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UFC 116 Preview: Shane Carwin Apologizes for His Boring Interview …
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Shane Carwin, already viewed by many as one of the classiest individuals in Mixed Martial Arts, has revealed yet another likable characteristic – a self-deprecating sense of humor.
Publish Date: 06/21/2010 17:36
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UFC Quick Quote: Fedor and his 'lunatics' don't want to do …
UFC Quick Quote: Fedor and his 'lunatics' don't want to do business — we gotta get over it.
Publish Date: 06/21/2010 12:15
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Jardine has the skills to be a contender in the UFC's glamour division, but he needs to right the ship as soon as possible, if he is going to be anything but a gatekeeper going forward. My guess is that his problem is equal parts …
Publish Date: 06/21/2010 7:01
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UFC Finalizes “UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” Card For July 3rd …
UFC poster 116 Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin. The UFC has officially confirmed the remaining bouts that will precede the heavyweight clash in the main event between interim champ Shane Carwin and current champion Brock Lesnar. …
Publish Date: 06/21/2010 12:00
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(HMG) - Former Girl Next Store star Holly Madison might have a new man in her life. Most recently connected with Paris Hilton's ex Benji Madden, Holly has.
Publish Date: 06/21/2010 4:07
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Hardy to meet Kampmann or Condit at UFC 120 : Pro MMA Now
Condit came to the UFC after dominating the field in the WEC. Things got off to a rocky start in the world's biggest promotion as Kampmann took a split decision victory over him. However, in his last two performances, Condit has been …
Publish Date: 06/21/2010 10:27
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Download UFC 2010 Undisputed Xbox 360 Game | Lazy Cash Formula Review
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Publish Date: 06/21/2010 17:21
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UFC The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale Results: Jamie Yager Battered …
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Publish Date: 06/19/2010 18:32
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Watch UFC 114 Live: Biggest Grudge match in UFC History
Ever since their feud in UFC 107 in December, there have been multiple occasions, where it was thought that Evans and Jackson might collide against one another. However, Jackson announced a retirement, which did not last for long, …
Publish Date: 06/21/2010 16:36
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UFC 116 confirmed fight card : Beta Labs
UFC 116 is now confirmed with 11 big fights includes heavyweight title fight Lesnar v Carwin, Silva v Akiyama, Lytle v Brown, Sotiropoulos vs Pellegri.
Publish Date: 06/21/2010 13:45
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UFC Fighters Visit Marine Corps Museum
At the conclusion of this three-part series, UFC fighters Gabriel Gonzaga, Marcus Davis, Rashad Evans, Forrest Griffin, former Marine Brian Stann, and UFC founder Dana White visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps. …
Publish Date: 06/21/2010 13:09
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But this week's winner, Jason Szewczyk, focused on another popular subject: UFC president Dana White and the state of MMA media. UFC News. If you enjoyed this post, please consider to leave a comment or subscribe to the feed and get …
Publish Date: 06/06/2010 13:00
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UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin pre-event preview and predictions …
Franklin' goes down over the border in Canada this coming weekend. The notoriously energetic Canadian MMA crowd will no doubt be out in force as the Vancouver crowd are treated to their first live UFC event [...] … June 7, 2010 All MMA News, Exclusives, UFC No Comments. The UFC pays a visit to Vancouver, British Columbia for the first time ever as 'UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin' goes down over the border in Canada this coming weekend. The notoriously energetic Canadian …
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Publish Date: 06/07/2010 11:53
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Quinton “Rampage” Jackson Jokes About “The Whole Gay Thing …
Apparently, the G-bomb has become inexplicably acceptable in the MMA world because nothing was made of Rampage's consistent usage of the word to describe his bitter rival Rashad Evans in order to promote UFC 114. However, Rampage is now …
Publish Date: 06/07/2010 10:21
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World's Number 1 Ranked Female Fighter Megumi Fujii Makes National …
CHICAGO, Ill. (June 7, 2010) — Japanese MMA sensation Megumi Fujii, widely regarded as the No. 1 pound-for-pound female fighter in the world, will make her U.S. television debut on Thursday night on FOX Sports Net as part of the LIVE …
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Publish Date: 06/07/2010 9:30
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If losing could be anything but bad, this could be the best defeat Kimbo has ever had. By losing, Kimbo Slice won the hearts and acceptance of a lot of haters…and that includes Kimbo-thrasher Dana White.
