Monday, August 30, 2010
Tuesday 8-31-10 Fight Club
What a great show we have for you tomorrow as we recap UFC 118 and everything coming out of the event and we will be having on Len Bentley at 11:05AM and Tom Gallcchio from M-1 Global at 12:20 and Jason Harkes from canadianprofighter.com at Noon... So tune into another edition of The Fight Club Chicago from 11:00AM-1:30PM Central Time at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Today's show- 8-24-10
What a great show we have for you today as we will recap Strikeforce:Houston from this past Saturday... What a great lineup of guests as well as we will be having on Byron Byrd from M-1 Global at 11:05, Jessica Aguilar from Bellator at 11:40, UFC Fighter Matt Mitrione at Noon, Daniel Viscaya from M-1 Global at 12:20, Jason Chambers, the COO of Shine Fights Promotions at 12:40 and Kyle Watson, who will be appearing on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter... So, make sure you tune in from 11:00AM-1:30PM CST at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Strikeforce:Houston Review
You watch Strikeforce compared to the UFC and its night and day... You start right with the production value is second rate, but that can be easily be overcome by just spending more money... And now the announcing team... I can see having Frank Shamrock since he a legend of the sport and has had some of the most memorable fights in MMA history, Mauro Raunillo is good with his analysis and he has been around long enough to know the ins and out of the sport.. But, Gus Johnson? He is one of the best when it comes to college basketball but sitting there and listening to what he was saying last night, I would rather watch paint dry, then watch Johnson commentate MMA... He knows absolutely nothing about the sport and they need to find someone more knowledgeable... Pray to God, that Showtime and Strikeforce realize that in the near future as they need someone legitimate to become more recognizable and a top tier promotion...
Bobby Lashley vs Chad Griggs started out the main card and Lashley was favored going into the bout and was proclaiming to wanting a title shot by the end of 2011... Chad Griggs had a different idea though as yes Lashley was the bigger name and a better ground game, but Griggs had more experience and better standup going into the bout... Lashley started out the fight taking down Griggs and grounding and pounding him until the end of the 1st round and round 2 was a different story as Lashley did take Griggs down but you can Lashley getting winded as he was breathing out of his mouth... With about a minute left in the 2nd, referee Jon Schorle stood them up with Lashley in the mount and then Lashley had a cut under his left eye and Schorle asked if he could continue and Lashley said he could so the fight continued and Lashley looked fatigued in an attempt for a takedown as Griggs landed hammerfists to end the round... Then, Schorle asked Lashley if he could continue into the 3rd round and Lashley said no and the fight was halted with Griggs winning the bout...
KJ Noons faced Jorge Gurgel in a lightweight and Noons was making his return to the cage after a one year stint in the boxing world and Noons showed it throughout the 1st round as Noons his jabs and mixed in some kicks to throw off Gurgel, but as the 1st round progressed Noons was landing more and more punches and to end the round, the bell rang and Noons hit Gurgel with a left hook and knocked out Gurgel...
The 2nd round began and Gurgel looked out of it and Noons dropped him again and Noons looked at the ref like Gurgel is out and why arent you stopping the fight, so Noons went in and get punching away and when the referee started to step in Noons threw what looked an apparent left knee to the face which is illegal to end the fight and a victory in the return for KJ Noons...
Tim Kennedy faced Jacare for the Vacant Middleweight Title, vacated by Jake Shields who vacated the title after his victory over Dan Henderson in April and he and Strikeforce couldn't agree on a contract and Shields signed with the UFC last month..
Going into the fight everyone expected Jacare to take the fight to the ground and utilize his BJJ and Kennedy to keep it standing as he was supposed to have the edge standing up... Well, we got a different as Jacare kept the fight standing and only attempted a couple takedowns on Kennedy and Kennedy took down Jacare two times, but the factor in the fight was Jacare was the more effective striker even though Kennedy landed more strike but a lot of them were effective on the scorecard as Jacare walked out the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship...
