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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Big Ten clinches Challenge win over ACC
With an 8-4 advantage, the Big Ten clinched its third consecutive ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wednesday.
UFC 139 postfight: ?Shogun? says fifth could?ve been a 10-8 and wants a rematch against Henderson
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Many along press row at the HP Pavilion were a little surprised not one judge gave Mauricio "Shogun" Rua a 10-8 for his efforts in the fifth round of his fight against Dan Henderson. It turns out Rua was surprised as well.
"I don't know how the judges scored the last round. It could have been or should have been a 10-8 round. But that doesn't take anything away from Dan Henderson. He is a legend and those are the type of fights that create a legacy," said Rua.
Rua is looking forward to seeing a replay of the fight.
"I'm going to rest with my family now and take care of myself. Then I'm going to go back and look at the tapes. I want a rematch and I think this would be another great battle and one the fans would definitely want to see," said Rua.
FightMetric backed up Rua. The Brazilian outlanded Henderson 26-0 in significant strikes over the final minutes and 79-8 overall in the fifth.
John Morgan, 2009 MMA Journalist of the Year, scored it a draw as did Adam Hill from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. ESPN.com's Brett Okamoto scored it 48-46 for Rua.
Will Angland at Bleacher Report wrote a strong piece saying Rua was robbed.
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Poll results: Does 'The Ultimate Fighter 14' get a passing grade?
"The Ultimate Fighter 14" concludes this week.It's been a landmark season of the UFC's long-running reality series - both because of its new weight classes, as well as the fact that it's the final one on Spike TV before a move to FX.
But does "TUF 14" deserve a passing grade? That's the question we asked in our latest MMAjunkie.com/"Inside MMA" poll.
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UFC 138's Chris Leben suspended one year following failed drug test (painkillers)
The UFC has suspended Chris Leben for one year due to a failed drug test.The veteran middleweight tested positive for the prescription painkillers oxycodone and oxymorphone following his UFC 138 main-event loss to Mark Munuz earlier this month.
UFC officials, who oversaw regulation for the overseas event, today announced the suspension.
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Dan Miller?s family would like your help for son?s surgery
UFC middleweight Dan Miller's son Danny was born with a kidney disease that requires the child to get daily kidney dialysis. He can have a normal life with a kidney transplant, but insurance won't pay for the entire surgery. This is where the MMA family has stepped in, and they could use your help.
AMA Fight Club in Whippany, NJ, will host a fundraising seminar on Dec. 3. Jim Miller, Danny's uncle, will lead the day. He'll be helped out by UFC fighters Dan, Charlie Brenneman and Andy Main. Their coach, Mike Constantino, will also lend a hand. The cost of the seminar ranges from $100-$175, with all proceeds going to the Daniel James Miller Foundation.
If you can't make it to Whippany, which is about 45 minutes outside of New York City, for the seminar, you can still make a donation. If you can, spare a few dollars to help the baby who Uncle Jim called "the toughest Miller."
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UFC 144 tickets on sale today for February's return-to-Japan event
TOKYO - Tickets for the UFC's return to Japan go on sale beginning today.The event, UFC 144, takes place Sunday, Feb. 26, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Due to the time difference, the pay-per-view main card airs live on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT) in North America.
Tickets range from �5,800 to �100,000 ($75 to $1,285).
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Carcass death, shot at White House leads off weird, MMA-related news round-up
The MMA world reaches well beyond fighters who have made it to the UFC, Strikeforce or Bellator, which means that there are plenty of news stories that involve people who have at some point been in a cage for a fight. For example:
-- Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez was arrested over the weekend for shooting a semiautomatic rifle, and now he is accused of trying to assassinate the president. MMA Junkie reports that he won an his MMA debut last summer in Idaho with a TKO.
-- Alic McCrae, a Scottish fighter who last year debuted with two bouts in one night in Scotland, suffered a bizarre death. While working at a slaughterhouse, a carcass fell on the 135-lb. fighter and crushed him. He was just 23.
-- Zachary Knight, a lieutenant with the Levy County sheriff's department with a 2-4 MMA record, is accused of sexual battery. Authorities were forced to use a Tazer on him because of his "prowess as a fighter and reluctance to be handcuffed."
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The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale prelims to stream on Facebook, heavy on cast members
The preliminary card for The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale will stream live on Facebook, officials today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com. The social-networking site has streamed most of this year's prelims.
Saturday's card, which features a Spike TV-televised headliner between Michael Bisping and Jason "Mayhem" Miller, will be heavy on cast members from "TUF 14."
