UFC 102 Post-Fight Notes: Couture Signs New Deal and Liddell Wants To Fight Again

Here are notes from the UFC 102 post-fight press conference with Dana White, Brandon Vera, Nate Marquardt, Randy Couture, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Thiago Silva, and Jake Rosholt.

White said the UFC will probably go to Seattle before they go back to Portland again when they have another show in the Pacific Northwest. He said that the UFC made a mistake with the ticket prices this time (tickets were too pricey) but he was happy with the turnout.

Although there were a lot of knockouts this evening, none of the fighters had to go to the hospital.

Chuck Liddell was texting White all night long and he wants to get back into the cage.
White was asked about Todd Duffee and White said he likes him and that Duffee wants to fight again soon. Duffee told White after the fight with Tim Hague that he wants to fight a top opponent soon.

White thought that Couture was done about ten times in his fight with Nogueira.
He was asked about doing five round fights for non-title fights and White said he won't do it even though he would like to see some fights go five rounds. He said that fighters in championship fights earn the right to fight five rounds.

Couture came to the press conference late and announced that he signed a 28 month contract for six fights earlier today but he also said he plans to take it one fight at a time. He doesn't know if he wants to stay at heavyweight or move back down to light heavyweight.

He said the contract insures that he will be staying with the UFC and he won't be in another organization.

Roshalt said he wanted to stand up with Chris Leban to show everyone he is not just a wrestler.

Marquardt said he doesn't care if his next fight is against Anderson Silva or another top opponent.

Nogueira stated that he had staph infection a few weeks before his fight against Frank Mir and that he had a fever a week before the fight. He said he was ready to fight five rounds tonight and that he respects Couture a lot and that is why he trained so hard for tonight's fight.

Vera said he wanted to knock out his opponent, Krzysztof Soszynski with his hands tonight but that Soszynski was very tough.

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MMA Event In San Francisco Tonight: Pure Pankration 2

Strikeforce Interim Lightweight Champion, Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez will be the special host tonight at " Pure Pankration 2" at 1015 Folsom in San Francisco.

There will be 12 total fights tonight and some of the fighters are from Ralph Gracie Jiujitsu, GracieFighter Team Black, Fight and Fitness, Fairtex, Jake Shields American Jiujitsu, and El Nino Training Center.

There will be hot ring girls and go go dancers as well including a hot blonde named Megan Kamfolt( pictured above) .

The first fight starts at 8pm and doors open at 7pm.

"Carano Vs. Cyborg" Fighters Walk Out To The Cage

Here is a nice video from my friends at KNOXX. Video of the fighters walking out to the cage at the HP Pavilion in San Jose last Saturday night.

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Contest For Free Strikeforce Ticket for Carano Vs. Cyborg

D Wizzle's World is giving out a free ticket to Carano Vs. Cyborg MMA event this Saturday night August 15 in San Jose, California at the HP Pavilion.

The winner must be able to meet in San Francisco to obtain the free ticket to the show. The ticket is in Row 7!

The winner of this contest is the first person to email D Wizzle's World and tell us who was the last Hottie of the Week before Alissa Rae Ross on this website.

D Wizzle's World gave out four great tickets to a past Strikeforce event but this time we only have one ticket to give out. Blame it on the economy and the recession!

UFL Press Conference Introducing California Redwoods Team

The UFL had their press conference in San Francisco this morning to announce the team name for their California franchise and also unveil the team uniforms. The team name will be called the California Redwoods.

UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue and California Redwoods owner Paul Pelosi were on hand to speak at the press conference.

The coach of the new team is Dennis Green. The offensive coordinator is Mike Kruczek and the defensive coordinator is Brian Stewart.

Here is video of the press conference in three parts.

Anderson Silva Saves A LackLuster UFC Show

I bought the UFC 101 pay-per-view for $44.95 on UFC.com and watched it on the very small 600K media player that the website provided. The screen was so small that I had to click on "full screen" during some of the fights.

