Complex has a sick new part from Nick Audlee that sees him rip the East Coast from Florida to Massachusetts.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Nick Audlee For Complex
Complex has a sick new part from Nick Audlee that sees him rip the East Coast from Florida to Massachusetts.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Three Reasons to Watch Nik Lentz vs. Waylon Lowe
Filed under: UFC
The UFC made nine fights available to fans live on Saturday night, with five streaming on Facebook and four on Spike TV. And if nine UFC fights wasn't enough for you (and really, is any amount of MMA ever enough?) now there's a 10th fight available live and free at UFC.tv.The preliminary bout between Nik Lentz and Waylon Lowe, which wasn't part of either the Facebook or Spike broadcast, is available in full online, and it's worth watching for a number of reasons: Lentz won again and won the way he wanted to win, Lowe got a stern talking-to afterward from one of the UFC's major decision-makers, and a mistake at the end of the first round showed once again that too many state athletic commissions lack competent employees.
Allow me to go into a little more detail.
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/29/three-reasons-to-watch-nik-lentz-vs-waylon-lowe/
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
‘Mr. Wonderful’ vlogs: Phil Davis is NOT Jon Jones
Phil Davis has a chance to explode into the mainstream tomorrow night at Ultimate Fight Night 24 (Spike 10 p.m. ET/PT).
In the days leading up to his fight against veteran Antonio "Rogerio" Nogueira., the "Mr. Wonderful" crew put together a series of vlogs to track his every move.
Because he's African-American with a decorated amateur wrestling background, he's often compared to Jon Jones. Davis and his boys have a running joke about being asked Jones questions in every interview (7:05 mark above)
In vlog 2 (below), Brandon Vera touches on the obvious when it comes to the Jones� comparisons. Vera jokes about Davis being a great athlete (7:45 mark). He also says, he loves "Lil' Nog," but the PRIDE veteran could be in trouble versus Davis.
"His biggest strength is his wrestling and his wrist control. There's no way to prepare for it," Vera said (8:30 mark). [...] For sure, I think Phil's gonna win. I feel bad for saying that. I feel bad for Lil' Nog. I love you Lil' Nog, but I just don't think that you're gonna beat Phil Davis. Davis is on fire right now. He's on right now, he's rough."
Davis' training home in San Diego, Alliance Train Center, is closely tied to Nogueira's home, Blackhouse MMA.
[...] "At first when I heard about [Davis facing Nogueira] I was kind of sad because we're all training partners and we're friends. But it's business, trying to make that check. Trying to make that extra money. MMA is a sport. This is our job. This is what we do. People gotta eat, we're in a recession," said Vera.
Check out vlog four where Davis talks about training with former opponent Alexander Gustafsson. The vlog crew also captured scenes from Davis' appearance on Seattle's NBC television affiliate KING-5. Reporter Christie Johnson (@cjohnsonking5) does a nice job mounting Davis and slapping on an armbar (5:05 mark).
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Monday, March 28, 2011
UFC Fight Night 24: Anthony Johnson Beats Dan Hardy
Filed under: UFC
Anthony Johnson is back in the Octagon after an absence of more than a year, and he looks great.Johnson, who had been sidelined since 2009 with a knee injury, stepped up and destroyed former No. 1 welterweight contender Dan Hardy Saturday at UFC Fight Night 24.
For Johnson, it was a big win that shows that when he's healthy and in shape, he's a force to be reckoned with at 170 pounds. For Hardy, the showed, a year after he lost his welterweight title fight to Georges St. Pierre, that he still doesn't have much in the way of takedown defense or ability to fight off his back. Any good wrestler is going to give Hardy problems until he shores up those weaknesses.
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/26/ufc-fight-night-24-anthony-johnson-beats-dan-hardy/
Nate Marquardt’s striking too much for Dan Miller at UFC 128
Nate Marquardt was solid but far from spectacular in taking out Dan Miller tonight at UFC 128.
His inability to post a highlight reel finish was really more about Miller being a pest than Marquardt performing poorly. Miller ate some big rights and was just dangerous enough on the ground to keep Marquardt from going for broke. The judges gave Marquardt a unanimous decision victory, 30-27 on all three cards, in Newark, N.J.
It looked like the game plan called for Marquardt (31-10-1, 10-4 UFC) to keep the fight standing. He held his hands low throughout looking to nail Miller with right hand leads. Marquardt found a home for those rights in all three rounds and turned Miller's head on a few occasions, but the big underdog exhibited an excellent chin.
The fact that Miller (13-5, 5-4 UFC) lasted all 15 minutes against a top 10 middleweight was impressive considering he was only told last Saturday that he'd be fighting Marquardt.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Bobby Lashley, Phil Baroni, Aaron Rosa Win at Titan Fighting
by Michael David Smith
Former pro wrestling star Bobby Lashley stepped back into the mixed martial arts cage Friday night for the Titan Fighting promotion, and the good news is he won.
The bad news is that he showed that he's still the one-dimensional fighter with absolutely no cardiovascular endurance that he's always been.
"It was not as good as I wanted," Lashley said afterward. "But it was a victory."
Former pro wrestling star Bobby Lashley stepped back into the mixed martial arts cage Friday night for the Titan Fighting promotion, and the good news is he won.The bad news is that he showed that he's still the one-dimensional fighter with absolutely no cardiovascular endurance that he's always been.
"It was not as good as I wanted," Lashley said afterward. "But it was a victory."
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Brit writer says ‘biased’ American media is out to lynch Bisping
Following his resounding victory at UFC 127, Michael Bisping got himself in hot water by spitting at the corner of Jorge Rivera. The British middleweight was vilified by most of the MMA media and fans. That's sent The Telegraph's MMA expert Gareth Davies into a tizzy.
Davies suggests the American media is out to get Bisping, saying there was no balance to the stories written when both Chael Sonnen and Nate Marquardt called him out.
