At the Strikeforce Heavyweight GP in Dallas, TC Inside MMA correspondent Ron Kruck caught up with Alistair Overeem and Antonio Silva. The Reem spoke about his victory over Fabricio Werdum and the challange that lies ahead in Silva. Bigfoot spoke about how to do the impossible and beat Overeem
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Alistair Overeem and Antonio Silva breakdown their upcoming fight - Strikeforce
At the Strikeforce Heavyweight GP in Dallas, TC Inside MMA correspondent Ron Kruck caught up with Alistair Overeem and Antonio Silva. The Reem spoke about his victory over Fabricio Werdum and the challange that lies ahead in Silva. Bigfoot spoke about how to do the impossible and beat Overeem
Friday, August 26, 2011
UFC on Versus 5?s Three Stars: Henderson, Lytle and Cerrone
No. 1 star -- Ben Henderson: After losing the WEC belt to Anthony Pettis, the enduring image of "Smooth" was getting kicked in the face. He used that loss as fuel, first beating Mark Bocek at UFC 129, and then aggressively taking out Jim Miller on Sunday night. According to CompuStrike, Henderson outstruck Miller 148-26 and was 7-for-7 on takedown attempts.
No. 2 star -- Chris Lytle: Few athletes and even fewer fighters get to retire on a win. After 54 fights, 20 with the UFC, Lytle earned that honor with one last Fight of the Night performance, topped off with a Submission of the Night choke. Now, he'll have an extra $130,000 and a Harley-Davidson to help with his retirement.
No. 3 star -- Donald Cerrone: Before the UFC and WEC merger, "Cowboy" felt like the kid brother of the UFC's lightweight division, not quite getting the respect of his UFC brethren. After landing 24 power strikes to Charles Oliveira's four and TKOing the Brazilian in the first round, Cerrone joked that the little brothers had exacted their revenge.
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UFC sounds ready to welcome back Henderson with possible fight at FOX/UFC debut
Hendo has put together an impressive win streak, is without a contract and the UFC is looking for a mega-fight to put on FOX. Henderson, now 41, may be in the right place at the right time. Reading this interview with Brazil's Tatame, UFC owner Lorenzo Fertitta is sounds excited for a Henderson return:
What do you expect from UFC on FOX's first edition [Nov. 12]? Do you already have a main event set?
We don't have a main event set yet, we'll find out probably after this Saturday, these fights in Rio, then we'll set a main event. But it'll be something big. It'll be a big fight.
We reported this Monday that Anderson Silva could put his middleweight title on the line against Dan Henderson, one he beats Yushin Okami?
I would love to do that. Anderson just needs a win.
Silva defends his UFC middleweight title this weekend against Yushin Okami in Brazil at UFC 134.
Henderson is coming off three straight devastating Strikeforce wins over Fedor Emelianenko, Renato "Babalu" Sobral and Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante. The Fedor fight was at heavyweight while the Feijao/Babalu bouts were at 205 pounds.
Henderson is a small light heavyweight and it appears Zuffa would love to see him back in the mix at 185 pounds. Henderson (28-8, 5-2 UFC) fought Silva at UFC 82 on 2008. The former Greco-Roman Olympic wrestler dominated Silva in the first round, then strayed from his gameplan in the second and was choked out by the champ.
UFC on Versus 5: Miller finishes with nifty one-arm guillotine, Markes and Hettes also win
Cole Miller is a promoter's dream. The kid has the verbal skills, a nasty streak in the cage and killer instinct. He just needs to be a little more consistent to move into the top 10 at lightweight.
Consistency wasn't an issue tonight as he wore down T.J. O'Brien and patiently stalked him before landing a big left hook. The dazed O'Brien eventually found himself stuck in a guillotine choke and tapped at 2:38 of the second round at UFC on Versus 5 in Milwaukee, Wi.
"I'm glad I dropped him with the left. I think I might have broke my right in the first round. I'm just glad to get rid of him one way or the other. I get that [submission] a lot from that position [in practice]."
Miller (18-5, 7-3 UFC) showed a well-rounded game by using his boxing to set up the finish. O'Brien got off to a quick start with leg kicks and had Miller backing up for most of the first round. The 6-foot-1 Miller usually possesses a huge height and reach advantage at 155, but O'Brien's 6-2 frame gave him a little trouble. Things changed when Miller landed a big shot with 1:20 left in the first. O'Brien stopped coming forward.
In the second, Miller pushed the pace and landed the nasty left hook with 3:22 left. O'Brien slowly fell to his back where Miller refused to jump into his guard and unloaded 20-plus kicks to his legs and rear-end. When O'Brien (16-5, 0-2 UFC) sat up and shot forward to grab Miller's legs. Miller thwarted the takedown attempt and O'Brien stayed there too long. O'Brien's neck was there for the taking.
Miller locked on a guillotine choke in combination with a body lock. He only had his left arm under the chin of O'Brien, but the torque of his legs was too much for O'Brien to hold out any longer.
"All and all, I'm pretty happy with the victory. I've been working hard on my striking for several years. I was surprised that my hook dropped him like it did. I caught him on the chin just right," said Miller.
"Bruce Leroy" loses again, Hettes shows off dynamic ground game in UFC debut
Alex Cacares still hasn't been able to back up all that talk from Season 12 of "The Ultimate Fighter."
The fighter who nicknamed himself "Bruce Leroy" showed off some solid defensive skills, but Jimy Hettes wouldn't stop for a second and eventually used his slick grappling to win via guillotine choke at 3:12 of the second round.
