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Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping bicker on camera

UFC middleweights Luke Rockhold (12-2) and Michael Bisping (25-6) will face off Nov. 8 in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Sydney, and the two rivals sat down with Ultimate Insider host Jon Anik recently to promote the bout (video above). They did a good job.

Hard core fans may remember that Rockhold's beef with Bisping goes back a couple years to when the almost always classless "Count" broke the fighter's gym code of keeping what happens in training, secret, when he insinuated that he badly beat Rockhold up in a sparring session. Rockhold has lobbied for a fight with Bisping to get back at the British star, and will get his wish next month in Australia.

In the above interview with Anik, Bisping mocked Rockhold's sensitivity to his insulting remarks, two years ago. "You're so sensitive about it," Bisping said.

"I made an off-the-cuff remark."

At that point, Rockhold retorted by clarifying, "A tasteless remark."

"My hands were on my knees for two rounds straight and you couldn't do a damn thing in the best shape of your life, as I'm switching my stance," Rockhold continued.

"It's a sparring session. That's all it is. Why did you even talk about it?"

At present, Rockhold is a huge favorite over Bisping. The former Strikeforce middleweight champion has lost only once (to Vitor Belfort) since 2007, whereas Bisping is 3-3 in his last six bouts.

"I will stop Michael Bisping and there's a number of ways it's going to be done," Rockhold concluded.

"I'm not really looking to take him down. Definitely not a submission, that's not punishment enough for this guy."

Check out Bisping's last fight - a nasty TKO win over Cung Le - below, and then let us know if you think he can pull off the upset over Rockhold, in the comments section!

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/luke-rockhold-and-michael-bisping-bicker-on-camera-142344922.html

Don Barr Pat Barry

UFC 179: Official Weigh-Ins - Videos

Watch the official weigh-in for UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 live Friday, October 24 at 2pm/11am ETPT.

Source: http://mmalice.com/videos/ufc-179-official-weigh-ins-video_cntfsuv1.html

Ed Herman Heath Herring

Invicta FC 4 official with Esparza-Gadelha title fight, Baszler-Davis and more

The lineup is nearly compete for the all-female Invicta Fighting Championships' next card.

Invicta FC 4 takes place Jan. 5 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan. The card is expected to stream online.

Headlining the 12-bout lineup is undefeated Claudia Gadelha vs. Carla Esparza for the organization's first-ever 115-pound strawweight championship.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmajunkie/~3/x3bAU6Q9Sxc/invicta-fc-4-official-with-esparza-gadelha-title-fight-baszler-davis-and-more.mma

Roger Gracie Rolles Gracie

11/13 MORNING UPDATE: White says another Velasquez injury delay could make Werdum-Hunt winner official Champ; Gaethje doesn't think Guillard can take 25-minute beating; Eye ready for Rousey fight

11/13 NIGHTTIME UPDATE

If you're tuning in to the App for the first time in a while, make sure to check out the big update on the App's home page for notes and information on the changes made to the new mobile site at MMATorch.com in your mobile browser. Our tech team has been working on even more tweaks based on your feedback, and have optimized the site for Safari and the default Android browser. They're continuing to work on the same for both Chrome and Opera as well. Keep sending your thoughts in to mmatorch@gmail.com so we can make the mobile site the best experience for you! We truly appreciate the feedback, and we're making changes as necessary. Here's what's on the site tonight:

-UFC Champ Cain Velasquez won't be afforded much longer than the spring to hold onto his title. UFC President Dana White says they'll look to make the UFC 180 Interim Title winner the official Champion if Velasquez gets delayed by injury again. Head to our mobile site at MMATorch.com in your phone or tablet browser for White's comments with further analysis.

-Justin Gaethje believes he's going to make his biggest career statement against Melvin Guillard on Saturday, saying he doesn't think Guillard can withstand a 25-minute beating. He also thinks Guillard talks a lot but can't back it up. See his comments with further thoughts on the mobile site now.

-UFC 180's Jessica Eye talked this week about why she's been ready to fight since the summer, and why she's ready to fight Ronda Rousey whenever the UFC is ready to put her in for that fight.

