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UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw faces promotional newcomer Joe Soto for the 135-pound title after his original opponent, Renan Barao, is forced to withdraw at the zero hour. Watch UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto LIVE on Saturday, August 30 at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT only on Pay-Per-View.Source: http://mmalice.com/videos/ufc-177-main-event-ure-video_xayt7twd.html
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Former bantamweight champion Renan Barao suffered some sort of incident while cutting weight in his hotel room in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday and was pulled from his title bout Saturday at Sleep Train Arena in the main event of UFC 177 against champion T.J. Dillashaw for medical reasons.
It remains unclear the nature of Barao's medical condition, but one UFC source said, "I know he's going to be fine, but he's definitely not fighting Saturday."
Nova Uniao, Barao's fight team, issued a statement to MMA Fighting. The statement said Barao was dizzy when getting out of the tub, slipped and hit his head against the wall. It said he passed out and was taken to the hospital.
UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta said Barao was taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons.
�"Safety has to come first," Fertitta said. "We just wanted to make sure he was all right. My understanding is that he is [OK] and that everyone was being extra cautious, so he was taken to the hospital to be checked."
Considered a large bantamweight, Barao was replaced in the main event by Joe Soto. Soto, who will be making his UFC debut, had been scheduled to fight Anthony Birchak in the openight fight of the night. Now, he'll shift to the main event to challenge Dillashaw. Soto is 15-2 and on a six-fight winning streak.
Immediately after weighing in, Dillashaw accused Barao of being afraid.
"He's scared, you know?" Dillashaw said while being interviewed by UFC television analyst Joe Rogan on the stage only seconds after successfully making weight. "He don't want it. His coaches wanted the rematch more than he did. He's made this weight before and it's funny he didn't want to do it now."
Soto, a former Bellator champion, said he had was excited to get the opportunity. He said he accepted the bout without hesitation.
"This is something you have to step up for, something you can't pass up," Soto said. "When you have opportunities like this, you jump at them. When the matchmakers asked me if I wanted this fight, I said yes immediately."
It was the third hit the card took in recent weeks. The original co-main event was a flyweight title fight between Demetrious Johnson and Chris Cariaso. That was moved to the main event of UFC 178 on Sept. 27 in Las Vegas when light heavyweight champion Jon Jones injured a knee in wrestling practice and had to pull out of his fight with Daniel Cormer.
It comes on the heels of the cancellation of UFC 176, when featherweight champion Jose Aldo, Barao's teammate, had to pull out of his fight on Aug. 2 in Los Angeles, with an injury.�
Earlier on Friday, former Olympic wrestling gold medalist Henry Cejudo had to pull out of his fight with Scott Jorgensen, also for undisclosed medical reasons.
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The hilarious Tommy Toe Hold show makes the MMA world laugh on the regular with his satire and impersonations of MMA personalities but the bald loud mouth got real with an actual interview with UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey. Turns out, the "Rowdy" one is an awesomely huge geek, specifically when it comes to "Pok�mon."
Favorite Pok�mon?�"Mew," she said.
Why?
"Mew is the originator of all the other�Pok�mons ... Mew is the original one and [all the other Pok�mon] came from that one. And, you couldn't catch Mew in the original game. You had to use the lavender town."
Well, that was a lot more technical a discussion of "Pok�mon" than anyone could have anticipated. But wait, there's more!
"I actually went to the mall for those�Pok�mon events, those little tournaments to get me a Mew. I wanted Mew so bad. I waited in line with all the other nerds for hours. I wanted to get me a Mew, and a Mew certificate of authenticity that I taped to my wall," Rousey was not ashamed to admit.
Rousey also talked nerdy to TTH about a range of other topics. Playstation or Xbox?�
"I pick Playstation. I've got more experience with a Playstation," the champ opined.
Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter?
"Mortal Kombat."
Which movie would be better if it starred Rousey, the newest Expendable?
"They're making a Wonder Woman right now, aren't they?" she asked.
"I should have been Wonder Woman, man! That girl couldn't curl a two-pound weight, what's so wonderful about that? I don't understand."
She's also got plenty of unknown talents in addition to her signature arm bar.�"Well, I'm a really good shot with a gun," she said, to name one.
