DREAM New Year?s Eve 2011 Results: Fedor Emelianenko, Shinya Aoki Score Wins

Fedor Emelianenko scored his second-straight win since losing three-straight in Strikeforce, as the former top-ranked heavyweight knocked out Olympic judo gold medalist Satoshii Ishii in 2:29 in the headliner of DREAM's New Year's Eve event on Saturday in Saitama, Japan.Shinya Aoki, Hiroyuki Takaya, and Bibiano Fernandes also earned wins at the event.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/27041/dream-new-years-eve-2011-results-fedor-emelianenko-shinya-aoki-score-wins/

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Former UFC fighter Browning is big news in Thailand, finally turns himself in

Former UFC fighter Browning is big news in Thailand, finally turns himself in

Junie Brownie has been out of the UFC's hair for a while, but he's been back in the news over the last week. Apparently, it's a big deal in Thailand.

The former reality star on Season 8 of "The Ultimate Fighter" got into a big brouhaha at a bar in Phuket on Dec. 13. He fled the hospital where he was being treated for injuries, been missing ever since and the Thai papers are all over the story.

Police have mounted a Phuket-wide hunt for an American man who started one brawl in a Phuket bar then continued it in the emergency treatment ward at Patong Hospital. Police have named the suspect they wish to interview as Allen Browning, 26, a Thai boxer who fled into the night on Sunday in Patong and has not been seen since.

Earlier in the night, Mr Browning allegedly was seen beating up on an expat woman in a bar in Patak Road, Karon. He also lashed out at Thai female bar staff when they tried to intervene, police said.

Four other tourists from Australia and the US also attempted to intervene but Mr Browning lashed out at them, too, police said.

UPDATE: Browning finally showed up at the police station and turned himself in according to Phuketwan.com.

Former UFC fighter Browning is big news in Thailand, finally turns himself inOne of those tourist was Simon Menzies. Browning claims it was Menzies, who was the real troublemaker. Fightlinker discovered that Menzies was also in trouble with the law earlier this year during a flight from Sydney to Darwin.

Sydney man Simon Wilson Menzies, 31, was drunk and angry when he told the female cabin crew manager on a flight this week that he could "bring the plane down if he wanted."

Menzies said: "I'm half muslim, half Aboriginal and everyone else is a white [expletive]. I could [expletive] blow up the plane."

[...] The court heard Menzies was on Jetstar flight JQ81 from Brisbane to Darwin on Tuesday com when he became abusive after being refused a fourth beer.

The court heard he was refused service because he continued to be rowdy despite repeated warnings.

After he was refused service Menzies, who is 190cm and solidly built, stood over the cabin crew manager and told her to get the captain.

"Send the captain I will [expletive] smash him I'm the biggest guy on the plane," he said.

None of this comes as much of a shock with Browning. He was nearly kicked off TUF 8 several times for violent outbursts. He survived and was even given two more fights with the promotion.

In 2009, Browning was taken to a Las Vegas area hospital after what was reported to be a failed suicide attempt. He compounded his issue by allegedly attacking a female nurse at the hospital. The UFC immediately released him from his contract. He's gone 1-4 since his stint with the promotion and last fought in August. Frankly, right now fighting is the least of his problems.

Arrest tip via MMAWeekly

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Former-UFC-fighter-Browning-is-big-news-in-Thail?urn=mma-wp11023

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Sharps vs. Squares: A closer look at UFC 141 at betting odds reveals where the real money is going

Sharps vs. Squares: A closer look at UFC 141 at betting odds reveals where the real money is goingBetting on mixed martial arts is getting more sophisticated with each card. Gone are the days where sports books could fall victim to savvy bettors who had better knowledge of the undercards than the supposed experts did. The bookmakers have gotten wiser, but they're also battling the best minds from all over the sports betting world.

The players who traditionally pounded the major sports like NFL, college football and NBA, are taking their time to find middles, value scenarios and less than sturdy numbers in the world of MMA betting.

A closer look at the line movements for UFC 141 reveals some interesting cases for this Friday's fight card (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. ET).

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The important number to look at is the percentage of bets taken and where the original odds have moved. The numbers listed are the opener, current and then percentage of bets place on each side with Bovada (former Bodogsports):

UFC 141 betting odds:

Diego Nunes (-325 to -380) 43.44%
Manny Gamburyan (+250 to +290) 56.56%

Jacob Volkmann (-265 to -200) 87.45%
Efrain Escudero (+205 to +160) 12.55%

Danny Castillo (-200 to -200) 48.18%
Anthony Njokuani (+160 to +160) 51.82%

Ross Pearson (-260 to -225) 93.64%
Junior Assuncao (+200 to +175) 6.36%

Nam Phan (-230 to -225) 82.84%
Jim Hettes (+180 to +175) 17.16%

Jon Fitch (-230 to -200) 94.42%
Johny Hendricks (+180 to +160) 5.58%

Donald Cerrone (-280 to -325) 59.31%
Nate Diaz (+220 to +250) 40.69%

Alistair Overeem (-145 to -115) 65.24%
Brock Lesnar (+115 to -115) 34.76

The translation here is that anytime the higher percentage of bets are placed on one side, the line should be moving in that direction, but that's not the case in several fights.