We thank all of our readers for their feedback and patience as we continue making improvements on the new mobile site. We're an independent voice in the MMA space with no corporate backing, and as such we stay afloat on ad revenue. This shift to the full listing on mobile web brings us a better chance to keep ourselves going and to bring our readers everything we have for the last five years and more, as the mobile advertising market is simply stronger than that on the app. Continue sending us your feedback to mmatorch@gmail.com and let us know how the new features with the Disqus comments section and more are working for you on mobile web!

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/torchtoday/article_23885.shtml

Stav Crazy Bear Economou Yves Edwards

Home Cooking: How Xplode Fight Series pads records, produces 'talent' for the UFC and Bellator

Source: http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2014/11/25/5759048/xplode-fight-series-dashon-johnson-padded-record-ufc

Randy The Natural Couture Dan Cramer

UFC Press Conference Highlights

As reported on Fighters.com, the UFC held a press conference today announcing all of the cards for 2015, but they didn’t deliver on their promise of a big announcement. At the off chance you don’t want to watch all 90 minutes of the press conference, you can watch the highlights here. Courtesy of the UFC:

The post UFC Press Conference Highlights appeared first on Fighters.com.

Source: http://www.fighters.com/11/18/ufc-press-conference-highlights/

Don Barr Pat Barry

Nik Lentz and Thiago Tavares will rematch at UFC Fight Night 60

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/11/25/7287849/nik-lentz-and-thiago-tavares-will-rematch-at-ufc-fight-night-60

Mirko Cro Cop Filipović Luiz Buscapé Firmino

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Looking Back: From Mexico to Austin

Source: http://www.ufc.com/news/Looking-Back-From-Mexico-to-Austin

Logan The Pink Pounder Clark Steve The Snake Claveau

UFC's Dan Hardy plans future training sessions with St-Pierre, targets spring return

After a four-fight skid that had him thinking about retirement, Dan Hardy's evolution is continuing in the midst of a two-fight resurgence.

The former UFC welterweight title challenger is coming off a stint at Montreal's Tristar Gym to help champion and former nemesis Georges St-Pierre prepare for common opponent Carlos Condit.

And recently, the Brit revealed he is planning to train in the future with St-Pierre and the Tristar crew.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmajunkie/~3/GaOW1_WE0IQ/ufcs-dan-hardy-plans-future-training-sessions-with-st-pierre-targets-spring-return.mma

Tyson Griffin Karn Grigorian

[VIDEO] MMA-infused Rugby: Player fight results in KO

Here at Cagewriter, we're all for some ground and pound action. That type of expert MMA display is best suited for the cage or ring, however, in actual MMA competition.

Rugby players Ben Flowers and Lance Hohaia took things way too far on the pitch, Saturday in the Super League final, slugging it out on the feet and on the ground. In the video above, you can see Hohaia strike first with a forearm strike to Flowers.

Apparently enraged, Flowers then followed up with a right punch which knocked Hohaia out, and to the ground. From there, Flowers grabbed his opponent's lapel and punch him in the face once more, as he lay prone and unconscious on the ground.

Rugby is already a rough sport - perhaps even more dangerous than professional fighting, in many ways - but punches and forearms are clearly against the rules. Who do you fault more for the frenzied mess?

Hohaia for initiating the foul play with a forearm, or Flowers for continuing to hit back, even after Hohaia was knocked out?

Let us know in the comments section.

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Arman Gambaryan Manvel Gamburyan

Middleweight champ Luke Rockhold out of Jan. 12 Strikeforce event

For an event entitled "Champions," Strikeforce's Jan. 12 event is apparently running out of them very quickly.

According to a report by The MMA Corner, Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has suffered a wrist injury and has been forced to withdraw from the card.

Strikeforce and Showtime officials were unavailable for comment when contacted by MMAjunkie.com, and executives from both companies have yet to make an official announcement. However, sources close to the bout have indicated Rockhold is indeed a scratch.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmajunkie/~3/0aVJIXoMQtc/report-middleweight-champ-luke-rockhold-out-of-jan-12-strikeforce-event.mma

Alberto Crane Marcio Pe de Pano Cruz

Middleweight champ Luke Rockhold out of Jan. 12 Strikeforce event

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmajunkie/~3/0aVJIXoMQtc/report-middleweight-champ-luke-rockhold-out-of-jan-12-strikeforce-event.mma

Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah

AXS TV Fights Presents RFA 20 LIVE From Denver - Nov 7 - Videos

RFA 20 returns to the Mile High City, Denver, Colorado. Undefeated Luke Sanders and hard-hitting Jarred Mercado go face-to-face in what will be an all out war... only one walking away with the vacant RFA Bantamweight Title. AXS TV is Your Home for MMA every Friday Night! Find AXS TV HERE: http://bit.ly/WtTUDr

Source: http://mmalice.com/videos/axs-tv-fights-presents-rfa-20-live-from-denver-nov-7-video_yfo7tutf.html

Dan Bobish Vagam Bodjukyan

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Branden Lee Hinkle Tank Abbott

UFC FIGHT NIGHT 57: WHERE TO FOLLOW EVENT REPORT FOR "EDGAR VS. SWANSON" CARD

If you're looking for our live UFC Fight Night 57 coverage tonight, head to our mobile site at MMATorch.com in your phone or tablet browser. Full play by play, star ratings, reactions, commentary, and more will be there. Follow along throughout the week to all the live news and updates on the new specially designed mobile site, and head there during every major event for live coverage!

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/torchtoday/article_23978.shtml

Vitor Belfort Robert Berry

Monday, 24 November 2014

Bellator's Josh Neer: 'Paul Bradley made it personal'

Josh Neer (36-13-1) says that he started fighting before he even began real training. The 31 year-old began competing in MMA, essentially as a pure wrestler.

Back then, over twelve years ago, he was just a teenager who wanted to mix it up, and so he did. A lot.

Of course, he eventually began real MMA training, became “The Dentist” and is now a veteran of fifty professional fights, in addition to a relatively long amateur career. Neer doesn’t use more words than he has to in interviews, and doesn’t seem one to become overly effusive with his language, but he has no problem admitting to Cagewriter that he’s passionate about the sport of MMA.

“I wouldn’t say I thought I’d make a career out of it, back then,” he reminisces of the sport.

“Because, I wasn’t making any money doing it (laughs). But I did love doing it, and I wanted to do it for as long as I could.”

In his next bout, taking place this Friday in the main event of Bellator 129 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Neer will fight another Iowan, and he’s not too happy about it. Paul Bradley (21-6) wrestled at Iowa University, but also spent time training at Team Miletich when Neer was still on the team.

Neer says that he and Bradley trained together. What’s more, he never had a “problem” with Bradley.

That is precisely why Neer wasn’t keen on fighting his former teammate this week. “It’s kind of annoying,” he admits.

“When I fight, I like to make it personal. It’s like, why fight someone I’m cool with, when there are a million other fighters out there?”

Still, Neer says he won’t have a problem flipping the switch and becoming a ruthless fighter once he looks across the cage at Bradley on Friday. If he didn’t start out with a grudge against Bradley, he’s sure got one now.

“He made it personal when he signed to fight me,” Neer explains.

“It’s like, ‘alright, I guess he wants to fight me.’ Now, he won’t be a person I’m cool with, he’s a person who is trying to take me out.”

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/bellator-s-josh-neer---paul-bradley-made-it-personal-125950644.html

Luiz Azeredo Luciano Azevedo

Conor McGregor steals the show at UFC news conference

LAS VEGAS — Behind the slogan, “The Time is Now,” the Ultimate Fighting Championship rolled out its 2015 calendar on Monday at a news conference in Las Vegas. Of the 45 events slated for next year, 13 will be on pay-per-view. The other 32 will be UFC Fight Night events, including 18 on Fox Sports 1, 10 on UFC Fight Pass and four shows on FOX.

And if Conor McGregor somehow fought on all 45 UFC cards next year, the sport might be better off.

The brash Irish featherweight — scheduled to fight Dennis Siver at UFC Fight Night 59 in Boston on Jan. 18 — stole the show at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. McGregor has never been shy and it didn’t take much probing from the media in order to get the instant quote machine rolling in discussing his competition in and out the featherweight division.

“It is a mismatch,” McGregor said on fighting the veteran Siver. “I’m going to whoop his a**, collect a check and then I’m gone.”

McGregor was just getting started as champions Ronda Rousey and Jon Jones tried to hold back their laughter whenever “The Notorious” one grabbed the mic.