"Umm, I'm really good at Candy Crush (laughs). I don't know if I picked up a bassoon right now, if I could play it, like read the music, but I used to play the bassoon. I was really good at bassoon. Wait! I'm really good at Taboo, the game Taboo. I [expletive] wreck it on Taboo."
Just goes to show you that, unless she's around Miesha Tate, Ronda Rousey knows how to have a good time. If you want to watch the full Rousey interview (and you really should), click here.
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UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw faces promotional newcomer Joe Soto for the 135-pound title after his original opponent, Renan Barao, is forced to withdraw at the zero hour. Watch UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto LIVE on Saturday, August 30 at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT only on Pay-Per-View.Source: http://mmalice.com/videos/ufc-177-main-event-ure-video_xayt7twd.html
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Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will have to wait a few extra months to get their hands on one another again. The two bitter rivals were set to fight for Jones' light heavyweight UFC title Sept. 27 but an injury to the champ has forced the UFC to postpone the bout until Jan. 3, according to a new report.
Fox Sports 1 first reported the news of Jones' injury and MMA Fighting expanded�on it�with additional details. According to that report, Jones sprained an ankle and suffered a torn meniscus during a wrestling practice Monday.
Cormier responded to the news by saying, "It's very disappointing."
"I started to train very hard. It's a little discouraging, but now I have time to get completely healthy. I don't know how hurt Jon is but we have to remember that I took this fight with a pre-existing injury. I could have fought through it, I just wish he would have done the same."
Cormier himself opted out of corrective knee surgery in order to replace Alexander Gustafsson after the Swede injured one of his knees and had to pull out of a Sept. 27 title rematch against Jones. It is unknown, at present, if Cormier will opt to get his knee surgery now that his fight against Jones has been delayed, or if he will continue to rehab and train with his injured ligaments.
We will keep you posted as news develops with this story.�
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The youngest UFC champion in history, Jon Jones, and the youngest boxing heavyweight world champion ever, Mike Tyson, recently got into a friendly slap-box sparring match (video above). As expected, Jones tried to keep the distance with his long reach and Tyson had to bob and weave to get in on the inside.�
Once "Kid Dynamite" did, however, the session quickly escalated into a smiling bro-hug fest. Check out the video above and let us know who you'd pick in a brawl for it all between a Jones and Tyson in their primes.
Ps. What the heck was Jones doing slap-boxing with stiches over his eye and an injured knee and ankle? Anyway...
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The main card at UFC Fight Night 49 this past weekend provided some memorable finishes, and the “Fight Motion” camera was there to capture them all. Check out the video below to see some incredible footage from the Tulsa, Oklahoma event that aired on FOX Sports 1.
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At UFC 139, Danny Castillo puts constant pressure on Shamar Bailey, using takedowns and ground and pound to earn a victory inside the Octagon. See Castillo take on Tony Ferguson in the co-main event at UFC 177 in Sacramento, California.Source: http://mmalice.com/videos/ufc-177-free-fight-danny-castillo-vs-shamar-bailey-video_yspn2trg.html
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Just days away from his first title defense, FOX Sports 1 will air a special feature entitled “UFC Presents: Fearless” focused on bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw. Dillashaw defends his belt Saturday at UFC 177 against Renan Barao, the man he won the title from earlier this year. The special airs at 7 p.m. ET on […]
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Lyoto Machida may think that UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman can successfully stand and strike with challenger Vitor Belfort but "The Phenom" himself believes he'll have the clear advantage there when they fight at UFC 181.�"He will fight standing against me only if he's crazy," Belfort said in a recent interview.
Belfort, who once won a UFC heavyweight tournament and then, later, won the UFC light heavyweight title from Randy Couture after a glove-edge from a missed punch sliced an eye lid of "The Natural," believes that he'll be considered a true three-division champion should he beat Weidman. And, while many fighters often say they simply concentrate on themselves during training camps, Belfort says he's training to specifically exploit perceived weaknesses in the champ.
"I'm ready to have a third world title at a third different weight class," Belfort said.
"I see a lot of openings from him and I'm studying this game since last year. I'm not focusing in his strengths but in his weaknesses and we saw that he has a lot."�
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Just once, a long time ago, I interviewed Jon Koppenhaver. This was back in 2007, right after he'd been on The Ultimate fighter 6, and before he changed his legal name to "War Machine."
