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- Latest UFC Castoffs: Logan Stanton and Natasha Wicks
- Vancouver City Council passes bill to regulate sport of mixed martial arts
- When will Brock Lesnar fight next? Summer 2010, perhaps (Video)
- The Prodigy: 'Penn vs St. Pierre 3' if you want to sell 40,000 tickets at the Aloha Stadium
- TUF 10 Finale nabs $503,600 at the gate with 1,310 tickets sold on Dec. 5
- UFC Quick Quote: The 'Nightmare' has a new dream
- Watch Strikeforce: 'Evolution' online with 'All Access' on Dec. 19
- TUF 10: Was Kimbo Slice merely a decoy for the Roy Nelson 'Big Country' marketing machine?
- UFC rankings/MMA rankings featured in USA Today for December 2009
- UFC 108 video preview for 'Evans vs Silva' on Jan. 2 (Extended)
- Dan Hornbuckle signs multi-fight contract with Bellator Fighting Championships
- Moving forward: Shogun Rua to start training in January for second battle with Lyoto Machida
- Team Napao: Gabriel Gonzaga expected to return to UFC action in Spring 2010
- Strikeforce 'Evolution' video: Josh Thomson vs Gilbert Melendez fight talk
- Cristiane Santos considering offer to show her Cyborgs in Playboy magazine
- WEC Quick Quote: Takeya Mizugaki has never fought anybody like Scott Jorgensen
| Latest UFC Castoffs: Logan Stanton and Natasha Wicks Posted: 17 Dec 2009 06:38 PM PST
UFC has delivered early Holiday gifts to its lovely Octagon girls, Logan Stanton and Natasha Wicks: Pink slips. |
| Vancouver City Council passes bill to regulate sport of mixed martial arts Posted: 17 Dec 2009 06:27 PM PST Vancouver City Council has passed the bill to regulate the sport of mixed martial arts by a margin of 6-3 today, meaning fans in the city can expect a UFC event in the very near future. The resolution didn’t come without conditions, however, with a two year trial period put in place. City councillor, Tim Stevenson said:
The news follows on from Massachusetts passing a bill to regulate the sport in that state earlier this month. With a UFC event planned for Montreal in May, fans in Vancouver may have something to look forward to at the back end of the summer. |
| When will Brock Lesnar fight next? Summer 2010, perhaps (Video) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:35 PM PST |
| The Prodigy: 'Penn vs St. Pierre 3' if you want to sell 40,000 tickets at the Aloha Stadium Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:28 PM PST Props: Honolulu Advertiser Quoteworthy:
Fresh off his UFC 107 drubbing of Diego Sanchez, 155-pound champion BJ Penn looks forward to a future rematch with Georges St. Pierre after cleaning house in his current division. UFC President Dana White has gone on record approving of his eventual move back to welterweight, but "The Prodigy" can expect to fight a few contenders in the 170-pound weight class before getting a third crack at "Rush." We know Penn wants a third dance -- do the fans? |
| TUF 10 Finale nabs $503,600 at the gate with 1,310 tickets sold on Dec. 5 Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:28 PM PST The Dec. 5 Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 Finale on Spike TV took in a gate of $503,600 from "The Pearl" at the Palms Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to official figures from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) released today. The final tally was a result of 1,310 tickets sold. Those figures do not include the 481 comped tickets or the 355 unsold tickets. The UFC dished out $351,000 in fighter salaries for the live event and another $25,000 in additional bonus money for the four participants who delivered outstanding performances. The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale featured newly-crowned TUF 10 champion Roy Nelson making his Octagon debut a memorable one, treating Brendan Schaub like fruit at a Gallagher concert and scoring "Knockout of the Night" with a single punch. Also in action, Kimbo Slice huffed and puffed his way to a unanimous decision victory over the fast-stepping of Houston Alexander while Jon Jones picked up a controversial disqualification loss to Matt Hamill after hammering him with some illegal elbows. Good times. For complete results and coverage of TUF 10 Finale click here and here. |
| UFC Quick Quote: The 'Nightmare' has a new dream Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:16 PM PST
-- Former UFC number one lightweight contender Diego Sanchez tweeted yesterday on TwitLonger.com that his dream of becoming a UFC champion might not be burning as brightly inside his heart as his desire to rematch B.J. Penn. Lucky for Sanchez, he can kill two birds with one stone by earning another title shot. After all, based on Penn’s destruction of "Nightmare" at UFC 107, does anyone really think there’s another lightweight out there capable of dethroning "The Prodigy"? While it’s too soon to tell what road Sanchez will need to take to work his way back into title contention, this writer would like to point toward the obvious: Isn’t it time we saw Sanchez vs. Florian 2? |
