Fabricio Werdum vs Mark Hunt betting odds

Fabricio Werdum is a 2 to 1 favorite against Mark Hunt.

Fabricio Werdum -200
Mark Hunt +200

Fightland meets Ronda Rousey

Tickets on Sale Friday for WSOF Championship Tripleheader

TICKETS FOR STAR-STUDDED
WORLD SERIES OF FIGHTING
MMA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLEHEADER
IN TAMPA, FLA.
ON SALE TOMORROW, FRIDAY, OCT. 10
 

Middleweight Championship: David Branch vs. Yushin Okami
Lightweight Championship: Justin Gaethje vs. Melvin Guillard
Women’s Strawweight Title Bout: Jessica Aguilar vs. Kalindra Faria

Live on NBC Sports Network from the USF Sun Dome on Nov. 15
 

LAS VEGAS (Oct. 9, 2014) — Tickets for the highly-anticipated, live NBC Sports Network (NBCSN)-televised World Series of Fighting (www.wsof.com) Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) championship tripleheader event at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla. go on sale tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. EST.

Priced from $20 (Additional fees may apply), tickets will be available for purchase at Ticketmaster.com, the USF Sun Dome box office, all Ticketmaster outlets and charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

“We are excited to return to the state of Florida with what is, without a doubt, going to be the most exciting and highest stakes World Series of Fighting event since we launched our live event series in 2012,” said World Series of Fighting President, six-time world champion and two-time Hall of Famer Ray Sefo.

“On Nov. 15,” continued Sefo, “the fates of three world champions and their respective, top contender opponents will be determined, and the landscape of three of our weight divisions could potentially change dramatically.”

In the main event, World Series of Fighting Middleweight (185 pounds) Champion and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt David Branch (14-3) of Brooklyn, N.Y. will put his title on the line against superstar Yushin “Thunder” Okami (30-8) of Kawaski, Kanagawa Japan.

The co-main event will see undefeated, reigning lightweight (155 pounds) champion Justin Gaethje (12-0) of Safford, Ariz. defend his crown against fellow KO artist Melvin Guillard (32-13-2, 2 NC) of New Orleans, La.

In a third world championship showdown, women’s strawweight (115 pounds) champion and submission expert Jessica “Jag” Aguilar (18-4) of Houston, Texas will risk her title against fast-paced finisher Kalindra Faria (15-3) of Taubate, Sao Paulo Brazil.

Additional matchups will be announced soon.  The card is subject to change.

The first preliminary bout will begin at 6:00 p.m. EST.

David Branch vs. Yushin Okami

The 34-year-old Branch, a protégé of all-time great Renzo Gracie, will also put on the line a four-fight win streak that he ignited with a unanimous decision over dangerous power puncher Dustin Jacoby at the inaugural World Series of Fighting event on Nov. 3, 2012.

Following wins over superstar Paulo Filho and Danillo Villefort, respectively, Branch was crowned the first middleweight champion in World Series of Fighting history on June 21 when he made quick work of Jesse Taylor, submitting the former NCAA wrestling standout with a d’arce choke in the first round (1:41) of action.

Okami, a 33-year-old, top 10 world ranked contender, will make his second start in the World Series of Fighting decagon cage, following a spectacular second round (4:46) submission (arm-triangle choke) of Svetlozar Savov on March 29.

A 12-year veteran of the sport, Okami has finished 50 percent of his opponents and boasts victories over a host of fellow marquee competitors, including Hector Lombard, Nate Marquardt, Mark Munoz and Alan Belcher.

Justin Gaethje vs. Melvin Guillard

The 25-year-old Gaethje has been tearing through MMA’s professional lightweight division, running to 12 consecutive victories, 11 of which have come by either (T)KO or submission.  On Jan. 18, Gaethje was crowned the first-ever World Series of Fighting lightweight champion after he decimated Richard Patishnock with a barrage of punches and elbow strikes in the first round (1:09) of their matchup.
Gaethje defended his title for the first time on the first-ever live NBC broadcast of a World Series of Fighting event, scoring a second round (3:09) TKO on Nick Newell on July 5.

