Andrei Arlovski recently spent a week in Japan. Like many top MMA fighters, Andrei went to train and hang out with some of our U.S. Marines stationed overseas. This is day one in the Japan Pitbull Chronicles.
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UFC
Wanderlei/Rampage III is on for UFC 92
Yahoo Sports has recently confirmed three huge fights for UFC 92 through Dana White himself. UFC 92 is set to take place on December 27th from the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas and with this recent announcement promises to be on of the most stacked cards to date.
As promised Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will defend his UFC interim heavyweight championship against Frank Mir in a bout where the winner will face the man left standing in the upcoming Randy Couture/Brock Lesnar matchup to decide once and for all who the true heavyweight champion of the UFC really is.
Forrest Griffin will defend his newly acquired light heavyweight championship against “Sugar” Rashad Evans. These two former TUF champions are both coming off of the biggest wins in their careers and both are looking to prove to the world that their last victory was far from a fluke.
TUF 8 – Episode 3 Re-cap
By Denny “The Mad One” Hodge
The 32 has been trimmed to 16, and those 16 earned their way into the TUF House. The episode starts with some background on some of the fighters, then it’s on to the injury update with one LW and one LHW, and their fractured noses. Both Brian McLaughlin and Karn Grigoryan know that there is a possibility that for now, their UFC dreams may be over. Dana lets both fighters know that the NSAC has decided that they cannot compete, and that they have been placed on 180-day suspensions. As a result both must go home, and they respond with some serious silence and stalling prompting Dana to tell them, “You got to walk out that door, there.”
With that business complete, the replacement fighters are to be named and Light-Heavyweight Kyle Kingsbury is the first to be named. The replacement for the LW’s will be a “mystery” fighter, and the coaches agree that he will be the last pick following the team selections.
The Cole Miller Show episode 1
Cole Miller is one of the UFC’s top lightweight contenders. He had a beautiful win over BJJ phenom and instructor Jorge Gurgel back In July at UFC 86. Recently, Cole just came off a knee surgery which most likely helped him find the time during recovery to update and revamp his website, www.colemiller.com.
Cole has also started a new video series called “The Cole Miller Show” which can also be viewed regularly on his site. What makes this concept unique is that he lives with two other well-known fighters: his brother Micah Miller of WEC fame and the house jester Blake Bowman, one of the stars of TUF 6. With that crew of personalities, there is no telling what kind of antics we may see. Here is episode 1 of “The Cole Miller Show”:
Photo of Tanner’s campsite a metaphor
by: Jack Bratcher
If a picture speaks a thousand words, this picture could possibly be looked at as a metaphor for Evan Tanner’s life. When most people go camping for days at a time you would probably expect to see many more “necessities” at their campsite. However, the word “necessities” meant something completely different to Evan Tanner than it does to most people. In that regard, combined with his philosophy on life, Evan Tanner was somewhat of a modern day mystic.
This photograph was published today in the San Diego Union-Tribune. It is a photo of Evan Tanner’s campsite. Keep in mind this camp is in the middle of the desert; there are no shade trees, no running water, and over 100-degree heat. Evan had all that he needed there. He had his shelter, bedding, a folding chair, and transportation. Also found were some sunscreen, a highlighter, and a notebook.
Wanerlei Silva, Robert Drysdale training video
This made me tired just watching it. Here we have top level world-class MMA athletes showing what it takes to keep their conditioning at the highest levels. Drysdale is a grappling and jiu jitsu instructor at the Xtreme Couture training center in Las Vegas which is also the same gym Wanderlei trains out of. On … Read more
Rampage Jackson talks Ibarra
Rampage opens up a bit more about Juanito Ibarra and basically calls him a con artist. Slowly but surely more information comes out about the reasons for their split. Please like & share:
Randy Couture not worried about Lesnar
Raw Vegas catches up with Randy Couture on the golf course in between strokes to talk to the UFC Heavyweight Champion about his GI charity event, returning to the UFC, and Brock Lesnar. Watch Randy Couture is Not Worried about Fighting Brock Lesnar on RawVegas.tv Please like & share:
Brian Stann vs. Steve Cantwell set for UFC’s Fight for the Troops
by: Jack Bratcher
Yes you read that correctly, Brian Stann will face Steve Cantwell for the third time, but this time the fight will be in the UFC. This fight is scheduled for December 10 at Ft. Bragg, NC as part of the UFC’s Fight for the Troops card. Stann last fought Cantwell back in July when he lost his WEC Light Heavyweight Title by a round 2 TKO at WEC 35. It was Stann’s first title defense after defeating Doug “The Rhino” Marshall at WEC 33 in March of this year. To have Stann fight at this event is pure genuis. He is an Iraqi war veteran and considered the “Pride of the U.S. Marnie Corps” by military men and women who love to see one of their own compete at such a high level.
So how did Brian Stann and Steve Cantwell end up in the UFC? The Zuffa-owned (same company that owns the UFC) WEC, has decided to put a close to their light heavyweight and middleweight divisions. The organization which was founded in 2001, will now focus its efforts entirely on the bantamweight (135lbs.), featherweight (145lbs.), lightweight (155 lbs.), and welterweight (170lbs.) divisions.
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Post-UFC 87 Roger Huerta is no “slippery moron”
Roger Huerta was recently in Toronto and spoke with MMA Canada. 
Roger said that dealing with his first professional loss against Kenny Florian at UFC 87 was very hard. It was tough but he has taken some time off and has been able get some rest, spend some time with friends and family and refocus on his goals.
Roger responded to some comments Kenny made after their fight when Kenny apparently said that Roger felt “a little slippery” during their bout. Roger said he considers that “a low blow…and instead of saying this cat is tough, he’s a wizard on the ground and I can’t finish him…it is harsh.” Roger went on to say, “If Kenny was not satisfied with his win” then they could do it again in a rematch.
The subject of Huerta’s relationship with the UFC and some comments he had made came up and Roger had this to say, “The thing I want to take back is this; I didn’t realize how much the world title meant to me until the loss….and it means a lot in the UFC because honestly, the UFC does have the best fighters in the world.” He goes on to try and clarify what he meant by his controversial statements in the magazine, “All I was trying to say is that it’s not wrong to look at it as a business…if I had a position for Wells Fargo Bank and U.S. Bank offered me more money and it would help myself and my family and retirement, then there’s nothing wrong with that. That is something to logically think about…that was it…nothing more.”