'Total Divas' episode 11 recap: Bad medicine

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Eva Marie gets another chance for a big break, but violates the 11th Commandment – #DontHinderJinder – when she completely forgets Jinder Mahal’s name during a guest stint as a ring announcer. Jinder is, obviously, somewhat peeved by all this, though Heath Slater is a bit more conciliatory. Despite claiming a moral victory in that she didn’t try to cheat her way out of this mess, Eva’s brain fart lands her in the doghouse (again) with WWE execs, who are rapidly running out of options as to what to do with her.

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There’s a fungus among us, and it has taken up residence in the big toe of Jimmy Uso. It’s actually pretty gnarly – the poor guy’s foot makes him look like Patient Zero of the zombie apocalypse – yet he only goes to a doctor after it gets bad enough to trip him up during a match. The doc cleans him up in a flash, but it turns out that Naomi (Trinity) has caught whatever creeping crud has infested Jimmy’s foot, and they end the episode with His and Hers topical ointments to clear up the gunk. Adorable.

Over in Bella-land, Daniel Bryan’s doing pretty well as WWE’s de facto “top guy” in John Cena’s absence, but the increased demand on his time is starting to put a wee bit of pressure on his relationship with Brie Bella. Meanwhile,Nikki is attempting to nurse the ailing Cena back to health after his surgery – complete with nurse’s outfit – while also undergoing the process of moving her stuff into his place.

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Proving that timing is everything, Cena picks this exact moment to spring a “cohabitation agreement” on Nikki that basically gives him the legal right to evict her from the premises if the relationship goes belly-up. It’s a necessary evil, one he fully realizes he may not have handled all that well. Worse, his “just in case” protestations are lost on Nikki, who’s somewhat upset by this turn of events – and by “somewhat” we mean she storms out of The Champ’s abode, absconds with a Maserati and hits the road like Stallone in “Rocky IV” to work through her emotions. Sometimes there really is no easy way out.

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UFC Champ Talks Club Incident With Nick Diaz, Jon Jones Return Update, Pettis Needs Surgery

- This weekend rumors spread through social media that UFC welterweight Nick Diaz and UFC lightweight champ Anthony Pettis had gotten into an altercation in a nightclub. According to Pettis, who spoke recently to gathered media (video above, courtesy MMA Fight Corner), the incident was overblown.

“I think Twitter made it bigger than what it really was,” Pettis said. “One of Nick Diaz’s friends — I was taking pictures with a fan — had something to say. My family don’t play, their family don’t play, drinks got thrown, security came. Me and Nick Diaz never had a confrontation together. I think Twitter blew it up a little more than it was. That’s normal for me in Milwaukee — it’s nothing big.”

Since taking the title, Pettis has been the target of every lightweight in the promotion. That extends to Nate Diaz, who’s had no problem calling out the champ so far. Pettis said that he’s comfortable with a target on his back though, and has no intention on giving ground.

- UFC president Dana White revealed earlier this month that light heavyweight champ Jon Jones had determined that the leftover injuries from his brawl with Alexander Gustafsson were going to prevent a planned February return against Glover Teixeira. Citing a persistent foot injury, Jones felt that he wouldn’t be able to prepare adequately enough to show up at his best for the briefly scheduled UFC 171 bout with Teixeira.

Fortunately, the injuries aren’t bad enough to keep him out of the cage much longer than that, as a report given by Ariel Helwani for UFC Tonight has the champ eyeing a March or April return to action.

- Unfortunately for Anthony Pettis, his knee injury will require a much longer hiatus. Pettis, who pulled out of a scheduled bout with Jose Aldo this summer with a knee injury, tore his left post cruciate ligament in his title-winning fight with Benson Henderson. Ariel Helwani reported for UFC Tonight that Pettis will require surgery to mend the injury, and that the procedure could keep him out for six to nine months.

Pettis is confident he’ll be able to return to action by next summer and is scheduled to undergo surgery in early December. He was slated to face Josh Thomson in his first title defense around the same time.

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UFC 20: Forrest

“I lose myself in the details of those 15 minutes and you don’t worry about what people think of you.” – Forrest Griffin In 2005, shortly after winning season one of The Ultimate Fighter, the idea of stardom hadn’t set in for Forrest Griffin.

Forget that he almost single-handedly put mixed martial arts on the mainstream map with his stirring three round victory over Stephan Bonnar on April 16, 2005 and captivated a nation with his self-effacing humor and ability to smile through a mask of blood. He was just another guy taking out his stitches with the aid of an Xacto knife nine days after the biggest fight of his life.

“I still do it,” he deadpanned three years later. “It’s convenient.”

He’s still pretty much the same guy – celebrity sits unsteady on his head, he’d rather have a good book – particularly one of the two New York Times bestsellers that he’s written – in his hands than doing the rounds of the hottest clubs, and life is fairly simple – train, eat, train, sleep, train, fight. Throw in the usual media obligations and you’ve got the picture.

But as the years went by, the Georgia product was no longer seen as an unknown brawler looking to make a name for himself while trying to earn a spot in the UFC. Instead, he became a world champion, a Hall of Famer, and one of the seminal figures in the rise of the sport.

Yet by staying humble and grounded, he was able to keep myself on an even keel because in this game, more than in any other, there are no guarantees, and Griffin’s career is a case study.

On top of the world after beating Bonnar in April of 2005, Griffin would win his next two bouts over Bill Mahood and Elvis Sinosic before a high-profile clash with former UFC light heavyweight boss Tito Ortiz in April of 2006. On a UFC 59 card aptly titled ‘Reality Check’, Griffin survived a frightful first round beating to come back and arguably win the next two rounds. He would lose a close decision to Ortiz, but his stock may have risen even higher in defeat.

That wasn’t the case two fights later, when Keith Jardine halted him in the first round in December of 2006. Unable to accept simply getting caught and stopped, Griffin questioned himself incessantly after the bout’s conclusion, wondering if he could compete with the best in the division.

In his return against Hector Ramirez at UFC 72, Griffin showed a different side of his fight game as he picked his foe apart methodically and with a discipline he sorely needed. No longer was it ‘hit Forrest and watch him put his head down and swing away.’ He looked like a contender.

And on September 22, 2007, most questions about Forrest Griffin disappeared in 14 minutes and 45 seconds, the time it took him to dominate and then submit Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua, the PRIDE star with the reputation as one of the top 205-pounders in the world. Griffin made him look like he shouldn’t even have showed up for the fight, and when it was over, the idea of Griffin as light heavyweight champion wasn’t so far-fetched anymore.

But it was on July 5, 2008 that he fulfilled all his promise with a fight for the ages against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. For five rounds, the two battled tooth and nail in search of victory, and it was Griffin who got it with a unanimous decision.

He would lose his crown five months later to Rashad Evans, and at UFC 101 in August of 2009 he got knocked out by Anderson Silva, but after dealing with a myriad of injuries, Griffin has won three of his last four bouts over Ortiz (twice) and Rich Franklin, ending his career on a high note that culminated with his induction into the UFC Hall of Fame in July of 2013.

“It’s one of those things where when you’re training and fighting, you can’t worry about your bills, your mortgage, did you get your girlfriend pregnant, your pet’s cancer, or anything,” he said of fighting. “Nothing else matters but that dude trying to kick you in the face or throw you on your head or trying to rip your arm out of the socket. It becomes a singularity of purpose, which an ADD kid like me rarely gets. I like that moment of clarity in fights, and I truly have that. I lose myself in the details of those 15 minutes and you don’t worry about what people think of you.”

This updated profile was excerpted from the UFC Encyclopedia, which can still be purchased in the UFC Store or at bookstores and retailers around the globe.

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Davis Meets Gordon At Havoc FC 4

Canada’s Flyweight division will start to fall in place in 2014 as Mike Davis will meet Malcom Gordon at Havoc Fc 4. Davis himself confirmed the bout on his Facebook page.

“All my friends who can never travel to my fights here is the chance ! I am fighting Malcom Gordon at Havok FC right here in Red Deer January.31st…”

Davis, a member of Arashi-Do Martial Arts, is currently riding a 8 fight win streak which includes victories over Michael Banin, Corey Lautischer and Eric Wilson. Currently considered by many to be Canada’s Flyweight king, Davis will look to mix up his training as he will spend time in Winnipeg to train with WAMMA in preparation for this bout.

Gordon, who trains out of Adrenaline Training Centre, may only have 3 professional bouts under his belt but has proved to be a vicious finisher ending all 3 of his outings before the 8 minute mark. This will be quite the test for the London, Ontario native as not only will Davis be his stiffest test to date but it will also be the first time Gordon has competed in MMA outside his home province.

Havoc FC 4 goes down January 31st from the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer, Alberta.

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Froch: I won't lose focus

Carl Froch says he’s feeling confident ahead of his fight with George Groves.

$(document).ready(function() { getBC({‘con’:'#video’,'ob’:'#video-id’,'id’:’2860756633001′}); }); Carl Froch says George Groves’ “horrible” behaviour will not affect his concentration come fight time tonight on Sky Sports Box Office.

The champion, whose IBF and WBA super-middleweight belts are on the line in Manchester, admits he has become irritated by a perceived lack of respect from Groves in the weeks leading up to their huge world title fight.

Froch did not exude his usual detached calm at Friday’s weigh-in, whispering in his younger challenger’s ear as the pair went head-to-head for the benefit of a jam-packed press room.

But after a sound night’s sleep on the eve of the fight the 36-year-old, heading into his 11th straight world title contest, gave Sky Sports News a clear-headed assessment of the task at hand.

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He said: “I’ve had a fantastic sleep – eight-and-a-half hours, which I don’t normally have. There was a riot going off in the next room, and my cornerman Mark was up patrolling the corridors like Charles Bronson at about 3.30, but I slept right through it. Happy days.

“I feel very confident. I’m apprehensive, a little bit nervous – it’s a big, big fight and I’ve got to take this kid seriously – as seriously as I can because he’s been quite petulant in the build-up.

“He’s been a horrible little child, so that’s obviously in my head. It’s a little bit irritating, but I’m taking this fight very, very seriously.

“As far as I’m concerned I’m in a top, top level world title fight and I’ll be taking it as such because if I take my foot off the gas or lose focus I’m not the dangerous fighting machine I need to be.

“As long as I’m switched on mentally I’ll do what I need to do, and I’m trying to hold focus and keep reminding myself this is a double world title fight against an unbeaten hungry kid.

“He’ll have a go at times, he’s going to punch back, and this is his big chance. Anyone in his position – with one chance – what are you going to do?

“But you’ve got to put it in context: he’s in against me, I’m firing on all cylinders and proven at world level. The right thing usually happens and should happen.

“On paper there’s only one winner, but I’m not taking that for granted – I’m turning up ready and George Groves is in serious trouble. He’s going to have to fight one hell of a fight just to stay with me, let alone win.

“Everyone should enjoy it – it’s going to be a cracker, a barnstormer, a humdinger as they say.”

Groves – a 10/3 outsider with Sky Bet – awoke on Saturday as confident as ever about his own chances of pulling off a shock victory.

He told Sky Sports News: “I’ve waited a long time for the chance to fight for a world title, and I’m not going to let this slip.

“I’m more than ready and capable of winning this fight, so there’ll be no excuses from me. I’m here to do a job and I can’t wait to get out there and do it.”

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KSW 25 Update: Light Heavyweight Champ Jan Blachowicz Scratched Due to Injury

Jan Blachowicz is off KSW 25. | Piotr Pedziszewski/Sherdog.com

A mere five days after it was announced, the KSW 25 co-main event has been altered due to injury.

KSW light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming title fight at the promotion’s final event of 2013, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the Polish promotion.

Blachowicz was originally slated to face former Bellator talent Virgil Zwicker, who now awaits a replacement opponent. “Rezdog” will not have to wait long, however, as KSW revealed in the announcement that Zwicker will receive a new foe sometime this week.

KSW 25 takes place Dec. 7 at Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland, and is headlined by a middleweight showdown between Mamed Khalidov and Ryuta Sakurai.

Blachowicz was last seen in March, when he successfully defended his belt against former UFC talent Goran Reljic. The Pole has won five straight fights, with the sole loss in his last 15 outings coming in March of 2011, when he was unable to continue against Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou due to a badly bruised left thigh.

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Universal Soldiers

Frank Shamrock was one of the first fighters to focus on cardiovascular conditioning. | Photo: Jeff Sherwood/Sherdog.com

Those who competed in the earliest Ultimate Fighting Championship events had no idea they were launching a sport, let alone how best to train for it.

Some hit pads backstage and growled. Others wrestled like they were preparing for a meet. Before the first UFC, one fighter famously tightened the one boxing glove he wore into battle, thinking it was his ticket to a knockout. In training for his 1994 UFC debut, All-American wrestler Dan Severn simply drilled techniques that were banned on collegiate mats. Must be illegal for a reason, he figured. Then, for the most part, all of them went into the cage and did whatever the hell came to mind.

In the years since, there has been a heady stream of evolutions. Mixed martial artists, as the sport came to be known, shifted from experimentation to specialization. Camps today are every bit as scientific in their approach to competition as any other professional sport, sometimes more so. Yet the deference and philosophies of traditional martial arts remain stitched into how fighters prepare.

UFC television analyst Joe Rogan has grown fond of saying the martial arts have evolved more in the past 20 years than they did in the preceding 200, and it is hard to argue the point. It seems waves of nouveau thinking about training wash over the sport every few months, and all it takes is a few fighters finding success with a technique for it to be seen as a new way of fighting. The counters to those techniques emerge just as quickly.

At the UFC’s outset, fighters thought in a very linear way. Wrestlers like Mark Coleman and jiu-jitsu players like Royce Gracie had a singular goal: take opponents off their feet, control them on the ground and find ways to pummel their faces or catch submission holds. Strikers intent on moving forward and firing shots drilled ways to get up off the mat. The operating principle for everyone was to get the fight into their wheelhouse, where their strengths resided; and those strengths were honed well before an MMA career was a thought.

Today, mixed martial artists do not necessarily have a wheelhouse. They have things they do particularly well, but for the most part, they are not going into fights with one-track minds about where the action needs to take place for them to be successful.

“Now, it’s on a much more micro level,” said Greg Jackson, a kickboxer whose New Mexico self-defense gym, established in 1992, blossomed into one of MMA’s most successful camps. “There are little revolutions, still every bit as important, but just smaller. Instead of a wrestler trying to figure out how to take a kickboxer down to the ground, it’s the third defense they use against a single-leg [that he or she focuses on].”

To appreciate the embryonic training and preparation present in the earliest UFCs, it is important to understand how martial arts — and martial artists — were perceived in America at the time. Prior to UFC 1, the image of a martial artist involved a guy in a kimono with a black belt, which symbolized he could beat up 10 other guys at once. A value system underpinned it all: one is never to use his martial training to injure or create social unrest. While laudable, this ethic also created the opening for some martial artists to boast that their techniques were superior beyond measure, without ever having to prove it.

“Now [with] a martial artist, the mystique has been taken away,” said Stephen Quadros, a lifelong martial artist and veteran fight journalist and commentator. “Commercially, it’s bad for those that sold that mystique, but generally speaking, I think it’s better because you have more of a grounding in reality.”

Today, there is a bright line between training for self-defense and training to win fights. Practitioners make the art, not the other way around, and disciplines once thought to be discredited are rediscovered and re-contextualized. Witness Lyoto Machida using a karate stance and punching style to great effect and Anthony Pettis leveraging the unpredictable striking angles of tae kwon do. The early wisdom was that these arts were impotent against wrestlers and ground fighters. Many doubled down in response. Strikers trained their striking that much harder, while wrestlers and jiu-jitsu players scoffed at standup training.

“[With] Martial artists, much like people involved politics, it’s very difficult for them to change their beliefs,” Quadros said. “You almost have to beat it out of them.”

Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.comThe sport of mixed martial arts did that.

The UFC was originally framed as a clash of martial arts styles to determine which one was supreme. This suggested the skills competitors brought to the table were static, set in stone, and we could get an apples-to-apples comparison. Instead of which style was superior, the development of the UFC revealed other truths. A key one: even the most skilled fighter was useless once he ran out of gas.

In the UFC, longtime training partners Frank Shamrock and Maurice Smith charted a path forward to fend off exhaustion in the heat of battle. A world champion kickboxer, Smith handed then-unstoppable wrestling machine Mark Coleman his first loss at UFC 14 in 1997 by biding his time, tying up Coleman and waiting for him to tire.

Once he did, Smith ripped into Coleman with leg kicks en route to a decision nod, instantly reinvigorating the place of striking in MMA.

From Smith, Shamrock learned about the cardiovascular conditioning regimen that was routine in kickboxing camps and put it to dramatic use when he burst into fight-finishing offense deep into the fourth round of his UFC 22 title bout against a fatigued Tito Ortiz. Ortiz had pinned down Shamrock for virtually every minute up until that point, but Shamrock was conditioned enough to explode at the first opportunity. Prior to the fight, Shamrock began doing basic, short-interval sprints, about 15 to 20 seconds a piece, to simulate the intensity of a round. He had never run in his life, hated it in fact, but he could not deny what it did for his game.

“It was what I was missing; it just changed everything about what I could do,” Shamrock said. “Maurice was like, ‘Your heart’s not strong. You haven’t done the work.’ He just made it so simple.”

Until he collaborated with Smith, Shamrock said he and most other fighters were always racing against the clock, hunting for a submission or fight-finishing opportunity before hitting a wall of exhaustion and dwindled effectiveness. Frank’s initial training with adoptive brother Ken Shamrock in the famed Lion’s Den, one of the first American MMA camps, was rooted in the training philosophies of Japanese catch wrestling. It emphasized chaining together submission attempts in grappling exchanges and hundreds of squats, push-ups and leg lifts to build muscle.

Strength training for MMA fighters has evolved from curls and bench presses, more of a bodybuilder regimen, to more functional fitness training, honing the body in ways that assist in manipulating another and overcoming resistance. Veteran trainer and former UFC champion Pat Miletich sums it up as run, jump, swim and climb, or what any kid with a big backyard does.

“The bodybuilding craze, weightlifting, ruined America’s fitness, to be honest with you,” Miletich said. “It’s not aesthetics; that’s not what we’re after. We’re after the ability to grab another human so you can throw them.”

In some sense, mixed martial arts has sprouted its own hybrid of fitness training, a blend of explosive movement and cardio drills that professional athletes from several other sports have sought to give them an edge.

In 2013, the Ultimate Fighting Championship launched “UFC Fit,” an in-house exercise program that promises to unleash the training and fitness “secrets” of fighters.

Frank Shamrock, learning what he learned from Smith, spoke to the value of collaboration, which took a while to occur in MMA. Originally, fighters kept very much in their own silos, perhaps a remnant of the closed-society mentality of traditional martial arts.

“There was too much animosity or resistance from the individual groups to get in one place,” Shamrock said. “I couldn’t train with the Gracies because I was a Shamrock, but what we missed in collaboration was huge. If we would have gotten together and figured some stuff out, there was huge holes that could have been filled.”

Miletich played a key role in breaking down these walls.

Finish Reading » “Generally, it’s mixed martial artists just training in mixed martial arts, and it’s a bastardized version. When I watch a UFC, I shouldn’t see guys who suck at striking, and I see it a lot. They don’t understand the finer points.”

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Bellator Weigh-In Results from Pennsylvania�s Sands Casino

Bethlehem, PA. (November 21, 2013) – The Bellator weigh-ins have been completed from Pennsylvania’s Sands Casino in preparation for Bellator MMA’s November 22nd event, which will showcase the Bellator Middleweight World Title Fight and the Bellator Lightweight and Middleweight Tournament Finals.

Bellator MMA will take place from the Sands Event Center on Friday, November 22nd with the first fight taking place at 7:00 p.m. EST and streaming live on Spike.com. The televised portion of the night will begin at 9:00 p.m. EST and will air live on Spike TV.

MAIN CARD:
Bellator Middleweight World Title: Doug Marshall (184.3) vs. Alexander Shlemenko (184.7)
Bellator Lightweight Tournament Final: Will Brooks (156) vs. Tiger Sarnavskiy (155.4)
Bellator Welterweight Tournament Final: Ron Keslar (170.7) vs. Rick Hawn (170.5)
Welterweight Feature Fight: Patrick Cenoble (155.4) vs. Terry Etim (155.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD:
Heavyweight Feature Fight: Keith Bell (256.5) vs. Blagoi Ivanov (252.5)
Catchweight Feature Fight (153 lbs.): Saul Almeida (145.9) vs. Goiti Yamauchi (152.3)*
Lightweight Feature Fight: Ahsan Abdullah (153) vs. Mike Bannon (155)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Bubba Jenkins (155.6) vs. Ian Rammel (155.8)
Lightweight Feature Fight: Brett Glass (155.7) vs. Brent Primus (155.5)
Featherweight Feature Fight: Lester Caslow (145.3) vs. Jay Haas (145.2)

*Goiti Yamauchi did not make weight and will have a portion of his purse deducted

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorMMA           

About Bellator MMA

Bellator MMA is the world’s largest tournament based Mixed Martial Arts organization. Televised to nearly 500 Million homes worldwide in over 115 countries, Bellator’s majority owner is entertainment giant Viacom.  In the United States, Bellator can be seen on Spike TV, the MMA television leader. With over 150 world-class athletes under contract, Bellator is home to many of the sport’s top mixed martial artists. Bellator’s founder & CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment executive with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes.  Bellator’s core philosophy is that title shots should be earned, not given. This belief gave rise to Bellator’s real sport, tournament-based format, which gives Bellator’s tournaments a true playoff feel that keeps the sport true and distances itself from the subjective side of fighting sports found in organizations that utilize a matchmaking/casting formula.  Bellator MMA is comprised of an executive team that includes top industry professionals in television production, live event orchestration, fighter development/relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations.  Bellator is based in Newport Beach, California.

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UFC Fight Night 36 Moved to Feb. 15; ‘Jacare’ to Face Carmont in Co-Headliner

Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza’s next fight will be on home soil. | Gleidson Venga/Sherdog.com

UFC Fight Night 36 will take place Feb. 15 instead of the originally announced date of Feb. 8.

UFC officials revealed the change on Tuesday, also verifying that Ronaldo Souza will collide with Francis Carmont in the evening’s co-main event from Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil. The event airs live on Fox Sports 1 and will be headlined by a middleweight showdown pitting former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida against ex-Strikeforce 205-pound ruler Gegard Mousasi.

Souza, 33, has posted five straight victories since relinquishing his Strikeforce middleweight title to Luke Rockhold in September 2011. “Jacare” made his Octagon debut this past May, scoring a first-round submission over Chris Camozzi at UFC on FX 8. The former Mundials and ADCC champion scored an even quicker finish in his sophomore promotional effort, as “Jacare” knocked out ex-title challenger Yushin Okami in 2:47 at UFC Fight Night 28.

Carmont, 32, has not lost in more than five years and rides an 11-fight winning streak into his clash with Souza. “Limitless” has gone 6-0 in the Octagon thus far, kicking off 2013 with a controversial decision win over Lorenz Larkin before out-grappling Costas Philippou en route to a clear-cut unanimous verdict at UFC 165.

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Froch: Groves to run and hide

Last Updated: November 21, 2013 11:27am

WBA and IBF super-middleweight champion Carl Froch says Groves’ tactics will be to run and hide $(document).ready(function() { getBC({‘con’:'#video’,'ob’:'#video-id’,'id’:’2855173833001′}); }); WBA and IBF super-middleweight champion Carl Froch says challenger George Groves’ tactics will be to run and hide in Saturday’s mouth-watering bout.

The Nottingham fighter is the favourite to retain his crown at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester, although his 25-year-old opponent can boast an undefeated record.

Groves is expected to reveal his fight plan in Thursday’s press conference, however, Froch believes he knows his challenger will say.

“I’ll give you the plan now. I’ll tell you what the plan is. His plan is to run and hide and to try and get through the fight,” he told Sky Sports.

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“That’s the only plan he can come up with, but that isn’t going to work.”

Saturday’s fight will be Froch’s first in Manchester, the home of former light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton, and he knows the crowd will be up for the occasion.

