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  • ABC Passes Revised Unified Rules (MMA)

    07/03/2008 6:48:57 PM PDT · by SShultz460 · 4 replies · 153+ views
    Sherdog ^ | 7/3/08 | Loretta Hunt
    MONTREAL -- A revised edition of the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts was passed Thursday by the Association of Boxing Commissions via a majority vote at the ABC's annual conference. The amended document -- drafted by the ABC's MMA Chairman Dale Kliparchuk, New Jersey State Athletic Control Board Deputy Attorney Nick Lembo, ABC President Timothy Leuckenhoff and veteran referee "Big" John McCarthy -- primarily provided clarifications to the already existing Unified Rules instituted in April 2001 that serve as a regulatory beacon for the sport throughout North America. The motion to pass the revised document was introduced by Commissioner...
  • He's a Standup Guy: Faber Beats Pulver to Keep WEC Title

    06/02/2008 5:35:44 AM PDT · by SShultz460 · 21 replies · 67+ views
    Sherdog | 6/2/08 | Jason Probst (jprobst@sherdog.com)
    [6/2/2008] SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Urijah Faber showed a potent standup game Sunday in outpointing Jens Pulver to retain his World Extreme Cagefighting featherweight belt, getting the biggest win of his career in a fashion few envisioned. Known for inventive moves and top-notch conditioning, Faber displayed both along with solid punches and clever defense. He nullified Pulver's vaunted knockout power and used creative setups to constantly keep the challenger guessing. The five-round bout was spent mostly in standup mode, though the two did hit the mat on five occasions. Pulver used a solid guard to limit Faber's punches when the champ...
  • CBS-ELITE XC: GINA CARANO FAILS TO MAKE WEIGHT

    05/30/2008 10:43:33 PM PDT · by SShultz460 · 34 replies · 155+ views
    MMAWeekly ^ | Friday, May 30, 2008 | MMAWeekly.com Staff
    The fighters for Saturday’s CBS-EliteXC Saturday Night Fights weighed in on Friday outside the Prudential Center, where the event will take place, in Newark, N.J. Despite most fighters making weight, one the most notable did not. Gina Carano, contracted to fight Kaitlin Young at a weight of 140 pounds, weighed in at 144.5 pounds. Since the bout is not a title fight, it will be allowed to take place, but Carano will have to forfeit 12.5 percent of her purse to Young as a penalty. Young weighed in at 140.5 pounds, which is allowable as there is a one-pound...
  • WEC Shines A Light On The 'Lighter' Side

    05/30/2008 5:21:48 AM PDT · by SShultz460 · 5 replies · 65+ views
    Shedog ^ | 5/30/08 | Tomas Rios
    Nine pm. Sunday. June the 1st. That could be the time and date that future MMA scribes point to when asked how the featherweight and bantamweight divisions closed the popularity gap with the sport's more traditional weight classes. Let me tell you now, tradition goes out the door when you're talking about a card headlined by a featherweight super fight between reigning champion Urijah Faber and the legendary Jens Pulver. Throw in a bantamweight title bout pairing Japanese sensation Yoshiro Maeda and pound- for- pound phenom Miguel Torresand you could be looking at the WEC's coming out party as North...
  • Kimbo not the face of MMA

    05/29/2008 7:24:15 AM PDT · by rattrap · 30 replies · 119+ views
    Yahoo ^ | May 29th, 2008 | Dan Wetzel
    Kimbo Slice, a one-time homeless man, one-time strip club bouncer, one-time backyard, back-alley brawler turned Internet sensation/big money mixed martial artist isn’t a problem. Only in America, right? He’s said to be a great guy, a boot-strap success story who deserves everything coming to him. I’ve watched him maul “Adryan” a half dozen times alone. You have, or will, too. Kimbo Slice being a street fighter, rather than a Brazilian jiu-jitsu or Muay Thai master, isn’t a problem either. No, he isn’t the best and brightest in MMA. He’d probably get whipped in a second by the sport’s elite, as...
  • FIGHT-BY-FIGHT: UFC 79 NEMESIS

    12/28/2007 5:42:39 AM PST · by SShultz460 · 13 replies · 204+ views
    MMAWeekly ^ | 12/28/07 | Ricardo Mendoza
    Saturday night’s Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the Mandalay Bay Event Center promises to be the promotion’s mega-event of the year. Georges St-Pierre and Matt Hughes battle it out for the interim welterweight title, former champions Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva finally get the opportunity to get it on, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou makes his UFC debut against top contender Lyoto Machida, and several undercard fights promise impending fireworks. UFC WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT:GEORGES ST-PIERRE VS. MATT HUGHES Former champions collide for the third time as Georges St-Pierre battles Matt Hughes for the interim UFC welterweight championship. St-Pierre has a 14-2...
  • Noons, Diaz Dance in Showtime Spotlight

