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| UFC 91 video preview explosion courtesy of ESPN Posted: 14 Nov 2008 08:33 AM CST MMA Live episode 27: “MMA Live” At UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar: There are a TON of additional videos from the Worldwide Leader in Sports after the jump.
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| The Incredible Bulk: Increasing growth in and out of the gym Posted: 14 Nov 2008 08:37 AM CST
Whoever coined the phrase “Size doesn’t matter” never had the courage to step foot into a musty gym and test themselves against the cold and unforgiving iron that has broken each and every soul that ever dared to answer its call. Size does matter, so if your routine involves a yoga mat and a pair of polished chrome dumbbells that max out at 5lbs. each, this column probably isn’t for you. However if you’re like me and 90 percent of the other sacrificial lambs who surrender to the gym, it’s time to jump start your growth and take your lean muscle mass to the next level. In order to effectively accomplish this goal, your first order of business is to establish a baseline for which to start. My favorite is the tried-and-true Polaroid camera that weighs as much as a barbell plate and emits a flash that could blind a Cosmonaut stationed on Mir. Taking a digital picture is quick and easy - but no one can ever accuse you of photoshopping a Polaroid! It’s also a good idea to take measurements of your biceps, chest, quads and waist. If you want to track your growth in a particular area of your body, you should measure it.
Don’t bother getting tangled up in that construction grade tape measure, use a soft tape measure like a clothing tailor would for the most accurate read. Once you’ve established your starting point, keep that Polaroid and tape measure handy for tracking your progress. The purpose is twofold. First, it helps you stay motivated by confirming your gains. You can’t always see your early growth with the naked eye, but there is no disputing the numbers. Second, it can help you fine tune your workout. If you go hard for a month straight and nothing changes, you know its time to reevaluate your routine. With that in mind, you can’t expect to reach your full potential by only targeting the muscles you want to show. Everybody likes to flash their bi’s and tri’s, but you’re cheating yourself if your mass building routine doesn’t include your entire body. By training your legs and core in addition to upper body, you allow the body to release growth hormone systematically, enhancing all areas of training and muscle development. Since the goal is to increase your overall mass, don’t get too creative or try any of those fancy machines. Concentrate on compound exercises: Chest press, military press, squats, deadlifts, lunges and bent-over rows are the best way to get the most mass for your efforts. The key to maximum gains is to target each body part once per week. That might not sound like a lot, but remember that growth occurs outside of the gym, not inside it. Take each body part to the point of failure - and then blast them again and again and you’ll have no problem taking a few days off! Another critical aspect of increasing growth is your diet. Depending on your body size and type, shoot for at least 18 calories per pound of lean body weight and 1.5 grams of protein per pound of lean body weight. Make sure to build your workout around complex carbs but always say no to sugar. It may be difficult to eat for size while simultaneously eating “clean”, so don’t be afraid of fats either - so long as they’re unsaturated. And you should be drinking water like you’re camping on Mercury. Four to six liters per day at the very least. What’s the simplest way to determine if you’re getting enough H2O? If your urine is yellow and not clear, you’re not drinking enough water. The final piece of the growth puzzle is the addition of nutritional supplements. It can be very challenging to meet your protein requirements through food alone, and no mass program would be complete without creatine and a testosterone booster. Don't worry about trying to figure out which nutritional supplements are going to help you increase your overall mass. Once again the Feel It! Nutrition experts have already done the research for you and assembled the most comprehensive stack available to help you achieve your goals. The Feel It! Nutrition Bulk Stack consists of the following cutting-edge supplements: Dymatize: 100% Hydrolyzed Whey Protein Isolate (5 lbs) Chocolate The key to using Bulk Stack is balancing it with your food intake and training regimen. Again, tracking your progress and keeping a written record of when and how you exercise can mean the difference bewteen slight growth and a total muscle explosion. Grow it, don’t blow it. Get Bulk Stack today and take yourself to the next level. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrenaline MMA adds Ben Rothwell vs Chris Guillen to Dec 11 card and more Posted: 14 Nov 2008 08:08 AM CST