It was also before a long series of arrests, convictions, disturbed and disturbing tweets and blog posts. Long before an alleged assault on a man and his girlfriend led to a man-hunt and arrest last week.
Even so, seven years ago, it was clear that something was wrong inside Koppenhaver. Something angry, sure, but also something sad.
While on TUF 6, the welterweight alternately displayed physical talent and emotional instability and volatility. His coach on the show, Matt Serra, repeatedly shook his head, smiled wondered what was up with the fighter after his unpredictable outbursts.
"Physically, he could be a problem for anyone. But, I'll tell ya, mentally, he's definitely got some issues.
War's kind of a piece of work, you know? He just..you know...man, what a nut," Serra opined, lightly.
Then, more soberly, the accomplished fighter and coach gave an honest assessment of Koppenhaver.�"I don't think that War's a bad guy," he said of the man who was turning into "War Machine."
"I just think he's a guy who thinks the chips are always stacked against him."
That characterization certainly appeared to the outside world to be true in the following years as "War Machine" got himself into trouble time and again with fights outside the ring and offensive things said in blog posts, interviews and on social media platforms.
Our brief conversation was before the UFC firing, however, before the arrests, prison time and bad "jokes" about rape, murder and suicide, from "War Machine." No one could guess that Koppenhaver would go on to be involved in so much destructive drama, but it was clear even back then that the young man had struggles and illness he needed help working through.
Most important, however, Koppenhaver seemed to have the self-awareness and humility to recognize he needed help, back then. When we spoke, very little time was spent discussing his last or next fight in the cage.
Instead, I asked relatively uncomfortable questions of Jon. Questions about his happiness, about his temper, about feelings, really. After I did, he was anything but defensive, irritable or avoiding.
Jon eventually worked his way up to his characteristic rapid-fire cadence in California bro-speak tone but at first he was quiet and pained sounding. He spoke about feeling targeted by the world, about getting angry over it all.
But he also spoke about how he needed help learning to cope and control those feelings of persecution and the real sadness behind them. Moreover, Jon said that he was planning on getting psychological help.
"It doesn't mean I'm weak if I deal with my feelings and my past," he said.
Perhaps he was trying to convince himself of it as he said it. But, of course, that was a true statement and one hoped that this was the beginning of a new stage for the talented young fighter.
I don't know what treatment Jon Koppenhaver ended up getting for his psychological issues, or how hard he fought to get and stay happy and control the sadness that has so often erupted in rage, but he does not appear to be winning the battle. When the cops caught up with War Machine last week, who was wanted for allegedly beating up another man and his girlfriend, he wasn't in Canada or Mexico, fleeing hard.
He was back in a California town he used to live in, holed up in a hotel with some cash and pizza.
War Machine will have another day or two in court, sadly, and we'll learn more about what happened the day of this most recent alleged assault. But, his girlfriend - a woman he's joked about raping and hitting in the past - is broken and swollen in a hospital bed, claiming that he's the one who beat her up.
From every conceivable angle, this is a tragic story, and one that seems so far away from the quiet, reflective and earnest voice I heard that day years ago during our conversation.
From a distance, our view of War Machine has revealed him, first, as hurt and immature, then insensitive and lacking or ignoring self-awareness, then reckless and dangerous to himself, and now, potentially quite dangerous to others as well as himself.�Back then, those many years ago and for a few minutes, he seemed more man than monster, more "Jon," than "War."
Jon Koppenhaver talked to me about wanting and working to get well. War Machine, would later instead go on to often write and talk about going out in a burst of flames.
One way or another, I hope this is War Machine's last, horrible stand. None of us yet know the facts of this case but it has been clear for a long time that War Machine needs to go away.
He's not helping anything, least of all himself. Jon Koppenhaver, on the other hand...well, I hope that he still gets and takes the help that, at least for a moment or two many years ago, he knew he needed and wanted to get.
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Two-time welterweight title challenger Josh Koscheck has been taking time off since losing via KO to Tyron Woodley last November. The loss was his third straight, and second in a row by KO.
