LRG has video from Karl Watson day in Oakland. Toy Machine has a new Collen Provost Brainwash teaser. Broadcast Wheels has two Connor Getzlaff videos.
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UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar and his opponent Cain Velasquez started their combat sports career on the same place: the wrestling mat. Both wrestled at the NCAA Division I level with storied programs. Lesnar wrestled at Minnesota during one of their best stretches, and Velasquez for Arizona State, a program that has been a factory for fighters.
What were their careers like?
Lesnar was a one-time champ, winning in overtime in 2000 over Iowa's Wes Hand. However, the close win over Hand -- a wrestler nowhere near Lesnar's size -- is not what Lesnar is remembered for among collegiate wrestling fans. In his junior year, Lesnar met Stephen Neal from Cal. State-Bakersfield in the finals. Both behemoths, they walked through the tournament, with few other wrestlers near their size. Lesnar lost the match 3-2. With that loss, he handed the team title to Minnesota's nemesis, Iowa. He graduated without winning a team title with the Golden Gophers. Neal went on to win the world title and then a successful career with the New England Patriots.
When Velasquez wrestled, he was considerably undersized. An All-American in 2005 and '06, Velasquez had a hard time getting by Minnesota's Cole Konrad -- now the Bellator heavyweight champion -- and Olympian and Iowa/Oklahoma State wrestler Steve Mocco. In both '05 and '06, Velasquez lost to the much-larger Konrad in the semifinals.
Velasquez's lack of a national title should not be mistaken for a lack of wrestling pedigree. When Velasquez was a heavyweight at ASU, the field was much tougher. His lack of size didn't keep him from winning 77 times in his career. He had a spark as a wrestler that made fans watch him, and it didn't take a genius to see that he was headed for something bigger.
Lesnar was memorable, too, because it was impossible to ignore someone of his size. He muscled his way to wins, pinning his way to the finals in 2000. However, technically strong wrestlers gave him trouble. Hand had beat Lesnar during a match earlier in the season, and Lesnar barely won in the finals.
Now, the two fighters with similar sports backgrounds will meet up for the UFC heavyweight title. Their wrestling prowess set them up for their careers as fighters, but we'll see on Saturday who can use their skills to win the belt.
Thanks to my friends at the Wrestling Talk for help with brackets.
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Josh Koscheck has brought in plenty of familiar names to assist his team on Season 12 of "The Ultimate Fighter" while Georges St. Pierre has surprised us each week. Wednesday night's episode took the cake when GSP introduced something called Jean Charles Skarbowsky. He was touted as a master of Muay Thai. But things got weird when St. Pierre, almost sounding fearful that Skarbowsky may go all Mel Gibson on one of the cast members, warned everyone about being respectful. From there, it only got more odd as they were told that Skarbowsky is drunk most of the time and only sleeps three hours a day.
At least he looked the part. Skarbowsky was sporting a good-sized beer belly, scrawny arms and was in need of some manscaping.
Skarbowsky was a topic during UFC.com's "TUF 12: The Aftermath". GSP confirmed that the drinking story was true (11:00 mark). Apparently Scarbowsky took a 14-hour flight from France to Las Vegas, got off the plane, went partying at The Rehab pool party at The Hard Rock and then came into the gym to work with the young guys.
"He reeked of vodka. I guess he mixes it with a little cranberry. I'm guessing it was a lot of vodka and a very little amount of cranberry," joked TUF 12 fighter Spencer Paige.
But Paige said working with JCS was no joke.
"From him, I got an insight into elite talent," said Paige.
With a little research, you'll find that he's a legitimate high-level Muay Thai fighter. Scarbowsky has over 100 pro fights with 80-plus wins. Good thing for Koscheck that Scarbowsky may have been battling a hangover when the UFC fighter tried to bust his chops. Kos could've learned the hard way to not judge a book by its cover.
In this video, a much-thinner and younger Scarbowsky is shown laying the lumber. Check out the 1:25 mark when he front kicks a dude into the ropes. GSP said he brought in Skarbowsky to teach his team about attitude and efficiency.
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Brock Lesnar can have his beard. And Fedor Emelianenko, you keep the sweaters. Those guys may have the biggest names amongst MMA heavyweights, but neither has an awesome tribute song like Alistair Overeem.
Excellent job on the vocals The Garv, we think. Whoever it is can certainly give the Bud Light mullet guy a run for his money.
If you're not into horses defecating, the end is NSFY.
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Brock Lesnar is no doubt the biggest draw in mixed martial arts. His last three fights have produced huge numbers on pay-per-view (1-1.7 million buys). But with Shane Carwin, Frank Mir and Randy Couture, he also had a guy across the way who had the chops to help promote the fight. Cain Velasquez isn't that guy. This is all on Lesnar, but this the new, more pleasant Lesnar. Is the big guy established enough with casual fans to once again push the PPV numbers in excess of one million?
It would be a shame if UFC 121 doesn't deliver a big audience. The card is stacked with fights for all types of fans. Yahoo! Sports' lead MMA writer Kevin Iole joined me to debate how 121 will perform.
