ProElite 2: Pedro Rizzo Out of Nov. 5 Main Event Against Tim Sylvia

ProElite 2, ProElite's second event since relaunching in August, takes place on November 5 in Moline, Illinois, but is in need of a new main event after an arm injury recently forced Pedro Rizzo out of the scheduled headliner against fellow UFC veteran Tim Sylvia. Now, Sylvia will reportedly face little-known German Andreas Kraniotakes (12-4).

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Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves  Andre Amade  Dean Amasinger 

Sonnen threatens to turn up the heat on Silva; ?Spider?s? manager says Chael is either crazy or stupid

Chael Sonnen is still waiting and he's beginning to lose his patience.

On Saturday, the middleweight title challenger sent out a cryptic tweet directed at UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva basically saying accept the fight or beware.

Sonnen threatens to turn up the heat on Silva; ?Spider?s? manager says Chael is either crazy or stupid

Silva's manager Ed Soares appeared with the folks on HDNet's "Inside MMA" and hasn't changed his stance on giving Sonnen a second shot.

"I think Chael's delusional," Soares said of Sonnen's claim that he's the real champ and that the loss at UFC 117 was less than legitimate. "At the end of the day, he tapped, he quit, he gave up. Take a number and get to the back of the line. You had your opportunity."

Soares said Silva had little reaction to Sonnen's challenge in the Octagon at UFC 136.

"He just thinks the guy's crazy. He's just thinks the guy is a lunatic. It doesn't really affect him too much," said Soares.

Silva did tell Soares that Sonnen's shots at his wife were disrespectful.

HDNet's Bas Rutten seemed to agree with Soares' back of the line comment (2:50 mark). Who's in this imaginary line and who does Sonnen need to beat to earn the next shot? It's hard to name anyone else in the division currently who deserves the shot more than Sonnen.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Sonnen-threatens-to-turn-up-the-heat-on-Silva-?urn=mma-wp8293

Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves  Andre Amade 

Amateur fighter dresses up as superhero, is arrested

Amateur fighter dresses up as superhero, is arrestedIt's a tough world out there, and we're in need of a hero. We're in need of someone to stand up for what's right. We're in need of a trained fighter to ... dress up as a superhero and pepper spray people randomly?

Wait, no. That's not what this world needs at all. Unfortunately, Ben Fodor, who has an 11-0 amateur record, is that guy. Using the name Phoenix Jones, Fodor was arrested in Seattle for assaulting a group of people with pepper spray while wearing a black mask with gold stripes and a bulging muscle bodysuit.

"Just because he's dressed up in costume, it doesn't mean he's in special consideration or above the law. You can't go around pepper spraying people because you think they are fighting," said Seattle police spokesman Det. Mark Jamieson.

Fodor said that he was breaking up a fight, but police said there is no indication that there was a fight. He released a shaky video of him "breaking up" a fight, but no fight is obvious from the video. Though some women hit Fodor with their shoes because they are angry about being pepper sprayed, no fight is clear.

Fodor's last MMA bout was in July of 2010. He has two wins by submission, with one listed as a choke and one omo plata. That means he should know jiu-jitsu well enough that he should be able to use a choke hold on drunk people in a fight, and not cover a crowd in pepper spray.

But this is a man who likes to dress up as a superhero and run around Seattle, "fighting crime" while angering police. It's safe to say reason and logic isn't his strong suit.

Thanks to MMA Nation.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Amateur-fighter-dresses-up-as-superhero-is-arre?urn=mma-wp8162

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Video: Anderson Silva dancing with Justin Bieber. No, really.

Anderson Silva recently defended his middleweight title at UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro. What does the pound-for-pound king do to kick back after a hard training camp? Maybe spend some time on the beach, hang out with his family, go ballroom dancing, or enjoy some burgers from his sponsor?

Nope. He dances on-stage with Justin Bieber.

Yes, that's the tween sensation dancing with the UFC middleweight champ as Brazilian girls scream like, well, little girls. It's funny to hear the fathers join in on the screaming when they see Silva take the stage.

This isn't Bieber's first close encounter with fighters, as he has been to UFC fights before. He tweeted his thanks to UFC president Dana White after attending UFC 132, and the subsequent Twitter replies crashed White's phone.

There's no avoiding it. Mixed martial arts and Bieber Fever go hand in hand.

Thanks to Middle Easy.

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Sanae Kikuta Dominates Kenichi Yamamoto at Grabaka Live 1st Cage Attack

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TOKYO - Eleven years after opening its doors, the esteemed Grabaka gym tries its hand at promoting with "Grabaka Live 1st Cage Attack", a co-promotion with Deep held in front of a packed house at Differ Ariake on Saturday night.

2001 88-kg ADCC champion, former King of Pancrase and Grabaka boss Sanae Kikuta put on a dominating display against UFC 23 tournament champion and one-time UFC title challenger Kenichi Yamamoto in the evening's main event. Kikuta destroying Yamamoto with punches from mount to bring the finish at only 2 minutes, 18 seconds into the first round.

Two former champs made successful returns from long layoffs as former Shooto 115-pound champion and Grabaka striking coach Rambaa "M16" Somdet made a successful comeback from injury, easily besting Ryota Uozumi while former two-division Deep champ Dokonjonosuke Mishima returned from a two-year absence to best Grabaka grappling ace Takeshi Yamazaki by a comfortable unanimous decision.

Also on the card, Sengoku veteran and Grabaka coach Yuki Sasaki snapped a five-fight losing streak, knocking down Hidetaka Monma once in each of the three rounds and controlling the rest of the bout to take an impressive unanimous decision. Two-time Pancrase title contender Kei Yamamiya had his way with Pride veteran Yoshihisa Yamamoto, battering the pro wrestler with straight punches to take a unanimous decision.

In a grappling rules bout, Ikuhisa "Minowaman" Minowa was overpowered and surprising outgrappled by comedian Bobby Ologun, finally giving up mount just as the bell rang to signify the end of the bout. With no judges, the bout was ruled a draw.


Grabaka Live 1st Cage Attack - October 15, 2011 at Differ Ariake, Tokyo, Japan
Sanae Kikuta def. Kenichi Yamamoto by TKO (Punches) - Round 1, 2.18
Yuki Sasaki def. Hidetaka Monma by Unanimous Decision
Dokonjonosuke Mishima def. Takeshi Yamazaki by Unanimous Decision
Kei Yamamiya def. Yoshihisa Yamamoto by Unanimous Decision
Rambaa "M16" Somdet def. Ryota Uozumi by Unanimous Decision
Ryuki Ueyama def. Yutaka Ueda by Unanimous Decision
Tomoaki Ueyama def. Shigeyuki Uchiyama by Unanimous Decision

 

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The more you climb, the better you?ll climb

I have had a few days away from climbing - in fact, my last session was 3 weekends ago at Froggatt - and so I got back to the gym this week. My local gym has an auto-belay setup so I was able to do some indoor routes without company. And I struggled! Struggled to get [...]

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