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WEC 52: Palaszewski-Shalorus Moved, Grispi-Koch and Page-Wineland Added

WEC 52 continues to take shape, as Josh Grispi vs. Erik Koch, Damacio Page vs. Eddie Wineland, and Michael McDonald vs. Clint Godfrey have been added to the card, while lightweight contenders Bart Palaszewski vs. Kamal Shalorus has been shifted to December.

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Maximo Blanco: Destiny Brought Me to Yoshida Dojo

Filed under: FanHouse Exclusive, interview, JapanDespite his disarming smile and playful demeanor, Maximo Blanco is one of the most violent men in MMA. Slams, soccer kicks, stomps and flying knees are on the menu during a Blanco bout and referees, doctors and his opponents all struggle to duck and cover during the post-fight violence that ensues during his adrenaline dump.

One fight away from a Sengoku Lightweight title match, the Lightweight King of Pancrase spoke with MMAFighting.com about his path to Japan, his Jackie Chan inspired striking and being bullied through university.

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DirecTV Won't Offer Shine Fights

by Michael David SmithSo much for that.

A day after we noted that DirecTV, alone among major carriers, had chosen to offer Friday night's Shine Fights pay-per-view card but not Saturday night's Shark Fights card, DirecTV has changed course.

With Shine Fights' event moving from a sanctioned show in Virginia to an unsanctioned show on a tribal territory in Oklahoma, DirecTV decided not to offer Shine Fights anymore. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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Massouh and Cooper win at Bellator in Milwaukee

Jameel Massouh and Brett Cooper both are walking away from Bellator in Milwaukee with wins after both finished their opponents on Thursday night. After a back and forth round, Mamalis picked up Massouh for a takedown, which turned out to be a mistake. Massouh jumped guard and grabbed a tight guillotine. Mamalis lasted for as long as he could, but tapped out at 4:27 in the first round.Massouh, a WEC veteran, filled in at the last minute on Bellator's televised card, facing Mamalis, who lost on in early September in Bellator's bantamweight tournament.  Brett Cooper was impressive in the first televised fight at Bellator in Milwaukee on Thursday.Cooper starts televised card with TKOBrett Cooper turned around quickly from his tournament loss with a TKO at Bellator. He used his wrestling to control Matt Major off in the first round, then finished him off in the second. Early in the second round, Cooper took Major to the ground then followed up with vicious ground and pound. The referee called the fight at 1:27 of the second round for Cooper.

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A Prime Directive For Humanity

Cross Posted From OdeMagazine.com Science fiction fans know that in the Star Trek universe, the Federation has evolved a guideline that is raised far above all other guidelines. It’s a guideline that is used to keep allow all the various species in the universe to develop at a healthy, ecologically responsible rate. And while the [...]

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Recalling the Grand Canyon

Grand Junction CO, Colorado, On the bucket list of life’s goals, a river trip in a wooden boat through the Grand Canyon has to be a must. BIG waves, small boats. Dories are the smallest, most difficult and most fragile boats running the Canyon today. It is as close as you can get to Major [...]

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Bellator 29 Results: Neil Grove, Cole Konrad Advance to Heavyweight Finals

Neil Grove and Cole Konrad advanced to the finals of Bellator's heavyweight tournament after earning victories in featured bouts at Thursday's Bellator 29 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Grove needed just 45-seconds to score a TKO of Alexey Oleinik, while Konrad earned a lopsided unanimous decision over Damian Grabowski to move on to the title bout.

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Michael Johnson Talks White's Flattering Remarks in TUF 12 Debut

by Michael David SmithThe first episode of this season of The Ultimate Fighter featured 14 MMA prospects fighting their way onto the show, and none of them drew greater praise from UFC President Dana White than Michael Johnson, who was compared to Mike Tyson for the way he fought.

In an interview with MMAFighting.com, the 24-year-old Johnson talked about that fight, hearing the praise from White, and what he wants UFC fans to know about him. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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Breaking out of the comfort zone

As skydivers, one thing we learn early on is that, in order to improve, you’ve gotta step out of your comfort zone. I mean, hello, skydiving in itself is stepping out of that zone…that’s part of the whole point, is it not?


