UFC 89, Birmingham, England: Leben Vs. Bisping / UFC 90, Chicago: Silva Vs. Côté

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mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

UFC 90, October 25, 2008 - Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois - PPV

Main Card:

Anderson Silva Vs. Patrick Côté - MW Championship

oh man... I don't know anything about Cote. is he going to put up a fight or is Silva going to dominate like he has been lately?

and when is Gina going to fight again??:D:D:D

mookie blaylock 10

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oh man... I don't know anything about Cote. is he going to put up a fight or is Silva going to dominate like he has been lately?

and when is Gina going to fight again??:D:D

well, most people are picking anderson to win this one pretty easily. his skill level is certainly heads and shoulders above patrick's. what côté has going for him is a solid chin and a powerful right hand with one punch knockout power. he used to be a brawler when he started his career and won his fights simply by overwhelming his opponents and knocking them out. he dropped from 205 to 185, started to get in better shape and refine his techniques a bit, working with guys like georges st-pierre, jonathan goulet, david loiseau, etc. after a couple of losses in the ufc, he made it to the finals of the ultimate fighter 4, losing in the early part of round one to travis lutter by armbar. his ground game needed work and he started training with olympic wrestlers, and btt canada trainer fabio hollanda. he's undefeated since losing to travis and has really made remarkable progress with his takedown defense. his muay thai is a lot sharper too, since starting to train in boston with mark dellagrotte at sityodtong. still, at this point, his muay thai can't even compare to anderson's.

he's been in a couple of boring fights in the ufc where he played things very safe to get the wins. can't blame him, i guess, when one was to keep his contract in the ufc and the other was for the title shot after yushin okami got hurt.

i'll be cheering for patrick in this one, but by all logic anderson should win. i can't recall ever seeing côté hurt by a punch in a fight, and he's been in some brawls...but he's never been in one with anderson silva. he fights a much more open style when he knows or is fairly confident his opponent isn't looking for the takedown, so i look for him to be cautious about the strikes, but a little more free with his own. you never know, patrick could land a big punch, but anderson has so many more weapons. it's mma, anything can happen!

just my opinion...;)

oh, and gina is rumoured to be fighting cristiane santos sometime early 2009.

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mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

well, most people are picking anderson to win this one pretty easily. his skill level is certainly heads and shoulders above patrick's. what côté has going for him is a solid chin and a powerful right hand with one punch knockout power. he used to be a brawler when he started his career and won his fights simply by overwhelming his opponents and knocking them out. he dropped from 205 to 185, started to get in better shape and refine his techniques a bit, working with guys like georges st-pierre, jonathan goulet, david loiseau, etc. after a couple of losses in the ufc, he made it to the finals of the ultimate fighter 4, losing in the early part of round one to travis lutter by armbar. his ground game needed work and he started training with olympic wrestlers, and btt canada trainer fabio hollanda. he's undefeated since losing to travis and has really made remarkable progress with his takedown defense. his muay thai is a lot sharper too, since starting to train in boston with mark dellagrotte at sityodtong. still, at this point, his muay thai can't even compare to anderson's.

he's been in a couple of boring fights in the ufc where he played things very safe to get the wins. can't blame him, i guess, when one was to keep his contract in the ufc and the other was for the title shot after yushin okami got hurt.

i'll be cheering for patrick in this one, but by all logic anderson should win. i can't recall ever seeing côté hurt by a punch in a fight, and he's been in some brawls...but he's never been in one with anderson silva. he fights a much more open style when he knows or is fairly confident his opponent isn't looking for the takedown, so i look for him to be cautious about the strikes, but a little more free with his own. you never know, patrick could land a big punch, but anderson has so many more weapons. it's mma, anything can happen!

just my opinion...;)

oh, and gina is rumoured to be fighting cristiane santos sometime early 2009.

thanks mookie! so he's working with georges st. pierre eh... I watched that guy dominate frank trigg last night on tv. pretty sure it was a replay, but i had never seen st. pierre fight before and was really impressed. hopefully st. pierre taught cote some good techniques because he's gonna need them against silva. while i agree that anything can happen.. i just can't fathom anyone beating silva right now.

and gina needs to fight more often. or atleast have more weigh ins where she gets naked!:D

leafs4ever

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

joe rogan posted this video on the mma underground forum on sunday. it's from backstage at his comedy show the night before where they're getting set to watch kimbo slice vs. seth petruzelli. joe, stoned and sporting his evan tanner tribute beard (which i hope he keeps for the show on the 18th in england! ), predicts the fight correctly. pretty funny reaction...thought i would post it for a laugh...

