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Huerta soaks in more of the brawl spotlight on TMZ [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: September 2, 2010, 4:15 pm] In an odd way, Roger Huerta is proving you don't need the UFC marketing machine to promote yourself to casual and non-MMA fans. The former UFC prospect is only 1-1 since leaving the promotion but has gotten plenty of national attention. The reason? It wasn't exactly part of some grand plan. At 2:15 a.m., Huerta happened to stumble upon what looked like a man hitting a woman outside an Austin bar in Texas. Huerta stepped in to beat the snot out of the unsuspecting dude, who was reported to have been a former University of Texas linebacker. According to TMZ's Harvey Levin, the Huerta fight video was one of the biggest stories of that week on the site. Considering that TMZ is normally dealing with the likes of Mel Gibson, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Justin Bieber, for anything concerning an MMA fighter to compete with that mix is pretty impressive. Huerta was invited to appear on TMZ's afternoon webcast and talked about the incident. "I approached the man and said, "You don't do that. You don't hit a woman," said Huerta. "The video doesn't show what happened next, but he said, '[Expletive] you. I'll knock any [expletive] out I want.' The tape also doesn't show that he swung at me two or three times right after that." "All you see is me bouncing up and down. He has already swung at me at that point. Then the guy takes off running. I chased him down and you saw what else happened ... I can't talk about what exactly happened because it's a legal matter. If the same thing occurred, I would do it all over again. I have no regrets." It's interesting to note that Huerta had to often restrain himself from going into too much detail. There are still plenty of legal hoops to jump through. Huerta says he do it again but you wonder if he'd like to erase the end of the brawl where he apparently got pretty vicious? The appearance actually makes you wonder who's handling his case. It's a little surprising that a lawyer would allow him to s After pulling out of Maia bout, Alan Belcher still having eye trouble [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: September 2, 2010, 2:59 pm] UFC middleweight Alan Belcher was on a roll. After wins over Patrick Cote and Wilson Gouveia, he was training for a bout with Demian Maia when he had to pull out of the fight. He had a detached retina and had to undergo surgery in late July to have his eye corrected. Now, more than a month later, he is still having problems with his vision.According to his Twitter, Belcher again had to have surgery after experiencing blurry vision. His wife said that he is in pain, and that the next few weeks are important in seeing how his vision progresses. MMA Marketplace: Joe Lauzon's family and friends shirt from 118 [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: September 2, 2010, 10:05 am] For his beatdown of Gabe Ruediger, Joe Lauzon had special t-shirts made for his friends and family. Since he was fighting in his hometown of Boston for the first time since making the UFC, there was a large group of friends and family there, so the shirts were everywhere. They became so popular that Lauzon now is selling them on his site. The men's version is a plain green t-shirt while the women's is a green ringer, as seeon above. Both have the JL Shamrock, and "I love fighting like a fat kid loves cake." You can even request that the shirt is signed by Joe, all for $20. Will Dana White drop F-bombs on the Oxford Union Society? [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: September 1, 2010, 1:09 pm] When Dana White travels to England for UFC 120, he will stop in at Oxford University. He will speak to the members of the world-renowned Oxford Union debating society. "Anyone who knows anything about me knows I always speak my mind and am very passionate about what I do, and the Oxford Union was founded on exactly those principles," White said in a statement released by UFC. "I'm looking forward to meeting the students, and I know they have a reputation for asking tough questions and expecting straight answers from their guests. That's exactly what they'll get from me."Yes, the same place that hosted Mother Teresa, Winston Churchill and Robert Kennedy will now host the foul-mouthed chief of the UFC. White isn't afraid to speak up, a trait that has gotten him in trouble from time to time. But how will the Union members respond to White's tactics?Though they have been around since 1823, the members of the Oxford Union aren't all fuddy-duddies. A bar is part of their facilities. MMA has exploded in popularity in England, and the Oxford members likely have plenty of questions for White about the sport.Not only that, Churchill was known to drop a dirty word or two in his day. Some of Boston's old guard media not impressed by MMA [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 31, 2010, 3:00 pm] MMA isn't for everyone. We know that. Too often when folks from the 50-plus demographic speak about the sport