2 of UFCs Greats call it Quits

This artical was written by Dave Meltzer

The announced retirement of B.J. Penn, one of only two men in UFC history to have held titles in two different weight classes (lightweight and welterweight), came after he took one of the worst beatings of his career against Nick Diaz. This one was largely unexpected.

While most accept that Filipovic’ career really is over, Penn could be the typical fighter who announces his retirement after a disappointing encounter, only to reconsider later.

“Hats off to Nick Diaz, he’s the man,” said Penn (16-8-2) in the Octagon, moments after losing a 29-28, 29-27 and 29-28 decision to Diaz, a loss that would seem to put an end to Penn’s quest for a third match with longtime rival St. Pierre. “It’s probably the last time you’ll ever see me in here. I want to perform at the top level. This is the end. You know what, I’ve got another daughter on the way, I don’t want to go home looking like this.”

Penn’s face was busted up, particularly his left eye, and he had to be hospitalized after the fight.

Penn, 32, has been considered right at the top of the list of the most complete and most talented fighters in the sport since even before his first fight in 2001. Some would say, judging by his record, that he underachieved considering his insider rep from day one, even with two world titles.

[Related: Two legends retire after disappointing losses]

Saturday’s fight was unfortunately typical of many of Penn’s fights. Once called the best one-round fighter in the world, both meant as a credit to his all-around skill and a knock on his conditioning, Penn once again tired in the second round after a solid first round and was taken apart.

But if this really is his last fight, Penn went out in style. Exhausted, fighting an opponent who was connecting with pinpoint accuracy, he fought back and landed several hard shots in the third round, but he simply couldn’t match the volume of his opponent nor move fast enough to get out of the way of the blows. In the end, while he clearly lost the fight, he also was half of one of the year’s best bouts.

“In the 10 years that we’ve all seen B.J. Penn perform, we’ve never seen B.J. busted up like this,” White said after the fight. “Even when he was getting smashed by Matt Hughes and Georges St. Pierre, he doesn’t bleed and he doesn’t get busted up. Nick Diaz is the real deal. But what a warrior B.J. was to stand in front of him. I honestly didn’t think B.J. was going to answer the bell for the third round as exhausted as he was. And there were moments in the third round he was firing back.”

Filipovic (27-10-2, 1 no contest) looked like the “Cro Cop” of old only twice before the nearly packed house of 10,313 fans, who paid a gate of $3.9 million. The first was during his trademark ring entrance, to the sounds of Duran Duran’s “Wild Boys,” where at 235 pounds, he looked as strong as in his PRIDE days. But once the fight started, it also was clear that while he could carry the size of his youth, he was much slower at 37

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HAPPY HOLLOWEEN!!!

Just wanting to wish everyone a Happy and safe Holloween.

MMA vs. TMA: Cage Fighting Vs. Reality Self-Defense

This artical was written by Nicolas Rodriguez, Denver Martial Arts Examiner........

Everyone who sits in front of a television, is really only looking for one thing, is to be entertained, so in speaking of watching MMA events, you are only being entertained, and at your expense, either paying your electric bill, or watching a cage match at an arena.

Watching a boxing or kickboxing match, or a Martial-Arts tournament event, not only it is there to entertain you, but it demonstrates the true spirit of the marital arts or the sport of fighting, which MMA does not demonstrate other than hybrid or modified martial arts.

Athletes compete for the prize, but which type of fighter has the true discipline, of fighting, and knowing the difference from true martial arts from modernized ring fights to only make the real cash, instead of facing the real world at a desk job 8-5 with a college degree making a living with an educated mind?

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The Octigon Girls

Arianny Celeste became a UFC Octagon Girl in typical fashion – through a modeling casting call - but ever since she made her debut at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in 2006, life has been anything but typical for Celeste, who saw her first live mixed martial arts fight that summer night in Las Vegas.
“It was nerve racking and kinda scary, but it was really cool,” said Arianny of her first night working for the UFC. “I liked it a lot.”
Since then, this striking Latina has become a fixture at UFC events and a fan favorite. She’s also transformed from a casual fan of MMA to a diehard follower of the sport.

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MMA - Then and Now

Here is a great artical about the past and present of the world of MMA written by Stephanie Lum - Hawaii News Now

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - From ultimate fighter reality shows, 'Tap Out' t-shirts, to the rise of BJ Penn, it's hard not to notice the growing popularity of mixed martial arts. Today, millions pay to watch MMA fighters take each other down.

"MMA is blowing up big time. I think it's the fastest growing sport or one of them for sure," said Penn Fitness Center instructor Kaynan Kaku.

Mixed martial arts wasn't always so mainstream. There was a time when you couldn't watch ultimate fighting on TV and a time when the sport that combines boxing, jiu jitsu, kick boxing, wrestling and judo was considered a barbaric blood sport.

