Fighting is now out on DVD and I think I’m going to rent it.  The film stars Channing Tatum as Shawn MacArthur, a small-town boy who ends up in New York City with nothing.  To try to make ends meet, he starts selling knock-offs on the street but, after he meets scam artist Harvet Boarden (Terrence Howard), his life changes and he begins a career as a streetfighter.

Of course, any time you get involved with that kind of lifestyle, you’re going to run into some problems.  Shawn enjoys taking down professional boxers, MMA champions and ultimate fighters but eventually he …read more

Many people see a big muscular guy and comment, “Wow I wouldn’t want to fight him.” As intimidating as stronger individuals may seem, strength translates to ability to fight as much as skinny means you can’t fight. It’s true brute strength is a great advantage in a skirmish, but because so many weight lifters neglect other facets of training, they’re lacking beyond muscles.
I’ll use Matt from Operacion Repo as an example again. Here’s a video of Matt in action:
As is the case in the video, Matt’s first reaction is almost always to wind up and push as …read more

Dream Arcades has came up with a limited edition (only 100 pieces going) wireless arcade control panel that can be hooked up with the Microsoft Xbox 360 and your PC. Neatly designed for old-school and fighting games, the big and colorful buttons will bring back some memories.

Sturdy construction, arcade authentic controls, wireless functionality, together with customizable buttons make Dream Stick a dream for stay-home arcade fans. Retails for $159 but you can get it at $129 when you pre-order here.
Image: Dream Arcades

– Patrick Cote def. Scott Smith via unanimous decision. All three cards 30-27 Cote.
– Quinton “Rampage” Jackson def. Marvin Eastman via TKO in the second round
– Roger Huerta def. John Halverson via TKO 19 seconds in the first round
– Mirko Cro Cop def. Eddie Sanchez via TKO 4 minutes 33 seconds in the first round
– Anderson Silva def. Travis Lutter via submission (triangle choke) in the second round

First bout of the night is Dustin Hazelett vs. Diego Saraiva. Hazelett takes the first round after dominating from his feet. Second round too seemingly goes to Hazelett who dominates Saraiva, who left an impression with a flurry late in the round. Back and forth round yet again but this one could go either way. Dustin Hazelett def. Diego Saraiva via Unanimous Decision (all three cards 30-27 Hazelett).
Next up is Sam Hoger vs. Lyoto Machida. Lyoto is dominating Hoger early on taking him down twice three times in the first round. Easy first round decision for Machida, now he just …read more

Fighting out of: Chicago, Illinois
Age: 25
Height: 5 feet 7 inches
Weight: 155 pounds
MMA Record: 21-6-0 (1-0 UFC)
Clay Guida “The Carpenter” is a young gun when compared to many other UFC wrestlers although he has extensive MMA experience. He has solid wrestling skills in his repertoire. His flexibility has helped him get more than 50% of his decisions via submissions. He has pretty good endurance and in his last 5 bouts he has two 5 round, one 3 round, and one 2 round fight.
In his only UFC match “The Carpenter” beat Justin James at UFC 64: Unstoppable. …read more

Born: Delaware, U.S.
Fighting out of: Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Age: 30
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Weight: 155 pounds
MMA Record: 18-6-0 (3-2 UFC)
Din “Dinyero” Thomas is a well rounded fighter with good submission and striking skills. Thomas was featured on Ultimate Fighter 4 beating fellow Fight Night 8 fighter Rich Clementi via submission with a rear naked choke.
Dinyero trains with American Top Team and runs an MMA academy in Florida. A trained black belt, Thomas made his UFC debut against B.J. Penn at UFC 32 getting TKO’d via strikes midway through the first round. He quickly returned to face Fabiano Iha at UFC …read more

Born: Stroke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
Fighting out of: Stroke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
Age: 28
Height: 5 feet 8 inches
Weight: 185 pounds
MMA Record: 4-7-0 (0-1 UFC)
Ross “The Gladiator” Pointon was a competitor on season 3 of the Ultimate Fighter. On the show he fought as a light heavyweight (205 lb.) having previously competed as a middleweight. Among his notable fights are submission losses to Michael Bisbing, who fought most recently at UFC 66, and to Rory Singer in the Finale of Ultimate Fighter 3.
Despite having an overwhelmingly losing record Pointon is known for his willingness to fight. Pointon has been out of the Octagon for …read more

UFC has been trying to find a last minute fight for Fight Night 8 to round the card out at 9 fights but UFC couldn’t find one so 8 fights it is. The card I posted the other day is the finalized bouts for the night so UFC is breaking their traditional 9 fight tradition and going with just 8.
Fight Night 8 Finalized Fight Card
Main Bouts: 

Rashad Evans vs. Sean Salmon
Jake O’Brien vs. Heath Hearing
Hermes Franca vs. Spencer Fisher

Preliminary Fights:

Dean Lister vs. Nate Marquardt
Chad Rainer vs. Josh Burkman
Ed Herman vs. Chris Price
Clay Guida vs. Din Thomas
Ross Pointon vs. Rich Clementi

Born: New Jersey, USA
Fighting out of: Slidell, Louisiana
Age: 30
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Weight: 155 pounds
MMA Record: 23-11-1 (2-0 UFC)
Rich “No Love” Clementi was featured on Ultimate Fighter 4 as a welterweight. Rich is a rather inexperience UFC fighter having wrestled just 2 previous UFC matches. “No Love” lost in UFC 41 yo Yves Edwards when he tapped out on a rear naked choke in the third round. Clementi failed to secure a spot in the finals of Ultimate Fighter but fought as a lightweight on the undercard. In the bout, his last UFC and MMA fight, Rich fell to Din …read more