Source: http://www.fighters.com/07/26/free-agents-new-faces-and-some-old-to-look-for-in-wwe
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Free Agents: New Faces (And Some Old) to Look For in WWE
The last few months have seen prominent wrestlers disappearing from TNA and WWE TV and being scrubbed from the companies? respective roster pages. Be on the lookout for a number of recent TNA stars showing up on WWE TV soon including… Matt Morgan The 6?10?, 325-pound former college basketball center, American Gladiator (he was ?Beast? [...]
Who?s on the Hot Seat? - UFC on FOX: Vera vs. Shogun
The UFC is back on FOX tomorrow night with a card that may not have you excited at first look but should provide some very entertaining bouts once it plays out. UFC on FOX: Shogun vs. Vera will take place at The Staples Center in Los Angeles and both the co-main event and main event [...]
Source: http://www.fighters.com/08/03/who%e2%80%99s-on-the-hot-seat-ufc-on-fox-vera-vs-shogun
Greg Jackson talks Jon Jones DUI and if he will coach him still - Greg Jackson
Head trainer at Jackson's MMA Greg Jackson speaks about his star pupil Jon Jones and his recent DUI charges
Dan Miller vs. Sean Pierson booked for UFC 152 in Toronto
By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
Just a few months after earning a late submission win in his welterweight debut in June, Dan Miller will return to action this September at UFC 152, taking on Toronto native Sean Pierson on the card at the Air Canada Centre. The UFC announced the bout on Thursday.
Miller's submission win over Ricardo Funch snapped a two fight losing streak, and he hopes to start anew at 170 lbs. after ending his middleweight run with a 2-5 stretch.
Pierson also snapped a two-fight losing streak in his last bout, defeating Jake Hecht by decision at UFC on FX 3. The former Toronto police officer is now 2-2 in the UFC.
Just a few months after earning a late submission win in his welterweight debut in June, Dan Miller will return to action this September at UFC 152, taking on Toronto native Sean Pierson on the card at the Air Canada Centre. The UFC announced the bout on Thursday.
Miller's submission win over Ricardo Funch snapped a two fight losing streak, and he hopes to start anew at 170 lbs. after ending his middleweight run with a 2-5 stretch.
Pierson also snapped a two-fight losing streak in his last bout, defeating Jake Hecht by decision at UFC on FX 3. The former Toronto police officer is now 2-2 in the UFC.
Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_14002.shtml
Bellator announces Eddie Alvarez vs. Patricky ?Pitbull? Freire for October
Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney announced via Twitter that former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez will take on Patricky “Pitbull” Freire on October 12th. The event, which is expected to be Bellator 76, will take place at Caesars Windsor in Ontario. It will be televised live on MTV2 and streamed free on Spike.com. Alvarez (23-3) [...]
Bellator announces Eddie Alvarez vs. Patricky “Pitbull” Freire for October is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News
Dana White?s VLOG, Demian Maia, Joe Lauzon: Morning News Roundup ? 8.1.12
What you see on television during a UFC broadcast is pretty cool, but what goes on backstage, away from the lights and the cameras, is so real and fascinating that it's practically another beast entirely.� I've been credentialed for 17 UFCs, and though the last one I went to was UFC 55 (back in 2005), the access to the area behind the curtain - where the fighters are either mentally preparing themselves for combat or dealing with its after effects, and where the emotion is a thousand times more true and raw - was totally and completely money.� I say all this because leading off today's news roundup is UFC president Dana White's latest video blog, which is the opening salvo in hyping UFC on FOX 4, but contains some sweet behind-the-scenes stuff on UFC 149.�
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- Go here�for White's first UFC on FOX 4 video blog.� Things to note include: UFC commentator Joe Rogan rapping with Ryan Jimmo and White coming by to congratulate Jimmo on his ultra-fast KO victory (and White blaming the referee for not being able to stop the fight faster, thereby preventing Jimmo from setting a new record); Matt Riddle giving opponent Chris Clements some post-fight kudos and looking like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo; a very bummed Brian Ebersole; and, former featherweight champ Urijah Faber, battered and bruised and in pain, but still a great sportsman and heaping praise on the man who just beat him,�Renan Barao.
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- Brazilian Demian Maia is looking good so far in his new weightclass, so the�middleweight-turned-welterweight gets a step up in competition for UFC 153 (which will take place in�Brazil in October).��His opponent: Rick Story.� �If you'll recall, Maia defeated Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 148 when Kim gave up due to a rib injury incurred earlier in the bout; methinks Story ain't going out like that.� Nope, not at all.� Maia is in for a fight.
