Our favorite Canadian TUF Fighter Kalib Starnes is set to fight again!
Coming off a solid unanimous decision victory over Chris Leben a UFC71. On that same card, a well rounded and experienced Alan Belcher submitted Sean Salmon.
Although not official, “I am very Excite!”
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5)Tyson Griffin and Thiago Tavares have been added to the UFC76 fight card.
Griffin is coming off a controversial split decsion victory over Clay Guida at UFC72. As for Taveres, this cat is undefeated and takes care of most of his opponents early and viciously.
This adds some serious weight towhat is looking to be a pretty gnarly card for the september showdown.
Here’s the updated card sp far, keep in mind that most of these aren’t up on the UFC site yet, and have been “officially” confirmed.
Chuck Liddell vs Keith Jardine
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs Forrest Griffin
Diego Sanchez vs Jon Fitch
Tyson Griffin vs Thiago Tavares
Jason Lambert vs Wilson Gouveia
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Some are calling Napao the most underrated fighter on the planet, and would bet the house on him in a bout against Fedor. Others still think he’s an unproven commodity in The Octagon and are calling his vicious knock out win over Cro Cop a fluke.
Although I wouldn’t go so far as to say he got lucky against Mirko (he was clearly the better fighter that night), I’m still a little sceptical and certainly am not ready to give him props as the greatest heavyweight on the planet as some are.
Lets look at his past fights: Most have been relatively short, just how good is his cardio? Can he go the distance in a five round tilt? We don’t know that yet.
He’s done very well against strikers but the only truly accomplished grappler he’s faced, Werdum, pounded him into a bloody mess.
Aside from Cro Cop, who has he beaten that could be considered a top 10 or even top 20 heavyweight? No one really.
The moral of this story? Just because he beat Cro Cop in highlight reel fashion does not mean he is the next big thing. Kevin Randleman did that in 2004 and two years later he was fined for providing goat pee in a urinalysis. Just some food for thought………
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
Are you freaking kidding me!!??
Less than a week after one of our resident bloggers MikeyD wrote an article about Steroids in MMA we find out that the current UFC Lightweight Champion of the freaking world, AND his opponent, Both were freaking juiced during their freaking title fight at freaking UFC73.
I think I’m gonna go home an punch myself in the dick till I pass out.
Now BOTH these guys are suspended for a year, fined $2,500 and have pissed off the entire MMA community. Sherk has not yet been stripped of his belt, but he might (and should) be by the UFC.
Check the statement that Hermes Franca issued to the boys over at MMAWeekly.com about his positive test.
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
As the card shapes up for UFC74 - Respect it gets more and more interesting.
Former Heavyweight champ Frank Mir is back in the octogon after a 9 month layoff, taking on 5 - 3 - 0 Antoni Hardonk.
This fight has been in the making since the beginning of the year but due to injuries and scheduling it has been delayed untill now. The 6′ 1, 240 lb Mir is coming off a TKO loss to Brandon Vera at UFC 65 and looks to get himself back into the Heavyweight Championship hunt with a win over Hardonk.
Also added to this card is PRIDE Bushido veteran Marcus Aurelio. He gets to go toe to toe with The Carpenter himself, Clay Guida…who is coming off a TERRIBLE decision loss against Tyson Griffin at UFC72.
Here’s the updated card:
(2 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
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