The very first ultimate fighting event in Hawaii took place in a dive bar near the Honolulu Airport in 1995. At the old Gussie La Mours, men fought bare fisted, in street clothes, there was no such thing as weight class and no rules.

"It was kind of like this bar room fighting. You had more of the rough neck guys and motorcycle guys showing up in there," said former MMA fighter Egan Inoue.

Promoter T. Jay Thompson called the state's first ultimate fight "No Holds Barred Fighting".

"It became so popular, we did monthly events," said Thompson.

In 1996, Thompson moved the fights to a bigger venue, under a different name: "Superbrawl".

"Vitor Belfort, Frank Shamrock, Pat Militidge, Tim Sylvia, Josh Barnettt, Falaniko Vitale, Kimo Leopoldo, Jason "Mayhem" Miller and Wesley "Cabbage" Correira. These guys all got their start in Superbrawl," said Thompson.

No one captivated the audience and sold out the Blaisdell, however, like Egan Inoue, a local fighter skilled in muy thai, Brazilian jiu jitsu and boxing.

"All the submissions, the chokes and the arm locks that you see. I always compare that to playing chess. You're playing chess with your body," explained Inoue. "When I am doing jiu jitsu, you're setting up moves on someone four or five moves away. So, I move my body this way, you move your body and fall into my game."

Inoue rose to become a five-time "Superbrawl" world champion.

In 2004, another local fighter made headlines. BJ Penn won the UFC welterweight title and later, the lightweight title.

Still, MMA couldn't shake off the images from its violent beginnings and in 2006, Representative Tommy Waters introduced a bill to ban it.

"I'm not sure if there's any socially redeeming qualities in ultimate fighting," said Waters.

Parents raised concerns about kids getting hurt reenacting ultimate fight scenes in makeshift rings. It sparked a debate and those for and against weighed in.

"Mixed martial arts falls for me in the negative, I don't think it falls in the positive," said actor and martial artist Jason Lee. "A lot of the martial arts' traditional sense that gets abandoned in gladiator style competition, is a lot of humility, the ability to cultivate life than to take life and the ability to hurt than to heal."

"To ban a sport like mixed martial arts; that could be the worst thing you could do to all of the kids right now. My gym is a place for kids to go to to stay out of trouble and focus on being the best they can be," said UFC champion BJ Penn.

In the end, MMA survived but was forced to change.

Long gone are the days of fighting bare fisted. Today, fighters are required to wear gloves, and must undergo health screenings and blood tests for HIV and hepatitis. Licensed medical professionals must be at ringside, and starting in July, the state will even begin regulating amateur MMA.

"We'll have a true sanctioning body that will come in, over see it just like it is in Las Vegas and the other states and that will only legitimize the sport," said Thompson.

With the door wide open on MMA, Thompson said the sport is blowing up.

"Now, you're getting Olympic trained athletes, guys from the NFL and the kids are starting to train younger," said Thompson.

There are more local venues giving up and coming fighters a chance to step in the ring and follow in the footsteps of those who came before them.

Inoue is now retired. He teaches martial arts and spreads awareness about MMA in the community. After organizing the first fight in Hawaii 15 years ago, T. Jay Thompson is still promoting fights and is currently working with UFC's President Dana White to one day bring a major UFC event to the Aloha Stadium.

"It could happen if the people of Hawaii pushes for it. Who knows, it could be BJ Penn versus Georges Saint Pierre all over again," said Thompson.

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Third Time is a Charm

I think I got it right this time with Affliction.Its just that some of the designs I am not used of seeing.I reconized the 2 schulls mirror each other side by side on a shirts with wings,military or animal themes.MMA Warehouse has the Affliction T-Shirts that I khow for more info you can go to there website by clicking the title above.....

Here is the Affliction Apparel Website...

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The Affliction Website.

I know Affliction appearal is a part of the UFC.I think they have beautiful art designs on there clothing line the graphics are fantastic.So I decided to give them credit and post there website on this blog.to go to there website just click the title above...

UFC vs. WWE: 10 Things Dana White Could Learn from Vince McMahon

This artical was written by Nick Caron on 8/10/11

Whether UFC President Dana White wants to admit it or not, he and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon compete for a lot of the same audience with their UFC and WWE products. And there is actually quite a bit that White could learn from McMahon.

Now MMA fans, don’t get too irritated before you even begin to read. I’m not trying to say that they are the same thing. Of course they aren’t. The UFC is legitimate competition between two highly trained athletes, while the WWE is simulated competition between two, also highly trained athletes.

But the similarity is that while one comes right out and says it and the other doesn’t, they are both forms of entertainment, generally for a male audience between the ages of 18-35.

For the past few decades, one company has been the king of this demographic. Sure, there may be other sports which have a wider fanbase, but no company has caught the attention of and latched onto this important demographic quite like the WWE has.

