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Strikeforce: Opinion: Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal Says He Won’t Get Any Respect Until He Fights In The UFC
Original at The MMA News
• Mon, Nov 30
By Charttopper Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (5-0) told FiveOuncesOfPain.com that his next opponent Mike Whitehead (24-7) wasn’t interested in cutting down to 205 pounds for their December bout at the “Strikeforce: Evolution” show. FiveOuncesofPain: So what made you sign with Strikeforce. I know the UFC kind of had you on their radar as well, but what made you make the ultimate decision to take the road you did? Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal (5-0) told FiveOuncesOfPain.com that his next opponent Mike Whitehead (24-7) wasn’t interested in cutting down to 205 pounds for their December bout at the “Strikeforce: Evolution” show. In an interview with Lawal, the undefeated fighter talks about needing to keep busy by fighting as often as possible, fighting in Japan,... [read the full post]
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UFC: Opinion: Muhammed ‘King Mo’ Lawal Says He Won’t Get Any Respect Until He Fights In The UFC
Original at The MMA News
• Mon, Nov 30
By Charttopper In an interview with Lawal, the undefeated fighter talks about needing to keep busy by fighting as often as possible, fighting in Japan, and feeling that he won’t get any respect until he fights in the UFC. King Mo: He’s solid. He’s a solid veteran, He’s solid pretty much everywhere and doesn’t make many mistakes. He used to wrestle at heavyweight back in college. I was wrestling freestyle at the time so I didn’t know him, but I knew of him. King Mo: Yeah, and the thing is that we’re fighting at heavyweight because he didn’t want to make the cut to 205. He’s like 245 or 250 right now. I’ll fight him anywhere. He wanted to fight at heavyweight, I’m like… whatever. [read the full post]
MMA: Opinion: Junie Browning's Saturday Night: Win a Fight, Insult the Fans
Original at Bleacher Report
• Sun, Nov 29
By E. Spencer Kyte Nothing like a nice show of class to validate the boo birds. The Lunatik" himself has said that part of the cause of his various antics is an inability to deal with the pressure and attention that came from being on The Ultimate Fighter, and that he just wants to be like everyone else .
Randy Couture: Opinion: Defrost Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell? The UFC May Have No Other Choice
Original at Bleacher Report
• Mon, Nov 16
By Gary Herman The UFC took the emphatic position that Chuck Liddell would never fight in the UFC again. “If there’s a chance of me fighting Chuck Liddell again, I would love it,” Ortiz said during the pre-fight UFC 106 press conference. A returning Chuck Liddell may be the only option for Jan. 2.
MMA: Opinion: A Message To The B/R MMA Community: Words Of Wisdom
Original at Bleacher Report
• Sun, Nov 15
By Mitch Ciccarelli Should Koscheck still remain in the top five or should the other fighters who have been winning take his spot? It’s ok to dislike a certain fighter and it’s perfectly fine to let your readers know you are not a fan of certain fighters but it is not ok to spend a majority of your article insultin...
Randy Couture: Opinion: Could Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera Be the Launching Point for a New Division?
Original at Bleacher Report
• Fri, Nov 13
By Jesse Motiff Talk first began after the Randy Couture-Brock Lesnar title fight for the Heavyweight Championship. Many saw Lesnar having an unfair advantage over Couture due to a 60-pound weight differential. Fighters like Lesnar, Shane Carwin, and Cain Velasquez would fight in the super-heavywei...
MMA: Opinion: Missed opportunities for Strikeforce on CBS
Original at MMAMemories.com
• Mon, Nov 9
By Zach Arnold “We talk to everybody. We’re never going to say no, we like MMA and you know like I said, Strikeforce put on a great show for us tonight and we’re very happy with Strikeforce but we’re not going to close the door on anybody.” The result? Not many “real” MMA fans watched the show.
Strikeforce: Strikeforce Preview: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Sat, Nov 7
By Leland Roling What many fans seem to forget is just how amazing Fedor Emelianenko is as a fighter. He's one of the first fighters in history to be equally great at nearly all aspects of mixed martial arts. He can grapple both offensively and defensively with some of the best jiu-jitsu fighters in the world w...
