The Ultimate Fighting Championship (MMA) Thread

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QUOTE (Awesome Fossum @ Jul 12 2009, 01:48 AM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2416635
I'm watching ESPN's post fight show. Lesnar apologizes to the younger viewers for his post-fight antics and Bud Light. Says he wants to fight Fedor.

Brock seems like a nice guy now that he's calmed down. Maybe it's not an act, and he's just a lunatic when the adrenaline is pumping.



Apparently he was read the riot act after the fight by Dana White in the locker room.
 

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“I was blown away,” White said. “I don’t think in the history of the UFC we’ve had anybody do that. It’s not who we are, and, to be honest, it’s not who he is. You hang with these guys personally, and you get to know them. If he was a dick, I’d tell you right now this guy is a psycho and I don’t know what I’m going to do with him. He’s not. He’s a smart guy. The sponsorship thing was the craziest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.”
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“Brock went so far over the top, I can’t even put it into words,” White said. “WWE -- that’s what it is. We had a talk. We talked like men, and he said he was sorry. He said, ‘I’m embarrassed by what I said.’ I take his word for it this time.”
Brock had this to say:QUOTE
“I acted very unprofessionally after the fight, and I’ll leave it at that,” he said. “You guys ask me all the time if there’s anything I can drag over from WWE, and I guess you’ve seen a little bit of that tonight. I’m used to selling pay-per-view tickets. Dana came back, and we had our whip-the-dog session. I screwed up, and I apologize.”
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“I’m not biased,” he said. “I drink any beer.”

Honestly, I think it was a heat of the moment thing. In most of the interviews and everything I've seen of him, he's been very humble and well behaved. When they did the UFC Countdown before his fight with Randy, the guy was driving a fucking Chevy Cobalt. I think he's overall a good guy, but fame and fortune get the best of him and that the big stage makes him act over the top.

Regardless, I'm not a fan. BJ versus Florian should be interesting. Florian is a local boy, but as I said earlier, I'm a huge fan of technique, and BJ's jiu jitsu is absolutely amazing to behold. I'm going to be rooting for Florian, but as I was with the GSP-Alves fight, I just want a war. I'm happy to see Anderson fighting at 205 again, it's unfortunate that Forrest is going to be his victim. Further down the road, I can't wait to see the Randy-Minotauro fight. Randy is far and away my favorite fighter of all time, I have a great admiration for Minotauro and the battles he's been in. It should be a fantastic fight. The UFC does have some great fights coming up, but I doubt that any will be as good as this card. In recent memory, only the UFC 92 card was this stacked.
 

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QUOTE (Mr Weebles @ Jul 11 2009, 10:47 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2416452
Belcher won the first round 10-9 because of the knockdown. He also won the third.

This isn't boxing. Knockdowns don't automatically win you a round/point. That punch caught Akiyama off-balance and he hopped right back up to his feet. He then continued to win the clean, effective striking for the rest of the round as he did before the knockdown, even getting himself a takedown right at the end of the round.

I scored it 29-28 for Akiyama watching it live, barely giving Belcher the 3rd round. After a second viewing, I actually agree with the 30-27 judge and gave Akiyama the 3rd round.

You shouldn't be swayed by Joe Rogan screaming robbery. He often shows his bias towards certain fighters. In this case, as well as several others, the fighter (Belcher) had trained his guard with Eddie Bravo, one of Joe's best friends and his BJJ instructor.

Also, I'd like to post this just because:

 

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Thank God Bisbing got up. I couldn't believe Henderson admitted to knowing that Bisping was already out. For all the talk of Lesnar's unprofessionalism, dropping a huge forearm on an unconscious man struck me as borderline. I wonder if it had been the other way around, and Bisping had done it to Henderson, if people would be looking the other way.

I'm an incredibly casual fan, so my opinion shouldn't count for much of anything, but I thought Akiyama won the fight too.

One thing that I love about MMA is that it's truly a global sport. UFC 100 featured five Americans (from all over the country), two Brazilians, a French-Canadian, and fighters from Japan and the U.K.
 

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QUOTE (Ahriman @ Jul 13 2009, 06:28 AM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2418204
This isn't boxing. Knockdowns don't automatically win you a round/point. That punch caught Akiyama off-balance and he hopped right back up to his feet. He then continued to win the clean, effective striking for the rest of the round as he did before the knockdown, even getting himself a takedown right at the end of the round.

