Archive for November, 2010

Most, if not all, mixed martial arts fans have glanced at the UFC octagon girls and would love to see more. The first chance to do that came when Arianny Celeste posed in Playboy’s November issue. Another opportunity has presented itself with former WEC and new UFC ring girl Brittney Palmer — my personal favorite. She posed for a spread in the latest issue of UFC magazine. Enjoy! More photos after the jump!

The “UFC needs new stars” internet meme has grown tiresome to many, myself included.  For hardcore fans, it isn’t about “stars”, or so we claim.  We want to be idealists, and believe we’re in it strictly for the beauty of the sport.  That all we care about are good fights.  We’re full of it. Don’t get me wrong, this sport is beautiful.  We all know that.  If you wanted to call Demian Maia an artist, I wouldn’t argue with you.  But on some level, we’re all in it for the stars.  And this is coming from a guy who gets up at [...]

When the UFC and WEC merged, featherweight champion Jose Aldo was named the new “UFC featherweight champion of the world.” He defends his title at UFC 125 against top contender Josh Grispi and will be looking to make a statement to the world. Aldo is getting the exposure and publicity that he finally deserves, and I cannot wait to see him take the UFC by storm. Below is a picture of our new UFC featherweight champion with his belt. Welcome to the UFC, Jose.

Following BJ Penn’s impressive performance at UFC 123, “The Prodigy” will now be looking to get back into the octagon as soon as possible. At the post-fight presser Penn would not commit to which weight class his next fight would be at. He, instead, said he would leave the decision up to UFC president Dana White. “BJ Penn comes in and and looks like the absolute world beater, best pound-for-pound in the world, and the next fight he doesn’t – you just don’t know,” White said. “I can tell you this – he looks better at 170 than he does [...]

UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida is in the books and Fight Night bonuses have been rewarded. Fighters earning fight night bonuses at the event pocketed an extra $80,000. The guys who earned the bonuses were BJ Penn, Phil Davis, George Sotiropoulos, and Joe Lauzon. Sotiropoulos and Lauzon were given Fight of the Night. The two lightweights had brilliant ground exchanges during the first round. In the second round, Lauzon noticeably slowed down before Sotiropoulos latched on the fight ending submission came midway through round two.

UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida was an incredible night of fights. Following the snoozefest that was UFC 122, 123 provided the fans with everything you could ask for in an event. Outside of the starting match between Maiquel Jose “Big Rig” Falcao and Gerald Harris in the third round of their bout, UFC 123 provided non-stop action to the fans. In the night’s main event between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Lyoto Machida, Rampage earned a controversial decision victory. The fight started with Machida landing low-kicks while Rampage failed to find his range. The most significant action in round one was [...]

One of my best friends moved into a new house today. And he worked hard to get everything ready so that 10 or 15 of our best friends could come over for UFC 123. One guy just yelled out “Rampage is a has been!”. Another said, “That has been is about to whip Machida.” This is so much fun. Shout out to all the fans gathered around a bowl of nachos and big screen tv. Have a great night

ESPN always does a good job putting together some entertaining “This is SportsCenter” commercials. They pick some of the top athletes or figures in their respective sports and inject humor with the athletes and SportsCenter anchors. In the latest of ESPN’s commercials, UFC welterweight Georges St-Pierre is featured sitting at his “desk.”

The Palace at Auburn Hills in Detroit, Michigan will play host to tonight’s UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida pay-per view. Two preliminary bouts — Matt Brown vs. Brian Foster and Mark Munoz vs. Aaron Simpson — will air on Spike TV at 9 pm ET before the pay-per view. The main card kicks off at 10 pm ET. UFC 123 is headlined by a light-heavyweight bout beween “Rampage” Jackson and Lyoto Machida. The co-main event will see two of the most dominant champions in UFC history go to battle when BJ Penn moves up to welterweight and faces Matt Hughes. [...]