First we had Chael Sonnen, hardly a Saint himself, allowed to attack the Manchester middleweight with impunity. Where was the balance here from the US mainstream media covering MMA? Sonnen wrote UFC matchmaker Joe Silva an open letter, asking for a fight with Bisping. Fair enough.��How did the�US MMA media respond ? They wrote it up ignoring any of Sonnen's�misdemeanours in the sport. Balance ? None of it. But don't let the facts get in the way of a witchhunt.
From atop of his high horse, 'Nate the Great' added that Bisping's actions are unbecoming of a martial artist and were unsportsmanlike. No argument there, the spitting was utterly wrong, but am I really the only one who sees the irony here ?
Am I the only member of the media who can recall this same Marquardt�bringing home his own illegal knee to a downed opponent just two years ago ?�It was against�Wilson Gouveia [CORRECTION: It was Thales Leites at UFC 85].� Am I also the only one to recall�Marquardt followed that foul up with an illegal strike to the back of the head later in the fight? I know. I was there watching it live. Didn't�Marquardt himself bring�the sport into disrepute ? by testing positive for steroids on his UFC debut…
Davies calls me out for Cagewriter's Marquardt story.
Frankly that's no big deal. Davies and I have differing opinions on what to write in story that's simply reporting one fighter's quote about another. I don't believe the story needed to analyze whether Marquardt had the right to rip another fighter.
GAD assumes there's some anti-Bisping agenda. Funny things is, I may have the softest stance in the entire MMA media with regards to Bisping's future.
During Iole's appearance on ESPNRadio1100 following the incident on Mar. 1, I argued that the Bisping knee wasn't intentional and the spitting is something happens in the heat of the moment. I outright scoffed at the possibility of the middleweight being fired, but if some of the British media and Bisping want to believe it's them against the world - good deal, it makes for a fun storyline for the future.
Chan Sung Jung Practiced Twister Over and Over Because It 'Looks Fun'
Filed under: UFC
Who says that all that time spent watching videos on the internet is wasted? For Chan Sung Jung, the videos he found online of Eddie Bravo's unconventional twister submission helped him defeat Leonard Garcia at UFC Fight Night 24 and add an extra $55,000 to his bank account in the process.
"It's something that I saw a long time ago on the internet on video," Jung said via a translator during Saturday night's post-fight press conference. "It's one of Eddie Bravo's techniques. It's something I practiced because it just looks fun, and so I do it quite a bit in practice. I always told people I was going to try it some time in competition and I wanted to do it in the UFC and I was able to."
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
UFC 128: Nate Marquardt Beats Dan Miller by Unanimous Decision
by Michael David Smith
Nate Marquardt thoroughly dominated Dan Miller Saturday at UFC 128, winning a lopsided unanimous decision in a fight that left the crowd sounding bored.
All three judges scored the round 30-27 for Marquardt, and that was the only score they could have given: Miller did cut up Marquardt's lip and go for a couple of guillotine chokes, but Marquardt controlled all three rounds, and the outcome was never in doubt.
Nate Marquardt thoroughly dominated Dan Miller Saturday at UFC 128, winning a lopsided unanimous decision in a fight that left the crowd sounding bored.All three judges scored the round 30-27 for Marquardt, and that was the only score they could have given: Miller did cut up Marquardt's lip and go for a couple of guillotine chokes, but Marquardt controlled all three rounds, and the outcome was never in doubt.
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MMA Link Parade
It's Friday afternoon and this weekend's fights can't come soon enough. Waste some precious time between now and then with these articles and videos from our friends around the internet.
- Junior dos Santos has rock climbing skills. (MMA Scraps)
- Can anyone beat Jon Jones, other than himself? (Sports Illustrated)
- Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson in domestic Twitter spat. (Cage Potato)
- Has Little Nog been underrated ahead of Phil Davis fight? (LowKick)
- Helwani vs. Dundas: UFN 24 edition. (Versus)
- Pittsburgh in the running to host UFC on Versus 4. (Heavy)
- Michael Bisping apologizes for behavior at UFC 127. (MMA Convert)
- Bobby Lashley with significant weight advantage at Titan FC. (Five Ounces of Pain)
- What will Jones-Evans mean for gym-based loyalties in MMA? (Sports Illustrated)
- West Virginia becomes 45th state to regulate MMA. (5th Round)
- Ranking the first twelve seasons of TUF. (Bleacher Report)
- Tasty footage of UFN 24 open workouts. (Middle Easy)
- Junior dos Santos has rock climbing skills. (MMA Scraps)
- Can anyone beat Jon Jones, other than himself? (Sports Illustrated)
- Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson in domestic Twitter spat. (Cage Potato)
- Has Little Nog been underrated ahead of Phil Davis fight? (LowKick)
- Helwani vs. Dundas: UFN 24 edition. (Versus)
- Pittsburgh in the running to host UFC on Versus 4. (Heavy)
- Michael Bisping apologizes for behavior at UFC 127. (MMA Convert)
- Bobby Lashley with significant weight advantage at Titan FC. (Five Ounces of Pain)
- What will Jones-Evans mean for gym-based loyalties in MMA? (Sports Illustrated)
- West Virginia becomes 45th state to regulate MMA. (5th Round)
- Ranking the first twelve seasons of TUF. (Bleacher Report)
- Tasty footage of UFN 24 open workouts. (Middle Easy)
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/03/25/mma-link-parade/
UFC 128 KO of Night: Schaub takes next step by stopping ‘Cro Cop’
Brendan Schaub is still a work in progress, but he's got something every fighter would love to possess -- one-punch knockout power.
After a rough, grinder of a fight, waged mostly along the cage, Schaub drilled Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic with a counter right hand. Cro Cop crumbled to the floor and Schaub landed one more finishing punch that bounced the Croatian's head off the floor like a basketball. Referee Herb Dean sprinted across the cage to stop the fight at the 3:44 mark of the third round.
Update: During Saturday night's�postfight press conference, UFC president Dana White said this was probably the last time the 36-year-old Cro Cop would be fighting for the promotion. He's lost two straight fights and lacks the explosiveness and size to compete at the highest level with the new breed heavyweight. The 6-foot-4, 245-pound Schaub, has only been a pro since� the middle of 2008.
