Archive for February, 2010

Keith Jardine will be facing Ryan Bader in a light-heavyweight bout in Sydney, Australia. The fight is part of the UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez event that will air live on pay-per view on February 20 in the United States. Jardine had some unflattering words for the TUF 8 winner. While speaking to MMAFighting.com, Jardine made a claim that he didn’t even know who Ryan Bader was when the UFC approached him about the fight. “I didn’t even know who Ryan Bader was when he was first mentioned to me by the UFC. It took me a little while to [...]

Vic Darchinyan is a world class boxer and the current WBO , WBC unified Super Flyweight World Champion. Darchinyan holds a 33-2-1 professional boxing record. His amateur record was an incredible 158-18 rwith 105 knockouts. Darchinyan is currently training with mixed martial artist James Te Huna — who is making his UFC debut against Igor Pokrajac at UFC 110 — and he has expressed his interest in the sport. “At the right time, I want to have a go at cage fighting. I’ve done wrestling since I was very young, so I believe it’s something I could compete at if [...]

Mixed martial arts legend Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira (32-5-1) will face off against one of the fastest rising stars in the sport and heavyweight division, Cain Velasquez (7-0). The bout will serve as the main event at UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia at the Acer Arena. Nogueira is coming off of a unanimous decision victory over UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture in a “Fight of the Year” candidate. Velasquez is coming off of a second-round TKO victory over MMA veteran Ben Rothwell at UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun. In this video, we get a behind the scenes look at [...]

In this video Wanderlei Silva is in California training for his UFC 110 bout with British star Michael Bisping. Wanderlei is training with the likes of Fabricio Werdum , Babalu , King Mo , Mayhem Miller, and many more. The other fighters in this video give their predictions for the fight and we also get a behind the scenes look at Silva in sparring sessions. Both Bisping and Wanderlei are very confident heading into this fight and they will both be looking to capture Knockout of the Night honors. Enjoy:

Here is one of my favorite videos that is out there on the Internet. Courage by GY is a perfect example of why we love this sport of mixed martial arts. It really doesn’t need much of an introduction, just watch and enjoy:

Rubber Guard guru Eddie Bravo of 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu recently took the time to break down the the technique on the popular mixed martial arts forum, The Underground. This past Friday, Quinn Mulhern took on UFC veteran Rich Clementi at King of the Cage: Vengeance. Mulhern used to rubber guard sweep to put Clementi in danger in what led to the fight ending TKO in round one. Here is a video of Mulhern’s beautiful technique: Here is Eddie Bravo’s breakdown: I just posted a step by step instructional of what Mulhern did in this fight. 1. Mission control (pulled [...]

Ryan Bader finished his long flight to Sydney, Australia for UFC 110 yesterday. The season 8 winner of The Ultimate Fighter will be fighting “The Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine at the event which takes place on February 21st. In his vlog — courtesy of RyanBader.com — the light-heavyweight documents his flight to Sydney with teammate and fellow UFC 110 fighter C.B. Dollaway. “The Doberman” will be taking on Croatian Goran Reljic on the night’s preliminary card. Enjoy the video:

Anthony “Rumble” Johnson (8-3) was scheduled to be on the first UFC on Versus card. Unfortunately, Johnson was forced to withdraw from his bout with John “Doomsday” Howard (13-4) due to a knee injury. Pro MMA Now was the first to report the injury. The news has since been confirmed by Johnson’s manager. This was a fight that was supposed to go down when Howard was a UFC newcomer. Howard was offered a fight with Johnson, but he turned it down because he was looking for some more time to develop. Howard is coming off of six straight victories — [...]

Renzo Gracie didn’t need to be in the UFC to kick Nate Marquardt right in the face. Renzo was a cornerman whenever Ricardo Almeida took on Marquardt at Pancrase: Hybrid 10. Almeida choked out Marquart and after the bout Renzo jumped in the ring and gave a nice soccer kick right to the head of Marquardt. Don’t believe me? Check it out:

Matt Serra is one of the most outspoken fighters in mixed martial arts and in this video interview he discusses Dan Hardy’s chances in his upcoming bout with Georges St. Pierre. Serra knows a thing or two about beating GSP. Serra defeated GSP in 2007 to become the welterweight champion in one of the biggest upsets in MMA history. Serra said that he believes Hardy has it all figured out and since Hardy is “bigger and more technical” than Serra, he should be able to hold his own. Serra also comments on Sarah Palin and Cypress Hill among other things. [...]