UFC blog for latest news, videos, results, betting odds, fighter interviews and MMA rumors - UFCmania.com |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2009 04:20 AM PDT
Time to re-live “Grease Gate” all over again! For more details about the “St. Pierre vs. Penn 2″ replay on Spike TV click here. |
| Death Warrior: Georges St. Pierre prepares for Thiago Alves by trashing Canadian movie set (Video) Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:24 AM PDT For a closer look at the UFC Welterweight Champ filming his scenes for the upcoming martial arts movie “Death Warrior,” click here. |
| Skim ‘Milk’: Feel It Nutrition trims the prices on all CytoSport products for a limited time! Posted: 10 Apr 2009 12:21 AM PDT
It’s Fitness Friday ladies and germs and it’s finally here … the one you’ve all been waiting for. That’s right, get ready to cash in and save 15% off all CytoSport products including the ultra-popular Muscle Milk! Cytosport is a proud sponsor of some of the biggest names in the sporting world including Shaquille O'Neal, Adrian Peterson, and Brandon Roy. Whether you're a top athlete, collegiate star, gym maniac, or just someone trying to get to the next level, everyone is a part of "Team Cyto.” For this reason, Feel It! Nutrition has chosen CytoSport as our highlighted manufacturer of the week, slashing prices on all CytoSport products by 15%! There is a reason why Muscle Milk is all the rage. Bodybuilders, mixed martial artists and other serious athletes know how to put their bodies through the rigors of intense physical exercise. But do they know how to benefit from it? Every gym has what I like to call "Lifers." They spend their life sentenced to working out without ever getting any benefit from it. They'll diligently march into the weight room or aerobics class each morning with a dark and dour disposition while robotically going through the motions of a paint-by-numbers routine. Then they'll leave the gym and throw it all away.
Transforming your body is about more than just how hard (and how often) you train. Maximum gains are made not during but after your training regimen. Immediately after. Following an intense workout, the body goes through a process known as catabolism, the breaking down of muscle tissue to supply glutamine and other amino acid compounds to other parts of the body. As a defense mechanism, your body is designed to cannibalize itself starting with muscle tissue to get the nutrients it needs, effectively reversing everything you've worked for in your time at the gym. As far as muscle growth is concerned, you can't rob Peter to pay Paul. Now you can either provide your body with the nutrients it needs (like Branch Chain Amino Acids) or just sit back and let it feast on the muscle tissue you've worked so hard to grow. Our goal as athletes in the recovery phase of our training is anabolism, the process where our muscles repair themselves, effectively adding strength and size in response to the stress of training. The most effective way to accomplish that process (aside from rest) is by consuming post-workout recovery supplements within one hour after training. You can slam a chalk-flavored protein smoothie in the parking lot of your gym, or you can drink like royalty with Muscle Milk, possibly the best tasting protein drink on the market today. Muscle Milk comes in a variety of products: Powder, ready-to-drink, bars, and oats. Muscle Milk takes the guesswork out of high performance nutrition, delivering a precise blend of premium proteins, complex carbohydrates, functional fats and vitamins & minerals. No matter what your goals may be - building lean body mass, toning your physique or weight control, Muscle Milk is the perfect and complete protein-enhanced supplement for your nutritional needs! Feel It! Nutrition is one of the largest CytoSport supplement providers, thus enabling them to offer this limited-time opportunity to score the goods at ridiculous prices. But don’t delay, the 15% discount on all CytoSport products is only available through April 16. Click here to start saving now! |
| New Breed Fighters XXI: ‘One Step Closer’ on April 11 Posted: 09 Apr 2009 10:39 PM PDT