Strikeforce: Strikeforce Challengers IV Preview: Showcasing California's MMA Talent Pool
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Fri, Nov 6
By Leland Roling Lightweight bout: Ousmane Thomas Diagne (1-0) vs. Merritt Warren (2-3): Diagne will look to bring his Sanshou style of fighting into the cage against a submission fighter in Warren. Diagne is a student under Cung Le, another Sanshou style fighter who made the transition to MMA. Pick your...
MMA: Opinion: How Do MMA Weight Classes Win Their Fights? Expectation Vs Reality.
Original at Bleacher Report
• Sat, Oct 31
By Ed J Pickle McNasty III Total Wins = 305Wins by Knockout = 88 (29%)Wins By Submission = 116 (38%)Wins by Decision = 101 (33%) Light Heavyweight: (Frank Shamrock, Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort, Chuck Liddell, Quinton Jackson, Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, Wanderlei Silva, Dan Hen...
Ultimate Fighter: Opinion: Roy Nelson and Kimbo Slice
Original at The Swamp
• Wed, Sep 30
It was billed as the biggest fight in the history of The Ultimate Fighter and one fighter was less than impressive. And that fighter was Roy “Big Country” Nelson. As predicted, Roy Nelson took out Kimbo Slice. But it was not all that impressive. He was fighting a guy that has next-to-no MMA train...
Kimbo Slice: Opinion: Kimbo Slice an Eventual UFC Champion? Not Likely
Original at Bleacher Report
• Tue, Sep 29
By Mitch Ciccarelli When YouTube street-fighting sensation Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson burst onto the MMA scene in late 2007 he brought with him a ton of hype and attention from mainstream media. Elite XC promoter Gary Shaw hand-fed the bare-knuckle brawler lower tier opponents such as Bo Cantrell and out...
UFC: Opinion: Kimbo Slice an Eventual UFC Champion? Not Likely
Original at Bleacher Report
• Tue, Sep 29
By Mitch Ciccarelli So it came to everyone’s surprise when it was announced that Slice would be earning an opportunity to enter the UFC—the premier MMA organization in the world—by competing on an all-heavyweight season of the hit reality series The Ultimate Fighter.
Kimbo Slice: Opinion: The Ultimate Fighter - Roy Nelson vs. Kimbo Slice Staff Picks
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Mon, Sep 28
By Brent Brookhouse Luke Thomas: According to our rankings with USA Today, Nelson is ranked 20th in the world among professional heavyweights. Nelson's talents? He's strong, mostly durable, by Kimbo's standards a phenomenal grappler and has meaningful experience. And Kimbo Slice? He punches really hard....
UFC: Opinion: UFC 103 match-by-match coverage from Dallas
Original at f4wonline.com
• Sat, Sep 19
Dos Anjos got the takedown and throwing some punches. Some more punches are getting in. Both trading elbows on the ground. Dos Anjos trying to throw but Emerson defending well. Now dos Anjos moving to body punches. Dos Anjos backed off, Emerson was about to get up and Dos Anjos tackled him down. He...
Randy Couture: Opinion: UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira Predictions
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Fri, Aug 28
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By Luke Thomas Leland Roling: While Tuchscherer is a huge, powerful wrestler who can smother Gonzaga from the top, Gonzaga is a much more dynamic striker in the stand-up game, and he has solid jiu-jitsu submission skills on the floor to put Tuchscherer in danger. I have to go with the more complete fighte...
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Kimbo Slice: Opinion: Pushback on the UFC's Use of Kimbo Slice on "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 10
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Thu, Jun 4
By Luke Thomas The great irony in watching Dana White six months talk about how Kimbo Slice is bad for MMA is that now he’s Kimbo’s biggest pusher in the business. All the guys who tried to work with Kimbo Slice to make him into something in MMA (I’m looking at you, Bas Rutten) have to be shaking their heads and...
Chuck Liddell: Opinion: First impressions: Moving up the 'UFC' ranks
Original at USA Today
• Wed, May 27
As the title indicates, this is a simulation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, featuring many of the sports top stars such as Rashad Evans, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Chuck Liddell. Every fighter is rendered beautifully in the game, ...