“Ricky Hatton dominated for years and sold the venue out for years and years. The Manchester fans love their boxing,” he continued.

“They really, really get vocal and they get animated during the fight so I’m expecting a great crowd.

“I’ve got my Nottingham army coming up, but with the bulk of the crowd coming from Manchester I’m expecting a different kind of vibe and a different kind of energy so I’m looking forward to it.”

Watch Carl Froch v George Groves live on Sky Sports Box Office, November 23. Go to www.skysports.com/frochgroves for full details…

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George Groves is set to enter the ring as the heavier man when he challenges for Carl Froch’s world titles tonight.

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MMA Would be Economic Boon to NY

Legalizing MMA in NY Will Generate $135 Million Annually

Economic Activity, Tourism, Jobs, Tax Revenues Across New York

NEW YORK, NY November 21, 2013 – The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) today unveiled a new, independent report demonstrating that legalizing professional mixed martial arts (MMA) in New York will generate $135 million in economic activity annually in the state.  

“We know what UFC events do for cities around the nation and around the world.  And now we know what it’s estimated we can do in New York. Legalizing professional MMA in New York means $135 million in economic activity for the state,” said Lorenzo Fertitta, UFC Chairman & CEO. “And I’m convinced that UFC events will outperform these estimates and that we will set gate and attendance records in arenas around the state.

“We know that fans of MMA – like fans of baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer – travel to see their favorite athletes.  We not only want to help our New York fans see us closer to home, we also want to help bring MMA fans from other places to New York City, Long Island, and throughout upstate – Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Albany, just to name a few,” Fertitta said.

According to the report, “Economic Impact of Mixed Martial Arts in New York,” prepared by HR&A Advisors, Inc., the $135 million would be nearly equally attained by MMA events – including at least three upstate and two downstate UFC events, plus dozens of events by other promoters – and the growth in MMA training centers. Nearly $6 million in state and local tax revenues would also be realized.

“We hear elected officials across New York advocating for economic development and jobs.  Well, we’re ready to provide some of that economic development and tourism that leads to jobs in New York,” said Lawrence Epstein, COO of UFC. “But we need New York’s elected officials to say ‘yes’ to legalizing and regulating professional MMA here.  Because we are also hearing from elected officials in scores of other states and dozens of other countries, asking us to bring the fastest growing sport in the world to their communities.”

New York is the only state in the United States where professional MMA is illegal. Amateur MMA – albeit unregulated – is legal in New York.  It has passed the Senate for four years but has not been considered by the Assembly.

“At Madison Square Garden we are always looking to offer the biggest and best events for our fans,” said Dave Howard, president, MSG Sports. “Mixed Martial Arts has become enormously popular, and if and when the sport becomes sanctioned in New York we look forward to hosting events at The Garden for the passionate UFC fans.”

“After I won the UFC middleweight championship in July, I returned home to Baldwin to a hero’s welcome,” said Chris Weidman.  “Nassau County – where I’ve lived my whole life and where I still live and train – honored me when County Executive Ed Mangano officially declared July 17th Chris Weidman day in Nassau County.  Yet, I can’t earn a living in my home state. My neighbors, friends, fans, cannot see me defend my title in the Nassau Coliseum or here at Madison Square Garden, home to some of the most classic boxing matches of all time.  That’s just wrong and it’s time for New Yorkers to demand their elected officials change it and change it now.”

“I cannot think of one remotely good reason New York hasn’t joined 49 other states and every Canadian province in bringing the live version of the sport to the millions of MMA fans in New York.  But now I can think of at least 135 million really good reasons for New York to finally legalize and regulate professional MMA,” Fertitta said.

Quotes from New York State Legislators

Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos (R-Nassau County)
“New York needs to capitalize on opportunities that will continue to strengthen our economy and spur job growth.  The Senate has voted to legalize professional MMA four times with bipartisan support, because it would boost New York’s economy, help create jobs and bring our state in line with every other state.  I commend Senator Griffo for his leadership on this issue.”

Senator Joseph Griffo (R-Utica)
“I urge the Assembly to join with the Senate and finally pass this common sense bill to bring professional MMA to arenas across New York.  Whether it’s UFC or any of the other national, regional or local promoters, professional MMA will help solidify New York’s reputation as the sports capital of the world.  MMA in New York will bring fans to arenas, tourists and their money to communities across the state, tax revenues to the state and local governments, and help support new jobs.”

Senator Jose Peralta Griffo (R-Utica)
“New York is the last state in the nation to take advantage of this sports tourism opportunity.  It’s time to stop disappointing New York fans, New York workers, and New York businesses that would benefit from legalizing professional mixed martial arts.”

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle (D-Monroe County)
“I am hopeful that 2014 is the year that we legalize and regulate MMA in New York.  I, and many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, recognize the tremendous economic impact this increasingly popular sport can bring to New York, and especially to cities upstate.  I’ve seen the excitement that MMA events generate and I would love to bring some of those MMA fans to New York to see events here and to spend their money here.”

Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Queens)
“By not taking advantage of the economic opportunities that legalizing mixed martial arts (MMA) would bring to the State of New York, we are causing a great injustice to New Yorkers.  The economic benefits that professional MMA will provide to our economy would be foolish to pass up.   New Yorkers need money in their pockets. Businesses want to flourish. We need professional, regulated MMA to be legalized this year.”

Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas (D-Queens)
“The $135 million in annual revenue generated by legalizing MMA is essential to New York’s continued economic recovery. The positive impact will likewise be enjoyed by the many small business owners who stand to benefit from increased tourism and job creation across the state. This is why I have co-sponsored a bill with 60 of my colleagues to make professional MMA and its much-needed boost to New York’s economy a reality.”

Assemblyman Keith Wright (D-Manhattan)
“Legalizing MMA in New York is the right thing to do.  I will be working with Majority Leader Morelle and others to educate our colleagues about the importance of the sport and the tremendous economic impact it could have for our state.  MMA presents a great opportunity to create thousands of jobs add approximately $135 million in revenue by virtue of legalization.”

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UFC Fight Night 36: Machida vs. Mousasi – February 15

Date: February 15, 2014
Venue: Arena Jaragua in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil
TV: Sportsnet 360/FOX Sports 1/Facebook

Fight Card:
185lbs- Lyoto Machida (20-4) vs. Gegard Mousasi (34-3-2)
185lbs- Ronaldo Souza (19-3) vs. Francis Carmont (22-7)

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Video: Chinzo Machida’s vicious flying knee, Zach Makovsky’s title win at RFA 11

Zach Makovsky added another title to his resume, but it may be Lyoto Machida’s brother folks are talking about today.

Chinzo Machida, the older brother of the former UFC light heavyweight champ, fought for just the fourth time as a pro, and he was impressive. He stopped Brian Wood with seven seconds left in the first round with a flying knee that looked very much like something his little bro would do.

The fight took place on the main card of Resurrection Fighting Alliance 11 at 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo. The main card aired live on AXS TV.

In the show’s main event, former Bellator bantamweight champion Makovsky dominated Matt Manzanares en route to a 50-45 unanimous decision sweep and RFA’s flyweight title. He won the belt vacated by Sergio Pettis, who signed with the UFC earlier this fall and made his debut earlier this month with a win.

Check out those bouts and the other highlights from the event.

Other bouts included Raoni Barcelos’ win over WEC vet Tyler Toner; Lucas Rota’s knockout of Vinny Lopez; Andrew Sanchez stopping Todd Meredith in the first round; and Scott Ingram’s split decision win over Danny Mainus.

Full highlights are above.

And for coverage of RFA 11, including an event recap, stay tuned to the MMA Events section of the site.

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Rating And Viewership For TNA's Turning Point Impact Wrestling Special

Thursday’s TNA Turning Point Impact Wrestling special scored a 0.95 cable TV rating, which is down from last week’s 0.96 cable rating.

This week’s Impact averaged 1.190 million viewers, up from last week’s 1.139 million viewers. On cable TV for Thursday night, Impact ranked #41 in overall viewers.

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Michael Bisping, Tim Kennedy Continue Their Twitter Rivalry

This little rivalry between Michael Bisping and Tim Kennedy doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon.

After both made recent references to possibly fighting, Bisping stated his desire to face someone ranked a little higher.

