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If he wins both fights he deserves it...that's two tough ones!

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Another example of the UFC being petty, imo:

MMAPayout.com has confirmed a rift between the UFC and MMA apparel and collectible company MMA Authentic, best known for its CageFighter brand. MMAPayout.com has learned through multiple sources that CageFighter and other MMA Authentics brands have been banned from the Octagon and any UFC event.

The dispute is rumored to have arisen from a conflict over shelf space in Wal-mart stores.............................

WTF?

http://www.mmalinker.com/xArticle.php?a=16333

Also, if anybody cares, Luke Cummo was arrested on a DWI charge last week.

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Absolutely, there is no doubt. If he can beat those two solid opponents in 6 weeks time, then he is definitely the #1 contender :tu

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So what do all my MMA bro's think about the demise of EliteXC? It definitely opens up the playing field for both the UFC and Affliction to bring on some new talent. Tom Atencio (VP for Affliction) has stated he may be interested in bringing Gina Carano and Chris Cyborg to their organization

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You could see it coming from a mile away, Dustin. If Affliction is smart, they will add a womens division. There are alot of really good women fighters out there.

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I would love to see Affliction take on a women's MMA division. It seems there's enough talent to float around to keep good matches going without overworking a select few (though more matches involving Carano I'd never turn down.. eye candy). Plus, at least when EliteXC was holding them, some of the women's matches were better than the men's!

:r

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The demise of EliteXC is not a suprise to people who have had interest in MMA before Elite came along. The list of fights was 'blah' and their headliner was a hack. Kimblow is likely back to the streets and most of the other fighters will be resigned to bar sponsored MMA events. The saddest part about this is that the womens division could go back into obscurity, because some of them are talented and I think Dana may be missing out by refusing to let women fight in the UFC. :hm

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I agree. The women's fights are better than the guy fights 90% of the time.

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hey fellers!
i asked this in another thread but got no answer.
i know there is a site that you can watch all of the UFC fights after they air, for free. it is like a forum or something like that.

can anyone tell me what it is?
or where i can check out the fights afterwards?

thanks! :tu

jay hemingway
:bx

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:tpd: I actually found the womens division pretty interesting, hope Affliction will indeed add one in.

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Try mmalinker.com Sanchez. They have tons of vids from lots of fighters. You can also see the fights live on channelsurfing.net

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Along with Gina, check out Michelle "The Karate Hottie" Waterson. She is a good fighter too!

http://www.xfalive.com/images/fighte...erson3_lrg.jpg

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Channelsurfing.net is showing the replay of it tonight at 10pm EST I watch a lot of out-of-market basketball and hockey, plus most UFC PPV's on there. :tu

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Whoa!:dr

I love hot women who can kick my butt.

Is that a fetish thing?:D

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That is actually the Spike TV feed. If you click that now, you get Spike TV live.

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Well, I'm pretty stoked about the fights tomorrow night. I hope Cote gives a good showing (gotta give props to a fellow canuk), but I expect Silva will knock him into next week. You never know what's going to happen, but that's my guess.

Some other interesting fights too.

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I'm taking;

Silva
Koscheck
Maynard
Werdum
Griffin

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UFC 90 Saturday from the Allstate Arean in Chicago:

Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Cote
Thiago Alves vs. Josh Koschek
Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin
Fabricio Werdum vs. Junior dos Santos
Thales Leites vs. Goran Reljic
Spencer Fisher vs. Melvin Guillard
Gray Maynard vs. Rich Clementi
Hermes Franca vs. Gleison Tibau
Matt Horwich vs. Ricardo Almeida
Pete Sell vs. Josh Burkman

My picks in bold.

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My picks in bold:

Anderson Silva vs. Patrick Cote
Thiago Alves vs. Josh Koschek (this I think will be fight of the night, but I think Alves will KO Kos at some point in the 3rd at the latest)
Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin
Fabricio Werdum vs. Junior dos Santos
Thales Leites vs. Goran Reljic
Spencer Fisher vs. Melvin Guillard
Gray Maynard vs. Rich Clementi
Hermes Franca vs. Gleison Tibau
Matt Horwich vs. Ricardo Almeida
Pete Sell vs. Josh Burkman

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WOW!!!! Great fight!!!!! I'm not sure about a unanimous decision, but a great fight!!!!

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That was a great first fight, Ron!

