Playboard has all 40 minutes of the new Euro video, Barcelona: A Place For Everyone.
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Barcelona: A Place For Everyone
Playboard has all 40 minutes of the new Euro video, Barcelona: A Place For Everyone.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Stevenson vs. Danzig loser could be done with UFC
Joe Stevenson and Mac Danzig are two of the best guys in the UFC. They're both former "Ultimate Fighter" champs as well. That may not mean much for the loser of tomorrow's UFC 124 fight in Montreal. According to Yahoo! Sports' lead MMA writer Kevin Iole, someone's spot in the UFC could be gone after the fight.
There are less roster spots available now that the WEC's fighters have been added to the mix. Stevenson (31-11, 8-5 UFC) is coming off a loss to George Sotiropoulos and has lost two of three fights while Danzig (19-8, 3-4 UFC) has lost four of five. Both could try to drop down 10 pounds and make the featherweight limit, but that option may not be offered.
Brookins says TUF 12's alcohol-related craziness and a broken jaw never made it to air
Season 12 of "The Ultimate Fighter" was deemed a big ratings success. The show accomplished the feat without turning to the bizarre, abhorrent behavior, which had been commonplace in the past. But that doesn't mean the wacky material wasn't there. Apparently, Spike chose to keep that footage out of the finished product. According to TUF 12 champ Jonathan Brookins, there were plenty of shenanigans.
Brookins told ProMMARadio that Jeff Lentz was the wild man of the house.
Lentz served as a sort "Situation" for the TUF house. He was part troublemaker, part gourmet chef. Lentz was an early loser on the show and that meant he could party away the rest of the season. Brookins said it got so bad one night, after Lentz did 26 shots of Jagermeister, that the show's crew had to step in to stop the fighter from doing serious damage to himself.
There was also a scenario similar to the knockout scene from TUF 8. That's when Dave Kaplan asked Tom Lawlor to slug him. The lightweight got starched by Lawlor.
Brookins said something similar happened late in the season when Spencer Paige asked housemates to crack him and see if they could knock him out. Lentz obliged and gave Paige, what Brookins called, a broken jaw.
Lawler has highlight reel KO of Lindland at Strikeforce
ST. LOUIS -- In front of a home crowd, Robbie Lawler took out a legend, knocking out Matt Lindland in 0:57 on Saturday night.
Lawler knocked Lindland out cold with an uppercut followed by a right hook. Lawler grazed Lindland's head while on the ground, but then stopped before throwing the next punch when he saw Lindland was out.
"I didn't expect him to stand with me. I was so worried about takedowns, so I went after it," Lawler said after the fight.
Lindland walked out of the cage on his own after the fight. This is the second time that he's been knocked out frighteningly in two years, as Vitor Belfort took him out in 0:37 at Affliction early in 2009.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
What Would Jacques Do? 100 Years of Oil + Plastic
Jacques Yves Cousteau spent halcyon days gliding above and beneath the ocean. He lived among the largest mammals and sea drift. He was the master educator and voice for the sea. And so, on this, the 100th anniversary of his birth, it is a sorry state of affairs that we cannot celebrate the legacy of [...]
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Without a major fight on the horizon, Couture done fighting for now
Things are going well for Randy Couture. He dominated his last two MMA fights and he's making waves in Hollywood. Sylvester Stallone is pretty good guy to have as a pal.
Stallone's movie "The Expendables" did well at the box office and was just released on DVD. Couture's work on that project helped him land two more roles which should lock up his schedule through the spring of 2011.
"I'm really excited about the movie career and all the other business stuff I've got going on with the supplements, the clothing line, the action figures, the training centers are doing fantastic," Couture told ESPNRadio1100 in Las Vegas. "So I want to focus on those things and enjoy life a little bit. And focus on playing some more characters."
Couture's got three fights left on his UFC deal. He said that's not really an issue. The point of the last seven-fight deal with the UFC was to make sure Couture finished his career with the promotion and wouldn't have to fight somewhere else.
In what turned out to be the most important note to emerge from this interview (3:55 mark), Couture admitted he has not seen the Arianny Celeste spread in Playboy and he never wants to!
California pushes back Sonnen's hearing to 1 p.m. PT; Watch here!
Chael Sonnen's day has finally arrived. He became a national laughingstock when it was revealed that he had tested positive for unusually high levels of testosterone after his UFC 117 loss to Anderson Silva. This was the same Sonnen who had gone on a bizarre rant before his fight about how Lance Armstrong, using performance enhancing drugs, had cheated and gave himself cancer.
