tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-261952432012-02-12T00:45:08.802-05:00Gappernoreply@blogger.comBlogger711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-39841074111528265492008-11-05T20:52:00.002-05:002008-11-05T20:56:46.062-05:00

Ok I'm back again. Fellow MMA Fanatic "The Garv" has the craziest post about Shonie Carter check it out here.

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-2393116690303353032008-11-05T20:31:00.003-05:002008-11-05T20:42:30.913-05:00

Wow, been awhile since I've posted here. I'm down with all the MMA I can get my hands on but work has been insane and leaves me with little energy to post. Anyway....Just watched the first fight between Pasternak and Rosholt, won't post a spoiler here but it was a great fight. WEC events have always been exciting, better than a UFC ppv sometimes and it's free to boot!Looking forward to Pulver vs

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-79889291216666815312008-07-17T13:07:00.003-04:002008-07-17T13:23:08.836-04:00

Apparently Rampage Jackson was picked up by police again yesterday afternoon and taken to a hospital for a mental evaluation. Around 4:30pm yesterday some friends of Rampage flagged down an officer because they were worried about his behavior.Officers determined that he posed a threat to himself and others and at that time decide to have him taken in for an evaluation. Rampage was cooperative

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-18984390274294637782008-07-15T21:19:00.002-04:002008-07-15T21:28:39.527-04:00

Rampage Jackson got himself arrested earlier today after a short car chase around around southern California. He's been charged with reckless driving, hit and run driving, and felony evading arrest... ouch. What possible reason could he have for not stopping when instructed to do so? Well details are emerging now and more will come out later.Read the story at Yahoo.See pics of the arrest on

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-39781767747621037642008-05-24T18:05:00.003-04:002008-05-24T18:11:23.539-04:00

The 2nd MMA fight in Raleigh in the last 30 days takes place tonight at Dorton Arena. Ruckus in The Cage is bringing their hard hitting promotion to Raleigh and I have cage side seats. Hopefully they will allow cameras and I'll have pics to share later.As soon as we get home from that I'll have UFC 84 all recorded and ready to watch. It will be MMA overload tonight!Mike(MMA Fanatic)

Gappernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-57576472405422430522008-05-23T19:40:00.002-04:002008-05-23T19:52:47.666-04:00

Just got done watching the weigh ins for UFC 84 Ill Will and Tito Ortiz had a special message for Dana White. When Tito got on stage and took off his sweat shirt he had a t-shirt on underneath with this in huge letters:DANAISMYBITCHI just about fell out of my chair laughing and oddly enough Dana was not present at the weigh in probably because he knew something like this was going to happen.Gonna

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-4065704223686418972008-05-05T21:48:00.003-04:002008-05-05T22:00:51.463-04:00

Brandon Vera's camp released his newest training video where he is preparing for Fabricio Werdum who he'll be facing at UFC 85 Bedlam.I have always been impressed with Brandon's kicks and this video gives you a taste of what this guy can do. His cardio is awesome and it looks like he uses that oxygen deprivation training method similar to the one Wanderlei Silva uses.Check out the video of

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-29456023969718641462008-04-27T12:38:00.005-04:002008-12-10T03:24:18.530-05:00

Carolina Fight Promotions held it's first event last night and it was also the first MMA event to be held in North Carolina since being banned after UFC 3 in Charlotte NC 14 years ago.CFP founder Doug Muhle and Jason Culbreth were instrumental in lobbying the NC state legislature for over 2 years to get MMA legalized in NC again.The whole show seemed to go off without a hitch after slightly late

Gappernoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-24381009451210085102008-04-26T16:35:00.003-04:002008-04-26T16:40:26.387-04:00

The wife and I are getting ready to head out to CFP "The Return" of MMA to Raleigh. This is my first live event so I'm excited to see how the action will be. Hopefully I'll have some pictures and maybe a little video later this evening or tomorrow of the show.Mike(MMA Fanatic)

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-44273167799279371002008-04-21T20:30:00.002-04:002008-04-21T20:38:10.295-04:00

