IT� has a sick new Teemu Korhonen part.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tibau posts ninth UFC win by running over ‘The Tractor’ at UFC 130
LAS VEGAS - Nicknamed "The Tractor," Rafaello Oliveira is a big, strong lightweight. He met his match tonight against the beast of the division and got run off the road. Tibau floored Oliveira with a big left, brutalized him on the ground and finished the fight at 3:28 mark of the second round with a rear-naked choke in bout No. 3 of UFC 130 at the MGM Garden Arena.
"I think I proved tonight that I'm getting close to my peak," Tibau said. "I showed everyone that I can strike, that I can finish guys with jiu-jitsu and that my game is coming together. I'm becoming a more complete fighter every day and I know that I'm heading toward the top of this division. I love the UFC and I want to fight as much as possible so that I can keep rising in this division."
In the opening round, Oliveira held his own. Tibau's size advantage made no difference. In fact, he looked a little slow. When Tibau was able to close space in the second and move the fight near the cage, Oliveira got trapped in a bad spot. He ate a huge left and hit the deck. Tibau jumped on top and moved to mount. Oliveira decided to flip to his back where Tibau got the hooks in and tried to flatten out the fellow Brazilian. Oliveira made a big mistake by trying to rise off the canvas with Tibau on his back. That seemed to sap his energy and allowed Tibau to slap on the choke.
"I think he has some great combos and I didn't see his left hand coming," Oliveira said. "I took this fight on short notice, but there are really no excuses. I need to work on controlling my mind in fights and fighting like I know I can fight. I will be back in the UFC and I will make the necessary changes to my game."
Tibau's won two straight. He's still in search of a huge win to move into the top 10 at lightweight. The 27-year-old Brazilian is 9-5 with the promotion. His only losses have come against Nick Diaz, Jim Miller, Joe Stevenson, Melvin Guillard and Tyson Griffin.
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Sml, Mandalay Express, Rattray, and Grandpa's Videos
Small Wheels has some Javan Campello warm ups. Mandalay Express follows American and European skaters in Southeast Asia. John Rattray posted up the NZ bike/skate adventure film, Riding The Long White Cloud in five parts. Strange Notes takes a Field Trip to Grandpa's.
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Evan Okeson in Dry Bones Nation
Evan Okeson's part from Dry Bones Nation is just a barrage of gnarliness.
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Duane Peters Auction Is Live Now
The Duane Peters benefit auction is live now with tons of rare and collectible stuff all going to help Duane Peters cover some huge medical bills from a skate accident that nearly cost him his leg. Get all the details here.
Source: http://theskateboardmag.com/blogs/templeton-elliott/2011/05/29/duane-peters-auction-is-live-now/
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Knock On Wood Throwaway
Provide your own music for this Drew Echols and Matt Sharer throwaway from Knock On Wood.
Go to the Williams Farm Design Meeting on Thursday.
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Ducati Gearing Up for Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
There are a number of things this summer we’re pretty pumped about here at Asphalt & Rubber, two of which are are the upcoming Pikes Peak International Hill Climb and the release of the Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Pikes Peak Edition. Part Formula 1, part World Rally Championship, there’s something about a race course where one wrong move in a priceless no-limits vehicle can send you over the edge of a 3,000 foot cliff that ...
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UFC 130 weigh-in: Mir and Nelson both weigh 260, ‘Rampage’ on point
UFC 130 weigh-in (Courtesy MMAjunkie):
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
- Matt Hamill (205) vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (205)
- Frank Mir (260) vs. Roy Nelson (260)
- Travis Browne (247) vs. Stefan Struve (255)
- Thiago Alves (170) vs. Rick Story (170)
- Jorge Santiago (185) vs. Brian Stann (186)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
- Demetrious Johnson (135.5) vs. Miguel Torres (135.5)
- Tim Boetsch (186) vs. Kendall Grove (185)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook.com)
- Rafaello Oliveira (155) vs. Gleison Tibau (155)
- Chris Cariaso (135) vs. Michael McDonald (136)
- Renan Barao (135) vs. Cole Escovedo (135)
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Thailand sport climbing: can you help?