Sonnen was due to appear this morning in front of the California State Athletic Commission along with his lawyer Howard Jacobs. The hearing has now been pushed back to 1 p.m. PT and a decision may not come at all today. You can watch the proceedings below.
Mike Chiappetta from Fanhouse got a hold of 100-plus pages of info on the Sonnen case.
According to the documents, on Aug. 6 -- the day of his drug test -- Sonnen admitted to event supervisor Frank Munoz that he had taken testosterone as recently as the day before. In fact, Sonnen listed the substance on a section of the urine sample form in which the party to be tested is asked to divulge any medications or substances he has taken in recent days, including vitamins or minerals. On the forms, the 33-year-old Sonnen listed "1 shot" of testosterone, which he stated he took on Aug. 5, just two days before his title match with Silva.
According to CSAC time lines, Sonnen's urine sample was sent to the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory, received on Aug. 10 and testing procedures began on Aug. 13.
On Sept. 2, the lab informed the CSAC that Sonnen's testosterone to epitestosterone ratio (T/E) tested at 16.9. Though testosterone is naturally occurring in the human body, that number is well above the T/E threshold ratio of 4.0. A follow-up carbon isotope analysis was conducted on Sept. 7, with the finding that the test results were consistent with the administration of a steroid. The lab subsequently sent the CSAC 66 pages of documentation with the intent of scientifically supporting their findings, establishing chain of custody of the specimen and proving the sample's integrity was maintained throughout the process.
This is only some of the documentation and very little from Sonnen's side.
Watch Kalib Run says Sonnen's suspension should be upheld. Yahoo! Sports' lead MMA writer Kevin Iole isn't ready to throw the book at Sonnen.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
UFC may want to keep an eye on future Falcao fights
The adrenaline's pumping. It's finish or be finished in the cage. The action in the Octagon can push combatants to the brink mentally, so if a fighter throws a few extra punches to close out a fight or holds onto a submission for a split second too long it's understandable.
Then there's cases like Paul Daley, Renato "Babalu" Sobral and Rousimar Palhares.
Daley and Babalu were dumped from the UFC for dirty tactics. Daley sucker punched Josh Koscheck just seconds after their bout ended while Babalu refused to let go off a rear naked choke he had locked onto David Heath. Palhares wasn't fired but he was suspended for refusing to let go of a leg lock for a few seconds against Alessio Sakara at UFC 111.
UFC 123 was close to having a similar situation unfold when Maiquel Falcao seemed unwilling to let go of a choke he had slapped on Gerald Harris. Two issues saved Falcao from being labeled a dirty fighter. There was a major clock snafu. The round was ended six seconds prematurely, and Harris came close to tapping on several occasions.
"He tapped out in three different occasions, hiding it. It was a new thing for me, it was the first time I got three wins on the same bout," Falcao told Tatame.com. "On the first round, he tapped out the first time when he was on the four points position, then he tapped out again in the end of the first round, when I got him on the rear naked choke with his body turned up, and on the third round he tapped out again on a rear naked choke."
That's a plausible explanation, but there is one troubling issue with Falcao. Just like Palhares, he has a history of ignoring officials in the cage at the end of fights. This 2007 fight in Brazil is pretty disturbing. There's no clock malfunction or confusion about the fact that the fight is over, yet Falcao keeps pounding away (0:17 mark) as the referee is trying to pull him off the battered fighter.
It's unlikely Falcao will pull something like this in the UFC, but the promotion and officials on hand need to show a little extra care around his future fights.
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Josh Koscheck Hypes Fight on ESPN, Predicts Early Knockout
by Michael David SmithJosh Koscheck's appearance on ESP
N Wednesday morning was a good example of the right way for a fighter to sell his upcoming fight to an audience that might be on the fence about watching it, as he promised in a SportsCenter interview to deliver the kind of exciting finish that casual fans are hoping to see when they decide whether to buy a pay-per-view.
"I believe that I'm going to win this fight," Koscheck said. "I'm going to knock Georges St. Pierre out, either in Round 2 or 3."
Koscheck has spent plenty of time talking to the MMA media in the lead-up to this fight, but those interviews aren't as important to the UFC's bottom line: If you're an MMA fan, you're going to buy UFC 124 whether you see a Koscheck interview or not. Much more important is the kind of interview like Koscheck had on SportsCenter, where he was talking to fans who don't regularly watch the UFC.