It wasn't easy for Schaub, who was wary of Cro Cop's devasting left head kick throughout. The former Colorado fullback tried to keep the fight at close quarters. In most of the cases when Cro Cop tried a kick or moved forward with a punch, Schaub (8-1, 4-1 UFC) looked for the clinch or a takedown.
The wily veteran Cro Cop (27-9, 4-5 UFC) did some fine work of his own in those clinch situations along the cage. He landed some nasty short elbows including one in the second that caused Schaub's nose to start leaking blood. He also opened up a cut over Schaub's left eye.
The younger Schaub took the first two rounds, but in the second he had a point taken away for punches to the back of the head.
Schaub, the runner-up on Season 10 of "The Ultimate Fighter," lost in the final to another vet in Roy Nelson. Since then, he's scored three knockout finishes in four victories.
Schaub, who turned 28 Friday, asked Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta for the Knockout of the Night bonus. Through eight fights, his only competition is Erik Koch, who scored a first-round KO of Raphael Assuncao.
Update II: The UFC gave out two KO of the Night bonuses. Schaub and Koch each got $70,000.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
The Greenaway Pro
Club Of The Waves is proud to be a sponsor of the 2011 Greenaway Pro, which is a great surfing, music and art festival in St. Ives, Cornwall (UK). Founded in 2009, the Greenaway Pro is a charity event in loving memory of Tom Greenaway, run by a passionate collective of Tom’s friends, with all [...]
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Phil Davis is so wonderful that …
Ready to join in on the biggest thing since Chuck Norris jokes? Try the Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis #sowonderful sensation.
This started when Davis shared a tweet with his followers that talked about his wonderfulness. It snowballed, and many of his followers -- including Urijah Faber -- got involved. Their takes on his wonder ranged from his abilities as a fighter to his ability to quell even Charlie Sheen.
It's hard to deny that the man deserves his nickname of "Mr. Wonderful." After winning a national wrestling championship for Penn St., Davis easily made the transition to MMA. He is undefeated, with four wins in the UFC. Now, he gets to take the #sowonderful show to the main event of Ultimate Fight Night 24 against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira.
Join and tell us just how wonderful Phil Davis is in the comments below, on Twitter or on Facebook.
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Phil-Davis-is-so-wonderful-that-?urn=mma-wp525
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Surf Artist - Dominique Amendola
Introducing French artist (now living in India, which is a new location for COTW's artist base); Dominique Amendola. Dominique paints a vast array of subject matter, but her 'surf art' is particularly interesting and something 'new'… She takes famous paintings from great artists (e.g. Van Gogh) and gives them a surfing twist! She calls this the "Amadeus series" and she tells us there are more on the way, so watch this space…
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Happy Holidays from COTW
As 2010 draws to a close and we settle in for the festive season with family and friends, all of us at Club Of The Waves would like to wish you all the best, a Happy New Year and good vibes for 2011. Aloha :)
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
UFC 128 New York Press Conference highlights - UFC 128
March 16, 2011 - Radio City Music Hall, NYC. With UFC 128 just days away, Dana White came to New York along with UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and his challenger, Jon Jones, as well as Urijah Faber, Nate Marquardt, Eddie Wineland and Dan Miller. The fighters answered questions from the media and took some strange requests from the fans. Only in New York!Source: http://mmalice.com/ufc-128/ufc-128-new-york-press-conference-highlights-video_d3827a809.html
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Evans and Jones beef getting serious
Rashad Evans waited a long time to get his shot at the UFC light heavyweight belt against Mauricio Rua. Then he suffered an injury that would keep him out 6-8 weeks. Evans was hoping the fight would be delayed, but the UFC's troubles were averted when Jon Jones stepped in on short notice. One problem, Jones is a teammate of Evans and now the former UFC 205-pound champ is peeved at "Bones."
"When he joined the team, he joined the team on the premise that he wouldn't fight none of us because that's…with Greg Jackson, that's one of his policies. Greg brought him on the team and he said he was like, you know what? Jon's on this team, he'll be a good addition to the team. He's got a good style and he's an up and coming kid and he'll never fight you or never challenge you or nothing like that," Evans told Larry Pepe. "There's nothing you need to worry about. He brought him onto the team with that intro."
Jones didn't get the memo and jumped at the opportunity to take on Rua at UFC 128. He's clearly aware that Evans isn't happy and snapped off during last week's prefight teleconference.
"I absolutely hate when people mention Rashad Evans, especially throughout this training camp….for people to even be mentioning Rashad Evans right now…I think it's ludicrous. Rashad is not in my mind, he's not in my being, he has absolutely zero to do with my heart and who I am right now," Jones said. "This guy has nothing to do with Shogun and from here on out, I don't think I'll answer a question about Rashad.�I have a lot of people outside of Rashad who I can draw energy and power from and they'll all be with me."
Evans got the message and said Jones is speaking out of inexperience.
"That does sound a little bit cold-blooded. Jon's a young guy and when you're a young guy sometimes you talk a little too fast for your brain to keep up. I don't think it's acceptable at all. I don't think it's something I'd say.�It sounds like he wants to fight, huh? Those sound like fighting words," Jones told Pepe. ".[...] Sometimes when you open your mouth you show what you're afraid of more than anything. I don't know why he has such an adverse response like that to me. I've never challenged him or made him feel like he should do that sort of thing. It sounds to me ? if I was out of the situation ? that he was feeling insecure about me. You can't just expect to not talk about a situation where you stepped in for a friend and training partner in a title fight who was injured. You can't take it personal… That sounds like a baby."
If Jones wins the title, Evans has to consider taking the fight and more significantly leaving the only training he's known in Albuquerque under Greg Jackson.
