Five MMA Wishes for 2011
5 things that, if they happen, will ensure 2011 is one of MMA’s best years to date
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Logic behind Mixed Martial Arts rankings
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, -
Luke Cummo May Have Quietly Retired From Fighting, But He’s Still Full of Piss and [Organic Homeopathic] Vinegar
(“I’m actually going to use these shorts to brew tea with this afternoon.”)If you’re like us, you sometimes…
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WEC’s best merge with the UFC
With the World Extreme Cagefiighting now officially absorbed by its sister promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship, I will be reviewing some of the WEC’s best prospects, that could make some noise within the UFC ranks. And with the introduction of the lighter weight classes, I will be introducing the less familiar fans with some of the hottest talent to grace these divisions.
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Georges St. Pierre: Does he deserve to be Canada’s Best Athlete for a Third year in a row?
Does GSP deserve to be voted as Canada’s Athlete of the Year for a third year in a row?
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Omigawa and ”Kid” Yamamoto set for UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort
Japanese MMA sensation Michihiro Omigawa is now officially been signed for UFC 126. Omigawa will face a tough return to the octagon against Chad Mendes. Norifumi ”Kid” Yamamoto will also make his UFC debut at UFC 126, Kid will take on Demetrious Johnson in a bantamweight bout.
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WEC 53 Aftermath Notes: Video of ‘The Showtime Kick’, Prelim Madness, Bonuses + More
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…
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Five reasons why Jake Shields will beat Georges St. Pierre (or not)
5 Reasons why Jake Shields will beat Georges St. Pierre (or not) UFC Welterweight Champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre will be one step away from cleaning up the 170-pound division, this time facing the former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields. The fight is expected to headline UFC’s Toronto event, which will take place at the famous Rogers Centre in the city. Just like before Cain Velasquez’s UFC 121 bout against Brock Lesnar, we’ll try to find 5 reasons why Jake Shields is the man to beat
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Keith Jardine tells his side of “Nemisis: Global Invasion” farce
“I was out in a real, little small town in Canada for a month before the fight, just running on a treadmill to train,” Jardine told Sherdog.com. “I was taking a harbor plane once a week to fly over to [Zugec Ultimate Martial Arts] on Victoria Island to train over there, so I was getting one good session a week in.” “I was sitting on the stage … watching the first fight happen, just to see how it would go. First of all, there’s nobody in the backstage to tell the
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Fedor Emelianenko vs Antonio ”Big Foot” Silva likely to be pushed back to February 2011 (updated)
MMAWeelky.com has revealed that sources close to negotiations have said a heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Antonio ”Big Foot” Silva is in the works for StrikeForce’s January event in 2011. It appears that M-1 Global have come to an agreement with StrikeForce and Fedor will return to the cage as early as January.
Fedor is coming of his only loss of his career, that came earlier this May as Fabricio Werdum submitted the Russian Legend via triangle/armbar in the first round. Fedor