The MMA General News & Events Thread

[chokeout]

Anyone watching the live stream of the NSAC, they are covering the Keith Jardine ref push incident as well as the Overeem test rumours

[Swift89]

How come it was on SyFy anyway? Considering how many sports channels there are, surely they could have put it somewhere where people who actually like MMA could see it.

That's who they signed the deal with, they have shown the last 2 events fine. I can only assume the previous events didn't pull in very good ratings hence they decided to change this one to just one hour.

[David]

anyone see BAMMA? Dunno why Syfy butchered the broadcast down to an hour, the HDNet version in America went tits up too, apparently they pulled the broadcast due to picture problems :(Jimmy Wallhead got another big win though, KO'ing Joey Villasenor early, another big scalp for Judo Jim.Jimi Manuwa got another TKO victory too, that guy just keeps on fucking people up. I can't think of another UK prospect who's ever had the kind of buzz behind that Manuwa has, he's 10-0, he's never fought a big-name really but he went straight into the main event of BAMMA ahead of some big UK names, he's also had the audacity to turn down a UFC offer. Be interested to see where he goes in 2012.

Jim Wallhead is due a UFC run I think. He looks as though he has the goods to give it a good crack. As for Manuwa, I think he's one of those guys who'll look great in the UK but will not get far in the UFC. Once he goes up against a halfway decent wrestler who can take him down, he's fucked.It would also be interesting to see how he does in the US with their stringent drug-testing. I'm not wanting to single him out personally, but a lot of these UK fighters look the part and end up breathing out their arses after 3 minutes.

[TildeGuy~!]

Fedor Emelianenko (32-4) is returning to Japan. A long-rumored bout between the former PRIDE heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii (4-1-1) is expected to headline Dreams New Year's Eve event in Japan

[kev2050]

Lorrenzo has tweeted and confirmed TUF Brazil with coaches Wand and Vitor who will fight at the end.

[David]

Lorrenzo has tweeted and confirmed TUF Brazil with coaches Wand and Vitor who will fight at the end.

Excellent! That's a fight I can't wait to see, and if it takes place in Brazil Wanderlei should look at the possibility of calling it a day if he wins!

[TildeGuy~!]

 

Size difference.

[David]

They'll look different come fight time.

[Egg Shen]

Fedor Emelianenko (32-4) is returning to Japan. A long-rumored bout between the former PRIDE heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii (4-1-1) is expected to headline Dreams New Year's Eve event in Japan

Fedor in Japan on New Year's Eve, just like old times

[wandshogun09]

Fedor Emelianenko (32-4) is returning to Japan. A long-rumored bout between the former PRIDE heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist Satoshi Ishii (4-1-1) is expected to headline Dreams New Year's Eve event in Japan

 

Full New Years DREAM card looks like this

 

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii

Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka (DREAM Lightweight Title)

Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Takeshi "Lion" Inoue (DREAM Featherweight Title)

Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazuyuki Miyata

Yuichiro Nagashima vs. Katsunori Kikuno (Mixed Rules)

Rodolfo Marques Diniz vs. Bibiano Fernandes (Bantamweight Grand-Prix Semifinal)

Antonio Banuelos vs. Masakazu Imanari (Bantamweight Grand-Prix Semifinal)

Hideo Tokoro vs. Yusup Saadulaev (Bantamweight Grand-Prix Reserve match)

Ryo Chonan vs. Hayato Sakurai

Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Aerts (Pro Wrestling match)

 

Some good stuff on there. But Peter Aerts doing pro wrestling is gonna be ugly.

 

 

Size difference.

 

Is that pic real? Looks like I should be wearing 3D specs to look at that.

 

I'd love to see Wand avenge that loss but realistically I see him getting laid out in that one. Unless he can drag it late and test Belfort's cardio I can't see a clear path to victory for him. He could always land a bomb but Belfort's gonna have the advantage in boxing for sure and will be quicker and more technical.

 

If Wand does win, it would be the perfect way to retire. He wouldn't though. He'd be 2 wins in a row and probably convince himself he's back to his prime form.

 

Gonna be great though. I've always wanted to see Wanderlei coaching on TUF. Wonder if this will be on TV over here or an online thing?

[KingOfMetal]

Alistair Overeem (35-11 MMA, 0-0 UFC) today flew to the U.K. to fulfill the first requirement of his conditional license to fight Brock Lesnar (5-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC).

 

Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that the results of that test are expected next Tuesday, Dec. 20, or 10 days before he meets Lesnar in the main event of UFC 141, which takes place Dec. 30 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

 

Kizer said he expects Overeem to return to Las Vegas around the time the first test results become available, whereupon the fighter will be submit a urine sample at a local drug testing facility.

 

The tests are part of the conditions set forth by the NSAC following a missed out-of-competition test the commission ordered Overeem to undergo on Nov. 17. As it turned out, Kizer notified Overeem of the test the same day the fighter flew to Holland to attend to his mother, who is dealing with a possible cancer relapse.

 

"If anything bothers me at all, it's the fact that I wasn't told until Monday afternoon that he had gone to Holland on Thursday evening," Kizer said. "I'm not sure that would have changed anything as far as getting him in for a test, but it still would have been nice to know."