Now, the main event of the evening which pitted King Mo vs Feijao for the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Title... People were expecting a cakewalk for King Mo based on the way he dominated Mousassi in April to win the title and that Feijao had won 2 in a row since his loss to Mike Kyle but weren't over high calibur opponents... and the first round Feijao stuck to his gameplan and stood with King Mo and defended his 2 takedowns superbly as he popped right back up after each attempt and was hitting Mo with really clean shots to win Round 1...
Round 2 was all King Mo as he was winning the stand up battle and landed really body shots on Feijao to easily win round 2 and going into the 3rd round, the champion had everything under control... Well, Feijao had another thing coming as he came out more agressive as even though Lawal was hitting him with some good shots and Feijao stood there and when they got in the clinch, feijao went to work throwing a couple devasting knees to stun King Mo and then Mo tried to hit uppercut bombs on Feijao and then Feijao hit more knees to stun Lawal and dropped and unloaded hammerfists even though was trying for a takedown and then his left arm dropped and referee John McCarthy put a halt to the bout and Feijao became the new Light Heavyweight Champion...
So, what do we make of the Strikeforce card last night? This much we do know... Bobby Lashley is nowhere near ready as needs A TON of work with his standup and his cardio and it looks like we might see him face Dave Bautista in what would be a freak show of a fight but a marketable fight for Strikeforce...
KJ Noons is an interesting situation... Strikeforce can do 1 of 2 things with him... Either keep him at lightweight and face Champion Gilbert Melendez or go for the Welterweight Title and face Nick Diaz in a rematch... It seems like Strikeforce wants the Diaz bout to happen and that makes the most sense... It is a more marketable match and the feud is already there as both guys dont like each other as Noons beat Diaz in Elite XC and a rematch wasnt made due to a squabble between Noons and Elite XC... And the fact that Melendez seems hell bent on facing Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez next, so have Noons face Diaz after Diaz fights on October 9th and then whatever happens when Noons-Diaz face other, have Noons still face Melendez down the line...
What is next for Jacare? Well, he could wait around and see what happens with the supposed middleweight tournament that will be taking place, but I think a fight with Cung Le would make sense... Le is quite arguably Strikeforce's most popular fighter and has said that he isnt going to be ib the Strikeforce Middleweight Tournament and only wants to be in big fights... What a big fight it would be if he fought Jacare as they have contrasting styles... Tim Kennedy you ask? Think a third match with Mayhem Miller makes the most sense... They each own a win over each other... I was a disappointed in Kennedy for post-fight comments he made with Gus Johnson as soon as he rewatches the fight, he will realize that it doesnt matter how many punches you throw, it matters on how effective they are...
Now, what is next for Feijao? The light heavyweight division is not as loaded as the other weight classes are... You have Dan Henderson, Moussasi, Babalu, Feijao, King Mo and thats all about it... What Strikeforce needs to do is find a way to get some of the talent from around the world whether its Dream or Senogku or wherever... 205 is the UFC's deepest division and that is Strikeforce's weakeness along with 170 and they need to find quality fighters in each weight class... So, whats next for Feijao is more than likely waiting on to face the winner of the rumored Babalu-Henderson bout and for King Mo, I think a rematch with Mousassi would make the most sense right now...
Strikeforce in a nutshell is a mess... Last night, 3 of the their most marketable fighters lost in fights they were expected to win... They need to do take a deep look at their roster and make decisions that are best for them and them... So, stay tuned because I think we will be finding out what direction Scott Coker will take his company...
Bobby Lashley vs Chad Griggs started out the main card and Lashley was favored going into the bout and was proclaiming to wanting a title shot by the end of 2011... Chad Griggs had a different idea though as yes Lashley was the bigger name and a better ground game, but Griggs had more experience and better standup going into the bout... Lashley started out the fight taking down Griggs and grounding and pounding him until the end of the 1st round and round 2 was a different story as Lashley did take Griggs down but you can Lashley getting winded as he was breathing out of his mouth... With about a minute left in the 2nd, referee Jon Schorle stood them up with Lashley in the mount and then Lashley had a cut under his left eye and Schorle asked if he could continue and Lashley said he could so the fight continued and Lashley looked fatigued in an attempt for a takedown as Griggs landed hammerfists to end the round... Then, Schorle asked Lashley if he could continue into the 3rd round and Lashley said no and the fight was halted with Griggs winning the bout...