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Complaining won't get you far: Marquardt and Hardy on wrestling

Two different fighters have taken their shots at wrestling's place in MMA. It started with former UFC welterweight contender Dan Hardy, who complained about wrestling dominating MMA after his countrymen, Andre Winner and Nick Osipczak, both lost in decisions after UFC 118. Rather than saying 'oh, these guys can't wrestle', I think the problem is there's beginning to be too much wrestling in UFC Octagon, not too little of it in the gym. There are a lot of people out there calling themselves 'UFC fighters' who are nothing of the kind. In the UFC, you should go for finishes.He must not have watched the Anderson Silva-Chael Sonnen fight, where Sonnen -- an elite wrestler -- lost because he aggressively went after Silva. In the same article on thisisNottingham.co.uk, Hardy says how he has spent three months in the U.S. trying to shore up his wrestling. A whole three months to face fighters who have been wrestling for a lifetime.  Japanese fighter Shinya Aoki, who fights both for DREAM and Strikeforce, piled on to Hardy's comments. From AOL Fanhouse: "The American wrestling style - punching a little bit, getting a takedown and moving to side control to win the round has no risk. It's an easier fight. It's just using the judges. They don't even have to worry about injuries or anything like that. There is no risk."Aoki must have never seen a match when a fighter gets kneed while going for a takedown, or gets caught in a guillotine. Apparently, he doesn't perceive that risk.  Aoki and Hardy both prefer complaining. Nate Marquardt and Kenny Florian are both fighters who would rather improve themselves than complain.Marquardt, who is fighting Rousimar Palhares at Ultimate Fight Night 22 next week, was beaten by a wrestler in Chael Sonnen."I was unable to defend the takedowns in my last fight, and that's why I lost the fight," Marquardt commented. "Now I'm going to be more prepared to defend the takedown no matter who I'm fighting, and I worked hard on my wrestling and I continue to work hard on my wrestling."Kenny Florian took a similar track, hiring a wrestling coach just days after his wrestling-filled loss to Gray Maynard.   If Hardy and Aoki are so concerned, then they need to train to neutralize their opponent's wrestling, or knock them out or submit them to win. Instead of complaining about the guy across from them in the cage, they could just get the KO themselves.

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Bart Jones Free Lunch

Our very own Bart Jones gets might have one of the best Free Lunch videos yet.

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New Analog Hi Res shorts

Analog Hi Res Board Shorts A new design for the 2010 Hi-Res boardshort, the Anahulu Bridge (Rainbow Bridge) is symbolic in Haleiwa and one of the most famous sites on the North Shore of Oahu (other than the waves of course). The Hi Res Boardshorts feature Analog’s typical close attention to detail and flair for [...]

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Banff Park Radio

Kathy and I were recently interviewed by Allan Buckingham, for his “Alpine Authors” program on Banff Park Radio. You can listen to the podcast on the Authors page of our website: http://www.hikingcamping.com/authors.php

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Josh Barnett Signs With Strikeforce

Filed under: Strikeforce, NewsJosh Barnett, who over the past 14 months has slipped from No. 2 heavyweight in mixed martial arts to barely even relevant -- without even losing a fight -- has signed with Strikeforce in an attempt, at age 32, to get some meaningful fights while he still can.

"Strikeforce is the home of the best heavyweight division in the world and I'm proud to be able to call it my home now," Barnett said. "I'm looking forward to competing amongst the greatest fighters in the world and fighting my way to another world title."

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BJ Penn vs. Matt Hughes 3 Expected for UFC 123 on Nov. 20

Former UFC champions BJ Penn and Matt Hughes have agreed to square off for the third time in a welterweight bout that is expected to co-headline UFC 123 on November 20 in Detroit.

UFC 123 is headlined by former light heavyweight champs Quinton ?Rampage? Jackson and Lyoto Machida.

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American River Music Festival this Weekend!

It’s here! The fourth annual American River Music Festival is back for another marathon weekend of great music, good vibes, and all the arts, crafts, tasty food and boogying down you can handle.�� It’s all happening September 17, 18 and 19�just feet away from our home base on the South Fork of the American River. [...]

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TV troubles plague upstart MMA promotions

This week, MMA fans have many option of watching live MMA on television. Of course, depending on where they live and which cable provider they use, they may not have much MMA to watch at all. Shine Fights, who had to make a last-minute venue change after licensing problems arose in Virginia, will not be sold as a pay-per-view on DirecTV. According to MMA Fighting, the one-night tournament in Oklahoma will not be shown because DirecTV is concerned that it will be canceled at the last minute. Shark Fights, the Saturday night card that will feature Keith Jardine's first bout since being cut by the UFC, will also not be shown via DirecTV.  Other cable providers, including Comcast, will still show both events for $29.99.Televison troubles are not limited to pay-per-view events, as Bellator's deal with Fox Sports Net is not the sweetheart deal it appeared to be. In the promotion's (and my) hometown of Chicago, Bellator has been getting the shaft. The fights don't normally air until 11 p.m. local time, well after the fights are over. This week, it's not airing until after midnight, at 12:30 a.m. The only way for MMA fans to combat this is to get loud. If you're a DirecTV subscriber, call or email them to complain. If the Bellator fights were pre-empted by a replay of a Astros-Pirates game, call your local Fox affiliate to tell them this is not OK. 

