Cesar Gracie decided to throw more fuel on the fire with the whole Nick Diaz is “done” with the UFC and MMA all together. After Nick’s brother, Nate Diaz, said that he doesn’t think his brother was ever coming back and that he has enough money to retire, Nick Diaz’s trainer Cesar Gracie tweeted ” James Toney is in town to spar with Nick Diaz and company” and put up photos on Toney at the camp. What makes things worse … Read more
It was obvious as Joe Warren sat in his corner after the first round of Bellator 60′s main event for the Featherweight title in the debut of their sixth season that something was wrong. He had a rough start in Round One and looked mentally defeated. He then said to his corner, “I think I broke my hand.” His corner replied with “You’re okay.” In the second round,Warren shot for takedowns on Curran and had punched him hard enough … Read more
UFC 126 is finally here! Every Super Bowl weekend the UFC puts together a stacked card to compliment the HUGE sports weekend and this year is no different. In fact, this year may be the biggest one yet. Main Card: Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort Heidi: Silva Silva Silva was the last thing I think I tweeted on UFC 117. I fear Twittering, I do. It’s true. I’m glad this fight is finally happening after all the times it was … Read more
Several times on our show I have said that the UFC is the “major league” and Strikeforce, Bellator and countless other organizations are the “AAA” of the fight world. I have received a ton of emails and text messages telling me about this and that non UFC fighter. Some feel Strikeforce and Bellator are right on par with the UFC. So, this forced me to take a nice good long hard look into each weight class and organization. After giving … Read more
Cagepotato had a great article on some of the biggest “cans” in mma. Meaning they beat a bunch of nobodies and in a meaningful fight they lose. One on the list that was surprising but after reading their reasoning, they are right is Megumi Fujii. This is what they had to say: Notable cans crushed in the last three years: Emi Fujino, Sarah Schneider, Tomomi Sunaba and Won Bun Chu Biggest win in the last three years: Lisa Ward Recent … Read more
Antonio Silva had this to say about his upcoming fight against Fedor Emelianenko: “We always wish to face the best and what I can imagine is a very tough fight because Fedor won’t want a second loss and I want to establish myself among the top 10, so it’ll be a very difficult battle for both of us. Werdum showed a hole in Fedor’s game but I have got to do well standing and on the mat. I’ll look to sharpen … Read more
Tarec Saffiedine had this to say about his upcoming fight against Tyron Woodley “Woodley is an explosive fighter and wrestler, his hands are fast and explosive, even though he’s more known as a wrestler. I’m really going to have to stick to my game plan, but if I do that, I feel like I can go for the win. I think I’m more experienced in the stand-up game than he is. I’ve also improved my takedown defense and ground game … Read more
Undefeated Dong Hyun Kim has only one goal and that is a shot at Georges St-Pierre’s welterweight title. Kim was quoted as saying “I don’t care much about being a famous fighter, I want to be able to fight GSP. That’s my only goal now. He’s a very tough fighter,” he said of Nick Diaz. “He’s famous. He’s well-rounded, and if I have a great fight, I’ll certainly be more famous and have a better chance of fighting GSP. Young … Read more
