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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Couture Believes Bisping Can Be Champ
 UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture recently addressed Michael Bisping with U.K. newspaper The Sun, saying he came away from the Brit's UFC 89 bash with Chris Leben impressed enough to believe that Bisping could one day challenge for the middleweight title.
"I really like him at 185 pounds, I think he looks really explosive," Couture told The Sun.
"He looks great at that weight class. He was impressive in his last fight against Chris Leben, who's not an easy guy to deal with."
Couture was especially impressed with Bisping's maturity in the Octagon. Despite Leben constantly moving in on him, and the ground going nuts, looking for a throwdown, Bisping didn't bite. He remained calm and stuck to his counter attacking gameplan. It paid off in the end with unanimous decision victory.
Bisping now steps into a coaching roll on Season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. He will lead a contingent of British lightweights and welterweights against their American counterparts, likely to be coached by the winner of Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson at UFC 93.Labels: Michael Bisping, Randy Couture, Season 9, Ultimate Fighter
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 12:51 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Dana White's UFC 90 Video Blog (Ep 1)
UFC President Dana White's UFC 90 video blog. This first episode focuses on The Ultimate Fighter tryouts in London for season 9 including some great behind the scenes footage showing some of the fighters grappling and sparring. Plus a little bit with Michael Bisping talking about the stitches in his ear following his UFC 89 fight with Chris Leben.Labels: Dana White, London, Michael Bisping, Season 9, UFC 90, UFC President, Ultimate Fighter, Video
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 8:45 PM
UFC 92 The Ultimate Tickets on Sale
 Tickets for UFC 92 "The Ultimate 2008" go on sale to the general public beginning Saturday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. PT. There are presale options to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the general public.
Starting Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m. PT, tickets for UFC 92 go on sale to UFC Fight Club members. And on Friday, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. PT, tickets go on sale to newsletter subscribers.
UFC 92 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Dec. 27 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It features three of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's highest profile fights of the year. Forrest Griffin puts his newly won light heavyweight championship on the line against Rashad Evans, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira defends his heavyweight interim belt against fellow Ultimate Fighter 8 coach Frank Mir, and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson returns to the Octagon to try and avenge two brutal losses to Wanderlei Silva.Labels: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Forrest Griffin, Frank Mir, Quinton Jackson, Rampage, Rashad Evans, UFC 92, Ultimate 2008, Ultimate Fighter, Wanderlei Silva
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 8:30 PM
Monday, October 13, 2008
J-Lau, Rivera, Herring to Visit U.S. Troops
 UFC lightweight contender Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon, 17-4, 4 KOs, 13 submissions), star of The Ultimate Fighter 5 television reality show, leaves Tuesday on a 10-day goodwill trip visiting U.S. military troops in Iraq.
Fellow mixed-martial arts fighters Jorge Rivera and Heath Herring are among the other athletes on the trip. "It's going to be an amazing experience," 24-year-old Lauzon said. "I can't wait to go overseas and see the troops in Iraq."
For more information about Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon, who has a Bachelor's degree in computer networking from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, go online and visit www.joelauzon.com or myspace.com/lauzonrsd.Labels: Heath Herring, J-Lau, Joe Lauzon, Jorge Rivera, UFC, Ultimate Fighter
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 12:45 PM
Friday, October 10, 2008
Ultimate Fighters Plot To Send Junie Home!
 Junie Browning has become the focus of The Ultimate Fighter 8 and has turned the Spike TV reality show house upside down with his antics, drinking and aggressiveness toward his housemates. Light heavyweights Ryan Bader and Eliot Marshall confirmed on MMAWeekly Radio Thursday night that a plan was launched to rid The Ultimate Fighter house of Junie Browning.
"Krzysztof was like, 'You know what? We're going to make him go home for sure. I'm going to get him to swing on me and just try to rile him up a little bit,'" Bader told MMAWeekly Radio. "Junie thought he was out. You throw a glass at somebody and break it on somebody, you think you're out. He was trying to go out and bring people down with him."
"Kristof said he would take a punch just to get Junie out of the house so we didn't have to put up with him anymore," added Bader.
Fellow house guest and Junie Browning teammate Eliot Marshall confirmed Bader's statements. "That was our plan. We kind of had all set that up. After Junie threw the glass at Kyle and was walking around with a bottle, we were all like, he needs to go. Lets get him to punch us in the face. We were all kind of egging him on that way to try to get him to go home.
"Our plan was to get Junie to fight, fight somebody, punch somebody. That way he would get kicked off. That was the plan," added the Colorado fighter.
Efrain Escudero also confirmed the plog against Junie Browning.Labels: Efrain Escudero, Eliot Marshall, Junie Browning, Ryan Bader, Spike TV, UFC, Ultimate Fighter
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 11:48 AM
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Carlos Condit Seeks Combat in Arizona
 Jamie Varner. C.B. Dollaway. Ryan Bader. Aaron Simpson. Jesse Forbes. The list of top fighters at the popular Southwest camp Arizona Combat Sports is among the best in all of mixed martial arts - with a WEC champion and Ultimate Fighter alums - and the team may soon add another champion to their roster of fighters.
World Extreme Cagefighting welterweight champion Carlos Condit has begun to make the trip to Arizona to work with the world class team, led by trainers Todd and Trevor Lally, to help pick up his training and sparring as he gets ready for his next title defense.
While the move is still just a part time trip for Condit as of right now, WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner is excited to have a fighter like that to work with everyday.
"It's turning into a super-gym especially with Condit," Varner said recently about Arizona Combat Sports. "Me and Condit we were rolling, he sees my intensity, I see his intensity, and we were both telling each other our sparring sessions are going to be nuts. Cause neither one of us are going to give up, we both just don't know when to quit, we go hard 100% the whole time. Somebody's going to have to get dragged out of there."
Both fighters are currently waiting for a fight to be scheduled, but Condit will surely benefit from the training that will be provided from the camp at Arizona Combat Sports.Labels: Arizona Combat Sports, C.B. Dollaway, Carlos Condit, Jamie Varner, Ryan Bader, Ultimate Fighter, WEC
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 12:08 PM
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