"if i'm wrong, you'll never see this!"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHG8nPvegO0

that was awsome lol...
it's crazy that a jab was all it took to put kimbo out, especially from a guy that weighs more than 30lbs less than him, and the guy coming in on extremely short notice.
The card itself was actually pretty good, i enjoyed all the fights except the main event, which actually turned out better than i'd though it'd be when ken was supposed to fight... thank god that didn't happen

leafs4ever

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

after a good night of fights tonight, elitexc has their card for the november 8th on showtime already shaping up to be pretty solid too...

EliteXC, November 8, 2008 - Reno Events Center,Reno, Nevada - Showtime

Robbie Lawler Vs. Joey Villasenor II - EliteXC MW Championship
Nick Diaz Vs. Eddie Alvarez - Vacant EliteXC LW Championship
Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante Vs. TBA
Scott Smith Vs. Hector Lombard
Kaitlin Young Vs. Sarah Kaufman
Brett Rogers Vs. TBA

looks like another good card... i'll be cheering for nick but i think eddie will be taking the belt.
i wonder if they'll do the Rogers/Kimbo fight now???

leafs4ever

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thanks mookie! so he's working with georges st. pierre eh... I watched that guy dominate frank trigg last night on tv. pretty sure it was a replay, but i had never seen st. pierre fight before and was really impressed. hopefully st. pierre taught cote some good techniques because he's gonna need them against silva. while i agree that anything can happen.. i just can't fathom anyone beating silva right now.

and gina needs to fight more often. or atleast have more weigh ins where she gets naked!:D

i've never seen the trigg/gsp fight, when was that?
gsp is considered (alongside penn, silva, fedor) the Pound For Pound best fighter in the world, so you can't really compare cote to him. I'm sure gsp has helped cote in his training for this fight, but i do not see anyone except maybe 5 guys in the world (fedor, machida and possibly big nog, lesnar, gsp) coming close to beating anderson at this time.

mookie blaylock 10

leafs4ever wrote:

looks like another good card... i'll be cheering for nick but i think eddie will be taking the belt.
i wonder if they'll do the Rogers/Kimbo fight now???

hey leafs! happy to hear you enjoyed the show from the weekend. i echo your sentiments.

have to agree that eddie is too much to deal with right now. nick's takedown game isn't suited for a guy like eddie, and if it comes down to the hands, nick has that awkward style, but eddie has speed, power, and combinations. that is a tough fight for nick!

mookie blaylock 10

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thanks mookie! so he's working with georges st. pierre eh... I watched that guy dominate frank trigg last night on tv. pretty sure it was a replay, but i had never seen st. pierre fight before and was really impressed. hopefully st. pierre taught cote some good techniques because he's gonna need them against silva. while i agree that anything can happen.. i just can't fathom anyone beating silva right now.

and gina needs to fight more often. or atleast have more weigh ins where she gets naked!:D

i'm not sure how much he's working with georges. the quebec guys move around and then train together when they are home at the same time, from what i gather. probably working more technique in boston than anywhere.

that's a great first match to see georges! like velcro georges was. i think that's probably one of my favourite completely one-sided fights. beautiful!

mookie blaylock 10

leafs, i did a search of the usual spots for trigg vs. gsp but they all seem to have been taken down. it's still in his career pack, though, from ufc 54. definitely worth checking out! one of georges' best performances. frank called him a b-level fighter prior to the match...:D

leafs4ever

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

leafs, i did a search of the usual spots for trigg vs. gsp but they all seem to have been taken down. it's still in his career pack, though, from ufc 54. definitely worth checking out! one of georges' best performances. frank called him a b-level fighter prior to the match...:D

ya i'll have to check that video out... funny how things have changed between trigg and gsp i guess

mookie blaylock 10

leafs4ever wrote:

ya i'll have to check that video out... funny how things have changed between trigg and gsp i guess

leafs, i can't wait for you to check that out! i get excited to show that one to people when they come to my place and they haven't seen it. i may just have to put it on a continuous loop. enjoy!

mookie blaylock 10

HUGE fight for january! i'm surprised fedor's management actually took this fight. i have a strange feeling they will try to have him fight in japan on new year's eve against a japanese olympic gold medalist or someone of that nature, fedor will get injured sometime shortly thereafter, and this fight won't end up happening...in any case...

go pitbull!


