Vitor Belfort Plans to Beat Anderson Silva at His Own Game
Source: http://www.5thRound.com/58287/vitor-belfort-plans-to-beat-anderson-silva-at-his-own-game/
Source: http://www.5thRound.com/58287/vitor-belfort-plans-to-beat-anderson-silva-at-his-own-game/
You might have noticed that we had a little election in the U.S. Tuesday. The key race of interest to MMA fans was that of Bob Reilly and Jennifer Whalen for the New York state assembly. Reilly, you may recall, is the New York assembly member who has spent considerable time blocking MMA from being legalized in the Empire State.
At the moment, Reilly has a razor-thin lead over Whalen that will likely be decided by absentee votes. Whalen needs 73 percent of the votes to break her way to unseat the incumbent Reilly. If Reilly stays in, legalizing MMA in New York is an uphill battle.
Does that still matter to fans? New York City is the epicenter of the media world, and the UFC has long-dreamed of staging a card at Madison Square Garden, but fans don't seem to mind driving to Newark for fights; 17,000 crammed into the Prudential Center for UFC 111. Though NYC is the largest market in the U.S. and the fourth-largest city in the world, the UFC has a foothold and has done events in Los Angeles, London, Chicago and Montreal. An event in Toronto is impending.
Granted, it's in MMA's best interests to be legal and regulated in every state of the union. But considerable time and effort has been spent on legalizing MMA in New York, and it's still not legal. Is it worth the fight?
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Source: http://www.ifight365.com/2010/11/heath-receives-new-opponent-rodney-wallace-for-mfc-27-show/
November is a month without any title fights, which makes it a good time to take a long view of the future title picture in each weight class. Today, we look at the lightweight division. It feels a little strange that we're about to look at the UFC lightweight division and B.J. Penn won't even be part of the conversation, but that's the way it works after UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar beat Penn twice this year, the second time by an absolutely dominant unanimous decision. Penn's next fight is at welterweight and he's not really part of the lightweight picture anymore, and so we'll file Penn away as part of the lightweight division's past, and we'll look here at the division's future.
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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/11/07/state-of-the-ufc-lightweights/
Nate Marquardt The Road to UFC 122 Video by UFC 122Source: http://mmalice.com/ufc-122/nate-marquardt-the-road-to-ufc-122-video_3fe4b9e96.html
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Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_7445.shtml
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After Shane Carwin pulled out of their UFC 125 bout with a back injury, Roy Nelson Jr. was left in a tough spot. He didn't have an opponent for a bout just over two months away. What's a big man to do? How about calling out a smaller opponent who made a throwaway comment about fighting at heavyweight?

Calling out Quinton "Rampage" Jackson may seem extreme, but Nelson doesn't have many choices on who will fight him. The UFC is nowhere near as deep at heavyweight as they are in other weight classes, meaning that they have a limited pool of fighters to pick a replacement from.
The pool gets smaller when you take a close look at the UFC heavyweight division, and see that most fighters fall into two groups: former title contenders or up-and-comers. Nelson is a winner of "The Ultimate Fighter," but at the same time, he is an incredibly experienced fighter. He is also coming off of a loss to Junior Dos Santos.
Obviously, Jackson is a bit busy getting ready for his UFC 123 bout with Lyoto Machida. Medical suspensions, injuries and timing are also working against Nelson. Frank Mir fought in late September. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is still rehabbing a knee injury. Brendan Schaub, who has three wins since losing to Nelson in the TUF finale, is still on a medical suspension from his UFC 121 win over Gabriel Gonzaga. Who do you think should fight Nelson?