Matt Hughes: UFC 98 Review
Original at Inside Fights
• Sun, May 24
TX McFedries picks up a huge victory and Pokam takes a devastating defeat that could really hurt his UFC career. I didn't get this one right. Matt Hughes v. Matt Serra: This fight went exactly like I thought it would. Serra landed some good shots ... Minute-by-minute: UFC 98 weigh-ins ESPN
Rashad Evans: Opinion: UFC 98 Predictions by EIGH8TOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Apr 30
By rss@youtube.com (Eigh8Thechosenone) Keywords: UFC 98 Predictions Rashad Evans vs Lyoto Machida Matt Hughes Serra Yushin Okami Dan Miller Sean Sherk Frank Edgar Brock Larson Chris Wilson Pat Barry Tim Hague Phillipe Nover Kyle Bradley Houston Alexander Andre Gusmao Yoshiyuki Yoshida Brandon Wolff Dave Kaplan George Roo...
Keith Jardine: DVD Review: UFC 89 - Bisping vs. Leben
Original at ifight365.com
• Thu, Apr 23
You also have to look at the fights between Luis Cane and Sokodjou and Keith Jardine and Brandon Vera, to see that the UFC have tried to stack the main card with some good fights. The former might very well impress more than the latter in this instance ...
Chuck Liddell: Opinion: Nadal survives for another title on clay
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sun, Apr 19
guardian.co.uk PA Chuck Lidell said it was "probably safe to say" his Ultimate Fighting Championship career was over after he was knocked out by Mauricio Rua in the first round Saturday night. "You're never going to see Chuck Liddell on the canvas again," UFC president ...
Ultimate Fighter: Opinion: Th Ultimate Fighter 9 Episode 2 Recap 797Original at YouTube
• Sun, Apr 12
By rss@youtube.com (fiynpczmmi63) None Author: fiynpczmmi63 Keywords: The Ultimate Fighter Episode Recap review aftermath clips show ufc tuf nine usa fighters rob browning richie whiteson Added: April 12, 2009
Anderson Silva: DVD REVIEW: UFC 88, 89 and 90
Original at Cinematic Happenings Under Development
• Mon, Mar 9
NY He taunted Bisping most of the match and lost by decision to the fan favorite. UFC 90: Silva vs. Cote - the name says it all. While neither UFC 88 nor UFC 89 matched up to the spectacle of UFC 87, Anderson Silva promised to bring the noise for UFC 90. ... For the Love of Chuck Liddell Bleacher Report
GSP: DVD Review: UFC 87 - Seek and Destroy
Original at ifight365.com
• Mon, Mar 9
Could Jon Fitch take the UFC Welterweight title from Georges St. Pierre? The main event of this DVD was hardly a classic, but it was a good fight that cemented GSP’s status as the number one welterweight in the world. Controlling the ground well, ...
Tito Ortiz: Opinion: UFC 96 salaries: Quinton Jackson earns event-high $325000 fight purse
Original at MMAjunkie.com
• Mon, Mar 9
I think we start talking about how dominant Lyoto MAchida is once he fights someone who seriously gets his hands on Machida. The only fighter to do that so far is Tito Ortiz, and he is not nearly the fighter some of these guys are. ... The Verbal Submission 03.10.09: Rampage Rolls, Shamrock is Old ... 411...
World Extreme Cagefighting: WEC 39:Brown vs Garcia & Marquez vs Diaz ReviewOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Mar 2
By rss@youtube.com (dadirrtywhyteboi) OVERALL Show Rating:7.75/10 Lightweight Bout "Razor" Rob McCollough(17-5-0) def Marcus "The Wrecking Ball" Hicks(8-2-0) via Majority Decision dadirrtywhyteboi's ScoreCard:29-29 Judges ScoreCard:29-29,30-27,29-28 McCollugh Featherweight Bout Jose Aldo Jr(14-1-0) def Chr...
Fedor Emelianenko: Opinion: "Minotauro" Nogueira also approached about UFC 101 fight with ...
Original at MMAjunkie.com
• Fri, Feb 27
Roach, one of boxing's most prolific trainers, recently prepared Andrei Arlovski for his "Affliction: Day of Reckoning" bout with Fedor Emelianenko. Nogueira is currently one of MMA's better strikers in the heavyweight division and trained boxing ...
UFC: Opinion: UFC fighters refuse to choke Fox reporter, Vegas writer is pissed
Original at Yahoo! Sports
• Fri, Feb 27
By Steve Cofield Kahne -- all 5 feet 8 inches and 150 pounds -- spent an hour with mixed martial arts stars Forrest Griffin and Wanderlei Silva to film a segment for Sunday's race, which will telecast on Fox (Ch. 5). I held back a little with Wanderlei," Kahne, 28, joked of the simulated fight he had with the Las V...
