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    Here comes the penis
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    00 20/12/2010 11:42

    Sicuramente Cruz ha fatto un'annata straordinaria, ma è veramente dura scegliere chi sia il fighter dell'anno tra lui, Aldo e GSP. Nell'anno in cui i grandi o sono caduti o hanno fatto un'immensa fatica ad ottenere i loro risultati principali, questi tre hanno offerto sempre prestazioni solide. A Cruz e GSP è mancata soltanto la chiusura dei loro match, il KO o la submission per evitare la decision, ma tutti i loro match si sono risolti in un completo dominio.


    Io scelgo Cruz per numero di avversari (3 contro i 2 degli altri) e qualità degli stessi (diciamo che Hardy non era propriamente un top 5)...
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    00 20/12/2010 15:22
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    Sicuramente Cruz ha fatto un'annata straordinaria, ma è veramente dura scegliere chi sia il fighter dell'anno tra lui, Aldo e GSP. Nell'anno in cui i grandi o sono caduti o hanno fatto un'immensa fatica ad ottenere i loro risultati principali, questi tre hanno offerto sempre prestazioni solide. A Cruz e GSP è mancata soltanto la chiusura dei loro match, il KO o la submission per evitare la decision, ma tutti i loro match si sono risolti in un completo dominio.


    Io scelgo Cruz per numero di avversari (3 contro i 2 degli altri) e qualità degli stessi (diciamo che Hardy non era propriamente un top 5)...


    Io scelgo Aldo.
    Doveva vincerlo l'anno scorso (ma l'anno scorso chi ha vinto?).

    Ha fatto solo 2 match ma ha DOMINATO contro Faber (chi???) e, dopo un primo round attendista, distrutto Gamburyan.

    Cruz ha si una demolizione di Bowles (che aveva appena fermato Torres), ma con Benavidez se la sono giocata e lo Jorgensen dell'ultimo evento lo batteva purtroppo chiunque.

    Aldo for president!!!


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    00 20/12/2010 15:32
    Bobby Lashley turns down the chance to fight Alistair Overeem, says there wasn’t enough time to prepare

    Former Strikeforce heavyweight, Bobby Lashley has reportedly turned down the chance to fight Alistair Overeem for the DREAM heavyweight title on the December 31st Dynamite!! 2010 show in Japan, saying there wasn’t enough time to prepare for the heavy hitting Dutchman.

    This from HeadKickLegend.com:


    Well it seems that after getting beat up by Chad Griggs at Strikeforce: Houston, Bobby has had a change of heart. His management team has turned down the fight stating there wasn’t enough time to prepare for the fight.



    I think few would disagree with Lashley’s decision to turn down this fight, especially at two weeks notice. It does make you wonder if DREAM actually got their house in order and started booking fights four months in advance would they get the kind of cards normally reserved for the U.S.?


    Meno male.. evita di farsi umiliare...
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    00 20/12/2010 15:35
    Strikeforce planning an eight-man heavyweight grand prix tournament for 2011

    California based MMA promotion, Strikeforce are reportedly planning an eight-man heavyweight grand prix tournament for 2011 featuring the top fighters on their roster including reigning champion, Alistair Overeem who recently won the K-1 World Grand Prix title.

    Along with “The Demolition man” fighters such as Fedor Emelianenko, Fabrício Werdum, Josh Barnett, Antônio Silva, Brett Rogers, Andrei Arlovski and Sergei Kharitonov are also in talks over taking part. It is unclear whether the proposed fight between Fedor and Silva will be a part of the tournament brackets.

    The tournament would take place over three events unlike some grand prix’s which happen on one night. This will of course make things easier with the commissions who are very cautious when it comes to one night tournaments. Stay tuned to MMABay for more on this and more as we get it.


    Riusciranno a far un torneo?
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    00 20/12/2010 15:39
    Paul Daley targets one more fight before challenging for the title, thinks St. Pierre should have finished one-eyed Koscheck

    Strikeforce welterweight contender, Paul “Semtex” Daley has been giving his thoughts on the timeline he’d prefer before challenging Nick Diaz for his crown next year, before giving the man from Stockton some much deserved credit.

    Speaking via TheGarv.com, Daley said:


    “Well I’d like to have one more fight in March before a fight with Diaz for the belt, so we’ll see who they offer, and I will take the best fight they come with. He’s tough, he’s a real fighter, he fights from off his back, got a strong top game, and awesome boxing…he’s real good.”