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Aftermath of Hendo-Rua: Ice packs, blood and a title shot
What does a 41-year-old man look like after going five rounds in a classic MMA bout that you will tell your kids about? This:
With the adrenaline of the evening still pumping, it's easy to say that Dan Henderson's tight win over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua was the best fight in UFC history. There's no quantitative way to gauge if this was better than every other fight to grace the Octagon.
But I know that this is a fight I will continue to talk about with friends, family, and complete strangers. �I know this is a fight that I feel lucky to have watched live. I know that this fight will sit on my DVR until the piece of machinery dies so that I can watch the bout again and again. I know that it covered both the canvas and Henderson's shorts in blood:
A fight like that will leave a mark on MMA fans, but it remains to be seen what Henderson's next step is. UFC president Dana White said in the post fight press conference that Henderson has secured a title shot, but timing will dictate if it's at middleweight or light heavyweight.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Strikeforce interview: Brash Rousey sends message in and out of the cage
Ronda Rousey isn't concerned about making friends in the world of MMA, so if she ruffles some feather along the way, tough luck.
She did so in the very conservative world of Judo and she's ready to shock folks before, during and after her MMA fights. Rousey, who's facing Julia Budd this Friday at the Palms in Las Vegas, sat down with ESPN1100/98.9 FM to talk about her road to this point.
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AFC East Power Rankings preview
Week 12 saw a little bit of everything in the AFC East in Week 12. We had close games, excitement and controversy. Here is how the results could impact Tuesday's NFL Power Rankings: New England Patriots (8-3) Last week: No. 6 Result: W, 38-20 against Philadelphia Analysis: The Patriots are cruising. They picked up another convincing win and have the AFC East in the bag. The only question now is can New England stay hot to secure home-field advantage throughout the playoffs?Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/34869/afc-east-power-rankings-preview-6
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What you need to know from this week on ?The Ultimate Fighter?
We're moving ever closer to the finale of the last season of "The Ultimate Fighter" to air on Spike before it moves to the Fox family of networks. Hopefully, that doesn't mean the last of the coaches challenges, which happens tonight. Huzzah! Read on for spoilers and recaps.
The show started out on a sweet note. Dustin Pague passed the same homeless man on the street during the drive from the house to the training center every day, so he decided to put together a bag of food, drinks and an encouraging note and handed it off to the man. The van barely slowed down long enough for him to do it, but kudos to Pague for thinking outside his own world of training.
Jason "Mayhem" Miller stopped by the house for a BBQ, and is somehow devolved into a competition of bug-eating. I don't even ... I can't even ... Why? Pague ate a bunch of bugs, so he won, I guess?
Oh, but there's a real competition this week! COACHES CHALLENGE! Nothing perks up a season of TUF like the coaches' challenge. Remember Brock Lesnar losing at football? Jens Pulver becoming a pro ping pong player? Forest Griffin dominating Quinton Jackson in basketball? Exactly.
This time around, it's air hockey. As usual, the winning coach gets $10,000 and each of his team members gets $1,000. Both Miller and Bisping say that they haven't played in years, and it's obvious by their poor technique.
Bisping scores first, second and through six until Miller finally scores. Miller is terrible, and Bisping easily took the first two games. To the surprise of no one, Bisping started talking crap, and Mayhem took the third one. The last game was tight, but Bisping took it. He jumped on the table to celebrate, but then fell off the table.
The semifinal fights continue tonight, with the winner headed to the finale. Dillashaw has an obvious wrestling advantage, while Pague is much more comfortable standing up. This isn't a big trash talk-filled bout. Dillashaw is the last bantamweight to be standing for Team Bisping, which he says proves how much better he is than his opponents.
Semifinal bout: Dustin Pague vs. T.J. Dillashaw in three-round bout
Round 1: Dillashaw landed solid strikes and then got his first takedown in the first minute. He couldn't pass guard, but he did a good job of holding off Pague's submission attempts. Dillashaw landed several big elbows and completely controlled him on the ground until the final 30 seconds. Pague pushed him off, landed a big knee, but didn't have time to get a rhythm going from his feet.
Round 2: Again, Dillashaw started with an easy takedown, but was much closer to the cage. He had to move to side control and spin Pague around slowly to get him away from the fence. For the rest of the round, Dillashaw kept Pague on his back. It wasn't exciting, but it was effective.
Between rounds, both corners realized that Pague had to get a knockout or a submission for a win, because the judges cards would be on Dillashaw's side.