Since an old friend told me about his climbing trips to Thailand it’s been one of my boxes-to-tick. Climbing by the beach and then relaxing in the blue seas sounds too good to be true. I’m about to find out - I’ve decided to do it later this year…
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Congratulations to Trent Mitchell
Australian photographer Trent Mitchell has again entered the award books having won Capture Magazine’s Emerging Photographer of the Year award! Trent was recognised as the overall winner, as well as winner of the Portrait and Sport categories and runner-up in the Photojournalism and Landscape categories. Australian Photography had these nice things to say about Trent: [...]
Source: http://www.clubofthewaves.com/blog/congratulations-to-trent-mitchell/
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Shred LA Tumblr
If you need any more proof that Frankie Martinez is always out shooting, filming, and hustling just start following his Shred LA tumblr. I pretty much started using it to steal all his skatespots, jussssssttt kiddddddinnggg... kind of.
Source: http://theskateboardmag.com/blogs/shad-lambert/2011/05/28/shred-la-tumblr/
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The more you climb, the better you?ll climb
I have had a few days away from climbing - in fact, my last session was 3 weekends ago at Froggatt - and so I got back to the gym this week. My local gym has an auto-belay setup so I was able to do some indoor routes without company.
And I struggled! Struggled to get [...]
And I struggled! Struggled to get [...]
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Boetsch dominates his way to UFC 130 win over Grove
In his first fight at middleweight, Tim Boetsch put on an impressive performance, beating Kendall Grove in a unanimous decision30-27 on all three judges cards.
Boetsch, a division one wrestler at Lock Haven, used his wrestling skills in the first round to take Grove down and then smother him with ground and pound in the first round. Grove had a hard time generating offense. He tried for an arm bar, but Boetsch shook it off easily.
In the second round, Boetsch stuck with the same script, continually taking Grove down and then controlling his every move. Grove could get to his feet at times, but wasn't able to cause any damage when there.
Grove had no idea how to stop Boetsch's grinding style by the third round. Again and again, Boetsch took Grove down, and then used his weight to wear out Grove. Late in the round, Grove took Boetsch down, but was reversed immediately. Boetsch was in control as the fight ended.
"Phil Davis affirmed my thoughts of moving to middleweight," Boetsch said after the bout. "I'm looking to make a run."
Boetsch was on the wrong side of history in his last bout, as Phil Davis introduced a new submission on him at UFC 123. But his size and strength at this middleweight seem to suit the 29-year-old. This win puts him to 13-5, with five wins in the UFC.
Grove, who won the "Ultimate Fighter" in 2006, has had an up and down career in recent years. This is his second loss in a row, as Demian Maia beat him in a decision in December. Grove's record now stands at 12-9.
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Lightweight division heating up with trash talk between Pettis and Maynard
The lightweight division is the deepest in the world, but it's lacked sizzle until recently. A division loaded with super-talented, but nice, polite dudes doesn't always sell with the casual fan. UFC 125 served as a prime example when the promotion had a tougher time selling tickets to the Frank Edgar-Gray Maynard fight. The fans made a mistake because it turned out to be a candidate for 2011 Fight of the Year.
In a way, you couldn't blame fan, because Edgar and Maynard didn't generate a ton of heat before the fight. Now, because the division is so crowded at the top, it looks like the days of mutual respect and glove tapping won't be as prevalent.
Anthony Pettis isn't happy with Gray Maynard and didn't hold back during a recent conversation with the Las Vegas Sun.
Last month, Maynard suggested Pettis is a product of overhype.
"I mean, who has he fought? I've been in the trenches this whole time fighting the toughest guys. He throws one kick and then he's the greatest in the world? Let's look at who he's fought. Ben Henderson is the best name," Maynard said referencing Pettis' "Showtime Kick" near the end of his win over Henderson. That kick made Sportscenter's Top 10 Plays of the Year.
