In case you missed it

Strikeforce 3/6
UFC on Versus 3

any links for the entire event...good looks



:yes::yes::yes:


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kangd01 said:


Vital said:


deejam007 said:
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A lot of boxing this weekend. Enjoy ... I know I did:yes:

huge props to OP

James DeGale Vs Alpay Kobal
2011-03-12
Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1KX6PP57

PW - boxingasylum
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Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Mayorga
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RGCC7VVO

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Sergio Martinez vs Sergiy Dzinziruk
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E1C9EKM6
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Pawel Wolak vs Yuri Foreman
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LEQ6AZ23
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Andy Lee vs Craig McEwan
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FT95OB9N
pw:sweetboxing
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Tye Fields vs Michael Grant
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TXRNOA90
pw:sweetboxing
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And some non-fight link:

Taking on Tyson
episode 1 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PXQF0430
 
Gonna be alot of fun this coming weekend.

JONES / RUA in the 205lb championship.

How does JONES show up for the biggest test of his young career thus far?

What type of shape/condition/mindset does Rua come in with having had the long layoff recovering from injury/surgery?

Gonna be a fun battle at 135lbs with 2 former WEC champions showing up in Eddie Wineland and Urijah Faber. Co-main eventing ... nice.

How much longer does Cro Cop have? His name would be a big 1 on Brendan Schaub's W column if indeed he takes Filipovic out ...

Also ... reppin' Jersey ... both Miller Bros on the main card in Jim and Dan respectively.

Also got some Shalorus, Marquardt, Koch, and Benavidez on the card.

UFC 128 ... gonna be fun on Saturday!





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRwl7WHAMfQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meuBHOtTXsQ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_128
http://www.ufc.com/event/UFC128
http://mmajunkie.com/event/768/ufc-128.mma
http://mmajunkie.com/news/22858/for-ufc-128-jon-jones-brings-the-magic-that-rashad-evans-couldnt.mma


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For the BELLATOR fam' watching season 4 on MTV2 in the States, and The Score in Canada.


Season 4 commenced on Saturday, March 5th.


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michaell said:
Bellator 35 - Waachim Spiritwolf vs. Jaime Jara forum.mixfight.ru.avi
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steveyp said:
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steveyp said:

michaell said:
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If Jones really did chase down a robber the day before the fight he is too fucking amped. Being over excited can fuck you up when you have an adrenaline dump. He better go ham on Shogun and take him out early or he may have trouble in the championship rds. But Jones real advantage is that he is really a heavyweight that hasnt put on his weight yet. That dude is tall and long as fuck. He has to be hard to get to

http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=yhoo-ept_sports_mma_experts-wp309

http://twitter.com/jonnybones

http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/19/ufc-j...ue-figure-four-leg-lock-patterson-new-jersey/

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:lol:



# #crackheadshavenocardio about 1 hour ago via TweetCaster

# I caught him....Coach Jackson finished him about 2 hours ago via web

# Don't worry....I got his feet. Coach Jackson is a hero!! http://plixi.com/p/85308358 about 2 hours ago via web

# Here's a picture of greg and I subduing the bad guy while waiting for the policehttp://plixi.com/p/85308358 about 2 hours ago via TweetCaster

# It feels so good to help others. It gives me power and energy. about 2 hours ago via web

# Our driver took a picture of Coach Jackson and I subduing the criminal....picture on it's way about 2 hours ago via web

# I turned the jets on....we caught the guy. We got the lady's gps back about 2 hours ago via web

# then I threw my phone down and went with my coaches. Before you know it, we're sprinting up a steep hill chasing after him. about 2 hours ago via web

# right away....Coach Wink goes after this guy. Without hesitation, Coach Jackson went after him...I was shocked and stood there for a second about 2 hours ago via web

# So while we were at the park today a crack head smashed this old ladys car window and took off running with her (cont) http://tl.gd/9cbc6m about 2 hours ago via TweetCaster
 
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steveyp said:
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deejam007 said:
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Mauricio 'shogun' rua - sport science

abe said:
sport science: Shogun rua's kicking power

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/3/1...e-shogun-ruas-kicking-power-2749-lbs-of-force

http://sports.espn.go.com/videohub/player.swf?mediaid=6227046

http://www.5thround.com/70678/mauricio-shogun-rua-sets-record-on-espns-sports-science-video/


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ufc light heavyweight champion mauricio "shogun" rua makes the trek to the sport science lab to see if he has what it takes to beat jon jones in the octagon. Shogun rua showed off his leg kicks to espn sport science's john brenkus where he tested shogun's power and speed. The show said shogun kicks with more power than any strike they've ever had in the lab.
- shogun rua's punch registers at 1169 lbs of force (25 miles per hour)
- shogun rua's kick registers at 2749 lbs of force (39 miles per hour)
- shogun rua's kick was the hardest single strike they've ever recorded in the lab
- shogun rua says "the goal is ko"


source : http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/3/1...e-shogun-ruas-kicking-power-2749-lbs-of-force
 
Johniz - indeed. College wrestling background ... a few months of mma fights ... less than 3 years in the UFC. 23 years old ... he's got so many years to improve (on an already solid base). He's the real deal ... hopefully he can hang onto that belt for quite awhile as it has bounced around so much at 205lbs the past few years with LIDDELL / JACKSON / GRIFFIN / MACHIDA / RUA / now Jones.