KJ Noons faced Jorge Gurgel in a lightweight and Noons was making his return to the cage after a one year stint in the boxing world and Noons showed it throughout the 1st round as Noons his jabs and mixed in some kicks to throw off Gurgel, but as the 1st round progressed Noons was landing more and more punches and to end the round, the bell rang and Noons hit Gurgel with a left hook and knocked out Gurgel...
The 2nd round began and Gurgel looked out of it and Noons dropped him again and Noons looked at the ref like Gurgel is out and why arent you stopping the fight, so Noons went in and get punching away and when the referee started to step in Noons threw what looked an apparent left knee to the face which is illegal to end the fight and a victory in the return for KJ Noons...
Tim Kennedy faced Jacare for the Vacant Middleweight Title, vacated by Jake Shields who vacated the title after his victory over Dan Henderson in April and he and Strikeforce couldn't agree on a contract and Shields signed with the UFC last month..
Going into the fight everyone expected Jacare to take the fight to the ground and utilize his BJJ and Kennedy to keep it standing as he was supposed to have the edge standing up... Well, we got a different as Jacare kept the fight standing and only attempted a couple takedowns on Kennedy and Kennedy took down Jacare two times, but the factor in the fight was Jacare was the more effective striker even though Kennedy landed more strike but a lot of them were effective on the scorecard as Jacare walked out the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship...
Now, the main event of the evening which pitted King Mo vs Feijao for the Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Title... People were expecting a cakewalk for King Mo based on the way he dominated Mousassi in April to win the title and that Feijao had won 2 in a row since his loss to Mike Kyle but weren't over high calibur opponents... and the first round Feijao stuck to his gameplan and stood with King Mo and defended his 2 takedowns superbly as he popped right back up after each attempt and was hitting Mo with really clean shots to win Round 1...
Round 2 was all King Mo as he was winning the stand up battle and landed really body shots on Feijao to easily win round 2 and going into the 3rd round, the champion had everything under control... Well, Feijao had another thing coming as he came out more agressive as even though Lawal was hitting him with some good shots and Feijao stood there and when they got in the clinch, feijao went to work throwing a couple devasting knees to stun King Mo and then Mo tried to hit uppercut bombs on Feijao and then Feijao hit more knees to stun Lawal and dropped and unloaded hammerfists even though was trying for a takedown and then his left arm dropped and referee John McCarthy put a halt to the bout and Feijao became the new Light Heavyweight Champion...
So, what do we make of the Strikeforce card last night? This much we do know... Bobby Lashley is nowhere near ready as needs A TON of work with his standup and his cardio and it looks like we might see him face Dave Bautista in what would be a freak show of a fight but a marketable fight for Strikeforce...
KJ Noons is an interesting situation... Strikeforce can do 1 of 2 things with him... Either keep him at lightweight and face Champion Gilbert Melendez or go for the Welterweight Title and face Nick Diaz in a rematch... It seems like Strikeforce wants the Diaz bout to happen and that makes the most sense... It is a more marketable match and the feud is already there as both guys dont like each other as Noons beat Diaz in Elite XC and a rematch wasnt made due to a squabble between Noons and Elite XC... And the fact that Melendez seems hell bent on facing Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez next, so have Noons face Diaz after Diaz fights on October 9th and then whatever happens when Noons-Diaz face other, have Noons still face Melendez down the line...
What is next for Jacare? Well, he could wait around and see what happens with the supposed middleweight tournament that will be taking place, but I think a fight with Cung Le would make sense... Le is quite arguably Strikeforce's most popular fighter and has said that he isnt going to be ib the Strikeforce Middleweight Tournament and only wants to be in big fights... What a big fight it would be if he fought Jacare as they have contrasting styles... Tim Kennedy you ask? Think a third match with Mayhem Miller makes the most sense... They each own a win over each other... I was a disappointed in Kennedy for post-fight comments he made with Gus Johnson as soon as he rewatches the fight, he will realize that it doesnt matter how many punches you throw, it matters on how effective they are...