Report: Andrei Arlovski vs. Fedor Emelianenko official for Affliction
by MMAjunkie.com Staff
Oct 10, 2008

Andrei Arlovski will return to Affliction to battle current WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko at the organization's second event, "Day of Reckoning," according to Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio.

MMARated.com was the first to report the news.

According to the report, the official announcement -- as well as exact details of the date, location and main card fights -- will be released sometime next week.

"Day of Reckoning" was originally scheduled to be held Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. That event was rescheduled in light of a new partnership with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions -- although reports of slow ticket sales may also have factored into the decision.

Despite Golden Boy's new involvement with "Day of Reckoning," Atencio also confirmed that the event would feature MMA bouts only -- conflicting with Affliction's previous announcement that the event would involve both boxing and MMA.

"We sat down with them and couldn't come up with a main event boxing match that everyone wanted," Atenco told MMARated.com.

Previous reports have pointed to a Jan. 24 2009 date in Anaheim, Calif., as Affliction's likely target for a new date.

Arlovski was last seen successfully defeating IFL champion Roy Nelson at "EliteXC: Heat" on week ago. The bout was a co-promoted affair between Affliction and EliteXC.

Emelianenko last fought in July, making quick work of former UFC champion Tim Sylvia at Affliction's debut event, "Banned."

Immediate attempts to reach Atencio by MMAjunkie.com were unsuccessful.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/12982/report-andrei-arlovski-vs-fedor-emelianenko-official-for-affliction.mma

mookie blaylock 10

congratulations to georges!

GSP in black belt club
“It’s the high point in my career”
12.10.2008


It wasn’t just any Saturday at the Tristar martial arts academy, in Montreal, Canada.

The Jiu-Jitsu class, with around 50 participants, was more crowded than usual. But the UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre, suspected nothing.

And he was moved when medical researcher and holder of several Jiu-Jitsu titles Bruno Fernandes promoted him to the status of black belt in Jiu-Jitsu.

“This was the high point in my career,” an emotional St-Pierre confessed, when laying out the three happiest moments of his life:

“When I received my black belt in karate, when I conquered the UFC belt, and today.”

The promotion echoed in New York and, Renzo Gracie, who has taught Jiu-Jitsu to the Canadian star in the past before his collision course with Renzo student Matt Serra, approved:

“He more than deserves it. This was excellent new for the fight world,” said the teacher.

To Gracie Barrra black belt Fernandes, who has been living in Canada for the last few years, where he earned his PhD and researches cancer treatments, and thus has been teaching the martial arts phenomenon for years, it was a great honor to fasten the black belt and say:

“Welcome to the club!”

http://www.graciemag.com/news/144/ARTICLE/12104/2008-10-12.html

leafs4ever

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

leafs, i can't wait for you to check that out! i get excited to show that one to people when they come to my place and they haven't seen it. i may just have to put it on a continuous loop. enjoy!

i found it on youtube but didn't show the ending. Looked like gsp was controlling trigg on the ground but then the video just stopped. I'll find a good copy sooner or later lol

leafs4ever

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

HUGE fight for january! i'm surprised fedor's management actually took this fight. i have a strange feeling they will try to have him fight in japan on new year's eve against a japanese olympic gold medalist or someone of that nature, fedor will get injured sometime shortly thereafter, and this fight won't end up happening...in any case...

go pitbull!


Report: Andrei Arlovski vs. Fedor Emelianenko official for Affliction
by MMAjunkie.com Staff
Oct 10, 2008

Andrei Arlovski will return to Affliction to battle current WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko at the organization's second event, "Day of Reckoning," according to Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio.

MMARated.com was the first to report the news.

According to the report, the official announcement -- as well as exact details of the date, location and main card fights -- will be released sometime next week.

"Day of Reckoning" was originally scheduled to be held Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. That event was rescheduled in light of a new partnership with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions -- although reports of slow ticket sales may also have factored into the decision.