Well, Kennedy took offense to that, writing on Twitter that “The Count is “ducking a fight.”

Bisping responded with “You are a deluded fool. Ask for the fight!!!?? Bet you don’t,” to which Kennedy stated “I have asked everyone I know. Unlike you I’m not on first name basis with everyone. I will continue to ask for this.”

So far, neither fighter has a scheduled bout. Bisping is still recovering from eye issues.

@bisping @FightersOnly I have asked everyone I know. Unlike you I’m not on first name basis with everyone. I will continue to ask for this.

— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) November 23, 2013

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Dana White Suggests MMA Judges and Referees Need Grappling Experience as Job Requirement

If you haven’t done some Brazilian jiu-jitsu or a form of grappling, UFC president Dana White doesn’t find you qualified to officiate MMA.

White said on Wednesday evening that referees and judges employed by athletic commissions overseeing MMA events should have experience “rolling” before being considered for their jobs.

“First of all, boxing judges (are) refereeing mixed martial arts fights. There’s no mixed martial artist, former mixed martial artist, or anybody who knows enough,” White said on UFC Tonight. “I don’t think that you should be judging or reffing a fight unless you’ve actually rolled and know what a submission feels like. How about know what a submission is? How about that first … let alone mixed martial arts.”

White was adamant in his stance, addressing the judging and refereeing controversies that occurred at UFC 167 last Saturday in Las Vegas. The most notable controversy White addressed was the split decision handed down in favor of Georges St-Pierre in the main event against Johny Hendricks. White said he scored the fight for Hendricks, giving the fighter the edge in the first, second, and fourth rounds of the contest.

White was furious after the fights, slamming the Nevada State Athletic Commission during the post-fight press conference for what he said was the commission’s poor handling of the events. The UFC executive said the governor needs to step in and put a stop to the NSAC’s behavior before MMA is ruined the same way as boxing.

The brash promoter said it’s an easy fix and shouldn’t be considered difficult.

“It’s not rocket science,” White said. “We all know what needs to be done; it just needs to be done.”

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Groves set to outweigh Froch

Last Updated: November 23, 2013 4:07pm

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Champion Froch is putting his WBA and IBF belts on the line in Manchester, live on Sky Box Office, and the second of those governing bodies demands a check weigh-in on the morning of the fight.

Under IBF rules fighters cannot exceed the official 12st limit by more than 10lbs at the second weigh-in, and both were comfortably inside.

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Froch tipped the scales at 12st 5lbs – a six-pound overnight gain – while Groves added 10lbs to weigh in at 12st 8lbs.

Both insist there was no problem making Friday’s 12st limit but Sky Sports expert Jamie Moore, whose own decorated career ended at the MEN Arena in 2010, is concerned by the challenger’s significant weight gain.

He told Sky Sports News: “Carl Froch rarely goes above 12st 5lbs. He’ll be healthy and very strong.

“We questioned whether Groves had come in light for speed and wouldn’t put much weight on overnight, but he’s put nine pounds on, and that’s just this morning.

“By tonight he’s going to have added a stone. That suggests to me he was struggling at the weight, he’s not really hit it as he expected to, and that could be a factor as the fight progresses.

“Boxers have a habit of crashing the weight and adding a lot after the weigh-in, but the best fighters in the world are the ones who fight near the weight and Carl Froch is testament to that.

“George Groves will feel like he’s going to be the bigger man, and he probably will be the bigger man, but I don’t know whether that will mean an advantage because Carl Froch is such a strong man anyway.”

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Carl Froch says he’s feeling confident ahead of his fight with George Groves.

George Groves talking ahead of Saturday’s showdown with Carl Froch.

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Pacquiao fighting for honour

Manny Pacquiao returns to the ring following back-to-back defeats

Manny Pacquiao will be fighting for his country and his career on Sunday morning when he takes on American Brandon Rios in the first major international fight card to be held in the gambling capital of Macau.

The bout is taking place in the devastating aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, which smashed into Pacquiao’s native Philippines on November 8, killing more than 4,000 people and leaving another 4 million homeless.

Eight weight world champion Pacquiao, who is also a congressman from Sarangani Province, said that the tragedy is inspiring him to succeed.

“I am more motivated for this fight, to win this fight because what happened in the Philippines,” he told Reuters this week. “My countrymen, I want to make them happy. To bring honour to my country.”

For Pacquiao, victory is also essential to maintain an exceptional career that has stuttered of late, following a controversial points defeat to American Timothy Bradley in June 2012 and a shocking sixth-round knockout loss to old foe Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico in December.

“It’s good for me to have a rest like this. I feel like I’m hungry to fight again in the ring. I feel like when I was starting boxing.”
Manny Pacquiao

The Marquez defeat was his last ring outing, and the Filipino icon, 54-5-2 (38 KOs), said that the extra time between bouts has left him feeling refreshed and ready for action.

“It’s good for me to have a rest like this,” he said. “I feel like I’m hungry to fight again in the ring. I feel like when I was starting boxing.”

However, Rios’ trainer Robert Garcia, while paying respect to Pacquiao’s ring achievements in the past, thought the timing might be perfect for his fighter to score an eye-catching victory.

“We know that Pacquiao has been a great champion, considered perhaps one of the best in history,” said Garcia.

“But we’ve seen the last two years, the last two fights, there are some differences, there are some changes, and especially his last fight when he got knocked out.

“We don’t know, nobody knows, how that really affected him. We’ve seen other fighters, and I would say nine out of 10 are never the same.”

“Pacquiao, in his last fight, wasn’t as fast as he was in previous fights.

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“I think he has slowed down a lot. You could see that his legs were cramping up as well. I don’t know what’s going on. Maybe it’s his age. It’s amazing: when the body says it’s time to go, it’s time to go.”

The build-up to Sunday’s fight was marred by an ugly incident on Wednesday when Pacquio’s trainer Freddie Roach was kicked and his speech mocked by Alex Ariza, Rios’ strength and conditioning coach who previously filled the same role on Pacquiao’s team.

At Wednesday’s final pre-fight press conference, Pacquiao called for calm.

“No trash talk before the fight,” he pleaded. “It’s not a good example for those who follow boxing.”

He also refused to be drawn on his foe’s assertions that he would send the Filipino into retirement.

“That’s his opinion,” he said. “He’s not greater than God. Only God can tell me to retire.”

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Clash of the Styles: Inoki vs. Ali

Despite the ancient Greeks proving the question moot thousands of years ago by employing both striking and grappling in the art of pankration, the modern world has, for years, been fixated on a very old question. Who would win if a boxer fought a wrestler?

This query was the reason why Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki squared off in a clash of styles on June 26, 1976, though it was hardly the first or last time a boxer and grappler shared a ring prior to the rise of no-holds-barred fighting in America. While judoka Gene LeBell legitimately choked out pugilist Milo Savage in 1963, that sporting contest stands out as unique, since many notable boxer-wrestler pairings were staged and conducted as a means of entertainment rather than competition.

It was allegedly under this impression that Ali entered into his match with Inoki, which Ali claimed earned him a $6 million purse. The reigning World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council heavyweight boxing champion, Ali promoted the bout with colorful manager and former National Wrestling Alliance titleholder Freddie Blassie by his side.

Prior to his meeting with Inoki, Ali participated in a worked match with Kenny Jay in Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association, “knocking out” the jobber with a comical right hand. An in-ring confrontation with Gorilla Monsoon would also take place in the Vince McMahon Sr.-run World Wide Wrestling Federation, with Monsoon hoisting Ali in an airplane spin before casually dumping him on the canvas.

This was not the type of confrontation awaiting Ali in Japan — a country that idolized Inoki as Americans would come worship Hulk Hogan years later. The founder of New Japan Pro Wrestling, Inoki was trained by the legendary Karl Gotch and Rikidozan in a strong style that relied heavily on the catch wrestling roots of “sports entertainment.”

Earlier that year, Ali had fought Joe Frazier for a third time in arguably the most brutal match in the history of modern boxing: “The Thrilla in Manila.” The once-fleet-footed heavyweight from Louisville was no longer the razor-sharp wrecking machine that had destroyed the likes of Sonny Liston and Cleveland Williams, the result of years of punishment in the ring.

