Hockey Fight of the Day: Chris Neil vs. Ryan White

Though this fight may not last as long as fans may have wanted to see, the brawl between the Ottawa Senators’ Chris Neil and Montreal Canadiens’ Ryan White is certainly an entertaining one made even better by the fact a number of their teammates decide to go at it as well during the minute-long melee. [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/03/30/hockey-fight-of-the-day-chris-neil-vs-ryan-white

Matt Hamill Volk Han Joachim Hansen Antoni Hardonk

UFC headed to Fort Lauderdale for Hometown Throwdown

Over the past few weeks the UFC unveiled a number of match-ups scheduled for a June 8 card including a headlining tilt between top flyweights Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall. However, while the bouts may have been in place, the show?s actual location remained up in the air due to a contest allowing fans to [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2012/04/05/ufc-headed-to-fort-lauderdale-for-hometown-throwdown/

Mauro Galvao Arman Gambaryan Manvel Gamburyan Sean Gannon

Mauricio Rua interested in third fight with Lyoto Machida

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has done it all in the world of MMA. From PRIDE Grand Prix success to wins over some of the sport’s greatest to his role as a former UFC light heavyweight champ, there is little left for Rua to accomplish. However, that doesn’t mean the veteran fighter doesn’t have goals in mind [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2012/04/05/mauricio-rua-interested-in-third-fight-with-lyoto-machida/

Dave Gomez Keith Hackney Matt Hamill Volk Han

Fedor Emelianenko fighting in June, could face Bobby Lashley

As expected, Fedor Emelianenko will look for his third straight win this summer after looking sharp in a previous pair of outings against Jeff Monson and Satoshi Ishii. Though potential venues in Monte Carlo and even the United States were mentioned for the bout, it looks as though Emelianenko will be fighting in front of [...]

Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2012/04/06/fedor-emelianenko-fighting-in-june-could-face-bobby-lashley/

Don Barr Pat Barry  Vitor Belfort  Robert Berry

Wrestlemania 28 Recap: The Great One

Last night was an evening more than a year in the making thanks to the headlining bout between The Rock and John Cena at Wrestlemania 28. However, it could be argued the show was truly had a generation of work behind the build considering the absolute brilliance of HHH?s epic encounter with The Undertaker. Regardless [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/04/02/wrestlemania-28-recap-the-great-one

Rich No Love Clementi  Mark The Hammer Coleman Wes Soldier Combs  Ray Cooper 

Reader Rants: Mo Lawal?s dismissal, the Anderson Silva/Chael Sonnen rematch, and an overweight fighter

Welcome to another edition of Reader Rants, where Cagereaders get their say. This week, though we're still in a Zuffa drought, you all had plenty of opinions to share.

On King Mo's release from Strikeforce after calling a commissioner a bad name on Twitter:

It was kind of ignorant for her to ask him if he knew how to read or write. Instead of being "funny" or "racist" she could have just plainly asked him if he read through the application----in particular the part with the question of taking different meds/steroids/drugs. -- David Feinblatt

He should have not lost his job. There have been a lot of worse things said on Twitter by Dana White and other UFC fighters. He'll get his job back. -- Angel D. Gutierrez-Ruiz

Nothing was commented on more than the Anderson Silva/Chael Sonnen rematch:

I believe the rematch will allow Sonnen to back up what he said about the first fight. Win it and give Silva the beating hes never experienced in the cage before. -- Larry Conley

I think just because of what happened in the last fight, Silva is coming very prepared. I don't see him losing any fight anytime soon. At least not to someone that he almost lost to in the past. Best believe is going be a war but Silva will be victorious. -- Ernesto Aguilera

I think Silva will win based on a couple of different reasons:

1. Silva was injured last time he fought Sonnen and probably should not have been fighting at all yet he still won after getting hammered for 4 rounds
2. Sonnen was on performance enhancing drugs (which got him banned from fighting for a year)
3. Silva has beaten down some of the best ground and pound guys in the world, some of whom Sonnen can't hold a candle to.
4. Silva has the best record in the UFC, which is not something that just happens... its earned through hard work and extreme talent

In the end, anything can happen in MMA. A slip, a swollen eye, even cutting weight all takes its toll. If I had to bet though, I would put my money on Anderson Silva. -- David Fish

Thiago Santos coming in 12 lbs. overweight for his Bellator title fight lost him a chance to win the tournament. What did readers think?

That's the right call. I initially read that the whole tournament was going to be scrapped. I'm glad that they didn't mess over Prindle because Santos couldn't make weight. Besides, he wasn't even close to making weight. -- Michael Stull

Guess that extra week wait was spent at the buffet. -- Jim Hammar

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/reader-rants-mo-lawal-dismissal-anderson-silva-chael-180051380.html

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Junior Dos Santos Interview - UFC

Heavy-handed Junior Dos Santos steps back into the Octagon? against a man considered to be an equally dangerous striker, Shane Carwin. Will Junior's speed advantage be enough to hand Carwin his first KO loss? Watch UFC 131 Live on Pay-Per-View and www.UFC.tv on Saturday, Jun 11th at 6/9PM PT/ET.

Source: http://mmalice.com/ufc/junior-dos-santos-interview-video_8d42cdb57.html

Joe Hybrid Duarte Aldrin de Jesus  Todd Duffee  Marvin Eastman 

Mo Lawal?s dismissal emphasizes need for Zuffa policy on Twitter

"King" Mo Lawal was cut from Strikeforce yesterday. He received a suspension from the Nevada Athletic Commission for testing positive for a banned substance after his January win over Lorenz Larkin. Shortly after his hearing with the NAC, Lawal called a commissioner a racist b**** over Twitter. According to Strikeforce's Scott Coker, Lawal's reaction was to blame for the dismissal.

Calling a woman the b-word is wrong, no matter the circumstances, which is exactly what I told Lawal yesterday. He's been a friend of mine since long before either of us were involved in MMA, so I told him what I would tell any friend of mine. If you don't want it said about your mother, you shouldn't say it about any woman. Though I don't know if I influenced his decision, he deleted the tweet not long after.

What he tweeted was wrong, but he should not have lost his job, just like Miguel Torres should not have lost his job late last year. I didn't think Torres should have lost his job then, nor did I think Forrest Griffin should have lost his job over a tweet about rape, or Rashad Evans over his comment about child abuse, or Joe Rogan for calling me the c-word, or White for calling MMA reporter Loretta Hunt the b-word.

What every one of these cases called for is punitive action. Some combination of a reprimand, a fine that will benefit the aggrieved parties, a public apology, a suspension, and corrective action like sensitivity training would be more appropriate than being fired. The offender would be more likely to learn something from their offenses than if they suddenly have to look for a job, or if there had been little done about the offense.

The problem, once again, is that Zuffa has no policy on fighter (and commentator) behavior. A fighter doesn't know if he's crossed the line until he's crossed it. Fighters can't even learn from each other's actions because there is no consistency on how incidents are treated. Considering how White called Hunt the same word that Lawal to describe the commissioner and then never apologized for it (he only apologized for using a slur against homosexuals), how could Lawal know Zuffa would have a problem with it?

The UFC usually holds their fighters' summit in June. It's the end of March. They have a few months to formulate a policy that is clear and fair to fighters.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/mo-lawal-dismissal-emphasizes-zuffa-policy-twitter-130830350.html

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