:yes:



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steveyp said:


michaell said:
UFC 128 - Anthony Njokuani vs. Edson Barboza forum.mixfight.ru.avi
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superslow said:
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Brendan Schaub vs. Mirko Filipovic
Nate Marquardt vs. Dan Miller
Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
Maur cio "Shogun" Rua vs. Jon Jones
Raphael Assuncao vs. Erik Koch

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BELLATOR from Saturday, March 19th. Some solid battles ... make sure to watch Nazareno Malagarie and Daniel Strauss go at it. Easily one of the best fights so far in 2011 ... really good battle.



steveyp said:
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Full props to ABE, STEPHEN KOEPFER, and the Bloody Elbow and K1F fam'

http://www.youtube.com/embed/AhrBuzdDh7U
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/3/23/2066244/ufc-light-heavyweight-champion-jon-jones-before-mma
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/


Abe said:
Jon Jones Before MMA in grappling tournament

This rare footage of new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones in a grappling tournament was taken in January 2008, around 3 months before he would make his professional MMA debut.

The footage was taken by Stephen Koepfer aka 'Sambo Steve', founder of New York Combat Sambo and the American Sambo Association as well as a key player in the local movement for MMA legalisation in New York. Koepfer was actually coaching Jones' opponent Doug Fournet in this match at the 2008 Northeastern Grappler's Challenge:





I spoke with Stephen Koepfer this morning about the story behind the video and the grappling event:

The story behind that video, that was January 2008, it was an event called the Northeastern Grappler's Challenge and was hosted by Team Bomb Squad in Ithaca, New York - which was the team that Jon Jones was originally from. It was actually a pretty big tournament and it was the first time that the American Sambo Association had put together its competition team, its grappling team (no gi). We had on the team Doug Fournet who you see in the video, who is a world class grappler who has been in the FILA grappling world championships many times and the Sambo world championships many times. He originally started off in Judo under Christophe Leninger, a UFC guy in the original days (UFC 3, fought and lost to Ken Shamrock) ... we just know each other through the Sambo community and so at that event I was coaching him but he's not my student.

That was the first time I saw Doug get submitted by anybody so it was pretty surprising. Also on our team was Reilly Bodycomb, who's now kind of famous as well in the grappling world. That was Reilly's very first time doing no gi grappling. Also there was Anthony Sansonetti, Jeremy Paiser and Josh Alti, those were the five guys on our team. We were making our debut as Team American Sambo and we did the Pro Team Challenge and some of the guys did individual tournament brackets as well, but in the Pro Team challenge we actually came in 2nd place only because of Jon Jones beating Doug, and Anthony actually lost to Tamdan McCrory who was also young into his career. But it was just great, it was a fun time and I mean obviously we didn't know who Jon Jones was going to develop into. January 2008 was really early into his career outside of wrestling. We had no idea who he was other than he was really good and he beat Doug and Doug is totally a top level guy, you know? So what was cool about the tournament also was for most people it was the first time they had seen Sambo. It was pretty common place for people throughout the tournament to come up and say to us "What the hell are you guys doing?" because you know it's definitely not like a BJJ style as what we did was a very aggressive style.

Over all it was a pretty great day on a lot of levels and it's pretty cool 3 years later to see what Jones has grown into. He's from New York and I think it's important for people to see, especially those battling for legalisation in New York to really see the history of how these guys become who they are.

In this video we can see Jones use his wrestling base as his primary skill; his wrestling shoes, his stance, the way he goes for a take down ... even how he rides Fournet from the back with one hook grape-vining for control as you would with a cross body leg ride. Interestingly he uses a 1-on-1 bar arm not just for wrist control, but as a distraction to get his other hook in which both scores points and allows him to flatten Fournet out with a Rear Stretcher. It shows an ability to think ahead usually found with more experienced submission grapplers, but something Jones likely developed as a competitive amateur wrestler which he was able to bring in to his then new experiences with Jiu Jitsu.

We also see Jones perhaps trying to improvise from the back but as a result it costs him the position and Fournet is able to spin into Jones' half-guard where he is already setting up a pass. Fournet attempts to proceed and Jones uses a stiff arm to try and hold Fournet at bay before transitioning to a 'Kimura' attempt. Usually without a closed guard or half-guard in Jiu Jitsu going for a Kimura this way is a big 'no-no' because if the guy on top has side control he can spin around to the other side and counter with a straight armlock as was the case in the first Georges St. Pierre vs Matt Hughes fight. But in wrestling a Double Wrist Lock combined with a bridge at the right moment is a legitimate way to reverse position so there's a risk and reward in attempting this in a submission grappling environment. Again it shows Jones willing to take risks for a pay-off and combined with any Jiu Jitsu he was learning at the time - in addition to his own strength, length and general athleticism - he was able to finish the lock and get the tap.

Jones and Fournet had another match later on and we get to see a lateral throw Key Lock throw out of Jones from a single overhook with a 1-on-1(AKA a Russian Tie) before finishing the match with another 'Kimura' while on top and in Fournet's half-guard.

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Source : http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/3/23/2066244/ufc-light-heavyweight-champion-jon-jones-before-mma
 
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