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! New Breed Fighters Mixed Martial Arts returns to Resorts Casino Hotel on April 11 in Atlantic City, NJ. Four title bouts headline the 20-bout fight card in the Superstar Theater presented by the New Breed Fighters fight league. The fight card will feature a minimum of 20 bouts, each scheduled for three, three-minute rounds. Fighters will square off inside a 24-foot caged hexagon that will be constructed inside the Superstar Theater. Fighters will use a variety of techniques, including jiu-jitsu, boxing, wrestling, and kickboxing. In a Super Middleweight Title Fight, Tom Phillipi (4-1, Team Balance) attempts to avenge his only loss against James Vanderbeek (3-1, Renzo Gracie, P.A. John Hassett and Rich Latta). The NBF Light Heavyweight Champion will be determined in another grudge match. David McMahon, (5-1, X-Treme Miletich) has been waiting a long time to prove his only loss was a fluke. Frank Mullen (3-0, Team Balance) is looking to snatch our Title while establishing who is the best of the best. Evan Chmieleski (3-1, X-Treme Miletich) is dropping down to Super Lightweight in an attempt to snare his first New Breed Title. Jeremy Pompei (4-1, Renzo Gracie, P.A.) may have a surprise in store for Mr. Chmnielsski. In the fourth Championship bout, Ryan Lutz, 2-0 (The Snake Pit MMA, The Garage) will be bringing his knockout power in an attempt to silence Pete Gonzalaz (2-0, Evolutionary Martial Arts). This Middleweight title fight could turn out to be one of the most memorable fights in a night filled with greatness. To watch the entire card via live stream for only $4.99 click here. |
| ‘Time for War:’ Chuck Liddell vs Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua UFC 97 video Posted: 09 Apr 2009 12:45 PM PDT This is very well done: |
| Like brother, like brother: Rob Browning follows in Junie’s footsteps on TUF 9 (Video) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 12:40 PM PDT
Props: MMATKO.com |
| Watch Bellator events online every Wednesday morning commercial-free Posted: 09 Apr 2009 12:39 PM PDT
Los Angeles, Calif. — Bellator Fighting Championships announced the exclusive launch of its English-language broadcast on Bellator.com beginning today, bringing Bellator's explosive and exciting events directly to its English speaking fans. Each broadcast will be available at www.Bellator.com every Wednesday at 7 a.m. ET and will stream continuously from that point on, allowing fans to watch an entire fight card or just a piece of an entire event, while also having immediate access to stats, blogs and tournament standings. The broadcasts, consisting of the full commercial-free event coverage, are hosted by popular mixed martial arts (MMA) commentators/experts, Jon Anik and Jason Chambers who provide in-depth analysis during the entire Season 1 championship tournament. The combination of ESPN's MMA Live anchor, Anik and mixed martial artist/television personality Chambers brings a wealth of talent, personality and experience as well as in-depth inside-the-cage knowledge to every event. This tremendous on-air talent team provides MMA fans with the highest quality expert analysis for Bellator's highly-anticipated online premiere, and through each of the following 12 weeks' broadcasts. Jon Anik, currently hosting ESPN's widely popular web series MMA Live, joined the ESPN team in 2006, where he has since served as both a broadcast and radio personality. Backed by an extensive MMA and boxing resume, Anik will provide the English language blow-by-blow commentary for all Bellator fights in addition to his perspective on Bellator's tournament, fighters and match-ups in the tournament competition. Partnering with Anik is MMA fighter and television personality Jason Chambers. Chambers has enjoyed a very successful professional career with an 18-5 record and just last year hosted the successful History Channel series Human Weapon, where Chambers traveled the globe to study and practice various methods of martial arts. This unique combination of in-the-cage and on-the-air MMA experience, coupled with a vast amount of shared MMA knowledge will provide great insight and entertainment to MMA fans worldwide.