N Wednesday morning was a good example of the right way for a fighter to sell his upcoming fight to an audience that might be on the fence about watching it, as he promised in a SportsCenter interview to deliver the kind of exciting finish that casual fans are hoping to see when they decide whether to buy a pay-per-view."I believe that I'm going to win this fight," Koscheck said. "I'm going to knock Georges St. Pierre out, either in Round 2 or 3."
Koscheck has spent plenty of time talking to the MMA media in the lead-up to this fight, but those interviews aren't as important to the UFC's bottom line: If you're an MMA fan, you're going to buy UFC 124 whether you see a Koscheck interview or not. Much more important is the kind of interview like Koscheck had on SportsCenter, where he was talking to fans who don't regularly watch the UFC.
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First bouldering at Stanage Plantation, Derbyshire, UK
Location: Stanage Plantation
Date: Sunday 27 July
Sunday shone this weekend. A planned trip to the gym was quickly canned and instead we made a trip out to a new bouldering spot. After a recommendation that Stanage plantation had some good climbing (thanks Jonny!) we checked my bouldering guide book and set out.
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Date: Sunday 27 July
Sunday shone this weekend. A planned trip to the gym was quickly canned and instead we made a trip out to a new bouldering spot. After a recommendation that Stanage plantation had some good climbing (thanks Jonny!) we checked my bouldering guide book and set out.
If you’re reading this wondering [...]
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Mat Kinsman in Cakebread Mews
Mat Kinsman's Cakebread Mews part is on point. I'd be so stoked to find that bank to dumpster...
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Animal Skimbo Longsleeve Shirt ? Raven
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Brookins philosophical about opportunity in front of him
You're not going to hear anything about "going to war" or "ripping someone's head off" when Jonathan Brookins discusses his approach to fighting. Nor is he going to brag about his abilities. He certainly can, though, after emerging as one of the top prospects on Season 12 of "The Ultimate Fighter" along with Michael Johnson, his opponent Saturday night.
Brookins admitted that he got matched up with the right coach on TUF 12. Georges St. Pierre's thinking man's approach meshed nicely with his game.
"I think what was starting to happen is like we were starting to kind of be – you know you're kind of locked up, and we were beginning to kind of be [cultured] from these people from all over the world. And it became kind of like, you almost didn't want to brag to the other team, you almost kind of had something to brag about," Brookins said during the TUF 12 teleconference.
St. Pierre brought in American boxing trainer Freddie Roach, French muay thai savant Jean-Charles Skarbowsky and his jiu-jitsu expert John Danaher, a Brit, who was heavy on the cerebral side of fighting.
"What these guys would kind of start to notice real fast that like they're getting the same guys from, you know, one school, and there's no variety," said Brookins.
Josh Koscheck's team worked exclusively with fighters and coaches from the San Jose-based American Kickboxing Academy.
"And so you can kind of tell kind of quick that we were getting a better coaching staff than the other team."
It only added to Brookins' unique view of the sport."I think the biggest thing that I took from it was just my mental outlook towards fighting. You know everything that I learned is going to – you know, on the physical front, you know, I realized after the show is going to take me years to kind of perfect and to really kind of understand, because that's how long it kind of takes, but – you know, but the way that I perceive the sport, the way I go about it, was changed completely by that set of coaches, and I was really thankful for that," said Brookins.
After the taping of the show, Brookins returned home to Orlando to train out of Gracie-Barra Academy. Johnson took a different approach bouncing around a bit. He spent three weeks at Jackson's Submission Fighting in Albuquerque and got the chance to work with experienced fighters like Donald Cerrone, Diego Sanchez and Carlos Condit.Video courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel
Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Sobral is not quite as expected
Just a week ago, Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Sobral was set with Alistair Overeem's brother's Strikeforce debut against Antonio Silva, Herschel Walker's second MMA fight, and a showcase for local favorite Jesse Finney.
Scrap that. Now, the card has a completely different look. Valentijn Overeem, Walker and Finney have all been scratched from the card because of injury.
Now, Mike Kyle has stepped in to face Silva, so one fight is salvaged, but the card has a vastly different look than it did just one week ago.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Michael Johnson Looks Back on TUF 12, Forward Toward Finale
by Michael David Smith
On this week's episode of The Ultimate Fighter, Michael Johnson defeated Nam Phan by split decision, earning a spot on Saturday night's Ultimate Fighter Finale card, where he'll face Jonathan Brookins to see who will be the winner of this season of the UFC's reality show.
In his weekly interview with MMAFighting.com, Johnson discussed his fight with Phan, Brookins' unanimous decision victory over Kyle Watson, and his preparation for Saturday night's fight, which has included training with Greg Jackson's camp in Albuquerque.