Wow! Santos with the KO! :bx

So far I am 0-2. That's about right. :r

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I would never have seen the santos coming!!!!! Sick hit though

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That Santos KO was SICK! Sherk fight was a WAR. Maynard fight I didn't care much for. Kos fight so far has been very good.

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Alves-Koschek looks like fight of the night so far

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Helluva fight!

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Alright! I got one right! :r Alves was awesome.

You think so Ron? Better than the first fight? Kos didn't have anything for Alves, imo.

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Kos didn't do a lot of damage, but damn he took some licks and kept on going. For all the times he got BLASTED and kept fighting and made it go to decision, I think it's definitely between the Kos fight and the Sherk fight as FOTN. Santos will definitely get the KO of the night.

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We'll see....Sherk fight was a great fight. So was the Alves fight. I gotta give it to Kos, He just kept on coming and didn't stop.

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Cote is one tough cookie.

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Wow, that really sucks!

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Well..............that sux!

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Damn shame.... I was really into that fight

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That totally sucked! Cote was holding his own against Silva. Just too bad, really too bad.

I did enjoy the Sherk fight though, really entertaining

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Hey Dustin!!!!!

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Very unfortunate for Cote. I wish we could get a rematch, but to be honest, Silva will likely be retired by the time Cote comes back from a knee injury that bad.

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Hey bro, how's it going?

Enjoyed the Kos fight, thought he tried hard but ended up getting outclassed.

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Gotta give Kos credit for only two weeks notice. Not that bad of a card, very unfortunate for Cote. I did find Anderson was putting on a show. He could have landed a lot more in the first 10 minutes. It's like he wanted to make it last. Sherk vs Griffin was fight of the night for me. What a great way to start the live card off. I was so annoyed by the referee in the Clementi fight. "Let's go guys.. Work guys... Come on guys... Let's go guys.." He even told them to work as they advanced position on the ground. Like come on did this guy come from Boxing? It's MIXED martial arts for a reason. Lol damn... I miss Big John...

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Yeah, who were those refs anyway!! I heard Big John was coming back...

Sad about Cote indeed, he was doing ok.

Koscheck, although I am not a fan, did alright. However, I don't think he went to his wrestling as much as he should have. But mad props for his recover-ability...

GSP is gonna have some fun with Alves, but I am still sure George will win! Uh, unless BJ poses a problem --> Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!

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I was actually very impressed with Alves' take down defense, it pretty much neutralized Kos's ground game.

And while I do anticipate a win for GSP if he were to fight Alves I think it would be an all out war. GSP would need to find a way to counter those low leg kicks and turn it into a shoot opportunity for himself in order to fully capitalize on that opening.

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thanks mcgee!! :tu

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i agree with that. Kos was looking frustrated that he couldnt get him down when he wanted to

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Have you guys checked out new UFC 91 Website?

http://91.ufc.com/

Looks like Couture's really beefed up for this fight. I read an interview where he's been training with 245lb+ guys at Xtreme Couture to try and get used to the weight difference. Glad to see he's taking it seriously.

WAR COUTURE!!!!!

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Dustin, Do you know which Xtreme couture location he is training at? One of them is walking distance from the office I work at and it would be KICK AZZ to go see him train for this!!!!


Eon

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Dustin,

The UFC91 website is clearly the work of cameras and perception. They put Randy in the foreground so he appears bigger and taller, putting Brock in the backround, somewhat covered up and looking shorter.

I agree, Randy will come into this fight bigger than normal and prepared, but I think we will see a more substantial size difference when they square up and go into a clinch.

Regardless, this is going to be a VERY entertaining and interesting fight for sure.

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I can't wait for UFC 91. Wouldn't it be something if Lesnar beat Randy then Mir beats Nog, then we would see a rematch or Lesnar/Mir. I think Randy will have his hands full with Brock, but I wouldn't bet against him. Brock keeps improving with every fight. And he is so damn big he has to cut weight just to fight Heavyweight. I hate that rule. Sorry, but if you fight heavyweight there should be no weight limit.

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There are fumors flying that The Iceman will fight The Spider in Feb. :eek:

One last attempt for Chuck to be on top. :rolleyes:

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That would be a great fight, but we now know how chuck gets beat. I think the Spider would take this one, but it's another battle of counter strikers.