Sean Sherk: Opinion: GSP camp offers response to allegations of cheating from BJ Penn
Original at google.com
• Thu, Feb 26
And it shows a clip from UFC 84 with a cornerman doing the same thing to Sean Sherk in between rounds against BJ Penn. In his letter, Friend describes the rubbing technique - "placing the left hand on the front of the chest while the right hand moves ...
IFL: UFC 95 Predictions, Preview, and Betting Analysis
Original at Analyst.com
• Fri, Feb 20
By Leland Roling Leland's Prediction: Diego Sanchez via unanimous decision Leland's Prediction: Demian Maia via submission, Round 2 Joe's Prediction: Nate Marquardt via unanimous decision. Joe's Prediction: Evan Dunham via submission round 3.
Renato Sobral: DVD Review: UFC - Ultimate Knockouts 6
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Feb 9
OH - Presented on Ultimate Knockout 6 are 35 knockouts that occurred in the slightly longer than a year period between UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral (August 26 ...
Michael Bisping: UFC Fight Night 17 video preview and ‘St. Pierre vs Penn’ review ...
Original at MMAmania.com
• Thu, Feb 5
By MMAmania MMA mania provides the most up-to-the-minute Ultimate Fighting Championship® news, event details and fight analysis. The blog also lets UFC fans discuss your thoughts and insights on the best MMA organization in the world. ... of Micheal Bisping on this upcoming season of TUF. Bisping vs. Law...
Matt Serra: Opinion: Bad Situations: An MMAmania.com interview exclusive with Karo ‘The Heat’ Parisyan
Original at MMAmania.com
• Thu, Jan 29
By Adam Wagner Back in 2006, Karo Parisyan was on a collision course with a welterweight title shot. “The Heat” was riding a five-fight win streak, including wins over Matt Serra, Nick Diaz and Chris Lytle. He was practically a shoe-in. But first, the UFC said he’d have to get past a young up-and-coming figh...
Jason MacDonald: DVD Verdict Review - UFC 87: Seek And Destroy
Original at DVD Verdict
• Wed, Jan 28
Great groundwork is the hallmark of the fight between Jason MacDonald vs. Demian Maia. MacDonald has been slowly rising in the ranks in the world of UFC and is currently running on a no loss streak. You'll enjoy the skill and action in ... Lastly, "UFC.com Featurettes" are a series of interviews wi...
Fedor Emelianenko: Opinion: 5 guys the UFC should get
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Tue, Jan 27
By littlenicky2355 1. Fedor - Fedor is a great fighter, and i have hated on him in the past, but this weekend he has proved that he is the top dog once again. Honestly, if he ends up fighting Barnett (who will never be in the UFC), there will be no one left for him to fight. With the UFC, there are so many great matchups. V...
Andrei Arlovski: Affliction: Day Of Reckoning Preview & Predictions
Original at Inside Fights
• Fri, Jan 23
By Jeremy Botter Fedor is far more polished in every other aspect of mixed martial arts than Arlovski. If this were a boxing match, then I would likely pick Arlovksi to win, but it’s not. In the game of mixed martial arts, there is no fighter more complete than Fedor Emelianenko, and Andrei Arlovsi is going to f...
Rich Franklin: UFC 93 review
Original at MMAMemories.com
• Tue, Jan 20
By Dave Sholler With the loss to Henderson, Franklin continues his “almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades” campaign. Given the fact that he’s been beaten twice by middleweight champion Anderson Silva, Franklin is unlikely to return to the 185-pound division. Add his light heavyweight los...
Jeremy Horn: Opinion: UFC 93 Winners And Losers
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Sun, Jan 18
By Jerret Anderson Rich Franklin: Hard to call Franklin a loser being that it was a close fight. But I think this is the beginning of Franklin becoming a gatekeeper type fighter like Tito Ortiz. He can't fight Silva again and I don't see him being able to fight and beat the top 3 or 4 fighters in the LHW division.
Tim Sylvia: Opinion: Affliction 2: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski Prediction
Original at MMABettingBlog.com
• Thu, Jan 15
By Pat Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski The main event of the evening is a hotly anticipated showdown between two of the top Heavyweights in the world. Fedor Emelianenko, former RINGS Champion and PRIDE Champion and current WAMMA Heavyweight Champion will attempt to defend his #1 Heavywe...
