Results tagged “Las Vegas” from MMA Explosion

By mmajunkie.com
A rumored bout between Wanderlei Silva (32-10-1 MMA, 2-5 UFC) and Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is apparently set for UFC 110, which takes place Feb. 21 at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia.

Silva discussed the fight openly in a recent video his camp posted on YouTube.

According to Silva, the middleweight bout serves as the headline fight for the event, which takes place on a rare Sunday (with an apparent live Saturday broadcast in the U.S.).

Gotta love the wisdom of Wand: "Only the fighter who persists to the end, gets to the top ...Many guys that I knew gave up, guys who were better than me. My only difference is that I persisted and continued trying."

from a story written by Andy Samuelson of the Las Vegas Sun:

The 6-foot-3, 262-pound Carwin -- who, like Lesnar, is a fellow in NCAA wrestling champ -- offers the Webster, S.D., native his biggest physical test to date.

But neither the Colorado native's extreme size or his unblemished 11-0 record seems to faze Lesnar.

"He's a tough guy. He's undefeated, but some of the guys he's beaten aren't worthy of having on your record," said Lesnar, who squares off against Carwin at UFC 106 on Nov. 21 at Mandalay Bay. "He hasn't fought anybody. He's fought (Gabriel) Gonzaga, so I really think he's 1-0.

"He's a tough guy and a wrestler. But he's a Division II national champion -- enough said."

Lesnar, a Division I heavyweight champ while at the University of Minnesota in 2000, emphasized that much like this weekend's stop in Las Vegas, when he's in town, he's the star of the show. And he said he's ready for Carwin's challenge.

"I don't know what he is, 11-0, 10-0, but he'll have a loss against Brock Lesnar," Lesnar said with a stone face.

The action takes place next Wednesday and will serve as a lead-in for the TUF 10 premiere.
MAIN CARD

Nate Diaz vs. Melvin Guillard
Roger Huerta vs. Gray Maynard
Carlos Condit vs. Jake Ellenberger
Tim Credeur vs. Nate Quarry

PRELIMINARY CARD
Steve Cantwell vs. Brian Stann
Mike Pyle vs. Chris Wilson
C.B. Dollaway vs. Jay Silva
Phillipe Nover vs. Sam Stout
Justin Buchholz vs. Jeremy Stephens
Brock Larson vs. Mike Pierce
Ryan Jensen vs. Steven Steinbeiss

I interviewed Michael Lynch some time ago for a post I did on the World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts. WAMMA is still around, and Mike has moved on to other things. I'm not much of a gambler, but I don't deny that gambling is a big part of fighting. This is Mike's new project, so check it out:

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AUG. 28 ROLLOUT OF CHOKEOUTPOKER.NET BEGINS WITH 7-0 RECORD AT RECENT M-1 EVENT

ChokeOutPoker.net is a new hybrid lifestyle online poker brand that caters to Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans around across the globe. The site will make its official launch Friday, Aug. 28, to coincide with its sponsorship of "HDNET FIGHTS PRESENTS M-1 GLOBAL: BREAKTHROUGH", a live HDNet telecast airing at 10 p.m. ET.

The online poker educational site was built to appeal to the hip, old-school affluence and lifestyle personified by such iconic figures as Hugh Hefner, Steve McQueen, and Ernest Hemingway.

"Think Maxim meets poker meets MMA and that pretty much embodies ChokeOutPoker.net," said Michael Lynch, CEO of Templar Consulting, the exclusive marketing agent forChokeOutPoker.net.

Hey, let me squish your cauliflower ear ...

Fighters Only, a great MMA magazine from England, which has recently made inroads into the U.S., has some cool shots of Wanderlei Silva, Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture. Click here to see more. Interesting how Randy beat Chuck once, and then Chuck won their next two, and also has a UD win over Wand. Randy and Wand never fought, but have trained together at Randy's Xtreme Couture academy in Las Vegas.

from mmamania.com:
Former WEC light heavyweight champions Steve Cantwell (6-2, from Las vegas, Nev.) and Brian Stann (6-2, from Scranton, Pa.) will duke it out in a rubbermatch inside the Octagon at UFC Fight Night 19 from the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., on Sept. 16.

The 205-pound match up, which was originally supposed to take place back in Dec. 2008, was today confirmed by the promotion.

Stann -- a former Marine who earned a Silver Star for valor while serving his country in Iraq -- defeated Doug Marshall early last year to capture the WEC title. However, his reign atop the weight class was short lived (just five months later) thanks to Cantwell and a second round technical knockout.

In the process, Cantwell avenged the first loss of his career to the "All American" back in early 2007. He rebounded after the loss with a three-fight win streak, stopping all of his opponents to earn another shot at Stann.

Stann and Cantwell were brought over to the UFC when the WEC eliminated its heavier divisions in late 2009.

Look for Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and one of the Nogs (must be Big, 'cause Lil is not with the UFC) toward the end of the video.

The latest video from Wand Fight Team. Wand - fresh from his fight with Franklin (cuts on his nose and ear) trains his team and gives them a heartfelt psych-up, complete with a classic Chute Boxe-like cheer at the end.

Here's the description written on his youtube channel: "The Fight Camp" is a Documentary Feature Film about the legendary, mixed martial arts fighter Wanderlei Silva, preparing for the greatest fight of his career in the UFC. Motivated by his loyal fans from around the world, and with the heavy burden of his last career loss, Wanderlei Silva like a true champion, overcomes all obstacles, to push forward through the toughest fight camp of his life.