Maynard respects a lot of his co-horts at lightweight, but has questions about Pettis.
[...] But for me, guys like Miller, Melendez and all of these guys who have been on the [expletive] grind, fighting the best competition for the past few years… that's what I look at," Maynard told MMAFA.tv. "Who have you fought? I don't care about how good you looked when you fought a scrub. That doesn't matter. If a guy isn't good then you're not supposed to look good. And for me, [Pettis] has fought one good guy in Ben, and he isn't proven yet. He's tough as hell, but we'll see."
Pettis fired back saying Maynard needed to get himself more attention and was just spouting off.
"He needs to get his face in the media somehow," Pettis told the Las Vegas Sun. "Gray is the No. 1 contender, but no one talks about him. He doesn't get a lot of press. I think he's trying to figure out a way to get people to talk about him. If he has to use my name to do that, he has to do what he has to do."
Pettis also said he thought that Maynard lost the fight against Edgar at UFC 125. After a big first round, Maynard allowed Edgar to creep back into the fight and pull out a draw.
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Ambassadors of Leica
Australian photographers Ian & Erick Regnard (a.k.a. Tungsten) are to collaborate with Leica (manufacturers of great cameras). Ian & Erick commented: "We have been lucky to receive a S2 camera to play and shoot with and feel very honored to be chosen by Leica!". Check out their website and blog for more of their work!
Source: http://www.clubofthewaves.com/blog/ambassadors-of-leica/
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Lightweight division heating up with trash talk between Pettis and Maynard
The lightweight division is the deepest in the world, but it's lacked sizzle until recently. A division loaded with super-talented, but nice, polite dudes doesn't always sell with the casual fan. UFC 125 served as a prime example when the promotion had a tougher time selling tickets to the Frank Edgar-Gray Maynard fight. The fans made a mistake because it turned out to be a candidate for 2011 Fight of the Year.
In a way, you couldn't blame fan, because Edgar and Maynard didn't generate a ton of heat before the fight. Now, because the division is so crowded at the top, it looks like the days of mutual respect and glove tapping won't be as prevalent.
Anthony Pettis isn't happy with Gray Maynard and didn't hold back during a recent conversation with the Las Vegas Sun.
Last month, Maynard suggested Pettis is a product of overhype.
"I mean, who has he fought? I've been in the trenches this whole time fighting the toughest guys. He throws one kick and then he's the greatest in the world? Let's look at who he's fought. Ben Henderson is the best name," Maynard said referencing Pettis' "Showtime Kick" near the end of his win over Henderson. That kick made Sportscenter's Top 10 Plays of the Year.
Maynard respects a lot of his co-horts at lightweight, but has questions about Pettis.
[...] But for me, guys like Miller, Melendez and all of these guys who have been on the [expletive] grind, fighting the best competition for the past few years… that's what I look at," Maynard told MMAFA.tv. "Who have you fought? I don't care about how good you looked when you fought a scrub. That doesn't matter. If a guy isn't good then you're not supposed to look good. And for me, [Pettis] has fought one good guy in Ben, and he isn't proven yet. He's tough as hell, but we'll see."
Pettis fired back saying Maynard needed to get himself more attention and was just spouting off.
"He needs to get his face in the media somehow," Pettis told the Las Vegas Sun. "Gray is the No. 1 contender, but no one talks about him. He doesn't get a lot of press. I think he's trying to figure out a way to get people to talk about him. If he has to use my name to do that, he has to do what he has to do."
Pettis also said he thought that Maynard lost the fight against Edgar at UFC 125. After a big first round, Maynard allowed Edgar to creep back into the fight and pull out a draw.
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Nester Goes Pro
Enjoi just bumped Nester Judkins up to the pro ranks. To celebrate he went to Disneyland.
Source: http://theskateboardmag.com/blogs/templeton-elliott/2011/05/27/nester-goes-pro/
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Zeker in Luxemburg
The Zeker crew spent four days in Luxemburg and came back with this video. I'm predicting Luxemburg will be the new hot international destination for skating. Those spots look perfect.
