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Saturday, 14 January 2012
UFC 142: ?Aldo vs. Mendes? Preview
The last time a visiting team took to the court in Brazil against that nation?s home team, the visitors got their asses handed to them. At UFC 134 in August, before a Rio de Janeiro venue packed with about 14,000 screaming Brazilian fans, Rousimar Palhares went nuts on Dan Miller, Edson Barboza cruised past Ross [...]
Anthony Johnson's camp blames weigh-in day illness for UFC 142 weigh-in snafu
By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Anthony "Rumble" Johnson's failure to make weight on Friday for his UFC 142 bout with Vitor Belfort was due to an illness, according to his management.
In comments made to Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole, Authentic Management's Glenn Robinson claims that Johnson fell ill three hours before weigh-ins, and was given fluids by a UFC doctor, leading to his 197 lb. weigh-in. Further, Robinson contends that Johnson awoke Friday morning at 191.5 pounds, and would not have had an issue getting to 186 were it not for the illness.
Regardless, Johnson needs to weigh-in under 205 lbs. tomorrow in order for the fight to go on as planned, and he will lose 20% of his purse for the fight because of missing weight.
Penick's Analysis: If Johnson's camp's story is correct, and it was a UFC doctor that was giving Johnson fluids, then Dana White's response to the issue was harsh this afternoon. Johnson did come in egregiously overweight, and it is unprofessional regardless of the reason to be that heavy, but it's a little more understandable under these circumstances. At the least, if this is why it happened, he's at less risk of being cut from the UFC after tomorrow's event, but either way it doesn't look good to come in as over weight as he did with his history of issues on this front.
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In comments made to Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole, Authentic Management's Glenn Robinson claims that Johnson fell ill three hours before weigh-ins, and was given fluids by a UFC doctor, leading to his 197 lb. weigh-in. Further, Robinson contends that Johnson awoke Friday morning at 191.5 pounds, and would not have had an issue getting to 186 were it not for the illness.
Regardless, Johnson needs to weigh-in under 205 lbs. tomorrow in order for the fight to go on as planned, and he will lose 20% of his purse for the fight because of missing weight.
Penick's Analysis: If Johnson's camp's story is correct, and it was a UFC doctor that was giving Johnson fluids, then Dana White's response to the issue was harsh this afternoon. Johnson did come in egregiously overweight, and it is unprofessional regardless of the reason to be that heavy, but it's a little more understandable under these circumstances. At the least, if this is why it happened, he's at less risk of being cut from the UFC after tomorrow's event, but either way it doesn't look good to come in as over weight as he did with his history of issues on this front.
Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_12140.shtml
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The WWE Raw Review: Ryder Trucked
This past Monday night Kane?s mysterious assault on all-things John Cena continued with Zack Ryder paying the price. Now, when I say ?mysterious?, I?m actually referring to the curious decision to book Kane in such a silly storyline and by ?paying the price? I?m referring to a rising star like Ryder having to look like [...]
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HYDEN BLOG: UFC 142 Buyrate and Brock Lesnar Bashers
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UFC 142 is Saturday. It's co-headlined by Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes and Anthony Johnson vs. Vitor Belfort; and they should both be pretty good fights. This event takes place in Brazil and features a lot of Brazilian fighters, which is one of the factors that will have an impact on the buys, in large part due to the fighters not being big names outside of Aldo and Belfort.
MMATorch is running a poll asking people if they'll be watching UFC 142 or the NFL playoff game between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots. I expect the results to be a bit more even than what will actually happen. Reason being that visitors to this site are generally big MMA fans. To them it could be a hard decision to make. To most sports fans, the choice is easy.
The NFL game is going to do a monster rating. There's plenty of reasons for that, starting with the fact that it's a playoff game. The NFL is one-and-done, that generates a ton of excitement. Secondly, the New England Patriots are playing. Whether you love them or hate them, most have strong feelings about that team. Third, the Denver Broncos are the talk of the sports world because of Tim Tebow and the way the Broncos dispatched the Pittsburgh Steelers last week.
