The Jake Shields free agency feels like the Dan Henderson free agency all over again.
Let me explain.
Dan Henderson fought the final fight of his UFC contract at UFC 100.
Henderson’s status was elevated as he was coming off a highlight reel …
The Jake Shields free agency feels like the Dan Henderson free agency all over again.
Let me explain.
Dan Henderson fought the final fight of his UFC contract at UFC 100.
Henderson’s status was elevated as he was coming off a highlight reel knockout over Michael Bisping.
When Henderson became a free agent, all of the fans said the UFC […]
MMA:30’s Dave Farra caught up with UFC interim Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin to talk about his upcoming title fight with Brock Lesnar at UFC 116. Shane talked about his training routine and weight, his desire for the fight to go into the later rounds, and how he expects the fight to end.
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MMA:30’s Dave Farra caught up with UFC interim Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin to talk about his upcoming title fight with Brock Lesnar at UFC 116. Shane talked about his training routine and weight, his desire for the fight to go into the later rounds, and how he expects the fight to end.
It wasn’t too long ago that Keith Jardine was viewed by most as a legitimate contender in the light-heavyweight division. Now although his career hit a major hiccup courtesy Houston Alexander’s right hand in May, 2007, after Jardine speed bagged Forrest Griffin at UFC 66, the Greg Jackson fighter went on to beat Chuck Liddell […]
It wasn’t too long ago that Keith Jardine was viewed by most as a legitimate contender in the light-heavyweight division. Now although his career hit a major hiccup courtesy Houston Alexander’s right hand in May, 2007, after Jardine speed bagged Forrest Griffin at UFC 66, the Greg Jackson fighter went on to beat Chuck Liddell by Split Decision at UFC 76. Lots of people were talking “Dean of Mean” for understandable reasons.
Since then, however, Jardine hasn’t had much success; aside from a decision win over Brandon Vera in October, 2008, the former TUF competitor has lost four out of five fights, three times by KO. So what the hell has gone wrong you may ask? Well, according to Jardine, his recent troubles may be due to the fact that he’s gotten away from the WTF? Hands down, chin tauntingly out approach, he used to employ (thanks to Sherdog.com for the quote).
“I don’t want to get too philosophical, but I went through a phase of really trying to polish up my boxing — keep my hands up all the time. Just being a real polished boxer, that’s not me,” he said. “But it’s good, I learned a lot of stuff. Now it’s about trying to bring that together with my own style… and just have fun and loosen up and relax a little bit.”
Not something you hear everyday…but, whatever works right? Of course on Saturday night, Jardine will square off with Matt Hamill, in a bout that could determine whether or not Jardine remains on the UFC roster. We’ll be watching. To bet on the fight head here.
You may or may not have been surprised by many of the outcomes at last weekend’s UFC; we’re fans of Chuck Liddell, but let’s face it, if you were really super-duper-shocked to see him get knocked out again, well, we’re guessing you make an X with your arms anytime you do something cool…
One of the more surprising performances on […]
You may or may not have been surprised by many of the outcomes at last weekend’s UFC; we’re fans of Chuck Liddell, but let’s face it, if you were really super-duper-shocked to see himget knocked out again, well, we’re guessing you make an X with your arms anytime you do something cool…
One of the more surprising performances on the card was Martin Kampmann’s UD win over Paulo Thiago, not necessarily because the Danish welterweight won, but how he won. Everyone should know that Kampmann’s no slouch on the ground, but really, to see him walk over a BJJ black belt like Thiago on the mat was pretty impressive no?
For Thiago, the loss was a definite setback, especially coming off his memorable ‘holy eff that was nice’ choke-out of Mike Swick in February. In a recent interview with the Brazilian publication Tatame, it sounds like Thiago is understandably disappointed with how things played out at UFC 115.
“I didn’t fought well at all, man. I couldn’t do it, I froze… I went forward on the beginning of the fight, but then I got stuck there. I don’t know what happened, but I couldn’t play my game and he won”, said Thiago. “I couldn’t make my game plan… Maybe I could have done better, but I didn’t. Now I have to study this fight, try to see my mistakes, improve my mental state and make it up with myself”.
It will be interesting to see who the UFC matches up against Thiago next and how he performs. As far as Kampmann, he reportedly wants a bout with Dan Hardy. Yes, that would be most satisfactory indeed.
Following the success of his first book “Got Fight?” Forrest Griffin has followed it up with a new book due for release in August, “Be Ready When The Sh*t Goes Down: A Survival Guide to the Apocalypse.”
We wish him well but sma…
