“We didn’t have a financial agreement. The purse was too low comparing from what I’m used to receiving and it’s bad for the fighter’s career. [The media] said I’m having problems with drugs and medicines … You can test me and you’ll see … I’m great. I’m not worried with fighting in Brazil anymore. I [...]
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Props: Tatame.com Quoteworthy: “This isn’t jiu-jitsu, it’s MMA, a sport that involves many techniques and elements. It’s hard to say that I would beat him standing up and he would defeat me on the canvas. Logically, each one of us owns a specialty but a fight is always a fight. MMA is a new sport and there’s [...] Scott Coker: Jake Shields will make a good TUF 11 coach -- if he doesn't forget about Hendo in AprilProps:MMA Weekly Quoteworthy: “Jake is always looking for more exposure, and try to increase his brand as an individual. When I heard about it, it was like when Robbie Lawler was doing The Ultimate Fighter when Matt Hughes was coaching. We see it as no different, and Chuck asked him to be the coach, and where Jake [...] Props: UOL Esporte
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“You can’t describe something indescribable.Everyone is upset but I think they understand the situation. It’s part of [...] Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) held a press conference on Thursday, January 28th to unveil the plan it has in store for DREAM in 2010. The inaugural event of the year, DREAM 13, will take place at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama on Monday, March 22. DREAM has confirmed the previously rumored featherweight title bout in which [...] “It is always a case of anything can happen in the Octagon. We’ll have to see. You have to be very careful when you are fighting a guy like Anderson, who is an expert in everything. I will have to be professional, this is sport and not personal. You need to perform, compete and do [...] “This fight is a big mystery. Both trained boxing with [Luis] Dorea. I asked many people in the academy, and everybody tells me they can’t predict what’s going to happen. The consensus is that if Belfort explodes at the beginning, he has a chance for the knockout, but most people believe more in Anderson if [...] Following months of speculation on the fate of a postponed bout between middleweight champion Anderson Silva and challenger Vitor Belfort, the pieces are finally in place for an April fight. Fabiano Farah, Belfort’s manager, confirmed with MMAjunkie.com on Wednesday that Belfort meets Silva at UFC 112 on April 10 in Abu Dhabi. UFC president Dana White [...] “It’s just style match ups. He is definitely more technical than I am, and I think I have the punching power over him. There’s a couple things, not to give away any gameplan, that I see that I could capitalize on. You know, every fight’s match ups. If I’m gonna fight a tough guy, [...] Following the withdrawals of Benji Radach and most recently Trevor Prangley, Strikeforce will be unable to find a suitable replacement to take on former Elite XC middleweight champion, Robbie Lawler, at its upcoming “Evolution” event from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., this Saturday (Dec. 19). MMA Fanhousereports that “Ruthless” will instead compete against a [...] |
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Frank Shamrock targeting March 2010 Strikeforce return
Strikeforce pillar and former middleweight champion Frank Shamrock (23-10-2) could abandon his commentating duties for another round of in-cage action as early as March 2010, according to MMAFighting.com.
Shammy dropped back-to-back fights for the first time since 1997 when Nick Diaz sent him packing in their main event of Strikeforce: “Shamrock vs. Diaz” last April. Prior [...]