Luiz Cane faces Stanislav Nedkov at "UFC: Rio"

The fights keep piling in. Luiz Cane, at one point thought to be one of the top dogs in the light heavyweight division, will continue his return to the top come this August as he returns for “UFC 134: Rio” opposite of promotional newcomer, Stanislav Nedkov. UFC 134 takes place at the HSBC Arena in [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/04/26/luiz-cane-faces-stanislav-nedkov-at-ufc-rio

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Brazilian Maiquel Falcao fights Tom Lawlor at "UFC: Rio"

Earlier this week, ufc middleweight fighter Maiquel Falcao, spoke about his desires to once again compete in his native Brazil. The organization will be making it’s long awaited return to Brazil, the first time since 1998, when the UFC comes to Rio de Janiero come this August. Falcao will have his wish to fight before [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/04/26/brazilian-maiquel-falcao-fights-tom-lawlor-at-ufc-rio

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The secrets behind GSP’s weight-cutting (and gaining) success

Mystery surrounds elite fighters and their ability to cut weight. How is it possible for Georges St. Pierre to drop 25 pounds by Friday afternoon before his fight with Jake Shields but gain most of it back and be full-strength by fight time on Saturday night?

It's no guessing game. Smart fighters treat nutrition as a science, carefully regulating their diet before fights. GSP's main trainer Firas Zahabi talked about what the UFC welterweight champ does to ensure a healthy weight cut.

Now he's on a protein and vegetable diet. Right now his exercise is significantly cut, but he's going to shed water. It's only temporary weight loss. It's not real weight loss. You're not dropping fat. (The final weight-cut) lasts about six days . . . By Friday he'll have six or seven pounds left and we'll put him in the sauna. I don't recommend this to anybody, even professional athletes. This is somebody who's very seasoned.

After GSP steps on the scale on Friday afternoon and weighs in at 170 lbs., his team will give him a carbohydrate-laden recovery drink. Then, he will eat normally and drink water to rehydrate. He'll weigh around 192 lbs. by the time he steps in the Octagon with Shields on Saturday night for UFC 129.

Some fighters start their eating plan months in advance. Mike Dolce, a nutritionist and former contestant on "The Ultimate Fighter," works with fighters to ensure a complete eating plan that helps fighters cut weight without the sauna. Like Zahabi, Dolce does not recommend sauna use.

"The guys who use the sauna to cut ten or twelve pounds, you're forcing your body to expel so much water so quickly that it's not discerning what water is safe to cut from the system and what water isn't. It's just taking it from wherever, and it becomes dangerous. That's where you see guys who don't recover from their weight cut. They look sluggish in their fight, and they defeat the whole purpose of all the training and the conditioning from their fight camp."

A recent study on wrestlers found that severe weight cuts could hurt their mental abilities in a match. Without using proper methods, fighters can find themselves in bad shape for their bouts.

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UFC announces Sadollah vs. Ludwig, O'Brien vs. Miller for UFC on Versus 5 in August

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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The UFC has been filling up their fight cards for their two August pay-per-view events, and now they've begun the process of filling up that month's free event on Versus.

The organization on Tuesday announced that a welterweight bout between Amir Sadollah and Duane "Bang" Ludwig, as well as a lightweight bout between T.J. O'Brien and Cole Miller will take place at UFC on Versus 5.

The date and location for the event hasn't officially been revealed, but it's expected to take place on August 14 from Milwaukee, Wis.

Sadollah and Ludwig were supposed to meet at UFC Fight Night 24 last month, but an injury to Ludwig took him off of the card. Sadollah instead took on Ultimate Fighter nine runner-up DaMarques Johnson, registering his most impressive win in the Octagon with a second round submission due to strikes.

Ludwig will return for the first time since November, where he halted a two-fight losing streak with a win over Nick Osipczak at UFC 122 in November.

O'Brien entered the UFC as a late replacement for Gabe Ruediger at UFC 123 in November, but suffered a second-round TKO loss to Paul Kelly in his debut fight. That loss snapped a six fight win streak.

Miller looks to rebound from a loss to Matt Wiman at UFC Fight for the Troops 2 in January. The loss snapped a two-fight win streak in 2010, submission wins over Dan Lauzon and Ross Pearson.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_9167.shtml

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ESPN the Mag story tabs Lesnar as highest paid fighter at $5.3 million in 2010

In the major sports, stories about athletes' salaries generally draw derision and jealous reactions. In the case of mixed martial arts, fans probably have a more supportive stance for the fighters. The combatants aren't making a killing relative to athletes from the NFL, NBA and MLB yet they're putting their safety on the line.

According to ESPN the Magazine, the highest paid MMA fighter in 2010 was Lesnar at ONLY $5.3 million. Boxer Manny Pacquiao led the way in the other major combat sport at $32 million.

On the surface, that makes MMA look pathetic. Should MMA stars like Lesnar, Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva be making $15 million-plus a year? Maybe, but the argument from MMA promoters is that the gap between boxing's haves and have-nots is massive while MMA can boast of dozens of fighters making in excess of $500,000 per year.

The StarPhoenix's Dave Deibert points out that Lesnar is actually a bigger draw than 99.9 percent of the fighters in the modern history of combat sports:

Lesnar has recently become the biggest pay-per-view draw in the world. In 2010, he joined Mike Tyson as the only athletes to twice draw more than one million buys on pay-per-view in a single year ? Tyson did it three times in 1996.

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Bellator adds Adam Schindler to "Summer Series" featherweight tournament

Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the newest addition its upcoming featherweight tournament.

Strikeforce veteran Adam Schindler has joined the "Summer Series" field, which kicks off June 25 at Bellator 46.

Schindler, a two-time state high-school wrestling champion, owns a 9-1 MMA record, which included a current six-fight win streak and a pair of wins in Strikeforce and Bellator.


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Bellator adds Adam Schindler to "Summer Series" featherweight tournament

Bellator Fighting Championships today announced the newest addition its upcoming featherweight tournament.

Strikeforce veteran Adam Schindler has joined the "Summer Series" field, which kicks off June 25 at Bellator 46.

Schindler, a two-time state high-school wrestling champion, owns a 9-1 MMA record, which included a current six-fight win streak and a pair of wins in Strikeforce and Bellator.


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UFC 130, May 28

UFC 130
Saturday May 28
MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, NV
Airing on PPV

MAIN CARD (PPV)

* Frankie Edgar (#1 Ranked Lightweight) vs. Gray Maynard (#2 Ranked Lightweight) for UFC Lightweight Championship
* Quinton Jackson (#4 Ranked Light Heavyweight) vs. Matt Hamill
* Jorge Santiago (#8 Ranked Middleweight) vs. Brian Stann
* Frank Mir (#7-tie Ranked Heavyweight) vs. Roy Nelson (#10 Ranked Heavyweight)
* Stefan Struve vs. Travis Browne

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike)

* Thiago Alves (#6 Ranked Welterweight) vs. Rick Story
* Miguel Torres (#5 Ranked Bantamweight) vs. Demetrious Johnson (#7 Ranked Bantamweight)

PRELIMINARY CARD (unaired)

* Michael McDonald vs. Chris Cariaso
* Kendall Grove vs. Tim Boetsch
* Renan Barao vs. Cole Escovedo
* Cody McKenzie vs. Bart Palaszewski

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/Upcoming_Events_42/article_7938.shtml

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