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Coming this Saturday morning:

Takanori Gomi, widely considered to be the second best lightweight in the world (BJ Penn is first), will compete at Sengoku 6 on November 1 in Saitama, Japan.
Gomi will be facing Sergey Golyaev of the Red Devil Sports Club.
Sengoku had planned for Gomi to next fight at Sengoku 7, but Gomi, who was frustrated with his last performance, insisted on fighting at Sengoku 6 because he wanted a clear victory heading into a championship bout at Sengoku 7.
"When I was fighting in PRIDE Bushido, I was in great condition," Gomi said. "Therefore, I want to keep fighting without taking a long break like I did in Bushido. As long as I get an opportunity, I would like to keep fighting as much as I can. This way is much easier for me to maintain the condition. I have been in good condition after SENGOKU.5. I'm ready to fight anytime and I only need to adjust my weight."
Golyaev (10-6) is on a 3-fight winning streak, but hasn't fought since December 2, 2006. He has lost all his fights against notable opponents such as Rich Clementi, Joachim Hansen and Kurt Pellegrino.
Sengoku 6 will feature the semifinals and final of the event's lightweight and middleweight tournaments.
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World Victory Road: Sengoku 6
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan

Middleweight Grand Prix
Yuki Sasaki vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Jorge Santiago vs. Siyar Bahadurzada
Joe Doerksen vs. Izuru Takeuchi (Reserve)

Lightweight Grand Prix
Satoru Kitaoka vs. Eiji Mitsuoka
Kazunori Yokota vs. Mizuto Hirota
Bang Seung Hwan vs. Jorge Masvidal (Reserve)

Non-Tournament Bouts:
Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal vs. Fabio Silva
Josh Barnett vs. TBA

These Sengoku cards are always entertainig.

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Will Kimblow ever go away:

http://mmamania.com/2008/10/30/kimbo...-eve-in-japan/

Kimbo Slice (3-1) is eyeing a return to action against the man who defeated him in just 14 seconds at Elite XC: “Heat” on October 4, Seth “The Silverback” Petruzelli (10-4), according to an interview in a recent article with the Sun-Sentinel.

The possible destination for the rematch is the DREAM K-1 New Year’s Eve event in Japan.

Petruzelli was a last minute replacement for an injured Ken Shamrock when he faced Kimbo the first time around. He stunned the bearded brawler and an arena full of his hometown faithful that night by landing a straight right directly on the button and finishing him off in only 14 seconds.

The win didn’t come without some negative effects for Petruzelli, however. He made some comments on an Orlando morning radio program two days later that reeked of possible match fixing. The interview sparked an investigation into Elite XC and later was among the contributing causes to the promotion going under.

Regardless, Petruzelli was quick to say he would give Slice a rematch at the post event presser in Sunrise. And realistically it was only a matter of time before the fight was inked. But with the demise of the promotion, it was uncertain whether or not Petruzelli vs. Kimbo II would ever happen.

Both fighters are free agents now (or will be soon) and if this latest report is active, we’ll be seeing the two square off again before the end of 2008.

Petruzelli is a wrestling and karate expert who likes to finish his opponents with his striking. Nine times he’s had his hand raised because of a knockout. His only losses in his eight-year career have come to UFC veterans Gan McGee, Mario Neto, Matt Hamill and Wilson Gouveia.

Kimbo made his mark on the entertainment world by knocking out dudes in Miami backyards. By airing the footage on YouTube.com he became an overnight celebrity and fighting professionally soon became his calling.

He enlisted the help of legendary mixed martial artist Bas Rutten as his head trainer and he’s been training consistently for more than two years now. His first setback was the loss to Seth and it’ll be interesting to see how he responds in his next fight … especially if it’s a rematch with “The Silverback.”

Also rumored to be competing on the DREAM K-1 New Year’s Eve event are Joachim Hansen, Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, Kazushi Sakuraba, Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri, Mitsuhiro Ishida, Masakazu Imanari, Takeshi Yamazaki, Atsushi Yamamoto, Kuniyoshi Hironaka, Minowaman, Kiyoshi Tamura, Seichi Ikemoto, Yuichi Nakanishi, Yasuhiro Kido, Yoshihiro Sato, Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto, Caol Uno, Hideo Tokoro, Masakatsu Funaki, Katsuyori Shibata, Junichi Sawayashiki, Taishin Kohiruimaki, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Gegard Mousasi and Hong Man Choi.

Star studded to say the least.

With a lineup like this, it’s safe to say Kimbo and Seth won’t be main eventing this one. If so, it will be the first time in his career that the Miami native was not the headliner.

We’ll keep you posted on more news regarding this fight and event as it’s announced.

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Anyone watching Sengoku tonight?