The whole show was a huge disappointment and very boring until Johnny Hendricks had a TKO win over Amir Sadollah in the first round. Anderson Silva saved the show by providing a great performance to the fans when he destroyed Forrest Griffin.

B.J. Penn's performance was impressive as well but his fight was not as exciting as Silva vs Griffin. Kenny Florian just didn't have enough tools in his toolbox to contend with Penn and he was totally outclassed.

The fans did not care about fighters such as Shane Nelson and Aaron Riley and the crowd went wild during their fight only because a big brawl broke out in the stands.

Kurt Pellegrino's win over Josh Neer was a good win for Pellegrino but it was not very exciting. Ricardo Almeida beat Kendall Grove but no one really cared about that one either.

Strikeforce has better shows than the UFC usually because they have five good match-ups on their main cards while the UFC likes to give you one or two match-ups with stars in it and the rest of the fights are with fighters that the fans don't care about at all.

I didn't pay $44.95 to watch Amir Sadollah in a pay-per-view or Ricardo Almeida. These guys should be fighting on free TV on Spike TV instead. I don't like paying so much money just to see one or two good fights but I don't have a choice if I want to see Silva fight.

Strikeforce can have better shows than the UFC because they don't have cards every month like the UFC does. The UFC has one or two shows a month and each card has about 10 fights.

I would pay to see fighters such as Silva, Penn, Tito Ortiz, Georges St.Pierre, and Anthony Johnson fight but the UFC needs to stop putting the Amir Sadollahs and Shane Nelsons on pay-per-view shows.

UFC 101 Post-Fight Press Conference News and Notes

Attendence was 17,411.

Dana White says Anderson Silva is the best pound for pound fighter in the world and that B.J.Penn looks like he is in great shape and the last time he was in this great of shape was in 2001.

He does not know where Forrest Griffin is and said he could be in Georgia already. He said that Griffin is an emotional fighter.

Silva said styles makes fights and Thales Leites wanted to take him down but Griffin stood there and wanted to exchange with him.

Penn's game plan was to take away Florian's kicks. He figured that Florian would want to kick him all night long.

White talked to Roy Jones Jr. tonight and said he doesn't like a Jones vs. Silva fight. He doesn't want to disrespect Jones Jr. but he does not like the fight at all since the UFC is MMA and not boxing.

White thinks Silva will fight Dan Henderson again in a rematch for the middleweight title.

There were 11,000 fans in the arena during the first prelim fight. That is a lot of fans for prelim fights.

White wants to come back to Philadelphia.

White gets $60,000 for Submission of the Night and Silva gets a $120,000 bonus as well. Griffin gets $60,000 also because his fight was "Fight of the Night."

White says he will make Silva fight Lyoto Machida in the future if Silva keeps on taking out all the top light heavyweights in the UFC. Silva shook his head and said that Machida is his friend and brother and that he will never fight Machida.

White says that there is no reason they shouldn't fight and that it does not matter if fighters are friends since MMA is no different than a football game.

Silva said Griffin should be respected because he is a former champion and that no one should think less of him because he ran out right after the fight.

Ricardo Almeida said he would like to go down to welterweight in his next fight because he was only 187 pounds today and he felt weak in the third round against Kendell Grove due to the size difference.

White said that Tito Ortiz is fighting Mark Coleman in his return to the Octagon.

White said he is planning to have a future card in Boston at Fenway Park.

Penn credits Marv Marinovich for helping with his conditioning.

The press conference just ended at 2:12 AM in the East Coast.

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Fedor Signs WIth Strikeforce

Strikeforce announced this morning that they had signed Fedor Emelianenko to a multi-fight deal. This is a big coup for Strikeforce as the UFC was very interested in signing Fedor and pulled out all the stops to get him signed last week. UFC President Dana White must be really angry after hearing today's announcement from Strikeforce.

A lot of hardcore MMA fans consider Fedor to be the best fighter pound for pound in the sport. The mainstream fans are not familiar with him though and he is not a known entity in the United States. Strikeforce will have to promote him well so he can build up a strong following in this country.

