After confirming their fight on Twitter, Pat Barry and Joey Beltran went about hyping up the bout that will take place at the Fight for the Troops on Jan. 22.
See? You don't have to threaten each other's lives, threaten to lick blood off them, or make up t-shirts. Calmly promising to put on a good fight is much more productive and less likely to cause odd stares from friends.
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Here is a throwaway montage from the upcoming video Mama's Boys. Looks like the video will be real good.
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Sometime in the near future Eddie Alvarez and Gilbert Melendez need to fight but the possibility of that lightweight showdown taking place looks more bleak by the day. That's because boxing's nasty habit is sneaking into the world of mixed martial arts.
The sweet science crippled itself in the 90's by denying fans their desired megafights because promoters Don King and Bob Arum couldn't co-exist.
Imagine what their battles would've been like if there had been dozens of Internet boxing radio shows, Twitter and Facebook. Could the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather discussions go any worse? Sure they could if Bob Arum and Camp Mayweather decided to smash each other daily on the Internet.
That's exactly what's happening with the proposed Alvarez-Melendez fight.
Bellator's Bjorn Rebney, the promoter for Alvarez, fired the first shot saying that Strikeforce's Scott Coker didn't want to make the fight. On Sherdog's Savage Dog Show, Coker said he didn't enjoy the discussion taking place through the media.
"Bjorn’s saying he’s texting me 11, 12 times an hour. I’m not sure if he’s trying to be a level-five clinger or anything like that, but I haven’t received one text from the guy," Coker said. "I’m not sure what the motivation is, but maybe it’s just his way of staying in the media, staying in the press."
Rebney wasn't pleased, so he released the actual texts (pictured).
Then Strikeforce's P.R. chief Mike Afromowitz said that's Coker's old phone number. Texts aside, Coker went on to say Bellator is in a position of weakness. They need him more than he needs them.
"I understand why he wants to do it so badly. Who is there left for Eddie Alvarez to fight; honestly, that has any relevance? That's why he wants this to happen," said Coker. "We're busy guys. We've got some great fights we're going to put together next year."
Coker said one of those fights may be sooner than that. He's working on getting Melendez to Japan to rematch against Aoki on New Year's Eve.
Rebney and Alvarez have also gotten under Coker's skin by saying Melendez is avoiding the fight.
"Let’s face it: Gilbert’s fought everybody," Coker said. "He beat the guy that Eddie lost to (Aoki). For them to say, ‘Oh, Gilbert’s ducking him’ -- come on, let’s be real. Gilbert has ducked nobody and neither has Eddie. These are two great fighters. The thing is, if Bjorn’s serious about doing this, then there has to be a business component that has to be worked out. Unfortunately, that hasn’t started yet. It’s just been a bunch of stuff in the media. He’s chosen the media to use it as a platform to try to push this thing along, but I think it’s maybe a PR move."
Rebney is the guy who needs to get this thing back on track. Whatever happened to dialing the phone, and actually speaking to someone? Unless he does that or gets out to Northern California to discuss things, he may be turning Alvarez into a worthless commodity.
Listen here for entire interview (1:43:58 mark)
If you've ever wondered "What's up with the local scene in Finland?' Wonder no more. Mortal Wombat is 14 minutes of jib heavy scando-action.
Mortal Wombat snowboarding movie from Eemeli Hepola on Vimeo.
Source: http://www.frqncy.com/news/2010/11/04/mortal-wombat-a-video-from-finland
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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/10/23/ufc-121-diego-sanchez-beats-paulo-thiago-in-a-great-fight/
Global Skateboarding has the 20 minute DC Spain video entitled D�as de Calle.
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Jake Shields debut in the UFC was not flashy, but it got the job done as he won the split decision over Martin Kampmann at UFC 121. The judges saw the fight 28-29, 30-27, 29-28 for Shields in Anaheim on Saturday.
As expected, Shields took Kampmann down quickly to start the fight, and worked diligently there until the final minute of the round. Shields used leg kicks to keep Kampmann from closing the distance, and tried for another takedown as the round ended.
Shields continued to show his grappling game in the second round, controlling Kampmann on the ground. Kampmann was able to inflict some damage, twice hitting Shields in the face with knees while the two were clinched up. But when on the ground, Shields ruled the round, passing Kampmann's guard with ease. Shields slowed his pace in this round.
A gassed Shields had trouble getting Kampmann to the ground in the final round. When it finally happened, Shields continued to outgrapple Kampmann, but the pace of the fight was slow. Kampmann never really was able to take control of the fight away from Shields, and didn't unload in stand-up as he is able to do.
Though Shields, the Strikeforce middleweight champ who vacated his belt to sign with the UFC, had fought at welterweight in the past, his last fights for Strikeforce were at middleweight with last welterweight bout was in 2008 against Paul Daley. The cut down to welterweight appeared to be a bad one, because he had no problem fighting for five rounds in his April title defense with Dan Henderson.
Shields was supposed to be guaranteed a title shot with a win over Kampmann, but this bout raises two questions. One, was the win good enough to earn the title shot, and two, can Shields fight at 170 lbs.?
n a one-sided beat-down of Patrick Cote on the first televised bout of Saturday's UFC 121 fight card, dominating Cote on the ground for three rounds on the way to an easy -- and not particularly exciting -- unanimous decision.