The UFC isn't necessarily throwing in the towel with this lineup for UFC 142, but it's certainly not their strongest. Jose Aldo is an exciting fighter, and the more he's exposed to a wider audience, the bigger name he'll become; he's still very young, and will only get better with age. Chad Mendes is a somewhat unknown fighter, but everyone's unknown at some point.
I expect Anthony Johnson vs. Vitor Belfort to be a very exciting fight, and a deserving co-main event. We all expect sparks to fly between these two, and it should be a great one. It's a large source of pride for a fighter to compete in his home country, and the UFC is doing a good thing by having all these Brazilians fight on this card. The pay-per-view numbers may take a hit, but you have to look at the big picture. Jose Aldo should, and probably will, be a big star for the UFC for years to come, and his fighting style will earn him plenty of fans. Fighting in his home country of Brazil will be a great honor for him.
The visual of all those fans cheering for him and chanting for him will make Aldo appear to be a big star, and it's only a matter of time before he becomes that big star. Exciting fights are what sell, and Aldo is more than capable of bringing the excitement.
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Last week I hit upon the issue of Brock Lesnar retiring and why I wasn't very surprised, as well as how I thought his career wasn't going to be that long anyway. One thing I didn't really touch on was how ridiculous it is that there are people coming out of the woodwork trying to diminish what Brock accomplished in his short tenure. They want to write it off as a fluke or tomato can opponents or something equally as dumb.
Do I think Brock Lesnar belongs in the UFC Hall of Fame? Absolutely, he does. I'll start with the most tenuous part of it first, and that's his record. Yes, Brock lost to Cain Velasquez and Alistair Overeem. He also lost to Frank Mir in his second pro fight, emphasis on "second pro fight." In between those losses he beat Heath Herring, Randy Couture (winning the UFC Heavyweight title), Frank Mir (a total domination, by the way), and Shane Carwin.
Those guys are not cans; even Heath Herring had 42 fights before his fight with Lesnar, winning 28 of them. That's not somebody I would describe as a bum. Lesnar won the UFC Heavyweight Title and defended it twice, and how many guys can say that? Two, other than Lesnar.
If this were based on just his win/loss record, though, it would be a bit difficult to vote him in. Those last two losses really looked bad, but you could still make a case for him. There's no question that Brock was put into fights against guys before he was ready. He didn't have the experience that his other opponents did, and he had to rely on his natural talent.
To me the strongest argument you can make as to why Brock Lesnar belongs in the UFC Hall of Fame is his drawing ability. If you compiled a list of the highest selling PPV's in UFC history you'd see the name Lesnar a lot. In his last five fights, four of them sold over a million buys. You can count on one hand the non-Brock events that have done over a million buys in UFC history. Half of all the UFC events that did 1 million+ buys were headlined by Brock Lesnar. That's something you can't deny. I believe he belongs in the UFC Hall of Fame for that fact alone.
I don't know why people are trying to diminish Brock Lesnar's career. I'm sure some of it has to do with his previous career as a pro wrestler, some of it might be because of his personality. Whatever the reason is, though, it just makes the person look petty. I guess it wouldn't be sports without these types of arguments, though.
Comments and suggestions can be e-mailed to me at hydenfrank@gmail.com
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UFC 142 ?Aldo vs. Mendes? Weigh-In Results, Pics & Video: Anthony Johnson Misses Middleweight By A Mile (Update)
The UFC 142 weigh-ins took place this afternoon at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. After cutting to 170 pounds for years, it seems Anthony Johnson vastly underestimated his first cut to 185 pounds because he missed that mark by a mile at today’s weigh-ins, coming in 11 pounds over his 186 pound target. [...]
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Dan Henderson explains why he turned down UFC bout with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC's first trip to Sweden will be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Alexander Gustafsson and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, but it's not the fight UFC officials initially targeted for Nogueira off his UFC 140 win over Tito Ortiz.