Who will Fedor challenge in Strikeforce? While the competition won't be as stacked as in the UFC, Strikeforce will still have formidable opponents for him. Fighters such as Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem, Fabricio Werdum, Brett Rogers, and Paul Buentello are all possible and likely opponents for Fedor in the future.

Strikeforce could possibly sign former WWE supertar Bobby Lashley to take on Fedor as well if Lashley continues to progress as a MMA fighter. If fighters like Randy Couture still want a crack at Fedor, they must leave the UFC and go to Strikeforce now.

This deal looks to be mutually beneficial for both Strikeforce and Fedor. Fedor and his management sign a contract with the terms they wanted and Strikeforce now has a great addition to their heavyweight roster.

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Strikeforce's Gina Carano Talks About Her Period And Breast Padding

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Strikeforce's next big event on August 15 will feature a main event between Gina Carano and Cyborg Santos for the first ever Strikeforce 145 pound women's title. Carano is currently in the new issue of ESPN The Magazine with St. Louis Cardinals' catcher, Yadier Molina, on the cover. There is a one-page feature on Carano titled "6 Things You Should Know About Being A Female MMA Fighter."

Carano briefly mentions about how she doesn't like to schedule fights the week of her period. In the feature, she says, "Making weight is hard enough, and during our period we may retain around seven pounds of water weight. Plus bruises hurt more, you're bloated and cramping, and emotionally, it's tougher to battle through the training."

She talks about how some states require the women fighters to wear breast padding so she wears three sports bras in her fights.

While most fans and some female fighters have been lobbying for five minute rounds for women, Carano doesn't seem to like that concept. She said, "I liked the old length. It's hard to get in shape for a 25-minute fight!"

She also mentions in the article that she can beat guys up who don't train MMA and that male MMA fighters are not that great to date. Another interesting tidbit she gave was that there are a lot of talented women fighters out there who have the potential to be headliners like her as well.

Although she is adored by a lot of men, Carano states that "It's not uncommon for women to start with me." She gave an example of a tense situation at a bar that almost got her into trouble.

Carano will be the overwhelming crowd favorite in San Jose at the HP Pavilion when she fights Santos. The crowd in San Jose erupted loudly when they showed her face on the big screen at Strikeforce's last event at the HP Pavilion a few months ago. She has come a long way in popularity since she made her San Jose debut in 2006 against Elaina "Beef" Maxwell. Back then, the crowd was rooting for the local girl Maxwell and no one really knew who Carano was. Carano did get a lot of cheers after the fight though as she and Maxwell had a great fight.

The women fighters always seem to steal the show at MMA events and fans will be expecting the fight between Carano and Santos to be one hell of a fight. The question is if Carano loses, will her star still shine bright? Carano is the face of women's MMA right now and it will be interesting to see if she will fold under the pressure on August 15 when she faces her toughest opponent yet in Santos.

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Strikeforce "Carano Vs.Cyborg" Press Conference Notes: "We're Female, No Penis"

Strikeforce had a big press conference recently at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden to promote their August 15 event in San Jose, California.

The main event that evening will be a women's championship match-up between Gina Carano and Cyborg Santos. Both of these women were in attendance last week at the press conference to meet with the media, and to also have a public workout for the fans in New York.

Carano spoke first at the press conference and thanked the fans and the media for covering the event, and for giving her a job. She also thanked Randy Couture and all the trainers at Xtreme Couture gym in Las Vegas.

She thanked Strikeforce and Showtime for putting her and Cyborg on as the main event on August 15. She said, "It takes a lot of balls to put something like this on."

Couture is now Carano's head trainer and he will be cornering her for the fight. She said her looks won't help her out inside the cage and thinks it's a compliment when people always tell her she is too pretty to be fighting.

Carano also said this will be the toughest fight so far in her career and that it is not her style to talk trash. She claims the fight will speak for itself.

She is not worried about getting taken down by Cyborg to the ground, as she said as much. Carano also feels that the winner of this fight should be considered the best fighter in women's MMA.