Well I'm not surprised this happened, we all know how much disdain Dana has for pussies and poser fighters. He made the right move however you simply CANNOT run from your opponent the whole fight. Sprinting away once or twice to re-group is one thing but not straight running away.Take a lesson from Matt Serra Kalib, when you are in the cage getting a beat down you take it like a man.Read the

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-37698114274182880282008-04-21T17:11:00.002-04:002008-04-21T17:17:59.230-04:00

Just got word that UFC Fighter (ahem) Kalib Starnes has signed for his next fight, see exclusive video of his opponent below. Starnes has already indicated that he may have to run away from this fighter as well. If he thought Nate Quarry was tough he ain't seen anything like this kid.Mike(MMA Fanatic)

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-61192743482294875642008-04-19T11:49:00.006-04:002008-04-19T14:25:10.103-04:00

I can't remember ever being this excited for a UFC and I am so looking forward to Serra and GSP. Let me just say first that I think GSP is a great fighter, a class act and is great for the sport of MMA.However I found his comments made in the days and weeks after his loss to Serra to be very revealing. The big issue I have are the excuses: My cousin died, my dad was sick, I had other problems etc

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-21627825750758367452008-04-03T16:09:00.004-04:002008-04-03T20:31:02.783-04:00

I got a much welcomed surprise while watching UFN last night. A commercial came on with Royce Gracie introducing MMA back to NC with an organization called Carolina Fight Promotions.I'm so stoked for this, it's not the UFC of course but it's going to be great to go to a live event right in my hometown of Raleigh, NC. My wife and I are buying ringside tickets and hopefully they will let us take

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-61411178240829511462008-04-03T13:35:00.004-04:002008-04-03T13:42:15.321-04:00

James Irvin knocked out highly touted and heavy handed Houston Alexander in just 8 seconds at last nights Ultimate Fight Night. Irvin opened up immediately with a right that folded Alexander and sent him to the mat, Irvin followed up with two more hard shots and Steve Mazzagatti quickly called an end to the fight. Alexander popped right up and protested the call but you can clearly see

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-61497017090019792142008-02-28T17:24:00.004-05:002008-02-28T17:35:08.854-05:00

The big MMA news today is the CBS announcement that they will broadcast Elite XC events. The initial deal is reported to be multi year with about 4 live events to be aired on CBS. This is pretty big news in my opinion right on par with the UFC getting the Spike deal for The Ultimate Fighter and Ultimate Fight Nights.Provided the ratings are good this could bring MMA even more into the mainstream,

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-60693234812609412362008-02-20T19:59:00.003-05:002008-02-20T20:12:24.618-05:00

Great interview with Rampage talking about The Ultimate Fighter 7 with Forrest Griffin, fighting to get Paid, and a movie role.

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-10366239364260470332008-02-05T18:06:00.000-05:002008-02-06T12:18:14.616-05:00

This post is courtesy of James "Kensei Neiko" moderator of the Yahoo group Extreme Fighting Fan. Check out his group for for more great MMA discussions.With the start of the NEW TUF series and every MMA fans secret indulgence getting ready I thought I would introduce you all to the rumored cast of hopefuls. First off the judges are Forrest Griffin and Quinton Jackson, so you know that the coaches

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-56385868908135465972008-02-02T11:42:00.000-05:002008-02-02T12:32:04.130-05:00

Finally tonight MMA fans get to see the much anticipated fight between former UFC Heavyweight champ Frank Mir and WWE superstar Brock Lesnar. This is going to be a difficult fight to pick a winner, Mir has been lackluster in his last few fights after returning from a serious motorcycle accident. And Lesnar while being a former WWE superstar and award winning collegiate wrestler is still an

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-53932725315506367462008-01-14T20:38:00.000-05:002008-01-14T20:49:35.819-05:00

Story courtesy of Dan Magnie at ColoradoFightEvents.com by Ann DainJanuary 9, 2008: What a wonderful departure from my day-job when I received a phone call at my office from Dan Magnie, President of ColoradoFightEvents.com extending an invitation from Keith Schmelzer of Rocky Mountain Bad Boyz to interview George St. Pierre the next day at T’sKO Fight Club in Wheat Ridge. WOW! Was it hard to

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-7291706091523117252007-11-25T11:00:00.000-05:002007-11-25T11:57:55.450-05:00