Gaethje’s opponent, the 31-year-old Guillard, holds the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) record for the most victories (8) by way of (T)KO.  A member of master trainer Greg Jackson’s elite fight squad,  Guillard made his World Series of Fighting debut live on NBC, scoring a thunderous, second round (2:36) TKO (punches and elbow strikes) on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace Gesias “J.Z.” Cavalcante on July 5.

Jessica Aguilar vs. Kalindra Faria

Recognized as the world’s top 115 pound fighter in the sport’s women’s division and a top 5 pound-for-pound competitor, the 32-year-old Aguilar is aiming for her 10^th consecutive victory and her 3^rd straight in the World Series of Fighting cage.  On Jan. 18, the Mexican American superstar became the first World Series of Fighting women’s champion in history after submitting Alida Gray with an arm-triangle choke in the first round (2:45) of battle.

Faria will make her World Series of Fighting debut, riding a spectacular, 11-fight win streak that dates back to Aug. 6, 2011.  To date, the 28-year-old has produced finishes in 10 of her 15 career professional victories. 
 

Chris Weidman on his bad relationship with his brother

14 minutes into this interview he gets into it. His brother was real mean to him most of his life.

UFC 179 preview of Jose Aldo vs Chad Mendes

Bellator MMA: Outside the Cage with Tito Ortiz

UFC valued at $1.65 billion by Forbes

Anthony Pettis Showtime punch imitation fail video

SPIKE TV PRESENTS AN EVENING OF EDDIE ALVAREZ’S GREATEST FIGHTS

SPIKE TV PRESENTS AN EVENING OF

EDDIE ALVAREZ’S GREATEST FIGHTS

 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 AT 10:00PM ET/PT

 

MMA fans can sit back enjoy Eddie Alvarez’s two most memorable bouts against Michael Chandler for free on Spike TV on Saturday, September 27 at 10:00pm ET

/PT. The 90-minute “Eddie Alvarez: Free on Spike” special will kick-off with his first bout with Michael Chandler at Bellator 58, regarded by many as  the  “Fight of The Year” in 2011.  Then, your night of free Eddie Alvarez continues with his rematch with Michael Chandler from Bellator 106 from November, 2013 where Eddie regained the title in a dramatic 5-round decision.

Intense Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier staredown

Top 5 greatest of all time in MMA

Fedor Emelianenko

King of Pride FC heavyweight division, undefeated in that organization.

Anderson Silva

UFC's greatest champion with 10 title defenses.

Georges St-Pierre

UFC's greatest welterweight, an incredible fighter with only two losses which he avenged to Matt Serra and Matt Hughes.

Jon Jones

Greatest 205er ever, may go down as the best ever.

Dan Henderson

Legendary fighter fighting past 42, and he was the only two division champ in Pride history.

Joe Rogan on Conor McGregor's slick snake like fighting style

Them lights are going to hit me and you're going to see a high paced violent fight. —Eddie Alvarez

UFC 178 afterparty with Dustin Poirier

See you there in Vegas to celebrate. War Dustin. pic.twitter.com/sfgEjq1iTy

— William Broyles (@TomahawkRentals) September 25, 2014

Most generous celebrity tipper in the world? (Best tipper)

UFC president Dana White has been noted as leaving $10,000 tips for a meal at the Palms steakhouse. 

How much does it cost to hire Mike Dolce? (What does he charge?)

BJ Penn said on his site that he paid him, "$22,000.00 for 21 days of service. That’s $1000.00 per day plus a $1000.00 tip.” 

Chuck Liddell talks about UFC in México

Fight Night Brasilia Free Fight: Bigfoot Silva vs Travis Browne

Fight Night Tokyo Free Fight: Roy Nelson vs Stefan Struve

Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano prediction

Ronda Rousey will be able to judo throw Zingano and get a submission in the first round by armbar. Zingano must get a KO to win, but Ronda will avoid the big knockout blow and get the fight to the floor and win.

