Shogun will lose to Machida in October
Mauricio Shogun Rua has agreed to fight Lyoto Machida in October after meeting with UFC President Dana White yesterday. Shogun knocked out Chuck Liddell in April and now has 2 straight wins in the octagon. It’s like Dana White thinks that whoever knocks out the Iceman has to automatically be granted a title shot.
Rampage decided he didn’t want to lose so he opted for the newly knocked out Rashad Evans.
The October 24th event is scheduled to go down in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, which is awesome for me, I just may snag some tickets.
Rampage and Rashad are the TUF 10 coaches
Rampage says "Black on black crime"
(UPDATE) Quinton Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans will be coaches on the 10 season of The Ultimate Fighter show. Rampage passed up a shot at Lyoto Machida and instead will indeed be facing Rashad Evans at seasons end.
Machida really did put a snag in the UFC’s plans, because they tried desperately not to give him a title shot and then they probably expected him to lose having already pegged Jackson as the TUF 10 coach before Machida laid the beat down on Rashad at UFC 98. Looks like the UFC is pretending Rashad didn’t get knocked out last Saturday and will go ahead with their plans anyway.
Also, Shogun Rua is rumored to get a title shot against the Dragon in September.
The 10th season will consist of only 16 heavyweights who do not have to fight to earn a spot on the show. MMAjunkie learned that middleweights were told get to steppin last week.
Frank Trigg is back in the UFC
Frank Trigg told MMAjunkie that he has signed a 4 fight deal with the UFC. Going 2-3 the first time around, Trigg is 7-2 outside the Octagon. There are a plethora of welterweights the UFC can match him up against. I’m thinking Josh Koscheck is a nice fight. Or Carlos Condit. Or Martin Kampmann, Mike Swick. Those all sound nice.
Fight Stuff: Affliction III, A Dana White “Announcement” and an awesome MayheM quote
Remember that awesome fight that all the sites were saying was official between Vitor Belfort and Gegard Mousasi? Turns out it can possibly not happen if Belfort does not agree to fight at a catch weight. Belfort wants the fight at 185 while Mousasi rather not cut weight anymore. If this fight doesn’t happen it will be a loss for the now un-rumored Affliction III event August 5th. The event will still have the headline fight of Fedor vs. Barnett, but the rest of the show could be BS if things don’t work out between the two. Not only is this an awesome match up, it also will be a very entertaining fight with someone getting stopped.
Someone needs to go back in time and fix this, Terminator style.
Seems like all MMAmania does is scavenger hunt down quotes. Here’s another awesome one from Jason Miller:
[The illegal kick] was a mistake. Jacare calls me a clown and disrespects me all the time, headbutted me and opened a cut on my eye. If he could’ve done it to me, he would have. I’ll beat the shit out of him legally next time. What’s he gonna do? Submit me? LOL Kayo me? LMMFAO. (more…)
Disorderly Conduct: Weight Cut Week 2
Chuck Giles
So its been 2 weeks now, and I’m really feeling this weight cut, it is to the point where sleeping is not an option because my head hurts so bad lol. I really cut down my food intake to one basic healthy meal a day, and so far this has helped me a lot. By this past weekend being Memorial Day weekend I BBQ’d and I went to a BBQ but strangely enough I couldn’t eat how I wanted too, not just because the weight cut, but I just didn’t have it in me to eat so much. (more…)
UFC 98 Paydays
Lyoto Machida — $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 to win)
Rashad Evans — $200,000
Machida defeated Evans via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Matt Hughes — $200,000 ($100,000 to show, $100,000 to win)
Matt Serra — $75,000
Hughes defeated Serra via unanimous decision (more…)
Overeem Pwns 5 Security Guards & almost loses hand in the process
Total badass.
If you were wondering why Alistair Overeem isn’t defending his title June 6, it’s because after he dropped the kids off at the pool, he didn’t have any money to pay the dreaded Toilet Lady. Soon after that, Overeem’s brother got involved but security guards didn’t like that and whipped him with a flash light probably not knowing that Valentine was a brother of an MMA superstar.
“Valentine still was discussing the situation on his way outside with one of the security guards hit Valentine in the face with a flash light. Three security guards dived onto Valentine and brother Alistair wanted to go back inside to help his brother. This resulted in five security guards in the hospital.”
In the meantime, Alistair Overeem was complaining of a painful cut on his hand and went to hospital at the urging of Golden Glory team mates.
“It was only because of the management pushing him to go to the hospital that he saved his hand. When he finally got his injury checked, he was advised to stay a few days in the hospital. They told him if he would have come any later he would have lost his hand,” said Boon.
Insta Street Cred.
Fight Stuff: Trigg & Canseco, Pee Pee Breath
Bill Douglas has left the California State Athletic Commission to do some other boring job. Big whoop.
Frank Trigg cockblocks non-mma fighter noob Jose Canseco from training with him. I say just because you wrote a book outing others for steroid use doesn’t mean you get to train with a naked man and eventually reveal which MMA fighters are “juicing.”
Rashad isn’t looking forward to the awesome stench of urine emanating from Lyoto’s grill: (more…)
Affliction 3 won’t suck now! Fedor and Barnett Verbally Agree to Fight
Affliction will not be going head to head with UFC 100 with a new rumored date of August 1st for their third show. Fedor and Josh Barnett has finally stopped being buddies for the moment and rumors are that they finally verbally agreed to fight each other.
