Mixed Martial Arts

[SevenZeroFive]

Speaking of fighting reality series, I'm so excited about Season 2 of The Contender Asia. If Season 1's starpower included K-1 veteran John Wayne Parr & WBC World Super Welterweight Muay Thai Champion Yodsaenklai, Season 2 has WBC International Superwelterweight Champion Malaipet Sasiprapa & MMA veterans Duane "Bang" Ludwig (18-9-0 MMA, 66-13-0 MT) & Kit Cope (2-4-0 MMA, 23-1-0 MT). Can't wait!

[Olympus]

Speaking of fighting reality series, I'm so excited about Season 2 of The Contender Asia. If Season 1's starpower included K-1 veteran John Wayne Parr & WBC World Super Welterweight Muay Thai Champion Yodsaenklai, Season 2 has WBC International Superwelterweight Champion Malaipet Sasiprapa & MMA veterans Duane "Bang" Ludwig (18-9-0 MMA, 66-13-0 MT) & Kit Cope (2-4-0 MMA, 23-1-0 MT). Can't wait!

 

When are they showing it???

[SevenZeroFive]

^ No announcement yet, but taping in KL (The series is being taped in Malaysia, by the way) has started a couple of months ago. I guess it's pretty close, I've seen some leaked previews of the opening vignette on YouTube.

[SevenZeroFive]

MMA News Recap

 

Fighters Only: Florian Leaves Team Sityodtong, Will Start Training With GSP's Trainer

 

Fightlinker: Drunk Guy Falls to Death Trying a Double Leg, Ignorance Points to UFC

 

MMA Mania:

Luiz Caine Kinda Doesn't Want to Fight Lil Nog

Fedor vs. Rogers on CBS Being Eyed for 11/7, Chicago

 

MMA Junkie:

Cung Le Relinquishes Strikeforce MW Strap, Mayhem Finally Facing Shields for Vacant Title

Dana White: Anderson Silva DOES Need Elbow Surgery

[anatoly]

wala pa bang countdown??

[King Nothing]

I just found a tougher debacle on who to choose: Brandon Vera or Manny Pacquiao... =(

 

Apparently, UFC 105 will go head to head with the Pacquiao - Miguel Cotto card.

 

Forget the pac-cot fight... its senseless.... many should fight mayweather to cement who is the real pound for pound king... or rather the boxing king....Still I believe its mayweather as the boxing king! I wonder who's the MMA King? ....Dana? hahaha

[textickles]

wala pa bang countdown??

 

 

 

UFC 103 Countdown

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrKingUploader...DF9162F48E3FED8

[Great Milenko]

UFC 103 Results

 

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

Efrain Escudero defeats Cole Miller via knockout in round one

Tomasz Drwal defeats Drew McFedries via submission (rear naked choke) in round two

Jim Miller defeats Steve Lopez via technical knockout (shoulder injury) in round two

Nick “The Carnie” Lentz defeats Rafaello “Tractor” Oliveira via unanimous decision

Rick Story defeats Brian Foster via submission (arm triangle choke) in round two

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

 

 

TKO si Franklin sa 1st round kay Belfort!!!

Edited September 20, 2009 by Great Milenko

[aldrinadj]

MMA News Recap

 

Fighters Only: Florian Leaves Team Sityodtong, Will Start Training With GSP's Trainer

 

Fightlinker: Drunk Guy Falls to Death Trying a Double Leg, Ignorance Points to UFC

 

MMA Mania:

Luiz Caine Kinda Doesn't Want to Fight Lil Nog

Fedor vs. Rogers on CBS Being Eyed for 11/7, Chicago

 

MMA Junkie:

Cung Le Relinquishes Strikeforce MW Strap, Mayhem Finally Facing Shields for Vacant Title

Dana White: Anderson Silva DOES Need Elbow Surgery

 

what the f#&k kenny.what the f#&k

[anatoly]

there were a lot of stoppages on the UFC card but somehow it didn't seem very entertaining

i enjoyed the trigg/kos fight though, as well as the efrain/miller fight

[maddromeo]

The Phenom is Back! Nice one... Vitor! A Silva. vs. V. Belfort na yan! :thumbsupsmiley:

Dos Santos is the real deal! Mirkooooo.... WTF happend!? :hypocritesmiley:

 

What's up with Kenny Florian!? Natalo lang kay BJPenn switch camps kagad! Walang loyalty! Greg Jacksons gonna train all of the UFC fighters one day! :thumbsdownsmiley:

 

Taping pa nga yung Contender Asia2! I was hoping they would have bantamweights this time but pinilit parin nila welterweights! I hope this time they would bring Dutch fighters! Last season wala eh, they made sure Yodsanklai/ Nareupol would win! It's a Fairtex sponsored show anyways... Im sure Kaew Fartex takes it... si Malaipet nag MMA na yan but got DQ'd by elbowing at the back of the head! Hehe... :hypocritesmiley:

[_eRon_]

nice win by belfort, ever since i watched him fight in the earlier UFCs then seeing him decline, it's good to see him fighting well again

[judy2three]

Of course, Brock can be beaten. It's only a matter of time. Somewhere out there, someone's gonna be much better than Brock will ever be. The question is, when will Brock be defeated. Shane Carwin might be the closest that's gonna happen, but it's hard to tell. Cain Velasquez, another possible option but still hard to tell. Kongo? Unlikely at this point. Cro Cop? Maybe.