Despite his recent struggles, Koshcheck has insisted that he intends to fight the last two bouts on his contract before retiring. Now, Koscheck will have a new gig to pass the time before whenever it is that he fights next.�
It was announced this week (video above) that Koscheck will join UFC stars Kenny Florian, Daniel Cormier, and Brian Stann as a television broadcaster for UFC events and programming. Check out the announcement and let us know if you're looking forward to seeing "Kos" call the action and provide analysis for the fights in the comments section.
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Former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal believes that “anything’s possible” when it comes to Bellator MMA competing neck-and-neck with the UFC. One thing the former college wrestling standout does know for sure is that there is currently too much MMA available for fans. “The way MMA’s looking, I don’t think it’s looking […]
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UFC Fight Night 49′s Max Holloway made it three-for-three in terms of wins and finishes this year, taking care of Clay Collard in Tulsa Saturday night. Since a losses to Conor McGregor last August via decision and Dennis Bermudez earlier this year by split decision, Holloway has been unstoppable. He earned a TKO over Will […]
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A new fight has been made for UFC Fight Night 50, as Chris Beal will face Dustin Kimura. Set for September 5 from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, the main card airs on FOX Sports 1 with a headline fight between Gegard Mousasi and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza. Beal was expected to meet Rob Font, while […]
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Ronda Rousey was no doubt hoping to make an impression on Hollywood with her co-starring role in this summer's action flick, The Expendables 3. According to the film's director, Patrick�Hughes, the UFC champion did much more than that - she broke one of his ribs with a punch.
"I remember the first thing we shot with Ronda, I actually got beaten up. Ronda's first time ever on camera was the scene with Sly [Sylvester Stallione] at a bar, and she's really super-nervous. I went up and said, 'Well, what do you do before a big fight? And she says, 'I like to spar in my room. I get that nervous energy out.' And I said, 'So you need to hit something? Let's find something to hit.' And she said, 'But I want to hit you,' the movie director recounted in a recent interview.
So, Rousey did. The bantamweight champ and former two-time Olympian told the director to put up his dukes and then popped him with a shot to the body that he says snapped a bone. "She was like, 'Put your arms up.' And I'm thinking, 'Ronda's just going to do this,'" Hughes recounted.
"I put my hands up, and she goes wham! Next day, I was getting dressed and my kids were there at the time -�� my 7-year-old daughter said 'What's that?' And I had this huge black mark. I had a broken rib. And I said, 'I got beaten up by an actress.'"
Rousey herself dismissed the idea that she hit the movie's director hard enough to break a bone. "He didn't have a broken rib! I didn't hit anything hard," she maintained.
Rousey did admit to the whole acting thing being a lot less scary than she anticipated. "I thought I was going to be like the new kid at the school when I walk into the cafeteria and everyone's like, 'you can't sit here!' That's what I thought I was walking into," Rousey said of the movie set.
"They'll probably go, like, 'This chick? She's not even an actress. She's not even a guy,' or something. I don't know what I was expecting. I was expecting the worst. And yeah, I felt like a little like the Downy teddy bear when I actually showed up. Everybody was just so welcoming and warm."
How many bones do you think Rousey has to break in Hollywood before she's a bona fide movie star? Let us know in the comments section.
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We've already told you how we think Anderson Silva vs. Nick Diaz will turn out but now a much more expert voice has given his take on the UFC super fight, scheduled for early 2015. Nick Diaz's coach Cesar Gracie is confident in his pupil's ground skills but believes that the fight against "The Spider" will take place entirely on the feet.
From there, Gracie believes that Diaz will be able to touch Anderson up and put him away, in large part, because the former middleweight champion's legendary chin isn't quite as strong as it used to be.�"I believe it?s going to be a standup fight the entire time," Gracie said in a recent interview.
"Nick is better on the ground, his jiu-jitsu is better, but I believe it?s going to be a standup fight and it won?t last five rounds. I think it will be over before five rounds, someone will get knocked out.
"Nick is hard to knock out, he was knocked out only once in the beginning of his career...Anderson is bigger than Nick, but he?s turning 40 now and his chin is not the same anymore. If Nick can get in there and punch him, I think he wins this fight. Nick will turn 31 in August, he?s just a kid. Anderson is fast and dangerous. I don?t know who?s going to win, but I know it?s going to be a good fight."
Silva will indeed be just a couple months from 40 when he fights Diaz but, more importantly, he has been separated from�consciousness in his last two fights. In his first fight against Chris Weidman, Silva was finished by KO.