Accounts differ regarding why the match was altered from a work to a shoot, but the eleventh-hour rule set birthed from that change certainly made for a strange attraction. Inoki was apparently barred from suplexing Ali and could allegedly only kick if he had one knee on the ground. This resulted in Inoki flopping to his back while launching kicks at Ali’s lead leg for the majority of the 15-round fight, causing damage that later landed Ali in the hospital with blood clots.

The bout, which aired in the United States on closed circuit television following heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner’s worked match with Andre The Giant at Shea Stadium, was declared an unsatisfying draw. Though the awkward, frustrating bout proved virtually nothing about either man or his respective style, the iconic confrontation is nevertheless viewed as an important if not spectacular step toward the establishment of MMA.

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GSP-Hendricks Musings

OH NO, ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL DECISION
I hate to go along with the crowd, but in the case of Saturday’s UFC 167 main event between Georges St-Pierre and Johny Hendricks, I do have to agree that the challenger, Hendricks, should have gotten the nod by a score of 48-47.

The fight was a close and competitive one, and while I can’t see how any 3-2 fight – in either direction – can be a robbery, the right guy should get the win when all is said and done.

In practically all of the post-fight analysis, rounds two through five are pretty clear-cut, with GSP taking rounds three and five and Hendricks picking up two and four. The questionable round in a lot of eyes is the first. So do you give Hendricks the round for the more damaging close range strikes, that began marking the champion up early in the frame, or do you give it to St-Pierre for his early takedown and submission attempt? I gave it to Hendricks for the more effective and damaging strikes, and judge Glenn Trowbridge agreed. Judges Sal D’Amato and Tony Weeks gave the round to the champion, and that proved to be the deciding factor in the final verdict, as all three judges agreed on the rest of the four frames.

So now the debates begin – well, actually they already started. And while I won’t bore you with endless breakdowns of the fight, I will say that a lot of folks calling this the worst decision in the history of combat sports are way off base. Yes, I think Hendricks should have won, and when the right guy doesn’t get his hand raised, that’s an issue. But…a few people whose opinions I respect thought GSP deservedly got the win, and a lot more people are judging St-Pierre’s face and not the fight. At this point in his long and storied career, St-Pierre is seemingly bleeding and swelling up before Bruce Buffer’s introductions. He can take a helluva shot, but his face is not reacting well to them. So while GSP looked like he got hit by a baseball bat after the fight, Hendricks was unmarked, leading observers to say ‘well, look who won the fight.’ And while the rules of Japan’s PRIDE organization would have likely made Hendricks an easy winner, with the 10 point must system of the unified rules of MMA, the fights are scored by rounds, not cumulatively, and when it comes to rounds, this was a fight that likely came down to how you scored the first one.

THE YEAR THE CHALLENGERS TOOK OVER
Shakespeare said it best: “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” That’s been the case in 2013 for champions in the UFC. Not all of them mind you, but it seems like those at the top have been threatened or defeated more often than in any year in recent memory. In 2013, there have been 16 UFC title fights thus far. In two of them (Weidman-Silva, Pettis-Henderson), the title has changed hands. In six more (Johnson-Dodson, Aldo-Edgar, Rousey-Carmouche, Henderson-Melendez, Jones-Gustafsson, St-Pierre-Hendricks), the champion has been seriously threatened by his or her challenger before emerging victorious. If you’re keeping score at home, that means that the only champions who started 2013 with the belt and will leave with it intact after emerging unscathed from title fights are heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez and interim bantamweight king Renan Barao. That means the other seven champs either lost the belt or got severely tested before the final bell, and what that says about the sport is that parity is most certainly present at the top of each division. That’s a good thing.

BIGG RIGG DELIVERS
I was not alone in believing that Johny Hendricks had the power, the wrestling, and the attitude to beat Georges St-Pierre on Saturday night. Was I ready to pull the trigger and declare that he would win the fight? No. I’ve been burned by GSP before, thinking that a challenger had the goods to upset the welterweight apple cart, only to get silenced again and again by the Canadian’s fight night brilliance.

But at UFC 167, Hendricks delivered on all that promise, proving that even if he didn’t get the crown placed upon his head in Las Vegas, he eventually will. My only issue with his performance is that he didn’t press the action more once he realized that he was hurting St-Pierre with his strikes and that the incoming fire he was on the receiving end of wasn’t doing any damage. Maybe he was concerned about going five rounds for the first time, but now that he’s done it and got that concern out of his mind, he will be even more dangerous in the future. And that’s scary.

THE FUTURE FOR GSP
Of course, if you weren’t talking about the controversial verdict in Saturday’s main event, you were likely discussing St-Pierre’s post-fight interview, in which he said he needed to take some time off to deal with personal issues. Being that those issues were not revealed to the media and that they are personal, I’ll leave that topic alone. But my question is, has GSP lost a step or his desire to fight, or both? He said all the right things leading up to the bout, as he always does, but after setting record after record and being the hunted (instead of the hunter) for all these years, what’s left for him to accomplish. He’s been the top welterweight in the world for years, he’s defeated all comers, but the way I saw it, the fire just wasn’t there on Saturday night. Of course, having Johny Hendricks dropping bombs on you can have something to do with that, but to me, the “old” GSP would have taken a few of those shots and then did whatever he needed to do to get the fight to the mat. Yes, Hendricks is a two-time NCAA wrestling champion, but St-Pierre is also considered to have the best MMA wrestling in the game. For the first time in a long time, St-Pierre looked one-dimensional Saturday night, unable to adjust to what was presented to him. Maybe time off will do him good, or perhaps the punishment he took at the hands of Hendricks will light that fire once again for a rematch. Whatever way this saga goes, the next few months should be quite interesting.

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Bellator 109 Weigh-in Results: Shlemenko, Marshall Set for Middleweight Title Bout

Alexander Shlemenko hit the scale on Thursday. | File photo: Keith Mills/Sherdog.com

Alexander Shlemenko’s next middleweight title defense will move forward as planned, as both “Storm” and challenger Doug Marshall were cleared to compete at Thursday’s Bellator 109 weigh-in.

Shlemenko and Marshall tipped the scales at 184.7 and 184.3 pounds, respectively, ahead of Friday’s main event clash at Sands Casino Event Center in Bethlehem, Pa.

The Spike TV-broadcast main card will also see Alexander Sarnavskiy (155.4) do battle with Will Brooks (156) to determine the Season 9 lightweight tournament winner. Former lightweight title challenger Rick Hawn (170.5) will lock horns with Ron Keslar (170.7) to wrap up the Season 9 welterweight tournament, and UFC veteran Terry Etim (155.5) will clash with Patrick Cenoble (155.4).

The evening’s undercard streams live on Spike.com and will showcase a heavyweight pairing between Blagoi Ivanov (252.5) and Keith Bell (256.5), as well as a lightweight showdown between once-beaten prospect Bubba Jenkins (155.6) and Ian Rammel (155.8).

Bellator 109 Weigh-In Results

Alexander Shlemenko (184.7) vs. Doug Marshall (184.3)
Alexander Sarnavskiy (155.4) vs. Will Brooks (156)
Rick Hawn (170.5) vs. Ron Keslar (170.7)
Terry Etim (155.5) vs. Patrick Cenoble (155.4)
Goiti Yamauchi (152.3)* vs. Saul Almeida (145.9)
Blagoi Ivanov (252.5) vs. Keith Bell (256.5)
Ian Rammel (155.8) vs. Bubba Jenkins (155.6)
Brett Glass (155.7) vs. Brent Primus (155.5)
Lester Caslow (145.3) vs. Jay Haas (145.2)
Ahsan Abdullah (153) vs. Mike Bannon (155)

*Yamauchi missed weight and will forfeit a portion of his purse

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RFA 11 Weigh-in Results: Makovsky, Manzanares Cleared for Flyweight Title Tilt

Zach Makovsky is set to compete tonight in Colorado. | Keith Mills/Sherdog.com

Zach Makovsky and Matt Manzanares will headline RFA 11 as expected, as both flyweight title contenders checked in on-point at Thursday’s Resurrection Fighting Alliance weigh-ins.

Both fighters tipped the scales at 124.6 pounds ahead of their headlining showdown, which takes place tonight at 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colo., and airs live on AXS TV.

