Five MMA Wishes for 2011
5 things that, if they happen, will ensure 2011 is one of MMA’s best years to date
5 things that, if they happen, will ensure 2011 is one of MMA’s best years to date
Rankings. They’re addictive and endlessly debatable, or are they? One of the great features of Low Kick is the option to submit your rankings for the respective weight classes and of course, the revered and glorified “pound for pound” list.
The question I have been asking myself for weeks now is what gives a fighter the right to be in the top 10? Should it be based on skill alone, the physical abilities that fighter appears to exhibit against his opponents? if so then the likes of Alistair Overeem,
With a proposed bout between Alistair Overeem and Bobby Lashley now dead and buried, “The Reem” was left searching for an opponent. But just a few short hours ago, rumours surfaced of a potential fight with Former UFC Heavyweight Todd Duffee.
Reports were quick to surface that an agreement was possible, with both sides locked in tense negotiations earlier today, and it looks like the fight will go ahead with Duffee releasing the following message via his own Facebook:
“Have no plans on NYE? Dream
Let’s get this out of the way: The cage-spring head-kick that Anthony “Showtime” Pettis landed on Ben Henderson in their lightweight title…
With WEC 53 now in the books, the promotion officially merges with the UFC, and the doors close on the WEC. With the merger, Anthony Pettis will face with winner of UFC 125’s Lightweight title bout between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard in a title unification bout. As of last night, Dominick Cruz successfully defended his WEC Bantamweight title, and was also rewarded with the first ever UFC BW title. With the merger, influx of talent from overseas, as well as the now seriously stacked Lightweight division,
I remember watching Mike Tyson calling out Bob Sapp (*Editor’s note: How the hell is Bob Sapp only 35?) after “The Beast”…
With the legalisation of MMA in Ontario officially set to begin on the 1st of January, UFC plan their fist event in the area.
UFC Welterweight contender George Sotiropoulos made another bold statement last month, after defeating Joe Lauzon via a Kimura at UFC 123. Currently enjoying an impressive 7-0 streak in the UFC, 33 year old Greek-Australian will look to a secure a title shot, facing Dennis Siver at UFC 127 in February.Sotiropoulos’s only defeats are against Shinya Aoki in 2006 via a Disqualification, and against Kyle Noke back in 2005 via a Split Decision. His MMA record currently stands at 14 victories and 2 losses.
During Saturday’s broadcast of “The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale” – but after one of the biggest robberies in Octagon history went down – Joe Rogan blasted the Nevada State Athletic Commission for allowing “incompetent morons” to dictate the futures and finances of fighters that just risked life and limb for 15 (sometimes 25) minutes.
The UFC’s color commentator specifically fingered executive director Keith Kizer, who Rogan claimed denies
Heavyweight Boxing Champion and one time MMA fighter James ”Lights Out” Toney has called out former UFC light heavyweight Champion Quinton ”Rampage” Jackson. The two have previously stated that they’d knock each other out, and Toney has taken it upon himself to call out Rampage and has urged him to step up and meet him inside the Octagon.