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I will be fighting Roy Nelson on 1-1-11 in Las Vegas Nevada. The fight will be the Co-Main Event of the Edgar Maynard rematch.
I think Roy is a tough opponent for anyone. He has been in several main event situations and has fought a lot of veterans in the sport. I am honored to be fighting again and feel like Roy is a worth opponent.
My goal for the fight is to be exciting and go home with the win. I have a lot to prove as does Roy so this should make for a great fight.
Sending an email to fans is completely in line with Carwin's style. From the beginning of his career, he's been incredibly accessible to fans. His Twitter feed is filled with replies to his supporters.
UFC 125 is already shaping up to be an action-packed card. In addition to Carwin/Nelson and Edgar/Maynard, Clay Guida confirmed that he will fight Takanori Gomi.
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UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, No. 1 contender Cain Velasquez, undercard fighters Jake Shields, Martin Kampmann, Matt Hamill and Tito Ortiz, along with UFC President Dana White, will all meet the media on Wednesday at the UFC 121 pre-fight press conference. And if you can't be there at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, you can watch it live right here at MMAFighting.com.
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The UFC can't afford to promote another main event where Ortiz gasses and then claims he wasn't healthy for the fight.
Ortiz is saying all the same things he said before that less than pleasing battle against Forrest Griffin. From Sergio Non of USA Today:
[Ortiz said:] "I feel great, man. I haven't felt like this in a long time. It's been a good six, seven years since I felt the way I do now. The last time I felt like this was when I had my world title. [...]
"What I'm able to do now is wrestle every single day. We wrestle five days a week. [...] You're going to see at the weigh-ins how good of a shape I'm in. My weight's about 220 right now. Usually it's about 215, 212, so I'm able to really stay in great shape, and do the wrestling, and do the squats and lunges, and stuff that I couldn't do before because of my lower back. [...] Able to put weight on my shoulders and to press and to push and to push my weight forward."
Sergio Non wisely said, but we've heard this before. Why should we believe Tito this time?
[Said Ortiz:] "I told myself I would never take a fight like I did last year ever again. I promised myself I'd never do that, because I never want to give a guy an opportunity to beat me again."
Sold yet? This sounds too similar to the prefight banter before the Griffin match. He lost that one and then said he fought with major injuries and even had a scary incident of temporary paralysis during the training camp.
"I've got to kind of take care of my family. I didn't fight for 18 months, so bills had to be paid, so I had to fight," said Ortiz. "I got through a physical for the UFC and I fought with a fractured orbital bone and a ruptured disc in my neck. I took the fight anyways. I probably shouldn't have been doing it. I'm a great actor, thank God."
There's a lot on the line in this fight. The UFC is paying Ortiz pretty big money. How does it promote a former light heavyweight champ if he's not even competitive against a guy outside the top 10 in the weight class? Ortiz isn't worried and even talked about having five years left in his career.
"Over the last two years, just the challenges I've gone through, people would fold. Guys would quit. Guys would say, 'I'm done. That's it. I'm out." I'm not that type of person. I want to make sure these next five years I get the most out of it."
Let's hope he's healthy and most of the way back to his form of his 20s. A legitimately promotable Ortiz is good for the sport.
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After UFC 100, Brock Lesnar was labeled an unstoppable force. Following a rough performance at UFC 116 against Shane Carwin, that kind of talk has died down. Was Lesnar overrated or is Carwin just that good? The next guy to put Lesnar's reputation to the test is Cain Velasquez. He's getting a lot of respect from bettors and fight insiders. Is he big enough to lock horns with Lesnar? Or will he wear out the monster?
Damon Martin from MMAWeekly and Larry Pepe from ProMMARadio joined me on RawVegas.tv to breakdown the big fights in Anaheim this weekend.
UFC 121 odds (Courtesy Lagasse Stadium Las Vegas):
Cain Velasquez (+120) v. Brock Lesnar (-150) - UFC heavyweight title
Martin Kampmann (+210) v. Jake Shields (-270)
Tito Ortiz (+130) v. Matt Hamill (-160)
Paulo Thiago (-110) v. Diego Sanchez (-120)
Tom Lawlor (Even) v. Patrick Cote (-130)
Paul Taylor (+200) v. Sam Stout (-250)
Matt Schaub (+170) v. Gabe Gonzaga (-200)
Ryan Jensen (+190) v. Court McGee (-240)
Mike Guymon (+140) v. Daniel Roberts (-170)
Chris Camozzi (Even) v. Dongi Yang (-130)
Gilbert Yvel (+150) v. Jon Madsen (-180)
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| 1 | *ELIAS Toni | SPA | 271 | |
| 2 | SIMON Julian | SPA | 181 | -90 |
| 3 | IANNONE Andrea | ITA | 179 | -92 |
| 4 | LUTHI Thomas | SWI | 143 | -128 |
| 5 | CORSI Simone | ITA | 127 | -144 |
| 6 | CLUZEL Jules | FRA | 101 | -170 |