Ronda Rousey vs Cat Zingano betting odds

Ronda Rousey is a 9 to 1 favorite in this bout. Her armbar is the most likely outcome in this battle, and her striking has also improved vastly.

Ronda Rousey -900
Cat Zingano +775

Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Anthony Pettis prediction

This fight is somewhat of a coinflip situation, 50-50. But the sport tends to favour incredible wrestlers who have rounded out their game sharply like Khabib. If these two fought for the belt, Nurmagomedov would earn a decision.

Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Anthony Pettis betting odds

Even money. Highest level striking at 155 versus the best wrestling at lightweight in the UFC. Anyone's fight in this potential contest.

Anthony Pettis -105
Khabib Nurmagomedov -105

UFC should hire Jimmy Smith if Joe Rogan quits / retires / leaves the UFC

Bellator commentator Jimmy Smith is someone that the UFC should hire. He has a lot of MMA knowledge, has fought, and has a strong voice and opinions. He has received high praise from many, including Joe Rogan, who tried to get him hired by the UFC. Kudos to Rogan for doing that to help out someone who is in the same field as him. If Rogan does leave his commentating job one day, it'd make sense for the UFC to hire Jimmy Smith. Rogan loves MMA and commentating, and did it for free for Dana White back in the day. But he has so much stuff going on with his life with stand up and podcasting, that one day he might just end up leaving the gig. That'd be sad to not hear him commentate, but if someone does replace him a guy like Jimmy Smith would be great. Or a Bas Rutten. And on a side note, a guy like Frank Mir is terrific as well as someone to fill in from time to time.

Will a male UFC fighter ever come out of the closet and admit he's gay?

I think at some point this will happen. A UFC fighter will come out as being gay. It might be any time soon, but at some point it will happen and would be very interesting to see. It'd be something that would really show people's true feelings on the subject of homosexuality amongst the MMA community. I'm sure most would be cool and have no problem, but a lot of people's true opinions would come out and would be interesting to see.

Moreso it would be interesting to see how people react to fighting a gay male. They would have the extra pressure of not losing to someone who is gay, even though that is a ridiculous thought in this day and age, it's still in the back of the fighter's mind. There would be rampant gay jokes due to the amounts of homo-erotic movements in jiu-jitsu, and it would be something that would definitely make a lot of people reconsider how they view homosexual men and gay athletes. I think it would definitely be a hard thing to do for a man to come out as an MMA fighter while still fighting because the over the top bravado aspect of the game, but at the same time I'm sure he would be welcomed. Fighters have been supportive to the gay community like Conor McGregor and Rashad Evans, and generally MMA is a very new sport with a fresh outlook on things. Whether or not it will happen in our life time we don't know, but look forward to seeing a gay fighter come out one day in the UFC. Surely there have been some. We just have to wait and see if someone can tap into that courage that they have to step in the cage and also apply that same courage to show the world who they are.

Are UFC fans a bunch of racists and that's why they don't like Jon Jones?

Are a lot of UFC fans racist? Sure. Just like the rest of the population. But it's just a human thing. We have anger, pain, suffering, and hate that lives inside of us. If it wasn't colour it'd be the shoes you wear or the size of your eyebrows. White people hate other white people, blacks hate blacks, Indians hate Indians, and Chinese hate Chinese.

As far as the UFC fan base, there are some who couldn't care less about what colour the UFC champion is, but there are some that do. And if you looked at some of the fan-base of Chael Sonnen, some were non-discriminating folk who just enjoyed his sense of humour and entertaining diatribes. Then there were others who wanted to see the white man ground and pound the black man in Anderson Silva. Didn't work out for them there, but you could just sense that that was there sentiment.