I scored it 29-28 for Akiyama watching it live, barely giving Belcher the 3rd round. After a second viewing, I actually agree with the 30-27 judge and gave Akiyama the 3rd round.

You shouldn't be swayed by Joe Rogan screaming robbery. He often shows his bias towards certain fighters. In this case, as well as several others, the fighter (Belcher) had trained his guard with Eddie Bravo, one of Joe's best friends and his BJJ instructor.

Also, I'd like to post this just because:





Loved this ko, Bisping was backing out of every exchange with his hands down and you knew this could happen. It was also nice to see the power in Henderson's hands, which hadn't been seen since his Pride days.

Also, not many people seem to be talking about it, but I thought Lesnar was rocked a bit by the Mir right hand followed up by the two knees. His wrestling instincts took over and he took Mir down, but you could see that he was shaking the cobwebs for a few seconds while he was holding Mir down. I'd like to see if Lesnar has the chin to take a shot from one of the other "big" heavyweights such as Carwin.

Now its time to start looking forward to UFC 101 and the double main event of Forrest/Silva and Florian/Penn.

Also it was nice to see this event get a little more mainstream coverage, especially from Espn. For those who are mma fans and haven't checked it out yet, Espn.com has a great weekly online show called mmalive which is very entertaining and provides some terrific analysis.
 

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Wow. I can't believe the entire card is being called off. Something else must be going on behind the scenes.

Somewhere, Dana White is smiling.
 

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QUOTE (Mr Weebles @ Jul 24 2009, 02:37 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2440585
Wow. I can't believe the entire card is being called off. Something else must be going on behind the scenes.

Somewhere, Dana White is smiling.

Funny you should say that...
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In a sea change for the promotional landscape of mixed martial arts, Affliction has agreed to cease promoting fights and become an official sponsor of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports first reported the news on Friday afternoon, and a UFC official confirmed the report to MMAWeekly.
 

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QUOTE (mikeford @ Jul 24 2009, 06:11 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2441026
Funny you should say that...

From the Iole Article:
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Later in the day, Affliction came to terms on a deal in which it would quit promoting fight cards. However, the status of the fighter contracts belonging to Affliction is unknown. They could revert to the UFC or they could become free agents, able to sign with the promoter of their choice.

Multiple sources had indicated to Yahoo! Sports that Affliction was on the verge of a deal with Strikeforce for some sort of merger, but that fell apart in the last 24-48 hours. That’s when talks began anew between White and Affliction. They had spoken earlier in July about such a scenario, but were unable to come to a deal.


The UFC needs to lay off Fedor on the Sambo. I would love to see Fedor beat the living shit out of Brock Lesnar.
 

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QUOTE (sachmoney @ Jul 24 2009, 07:05 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2441094
The UFC needs to lay off Fedor on the Sambo. I would love to see Fedor beat the living shit out of Brock Lesnar.


That's not why Fedor won't sign with the UFC. It has far more to do with the champion's clause and Fedor not being able to leave the UFC after his contract is up, should he be champion at that time.

Anyway, this stinks. I was very much looking forward to Trilogy.
 

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UFC/Fedor's issue isnt about the sambo. UFC isnt happy about that, but they can deal with it. UFC is annoyed by Fedor's demands that he wants to have the freedom to fight other promotions at the same time, essentially that his contract wouldnt be exclusive. Additionally, Fedor's 'people' focus on the Russian market. All negotiations have broken off, because UFC feels that the demands require them to enter the russion market, which they are not involved in.
 

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There have been many reasons why negotiations between the UFC and Fedor have fallen apart in the past: Fedor wants to continue to compete in international Sambo competitions, he wanted to continue fighting in Japan on NYE and be open to fight in Russia, he wanted multiple members of his Red Devil team signed to UFC contracts, the "Champions clause", and money as well. There are stories that he received approximately 6mil in signing bonus from Affliction plus heavy PPV percentages and complete control of the rights to his fights airing in the Russian market.

Needless to say, with Affliction folding Strikeforce doesn't have the money to sign him, so it looks like its down to Dream or the UFC. With his options dwindling, he'll be more likely to give in on some of his demands.

