The Birth Of Strikeforce: How Saturday’s event ushered in a new era of MMA
Saturday night I crawled into my bed and flipped Showtime on to tune in to the 10:30 live showing of “Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg”, expecting a less than stellar showing. To my pleasant surprise, it was a great night of fights. Gilbert Melendez continued the Skrap Pack’s win streak in dominating fashion, Gegard Mousasi showed why he is one of the top three pound for pound fighters... [Read More...]
Tim Boetsch: ‘Train the back muscles so you can body slam your opponents’
Most fans are aware of the time Tim Boetsch spent in the Octagon that saw him go 2-2, including a loss to Matt Hamill; what most people are not aware of is Boetsch’s background in wrestling. In high school Boetsch was a four time state champion wrestler. That means that all four years of his time at Camden-Rockport High School in Maine, Boetsch won the state championship at a minimum of three different... [Read More...]
“The Law” is Coming to Strikeforce
Matt “The Law” Lindland is the newest addition to the rapidly growing roster of Strikeforce. Lindland announced today in a conversation with MMAWeekly that he had signed a three fight deal with the promotion, continuing Strikeforce’s aggressive recruitment campain. Matt was one of few big name fighters the UFC chose not to bring in after the fall of Affliction as Lindland and Dana... [Read More...]
Vladimir Matyushenko to return to the UFC
The UFC announced today that they had re-signed former IFL Light Heavyweight Champion Vladimir Matyushenko (22-4). Matyushenko will be taking on Igor Pokrajac on the undercard of UFC 103, live from Dallas, Texas. Matyushenko, considered one of the top light heavyweights in the world, last appeared in the Octagon at UFC 44 in a loss against Andre Arlovski. Since leaving the UFC six years ago, Matyushenko... [Read More...]
Jake Shields: ‘Frank Shamrock always has some [expletive] excuse not to fight me’
![Jake Shields: ‘Frank Shamrock always has some [expletive] excuse not to fight me’](http://fiveouncesofpain.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/70jakeshields.jpg)
Jake Shields could easily make the claim as being the most talented fighter currently competing in the sport that gets the least amount of respect and recognition for his caliber of skill level. The thirty year old Cesar Gracie trained Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt has gone undefeated in the past four years, racking up a dozen consecutive victories over the likes of Yushin Okami, Carlos Condit and... [Read More...]
The crazy weekend that was UFC 101 and WEC 42
What a weekend. It is so rare that Zuffa grants us a great weekend of not only UFC fights, but then follows it up with a night of WEC bouts to cap it off. When we sit down to either a UFC Pay-Per-View or a WEC showing on Versus, we are normally spectators of a fair combination of knockouts, surprise victories, and a little controversy mixed in. This weekend we had the polar opposites between what we... [Read More...]
Avoiding a Catastrophe: Why the NOT signing of Fedor is the best thing the UFC could do
This week’s mixed martial arts landscape has been dominated by the negotiations between the UFC and Fedor Emelianenko’s management M-1 Global. This is not the first time the UFC has tried to obtain Emelianenko, but it was the first time that actually securing him seemed plausible. No longer did M-1 demand that UFC had to sign all of Fedor’s Red Devils teammates; the UFC was okay with Fedor fighting... [Read More...]
