Gina Carano compares sex and MMA on Conan

We've had a lot of Gina Carano coverage lately, as the onetime Strikeforce title contender has been making the rounds to promote her movie "Haywire." This might be considered piling on, but during her appearance on "The Conan O'Brien Show," she talked about why she got into MMA and how fighting is like sex. It's not quite NSFW, but definitely PG.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/gina-carano-compares-sex-mma-conan-180940511.html

Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah  Terrance Aflague Yoshihiro Akiyama  Gilbert Aldana 

Scott Coker disturbed, disappointed with ?Cyborg?s? positive drug test

Strikeforce invested of lot of money and effort into pushing female MMA as close to the forefront as possible. It leaned heavily Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos, but now that she's tested positive for an anabolic steroid, even Scott Coker questions how legitimate her entire run has been.

"The thing that's really sad about the 'Cyborg' thing is, it makes you reallyu wonder the validation of all those other fights," Coker said after this weekend's event in Las Vegas.

Cyborg claimed last week that a supplement caused the positive test. Coker won't give her a pass.

"At the end of the day, the athlete has to be accountable for their actions. She's no different," Coker said. "[...] If you're going to cheat you shouldn't be competing against other professional athletes that aren't cheating."

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/scott-coker-disturbed-disappointed-cyborg-positive-drug-test-203005898.html

Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves  Andre Amade 

UFC on FX 1 Weigh-In Videos: Guillard vs. Miller, Barry vs. Morecraft Highlights

Weigh-ins for tomorrow's UFC on FX 1 event took place today in Nashville, Tennessee, where lightweight headliners Melvin Guillard and Jim Miller and heavyweights Pat Barry and Christian Morecraft made their matchups official. UFC on FX 1 weigh-in highlight videos for Guillard vs. Miller and Barry vs. Morecraft are below.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/27277/ufc-on-fx-1-weigh-in-videos-guillard-vs-miller-barry-vs-morecraft-highlights/

Matt Andersen  Alex Andrade  Jermaine Andrè  Yoji Anjo  Tank Abbott

UFC on FUEL TV 2 Fight Card: Nogueira vs. Gustafsson

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The UFC on FUEL TV 2 fight card, headlined by Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Alexander Gustafsson, takes place April 14 and marks the live debut of the UFC in Sweden.

The event airs live from the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm on FUEL TV and Facebook.

The current lineup is below.

FUEL TV Card - 10 p.m. ET
Alexander Gustafsson vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Brian Stann vs. Alessio Sakara
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Paulo Thiago
DaMarques Johnson vs. John Maguire

Facebook Preliminary Card
Jörgen Kruth vs. Cyrille Diabate
Magnus Cedenblad vs. Francis Carmont
Brad Pickett vs. Damacio Page
James Head vs. Papy Abedi
Akira Corassani vs. Jason Young*
Simeon Thoresen vs. Besam Yousef

*not yet officially announced

 

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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2012/01/18/ufc-on-fuel-tv-2-fight-card-nogueira-vs-gustafsson/

Gilbert Aldana  José Aldo  John Alessio  Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida 

Edson Barboza posts ?KO of the Year? finish of Terry Etim at UFC 142

Edson Barboza was cruising towards a solid victory, but that wasn't enough. The Brazilian decided to try a spectacular spinning heel kick (some called it a wheel kick) and Terry Etim's face was the unfortunate recipient.

Etim went down in a heap, his right arm stuck in the air. The Brazilian scored the third-round finish at the 2:02 mark to record his fourth victory in the UFC in the opener of the pay-per-view portion of UFC 142 in Rio de Janeiro.

What a way to kick off the PPV show at HSBC in Barboza's homeland. The fight was actually starting to get a little stale. Barboza used his low kicks to settle into a good scoring groove, but he didn't look like he was going to try for the kill.

The kick was perfectly executed and Etim never saw it coming. UFC analyst Joe Rogan said it was the first spinning heel kick knockout in the history of the UFC.

"When you fight in Brazil, it's unlike fighting in any other place in the world. In a fight, you try things and hope they work. Tonight, it (the kick) worked. It's something I've practiced a lot and I finally was able to land it hard," Barboza said.

Barboza (10-0) is a perfect 4-0 in the UFC while Etim (15-4, 6-4 UFC) has lost 2-of-3.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/barboza-sets-pace-ko-finish-etim-ufc-142-035657571.html

Andre Amade  Dean Amasinger  Jimmy Ambriz Matt Andersen  Alex Andrade 

BLVD, Etnies, Hernandez, Indy, DC, and Paradise Videos

BLVD has a team session at the syndrome park. Etnies has a quick video of Kyle Leeper in the park. Joe Krolick has some Classic Clips with Evan Hernandez. Independent Bearings has a sick team montage. Strange Notes has a Six Pack with Steve Alba. DC has video from the NVRBRKN pop-up shop opening. paradise has a best of montage from 2011.

Source: http://theskateboardmag.com/blogs/templeton-elliott/2011/12/15/blvd-etnies-hernandez-indy-dc-and-paradise-videos/

Cyril Abidi  Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah  Terrance Aflague Yoshihiro Akiyama 

Chad Mendes fires back at Gray Maynard, Jose Aldo?s secret weapon

Jose Aldo knows he'll have to grapple come Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro so he brought in what he thinks is the answer to solve the Chad Mendes riddle. Gray Maynard is a former college wrestler just like Mendes. Mendes doesn't see the comparison.

"It think that's completely wrong just because you're a wrestler doesn't mean you're the samer as me," Mendes told ESPNRadio1100/98.9 FM. "I think our styles are completely different. In MMA, he doesn't really use a whole lot of wrestling anymore."

Mendes elaborated and sounded like he was getting more annoyed.

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"When he does wrestle, he's more of the bully. He's a slower, not very explosive [wrestler]. He gets you up against the cage and works for takedown from there," Mendes said. "My style of wrestling is more explosive from the open. Blast a double take you off your feet kind of wrestling."

What really set off Mendes was Maynard suggesting that he wasn't ready for a fight against Aldo.

"I don't see it. Him saying that I don't know where he's coming from. He's never trained with me. I don't know how he's saying he doesn't think that I'm ready. Maynard doesn't know anything about me."

Mendes challenges Aldo for his title on Saturday at UFC 142.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/mendes-fires-back-maynard-aldo-secret-weapon-211040152.html

Tank Abbott Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi  Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah