Best Performance Of The Night: Matt Mitrione At "UFC On Versus 4"

It?s that time once again, fans and friends. Another major MMA event has come and gone, and it?s time for my unofficial ?Best Performance of the Night? award. And it was very difficult to hand out this award for ?UFC on Versus 4?, which saw many dominant performances and one of the greatest comebacks in [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/06/28/best-performance-of-the-night-matt-mitrione-at-ufc-on-versus-4

Dan Bobish Vagam Bodjukyan Kotetsu Boku  Tony Bonello

A Closer Look At UFC 132: Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber For The UFC Bantamweight Championship

It?s now time, fans and friends: with this entry, my special two-day, six-part, ultra in-depth look into ufc 132 draws to a close. Throughout the series I?ve given my analysis of, the history behind, and even early predictions for all of UFC 132?s major Pay-Per-View bouts. The first part of the series can be seen [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/06/30/a-closer-look-at-ufc-132-dominick-cruz-vs-urijah-faber-for-the-ufc-bantamweight-championship

Viacheslav Datsik Marcus Davis  Tony DeSouza  Edwin Dewees 

Attonito takes decision, Lauzon gets quick sub at UFC on Versus 4

PITTSBURGH -- Like his beloved Red Sox on Sunday in Pittsburgh, Joe Lauzon was a big winner at UFC on Versus on Sunday night.

He showed off his striking abilities with a dominant display, knocking down Warburton with a straight right followed by a left. He then jumped on him top of him, and followed up with a perfect kimura to end the bout at 1:58 in the first round.

"We were working on not rushing things, keeping my balance and staying fundamentally sound. I hit pretty hard, but we had about five or six things we wanted to work in rotation. The first one I threw was the one that landed and put him away.  I'm always trying to hunt down submissions.  I never leave it to the judges," Lauzon said after the bout.

Attonito takes decision

Rich Attonito won a decision over Daniel Roberts in a bout that started strong but ended weakly. He won the bout with the odd judges' card of 29-27, 30-27 and 29-28.

Roberts started strong in the first round but slowed down considerably as the round wore on. At first he threw big, impressive kicks, but was taken down by Attonito by the end of the round. Roberts began with a takedown in the second and took Attonitio's back, but could not sink in a choke. Attonito reversed him and used the position to ground and pound, landing several big shots in the final seconds of the round.

Attonito grew aggressive in the third round, peppering Johnson with leg kicks and punches. The exhausted Roberts' only defense was to move away, but that was hardly effective. Attonito then knocked Roberts to the ground and followed up with an onslaught of punches. Roberts survived and got back to his feet, but was very wobbly. He staggered around the cage and threw strikes where he could while Attonito continued to throw intermittent strikes. Roberts tried for a takedown, but Attonito wanted to keep the fight on the ground. In the final seconds, Attonito took the fight to the ground, but was unable to do anything to put the bout in danger.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Attonito-takes-decision-Lauzon-gets-quick-sub-a?urn=mma-wp3974

Rich Franklin Ian Freeman Don Frye Tony Fryklund

Bader interview: TUF 8 champ not about to fall for Tito?s pity party

Tito Ortiz was in passive-aggressive mode today during the official UFC 132 prefight press conference. Tito claims that he begged for his job earlier this year and said repeatedly during the press conference that no one is picking him to win and because of that he has nothing to lose. This talk started last week when Ortiz started to accuse Ryan Bader of disrespecting him by calling him a stepping stone.

"But Bader made a mistake saying I am a stepping stone back to Jon Jones. I understand why he said it. When I was 28 I felt indestructible too and I was saying a lot of things about what I was going to do too. But I'm not a stepping stone to anyone," Ortiz wrote in a blog for ESPN.com. "No one has ever had an easy fight against me and he made a mistake in saying that I am a stepping stone. Maybe it was a figure of speech, but even if it was it was a little disrespectful to a former world champion."

When we spoke to Bader yesterday, the champ from Season 8 of "The Ultimate Fighter" reacted strongly, saying he would never look past someone like Ortiz.

"I never said that one time. All I said was I wanted to get back to the top and that startsd with Tito here, and that's all I said," Bader said on ESPNRadio1100 (4:45 mark). "He got that from, who knows where? I'm treating not this fight like that at all. This is a a fight I'm taking very seriously and I want to get back to my winning ways."

Ortiz is 0-4-1 in his last five fights. He's without a win since 2006. Dana White made it clear today that a good performance alone would NOT allow Ortiz to keep his gig with the UFC. Tito needs to win this or he's gone. Bader is a massive minus-500 favorite on the Las Vegas odds boards.

The 28-year-old former wrestler at Arizona State had his hand on his chin and smirked for much of the press conference as Tito talked about "hoping" to go out and put on a good performance.

You can watch UFC 132 right here on Yahoo! Sports

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Bader-interview-TUF-8-champ-not-about-to-fall-f?urn=mma-wp4189

Roger Gracie Rolles Gracie Royce Gracie Royler Gracie

Bellator targets late September for opening round of bantamweight tournament

Perhaps the most-anticipated offering from Bellator come Season 5 now has an official start date. Featuring a slew of prospects, an Olympic medalist, two former title-holders, and Bellator?s current featherweight champion, the field of 135-pound tournament participants will take the first step of their hopeful journey towards a $100,000 payday and shot at Zach Makovsky?s [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/06/29/bellator-targets-late-september-for-opening-round-of-bantamweight-tournament/

Jorge Gurgel Andre Gusmao Alexander Gustafsson Jaime Gutierrez

Dana White: Chael Sonnen Will Be Back As Soon As We Get Him A Fight

We now have an answer about Chael Sonnen’s immediate future. Well, sort of. Dana White told HDNet’s Ron Kruck in the interview above that Sonnen will return to action as soon as they get him a fight. But what about his licensing issues in California and Nevada? Well, oddly, Dana is under the impression that [...]

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmaconvert/~3/3w4L9eHGgSI/

David Baron  Phil Baroni Don Barr Pat Barry 

UFC 132 Press Conference Video

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Dana White will answer questions from the media at the UFC 132 press conference. UFC 132 fighters will face the media at the UFC 132 press conference two days before they face each other in the Octagon, and we'll carry the live video right here at MMAFighting.com.

Dominick Cruz, Urijah Faber, Wanderlei Silva, Chris Leben, Tito Ortiz and Ryan Bader are all expected to participate, as is UFC President Dana White.

The press conference begins at 4 PM ET on Thursday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and the video is below.




 

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