This has taken a lot longer than it probably should have, with about 300 different rumors on who Fedor is going to fight, the actual day of Affliction 3, and a new rumor I just made up that Tom Atencio only is bald so he can be a little more like Dana White. The only regret Tom has is that he doesn’t have a chicks name like the UFC President. (more…)
UFC Undisputed Review
(Please welcome new blogger for FNN, Bill Griffiths)
Ok so I am new to this site so this entry may be a little off as I am learning still. But hey what better way to start than reviewing a video game I and a ton of other people have been waiting for. Just to let you know I am not a “super gamer” and most if not all my games are football games (which I am pretty good at), and I always was a little apprehensive about fighting games, the amount of button smashing to perform a move always seemed over done. So as I sat in front of my PS3 yesterday there was a little bit of fear that the $60 spent on the game would go to waste somewhat (NCAA 2010 and Madden 2010 are coming out so I could trade it in if it stunk).
Well the graphics start out great, probably the best of any fighting game, but it’s the intro so I was still waiting for the x,y, left, right, down, up to perform a simple kick or punch as I started the tutorial to learn the moves. But as I ventured into the striking I became excited, it was relatively easy without all of the nuances of performing combination’s and kicks. I worked through a variety of moves without a glitch and actually did fairly well. I started to realize “hmm maybe I can do this” and ventured into the part I was most leary about… grappling. And being a BJJ student and former wrestler this was what I was sure would be the downfall of the game. (more…)
Cheick Kongo vs. Cain Velasquez for UFC 99
My speculation was correct, Cain Velasquez will not be fighting Mirko Cro Cop and instead will face Cheick Kongo. This isn’t a bad fight either because Kongo is certainly a step up of competition for Cain. Cro Cop will still face Mustapha Al Turk and Germans 17 under will continue to weep. When was the last time a replacement is better than the original matchup? No one cares up Heath Herring for some reason.
UFC 99 is set for June 13th from Cologne, Germany headlined by Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva.
Herring Off UFC 99, Cro Cop vs. Velesquez?
Heath Herring has been forced to withdraw from UFC 99 due to an illness. Maybe those Germans are poisoning all the UFC 99 fighters?
Speculation is great because it allows us to see all the options the UFC has, like having Cro Cop fight Cain Velasquez. (more…)
FAIL: Miletich and Caplan Break up with WAMMA
WAMMA managed to get even more insignificant in the MMA world today, with news breaking that Pat Miletich and interim COO Sam Caplan have stepped down from their positions. The departures are not amicable and I’m sure there were some feelings hurt. Caplan couldn’t stand the stupidity after only 6 weeks, as he was supposed to be there for 3 months. I’m surprised he could lasted that long because WAMMA is just dumb. (more…)
No UFC for Germany’s Youth
If you fail to ban the UFC from Germany, succeed in banning minors from the event.
The story noted that in March, Cologne’s city council tried to ban the event, claiming it was too violent. Cologne mayor Manfred Wolf said there was no law in place that would allow them to ban the show. Several citizens started a petition to try and ban the event, claiming that by virtue of it being held in a major arena, that would give the message that MMA is socially acceptable.
“We have to ban this insanity,” said Werner Schneyder,” a well-known German boxing announcer. “We have to accept crippled fighters and deaths. They are trying to sell brutality as something impressive.”
Jeez. Germans are so anal now. What ever happened to the care free spirit of the past….oh, wait a minute, nevermind. Maybe they thought this was real… (more…)
Anthony Johnson’s “KNEE GOT JACKED UP”
The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale won’t have its Rumble with Anthony Johnson myspacing the news that he suffered a knee injury:
NOT DOING WELL IM SORRY TO EVERY1 MY KNEE GOT JACKED UP TRAINING FOR MY FIGHT. NOT THE BEST OF TIMES BUT ILL MAKE IT AND COME BACK STRONGER. I ALWAYS DO!!!
Hopefully every1 can forgive him.
Tapout & Lionsgate wants your music
The good thing is there’s going to be another MMA movie. The bad thing is…well, there’s going to be another MMA movie. Read the rules and submit your song!
Cro Cop is back in the UFC
Mirko Cro Cop is back in the UFC.
I decided to fight in the UFC again, because of the stronger competition in the heavyweight division. My next opponent will be Mustapha Al-Turk. I didn’t do well in my first three appearances – I wasn’t myself. By returning to the cage I want to prove that I can still fight at highest level, no matter when or where. It’s hard to talk about concrete plans, but I would really like to fight at least three times this year. I wish to fight against quality opponents and to fight my way up to a title shot but for now, I’ll focus only on my next fight and after that we’ll see what’s going to be on the menu next. I want to say thank you Mr. Dana White for your interest and for an invitation back to the UFC. I owe you a lot from our first deal, and I’ll make it up to you.
Apparently Cro Cop didn’t let his butt hurt after being released by the UFC for losing like he did during his first stint in the UFC. If anything, Mustapha is a barometer to see just where Cro Cop is at this moment.
The bout is scheduled for UFC 99 in Cologne Germany, headlined by Rich Franklin vs. Wanderlei Silva.
Arianny Celeste Cooks Breakfast With No Pants
Making omelette's doesn't get sexier than this...unless in the nude
Bellator VII: Kerry Vera vs Leslie Smith
This fight is dope. Check out rounds one and two below, along with highlights from Bellator VII that went down Friday.
RESULTS: MFC, Bellator and ShoMMA
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Bellator VII Results:
Welterweight Tournament Semifinals:
Omar De La Cruz defeated Dave Menne via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
Lyman Good defeated Jorge “The Naked Man” Ortiz via technical knockout (doctor stoppage) in round twoNon-Tournament Bouts: (more…)
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