Cacares (5-4, 0-2 UFC) came out to the cage dancing and sporting a big afro equipped nicely with a pick. He was smooth, but once the fight started the 24-year-old Hettes was the king of smooth.
The kid was non-stop with his submission attempts, scrambling and transitions. He was waiting for one mistake and Cacares finally made it in the middle of the second round.
Hettes (9-0, 1-0 UFC) was working hip control and when the fight got back to the feet, Cacares allowed the Pennsylvanian to get his arm right under his chin. Hettes jumped on his back and dumped him to the ground. Cacares was helpless and gave little resistance before tapping.
"I know I signed with the UFC, but I didn't know when I was going to fight, so I kept training and got a call from Sean Shelby and took the opportunity," said Hettes.
Hettes was called 11 days ago to fill in for the injured Leonard Garcia.
"When I was out there I got tired of listening to my coaches, corner-men and boxing coaches yell at me, so I just went forward and put all the of the chips on the table.� Now I'm going to train until I can't stand up anymore," said Hettes.
Hettes has won all nine of his fights by submission.
Markes manhandles Vemola
Karlos Vemola is a powerful light heavyweight. The massive Czech dropped down to 205 pounds after toiling as a heavyweight at 227. There's no way he expected to get overpowered by a kid making his first appearance in the UFC, but that's exactly what Ronny Markes did on his way to a unanimous decision victory, 30-27 on all three scorecards.
Possessing powerful shoulders and a huge back, Markes decided to go right at Vemola's strength with the clinch game. It worked. He outwrestled a six-time Czech national champ and scored eight takedowns in all. In the first, Vemola got himself back to his feet on four occasions and on each occasion was dropped back down just seconds later.
Markes (12-1, 1-0 UFC) has now won five straight, including a recent win over former WEC middleweight champ Paulo Filho. It was just the third time Markes gone the distance.
After missing with some huge shots on the feet and struggling so much to fend off Markes' shots on the ground, Vemola (8-2, 1-2 UFC) was gassed by the final round.
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Kazushi Sakuraba Returns to Meet Nova Uniao's Yan Cabral at DREAM.17
Filed under: DREAM, News, Japan
DREAM's first large-scale event for for the year got it's tenth bout on Thursday afternoon as MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba has signed to fight DREAM newcomer and Nova Uniao submission ace Yan Cabral at DREAM.17 on Sept. 24 at Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo, Japan.Sakuraba has not competed since his heavily cauliflowered ear was partially torn off in his Dec. 31, 2010 bout with DREAM welterweight champion Marius Zaromskis. The gruesome ear injury continued a run of losses for Sakuraba; the "Gracie Hunter" also falling to the much less experienced Ralek Gracie and suffering a submission loss to Jason "Mayhem" Miller.
Yan Cabral, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt who first trained with Carlson Gracie before joining the highly respected Nova Uniao camp, comes into the bout with a perfect 9-0 record with every victory coming by way of submission. Cabral is particularly adept at the arm-triangle choke -- a submission that has brought him victory on four occasions and also gave Kazushi Sakuraba the only submission losses of his career.
DREAM.17 - September 24, 2011 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan
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Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yan Cabral
Satoru Kitaoka vs. Willamy "Chiquerim" Freire
Caol Uno vs. "Lion" Takeshi Inoue
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Joachim Hansen
Gerald Harris vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Bantamweight World GP Opening Round
Hideo Tokoro vs. Antonio Banuelos
Bibiano Fernandes vs. Takafumi Otsuka
Masakazu Imanari vs. Abel Cullum
Yusup Saadulaev vs. Rodolfo Marques Diniz
Hamman overwhelms Dollaway at UFC on Versus 5
MILWAUKEE -- In his first bout at middleweight, Jared Hamman showed that he was quite comfortable, TKOing CB Dollaway in the second round at UFC on Versus 5 on Sunday night.
Dollaway looked strong early in the fight. He worked an arm triangle in the first, but was unsuccessful, and when he took Hamman's back later in the round, Hamman shook Dollaway off and was able to get full mount. Dollaway snuck out, and the two then traded strikes from their feet. Dollaway wobbled Hamman, and followed up with strikes on the ground, but couldn't stop the fight before the round ended.
Hamman took control in the second round, owning Dollaway in striking. He pinned Dollaway against the cage, and then when Dollaway tried for a takedown, Hamman used it as an opportunity to do some old fashioned ground and pound. Dollaway emerged once, but Hamman took him back to the ground and finished the bout with a bevy of right hands. Referee Herb Dean stopped the bout at 3:38 in the second round.
"First round was rough.� Second round, I just went for it.� He got me once standing and that phased me," Hamman said after the fight. "I came out and gave it 100%.� I love to fight, even when the crowd is cheering for the other guy I get pumped.� I just really enjoy it.� I don't know who I want to fight next.� I don't like the guys that just sit back and don't put anything into it? I enjoy fighting."
Hamman was much less successful at light heavyweight, but clearly has found a home in the middleweight division. This win gives him a 13-3 record. Dollaway has now dropped his second fight in a row. He lost to Mark Munoz in March.
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Dana White Talks UFC 134 Storylines, First FOX Event
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- MMA Fighting spoke to UFC president Dana White on Thursday about putting on his first event in Brazil, Anderson Silva's growing popularity in his home country, the main event for the UFC's first FOX telecast, Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera's health going into Saturday night and much more.
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