    11/09/2007 11:51:45 PM PST · by SShultz460 · 3 replies · 49+ views
    Sherdog ^ | 11-10-07 | Tomas Rios
    The latest and strongest EliteXC, airing Saturday on Showtime, features a study in the dichotomy of MMA. On one end of the spectrum you have several quality bouts featuring up-and-coming talent, and then of course there is the MMA debut of Kimbo Slice. While the possibility of Nick Diaz (Pictures) and YouTube's fistic patriarch striking up a conversation on the evils of Yellow 5 intrigues me to no end, we can always take solace in the fights should such a meeting of the minds fail to materialize. Headlining is Diaz against Karl James Noons (Pictures) for the vacant EliteXC lightweight...
  • MMA: Bela-rushin' to the IFL 205-lb. Belt

    11/04/2007 6:15:50 AM PST · by UFC Pride K1 · 6 replies · 97+ views
    Sherdog.com ^ | Nov 3, 2007 | Scott Holmes
    HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Nov. 3 -- The first chapter of the IFL Grand Prix had few surprises. At the Sears Centre just outside of Chicago, 4,107 fans watched the favorites prevail in every match. In fact, almost everything played out as expected. It wasn't pretty, but Vladimir Matyushenko won his first title belt with a unanimous decision over a very game Alex Schoenauer. "The Janitor" spent the first round of their light heavyweight bout in his most comfortable place -- on the ground. He easily took down Schoenauer and controlled his hands while pounding on his head. Schoenauer hung tough,...
  • UFC 77:Hostil Territory (Franklin/Silva 2)

    10/20/2007 10:06:20 PM PDT · by SShultz460 · 5 replies · 538+ views
    MMAWeekly ^ | 10-20-07 | MMAWeekly.com
    MMAWeekly.com is live on location in Cincinnati bringing you all the action, as it happen, from Ultimate Fighting Championship 77, which features middleweight champion Anderson Silva attempting to defend his belt from the man we took it from one year ago, Rich Franklin. RESULTS: Anderson Silva def. Rich Franklin by TKO (Strikes) at 1:07, R2 Tim Sylvia def. Brandon Vera by Unanimous Decision, R3 Alvin Robinson def. Jorge Gurgel by Unanimous Decision, R3 Stephan Bonnar def. Eric Schafer by TKO (Strikes) at 2:47, R2 Alan Belcher def. Kalib Starnes by TKO (Doctor Stoppage) at 1:39, R2 Yushin Okami def. Jason...
  • Couture stuns MMA world with retirement

    10/11/2007 7:04:47 PM PDT · by Straight Vermonter · 11 replies · 635+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 10/11/07 | Kevin Iole
    With little interest at age 44 of fighting anyone other than the man regarded as the best mixed martial artist in the world, UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture announced his retirement Thursday. Couture, a five-time champion and UFC Hall of Famer, had hoped to land a bout with Fedor Emelianenko, the top-rated fighter in the Yahoo! Sports MMA poll of the world's best fighters. But when reports surfaced Wednesday that Emelianenko had spurned the UFC to sign with the Russian-based M-1 Mix Fight organization, Couture opted to retire. The story was broken by Brian Knapp of The Fight Network, which...
  • COUTURE DOMINANT IN VICTORY AT UFC 74

    08/26/2007 12:36:46 PM PDT · by SShultz460 · 5 replies · 238+ views
    MMAWeekly ^ | 8-26-07 | Damon Martin
    “Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.” -Muhammad Ali Randy Couture once again showed why he is one of the greatest champions the world will ever see as he dominated Gabriel Gonzaga on his way to a 3rd round referee’s stoppage at UFC 74, retaining his UFC heavyweight title. Entering his 15th championship fight in the UFC, Randy Couture really had nothing left to prove except that he can still be a dominant champion after moving back up to the heavyweight division in...
  • UFC 74: Gonzaga/Couture

    08/24/2007 11:23:34 PM PDT · by SShultz460 · 25 replies · 1,230+ views
    Various ^ | 8-25-07 | Various
    Finally. After the long lay off I'm finally in full on excitement mode for UFC 74. 73 was ok, but this one is serious business. Couture's all access show was awesome, so let's hope the all access curse was broken with Jackson and that curse is off to the Tapout show. Sherdog's MMA round table was excellent Everyone made weight. One note was that Gonzaga weighed in at 252 and Couture at 228 or so. Gonzaga was 240 or so for the CroCop fight, so for his sake I hope he's got some gas in the tank. Picks rock so...
  • UFC 73:Stacked Pre/Fight/Post

    07/06/2007 11:48:46 PM PDT · by SShultz460 · 16 replies · 1,126+ views
    Freerepublic.com ^ | 7/7/07 | compilation
    Well folks, we are finally here. Easy to talk about this PPV Fight Card Sherdog had a great breakdown on their MMA Round table show. Roundtable w/ Heath Herring Sherk taking on Franca is an interesting Bout. Tons of press on Sherk for this fight. If you didn't see his All Access show, you missed out. My favorite article about Sherk so far has been in CityPages of all places. Ballad of the Muscle Shark I actually grabbed the print copy of this while picking up fine tasty beverages. My jaw dropped seeing Sherk on the cover. Big Nog's Debut...
  • UFC 71: Win Could Propel Jackson to Stardom