Its a shame the card was called off because I wanted to see the Babalu/Mousasi fight along with the Horodecki/Lauzon matchup. Also a few of the rumored replacements for Barnett (Lashley, Rodgers, Belfort) would have been interesting
 

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QUOTE (beezer @ Jul 24 2009, 08:21 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2441535
There have been many reasons why negotiations between the UFC and Fedor have fallen apart in the past: Fedor wants to continue to compete in international Sambo competitions, he wanted to continue fighting in Japan on NYE and be open to fight in Russia, he wanted multiple members of his Red Devil team signed to UFC contracts, the "Champions clause", and money as well. There are stories that he received approximately 6mil in signing bonus from Affliction plus heavy PPV percentages and complete control of the rights to his fights airing in the Russian market.

Needless to say, with Affliction folding Strikeforce doesn't have the money to sign him, so it looks like its down to Dream or the UFC. With his options dwindling, he'll be more likely to give in on some of his demands.

Its a shame the card was called off because I wanted to see the Babalu/Mousasi fight along with the Horodecki/Lauzon matchup. Also a few of the rumored replacements for Barnett (Lashley, Rodgers, Belfort) would have been interesting


I wasnt looking forward to any of the rumored replacements. I cant imagine a single one of those fights making it out of the first round, maybe Belfort if he was super timid and stayed away from contact, but not if he engaged.

Lashley would have been an absolute joke. he would have been submit in the first round. probably the same for Rodgers. Belfort probably would have been ko'd in the first round (not to say Belfort isnt a good fighter, but the change in weight class when you are already going against a superior fighter is just asking to get wrecked - see Penn, BJ)

I wonder if Affliction folding makes it more or less likely that Fedor ends up in UFC. Since Fedor has less options, Dana will use that to his advantage to lower the offer further than in the past.
 

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Apparently Tito is back in the UFC fold according to Dana White's (who oddly enough if you did not know is from Manchester, CT and lived in Boston for most of his 20's until The Mob ran him out of town and is a huge Sox fan) twitter and there are strong rumors that Tito vs Henderson will take place in Dallas at UFC 103
 

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Furthermore the actual reason behind Fedor/UFC is M-1 Global pretty much owns Fedor and they demand that they get co-promoter credit for any group Fedor fights for. Dana won't ever go for that.

EDIT: Also in exchange for Affliction ceasing promoting MMA shows UFC agreed to let their fighters wear Affliction shirts and use Affliction as a sponsor again
 

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QUOTE (Talon @ Jul 25 2009, 01:15 AM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2442402
Furthermore the actual reason behind Fedor/UFC is M-1 Global pretty much owns Fedor and they demand that they get co-promoter credit for any group Fedor fights for. Dana won't ever go for that.


Fedor is part owner of M-1, so he has a vested interest in M-1 Global getting co-promoter credits. It is true though that this is an added complication, but Fedor will probably have to bend on his next contract. He's running out of options with only 4 true mma organizations left (UFC, Dream, Strikeforce, and Sengoku) and only the UFC and Dream having the willingness to offer the size contract he'll be looking for.

It will be especially interesting to see where the affliction contracts end up. I'd love to see Belfort, Babalu (although its questionable if Dana would welcome him back after the choking incident), Lauzon, and Lindland end up in the UFC.

Finally, Dana tweeted today "I am going on espn 1100 in vegas at 6pm. I will be talking anything mma. Call in number is 702 364 1100! Oh yea and welcome back tito :)". So it looks like Tito has been or is about to be resigned.
 

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Fedor deal imminent? So says the L.A. Times:

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A long-awaited agreement between the Ultimate Fighting Championship and the man considered the world's best mixed martial arts fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, is expected to be announced by UFC President Dana White on Friday, a source with information about the negotiations told The Times today.

The source, who asked not to be identified because he's not authorized to speak publicly about the dealings, called negotiations between the UFC and Fedor "very civil" just days after Fedor's scheduled Affliction Trilogy fight Saturday against Josh Barnett was canceled.

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With a 30-1 record that includes victories over former UFC heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Emelianenko would likely get an immediate shot at reigning UFC heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar.

The source, who is not affiliated with the UFC, said officials were discussing details on the public announcement of the deal, which in the past has been complicated by Emelianenko's resistance to accept UFC's standard six-fight contract and his unwillingness to surrender some merchandising and marketing revenues.