Now, what is next for Feijao? The light heavyweight division is not as loaded as the other weight classes are... You have Dan Henderson, Moussasi, Babalu, Feijao, King Mo and thats all about it... What Strikeforce needs to do is find a way to get some of the talent from around the world whether its Dream or Senogku or wherever... 205 is the UFC's deepest division and that is Strikeforce's weakeness along with 170 and they need to find quality fighters in each weight class... So, whats next for Feijao is more than likely waiting on to face the winner of the rumored Babalu-Henderson bout and for King Mo, I think a rematch with Mousassi would make the most sense right now...
Strikeforce in a nutshell is a mess... Last night, 3 of the their most marketable fighters lost in fights they were expected to win... They need to do take a deep look at their roster and make decisions that are best for them and them... So, stay tuned because I think we will be finding out what direction Scott Coker will take his company...
Monday, August 16, 2010
Tuesday 8-17-10 Fight Club Chicago
What an action packed weekend it was in MMA and this week is just as action packed... To hear all about the weekend that was and the week that will be make sure you tune into The Fight Club Chicago tomorrow... We will be having on Bellator Fighter Mark Miller, who will be promoting Bellator 25 from the infamous Chicago Theater this Thursday at 11:20, KJ Noons at 11:40 to promote his bout this Saturday for Strikeforce:houston, Damon Martin from MMAWeekly.com to discuss the Shane Carwin Steroid Controversy and Ontario getting regulated will be joining us at Noon... James Lee from Cagereligion.com will be on at 12:20 to discuss his career in the UFC and Pride, Jessica Aguilar at 12:40 to discuss her victory this past Thursday at the Bellator 24 card and Jason Harkes from canadianprofighter.com will join us at 1:00 to discuss the long awaited regulation of MMA in Ontario... So make sure you tune into a can't miss show tomorrow from 11:00AM-1:30PM Central at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub
Thursday, August 12, 2010
8-13-10 Fight Club
Make sure you tune into a very exciting show tomorrow... We got Beth Horn who played Venom on the new American Gladiators coming on at 1:40, the great Ariel Helwani from MMAFighting.com and AOL Fanhouse coming on at 2:00, Brent Todd from MMARecap.com at 3:05 and Bellator Fighter Mark Miller at 3:20, so make sure you tune in from from 1:30PM-4:00PM at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub...
Monday, August 9, 2010
Tuesday 8-10-10 Edition of The Fight Club
What a great show we have for you tomorrow!! We got some of the top guys in the industry to help us recap an unbelievable UFC 117 this past Saturday... We got John Silver from The Chicago Sun Times joinging us at 11:20, Jamie Penick from MMATorch.com joining us at 11:40, John Lipke who is the promoter of Extreme Cagefighting Organization out of Wisconsin joining us at 12:05 and Steve Cofield from Yahoo Sports at 1:00... So join us for another great edition of The Fight Club Chicago from 11:00AM-1:30PM Central Time at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Why the main event should have been stopped earlier
What a great UFC 117 we saw last night? We saw a new number one contender in the heavyweight via Junior Dos Santos' win over Roy Nelson, Matt Hughes restaking his claim that he has another title run in him with a submission victory over Ricardo Almedia, Clay Guida doing what Guida does best: be the energizer bunny and beat Rafael Dos Anjos, Jon Fitch destroying Thiago Alves to become the so-called number one contender to GSP's welterweight title... And, then in an epic main event, Anderson Silva beat Chael Sonnen with a triangle choke victory in the 5th round... But, should have it gotten to that to point? ABSOLUTELY NOT...
Silva vs Sonnen was expected to be a cakewalk for Anderson Silva and he would face Vitor Belfort and then move up to light heavyweight... Chael Sonnen had a different plan in mind though... In the very 1st round Sonnen hit silva with a straight right and knocked Silva and easily won that round 10-8 and it was the same thing round 2 as Sonnen took silva down and just grinded him... In the 1st round, Silva wasn't defending himself at all and started to defend himself in the 2nd...