    Daley was then asked what he thought of the recent welterweight clash between Georges St. Pierre and Josh Koscheck, saying:


    “Great jab from GSP, but for a lot of the fight Koscheck had one eye. I really think GSP should of finished the fight based on this.”


    There are a few interesting names in the mix for Daley, with journeyman K.J. Noons and lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez seemingly throwing their hat into the ring. Will Daley prove one final point before challenging Diaz for his crown or is there a fighter out there who will bring this fairytale start to his Strikeforce career crashing down around him?
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    00 20/12/2010 15:45
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    Io scelgo Aldo.
    Doveva vincerlo l'anno scorso (ma l'anno scorso chi ha vinto?).




    Boh io non facevo riferimento ad un premio particolare, non ne conosco, ma era una valutazione mia.
    Secondo me l'anno scorso sarebbe stato folle non premiare Aldo così come quest'anno Cruz per me sbaraglia ampiamente la concorrenza...
    Ovvio che siano pareri ma per me ha dominato anche contro Benavidez e avevo trovato davvero strana la split decision, poi ritengo i tre avversari che ha affrontato molto più titolati di Gamburyan.


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    00 20/12/2010 18:48
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    E.Ganzerli, 19/12/2010 20.54:


    Si, che non vada a finire come l'altro torneo che volevan fare però (stiamo ancora aspettando).



    Il torneo Middleweight praticamente l'hanno fatto. Solo in più serate:

    Jacarè vs. Villasenor
    Kennedy vs. Prangley --> Jacarè vs. Kennedy --> Jacarè vs. Lawler
    Lindland vs. Casey --> Lawler vs. Lindland
    Lawler vs. Manhoef


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    00 20/12/2010 18:54
    Come fighter of the year anche a mio avviso è abbastanza nettamente Cruz, e peccato per Velasquez, avesse avuto una terza vittoria nel 2010 avrei fatto fatica a non votar lui.
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    00 20/12/2010 19:33
    UFC 127: PENN VS. FITCH


    UFC 127 che ha eguagliato il record di biglietti venduti in pochissimo tempo detenuto da UFC 115.
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    00 20/12/2010 19:39
    E visto che siamo in ambito di riconoscimenti, forse neppure il Fight of the year aprirà grandi possibilità di discussione: io vado con Jung vs Garcia.
    Bisogna tuttavia riconoscere come buona parte della qualità dei match, quest'anno, provenga dalla WEC, visto che il 2010 nell'ambito UFC ha lasciato a desiderare rispetto ad un 2009 sicuramente più dinamico ed intenso.
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    00 20/12/2010 20:46
    STRIKEFORCE: ROGER GRACIE VS. TREVOR PRANGLEY IN THE WORKS FOR JANUARY 29 IN SAN JOSE'



    Submission grappling savant Roger Gracie will meet Shark Fights Light Heavyweight Champion Trevor Prangley in a featured Light Heavyweight duel under the Strikeforce banner on January 29 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, according to a source with knowledge of the matchup.

    A 10-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion and two-time Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championships winner, Gracie remains widely regarded as the brightest prospect of his famous family’s next generation. The 29-year-old Brazilian has secured all three of his professional mixed martial arts victories by submission.
    Gracie last appeared at "Strikeforce St. Louis: Heavy Artillery" in May, when his second-round rear-naked choke solicited a tapout from former UFC Heavyweight Champion Kevin Randleman at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. He holds other MMA victories over Yuki Kondo and Ron Waterman.

    Prangley has not fought since he earned a split decision over Keith Jardine at Shark Fights 13 in September. The 38-year-old American Kickboxing Academy rep has held titles inside the Maximum Fighting Championship and Bodog Fight promotions. Wins over the world-ranked Chael Sonnen, “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 4 alum Travis Lutter, former International Fight League Middleweight Champion Matt Horwich and “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 11 alum Kyacey Uscola anchor Prangley’s resume. A native of South Africa, he was a two-time collegiate All-American wrestler at North Idaho College.