Cyborg said she doesn't mind that the media is calling it "The beauty vs. the Beast."

Carano said she feels that men and women are two completely different animals and she said, "We're females, no penis," which got a big chuckle out of the people inside the WaMu Theater.

Carano was the big star of the whole event and most of the questions were directed at her.

Both women also did a public workout. They did not do much but hit the pads.

Strikeforce's August 15 MMA show will be shown on the cable network Showtime.

Fans Don't Want To See Franklin Vs. Henderson II

The UFC surprisingly announced that the main event at UFC 103 will be a rematch between Dan Henderson and Rich Franklin. These two fought a close fight this past January in Dublin, Ireland at UFC 93, with Henderson winning the fight by split decision.

What was UFC matchmaker thinking in signing this rematch for Sept. 19 in Dallas? The fans on the MMA Web sites and forums are chastising the UFC for having these two fighters as the headliners for UFC 103.

BloodyElbow.com, a very popular MMA Web site, polled their readers asking them if they thought this fight is a good headliner for UFC 103 and 78 percent of the readers voted "no."

Franklin is coming off a nice win over Wanderlei Silva at UFC 99 and Henderson brutally knocked out Michael Bisping at UFC 100.

I would rather see a Franklin vs. Silva rematch or a Henderson vs. Bisping rematch than have Franklin and Henderson go toe-to-toe once again.

Franklin wants this rematch because he wants to avenge his close loss to Henderson. I don't see a good reason why Henderson would want the rematch, though.

Henderson should be fighting a top contender in the middleweight division or having a rematch against UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. I would even rather see Franklin vs. Silva for the third time than Franklin vs. Henderson again.

There are close to 40 light heavyweights in the UFC and this is the best main event the UFC could get for their first show in Dallas in years?

I would have loved to see Chuck Liddell come back to fight Franklin but Liddell is still taking a break from MMA.

The hardcore MMA fans might be somewhat interested in Franklin vs. Henderson II but the average fan will not be buying the pay-per-view to watch these two guys duke it out again. There is a very good chance that this rematch will once again go three rounds and end up in the judges' hands.

The good news for the fans in Dallas is that the co-main event between Mike Swick and Martin Kampmann should be very exciting and action-packed. The winner of this fight will probably get the next crack at UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre.

I am disappointed in the UFC having Franklin vs. Henderson II as a main event in the United States and fans can tell the UFC how disappointed they are by not buying the show in September.

Strikeforce News and Notes: Cung Le Getting Married And Overeem Injured

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker recently was interviewed by Ariel Helwani of Fanhouse.com and Coker said that he plans on signing a lot of women fighters for their 135-pound and 145-pound divisions. He mentioned a fighter from Belgium with a judo background that they are looking at.

Coker also stated to Helwani that he wants to have stacked cards for every show and that he plans on having tournaments for the women in order to crown a champion in the 135 pound division.

He wants to have five good fights for the fans each time instead of just having a good main event and a co-main event like how the UFC usually does with their pay-per-view shows.

Cung Le is getting married on Aug. 8 to his girlfriend and should be fighting by the end of the year, according to Coker. He wants to have a match with Jake Shields and another opponent for the interim middleweight title and the winner of that fight would go on to fight Le.

Nick Diaz wanted the fight against Joe Riggs on Aug. 15 to be a title fight, and he got his wish.

Coker also said that he has interacted with UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar in the past and that he is a very nice guy who was probably just caught up in the moment when he went on his tirade after his UFC 100 victory over Frank Mir.

Strikeforce heavyweight fighter Levar Johnson was shot on July 4 at a family party and is recovering from his injuries.

There will only be three title fights on Aug. 15 on the Showtime event in San Jose because Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem still has not recovered fully from a hand injury suffered in a brawl a few months ago. Overeem was scheduled to fight Fabricio Werdum.

MMAjunkie.com has reported that Jorge Gurgel will take on Billy Evangelista in a lightweight fight on Oct. 25 in Fresno, CA. This show will be a Strikeforce Challengers show which highlights up-and-coming fighters.

