Archive for May, 2011

UFC heavyweight Brock Lesnar was forced to withdraw from his UFC 131 bout against Junior Dos Santos when he was stricken with another case of diverticulitis. It is the second time in the top heavyweights career that the illness has sidelined him. In his upcoming book entitled, “Death Clutch: My Story Of Determination, Domination, and Survival,” Lesnar details the pain that was caused to him from diverticulitis. He writes: “I had no clue what was wrong, since they couldn’t get a picture of my stomach. The doctor didn’t know either. He was waiting on the part for the machine. Time [...]

No group of top level athletes is better at using Twitter to network and socialize with their fans than mixed martial artists. Even before the UFC brilliantly decided it would start giving out “Twitter bonuses” the elite fighters were  taking to Twitter to let their true personalities shine. A growing trend in the MMA-Twitter world is for a fighter to call out another fighter. Most recently, former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn decided to reach out to top welterweight Jake Shields and display an interest in a fight. I don’t know what to say other than: Thank you [...]

OFFICIAL RESULTS Michael Chandler def. Patricky “Pitbull” Freire via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27) – Lightweight Tournament Final Champ Hector Lombard def. Falaniko Vitale via knockout (punch) – Round 3, 0:54 – Middleweight Superfight Giedrius Karavackas def. Sam Oropeza via submission (scarf-hold armlock) – Round 3, 3:59 Alexander Shlemenko def. Brett Cooper via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-28, 29-28) Jamall Johnson def. Randy Smith via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2 Jeff Lentz def. Anthony Leone via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Jay Silva def. Gemiyale Adkins via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)  

UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione must have ruffled some feathers of Tito Ortiz with comments he made on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. Here is what Mitrione said that seems to have gotten under Ortiz’s skin and into his gigantic head: “I think it’s awesome…AWESOME that the UFC is finally doing this. I think that it’s a great promotion that they’re finally letting women fight for their man’s honor. I think that’s a great thing. We all know that Tito’s gonna give some type of excuse and back out, so Jenna’s gonna have to step in and fight Bader for [...]

A statement by Brock Lesnar can be read in it’s entirity after the jump!

Urijah Faber: “I’m going to go with Nick Diaz on that one, just because I don’t see GSP knocking him out. He’s never been knocked out and GSP’s been more into wrestling guys. I think that from watching Diaz, he’s super, super deceiving, and is able to pressure guys and make them get tired and fatigued like no one else. It’s constant pressure, and he’s got that persistent punching style that wears guys down.” SOURCE: FiveKnuckles.com

Clipped from: www.bellator.com (share this clip) The list of top signings at Bellator continues to grow, this time adding top unsigned welterweight and former MFC Champion Douglas “The Phenom” Lima to its roster. Joining Bellator on an impressive win streak that includes a series of highlight reel finishes, Lima is ready to show fans what the buzz is all about. “In every promotion I’ve fought in, I’ve always wanted to be the best welterweight in the division – but with Bellator, this is it,” said Lima. “This is a big organization and I’m going to be fighting on national television [...]

According to a report earlier today from Mike Chiapetta of MMA Fighting, both UFC 130 main event participants — lightweight champion Frankie Edgar and number one contender Gray Maynard — are both unable to fight after suffering injuries in training. Edgar reportedly broke his ribs, while Maynard is nursing a knee injury. UFC president Dana White has since confirmed the report. The  loss of the main event is a huge blow to the fight card. With no other replacement, a light-heavyweight bout between Rampage Jackson and Matt Hamill has been promoted to the main event. Roy Nelson vs Frank Mir [...]

Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey Date: May 14, 2011 Main Card Hector Lombard (27-2-1) vs. Falaniko Vitale (28-9) (non-title fight) Michael Chandler (7-0) vs. Patricky “Pitbull” Freire (9-1) (lightweight tournament final) Brett Cooper (13-6) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (38-7) Bryan Goldsby (13-13) vs. Anthony Morrison (16-10) Preliminary Card Giedrius Karavackas (4-1) vs. Sam Oropeza (4-1) Jeff Lentz (6-3) vs. Anthony Leone (8-2) Azunna Anyanwu (3-0) vs. Randy Smith (11-8-1) Gemiyale Adkins (6-1) vs. Jay Silva (6-4)  

Location: Saitama, Japan Date: May 29, 2011 Shinya Aoki vs. TBA Takeshi Inoue vs. Koichiro Matsumoto Joachim Hansen vs. Mitsuhiro Ishida Akiyo “Wicky” Nishiura vs. Caol Uno Katsunori Kikuno vs. Daisuke Nakamura Yoshiro Maeda vs. Hideo Tokoro (bantamweight tourney first round) Darren Uyenoyama vs. Atsushi Yamamoto (bantamweight tourney first round) Kenji Osawa vs. Takafumi Otsuka (bantamweight tourney first round) Keisuke Fujiwara vs. Masakazu Imanari (bantamweight tourney first round)