"It's something I gotta talk to Greg [Jackson] about it and I gotta talk to Jon [Jones] about. That's how I believe things should be done. We entered into an agreement together and if things are gonna go another way, I don't think he should have to find out from TV. He should find out from my mouth before I tell anybody. That's just how I do it as a man.I just have to sit down and decide on whats its going to be, because whatever it is going to be, there is no going back. There is no making it better. There is no going back to the team after it is done.�If we agree to fight, if we say we are going to fight, it's over," Evans said. "[...] I would need to divorce myself from the situation and just start over, and come with something new. I would divorce myself from the crew from Jackson's.�Trevor [Whittman] would be separate because he is at Grudge. Jon trains in Albuquerque, so I just would divorce myself from Albuquerque and from training with Greg."
Dana White is pretty clear on his thoughts about friendship being a roadblock anywhere in the fight game. He's happy that Evans is finally seeing the light.
"It makes sense [that they fight each other if Jones wins the title]. There's been a lot of stuff [said by] Rashad. Rashad thinks that I'm hatin' him or whatever the deal is. I don't. The reality is ? I said it on your show the last time I talked to you ? he hasn't known Jon Jones that long. To call him a brother and this and that…I really believe that…and Rashad didn't tell me this. Jon Jones didn't tell me this. This is just something that I came up with in my head. This has to be coming from the camp," White told MMAFighting.com. "[...] The reality is, this isn't a team sport, man. You look throughout the history of boxing, guys used to have to spar with each other all the time and the guys who came in as sparring partners eventually became world champions some day. You have to train with other people. You have to train with the best. It's a fact. You just don't become such "close friends" that you don't want to fight each other. It's [expletive]."
Evans should straight out call for the winner regardless of training camps and "friendships."
"If I was Rashad, I would say whoever wins this fight I wanna fight," White said. "The guy got injured; he was next in line for the fight. I'd wanna fight him too. But now he's gotta sit around, he's gotta wait and see what happens with these two, he's gotta wait to see who wins ? do they come out 100 percent or are they injured and have to wait a little while or do they want to fight again? He's put himself into a bad position and that's what I was saying about him: He's boxed himself into this corner."
You can watch UFC 128 right here on Yahoo!
Quotes via Cage Potato
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Evans-and-Jones-beef-getting-serious?urn=mma-wp199
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Bobby Lashley to Fight a Middleweight With an 8-7 Record
by Michael David Smith
Bobby Lashley, the former WWE wrestler who dabbles in mixed martial arts, will step into the cage again next week for the first time since suffering the first loss of his MMA career in a Strikeforce fight last year. And in case there's any doubt that Lashley's promoters, Titan Fighting Championship, are setting Lashley up for an easy win, here's what you need to know about Lashley's opponent: He's a middleweight with an 8-7 professional record.
Lashley's opponent was originally supposed to be a guy named James Jack, but Jack has dropped out of the fight and been replaced by a guy named John Ott. In his last fight, a unanimous decision victory over Brian Imes at Bellator 26, Ott weighed in at 184.75 pounds.
Yes, that's right: Lashley, who's 246 pounds of chiseled muscle, is going to fight a guy who's been fighting 185 pounders, and losing to them almost as often as beating them.
Bobby Lashley, the former WWE wrestler who dabbles in mixed martial arts, will step into the cage again next week for the first time since suffering the first loss of his MMA career in a Strikeforce fight last year. And in case there's any doubt that Lashley's promoters, Titan Fighting Championship, are setting Lashley up for an easy win, here's what you need to know about Lashley's opponent: He's a middleweight with an 8-7 professional record. Lashley's opponent was originally supposed to be a guy named James Jack, but Jack has dropped out of the fight and been replaced by a guy named John Ott. In his last fight, a unanimous decision victory over Brian Imes at Bellator 26, Ott weighed in at 184.75 pounds.
Yes, that's right: Lashley, who's 246 pounds of chiseled muscle, is going to fight a guy who's been fighting 185 pounders, and losing to them almost as often as beating them.
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UFC is bigger than any single fighter; Fertitta defends the approach
Frank Shamrock is one of the most vocal critics of the way the UFC does business. His chief complaint is that the fighters aren't put first because the UFC brand is more important. Lorenzo Fertitta defended the brand, telling HDNet's Mike Straka that unlike boxing, that brand sets up fighters for the future.
"Not to take anything away from the fighters, but at the end of the day, the UFC has to go on forever. It has to live forever, right?� Fighters are going to come, they're going to participate and then they're going to live with that brand and they're going to benefit from that brand for the rest of their life," said Fertitta (10:15 mark).
He pointed to boxing's lack of brand and that it does little for the fighter following his career.
"[...] you get guys in the limelight for two or three years and all of sudden he fades away. Then nobody knows where he is? What's Roberto Duran doing right now? I have no idea," said Fertitta.
The former president of Station Casinos echoed the sentiments of Dana White in listing boxing's chief downfall.
"Don't do anything that boxing did because they literally have screwed up a sport and an industry that over the last 100 years that has generated billions and billion of dollars. And to this day, there's no entity that there's any value in," Fertitta said (9:52 mark). "It's not like football. With the NFL, there's value in that brand. Same thing with NBA of any other sport. Boxing there's zero value in the brand. How that's possible? I have no idea."
Fertitta thinks the connection to UFC sets fighters up for the long haul.
"But guys that are in the UFC are always going to be associated with the UFC and will be able to monetize that in whatever they do. Whether they open a gym or�promoting themselves. Or they get royalty on the action figures that we have or the T-shirts we create," Fertitta said. "So we're really trying to build this model and get real value for them for the rest of their life."
Here's Part 1 of the interview. Thanks to HDNet and MMAPromo on YouTube.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
The Greenaway Pro
Club Of The Waves is proud to be a sponsor of the 2011 Greenaway Pro, which is a great surfing, music and art festival in St. Ives, Cornwall (UK). Founded in 2009, the Greenaway Pro is a charity event in loving memory of Tom Greenaway, run by a passionate collective of Tom’s friends, with all [...]