Good news for UFC fight fans yesterday evening, George St.Pierre has agreed to step up and fight Matt Hughes for an interim Welterweight title. I was a little concerned when they made the initial announcement that Serra couldn't fight and no replacement fight was named. I thought they would let Serra heal up and reschedule the fight sometime in 08.Despite the fact that I was seriously bummed

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-87233423368901874402007-11-24T10:50:00.000-05:002007-11-24T11:05:01.413-05:00

Disappointing news yesterday for Matt Serra fans, Matt apparently suffered a herniated disc in his lower back while training and will not be healthy for his fight on 12-29 against Matt Hughes.I was so looking forward to this fight too... So far the UFC hasn't made any announcements as to whether that fight will be replaced by bringing 2 new fighters to the card, or moving a pair up from under

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-13473955857438694222007-11-15T16:05:00.000-05:002007-11-15T16:14:54.382-05:00

Mac Danzig is one cranky, moody guy but you can’t dispute his skills in the octagon, and who knows maybe that sour attitude adds to his skill set. He sure took it to John Kolosci by stuffing every takedown attempt and just whaling away on him the whole time with hard shots to the face and elbows to the ribs. It was just a matter of time before Kolosci couldn’t absorb anymore and gave up his back

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-3536004011992981772007-11-14T07:32:00.000-05:002007-11-14T07:36:22.458-05:00

Dana White will appear on the new Dennis Miller sports show "Sports Unfiltered" tonight at 10:30 on the Versus Network.

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YouTube sensation and street fighter turned pro Kimbo Slice needed only 19 seconds to defeat MMA vet Bo Cantrell in last nights EliteXC Renegades event. Kimbo advanced steadily on Cantrell and scored a hard uppercut to the upper chest followed by a sweet elbow to the eyebrow area which the commentators seemed to miss. Cantrell went down at that point and was tapping almost as soon as he hit the

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-86532388520298731382007-11-06T20:22:00.000-05:002007-11-06T20:28:53.748-05:00

Thanks to Dan Magnie a member of my Yahoo UFC group for sharing this article on Matt Serra.Check out Dan's MMA site Colorado Fight EventsMike(MMA Fanatic)

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-36725033096182485102007-11-06T07:17:00.000-05:002007-11-06T07:22:00.594-05:00

In breaking UFC news it was announced that former professional wrestler turned MMA up and comer Brock Lesner will face former heavyweight champ Frank Mir February 2nd. Read more at UFC.com

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On one of the MMA Yahoo groups I belong to, Extreme Fighting Fan the group moderator Kensei Neiko posted some nice analysis of the fighter contract data that was released to the press:Okay, so reading over a "standard UFC Contract for top guys" Randy isscrewed!!! Here is why:First off we have that Retirement clause that some are saying is apain for Randy but more just a word challenge for him to

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-66396325495390002992007-10-30T17:29:00.000-04:002007-10-30T18:01:57.884-04:00

At a UFC press conference this afternoon to address remarks made by Randy Couture, Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta flatly refute the claims made by the Heavyweight champ. The details are certainly interesting for example the signing bonus.Randy wanted a half mil signing bonus which the UFC wasn't ready to give up front in case of injury or something like that. Randy stated that he didn't get that

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-32792311179872850522007-10-19T09:35:00.000-04:002007-10-19T09:39:59.503-04:00

Kind of a tame episode this week some of that due to Paul Georgieff getting news from home that his 19 year old cousin had died. I’m glad Dana didn’t make him sweat a choice between being there for his family and competing on the Ultimate Fighter. It was also nice see his team mates there to back him up and offer support. Mac Danzig seems to have a problem with Blake Bowman and the fact that

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-72904097250983805632007-10-12T12:26:00.000-04:002007-10-12T12:31:27.486-04:00

UFC president Dana White announced yesterday that Randy Couture has resigned from the UFC as commentator and potential lobbyist and will retire again. Randy has decided to pursue a career in acting and is in Africa right now filming The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian.Randy was looking to fight Pride’s Fedor Emelianenko but the UFC was unable to bring Fedor into the fold and he has now signed

