[Centraal] MMA topic #20 Seek and Destroy

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“I would fight any one of the UFC lightweights, but the problem is that I will never put my foot in the octagon after they (UFC) tried to be funny. I would rather have bleeding hemorrhoids than fight for the UFC. The Japanese MMA audience is the best in the world. They make magic! I would rather have one true Japanese MMA supporter than one million fake mainstream supporters that will turn their back on you as soon as you lose a fight. I don’t care about things that are mainstream.”

-Winner of the DREAM 2008 lightweight grand prix and former PRIDE fighter Joachim “Hellboy” Hansen (19-7-1) talks candidly about his love for the UFC and the support of stateside sponsors.

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Heavyweight Brock Lesnar (2-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC), fresh off his first professional victory in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, will return to action in November, according to a report from the Pioneer Press.

However, the brief mentioned neither a date nor a location for the fight, and the UFC has made no formal announcement.

As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported on Wednesday, though, the UFC is working with the Oregon State Athletic Commission and the Rose Garden Arena to bring a November event to Portland.

Lesnar, who may fight Cheick Kongo in his next bout, could supplement a fight card currently expected to feature Joe Stevenson vs. Kenny Florian.

The event, presumably UFC 91, is expected to take place Nov. 15. OSAC Executive Director Pat Darcy told MMAjunkie.com that the event is "in the works" and that an official announcement could come soon.

Lesnar, who debuted with the UFC earlier this year, dominated Frank Mir for 90 seconds at UFC 81 before the former UFC heavyweight champion submitted him with a knee-bar. Lesnar returned earlier

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Op donderdag 21 augustus 2008 19:48 schreef roepdeman het volgende:
Noemde je Shields nou echt underrated? Hoezo als ik mag vragen? Staat toch op een mooie plek in alle 170 ranglijsten?

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Op donderdag 21 augustus 2008 20:40 schreef roepdeman het volgende:
Even snel een newsbreak!
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Okido, ik doelde meer vanuit de kant van andere fighters

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Op maandag 25 augustus 2008 09:36 schreef Dacide het volgende:
Sengoku is het toch net niet.. ofja "net niet".... eerder gewoon "helemaal niet"...
Partij van Valentijn was leuk...

Vond de rest allemaal maar matig... opdoeken die handel en mergen met Dream..

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Ken Shamrock (26-13-2)– the 44-year-old mixed martial arts pioneer who has not won a professional fight in more than four years — is the next man to challenge Elite XC’s most coveted possession, Kimbo Slice (3-0), according to Sherdog.com.

The bout will serve as the main event of “Saturday Night Fights” on CBS from the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., on October 4.

Shamrock was a among a short list of possible opponents for the Miami native that also included Sean Gannon — the only man to defeat the YouTube.com sensation in underground fisticuffs — and Brett Rogers.

Out of the trio Rogers was far and away the most qualified and would have likely given Slice the stiffest competition. However, that could have been the problem — Elite XC matchmakers still feel the need to shamelessly build its biggest star.

And what better way then to have him wallop an over-the-hill, past-his-prime UFC veteran on national television.

Shamrock — a UFC Hall of Fame inductee — dropped his first and most recent bout under the ProElite banner, losing to Robert “Buzz” Berry via first knockout at Cage Rage 25: “Bring it On” earlier this year.

That, too, was supposed to be a warm-up for the “World’s Most Dangerous Man” to groom him for a big money match down the road against either Slice, or his younger brother, Frank.

It seems like it didn’t matter — at least one of those fights (Slice) is going to happen. Although a win against Berry would have made this appear (to the casual fan at least) to be somewhat of a fair fight.

Shamrock has lost eight of his last 10 fights dating back to 2001 and he’s on a five-fight losing skid.

The only thing in his favor going into this fight is experience and his submission game. Shamrock has won more than 80 percent of his fights via submission, which poses somewhat of a threat provided he can get close enough to Slice to take him down.

Don’t count on it. But then again stranger things have happened … kind of like this match up in the first place.

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A 185-pound bout between former Elite XC middleweight champion Murilo “Ninja” Rua (16-8-1) and Benji “Razor” Radach (18-4) has been added to Elite XC’s October 4 event at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on CBS.

Radach is a three-fight UFC veteran and has a (5-1) record in IFL competition over the last couple of years. His last fight was a second round knockout loss to Matt Horwich at the IFL World Grand Prix Finals.

“Razor” took almost a three-year hiatus from the sport after suffering a severely broken jaw at the hands of Chris Leben at a Sportfight event in June of 2004. A once promising career looked to possibly be over because of the freak injury, but Radach worked hard, recovered and now has his career in professional MMA back on track.

The 29-year-old trains with one of the top camps around in American Top Team. He has a strong wrestling background, but has won 14 of his 18 wins by technical knockout, meaning he has a solid all around game.

This won’t be an easy fight for Ninja.

He’ll have to be on his toes on October 4 if he plans on avoiding the minor upset. He was rumored to be fighting Joey Villasenor in a rematch in Albuquerque on September 20, but that fight and event were both scrapped, leaving the CBS card in Sunrise as the most likely destination for the Brazilian.

Rua was more than impressive in a first round technical knockout win over previously unbeaten Tony Bonello at Elite XC: “Return of the King.” He appears to be at the top of his game now a little less than a year removed for losing his title to Robbie Lawler.

This should be a very competitive match up. Radach will look to prove himself on the big stage against a top guy. And Rua will look to take another step forward toward an eventual rematch with Lawler.

Expect fireworks.