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Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale predictions with Joseph Henle

June 18, 2010   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   17 Comments

Tomorrow the UFC will close out another season of the Ultimate Fighter season with the finale. This season featured middleweights and in the finals is Court McGee and Kris McCray who surprisingly both lost once duringthe season. The co-main event of the night will be a light heavyweight showdown between Matt Hamill and Keith Jardine.

We have a special guest for this event who should know a thing or two about the fighters from this season. Friend of the site and season 11 cast member Joseph Henle will be giving his picks for tomorrows fights.

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Bad Mouth = Bad Taste

February 09, 2010   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   1 Comment

In a follow up to a recent post of here “Tired of fighters excuses” staff writer Matthew Wheeler gives his thoughts plus add the recent comments by all of a sudden talkative Chael Sonnen.

We are coming to a split path for fans in MMA where some want the sport to grow and are willing to sacrifice while others are fine the way it has been. The way Dana White cuts fighters from the UFC has been successful for him, but I believe it puts stress on the fighters to do whatever it takes to stay in the organization. Recent examples would be Rumble after the Koscheck fight, Jay Silva after losing to Leben, Tito Ortiz for a few years,  and Chael Sonnen after the Maia fight. It’s like these fighters are seeing guys like Brock Lesnar flipping off the crowd and how much PPV numbers sold, and taking note. I guess they figure if they stir up a lot of commotion, win or lose Dana is going to keep them. This, in my opinion, leaves a bitter taste in True mixed martial arts fans mouths. I am sure it sucks to lose or have embarrassing fights on your record, but there are such things as class and dignity, in which fighters like Jamie Varner have lost.  The more fighters bash each other, the more this wonderful sport that we love turns into the WWE.

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UFN 20 Weigh-in Results

January 10, 2010   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments

Today was the Weigh-ins for tomorrows Ultimate Fight Night 20 at the Patriot Center on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. As always with weigh-ins a fighter in a non-title fight can be one pound over the weight limit. If they are over that limit they will have a second chance to make the weight. All fighter made wight without an issue today here is the results:

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A look at future UFC events

October 18, 2009   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments

The cards are set for Saturdays UFC 104 on PPV and next months UFC 105 on Spike. This past week there was several fights announced for upcoming UFC events over the next 4 months. There are several title fights plus many key match ups that deserve a look ahead at. (* = Rumored)

UFC 106 – Nov. 21, 2009 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

Outstanding fight card from top to bottom with Lesnar, Ortiz and Griffin on the card. This will be a huge PPV!

265 lbs.: UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin
205 lbs.: Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin
170 lbs.: Jon Fitch vs. Ricardo Almeida
170 lbs.: Karo Parisyan vs. Dustin Hazelett
170 lbs.: Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah
170 lbs.: Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders
205 lbs.: Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira*
185 lbs.: Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
155 lbs.: George Sotiropoulos vs. Jason Dent

Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale – Dec. 5, 2009 at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada

The rest of the card will be determined once the season is over, look for three more match-ups announced then.

205 lbs.: Matt Hamill vs. Jon Jones
155 lbs.: Frankie Edgar vs. Kurt Pellegrino
265 lbs.: Finalist No. 1 vs. Finalist No. 2
185 lbs.: Dennis Hallman vs. John Howard*
205 lbs.: Brian Stann vs. Rodney Wallace
155 lbs.: Mark Bocek vs. Matt Veach*
205 lbs.: Lucio Linhares vs. Rousimar Palhares*

UFC 107 – Dec. 12, 2009, at FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee

Another great card here with the Lightweight belt on the line & 3 fighter’s who recently fought for the belt. There is also a rumor floating around that Kimbo Slice vs. Houston Alexander might also be on the card.

155 lbs.: UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn vs. Diego Sanchez
265 lbs.: Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo
155 lbs.: Kenny Florian vs. Clay Guida *
170 lbs.: Thiago Alves vs. Paulo Thiago
265 lbs.: Paul Buentello vs. Todd Duffee*
185 lbs.: Wilson Gouveia vs. Alan Belcher *
170 lbs.: Kevin Burns vs. TJ Grant *
170 lbs.: Ricardo Funch vs. Johny Hendricks *

UFC 108 – Jan. 2, 2010, at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada

The so called year end event “might” feature a Middleweight title fight plus Evans vs. Silva that might align the winner for a Light Heavyweight title shot. Look for one more big time fight added to this card.

185 lbs.: UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva vs. Vitor Belfort *
205 lbs.: Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva *
265 lbs.: Junior dos Santos and Gabriel Gonzaga*
170 lbs.: Carlos Condit vs. Paul Daley *
155 lbs.: Joe Lauzon vs. Sam Stout *
155 lbs.: Dan Lauzon vs. Cole Miller *
155 lbs.: Tyson Griffin vs. Jim Miller *

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UFC 102 Main card recap

August 30, 2009   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments

Brandon Vera vs. Krzysztof Soszynski

Vera looked awesome here. He dominated Soszynski every round with solid stand up plus a nice clinch game. Sosynski get props for taking the fight on short notice and this lose shouldn’t hurt him. Vera climbs the ladder with this win. His mixed fight should be vs. a top 5 guy in the 205lbs division.

Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia

Oh my god. Coming into the fight everyone know Marquardt wanted to stand with Maia but geez. Marquardt didn’t waste anytime knocking out Maia in 21 seconds of round one. This fight ended fast and Maia didn’t get a chance to get anything going. He’ll have to get back to training and work on the stand up enough to hold his own. Marquardt reallyputs himself next in line for a shot at Anderson Silva. Marquardt wins Knock out of the night with his first round KO.

Chris Leban vs. Jake Rosholt

This fight was a really good one. Leban got a huge ovation from the hometown crowd. This fight was pretty even with Leban showing good stand up and leg kicks. Rosholt also had some good exchanges throughout the fight.  The fight was won on the ground though, whenever it was on the canvas Rosholt was in control. Leban landed some good shot in round one and two but wasn’t able to finish. Finally in round three Rosholt’s wrestling skills overpowered Leban for the takedown and he caught him in a deep choke. Rosholt get the third round submission over Leban to win Submission of the night.

Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva

Coming in to this fight we all knew this was going to be a war. Both fights come out touch gloves and start throwing the leather. Someone is going to get knockout here for sure! Silva lands a huge left hook that drops Jardine and Silva pounces to finish the fight via ground and pound. Silva showed his knockout power in this fight and gets himself right back into the 205 title picture. Jardine will have to regroup from this knockout, he does well versus guys that don’t come forward. Every time he fights an aggressive fighter he get knocked out.

Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Wow fight of the night is right! Nogueira looked awesome which makes you believe he was hurt versus Frank Mir. Randy landed a few good shot but Nogueira dominated each and every round. Big Nog lands a big right 2 minutes into the first round. Fight goes to the ground and Nogueira sinks in  a deep choke but Couture doesn’t tap. The first round ends with both fighter battling hard in the stand up game. Randy Couture getstop position early in round two but gets sweepedinto full mount. Couture got caught in a triangle but somehow was able to get out of it. he gets back to his feet and lands some solid shots to close out the round. Nogueira has to beup two rounds to none on the judges score cards. Round three starts out with Nogueira landing another huge shot to put Couture to the mat. Couture recovers but big nog is in side control and landing some good shots on couture. with 90 seconds left in the round Couture reverses and get top position. He lands some good elbows but it’s too little too late for Couture. The fight goes to the judges where Nogueira wins by Unanimous decision  30-27, 30-27 & 29-28. Big Nog looked great in this fight and should be right back in the title hunt. Couture even though he lost was still solid and showed he still has something left in the tank. Nogueira was very dominate in this fight and I’d love to see him rematch with Frank Mir.

Note: Randy Couture has signed a new 28 month and/or 6 fight contract before the Nogurira fight. This is reallty good news for UFC and Randy Couture fans.

Good night of fights. Can’t wait for September 16th and Ultimate fight night followed by the Ultimate fighter.

I went 7-4 with my pick bringing my overall record to 16-11.

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UFC 102 Bonuses

August 29, 2009   Joshua Wood (Editor in Chief)   No comments

At the UFC 102 post-fight press conference, UFC president Dana White announced the fight bonus award winners, each fighter will receive an extra $60,000 on top of their base salary.

Fight of the night – Main Event Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira for there 3 round battle.

Knockout of the night – Middleweight Nate Marquardt for his 21 second knockout of jiu-jitsu ace Demian Maia.  He wins it by beating out UFC newcomer Todd Duffee and his seven second record KO of Tim Hague.

Submission of the night – there was only one submission so Jake Rosholt win with his choke out of Chris Leben via arm triangle in the third round.

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