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-3589137793661657582007-10-04T13:25:00.000-04:002007-10-04T13:28:18.277-04:00

Well it went down much like I thought it would Joey Scarola couldn’t take the cameras couldn’t take being away from his girlfriend of 6 months so he bailed. Matt Serra did everything he could to try and convince him otherwise and so did Dana White but he quit anyway.Now you know that Joey wanted to be in the UFC bad, I’m sure he begged Matt Serra to get him on the show and in turn Matt put in the

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-22998173935167815512007-10-03T13:29:00.000-04:002007-10-03T13:34:41.619-04:00

I’m going to go out on a limb here (not) and predict that tonight is the night that Joe Scarola gets booted or chooses to leave the show. This kind of thing seems to happen every season of TUF, there is one guy that looks like a grown man but is actually little girl in disguise. Can you say Gabe Rudiger? I guess it makes for a good show since I do find my self yelling “Man up you wuss!” to my

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-85075875984585815932007-09-19T18:41:00.000-04:002007-09-19T19:16:25.254-04:00

MMA Fans get a big fix this week from the UFC with 3 upcoming events. Tonight is Ultimate Fight Night Live followed by the season 6 premier of The Ultimate Fighter and then to top the week off Saturday night is UFC 76 Knockout.If the previews tell us anything this season of TUF promises to be the wildest one yet and I for one am looking forward to it. I like Hughes but I root for the underdog a

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-23905110890830199332007-09-06T16:42:00.000-04:002008-12-10T03:24:19.653-05:00

On September 1st I got a chance to meet UFC Champ Matt Serra at the New York State Fair in Syracuse. I'm originally from there and live in Raleigh NC now but I had planned a vacation to see some family when a friend told me he would be there.Needless to say I'm pretty stoked as I love the UFC and I also like Matt, not to mention this is the first UFC fighter I've ever met in person. My wife and I

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-31086023011682685112007-06-24T22:48:00.000-04:002007-06-24T23:09:25.397-04:00

In an already exciting card at The Ultimate Fighter 5 finale there were 2 very unexpected finishes. Manny Gaburyan was controlling Nate Diaz for all of the first round and round quickly started with more of the same. But just 20 seconds into the 2nd Manny went for the shot on Diaz dislocated his shoulder and immediately tapped making Nate the Ultimate Fighter Season 5 contract winner.On the

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-47629196338811573322007-05-04T07:28:00.000-04:002007-05-04T07:39:15.680-04:00

I am firmly convinced after last nights show that Gabe Ruediger is a little bitch. I didn't like him from the get go, talk talk talk talk is all he did, inserting himself and his opinion into areas that didn't concern him like with the whole "Suck it team Pulver" graffiti incident.I couldn't agree with Dana more, fighters that can't make weight are pathetic. This is the chance of a lifetime for

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-28687522033874063382007-03-04T10:24:00.000-05:002007-03-04T10:39:28.961-05:00

The fans really got their $50 bucks worth for UFC 68! There was no way this could be a bad card with the likes of Hughes, Franklin, Sylvia, and Couture all on the same night. All of the stars showed up to fight... Matt Hughes takes a hard earned 3 round decision to Chris Lytle. The majority of the fight was spent on the ground with a lot of good grappling and jiu jitsu skills on display. Rich

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-4607618729552299022007-02-10T21:42:00.000-05:002007-02-10T21:47:35.199-05:00

A new MMA organization will have it’s first televised event tonight at 10pm est. on the Showtime cable network. The headlining fight on the card will be Frank Shamrock vs Renzo Gracie these rivals should bring a lot of exciting action in their bout tonight. This evenings event will also feature a fight between 2 female combatants Julie Kedzie and Gina Carano. You wouldn’t think either of these

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1160279717609192642006-10-07T23:51:00.000-04:002007-02-07T18:11:50.756-05:00

I just want to thank those of you that continue to find my blog and enjoy my MMA articles and thoughts. Don't forget I have moved this blog to a permanent domain at: Mixed Martial Art FansPlease feel free to leave comments!Mike (MMA Fanatic)

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1155261201151960982006-08-10T21:46:00.000-04:002007-01-18T04:43:03.120-05:00