Days before the airing of the September 30 edition of the reality show “The Ultimate Fighter” over Spike TV, MMA fans were already raving about it like it was the Lesnar-Fedor match finally taking shape. The reason: after Kimbo crashed and burned under Seth Petruzelli (and after losing to a worm in that Norton Security ad) this is going to be the first time we will see the bearded one slug it out in the cage again.
Kimbo Slice, whether you like it or not, has done in a few matches what Dana White has been trying to do for MMA – and barely succeeded: that is to draw more attention to mixed martial arts. Whether you like it or not, the much maligned, overly belittled and scathingly thrash-talked Kimbo is one of MMA’s biggest crowd-drawers. He drew the biggest TV viewership (at 7.281 million viewers during the Kimbo vs. Thompson bout) for an MMA fight in American TV last year. To top this, two of the three most viewed MMA fights last year are Kimbo Slice headliners.
Most of the hardcore MMA fans hate him, for good reason. Kimbo Slice is not a mixed martial arts fighter, but the amount of hype and attention (and huge pay scale) he gets does injustice to real MMA fighters. He gives the new fans the wrong impression of what real mixed martial arts is. An MMA poser he is, and it didn’t take long before some obscure MMA-fighter-turned-Smoothie King-franchisee Petruzelli showed the world what a fake he is – in just 14 seconds of the first round.
But still…Kimbo Slice was a crowd-drawer.
Now, Dana White struts him off on “The Ultimate Fighter.” And we say, “Good call, DW!” It means Kimbo’s crowd-drawing magic would rub off on the show. And it did – it’s first two episodes raked it’s highest ratings ever. So it came as a shock when White announced that a Kimbo fight was slated as early as the third week of TUF 10 against the much experienced Roy “Big Country” Nelson. If Slice loses, just like any contender who loses, he gets kicked out of the show
What was White thinking? There’s not an iota of doubt that Kimbo would lose.
And Kimbo lost.
But wait…
After losing to “Big Country,” haters started to feel differently about Kimbo. Even “real” MMA fighters and coaches on the show who sneered and swore and mocked him when he was first introduced on the first episode started to warm up on him. They started to praise him and his efforts.
And Dana White is keeping him on the show despite the loss.
…. and he can continue rubbing off his crowd-drawing magic on the show, on UFC, and on mixed martial arts in general.
Kimbo Slice lost this particular battle, but he seems to be winning the war.
The question is: is Kimbo Slice’s victory a loss for MMA?
Everyone enjoyed it. It was spectacular. Now, that’s what we’re talking about! Anderson Silva, from now on, that’s how you fight! Again!
Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin was a great show of explosive fists and great talents. The crowd inside Wachovia Center in Philidelphia was in a frenzy.
When the two gladiators went up the cage, the crowd was booing Silva while cheering for Griffin like a homecoming boy. Truly, Silva had lost his luster.
Until.
Silva came back on track not only with such combination of fury and flair, he also did it in a division heavier than his comfort zone, and with a fighter bigger than anyone he fought.
What does this tell us? Anderson Silva has outgrown his middleweight championship belt? He has fought and defeated all the best in that level? Cote and Leites were so below his league that he gingerly fought like a man faced with a kid half his size?
Maybe that is so. Raising his weight 20 pounds higher in a short span of time could do a lot of bad things to his speed and performance, but it did not. He literally brutalized the bigger Griffin.
Within two minutes of the first round, Silva (must have been traumatized by Dana’s tounge-lashing) made sure he ups the ante. Silva was so charged he was like a mongoose against a cobra. And like a mongoose, he works well when the enemy strikes. His counter-punches are lethal, and when it hit its mark Griffin was knocked down. Silva, the counter-puncher, was eeirily cool and controlled. And when the brutal set of Brazilian knuckles found its mark the second time, Griffin was on the floor again. Silva offered his hand to help his opponent up. They touched gloves, and the third knock down must have been the straw that broke the camel’s back (it didn’t seem so much – especially that Silva released that strike while backpedalling).
