Jose Aldo Quietly Walks UFC 129 Week in GSP's Pound-for-Pound Shadow

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TORONTO -- One young, athletic champion is at the center of the storm as the UFC takes over the city for its biggest show ever, and the other young, athletic champion is nearly forgotten.

This is Georges St. Pierre's world, and wherever you turn, there is something there to remind you of it. There are billboards and commercials, he's on television and in the newspapers. And when you drive along some streets near the busy Gardiner Expressway, his picture graces UFC 129 banners high atop streetlights.

Close by but seemingly a world away is Jose Aldo, the dynamic Brazilian phenom who also happens to be the UFC featherweight champion and a consensus top five pound-for-pound fighter. In any other MMA universe, someone of that status and caliber couldn't possibly go unnoticed and unrecognized, but earlier this week, Aldo sat in a press conference for 40 minutes until fielding his first question.

Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/04/29/jose-aldo-quietly-walks-ufc-129-week-in-gsps-pound-for-pound-sh/

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Georges St-Pierre Put to the Test on ESPN?s Sports Science

The lab geeks over at Sports Science recently hooked Georges St-Pierre up to several devices in order to test just how badass the UFC welterweight champion truly is. After the experiment was complete, ESPN?s crew solidified GSP?s status as one of the world?s most dangerous assassins. When examining his anaerobic threshold, the point where most [...]

Source: http://www.5thRound.com/74630/georges-st-pierre-put-to-the-test-on-espns-sports-science/

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Vitor Belfort vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama booked for UFC 133 in August

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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The UFC's August return to Brazil has been filling up over the last couple of weeks with plenty of Brazilian fighters on the UFC's roster, but one who won't be making his way there to fight on the card is Vitor Belfort.

Instead, Belfort will meet Yoshihiro Akiyama at UFC 133 earlier in the month, the organization announced on Thursday.

Belfort takes just his second middleweight fight in the UFC, the first coming in February for the division's title, a fight he lost by knockout in the first round. Prior to the loss to Silva, Belfort had won five straight fights, including a knockout of Rich Franklin in his UFC return in September of 2009.

Akiyama hasn't been very successful in the organization since debuting at UFC 100. After a split decision win over Alan Belcher that many believed should have gone the other way, Akiyama has lost back to back fights to Chris Leben and Michael Bisping. He was scheduled to return last month against Nate Marquardt, but the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan the week before his scheduled fight took him off of the card.

UFC 133 is expected to take place from Philadelphia, Penn., though no exact date, location, venue or headliner has yet been set for the card.

Penick's Analysis: I don't know why this fight isn't being brought to the UFC Rio card when it's happening in the same month. With how big Belfort's fight with Silva was in Brazil, it seems like a no-brainer that he'd be on that card. Other than that, this is a really tough fight for Akiyama after two straight losses. It's not an un-winnable fight or anything like that, but Belfort is still a very dangerous opponent regardless of the loss to Silva in February. I'm just really confused as to why this fight isn't on the Rio card.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_9133.shtml

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Crash Course: UFC 129 "St. Pierre vs. Shields" Edition

Hello once more fans and friends and welcome to the latest edition of ?Crash Course?. ?Crash Course? is a series of articles designed to give readers a quick rundown on all the relevant information they need to know heading into an upcoming major MMA event. Everything from why you should watch, what you should expect [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/04/28/crash-course-ufc-129-st-pierre-vs-shields-edition

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