The interview is below.
On this week's episode of The Ultimate Fighter, Michael Johnson defeated Nam Phan by split decision, earning a spot on Saturday night's Ultimate Fighter Finale card, where he'll face Jonathan Brookins to see who will be the winner of this season of the UFC's reality show.In his weekly interview with MMAFighting.com, Johnson discussed his fight with Phan, Brookins' unanimous decision victory over Kyle Watson, and his preparation for Saturday night's fight, which has included training with Greg Jackson's camp in Albuquerque.
The interview is below.
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Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale Fighter Salaries
The established veterans on the card, Demian Maia and Stephan Bonnar, made $80,000 and $62,000, respectively, for their wins at Saturday's The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale at the Pearl in Las Vegas.Jonathan Brookins, who won the main event and TUF 12 title, earned $16,000. All the TUF 12 contestants on the card earned $8,000 to show and a $8,000 bonus if victorious.
Below are the salaries for all the fighters, courtesy of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
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And then there was one.
Well, it’s happened.� You’ve seen another California rafting season�wear down to brass tacks.� The Middle Fork has joined its bretheren at the river retirement home and now only the brave South Fork of the American soldiers on. We admit it–there’s nothing like a summer rafting trip with blazing temps and sunburned kids running all over [...]
Sunday, December 5, 2010
My 6th Slalomevent at Sotavento
The third PWA Slalom of the 2010 season here at Fuerteventura saw a lot of different conditions while 5 days of competition. From 40 knots down to 15 knots, which are relatively unusual for Sotavento at this period of the time. It�s over for 3 days already. We sailed 10 full rounds. I finished 36th [...]
Training and a trip to Thailand helps national columnist change his tune on MMA
Mike Freeman used to judge mixed martial arts on two things - Dana White's rants and the loudest, most obnoxious fans who lurk on message boards. He trashed White and the sport calling it garbage in an Apr. 2009 column.
Then, unlike most national columnists and scribes stuck in the 70's, Freeman actually took the time to look into the sport a little more.
The CBSSports' writer made a trip to a local training center to see what mixed martial arts was all about. Working at the same gym as the UFC's Miller brothers, the AMA Fight Club in Whippany, N.J., Freeman fell in love. In a recent column, he wrote:
I remember the first time I got punched hard. These are the things you don't soon forget.
It was during one of my first sparring sessions in New Jersey. The guy I was sparring was a bit of a bully, known for going hard at newer students. He hit me with a solid right cross. For a moment, I saw stars. They danced in my head and disappeared suddenly after he hit me hard again, this time with a left hook. The stars were gone, but the pain in my face wasn't.
That moment made me angry rather than fearful and I trained twice as hard. I wasn't going to be battered again. Sparring again about two months later, he and I got into it in the center of the mat -- a hardcore brawl exacerbated by the presence of his girlfriend, who he wanted to show off for. No technique, just punches and kicks thrown with abandon. None of his punches got through my defenses. My switch-kick and overhand penetrated his. He backed off. He never tried to bully me again.
That was it. I was hooked. It wasn't that I inflicted damage on another human being. Some people love that part of fighting. I'm the opposite. I enjoy taking another man's best kicks and punches and still standing.
Freeman took things to the next level with a trip Thailand where he trained with some of the best Muay Thai practioners in the world. He got a look at what truly drives most people to fight. It's certainly not the money.
Freeman joined ESPNRadio1100 in Las Vegas to recap his trip and talk about his column.
State of the Strikeforce Lightweights
by Michael David Smith
Strikeforce has a lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez, whose only fight in 2010 was a win over the lightweight champion of Dream, Shinya Aoki, and who keeps talking about his desire to fight the lightweight champion of Bellator, Eddie Alvarez. So doesn't Strikeforce have any of its own lightweights for its champion to fight?
No, not really. At least not right now, where the best fight for Melendez really would be outside the organization. But as we look at the state of the Strikeforce lightweights below, we'll examine whether the promotion can beef up its lightweight roster and make bigger things happen in 2011.
Strikeforce has a lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez, whose only fight in 2010 was a win over the lightweight champion of Dream, Shinya Aoki, and who keeps talking about his desire to fight the lightweight champion of Bellator, Eddie Alvarez. So doesn't Strikeforce have any of its own lightweights for its champion to fight?No, not really. At least not right now, where the best fight for Melendez really would be outside the organization. But as we look at the state of the Strikeforce lightweights below, we'll examine whether the promotion can beef up its lightweight roster and make bigger things happen in 2011.
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