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Analyzing how UFC, Tito Ortiz, and Forrest Griffin sell fights

Joe Rogan: “For Tito Ortiz, it’s his return to the UFC.” Forrest Griffin: “People love Tito Ortiz. Everybody wants to fight Tito Ortiz.” Forrest Griffin: “He’s Tito Ortiz, you know.” Narrator: “Forrest had gained his fame from winning a reality show, The Ultimate Fighter.”

Yesterday

UFC 106 predictions with Eddie Bravo and Joanne of MMA Girls

For the fights on November 21st. Missing the last pick with Cane and Lil Nog. Cane by TKO. For the fights on November 21st. Missing the last pick with Cane and Lil Nog. Cane by TKO.

Tuesday, Nov 17

Despite what Zuffa management says, WEC is at a crossroads

WEC management can issue denials to reporters and swat down false reports about mergers, but the truth is that as WEC plans to expand their schedule for 2010, there is more of a need for Zuffa to roll up WEC fighters under the UFC banner more than ever. The speculation will intensify instead o...

Monday, Nov 16

UFC 105 Aftemath: Vera and Kang struggle to hang on to their careers

Vera rocked Couture in round one, nailed him again in round two, and then attacked with some body shots in round three. Through it all, Couture survived and managed to control Vera against the cage. Vera only managed a weak takedown once.

Sunday, Nov 15

UFC 105: Couture Victorious in Another Robbery

The hits just keep on coming for the UFC. At UFC 105, which played out in Manchester, England, and was broadcast on SpikeTV, elder statesman Randy Couture pressed light-heavyweight opponent Brandon Vera against the cage for three rounds in a fruitless attempt at getting the younger man d...

Saturday, Nov 14

Fight Life MMA Documentary Trailer

Fight Life is a new groundbreaking documentary that gives the audience an intimate look into the real life of the modern day professional fighter. Directed by award-winning indie filmmaker James Z. Feng, this documentary currently stars: Frank Shamrock, Jake Shields, Nick Diaz, Lyle B...

Thursday, Nov 12

UFC 105 Preview: Throwing the UK a Bone

Another November weekend, another MMA offering, this time with UFC 105 broadcast live from England on SpikeTV. In the main event, aging veteran Randy Couture headlines with a light-heavyweight match-up against on-again/off-again stud Brandon Vera, but the real meat and potatoes is t...

Monday, Nov 9

Opinion: Missed opportunities for Strikeforce on CBS

“We talk to everybody. We’re never going to say no, we like MMA and you know like I said, Strikeforce put on a great show for us tonight and we’re very happy with Strikeforce but we’re not going to close the door on anybody.” The result? Not many “real” MMA fans watched the show.

Saturday, Nov 7

Christmas Comes Early for Evangelista at Strikeforce Challengers

Also impressive was West Coast submission specialist Luke Rockhold. Taking on the more experienced UFC and TUF veteran Jesse Taylor, Rockhold found himself defending takedowns early and in danger when Taylor almost took his back. But a reversal to a scramble and Rockhold was suddenly ba...

Thursday, Nov 5

Opinion: Ladies and Gentleman, Fedor Emelianenko

If you’re reading this, odds are you already know who Fedor Emelianenko is. If you’ve watched a non-UFC fight show, Googled “best pound-for-pound fighter”, or even just scanned any MMA website out there, the Russian heavyweight’s name has had to have come up. Fedor is the best, the destroy...

Sunday, Nov 1

Erik Paulson speaks out about coaches and fighters who lack morals and character

There are a lot of interesting quotes from Paulson during this interview, including his unique defense of Brock Lesnar after railing against coaches and fighters lacking integrity and respect in the MMA business today. MATTHEW KAPLOWITZ: “So, do you think that having a traditional mar...

Friday, Oct 30

Depleted Talent Pool: The TUF 10 Story

After the TUF 2 debacle, when Rashad Evans won the competition as a heavyweight then promptly moved down to light-heavyweight, Dana White vowed no more seasons of heavyweights. He amended that when blasting EliteXC’s star player Kimbo, saying that if the YouTube sensation wanted into t...