    A Strikeforce Middleweight Title bout pairing champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza against Robbie Lawler will likely headline the January 29 event. In addition, 1982 Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker will make his second professional MMA appearance.



    credit: Sherdog.com

    La card per il 29 gennaio:

    *Strikeforce Welterweight Championship Fight: Nick Diaz(C) vs. TBA
    *Strikeforce Middleweight Championship Fight: Ronaldo Souza(C) vs. Robbie Lawler
    *Middleweight Fight: Jason Miller vs. Tim Kennedy
    *Light Heavyweight Fight: Roger Gracie vs. Trevor Prangley
    *Heavyweight Fight: Herschel Walker vs. Scott Carson
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    00 22/12/2010 19:24
    NICK DIAZ, JACARE SOUZA DEFEND BELTS ON JANUARY 29 IN SAN JOSE' ON SHOWTIME


    NEW YORK (December 22, 2010) – Strikeforce World Welterweight (170 pounds) Champion Nick Diaz (23-7, 1 NC) will make his second title defense when he faces Brazilian powerhouse Evangelista Cyborg (18-13) in main event action and Strikeforce World Middleweight (185 pounds) Champion Jacare Souza (13-2, 1 NC) will put his belt on the line for the first time when he squares off with power-punching knockout artist “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler (18-6, 1 NC) in the co-main event of a stacked Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight card at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

    In other featured televised fights on SHOWTIME, football legend and MMA upstart, the incredible Herschel Walker (1-0) will return to the cage to face Scott Carson (4-1) in a Heavyweight bout. The latest prospect from MMA’s first family, undefeated Roger Gracie (3-0), will battle former South African national wrestling champion and MMA star Trevor Prangley (23-6-1) at Light Heavyweight (205 pounds).

    Tickets go on sale Monday, Dec.27, at 10 a.m. PT at the HP Pavilion ticket office, online at Ticketmaster.com and Strikeforce.com, and Ticketmaster by phone at (800) 745-3000.

    The 27-year-old Diaz, of Stockton, California has been unstoppable of late, winning his last eight fights. In his last effort, the 6-foot-1 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and potent striker settled a three-year old score with arch-nemesis KJ Noons, out-striking Noons en route to a five-round unanimous decision at HP Pavilion last October 9.
    Five months prior to the victory over Noons, the no-nonsense Diaz, one of MMA’s most intriguing figures, ventured to Saitama, Japan, to face top-ranked rival Hayato “Mach” Sakurai in a DREAM promoted affair. To the surprise of many, the southpaw Diaz made quick work of Sakurai, submitting the Japanese fighter with an armbar at the 3:54 mark of the first round.

    Like Diaz, Cyborg, the husband of Strikeforce Women’s Middleweight (145 pounds) Champion Cris Cyborg, possesses tremendous striking abilities, having KO’d 11 of his 18 victims. In his last outing, the 5-foot-10 Cyborg, who hails from Rondonopolis, Brazil, scored a first round TKO (punches) over highly-touted Marius “The Whitemare” Zaromskis at "Strikeforce: Live" at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles last June 16. Prior to defeating Zaromskis, Cyborg scored a first round-TKO on Daniel Zarate with a head kick and flurry of punches in Curitiba, Brazil on December 12, 2009.

    Souza, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, captured the vacant Strikeforce Middleweight crown last August 21 when he earned a hard-fought unanimous decision over American military hero Tim Kennedy at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. A slick submission specialist who has tapped out 10 of his 13 victims, the 6-foot Souza surprisingly opted to stand and exchange punches and kicks with his opponent for five rounds rather than take the fight to the mat.
    A resident of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Souza, who celebrated his 31st birthday on Dec. 7, earned a crack at the middleweight title by winning his first two Strikeforce starts. In his Strikeforce debut on Dec. 19, 2009, he submitted 1996 Olympic wrestling silver medalist Matt Lindland with an arm triangle choke at the 4:18 mark of the first round. Last May 15, Souza earned a unanimous decision over Joey Villasenor at Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
    Souza’s only defeats came in his first career match in 2003 and to former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi at the DREAM 6: Middleweight Grand-Prix Final in Saitama, Japan, in 2008. The showdown with Mousasi came shortly after Souza had claimed victory earlier on the same night over Zelg Galesic with an armbar submission in the first round of a quarterfinal round tournament bout. Over the course of the 2008 DREAM tournament series, Souza also triumphed over Ian Murphy with a first-round (3:38) rear naked choke and over superstar Jason “Mayhem” Miller via unanimous decision.

