What we learned over the weekend – MMA style

1. The Yankees own the RedSox and therefore should be able to claim them on their taxes next year. 2. Miguel Torres is a tough fighter but even tougher fighters can knock him out cold. 3. Anderson Silva doesn’t like being booed and his opponents pay for it. 4. Anderson Silva appears to have Matrix [...]

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UFC 101 hype video from the UFC on Youtube

BJ Penn and Kenny Florian both look to be in great shape. I hope the UFC doesn’t demonize BJ for this fight like they did against GSP. Both of these fighters are good guys and both are hungry. BTW, I remember after BJ lost to Matt Hughes he got very motivated to condition… seams like [...]

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UFC 101 Prediction Silva vs Griffin

Forrest Griffin is prepared to take on Mr. Invinsable. Anderson Silva strikes fear in opponents the second Joe Silva calls their manager. There are other pound for pound contenders like BJ Penn and Fedor that top teir fighters think they can beat, but fighters know they are over matched with it’s ‘Da Spyda’ they have [...]

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UFC 101 hype video

BJ Penn vs Kenny Florian Anderson Silva vs Forrest Griffin This should be a great night of fights. I can’t wait for BJ to get back in the cage. I know he is angry at himself for his last performance. He appears to be in great shape. Check this vid of him jumping out of [...]

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Sanchez @ 155; Quinton vs Jardine Preview

First, Diego Sanchez looked awesome at 155 pounds. I’m excited for what this means to that division.  Everyone talks about it being stacked but really there are a bunch of guys fighting for second place.  I think BJ Penn beats anyone at that weight. I think if Diego can get rid of Sean Sherk and [...]

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UFC 94 weigh-ins

UFC 94 weigh-ins are going to be held Friday night at 7pm Eastern, 4pm Pacific.  For those of us that have to watch from a distance, both UFC.com and ESPN.com (and I heard rumors that yahoo will too) will stream them live online. I’ll make my final predictions for the fight after weigh-ins when we [...]

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4 days and some odd hours till GSP vs Penn II

I have butterflies in my gut.  Georges St. Pierre and BJ Penn are going to show the world what the next level of MMA is going to look like. Every sport has break points where the intensity of the game is taken up a notch.  Anderson Silva has been trying to do this for the [...]

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Georges St. Pierre and BJ Penn on SpikeTV tonight

GSP and BJ are going to have the second installment of the UFC’s hype series on SpikeTV.  The first one was awesome and even prodded both fighters for not taking training seriously.  First they show Georges hanging out in a club late at night but made sure to let everyone know he wasn’t smoking or [...]

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