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UFC is bigger than any single fighter; Fertitta defends the approach
Frank Shamrock is one of the most vocal critics of the way the UFC does business. His chief complaint is that the fighters aren't put first because the UFC brand is more important. Lorenzo Fertitta defended the brand, telling HDNet's Mike Straka that unlike boxing, that brand sets up fighters for the future.
"Not to take anything away from the fighters, but at the end of the day, the UFC has to go on forever. It has to live forever, right?� Fighters are going to come, they're going to participate and then they're going to live with that brand and they're going to benefit from that brand for the rest of their life," said Fertitta (10:15 mark).
He pointed to boxing's lack of brand and that it does little for the fighter following his career.
"[...] you get guys in the limelight for two or three years and all of sudden he fades away. Then nobody knows where he is? What's Roberto Duran doing right now? I have no idea," said Fertitta.
The former president of Station Casinos echoed the sentiments of Dana White in listing boxing's chief downfall.
"Don't do anything that boxing did because they literally have screwed up a sport and an industry that over the last 100 years that has generated billions and billion of dollars. And to this day, there's no entity that there's any value in," Fertitta said (9:52 mark). "It's not like football. With the NFL, there's value in that brand. Same thing with NBA of any other sport. Boxing there's zero value in the brand. How that's possible? I have no idea."
Fertitta thinks the connection to UFC sets fighters up for the long haul.
"But guys that are in the UFC are always going to be associated with the UFC and will be able to monetize that in whatever they do. Whether they open a gym or�promoting themselves. Or they get royalty on the action figures that we have or the T-shirts we create," Fertitta said. "So we're really trying to build this model and get real value for them for the rest of their life."
Here's Part 1 of the interview. Thanks to HDNet and MMAPromo on YouTube.
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Jon Jones Pt. 2: His family and the origins of his facial scars
As Jon Jones discussed in part one of Cagewriter's interview, he hasn't taken much damage in his MMA bouts. But Jones, who will fight Mauricio "Shogun" Rua for the UFC light heavyweight belt on Saturday at UFC 128, has a noticeable scar on his forehead. Where did it come from?
His big brother Arthur, a defensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens, gave Jon that scar when they were kids.
"Arthur hit me in the face when I was a little boy with a Coca-Cola can. The first time, the can exploded, the second time he hit me with a crushed soda can, and I had cuts all over my face. The one that's in the middle of my forehead is a permanent reminder of my big brother," Jones said.
But Jones doesn't need to look in the mirror to be reminded of his brother's influence on his life. Jon said that Arthur and their younger brother Chandler (a football player at Syracuse) would spend hours in training -- also known as brothers beating each other up.
"Between me and my brothers, we had each other. It was just us. We wrestled all the time in our living room. We would get in fights. Our parents would come home and we'd all have new scars on our face. We would fight for hours. Both my parents worked during the day, so we would be home by ourselves for hours with no babysitter. When we fought, there was no one to break it up so we could fight for� hours. It toughened us up."
Arthur even pushed Jon without knowing it, as Jon used his big brother as inspiration to aim higher.
"Competition was always coming from me towards Arthur, because Arthur was the bigger brother, he was my dad's favorite, and he was always so dominant in everything he did. I always competed with Arthur, even though he didn't know that. He was just doing his thing, and I was hungry to keep up with that."
Now, Jon has caught up. Arthur spent the last three weeks training with Jon at Greg Jackson's camp, and Jon is blown away by his brother's skills in MMA.
"If he dedicated one year to the twice-a-day training lifestyle, I think he could compete with the UFC heavyweight champion. He's that special. It took me three years to get where I am, and Arthur is so special. He could get here in a year and a half."
Most MMA fans and media have been impressed by Jones' natural abilities. He has only been fighting for three years, but now has a chance to get the belt in one of the tougher weight classes in the sport. Still, he doesn't think that he's the best athlete in his family.
But who is the best athlete in the family?
"I think that I've been the hardest worker, because it hasn't come easy to me. I think it's a tie between Arthur and Chandler. Arthur just has 'it.' He has what it takes. He's gifted. Chandler has "it" and he works hard. Arthur is the most gifted, Chandler is the most special and I'm the one with the most heart and work ethic."
But Jones knows that none of his family would be where they are today without the strict guidance from his parents.
"My parents stuck by their beliefs. They always said that not too much positive goes on at night. They kept us where they could see us. We were never allowed to go out on Saturdays because we had to go to church on Sunday. We had to go bed at 9:00 p.m.� even when we were in high school. They stuck to what they believed, and they thought it would make us good in a way, and it ended up panning out, even though it sucked as a child."
Daddy's Girls
As a father of two girls, Jones appreciates the lessons his parents taught him, and is just as strict with his girls. Though they are both under two years of age, he is already concerned about how his parenting will affect him for the rest of their lives.
"I want to have strong relationships with my daughters. I want them to grow up to be respectable ladies, where the guys that they meet will respect them and they'll always have good people in their lives. I'm very hard on my daughters at a young age. My daughters are one and two, and I'm already telling them to stay away from boys. I just want them to be classy young ladies. I think they'll grow up to be respectable women with good guys. "
The girls watch the UFC video game with him, and love to see daddy on their television. He said he's already teaching the two-year-old punch and kick combinations. He would welcome his daughters trying out MMA.
"I would love it. I am already teaching Leah (the two-year-old) what the words punch and kick mean. She's horrible, but she's already learning."
That's right. Jones is already critiquing the striking technique of his two-year-old daughter. He laughed at that.
"Yeah, I take it pretty seriously!"
Watch Jones/Rua and the rest of UFC 128 right here on Yahoo! Sports.
Game changed: UFC parent company buys Strikeforce
Zuffa, the parent company who owns UFC, bought Strikeforce, the UFC's biggest competitor. This isn't their first acquisition, as Zuffa purchased and absorbed Pride Fighting Championships as well as World Extreme Cagefighting. However, the plan is to continue operating as two, separate promotions.
UFC president Dana White did an extensive interview with MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani on the subject.
White mentions several times that business will continue as usual. That means that Strikeforce's April 9 event will go on without any changes. Much like before the WEC merged with the UFC, fighters won't fight for both promotions, and Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker will continue to run that promotion.