Despite Golden Boy's new involvement with "Day of Reckoning," Atencio also confirmed that the event would feature MMA bouts only -- conflicting with Affliction's previous announcement that the event would involve both boxing and MMA.

"We sat down with them and couldn't come up with a main event boxing match that everyone wanted," Atenco told MMARated.com.

Previous reports have pointed to a Jan. 24 2009 date in Anaheim, Calif., as Affliction's likely target for a new date.

Arlovski was last seen successfully defeating IFL champion Roy Nelson at "EliteXC: Heat" on week ago. The bout was a co-promoted affair between Affliction and EliteXC.

Emelianenko last fought in July, making quick work of former UFC champion Tim Sylvia at Affliction's debut event, "Banned."

Immediate attempts to reach Atencio by MMAjunkie.com were unsuccessful.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/12982/report-andrei-arlovski-vs-fedor-emelianenko-official-for-affliction.mma

that is great news. That's a fight i'm sure a lot of people want to see. I'll take Fedor by arm bar

congrats to george on getting the black belt aswell. He definitely deserved it.

leafs4ever

it also appears that there has been some changes to the ufc 90 cards

Leites vs. McFedries at UFC 90; Maynard vs. Clementi headed to main card
by Dann Stupp on Oct 13, 2008 at 2:26 pm ET

With Goran Reljic (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) forced out of UFC 90 with a back injury, his original opponent, Thales Leites (13-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC), is now expected to fight UFC veteran Drew McFedries (7-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC).

A source close to McFedries alerted MMAjunkie.com (http://www.mmajunkie.com) of the likely substitution today.

With the change, a fight between lightweight contenders Rich Clementi (32-12-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC) and Gray Maynard (5-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is now expected to be promoted from UFC 90's un-televised preliminary card to the pay per view broadcast's televised main card.

UFC 90, which features a main event of UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Cote, takes place Oct. 25 at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., near Chicago.

Reljic first signed a UFC 90 bout agreement to meet Leites in August. However, the Croatian fighter has since suffered a back injury and is seeking treatment. In his place will likely step McFedries, a hard-hitting Miletich fighter who debuted in November 2006.

Since that time, McFedries has followed a knockout win with a loss three times over his six UFC fights. He most recently suffered a first-round submission loss to Mike Massenzio at UFC Fight Night 15.

Leites, meanwhile, will go for his fifth straight victory in the UFC since suffering a unanimous-decision loss to Martin Kampmann in his 2006 octagon debut. The Brazilian most recently scored a split-decision victory over Nate Marquardt at UFC 85, though the win was aided by Marquardt's two costly point deductions.

For more on UFC 90, check out the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
http://mmajunkie.com/news/13008/leites-vs-mcfedries-at-ufc-90-maynard-vs-clementi-headed-to-main-card.mma

mookie blaylock 10

good news for releash. gray gets on the main card! should be a great fight! thanks leafs. lots of injury changes this weekend!

mookie blaylock 10

i'm not at all confident with these picks...edit: made a couple of changes, feeling slightly more comfortable with the picks.

UFC 89, October 18, 2008 - National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England - Spike TV (Tape delay for North America)

Main Card:

Chris Leben Vs. Michael Bisping - leben by tko
Brandon Vera Vs. Keith Jardine - vera by ko
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Vs. Luiz Cane - cane by tko
Paul Taylor Vs. Chris Lytle - lytle by submission
Paul Kelly Vs. Marcus Davis - kelly by decision

Pre-lims:

Dan Hardy Vs. Akihiro Gono - gono by submission
Shane Carwin Vs. Neil Wain - carwin by ko
David Bielkheden Vs. Jess Liaudin - bielkheden by submission
Sam Stout Vs. Terry Etim - stout by decision
David Baron Vs. Jim Miller - miller by decision
Per Eklund Vs. Samy Schiavo - eklund by submission

mookie blaylock 10

one of my personal faves, demian maia , does a good interview with joe ferraro from sportsnet while doing a training seminar in toronto...

MMA: Demian Maia 1 on 1
Oct 1
Demian Maia was surprised by the support shown by Canadian fans.
(7:24):

http://www.sportsnet.ca/video/popup/mma/20081006_Showdown_Joe

mammasan

I can't wait for UFC 90. Two of my favorite fighters on the same night, Anderson Silva and Thiago Alves.