UFC 129: Jose Aldo Realizing His Dream of Fighting in UFC

UFC 129 Review & Fight Predictions

First of all we'd like to say, this is a great fight card!  Good job Joe Silva!!  It's a stacked card and is going to be an exciting event.

Let's breakdown some of the fights;
*some fights are not included because they're boring.

Sean Pierson vs. Jake Ellenberger -

For some reason, a lot of people don't know who these fighters are.  This is a mistake, because these two fighters are legit!  Sean Pierson is coming off of a win with Matt Riddle at UFC 124 via decision.  He's known for training with GSP and the other top athletes at Tristar in Toronto.  Now Jake Ellenberger is our favorite in this fight.  Ellenberger is a hard working 25 year old with an impressive 23-5 record.  Training out of Reign MMA, "The Juggernaut" [OUR PREDICTION] will come out with a win via a decision.

Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald -

Now Rory MacDonald is a talented fighter with 10 straight wins before losing to Carlos Condit at UFC 115.  However.......I don't think he has what it takes to beat a mean Nate Diaz.  The Diaz brothers are known for being bad-asses.  Take their no-nonsense attitudes aside, these guys are smart and natural mma athletes.  Nate Diaz will take it to Rory and we foresee it ending in a TKO in the first or second round.

Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida -

This fight is near and dear to my heart.  Randy is an legend in the sport of MMA and has said he will most likely be retiring after this fight.  Now, I was at the UFC when he lost the 2nd time to Chuck Liddell when he said he was retiring.  We're glad he came back....but now, I do think it is time for him to retire probably and this will be an incredible fight!  Couture is as I just said, a legend.  His fights have always been exciting and he's been incredibly impressive his entire career.  Do we think he'll beat "The Dragon", no.  Now I was a karate guy, so I'm biased and want to see Machida win.  But I do see Lyoto Machida's evasive footwork and counterstriking will grant him a win in the first or second round by referee stoppage.  Probably the second round.....Randy will want to feel it out the first round.  So we predict Machida by Ref Stoppage!

Jose Aldo vs. Mark Hominick -

So Hominick is another incredibly talented striker that not a ton of people know about.  I think it's maybe because he was a star in the WEC and didn't get the publicity he deserved.  Mark Hominick is an awesome striker and can beat most 145 pounders in the octagon.  Look at his record because he has wins over some impressive opponents.  With all of that said, can he beat Jose Aldo?  Well, I think this will be a hard fight for Aldo, but I do think Jose Aldo will come out on top.  Our prediction - Jose Aldo wins by either TKO in the 2nd round after multiple nasty tree stump like kicks in the legz.

Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields -

You know this, we all know this....that GSP is one of the best pound for pound mixed martial arts fighters in the world.  Let's face it, GSP could beat the crap out of ironman if he wanted to.  But Jake Shields is no joke.  I personally have followed Jake's career for a very long time because we went to the same college [Cuesta College] at the same time, but I didn't know him.  He also went to SLO Kickboxing at the same time, but I didn't know him there either.  So because of those things in common, I do favor Jake Shields.  So will this be an upset?  Will Shields pull it off?  We're going against the grain and claiming that Jake Shields will upset and win the belt by a wacky, crazy submission!

That's all folks! 

Here's the full fight card:

Pay-Per-View Bouts - 9 p.m. ET
Georges St-Pierre (c) vs. Jake Shields for UFC welterweight title
Jose Aldo (c) vs. Mark Hominick for UFC featherweight title
Jason Brilz vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida
Mark Bocek vs. Ben Henderson

Preliminary Bouts on Spike TV - 8 p.m. ET
Nate Diaz vs. Rory MacDonald
Sean Pierson vs. Jake Ellenberger

Preliminary Bouts on Facebook - 6 p.m. ET
Yves Jabouin vs. Pablo Garza
Claude Patrick vs. Daniel Roberts
Ivan Menjivar vs. Charlie Valencia
Jason MacDonald vs. Ryan Jensen
John Makdessi vs. Kyle Watson

Randy Couture gives his picks for Rory McDonald vs. Nate Diaz at UFC 129

TheSHOOT! - Jake Shields - It comes down to this

Primetime: St-Pierre vs Shields - Episode 2 - Part 2

Dana White Comments on Attending First Strikeforce Event

Stitch Duran says he loves the Diaz brothers just like his sons

Robbie Lawler Fight Journal (VIDEO)

UFC 125: The Jersey Shore Cast (VIDEO)

Al Pacino's voice + Cesar Gracie footage = Insane Cesar Gracie Video!