Strikeforce has contracts with Showtime to provide fights. White has mocked Showtime's involvement in MMA, and has contentious relationships with Strikeforce fighters like Paul Daley and Josh Barnett, as well as other employees like commentator Frank Shamrock. Because of that, White says he doubts that he will visit a Strikeforce show any time soon. He also has kept his hard line against co-promoting shows, so don't expect to see Fedor Emelianenko in the Octagon. The Russian superstar only appears at shows co-promoted by his company, M-1, and that stance isn't likely to change.
It's too early to say exactly what this means for MMA's future, but rest assured that it's a game changer. Things changed so quickly that just hours after the story broke, the UFC's official twitter promoted that tickets were on sale for Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley.
What do you think of the UFC's big purchase? Tell us in the comments or on Facebook.
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Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson post-fight press conference notes
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- After the fights were over, the fighters from Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson had plenty to say.
-- "Beating the opponent was the most important thing, and the belt was the cherry on top. But I do like cherries," Dan Henderson said after winning the championship with a knockout of Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante. Though the Strikeforce light heavyweight belt has not yet been successfully defended, Henderson insists he's not supersitious.
He also said that Cavalcante's strength advantage was not a problem.
"All throughout my career in wrestling and MMA, I've learned that it's about technique and position. I've never felt weak against big and strong guys because of that. I'm big on the inside," Henderson said.
"Henderson is a tough guy. He does what he does well," Cavalcante said.
-- Liz Carmouche impressed the MMA world even in loss, as she took her fight with champion Marloes Coenen on two-weeks notice and still took two rounds from her. Carmouche says that she can't wait to return to the gym. She also said that she did not tap from the second-round guillotine.
"It was tight, but I wasn't tapping for sure," Carmouche said.
After the fight, Coenen said that she believes that Carmouche will be the champion. Carmouche was touched by the idea.
"I felt like I won for a second. I can't express what that did for me."
-- Marloes Coenen said that she was appreciative of having a referee who let the fight continue, because she felt her bout against Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos was stopped too quickly. When asked if Carmouche's strength was a factor, Coenen answered, "Did you look at her?"
She also had a short answer on if she'd like another shot at Cyborg. "Definitely."
-- Tim Kennedy called out Robbie Lawler for his next possible opponent, but said that he would like another shot at the Strikeforce middleweight belt, currently held by Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza.
"Of course I want the title, but I want to fight the best. Strikeforce has the best heavyweights in the world, but we're contenders in the middleweights, with the athlete we have."
-- Strikeforce announced that Beijing gold medalist in judo Satoshi Ishii has signed with Strikeforce and will fight Apr. 1 on a Strikeforce: Challengers Card.
Marquardt looks forward to ‘punching Bisping in the mouth’
There isn't a more thoughtful, docile guy in MMA than Nate Marquardt, but when it comes to Michael Bisping, he sounds like just about every other UFC middleweight.
Marquardt, who's been on the verge of a title shot for the last three years, wants a piece of the Brit.
"I would love to fight that guy, just to punch him in his mouth and shut him up. He's an ass," Marquardt told Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole. "He's a total punk, no respect. I don't like those kinds of people."
The spitting incident at UFC 127 pushed Marquardt over the edge.
"The crap-talking, whatever, that's one thing. Guys do things to hype up fights. And even guys who are just like that naturally, I don't hold that against them. But the fact that he goes and spits on an opponent's corner, that's so disrespectful," Marquardt said. "That's just not what a martial artist does and it's not what a sportsman does."
This kind of talk is completely out of character for Marquardt.
"I'd say 90, 95 percent of the time I like my opponents," Marquardt said. "I've always thought he was kind of an ass. He says disrespectful stuff, but the spitting is just a step farther, or two steps too far. It was horrible."
He still doesn't understand what sent Bisping into such a rage.
"It's one thing, the pre-fight stuff. Those are just words. They're not threats, they're not crossing the line. Making fun of his accent is something I would do to my buddy. It's not that big of a deal. Going around spitting on someone, I don't know," said Marquardt.
Marquardt has to take care of business first on Saturday against Dan Miller at UFC 128. Miller is filling in for Yoshihiro Akiyama.
Bisping's status is in limbo right now. The UFC plans on disciplining the Brit, but no official word has come down on whether that means he's kept away from the Octagon for any significant length of time.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Kurt Pellegrino's secret? The Shake Weight, of course
Kurt Pellegrino switched to unconventional methods when training for his UFC 128 bout with Gleison Tibau. He's using everyone's favorite informercial workout tool: the Shake Weight. This video is not safe for work if your employer has a problem with you watching videos that appear to be just wrong.
It's the outfit that really makes it work.
We'll see next Saturday if Pellegrino's training has paid off. His bout with Tibau as well as Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle will air on Facebook before the Spike prelims and the pay-per-view.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Dana White breaks down Shogun vs. Jon Jones - UFC 128
UFC president Dana White breaks down the UFC 128 main event between Shogun Rua and Jon Jones.Source: http://mmalice.com/ufc-128/dana-white-breaks-down-shogun-vs-jon-jones-video_4c3758427.html
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Is GSP or Chad Ochocinco next for Anderson Silva?
The National Football League's collective bargaining agreement expires at 11:59 p.m. ET tonight, and unless there is a miracle at today's negotiations, the league is headed for a work stoppage. That opens the door for Chad Ochocinco, the Bengals' outlandish receiver and fan of MMA, to pursue a dream: fighting Anderson Silva.
He and UFC president Dana White discussed a match-up on Twitter, both pointing out that the expiration of the CBA isn't all bad.
Ochocinco has tried to challenge Silva in the past, and UFC president Dana White has played along, even offering Silva a spot on the 2010 New Year's weekend card. But the fights could never be anything more than a joke because of the NFL's contracts that keep players risking their health.