In the Fitch-Hendricks fight, the majority of the bets (94%) are on the favorite yet the number has dropped. That suggests that the bigger money amount is on the side of Hendricks. It's your classic public versus the big bettor scenario. The same goes for Overeem vs. Lesnar, Phan vs. Hettes, Pearson vs. Assuncao and Volkmann vs. Escudero.

Maybe the "sharps" know something in these fights. Maybe not. Either way, it's interesting to see where the big money is going.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Sharps-vs-Squares-A-closer-look-at-UFC-141-at-?urn=mma-wp11215

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Alistair Overeem is in for UFC 141, but still fighting battle against rumor mill

Alistair Overeem is in for UFC 141, but still fighting battle against rumor mill

The last thing Alistair Overeem needed was any sort of performance enhancing drug testing snafu heading into the biggest fight of his career in the U.S. But that's exactly what happened to the behemoth from Holland.

Overeem, his camp and the Nevada State Athletic Commission had some communications issues. When the NSAC asked for a random drug test sample in mid-November, there was a five-day lapse, the incorrect sample was sent in and it was done by Overeem's personal physician administered the original test. It's all been worked out, Overeem satisfied the state's requirement and his fight against Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 is on, but it just adds another odd chapter for folks who are suspicious over the fighter's enormous growth since 2007.

"You can't get bothered too much by all the stuff that's written," Overeem told the Boston Herald. "To be honest, I don't really have time to read it all because training takes a lot of energy. All the activities that come with being a fighter and fighting at this level take a lot of my energy, so I don't have enough time to read it all."

At 6-foot-5, Overeem always had the frame to add more weight, but his gain from a 205-pounder to around 256 has been amazing in just four years.

"Some of it's not nice and people accuse you of stuff and hate a little bit. But if you're going to be in this position, there will always be people who love you and there will always be people who hate you," Overeem said.

"The Reem" is 10-1 since his move to heavyweight. There's a case to be made that he's become a better fighter now that he's not stripping himself down to make 205. In any case, the extra weight allows him to square off against those perceived by casual fans as the biggest and baddest in the sport.

"I think the fight between Brock and me is a dream fight," Overeem said. "I never thought about the possibility of me fighting him in the UFC. I was fighting outside of the UFC and I didn't see the fight coming, maybe ever. The way things went, I'm very happy I got the opportunity."

Of course, the argument could also be made that a 225-pound Overeem might stand a better shot against the gargantuan Lesnar. Speed, movement and technique, not pure power has been the path to beating the former WWE star during his short MMA career.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Alistair-Overeem-is-in-for-UFC-141-but-still-fi?urn=mma-wp10964

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UFC 141 postfight: Hettes sends a message to Internet Tough Guys

Jimy Hettes is enjoying his new found fame. That includes reading nice and nasty comments on the Internet about his game.

Following Hettes' whitewash of Nam Phan at UFC 141, the 24-year-old said he spent the days leading up to the fight reading negative messages from goofs online.

"I like looking at the Internet and seeing everyone count me out. And really say how I'm going to get my butt kicked and stuff like that," Hettes said (4:00 mark). "In my hotel room, me and my buddy Kris [McCray] were looking at the comment laughing. 'This kid's not gonna win because he doesn't have any muscles.' So it really fuels me."

Hettes is also driven by the talent he works with in New Jersey. That group is headed by UFC lightweight champ Frank Edgar along with McCray. Hettes said working with the bigger fighters makes facing the featherweights seem almost unfair.

He's just 2-0 in the UFC, but Hettes (10-0, nine submission wins) appears destined for some big things.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/UFC-141-postfight-Hettes-sends-a-message-to-Int?urn=mma-wp11479

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Noke vs. Hamman, Miller vs. Siler Added to UFC on FX 2

Middleweights Kyle Noke and Jared Hamman will look to rebound from recent losses when they're slated to clash at UFC on FX 2, while Cole Miller will make his featherweight debut against Steven Siler at the March 3 event in Sydney, Australia.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/27039/noke-vs-hamman-miller-vs-siler-added-to-ufc-on-fx-2/

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Alistair Overeem Unaware Nevada Court Withholding His UFC 141 Fight Purse

Fortunately for Brock Lesnar, Alistair Overeem (Pictured) claims he had no idea a Nevada District Court had put his UFC 141 fight purse into escrow. Otherwise, could you imagine the additional destruction “The Demolition Man” would have unleashed with that kind of frustration hanging over his head? “I didn’t know about that,” Overeem shared at [...]