Assuming it gets done (probably a mistake), does Dana cash in on Brock vs. Fedor immediately, or try to get greedy (and risk one of them getting upset) by first selling Fedor's UFC debut and Brock vs. Velasquez/Carwin? Personally, I don't see any way you jeopardize Brock vs. Fedor, and book it for UFC 106.
 

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So no Fedor/UFC deal yet. A few interesting tidbits from Dana's press conference today:

Says they've gone above and beyond with Fedor's offer, the only thing they won't bend on is co-promotion (even said Fedor could do Sambo every Thursday night if he wanted)

Vitor Belfort is signed and will be taking Henderson's spot against Rich Franklin at UFC103

Henderson is next in line for a title shot against Silva (who's fighting Forrest next weekend)

Tito is officially signed and back in the fold

Working on a network deal, a Japan show, and he said that the "deal which would change the UFC forever" is very close to happening

Also UFC 101 next Saturday with Silva/Forrest and KenFlo/Prodigy
 

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My best guess is the "deal which would change the UFC forever" will be a network deal with ESPN. They just finished a deal with ESPN UK to air PPV.
 

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QUOTE (Sleeping King @ Aug 1 2009, 06:59 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2464136
My best guess is the "deal which would change the UFC forever" will be a network deal with ESPN. They just finished a deal with ESPN UK to air PPV.

That's a decent guess. ESPN has really stepped up their coverage of MMA lately, partnering with Sherdog on ESPN.com and covering big PPV's similar to how they would cover a major boxing event. Signing a deal with UFC would be a natural progression.

I hope they do something together. I'd rather watch MMA highlights than the 275th replay of the WSOP.
 

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Fedor signs with Strikeforce, M-1 Global will co-promote:

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Fedor Emelianenko has signed a promotional contract with Strikeforce, delivering one of the top pound-for-pound fighters to a company that is quickly raising its profile in the mixed martial arts industry.

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Emelianenko had been courted by the UFC, but decided to join Strikeforce because it was willing to co-promote with M-1 Global, which is part-owned by Emelianenko.


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Terribly disappointing.
 

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So it appears as though the M1 partnership really was the driving force behind Fedor not signing with the UFC. Rumor had it that this deal with Strikeforce pays Fedor 1mil/fight with a percentage of PPV revenue and a promise of promotion on CBS (part of the elite XC contract purchased by Strikeforce). Now I don't know what the PPV % is, but you can be sure that those numbers are based off a much smaller base than what the UFC could offer.

The only concrete UFC info we have comes from Randy's lawsuit against the UFC where they outlined his pay and PPV %. Including his PPV numbers, Couture made $2.61 million for his fight with Lesnar. Its hard to imagine that Fedor's contract wouldn't offer more than Randy's and additionally, considering UFC 100 did over 1.5 million PPV buys, I imagine Fedor's payday for a fight with Lesnar could have been absolutely huge.

Since Dana said Sambo wouldn't be a problem and it doesn't appear as though money is the issue, this partnership must have completely driven this decision. I guess we can now look forward to Fedor fighting Overeem, Rodgers, and Werdum over the next year.
 

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QUOTE (Awesome Fossum @ Aug 3 2009, 01:21 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2467763
Fedor signs with Strikeforce, M-1 Global will co-promote:



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Terribly disappointing.


Just great. Guess this means that for the next year, Brock Lesnar will be dominating the UFC heavyweight division while Fedor fights a bunch of jobbers no one cares about.

There really aren't that many heavyweight bouts to look forward to other than perhaps Lesnar Vs. Mir III.
 

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Penn said he believes St. Pierre uses steroids, though he concedes he has no proof. St. Pierre is arguably the sport’s most popular fighter and Penn knows that making such allegations isn’t going to win him any friends.

Penn, though, isn’t the type to be shy about offering his opinion though it may be unpopular.

“It’s just my opinion that he uses steroids,” Penn said. “That’s it. My opinion. I do believe it. I can’t hand you any proof, but that’s my opinion.”

In an earlier conversation on the topic, Penn said, “In my opinion, he doesn’t play by the rules when it comes to steroids and growth hormones and that stuff. Look at him. He’s the worst. He looks like that every day. That’s cheating. There is a reason why there are rules against using steroids. The rest of us, we get fat, then we train and get skinny and the cycle goes over and over again. He looks the same way all the time. Come on.”
 