 

In addition to two pre-fight tests for performance enhancers, Overeem will be tested on fight-night for performance enhancers and drugs of abuse (per NSAC guidelines) and be subject to two random tests taken at his expense within six months of the fight.

 

Kizer said the U.K. test is being conducted in London at a facility affiliated with Quest Diagnostics, whom the NSAC often uses for drug tests conducted in Nevada. The results will go Wednesday to Quest's laboratory in Atlanta. Additionally, the results of a urine test Overeem submitted on Dec. 7 are expected shortly.

 

Upon hearing of the out-of-competition test requested by the NSAC, Overeem took a steroid test administered by his personal doctor on Nov. 23, which came back clean. However, it was a blood test, and the commission requires a urine test. Two weeks later, he submitted urine to his doctor that was shipped to a lab in Germany.

 

A commission meeting held Monday in Las Vegas made clear the circumstances of Overeem's case were unfamiliar territory for the NSAC, which reinstated out-of-competition testing in July after budgetary issues forced it to shut down the program this past year.

 

Nevertheless, Kizer said future cases will be handled on a case-by-case basis and speculated that major changes to the commission's policies regarding out-of-competition testing are unlikely beyond formalizing the notification of tests.

 

"They've gone off without a hitch until this time, and I think it's just a matter of happenstance of Mr. Overeem's mother getting ill and him getting on a flight within hours of my phone call as opposed to someone jumping in a car and driving across the country after I make the phone call," he said. "I think the facts give me comfort that I don't need to do some major detective work on it, especially with the fact that the key is to get this guy tested even more so and see where we go from there.

 

"It's a situation where it's unfortunate that his mother is ill, first and foremost, but secondly that maybe if my phone call had come a day earlier or a day later, maybe we wouldn't be in this situation."

 

He did, however, admit that policy differences between states and countries regarding drug testing and medical procedures makes the commission's job tougher when it comes to out-of-competition testing.

 

"We've had it before, most famously with (Manny) Pacquiao, and a lot of that just depends on the country," Kizer said. "There are different rules in different places. In fact, as Overeem mentioned and we were able to verify, in Holland, if not most of Europe, you can't just go to a Quest lab or something similar to that. You've got to go to your doctor and do it that way. Even in some states (in the U.S.) it's different, and it's not always easy for an athlete to walk in off the street and say, 'Hey, I want you to test my urine.'

 

"So it's always going to be a case-by-case basis. The U.K. is a lot more streamlined, and that's why the commission had him go to the U.K. Sometimes we have contacts, or Quest [has] contacts with a foreign jurisdiction. But it does make it more difficult, obviously."

 

Overeem's fight with Lesnar marks his UFC debut. The heavyweight was released by Strikeforce at the time he held the promotion's belt. A subsequent spat between his former management company, Golden Glory, and Strikeforce and UFC parent company Zuffa became front page news. He later broke from Golden Glory and in Oct. signed a multi-fight agreement with the UFC.

 

The winner of the Dec. 30 fight is expected to get a title shot against current UFC heavyweight champ Junior Dos Santos

[John Matrix]

Sorry if this has already been posted. Just had this emailed to me by a friend..

 

Former UFC Fighter Junie Browning Subject of City-Wide Manhunt in Thailand

Posted on December 13, 2011 by MMAWeekly.com Staff

 

Former Ultimate Fighter bad boy Junie Browning is currently the target of a city-wide manhunt in Thailand after two incidents over the weekend.

 

Browning was in Phuket, Thailand, training and allegedly started a bar brawl. He then continued the fight in a local hospital.

 

According to Phuketwan.com, Browning allegedly was seen beating up a woman in a bar in the Patak Road Karon, and also reacted harshly when other female workers tried to break up the fight.

 

The fight then continued at a local hospital where Browning was being treated for his injuries.

 

The report states that Browning fled the hospital on Sunday in Patong and has not been seen since. The police are currently staking out the Phuket International Airport in hopes of cutting off Browning if he attempts to leave the country.

 

Browning posted an update on his Facebook page after the alleged brawl, updating his status following the events that unfolded.

 

 

[Egg Shen]

That's mental, Junie seems to be destined to be one of those guys that dies young or spends a lot of time in prison. Kind of like War Machine, the TUF thing was probably the worst thing they could have done, it gave them a kind of exposure that they aint capable of handling, and it's led to people suffering because of it. War Machine seems to have turned shit around, and good on him but Junie not so much.

 

oh, and here's the UFC Japan poster

 

[chokeout]

Junie needs to stay away from booze forever. Love how its not his fault on his Facebook status

 

With Titos next fight being the last on his contract who do we think they'll put him against (Thats assuming he isnt just cut now) I know it'll never happen but I'd love a Frank Shamrock fight (A man can dream cant he!)

[TildeGuy~!]

Junie needs to stay away from booze forever. Love how its not his fault on his Facebook status

 

With Titos next fight being the last on his contract who do we think they'll put him against (Thats assuming he isnt just cut now) I know it'll never happen but I'd love a Frank Shamrock fight (A man can dream cant he!)

 

Forrest Griffin.