And, you can see throughout the first 2 rounds and heading into the 3rd that silva waas exhausted and was breathing out of his mouth... The 3rd round started and silva came out firing and then Sonnen was on Silva's back and Sonnen hit Silva 32, yes 32 straight UNANSWERED SHOTS TO THE HEAD... And what did referee Josh Rosenthal do? Did exactly what what did the 2 rounds... Stand on his front looking like he wanted to stop it but did nothing...
Josh Rosenthal was the referee for the main event as he was for UFC 116 when Brock Lesnar faced Shane Carwin... In the first round, Carwin hit Lesnar with over 40 straight shots and did not intelligently defend himself... Rosenthal didn't call the fight and Lesnar won via arm triangle choke in the 2nd round of that fight... A lot of people including myself questioned that and said that the fight would have been stopped if it was someone not named Brock Lesnar...
Rosenthal did the same thing last night... You hit someone with 32 unanswered shots in a row without defending yourself and the fight isn't called? You have to defend yourself intelligently and Silva in that instance he did not... It doesn't matter how hard you are getting hit, 32 shots is still 32 shots... Let me hit you with 32 unanswered "potty" shots to the head and see if you like it... I highly doubt you would because I know wouldn't...
Then, when Silva made Sonnen tap out in the 5th round, Rosenthal for a split second wasn't sure if Sonnen tapped out and Silva was telling Rosenthal he tapped out... If a fighter has to tell the referee someone tapped out, then you shouldn't be the referee in the main event of a highly anticpated bout... Right now Chael Sonnen is the uncrowned UFC Middlweight Champion...
A fighter needs to be defending himself at all times, not just 99 percent of the time... Hopefully, Josh Rosenthal will never be a referee in another main event with the title on the line... You have to look out for the best interests for the fighters, not the fans nor the promotion and especially not yourself...
Silva vs Sonnen was expected to be a cakewalk for Anderson Silva and he would face Vitor Belfort and then move up to light heavyweight... Chael Sonnen had a different plan in mind though... In the very 1st round Sonnen hit silva with a straight right and knocked Silva and easily won that round 10-8 and it was the same thing round 2 as Sonnen took silva down and just grinded him... In the 1st round, Silva wasn't defending himself at all and started to defend himself in the 2nd...
And, you can see throughout the first 2 rounds and heading into the 3rd that silva waas exhausted and was breathing out of his mouth... The 3rd round started and silva came out firing and then Sonnen was on Silva's back and Sonnen hit Silva 32, yes 32 straight UNANSWERED SHOTS TO THE HEAD... And what did referee Josh Rosenthal do? Did exactly what what did the 2 rounds... Stand on his front looking like he wanted to stop it but did nothing...
Josh Rosenthal was the referee for the main event as he was for UFC 116 when Brock Lesnar faced Shane Carwin... In the first round, Carwin hit Lesnar with over 40 straight shots and did not intelligently defend himself... Rosenthal didn't call the fight and Lesnar won via arm triangle choke in the 2nd round of that fight... A lot of people including myself questioned that and said that the fight would have been stopped if it was someone not named Brock Lesnar...
Rosenthal did the same thing last night... You hit someone with 32 unanswered shots in a row without defending yourself and the fight isn't called? You have to defend yourself intelligently and Silva in that instance he did not... It doesn't matter how hard you are getting hit, 32 shots is still 32 shots... Let me hit you with 32 unanswered "potty" shots to the head and see if you like it... I highly doubt you would because I know wouldn't...
Then, when Silva made Sonnen tap out in the 5th round, Rosenthal for a split second wasn't sure if Sonnen tapped out and Silva was telling Rosenthal he tapped out... If a fighter has to tell the referee someone tapped out, then you shouldn't be the referee in the main event of a highly anticpated bout... Right now Chael Sonnen is the uncrowned UFC Middlweight Champion...