they complain about the violence and the blood. So it cames as no shocker that there was complaining from veteran writers like Bob Ryan and Dan Shaugnessy. But they took a different stance both pointing out that they didn't see what all the excitement was about."In all honesty, I’m just telling the truth. The biggest revelation I got from spending that evening at the Garden was how astonishingly BOOOOORRING this thing is," Ryan said CSN's New England’s "Sports Tonight". "It is the most overrated … I do not remotely understand the appeal. There isn’t enough blood, there isn’t enough action."Ryan said the first fight on the pay-per-view between Marcus Davis and Nate Diaz was solid but he didn't enjoy the ground work in the later fights."The fans don’t like the wrestling," said Ryan, who is now an expert after taking in one live MMA card.Ryan also knows how knowledgeable each of the 15,000-plus in attendance were. "There are a sophisticated few martial arts experts who appreciate when there is a well-executed martial arts move to create a submission, yes, that is not the majority, it’s a small minority," said Ryan. Apparently, Ryan spoke with lots of fans to find out what they enjoy. "The people want to see boxing, slugging, and they want to see when a guy gets down his face punched, that’s what gets them excited. It is the most boring nonsense," said Ryan. "Most of the fights in the early, and granted it was described to me as batting practice, the early bouts, are guys in wrestling matches in which they were bad collegiate wrestling with nothing happening." Who gave Ryan that description? Someone on press row? We'd love to know what MMA media regular says the early fights are "batting practice". This is why shows like CSN' Create-a-Caption: UFC Hall-of-Famer faces toughest challenger [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 31, 2010, 1:47 pm] Would you look at that? Mark Coleman lost his belt to someone a third of his size. Check out the rest of the pictures from the UFC Fan Expo and then try writing a caption in the comments. Read on for winners of our last Create-a-Caption.First place: As the spray on tan is administered he was heard saying "GTL baby, GTL baby" -- Ashy Larry Second place: Souza enjoys a free contact high from the Diaz brothers backstage. -- gspfanThird place: Who put a glass wall here? -- Jason P Unlike Toney, Hunt is acting like a real fighter [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 31, 2010, 11:55 am] Mark Hunt's back is against the wall. A veteran of kickboxing, he's a big fan favorite in Japanese MMA circles. But because he hasn't worked on his ground game, his one-dimensional style has led to a rough run lately in MMA. Hunt has lost five straight and hasn't won since 2006 yet he's making his UFC debut in September at UFC 119. Why? Dana White said Hunt's inclusion was part of the PRIDE purchase back in 2007. Good news for White is that Hunt isn't just going to take the money and run. He told Sherdog back in July that he felt like he'd wasted much of his career and hadn't taken his conditioning seriously. By the looks of the picture on the left Hunt (in the middle) has been working his butt off. He's routinely fought at around 290 pounds. Hunt is also down at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Fl., one of the better grappling/jiu-jitsu gyms in the country.No one's saying James Toney could've beaten Randy Couture if he'd worked a little harder before UFC 118. But he could've given at least himself a shot to stay off the deck longer than 11 second had he not come in at a career-high 237 pounds. Clearly, Hunt has no interest in a producing a Toney-like performance.Former UFC fighter Jeff Monson is also in the photo (on the left). He looks a bit slimmer. Monson has been talking with Strikeforce about fighting for the promotion in October down at 205 pounds. Tip via Fightlinker Watch Pat Barry try to break a punching machine with a kick [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 31, 2010, 9:34 am] UFC heavyweight Pat Barry may have has lost his last bout by submission to Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, but that doesn't mean he can't still kick your face off. He showed off his kicking prowess at the UFC Fan Expo in Boston this weekend, kicking the snot out of a punching machine at the Cage Potato booth. Like the guy at a carnival spending cash to impress his girlfriend, Barry could not walk away from the game. Kudos to Cage Potato for having such a fun game, but the music could have improved. Kelly Clarkson? Really? Shaq omnipresent at UFC 118; 'Big Baby' can't wait for Arianny Playboy spread [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 30, 2010, 3:50 pm] It might be time for Dana White to make Shaquille O'Neal the UFC's assistant director of fun. Of course, the department's head position will be manned by Chuck Liddell. With the amount of publicity Shaq brought the UFC before and after UFC 118, he's got to get something, right? O'Neal was all over the fan expo on Friday and gave the non-MMA media a savory story by saying he wanted to fight fellow giant Hong Man Choi. That