Down With Diaz (VIDEO)

UFC 118 Payroll - Toney makes $500k!

MAIN CARD FIGHTERS:

-Frankie Edgar: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus) def. B.J. Penn: $150,000
-Randy Couture: $250,000 (no win bonus) def. James Toney: $500,000
-Demian Maia: $68,000 (includes $34,000 win bonus) def. Mario Miranda: $8,000
-Gray Maynard: $46,000 (includes $23,000 win bonus) def. Kenny Florian: $65,000
-Nate Diaz: $60,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus) def. Marcus Davis: $31,000

PRELIMINARY CARD (NON-TELEVISED) FIGHTERS:

-Joe Lauzon: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Gabe Ruediger: $8,000
-Nik Lentz: $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus) def. Andre Winner: $10,000
-Dan Miller: $30,000 (includes $15,000 win bonus) def. John Salter: $8,000
-Greg Soto: $12,000 (includes $6,000 win bonus) def. Nick Osipczak: $10,000
-Mike Pierce: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus) def. Amilcar Alves: $6,000

UFC 118 DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $1,428,000

Another awkward interview by one of the Diaz Brothers.

Nate Diaz talks UFC 118 and Marcus Davis with MMACanada after Aggression MMA

Nate Diaz, in Edmonton as a guest of Aggression MMA to host their VIP section for the "Victory" event and teach an MMA seminar at the Hayabusa Training Centre, talks about his upcoming UFC 118 bout with Marcus Davis. He also talks about his move up to welterweight, who he wants to fight, and what it is that makes the Cesar Gracie team such a formidable force in the world of MMA.

Dana White + someone throwing a beer = A good freakin story to tell about UFC 115

Following UFC 115's first main-card bout between welterweights Carlos Condit and Canada's Rory MacDonald – in which the Canuck was finished in the final seconds of a fight he was winning through two rounds – Shields and Cesar Gracie teammate Nate Diaz were pelted with a beer that was thrown from the crowd.

The primary target of the projectile was apparently none other than White, and the UFC exec said that along with the help of the GM Place crowd, the offending beverage-tosser was quickly addressed.

"When MacDonald lost, some dude threw a beer at me," White said. "That's never happened in 10 years. We threw his ass out quick. He hit me, Nate Diaz and Jake Shields.

"You know what I love about our fans? I jumped up and said, 'Who the [expletive] threw that?' The whole place went, 'He did!' You go to a football game, everybody would just sit there, and you don't know who threw it. The whole [expletive] place went, 'He threw it.'"


(first reported by mmajunkie.....info nabbed also from middle easy)

Strikeforce Brawl!

Tired this morning?  I am.  It's early Friday morning and I just want a little excitement.  Did you miss the Strikeforce Brawl everyone is making such a huge friggin deal about???  Well, let's make this shizzle dramatic and watch this.

Guess which one is Nick Diaz.....

Nick Diaz as a kid.....awesome.

Whatch these crazy ass brothers from Stockton, California explain how they became fighters early on.

(pic and info from middle easy dot com)

Gracie calls brawl talkers a "bunch of pussies"

In a recent interview, Cesar Gracie (the fight coach of The Diaz Brothers, Jake Shields & Gilbert Melendez) had much to say about the brawl after last Saturday's Strikeforce;

"I went to a hockey game, a (San Jose) Sharks game last week; there were three fights where the teams were fighting each other," he said. "That was at a hockey game where there are supposed to be no fights.



"So a fight broke out at a fight. That's not a good thing, and I'm not condoning it … but a lot of people are jumping on this because they're babies. The same night, they had an NBA fight. They want to talk about a fight at an MMA fight between MMA fighters."

Gracie disagreed with fans and pundits who said the incident could turn public perception against MMA.

