couture taps out (http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/couture-exclusive-never-say-never-14266)

wonder how much $$$ he lost paying lawyers + lost revenue for fights.

he had 2 fights remaining on his contract. could have fought big nog, then mir or werdum and he would have been free to arrange a fight with fedor. would have been a great way to go out. instead, baTTles in the courtroom well over a year, then adds a 3rd fight with UFC. thus, leaving it up to dana once again to get fedor.

looks like the UFC heavyweights is seTTing up like this: brock vs couture, mir vs nog, winners square off for undisputed champion

got some news for couture, he is not beating brock and nog back to back. so then would fedor come for a non-TiTle fight?

in a perfect world, it would be undisputed UFC champion vs winner of AA/barneTT vs fedor for champion of the universe. but who wants to see fedor pound nog's face for a 3rd time? but man would that make the UFC look weak after nog runs through the heavyweights.

interesting quote by couture:

"I know he�s expressed interest in this fight,� Couture told reporters Tuesday, �but I think if people are to take him seriously and give him credit as the number-one heavyweight in the world, then he needs to come fight me. That makes sense to me."

take him seriously? he crushed big tim and big nog twice. former UFC champ and current interim there couture.


anyways... couture vs brock will probably draw the biggest pay-per-views EVER

randy was on Mike and Mike this morning but I missed it.

Chuck got Knocked the F out

wow... just saw it. and yes, he certainly did

and Hammil got picked a part. But there's nowhere for Rich to go cuse he'll never beat the Spider

RIP Evan Tanner (http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ys-mmaweektanner090808&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)

first of all.. Evan Tanner was a beast at one time. Seemed like a cool dude too.... Its sad to see him have to go out to the middle of nowhere desert just to get away from it all. I guess times are tough. I cant say I blame the guy. RIP.

now....


and Hammil got picked a part. But there's nowhere for Rich to go cuse he'll never beat the Spider



No one will beat the Spider. Silva will be champ as long as he decides to fight. Dude is crazy hard.

and Chuck, wow, I wonder how his face feels today?!? :eek: Chuck "Iced-man" Liddell. One of the top five knockouts I've ever seen live... and Rashad has another in that category too. I think Sean Salmon may still be laying on the ground from that kick. :o

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll38/juffman/liddell.jpg

fight of the night - pellegrino v tavares is on ufc.com

tavares taps in the 2nd but i guess the ref didnt think he was serious

I didn't see it in real time but it def looked like a tap in slow mo., but pellegrino won anyways

Fight Night Live tomorrow....

I really want to see Guida vs. Danzig... could be a good one.
Neer vs. Nate Diaz..

oh, and Houston the Assassin Alexander in his hometown, or at least where he lives/trains out of. Dude is crazy hard, hopefully he can avenge his last couple fights and pull out something like he did to Alessio or Keith Jardine.

He punished Jardine.

he punished Alessio too. two combined knockouts in less than 2:00... thats intense. then he goes and gets himself knocked out by Irvin in something like 8 seconds

I hope the striking with "twisting knees to the face" Houston Alexander shows up. hes way cooler than the "swing and miss and get your block rocked" version.

So long Houston Alexander. I thought he had it locked down too. Schafer was rocked. Houston taps with 9 seconds left.

14 seconnds and kimbo slice is out
amazing showing by the silverback

And Kimbo Slice's 15 minutes of fame are up.

How was beer fest

if you have an extra 20 seconds today...

Kimbo Beatdown (http://www.mmalinker.com/xExternal.php?vidid=9118)

the 2nd one shows the full fight, the 3rd shows the knockdown... his chin may be worse than thompson's

drunken good time as always

Leben vs. Bisping... I'll take Leben but this could be good.

Jardine vs. Vera... the TRUTH hurts. Vera wont get his side destroyed like Chuck did.

Sokoudjou, Lytle, and a few others fight as well... all free on Spike.