But without a CBA in place, Ochocinco is open to pursue MMA more seriously. Silva is slated to fight Georges St. Pierre if St. Pierre wins his April 30 bout with Jake Shields. In the meantime, the world needs a Silva/Ochocinco matchup of some kind. Perhaps they can stap on sumo suits, get in a baking competition, or play a game of tennis. "Ocho vs. The Spider" has reality show written all over it.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Sanchez feels the ecstasy of going through a war, for that he's also $160,000 richer
No one will mistake Diego Sanchez for Floyd Mayweather or Pernell Whitaker, but the kid is an adventure for MMA audiences to take in. The 29-year-old welterweight stood toe-to-toe last night with Martin Kampmann for 15 minutes. He was bloodied, swollen and beaten, but he got the win. UFC brass was so impressed by his performance they gave him a massive bonus of $160,000.
Sanchez tried to get the fight to the ground, his strongest area, but Kampmann's takedown defense was dynamite. The only recourse was to throw hands and go for the knockout.
"You know what was going through my head the whole fight? 'It's gonna land, it's gonna land.’ I was planning on landing that right hand and dropping him. Keep that mindset on. 'It's gonna land, it's gonna land,'" Sanchez told UFC.com "It landed a couple of times, he didn’t drop. When it comes down to it, I kind of threw the gameplan out the window and made it a street fight."
During the UFC video in the locker room, Sanchez was paid a visit by a very complimentary UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitta. Sanchez said this is the kind of fight that he'll remember well after his career is over.
"I'm having the pure ecstasy of having war. A lot of UFC fighters, we dream of going in there and finishing the fights in the first round, but it's the fights like I had tonight that when you’re an old man ‘yeah! that was a war' and then you get to call up Martin Kampmann when we’re like 65, 'remember when we threw all those hooks in the ring?’ Those are the ones you don't forget," Sanchez said. "Whether you’re cut, you’re hurt, you don’t forget these no matter what. They're fun."
Fun, huh? Sanchez is off-the-charts unique, but there are plenty of fighters like the former The Ultimate Fighter champ, who lay it on the line each time they step in the cage. For that reason, passionately arguing about the decision in the fight is fine, but let's all stay away from ripping the performance of one or the other. Frankly, the Louisville crowd booing Sanchez, when he first started speaking in the Octagon, was kind of embarrassing. Appreciate what these fighters are potentially doing to their minds and bodies just to entertain us a little.
Kampmann also suffered a broken hand in the fight (the punch that likely broke his hand pictured below). He tweeted today that he's okay and headed for a vacation in the Netherlands.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Coenen keeps Strikeforce belt with comeback win over Carmouche
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In the battle for Strikeforce women's welterweight championship, Marloes Coenen held onto her belt after being dominated by Liz Carmouche for two rounds at Nationwide Arena on Saturday.
Coenen charged in from the opening bell and landed strikes early, but had a hard time closing the distance. She solved that problem by grabbing Carmouche for a clinch, and landing knees and body strikes. They were separated by referee Greg Franklin (UFC fighter Rich's brother). Coenen landed more punches after the break up, gaining an edge before the horn sounded.
In the second round, Carmouche tried to use her grappling skills to get Coenen down to the ground but found herself in a guillotine. Coenen cranked on her neck and brought the fight to the ground but Carmouche got out and moved to side control. She threw several knees at Coenen's shoulder and then moved to full mount. For the final minute of the round, Carmouche rained down blows. Coenen defended, but was unable to get out from underneath Carmouche's tight grip.
By the third round, Coenen tried to take the fight back with striking, but Carmouche again got a takedown and moved to full mount with more than two minutes left in the round. She used the rest of the round to throw punch after punch, but couldn't finish the bout.
Coenen had the takedown in the fourth round, where she locked in a tight triangle choke. Carmouche had nowhere to go, and the fight was stopped at 1:29.
Carmouche took this bout on short notice after Miesha Tate had to pull out because of injury. She was impressive on less than two weeks notice, and served notice that she is a fighter to watch. She said that she thought she was winning, but couldn't finish.
Coenen was just as impressed.
"I want to make sure everyone gets respect for her, because she will be the champ one day," Coenen said. She also talked about who she wants to fight next.
"Scott Coker is the boss, but Miesha, if you're watching at home, I recommend you."
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Monday, March 14, 2011
UFC on Versus 3: Munoz scores a huge KO against Dollaway
Mark Munoz and C.B. Dollaway were decorated collegiate wrestlers, but they said during the prefight interview that they were willing to slug it out. Maybe Dollaway should've stuck to the grappling.
He scored a takedown early, let Munoz get up and then got bombed by a straight right. Dollaway fell to his back and got nailed by two more hammerfists. Referee Mario Yamasaki had to jump into save the downed fighter just 54 seconds in.
A few seconds later Dollaway (11-3, 5-3 UFC) regained his senses and couldn't understand why the fight was stopped. His eyes were glassy and he looked lost on the ground after the final hammerfists.
Since his move to middleweight in 2009, Munoz (10-2, 7-2 UFC) has been very good with five wins against just one loss.
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
Surf Photographer ? Dane Grady
Just added surf photographer Dane Grady, who shoots on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii and cites great water photographers like Jon Mozo and Scott Aichner as his inspiration (both great choices!). Take a look… www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-photographer/dane-grady.php www.danegrady.com
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Dennis Siver Aiming for Submission Against George Sotiropoulos - UFC 127
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Gurgel, Bowling big winners on the Strikeforce undercard
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Local fighters shined while Strikeforce's Jorge Gurgel and Roger Bowling pulled big victories at Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson at Nationwide Arena on Saturday night.
Hometown favorite Jorge Gurgel made quick work of Billy Vaughan, grabbing a quick standing guillotine. Vaughan survived until Gurgel brought the bout to the ground and applied a body triangle. Vaughan tapped in just 44 seconds. Gurgel made it 2-0 for his family on Saturday night, as his wife, Zoila Frausto won her bout at Bellator in California. As he made his way through the crowd at Nationwide Arena, he shouted to friends with a huge smile on his face, "Zoila won!"