Thursday, Oct 29

Opinion: Brandon Vera is not underestimating Randy Couture going into their UFC 105 fight

In a recent interview with MMA Fanhouse (m m a . f a n h o u s e . c o m), Brandon “The Truth” Vera talked about his upcoming fight with Randy Couture at UFC 105 (November 14th in Manchester, United Kingdom). The fight will air on Spike TV on a delay. Here is a transcript of the Vera interview with Fanhous...

Will Bellator make a big splash on NBC or Fox Sports Net?

On the idea of pushing guys like Jake Shields and Scott Smith instead of gimmicks and ‘big name stars’: “You’re telling me? You’re speaking, you’re preaching to the choir. Jake Shields is a world-class fighter. If you got a fighter of that ability at 185 or 170, you take him, you promote him, y...

Monday, Oct 26

DREAM 12 Notebook: Alvarez and Beebe heading in opposite directions

Thompson drew much more media attention than other fighters on the card. He was asked by one reporter if he viewed the fight with Overeem as something that gave him more motivation because Overeem was the Strikeforce champion and Thompson is a Strikeforce fighter.

Sunday, Oct 25

UFC 104: Shogun Robbed

Light-heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida, heretofore believed to possess an aura of invincibility, lost that aura thanks to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. And Rua, at one time believed the best light-heavyweight in the world from his performances in Pride, lost his UFC 104 match-up against the c...

Saturday, Oct 24

Japanese fighters get buried in and out of the cage

Yushin Okami has long been a UFC Middleweight who has drawn sympathetic heat online for continuing to get shafted to UFC undercards because of his boring fight style. In a real sport, it doesn’t matter if someone is boring but as long as they continue to win. Well, Okami put the UFC promoters [......

UFC 104: Ben Rothwell’s mouth writes a check that his body can’t cash

Before the UFC 104 fight, Rothwell was arrogant in comments he made about how good he was and what he was going to do in the fight against a superior amateur wrestler like Velasquez. He might want to ask Kimbo Slice about Roy’s ability to take fights to a decision.

Thursday, Oct 22

Dana White interview: Showtime runs Strikeforce, not Scott Coker

DANA WHITE: “It’s huge. The things all lined up to be here and uh in LA and have him fighting, you know and now it’s up to him to win, I think that uh you know the Mexican community loves their fighters, man, and uh they’ve never had a Heavyweight champion. This guy can be the first Heavyweight cham...

Wednesday, Oct 21

Randy Couture interview with thoughts on upcoming Brandon Vera fight and UFC Heavyweight stars

RON KRUCK: “Randy, you return to the Octagon at UFC 105 November 14th and will drop down to the Light Heavyweight division for the first time since 2006. Why did you decide to do that?” RANDY COUTURE: “Oh c’mon, I can fight 10 more years, Ron!”

UFC 104 Preview: The Karate Kid, Part UFC

Joe Stevenson is good at takedowns but bad at absorbing punishment on the feet. Spencer Fisher is bad at avoiding takedowns but really good at delivering punishment on the feet. What will that translate into at UFC 104? Either “Big Daddy” is going to execute the most boring lay-and-pray eve...

Tuesday, Oct 20

Shane Carwin talks about his preparation for upcoming Brock Lesnar UFC fight

Shane Carwin: “Uh, you know, I’m hoping to knock Brock out and you know get my hand raised at the end and the new heavyweight champion of the world you know in the UFC, that’s you know it’s going to be a great feeling and you know be able to salute the fans.”

Monday, Oct 19

Did the UFC unfairly fire Junie Browning?

“Well first and foremost Junie isn’t your typical fighter, you know, he came to me and he has some mental issues he has to deal with and we have to work on together, you know, he suffers from severe depression, he’s bi-polar, so we have to get that in check first,” said Tompkins in an interview...

Does Shawn Tompkin’s departure from Xtreme Couture indicate problems ahead for Randy?

“You know that’s not my decision obviously stepping away, I do know that Randy Couture has a lot of options. I mean he’s Randy Couture. Um, and will it be successful without me, absolutely. I mean, when I was over at Xtreme Couture, I was just a piece in the puzzle.”