And while we're at it I cant wait to see the Spider rack another destruction in the UFC next weekend. Cote's a beast but no one can match Anderson, no one.

from yahoo.com

Elite XC, which produced seven of the 10 most-watched MMA matches in U.S. history on two CBS specials in recent months, will be closing its doors at the end of the week, leaving a roster of fighters, including top-draws Kimbo Slice and Gina Carano, looking for work in a constricted environment.

Elite XC joins the International Fight League and Bodog Fight as high-profile competitors to the industry leader, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, to fold during the past year.

With deals with CBS and Showtime, the latter a major shareholder, Elite XC had the exposure the other failed challengers lacked, but lost more than $55 million in its two years of operation. Its losses included having a bad television deal in the first year with Showtime, causing them to lose money on every show; losing millions on trying, and failing, to build a website that was designed to be a destination for the MMA community; and purchasing four promotions outright and putting money into a fifth.

One of them, the U.K.-based Cage Rage promotion, set them back $18 million in losses.

�I got a call earlier [Monday] telling me they were shutting down,� said Frank Shamrock, who was a television commentator, a main event fighter and a shareholder in the promotion.

Elite XC�s two biggest attractions, Slice and Carano, are unlikely to be moving to the sport�s highest-profile group. UFC president Dana White has repeatedly said he won�t use Slice, who made his reputation as a backyard streetfighter on YouTube videos but is not the caliber of even a mid-level MMA pro. White also has said he�s not interested in promoting women�s fighting, although Carano�s success as a draw may cause him to reconsider. Her match with Kelly Kobold two weeks ago ended up adding more new viewers than any MMA match on television in the U.S.

Several agents for fighters have been in contact all day with the UFC. Some, like welterweight champion Jake Shields, would be welcomed into the promotion.

It had been widely known that due to the losses, and the inability to raise new capital, that the Elite XC would either be sold to Showtime or be forced to fold by the end of the year. Others within the company said bankruptcy papers would be filed.

Kelly Kahl, the CBS senior executive vice president of programming operations who oversaw the three Elite XC events on the station, declined to comment on the situation.

It is not known if CBS will start its own MMA company or strike a deal with one of the two companies left standing, the UFC or Affliction. Affliction was a sponsor and co-promoter of the Oct. 4 show, paying for the Andrei Arlovski-Roy Nelson match. The other active match promotion, Strikeforce, has a late night television deal with NBC, which has had preliminary talks with the company about doing live events.

The Elite XC sale was believed to be close to completion heading into the Oct. 4 show on CBS. The show was a ratings success, beating both Major League Baseball playoff games and both major college football games in the target male 18-49 demographic, but left the brand tainted due to a controversy stemming from the main event.

CBS funded the event because Elite XC didn�t have the money to continue while negotiations for the sale continued.

Ken Shamrock, scheduled as the opponent of Slice, got into a money argument with Elite XC officials before the show, and then, to blow off steam, did a training session in which he suffered a cut above his eye that required stitches. When he returned from the hospital, the Florida State Boxing Commission wouldn�t allow him to fight.

Seth Petruzelli, a journeyman fighter in a light heavyweight preliminary match, was chosen as the fill-in opponent for the 236-pound Slice, and the scenario couldn�t have gone worse, as Slice charged in, Petruzelli threw a jab on one leg and still knocked Slice down, and finished him with punches on the ground in 14 seconds.

While CBS officials were thrilled with the ratings, a controversy over a radio interview done by Petruzelli looks to have foiled the purchase.

�The promoters kind of hinted to me and they gave me the money to stand and trade with him,� Petruzelli said two days after the fight on �The Monsters in Orlando� radio show. �They didn�t want me to take him down.

�Let�s just put it that way. It was worth my while to try and stand up and punch with him.�

The next day Petruzelli said that what he meant was that he was offered a bonus for a knockout. Jeremy Lappen the head of operations for Elite XC confirmed Petruzelli got a knockout bonus, believed to be between $20,000 and $30,000 to go along with his $35,000 guarantee and $15,000 win bonus, but not a submission bonus.

