Sam Stout Explains Why He Withdrew From UFC 137, Jake Shields Will Still Fight at UFN 25 Following Father?s Death

If you didn’t already know, Sam Stout withdrew from his fight against Dennis Siver at UFC 137 earlier this week. It wasn’t exactly clear why Stout withdrew, but most suspected Shawn Tompkins’ untimely death was the reason It turns out they were right. As Stout explained on The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo (via CagePotato) [...]

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Official Picks And Predictions For UFC 134 "Silva vs. Okami"

We?re now only a day away from UFC 134 ?Silva vs. Okami?, also known as ?UFC: Rio?. In the main event, Anderson Silva defends his UFC Middleweight Championship against the last man that beat him: Japanese powerhouse Yushin Okami. The co-main event will also be an interesting match-up, as Mauricio Rua and Forrest Griffin lock [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/08/26/official-picks-and-predictions-for-ufc-134-silva-vs-okami

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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Wants to Fight Frank Mir or Brock Lesnar Next

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani caught up with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at the UFC heavyweight's training center just days after his UFC 134 win over Brendan Schaub. "Big Nog" talked about his health during and after the fight, his performance in front of his home crowd, how he was upset by Schaub's pre-fight comments, who he wants to fight next, when he would like to retire and more.

 

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Anderson Silva toys with another top fighter, destroys Yushin Okami at UFC 134

If you stand with the most dynamic striker in the world, your fate is inevitable.

Anderson Silva lulled Yushin Okami to sleep early in the second, then floored him with a right hook and pounded him out from there.

Silva cruised in retaining his UFC middleweight title with a TKO victory at the 2:04 mark of the second round in the main event of UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro.

The win was especially huge for Silva (31-4, 14-0 UFC) as the UFC returned to Brazil for the first time since 1998. The crowd in Rio chanted Silva's name throughout the fight and roared when he finished it.

The victory pushes Silva's UFC win streak to an amazing 14 straight. It also avenges his only loss in the last six years. Okami beat Silva back in 2006 via disqualification.

Silva was incredibly dominant in the striking department. According to FightMetric, he landed 52-of-71 shots (73 percent). In the finishing round, he had a 30-4 advantage.

Before the fight, Okami's strengths seemed to give him a shot at pulling a monumental upset (Silva was a minus-550 favorite). The Japanese fighter is big for the weight class and other fighters rave about his strength in the clinch. Silva never let him get into a rhythm and broke him mentally in the first round.

After following Silva around for the first two minutes of the first round, Okami (32-6, 10-3 UFC) worked the clinch for almost two minutes. Silva never wilted and looked plenty strong enough to deal with the ground-and-pound specialist. Once the fighters separated, the end of the first provided a preview of things to come.

Silva closed the round by landing a nasty head kick. Okami stumbled backwards and ate a knee as the horn sounded.

When Silva came out for the second, he meant business. He charged forward throwing punches and kicks from different angles. After a minute of that, he backed up and basically put his hands at his side, daring Okami to hit him. Okami took the bait. Instead of charging forward and attempting a takedown, Okami threw some sloppy punches. He was a sitting duck.

Just 36 seconds into the round, Silva, who switched between conventional and his more natural southpaw stance, landed a hard jab with the right and down went Okami. Silva backed up and let Okami stand up. Silva repeated the pattern and less than a minute later, he put a lot more mustard on a right hook. Okami fell to his back and his arms went to the side.

It was over. Silva, the world's No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, jumped on top and threw 25-plus unanswered shots. Okami did nothing aside from cover up. Referee Herb Dean had to save him.

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Cesar Gracie Harsh On Georges St. Pierre's Style... But He Shouldn't Be

When Georges St. Pierre regained the UFC Welterweight Championship in 2008, he did it with a dramatic second-round stoppage that many fans felt was one of his finest performances. Since then, Georges St. Pierre has fought all the best talent in the world and beaten them all? albeit by decision. In fact, the only stoppage [...]

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What's Next For The Winners And Losers Of UFC 134: "Silva vs. Okami"?

UFC 134 was a very entertaining event marking the return of the UFC to Brazil for the first time in over a decade. Now once again it?s time to ask: what?s next? What does the future hold after both Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Mauricio Rua brought their careers back from the brink, while Anderson Silva [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/08/28/whats-next-for-the-winners-and-losers-of-ufc-134-silva-vs-okami

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Strikeforce Weigh Ins Overeem Werdum Barnett Rogers Griggs Noons Masvidal - Strikeforce

SHOWTIME Sports presents the official weigh-in for the Strikeforce World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournment. Check out all ten fiighters on the super-sized June 18th fight card: Chad Griggs, Valentijn Overeem, Daniel Cormier, Jeff Monson, KJ Noons, and Jorge Masvidal. Plus headliners Brett Rogers, Josh Barnett, Alistair Overeem, and Fabricio Werdum.

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Quinton ?Rampage? Jackson Accuses Jon Jones? Team of Spying

For the past several weeks, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has lived inside the Muscle Pharm facility in preparation for his UFC 135 title fight against champion Jon Jones. Unfortunately for Rampage, it appears the Denver, Colorado gym is infested with a big rat. The former light heavyweight champ believes Team Jones has implanted a spy in [...]

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Best Performance Of The Night: Pat Curran At Bellator 48

It?s that time once again: another major MMA event has come and gone, and it?s time for my unofficial ?Best Performance of the Night? award. Bellator 48 was a bit of a tough event to call, since we saw some pretty crazy finishes. The main event was by far the craziest, but that had something [...]

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Best Performance Of The Night: Pat Curran At Bellator 48

It?s that time once again: another major MMA event has come and gone, and it?s time for my unofficial ?Best Performance of the Night? award. Bellator 48 was a bit of a tough event to call, since we saw some pretty crazy finishes. The main event was by far the craziest, but that had something [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/08/22/best-performance-of-the-night-pat-curran-at-bellator-48

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