Friday, Oct 16

October 2009 Independent World MMA Rankings

Light Heavyweight Rankings (186 to 205 lbs.) 1. Lyoto Machida (15-0) 2. Quinton Jackson (30-7) 3. Rashad Evans (13-1-1) 4. Anderson Silva (25-4) 5. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (18-3) 6. Forrest Griffin (16-6) 7. Gegard Mousasi (26-2-1) 8. Dan Henderson (25-7) 9. Thiago Silva (14-1)

Tuesday, Oct 13

Dana White hypes up Machida and talks UFC big business

Is Kimbo damaged goods? And speaking of another fighter at an older age trying to learn the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, Strikeforce is ready to promote Herschel Walker for this December or January in a fight. Aren’t you excited, Mr. White?

Friday, Oct 9

Opinion: Why do people still care about boxer vs. MMA matches?

“I’m going to continue to practice MMA. That’s very embarrassing as a fighter of my calibur, a world-class athlete, to show a display like that but when I come back to challenge again for MMA, I’m going to be a much better MMA fighter. I’m sure standing up, no MMA fighter can do anything with me. I...

Thursday, Oct 8

Joe Warren at DREAM 11 learns about MMA the hard way

If there’s one pattern we’ve seen with foreign fighters in DREAM, it’s that they all hate Japanese referees. Some fighters express themselves a certain way about it (like Bob Sapp) and others don’t say much (like Joachim Hansen). Put Joe Warren in the Bob Sapp category.

Tuesday, Oct 6

Herschel Walker says he can beat any TUF Heavyweight

UFC President Dana White has been very critical of Strikeforce signing Walker to an MMA contract. Walker addressed the criticisms during his ESPN interview. Dana White, in a recent interview with u l t m m a . c o m, reacted to Walker’s comments about him on ESPN.

Thursday, Oct 1

Apologists push positive spin after horrible Kimbo Slice TUF fight

We’ve seen brutal fights before in the UFC in their heavyweight division, but Kimbo Slice vs. Roy Nelson was a terrible fight to watch and probably did more damage to Nelson’s image than Kimbo’s. However, you wouldn’t know that given the spin that’s being pushed on the MMA forums, the blogs,...

Monday, Sep 28

Will Herschel Walker make MMA look like Toughman?

A decade later and Mixed Martial Arts is the new fad for athletes, active and retired, who want to show that they still are bad asses to the public. Last week, Strikeforce announced that 47-year old Herschel Walker would fight for the promotion in early 2010. Bob Cook, who helps run the ship at...

Saturday, Sep 26

Strikeforce Challlengers: Mission Accomplished

In the heavyweight match-up between K-1 kickboxer Ray Sefo and UFC veteran Kevin Jordan, things didn’t quite go as either man planned. Jordan wisely wasted no time taking Sefo down in the opening frame, and he spent the duration on top sticking knuckles in the kickboxer’s face. But in Round...

Wednesday, Sep 23

Strikeforce Challengers “Kennedy vs. Cummings” to Feature Wrestlers, Wrestlers and More Wrestlers

Stuck between Strikeforce’s “Carano vs. Cyborg” epic and November’s “Gurgel vs. Evangelista” and “Fedor vs. Rogers” double-header, Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers may seem meager. But for those who like wrestlers – and wrestlers and wrestlers – it might be worth it to tune in.

Tuesday, Sep 22

Black on Black Crime: Rampage retires, screws over Rashad Evans

Then before I can even get out of the cage they announced that I was fighting Dan Henderson without even asking me. After I beat Dan Henderson, I made history in becoming the first undisputed champion in MMA but was never even given the pride belt in the cage & I was never promoted as the und...

Friday, Sep 18

UFC 103 Preview: The Prodigal Son Returns

In his last two bouts with the now-defunct Affliction promotion, Belfort ventured down to middleweight to add a pair of nasty KOs to his record at the expense of Terry Martin and Matt Lindland. It was a glimpse of the “old Vitor”, and the prospect of a drive down Middleweight Lane has served t...