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QUOTE (joshkmitchell @ Aug 5 2009, 05:19 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2474594
Just great. Guess this means that for the next year, Brock Lesnar will be dominating the UFC heavyweight division while Fedor fights a bunch of jobbers no one cares about.

There really aren't that many heavyweight bouts to look forward to other than perhaps Lesnar Vs. Mir III.


I think there are still a few fights to look forward to: Lesnar/Mir, Lesnar/Couture, Lesnar/Carwin, Lesnar/Velazquez, Fedor/Overeem, Fedor/Rogers although clearly nothing as marquee as Fedor/Lesnar. Although by the time each of them has a single fight, the entire heavyweight division could look very differently. I mean within the past year Lesnar, Carwin, Velazquez, and Rogers have each become top 10 heavyweight fighters.

On a different note, who does everyone have this Saturday? I'm going with Florian by decision and Silva by second round TKO. Thats a stacked double main event which makes up a bit for the weaker undercard. Additionally Diego Sanchez is going to be in the cage for a face-off with the Penn/Florian winner so that could become interesting.
 

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I'm going to the fight with a group of guys from work. The guy in the fight club is at the weigh in today. He's been texting messages that the arena is mobbed and that Florian has been roundly booed. Dana White has yet to appear.
 

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A nice link to ESPN's MMA Live show which begins with a great interview where Scott Coker breaks down Strikeforce's plans with Fedor. He also acknowledges that the contract is a 3 fight, 1 year deal. Additionally, MMA Live will be broadcasting online live at the weigh-ins this afternoon and tomorrow before the event

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4381537
 

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QUOTE (Stuart Scott's Lazy Eye @ Aug 8 2009, 11:55 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2490679
Silva just made Griffin look stupid.


Yeah, that was unbelievable.

The shot that put Griffin down looked like an afterthought. That kind of ability is scary.
 

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No kidding. I thought Forrest was gonna give him a fight. That was crazy.

Any chance KFlo beats BJ?

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I am anxiously awaiting to hear what Forrest has to say. I'm not really sure what I just watched.
 

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Pretty predictable outcomes for all those fights, nothing interesting. I have no interest in the next card outside of Maia/Marquardt. Blah
 

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I'll eat some crow on the Penn fight, I honestly thought Florian had a decent chance, but Penn looked to be in the best shape of his life. Florian now becomes the Rich Franklin of the Lightweight division, a pretty clear #2 who just can't get past the number 1.

Honest question, has there ever been a more dominant set of champions than the UFC has right now? Its amazing, Lesnar has only defended his belt once and Machida has yet to defend it, but is there anyone who right now who poses a true threat?

Penn
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QUOTE (beezer @ Aug 9 2009, 01:31 AM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2490731
I'll eat some crow on the Penn fight, I honestly thought Florian had a decent chance, but Penn looked to be in the best shape of his life. Florian now becomes the Rich Franklin of the Lightweight division, a pretty clear #2 who just can't get past the number 1.

I think anyone who gave Florian had a chance (myself included) probably forgot about how good BJ Penn is. He's so explosive on the feet, his jiu jitsu is in another universe, and perhaps the most underrated aspect of his game is how good his wrestling/takedown defense is. He looked like he was in better shape than he has ever been in his life. He looked bigger, he had some very explosive movements at times (the reversal in I believe the second or third round). I was rooting for KenFlo because he's the local guy (we haven't had a championship in how long :natstown:), but I've always loved the techical aspect of BJ's game. I can't wait to see him fight Diego, who is an absolutely animal.
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Honest question, has there ever been a more dominant set of champions than the UFC has right now? Its amazing, Lesnar has only defended his belt once and Machida has yet to defend it, but is there anyone who right now who poses a true threat?

Penn
GSP
Silva
Machida
Lesnar

You bring up an interesting question. I think the Penn-Sanchez fight *could* be interesting. GSP really has no challengers IMO. I want to see Anderson fight Dan Henderson again, but I think Hendo might just be a little too old (not counting him out). The rest of the division isn't particularly strong. Machida is interesting. I'm very interested in what Shogun can do against him. In addition, I want to see what Rampage has. I think Shogun has the better chance, but who knows. Neither probably can beat Machida. For Lesnar, there are some guys who *could* challenge like Shane Carvin. However, his main challenge should be Fedor despite his recent signing with Strikeforce. Perhaps if they could get Josh Barnett (off steroids), they'd have an interesting opponent. I doubt that happens either.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Barnett-Fedor happens on NYE in Japan. No drug tests, no problems.
 

