We have UFC 109 before Super Bowl 44
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Bettors take a trip inside the Octagon before they wet their pants watching the Super Bowl this Sunday.
And in case you didn’t get that, businessman extraordinaire and UFC President Dana White managed to squeeze his little UFC pay per view event right before Super Bowl XLIV.
You read it, before we get to see the Colts and the Saints play for the championship in Miami, Randy Couture and Mark Coleman, two Hall of Famers inside the Octagon, will headline UFC 109: Relentless as both try to make their way back to the title picture in the heavyweight division.
UFC 109 on Saturday, February 6 has 11 bouts on the card including the headliner that includes Randy Couture and Mark Coleman. There are five fights on the pay-per-view portion of the card and six preliminary bouts, two of which will be televised on Spike TV.
UFC 109 has a lot of big UFC odds favorites and that is somewhat unusual. Randy Couture is listed as -450 in UFC odds at SBG Global for his bout against Mark Coleman.
Not many people are giving Mark Coleman much of a chance. These two fighters were supposed to meet almost 12 years ago in UFC 17 but Couture was injured and pulled out. Couture is a five-time UFC champion and he has proven that he can still win big fights as he got a unanimous decision against Brandon Vera at UFC 105. Coleman was the first UFC heavyweight champion but he has not fought the same level of competition that Couture has faced recently. Coleman spent much of his career fighting in Japan.
The other co-main event has Nate Marquardt as a -400 favorite against Chael Sonnen. Marquardt is 8-2 in the UFC and was very impressive last time out in UFC 102 as he defeated Demian Maia. The only two losses suffered by Marquardt in UFC action came against Thales Leites and Anderson Silva.
Mike Swick is a -220 favorite over…
Dana White is not a fan of Kimbo Slice
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Apparently, that’s what the UFC president wants you to think.
In case you didn’t know, Kimbo Slice is a part of the Ultimate Fighter 10 and UFC president Dana White has already made it public that Kimbo will fight inside the Octagon no matter what happens in the show and despite the fact that Kimbo lost his first fight in it.
And since Kimbo Slice already lost to a fat-ass like Roy Nelson before Dana White made it public that he’s going to the UFC anyway, it is only normal for some people to think that Kimbo is getting some sort of ‘’special treatment” from the UFC president.
When White was asked if it was true, his reaction didn’t surprise me at all.
”That’s bullshit,” Dana White said speaking to the claim made by some of the other fighters on the show that Kimbo had some sort of special treatment, including having his entourage, including his wife and kids, at his fight.
”His wife and kids were never there. His manager was there.”
”Let me tell you what, I’ve never seen such fucking crybabies in my entire life as the heavyweights. It’s unbelievable. The only difference with Kimbo and the other guys on the show was that if Kimbo made it to the UFC, his contract would be bigger than the others.”
As for the guy who beat Kimbo Slice in Ultimate Fighter 10, White had some well chosen words for him too. Apparently, Roy Nelson claims White gave Kimbo his own media to make personal phone calls throughout the show. And since he was the guy who beat Kimbo’s head to a pulp while he got him pinned in the crucifix position, he is questioning why White is still favoring Kimbo among every other guy in the reality program.
”Roy Nelson is a moron,” White bluntly stated…
Griffin gets a crack at Ortiz again
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Can Griffin avenge his first loss in the UFC after Ortiz won a controversial split decision a few years ago?
That is the question most MMA fans are asking themselves heading to the highly anticipated rematch between Forrest Griffin and Tito Ortiz in UFC 106. And since the fight will be in Griffin’s hometown at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, you just know Las Vegas can’t wait for this epic encounter.
”The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz was originally scheduled to fight Mark Coleman. However, on October 5, Ortiz made it public that the fight was off, and it later became known that Coleman was suffering from a knee injury.
The UFC then confirmed that Forrest Griffin would step in to face Ortiz, setting us up for one rematch MMA fans were asking for since that controversial split decision.
For more than three years of waiting, the stakes for this much awaited rematch remain very much the same. For Forrest Griffin, it represents an opportunity to rebound from consecutive losses and reestablish himself as a contender for the light heavyweight title he once held.
For Tito Ortiz, this serves as his chance to prove that a fresh round of surgeries have him back to his old, incalculably grating self. Ortiz enters this fight trying to prove that despite his age, he can still fight with the best fighters in the world and win big.
If his shots still have some juice on them, Griffin is in a lot of trouble. Heck, he has already proven that he can take down Griffin and work the ground and pound gameplan to perfection.
Griffin still loses his discipline with alarming regularity and Ortiz will look to prey on that weakness. However, the last time these two warriors met, Ortiz could not sustain his ground and pound game past the first round and just barely survived two periods of attrition with Griffin.
This Saturday, survival will not be an option if…
Rich Franklin V Vitor Belfort in UFC 103
Saturday, September 19th, 2009
Saturday night will be a very busy night and as far as Dana White is concerned, he wants to be the premiere attraction.
In case you don’t know it yet, UFC 103 will be this Saturday when Rich ”Ace” Franklin fights Vitor Belfort as both MMA fighters try to salvage what’s left of their UFC career.
However, there’s this one little sporting event happening on the exact same time that Rich Franklin and Vitor Belfort will hop inside the Octagon. It turns out that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez are also scheduled to be in a ring this Saturday, and as expected, UFC president Dana White doesn’t like it one bit.
”Boxing is doing it to you again,” Dana White said on a newly released video from the UFC. ”They’re giving you the fight that you don’t want. Nobody asked for this fight with Mayweather and, what’s his name? What’s his name? Nobody even knows.”
Um… It’s Juan Manuel Marquez, and the entire nation of Mexico knows.
Of course, we can’t blame Dana White for feeling the way he feels about the whole thing. Rich Franklin is one of his major draws in the UFC and for a showboater like Floyd Mayweather trying to overshadow the UFC boss in what was suppose to be a huge Saturday payday is frustrating.
At least the guy’s still trying to woo you into watching this Rich Frankin – Vitor Belfort fight this Saturday, trying to rationalize why you should tune in to UFC 103 instead of the scheduled Mayweather – Marquez bout..
”On that same night, on that UFC card, you guys can all tune in and you can watch not one fight, you guys can watch five great fights that night for ten dollars less than what Floyd wants you to pay to see him run around in circles, and lay on the ropes, and move around and not fight.”
I have this feeling that the fight will be…
Randy Couture to fight next at UFC 102
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Randy ”the Natural” Couture returns for UFC’s next PPV event.
In case you didn’t know, the card for UFC 102 on August 29 in Portland has already been announced with two former UFC heavyweight champions headlining the event. In case you didn’t get that, former heavyweight champions Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will meet inside the Octagon. Whoever wins this one could be billed as the no.1 contender for Brock Lesnar’s title.
It’s only fitting for both Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira to meet inside the Octagon now since the last time both fighters were inside the cage, they lost the championship belts once 
wrapped around their waists.
Brock Lesnar won the UFC heavyweight title by beating Randy Couture before Frank Mir could beat Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira to win the interim heavyweight title a month later. And since Lesnar already reunited the two heavyweight titles by beating the crap out of Mir in UFC 100, it’s only fitting for Dana White to go find himself a new no.1 contender for the now undisputed title.
Whoever wins this one could end that search.
‘’We’re extremely excited to be heading to Portland,’’ UFC President Dana White stated. ‘’When you get two mixed-martial-arts legends who are all heart and have wanted to fight each other for years, plus the fact that Randy has roots in Oregon, that tells me that not only will the crowd be electric, but it’s also a night where the fighters will be looking to cement their legacies.’’
Yup, since UFC 102 will be in Portland, you just…
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