We’re now up to month number seven of 2009 but the UFC is working hard to fill up their calendar until 2010, locking down a number of big fights for the end of the year. Tops is the battle of Ultimate Fighter 10 coaches Rashad Evans and Quinton Jackson, who will clash at UFC 107 in Memphis on December 12th. I’m extra hyped for this because my parents live in Tennessee too so I can use them as an excuse to see the UFC. Or is that supposed to be the other way around? Sorry mom.
Working backwards, UFC 105 on …read more

With their wins, each of the following fighters won some extra money at last Saturday night’s UFC 98 . A total of $240,000 ($60,000 each) was awarded for “Fight Of the Night”, Knockout Of The Night” and “Submission Of The Night”. Yves Lavigne should have got a bonus for “Despised Official Of The Night” as he was booed every time they announced his name.
Matt Hughes and Matt Serra (whom did not win but got a bonus anyway), walked away with an extra $60k each for their fight which was awarded “Fight Of The Night”, even though many considered it to …read more

UFC 98 Results: Last night’s UFC 98 PPV event was a good event in my opinion. Sometimes things were kind of slow, but that’s what happens when you have fighters trying to out-think the other and wait for them to make the first move. Through out the event they showed3 of the 5 preliminary fights to fill the time.
The first prelim fight they showed was Andre Gusmao vs.  Krzysztof Soszynski .  Krzysztof came out the winner in the first round with a TKO after a ref stoppage. Krzysztof actually knocked Gusmao out cold.

Watching the countdown to tonight’s UFC 98 has been very interesting. When you see both Machida and Evans training they are both obviously very fast and dangerous fighters to say the least.
Lyoto Machida often get criticized for his “running away”. I’ve never thought it was “running away” but a great defense. No fighters wants to get hit and/or potentially knocked out. He’s very tactical and often dodges the incoming punches and kicks with great speed and skill. He backs off when being aggressed and waits for his moment to strike. When he does, he unleashes a fury of powerful and …read more

MMAMania reports that the final card for UFC 98 has been completed and it looks like Lyota Machida will get his chance to remove the light-heavyweight title from around Rashad Evans waist. Machida made short work of Thiago Silva at UFC 94 knocking him out cold right at the end of round one. Both fighters were undefeated going in to that fight and only one was coming back out with a zero loss record. This was Machida’s first Knock-out win of his professional career.
Rashad Evans took the title from Forrest Griffin at UFC 92 and is also undefeated in …read more

I didn’t get to watch UFC 92 last night, but I’ve found the official results from MMAJunkie.com. I’ve only posted the fight results, so if you want to read the play-by-play you can do so at MMAJunkie.com. Looks like it was a great event. Wish I could have watched but other things came up.

Patrick Barry wins over Dan Evensen: TKO (Evenson injured by a leg kick and unable to continue) @ 2:36 in the first round
Brad Blackburn wins over Ryo Chonan by unanimous decision after 3 rounds. Judges score the fight 29-28, 29-28, 29-28.
Matt Hamill beats Reese Andy with a …read more

Tomorrow night we’ll see who the ultimate fighter is among the Ultimate Fighter. Forrest Griffin and Rashad Evans take to the ring in a Light Heavyweight bout for the title. As most know, Dana White usually does some type of video blog from time to time and here is his video blog on UFC 92.
 

Rashad Evans has been a dominant force in the UFC and his knockout win over UFC veteran Chuck Liddell proved it. That’s a fight that’s hard to watch for Liddell fans, but it was such an amazing KO. Evans is ready to fight Forest Griffin, another fighter that has proved himself time after time. Here is Evans interview for UFC 92.
 

UFC 92 is coming up a week from Saturday and this event is going to be great. Just look at the fight card. The main card is great and the preliminary card is stacked pretty well too.
Main Card
UFC light heavyweight Championship Title Match

Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans

Interim UFC heavyweight Title Fight

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Frank Mir 

 
C.B. Dollaway vs. Mike Massenzio
Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva
Mustafa Al-Turk vs. Cheick Kongo
Preliminary Card

Dean Lister vs. Yushin Okami

Antoni Hardonk vs. Mike Wessel

Reese Andy vs. Matt Hamill

Brad Blackburn vs. Ryo Chonan

Pat Berry vs. Dan Evensen

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So TNA has delved in some ‘MMA’ style matches. Taking a wrestling angle and trying to make it look more real. They will continue to do this, however there is not a thin line between the differences of MMA and Pro Wrestling. There is a line a mile wide between the two. Everyone knows that. Each has it’s own quality and form of entertainment. Kurt Angle recently said in an interview with SLAM! Sports:

 "In wrestling, there’s a story in every match. In MMA, you cannot tell that story." Elaborating, he told SLAM! Wrestling, "There is not …read more