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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