would be a helluva "Shaq Vs." Or he could just go with three guys who are more Nate Robinson's range. "Check it out – next year for the last episode of 'Shaq Vs.,' I'll grapple with Joe Rogan first round, Lorenzo (Fertitta) second round and then Dana White in round three – in the cage, in the octagon, in Las Vegas," O'Neal said.White wants Shaq to concentrate on fighting and beating guys named Kobe, Lamar and Pau. "The only thing he needs to worry about is beating L.A." White said with a laugh.For the hardcores in attendance at the expo, Shaq spoke and stayed around for plenty of photos.He was also at the TD Garden during the event. White posted this great photo of himself and Glen "Big Baby" Davis. Big Baby's t-shirt is dynamite. He's clearly jacked up about the news that Octagon girl Arianny Celeste is going to grace the cover of November's Playboy. 'Fat fool' provides comic relief for many at UFC 118 [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 30, 2010, 2:30 pm] Who doesn't have mixed feelings about James Toney and UFC 118? Sure he brought a lot of new media and attention to the event but one has to question whether the sport really benefitted from what Toney did in the Octagon. He received a rumored $750,000 up front for his efforts. No one expected the aging boxer to put up a great fight but could he at least pretend like he was going try? For me, all hope for the fight being even halfway decent, was finished as the scale read 237 pounds on Friday. Toney either had no shame or just said "screw it, I'm making my money. So why train?"He was ridiculed all over the country by folks who rarely buy UFC pay-per-views or attend the numerous viewing parties. Toney was fodder for casual fans like Luke O'Brien, who posted his recap of UFC 118 on Deadspin. If, over the last nine months, the boxer had trained to defend even one more takedown than the number of cheeseburgers he seemingly stuffed in his gob, he might have made the night more interesting. As it was, he didn't get to throw a single punch before Randy Couture grabbed his ankle and, in slow-motion, dragged him to the mat. Hitting a "low single" is one of the more insulting occurrences in grappling, the rough equivalent of winning a chess game in four moves. He's right. When was the last time a mixed martial artist even thought about a low single? The result would be getting your head kicked off into the mezzanine. Couture soon had the manatee in an arm triangle. Fat Toney looked so lost on the ground that he didn't even know how to tap out properly.Apparently even referee Mario Yamasaki sort of mocked Toney. When Toney was sitting and pinned against the cage, Couture tried to tell the ref that his opponent verbally tapped. Yamasaki responded by telling Toney that he may want to just tap. After the fight, James Toney offered a few smart words on courage: "Anybody else in boxing ... wouldn't have done what I done because the Chuck Liddell shaves iconic mohawk for charity [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 30, 2010, 2:18 pm] UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell has had his mohawk for 18 years, but he shaved it all off this morning on "Fox and Friends." Now, he looks like this: Liddell shaved his head for a good cause. Bic, the makers of razors, is sponsoring Bic 4 Good and encouraging people to shave their head for charity. You can virtually shave your head or send in a video of you actually getting your head shaved here. Either way, Bic will make a donation to Do Something, a charity that encourages volunteerism among youth. Toney, Couture, Edgar and more: Exclusive pictures of UFC 118 [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 30, 2010, 1:31 pm] Check out exclusive UFC 118 pictures from MMA photographer Tracy Lee. Don't miss the photos of Frankie Edgar celebrating, Marcus Davis' eye and Randy Couture's choke of James Toney. UFC 118's Three Stars: Edgar, Couture and Diaz [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 30, 2010, 7:55 am] Taking a look at the best and worst of the UFC's first foray into Boston. No. 1 star -- Frankie Edgar: Few champions have ever had to win two fights to be considered a champion, but that's exactly what Edgar had to do. After beating former lightweight champ B.J. Penn at UFC 112, Edgar was given the task of doing it again at 118. Not only did he respond to the challenge without complaint, he fought better than he did at 112, decisively beating Penn in all five rounds of their bout. No. 2 star -- Randy Couture: Since his bout with James Toney was billed as boxing vs. MMA, Couture had the job of defending MMA's honor. "Captain America" handled the job deftly, taking down Toney and beating on him before submitting him. No. 3 star -- Nate Diaz: In his second fight at welterweight, Diaz survived a Marcus Davis barrage early in the fight, added a deformity to Davis' head, and then guillotine choked Davis until he passed out. Though Diaz said he wants to return to lightweight, welterweight seems like a natural home for him. Dishonorable mention -- Kenny Florian: Fighting in front of hometown fans, Florian was incapable of getting