| Watch Strikeforce: 'Evolution' online with 'All Access' on Dec. 19 Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:19 PM PST Fans who don't have Showtime as part of their cable or satellite package can still catch all the action from Strikeforce: "Evolution" via live Internet stream on Saturday, Dec. 19 from HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. For $24.95 per user, Strikeforce: "All Access" will stream simultaneously with the live Showtime telecast beginning at 10 p.m. ET and be available on a global basis as opposes to previous "All Access" events that were restricted to Stateside streams. To order Evolution "All Access" click here or go to http://strikeforce.sho.com now. Purchase includes access to the live stream and replays anytime thereafter through December 24, 2009. From Strikeforce:
"Evolution" will feature a main event between lightweight champion Josh "The Punk" Thomson and interim division kingpin, Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez, squaring off in a long awaited rematch to decide the promotion's undisputed 155-pound leader. In the co-featured fight, former middleweight champion and San Jose favorite, Cung Le, make his return to competition after more than a year and a half layoff. He'll lock horns with hard-hitting brawler, Scott "Hands of Steel" Smith. It's going to be a great night of fights. And don't forget to hit us up for all the pre, during and post-fight coverage you can handle. |
| TUF 10: Was Kimbo Slice merely a decoy for the Roy Nelson 'Big Country' marketing machine? Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:32 AM PST Props: MMA Manifesto Quoteworthy:
Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 winner Roy Nelson believes he was purposely matched against Kimbo Slice on Episode 3 of the Spike TV reality series to help the masses become more familiar with his brand of corpulent cage fighting. "Big Country" stopped the former Elite XC attraction via buffet tongs after using his prodigious girth to secure the bearded brawler in an iron-clad crucifix. A staggering 6.1 million viewers tuned in to watch the two heavyweights throw down and Nelson was panned for his play-it-safe strategy to boot Slice from the competition. Was he purposely plopped into a ratings bonanza for future marketability against the promotion's top stars? Or did Dana White hope that his least favorite contestant would get KTFO? Opinions? (Thanks to Watch Kalib Run for the tip) |
| UFC rankings/MMA rankings featured in USA Today for December 2009 Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:13 AM PST Our partners in crime over at BloodyElbow.com have once again published their divisional rankings for mixed martial arts in the nation’s largest daily newspaper, USA Today, for the month of December 2009. For those of you unfamiliar with the process, here’s how it works:
To check out the latest USAT/SBN rankings click here. We’ve also listed their top 10 in each class after the jump for your convenience. What do you think? Share your ranking rants in the comments section below. Heavyweight:
Light Heavyweight:
Middleweight:
Welterweight:
Lightweight:
Featherweight:
Of course, nothing brings MMA fans closer together than a list of divisional rankings. Let’s hear it: Who belongs and who doesn’t? And be sure to say why. "He sucks" is not a valid argument. |
| UFC 108 video preview for 'Evans vs Silva' on Jan. 2 (Extended) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:39 AM PST |
| Dan Hornbuckle signs multi-fight contract with Bellator Fighting Championships Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:38 AM PST Chicago, Ill. (December 17, 2009) – Bellator Fighting Championships continued its active offseason on Thursday when it announced the acquisition of one of MMA’s most heralded free agents, 19-2 welterweight standout Dan Hornbuckle. "When we began the recruiting process for Season 2 and beyond, Dan Hornbuckle was one of our top targets," said Bjorn Rebney, founder and CEO of Bellator Fighting Championships. "To be able to land a fighter like Dan is another sign of our commitment to bring world class fights to MMA fans on a weekly basis." Rebney has confirmed that, with Hornbuckle’s signing, he has also received an invitation to compete in Bellator’s upcoming eight-man welterweight tournament, which commences during Bellator’s Season 2 kickoff on April 8, 2010. Bellator will also conduct tournaments at 145, 155, and 185 lbs. with the winners of this year’s tournaments being declared number one contenders to Bellator’s current cache of champions. Nicknamed "The Handler," Hornbuckle, 28, has been a highly-touted prospect since compiling a sensational 8-1 record as a rookie in 2006. However, it wasn’t until two-high profile wins in Japan earlier this year that he was able to shed his blue chip prospect label in favor of being known as an elite, world-class competitor. In August, Hornbuckle sent shockwaves through the industry with his brutal knockout of PRIDE and UFC veteran Akihiro Gono following a devastating high kick. The fantastic finish will go down as one of the most memorable of 2009. For an encore, Hornbuckle made a statement following the Gono win just six weeks later when he TKO’d former BodogFIGHT welterweight champion Nick Thompson just 1:30 into Round 2. With the win, Hornbuckle closed out 2009 with a perfect 3-0 record and improved his record to a remarkable 18-1 over the course of his last 19 contests. A versatile and well-rounded fighter, Hornbuckle has