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Heavy on looks, the 'Ultimate Women Challenge' should get a TV slot

We have no idea if more than a few of the women can actually fight and the show may be absolutely dreadful but it looks like the 'Ultimate Women Challenge' nailed one area. They put together a nice looking collection of women and that may be the only way the show actually makes to its intended destination, NBC. It may not make hardcore MMA fans happy and there will certainly be a good portion of the female MMA community that won't like the show but it's probably taken the right approach. The show, which no surprise appears to be a female version of the UFC's "Ultimate Fighter, was supposed to debut this month. No word yet officially.We tracked down this Tracy Lee photoshoot from what looks like a portion of the show filmed at The Gun Store in Las Vegas. The women are certainly fit and could sell well on television. It also has a big time host in Joanna Krupa of "Dancing with the Stars" fame. Longtime MMA chick Amber Nichole also has a role on the show. That should be a sight. As you can see she's gotten a lot smoother. Nichole's featured in this meeting of the minds with rising MMA media star Skee outside the Throwdown Gym in Las Vegas.

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Maia outgrapples Miranda to unanimous decision at UFC 118

In a battle of two jiu-jitsu geniuses, Demian Maia won by unanimous decision, earning a score of 30-27 on all three judges' cards.  Maia came close to submitting Miranda early, taking him down and applying a choke, but Miranda shook him off his back. The two finished the round off from their feet, but quickly returned to the canvas in the second round. Maia took Miranda down easily early in the round, and showed off why he is one of the sport's best grapplers. Controlling Miranda the entire time, Maia applied both an arm triangle and an arm bar on Miranda, but Miranda was able to defend both.Miranda's coaches -- including UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva -- begged Miranda to "let it go" in the final round, but it didn't happen. Miranda was tentative, and Maia took Miranda down and came close to an arm bar near the end of the round. Miranda spinned out of the attempt, but it was too little, too late. With such great BJJ players fighting, a submission was expected. However, their grappling canceled out, and the fighter who had better control won. This was Maia's first fight back since losing in a title bout to Miranda's coach, Silva. 

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Johnny and the Brat Pack

A 45 day trip yields a lengthy montage with some seriously gnarly Australian shredding.

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Jump for Diabetes 2010- what a blast!

Well, I’ve finally recuperated from a long weekend at Skydive Pennsylvania for the 2nd Annual Jump for Diabetes – just in time for another weekend of skydiving .


Let’s start with the juicy details: between raffles, sponsored jumps and generous donations, we were able to raise nearly $10,000 for diabetes research [...]

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Heavyweight phenom Duffee cut from the UFC

Our last UFC image of Todd Duffee, in the black shortsTodd Duffee's career with the UFC lasted 12 minutes and 39 seconds. The heavyweight who shot into prominence after knocking out Tim Hague in seven seconds was cut from the UFC.The 25-year-old couldn't sustain the meteoric rise that happened after he broke the UFC fastest knockout record. He suffered an injury before a scheduled bout with Paul Buentello at UFC 107. At UFC 114, Duffee beat up on Mike Russow for 2 1/2 rounds before Russow came back to land a perfect right, knocking Duffee out.  Sports Illustrated's Josh Gross reported that there were some problems between UFC president Dana White and Duffee, but that this is hardly the end of Duffee's MMA career. Duffee's manager Alex Davis said that Todd will continue to fight."It's unfortunate, but Todd's an asset and he will keep on fighting. He is a young kid and gets a lot of attention," Davis said.Duffee's appeal to any MMA organization is clear. He's a young and exciting fighter who looks like he was the hero of a 1950s movie about truth, goodness and the American Way. Strikeforce is strongest at heavyweight, so he would be a natural fit there.
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Climbing & Pregnancy: The First Trimester

by Carrie Cooper During my first pregnancy, my doctor told me it wasn’t even safe to ride a bike so I chose to wait till the baby was born to tell her I climbed while I was pregnant. Most people, doctors included, don’t understand rock climbing. But all risks being assessed, and being smart people, [...]

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Crypt Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park

You’ll find Crypt Lake on page 113 of Don’t Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies, the Opinionated Hiking Guide. It’s Trip 22. You’ll also find it on the agenda of every visitor to Waterton Lakes National Park who has any interest in hiking. It’s by far the most popular trip in the park, and [...]

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