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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/10/23/ufc-121-tom-lawlor-dominates-patrick-cote/
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Most of us know, if you search hard enough on the Internet, you can view just about anything you want in the world of sports. That includes fighting pay-per-views. But it does take some work and patience. Unless you just go to your local paper and its website provides an easy path. That's what happened this weekend at the San Francisco Chronicle's website. A link to a free stream of UFC 121 was featured in on top-10 most-read list.
UPDATE: There was a good explanation behind the link appearing on major websites across the country and the Chronicle. PRWeb was hacked. As we thought, there was no agenda on the part of the paper.
According to FightOpinion.com, the link pointed to this release from something called PRWeb:
New York, NY (PRWEB) October 23, 2010
Watch UFC 121 live Stream including Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez, Kampmann vs Shields, Hamill vs Ortiz, Sanchez vs Thiago, Gonzaga vs Schaub.
Are you a huge fan of UFC 121? Want to know how to watch UFC 121 live online free? Simply download the new award-winning TV software, Satellite Direct, and watch UFC 121 on your PC. UFC 121 will take place at 10:00 PM EDT at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. Over 660,000 fans have been using the software to watch UFC 121 online. So get connected and watch the entire UFC 121 MMA event, including the pre and post show, and all UFC 121 fight cards!
The conspiracy theorists were howling that this may have had something to do with the little tiff between the newspaper and UFC president Dana White before UFC 117. Via Twitter, White shredded the bosses at the paper for allegedly telling the UFC PR department that it wasn't covering the event and doing so in rude fashion.
The philosophical battle between the newspaper and the fight promotion became good message-board fodder over at sportsjournalists.com. Most of the commenters supported the Chronicle's stance on MMA. And after Cain Velasquez downed Brock Lesnar, you even had a few commenters suggest that the fight was fixed.
The story now is this link that spent a good time on the Chronicle's website. I'm 99 percent certain that it was simply an error. That said, the UFC, which is very bullish on making sure its product is paid for, has to look into how this happened.
Tip via FightOpinion.com
The Fight Network presents a recap from Bellator 34 on Thursday night featuring the finals of the female flyweight tournament as Megumi Fujii battled Zoila Frausto, while Hector Lombard defended the Bellator middleweight title against tournament winner Alexander Shlemenko.Source: http://mmalice.com/bellator/bellator-34-fight-highlights-recap-video_7897a5489.html
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When it comes to pound-for-pound rankings, the biggest question is always how to deal with heavyweights. Some people think a pound-for-pound list should never include any heavyweight champions at all. Others say if you're the heavyweight champ, you belong in the Top 10, just as the champions at bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight belong.
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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/11/01/mma-top-10-pound-for-pound-cain-velasquez-belongs/
You have until November 22nd to learn as much Australian slang as possible and leave it in a comment on the Black Box facebook page in Dennis Durrant's 'Oz-tacular Vernacular' Contest.
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With the UFC eating up the WEC at the end of the year, it's worth looking back at the WEC history, including the men who fought in the WEC. Starting in 2001, the WEC has hosted fight legends of the past and superstars of the future. But there are some surprises in the list:
5. Brandon Vera: His best known fight was an upset of Frank Mir, but Vera made his mark on the WEC's heavyweight division early in his career. He scored a TKO over Mike Whitehead and knocked out Andre Mussi at WEC 13.
4. Nick Diaz: Before Stockton's finest fought in the UFC and then became the Strikeforce champ, a young Diaz fought at WEC 6. Sharing the card with future opponent Frank Shamrock, Diaz submitted Joe Hurley with a kimura in less than two minutes.
3. Shane Carwin: The UFC heavyweight contender made his MMA debut in the WEC, scoring a submission by strikes over Carlton Jones at WEC 17.
2. Frank Shamrock: In between his bouts with the UFC and EliteXC/Strikeforce, Shamrock took his submission magic to the WEC. Fighting on WEC 6 in 2003, Shamrock armbarred Bryan Pardoe in under two minutes.
1. Dan Severn: The UFC Hall-of-Famer also holds a special place in WEC history. As the main event on the WEC's first card in 2001, Severn beat Travis Fulton -- the man with more than 250 fights under his belt -- in a decision.
Jose Aldo has set the standard at 145 pounds but the featherweight division isn't without hope now that it's part of the UFC. There are no financial limitations when it comes to bringing in talent from outside the organization and now the UFC has little more ammo to work with when pitching its smaller lightweights that it may be time to drop a weight class.
Top candidates to bolster the 145-pound roster
1. Clay Guida
2. Jim Miller
3. Joe Stevenson
4. Mark Bocek
5. Cole Miller
Others with UFC and outside the promotion: Matt Wiman, Mac Danzig, Nik Lentz, Efrain Escudero, Marlon Sandro.
Brock Lesnar can have his beard. And Fedor Emelianenko, you keep the sweaters. Those guys may have the biggest names amongst MMA heavyweights, but neither has an awesome tribute song like Alistair Overeem.
Excellent job on the vocals The Garv, we think. Whoever it is can certainly give the Bud Light mullet guy a run for his money.
If you're not into horses defecating, the end is NSFY.
Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/10/31/happy-halloween-from-mmafighting-com/
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Frank Mir, Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar aren't training for a bout at the moment, so what are they doing with their time? Getting attacked by dogs, of course. All three volunteered at the Las Vegas Police Canine Trial, an event where canine dogs compete to show who can bite the best. Their job consisted of standing pat while trained police dogs ran them down and took a bite.
What experience do they have that qualifies them for this job? "I fought a giraffe once," Griffin said. Not to mention, their jobs as mixed martial artists gives them a pretty good idea on how to remain calm when someone is coming at you.