Ariel Helwani reported during Tuesday night's new "UFC Tonight" episode that the organization initially approached Dan Henderson about taking a fight with Nogueira, but "Hendo" turned the bout down. In an interview on Wednesday's Clinch Gear Radio on SiriusXM, Henderson explained his reasoning for turning that fight down.
"I was under the impression that [UFC President Dana White] still kind of was on the fence whether he was going to put me in front of Rashad or not, that's assuming Rashad wins," Henderson said (transcribed by MMAFighting.com. "[White] did offer me a fight with 'Little Nogueira.' I didn't think the fans would be interested in that fight, and not as much time as I would like to prepare for a five-round fight. So I told him I would wait to see what happened with the Rashad fight. I would like to fight Jones now rather than if I took that fight with 'Little Nog,' it wouldn't be fighting Jones until another eight-nine months."
"It would have kept me active right now, but I'm okay waiting a little bit. We'll see what happens with the Rashad fight and go from there"
Henderson said he would have entertained the Nogueira fight more had it been a three round affair, but with the UFC wanting them to headline an event in a five-round bout it wasn't a fight he wanted to take. Now, he'll await the results of January 28 and the UFC on Fox 2 card to determine what his next move will be.
Penick's Analysis: Nogueira and his brother, along with UFC Middleweight Champ Anderson Silva, are the only three fighters to ever stop Henderson in a fight. However, even though Nogueira does hold a win over Henderson, that's not the right fight for Henderson right now with a title shot potentially looming, so declining the rematch makes sense. Nogueira just picked up a win after losing two straight, while Henderson is riding perhaps his best career run, and if Evans gets beat by Phil Davis, or if he gets injured in a victory, Henderson will get a chance to claim the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. I don't think you can blame him for turning down the Nogueira matchup with that on the line.
[Dan Henderson art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]
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Ariel Helwani reported during Tuesday night's new "UFC Tonight" episode that the organization initially approached Dan Henderson about taking a fight with Nogueira, but "Hendo" turned the bout down. In an interview on Wednesday's Clinch Gear Radio on SiriusXM, Henderson explained his reasoning for turning that fight down.
"I was under the impression that [UFC President Dana White] still kind of was on the fence whether he was going to put me in front of Rashad or not, that's assuming Rashad wins," Henderson said (transcribed by MMAFighting.com. "[White] did offer me a fight with 'Little Nogueira.' I didn't think the fans would be interested in that fight, and not as much time as I would like to prepare for a five-round fight. So I told him I would wait to see what happened with the Rashad fight. I would like to fight Jones now rather than if I took that fight with 'Little Nog,' it wouldn't be fighting Jones until another eight-nine months."
"It would have kept me active right now, but I'm okay waiting a little bit. We'll see what happens with the Rashad fight and go from there"
Henderson said he would have entertained the Nogueira fight more had it been a three round affair, but with the UFC wanting them to headline an event in a five-round bout it wasn't a fight he wanted to take. Now, he'll await the results of January 28 and the UFC on Fox 2 card to determine what his next move will be.
Penick's Analysis: Nogueira and his brother, along with UFC Middleweight Champ Anderson Silva, are the only three fighters to ever stop Henderson in a fight. However, even though Nogueira does hold a win over Henderson, that's not the right fight for Henderson right now with a title shot potentially looming, so declining the rematch makes sense. Nogueira just picked up a win after losing two straight, while Henderson is riding perhaps his best career run, and if Evans gets beat by Phil Davis, or if he gets injured in a victory, Henderson will get a chance to claim the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. I don't think you can blame him for turning down the Nogueira matchup with that on the line.
[Dan Henderson art by Grant Gould (c) MMATorch.com]
Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_12122.shtml
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Sixth Ounce Podcast: Episode 14
It’s the Sixth Ounce Podcast with Brendhan Conlan, Samer Kadi, and Jeremy Lambert and it’s heavy, at least early, on MMA contest and seriousness. For the first 40 minutes we discuss a recent ESPN article by Josh Gross and John Barr about fighter pay (or lack thereof) in the UFC and what it means. Should [...]
Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2012/01/13/sixth-ounce-podcast-episode-14/
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