an offense going against Gray Maynard. A win here would have given Florian a shot at the lightweight belt. He even had Dana White saying that he choked in the big fights. Shaquille O'Neal among the stars at UFC 118 [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 29, 2010, 12:49 am] MMA fan and new Boston Celtic Shaquille O'Neal was one of the many stars in attendance at UFC 118 in Boston on Saturday night. He was joined by Glen "Big Baby" Davis, who wore a shirt with a picture of Octagon Girl Arianny Celeste on it. New England Patriots Tom Brady and Wes Welker were also in the building, but it was O'Neal who showed off his MMA moves for the camera. He is no stranger to MMA, having trained for years. O'Neal even made an appearance at the UFC Fan Expo on Saturday, and has even asked UFC president Dana White for a chance to fight in the Octagon. Edgar convincingly beats Penn in UFC 118 main event [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 28, 2010, 11:53 pm] Frankie "The Answer" Edgar left no questions at UFC 118 in Boston on Saturday night. He defended his lightweight championship belt, winning a unanimous decision 50-45 on all three judges' cards.Edgar took Penn down immediately in the opening round. Penn would not let Edgar pass his guard, and finally rolled out after a minute. Not long after, they were back to the canvas, with Edgar scoring another takedown. When they got back to their feet, Penn had a hard time connecting his strikes while Edgar finished the round off with a big kick-punch combo.In the second, Edgar again did what few other fighters could do: take Penn down. Edgar didn't hold down Penn for long, but when they returned to their feet, Edgar was the aggressor. He continued to move well, and frustrate Penn. Early in the fight, the crowd at the TD Garden chanted B.J. Penn's name, but by the third round, they were yelling "Frankie! Frankie!" He earned their love as he stayed fresh and fast, winning every exchange with Penn. Penn finally seemed to come alive in the fourth round, taking Edgar down to start the round. He didn't hold Edgar down for long, though, and Edgar returned the favor with a takedown of his own, sweeping Penn's leg out from underneath him. Edgar postured up and landed big shots both with Penn on his back and when they stood back up. In the final round, Penn again started out with a takedown but lost the advantage when Edgar reversed it. Edgar did not let up, landing elbow after elbow on Penn's face. This fight was a rematch of their UFC 112 title bout in Abu Dhabi. In that bout, Edgar won a razor-close decision, but this time, he left no doubt who was the better fighter. Edgar melded tight striking, frustrating movement and excellent wrestling, giving him the exact formula to beat Penn. "I feel like I can walk on water," Edgar said. "I knew he was going to come in tough. I wanted to make that point." Gray Maynard won his bout with Ken UFC 118 blowout: Couture takes Toney to MMA school [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 28, 2010, 11:11 pm] It was even worse than we thought. James Toney called out mixed martial arts and begged for a fight but what he put forth could barely be called a fight. The out-of-shape boxing legend came out with his left hand at his side and very stationary. He was a sitting duck for UFC veteran and Olympic-level wrestler Randy Couture, who scored a takedown just 11 seconds into the fight. Toney was helpless on the mat where Couture moved to a dominant mount position and eventually slapped on an arm-triangle choke to finish the fight in just over three minutes. "I think in reality if he's only been training nine months, it's a real short order to pick up everything," said Couture (19-10). "I give real credit to James. He took the risk. All us MMA guys love boxing. Hopefully there's a whole bunch of boxers who will love MMA."It was a pretty embarrassing display by Toney. It was almost as if he didn't drill very much on the ground. Couture did whatever he wanted from the top and it was clear Toney hadn't learned any technique to try and extricate himself from the position.Couture, speaking during the postfight with UFC color analyst Joe Rogan said he saw this coming, "No surprises. This is exactly what we trained to do. I worked on that arm triangle for over a year."That's when Couture's grappling coach Neil Melanson walked over to his fighter and gave him a black belt as a gesture to suggest that he'd just earned it.Toney was gracious in defeat and surprisingly said that he wasn't done with MMA."He just caught me. He caught me sleeping. I'll be back. I ain't gonna quit," said Toney as he was booed by the Boston faithful. "My ground game's alright. He fought a great fight. Randy Couture’s a great fighter."Toney was a great boxer, piling up 72 wins against just six losses but he's far from his prime. It's next to impossible for a boxer to crossover to MMA without at least a few years of Maia outgrapples Miranda to unanimous decision at UFC 118 [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 28, 2010, 10:41 pm] In a battle of two jiu-jitsu geniuses, Demian Maia won by unanimous