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Thursday, February 26, 2009
MMA Live Recaps UFC 95 and Previews WEC 39
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 5:02 PM
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Dana White's UFC 95 Video Blog (2/21/09)
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 3:52 PM
Dan Hardy on His Knockout of Markham at UFC 95
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 3:49 PM
Saturday, February 21, 2009
UFC 95 Delivers $1 Million U.S. and Strong Attendance
The UFC treated fans watching UFC 95 on Setanta Sports to all 10 bouts on Saturday night in England. Even the British fans that weren't able to attend were able to see their countrymen fight, most of which faired well.
The fans that did make it to the O2 Arena treated the UFC to a strong attendance of 13,268, totaling ticket revenue of slightly more than $1 million U.S. Both are considered strong numbers during tough economic times, especially with a fight card sans a championship bout.
Diego Sanchez, making his 155-pound debut, and Joe Stevenson were top bill at UFC 95, providing fans with the Fight of the Night. They battled through all three rounds before Sanchez scored a unanimous decision victory.
Dan Hardy, Terry Etim, and Paul Kelly, were all victorious, giving the British fans much to cheer for, although big Neil Grove was unable to do the same.
  Labels: Dan Hardy, Diego Sanchez, joe stevenson, Neil Grove, Paul Kelly, Terry Etim, UFC 95
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 6:57 PM
Friday, February 20, 2009
Dana White's UFC 95 Video Blog (2/20/09)
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 8:20 PM
Marcus Davis On Hardy, Alves
At a Q & A session for this weekend's UFC 95, Marcus Davis spoke to English fans about possibilities for his fighting future.
One strong candidate seemed to be Dan Hardy, who faces Davis' former training partner in Rory Markham tomorrow.
Davis respected Hardy's talent, but in six appearances across the pond, four of his opponents have been Brits.
"This is the thing," Davis explained. "I wanna stop fighting British guys (in England). Now I say bring me Americans. I hear a lot about fighting Dan, I think he is a good fighter, great stand-up and a good record. I think it would be an interesting fight. But I just hope we don't do it here."
Later, Davis hinted that the UFC's German debut in June may be the place for them to do battle.
"Not a definite thing, but hearing that I may be fighting in Germany," said Davis. "I think they are looking at this card for possible opponents, obviously Hardy has been mentioned, but he is fighting a powerhouse friend of mine in Rory Markham, so it's a case of do I pull for Markham as a friend or pull for Hardy for me to fight?"
The UFC's plans for Davis go beyond this summer, as well.
UFC brass, particularly UK head Marshall Zelaznik, have mentioned the possibility of bringing Davis back to Ireland for a headlining fight on St. Patty's day, assuming he stays on the winning track. Davis said he might split his time between the States and his native land.
"I am looking at purchasing a home over here in the Summer, and were talking about opening a Team Sitodyong/Team Irish over here, so we have to see how that goes," said Davis.
In regards to the "tough opponent" he desired for a possible St. Patty's day fight, an early career defeat stuck out.
"Thiago Alves and I have history," said Davis. "I lost a split division on the score card, so we have history. We're different fighters now, that was both our third professional fights, I had no background on the ground, and that is a fight I would love to do."Labels: Dan Hardy, Marcus Davis, Thiago Alves, UFC 95
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 3:46 PM
Chael Sonnen and Demain Maia Show Respect Heading into UFC 95
Chael Sonnen and Demian Maia talk about Saturday night's UFC 95 bout in London and what they think of each other.Labels: Chael Sonnen, Demian Maia, UFC 95
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 6:00 AM
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Koscheck and Thiago Talk About Their UFC 95 Fight
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 5:15 PM
MMA Live Previews UFC 95 Stevenson vs. Sanchez
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 3:30 PM
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Marquardt Says Penn Got Demolised; Allegations Ridiculous
 The fight between Georges St. Pierre and B.J. Penn only made it to 4 rounds, but the story after the fight keeps on going. After allegations surfaced from the fight and the application of Vaseline to St. Pierre by one of his cornermen, just about everyone has chimed in with their thoughts on "Grease-gate."
One of St. Pierre's main training partners, Nate Marquardt, spoke up recently at the thought that somebody in his camp cheated by purposely putting the Vaseline on the Canadian to give him an advantage in the fight.
"It's so ridiculous (that) it doesn't really make me mad," Marquardt told MMAWeekly Radio recently. "It's so over the top ridiculous that it's almost laughable. That fight was so one-sided and for B.J. to sit down and look at something silly like a grease thing, and the commission caught it anyway so it's like they wiped his back off and it was their decision to say okay he's fine to fight. Obviously it didn't play anything into the fight. It really shows a weakness on B.J.'s part."
Marquardt saw the fight that night and says there is no question that St. Pierre executed the perfect gameplan en route to a 4th round TKO win.
"He demolished him. It made B.J. look like he was on a lower level, like an amateur or something," Marquardt commented. "It was just a one sided fight."
Regardless of the talk surrounding the controversy, it appears that all sides involved are starting to move on as St. Pierre will likely face top contender Thiago Alves this summer, while Penn gets ready to fight Kenny Florian for the lightweight title presumably at some point in 2009.Labels: B.J. Penn, Georges St. Pierre, Kenny Florian, Nate Marquardt, Thiago Alves, UFC 95, Wilson Gouveia
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 8:05 PM
UFC 95: In-Depth Video Preview "Stevenson vs. Sanchez"
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 2:35 PM
Saturday, February 14, 2009
UFC 95 Video: Joe Stevenson Ready for London
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 1:57 AM
Friday, February 13, 2009
UFC 95 Video: Diego Sanchez Drops To Lightweight
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 8:19 PM
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Diego Sanchez Slams BJ Penn's Cardio
During a media teleconference for Diego Sanchez's lightweight debut against Joe Stevenson at UFC 95 in London, a reporter asked Stevenson who he thought would win in an expected bout between Kenny Florian and BJ Penn.
Stevenson chose Penn--not too surprising given his admiration for "The Prodigy." But he incorrectly assumed Sanchez would mirror his pick.
Sanchez had something else in mind.
"After seeing BJ's performance against St. Pierre, man, I'd say it's a bad time for him to fight anybody right now," Sanchez said. "Man, that guy has zero cardio—and he goes into the biggest fight of his life with that type of cardio and endurance? I've never gotten tired in a UFC fight. I've never gotten caught tired in a fight. And to see this guy be that exhausted after one round? I know GSP is tough, but c’mon. He burned himself out in the first round just defending those takedowns."
But that wasn't all. He gave Florian more than a fighting chance.
"I think its a bad time for him to fight Kenny Florian," he continued. "As long as Kenny Florian lasts past the first, second round, I think he's going to take over with conditioning. I don't care how talented you are. If you don't have gas in the tank—if the Ferrari doesn’t have the gas in the tank, it ain't going to finish the quarter mile, and that's the bottom line."
Stevenson chimed in quickly.
"You make a good point, dude," he said. "I didn't even think about that."Labels: BJ Penn, Diego Sanchez, joe stevenson, Kenny Florian, UFC 95
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 2:48 PM
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