"We are happy to bring fans this online option to experience Bellator's 2009 tournament at their leisure and according to their schedule. The English language program on Bellator.com will be the full broadcast with top commentators, Jon and Jason, just without the commercials. The Bellator tournament is all about the fighters controlling their own destiny inside the cage. This online broadcast is all about our fans and bringing them the excitement of Bellator's events, whenever they want to see it, whether it is in their homes or offices," said Bjorn Rebney, CEO of Bellator Fighting Championships. Bellator Fighting Championships' premiere season consists of 12 two-hour events to be broadcast weekly in primetime on Saturday nights on ESPN Deportes, and the English broadcast will be available on Bellator's website on Wednesdays starting at 7 A.M. EST. The events feature a combination of tournament and non-tournament special feature bouts. There are four simultaneous tournaments taking place in season #1 over a three month period: one in each of the Featherweight (145 lb.), Lightweight (155 lb.), Welterweight (170 lb.) and Middleweight (185 lb.) divisions. For more information on Bellator Fighting Championships, visit www.Bellator.com. For the Spanish language version of the website, visit Espanol.Bellator.com. |
| Gilbert Melendez vs Rodrigo Damm Strikeforce fight now for interim lightweight title Posted: 09 Apr 2009 12:38 PM PDT
Strikeforce has upped the ante for the lightweight showdown between Gilbert Melendez and last minute replacement, Rodrigo Damm, when the two fighters clash this weekend (April 11) at Strikeforce: “Shamrock vs. Diaz" from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The promotion today announced that title implications are now on the line — the winner of the five-round 155-pound bout will be crowned the Interim Strikeforce Lightweight Champion. What's more, the victor will earn a title shot against reigning division champion, Josh Thomson, when he has fully recovered from a leg break that he sustained while preparing to take on "El Nino" to unify the title. Damm, a Brazilian submission specialist who holds a notable win over current Bellator Fighting Championship lightweight contestant Jorge Masvidal, as well as submission victories over Kulter Gill, Santino Defranco and Naoki Seki, is a BoDog Fight and Sengoku veteran. Thus far in his illustrious career he’s finished five of his eight victims by way of tapout, including four of those by rear naked choke. However, it’s been a while since Damm last saw action. In fact, he hasn’t competed since August of last year, losing for only the second time in his career at Sengoku: “Fourth Battle” by first round submission to cagey veteran Eiji Mitsuoka (15-6-2). Melendez has spent some time away from active competition as well, with his last fight having been the loss to Thomson nearly ten months ago at last June’s Strikeforce: “Melendez vs. Thomson.” This won’t be an easy fight for the former champion because this fill-in has clearly got some talent. Still, Damm is facing a huge hurdle in not only having to fight on such short notice, but having to match up with “El Nino” when he’s coming off a loss. It’s not an enviable situation to say the least, but still a big opportunity for the Brazilian. “Shamrock vs. Diaz” will be the debut for the promotion on the premium cable network Showtime since acquiring select assets, including fighter contracts, from Pro Elite earlier this year. The main event features a 179-pound showdown between Bay-area rivals Frank Shamrock and Nick Diaz. The event will air live on Showtime, beginning at 9 p.m. ET on fight night. Remember that MMAmania.com will be your spot for all the event coverage and LIVE results. Check in early and often … we're now just a few days away from showtime! |
| Bellator II lightweight tournament quick preview and predictions for April 10 event Posted: 09 Apr 2009 12:29 PM PDT
Bellator Fighting Championships 12-part weekly tournament series is set to return to the ESPN Deportes airwaves for its encore event this weekend. The action will take place live from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn., tomorrow night (April 10) and will air via tape delay 24 hours later on the Spanish version of The Worldwide Leader in Sports. Featured on the card will be more first round match ups from the featherweight (145 pounds), lightweight (155 pounds) and welterweight (170 pounds) tournaments. The main event will showcase the first and only man to hold the Elite XC featherweight title, Wilson Reis, taking on Mexican fighter Henry Martinez for the right to advance to the division semifinals. Thomas Schulte and Erik Reynolds will close out the first round of the lightweight tournament with their main card fight, and the 170 pounders will kick off their tourney as well with three of the four quarter final bouts set to go down. Here is the full lineup for the upstart promotion's second event:
