UFC 92 Promo--Get Ready This Is Gonna Be LEGIT

Urijah Faber-Jens Pulver II/WEC Featherweight Rankings

According to a report from mmaweekly.com, Urijah Faber vs Jens Pulver II has been set for WEC 38 on January 25th. I am personally very disappointed to hear this because Jens has slipped so far down in the featherweight rankings (according to my WEC featherweight rankings) due to the beatdown he took against Leonard Garcia, that a win against him wouldn't really say anything for Urijah. The whole idea about this matchup is that their first match drew 1.2 million viewers, the largest TV audience the WEC has ever had. It really sucks when these fights are determined by money and not talent...The original word was that Urijah would be facing Jose Aldo, an up and coming Brazilian who is 2-0 so far during his time in the WEC. A win against Aldo would have meant a lot more for Urijah.

Speaking of those rankings, here is my current list (just for the WEC) given the recent events at WEC 36:
1) Mike Brown
2) Leonard Garcia
3) Urijah Faber (just give it time)
4) Wagnney Fabiano
5) Akitoshi Tamura
6) Jose Aldo
7) Hiroyuki Takaya
8) Jens Pulver
9) Josh Grispi
10) Cub Swanson
11) Micah Miller
12) Diego Nunes (we'll see how long he stays here)
13) Cole Province
14) Jonathon Brookins

UFC 91 Fight in the Crowd

WOW. This is pretty ridiculous. Thanks to a recent post at bloodyelbow.com I came across this video. So this happened at UFC 91 on November 15th right after the main event ended (you can hear Brock Lesnar being announced as the winner over Randy Couture). Check out the massive throw/toss/body slammage one of the policemen puts on on some dude at 30 seconds--that is vicious...to UFC President Dana White I say, as former Orioles PA announcer Rex Barney once said, "GIVE THAT MAN.... a contract!".

Now this is funny whether you like MMA or not...

Hyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyysterical. Found this at bloodyelbow.com

Kimbo Costume

This is Seth Petruzelli's costume from this halloween (if you aren't aware, Seth was the guy who knocked out Kimbo Slice in 14 seconds). Yes, this is really a white guy and yes, this is really this guy http://www.fightresource.com/images/SethPetruzell.jpg

Akihiro Gono Entrance-Prepare for this

I didn't realize how much unbelievable stuff I see regarding this sport until today. Akihiro Gono was just announced to fight Jon Fitch at 170lbs at UFC 94: Penn-St. Pierre II. Gono has had a reputation for ridiculous/amazing entrances since his days back in Japan. The best part is that this fight will be on the main card so his entrance will be viewed by tons of people--live--for the first time...and they won't believe their eyes:

WEC 37-New featherweight matchup

Josh Grispi was forced to pull out of WEC 37 due to injury so the featherweight matchup that was originally supposed to be Grispi (12-1)-Diego Nunes (12-0) but now will be Cole Province (5-0) vs Diego Nunes. Cole Province is a highly successful D-II Wrestler out of Central Oklahoma who has won impressively in first 5 fights. I took a look at the one fight video of his on youtube where he submits some guy using a wrestling move...thats not supposed to happen and to be honest is more telling about Cole's opponent than him. It looked to me like Cole is all about taking his opponent down and "grounding and pounding" as its termed--check out the video, if you don't know the term you'll figure it out after about a minute. Diego Nunes is much more polished as an overall fighter than Cole and I expect this to be a short match with Nunes winning by submission.

Urijah Faber

Big news for the DC area Urijah fan club--for the first time since his tough TKO loss to Mike Brown, URIJAH SPEAKS. Haha, the word is that it looks like he'll be fighting next on January 25th, possibly in San Diego against Jose Aldo, a game opponent. I know a bit about Aldo but I haven't seen him fight in the WEC yet. I found one video of one of his fights from back in Brazil. He's 12-1 and has been pretty hyped. I'm sure I'll hear more once the fight is confirmed.

Jose Aldo (12-1), 22 years old, Brazilian, (2-0) in the WEC

This is what happens when you try to kiss your opponent

Just putting this up for fun cuz it's funny. This is referred to as the gay knockout. haha

The Incredible Hulk

Brock Lesnar is a man monster. It didn't even take two full rounds for him to put away five-time UFC Champ Randy Couture. The bout was stopped in the second round due to the repeated bludgeoning of Couture's head with Lesnars cinder block fists. No joke, if the ref hadn't stepped in when he did Couture might have been eating through a tube the rest of his life. Bottom line: Brock Lesnar is the scariest thing since the Boogeyman and if you didn't know it before, you do now...

P.S. I just found out that when Lesnar actually stepped into the cage on saturday he weighed 277lbs. The day before he had to weigh 265lbs in order to make the UFC maximum weight limit. Randy Couture weighed just over 220lbs. Damn....
---My bad with the double video post

Luke Cummo (170) - Urine Therapy

Guys I couldnt make this stuff up.

