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Top 10 Other Canadians in MMA

Jane W. — Sun, 01 May 2011 05:00:18 +0000

Upcoming Fights | Fight Results No list of top Canadian fighters is complete without mentioning Georges St-Pierre. In fact, you might as well dismiss any such list that doesn’t feature GSP at the top. He has a professional record of 20-2 with 15 of those wins coming in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), which is recognized as the predominant mma organization in the world. He has won 30 consecutive rounds – a UFC record – and outstruck his opponents 1067 to 367 (an almost 3 to 1 ratio). He’s sitting on an eight-fight win streak (the second longest in UFC history) with five successful defenses of his welterweight title, tying the UFC record set by Matt Hughes. There is currently ... Read more » Related posts:

MMA is a Sport – Man up!

Jane W. — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:09:46 +0000

I will be 26 in a few months and I’m already feeling ancient. You see, “back in my day”, when you participated in a sport you didn’t get to choose your opponents, nor could you back out of a matchup against your friends. Rashad Evans initially refused to fight his friend Jon Jones, but recently reversed his decision when confronted with Jones’ professionalism. Now from Strikeforce, welterweight champion Nick Diaz and lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez both say they won’t fight their friends. Why not? Refusing to fight people they like is detrimental to mma being taken seriously by the general public as a legitimate sport. It makes it look like a bunch of neanderthals settling grudges. (Michael Bisping’s recent antics ... Read more » Related posts:

This week in mma

Jane W. — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:35:24 +0000

The Super Fight Anderson Silva retained his Middleweight Championship at UFC 126, fanning the fires of anticipation over the possibility of a “super fight” between himself and Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre. UFC president Dana White confirmed that if St-Pierre should successfully defend his belt against challenger Jake Shields on April 30, the UFC would indeed set up a match between the two dominant fighters. The UFC later confirmed that the super fight will not happen if Shields wins the title. The whole point of the super fight is that it would pit two virtually undefeated champions against each other – two fighters who are interchangeable at the top of most people’s pound for pound rankings. If Shields wins, GSP would ... Read more » Related posts:

Roid Retard

Jane W. — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:44:21 +0000

Soooooo … Josh Barnett withdrew his licencing appeal from the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) this week. All they want from him is a clean drug test. Hmmm…. Other states are saying they won’t licence him if he doesn’t get licenced in California, which means he cannot fight in the United States. In order to get around this, the word on the street is that his bout in the Strikeforce heavyweight tournament will be held at an event in Japan. That’s all fine and good if Strikeforce is counting on him to get defeated, but what do they do if he wins his fight? Schedule another event in Japan? And doesn’t it strain an organization’s relationship with the state athletic ... Read more » No related posts.

Scott Coker’s Face

Jane W. — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:04:27 +0000

Strikeforce is a rising mma organization without a known face. Everybody knows when they see Dana White that they are going to hear about the UFC. But who is out there talking about Strikeforce?

We do not want to compare Strikeforce and the UFC. There is no comparison. One is dominant and the other is up and coming. And there is nothing wrong with either. The fact of the matter is, even UFC president Dana White has praised Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker in the past. "He puts on a good show and I think if you talked to his fighters about him, they'd all ... Read more » No related posts.

GSP or The Great One?

Jane W. — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:13:40 +0000

Dana White called Georges St-Pierre the most famous athlete to ever come out of Canada. The Canadian media had a fit, calling out “Gretzky, Gretzky”. But Dana White pointed out that GSP can go anywhere in the world and be recognized, because mma is a globally enjoyed sport. Hockey, on the other hand…. White makes the example of going to the Philippines and seeing St-Pierre mobbed. That wouldn’t happen to Wayne Gretzky in the Philippines. The media point out that Gretzky can’t go anywhere in Canada without being recognized, while St-Pierre could go most places – especially when there is no UFC event coming up – without being recognized. Certainly that would be the case. And White can’t understand why ... Read more » Related posts:

Get Ready for “Canada!”

Jane W. — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:46:00 +0000

Every time a non-American fighter is fighting an American in the United States, we hear the chants of “USA! USA!” At UFC 124 in Montréal, Canada, there are seven – count ‘em, seven! – Canadians on the card. You can very well expect to hear the partisan crowd chanting “Canada! Canada!” Canadians are a humble and soft-spoken bunch, as a matter of course. But put a group of us together in a room with a fellow Canuck to cheer on and we become suddenly patriotic. We showed this during the Olympics. And now we are ready to show the world once more, via UFC 124. Canadians are going to support the UFC and mma regardless of who is on the ... Read more » Related posts:

TV Tonight: AFC 3

Jane W. — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:43:22 +0000

For those of you with cable or satellite access to CHEK TV out of Victoria, British Columbia, tonight is your chance to watch Armageddon Fighting Championships 3. The event was held on July 17 and has since been broadcast on The Fight Network, but if you don’t subscribe to that channel, CHEK is giving you the opportunity tonight to see the fights for free. This is basically yet another infomercial on CHEK, as the fight promotion is staging AFC 4 next Saturday in Victoria. Tonight’s broadcast serves as a two hour commercial for the event. But don’t let that bother you – tune in at 8PM and catch the fights. Here is the entire fight card, though how many of ... Read more » No related posts.

Jock & Jill

Jane W. — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:09:57 +0000

It seems to me that the most painful thing a man can endure without drawing blood is a blow to the crotch. Hell, even squeezing tightly can make a man scream like a little girl. But folks, this is combat fighting. You’re gonna get hurt! Yes, it seems as if a shot to the nuts can be debilitating, but so can a shot to the liver and that‘s legal. Now I’m not advocating the legalization of a nutshot! (At least, I don’t think I am.) It seems like a pretty cheap way to win a fight. But then, so is slamming your opponent onto the floor to knock him out. But that’s another matter. When I played field hockey in ... Read more » Related posts:

Eye-gouging Has Got To Go!

Shine To Go Unsanctioned

Jane W. — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:05:23 +0000

But now we have Shine fights putting on an unregulated, unsanctioned event in Oklahoma. There have been only two deaths in sanctioned mma events, and both were likely the cause of the governing bodies not doing their due diligence. Had they examined the fighters before their fights, pre-existing conditions would likely have precluded each from fighting. Related posts: