Archive for November, 2010

Here is a sneak peak for Joe Lauzon’s featured bout on the UFC 123 main card against George Sotiropoulos:

This weekend I will be hanging out at my buddy’s house watching UFC 123. This event will include the rubber match between long time stand out fighters Matt Hughes & Baby J (BJ) Penn. These two guys have ruled their weight classes throughout most of the past 10 years. And although both have shown the signs of wear and tear in the recent past, both are hoping to prove that they aren’t finished with the fight game. I’m interested in a comment made by former 9 time UFC Welterweight Champ Hughes at a recent pre-UFC 123 press conference. Matt joked, [...]

This weekend at UFC 123 Matt Hughes and Bj Penn will be fighting their long anticipated (at least by me) rubber match in the ultimate match up of hard work vs skill. And for maybe the first time ever, I won’t be hoping that Matt Hughes accidentally knocks himself out on the way to the cage. For the entirety of my MMA fanship, I have been a Matt Hughes hater, but now, in the twilight of his career, I am finally starting to see the appeal. I’m not entirely sure what it was about Matt Hughes that made me hate [...]

Weigh-ins for this weekend’s “UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida” event take place at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit, Michigan today. Fittingly, today is the six-year anniversary of the fame NBA brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers known as “The Malice in the Palace.” Let’s hope Dana White and company don’t have any Ron Artest’s on their hands. UFC 123 will be aired on pay-per view this Saturday, with two preliminary bouts airing on Spike TV before the main card starts. The event is headlined by a light-heavyweight bout beween “Rampage” Jackson and Lyoto Machida. The co-main [...]

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The strikes and you are out. Three-fight losing streaks in the UFC have spelled disaster for fighters on the organization’s. At UFC 122, two fighters — German Peter Sobatta and Croatian Goran Reljic — dropped their third straight bout and have since been released from the sports leading promotion. Sobatta lost to Paul Taylor via unanimous decision and then suffered the same fate when he faced off against two Ultimate Fighter winners — James Wilkes (season 9) and Amir Sadollah (season 7). Reljic was out nearly two years due to a back injury. He started his career at 8-0, but [...]

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Dave Meltzer had a discussion with UFC.com writer/German UFC commentator Oliver Copp on Meltzer’s subscription-only message board. The conversation revealed some interesting details regarding UFC middleweight contender Chael Sonnen and his steroid controversy. According to Copp, Sonnen is receiving permanent treatment for Hormone Replacement Therapy. A lot of people who cut weight from an early age develop low levels of testosterone. The weight cutting process increases the possibility of damaging your endocrine system by 5,000 percent. Sonnen was being treated with Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) before his fight with Yushin Okami. Sonnen declared that he was getting the therapy and [...]

Shine Fights continues to add talent to their roster. Over the past few weeks they have added The Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Efrain Escudero and now today announced the signing of one of the top grapplers in the heavyweight division, Rolles Gracie. “I am very excited to be a part of the Shine organization,” Gracie said. “I’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to come my way, and I am confident that this is going to be a great partnership. I’m looking forward to doing big things with Shine.” “Rolles Gracie is one of the best grapplers in the world,” [...]