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MMA Fighting spoke to Kenny Florian recently about what went wrong in his fight against Gray Maynard at UFC 118, his thoughts on Dana White saying after the fight that he "chokes," his upcoming fight against Evan Dunham at UFC Fight for the Troops 2 and his take on who will win the mini UFC lightweight title tournament coming up.Dave Bickers Anthony Boissiere Frederic Bolley Xavier Boog Damon Bradshaw
UFC 123 weigh-in (Courtesy MMAjunkie):
PAY-PER-VIEW
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (205) vs. Lyoto Machida (205)
Matt Hughes (169) vs. B.J. Penn (169)
Tim Boetsch (205) vs. Phil Davis (205)
Joe Lauzon (155) vs. George Sotiropoulos (155)
Maiquel Falcao (185) vs. Gerald Harris (185)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Matt Brown (170) vs. Brian Foster (170)
Mark Munoz (185) vs. Aaron Simpson (185.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (un-aired)
Dennis Hallman (170) vs. Karo Parisyan (170)
Edson Barboza (155) vs. Mike Lullo (155)
Paul Kelly (155) vs. T.J. O'Brien (155)
Nik Lentz (155) vs. Tyson Griffin (155)
Arthur Lampkin Steve Lamson Grant Langston Danny LaPorte Mike LaRocco
The last time Spike television and the UFC decided to show UFC 120 on a tape-delayed basis in the United States, many fans were irked. The frustration was inflamed when ESPN decided to reveal the results on the bottomline newswire/scoreboard before the show hit U.S. television sets
Get used to it folks. It's going to be the same tomorrow for UFC 122 in Germany and commonplace in 2011 when the promotion looks to double the amount of international events we saw this year.
"I think definitely in the next few years that there's a real prospect that we're going to be running more and more events that you might not see live on U.S. television, or even close to live," Marshall Zelaznik told USA Today.
The UFC's managing director of international development added that the promotion is planning for up to eight shows around the world in 2011.
"I think that we can really see ourselves hitting our stride in the next five years internationally, that we can see our percentages (of UFC's) overall revenue increasing twofold," Zelaznik said. "If we effectively double what we're doing now internationally over the next five years, it's going to be a massive number for the company overall."
The plan for the first quarter of next year calls for shows in Sydney, Abu Dhabi and possibly Dublin. Further down the road, UFC officials expect an event in Scandinavia and possibly Italy. UFC eventually could find itself running parallel circuits around the world.
Zelaznik (pictured on the far right) said UFC 122 is within 1,000 of a sellout of 9,400.
UFC 122 weigh-in (Courtesy Bloody Elbow):
Spike television
Nate Marquardt (186) v. Yushin Okami (185)
Jorge Rivera (185) v. Alessio Sakara (186)
Dennis Siver (155) v. Andre Winner (155)
Amir Sadollah (170) v. Peter Sobotta (169)
Krzysztof Soszynski (206) v. Goran Reljic (205)
Preliminary card:
Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira (204) v. Vladimir Matyushenko (205)
Pascal Krauss (170) v. Mark Scanlon (170)
Duane Ludwig (170) v. Nick Osipczak (171)
Rob Kimmons (184) v. Kyle Noke (185)
Seth Petruzelli (205) v. Karlos Vemola (205)
Kris McCray (171) v. Carlos Eduardo Rocha (170)
Connor McGechan Jeremy McGrath Andrew McFarlane Brett Metcalfe Heikki Mikkola
Ultimate Fighter cast member Michael Johnson wanted to fight Alex "Bruce Leroy" Caceres from the beginning, and he finally got to step into the Octagon with his rival on Wednesday night's episode, winning a unanimous decision to advance to the Season 12 semifinals.
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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/11/18/michael-johnson-reflects-on-his-win-over-bruce-leroy/
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Check out exclusive pictures by Tracy Lee from the UFC's return to Michigan at UFC 123. See a poignant post-fight shot of Matt Hughes and BJ Penn, George Sotiropoulos submitting Joe Lauzon, and Phil Davis' new submission.
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Exclusive-pictures-from-UFC-123?urn=mma-288271
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"He is a choker," White told MMAjunkie at the UFC postfight press conference. "He choked tonight. Listen you couldn't meet a nicer guy than Nate Marquardt. He's a great guy. Nice kid choked tonight."
Marquardt lost his one and only shot at the middleweight title back in 2007. He's admitted many times that he froze up against the champion Anderson Silva at UFC 73.
Back in February, a win over Chael Sonnen would've earned him a much-coveted rematch against the champ. Because of a flawed gameplan, he was dominated by Sonnen. It happened again last night against Yushin Okami. Marquardt never got in a groove. He was outpointed on the feet and couldn't maintain position when the match hit the ground.
What disappointed White even more was Marquardt's measured approach. The fight appeared to be even on the scorecards heading to the final round, but the middleweight contender never went for broke.
"You already blew a title shot once; you're in a fight for the title shot again in the third round, and you're not throwing any punches or kicks? It has nothing to do with pressure," White said. "You're ... professional, and you're going to go after it in the last round to get your title shot."
The UFC president pointed the finger of blame at Marquardt's trainer and cornermen.
"I mean, Nate Marquardt sat here tonight and said that he thought he won the fight. Where the [expletive] is his corner? You go into the last round and you're getting outstruck by a wrestler, and you think you won the fight? And this is consistent with the Greg Jackson camp," said White.
The Jackson camp generally employs a calm, analytical style between rounds. There's no screaming, yelling or desperation. White said that approach has backfired with many of the Jackson fighters.
"Marquardt is such a talented guy, and what I'm seeing is stuff from the Greg Jackson camp," White said. "This camp continuously – when these guys fight, their corner is either telling them they're ahead or they're winning."
The disappointment of the loss can probably be erased pretty quickly with a couple of wins. Marquardt is just 31 years old and Silva is far from a lock to hold onto the title in 2011. Marquardt is also fortunate because there aren't a ton of hot shot prospects nipping at his heels that could knock him from the top five in the UFC's 185 class.
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