Don’t Interrupt Dana White While He’s Eating
UFC President Dana White has some, um, opinions when it comes to who’s the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA. After spending a few moments slamming the media for anointing Jose Aldo as the best in the game, White went on to support his argument with what can only be called a Box Office Defense. White, who’s spent the last few months dogging Anderson Silva for failing to deliver exciting... [Read More...]
Nick Diaz – More Of a Video Guy
Earlier this week, Nick Diaz pulled a no-show for the conference call with KJ Noons to hype their rematch on October 9 at Strikeforce: St. Louis. Diaz had his manager and apologist, the great Cesar Gracie, handle the heavy lifting of answering insipid media questions during what turned out to be a really, really dull interview, and I can’t say I blame him. I’m a Diaz fan. I like his style... [Read More...]
Is Bad Sportsmanship Just Part of the MMA Fight Game
“One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.” - Knute Rockne While watching Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Jamie Varner attempt to work out their bad blood in the cage during WEC 51, I couldn’t help but think Cerrone’s actions before, throughout and after the fight were aimed at helping him secure notoriety and future consideration for fights. So my question... [Read More...]
Zoila Frausto Is the New Gina Carano
Is Zoila Frausto hot? Yes, indeed. Hotter than Gina Carano? Open to debate, but she’s in the same league. Frausto got bloodied on her way to a spot in the Bellator Women’s Tournament championship bout by Jessica Aguilar, but now she’s set to face Megumi “Mega Megu” Fujii, and that will be tougher still. Hot is one thing, avoiding a heel hook, is quite another… #gallery-1... [Read More...]
Miguel Torres – Reloaded
“An old broom knows the dirty corners best.” - Irish Proverb Miguel Torres put together an uncharacteristically patient fight against Charlie Valencia at WEC 51 on Thursday, and the New Torres was most evident in what appeared to be a complete stylistic revamp of The Torres Way. Torres came out early with his left fully extended, right hand glued to his ear. Not the same old thing, and... [Read More...]
Megumi Fujii Cements Her 115-pound Dominance With Win Over Lisa Ward at Bellator 31
Megumi Fujii made it clear why she’s thought by the cognoscenti to be the best women’s fighter in the world – and that world includes Strikeforce Women’s 145-pound champ Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos. Fujii delivered a series of pinpoint combinations in the first minute of her fight against Lisa Ward which allowed her to take top position on the stunned Ward after they... [Read More...]
A George Roop Lullabye – With Portugese Voiceover
Our own Jeremy Lambert had this to say today about the George Roop vs the Korean Zombie matchup: Jung took some big punches but being who he is, never once did I think he would end up flat on his back. Then it happened. Left kick, back to the cemetery. Roop knocked Jung unconscious with a head kick and to add insult to injury, Jung knee’d himself in the forehead on the way down, causing a cut.... [Read More...]
A Look Back at WEC 51
Once again WEC put on one of the best events of the year with “WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan”. It was a night of exciting fights, dominant performances, a brutal KO, and the best fighter in the world showing why he’s just that. The only thing it was missing was more Brittney Palmer. Jose Aldo defeated Manny Gamburyan at 1:32 in Round Two to retain the WEC Featherweight title Not many people... [Read More...]
The Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter in MMA Is…Jose Aldo
On the strength of his last two performances alone, it’s hard to argue that Jose “Junior” Aldo has any peer as the most well-rounded fighter in MMA. Aldo combines superb defense with an offensive onslaught and work rate second to none in the game. His clinical dissection of Manny Gamburyan last night at WEC 51 was a textbook example of how a martial artist should go about his dangerous... [Read More...]
Grappling with Issues – 10/1/10
Who exited UFC 119 most-deserving of a rematch? How does the EA Sports MMA demo stack up against other Mixed Martial Arts games? Should Kazushi Sakuraba call it a career? Is it premature to put Ryan Bader and Jon Jones in the Octagon together? Keyboard warrrrriors….come out to plaaaay-yay! Welcome to “Grappling with Issues”, our site’s regular weekly feature highlighting insight and opinion... [Read More...]
5 Oz. MMA Link Club
Welcome back to another edition of “MMA Link Club”, Five Ounces of Pain‘s weekly smorgasbord of work from our brothers and sisters in the MMA community. Enjoy… Nate Diaz Addresses Steroids as Only He Can (WatchKalibRun.com) Kyra Gracie Goes Sans Gi for Magazine Cover (MiddleEasy.com) Frank Edgar vs. Gray Maynard II Looking Likely for UFC 125 (Heavy.com) Cooking with Miguel Torres? You Bet!... [Read More...]