decision, earning a score of 30-27 on all three judges' cards. Maia came close to submitting Miranda early, taking him down and applying a choke, but Miranda shook him off his back. The two finished the round off from their feet, but quickly returned to the canvas in the second round. Maia took Miranda down easily early in the round, and showed off why he is one of the sport's best grapplers. Controlling Miranda the entire time, Maia applied both an arm triangle and an arm bar on Miranda, but Miranda was able to defend both.Miranda's coaches -- including UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva -- begged Miranda to "let it go" in the final round, but it didn't happen. Miranda was tentative, and Maia took Miranda down and came close to an arm bar near the end of the round. Miranda spinned out of the attempt, but it was too little, too late. With such great BJJ players fighting, a submission was expected. However, their grappling canceled out, and the fighter who had better control won. This was Maia's first fight back since losing in a title bout to Miranda's coach, Silva. Maynard's wrestling too much for Florian at UFC 118 [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 28, 2010, 10:25 pm] Kenny Florian lost his first UFC title shot against Sean Sherk. Tonight in his homestate of Massachusetts he was fighting for another shot but it looked a lot like the Sherk fight. Maynard worked his boxing early in each round and then when he chose to take the fight to the ground, it went to the ground. Florian couldn't get off his back and when it was standing he did very little offensively. Maynard impressed judges and was able to pull the mild upset via unanimous decision, 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 on all three cards. The winner of the fight was promised a title shot. Now Maynard can sit back watch the main event where UFC lightweight champ Frank Edgar defends the strap against B.J. Penn. "I wanted to try and make him chase me. He doesn't chase a lot. Then throw two shots at a time and eventually try for the takedown," said Maynard (11-0, 8-0 UFC).Maynard played that game for the first four minutes of the fight and then scored his first takedown. It was a sign of things to come. Not only did Florian (14-5, 11-4 UFC) struggle to get back to his feet but he posed no danger from his back. The former Michigan State wrestler did the same thing in the second and landed a key left hand followed by a right uppercut with 2:30 left in the round. The uppercut opened up a cut over Florian's left eye and affected his vision. Seconds later, Maynard scored another takedown and made a bloody mess of Florian. It was more of the same in the third. In the final 90 seconds, Florian threatened with a pair of omaplata attempts but Maynard stayed patient and powered out of both. "I'm feeling good," said Maynard as he was being booed by the pro-Florian crowd. "I'm really glad to get to the spot where I get a shot at the title."Florian, a native of Westwood, Mass. and a Boston College grad, now has to go back to the drawing board. Maynard moves onto to the title shot where he could face Yeowch! Check out Marcus Davis' swollen eye at UFC 118 [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 28, 2010, 9:55 pm] Marcus Davis' right eye was cut early in his loss to Nate Diaz, and by the end of the fight, it looked liked ths. The bleeding and swelling continued throughout the fight until Diaz choked out Davis in the third round. Diaz cuts Davis then submits him at UFC 118 [Yahoo! Sports: Blogs: August 28, 2010, 9:40 pm] Fighting in front of a hostile crowd, Nate Diaz submitted hometown fighter Marcus Davis with a guillotine at 4:02 in the third round of their bout at UFC 118 in Boston on Saturday night. Diaz taunted Davis, and Davis answered it with a series of punches that briefly knocked Diaz to the ground. Diaz survived the exchange, and though Davis won the exchange, he sustained a cut just below his left eye brow. The two continued tight stand-up as the round went on. Davis' eye bled profusely throughout the round.Davis' eye was checked between rounds, and the doctor let the fight continue.In the second round, Davis continued boxing as well as he could with buckets of blood in his eye. Diaz kept his distance, using his reach advantage to stay far away from Davis' dangerous punches. Near the end of the round, Davis took Diaz down but was immediately reverse.Between rounds, Davis' eye was shown on the big screen and caused a large groan at the TD Garden. The cut continued to bleed, and Davis eye was nearly swollen shut.Diaz continued to batter Davis' face in the third and final round, and took him down with 90 seconds left in the fight. Diaz sunk in a guillotine that was so tight, it put Davis to sleep. Referee Yves Levigne saw that Davis was out and called the fight over with less than a minute to go.This is Diaz's second win at welterweight, but he said he still wants to move back down to lightweight. "I want to fight back at 155 with guys like Gray Maynard. They think they're hot shots," Diaz said after the fight.Diaz's last loss was in January to Maynard. |