Luke Cummo: "I drink all that I can of my own urine. It has many advantages. It contains hormones, minerals, and elements that bind moisture to protein. Basically it is a recycling of things so that they can have another chance to get where they are destined. If you were to drink something, your body will want to excrete liquid in order to maintain a certain level of hydration. So it filters the blood and the urine may contain things that didn't get a chance to get where they were going.
"But isn't urine a waste product?"
When you drank something and twenty minutes later got the urge to pee, what you peed out was extremely superior in comparison to what you drank. Any harmful byproducts are excreted in the feces. Someone just beginnning urine therapy might have a wonderful laxative effect as the elements in the urine are exactly what is needed in the digestive tract to heal."

http://forum.lukecummo.com/viewtopic.php?t=237

Featherweight (145) Info

So given the fact that Urijah just lost and with the fact that the WEC's 185 (Middleweight) and 205 (Light Heavyweight) classes have been absorbed by the UFC, the Featherweight (145) class is now crazier and more stacked than ever. On the next card there are a number of Featherweight matches that are important. One that really caught my eye was Josh Grispi vs Diego Nunes. I hadn't heard of Diego Nunes but I know that Josh Grispi is 19 and ffffffilthy. I looked up Nunes: this one could be pretty insane...the biggest highlight is at about 1:15

Amir Sadollah

Amir was the winner of last seasons Ultimate Fighter. He was supposed to fight tomorrow but had to pull out due to an infection in his leg which put him in the hospital. I found this picture on BloodyElbow.com in a post from someone at combatlifestyle.com. Notice the Skoal shot...awesome

Brock Lesnar Video

Highlight Video

Brock's first ever MMA fight against some Japanese clown in a Japanese MMA organization called K-1 in 2007

UFC 91

Alright let me give you a little introduction to the fights and fighters from UFC 91 happening on Saturday Nov. 15.

Main Card
Brock Lesnar vs Randy Couture-Heavyweight Championship
Here's the lowdown: Brock Lesnar is a man beast and is downright frightening even from the couch side of the TV screen. He was a national champion wrestler at U Minnesota, was in the WWE and briefly played for the Vikings. He started mixed martial arts a year ago (about) and in his first fight fought Frank Mir, the former UFC heavyweight champion and current UFC douche-extraordinaire, and was destroying him until Mir caught him in a kneebar and made him tap. Lesnar obliterated Heath Herring in August and literally broke his face. Lesnar has to drop weight to get to 265lbs which is the max in the UFC, wears 4XL gloves, has a sick flat top and WYDOs on occasion.
Brock: http://www.minnesotascore.com/articles/images/BrockLesnar.jpg

Heath Herring post fight: ABOVE

Randy Couture or "Captain America" as we remember him, is 45 years old but generally is the man and cannot be overlooked. He is a 5-time UFC Champ. Thing is he's smaller than Brock but is also a great wrestler, better boxer and generally has 10000 times more experience. If I had to bet, I'd bet on Couture by decision.

Kenny Florian vs Joe Stevenson-Lightweight (155)
This fight is determines the number 1 contender for the Lightweight title. From what I've heard if Florian wins he'll fight BJ Penn for the title in May or something. Joe Stevenson just lost to BJ early in 2008 so if he wins he'll probably fight Sean Sherk who lost to BJ in march. That won't happen though, Florian will win if for no reason other than the fact that he is constantly giving the people's eyebrow without knowing it.

There is some other stuff happening on this card but I realize I'm writing a lot so if it's important I'll talk about it after the weekend.

Peruvian Necktie

Wow there is a lot of random stuff I want to post but I'm gonna have to limit how much I put up all at once so you all will actually read this.
I think first things first lets settle exactly what this mysterious peruvian necktie is. It's more than just a sweet name, trust me, I've seen it on TV....

FYI: for you clowns that I know, this actually happened this summer in July when I had people over but I was downstairs watching the Affliction PPV and this Ultimate Fighter Finale Card. This was the peruvian necktie I originally saw that sparked all of the comments you have heard come from me. SICK STUFF--> Btw this is definitely how I'm gonna say I separated Danny's shoulder at Trinity...

Herro yall

Yes, that would be a combination of Far East and Deep South. I'm Zach, if you're reading this I'd be willing to bet you don't need any introduction. The point of this blog is simple. I am a big mixed martial arts fan and I would love to be able to talk about the sport with my friends but none of them are very big fans. When we're all back at home they do partake in the occasional FIGHT NIGHT which they seem to enjoy and will watch UFC ppv's if I buy them so long as there is alcohol and HDTV involved. When it boils down to it, I kinda want a place to put what I'm thinking about in terms of the sport and I want to at least try to make relevant info accessible to my buddies without having to listen to me jabber for an hour about stuff thats over their heads. Thanks for reading and please bookmark the site and give me suggestions of stuff to write about if you want.