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One of the more popular questions for journalist to ask fighters, is the interviewer will ask the athlete to pull a number out of his/her butt as to what percentage of other fighters they think are on performance enhancement drugs. Sure, they are the closest to the sport, more so than anyone, but it?s still…
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The World Series of Fighting makes its debut on Saturday night, with headliners Andrei Arlovski and Devin Cole in the main event. But while they prep for the weekend's bouts that will air on NBC Sports Network, they also are thinking ahead to the next fights.
Ray Sefo, a kickboxing legend and the president of WSOF, is considering putting himself on the card.
"Absolutely," he joked while in studio with MMAjunkie.com Radio "It's my promotion."
Sefo said it became much more likely after he fielded offers to fight in New Year's Eve in Japan, as well as in March in Australia. While Sefo's WSOF partners weren't initially keen on the idea, the outside offers changed their minds.
"I think they're realizing if I'm still very active, why not have it in their own league," he said. "We just talked about it [four] days ago, and they were like, 'We should talk about that.'"
Sefo is a true veteran of combat sports. Though he is known for his kickboxing, he has also tried boxing and MMA. He worked at Xtreme Couture for years, helping several fighters shore up their striking. It was Sefo who helped Randy Couture prepare for his bout with boxer James Toney.
And now, it might be Sefo who could be a fighter and promoter for the same show. Do you think this is a good idea? Tell us in the comments, on Facebook or Twitter.
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Andre Galvao, premier jiu-jitsu fighter and Strikeforce welterweight, took one of his students with him to LA, and met up with defending UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. The pound for pound king put on a short demonstration for the aspiring fighter on a Mook Jong(a kung-fu dummy used to practice striking.) Silva has always been…
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Lost in the hubbub over Ronda Rousey's admittance to the UFC last night was the fact that she's not the only woman who will be in the UFC. Unless Rousey will be fighting air or a man, she will need a female opponent.
Miesha Tate, the only fighter to last more than a minute with Rousey, said on Twitter that she will be a part of the UFC.
So Stoked to be fighting for the @ufc it's been a dream of mine for along time! SO happy it's finally come true:-D
? Miesha Tate (@MieshaTate) November 9, 2012
Since losing by arm bar to Rousey, Tate rehabbed the arm injury she sustained in the loss. She then beat Julie Kedzie with an armbar of her own. If this were a perfect world, she would win another fight to earn a shot against Rousey. But this world is not perfect, and as the Jon Jones-Chael Sonnen title bout reminded us, the UFC wants to make dollars, not sense.
For that reason, expect Tate to be Rousey's first opponent. Their fight in March generated a boatload of buzz as the two women continually called each other out. The card they headlined averaged 431,000 viewers and peaked at 560,000 for their bout. Considering this was on a premium network that costs viewers extra to view, it bodes well for their future as a pay-per-view draw.
There are other candidates to fight Rousey. Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos was the most dominant woman in MMA until she was suspended for using a banned substance. Her suspension will end in mid-December, but she has had trouble getting down to 145 lbs., much less the 135-lb. weight to challenge for Rousey's bantamweight belt. Like Rousey, Sara McMann has an undefeated record and Olympic credentials, having won a silver medal in wrestling in 2004. But she is not well-known, and the UFC will want to make a splash with their first women's bout.
Who do you think should Rousey should face first? Speak up in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter.
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One of the more popular questions for journalist to ask fighters, is the interviewer will ask the athlete to pull a number out of his/her butt as to what percentage of other fighters they think are on performance enhancement drugs. Sure, they are the closest to the sport, more so than anyone, but it?s still…
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UFC heavyweight Lavar Johnson is out of his scheduled bout with Brendan Schaub with a pulled groin. It is unclear if Brendan Schaub will remain on the card with the injury's proximity to next Saturday's card. UFC President Dana White broke the news earlier tonight via twitter.