Thursday, Sep 10

Dana White finds a way to hype up UFC 103 by bashing boxing

There are many in the media who are trying to frame this with the lazy storyline of UFC vs. boxing. UFC President Dana White is taking advantage of this. White, in a video put on YouTube with a chroma key screen hyping up Franklin/Belfort, trashed Mayweather and disrespected Marquez as a no-na...

Friday, Sep 4

Up-and-Comer Profile: John Howard

Was it rough transitioning to the bright lights and pressure of the UFC’s Octagon? “There’s no big difference fighting in the Octagon,” said Howard. “People think the Octagon is this big, giant cage, but it’s really not. It’s just like a cage that every other dojo has. There’s no big differen...

Sunday, Aug 30

Talkin’ MMA with Fedor

MMAMemories: Who is the best fighter in the sport of MMA today? Is it you? Fedor: “I don’t consider myself the best. I would say some of the best fighters in the sport today are Josh Barnett, Gegard Mousasi, Georges St. Pierre, and Anderson Silva.”

Thursday, Aug 27

UFC 102 Preview: The In-Between Show

TUF 1 veteran Keith Jardine is an enigma in that he beats some of the top guys yet falls to others. Case in point: his high-profile victories over Vera, Forrest Griffin and Chuck Liddell, and his defeats against Wanderlei Silva, Quinton Jackson and Houston Alexander. Where does he fit in amo...

Sunday, Aug 23

Track & Field Star Loves MMA and Matt Hughes

So how does a pole vaulter from up-state New York became a fan of Ultimate Fighting? “My coach (Rich Suhr) is from upstate New York. We train there. Wrestling is big up there. His son is a wrestler in high school. So I kind of got interested in wrestling from them. Then from there I became interested...

Sunday, Aug 16

Total Devastation at Strikeforce’s “Carano vs. Cyborg”

If there was a common denominator for the night, it was the words “total devastation”. At Strikeforce’s “Carano vs. Cyborg” installment, a Brazilian heavyweight edged closer to a title fight, a lightweight stud avenged a loss, a light-heavyweight made an impression on American audienc...

Tuesday, Jul 7

Opinion: Brock Lesnar says Frank Mir is jealous of him

Despite being the UFC Heavyweight champion, Brock Lesnar is a man who has a lot of people gunning for him in the MMA business. Every time you read an article about another fighter talking about him, it’s almost as if Lesnar is looked upon as this cancerous tumor on the business. It doesn’t [...]

Thursday, May 28

Opinion: MMA Autographs: Collecting the Authentic Signatures

Professional MMA fighters are not only among the best trained and most highly skilled athletes in the world, but (as a whole) they are currently counted as the most personable and fan-friendly. While early MMA fighters such as Royce Gracie and Bas Rutten helped to put this sport on the map,...

Friday, Mar 13

Opinion: Roy Jones Jr on Big Roy, Sheika & MMA

How does Boxing compare to MMA? What will the bout order be? ROY JONES JR: We are going to mix them up till the main event fight. We’ll do an MMA event then a boxing match then an MMA fight then a boxing match. Would you fight Anderson Silva? On MMA…

Tuesday, Mar 3

Opinion: Championship Belt-Tightening

Does this signal an end to the pay-per-view era? It certainly doesn’t appear so. The UFC retains control of the most widely recognized brand name in the MMA universe, as well as many of the world’s top fighters. The UFC’s pay-per-view franchise continues to be the most profitable entity in a...

Wednesday, Sep 10

A final farewell to Evan Tanner

He talked about the trip as he did with any of his other adventurous journeys in life — with the same kind of curiousness, excitement, and throw-caution-to-the-wind spirit that personified who he was as a person and as an MMA fighter. ...

Sunday, Mar 16

NBC Makes Deal With Strikeforce

By MMAMemories.com Mixed martial arts is making further inroads into network television. NBC has given a time slot to Strikeforce, which will put MMA programming on the network starting in April. This comes on the heels of Elite XC’s deal with CBS, which is slated to start in April. That means...

Friday, Dec 14

Colleges Attended By Noted MMA Fighters

A detailed list of the colleges attended by todays most popular MMA fighters around the world.