The event will additionally feature a featherweight co-main event pitting Tyler Toner (146) against Raoni Barcelos (145.5) and a middleweight confrontation pitting Vinnie Lopez (186) against Lucas Rodolfo Bresolin Rota (185).

Also of note, Chinzo Machida (145.5) will make his first in-cage appearance in nearly three years, when the older brother of ex-UFC champion Lyoto Machida squares off with Brian Wood (144) in a featherweight duel.

RFA 11 Weigh-in Results

Matt Manzanares (124.6) vs. Zach Makovsky (124.6)
Tyler Toner (146) vs. Raoni Barcelos (145.5)
Vinnie Lopez (186) vs. Lucas Rodolfo Bresolin Rota (185)
Brian Wood (144) vs. Chinzo Machida (145.5)
Andrew Sanchez (185) vs. Todd Meredith (185)
Danny Mainus (135) vs. Scott Ingram (135)
Carlos Huerta (125) vs. Keo Panyathong (124)
Heather Sachleben (124) vs. Rebecca Wells (125)
Sonny Yohn (185) vs. Cordaro Ware (189)
Joe Guerrero (124) vs. Joe Espinoza (124.4)

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Bellator Releases Matt Riddle, Pulls Opponent Nathan Coy from Bellator 109 Card

Matt Riddle has been released by Bellator MMA just three days prior to his scheduled Bellator 109 showdown with Nathan Coy.

Bellator officials Tuesday announced the move in a press release.

“A welterweight feature fight between Riddle and Coy has been removed from the Nov. 22 card after Riddle [withdrew] from the fight,” the statement read. “After withdrawing from the Nov. 22 fight, the promotion has decided to release Riddle.”

Bellator did not specify why Riddle withdrew from the bout, and Sherdog.com could not immediately reach the welterweight for comment.

Riddle originally signed with Bellator in May and was slated to make his promotional debut opposite Luis Sergio Teotonio da Fonseca Melo Jr. in the Season 9 welterweight tournament. Riddle suffered a rib injury and was forced to withdraw from the booking, announcing his retirement shortly thereafter.

“I’m retiring from MMA today. I cracked my rib, and I can’t fight Sept. 20,” Riddle wrote on Twitter. “Bellator can’t give me a fight this year, so I can’t afford it!”

Riddle and Bellator worked things out three weeks later, and the welterweight was booked to face Coy on Nov. 22. However, that booking also yielded no fruit, as evidenced by today’s announcement.

Bellator 109 takes place Friday at Sands Casino Event Center in Bethlehem, Pa., and is headlined by a middleweight title confrontation between Alexander Shlemenko and Doug Marshall.

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Sherdog Rewind: Dan Severn’s Road from Amateur Wrestling to the UFC

November marks the UFC’s 20th anniversary, and any trip down memory lane must include Dan Severn.

“The Beast” brought wrestling to the Octagon in 1994 and went on to a career packed with more than 100 victories. In November 2011, Severn joined the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Rewind” show to reflect on his journey.

Severn on the transition from amateur wrestling to pro wrestling to shootfighting: “I first did the professional wrestling here in the states, used my real name, used my real amateur wrestling credentials, and a gentleman happened to be on the card from Nashville, Tennessee. He asked me if any of [the background] was legit. I said yes it was and he said, ‘You ought to be over in Japan doing this thing called shootfighting or shootwrestling.’ I had never heard of it before. I gave him a business card, an athletic resume. Three days later I get a phone call. Ten days later I’m down in Nashville for a tryout. Thirty days later I’m in Tokyo, Japan, in front of roughly 12,000 people, getting ready to do my very first shootfighting or shootwrestling match. I didn’t have a clue as to what I was doing. All I know is my Asian opponent kicked me half a dozen times really, really hard. I grabbed a hold of him and flung him all over the place, dismantling him in the process, much to the crowd’s delight, and that was my inauguration into the world of shootfighting.”

On his introduction to Mick Foley, known at the time as Cactus Jack: “The first time I watched Cactus Jack was over in Japan, and he’s doing a thumbtack match. I’m actually watching off to the side, so the public doesn’t see me. They’re out there and they’re just doing all kinds of stuff — clotheslines and being bodyslammed and the whole nine yards. Match concludes and I go back in and I’m sitting down. He comes on back and … they’re pulling his shirt out, and as they’re pulling his shirt out, you’re hearing tick-tick-tick-tick-tick. You’re hearing all these metal things hitting the floor, and a couple of them roll towards me and I bend over and pick it up and I’m thinking, By God, these are real thumbtacks. Then when they finally cleaned his body off enough so that he could actually sit down on a bench, I watched them extract probably another 20, 30 thumbtacks out of his head and face. The first words I ever spoke to him was, ‘Hey Cactus, how often do you get a tetanus shot?’ He looks over at me and he goes, ‘Every year, Dan. Every year.’”

On his meeting with Art Davie, one of the UFC’s creators, to discuss fighting: “I think the very first thing he said to me was, ‘You do realize what we do is real, don’t you?’ I said, ‘Yes, I do.’ Then he [asked], ‘What’s your professional fight record?’ I said I did not have one and he said, ‘Well, what’s your amateur fight record?’ I said I didn’t have one of those either. Then he was kind of like, ‘What are your skills?’ almost like talking down to me. I said, ‘I’ve been an amateur wrestler for 26 years.’ Then he said, ‘Well, there’s a lot of rules and regulations [in wrestling].’ I felt like he was getting ready to blow me on off right there. I just said, ‘Yeah, that’s true there, Mr. Davie, but you’d be surprised what you can do when you have a foreign opponent on foreign soil and have a foreign referee. It will be the closest thing you’ll probably ever see to one of your UFC-style matches.’”

On violently suplexing Anthony Macias in his UFC debut: “I was facing him, what’s known as a belly to belly. I locked around his waist and I was going to launch backwards … and he would have landed face-first, but he was coated in baby oil. You would have thought that someone picked him up by the ankle and dipped him in some baby oil and stood the man out there. My arm slipped from his waist. The only thing that stopped it was my arm hitting up into his armpit. The first throw I did, I actually landed on my own back and head in the process. I ate a lot of elbows in the course of that match. By the time we came up to our feet, I took an elbow shot to my face and that’s when I thought, I’m going to throw this guy in a very hard belly-to-back suplex. I threw the first one and he hit pretty hard and he stood back up and I ate one more elbow in the process. In my mind I’m thinking, ‘You think you landed hard that first time? I’m going to put you through the mat the second time.’ … It turned out that he hit so hard on the second impact that his own knee came up and hit himself in the forehead and cut himself open.”

Listen to the full interview (beginning at 20:35).

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‘TUF 18’ Recap: Episode 12

Tonight’s episode will wrap the men’s semifinal round, as Team Rousey’s Anthony Gutierrez and Davey Grant battle for a spot opposite Chris Holdsworth at the Nov. 30 finale.

Episode 12 begins with Ronda Rousey and her coaching staff dropping by the house to cook the fighters some Armenian grub. Although Grant and Gutierrez would like to chow down on the delicious hunks of spit-roasted meat, they must taper their calorie consumption in order to make weight for their fight.

Rousey believes that it is only fair to refrain from coaching either man ahead of the intra-team bout. As a result, the contestants select several teammates to help them make their respective preparations. The remainder of the squad receives a special treat, as the Olympic judo bronze medalist teaches them her signature armbar.

Up next is the coaches’ challenge, which will see Rousey square off with Miesha Tate in a rock-climbing competition. The first coach to reach the top of the wall will receive $10,000, and each fighter on her squad will get $1,500. Midway through the climb, the women are deadlocked, but Rousey takes a slight lead as they continue to ascend and narrowly edges Tate to the top.

“F–k you, bitch!” Rousey screams in ecstasy as she rings the bell that signifies Tate’s defeat. The UFC champion continues to rub it in on the way down, flipping Tate the bird and explaining that the same result will come to pass when they meet at UFC 168.

Back at the fighter house, Gutierrez is chowing down on sandwiches and cheesy tortilla bombs. Though his teammates express concern that “Sharkbait” may not make weight, the Titan Fighting Championship vet is confident that he will hit the bantamweight limit.