MMAjunkie.com also reported that former UFC fighter Jason Von Flue might be taking on Cung Le student, James Terry, on Aug. 15 as part of the undercard. Strikeforce will probably announce more undercard fights soon.

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Why Women Journalists In Sports Are Not Respected

Erin Andrews might be a good looking woman but that does not make her a great sideline reporter or sports journalist. The primary reason she got her job at ESPN was because of her looks. The major reason women like her, Ashley Russell of Yahoo Sports, Heidi Watney of NESN, and Clarissa Thompson of Fox Sports got their jobs is because they are blonde and considered to be "hotties."

These blondes are sexy, attractive, and very easy on the eyes. It doesn't matter that they might not know a lot about sports. They don't have to. Their job is to dress nice and look hot on camera.

It is never hard for a sexy young woman to find a job even in this tough economy. ESPN and other sports networks are always looking for the next Erin Andrews. Andrews might be hot but she might not even be the hottest woman on ESPN as Molly Qerim has a lot of male fans as well.

Why should fans respect these women as journalists? Are they great at their jobs? Do they have great knowledge of sports and provide in-depth analysis? We all know the answer to that. Let's face it, a lot of people can do their jobs and do it well. Unfortunately I don't look anything like any of these babes.

I know many young women who aim to be the next Erin Andrews. One woman even told me that Andrews was her idol and is hoping to get a job just like hers in the future.

One female that fans do respect and like is Doris Burke of ESPN. She covers a lot of different sports for ESPN and she does an excellent job. She doesn't try to wear scantily clad outfits, short skirts, or high heels but she is highly effective in doing her job.

It is too bad that Burke is an anomoly and that most women in sports are not as good as her.

One of the worst in-game reporters is Amy Gutierrez who covers the San Francisco Giants on their broadcasts. Giants' fans can't stand her and she is often ridiculed on Giants message boards. Gutierrez doesn't seem to have much knowledge of baseball and she asks the players stupid questions. She once did not know she was live yet and started to count down from five before she started to speak, and she recently gave a hug to a player after a great outing.

99% of the female sideline reporters are hired because they are eye candy and nothing else. You don't have to know anything about sports but if you were in a beauty pageant, you just might get hired.

From the days of Phyllis George in the 1970s to Erin Andrews in 2009, not much has changed when it comes to female reporters and sports.

Andrews is now supposedly very angry because some so-called pervert filmed her without her permission when she was alone and naked in a hotel room. How do we know that she did not leak the video herself? How do we know that this "pervert" is a man and not a woman?

I have read numerous articles online by writers and bloggers on the peephole incident and everyone assumes that the person behind the videos is a man. It probably is a man but you also have to look into the possibility that the "pervert" is a woman as well.

Some people even have suggested that Andrews leaked the videos herself in order to boost her popularity. A lot of people in America now know who Erin Andrews is thanks to all the media coverage of the videos.

I saw all six or seven videos last week and I didn't think much of them at all. She doesnt' do anything interesting at all and is just walking around the hotel room naked. She has a typical figure that you would expect from a tall and slender woman. There was nothing special about the videos at all.

I can see how someone might be excited about checking the videos if they never seen a naked woman in their life but it was probably a big disappointment to even the biggest fans of Andrews.

Of course, the videos were a terrible invasion to her privacy and she might truly be traumatized at this moment. She has her fans but she also has her detractors who think she kisses up to the athletes and coaches she interviews.

Andrews is a public figure and one of the most popular employees on ESPN. She should know that all her actions are scrutinized but she does not deserve to be captured naked in videos without her consent and knowledge.

Unfortunately for her, she has and now every fan does not have to imagine what she looks like under her revealing outfits.

As for the future of women covering sports on TV, I don't see any changes in the near future. The head honchos at networks such as ESPN probably would hire Tila Tequila over a more qualified person and that is a scary thought.

When it comes to females like Andrews, Russell, Thompson, and Watney, it's all about sexual appeal and let's not pretend it isn't.

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