Official MMA News/Rumours Thread

[Rush]

Re: Strike Force HW Tourney Announced

i should really post these things when i hear about them

as i've said elsewhere, Barnett will rape his side of the draw and i'm praying Strikeforce can get Fedor to fight in the 2nd round otherwise this will fall apart.

 

[Rush]

Vera got cut by the UFC.

Dan Miller vs Catone @ 128
Jim Miller vs Shalorus @ 128
Garza vs Jabouin @ 129
Campuzano vs Cariaso @ UFN 23

 

[Rush]

Re: Strike Force HW Tourney Announced

Could anyone upload any of these in the media section plox?

 

[Rush]

Re: Strike Force HW Tourney Announced

doesn't start until feburary Jupes.

 

[Rush]

Re: Strike Force HW Tourney Announced

How embarrassing. I'm trying to get into MMA, I still have no clue about start times and where to watch etc.

 

[Dale]

The TUF 13 coaches have been announced - Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos will train a group of welterweights before they square off in June to determine the next heavyweight title contender

Just got this in my news feed on Facebook (Y)

 

[SAL]

Brock Lesnar to coach next season of TUF

Season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter will feature Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos coaching 170 lbers.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2011/01/tuf-13-coaches/1

So....he's not going to be at Wrestlemania, obviously. Lesnar/dos Santos will take place after the season, and the winner gets a title shot.

 

[PHX]

Re: Brock Lesnar to coach next season of TUF

Total swerve : Double whammy in coaching TUF which didn't seem possible and guess he isn't on such bad terms with Dana as we thought.

 

[Ben]

Re: Brock Lesnar to coach next season of TUF

Makes sense, with Cain out for 6-8 months it sets up a fight for both guys. Junior will destroy Brock in a match though unless Brock is actually going to work on his weakness.

 

[Ben]

Should be a high ratings for the show just cause Brock is involved, but I fully expect Junior to lay a beating on him similar to the one Cain gave him.

Initial odds actually have Lesnar as the underdog.

 

[Ben]

Re: Strike Force HW Tourney Announced

Just announced that all the fights will be 3 rounds minus the final which will be 5. Belts not on the line in any of Reems fight and the final is for the #1 conteder spot and not the HW title.

: Strikeforce

 

[PHX]

Kimbo Slice headed for pro wrestling

Source: Nodq.com

- MMA fighter Kimbo Slice will make his pro wrestling debut on February 5th for WWE Hall of Famer Antonio Inoki's IGF promotion in Japan.

Slice will be taking on Shinichi Suzukawa in an "IGF Championship" match, says their website. That show will also feature Shane Helms and Josh Barnett.

Smart move as he is pretty much done as a MMA fighter. He could make for a pretty good wrestler if he works at it imo.

 

[Ben]

If anyone's interested, Best of Pride returns on Spike TV tonight, think this is going to be a weekly thing again so it's worth a watch, especially if you haven't seen anything Pride before, as there where a shit load of good cards.

Line up for tonight:

Tonight's matches include:

Mirko Filipovic vs. Heath Herring
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Enson Inoue
Semmy Schilt vs. Akira Shoji
Bob Sapp vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto
​

 

[Rush]

i've been watching this on ESPN down here in Australia. Its pretty great. Good for those who haven't seen anything from PRIDE.

 

[Ben]

Strikeforce ratings for 'Fedor vs. Silva' are now official and "Bigfoot" wasn't the only winner in last Saturday night's (Feb. 12) main event in East Rutherford, NJ.
According to Heavy.com, the Showtime network set a ratings record for the opening round of the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix tournament with an average of 741,000 viewers and a main event peak of 1.1 million, a mark that easily surpasses "Carano vs. Cyborg," which took in a then-best 576,000 average and 856,000 peak.
"Fedor vs. Silva" also featured a co-main event between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski in a losing effort against hard-hitting Russian striker Sergei Kharitonov.
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Def a great rating for SF, for what really was a weak card. Bunch of quick matches, but the Main Event did have some excitement around it, and even though it was a dominating performance by Big Foot still thought it was a solid main event.