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A heavyweight matchup between recent UFC addition Joey Beltran (11-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and newcomer Chad Corvin (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been added to “UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun II.” The UFC today officially announced the matchup, which is expected to take place on the evening’s preliminary card. UFC 113 takes place on May 8 at [...] Props: Tatame.com Quoteworthy: “First thing, he (Belfort) was never my friend. Second, a fight is fight. I’m here to fight and whoever is better prepared will win and one of us will lose. I’d be upset if I had to face Rodrigo, Rogerio, Feijao, Lyoto or even Wanderlei or Shogun, but Vitor? He’s just another opponent like [...] “Another battle and another Lyoto. Everything is new, the focus, the strategy … it’s my big dream. I’ll concentrate and go and fight with even more desire. I´ll be even hungrier this time – to conquer a UFC belt has always been my dream. Lyoto is different to other athletes … We recruited some karatekas [...] Props: UOL.com.br Quoteworthy: “I no longer think [about UFC 104] and can’t live from it anymore. I must only think on the next fight that’s going to be a battle.I was glad with my performance but not with the outcome. I wanted the win but this is past for me. Actually I don’t know what criteria was [...] Props: Cagewriter Quoteworthy: “When you watch a fight like [Ortiz vs. Griffin 2] and you hear a 30-27 score, I don’t even know, I’m so exhausted by this whole thing. It’s tiring. It’s terrible. These athletic commissions need to start looking at this and figure out what they’re going to do. It has nothing to do with [...] LAS VEGAS – It was no Machida vs. “Shogun,” but judging once again became the center of attention following a UFC main event. Immediately after Forrest Griffin was awarded a split-decision victory in the main event of Saturday night’s “UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin II,” the third-straight UFC feature bout to receive at least one questionable [...]
Props: Graciemag.com Quoteworthy: “I don’t want to face him because I felt I won. I want to fight Lyoto because it’s for the title, and that is my dream. What I want most is that belt and, therefore, I want to fight Lyoto again.” After the rematch was announced for May 1, [...] Props:CageReport.net Quoteworthy: “So what, (Velasquez) was punching me, big deal, isn’t that what happens in a fight? The reality of the situation is that I was using the cage to get to my feet and which I basically did and then for some reason Steve [Mazzagatti] decides to step in. Honestly, I couldn’t believe it. I mean [...] Props: MMAWeekly Quoteworthy: “The fans and all the naysayers, I don’t worry about. I don’t back down because it’s not popular. My thing is, Rua did hit him more. But Machida hit him harder, especially in the early rounds. I’m really perplexed about how you give (Rua) [Round 1], because Shogun was kicking (Machida) a lot in [...] |
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Shogun Rua: The judges will say anything to justify their results
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“You just have to look at my face and his (Lyoto). I didn’t suffer one kick, only some knees but he has a rib broken neither get to walk and his mouth is stitched. They made some fighting analysis and I landed the double of hits. Will the judges say they didn’t [...]