Giullen has not been at the top of his game thus far in 2008. He’s dropped three straight fights to Brad Imes, Justin Wren and Ricco Rodriguez since barely hanging on for a split decision victory over Matt Thompson in April. Rothwell, on the other hand, was riding a career high 13-fight win streak before running into former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski back in July during the inaugural Affliction event. Before the loss, he had defeated former UFC champion Ricco Rodriguez, The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 standout Krzysztof Soszynski, Roy “Big Country” Nelson and others. The Miletich Fighting Systems (MFS)-trained fighter is widely considered to be a top 20 heavyweight in the sport. In addition to the fight between Rothwell and Guillen, another heavyweight tilt between Mike Russow (10-1) and Joe McCall (5-1) has also been added to the encore show for the promotion. Russow defeated Jason Guida in the main event of the first ever Adrenaline MMA event back in June. His one career loss came at the hands of Sergei Kharitonov back in February of 2007 at Pride 33. His opponent, McCall, is coming off the first loss of his career to Justin McCall at a North American Allied Fight Series event called “Night of Pain 4″ in in September. Ryan McGivern, Mike Ciesnolevicz, Gabe Lemley, Ramiro “Junior” Hernandez and Jess Lennox are all expected to be officially added to the card as well. Opponents foe the fighters are unknown at this time. Adrenaline MMA II will air live on HDNet. It will feature a main event between former UFC champion and training legend Pat Miltetich against Thomas Denny. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gabriel Gonzaga vs Josh Hendricks video UFC 91 fight talk Posted: 14 Nov 2008 12:33 AM CST Here’s a main card bout we have not talked much about: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UFC 91: Randy Couture and Brock Lesnar staredown at final pre-fight press conference Posted: 13 Nov 2008 11:12 PM CST
To check out more pictures of the UFC 91: “Couture vs. Lesnar” final pre-fight press conference head over to CombatLifestyle.com right here. And to check out some video highlights of event click here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UFC 94 media tour with Georges St. Pierre and BJ Penn to hit Canada and Hawaii Posted: 13 Nov 2008 11:01 PM CST
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The public relations media blitz for UFC 94: “St. Pierre vs. Penn 2,” which takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 31 will kickoff next week with a pair of public press conferences for the monster Super Bowl weekend show. In Toronto, doors at the Scotiabank Theatre Toronto will open at 9 a.m. ET and in Honolulu three days later doors will open at 4 p.m. local time. Fans are invited to attend at no cost and will receive free t-shirts while supplies last, as well as will be able to get some autographs. Sounds awesome. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UFC 91 odds and betting sportsbooks for Las Vegas PPV event Posted: 13 Nov 2008 10:10 PM CST
Finally! With almost exactly 48 hours until fight night, the complete UFC 91 odds for the "Couture vs. Lesnar" pay-per-view (PPV) event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, November 15, have been released. It appears that the line on Couture and Lesnar is beginning to narrow as we get close to showtime. No real surprised below. But Joe Stevenson and Nate Quarry are certainly very capable of winning their respective bouts as under dogs, which means that you can profit of their success if you play your cards right. Regardless, here are the latest UFC 91 odds:
To check out the complete UFC 91 fight card click here. Remember that we will also be the spot for up-to-the-minute LIVE results and coverage on fight night. Don't know what those numbers mean? Unclear of how much you can win when you place bets? Check out the BetUS.com MMA betting calculator RIGHT HERE and find out. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Randy Couture vs Brock Lesnar Flex magazine pics (Exclusive) Posted: 13 Nov 2008 09:51 PM CST
Props: Flex magazine Note that this edition is now on newstands … just in time for the UFC 91: “Couture vs. Lesnar” clash on November 15. To check out the cover click here. On a side note, interesting play on words here with “Fight for the Ages.” Lesnar recently conducted an interview during which he indicates that Father Time has finally caught up with Couture. To check out a side-by-side comparison of Couture click here. What say you … has Couture taken a turn for the worse during his 12-month layoff? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UFC 91 music video preview to 50 Cent ‘Get up’ track Posted: 13 Nov 2008 09:39 PM CST Here’s the reason UFC President Dana White and rapper 50 Cent were meeting the other day: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‘McLovin’ it: Dustin Hazelett UFC 91 interview exclusive with MMAmania.com Posted: 13 Nov 2008 04:32 PM CST
Dustin "McLovin" Hazelett (11-4) has been steadily climbing the ranks in the UFC since his Octagon debut back in October 2006. The newly awarded Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Jorge Gurgel has gone 4-2 for the promotion and looked impressive in his wins over Jonathan Goulet (22-9) and Josh Burkman (18-8), and even in his loss to Josh Koscheck (11-3), where the submission master showed significantly improved standup skills. But it was his most recent win over Burkman that earned him the most attention. As the first man to actually finish Burkman since Jon Fitch did it way back at Ultimate Fight Night 4 in April 2006, Hazelett took home both the "Submission of the Night" and "Fight of the Night" honors, along with $40,000 in bonus bucks. At just 22 years old, Hazelett is looking to make another splash this Saturday at UFC 91: "Couture vs. Lesnar," where he'll take on Tamdan "The Barn Cat" McCrory (9-1), who is also 22 years old. And with the Amir Sadollah/Nick Catone fight being recently cancelled because of Sadollah's leg infection, this bout has been declared the swing bout of the night, which means it should be aired along with the rest of the main card. The action kicks off from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV). We recently caught up with “McLovin” to ask him about those bonuses, find out what surprises he has in store for "The Barn Cat," and to see where he thinks he falls in the crowded UFC welterweight division. Let's do this.
Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): You recently defeated Josh Burkman via armbar at the TUF 7 Finale in June in what turned out to be a really exciting fight. While Burkman's been a little inconsistent in the win/loss column, he's still fought a ton of really high caliber fighters and holds wins over Forrest Petz, Josh Neer and Drew Fickett. That had to feel good to get that win. Dustin Hazelett: Oh, yeah, definitely. That was a huge win for me, especially not just beating him, but actually being able to submit him. Because he's a tough guy, and he very rarely gets finished. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): How did you feel about your performance, weighing the good and the bad — things that went as you expected vs. things that might not have gone as you thought that they would have? Dustin Hazelett: Well, in the second round, I got kinda tired, and for some reason, I just stood there and let him punch me a lot. So that didn't go as well as I would've liked. But other than that, the fight went really well. I was a little disappointed in myself. When watching the tape, I see a lot of areas where I could have done so much better. But you know, that's always the case. So I just plan to learn from that and hopefully not make the same mistakes again. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): That fight got you both the "Submission of the Night" and the "Fight of the Night" bonuses, didn't it? Dustin Hazelett: Yeah, that was nice. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): That had to have been not only financially a huge bonus, but also just for the honor of getting both of those, that had to be huge? Dustin Hazelett: Oh yeah, that was real big for me. I had never gotten the "Fight of the Night" bonus before. So that was really good, especially any time you can get any one of the bonuses, let alone two of them together, that's a big achievement there. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): With the injury to Amir Sadollah forcing him to pull out of his fight with Nick Catone, your next fight is now going to be on the televised portion of the UFC 91 card. Is that correct? Dustin Hazelett: I am the swing bout now. So there's a really good chance that it will get aired, but you know how those swing bouts go. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): Well that still has to be some great news for you, with the opportunity to get on the televised portion. Dustin Hazelett: Yeah, that was great for me. I got really excited when I heard that. Especially with this card — it's a huge card and, they're expecting to get mass buys on pay-per-view. So to have the ability to be aired now is huge for me, in terms of getting my name out there and showing what I'm capable of. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): Does that also get you more excited about the fight and about performing well in front of all the viewers at home? Dustin Hazelett: Yeah a little. I mean, I was already highly motivated. But now, this is like the icing on the cake. It's not like I wasn't going to try hard or wasn't motivated before. But this is kinda like putting the candles on the cake — it's that little extra special bit. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): Both you and Tamdan McCrory are young fighters and both lanky fighters for your division. It seems like an interesting matchup. I've actually been hoping to see this matchup happen for a while now. Is this something you've also been hoping for? Dustin Hazelett: Uh, no. I really didn't know a whole lot about him before this fight was presented to me as a potential opponent. Once I started researching him and looking at his record, I realized how tough he was. Now I'm really excited about the fight, but I'm not one who likes to call out opponents or one who likes to pick his opponents. I just go with whoever (manager) Monte (Cox) and the UFC decide is best for me to fight, that's who I fight. I don't like to call out fights or anything like that. But I agree with you, I think this is going to be a really good matchup. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): I was reading McCrory's stats and saw him listed at 6'4." I knew he was tall, but I didn't realize he was that tall. Dustin Hazelett: Yes, that is correct. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): Well this has gotta be one of the few fights where you're going to be facing someone who is taller than you, I would imagine, just because, at 6'1", you're fairly tall for someone in the 170-pound weight division. Dustin Hazelett: Yeah, this is going to be a rarity fighting someone who's taller than me. But I think it's going to be a good fight. It'll be good experience. He's one of those fighters who can make any fight a tough fight because of his style. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): What problems do you anticipate that somebody like him can bring to the table? Dustin Hazelett: Well, he's very strong. A lot of people don't realize that because of his build — because he's tall and skinny. But he's got a lot of leverage, he uses it well. He's very strong and aggressive and very well conditioned. He's not one to gas out or slow down much. So that can be a problem for anybody. And he has a very well-rounded skill set. So you combine his conditioning, endurance and aggression with his well-rounded skill set, and it could prove to be tough. But I think I have the tools to beat him. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): With each fight, your striking seems to get better and better. Is that something that you've continued to work on specifically for this fight? Dustin Hazelett: Yeah, definitely. I've been working a lot on my standup. I've been working a lot with Dorian Price (of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra season), who's been helping me out a lot, teaching me a lot of stuff. And he's also built a lot like Tamdan, but a much better striker. So it's very invaluable for this fight camp. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): Have you been training with Team Jorge Gurgel for this fight? Dustin Hazelett: Yes, I'm still in Cincinnati at the JGMMA Academy. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): Other than Dorian, have you brought in any new coaches or training partners for this fight? Dustin Hazelett: No, like I said, Dorian's helping me with my standup now. Other than that, I've got all the same coaches. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): From a conditioning standpoint, have you factored in any new practices in order to prepare you for this fight, given that McCrory's gas tank tends to run a little high? Dustin Hazelett: I'm not really doing a lot of different stuff, I'm just really pushing myself at the stuff I've been doing. I think the methods of conditioning I've been doing have been very effective. But I realize that in the past my conditioning has been sort of weaker than my opponents, but you know, most of my opponents have been known for their conditioning too. But that's something I've definitely been focusing a lot on, because I think that's (McCrory's) best chance to win this fight is to take it into deep water and to keep pushing the action. So I've focused a lot on my conditioning. My conditioning is better than it's ever been by far. So I don't think that advantage is going to be there, like he's hoping it will. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): While you've made huge strides with each fight — you looked great in your fight against Koscheck and now with wins over Burkman and Jonathan Goulet — you're also in probably the most stacked division in the UFC. Where do you think a win will put you in that division, in terms of hanging with those top contenders, whether it's Thiago Alves or Karo Parisyan, or Jon Fitch or Josh Koscheck or Diego Sanchez? With a win here do you see yourself right in the mix of things there? Dustin Hazelett: Um … I don't know, not necessarily. Like you said, the division's so stacked, it's hard to break through that barrier to the top. So basically what I'm doing is I'm not focusing on trying to get to the top the quickest. I'm focusing on bettering myself. I'm not worried about trying to climb to the top the fastest. I'm working on getting myself better in all areas so that I'll be prepared to be there when I'm there, and I'll deserve to be there. I think I have what it takes to be a champion some day. I don't think that I'm there yet, but I'm working very hard to get there. So if I keep working on getting better, and I get better, and I get better, then I will be there. I'm not worrying about "Will this fight put me there?" I'm just focusing on getting better and getting better, and I know that if I continue to progress, then I will get to the top. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): This will be your seventh fight in the UFC. How many fights do you have remaining on your contract after this one? Dustin Hazelett: I think I have one more on my contract. I'm not sure. I don't really worry too much about the contract, because as long as you keep fighting hard and doing good, they'll keep bringing you back. So I'm not too worried about getting cut or anything like that. The contract's not a huge issue for me. Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): Well with a 4-2 record in the UFC, I'd imagine that you're going to be in the UFC for a long time to come. Dustin Hazelett: Thanks, I hope so (laughs). Adam Wagner (MMAmania.com): Well Dustin, I really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. I'd like to give you an opportunity to thank any sponsors or if you have any parting words for the fans. Dustin Hazelett: I'd just like to say thanks to my fans for the support. I'd like to thank everybody at the JGMMA Academy for helping me out so much in getting me ready for this fight. |
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