Well I had the new blog up and running and was posting away and all was great. I got real busy with some stuff the end of June into the start of July and just did not have time to post and I was on vacation for 10 days.When I returned Wordpress had a new version available and was supposed to be all so simple to update to the new version. Needless to say my meager nerd skills were stretched and I

Gappernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1152379691491604222006-07-08T13:23:00.000-04:002006-07-08T13:28:11.506-04:00

I have moved this blog over to it's own domain using wordpress. All future posts can be seen here: Mixed Martial Art Fans. Come and check out my latest article on tonights UFC 61 Bitter Rivals.Mike(MMA Fanatic)

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1151926889868978962006-07-03T07:16:00.000-04:002006-07-03T07:41:29.880-04:00

Spike TV and UFC are bringing a new episode of All Access tonight featuring Tito Ortiz. I really enjoy the all access shows, the last 2 they did on Rich Franklin and Andrei Arlovski were really interesting.I found it fascinating seeing what the average day of a UFC star actually consists of, from Frankin's hardcore cardio training to Arlovski's 8 egg and steak breakfasts. Plus! Grabbing big eye

Gappernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1151549500005909192006-06-28T22:16:00.000-04:002006-06-28T23:10:20.550-04:00

The latest installment of Ultimate Fight Night was exciting with a couple favorites going down hard. TUF 2 heavyweight champion Rashad Evans completely dominates TUF season one light heavy runner up Stephan Bonnar for a full 3 rounds and gets the easy decision.Crowd pleaser and iron chinned Chris Leben had his 5 Octagon win streak ended and goes down hard, getting knocked out in 49 seconds of

Gappernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1151016649685703792006-06-22T18:17:00.000-04:002006-06-22T20:19:14.276-04:00

The TUF 3 finale is this Saturday and it's time for some thoughts and analysis on the two fights for the contracts; Ed Herman vs Kendall Grove and Michael Bisping vs Josh Haynes.First lets look at Ed and Kendall... A lot of commentators have been saying don't judge Ed by the fights you saw during the show, which I was not impressed with. Really, if you look at the guys he fought Rory ended up

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1150494733347826992006-06-16T17:40:00.000-04:002006-06-17T11:58:26.716-04:00

2 great episodes last night, lots of laughs and lots of action. I won't get into too much detail over the whole Rory "is gay" thing but man that was some funny stuff, juvenile to be sure but funny none the less. Once we got past the sharpie graffiti on fighters gear, ass crack sweat on the MMA gloves, and pissing in another fighters head gear there were some actual fights.Team Ortiz is hanging

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1150112582522736972006-06-12T07:32:00.000-04:002006-06-12T07:43:02.536-04:00

Starting with UFC 61, UFC On Demand will begin live streaming for all Ultimate Fighting Championship events. I know this will be some welcome news to those fans that live outside the USA or Canada and that either can't get them at all or the events are greatly delayed sometimes for weeks.Mike(MMA Fanatic)UFC UFC 61 Ultimate Fighting Championship MMA Mixed Martial Arts

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Wow, where do I start with tonight's episode... The show opens up with Dana coming to the house and treating the guys to a catered dinner which was very cool.The first surprise of the show was after dinner when Dana brought all the losing fighters back to hang with the guys in the semis. A nice kind of reunion follows but a couple of the guys are a bit dismayed to hear that they are going to hang

Gappernoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1149734928021426402006-06-07T22:10:00.000-04:002006-06-07T22:48:48.033-04:00

The UFC has added a heavyweight fight to the card at UFC 61 Gilbert Aldana vs. Cheick Kongo. I have to admit I know very little about either fighter other than what I've been able to glean from fight stats published on the internet.Gilbert Aldana is coming off a tough loss to Paul Buentello in UFC 57 where he lost the fight by TKO at 2:27 in round 2. Most of Aldana's experience comes from Rage in

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1149553753855900182006-06-05T19:24:00.000-04:002006-07-22T03:07:28.486-04:00

According to the UFC 60 recap in Sundays Boston Herald article, it seems to be confirmed that light heavyweight titleholder Chuck Liddell will be squaring off against Renato "Babalu" Sobral at UFC 62 on August 26th for the belt.Hopefully Sobral will fare better then their last meeting on 11-22-02 at UFC 40 where Babalu took a brutal kick to the head from Chuck at 2:55 in round one and was knocked

Gappernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1149219492153750832006-06-01T23:24:00.000-04:002006-07-22T03:07:28.470-04:00

I just finished watching the latest episode of The Ultimate Fighter and that had to be the gayest fight I've ever seen in my life. My fricken wife could have beat Matt's ass that's how bad this was.I swear I thought Mike was deaf, if he had only listened to his coach and his team mates he could have won this fight. All it seemed Mike was capable of was throwing these wild windmill type punches

Gappernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1149200009440140682006-06-01T17:56:00.000-04:002006-07-22T03:07:28.470-04:00

I have to admit I've been more impressed with Brandon Vera than any of the new up and comer fighters I've seen lately. This guy has a stated goal to be the first fighter to hold the Heavy and Light Heavyweight belts in the UFC, and damn if it doesn't look like he could do it.He's rolling right over guys that are 20, 30, 40 pounds heavier than he is and his most recent win in UFC 60 over Assuerio

Gappernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1149075898740944542006-05-31T07:40:00.000-04:002006-07-20T15:17:48.340-04:00

I have to give props to my friend Scott for making up this logo for my MMA blog he's quite the photoshop genius. Thanks Buddy! You can check out his blog here: From The Mind of a Zombie

Gappernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1148921890906092672006-05-29T12:15:00.000-04:002006-07-22T03:07:28.843-04:00

On May 5th the World Extreme Cagefighting organization held an event in Lemoore CA. One of the matchups at that fight was Mike Kyle vs. Brian Olsen. During the fight Olsen had slipped over the back of Kyle and landed on the ground on all fours, Kyle promptly delivered a hell of a kick right to Olsen's face!Unfortunately I had missed the fight on the 5th as I was out of town but I had a chance to

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Well the torch has been officially passed, after last nights UFC 60 it's clear that the new era of UFC fighters are a step above those from the early 90's.I expected the Matt Hughes vs Royce Gracie fight to go at least 2 rounds and I was a bit surprised at the utter domination Matt had over Royce. I was not surprised that the fight ended in a TKO ref stoppage, I expected that, just not in such an

Gappernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1148777217163687572006-05-27T19:54:00.000-04:002006-07-22T03:07:30.256-04:00

What has to be the most highly anticipated and hotly debated Ultimate Fighting Championship event will take place in just a matter of hours... UFC 60 Matt Hughes VS. Royce Gracie.How much more can be said about a fight between UFC legend Royce Gracie and 8 time welterweight champion Matt Hughes that hasn't already been discussed?This matchup promises to be a UFC milestone to be sure. If Gracie

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Finally this week we got to see the whiskey drinking Ed Herman show his stuff in the octagon. Ed finally got his wish this week to have a fight against a team Ortiz member after being "slighted" by Tito when teams were picked.Representing team Ortiz was the quiet karate instructor Danny Abaddi. Actually turns out Danny is a bit of a talker and story teller as some of the scenes with his

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Like us MMA fans couldn't be anymore stoked and ready for this weekends Ultimate Fighting event when along comes the UFC 60 countdown show. Yes, there will be a preview show on Spike tonight at 10. Don't forget to tune in!If your like me you'll be pretty fired up after watching an hour highlighting some of the best fights of Matt Hughes and Royce Gracie. Between UFC 60 and 4 day holiday weekend

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship has launched it's new beta version of On Demand fights. This is really cool! There is a large selection of fights to browse, individual fights appear to be $1.99 or you can choose the monthly $9.99 option for unlimited DVD quality downloads.Have a look here: UFC On DemandMike(MMA Fanatic)

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Just finished watching the International Fight League TV debut on FSN and it was very entertaining. Tonight's match featured Team Anaconda led by Bas Rutten vs. The Silverbacks coached by Pat Miletich.There were 5 fights on the card for the inaugural event. One of the more notable match ups of the event was Bart Palaszewski vs. John Shackelford in the lightweight category.Round one went down with