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Asphalt & Rubber @ Miller Motorsports Park
Asphalt & Rubber will be coming to live from Miller Motorsports Park this Memorial Day weekend, covering the BigM weeked that is World Superbike‘s sole stop on American soil, along with AMA Pro Racing.�Located 30 miles outside of Salt Lake City, the MMP facility is set against the picturesque backdrop of the Wasatch and�Oquirrh mountain ranges. If the racing is just half as good as the setting, we should be in for a great long ...
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Nils Inne Playground
Skateboarding and creativity have always gone hand in hand. Nils Inne gets creative with old boards and creates an interesting set up for his art show. Found at MPORA among other skateboarding videos.
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Shred LA Tumblr
If you need any more proof that Frankie Martinez is always out shooting, filming, and hustling just start following his Shred LA tumblr. I pretty much started using it to steal all his skatespots, jussssssttt kiddddddinnggg... kind of.
Source: http://theskateboardmag.com/blogs/shad-lambert/2011/05/28/shred-la-tumblr/
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Couture likes Hamill over ‘Rampage’ at UFC 130
Randy Couture is breaking down UFC fights for Affliction. In this video, he likes the stronger wrestler in the Quinton "Rampage" Jackson-Matt Hamill fight. Couture respects Rampage's punching power, but the ground work of Hamill is enough to make him pick the upset.
Jackson is coming off a narrow win over Lyoto Machida while Hamill is fresh off beating up Tito Ortiz. Everyone's old pal Tom Atencio "goes out on a limb" and chooses Jackson. Rampage is a minus-260 favorite.
UFC 130 betting odds (remaining fights posted later):
Quinton Jackson (-320) vs. Matt Hamill (+260)
Roy Nelson (-115) vs. Frank Mir (-115)
Brian Stann (-140) vs. Jorge Santiago (+110)
Thiago Alves (-220) vs. Rick Story (+180)
You can watch UFC 130 right here on Yahoo! Sports
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Honda Doubles Down on India ? Expanding Second Plant, Building a Third Plant
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, Honda’s wholly-owned motorcycle Indian subsidiary, has announced its intent to essentially double its capacity in the country’s rapidly growing motorcycle market. Expanding on the company’s second plant in the Tapukara Industrial Area of Rajasthan, HMSI also plans on now building a third production facility in the�Bangalore area. Both of these plants will produce 1.2 million units each when at full capacity (the second Tapukara plant currently does 600,000 units per ...
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The Champion and the Apprentice
The Fiat Yamaha team have been surrounded by hype this past few weeks. Not, as an outsider might expect, caused by a battle to re-sign the reigning champion: Rossi’s contract ends at the end of the 2010 championship, and he looks settled, happy, and at one with the bike he helped shape and tune into [...]
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Brockman and Hunt Interviews
James Brockman answers 10Qs for Black Box. Greg Hunt gets interviewed by The Chrome Ball Incident.
Source: http://theskateboardmag.com/blogs/templeton-elliott/2011/05/27/brockman-and-hunt-interviews/
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Caption This Photo: Find the Extra Two Seconds
Photo: � 2011 Jensen Beeler / Asphalt & Rubber ? Creative Commons ? Attribution 3.0
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Australian filmer gets interviewed on These Video Days and put together a really good montage to go along with it.
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Preduce in Thailand
The Preduce guys went to East Thailand and came back with this rad video.
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Bruisers
Shit gets heavy in the second half of the Heel Bruise promo, Bruisers.
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Williams Farm Design Meeting Tonight
Go to the Williams Farm Design Meeting on TODAY. Street skaters NEED to go. This is your park, make sure it's a good one.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Newblood Welcomes Tyler Bolar
For his welcome video, Newblood re-cut Tyler Bolar's Spread The Good part.
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Williams Farm Design Meeting Tonight
Go to the Williams Farm Design Meeting on TODAY. Street skaters NEED to go. This is your park, make sure it's a good one.
