UFC Fight Night 13 and TUF on Spike Tonight!!! …and upcoming UFC PPV’s.
Written by Reckless Abandon on April 2, 2008 – 1:21 pm -
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WEC 33 Tonight on Versus 9pm est.
Written by Reckless Abandon on March 26, 2008 – 2:17 pm -
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Tonight - ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series
Written by Reckless Abandon on March 21, 2008 – 9:28 am -
When: ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series
When: March 21 ‘08 @ 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast)
Where: Santa Ynez, CA; Chumash Casino
Watch: SHOWTIME
I don’t know too much about the rest of the fight card outside of the main event, but Malaipet is a sick Muay Thai fighter.
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Upcoming MMA Events
Written by Reckless Abandon on March 6, 2008 – 11:00 am -
March 21 (Friday)
Elite XC presents Sho XC
Malaipet vs. Thomas Denny
Chumash Casino Santa Ynez, CA
March 26 (Wednesday)
WEC: Live on Versus
Doug Marshall vs. Brian Stann
The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas, NV
Versus
March 29 (Saturday)
Strikeforce/Elite XC
Frank Shamrock vs. Cung Le
HP Pavillion, San Jose
Showtime
April 2 (Wednesday)
UFC: TUF 7 Season Premiere
Ken Florian vs. Joe Lauzon
Denver, CO
Spike TV
April 19 (Saturday)
UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre 2
Matt Serra vs. Georges St. Pierre
Centre Bell, Montreal
PPV
May 24 (Saturday)
UFC 84: Ill Will
BJ Penn vs. Sean Sherk
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Nevada
PPV
June 7 (Saturday)
UFC 85
Chuck Liddell
London, England
PPV
Tags: Elite XC, MMA, Strikeforce, UFC, WEC
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MMA Rankings - Feb 13, 2008 (via 5 Ounces of Pain)
Written by Reckless Abandon on February 28, 2008 – 2:18 pm -
MMA Fighter Rankings (Top 10 Pound-for-Pound)
by 5 Oz of Pain staff. Updated Feb. 13, 2008.
These rankings are submitted to polls for both FIGHT! magazine and also HDNet’s “Inside MMA.”
Georges “Rush” St. Pierre
When it comes to ranking guys at the top, the most important criteria element to me is win recorded against other top ten opponents. In August, I considered Josh Koscheck a top ten welterweight, and GSP dominated him. Coming into UFC 79, I considered Matt Hughes the number two welterweight in the world (and still do) and GSP dominated him. The only guy that can beat St. Pierre is St. Pierre himself. The man can do it all all; strike, submit, and his wrestling has really become high-level. He’s truly worthy of being considered the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
Anderson “The Spider” Silva
Much like GSP, Silva has proven to be head and shoulders the best in his division and has made top ten level opponents, such as Rich Franklin, look like also-rans. His striking is second to none at middleweight, and you could even argue that he’s the best pound-for-pound striker in the world. His submissions off his back are strong. The only question I have is his wrestling. We’ll find out the answer to that against “Dangerous” Dan Henderson on March 1 at UFC 81.
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson
Jackson has proven himself with his two most recent wins coming against Chuck Liddell and Dan Henderson. The win over Liddell looks even more impressive following Liddell’s win against Wanderlei Silva at UFC 79. Silva gets the slight nod because the number two ranking was so close that I had to go with most recent victory as a tie-breaker. Unfortunately, Jackson may not fight again until August, so inactivity could be his biggest enemy and cause him to drop in the future.
Randy “The Natural” Couture
Having not fought since August, inactivity is now become an issue. But his impressive wins over Tim Sylvia and Gabriel Gonzaga have both taken place within the last 12 months so it’s not as if he should be on a milk carton. He’s also still technically the UFC heavyweight champion and has not retired.
Fedor Emelianenko
I really struggled with this. Personally, I believe Fedor is the best fighter in the world. But a fighter needs to fight and a top ten fighter should be fighting other top ten fighters, not freak show acts (Hong-man Choi). Fedor destroyed Choi at Yarennoka, but he was supposed to. In my mind, the win is just enough to prevent him from dropping too far.
Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto
The biggest knock against Yamamoto for so long was that he was inactive. Well, he recorded a win in September against unheralded Bibiano Fernandes. While it was only a decision and not a win vs. a top opponent, it was still a win. He then followed it up on New Year’s Eve with an impressive knockout of Rani Yahya.
“The California Kid” Urijah Faber
Faber was due for a move up following his relatively quick win over Jeff Curran, a top ten featherweight, in December. Faber has been beating everyone that’s been put in front of him and he’s doing it in dominant fashion.
Gesias “JZ” Calvancante
You can’t fault him for not being able to fight at Yarennoka against Shinya Aoki because it was an injury situation. He was plenty active in ‘07 with three fights and three wins against quality opponents such as Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro, Andre “Dida” Amade, and Nam Phan (who is much better than he looked). And based on B.J. Penn’s recent inactivity and Gilbert Melendez’s loss, I felt compelled to move JZ into my number one lightweight spot, prompting this move higher into the top ten pound for pound without having even fought.
“The Prodigy” B.J. Penn
Penn is a personal favorite and next to a Fedor, I think he’s the second best pure fighter in the world. Penn’s dominating win over Joe Stevenson at UFC 80 earned him the right to move up in the rankings after being penalized due to inactivity.
“Dangerous” Dan Henderson
The win over Wanderlei looks a lot better following Silva’s performance vs. Liddell. And Henderson may have lost to Rampage in September, but he fought a great fight. Being a top ten ranked contender in two different weight classes means a lot, as does pure fighting ability. However, looking good vs. Anderson Silva on March 1 won’t be enough to keep him here; he’ll need to pull off the win.
Photo Credit: Laura Rauch/AP Photo
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Introducing FNA on MMA by Reckless Abandon
Written by artboy on February 26, 2008 – 2:47 pm -
Are you ready for the big smackdown? Get your fists around this philosophical approach to observing the sport of opening up multiple cans of whoop-ass. I am happy to introduce a new section by Reckless Abandon, also known as
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Welcome to my very first blog entry, ever… I have never done these, so bear with me. As a favor to my good friend, John Barrow, I figured that I’d help start the ball rolling with the Couch Reporter by posting and sharing my knowledge on a subject matter I’ve been obsessively learning about for a little over a year. As of recent, the popularity has grown significantly over the past few years, even though the sport of mixed martial arts itself has been around for close to a decade and a half. This is primarily due to mma’s (mixed martial arts) most prominent organization, the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).
Although I’ve been a fight fan for a short period of time, colleagues of mine are often surprized of my knowledge of the sport. I have watched almost every UFC Event and I am currently working on expanding my library with Japan’s version of the UFC, Pride Fighting Championship. (Note: In March of 2007, Pride was sold to Zuffa, the company responsible for the UFC.) I also try to watch as many non-UFC mma promotions that are available to me in order to keep my mind open and watch out for upcoming talent.
I’ll do my best to give you the scoop on upcoming events and I’ll throw in an opinion here & there as well as my far-fetched predictions as to who I think will win and how.
For now, you can check out UFC 82: Pride of a Champion this Saturday on Pay-per-view 10pm EST. $44.99 USD
UFC 82 website: http://82.ufc.com
UFC 82 fightcard: http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.FightCard&eid=1056
UFC website: http://www.ufc.com
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Report the Issues That Matter to You
Written by admin on November 16, 2007 – 12:40 pm -
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