A media outcry followed, with accusations a company official tried to manipulate the fight in favor of Slice, even though it backfired, leading to an investigation by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations. The question was whether Petruzelli was offered a bonus to not take Slice down, which would be illegal, as opposed to a knockout bonus, which is legal and not uncommon.

With the investigation started, Showtime pulled out of negotiations and people inside the company were being told all day that Elite XC was shutting down.

Keith Kizer, executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, said Monday that he had not received word that the next show, scheduled for Nov. 8, in Reno, Nev., had been canceled.

But the website Graciefighter.com, which represents Cesar Gracie, the manager of Nick Diaz, who was scheduled to fight next month, wrote Monday night, �We are confirming that Elite XC has folded. What this means for our fans and supporters is that there will not be a Nick Diaz vs. Eddie Alvarez fight on Nov. 8.�

I thought Leben was getn big pretty fast

i knew something was up when i saw that haircuTT...

nothing like geTTing stomped then failing the TesT, all in a weekend

mad upsets at WEC 36, watch it on the replay this week

hopefully filho gets stripped of his TiTle... looked like he had a couple grande meals from the bell before he got in the ring, and apparently before weigh-in also

only thing bad about this is we won't see the diaz / alvarez fight. i always enjoy diaz geTTing bloodied up

Faber v. Brown= wow
What was up with that elbow attempt

hopefully filho gets stripped of his TiTle... looked like he had a couple grande meals from the bell before he got in the ring, and apparently before weigh-in also



WTF was he looking at during the fight someone must've been picking at his post-fight snack. I think I could've stood there and throw maybe 10 punches all fight

garcia is a beast now that he dropped down a division... pummeled pulver.

faber will win the rematch with brown and then an epic clash between garcia and faber.

Faber v. Brown= wow
What was up with that elbow attempt



faber apparently thought he was the spider for a second, he wont make that mistake again (i.e. at least a year)

garcia has some power. Pulver seems to be losing his

Faber seemed rocked before that and was desperate. Sloppy

it wont get any easier for faber, rumors are jose aldo (http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Jose-Aldo-11506) up next. maybe garcia will go straight to brown next fight...

wow, lesnar is a bull.

and, big surprise, fedor's camp is talking about a possible matchup (http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/fedor-and-co-target-lesnar-15219). of course much like couture this will probably never come to fruition. hopefully we will see big nog take mir out and then see nog take 45 lesnar hammerfists to the dome before he armbars the 285 lb bull.

i feel bad for randy. could have stayed in the ufc for his final 2 fights, one would have been big nog (a much beTTer matchup), then fought fedor after his release. instead, he tries to fight the ufc, loses over a year of fight eligibility, and has to fight a younger, quicker, stronger, much heavier wrestler. and now he will probably never get the fight with fedor, guessing he didnt foresee things working out quite like that

Dammmmmmmmn

http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=62fb2fa1-f2d5-41ee-b371-820f25726368

That was awful. I almost puked when I saw the replay.

Anyone see the fight last night when the guy got a arm bar put on him and did not tap?

well if you missed it

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7oyj2_troops-huscan_sport

I saw this last night...was nasty and the vid link doesn't do it the nauseating justice that the TV did.

these guys who refuse to tap are idiots. maTT hughes claimed he would never tap... but then he verbally submiTTed. there's guys in ju-jitsu tournies that get dislocated and refuse to tap. idiots.

lineup finalized (http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/affliction-finalizes-jan-24-lineup-15534)

Pay-per-view lineup:

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski
Josh Barnett vs. Gilbert Yvel
Vitor Belfort vs. Matt Lindland
Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
Paul Buentello vs. Kirill Sidelnikov

HDNet Fights lineup:

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
Jay Hieron vs. Jason High
Mark Hominick vs. L.C. Davis
Albert Rios vs. Antonio Duarte
Brett Cooper vs. Patrick Speight

This stuff is ADDICTING...and this coming from a guy who has NEVER been in a knock-down/drag-out fight. I can't sleep immediately after viewing...am just too adrenalinized-up! :cool:

5 days away

in the meantime, salute to wanderlei... a Top Ten (http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/wanderleis-10-most-vicious-maulings-15570)

guess who makes the list twice (in the top 3)? watch those knees rampage

K-1 Premium 2008 Dynamite!! (http://k-1sport.de/en/database/show_tournament.php?id=640)

aoki vs alvarez
jz vs hellboy
crocop vs hong kong fuey
overeem vs bad hair

crocop ducks overeem again...

