Dec 5 - Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale

FIGHT CARD

Matchups:
Jon Jones vs. Matt Hamill
Frankie Edgar (No. 7 LW) vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Dennis Hallman vs. John Howard
Mark Bocek vs. Matt Veach

Nov 21 - UFC 106: Lesnar vs. Carwin

UFC 106 FIGHT CARD

Matchups:
UFC Heavyweight Championship
Brock Lesnar (No. 2 HW) vs. Shane Carwin (No. 10 HW) Tito Ortiz vs. Mark
Coleman
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (No. 9 LHW) vs. Luis Arthur Cane (No. 8 LHW)
Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan
Jon Fitch (No. 2 WW, No. 8 PFP) vs. Ricardo Almeida
Amir Sadollah vs. Phil Baroni
Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders

Nov 14 - UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera

UFC 105 FIGHT CARD

Matchups:
Randy Couture (No. 8 HW) vs. Brandon Vera
Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang
Dan Hardy (No. 10 WW) vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Aaron Riley vs. Ross Pearson
Paul Taylor vs. John Hathaway
Matt Riddle vs. Nick Osipczak
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jared Hamman
Terry Etim vs. Shannon Gugerty

Oct 24 - UFC 104: Machida vs. Rua

UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Lyoto Machida (No. 1 LHW, No. 4 PFP) vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (No. 4 LHW)

Ben Rothwell vs. Cain Velasquez
Josh Neer vs. Gleison Tibau
Spencer Fisher vs. Joe Stevenson
Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Yushin Okami (No. 3 MW) vs. Chael Sonnen (No. 9 MW)
Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer
Chase Gormley vs. Stefan Struve
Patrick Barry vs. Antoni Hardonk
Jorge Rivera vs. Rob Kimmons
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Razak Al-Hassan

MMA Fighter Mayhem Miller flips out on EA Sports MMA programmers

Strikeforce Challengers: Results

MyKnuckleSammich has Strikeforce results for the main card of Friday's Strikeforce Challengers at the SpiritBank Event Center in Bixby, Okla.

Featured on the card are Tim Kennedy vs. Zak Cummings, two-time US Olympian Daniel Cormier, The Ultimate Fighter 7 assistant coach Zach Light and K-1 veteran Ray Sefo.

Daniel Cormier vs. Gary Frazier

Cormier wins by TKO (punches) - R2, 3:39

Travis Calanoc vs. Thomas Longacre

Longacre wins by unanimous decision

Zach Light vs. Tyron Woodley

Woodley wins by armbar submission - R2, 3:38

Ray Sefo vs. Kevin Jordan

Sefo wins by verbal submission - R2, 0:24

Tim Kennedy vs. Zak Cummings

Kennedy wins by north-south choke - R2, 2:43

Klitschko vs Arreola Saturday Sept 26

WOF heavyweight title fight at 8pm Saturday at Staple center.

Strikeforce Challengers: Cummings v Kennedy

All fighters made weight Thursday in Tulsa, Okla. For Strikeforce
Challengers event scheduled for tonight at the SpiritBank Event Center.

Headliners Tim Kennedy and Zak Cummings both weighed 186 pounds for their
middleweight bout. The show also features Tyrone Woodley against Zach Light
(170.4), and the MMA debut of two-time Olympian Daniel Cormier (250.2), who
meets Gary Frazier (245.2).

The event airs on Showtime at 11 p.m. ET/PT.

Main Card:
Tim Kennedy (186) vs. Zak Cummings (186)
Ray Sefo (240.8) vs. Kevin Jordan (236.6)
Tyron Woodley (171) vs. Zach Light (170.4)
Thomas Longarce (148) vs. Travis Calanoc (146.6)
Daniel Cormier (250.2) vs. Gary Frazier (245.2)

Non-Televised Fights:
Lacey Schuckman (121) vs. Jeri Sitzes (120.4)
Levi Avera (175.4) vs. Paul Bradley (176.6)
Trey Houston (183.6) vs. Brandon Gaines (187.8)
Kenny Giddens (155.2) vs. Jon Carson (155.8)
Nick Gibbons (147) vs. Josh Pulsifer (147.6)
Lemont Davis (168.4) vs. Dillon Smith (169.4)

KO of the Week: Machida KO's Evans

Strikeforce: Fedor vs Rogers, Saturday Nov 7, 2009

LIVE ON CBS!


FIGHT CARD (ADDITIONAL FIGHTS TO BE ADDED SHORTLY)

Fedor Emelianenko (30-1) vs. Brett Rogers (10-0) - 3X5 – Heavyweights

 

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Kimbo Slice Talks About Loss To Seth Petruzelli & Ready To Come Back

No Ma'am

Ed O'Neill (aka Al Bundy) has been training with Rorion for 15 years making him an honorary member of the Gracie Family. Over the last several months he has had to take some time off the mat to work on his newest television show, Modern Family, which premiers on the ABC television network this Wednesday, September 23 at 9:00pm (Eastern and Pacific). If you're home, be sure to tune in and support your distant jiu-jitsu brother. The show is hilarious, Ed guarantees it.

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Former NFL Star Herschel Walker signed with Strikeforce

Herschel Walker, the Heisman Trophy-winning running back and former NFL player with the Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys, has found a new career: mixed martial arts. The 47-year-old Walker has signed a contract with Strikeforce to fight at an unspecified date. He will begin training with American Kickboxing Academy, the high-profile camp in San Jose, Calif., that trains UFC standouts Josh Koscheck, Mike Swick, Jon Fitch, Cain Velasquez and Strikeforce lightweight champion Josh Thomson.

