Archive for August, 2008

26
Aug
08

Affliction: Day of Reckoning Fight Card (so far…)

The next Affliction “Day of Reckoning” event is set to take place Saturday, October 11, 2008 at the Thomas and Mack Center Las Vegas, Nevada

Main event:

Heavyweight: Josh Barnett vs. Andrei Arlovski

185 lbs.: Matt Lindland  vs. Trevor Prangley
205 lbs.: Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
205 lbs.: Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs. TBA
265 lbs.: Roy Nelson vs. Paul Buentello
170 lbs.: Mike Pyle vs. Jason High
265 lbs.: Pedro Rizzo vs. Ben Rothwell
155 lbs.: Chris Horodecki  vs. Dan Lauzon

Don’t really think Arlovski stands a chance against Barnett.  Stylistically, a bad match-up for for Andrei.  Good to see Babalu back in the mix!

22
Aug
08

Antonio Silva Tests Positive

Elite XC heavyweight champ Antonio Silva tested postive for Boldenone, an anolobolic steroid, following the his win over Justin Eilers July 26th.  The California State Athletic Commission has issued a one year ban and fined him $2,500.  Elite XC has yet to strip him of his title until more information is made available.

19
Aug
08

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8 Cast Announces

LIGHTWEIGHT

Jose Aguilar
Fernando Bernstein
Junie Allen Browning
Rolando Delgado
Joseph Duarte
Charles Diaz
Efrain Escudero
Brandon Garner
David Kaplan
Brian McLaughlin
Wesley Murch
Shane Nelson
Phillipe Nover
Ido Pariente
John Polakowski
George Roop

LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT

Ryan Bader
Antwain Britt
Jules Bruchez
Lance Evans
Karen Grigoryan
Jason Guida
Ryan Jimmo
Kyle Kingsbury
Tom Lawlor
Ryan Lopez
Vinicius Magalhaes
Eric Magee
Eliot Marshall
Sean O’Connell
Shane Primm
Krzysztof Soszynsk

A lot of names I am not familiar with…  Have seen and trained with Antwain Britt, so I know he is the real deal.  Has a win over former IFL fighter Sam Holloway and has fought in YAMMA in the heavyweight division.  He is going to have some serious power at Light Heavy…

15
Aug
08

UFC 88 “Breakthrough” Promo Trailer

14
Aug
08

UFC 88: “Breakthrough” Card Announced

UFC 88: “Breakthrough” fight card was finalized, takin place at the Philips Arena,Atlanta, GA on Saturday, September 6.

Main event:

Chuck Liddell (21-5) vs. Rashad Evans (11-0-1)

Main card:

205 lbs.: Rich Franklin (23-3) vs. Matt Hamill (4-1)
170 lbs.: Karo Parisyan (18-5) vs. Yoshiyuki “Zenko” Yoshida (10-2)
185 lbs.: Dan Henderson (22-7) vs. Rousimar Palhares (8-1)
185 lbs.: Nate Marquardt (26-8-2) vs. Martin Kampmann (16-2)

Under card:

155 lbs.: Thiago Tavares (13-2) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (15-4)
205 lbs.: Tim Boetsch (7-2) vs. James Lee (13-3)
170 lbs.: Matt Brown (7-6) vs. Dong Hyun “Stun Gun” Kim (10-0-1)
170 lbs.: Roan Carneiro (12-7) vs. Ryo Chonan (14-8)
185 lbs.: Jason Lambert (23-8) vs. Jason Day (17-7)

Can’t say there are many fights that jump out at me. The two fight I’m probably looking most forward to are the Marquardt vs Kampmann fight and the Karo vs Yoshida fight. The fight I couldn’t care less about is the Liddell vs Evans fight. Two counter punchers, should be a real barn burner!!

10
Aug
08

UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” Results

- Welterweight Bout: Luke Cummo vs. Tamdan McCrory

McCrory by Decision (Unanimous). Judges scores: 30-27, 30-27, 29-28.

- Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Dan Evensen

Kongo by TKO (Strikes) at 4:55 of Round 1.

- Light Heavyweight bout: Andre Gusmao vs. Jon Jones

Jones by Decision (Unanimous). Judges scores: 30-27, 29-28, 30-27.

- Welterweight Bout: Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno

Wilson by Decision (Unanimous). Judges scores: 30-27,30-27,30-27

- Welterweight Bout: Ben Saunders vs. Ryan Thomas

Saunders by Submission (Armbar) at 2:28 of Round 2.

- Middleweight bout: Jason MacDonald vs. Demian Maia

Maia by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:44 of round 3.

- Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta

Florian by Decision (Unanimous). Judges scores: 30-27,30-27,30-27

- Lightweight bout: Manny Gamburyan vs. Rob Emerson

Emerson by KO at 0:12 of round 1.

- Heavyweight bout: Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring

Lesnar by unanimous decision. Judges scores: 30-26,30-26,30-26.

- Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch

St. Pierre by unanimous decision. Judges scores: 50-43, 50-44, 50-44.

*Wow…some great fights all around.  Two guys that really surprised me were Lesnar and and Fitch.  I had a hunch Lesnar might own power Herring early and earn a TKO, but never thought he could get in there and go three rounds.  Even standing, he was incredibly calm and relaxed.  I really expected him to blow his wad inside of the first 3 minutes.  He is now a force in the heavyweight division imo.

Now Fitch…I think there were only a handful of people that thought he could possibly out-wrestle GSP… Like most, I excpected GSP to be the superior wrestler, but also figured Fitch to be one deminsional.  I figure Fitch would break mentally once he could not impose his norml gameplan and GSp would eaily bang him out on the feat.  Fitch showed some amazing heart and proved that he is a complete fighter that can hang with the best in the game…  There is no doubt in my minf that he will be a champion one day.

08
Aug
08

Brock Lesnar interview about his upcoming fight with Heath Herring

Can’t say I’m overly fond of either fighter…but. I think really think Lensar is going to over-power Herring and get the early TKO stoppage.

Brock Lesnar interview

06
Aug
08

UFC 87 Seek and Destroy Full Card

Main card

* Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jon Fitch
* Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Roger Huerta
* Heavyweight bout: Brock Lesnar vs. Heath Herring
* Lightweight bout: Manny Gamburyan vs. Rob Emerson
* Middleweight bout: Jason MacDonald vs. Demian Maia

Preliminary card

* Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo vs. Dan Evensen
* Welterweight Bout: Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno
* Welterweight Bout: Ben Saunders vs. Ryan Thomas
* Welterweight Bout: Luke Cummo vs. Tamdan McCrory
* Light Heavyweight bout: Andre Gusmao vs. Jon Jones

The big winners here, in my estimation…Georges St. Pierre, Kenny Florian, Manny Gamburyan and Brock Lesnar

06
Aug
08

UFC 87 Seek and Destroy Promo Trailer

06
Aug
08

UFC Countdown 87 airs on Spike TV this week

On Spike TV on Thursday, August 7 at 11 p.m. ET.

Will highlight some of the fighters and their training camps as they prepare for UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy”

Here’s the description:

“See Georges ‘Rush’ St-Pierre as he trains in his hometown to defend his UFC Welterweight Championship at UFC 87: SEEK AND DESTROY against Jon Fitch. First time Welterweight title challenger Jon Fitch prepares to take on the fight of his career. Also see Heath Herring and Brock Lesnar as they get ready for a Heavyweight battle.”

These are always good…Consider this Tevo’d!