Though we recently found out that, according to McMahon, the WWE and UFC are not working together to purchase a television network; there is still a lot that the UFC President could learn from his WWE counterpart.

I would like to see for charity Vence and Dana go at it in the ring or octogon The question is which rules will they go under UFC or WWE? I would thing since the UFC is a real compitition it should go with UFC rules and you should give Vince time to train UFC way.for more info on this artical go to the bleacher report by clicking the title above...

The UFC vs WWE

This is an interesting topic because there are many sub canigories that you can do rating is one of them or you can see wich group would be superior in combat also wich rules will they follow or who is the better president Dana White or Vince Mc Mahon I think I will put more topics on this matter.I have an artical from the Bleacher Reports about the UFC and WWE events.The articals tells on the pros and cons of both organizations in there shows on entertaining there fans. I am a fan of both the UFC and the WWE.I was a big fan of WWE back when Hulk Hogan,Randy Salvage Jake the Snake Roberts and Undertaker domanitated the WWE. I Got into the UFC when it first started back in the 90s.

How times had changed I think for both organizations I liked it better in the early days if you want to learn more about the artical from bleacher go to there website by clicking the title above...

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Cris Cyborg: Women's MMA will survive without UFC or Strikeforce

This artical was written by Guilherme Cruz

Strikeforce has just announced a title fight between Cris Cyborg and Hiroko Yamanaka for December 17th in San Diego, CA. In this exclusive interview with Tatame, Cyborg reflects on the state of women's MMA.

Guilherme Cruz: It’ll be your first fight since UFC purchased Strikeforce. What do you think will be different?

Cris Cyborg: I guess that, if there’s something, it’s a better thing. UFC is the biggest MMA event of all, so I’m happy about this fight I’ll be doing in December. It’s a great chance for me, I’ll show my work and put on a good show, open the doors to women. The name’s changed, but it doesn’t matter because I already used to take it seriously, I used to pour my heart out to win. Now the boss has changed, but I’ll keep doing what I used to do before.

GC: Do you feel any kind of pressure due to the fact you’re considered by many as the best pound for pound of the world?

CC: I’ve been winning my fights and that’s the consequence of a hard work done. It’s another important fight in my career, and it’s important because I haven’t fought for like a year now. It’s important to open some doors to female MMA, but I don’t see it as a pressure. I guess it’s a great chance for me to show my work.

GC: People talk about Strikeforce closes next year, especially now UFC is taking the good athletes from it. What do you think they’ll do about the female divisions?

CC: I guess female MMA won’t be extinct. I don’t know if we’ll fight in UFC or not. Everybody’s dream is that it keeps opened, but I guess MMA won’t end if UFC doesn’t want us. Girls will keep on fighting it, training and then will come up an event that will want to give us that chance. It’s on the hands of God and the producers to keep on believing in female MMA, my role is to do what I always do: put on a good show, representing women and fight better and better each time. But I believe that women are getting better and putting on good shows.

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I Think Blogger was down for a little bit

I tried to post for a couple of days but it was not responding.Blogger seems to be up and running again so I will be posting something new tomorrow sorry for the inconvience,Thamh you all for your suppory

JT

Fighting with disabilities, Should the be allowed in the UFC??

I was watching Dolphin Tales a movie about a dolphin who got cought in a crab trap she got save but the had to remove her tail so to make a long story short scientist and marine doctores figured out a way to give her an artificial tale it was a great movie any way what about military who came home disabled or fighters who got in to an accident who want to have anMMA career.I dont know if it will be allowed in the world of MMA/UFC I know in other sports people with disabilities were in them.What are your thoughts in this subgest you are welcome to post your thoughts and ideas or other UFC/MMS sunjects.

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DJ Soap is always on hand to hold down the dance tracks. Party Pics: UFC night at ... why I hadn’t gone to to Trader Joe’s in the nearly three months the two Kansas City locations for more info go to the Kansis City website by clicking the title above...

What is King of the Cage?

As the brainchild of Terry Trebilcock, King of the Cage first started promoting events almost ten years ago, when mixed martial arts, then known as No Holds Barred (NHB FIGHTING), was on the verge of extinction.

In the following years, Trebilcock would dodge bullets but steadily cultivate the promotion into what is now known as one of the largest MMA institutions in the world.

Today, King of the Cage is available on PPV / In Demand to over 50 million homes in more than 25 countries. KOTC is also viewed on Fox Sports Net, which broadcasts to over 200 million homes. King of the Cage is being aired no less than 178 days per calendar year. Through years of blood, sweat and tears, King of the Cage has proven to be an integral part in the evolution of Mixed Martial Arts. No other production has promoted more fights than King of the Cage.

KOTC has and continues to promote hundreds of shows throughout the world, including 17 of the United States and far-reaching countries such as: England, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, and Australia.