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Honda Doubles Down on India ? Expanding Second Plant, Building a Third Plant
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, Honda’s wholly-owned motorcycle Indian subsidiary, has announced its intent to essentially double its capacity in the country’s rapidly growing motorcycle market. Expanding on the company’s second plant in the Tapukara Industrial Area of Rajasthan, HMSI also plans on now building a third production facility in the�Bangalore area. Both of these plants will produce 1.2 million units each when at full capacity (the second Tapukara plant currently does 600,000 units per ...
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Motivation Promo
A Texas crew has a promo for their video entitled Motivation.
Go to the Williams Farm Design Meeting on Thursday. Street skaters NEED to go. This is your park, make sure it's a good one.
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‘Cro Cop’ will get one more fight in the UFC
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic has a long, legendary career in MMA, and it's not over yet. According to UFC president Dana White, Cro Cop has another fight on his contract, and will be given a bout.
"I owe him another fight," White stated. "Do I think he should have retired? Yeah. He's a man; he's a grown man. If he wants to continue to fight, that's his right."
That's a change in tune from what White said after Filipovic's last fight, when he was knocked out by Brendan Schaub at UFC 128.
"I have all respect for Mirko 'Cro Cop,' but yeah, I'd have to say tonight is probably the last time we'll see 'Cro Cop' fight again."
In addition to the Schaub loss, Cro Cop was also knocked out by a Frank Mir knee late in their unimpressive UFC 119 bout. In his 10-year career, Filipovic has been knocked out four times. Two of those KOs have come in the past year. He also was submitted by a punch in a bout with Junior dos Santos, forcing plenty of damage on his 36-year-old body.
But now he will get another chance for another fight in the UFC.
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‘The MMA Insiders’ audio: Roy Nelson talks feuds and Sonnen
Roy Nelson was in studio for ESPNRadio1100's "The MMA Insiders" show on Friday.
Nelson took part in the 10-minute "opening round." Adam Hill and Nelson covered the five big MMA stories of the week - ringside monitors for the judges, Brock Lesnar's illness/heavyweight division, Jon Jones' hand injury, WEC vs. UFC 155 pounders and the Chael Sonnen saga.
The Sonnen story took a twist later on Friday with California changing the date when he could re-apply for a license. Nelson stuck around for Part 2, and in Part 3, Jon Jones joined the show.
If you're in Las Vegas next week, "The MMA Insiders" will be live from the Thomas & Mack Center on Friday from 6-7 p.m. PT before the Tuff-N-Uff fight card.
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Two of the best finishers in the sport featured tonight at Bellator 44
MTV2 and Bellator return this evening with another solid card. Hector Lombard and Patricky "Pitbull" Freire highlight the show.
The ranked No. 11 middleweight in the world in the USA Today/Blood Elbow rankings, Lombard (28-2) faces veteran Falaniko Vitale (29-9). Pitbull shoots for the Season 4 lightweight title against Michael Chandler in Atlantic City, N.J. at Bellator 44.
Freire (9-1) pulled off a highlight-reel KO in the last round by smashing Toby Imada with a flying knee. Pitbull fights out of the same Soutern California camp as the Nogueira brothers, Lyoto Machida and Anderson Silva.
Chandler, a former Div. 1 wrestler at Missouri, is a tough matchup for Pitbull. Chandler (7-0) may be able to control the pace of the fight and nullify Pitbull's striking. He's also developing as a striker under the tutelage of Xtreme Couture's Gil Martinez.
"I'm still a young fighter and there is no reason to rush it when there are different avenues. I know I will be the best in the world at some point. I just want to push the pace but keep composed," Chandler told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "At the end of the day I don't want to squeak by."
Rising middleweight Alexander Shlemenko faces off against Brett Cooper and we may get to see TUF 12's Jeff Lentz against Anthony Leone. The Anthony Morrison-Bryan Goldsby fight was scrapped when Morrison missed with 135-pound bantamweight limit by weighing in at 146.5!