A fighter needs to be defending himself at all times, not just 99 percent of the time... Hopefully, Josh Rosenthal will never be a referee in another main event with the title on the line... You have to look out for the best interests for the fighters, not the fans nor the promotion and especially not yourself...
Friday, August 6, 2010
Silva vs Sonnen
You would think that just a card with the man that is regarded as the best fighter in the world would be more than enough to sell a PPV. But, when your talking about Anderson Silva it is a totally new ballgame. He speaks Portuguese, but he speaks English but only speaks when the questions are easy and when the going gets tough he speaks Portuguese and his translator, manager Ed Soares speaks for him and it doesnt't always translate to what Silva really says.
The UFC knows that the fans are fed up with the way Silva has been fighting. Need we not say more when fought Patrick Cote at UFC 90, Thales Leites at UFC 97 and the infamous UFC 112 against Demain Maia and during the 4th round, UFC President Dana White handed the belt to Soares and told him to put around the waist of Silva. White said if Silva fights like that again, he would get fire Silva. Would he really do that?
Enter Chael Sonnen! He beat Nate Marquardt at UFC 109 and was deemed to face the winner of Anderson Silva-Vitor Belfort at UFC 112, but Belfort suffered an injury and Demain Maia entered the fight and lost to Silva. Now the matchup was set with Anderson Silva-Chael Sonnen and the date was UFC 117 August 7th in Oakland,CA.
After Sonnen won at UFC 109 and was deemed the number one contender, Silva released a statement the following day saying Sonnen wasn't worthy of a title shot. So, what did Sonnen do? He went on a verbal barrage on Silva, calling him every name in the book to get under his skin. How did Silva respond? By saying nothing until the Fan Expo at UFC 114 when they went face to face.
When you look at the matchup, it looks like Silva should easily dispose of Sonnen. There is a way Sonnen can win. Follow the path of Dan Henderson in what he did at UFC 82. He took Silva to the ground and dominated the whole first round and has been the only fighter to take a round from Silva in the UFC. And, what is Dan Henderson? A wrestler? What is Chael Sonnen? A wrestler.
Sonnen is a NCAA All American in wrestling when he went to the University of Oregon and a 2 time University National Champion in Greco Roman Wrestling and was a U.S. Olympic Team Alternate, just like Henderson.
What Sonnen should and better do is very simple: take Silva to the ground and grind out a decision or try to ground and pound Silva. Easier said than done as Silva has a better than average submission game and out of Sonnen's 10 losses, 8 have been by submission.
But if there is a man who can do the impossible, it is Sonnen. He has runs his mouth ever since the card has been announced and he is the only guy who has said and you actually can truely believe him. Does Silva underestimate Sonnen? He better not.
I believe Chael Sonnen walks into the Oracle Arena tomorrow and does exactly what he says he will do. And that is he beats Anderson Silva! Takes him down to the ground and dominates the ground action and beats Silva to become the UFC Middleweight Champion. And then we can a champion who will talk to the media, the fans and promote the sport the made you the person you are today.
The UFC knows that the fans are fed up with the way Silva has been fighting. Need we not say more when fought Patrick Cote at UFC 90, Thales Leites at UFC 97 and the infamous UFC 112 against Demain Maia and during the 4th round, UFC President Dana White handed the belt to Soares and told him to put around the waist of Silva. White said if Silva fights like that again, he would get fire Silva. Would he really do that?
Enter Chael Sonnen! He beat Nate Marquardt at UFC 109 and was deemed to face the winner of Anderson Silva-Vitor Belfort at UFC 112, but Belfort suffered an injury and Demain Maia entered the fight and lost to Silva. Now the matchup was set with Anderson Silva-Chael Sonnen and the date was UFC 117 August 7th in Oakland,CA.
After Sonnen won at UFC 109 and was deemed the number one contender, Silva released a statement the following day saying Sonnen wasn't worthy of a title shot. So, what did Sonnen do? He went on a verbal barrage on Silva, calling him every name in the book to get under his skin. How did Silva respond? By saying nothing until the Fan Expo at UFC 114 when they went face to face.