"How would it be damaging?" he said. "If you're a sports fan, you're used to seeing fights all the time. It's really, seriously, a bunch of pussies latching on to this and trying to make it a bigger deal than it is. Is it a good thing? It's not a good thing. We're sorry. Everybody involved has apologized.

"But you've got a lot of crybabies that are going to latch on to this to the bitter end, but they're not going to say anything when a hockey game has fights every night. Young sport, old sport people are making a much bigger deal than this. It's hype; it's all hype."

UFC president Dana White today blasted Showtime, Strikeforce's broadcast partner, for their handling of the matter. He said he spoke to Nate Diaz, though he did not disclose the nature of the conversation, and said the UFC has no plans to discipline the fighter.

Gracie hopes the incident's fallout will steer the sport in a more positive direction.

"Let the dust settle a little bit," he said. "This stuff happens. Let's grow from it and not do it again."


(some information taken from yahoo sports & mma junkieeeeeeeeeeeee)

Dana White calls Strikeforce and CBS: Bush League

After Saturday's Strikeforce and the "brawl heard around the world", Dana White had some comments (of course!); and that was an inferior product was put on national television. “Of course, everyone thinks I’m anti-competition, but I’m not,” White said. “But everyone knows that they didn’t belong on CBS. Even if you’re the biggest UFC hater out there, you know that. Shame on CBS for this. They knew they should have been with us, but they went out and let those Showtime idiots talk them into going with Elite XC.

“Now, they’re stuck with a bush league, C-level promotion that will probably be out of business next month,” he added. “And what you saw on Saturday is the kind of thing that happens when you put a product like that on national television.”

White also had harsh words for CBS play-by-player announcer Gus Johnson. Johnson said brawls happen in MMA when there is a lot of testosterone in the cage. White was also angered by Johnson’s commentary because he said he’s spent his career building his company to make sure that such incidents do not occur.

“When have you seen anything remotely close to that happen at a UFC event?” White said. “What kind of ridiculous commentary was that? That was an idiotic thing to say. And then he was yelling at them to stop, telling them they are on national television. That was just another example of how bush league they are.”

(some info gathered from yahoo sports)

Nate Diaz talks about moving to 155 and hates Kurt Pelligrino!

NEWARK, N.J. -- Despite the fact that Nate Diaz looked great in his welterweight debut at UFC 111, the Stockton, Calif., native told MMA Fighting following his win over Rory Markham that he was "probably" headed back to the lightweight division.

Diaz talked about the victory, Markham's failure to make weight and his future. Check out the video below.

(video and info by mmafighting.com)

Strikeforce Weigh-in Results

(who we think will win in RED fooooool)


Strikeforce Weigh-in Results:

Main Card (On Showtime):
-Nick Diaz (169.5) vs. Marius Zaromskis (169)
-Cris "Cyborg" Santos (144.5) vs. Marloes Coenen (143.75)
-Herschel Walker (214.25) vs. Greg Nagy (210.5)
-Robbie Lawler (185.75) vs. Melvin Manhoef (185.75)
-Bobby Lashley (252.25) vs. Wes Sims (258.25)

Preliminary Card (Live on EASportsMMA.com):
-Jay Hieron (170.25) vs. Joe Riggs (170.5)

Preliminary Card (Non-Televised):
-Pablo Alfonso (139.25) vs. Marcos Da Matta (139.75)
-Hayder Hassan (170.5)** vs. Ryan Keenan (168)
-Sabah Homasi (171.5) vs. John Kelly (170.5)**
-Michael Byrnes ()* vs. David Zitnik (154)
-Craig Oxley (144.75) vs. David Gomez (144.5)
-John Clarke (169.75) vs. Joe Ray ()*

some of the undercards, we could care-less who wins.....we #1, would like to see Mr. NFL Hershel Walker show everyone he's still a bad ass, #2. See Nate Diaz get his a-hole handed to him with a bow around it and #3. See Cyborg act once again like a gnarly ball swingin dude and beat the crap out of pretty face girl.  We'll see then.


(thanks mmaweekly....for this incredible and hard-to-get-information....thank you so much...from the bottom of our little hearts.)