"I've been training for several years. I would play college football games on Saturday and then compete in martial arts tournaments on Sunday after church. I'm now looking forward to opening up another chapter in my life and to competing in MMA," said Walker in a news release.

Walker is not the first high-profile athlete to make the jump to MMA. In the current season of "The Ultimate Fighter," four former NFL players are trying for a chance at a contract with the UFC, most notably Marcus Jones, who played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for seven years. Cleveland Cavaliers star Shaquille O'Neal has trained in mixed martial arts for years, and made jokes about challenging former UFC champ Chuck Liddell.

That doesn't mean that the road to MMA success will be easy for Walker, who retired from football in 1997. During last week's episode of "The Ultimate Fighter," Jones became sick from the intense workouts that MMA requires. Afterwards, he noted that he never had to work that hard in the NFL.

Walker will also have the obstacle of age in front of him. Though there are fighters who compete well into their forties -- most notably Randy Couture, who is 46 -- but those fighters did not spend much of their lives being tackled by 265 pound linebackers. The wear and tear on a running back should not be dismissed when looking at Walker's chances.

At the same time, it will be hard not to root for him. He's been an MMA fan for years, and was even at UFC 103 this past weekend in Dallas. Walker is a modern-day Jim Thorpe, having competed in the Olympic bobsled, professional football and now MMA. Now, he will test the bounds of his age and health again in MMA. Seeing a 47-year-old man walk the walk in this manner is downright inspirational.

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Floyd Mayweather Vs Manuel Marquez

Floyd Mayweather vs Shane Mosley

UFC 103 Fight Results

Main Fight card (Televised):

• Vitor Belfort defeats Rich Franklin via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
• Junior Dos Santos defeats Mirko Cro Cop via Verbal Submission (Strikes) Round 3
• Paul Daley defeats Martin Kampmann via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
• Josh Koscheck defeats Frank Trigg via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
• Tyson Griffin defeats Hermes Franca via TKO (Strikes) Round 2

Preliminary Fight match:

• Efrain Escudero defeats Cole Miller via knockout in Round 1
• Tomasz Drwal defeats Drew McFedries via submission (rear naked choke) in Round 2
• Jim Miller defeats Steve Lopez via technical knockout (shoulder injury) in Round 2
• Nick “The Carnie” Lentz defeats Rafaello “Tractor” Oliveira via unanimous decision
• Rick Story defeats Brian Foster via submission (arm triangle choke) in Round 2
• Eliot “The Fire” Marshall defeats Jason Brilz via split decision
• Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko defeats Igor Pokrajac via unanimous decision
• Rafael dos Anjos defeats Rob “The Saint” Emerson via unanimous decision

Gracie Combatives Works for a Five Year Old Child!

On August 11, 2009 Michael Reynolds purchased the Gracie Combatives DVD collection and on Tuesday, August 25, his five-year old son used lesson 23 on the school bus. That evening he called the Gracie Academy Headquarters and left a very interesting message. Click on the link below to listen.

Master Cycle Mount Seminar in Oklahoma

On September 19, 2009, from 10:00am – 12:00pm, Rener Gracie will be teaching a Master Cycle seminar in Edmond, Oklahoma. The focus of the seminar will be mount control and submission strategies against a skilled opponent (Master Cycle – Chapter 1 of 7). The first portion of the seminar will be dedicated to learning the most important mount control strategies. The second portion will be dedicated to learning the most reliable submission series from the mount (no-gi). The final segment of the seminar will be dedicated to Rapid Mastery Drills – specific training exercises of varying intensity levels designed to increase retention of the newly learned techniques.

Date: Saturday, September 19, 2009
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Redline Jiu-Jitsu Academy (745 Enterprise Dr. Ste 190, Edmond, OK 73013)
Reserve Your Spot: 405-694-6566 (ask for Ty)
Cost: $50 (pre-register) or $75 (at the door)
Attire: Gi or No-gi (no tank tops allowed)
Experience Required: None
Advice: If you live in or around Oklahoma, don’t miss it. Space is very limited!

 

KNUCKLE SAMMICH of the Week

Bob Arum Blasts Floyd Mayweather, MMA

Thanks to El Rayo De Jalisco from jpsoh.com for this video.

Shots Fired: Dana White Goes to the Body on Mayweather

The headlining fight the weekend of September 19 isn’t in boxing, and it isn’t Vitor Belfort/Rich Franklin: it’s the hammering that’s going to result over whichever combat sport happens to outdraw the other.

UFC 103, headlined by Belfort’s return in Dallas, will be going nearly hour-for-hour against Floyd Mayweather/Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas. And if UFC President Dana White has it figured correctly, it’s already a no-contest.

“[Boxing fans] show up to see Floyd Mayweather not fight,” White told -- well, I’m not sure who he’s addressing in the video, exactly. “This guy will run around in circles….you’re going to pay $55, $60 to see ‘Dancing with the Stars’ with Mayweather again. On that same night, you can all tune in [to the UFC] to see five great fights for $10 less.”

I shovel dirt on boxing’s decomposing body so often that now’s as good a time as any to get the Devil’s advocate horns out: for one, Mayweather/Marquez is $49.95, a $5 difference. It has the potential to go 12 rounds, or 36 minutes to Franklin/Belfort’s 15. Better, boxing has shown some surprising ingenuity by offering the fight in over 170 theaters across the country for a highly reasonable fifteen bucks.

But White’s comments about fans preferring to see Manny Pacquiao in action hold up to scrutiny: according to boxingscene.com, the Filipino fighter’s date with Miguel Cotto is nearly sold out for November 14, while plenty of seats at all price points are still available for the Mayweather comeback.

If White’s predictions are right, that’s good news: after next weekend’s box offices are tallied, Floyd may need to sit down.

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