When you look at the matchup, it looks like Silva should easily dispose of Sonnen. There is a way Sonnen can win. Follow the path of Dan Henderson in what he did at UFC 82. He took Silva to the ground and dominated the whole first round and has been the only fighter to take a round from Silva in the UFC. And, what is Dan Henderson? A wrestler? What is Chael Sonnen? A wrestler.
Sonnen is a NCAA All American in wrestling when he went to the University of Oregon and a 2 time University National Champion in Greco Roman Wrestling and was a U.S. Olympic Team Alternate, just like Henderson.
What Sonnen should and better do is very simple: take Silva to the ground and grind out a decision or try to ground and pound Silva. Easier said than done as Silva has a better than average submission game and out of Sonnen's 10 losses, 8 have been by submission.
But if there is a man who can do the impossible, it is Sonnen. He has runs his mouth ever since the card has been announced and he is the only guy who has said and you actually can truely believe him. Does Silva underestimate Sonnen? He better not.
I believe Chael Sonnen walks into the Oracle Arena tomorrow and does exactly what he says he will do. And that is he beats Anderson Silva! Takes him down to the ground and dominates the ground action and beats Silva to become the UFC Middleweight Champion. And then we can a champion who will talk to the media, the fans and promote the sport the made you the person you are today.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
8-06-10 Edition of The Fight Club
On tomorrow's edition of The Fight Club, we will be having on Steve Cofield from Yahoo Sports and ESPN 1100 in Las Vegas joining us at 2:00, Damon Martin from mmaweekly.com joining us at 2:40 and Gabriel Morency from MMA Meltdown on The Fight Network in Toronto and morencysports.com joining us at 3:00 to preview UFC 117... We will be having Keoki Cypriano Jr from Bellator who will be fighting on the Bellator card in Chicago on August and Ricardo Lamas from the WEC and will be fighting on the WEC card August 18th... They will be in studio from 2:00-3;30... So, email us your comments and questions for all of our guests at thefightclub2010@gmail.com... Make sure you listen to another action packed edition of The Fight Club at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Jon Jones
There are times when there is someone who you just watch and you just WOW!! You had Jordan, Ali, Woods, Tyson... Their never really has been one in MMA... The closest thing to that has been Fedor Emelianenko and that went away when he lost to Fabricio Werdum in June... But, do we have a fighter like that right under our eyes and he is only 23 years old? Unequivically we sure as heck do! His name you ask? Jon Jones
Jon Jones is a 23 year old man from upstate New York who won a JUCO National Championship in wrestling... Jones has only been fighting for two years and he started fighting by watching videos on You Tube and learned from those videos... Jones is 11-1 with 7 wins via TKO and his one loss was to Matt Hamill via disqualification and it was a fight that Jones was winning... He dominated the whole fight and many people consider it a victory he really is undefeated...
You watch Jones fight and he is so fluid in his style... He always shows so much poise for only being 23 and doesn't let anything affect him... Take all the buildup that was going into the UFC on Versus 2 this past Sunday against Vladimir Matyushenko... He defeated a man who had more victorious than Jones' age, which is astounding in its own right... Jones made Matyushenko look like an amateur... A simple sloppy left hook by Matyushenko and about 2 minutes later it was all she wrote after 11 straight sharp elbows for the victory...
You look at Jon Jones' body and he has room to grow into his body and will one day move up to heavyweight, but for the time being he will terrorize the light heavyweight division for the time being... But, the question that is looming is, who will he fight next?
UFC President Dana White before Sunday's card and after Sunday's card is that he will put Jones against a "top 8 fighter"... Jones said during the post-fight press conference that he is ready for a top 3 fighter... The problem is UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Shogun Rua is out till early spring of 2011 and has a title defense scheduled against Rashad Evans... Then, you have Lyoto Machida facing Rampage Jackson with the winner of that fight facing the winner of Shogun-Evans... So, what does the UFC do with Jones?
I say you put him against the winner of Ryan Bader-Little Nog at UFC 119 or if Matt Hamill beats Tito Ortiz have him face Hamill to avenge his only loss... A fight with Bader or Little Nog makes more sense and hopefully that is what the UFC decides to do...
