Filed under: Strikeforce
The Strikeforce Challengers 16 fight card will be headlined by prospects Caros Fodor vs. James Terry at the ShoWare Center in Kent, Wash. on June 24. AMC Pankration's Fodor (8-2), who will have the hometown support, is 3-0 in Strikeforce Challenger events. Terry (10-2) trains under Cung Le and has won five of six of his Strikeforce bouts. Ryan Couture (2-0), the son of UFC Hall of Famer Randy, will also be in action in the co-headliner. The current lineup is below.Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/05/16/strikeforce-challengers-16-fight-card-fodor-vs-terry/
The transition from wrestler to mixed martial artist isn't an easy one. Plenty of grapplers wilt along the way once the start getting popped in the face. Michael Chandler looked like he enjoyed taking a beat so he could dole one out. The former Missouri wrestler took Patricky "Pitbull" Freire's best on Saturday using his grappling skills to slow the fight and win a unanimous decision, 29-27 on all cards, in the final of Bellator's Season 4 lightweight championship.
Chandler, 25, won $100,000 and gets an automatic title shot against Bellator 155-pound champion Eddie Alvarez.
He is the second straight fighter out of Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas to take home a 100k prize. Jay Hieron won the welterweight tourney last week at Bellator 43. Hieron will face Bellator welterweight champ Ben Askren in the fall. One has to wonder if Chandler's loyalties will be tested.
Chandler, Askren and Strikeforce welterweight prospect Tyron Woodley all wrestled for Missouri.
Chandler, a walk on, was a big success story for the Tigers. He was the Big 12 runner-up in 2008 and 2009, and became just the 16th Tiger to win 100 matches.
Askren and Woodley helped paved the way for Chandler in MMA. When he saw how Woodley's MMA career was developing, Chandler decided to jump in the cage with little training. After an easy win in his debut back Aug. of 2009, Chandler (8-0) began training full-time.
The card also featured two nasty standup wars. Alexander Shlemenko brutalized Brett Cooper in taking a unanimous decision. Bellator middleweight champ Hector Lombard scores an awesome KO with a big right on the chin of Falaniko Vitale.
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Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_9323.shtml
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MMA Legend Randy Couture talks about his past, present, and future. www.ShootMedia.com
Gus Johnson, the broadcaster who called the blow-by-blow on Manny Pacquiao's victory over Shane Mosley and who also calls Strikeforce fights on Showtime, has weighed in on the frequently discussed subject of how a boxer would do in MMA. And he doesn't like any boxer's chances. In a radio interview with Dan Patrick, Johnson was asked how Pacquiao would do in an MMA fight against an MMA fighter, and Johnson said it's ridiculous to even think Pacquiao could last. "He'd get killed," Johnson said of Pacquiao in the cage. "No question. Tapped out, easily. In a minute."
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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/05/13/gus-johnson-any-mma-fighter-would-kill-pacquiao-in-the-cage/
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Filed under: K1
Badr Hari, the bad boy of kickboxing who hadn't fought in a year, finally returned to the ring on Saturday and easily beat an overmatch and uninterested opponent, the French boxer Gregory Tony at an It's Showtime event in France. Hari won by first-round TKO, knocking Tony down three times without ever really hitting him all that hard. Tony looked like he didn't really want to be in the ring with Hari, and the matchup of Hari and Tony seemed like a generally bad idea: Tony isn't in Hari's class as a kickboxer, and Tony was also fighting just a week after he had two boxing matches on the same day, winning one and losing the other. A fight like this wouldn't get sanctioned by an American state athletic commission.Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/05/15/badr-hari-easily-beats-overmatched-gregory-tony/
*** Watch Complete 1/2hr HD Episodes on http://www.MMAheat.com ***MMA H.E.A.T.'s Karyn Bryant spends a few minutes with Jake Shields at Xtreme Couture in Toronto, and gets his thoughts on the upcoming title fight against Welterweight Champ Georges St. Pierre. Jake talks about his preparation and training regimen, why he's wanted to fight Georges for so long, and he let's us know his reaction to Georges' statement that he is the toughest challenger the champ has ever faced. Jake also discusses the "Skrap Pack," his team that includes Strikeforce champs Gilbert Melendez and Nick Diaz, as well as UFC fighters Nate Diaz and Daniel Roberts. And he also let's us know how he feels about the media attention he's been receiving in the days leading up to the fight.Be sure to visit http://www.MMAheat.com for more interviews and archived episodes of our 1/2 hour TV show. Nós falamos Português! * We're on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MMAheat * Follow MMAheat on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MMAheat * Follow Karyn on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/KarynBryantSource: http://mmalice.com/ufc-129/jake-shields-ready-to-go-to-war-with-gsp-at-ufc-129-video_078abd3a6.html
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