earned a reputation for being one of the toughest fighters in a sport in which toughness is a given. He says that much of his strength is derived from his Native American ancestry. A member of the Eastern Band Cherokee tribe, Hornbuckle fights out of Cherokee, N.C. "My heritage is where I pull my energy from," he says. "Every time I fight, I feel like my whole tribe is there with me inside the cage." A union sprinkler-fitter who lives in the small town of Mahomet in Central Illinois with his wife Melody and three daughters (ages 11, 7 and 21 months), Hornbuckle says he plans on winning the Bellator Season 2 welterweight tournament and aspires to someday become a legend in the sport. "I want to be a guy who people bring up whenever they talk about MMA," he said. "I want to be the name that all the guys on the construction sites are talking about the morning after a big fight." Hornbuckle’s signing comes on the heels of last week’s announcements that Bellator had also signed former U.S. Olympic wrestler Ben Askren and undefeated blue chip prospect Jacob "Tick Tock" McClintock. Like Hornbuckle, both compete at 170 lbs. and will be featured players when the promotion’s new television platform launches in April. Bellator’s highly touted 170 lbs. tournament will be available live every Thursday on FOX Sports Net and every Saturday on NBC and Telemundo. "With the addition of Hornbuckle to an already steady tournament field that includes Askren and McClintock, we’ve created a great tournament field in a division that many experts said was thin when it came to available talent," Rebney said. "What we now have is the beginning of a 170 lbs. field that has created a feeling amongst hardcore MMA fans that April can’t come soon enough." Each of Bellator’s 24 fights during Seasons 2 and 3 will be distributed live in primetime on Thursday nights on FOX Sports Net and its regional sports network affiliates. The top moments from each week’s live events will then be condensed into an action-packed 30-minute highlight show, broadcast every Saturday night, late night, on NBC. A one-hour highlight show will air in Spanish on Telemundo every Saturday night from midnight to 1 a.m. Each of the three broadcasts will be aired in high definition. For more information, please visit Bellator.com. |
| Moving forward: Shogun Rua to start training in January for second battle with Lyoto Machida Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:32 AM PST Props: UOL.com.br Quoteworthy:
Almost two months after his unanimous decision loss to Lyoto Machida at UFC 104, Mauricio Rua says he overcame the controversial outcome and is focused on their second encounter in 2010. "Shogun" intends to map out the campaign for the next fight starting in January, when he will sit down with his team to plan all the arrangements. Will history repeat itself? Or will Rua get the win many feel he should have gotten back in October? |
| Team Napao: Gabriel Gonzaga expected to return to UFC action in Spring 2010 Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:32 AM PST Props: Terra Magazine Quoteworthy:
Former heavyweight number one contender Gabriel “Napao” Gonzaga was forced to withdraw from the UFC 108 card due staph infection where he would face Junior “Cigano” dos Santos. The Brazilian has been doing light training but must still taken antibiotics. Team Link manager Marco Alvan expects his athlete to fight in the first quarter of 2010. Who should be his opponent? |
| Strikeforce 'Evolution' video: Josh Thomson vs Gilbert Melendez fight talk Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:30 AM PST |
| Cristiane Santos considering offer to show her Cyborgs in Playboy magazine Posted: 17 Dec 2009 07:48 AM PST Strikeforce property Gina Carano may have stuck with her "Convictions" when Playboy magazine came calling, but that doesn't mean another female fight-monger is completely opposed to baring her balloons for the adult publishing empire. If Carano is the face of women's MMA, then perhaps Santos wants to become its bosom? From Cyborg, courtesy of Sherdog.com:
Personally, I'm all for it. Since I can't get within ten feet of her at any of these events thanks to some ridiculous security protocol that frowns on stalkers and gawkers, this could be my only chance to ogle her goods without getting my ass kicked by that menacing husband of hers. Anyone besides me want to see what she's offering? I know some of you scaredy-cats won't answer honestly so I've attached a poll for you to retain your precious anonymity. Sound off. |
| WEC Quick Quote: Takeya Mizugaki has never fought anybody like Scott Jorgensen Posted: 17 Dec 2009 07:47 AM PST
Strong words from Scott Jorgensen on Pro MMA Radio this past Monday when discussing his upcoming fight with Takeya Mizugaki at WEC 45: "Cerrone vs. Ratcliff" on Dec. 19. Although Mizugaki was fighting for a title merely eight months ago, Jorgensen believes he will be unable to handle what the Idaho native will throw at him. Will Jorgensen be able to do what even Miguel Torres was unable to and stop former bantamweight top contender Mizugaki? Or will this fight be just another step for Japanese slugger back to top contender status in the WEC 135-pound division? |
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