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- According to Dana White, whoever looks the best in victory at UFC on FOX 4 on Saturday night gets the next shot at the light-heavyweight champ down the line.� Well, you can count Joe Lauzon out.� Said the lightweight fighter via Twitter:
So, @danawhite�said whoever wins most impressively Saturday at #UFConFox gets a shot at @JonnyBones... I'm preemptively forfeiting my shot.�
You know, we laugh, but if this were PRIDE in Japan, Lauzon could very well end up having to fight Jon Jones.
That's all for now.
UFC on FOX 4 Preview: The Main Card Breakdown
Gather around, friends, because it's time for another detailed look at the UFC on FOX 4 card.� In this post, the microscope is used on the main card, which features four light-heavyweights hoping for another chance to get smashed by UFC champ Jon Jones, a pair of often-scrappy lightweights, and the return of a welterweight veteran of "The Ultimate Fighter" whose digestive issues are so restrictive, he can pretty much eat only air or else his esophagus explodes.� Are you excited for Saturday night's absolutely free UFC event?� I know I am!� I can afford free!
- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Brandon Vera ? The facts of this main event bout are thus: Shogun is an elite Muay Thai specialist, was a PRIDE FC champion before transitioning to the UFC, was the UFC champ before meeting Jones in combat, and in his last bout nearly nine months ago, he had an epic battle with Dan Henderson.� The Brazilian is a legend in the sport.� Vera, on the other hand, has had mixed success in the Octagon, and though a capable striker and grappler himself, he's only won once in about three years, and that was against a TUF castoff.� On paper, one of these guys doesn't stand a chance once that cage door shuts and the referee says "go".� But bouts aren't fought on paper, they're fought in real life, and the "X" factor in this whole pairing is the mileage Shogun's got on his body.� A lifetime of wars takes a toll, and because of injuries, he's been disassembled and put back together many, many times.� It's possible that Vera could land that one kick or punch that causes Shogun to collapse in a disjointed heap of limbs and torso.� Do the odds favor the 30-year-old Brazilian?� Of course they do, but mileage is mileage, and Vera could shock us all.� I'm predicting Shogun to win via TKO, but you never know.
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- Lyoto Machida vs. Ryan Bader ? Despite earning three losses in his last four fights, Brazilian karate man-turned-killer mixed martial artist Machida is still one of the best in the 205-pound weight class.� His striking is dangerous and precise, his timing is uncanny, and his footwork usually makes him way too elusive for opponents to grab and hold. �He was even the champ for a brief spell, the result of forcing Rashad Evans to do the stanky leg back at UFC 98. �Bader ? who won the eighth season of TUF and is good at winging big, stunning punches ? beat an ill-prepared Quinton Jackson in his last time at bat, but also got out-struck and submitted by an aged Tito Ortiz.� Machida is a huge step up in competition, and I don't see the former Arizona State University wrestler as being ready.� Watch for the Brazilian to point-karate Bader to death, and eventually find an opening for a knockout.
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- Joe Lauzon vs. Jamie Varner ? Sometimes New Englander Lauzon shines and sometimes he doesn't.� But what you can't deny is that he brings it, 'cause he most certainly does.� In six of his last seven bouts, he's either won Submission of the Night honors, or been a part of the Fight of the Night ? a fact that you can attribute to his explosive grappling and his willingness to bang.� Varner was, at one time, the WEC's lightweight champ, and though a string of losses had him banished to the minor leagues, the upset he staged at UFC 146, against the heavily-favored striking demigod Edson Barboza, has got people wondering if the old Varner is back.� I say it's too soon to tell, but Lauzon will be a good litmus test.� If it goes to decision, it should favor Varner; if it ends sometime before the judges are called into play, it's because Lauzon rocked the former champ with a punch and pounced on him with a sub.
- Mick Swick vs. DaMarques Johnson ? Esophageal spasms with acid reflux.� That's what Swick has, and it impacted the TUF 1 veteran in such a way that he went from a promising middleweight to a solid welterweight to a dude who looked like a shadow of his former self.� Now, after a two-and-a-half year hiatus, Swick is back.� Is he better?� Is he still capable of knocking opponents out?� Man, I have no clue.� What is clear is that his opponent ? Johnson, who was the runner-up for TUF 9 and who's won half the UFC bouts he's been in ? is susceptible to what the Swick of yore was good at (i.e., punching and submissions).� In terms of a prediction, if a completely healthy Swick shows up, he's going to murder Johnson.� Otherwise, Johnson will take the decision.
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