Bellator 44 betting lines:
Hector Lombard (-600) vs. Falaniko Vitale (+400)
Patricky Freire (+105) vs. Michael Chandler (-125)
Alexander Shlemenko (-165) vs. Brett Cooper (+145)
Jeff Lentz (+190) vs. Anthony Leone (-230)
"I don't talk much about game plans," Martinez said. "But we plan on putting (Freire) in some uncomfortable situations."
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Tipping contest winners: Donington 2009
It was a freakish race - one which I am still trying to get my head around, let alone write up!
Because of the unusual podium, points were scarce this week with many people striking out. Only one person scored podium points: @leighberwick with his 3rd place for de Puniet. How you picked him out Leigh, [...]
Because of the unusual podium, points were scarce this week with many people striking out. Only one person scored podium points: @leighberwick with his 3rd place for de Puniet. How you picked him out Leigh, [...]
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Manufacturing Stoke
Misfit pictures presents a documentary film about sustainability in the surf industry titled "Manufacturing Stoke". COTW featured (Californian) artist Damian Fulton contributed his art for the awesome poster (seen below). Damian also features in the film. Follow Manufacturing Stoke on Facebook for updates! The trailer About Manufacturing Stoke: No other sport is so intrinsically linked [...]
Source: http://www.clubofthewaves.com/blog/manufacturing-stoke/
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Bellator 44: Chandler the latest Mizzou wrestling product to emerge
The transition from wrestler to mixed martial artist isn't an easy one. Once they start getting popped in the face, plenty of grapplers decide the sport isn't for them. Michael Chandler isn't one of those guys. He actually looked like he enjoyed taking a beating so he could dole one out.
The former Missouri wrestler took Patricky "Pitbull" Freire's best on Saturday using his grappling skills to slow the fight and win a unanimous decision, 29-27 on all cards, in the final of Bellator's Season 4 lightweight championship.
Chandler, 25, won $100,000 and gets an automatic title shot against Bellator 155-pound champion Eddie Alvarez.
He's the second straight fighter out of Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas to take home a 100k prize. Jay Hieron won the welterweight tourney last week at Bellator 43. Hieron will face Bellator welterweight champ Ben Askren in the fall. One has to wonder if Chandler's loyalties will be tested.
Chandler, Askren and Strikeforce welterweight prospect Tyron Woodley all wrestled for Missouri.
Chandler, a walk on, was a big success story for the Tigers. He was the Big 12 runner-up in 2008 and 2009, and became just the 16th Tiger to win 100 matches.
Askren and Woodley helped paved the way for Chandler in MMA. When he saw how Woodley's MMA career was developing, Chandler decided to jump in the cage with little training. After an easy win in his debut back Aug. of 2009, Chandler (8-0) began training full-time.
The card also featured two nasty standup wars. Alexander Shlemenko brutalized Brett Cooper in taking a unanimous decision.� Bellator middleweight champ Hector Lombard scores an awesome KO with a big right on the chin of Falaniko Vitale.
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MMA Marketplace: ‘Rampage’ is a doll
With a career that spans 12 years, two major fighting promotions and "The A-Team," Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has earned a legion of fans and a legion of dolls. Seriously, you can start a doll army with the amount of molded plastic that has been devoted to Rampage.
Through eBay, you can purchase any of four Rampage dolls. A UFC Micro Figure (sold with Wanderlei Silva) for $5.99, a Round 5 Limited Edition figurine for just under $35, a PRIDE that's being auctioned, and a tall, skinny Jakks Rampage for $24.95. With this many Jackson dolls in one place, you can face them off for an all-time pound-for-pound leader (among Jackson dolls.)
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/MMA-Marketplace-Rampage-is-a-doll?urn=mma-wp2532
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Bouldering Burbage photos
Finally a little sun! Yesterday I went climbing in Burbage (specifically Burbage south boulders) in the Peak District near Sheffield. I’m really glad I’ve got these boulders within 15 minutes of my home.
Although in a climbing wall / gym I’m happy on 6a/6b the techniques on grit boulders are a different world: lots of smearing [...]
Although in a climbing wall / gym I’m happy on 6a/6b the techniques on grit boulders are a different world: lots of smearing [...]