After working out, Gutierrez steps on the scale at 150.5 pounds. Rousey advises him to be cognizant of what he is putting into his body so that he will not only make weight but also be at his best on fight day.

Later, Grant reveals to Holdsworth that he used to be known as “DJ Davey G” in the English club scene. After settling down and fathering children, however, Grant dedicated himself to his fighting career — a decision that has served him well so far. Though Grant says that it is difficult to fight a teammate, he is nevertheless resolved to defeat Gutierrez and earn both a finals berth and his ticket home to England.

The morning of the weigh-ins, Gutierrez steps on the scale at 145.5. He must cut nine pounds in four hours in order to make 136. Grant, meanwhile, is feeling better at 140 pounds. With three hours remaining, Gutierrez jumps on the treadmill. An hour later, he checks himself at 143.5. Rousey and Baszler vow to stay on him and help him make weight, but Gutierrez will be cutting it close, to put it mildly. The 23-year-old wants to take breaks, but Rousey tries to talk him into more activity. Gutierrez alternates between the treadmill and the sauna for the final hour but nevertheless steps on the scale at 140 pounds in front of Keith Kizer.

Gutierrez has one hour to drop an additional four pounds, but the situation looks grim. The brutal process breaks the young man down, and he begins to weep in the sauna. He exits the sweat box and lies down on the cold tile of the bathroom floor before jumping in a cold shower. Though his team pleads with him to reconsider, Gutierrez tells them he is done cutting weight. Just as Cody Bollinger did ahead of his planned quarterfinal match with Gutierrez, “Sharkbait” has also quit.

Assistant coach Manny Gamburyan berates his pupil and tells him that as of right now, he does not deserve to be in the UFC. Gutierrez apologizes in front of the whole cast, and UFC President Dana White tells him to leave the gym. Grant is seriously disappointed that he has advanced due to forfeit, but he will nevertheless be the man to face Holdsworth at the live finale.

Though Rousey is highly distraught at the development, White tells her that it was ultimately Gutierrez’s shortcoming.

“This show weeds out the weak,” says White. “He is f—ing weak.”

Next time, Team Rousey’s Jessica Rakoczy will meet Team Tate’s Raquel Pennington in the show’s final episode to decide who will face Julianna Pena at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

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Cain Velasquez Confirms He Won’t Need Shoulder Surgery, but Next Title Defense on Hold

There was all kinds of confusion following Cain Velasquez’s fight with Junior dos Santos at UFC 166. Despite winning, and seemingly healthy, Velasquez initially landed on the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) medically suspended list due to a possible fractured jaw.

Velasquez and his camp were baffled, as he had felt no ill effects from the fight.

The TDLR eventually rescinded the suspension, explaining that it was issued in error.

Velasquez eventually did notice issues with his left shoulder, however.

Following two MRIs, Velasquez discovered that he has a torn labrum in his left shoulder.

He confirmed to UFC Tonight, what MMAWeekly.com sources initially stated, that it is believed he will not need surgery, but should instead be able to rehabilitate the shoulder.

Velasquez told UFC Tonight that he would meet again with his doctor in a couple of weeks to determine a timetable for his recovery.

The UFC has been holding out on its initial plans to do a live event in Mexico until Velasquez is ready to go. UFC president Dana White has stated that the promotion won’t do Mexico without Velasquez.

Velasquez is next expected to defend his belt against Fabricio Werdum, but until he gets a timetable for his return, the bout remains on hold.

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Froch and Groves make weight

Carl Froch and George Groves: Went head-to-head at the weigh-in

Carl Froch and George Groves had to be separated on the scales as they both made weight for Saturday night’s world title fight.

Groves has engaged the champion in a heated war of words before their fight, live on Sky Sports Box Office, and Froch whispered in his ear before the bitter rivals were pulled apart.

Froch weighed in at 11st 13lb, below the 12st limit, while Groves was over a pound inside the super-middleweight mark at 11st 12lbs.

“He looks like a really worried man that realises the magnitude of the event and it will be dawning on him. I don’t think he’s sleeping and he shouldn’t be because he’s in serious trouble.”
Carl Froch

The Nottingham man insisted that Groves looked ‘petrified’ when both fighters went head-to-head for the last time before they step into the ring in Manchester.

When asked what he said on the podium, Froch said: “I was just letting him know he is in deep water. The time is now. David Haye will say the same, it’s just sort of bringing reality.

“In all honesty, I didn’t say a great deal that was significant because he was just silent and he looked petrified. Yesterday he looked worried, today he looks really, really worried.

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“He looks like a really worried man that realises the magnitude of the event and it will be dawning on him. I don’t think he’s sleeping and he shouldn’t be because he’s in serious trouble.”

Froch is putting his WBA and IBF titles on the line and is refusing to even think about relinquishing his belts to his outspoken challenger.

“Nothing could be any worse than to l to this guy,” he said. “I cannot even say the word, but it would be absolutely devastating.

“Nothing would be worse. What I have achieved in boxing and what I have done and how far I have come. To fight Lucian Bute unbeaten and to beat Mikkel Kessler in the rematch, to now lose to this chump. It couldn’t be any worse.”

“I know both of them very, very well, but I want to try and enjoy this fight as a fan. George has it all to prove, Carl is proving it time and time again. Can Carl do it again? I believe he can.”
David Haye

Groves was jeered as he stepped onto the stage and the 25-year-old for once remained silent as Froch issued a pre-fight warning.

“He didn’t say anything that he hasn’t said before. Same old stuff,” said Groves.

“I just looked at him. I’ve said enough that needs to be said now. He can choose to listen or not.

“I gave him the game-plan, how much of a gentleman do I need to be? He’s got two days to adapt, now he’s got one day left. We’ll see what he comes up with.”

Groves steps up to world title level for the first times and faces a hot favourite who has beaten a string of big names in the division.

But Groves believes his underdog tag has spurred him on to pull off a stunning upset win.

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“Someone wouldn’t be able to cope without everyone on your side, saying you’re going to win,” he said. “It’s almost nice in many ways to have this. Everyone says you can’t do this.

“It makes you double check yourself more so you’re in the gym going hold on, I’m doing this, I’m doing that. This will work on the night.

“I’m more than confident that I’ve got the tools to beat Carl Froch. I can’t wait to get in there and show him.”

Scott Quigg defends his WBA super-bantamweight titles against Argentine Diego Oscar Silva on the undercard.

The Bury fighter and his challenger were both inside the limit at 8st 9lbs.

Watch Carl Froch v George Groves live on Sky Sports Box Office, November 23. Go to www.skysports.com/frochgroves for full details.

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Daniel Bryan & Josh Reddick crown 'The King of Beards' at SmackDown

The winner of the ‘Beard Off’ between Daniel Bryan and Josh Reddick is determinedDaniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper: SmackDown, Nov. 22, 201312-Man Tag Team Match continues: WWE App Exclusive, Nov. 18, 2013CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, The Rhodes Brothers & The Usos vs. The Shield & The Wyatt Family – 12-Man Tag Team Match: Raw, Nov. 18, 2013The main event rolls on: WWE App Exclusive, Nov. 18, 2013Brie Bella and Daniel Bryan pack their bags for the road: Total Divas, Nov. 17, 2013CM Punk and Daniel Bryan vs. Ryback and Curtis Axel: SmackDown, Nov. 15, 2013

ATLANTA, Ga. – Oakland A’s outfielder Josh Reddick may have had the most eventful night of anyone at SmackDown this week, and he didn’t even set foot in a WWE ring to do it.

The MLB Gold Glove winner not only settled a long-brewing grudge with Daniel Bryan over who has the better beard, but he nearly stepped into the ropes for an impromptu match with one of his MLB rivals, New York Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler. While, alas, an MLB throwdown did not occur, it’s safe to say that Reddick’s beard wasn’t so safe. Just goes to show you, anything can happen in WWE, even if you’re not a WWE Superstar.

@Wheelerpro45 sitting 3 seats down and can’t say hello. AL vs NL at its finest I reckon

— Josh Reddick (@joshreddick16) November 20, 2013

@Wheelerpro45 understandable. Let’s settle this in the ring when this is over

— Josh Reddick (@joshreddick16) November 20, 2013

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