Roger Bowling won a unanimous decision in the final undercard bout with a 30-27 score on all three judges card. He dominated Josh Thornburg in the first round, landing head kicks, hooks and takedowns. Somehow, Thornburg survived for a grappling-filled second round that ended with a referee's stand-up, and the two trading hard shots. Bowling survived a guillotine in the last seconds of the fight as the loud and biased crowd counted down, and then cheered when the final bell rung for Bowling, a native of Cincinnati.
John Kuhner kicked the undercard off with his first win and a memorable finish, ground and pounding J.P. Felty brutally before locking on a triangle choke, squeezing until Felty was out. Mitch Whitesel broke a five-fight losing streak by guillotining Marc Cofer in the first round. Brian Rogers put on a striking show, TKOing Ian Rammel in the first round and setting himself as an up-and-comer to watch. Jason Freeman survived an early knockdown to come back and forced Jason Riley to tap out due to strikes.
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Pro wrestler turned MMA fighter, Lashley volunteers to go back to the 'minor leagues'
Bobby Lashley was making a nice living performing around the country doing the "fake stuff," but his competitive juices pushed him to enter to the unrehearsed world of mixed martial arts. With a solid amateur background and massive build, Lashley appeared to have the goods to be a very good MMA fighter, but his ascent hit a major speed bump last time out and now the former pro wrestling has elected to head back to smaller MMA shows and leave Strikeforce. It's something rarely done in the world of MMA.
"I’m not giving up. I know what I’m capable of," Lashley told Bloody Elbow Radio. "[...] There’s going to be a lot less pressure. Because I’m not undefeated anymore. That’s going to alleviate a lot of pressure for me. I don’t have to worry about keeping this undefeated streak or anything like that."
Lashley (5-1) re-emerges at Titan Fighting Championship on Mar. 25 in Kansas City. He'll meet James Jack.
"I can just go out there and be more comfortable. I think you’re going to see a much better fighter, because I think they’re going to let me fight every couple of months," Lashley said. "I’m just going to get better and better and better."
The fight will be televised on HDNet and he'll still be the centerpiece of the card.
Lashley was making solid progress when he signed with Strikeforce back in Dec. of 2009. He won his first fight for the promotion against Wes Sims to move to 5-0, but there were some warning signs. He was a still a one-tricky pony, who had to rely solely on his ability to get the fight to the floor and his cardio was iffy. So when Chad Griggs weathered the first Lashley takedown storm, the heavily muscled former NAIA wrestling champ, hit the preverbial wall at Strikeforce: Houston back in August. Griggs pounded away at Lashley, who crumbled to the floor and had no fight left in him.
"It’s hard when you have your first fight. And that first fight is on TV. You have a lot of publicity around you. It’s kind of hard," Lashley said. "Other guys, they get a handful of fights before they ever see any competition or are even on TV or anything like that."
Lashley just didn't like being under the spotlight as he was trying to hone his skills and gain experience.
"My first fight was on a major card and I’ve been on TV my whole career," Lashley said. "Everybody was like 'Who are you going to fight next? Are you going to fight Fedor?' And man, I’ve only got one fight under my belt!"
The 252-pound Lashley has to improve his stamina and needs to get past the mental hurdle of getting punched in the face. Much like former fellow pro wrestler Brock Lesnar, the former UFC heavyweight champ, Lashley looked very uncomfortable in the standup game.
The biggest thing? He needs to get his mental game together. Lashley's honesty is admirable, but he doesn't come off as a guy who believes he can be a great fighter. Even Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker was beginning to querstion Lashley's dedication to the craft. Lashley told PROMMANow that he has nothing personal against Coker, but he probably won't be returning to Strikeforce in the future. He's hoping to get more steady action with Titan FC.
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Castillo, Diabate early winners UFC on Versus 3
During the UFC preliminary fights in Louisville on Thursday night, Cyrille Diabate and Danny Castillo walked away winners from the fights that were aired on Facebook.
Castillo wins UFC debut
Danny Castillo won his UFC debut, taking a unanimous decision 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 over Joe Stevenson.
Castillo outlasted a huge slam and a guillotine attempt in the first round to land some punishing blows near the end of the round. In the second, Castillo showed off some good striking and then reversed a big slam from Stevenson. He then threw an inadvertent knee while Stevenson's hand was on the ground. Since it was inadvertent, the referee merely warned Castillo instead of deducting a point.
Castillo managed to use the clinch to to inflict damage in the third round, and took Stevenson down halfway through the round. Stevenson tried again for the guillotine, but couldn't finish. Castillo maintained control, taking Stevenson down one last time before inflicting a bevy of blows in the last 10 seconds of the fight.
Diabate owns Cantwell in a decision
Cyrille Diabate rebounded from a loss to Alexander Gustaffson with a dominating decision over Steve Cantwell, with the judges scoring it 30-27, 30-25, 30-26.
Diabate started strong, throwing every kick and strike in his arsenal at Cantwell, who tried to counter with a takedown. Near the end of the first round, Diabate threw a powerful knee and followed it up with an uppercut that sent Cantwell to the ground. Diabate was unable to finish Cantwell off before the horn sounded, but the damage was done.
In the second round, Diabate, a former K-1 kickboxer, took Cantwell to the ground. He landed strikes there for a short tme before standing back up and throwing more strikes at will. An exhausted Cantwell tried for a takedown, but ended up with Diabate on his back. By the final round, Diabate could do what he wanted, and made the fight resemble a sparring practice. He threw jabs, knees and kicks at will. Cantwell didn't have any defense, but at the same time, Diabate couldn't finish off Cantwell.
Undercard results courtesy of MMA Junkie:
Shane Roller def. Thiago Tavares via KO (punches) - Round 2, 1:28
Takeya Mizugaki def. Reuben Duran via split decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28)
Dongi Yang def. Rob Kimmons via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 4:47
Rousimar Palhares def. Dave Branch via submission (kneebar) - Round 2, 1:44
Igor Pokrajac def. Todd Brown via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 5:00
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