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B&W film photography from Down Under
For some great black & white film photography from the South Coast of NSW; check out award winning Australian documentary photographer Dean Dampney’s portfolio website and blog. Dean Dampney is an internationally renowned fine art photography specializing in black & white film photography. Dean Dampney photographs people in particular surfers and often surfers doing their [...]
Source: http://www.clubofthewaves.com/blog/black-and-white-film-photography-by-dean-dampney/
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Husqvarna 900cc Street Bike in Sketches
The folks at MCN have had their finger on the Husqvarna street bike pulse lately, and today published sketches of the soon-to-be released BMW-derived 900cc Husqvarna street bike. Part street-naked, part supermotard, these sketches seem to suggest that the new Husky will stick somewhat to its dirt roosting roots. Despite the large displacement size, the street-going Husqvarna looks to be very minimalistic and svelte, though how much of that will translate over into the final ...
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Velasquez talks opponents, competition and racing
CREST HILL, Ill. --UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is the person most affected by Brock Lesnar pulling out of his bout with Junior dos Santos, but he responded to the change of his potential future opponent with a shrug.
"I was surprised, but in any sport, it happens. People get hurt all the time. You have to expect that sometimes," Velasquez told Cagewriter.
It's a predicament that Velasquez understands. Still rehabbing from the shoulder injury that knocked him out of a planned bout with Junior dos Santos, Velasquez spoke with Cagewriter after teaching a seminar at Clay Guida's Gym in suburban Chicago.
Velasquez will fight the winner of the Shane Carwin, who stepped into fight Junior dos Santos at UFC 131. He said that he is open to fighting either fighter. He just wants a good opponent.
"No, to me, it's whoever the better fighter is. Now they're two guys with similar styles. With Brock, it was two different styles. Brock's a wrestler, Junior's a striker. Now both of these guys are heavy-handed, they hit hard, they're bigger guys. It's pretty much the same."
Like Lesnar, Velasquez had to make the hard decision to not fight. He mentioned the UFC's new plan to give fighters health insurance, and how that will make the decision easier for fighters.
"We always go into fights where we're not 100 percent. But now, we're OK. We don't have to worry about. Before, we had to think about it, should I just tough it out, what should I do. It's a big weight off our shoulders."
Velasquez's shoulder has improved, and he's been cleared to start some training, but not full out. At the seminar, he displayed techniques and corrected attendees -- who ranged from wrestlers in grade school to fighters looking for a pro bout -- but stayed conservative with his movements.
As he heals, Velasquez has plenty of other things to keep him occupied. He is getting married at the end of the month, and he engaged in some friendly competition with fellow fighters while in Las Vegas for the Fighters Summit. Velasquez headed out to Exotics Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Phil Davis, Urijah Faber, Jake Ellenberger, Eddie Wineland, Matt Mitrione and his collegiate teammate Ryan Bader. The fighters raced around the track, and Velasquez's competitive side came out.
"I was just trying to beat everyone. Me and Ryan Bader were driving, and I actually lapped him. He was in a Ferrari," Velasquez said. He drove a Nissan GT-R. "It's not the car, it's how you drive it. He was pretty upset about that."
He admits that he is incredibly competitive, and competes with everyone in his life. That includes his fiancee.
"I'm competitive with everybody. It doesn't matter. I'm competitive with everybody. With my fiancee, everybody. Everything. Every little game. I hate to lose."
That's not a bad trait for a UFC champion to have.
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Good Morning Milwaukee Highlights
MKE Skate has a gnarly montage of highlights from their video, Good Morning Milwaukee. Via: Heyday Skate.
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Despite leaving CBS, Johnson still on the mic for MMA bouts
When news broke that Gus Johnson was leaving CBS and his familiar post during March Madness and NFL games, I assumed that meant no more calling fights on Showtime (or CBS, if they ever decide to air fights again). CBS and Showtime are owned by the same parent company, and Johnson has done bouts on both networks for Strikeforce. I assumed wrong.
