Saturday; August 31, 2013 Where: Bradley Center; Milwaukee, WI Broadcast: Pay-Per-View, Fox Sports 1; Facebook Attendance 9,178 Live Gate: $907,016 Main Card (PPV – 10pm EST) Champ Benson Henderson vs. #2 Anthony Pettis (UFC Lightweight Title) Dizz picks: Pettis via (T)KO Results: Anthony Pettis def. Ben Henderson via submission (armbar) 1st Round; 4:31 *Submission of the…
Month: August 2013
Video: 'Countdown to UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2' full episode
After all the immediate rematches, injuries, scratched title fights, dropping weight classes and talks of super fights, the stars will finally align two and a half years later at UFC 164 as the long awaited second meeting between Lightweight champion Benson Henderson and the last man to beat him Anthony “Showtime” Pettis square off…
What Does One Fight Really Mean?
What does one fight really mean in Mixed Martial Arts? Though we are about to explore what many might call MMA blasphemy, don’t light the torches quite yet. And put down the pitchforks. In a world of rematches, trilogy fights, and ten second knockouts, how much does one fight really tell us about two fighters?…
UFC FIGHT NIGHT 27 CONDIT VS KAMPMANN 2 PREVIEW
Looking to follow up the successful debut of Fox Sports 1 with UFC Fight Night 26, Dana White and company hope to keep that momentum going as the organization presents UFC Fight Night 27 from the Bankers Life Field House in Indianapolis. Scheduled to headline the event is a rematch from four years ago as…
UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos The Trilogy
After October 19th, Houston, Texas, will never be the same. Cain Velasquez looks to retain his UFC heavy weight championship against a man he knows all too well, Junior Dos Santos. This fight will be the 3rd time in 3 years and each time theyhave met, it has been for the title. Velasquez first challenged…
Askren on GSP: "He's Just Not A Natural Wrestler."
Following his latest victory at Bellator 97 over Andrey Koreshkov, Ben “Funky” Askern’s three and a half year run as welterweight kingpin of the organization may have come to an end as revealed by CEO Bjorn Rebey. With the win Askren was not only able to keep his record unblemished (12-0 MMA; 9-0 Bellator)…
UFC Fight Night 27's Kelvin Gastelum: "I wanted to test myself.."
When I heard that Season 17 The Ultimate Fighter king was making the drop to 170, I said to myself, “I kind of saw that coming.” We’ve seen numerous fighters come out of TUF and go to lower weight classes. So, for TUF Champ, Kelvin Gastelum (6-0 MMA 1-0 UFC), this made sense. I called…
A Mir Formality
This Saturday, two former UFC Heavyweight Champions will lock horns. Josh Barnett lost the title in 2002 to a positive drug test, Mir in 2009 to Brock Lesnar. That’s a combined 16 years since either man held gold. After losing unimpressively to Daniel Cormier, I officially wrote off Mir as a gatekeeper. Barnett’s been fighting…
Dizz's Movie Fight Scene of the Week
Hey fight fans and movie guru’s. Dizz here. I’m bringing you my pick for Movie Fight Scene of the Week. To kick things off, I’m going with 50 year old Chinese actor Liu Lianjie. You know him as Chinese actor and Singaporean citizen, Jet Li. Jet Li has many movies showing off his talents in…
(Video) Bisping: I'm going to beat Muñoz from pillar to post
Michael Bisping talks about his up coming fight with Mark Muñoz. Bisping credits Muñoz for being the nicest guy you’ll ever meet while at the same time responding to Muñoz’s “pillow fist” comments. Bisping also goes on to speaks about how much this fight means to his career. Bisping vs Muñoz takes place on October…