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The IFL makes it's TV debut tonight on FSN, 6 pm for those of us on the east coast. See the story here: IFLI've been looking forward to the start if the International Fight League for a few months now and I hope to see some great fights. It will also be interesting to see how the league format works out as well. Check back later for my post event thoughts and comments.Mike(MMA Fanatic)

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Great fight on TUF3 last night. It was hard to know who to root for as I like Tait, but I'm giving props to Josh for his passioned commitment to his family and the sport. And I was glad to see him get the decision.Now as far as the decision is concerned... Clearly after 2 rounds this fight was a draw and I share the same opinion as Dana White that this fight should have gone to a 3rd and deciding

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I was making the rounds of some fighter sites and Tito Ortiz.com is saying that Tito will fight Ken Shamrock in July (UFC 61?) Apparently Tito is recovering from some stretched knee ligaments and a bulging disc suffered during TUF3 filming and aggravated from his fight with Forrest Griffin.I don't think that would change the outcome of the fight though. Slightly injured or healed I'm afraid Tito

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I'm sure that most all of the serious MMA fans have heard of the International Fight League. A new organization that is team based with 5 fighters to a team and 8 teams all together.Coached by the likes of Pat Miletich, Bas Ruten, Maurice Smith and Renzo Gracie it promises to be an exciting new way to view the sport of mixed martial arts.I have been looking forward to seeing some of these fights

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Was surfing the Sherdog.com forums Monday when I noticed this guy had his MMA forum linked in his sig line stating that there were various fights that could be downloaded to your PC.Here is the link: Ninjashoes MMA ForumThere is a long list of links posted there with various fight titles, lots of old school Ultimate Fighting Championship fights, some Pride fights and a couple other organizations

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I've been away from this blog for a few days due to a death in the family and I was out of town since Saturday last week. Upon my return I have gone to my DVR and caught up on my TUF 3 episode and I feel compelled to share my feelings here regarding Noah Inhofer.I can't believe what a pussy this guy is... Here you are, with a shot at a 6 figure contract in the UFC, and your going to give that up

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Lots and lots of exciting UFC fight news out there! Besides Hughes vs Gracie there is alot of talk about the proposed rubber match title fight between Arlovski and Sylvia.It's been rumored/reported that Arlovski and Sylvia will have a rubber match at UFC 61. That's a quick turnaround between fights, but I'd love to see it none the less!No knock on Sylvia but Arlovski is my man and I doubt he'll

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Many think it will be the man in this picture, Renato "Babalu" Sobral considered by most to be the number one contender in the UFC for the heavyweight belt.The last time these two men met in the octagon was 11-22-02 at UFC 40. Chuck knocked Babalu out at 2:55 in round one with a devastating headkick that has made all the UFC highlight reels since and is included in the opening to UFC

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When perusing the UFC.com site this morning I noticed that they have a special interactive site setup for a preview of UFC 60 and it is very cool. If you haven't seen it yet you can check it out here: UFC 60I spent at least an hour this morning watching the previews and checking out the interactive interviews with Matt Hughes, Royce Gracie and Dana White, this thing kicks ass!Listening to Matt

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With about a month to go until this fight there certainly is a lot of speculation about who is going to win. I'm kind of torn on this one to be honest and I think this fight is evenly matched overall and will be just about impossible to pick a winner.I'm an old school MMA fan from the mid-90's and got the fever watching Royce choke out Dan Severn after almost 40 minutes of grappling action. Just

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Well, as evidenced by last nights bouts, fight prediction is a fickle science. An excellent UFC event overall with some really good fights, needless to say I was suprised at some of the outcomes.First Griffin and Ortiz... What a great fight, 2 fierce and determined guys leaving it all in the ring. Round 1 I found myself thinking the worst while Tito had Forrest down on the mat applying his

Gappernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26195243.post-1145142923023840982006-04-15T18:21:00.000-04:002006-04-15T19:15:23.043-04:00

Welcome fellow MMA Fanatics. With UFC 59: Reality Check only hours away I decided today would be a fine day to start an MMA blog... and here we are.As the name of my Blog would indicate I am an MMA fanatic. I got hooked on Ultimate Fighting Championship back in the mid 90's but as a lot of people are aware it was difficult to find quality MMA programming on cable and pay per view, which

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