Tag: Yves Edwards

UFC Will Stream Fights on Facebook

Filed under: MMA Media Watch, UFC, NewsThe UFC has announced that two fights on the non-televised portion of Saturday night’s Fight for the Troops event will be streamed live on the promotion’s official Facebook page.

“I’m always looking for ways to g…

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The UFC has announced that two fights on the non-televised portion of Saturday night’s Fight for the Troops event will be streamed live on the promotion’s official Facebook page.

“I’m always looking for ways to give fans fights for free and this is just another example of that,” UFC President Dana White said in a statement. “Facebook is such a great tool for people to stay connected and we’re excited to put two live fights on our UFC page for free.”

The UFC, more than any other sports league, has used social networking to connect to fans. So from that perspective, it’s easy to see why they’d do this Facebook deal. But the deal still seems a little weird.

Cody McKenzie Continues to be Adorable, Out of His Mind

("What has two thumbs, wears a red jersey and has an insatiable hunger for Hot Pockets right now?" PicProps: Ultimate Fighter.com)
Not to get sidetracked by the psychology of it all, but clearly a certain amount of success in athletics must b…


("What has two thumbs, wears a red jersey and has an insatiable hunger for Hot Pockets right now?" PicProps: Ultimate Fighter.com)

Not to get sidetracked by the psychology of it all, but clearly a certain amount of success in athletics must be based on not thinking about it too much. Hence, the stunning percentage of dumb guys who are also professional athletes. Now, we’re not trying to say that Cody McKenzie is dumb, per se, only that he sure doesn’t appear to over think things. In fact, perhaps that blind confidence – coupled with a freaky guillotine — is his greatest strength as a fighter. There’s something about McKenzie’s particular blend of boundless enthusiasm and wanton hubris that we find incredibly endearing. His surprising run on “TUF 12,” during which he performed the MMA equivalent of continually poking a sleeping grizzly bear with a stick by talking an endless stream of shit to Josh Koscheck, was enough to win our hearts. His choke-out of Aaron Wilkinson at the show’s live finale? Well, that was just hilarious.

From the outside looking in, it appears the UFC may be just as bemused by McKenzie as we are, perhaps vowing to just keep giving him fights in rapid succession until somebody beats him. That – paired with the fact the kid just doesn’t seem know any better – would explain why the company is moving him straight from his victory over Wilkinson earlier this month into a short-notice fight with Yves Edwards on Jan. 22. It would also explain why he’s prone to say stuff like this: “I’d love to be able to cut down to 145 and fight (Jose) Aldo,” McKenzie told MMA Junkie this week. “I respect the guy, but I think that would be a war.”

Yeah, no. Clearly a complete inability to conceptualize your own limitations can only take you so far.

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Melvin Guillard Replaces Kenny Florian at UFN 23

UFC Lightweight, Kenny Florian suffered a knee injury in training and is forced to pull out of his January 22nd fight against Evan Dunham for UFN 23 also known as UFC: Fight for the Troops 2. Heavy.com is reporting that Jackson Submission Fighting teammate, Melvin Guillard will be pulled out of his bout with […]

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UFC Lightweight, Kenny Florian suffered a knee injury in training and is forced to pull out of his January 22nd fight against Evan Dunham for UFN 23 also known as UFC: Fight for the Troops 2. Heavy.com is reporting that Jackson Submission Fighting teammate, Melvin Guillard will be pulled out of his bout with Yves Edwards to replace Florian. Edwards is now expected to fight Cody McKenzie. Guillard has won 6 of his last 7 bouts. Evan Dunham suffered his first loss of his professional career in a controversial split decision loss to Sean Sherk at UFC 119. UFN 23/UFC Fight for the Troops 2 is a benefit that will be held at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas.

My First Fight: Yves Edwards

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveThe internet will tell you that Yves Edwards’ first fight was against a guy named Todd Justice at the World Pankration Championships on Oct. 26, 1997.

“That’s not right,” Edwards says. “I fought a few weeks, maybe a…

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The internet will tell you that Yves Edwards‘ first fight was against a guy named Todd Justice at the World Pankration Championships on Oct. 26, 1997.

“That’s not right,” Edwards says. “I fought a few weeks, maybe a month before that, in the same building. I fought this guy, I don’t remember his name, Kelly something.”

It hardly needs to be said, but they did things differently at “pankration” events in Dallas, Texas back in 1997. For one thing, there were the weight classes. They existed, in a way, but they didn’t exactly work in Edwards’ favor.

“There were no weigh-ins whatsoever. I showed up and the guy I was supposed to fight was probably about 185 [pounds] or 190. He was huge. I was probably about 160. It was just kind of like, okay. Here we go.”

Yves Edwards: ‘I Want to Leave Behind a Body of Work I Can Be Proud Of’

Filed under: UFC, FanHouse ExclusiveOld-school MMA fans still say plenty of great things about Yves Edwards. He appreciates it, in a way.

A part of him likes the fact that people still remember his string of dominant years around the middle of the de…

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Old-school MMA fans still say plenty of great things about Yves Edwards. He appreciates it, in a way.

A part of him likes the fact that people still remember his string of dominant years around the middle of the decade. And it’s nice to hear some of them say that, had the UFC had a lightweight title in circulation back then, he might very well have held it.

It’s nice, but it’s not enough. Not now.

“People can say I was the uncrowned lightweight champ, but it sucks being the uncrowned champ of anything,” he says. “You don’t have the belt, and you never had it. I can’t put ‘uncrowned lightweight champion’ on my resume. That hurts so bad. That really still hurts, to tell you the truth.”

In the UFC, Threat of Being Cut Weighs Heavily on Fighters’ Minds

Filed under: UFCTodd Duffee heard the rumors about a week before he heard the official word. There was chatter around the gym that he might be cut from the UFC. Fighters he knew who were under contract to other organizations started reaching out to him…

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Todd Duffee heard the rumors about a week before he heard the official word. There was chatter around the gym that he might be cut from the UFC. Fighters he knew who were under contract to other organizations started reaching out to him on behalf of their employers.

“I guess they had heard I’d already been cut,” Duffee said. “That was the first I’d heard of it.”

At first, he thought it was a joke. He’d suffered the first loss of his career at UFC 114 in May. Now it was early September. He felt sure these were just rumors, idle locker room gossip. Then he heard from his manager that the rumors were true, and that the UFC was releasing him from his contract.

“I thought it was a joke at first,” he said. “I mean, they’re not cutting me off one loss. They don’t do that. It didn’t make sense to me.”