Randy Couture: Opinion: MMA/UFC: Mir surprises Miami's Nogueira
Original at Sun-Sentinel.com
• Mon, Dec 29
He beat one of the all-time greats of the game [Randy Couture] to win the title. Let's go out and settle this." During his postfight interview, ... UFC 92: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir Go to War Tonight ringsidereport.com UFC 92 ROUNDTABLE REVIEWS: Hyden, Ennis, Penick rate and review ......
PRIDE: Opinion: Quinton Jackson really went on a rampage
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Thu, Dec 25
Jackson on the same night after "Rampage" had produced a stirring but tiring victory over UFC's Chuck Liddell in the PRIDE middleweight grand prix. ... Analyzing Silva-Jackson III Sherdog.com International Herald Tribune - Las Vegas Review - Journal
Mike Swick: Opinion: Fighting for respect: Mike Swick UFC Fight Night 16 interview exclusive with MMAmania.com
Original at MMAmania.com
• Tue, Dec 9
By Adam Wagner He didn’t get it in his majority decision win over Josh Burkman (18-8) at UFC Fight Night 12. He looked significantly better, but not great, four and a half months later when he outpointed the surging Marcus Davis (15-4) at UFC 85 to earn the unanimous decision.
EliteXC: UCUK Bad Breed on Nuts TV - TV Review
Original at Two Sheds
• Mon, Dec 8
With EliteXC having gone belly up, Cage Rage is no more, and from their ashes, a new mixed martial arts promotion has arisen here in Britain, Ultimate Challenge UK, who presented their first show, Bad Breed, at The Troxy in London, shown live here in Britain this past Saturday on Nuts TV.
Jens Pulver: Opinion: WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown Staff Predictions
Original at Bloody Elbow
• Wed, Nov 5
By Luke Thomas Urijah Faber vs. Mike Brown Jens Pulver vs. Leonard Garcia Rob McCullough vs. Donald Cerrone Michael Rome: Avellan via Submission, Round 1. Nick Thomas: Aldo by experience and KO. Mike Fagan: Aldo by TKO. Chris Nelson: Dias via Submission, Round 1.
Anderson Silva: Opinion: White does not believe Silva was clowning around
Original at Yahoo! Sports
• Sun, Oct 26
By Steve Cofield You'd think that the MMA media paid $500 for their ringside seats by the way they went after UFC president Dana White and his middleweight champ Anderson Silva for what appeared to be showboating for two rounds of fighting in the UFC 90 main event. Patrick Cote suffered a fluke knee inju...
James Irvin: Opinion: Sylvia over Fedor, Silva over Irvin
Original at The Swamp
• Wed, Jul 16
Anderson Silva over James Irvin by first-round TKO. In the other big fight of the night, it means one thing if you pick Irvin -- you are not good at life. This is the easiest fight to pick, ever. Now, I understand why you may be hesitant. Irvin isn’t the type of fighter that throws down with Kimbo...
Matt Hamill: Opinion: Kenny Florian Confirms April 2 Fight with Joe Lauzon
Original at MMAjunkie.com
• Fri, Jan 11
By MMA Junkie UFC Fight Night 13 will likely take place in Denver, Colo. (the home of the UFC’s first-ever event). The show will air live on Spike TV and serve as a lead-in for “The Ultimate Fighter 7,” which features Forrest Griffin and UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson as coaches.
Matt Hughes: Opinion: Serra versus Hughes: Am I the only one?
Original at MMAFrenzy.com
• Wed, Dec 5
By Kris Karkoski Let me preface this by saying that I want to see the rubber match between Matt Hughes and George St. Pierre just as much as the next guy. But to be completely honest, I’d rather see the originally planned Serra vs. Hughes match like we were promised. Why do I want to see it so badly? It’s simple- the t...
Tito Ortiz: TV Review: The Ultimate Fighter 3 Episode 3 - Team Dagger
Original at Blogcritics
• Fri, Apr 21
By Vince Chan Episode two of The Ultimate Fighter 3 suffered its largest week-to-week ratings drop in the series' history. Episode three sought to prove that the blip was not a downward trend by having a great lead-in show, UFC unleashed. UFC unleashed showcased five classic fights of the legendary, Ro...