As far as Jon Jones, there's a lot of differing opinion on why you like him and don't. The can range from:

-Like because he's a great fighter
-Everyone loves a winner, so we love him
-Like him because he's black

-Don't like him because he's "cocky"
-Don't like him because he's "fake"
-Don't like him because he's black

There are a million reasons to like and dislike someone. Are some of those reasons racist? Sure. Some blacks like him because he's black and want to support there own. Some whites don't like him because he's black and don't like black people. Joe Rogan brought this to the forefront on his podcast, but it just speaks to the racist sentiment that lives in the United States and the rest of the world as well. Whether it's throwing banana peels at black soccer players in Europe or getting together with your white friends to see a black fighter get beat up. In the end it doesn't have to be that personal. We don't need to obsess about Jon Jones personality and race, but just look at him as a great athlete. And nobody is on top forever. So if you don't like him, don't worry, there will be a new champ one day. And if it's a white champion who you idolize, realize that he is going to go down one day as well. Just enjoy the show and admire the heart, passion, and athleticism, regardless of race.

UFC 178 prediction Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier

If Poirier turns this into a pure ground and pound fest he has a good chance to win. But he does tend to want to strike with all fighters he does face and that might lend itself to being counter-punched by Conor McGregor, who is a master at that. Conor via first round TKO. Conor has a good chance against all "strikers" in the division, but will have a tough time against well rounded wrestlers like Mendes and also against Edgar. Even a guy like Guida will give him problems. Guida is the most one-dimensional of those three, but he isn't interested in proving he is a sexy striker against a guy like Conor, he'd make it an ugly fight that might not be that entertaining, but would give him a good chance to ground and pound and win a decision.

UFC 183 prediction: Anderson Silva knocks out Nick Diaz

Anderson Silva has a very strong counter-punching style and Nick Diaz comes forward with a lot of punches. That leaves  a lot of openings for Silva to capitalize. First round TKO for Anderson Silva.

UFC 181 betting odds Brendan Schaub vs Travis Browne

Travis Browne is a 4.5 to 1 favourite over Brendan Schaub for his UFC 181 battle. Browne is ranked #3 at heavyweight, currently Schaub is unranked in the official rankings which categorize #1 through #15.

Travis Browne -450
Brendan Schaub +400

What was the UFC's first female fight?

UFC 157: Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche 
Sat. Feb. 23, 2013

Who was the UFC's first European champion? (Ask MMA)

Bas Rutten after defating Kevin Randleman by decision (split) on May 7, 1999 at UFC 20.

Gurdarshan Gary Mangat vs. Blair Oster fight video

UFC® 180: VELASQUEZ vs. WERDUM PRESS CONFERENCE in Mexico City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Ultimate Fighting Championship^® (UFC^®) announced satellite coordinates for its UFC^® 180: VELASQUEZ vs. WERDUM PRESS CONFERENCE,which takes place Tuesday, August 26 at 10 a.m. PT, live from the Polyforum Siqueiros in Mexico City, Mexico.

 

TheUFC^® will host its first event in Mexico City on November 15, headlined by a five round heavyweight championship battle betweenchampion Cain Velasquezand no.1 contenderFabricio Werdum. The card will also feature the first-ever finale of TheUltimate Fighter^®Latin America.

 

Velasquez and Werdum will be joined by UFC^® president Dana White and seven other fighters, who will be announced as part of the fight card, to kick off ticket sales for the highly anticipated fight card.

 

The following coordinates detail the press conference feed.

 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26

UFC^® 180: VELASQUEZ vs. WERDUM PRESS CONFERENCE & DANA WHITE SCRUM

POLYFORUM, MEXICO CITY

Test: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET

Presser: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET

Dana White Scrum: 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. ET

(15 Min approx. out)

Titan FC 29 Weigh-In Results

All Titan FC 29 Main Card Fighters Make Weight, Prepare for Battle Tomorrow Night on CBS Sports Network. 

Fayetteville, NC. – Today the 22 fighters who are fighting on Titan FC 29 were called upon to step on the scales. All of the combatants made weight and can now focus on their respective bouts. The weigh-ins took place at Sports USA in Fort Bragg, NC and will feature five main card bouts that will be televised on the CBS Sports Network beginning at 10:00 EST. 

Titan FC 29 will be headlined by Canadian lightweight Mike Ricci and Australian veteran George Sotiropoulos. In the co-main event Kurt Holobaugh will face Bellator veteran Lloyd Woodard in a featherweight title eliminator.

