Category: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

Feb 18 2010

Latino MMA Fighters Cain Velasquez & Joe Stevenson, this Weekend @ UFC 110: Australia

UFC 110 Video Blogs Below…..

You mean to tell me that there’s actually an UFC ppv event this Saturday.  Surely, I’m not the only one that has had this notion slip through there list of things to do this weekend!    After the last UFC ppv events (UFC 109:  Couture vs. Coleman) overall fight card, fans were left somewhat bored.  I must admit however, that Bruce Buffer (acclaimed ring announcer) did a marvelous and manic-like job of announcing the fighters and their credentials.  It was the best part of this entire fight matchup.  Nonetheless, many mma fans didn’t expect too much from that particular main event.

It’s good that the UFC has a quick turnaround event, which is happening this Saturday, February 20….@9pm(Chicago Time).  The UFC 110 is in Australia, which means that it will be Sunday @ 2pm down under.  The unusual start time was simply to amuse the American and Canadian audiences.

There is very little hype, seemingly, about UFC 110.  The overall matchups are good:

MAIN CARD

  • Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez
  • Michael Bisping vs. Wanderlei Silva
  • George Sotiropoulos vs. Joe Stevenson
  • Ryan Bader vs. Keith Jardine
  • Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Anthony Perosh

PRELIMINARY CARD

  • Chris Haseman vs.  ??????????
  • Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
  • Brian Foster vs. Chris Lytle
  • C.B. Dollaway vs. Goran Reljic
  • Igor Pokrajac vs. James Te Huna

Dana White, President of the UFC, made sure to include a few fighters of Australian descent.  This is a good and easy marketing move.  Besides, it only seems appropriate.  George Sotiropoulos, James Te Huna, Chris Haseman, and Anthony Perosh are all from Australia.  Sotiropoulos vs. Joe Stevenson looks to be a great matchup.  Since 2006, Sotiropoulos has only lost to the Japanese star Shinja Aoki.  And Stevenson is looking to get another title shot at BJ Penn. Stevenson has been quite impressive in his last 2 fights.

Heavyweight title contender Cain Velasquez (7-0) faces the living mma legend in  Antonio Rodrigo “Big” Noguiera (32-5).   The winner is almost a clear shot to fight Brock Lesnar (Champion) for the belt sometime this summer.

Both Cain Velasquez and Joe Stevenson are of the American-born Latino culture. Cain has a tatoo across his chess that reads “BROWN PRIDE.”  This tatoo has come under some small disagreements amongst viewers.  And with Joe “Daddy” S.  you may have to search his myspace page to verify that he’s indeed of the Hispanic background.  Stevenson is proud… Read more »

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May 21 2009

Top 40 MMA Pound 4 Pound Fighters

~Fedor Emelianenko~

~Top 40 MMA Pound 4 Pound Fighters~

pr cr Fighter Promotion Class
2 1 Anderson Silva (champion) UFC Middleweight
3 2 Jose Aldo (champion) WEC Featherweight
1 3 Fedor Emelianenko STRIKEFORCE/M-1 Heavyweight
5 4 Brock Lesnar (champion) UFC Heavyweight
4 5 Georges St-Pierre (champion) UFC Welterweight
7 6 Dominick Cruz (champion) WEC Bantamweight
6 7 Mauricio Rua (champion) UFC Light Heavyweight
8 8 Alistair Overeem (champion) STRIKEFORCE Heavyweight
19 9 Frankie Edgar (champion) UFC Lightweight
17 10 Rashad Evans UFC Light Heavyweight
11 11 Lyoto Machida UFC Light Heavyweight
9 12 B.J. Penn UFC Lightweight
12 13 Benson Henderson (champion) WEC Lightweight
13 14 Eddie Alvarez (champion) BELLATOR Lightweight
15 15 Gilbert Melendez (champion) STRIKEFORCE Lightweight
16 16 Jake Shields UFC Welterweight
14 17 Quinton Jackson UFC Light Heavyweight
24 18 Jon Jones UFC Light Heavyweight
23 19 Junior Dos Santos UFC Heavyweight
10 20 Shane Carwin UFC Heavyweight
18 21 Cain Velasquez UFC Heavyweight
20 22 Vitor Belfort UFC Middleweight
29 23 Hector Lombard (champion) BELLATOR Middleweight
H 24 Chael Sonnen UFC Middleweight
21 25 Nick Diaz (champion) STRIKEFORCE Welterweight
22 26 Josh Barnett DREAM Heavyweight
25 27 Joseph Benavidez WEC Bantamweight
26 28 Miguel Torres WEC Bantamweight
27 29 Jon Fitch UFC Welterweight
28 30 Dan Hardy UFC Welterweight
30 31 Mike Brown WEC Featherweight
- 32 Josh Grispi WEC Featherweight
32 33 Frank Mir UFC Heavyweight
H 34 Shinya Aoki (champion) DREAM Lightweight
34 35 Cung Le STRIKEFORCE Middleweight
35 36 Josh Koscheck UFC Welterweight
37 37 Thiago Silva UFC Light Heavyweight
38 38 Brian Bowles WEC Bantamweight
32 39 Roy Nelson UFC Heavyweight
40 40 Brett Rogers STRIKEFORCE Heavyweight

~Honorables~

pr cr Fighter Promotion Class
H H Cristiane Santos (champion) STRIKEFORCE Women’s Middleweight
H H Nate Marquardt UFC Middleweight
H H A. Rogerio Noguiera UFC Light Heavyweight
21 H A. Rodrigo Nogueira UFC Heavyweight
H H Gegard Mousasi STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight
H H Manvel Gamburyan WEC Featherweight
H H Urijah Faber WEC Featherweight
33 H Thiago Alves UFC Welterweight
39 H Muhammed Lawal (champion) STRIKEFORCE Light Heavyweight

PR=Previous Ranking
CR=Current Ranking
H=Honorable

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