The first knock down must be what did Griffin in. He must know he’s in trouble he wished the round is over (he checked the clock after that first knock down).
Talk has it that Silva is willing to relinquish his middleweight championship belt and put it up for grabs. Dana White liked the idea and said he can make it happen. Anderson Silva may go up to light heavyweight division and fight a whole roster of bigger and better fighters than he ever had at the middleweight division. That’s a very interesting prospect. A second-grader would surely feel bored and unmotivated if you put him in a kindergarten class. It's about time to put Silva where he belongs, so he can shine again.
Dana White is pleased with him again. The crowd approves of him again. Why not? Silva made sure it was an explosive fight. His body language showed it during the fight, pumping his fists towards him like telling Griffin, “C’mon! Let’s make it bloody. Hit me!” And when Griffin hesitates, he initiates.
Now, Silva, that’s what we’re talking about. From now on, that’s how you fight! Again!
“I’ve never changed my tune on him, I’ve never changed my mind,” was Dana White’s straight answer to the question.
But.
Listen to the rest of the interview and you’ll see the difference in melody now that he’s “climbing in bed with him.”
It was just last year when Dana White led the pack of those who were so critical of Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Fergusson. He called Kimbo a “joke,” a “bum,” “he sucks,” and all sorts of unimaginable demeaning description of the YouTube street-brawling sensation. We also remember White saying Kimbo Slice “will be murdered if he fought in the UFC.”
Now that Kimbo Slice is going to fight to join the UFC via season ten of the Ultimate Fighter, listen to the interview…
“I know he’s a fighter. I know Kimbo is a fighter. The guy fights… he fights. You know, we see him fight in the streets. He’s had professional mixed martial arts fights.” This sounds like someone pitching for Kimbo. Perhaps as a measure, White adds, “Is he a mixed martial artist? We’re gonna find out.”
Here’s more…
“I respect him for coming in and doing the Ultimate Fighter. I respect him, you know. And I did talk a lot of sh@t about him, and he’s here to prove himself.”
“That’s one of the things I respect about him is that he’s honestly…legitimately trying to get into mixed martial arts and trying to get into the big show.” Now, that’s a lot of “respect” as a word coming out of Dana’s mouth talking about Kimbo. How time flies! He even talked about the guy getting some offers in boxing and, not unlike a concerned friend, he said there’s no money in boxing unless you fight a Mayweather or a Pacquiao. Then he proceeded in praising Kimbo Slice’s manager for really taking good care of him.
All in all, we sense a sweeter tune…a love song, in fact, coming from Dana White as regards to Kimbo Slice. In fairness to the guy who made UFC MMA’s biggest outfit, he can easily say he didn’t change his tune. In fact, he reminded us of what he said before, “The only way this guy will ever get to the UFC is through the Ultimate Fighter.”
Interestingly, Dana White and the Fertitta brothers have been griping about the lackluster treatment the so-called “real media” (White’s terminology) gives to mixed martial arts. This gives us the feeling that the UFC triumvirate is revving up their efforts at marketing the sport to a wider audience base. What better way to do this than to have the name that earned the highest rating in the history of MMA television – Kimbo Slice.
The fact that The Ultimate Fighter’s format was changed– from requiring wannabe TUF fighter to win a qualifying fight – to simply handpicking the 16 contestants, speaks so much about what Dana White and company want.
This also makes it difficult for us not to think that Kimbo would linger longer in the show by not having him fight early on. Why risk eliminating Kimbo Slice so soon? Just having this hulk do his reality drama without the fight, would be enough to keep the ratings sky high – this will not be a very bad idea.
However, what if Kimbo proves to still possess his crowd-drawing powers, would TUF or UFC fake a Kimbo Slice win so he could join the ranks of UFC gladiators to further boost UFC’s popularity?
How would the fans react to a Kimbo Slice win? Would they cry “fake”? Would it backfire? We see a lot of questions arising from this change of tune. The more reason for us to watch TUF 10.
Dana White, I see what you did there!