In addition to the five televised bouts, CBS Sports website will also provide a live stream starting at 8:30 EST of four preliminary fights on its website, www.cbssports.com.

Titan FC 29 - Main Card (CBS Sports Network)

155 lbs : Mike Ricci (156) vs. George Sotiropoulos (155.5)

145 lbs : Kurt Holobaugh (146) vs. Lloyd Woodard (146*)

170 lbs : Micah Miller (169.75) vs. Bristol Marunde (171)

170 lbs : Keith Johnson (170.5) vs. Mike Bronzoulis (171*)

145 lbs : Brian Davidson (145.5) vs. Kevin Smith (146)

Titan FC 29 - Preliminary Card (CBS Sports Network Website)

205 lbs : Dustin Jacoby (204.5) vs. Lucas Lopes (202.5)

170 lbs : Robert Washington (170.5) vs. Blaine Thomas (170.5)

185 lbs : Steve Montgomery (185.25) vs. Rakim Cleveland (186)

155 lbs : Jeremy Severn (155.5) vs. Luciano Santos (155.5)

Titan FC 29 - Dark Bouts

155 lbs. : Mike Bruno (156) vs. D'Juan Owens (156)

170 lbs. : Lamar Reed (170) vs. Ururahy Rodrigues (170.5)

Woodard & Bronzoulis missed weight on their first attempt and needed an additional two hours to make their contracted weights.

Michael Bisping defeats Cung Le by decision (prediction)

Cung Le has the best chance of getting a KO in the first and second rounds, but after that Bisping's cardio will be a lot better than Cung's. Bisping should be able to get a decision in this fight and win at least 3 of the 5 rounds in a close decision.

Fight Night Tulsa Free Fight: Benson Henderson vs. Rustam Khabilov

Ronda Rousey Loves Pokemon

Fightography: Rashad Evans

Fight Night Sao Paulo Free Fight: Stipe Miocic vs Roy Nelson

Ronda Rousey's boyfriend was Brendan Schaub (for some time they were dating)

Ronda Rousey's boyfriend was Brendan Schaub for some time as some people suspected by pictures they took together at events and on vacation. But The New Yorker made it more obvious by printing it outright when they did a piece on Rousey and stated: for the first time in nearly a year, she took a vacation, going to Costa Rica with Brendan Schaub, a genial—and much less prominent—U.F.C. heavyweight who was her boyfriend at the time.

UFC 178 Q&A with Jon Jones & Daniel Cormier, Dustin Poirier & Conor McGregor

Bieber vs. Bloom -- MMA Stars Weigh In

Ronda Rousey featured on espnW's 'Nine for IX Shorts'

Fight Night San Jose: Robbie Lawler Post-Fight Octagon Interview

An Evening with Chuck Liddell

UFC 181: Weidman vs Belfort set for December 6th in Las Vegas

Matt Serra on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast

Matt Serra talks about everything under the sun with Joe Rogan on his famous podcast: The Joe Rogan Experience.

Chris Weidman talks TRT and fighting Lyoto Machida

UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is thrilled about TRT being banned. Weidman also discusses fighting Lyoto Machida and his chess player type of mentality. Weidman also speaks about if he would want to fight Anderson Silva for a third time in the UFC Octagon.

Dan Hardy talks about taking animal products out of his diet and more

Dan Hardy speaks about the evolution of his diet, taking animal products out of his diet, his protein sources, eliminating dairy, and doing various forms of fasting at times. )

Matt Serra on UFC 171 (Hendricks vs Lawler), Chris Weidman's evolution

Matt Serra gives his take on the UFC welterweight title fight between Robbie Lawler and Johny Hendricks for the vacant belt. Serra was once the champion of the weight class, defeating Georges St-Pierre (the champion who vacated the title), and eventually losing it back to Pierre. Serra also discusses another phenom out of Long Island, New York, in Chris Weidman. Weidman comes out of the Serra-Longo team and has rapidly risen to the top of the MMA world by defeating Anderson Silva twice and becoming the UFC middleweight title.