 

 

im at AWE lang sa power ni Brock lesnar

Fan niya ako when he was at WWE

just those monstrous power sobra naman

sobra mga pards anyway ill wait for his next opponent

 

is it true Brandon Vera will take the Mr Captain America randy couture

[SevenZeroFive]

The Phenom is Back! Nice one... Vitor! A Silva. vs. V. Belfort na yan! :thumbsupsmiley:

Dos Santos is the real deal! Mirkooooo.... WTF happend!? :hypocritesmiley:

 

What's up with Kenny Florian!? Natalo lang kay BJPenn switch camps kagad! Walang loyalty! Greg Jacksons gonna train all of the UFC fighters one day! :thumbsdownsmiley:

 

Taping pa nga yung Contender Asia2! I was hoping they would have bantamweights this time but pinilit parin nila welterweights! I hope this time they would bring Dutch fighters! Last season wala eh, they made sure Yodsanklai/ Nareupol would win! It's a Fairtex sponsored show anyways... Im sure Kaew Fartex takes it... si Malaipet nag MMA na yan but got DQ'd by elbowing at the back of the head! Hehe... :hypocritesmiley:

 

I see some parallels with the KenFlo-Sityodtong & Mirko situation. At first it reeks of betrayal, but this move by Kenny is a move even Mark Delagrotte supports somewhat:

 

I am a good leader, a good general, and I think my resume shows that. When I start to feel like my decisions aren’t important or not being taken seriously, it kind of detaches me from the situation. And if cant be really in control and really responsible for the outcome of the fight, I don’t want to be part of it any more…. It is going to be invigorating for Kenny to go and see new trainers, learn new tricks. I am a true teacher of the martial arts and a true friend to Kenny so I encourage him to move on to bigger and better things. Hopefully he is productive and does well from here. I wish him nothing but the best.

 

There are talks of some dissention between Delagrotte & Kenny's brother Keith, who's co-head trainer at Florian Martial Arts, but this isn't a falling out of sorts. It's just Kenny wanting to expand his horizons. Sadly, loyalty and evolution in MMA can't and won't blend. Case in point: Ken Shamrock. Ever since he started in Pancrase he's trained with the Lion's Den, which he heads. Yes he's had success, even becoming the first UFC Heavyweight Champion (by way of the UFC Superfight Championship), and at that time the Lion's Den was the most feared team in MMA. However, when the new blood came in, like Hammer House & Miletich Fighting Systems, Shamrock wasn't able to cope up with the progression. That was the main sticking point in most of Ken's losses post-WWE: training with the same fighters, working on the same techniques, learning the same things over and over again. When he finally decided to cross train with Erik Paulson & Battaglia Ballamundo, Ken regained his confidence via his TKO win over Kimo Leopoldo at UFC 48.

 

Every now and then, fighters need a new approach to their fight game. It's like Vitor Belfort trying to incorporate karate, and being successful in the process, as shown in his UFC 103 win. That's the same thing that Mirko needs, NOW. His fighting career is not over yet, but he needs a drastic change now to give him a different look, instead of the same Mirko that won the PRIDE Open Weight GP back in 2006.

 

What's next?

-Dana says Vitor is ready to fight Anderson, and Henderson's holding out for an extension before he can take the Marquardt fight, so if that doesn't get settled soon, we might see Vitor fight Anderson first before either Hendo or Marquardt.

-Dos Santos rises up the rankings, and he's a couple more wins away from a shot at the strap. My concern about Junior prior to the fight was that he might suffer from the Sokodjou Complex (take 2 big names out, falter the rest of the way), but he showed that he's capable of handling wars of attrition too.

-Koscheck might get first dibs on Hughes, who just signed a new contract. Dennis Hallman is a possibility, but most casual fans ptrobably won't see the point of a 3rd Hughes - Hallman fight, so Koscheck might get Hughes.

-Paul Daley has to get Swick next. Simple as that.

-One prediction for Contender Asia 2: Kit "I Have A Sex Tape With Gina Carano" Cope will make a big ass of himself. Quote me on that.

[Olympus]

^ same thing with Vitor...

 

one of my training partners said it best "kung gusto mo gumaling kelangan nagugulpi ka rin sa training di pwede na ikaw lang parati ang manggugulpi"