Source: http://www.5thRound.com/101306/alistair-overeem-unaware-nevada-court-withholding-his-ufc-141-fight-purse/

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Alistair Overeem Crushes Brock Lesnar and Silences Critics, Dana White Included

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Alistair Overeem vs. Brock LesnarLAS VEGAS -- If Alistair Overeem ever feared Brock Lesnar -- or even respected his skills -- he never let it show. From the moment he walked out into the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday night, the former K-1 and Strikeforce heavyweight champion looked supremely confident. Moments after the main event bout at UFC 141 began, it became clear that he had good reason to be.

The Dutch kickboxer stalked Lesnar across the cage, shrugging off takedown attempts and digging away at the former UFC heavyweight champ's body with short knee strikes that quickly took their toll. At around the two-minute mark of the first round Overeem slammed a swift left kick into Lesnar's gut, prompting a delayed collapse to the mat from the ex-WWE wrestler.

From that moment on, the end couldn't come soon enough for Lesnar. He sat down on the mat with his back to the fence, covering up and offering no response as Overeem peppered him with right hooks from a standing position. When referee Mario Yamasaki finally called a halt to the bout at 2:26 of round one, it seemed almost like an overdue act of mercy.




After the bout, Lesnar declared himself officially retired from MMA and promised fans that they'd never see him in the Octagon again. That news came as a surprise to UFC president Dana White, he said in the post-fight press conference, but then again, so did the result of the fight itself.

"Let me say, in front of everybody here, that I was wrong," White said. "I said it before Alistair came into the UFC and I said it leading up to this fight to myself because I never give predictions, but I thought Brock Lesnar was going to beat Alistair Overeem tonight. I did, and I was wrong. He looked damn good tonight. He made quick work of Brock Lesnar."

But while the outcome might have seemed unexpected to White, who publicly questioned the quality of Overeem's recent competition before signing him to the UFC, Overeem could not have been any less surprised with the way the fight went down, he told reporters.

"A funny thing was, I predicted it the evening before to my fiancee. ...I said, 'First I'm going to do this, then I'm going to do that, then I'm going to finish it with a liver kick.' I don't know if it's luck or if it's strategy, but it turned out that way and I'm just happy that it did."

Despite the quick ending to the bout, Overeem didn't escape completely unscathed. He was cut over his right eye early on by a Lesnar punch and came late to the post-fight press conference after having it stitched up backstage. He gave no indication during the fight that the cut bothered him in the least, but he admitted afterward that it only made him more motivated to finish quickly.

"I had blood coming into my eye," Overeem explained. "I couldn't see in my right eye. So I had to adjust a little bit, but that also made me put more pressure because I didn't know how severe the cut was. I didn't know...maybe there's going to be a medical intervention, so then I knew I need to finish this fight before we get there. That made me step my game up."

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Assuming that Lesnar sticks to his retirement proclamations, the loss makes for a sour end to a whirlwind career. He began his MMA career just four and a half years ago, and racked up only eight fights, two of which were successful defenses of the UFC heavyweight title. Though there will undoubtedly be speculation about the possibility of him heading back to the WWE, White specified that Lesnar had retired "under contract," though he declined to get into the details of exactly how that will limit his future options.

For Overeem, on the other hand, the future appears to be wide open. Not only did he thump a former champion into an early retirement in his UFC debut, he also set himself up for a shot at current UFC heavyweight title-holder Junior dos Santos in 2012.

Beyond that, he also sent a message to detractors who questioned his abilities and his accomplishments in recent years. Though he touted the unprecedented accomplishment of winning a K-1 World Grand Prix in kickboxing while also holding a major MMA title, others wondered whether his wins over inexperienced or aging opponents really had much merit. Only when we saw him against the elite of the UFC, people said, would we truly know what to make of him.

On Friday night we got that chance, and Overeem made a lasting impression. He demolished a former champ and made it look easy. He did exactly what he said he would do, and if he was surprised at all it was only at the fact that his win seemed to surprise others.

When asked how he felt about silencing his critics -- the most powerful and perhaps the most vocal of which was now his employer, standing next to him -- both Overeem and White couldn't help but smile, though likely for different reasons.

"I'm satisfied," Overeem said with a sly grin. "Pretty satisfied."

 

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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/12/31/alistair-overeem-crushes-brock-lesnar-and-silences-critics-dana/

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