    05/26/2007 11:03:29 AM PDT · by SShultz460 · 45 replies · 1,389+ views
    Sherdog.com ^ | 5-26-07 | Josh Gross
    Among mixed martial arts followers during the sport's darkest period lived a maxim: If they can watch it, they will. "They" were likely you, the guy or gal who'd heard of Royce Gracie and maybe even saw UFC photos on a tattered VHS slipcover. The stars of the late 1990s, more cult heroes than celebrities, probably needed six months to sign as many autographs as UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell will this Memorial weekend. Through no fault of their own, great, charismatic mixed martial artists toiled in obscurity, dreaming of nothing more than earning enough money to … train...
  • An Upsetting Trend? (MMA)

    05/09/2007 5:37:32 AM PDT · by SShultz460 · 3 replies · 200+ views
    Sherdog.com ^ | 5-9-07 | Jake Rossen (jrossen@sherdog.com)
    Eulogies were written for Buster Douglas before he ever stepped off the plane in Tokyo in 1990. A mid-card athlete with several KO losses on his record against mediocre competition, his résumé didn't seem to hint he could be a threat to America's bogeyman, the in-prime and seemingly indefatigable Mike Tyson. Ten rounds later, a concussed Tyson was scrambling for his mouthpiece and getting consoled by an uncomfortably emotional referee, who seemed to be hugging the dazed ex-champ more to alleviate his own shock than Tyson's. As a 42-1 betting prospect, Douglas was likely the most successful underdog in the...
  • NOGUEIRA'S UFC DEBUT SET FOR UFC 73 "STACKED"

    05/06/2007 7:28:58 AM PDT · by SShultz460 · 9 replies · 379+ views
    MMAWeekly ^ | 5-6-07 | MMAWeekly.com
    The Ultimate Fighting Championship has officially announced the main portion of the UFC 73 event scheduled for July 7th at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, Calif. Entitled “Stacked” the moniker couldn’t be more appropriate. UFC 73 is the most talent-laden fight card in recent memory, not only for the UFC, but any promotion. Not only does UFC 73 feature two title fights – Anderson Silva defending his UFC Middleweight Championship against Nate Marquardt and Sean Sherk defending his lightweight belt from Hermes Franca – but UFC drawing card Tito Ortiz and light heavyweight contender Rashad Evans will battle it out...
  • Boxing is almost down for the count

    05/05/2007 10:28:14 AM PDT · by SShultz460 · 20 replies · 1,088+ views
    ESPN ^ | 5-4-07 | Bill Simmons
    The De La Hoya-Mayweather fight feels like a trip down memory lane, back to the days when boxing still mattered and people asked questions like "Where are we watching the big fight this weekend?" Before May 5, most every group of pals will force the one guy with the biggest TV to host a pay-per-view party, either by guilting him into it or by going through the charade of pretending someone else with a much crummier TV is hosting, knowing full well the buddy with the giant plasma will step up in the end. Sounds just like the old days,...
  • De La Hoya-Mayweather will separate boxing from thuggish UFC

    05/03/2007 6:24:06 AM PDT · by SShultz460 · 36 replies · 679+ views
    CBS Sporsline.com ^ | 5-2-07 | Mike Freeman
    This is what the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather fight, one of the most important events in recent sports history, really means: It's boxing's last stand. Boxing is fighting for its life, and in some ways the largest obstacle to its rebirth is its greatest competitor -- the worst league ever invented, the UFC. Which means it is good vs. evil, Halle Berry vs. Courtney Love, true sport against the mosh pit of sweat and bloodied skull fractures known as ultimate fighting. De La Hoya and Mayweather can single-handedly save their sport from deteriorating into dust while simultaneously stopping the...
  • The Iceman looks to end UFC string of upsets

    05/01/2007 6:53:58 AM PDT · by SShultz460 · 11 replies · 287+ views
    Canadian Broadcasting Company Sports ^ | 4-30-07 | NEIL DAVIDSON
    (CP) - Upsets are in vogue in the UFC these days but, not surprisingly, light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell doesn't see the trend continuing when he takes on Quinton (Rampage) Jackson at UFC 71 on May 26 in Las Vegas. In the UFC's three most recent cards, Randy Couture toppled heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia (UFC 68), Matt Serra took the welterweight title from Montreal's Georges St. Pierre (UFC 69) and Brazilian Gabriel Gonzaga knocked out Mirko (Cro Cop) Filipovic (UFC 70). Will normal service resume when The Iceman faces off against Jackson at the MGM Grand? "I've been getting that question...
  • Tuesday Morning Reverie: Gonzaga Can Kick?

    04/24/2007 5:51:33 AM PDT · by SShultz460 · 6 replies · 200+ views
    Sherdog.com ^ | 4/24/07 | Mike Sloan
    There seems to be a trend here, a trend that Nick Diaz resurrected. Lately, it seems that the underdogs in the grand world of mixed martial arts have a much better chance of winning their fights than ever before. Now, I know that those underdogs have always had the same exact chance of winning as they do today, but there has just been a wave of humongous upsets in the sport and they have occurred at a much more frequent rate than ever before. Back on Feb. 24, former UFC pitbull Nick Diaz recovered from a clean knockdown to steamroll...