Shogun vs. Machida - any time soon??

There has been a lot of talk lately that the next person Rampage will face as he 'eases' back into the ring and shakes off the cobwebs, is Lyoto Machida. Really? You've got to be kidding!! Shogun Rua fights Machida, loses by decision, and gets a blindingly fast rematch. Why? Its all about the hype, the fight got everyone talking that Shogun should have won. Machida, during the rematch, eats a lucky punch early on, and isnt able to recover quickly enough. Hands down, Machida deserves a quick rematch, just like Shogun got.
But, as we all know, the UFC is all about publicity, and fights that get people upset have the most!

UFC 114 Results

For those of you that haven't heard the results from UFC 114, here you go:

Rashad Evans def. Rampage Jackson via unanimous decision
Michael Bisping def. Dan Miller by unanimous decision
Mike Russow def. Todd Duffee by third-round TKO
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Jason Brilz by split decision
John Hathaway def. Diego Sanchez via unanimous decision

Dong Hyun Kim def. Amir Sadollah via unanimous decision
Efrain Escudero def. Dan Lauzon by unanimous decision

Melvin Guillard def. Waylon Lowe by first-round TKO
Cyrille Diabate def. Luiz Arthur Cane by first-round TKO
Aaron Riley def. Joe Brammer via unanimous decision
Ryan Jensen def. Jesse Forbes via submission (guillotine

UFC 114 is tommorrow!

Looks like UFC 114 is upon us!  I wont get a chance to see this one live, but I have made up some fight cards for those of you that will.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2102260/UFC/UFC114_fight_card.doc
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2102260/UFC/UFC114_fight_card2.doc

Looks to be a very nice fight card!  I'm actually equally interested in the Amir Sadallah fight, as well as the main card fights.

UFC 114

UFC 114 is coming up on May 29th in Las Vegas.  Some of the interesting fights on the fight card so far are Rampage Jackson vs. Rashad Evans, Bisping v.s Dan Miller, and little Nog. vs. Jason Britz.  I'm also interested in the others, especially Diego Sanchez and Amir Sadollah, don't get me wrong.  The UFC's printer-un-friendly fight card is at http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.Home&eid=3065

Hopefully lots more to come soon!

StrikeForce 24

I completely forgot about Strikeforce 24!  I knew it was coming up, by since I don't get Showtime right now, it never occurred to me it was this Saturday!  As far as I know, the next StrikeForce that will be on CBS is going to be in the fall.  I was really hoping that Strikeforce 24 would have Bobby Lashley on the card, but alas it looks like that will be in June for Strikeforce 25.


So... what were your favorite fights for StrikeForce 24?

UFC 113 results

Was going to post the UFC 113 results Monday, but forgot all about it =( Here you go:

Patrick Cote vs. Alan Belcher
- Belcher wins by submission (rear naked choke) 3:25 of round 2

Kimbo Slice vs. Matt Mitrione
- Mitrione wins by TKO (punches) 4:24 of round 2

Sam Stout vs. Jeremy Stephens
- Stephens wins by Split Decision

Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley
-Koscheck wins by Unanimous Decision

Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Rua
-Rua wins by KO (punches) 3:35 of round 1



Jason MacDonald vs. John Salter
-Salter wins by TKO (injury) 2:42 of round 1

Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Mike Guymon
-Guymon wins by Unanimous Decision

Tim Hague vs. Joey Beltran
-Beltran wins by Unanimous Decision

TJ Grant vs. Johny Hendricks
-Hendricks wins by Majority Decision

Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan Goulet
-Davis wins by TKO (punches) 1:23 of round 2

Joe Doerksen vs. Tom Lawlor
-Doerksen wins by Submission (rear naked choke) 2:10 of round 2


I sure hope your picks were better than mine! Seems like a lot of people had baad picks this time.

Entrance Music from UFC 113

Here are all the entrance songs I can figure out so far:

Alan Belcher = Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
Jason MacDonald = ???
Jeremy Stephens = Drake - Forever
Joe Doerksen = BTO - Takin Care of Business
Joey Beltran = Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E.
John Salter = ???
Johny Hendricks = ???
Jonathan Goulet = ???
Josh Koscheck = Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Kimbo Slice = DJ Khaled - All I Do Is Win
Lyoto Machida = Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
Marcus Davis = ????
Matt Mitrione = Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua = Armin van Buuren - Sail
Mike Guymon = Donnie Castro - Live from the Caves
Patrick Cote = Classified - Oh Canada!
Paul Daley = Kay & Ace - Movin That
Sam Stout = Eminem - Go To Sleep
Tim Hague = Guns N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
TJ Grant = ???
Tom Lawlor = James Brown - Living in America
Yoshiyuki Yoshida = ???

If you can fill in any of the blanks, send me a message and I'll add them in.
Alot of the songs are pretty unique this go around.

Betting Odds for UFC 113

Here you go, betting odds for UFC 113, courtesy of BetUS.com:

Lyoto Machida = -185
Mauricio Rua = +155

Josh Koscheck = -230
Paul Daley = +180

Alan Belcher = -125
Patrick Cote = -105

Sam Stout = -200
Jeremy Stephens = +160

Kimbo Slice = -115
Matt Mitrione = -115

Jason MacDonald = -160
John Salter = +130

Yoshiyuki Toshida = -300
Mike Guymon = +220

Tim Hague = -260
Joey Beltran = +200

Johnny Hendricks = -500
TJ Grant = +350

Marcus Davis = -600
Jonathan Goulet = +400

Tom Lawlor = -600
Joe Doerksen = +400


I see a couple VERY interesting odds in there!

Here you go!!

We have a couple printer-friendly fight cards available for UFC 113!

Full Fight card
http://db.tt/fqNcWf

Past Fight stats
http://db.tt/5X6m56


Stay tuned for the next post, the most recent betting odds!

How effective will Machida be against RUA this time around?

Coming up on May 8, Lyoto Machida will be facing Shogun Rua, yet again, at UFC 113. We all know how the fight went last time, with many people thinking Rua had it in the bag, but Machida walking away with the victory. But what exactly will Machida do differently this time around? It certainly looked like Rua had scored some points with the judges with numerous leg kicks, but they did not look like they did much damage. Will Machida keep taking the leg kicks, hoping to get more of an opening for striking? Or will he attempt to counter and take the fight to the ground more? One thing is for certain, I don't think either fighter will let up until they have an Undisputed victory!
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