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Friday, June 19, 2009
Joe Stevenson Talks Nate Diaz, Ultimate Fighter Finale
ESPN 1100 and Cagewriter.com's Steve Cofield interviews Joe Stevenson as he prepares to step into the Octagon against Nate Diaz at The Ultimate Fighter season 9 finale.Labels: joe stevenson, The Ultimate Fighter
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 3:06 PM
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Grapplers Quest Grappling Against Autism; Joe Daddy in Hall of Fame
 Jonathan Cimins, nephew of Grapplers Quest founder, Brian Cimins, was diagnosed with Autism at only 18 months of age. For the last five years, the Cimins family has supported Autism Awareness and created, "Jonathan's Team," to help raise funds for education, treatments, and, hopefully, a cure at each Grapplers Quest Submission Grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament nationwide.
Grapplers Quest -- "The World's Largest Grappling Competition" -- is celebrating its 10th anniversary by bringing the 15th West Submission Grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships to The Sports Center (121 East Sunset Road) in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 9 (10:30 AM-6:30 PM).
One dollar from each spectator ticket or competitor fee purchased will be donated to help support the founder's nephew, Jonathan's alternative Autism Biomedical Treatment, by Dr. Neubrander, of Princeton, New Jersey. Click here for tickets to Grapplers Quest.
Submission Grappling is the ground fighting art of Mixed Martial Arts, combining the throws of Olympic Judo, takedowns of Greco-Roman and/or Freestyle Wrestling, leg locks from Russian Sambo, and various other submissions loke arm-bars and chokes from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Grapplers Quest organizes the official National, Regional, North American and World competitions for Submission Grappling, the submission style ground-fighting sport.
"Grapplers Quest will crown the Best Submission Grapplers and Jiu Jitsu fighters in the West in all age groups and skill levels in the largest grappling tournament in the history of the sport on May 9," Brian Cimins explained. "It is an event not to be missed. Grapplers Quest draws some of the best fighters and grapplers in the world, plus you'll meet tons of MMA Superstars in attendance. MMA and wrestling fans will love the sport of Submission Grappling, as well as support Autism Awareness by attending this event. See you mat-side, May 9th."
Grapplers Quest will host the 2009 Grappling World Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for Ultimate Fighter, Season 2 Champion and Las Vegas favorite, Joe "Daddy" Stevenson, who will be there coaching his team, meeting fans, and accepting the prestigious Hall of Fame Award.Labels: Grapplers Quest, joe stevenson
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 4:08 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
Thursday, February 19, 2009
MMA Live Previews UFC 95 Stevenson vs. Sanchez
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 3:30 PM
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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
Saturday, November 15, 2008
MMA Live and ESPN All Over UFC 91
ESPN's MMA Live was live at the UFC 91 weigh-ins on Friday, broadcasting with the Octagon as the backdrop for the show. They discussed the Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar and Kenny Florian vs. Joe Stevenson bouts with UFC president Dana White.
ESPN has been all over UFC 91, providing an unprecedented amount of coverage for the event. We'll see if this an anomoly or if the venerable sports network is committed to now cover MMA.
Labels: Brock Lesnar, Dana White, ESPN, joe stevenson, Kenny Florian, MMA Live, Randy Couture, UFC 91, UFC President, Video
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 2:08 AM
Monday, November 10, 2008
Joe Daddy Gets Belted Before Florian Fight
 Heading into an important fight at UFC 91 - a fight that should boost the winner into title contention - Joe "Daddy" Stevenson got a big boost from his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor over the weekend. Robert Drysdale awarded Stevenson his black belt on Saturday.
Both Stevenson and Florian have only one loss since their respective moves into the UFC's lightweight division. Stevenson's only loss was at the hands of current lightweight champion B.J. Penn, while Florian's was to former champ Sean Sherk.
The winner is likely to get a shot at the title once B.J. Penn is done with his mega-fight against Georges St. Pierre on Super Bowl weekend.Labels: B.J. Penn, Georges St. Pierre, joe stevenson, Kenny Florian, Sean Sherk, UFC 91
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 5:37 PM
Joe Stevenson Picks Couture Over Lesnar
 UFC lightweight contender Joe "Daddy" Stevenson takes on Kenny Florian at UFC 91 in a No. 1 contenders match. Stevenson weighed in on the main event between two-time UFC light heavyweight and three-time UFC heavyweight titleholder Randy "The Natural" Couture and WWE superstar turned mixed martial artist Brock Lesnar.
"I'm picking Randy Couture," Stevenson told MMAWeekly Radio. "Taking nothing away from Brock Lesnar, I'm not the guy who says he's a WWE wrestler. I'm a guy that says he's a national champ wrestler in division one college... I think he's going to be a dominating force. But I just don't know if this is his time right now. But you never know until someone makes that great appearance.
"He's (Lesnar) got a lot of attributes. I think he's still a little bit young in the sport" added Stevenson. "And I think Randy has the experience to be able to take this fight whereever it ends up. Even if Randy gets on his back, I think he's changed so much as an athlete that he can either scramble to get up, or look for submission opportunities to make himself stand up, or to even reverse the position.
"I know he's (Couture) comfortable in there. There's not a position there in that fight that Randy's going to feel overwhelmed. Randy's been fighting forever."Labels: Brock Lesnar, joe stevenson, Randy Couture, UFC 91
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 11:56 AM
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
John McCain can win... if Joe Stevenson has anything to say about it.
 It's Election Day and voters are pulling levers, punching chads, and clicking electronic ballots in a frenzy to determine the next president of the United States of America. A record number of voters are expected to turn out at the polls for one of the most highly charged elections in U.S. history.
Despite his upcoming opponent, Kenny Florian, saying he doesn't plan on voting in this election, Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contender Joe Stevenson told MMAWeekly Radio on Monday night that - like former welterweight champ Matt Hughes - he endorses Republican candidate John McCain.
Asked if he was casting a vote, Stevenson said, "I am, definitely... You're not allowed to complain unless you voted."
The 26-year-old fighter went on record saying, "I'm actually, I'm supporting McCain. That's where I stand if anyone is wondering that.
"That's the cool thing about the country, we do get to vote," Stevenson continued.
"I live in California now, so I think the biggest mistake is a lot of people are counting him out in the state. They're just going to just assume that McCain can't win in California. But I think if everyone gets up and votes, he can."Labels: joe stevenson, John McCain, Kenny Florian
posted by MMAInsiderBLOG @ 10:57 AM
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