In their rematch, Silva was briefly knocked out by a right hand from the clinch in the first round, before getting woken back up by his head hitting the ground and/or Weidman following up with punches on the ground. Do you think Silva will be able to stay away from Diaz's punches?
And, if not, will his chin hold up against the welterweight? Let us know in the comments section.
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UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem is pushing forward with his bizarre pursuit for a rematch with a man he beat with relative ease years ago - Brock Lesnar. The former NCAA wrestling champion retired after getting stopped by Overeem in the first round of their 2011 fight.
The loss was Lesnar's second in a row and followed multiple life-threatening bouts with�diverticulitis. It seemed clear (and Lesnar went on to say as much) that the giant's heart and mind were no longer in fighting.
Lesnar has returned to pro wrestling and Overeem has had uneven results in his UFC career. After beating Frank Mir last winter, Overeem called Brock Lesnar out.
Other than wanting an easy, big-name fight against the the last guy he'd managed to beat before Mir (a drug suspension and two straight KO losses halted the Dutchman's progress after beating Lesnar), Overeem's reason for calling out Lesnar seemed a mystery. Unfortunately, Overeem decided to reiterate his desire to fight Lesnar again, in a recent interview.�
"I do believe that Brock Lesnar will be coming back. I don't want to call it from retirement, but he is a huge draw, big guy, sells tickets. So that's a fight I would be interested in," Overeem said.
No other serious fight fan would be interested in a rusty, sluggish Lesnar rematching Overeem again so it's likely "The Demolition Man" will have to fight others instead. In fact, Overeem is scheduled to take on Ben Rothwell at the UFC Fight Night 50 card Sep. 5.
As for his readiness for that bout, the kickboxing champion believes he'll be ready because he's with a new team - Team Jackson/Winkeljohn. Overeem blamed his coaches and former teammates - largely, the Blackzilians of South Florida - for his last two losses.
"I do think that my losses were contributed to by my team at that time, because you need to have good sparring partners, good coaches that take care of the direction of the fight, the overall training regimen," he explained.
"I do think that was lacking in the two losses."
Do you think Overeem's losses were, in large part, the fault of his coaches and teammates? Or, was his incredible arrogance (against Antonio Silva) and chin-first, open guard on the feet (against Travis Browne) more to blame?
Let us know in the comments section.
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Number one UFC light heavyweight title contender Alexander Gustafsson will not fight again unless it's for gold. That was the message from the Swede's manager, Manos Terzitane, Wed night on UFC Tonight.
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"He will do whatever he can to not get passed by," Terzitane said.
"He will not accept any other fight than to be the next in line for the title against Jones."
Part of that message sounds simply like Gustafsson will sit out until he is once more offered a title shot, but by saying they want a shot against Jones, Gustafsson's manager also made it seem as though they may be holding out hope that Gustafsson can fight Jones in January, instead of Daniel Cormier.
Last September, Gustafsson lost a controversial decision to Jones in the fight of 2013. Instead of giving Gustafsson an immediate rematch as seemed warranted, Jones chose to fight Glover Teixeira in April.�
After beating the Brazilian, Jones once more attempted to avoid fighting Gustafsson, but ultimately gave in to the UFC's desire for the two to rematch one of the greatest title fights in MMA history. Jones vs. Gustafsson II was set for Sep. 27 until Gustafsson pulled out with an injured knee.
Cormier then decided to skip a needed knee surgery himself and replace Gustafsson. The two rivals hyped their fight perfectly and the grudge match became perhaps even more anticipated than the Gustafsson rematch.
That is likely why, when Jones injured a knee and pulled out of the fight this week, the UFC decided to keep Jones vs. Cormier as the next 205 pound title bout, and simply move it to Jan. 3. The only problem is that Gustafsson, who long ago earned a title rematch - if not the light heavyweight title itself - should be healed up by January.
The contender has expressed his dismay that Cormier was keeping the title shot and that he may have to fight once more or wait until Jones and "DC" had settled things before fighting for the belt again. Gustafsson's manager's statements make it clear that Gustafsson is either looking to replace Cormier in Jan. against Jones, or at least not be compelled to fight once more before a title fight and risk his shot.
If you were Gustafsson, what would you do? Let us know in the comments section!
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