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Thanks to his latest brush with the law, we at MMA Weekly News (and most of UFC and mixed martial arts fans) are awaiting with bated breath whether UFC will allow “The Dentist” to compete against Mac Danzig on February 7 this year at UFC Fight Night 17 in Tampa Florida.
Josh Neer was arrested and was placed behind bars for drunk driving, hit-and-run, and eluding arrest, among other traffic violations January 1 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Neer’s management company CEO Mickey Dubberly asked “everyone to reserve their judgement until all the facts are known in the court of law.” Saying that there are still a lot of unclear details on the incident, Dubberly said that they are backing Neer 100% in having the issue resolved the soonest, “and putting this matter behind us and moving forward.”
They have all the reason to get this issue done and over with ASAP because if we base it on what happened to other mixed martial arts warriors, Josh Neer would be pulled from the UFC Fight Night 17 card. MMA fighters who were arrested (except for Quinton “Rampage” Jackson) were not allowed to compete.
In an interview with the WHO-TV News (see video clip below), Neer apologized, "I just want to apologize to my friends, my family, and fans. I made some bad choices and I basically want to move on and put this behind me."
MMA Tap-out Josh Neer DUI Arrest
Whether UFC will pull him out of the February 7 card or totally end his mixed martial arts career with UFC remains an uncertainty. The UFC or Dana White has not commented about the case yet but the video clip below says UFC will determine Neer’s case within the week.
When asked about his fate, Neer said, “It’s all up to the UFC at this point. There's nothing I can really do so I just got to sit back and hopefully they'll let me fight and I'm gonna move on from this and no more troubles."
Dubberly, on the other hand, was quick to appease UFC by saying, “In no way do we ever want to bring any negativity towards the UFC as they have been nothing but great to Josh."
Let’s cross our fingers and hope for the best comes February 7, 2009.
It seems like it was only yesterday when MMA Weekly first witnessed Gina Carano slugging it out with Julie Kedzie. If it were your first time to watch a mixed martial arts fight, and one of the first fighters you’d see inside the octagon was Kimbo Slice, you’d surely have a very different idea (humungously different from the real deal) of what real mixed martial arts is all about.
Conversely, it was my first time to watch women mixed martial artists to actually fight, and Gina Carano was the first woman I saw slugging it out inside the octagon. The result was a very positive impression of what women mixed martial arts is all about. The two women, Gina and Julie were simply dynamite! I would even say that they fought better than some of the male MMA gladiators I’ve watched all these years!
With the folding up of Elite XC, Gina Carano’s fate as a fighter hangs in uncertainty. This should have been a great opportunity for her to hop on to a bigger, more respected MMA organization: the UFC. Unfortunately, Dana White have expressed reservations about female MMA warriors. He must share what most of us guys think about women in MMA.
The first time I heard about female mixed martial artists, I thought, “Phooey! If I want to see a catfight, I’d go to some underground sleazy joints that feature mud wrestling.” Truth is, I am somewhat against the idea of seeing women’s faces getting beaten, bruised, and bloodied. Hey, they’re supposed to be supple and soft, right? Besides, Americans, and the world in general may not want to see women (warriors or not) beaten down the mat.
Seeing that fight between two women a couple of years back made me change my opinion. The women–real women, not the hulky muscled type with masculine faces only their mothers would love—fought like real fighters that they are. Watching them fight would make you change your old-fashioned perception of women as the weak, lesser specie of the humankind. No, no, no. Gina and Julie were real fighters. Women MMA fighters have to thank Gina Carano and Julie Kedzie for giving the female version of the sport a very good first impression to the world.
It’s a shame that the possibility of seeing Gina Carano fight again remains an uncertainty. Unlike in her case, Kimbo Slice seem to have a better chance of getting on the UFC bandwagon. Dana White just made a turn-around about his stand about how to deal with the internet sensation. While White previously said Kimbo is not an MMA artist, he said Kimbo can fight in the UFC. “The offer’s out there if he wants to take it, (but) he won’t win it.”
If ever, there’s still the issue about Kimbo’s and Gina Carano’s contract with Elite XC to deal with before they could consider a UFC fight. With Gina Carano’s popularity now, a trip to Hollywood tinseltown may be a lot easier.