    The 28-year-old Lawler’s title shot will take place less than two months after the former Pat Miletich protégé decimated Lindland with a single punch just 50 seconds into their matchup at Scottrade Center on December 4. One of the hardest punchers in his weight class, the 5-foot-11 Lawler is a two-time 185-pound world champion who has earned 15 of his 18 career victories via knockout or TKO.
    Last January 30, Lawler produced a dramatic, come-from-behind, first-round (3:33) knockout over highly regarded, fellow striking machine Melvin Manhoef at Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Floria.
    After turning pro at age 19 in April 2001, Lawler, who was born in San Diego, California, relocated at an early age with his family to Bettendorf, Iowa. He fought for years out of the Miletich Fighting Systems headquarters in nearby Davenport and eventually relocated to Granite City, Illinois. His UFC bout with Aaron Riley on May 10, 2002, became the first MMA bout to air on network television (FOX Sports Network). Lawler took on Scott “Hands Of Steel’’ Smith during the first-ever, live primetime network telecast of MMA on May 31, 2008, on The CBS Television Network. After the bout was ruled a no contest due to an accidental thumb to Smith’s eye, Lawler dominated Smith in their live CBS primetime-televised rematch on July 26, 2009, scoring an impressive second-round TKO.

    The matchup between Walker and Carson was originally scheduled for December 4, but was postponed after Walker sustained a cut above his eye during a training session.

    Healthy, eager and ready to go, the 48-year-old Walker, the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner and two-time NFL Pro Bowl competitor, is undefeated at 1-0 in his latest athletic endeavor – MMA. A 1999 College Hall of Fame inductee who was also selected to Sports Illustrated’s NCAA All-Century Team that year, the 6-foot-1, 220 pound Walker of Atlanta already holds a fifth degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and boasts additional training in the combat disciplines of Muay Thai and Kenpo.
    On January 30, Walker made an impressive professional MMA debut, scoring a third round TKO (punches) over 26-year-old Greg Nagy at Sunrise, Florida’s BankAtlantic Center. Walker has been training in San Jose, Calif. with Team AKA, one of the most prominent MMA fight camps in the world that is also the home of former Strikeforce world champions Cung Le and Josh Thomson.

    The 6-foot-2-inch Carson, a resident of Gardena, California, turned pro in September 1999 and won his initial four starts through June 2001. He is a WEC veteran who scored a first-round submission victory over Bryson Haubrick at the inaugural WEC event on June 30, 2001. After being sidelined with a back injury and due to several scheduled fights falling out, Carson, a former longtime training partner of MMA legend Chuck Liddell, was finally able to fill his desire to get back in the cage last June 12 in Los Angeles. A member of Reign Training Center in Lake Forest, he got knocked out in the first round by undefeated Lorenz Martin (3-0 going in, 5-0 now).

    The 29-year-old, 6-foot-4 Gracie, the winner of the coveted ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, holds a second degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie, Jr. He made history by submitting all eight of his opponents during the tournament, a feat that had never previously been achieved.
    Not surprisingly, Gracie’s highly advanced submission skills have been his key to success in all three of his MMA starts. Last May 15, he made his Strkeforce debut, submitting former UFC Heavyweight Champion and former NCAA National Wresting Champion Kevin “The Monster” Randleman with a rear naked choke in the second round (4:10) at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. A native of Brazil, Gracie resides in West London, England, where he owns and operates The Roger Gracie Academy.

    One of the most feared and dangerous fighters in the Light Heavyweight Division, Prangley has proven he is capable of defeating anyone on any given night. Since his pro debut in January 2001, the 6-foot Prangley has fought some of the world’s toughest opponents, including former Strikeforce World Light Heavyweight Champion “Babalu” Sobral, Jorge Santiago (his last loss) and Chael Sonnen. Prangley’s most significant victory may have come against Sonnen.
    Prangley has competed in five Strikeforce events, including Four Men Enter, One Man Survives, the first sanctioned MMA tournament in the state of California on November 16, 2007. During the second Strikeforce event at the world-famous Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California, on September 20, 2008, Prangley was victorious over Anthony “A Train” Ruiz by way of unanimous decision.
    After winning a national wrestling championship in his native South Africa, Prangley left his homeland for The United States in search of the highest caliber wrestling training, and later established himself as a force in the sport of MMA. He is a member of Team AKA in San Jose.

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