I talked to Jones the other day and he said that needs a couple more fights and then he is ready for a title shot... I feel that he needs 2 more wins and then he is ready for his title shot and become the man... He is the most charasmatic and exciting fighter right now in the UFC and he has that aura of invincibility surrounding him... The only thing that will stop him is himself and he has a great fight team around him led by the best trainer in the business in Greg Jackson and a great support system around him... Jones could have let the hype get to him, but he went out there and dominated a top 15 light heavyweight with ample easy...
Get ready world because the next big thing is here and his name is Jon Jones...
Jon Jones is a 23 year old man from upstate New York who won a JUCO National Championship in wrestling... Jones has only been fighting for two years and he started fighting by watching videos on You Tube and learned from those videos... Jones is 11-1 with 7 wins via TKO and his one loss was to Matt Hamill via disqualification and it was a fight that Jones was winning... He dominated the whole fight and many people consider it a victory he really is undefeated...
You watch Jones fight and he is so fluid in his style... He always shows so much poise for only being 23 and doesn't let anything affect him... Take all the buildup that was going into the UFC on Versus 2 this past Sunday against Vladimir Matyushenko... He defeated a man who had more victorious than Jones' age, which is astounding in its own right... Jones made Matyushenko look like an amateur... A simple sloppy left hook by Matyushenko and about 2 minutes later it was all she wrote after 11 straight sharp elbows for the victory...
You look at Jon Jones' body and he has room to grow into his body and will one day move up to heavyweight, but for the time being he will terrorize the light heavyweight division for the time being... But, the question that is looming is, who will he fight next?
UFC President Dana White before Sunday's card and after Sunday's card is that he will put Jones against a "top 8 fighter"... Jones said during the post-fight press conference that he is ready for a top 3 fighter... The problem is UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Shogun Rua is out till early spring of 2011 and has a title defense scheduled against Rashad Evans... Then, you have Lyoto Machida facing Rampage Jackson with the winner of that fight facing the winner of Shogun-Evans... So, what does the UFC do with Jones?
I say you put him against the winner of Ryan Bader-Little Nog at UFC 119 or if Matt Hamill beats Tito Ortiz have him face Hamill to avenge his only loss... A fight with Bader or Little Nog makes more sense and hopefully that is what the UFC decides to do...
I talked to Jones the other day and he said that needs a couple more fights and then he is ready for a title shot... I feel that he needs 2 more wins and then he is ready for his title shot and become the man... He is the most charasmatic and exciting fighter right now in the UFC and he has that aura of invincibility surrounding him... The only thing that will stop him is himself and he has a great fight team around him led by the best trainer in the business in Greg Jackson and a great support system around him... Jones could have let the hype get to him, but he went out there and dominated a top 15 light heavyweight with ample easy...
Get ready world because the next big thing is here and his name is Jon Jones...
Monday, August 2, 2010
8-03-10 Edition of The Fight Club
WOW!! What a great show we have tomorrow as we will be having on Ronnell Foster, formerly of Shine Fights Promotions at 11:20AM as Ron will be making a major announcement, Brent Medley, who is the owner of Shark Fight Promotions out of Texas as Brent will be discussing his big card on September 11th from Texas will be joining us 11:40AM... Then, Damon Martin from mmaweekly.com will be joining us at 12:00PM to recap UFC on Versus card from this past Sunday and preview UFC 117... Phil Devine, host of Sirius Fight Club on Sirius Satelitte Radio will be joing us at 12:40 as we will also be discussing the UFC on Versus card and a sneak peek of UFC 117 this coming Saturday and lastly we will be having Matt Manzella from cagereligion.com joining us 1:05 to be recapping the UFC card from Sunday and a preview of UFC 117...
So, make sure you tune in to another great show tomorrow from 11:00AM-1:30PM Central Time at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub...
So, make sure you tune in to another great show tomorrow from 11:00AM-1:30PM Central Time at www.sportstownchicago.com/fightclub...
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