Round 3: Dillashaw had a harder time getting the takedown this time, but guess what? He still did it. He also landed some nasty strikes that opened a cut on Pague's face. Aside from the blood, the second round looked exactly like the third.
Dillashaw took the decision and moved on to the finals with a score of 30-26, 30-27, 30-26. He very kindly consoled Pague after the loss.
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McDonald delivers epic knockout of Soto in just 56 seconds at UFC 139
SAN JOSE - Michael McDonald is soft-spoken, well-mannered kid, but when he's in the Octagon, look out. The 20-year-old nearly did permanent damage to Alex Soto with a hellacious knockout finish in the first fight of the Spike broadcast of UFC 139 at the HP Pavilion.
McDonald (14-1, 3-0 UFC) is giving MMA fans a glimpse of what could be on the way from the next generation of fighters who've trained in all disciplines from a young age. He has a good submission game to go with very composed striking. His composure with his hands paid off as Soto charged recklessly in the opening seconds.
Soto (6-1-1, 0-1 UFC) attempted a low kick with his left leg and left his chin exposed. Mcdonald countered with a beautiful overhand right than landed ont he button. Soto went down in a heap, he was out momentarily until McDonald came down hard with another right that actually woke up his opponent.
"It was jus so fast, he caught me pretty good and what can I say? I did my best," Soto said admitting he was stunned.
Soto scrambled to his feet, but his legs were gone. He settled on the cage where McDonald bounced an uppercut off his forehead. Soto dropped down and actually trapped his left leg. He couldn't move. McDonald, showing some real killer instinct landed three more shots to completely prone Soto. The ref jumped in just as McDonald was backing away.
"He actually had me kinda scared. That guy has an incredible pace and an unending gas tank. He's very aggressive and he goes really hard. He had me nervous in a lot of areas� because he had nothing to lose," McDonald said. "I almost had no game plan going into this� because he has very few weaknesses. This was a very tense fight for me but I never underestimated him."
Soto, a near 4-to-1 underdog, took this fight on late notice when Johnny Eduardo pulled out because of a shoulder injury just 10 days ago.
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The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale weigh-in slated for Friday, Bonnar hosts Q&A
The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale weigh-ins are slated for Friday.The ceremonies take place at Key West Ballroom at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
The first fighter is on the scale at 7 p.m. ET (4 p.m. PT local time), and Stephan Bonnar hosts a UFC Fight Club Q&A session at 5 p.m. ET.
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Aftermath of Hendo-Rua: Ice packs, blood and a title shot
What does a 41-year-old man look like after going five rounds in a classic MMA bout that you will tell your kids about? This:
With the adrenaline of the evening still pumping, it's easy to say that Dan Henderson's tight win over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua was the best fight in UFC history. There's no quantitative way to gauge if this was better than every other fight to grace the Octagon.
But I know that this is a fight I will continue to talk about with friends, family, and complete strangers. �I know this is a fight that I feel lucky to have watched live. I know that this fight will sit on my DVR until the piece of machinery dies so that I can watch the bout again and again. I know that it covered both the canvas and Henderson's shorts in blood:
A fight like that will leave a mark on MMA fans, but it remains to be seen what Henderson's next step is. UFC president Dana White said in the post fight press conference that Henderson has secured a title shot, but timing will dictate if it's at middleweight or light heavyweight.
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Morning take: Brady and Branch
Here are the most interesting stories Tuesday in the AFC East: New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick talks about the relationship between quarterback Tom Brady and receiver Deion Branch. Morning take: Branch is a the type of receiver Brady likes. He’s smart, trustworthy and almost always in the right place. Sometimes those qualities can overcome lack of blazing speed. Buffalo Bills receiver Steve Johnson faces a fine from the NFL for his touchdown celebration.Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/34889/morning-take-brady-and-branch
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Brees, Saints rout Giants
Record-setting night for QB
Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes and rushed for another as the New Orleans Saints won their third straight game by pummeling the visiting New York Giants 49-24 on Monday night.
Drew Brees threw four touchdown passes and rushed for another as the New Orleans Saints won their third straight game by pummeling the visiting New York Giants 49-24 on Monday night.
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UFC 144's 'Rampage' advises champ Edgar ahead of Japanese main event
TOKYO - Consider former PRIDE superstar Quinton "Rampage" Jackson the tour guide for his fellow American fighters heading to Japan for February's UFC 144 event.Jackson, who co-headlines UFC 144, knows the lay of the land, and he could write a travel guide about competing in the fight-crazy country.
But Jackson admits some of his advice doesn't apply to UFC 144 headliner Frankie Edgar.
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