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While many thought the January 12 Strikeforce show was sure to go the way of UFC 151 in terms of cancellation, the organization has announced two more bouts for the card. Gegard Mousasi (32-3-2) meets Mike Kyle (19-8-1) on the main card in a light heavyweight bout, and lightweight Ryan Couture (5-1) takes on K.J.…
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History has shown that slimming down to make weight in a new division can be a slippery slope for Mixed Martial Artists. In many cases, doing so saps a fighter of strength and energy as a result of the grueling process involved. However, Frankie Edgar isn?t concerned about going down that path. Edgar was always [...]
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Strikeforce middleweight champ Luke Rockhold has been the target of a ton of criticism over the past few days and is ready to set the record straight regarding his recent withdrawal from a January title-defense against Lorenz Larkin. The situation marked the second instance of Rockhold backing out of a bout with Larkin for health-related [...]
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UFC middleweight Vitor Belfort may be one of the most feared fighters in the division but he also comes with a glaring hole in his game where cardio is concerned. The powerful fan-favorite?s reputation for running out of energy after unleashing an early assault is as notorious as his heavy-handed striking, only winning two fights [...]
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UFC middleweight Chris Weidman had a rough end to his year after a 2012 campaign solidifying his status as one of the division?s top competitors and lending weight to claims of being top contender. The 28-year old not only saw his home suffer severe damage resulting from Hurricane Sandy, but he was also forced to [...]
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There were all sorts of things to talk about in the Patrick Cote-Alessio Sakara at UFC 154 – the illegal shots to the back of the head, the lack of warning for said shots, and the TKO win for Sakara being changed to a disqualification loss. Sakara?s camp stayed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to contest…
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Glory officials have announced a change in plans. On Feb. 16, Tyrone Spong and Remy Bonjasky were supposed to meet, but Glory Chairman Pierre Andurand now says the pair will meet on March 23, 2012. Remy is scheduled to be a part of the Glory 4 Tokyo Heavyweight Grand Slam event, which takes place on…
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Nate Diaz is fighting Benson Henderson at UFC on Fox 6, and he has taken the idea "don't leave it in the hands of the judges" to a whole new level. He does not think he can win if it is put in the judges' hands.
"I don't think I've got a chance of winning any type of decision. So I gotta go out there and do what I can do to try and finish my opponent, try to be the better fighter and win the fight," said Diaz said to Inside MMA. "Either way, if it goes to a decision, I'm going to try to be the one outscoring, outpointing and outdoing him."
Winning by a finish is a pretty tough feat for Diaz to accomplish. Henderson has never been knocked out. He lost once by submission and once by a decision. The submission loss was in 2007. Since then, he's been in some tricky spots but hasn't tapped. In both fights against Donald Cerrone and in fighting Jim Miller, Henderson was memorably stuck in positions which seemed close to a submission. But instead of tapping, Henderson would give the thumbs up and went on to win all three fights.
Decisions in bouts with Henderson are also a likely occurrence. His last six fights were decisions, with five ending with Henderson getting his hand raised. Diaz isn't as successful in decisions, so you could see why he might be nervous. Of his seven losses, six are by decision. Only two of his 13 wins came via the judges' card.
Should Diaz be concerned? Speak up in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter.
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As we mentioned last week, former UFC fighter Dennis Hallman lost his home the night before Thanksgiving to a fire. Luckily, no one was home and no one was injured in the fire that took six hours to put out. The MMA community has responded to help Hallman and his four children rebuild.
Fighter Benji Radach has put together a fund to help Hallman rebuild. 113 people have already donated to get the total over $10,000. To donate, click here. People have already contributed amounts ranging from $5 to $500.
Hallman has been fighting since 1996, and he told Sports Illustrated that the worst things he lost in the fire were irreplaceable items like pictures of his family and programs from his fights.
"That's the stuff that makes you want to cry when you think about it. At first, I was angry about it, but sitting there with my sons around me, I thought, I can't take any of that stuff with me to the grave," said Hallman.
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Two middleweights undoubtedly itching to get back in the Octagon and erase the taste of defeat have been booked for a bout at UFC on FOX 6 in the form of a fight featuring Rafael Natal-Magnus Cedenblad. Neither man has seen action in a number of months while both are also coming off losses, making [...]