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dana white just announced in the post fight press conference that hes looking to run a ufc show at Fenway
 

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So it was reported today that Forrest dislocated his jaw and couldn't hear out of one ear which partially explains why he ran from the ring after the fight. Wow, Silva definitely has some power in those hands.
 

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Ok, so TUF finally starts this week! All the attention is surely being focused on our 'internet fighting legend'...but Kimbo aside, I cannot wait to see how James McSweeney has improved since getting owned in EliteXC by al Turk. I was really surprised McSweeney was so quick to be on his back, I know he was previously very one dimensional (kickboxing/muai tai), but something has got to give, this kid has a lot of raw talent and experience fighting.
 

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RE: White's announcement that will change the UFC - I hadn't seen any follow up to this point, but interestingly enough a couple days after he had that soundbite, he was doing a call in spot to the Jason Ellis show and mentioned that he and several others from the UFC were up on the Nike campus taking a tour. He was saying that Nike wants in to MMA, and that they were up there "talking". When asked what they were looking to do, he was saying how Nike wants to start making MMA gear, as well as possibly get behind the UFC for sponsorship.

While MMA has been making inroads to be a real mainstream sport, having Nike through it's colossal weight could help push it to 3rd sport status (or at least in front of hockey). Just thought I'd share.
 

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QUOTE (04101Seadog @ Sep 14 2009, 02:18 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2565513
RE: White's announcement that will change the UFC - I hadn't seen any follow up to this point, but interestingly enough a couple days after he had that soundbite, he was doing a call in spot to the Jason Ellis show and mentioned that he and several others from the UFC were up on the Nike campus taking a tour. He was saying that Nike wants in to MMA, and that they were up there "talking". When asked what they were looking to do, he was saying how Nike wants to start making MMA gear, as well as possibly get behind the UFC for sponsorship.

While MMA has been making inroads to be a real mainstream sport, having Nike through it's colossal weight could help push it to 3rd sport status (or at least in front of hockey). Just thought I'd share.


Not surprising at all for anyone, but nonetheless interesting topic. At first I was completely against the Nikes and Reeboks getting involved into the smaller sports. I have played lax my entire life through college and when I started seeing little kids running around in Nike and Reebok lax gear lately I was disgusted. The three top tier lax companies of old (Brine, STX and Warrior) have dominated the sport, made quality equipment and given back to the communities and now NIKE had to move in?! Then, I realized something. I was seeing more kids/young adults sporting lacrosse apparrel than I ever had before. Would I personally buy NIKE or Reebok gear? Most likely not, only because I love Warrior, but I no longer hate the sight of seeing these companies when I see how much they have elevated the sport just from a marketing stand point. NIKE could start making toilets and people would buy them, the name sells, we all know it. So seeing NIKE wanting into the MMA game is awesome! Sure the Tapouts, the Jesus Didn't Taps and the Triumph Uniteds will get crushed when they see the endorsements and sponsorship contracts NIKE will be able to budget towards Brock Lesnar, GSP, Fedor, Machida etc. I hate to say it, but sports over time have become more legitimate when the bigger names become involved. It certainly has a unique psychological property when people see that larger investments are pouring into something, they are more likely to be involved in it (just like the stock market, fashion, fads, etc.). So why not? Show me some NIKE fight shorts! :)
 

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In a blog posting Tuesday afternoon on his official website, Jackson said he was retiring to become a full-time actor.

“I’m done fighting,” Jackson wrote.

One source close to the fighter characterized his actions differently, telling MMAWeekly.com Tuesday evening that Jackson said he “wasn’t going to fight for the UFC unless they offered him a (expletive) of money.”

Last month, the former champion drew fiery criticism from White when word leaked that he was scheduled to take on the role of B.A. Baracus in an upcoming movie remake of “The A-Team.”

Jackson, who took a second turn as coach on the tenth season of “The Ultimate Fighter” after declining a title shot against Lyoto Machida at UFC 98 due to injury, was expected to face rival coach Rashad Evans at UFC 107 in December.
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