King of the Cage has been a career starter and builder for countless stars as: Forrest Griffin, Quinton Rampage Jackson, Rashad Evans, Krazy Horse, Keith Berry, Mac Danzig, Paul Buentello, Urijah Faber, Joe Stevenson, Diego Sanchez, Thiago Alves, as well as legends like Don Frye, Shonie Carter, Dan Severn, and Vernon “Tiger” White.

Sustainability is the key factor in any production, King of the Cage continues to operate because of a multitude of key factors with one of the most important being its allegiance to the fighters and the fans.

King of the Cage is the founding father of not only a Sport, but a Lifestyle!

Genesis of King of the Cage:

In 1998 Trebilcock launched his promotion King of the Cage based out of Fontana, California with his first event on a Tennis court. Terry was given a written class/group project on entrepreneurship which unveiled a man, a vision, and an organization that would prove to be the next wave of sports entertainment that has become one of the leaders of the fastest growing industry in the world.

Terry Trebilcock graduated from Claremont High School in Southern California, and enrolled in Cal. State Fullerton, taking business classes. Throughout his life Terry has had his hand in different business ventures, but one particular opportunity caught his eye about 10 years ago, Mixed Martial Arts.

To get an understanding of what exactly was taking place inside the ring, Terry enrolled himself in a few different martial arts schools, as well as purchasing an instructional series by a MMA legend named Royce Gracie. Trebilcock continued to his own pursuit within the walls of many Inland Empire gyms to figure out how he could become bigger, faster, stronger and technically sound.

King of the Cage is a mixture of several different martial arts, which pits one person's martial arts style versus another. It is a full contact sport, which has slowly but surely made its way to the mainstream public and most importantly into our living rooms everyday

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How is everybody?

The holidays are comming soon and the Football season I been realy busy with everything sorry that I did not post but to see whats going on with the UFC you can go to the offfical UFC website by clicking the title above...

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Our goal is to have a friendly atmosphere and produce great results. If you don’t think you would enjoy a friendly atmosphere, a team spirit, and people that will go out of their way to make you the best you can be, then this may not be the place for you, but if you are serious about learning MMA and getting in shape nothing that should keep you from giving our program a try.

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UFC's Brian Foster gets tuneup at Cage Warriors 44, meets vet Jack Mason

This artical was written by Dan Stupp sept,11 2011

Sidelined for a year due to injuries, former UFC welterweight Brian Foster has been officially released from the organization and now meets Jack Mason in a 181-pound catchweight bout at Cage Warriors 44.

Cage Warriors executive Graham Boylan today confirmed the plans with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

The event takes place Oct. 1 at HMV Forum in London and streams online in North America.

Foster (15-5) vs. Mason (17-8) takes the co-headlining slot.

Earlier this year, Foster was pulled from UFC 129 after doctors discovered a brain hemorrhage, which followed another devastating injury for the fighter: a hard kick to the groin in early March that caused one of his testicles to burst. Doctors were forced to remove it.

Now cleared to fight again, the hard-hitting Foster gets a big test in his "tuneup" with submission specialist Mason, who recently was featured in our "Fight Path" series. The English middleweight is 16-4 since an early-career four-fight losing streak.

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Real Steel is a REAL GOOD MOVIE!!

I really enjoyed this movie.its like MMA meets Transformers.The movie Guy thought it was Over the Top and Rocky because it had a father bonding with his son theme to it.It has alot of action and the Fighting Robots were cool. Here is the over view of the movie.

.A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future, where the sport of boxing has gone hi-tech, “Real Steel” stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots

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Yesterday Was a Great DAY

ALL MY WIFE HAS TO DO IS PASS THE TB TEST and they will give her a VISA I am so happy about this I wanted to share it to you all Nov 24th she goes 4 the test wish me luck and that you all for your support

JT

They should make an MMA Movie about MASK

Mask as we all know was the founder of Tap ouT one of the best well known MMA Apperal companies in the world.In the beginning he was a fighter in the MMA/UFC world he had a vision of one day having a clothing line for the MMA I read and heard that he was selling Tap ouT out of his car when he first got started.I think it would be a great MMA movie if you featured his life growing up to founding Tap ouT.Whe you think of UFC/MMA you think of the name Tap out

I have a BIG respect of MASK because of his never quit never give up attitude.I was a sad das when he died if you want to find out mor on Tap out you can go to there website by clicking the title above....

UFC Website

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An Up-incomming Website

It looks like something interesting in the UFC/MMA world dont have much time to post today,The weekends are always realy busy for me if you have anything that you want to add just e-mail at jandrbusiness@yahoo.com and I will make sure it will be posted I posted this website just click the title above if you get nothing impressive try again about a month and if still nothing e-mail me and I will change the post

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