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Injuries plagued Diego Sanchez for most of 2012. His only octagon appearance happened in February when he dropped a unanimous decision to Jake Ellenberger in the main of UFC On FUEL. If Sanchez has his way, it will be more than a year before he is back in the cage. Sanchez announced his drop back…
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Johny Hendricks? coach Steven Wright knows exactly what they want to happen in the welterweight division. Wright feels that Hendricks has done more than enough to warrant a fight with defending champion Georges St-Pierre. There is a good chance GSP fights Anderson Silva next, but Wright is doing a good job at selling the idea…
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At Absolute Adrenaline Platinum in Dorset, England, Adam Fyfe tried to pull the old-fake-a-glove-tap-and-go-in-for-the-knockout shtick. It didn't work. His opponent Alex Thorne recognized it, then came back to knock Fyfe out in 29 seconds.
Fyfe was never taught the old adage that cheaters never win, and winners never cheat.
By the way, eight days after Fyfe was knocked out here, he made his pro debut and was knocked out in less than a minute. The UK regularly hosts the UFC and will do so again in February for an event at Wembley Stadium. It has several burgeoning smaller promotions, but it looks like their regulation leaves much to be desired.
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Multiple sources confirmed to Yahoo! Sports Thursday that Zuffa has reached a deal with Showtime to end the Strikeforce promotion sometime early in 2013, a move that will bring superstar Ronda Rousey into the UFC.
Neither UFC president Dana White nor UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta could be reached for comment on Strikeforce's demise, which was first reported Thursday by TMZ. Chris DeBlasio, a spokesman for Showtime, which has broadcast Strikeforce events since 2009, declined comment.
The plan is for the promotion to fold after a Jan. 12 card in Oklahoma City, in which all of the Strikeforce men's champions will defend their belts. A source stressed that nothing has been signed and, thus, things could change.
That, however, appears unlikely, given the frequently rocky relationship between White and Showtime officials. Folding the promotion into the UFC would also follow Zuffa's pattern.
Zuffa purchased Strikeforce from Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment in March 2011, reportedly for more than $40 million. Given that Zuffa had previously purchased competitors PRIDE, World Fighting Alliance and World Extreme Cagefighting and merged them into the UFC, speculation mounted almost instantly about Strikeforce's future.
Strikeforce cards in September and November were canceled as the tensions between the sides heated.
White told Yahoo! Sports late last month that Rousey, Strikeforce's bantamweight champion, would fight in the UFC one day, a statement that marked an abrupt change of position. White had previously said there weren't enough quality women to form a division in the UFC and that he saw no sense doing what he termed "one-off" fights.
But Rousey, an Olympic bronze medalist in judo who has become a sensation with her meteoric rise in MMA, changed his mind. He said he was blown away by Rousey's ability to both fight and promote.
Look, I know a lot of people are going to say we're doing this because she's pretty. But [ex-Strikeforce star] Gina [Carano] was pretty, too. Ronda is a whole other story. She's nasty. She's a real fighter. She not only likes to win, she likes to finish. Think about this: Everyone she fights knows what is coming, that armbar of hers, and no one can stop it. They have a whole [expletive] training camp to prepare for that one move and nobody has been able to stop it yet.
People who are nasty and technically sound and have that attitude, I love them. She's an Olympic medalist and she's got a great history, but she's in the gym all the time. She's a dude in a girl's body. She loves to beat the [expletive] out of people and she's serious about getting better. She's not saying, 'I'm the champ and I've beaten everyone in the first round,' and taking a victory tour. She's up there in Stockton working with the Diaz brothers, trying to get better.
Details are sparse about how the merger will work and when Strikeforce fighters will begin appearing on UFC cards.
White, though, likes to do things in a major way and it wouldn't be a shock to see Rousey defend her belt in February in Las Vegas on the UFC's annual Super Bowl weekend card. That's one of the company's biggest shows of the year and, given that Rousey hasn't fought since defeating Sarah Kaufman on Aug. 18, would be a perfect launching point for her career.
