Joe Rogan nailed it in the Octagon saying, “to be a legend, you have to beat a legend.” Cain Velasquez is now on the fast track towards a title shot after taking out Antonio Nogueira in less than three minutes. Even more impressive was the way the former Arizona State wrestler did it. The 27-year-old [...]
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Paulo Thiago keeps dogging American Kickboxing Academy fighters. He screwed up Josh Koscheck’s 2009 welterweight title hopes with an upset at UFC 95, and now he’s done it to Koscheck’s AKA teammate Mike Swick. Thiago’s standing defense looked terrible in his UFC debut against Koscheck, but he still knocked him out with a huge uppercut. His [...] Props:MMA Weekly Quoteworthy: “I needed to give myself the best shot to win and I needed short, squatty guys who have good over hand rights and great jiu-jitsu. In Vegas, there’s no one better than Marc Laimon to know what Serra’s going to do, how he’s going to do it. [Serra] caught Karo (Parisyan), he caught (Chris) [...] Top welterweight contender Josh Koscheck will be unable to exact revenge on the man who temporarily derailed his title aspirations, Paulo Thiago, at UFC 109: “Relentless” on Feb. 6, 2010, because he suffered an undisclosed injury in training. He broke the bad news today via Twitter.com, saying “I will be good to go back to training [...] Props: UFC.com Quoteworthy: “I knew I had the capability of beating (Kongo) based on what I could do in sparring. It’s just something I had to make sure crossed over. It’s something we’ve been saying the whole training camp. We call it “The Pacquiao,” because (Manny) will step off as a southpaw and throw the overhand left. [...] The injury bug has bitten again, this time afflicting lightweight standout Jeremy Stephens, who has officially withdrawn from his UFC Fight Night 20 bout against Nik Lentz on January 11 in Fairfax. MMAmania.com confirmed the injury with Stephen’s camp earlier today. While the undisclosed injury will not require surgery, “Lil Heathen” is expected to be out of [...] Martins Denis, UFC – Even though he possessed an unbeaten record, when Paulo Thiago showed up to fight at UFC 95 in February, many thought that he didn’t belong in front of Josh Koscheck, one of the top UFC fighters. But in the first round, exactly at the 3:29 mark, Thiago pummeled Koscheck with a [...] Up-and-coming lightweights Kyle Bradley (14-6) and Rafael dos Anjos (12-4) have been tapped for a possible 155-pound showdown at the upcoming UFC Fight Night 20 event, tentatively scheduled for the Patriot Center on Jan. 11, in Fairfax, Virginia. MMAmania.com was able to confirm the proposed match-up with one of the fight camps earlier today. Bradley was forced [...] Strikeforce officials today confirmed that Mike Kyle (12-6-1) has agreed to return to the heavyweight division on short notice to face Fabricio Werdum (11-4-1) on the August 15 “Carano vs. Cyborg” card after original opponent Alistair Overeem was forced to withdraw due to a nagging hand injury. The news comes just one day after Strikeforce planned [...] Fabricio Werdum will no longer be fighting at the upcoming Strikeforce: “Carano vs. Cyborg” event after a nagging hand injury forced original opponent Alistair Overeem from the August 15 card according toMMA Fanhouse. “Vai Cavalo” was anticipating a last-minute replacement for his debut with the San Jose-based promotion but Strikeforce officials have instead opted to scrap [...] |
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