UFC's Tim Kennedy vs Hipsters drinking out of Mason Jars

Funny bit from Tim Kennedy on Twitter:

Dear Hipster, You are not cooler in anyway because you drink your alcoholic beverage from a mason jar. Everyone
— Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) February 25, 2014

Just a girl in a Jiu Jitsu world

Just a girl in a Jiu Jitsu world, female BJJ apparel and lifestyle brand.

http://t.co/3HFKCohtfo pic.twitter.com/xD8GzCAiLk

— Leslie Rials (@Justagirlbjj) August 6, 2013

Johny Hendricks vs Carlos Condit 2 (rematch) in 2014?

Johny Hendricks is favored to win against Robbie Lawler, and Carlos Condit is favored to win over Tyron Woodley. This sets up a very interesting potential rematch between Condit and Hendricks. Hendricks won the first fight in a close decision, but in the third round he was fading and Condit was catching fire. If it was five rounds Condit was favored to take it. There's a good chance Hendricks becomes the new champ this year and Condit takes the belt in a rematch.

Chris Weidman vs Lyoto Machida, who would win that fight?

If Chris Weidman and Lyoto Machida win their next fights, there's a chance that these two will meet up in Octagon and fight for the title. This would give Machida a chance to join the illustrious class of individuals who have won UFC titles in two weight categories (Randy Couture, BJ Penn).

This is a fight that favors Machida because he is very hard to take down and his striking is tremendous. Machida is the king of counter attacks, and Weidman is not a fighter to play it safe. While Phil Davis was able to take Machida down, he has made adjustments that will allow him to help him against Weidman.

Based on the odds, there's a good chance these two will meet in 2014 and Machida will emerge as the new UFC  middleweight champion in 2014.

Johny Hendricks vs Robbie Lawler betting odds

This is a fight between two sluggers. But Hendricks has better wrestling, so he has an edge.

Johny Hendricks -225
Robbie Lawler +225

UFC 171 betting odds Carlos Condit vs Tyron Woodley

Carlos Condit's conditioning and striking give him and edge over almost every fighter at 170.

Carlos Condit -200
Tyron Woodley +200

Rashad Evans vs Daniel Cormier betting odds

Close fight between two similar athletes: Evans is a good wrestling with good striking, as is Cormier. They have great MMA wrestling which might negate that portion of the game. With regards to striking they're both very dynamic so it's hard to say who will come out on top. The better clinch game and wrestling give Cormier a slight edge, but it's basically even money.

Rashad Evans +105
Daniel Cormier -105

UFC 170 betting odds Ronda Rousey vs Sara McMann

Ronda Rousey's armbar spree over everyone she has ever fought gives her an edge over fellow Olympian Sara McMann. McMann can potentially get Rousey down, but whether she can keep her there or not get caught in an armlock is another story.

Ronda Rousey -295
Sara McMann +300

UFC betting odds Lyoto Machida vs Gegard Mousasi

Evasiveness and striking skill which is unorthodox and dangerous give Machida an edge on the odds.

Lyoto Machida -200
Gegard Mousasi +200

UFC 169 betting odds

Frank Mir +265
Alistair Overeem -245

Ricardo Lamas +275
Jose Aldo -300

Renan Barao -155
Dominick Cruz +155

UFC 172 Jon Jones vs Glover Teixeira betting odds

Glover Teixeira has powerful punches and that makes him a dangerous threat against Jon Jones. But his takedowns can be stopped and the reach factor for Jones is the biggest strength in this fight.

Jon Jones -400
Glover Teixeira +400

BJ Penn vs Frankie Edgar betting odds

BJ Penn has never fought at 145 and he has already lost twice to Frankie Edgar. All those factors in addition to Penn losing a bit of steam over the years, makes him a 4.5 to 1 underdog against Frankie Edgar in their third fight.

Frankie Edgar -450
BJ Penn +450

Nick Diaz vs Roy Jones Junior in boxing, who'd win (prediction)

Nick Diaz is a very talented boxer in MMA, and could do quite well as a boxing athlete. However if he were to fight Roy Jones Junior in the ring in boxing, I would have to favor Jones, who is one of the greatest ever. Sure he has lost many steps over the years, but this was his life, still is, and he is the GOAT in boxing in some peoples' opinion.