Whether she will be the first woman to actually fight in the cage is questionable. When Strikeforce ends, the UFC will assume the contracts of its women's fighters. White told Yahoo! Sports last month that women such as ex-champions Miesha Tate and Cris "Cyborg" Santos and Sara McMann, a wrestling silver medalist at the 2004 Olympics, would also fight in the UFC.
Other elite fighters in Strikeforce who would be headed to the UFC include heavyweight Daniel Cormier, middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez and welterweight champion Nate Marquardt. Melendez is rated seventh in the current Yahoo! Sports pound-for-pound ratings.
Several fighters took to social media Thursday evening to comment. Tate wrote on Twitter, "So Stoked to be fighting for the @ufc it's been a dream of mine for along time! SO happy it's finally come true:-D" UFC middleweight contender Brian Stann also seemed to tweet confirmation of the news.
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UFC bantamweight Urijah Faber recently said he wanted to see action on Super Bowl Weekend and it appears as though he?s going to get his wish. Though not officially confirmed, ?The California Kid? has been linked to a February 2 fight with Vaughan Lee at UFC 156. Faber (26-6) is one of the organization?s most…
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Former Strikeforce bantamweight champion Miesha Tate is not afraid to speak her mind. Last week, she caused a stir when she said there are circumstances where it's acceptable for a man to hit a woman. This week, she's speaking up on behalf of Bellator flyweight champion Zoila Gurgel.
Despite holding a belt and fighting near her hometown, Bellator has placed Gurgel's non-title bout with Casey Noland on the untelevised undercard. For good reason, Tate was annoyed by this and tweeted Bellator president Bjorn Rebney.
Its not ok 4 the @bellatormma champ @zoilagurgel 2 b placed on the untelived portion of the undercard, in her hometown 2! @bjornrebney
? Miesha Tate (@MieshaTate) October 22, 2012
Real Cool @bellatormma just ignore your fans like you do your fighters... We wanna be able to watch @zoilagurgel fight on TV she's ur champ
? Miesha Tate (@MieshaTate) October 23, 2012
Tate sent several more tweets like these and encouraged her followers to tweet Bellator and Bjorn Rebney until they put Gurgel on the main card. Rebney explained his reasoning to MMA Fighting.
"Zoila's been plagued by injury after injury over the last 19 months, having not fought since March, 2011," he wrote. "We felt that the best road back for her did not include rushing her into a major fight against one of the top-ranked women in the world. This is not a world title fight as it's made significantly north of the 115 weight limit where she holds our title. Depending on how Zoila feels and performs on Friday, we can then determine the next appropriate step back."
But that doesn't explain why a champion isn't on television. Brian Rogers is not in a "world title fight," nor is he part of the Bellator tournament bouts that will be aired, but he's on the televised card. When fellow champions Michael Chandler and Ben Askren fought non-title bouts, their fights were on the main card.
When Tate spoke on men hitting women who hit them first, she was railing against a double standard. It looks like she's still fighting one this week.
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Part of �evolving as a fighter in the sport of mixed martial arts is identifying your own strengths and weaknesses, and realizing when things need to be changed �up. Welterweight Erick Silva, who dropped to 14?3, 1nc when he lost to Jon Fitch at UFC 153 by Unanimous Decision, identified a huge weakness. It turns…
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ONE Fighting Championship, Asia?s largest MMA organization, and kickboxing promoter Glory Sports International have joined forces to for an exclusive partnership that will allow Glory entry into the ONE FC Network. ONE FC Network is a fighter sharing program in Asia that features the biggest gyms in the country. News of the partnership was announced…
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UFC lightweight Anthony Pettis (15-2) tends to keep his emotions in check and focus on the task at hand. However, his next bout will feature some bad blood, as his January 26 tilt against Donald Cerrone (19-4) at UFC on FOX 6 has become personal rather than strictly professional as the result of some crass…
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The Resurrection Fighting Alliance returns to action this Friday on AXStv (formerly HDNet) for RFA 5. The televised main card will feature seven bouts, headlined by a featherweight title fight between Bellator veteran Jared Downing and ?TUF: Live? member Jordan Rinaldi. The co-main event will pit WEC veteran James Krause against UFC veteran Joe Jordan. The card will take place at the Viaero Event Center in Kearney, Nebraska.