Featherweight Tournament Bout (first round): Lightweight Tournament Bout (first round): Welterweight Tournament Bouts (first round): Non-Tournament Bouts: We've taken a closer look at two of the featured fights, which are first round match ups from the featherweight and welterweight tournaments, to give you a taste of what to expect from the latest mixed martial arts offering. Here we go: Wilson Reis (6-0) vs. Henry Martinez (2-0) Wilson Reis is an absolute monster on the ground. His strength and speed combined with his vast jiu-jitsu knowledge make him one of the most dangerous 145-pound fighters in the world. During his time with Elite XC, he submitted both Zach Makovsky and Justin Robbins before handing a very game Brian Caraway only the third loss of his career with a unanimous decision. Reis then outpointed King of the Cage champion Abel Cullum en route to capturing the first and only Elite XC featherweight title. There aren’t too many holes in his game other than the fact that he’s short and can be out-struck by the right opponent who can keep him at bay. There might be a couple guys in this tournament that can execute a strategy that could give Reis some trouble, but don’t count on that guy being Greg Jackson product Henry Martinez. He’s more of a submission fighter himself and not necessarily known for his striking, meaning he could be in serious trouble in this fight. That’s not to say that Martinez isn’t a solid grappler or a skilled ground fighter by any means. Instead, it’s more of a testament to how good Reis is in that area. Look for Reis to impose his will right away in this fight. His strength advantage should be enough for him to have the ability to get the fight to the mat pretty early on, and from there it’s only a matter of time before Martinez is tapping out. Final Prediction: Wilson Reis via first round submission Hector Urbina (12-4) vs. Lyman Good (7-0) Good is undefeated in seven professional fights, including four appearances in the “Ring of Combat” promotion and one stop on the IFL tour. He’s a big, strong 170 pounder who will probably look to trade strikes with the hard-hitting Urbina. Urbina, too, is big for a welterweight. He’s a little more well rounded and certainly more experienced on a big stage than Good. He’s fought for Adrenaline MMA, King of the Cage, Elite XC, Icon Sport and other recognizable promotions. Losses to Mayhem Miller and Tim Kennedy were probably the biggest fights to date of his career, even though he holds some nice wins over guys like David Kleczkowski, Adrian Serrano, Herbert Goodman and others. This is a fight that can clearly go either way. The longer it goes, the more it probably favors Lyman Good, who has a little bit more experience grinding out decision wins, especially lately. And even though Urbina is always just one punch away from ending your night, Good is still probably more credentialed in the striking department, too, with his background fighting in Chuck Norris’ World Combat League. Basically this fight is going to just be two big, strong strikers going toe to toe with the winner advancing to the semi finals. Too bad for Urbina though, because Good is just a little bit bigger, a little bit stronger and a little bit of a better, more well rounded striker. Look for Good to either win this fight by a clear-cut unanimous decision or for him to find a way to knockout Urbina in the first or second round. I’m leaning toward the latter. Final Prediction: Lyman Good via second round technical knockout Next week Bellator Fighting Championships III will feature the long awaited debut on U.S. soil for the Cuban-born Judoka, Hector Lombard, who has made a name for himself fighting in Japan and on the Australian circuit. He’ll lock horns with Virgil Lozano in one of four first round match ups from the middleweight tournament, which will be featured on the card at the Lloyn Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The first round of the welterweight tourney will also come to a close during the third show for the promotion as former UFC champion Dave Menne takes on Norman Paraisy in the fourth and final 170-pound first round bout. To catch up on all the latest from Bellator click here. For Bellator I results from last weekend click here. Stay tuned to MMAmania.com for the latest news, notes and results surrounding Bellator. |
| Josh Thomson prepares for leg surgery this weekend … not Gilbert Melendez rematch (Video) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 10:08 AM PDT |
| You are subscribed to email updates from UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
Inbox too full?  Subscribe to the feed version of UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com in a feed reader. | |
| If you prefer to unsubscribe via postal mail, write to: UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com, c/o Google, 20 W Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment