wider audience.
Jon Anik may not know who is his future broadcasting partner will be, but he does know that whomever is chosen will have a wealth of experience inside the Octagon.MMAJunkie.com reports that UFC officials told the “B team” commentator that his partner w…
Jon Anik may not know who is his future broadcasting partner will be, but he does know that whomever is chosen will have a wealth of experience inside the Octagon.
MMAJunkie.com reports that UFC officials told the “B team” commentator that his partner will be either a past or present UFC fighter.
Anik, a longtime host of ESPN’s “MMA Live” show, was brought on this past week by the UFC to be apart of the promotion’s secondary broadcast team. The current duo of Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan will be the UFC’s “A team,” while Anik and his yet to be named partner will take on a complementary role, calling UFC Fight Nights and the Ultimate Fighter Finales.
The “B team” will also call live episodes of “the Ultimate Fighter,” set to debut in 2012 on FX.
For Anik, his duties will also include hosting “Ultimate Insider,” a weekly news show that will air on FUEL TV.
This will not be the first time that Anik will work alongside a MMA personality as he has hosted “MMA Live” alongside many notable fighters including Stephan Bonnar, Frank Mir, Rashad Evans, Kenny Florian and many others.
Thrilled to work with any of these veterans, Anik would not mind having Florian at his side as the duo has formed a great working relationship on “MMA Live.”
“We’ll see what happens,” Anik told MMAJunkie.com. “It’d be great to work with K-Flo. We know a lot about each other, and we have that chemistry already.”
Anik’s first official duties as an employee of the UFC will be calling the international play-by-play for next weekend’s UFC on FOX 1. Goldberg and Rogan will call the event on FOX in the U.S.
On this episode of “The Ultimate Show”, we take a look back at all the fights from UFC 137. MMA Correspondent Brian Oswald breaks down each fight from UFC 137.