Should have Ducked that kick by Gonzaga too.

http://www.worldofcombat.net/fedor-emelianenko-vs-andrei-arlovski-fight-video.html

http://www.worldofcombat.net/fedor-emelianenko-vs-andrei-arlovski-fight-video.html




It only takes one

fedor is GOD... all must bow before thee


fedor vs barneTT next?

He's got DYNAMITE in his hands.

fedor is GOD... all must bow before thee


fedor vs barneTT next?



Babyface

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/pictures/20090126022734_IMG_8343.JPG

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/pictures/20090126022734_IMG_8344.JPG

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/pictures/20090126022813_IMG_8356.JPG

http://www.cdn.sherdog.com/_images/pictures/20090126022813_IMG_8366.JPG

knock out.

knock out.




You see the other guy who had his leg twitching? That guy was messed up.

Poor BJ Penn. He is goona get dominated by a Canuck!

watch your mouf

hey, I like the little Hawaiian warrior too. But GSP is one tough Canadian...mmmm....North American.

Anyone ever see the movie called "Candian Bacon" :D

one of Candy's last

The legend has died

http://sherdog.com/pictures/event/pictures-a-legends-last-wish-15988

jiu-jitsu masta (http://mixedmartialartvideos.com/2009/01/29/rip-helio-gracie-1913-2009/)

Did GSP cheat? (http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/mma_experts/post/Did-GSP-s-corner-cheat-to-give-him-an-edge-?urn=mma,138156)

Regardless of what his trainer did it would not have helped a over powered Baby-J :eek:

Saw a video and thought I'd share:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1900388

Also, no one's talking about the Pro Elite / Strikeforce deal? I'm stoked, we'll get to see a bunch of these fighters that have been in limbo for months.
http://www.strikeforce.com/news/News.asp?story_id=121

aoki vs mach (http://www.mmalinker.com/viewer/14485/i/DREAM_8_Shinya_Aoki_vs_Hayato_Sakurai.html) . . . knees to the face

said it once and ill say it agian... lesnar is a [censored] bull

fedor beats barneTT then fedor vs lesnar for champion of the universe?

we'll see

from Bellator Tourney which eddie alvarez ended up winning

http://www.mmashare.com/bellator-5-jorge-masvidal-vs-toby-imada-t5969.html

takes awhile to load, switch to standard quality if you dont have the patience. good fight, great ending

sick sun

said it once and ill say it agian... lesnar is a [censored] bull

I enjoyed The Brock Lesner show. He beat the crap out of Mir. Mir is one of those unique individuals that are easy to like and easy to dislike, so it's just as easy to enjoy Mir heel-hooking Brock in the first fight to show how much Lesner isn't ready, as it is to enjoy watching Mir get his arse handed to him in an equivocable beat-down.

I didn't mind Brock flipping off the crowd at all, because they started booing him before he even really said anything after the fight. He just avenged a loss to guy who likes to talk, and he totally obliterated that smirking dude in a pretty good show of power and patience. It wasn't "lay-n-pray", it was control and destroy. So I didn't mind him taking offense to the boos and launching the double-birds at all.

For the bad, I laughed at the Coors Light comment, but that was pretty uncool to diss a major sponsor like that, and Dana dragged him into the men's room and slapped him around for it, as he should.

Does Brock need to tone it down a little? Sure. But after that win he's like a gigantic kid on Christmas, and it wasn't that bad. I enjoyed his performance in the fight and didn't think he should've been booed by the crowd. He did a great job.

The thing that bums me out for the future is that by the time Lesner is ready skills-wise to have a chance against Fedor, Fedor will be too old. I think Lesner could be a good test for F, but not even yet.