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With Bellator?s switch to Spike TV approaching, a paradigm shift in the MMA landscape looms. Will the change in network from MTV2 to the channel that birthed The Ultimate Fighter elevate the sport?s number two promotion as the UFC lags on FOX?s multiple platforms? Will the Bellator reality TV show reportedly in the works simply…
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The UFC and FOX are ready to close out the year in style on December 8 by delivering a card on network television as stacked as any PPV lineup. Headlined by a title-fight between lightweight champion Benson Henderson and polarizing pugilist�Nate Diaz, UFC on FOX 5 also features fights from former divisional kings B.J. Penn [...]
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The Resurrection Fighting Alliance returns to action this Friday on AXStv for RFA 5. The televised main card will feature seven bouts, headlined by a featherweight title fight between Bellator veteran Jared Downing and "TUF: Live" member Jordan Rinaldi. The co-main event will pit WEC veteran James Krause against UFC veteran Joe Jordan. The card will take place at the Viaero Event Center in Kearney, Nebraska.
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There is a very good chance you had a better Thanksgiving than Dennis Hallman. The fighters home in Olympia, Washington burnt down in the early morning hours of Friday, November 23. According to Hallman?s facebook page, everyone was able to get out of the house uninjured, but is clearly distraught about the disaster. Hallman was…
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Lost in the hubbub over Ronda Rousey's admittance to the UFC last night was the fact that she's not the only woman who will be in the UFC. Unless Rousey will be fighting air or a man, she will need a female opponent.
Miesha Tate, the only fighter to last more than a minute with Rousey, said on Twitter that she will be a part of the UFC.
So Stoked to be fighting for the @ufc it's been a dream of mine for along time! SO happy it's finally come true:-D
? Miesha Tate (@MieshaTate) November 9, 2012
Since losing by arm bar to Rousey, Tate rehabbed the arm injury she sustained in the loss. She then beat Julie Kedzie with an armbar of her own. If this were a perfect world, she would win another fight to earn a shot against Rousey. But this world is not perfect, and as the Jon Jones-Chael Sonnen title bout reminded us, the UFC wants to make dollars, not sense.
For that reason, expect Tate to be Rousey's first opponent. Their fight in March generated a boatload of buzz as the two women continually called each other out. The card they headlined averaged 431,000 viewers and peaked at 560,000 for their bout. Considering this was on a premium network that costs viewers extra to view, it bodes well for their future as a pay-per-view draw.
There are other candidates to fight Rousey. Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos was the most dominant woman in MMA until she was suspended for using a banned substance. Her suspension will end in mid-December, but she has had trouble getting down to 145 lbs., much less the 135-lb. weight to challenge for Rousey's bantamweight belt. Like Rousey, Sara McMann has an undefeated record and Olympic credentials, having won a silver medal in wrestling in 2004. But she is not well-known, and the UFC will want to make a splash with their first women's bout.
Who do you think should Rousey should face first? Speak up in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter.
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Invicta FC's fourth foray into mixed martial arts is set for January 5 at the Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas. The card will feature the promotion crowning their first strawweight champion with Carla Esparza meeting Claudia Gadelha in the main event. The card will also feature Shayna Baszler taking on Alexis Davis in the evening's co-headliner. The card is expected to be streamed online via the promotion's website.
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/31369/invicta-fc-4-lineup-set-for-january-5/
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Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/sports-vbookie/107185-cfb-ucla-vs-stanford.html
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An explosive light heavyweight matchup between Mike Kyle and Gegard Mousasi is heading to Oklahoma City. The fighters have been scheduled to meet three times prior but the bout has been canceled each time due to injury. Kyle announced the pairing earlier this week.
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/31366/strikeforce-champions-update-kyle-vs-mousasi-set-for-okc/
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