Now, Diaz has cardio and great boxing skill and youth vis a vis Jones, but I still feel the skill level of Jones would be too much for Diaz to deal with. Jones would take it.

Two fighters who use anger and emotion well: Michael Bisping and Diego Sanchez

Some fighters get distracted by anger and it can be a detriment to them. They can gas out, lose their focus, and fall into their opponents traps. Think Robbie Lawler chasing Nick Diaz because Diaz was taunting and slapping him; only to have Lawler walk right into a punch that knocked him out.

Then there are cases where anger fuels fighter and it works well for them. Chris Weidman knocked out Anderson Silva after he got fed up and chased after him with punches. So it depends on the fighter.

Two fighters work well with emotion better than others, those two are Michael Bisping and Diego Sanchez.

Sanchez draws energy from everywhere and is on a different level of intense emotional energy which you can see as the fight goes on. He wants to outheart his opponent and make them wilt in the later rounds, which often happens.

With regards to Michael Bisping, he fights better when he's angry at his opponents. That is the reason he talks a lot of smack and tries to get into verbal battles with them. He wants his opponents to say bad things about him because that will cause anger to arise inside him more easily, and consequently he will fight better. He was angry at Jorge Rivera and Mayhem Miller, and fought very well under that intense emotional force. With regards to Rivera, he was clearly displaying anger in between rounds and getting very upset at him during competition. He was able to stay focussed and win the fight and used anger effectively.

So the jury is out on whether anger is good fuel or not. Really it depends on the person. When you have an incredible work ethic, desire, and heart, sometimes that angry fuel is something that you can use and make you friend. It really depends on the fighter.

UFC 169 predictions: Aldo over Lamas, Barao over Cruz, Overeem over Mir

Renan Barao vs Dominick Cruz

Great fight, but favoring Barao because Cruz has ring rust. He has an extremely strong work ethic, but Barao is someone you need to be in perfect shape against, which includes no ring rust. Barao takes this.

Jose Aldo vs Ricardo Lamas

Lamas has good takedowns and a very good overall game. Very underrated and overlooked because he doesn't talk smack at all, and is very low key. But Aldo is a very hard fighter to take down and strike with. That's a bad combo to deal with. Aldo takes it.

Frank Mir vs Alistair Overeem

Both these fighters are always involved with very exciting fights, save a couple here and there such as Mir's bout with CroCop, but credit to Mir the ending was exciting! If Mir gets it to the ground early he can win, or if he pulls a punch like he did versus Kongo. But this one isn't going the distance. I sense Overeem gets a big KO in this battle.

Cain Velasquez vs Jon Jones betting odds

Cain Velasquez will be a 2.5 to 1 favorite if Jon Jones does jump up to heavyweight and fight against him in a superfight, which he has stated he intends to do.

Cain Velasquez -250
Jon Jones +250

Ronda Rousey vs Cristiane Cyborg Santos (Justino) betting odds

Ronda Rousey will be a 2 to 1 favorite against Cyborg if the two do fight in the future. Cyborg said she is coming for Ronda in a Tweet after Rousey tapped out Miesha Tate for the second time in their rematch. Cyborg would be required to drop down to 135 and sign with the UFC should the two actually fight in the cage. Rousey's armbar is her most dangerous weapon but there is potential for that to be combatted by a slam. Cyborg did slam Tito Ortiz when they rolled with one another in training as Ortiz (around 250 pounds when not in fight mode) caught her in a triangle choke. If she can lift and slam Ortiz in a submission of that sort, there is the potential of her slamming Rousey on her head if she attempts an armbar. Nonethless, Rousey is a 2 to 1 favorite.

Rousey -200
Cyborg +200


  

Chris Weidman vs Lyoto Machida betting odds (UFC 173)

Chris Weidman is a slight favorite versus Lyoto Machida. Weidman -125 Machida +125