According to a report by MMA Fighting, Johnson's contract for calling NCAA basketball and NFL games with CBS ended. However, his deal with Showtime to call fights, both boxing and MMA, was a separate deal.
Michael David Smith points out that it's good to have a proponent of MMA like Johnson in the mainstream:
While HBO's lead boxing voice, Jim Lampley, rarely discusses MMA except to compare it unfavorably to boxing, Johnson spoke admiringly about MMA during Saturday night's Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley fight, at one point comparing and contrasting the striking styles of the two sports and noting that a punch Pacquiao threw was similar to an MMA Superman punch.
But it was Johnson who uttered a phrase that was incredibly damaging to the sport. During the melee after Strikeforce's event in Nashville last April, Johnson said, "These things happen in MMA," when nothing can be further from the truth.
After fights, cages are normally areas of respect and appreciation. Melees like that are extremely rare. Baseball and basketball have more dirty moves and fights than MMA, but Johnson didn't point that out. He made it sound like fighters can't stop fighting when the bell rings, but had no evidence to back up that claim.
That was during a CBS broadcast, when people with no prior exposure to MMA had a chance to see the sport for free. Nick Diaz and Jason "Mayhem" Miller deserve the brunt of the blame for the melee, but they both served suspensions and paid fines. Miller wasn't allowed back on Showtime, and sat out for more than a year before being signed by the UFC. But Johnson continues to call fights, despite his poor reaction to an odd event.
Do you like Johnson's fight commentary, or would you rather see him stick to basketball and football?
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Drunk driver puts del Rosario’s fighting future in jeopardy
Up-and-coming heavyweight Shane del Rosario was on track to fight Daniel Cormier on the same Strikeforce card as the Alistair Overeem/Fabricio Werdum bout in June. That was until his car was hit by a drunk driver early Thursday evening. Now, his bout with Cormier is off, and his fighting future is up in the air.
"He's having some serious physical difficulties," Oyama (del Rosario's trainier) told MMAjunkie.com. "He's planning on [fighting again], but the injuries are serious enough to where it's kind of in question whether he can or not. We're hoping that he can. We'll know more in six months."
To a fighter, six months� is an eternity, and a long time to go without a fight and the paycheck that comes with it. Del Rosario's last bout, a submission of Lavar Johnson, was in February. Now, he has no idea when his next bout will be. He is pursuing a lawsuit, but no court can give him back the time he's put into this training camp, or the spoils that would come with a win over Cormier.
Del Rosario isn't the only one affected by the crash. Cormier's last bout was in January, and he was looking forward to the step up in competition that del Rosario represented. Now, Strikeforce has to scramble to find a heavyweight that will take on Cormier and his Olympic-level wrestling on short notice, or he will have to wait to fight.
The frustrating part is that this wasn't an injury sustained in training. Those are part of fighting, and fights get moved around all the time because of training-related injuries. Del Rosario was simply sitting at a stoplight and was hit by a drunk idiot who made the destructive decision of driving a car. She was lucky that she didn't kill del Rosario. In making that stupid, self-centered choice to drive while drunk, she affected the careers of two exciting heavyweight prospects.
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Stout interview: Lightweight sides with Maynard, says Gray will beat Pettis
Sam Stout is in Las Vegas prepping for his UFC 131 bout against Yves Edwards. One of the more dynamic strikers in the lightweight division, he needs to put together a winning streak to breakthrough into the UFC's top 10.
Stout looks at the division as the deepest in the world and tends to side with Gray Maynard, who said a few weeks ago that the UFC 155ers have faced better competition than those in the WEC.
With the help of RawVegas.tv, we spoke with Stout about who he thinks will come out the victor by the middle of 2012 and the brewing rivalry between lightweights from the WEC and UFC.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Neff App
Neff Headwear has a new iPhone app called Neff Blizzard. It's free, so go grab it from the iTunes App Store and soon in the Android Market.
Source: http://theskateboardmag.com/blogs/templeton-elliott/2011/05/26/neff-app/
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