McGregor was cageside at UFC 179 in Rio de Janeiro to get a first-hand look at featherweight champion Jose Aldo, who he’s rumored to fight next if he defeats Siver.

“I believe there are a lot of holes I would capitalized on,” McGregor said about Aldo’s successful title defense against Chad Mendes. “He showed his frustration in the contest. Both competitors were very similar in styles. I pose different movements and different reactions than anybody on the roster, not just the division. I’m highly confident I will shut Jose Also down in spectacular fashion and take over the game.”

McGregor is a champion trash-talker, but some have questioned his talent in the octagon and fast rise in the featherweight division. Back-to-back wins and performance of the night bonuses against Diego Brandão and Dustin Poirier silenced some of the critics, but McGregor doesn’t appear to be phased by the naysayers.

“Let’s see by the end of the 2015 who has the highest pay-per-view numbers,” McGregor said. “Let’s see who has the highest gate. Let’s see who has the highest attendance. Again, I won’t look past Dennis. I will look through him exactly on where I plan on going. I believe 2015 will be my year. I know a lot of the featherweights are bitching and moaning and hating on it but they don’t have to love it. They can even hate it, but they will be forced to accept it.”

Fourteen fighters in total were in attendance, including the headliners for UFC Fight Night 58 (Lyoto Machida vs. C.B. Dollaway), UFC 182 (Jones vs. Daniel Cormier), UFC on FOX 14 (Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony Johnson), UFC 183 (Anderson Silva vs. Nick Diaz) and UFC 184 (Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort and Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano).

And as for the big announcement the UFC teased, well …

“I hate to disappoint you, but we didn’t get it done in time for this,” UFC president Dana White told the crowd.

Let the speculation continue.

Bernard Ackah Terrance Aflague

UFC on FOX 5's FX-televised prelims add Easton-Assuncao and Siver-Phan

Two fights have joined FX's super-sized preliminary-card broadcast for next week's UFC on FOX 5 event at Seattle's KeyArena.

FX now airs six fights, not the usual four, prior to the Dec. 8's main-card broadcast on FOX.

The bouts include bantamweights Mike Easton vs. Raphael Assuncao and featherweights Dennis Siver vs. Nam Phan.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmajunkie/~3/UJlBbc_8dLk/ufc-on-fox-5s-fx-televised-prelims-add-easton-assuncao-and-siver-phan.mma

Ray Cooper Kit Cope

Here’s the 4 th photo…

Here's the 4 th photo of my black and white photo challenge from @sobekSemper!
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On Saturday after I met up w/ my girl @lifebyleeah in Bangkok, we walked about half a mile to the Lumpinee Metro station. 20thb bought us tickets to the Hua Lamphong station about 3 stops away. .

As we exited the station (which ironically seemed to be the cleanest part of Bangkok), a tuk Tuk driver was posted up waiting for his next fair which quickly became us. He suggested we take the river to get to the temples we wanted to see on our short stay in the capital city and offered us a ride to the boat dock for only 50thb (less than 2 bucks!) We entered an area that was filled with many colored Tuk Tuks as we pulled into the dock. I quickly changed my settings and snapped this photo before he handed us off to some tour operators. .

It was at this moment that we realized that if someone in Bangkok offers you a price that's too good to be true, it more than likely is, lol. The tour operators were trying to get over 3,000thb (a little less than $100) out of us to float down the river and give us no time to see the sites we wanted to see. We walked away having learned a lesson. I glad I at least have this "view from a tuk Tuk" photo to share with you! .

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Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TracyLee/~3/lfSoIb4Mb1U/heres-the-4-th-photo.html

Phil Cardella Roan Jucao Carneiro

The Sunday Junkie: Nov. 25 edition

Even if the Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre super fight never happens, it sure has given fans plenty to talk about.

This week, The Sunday Junkie got reams of entries on the potential fight between the UFC's middleweight and welterweight champs, which could be in the works after St-Pierre's win over Carlos Condit at UFC 154.

But this week's Canadian winner, "A-shock," from London, Ontario, has some interesting ideas on how to infuse new life into the UFC's reality series, "The Ultimate Fighter."

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmajunkie/~3/QmshJdmNpwo/the-sunday-junkie-nov-25-edition.mma

Yoji Anjo Ao Hailin