shogun machida
May 9, 2010 by Trend PK
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No offense to shogun/machida but Liddel vs Ortiz would be better
After the controversial decision laid down at UFC 104 last October, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was intent on not letting his rematch against Lyoto Machida go to a decision at UFC 113 in Montreal.
While the first fight was a back and forth technical affair for five rounds, Shogun caught Machida in the first round of their main event rematch and knocked him out cold to capture the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship on Saturday night at the Bell Centre.
The round started off with Shogun coming forward, and both fighters got in some good offense in the early going. Machida even took Shogun down twice in the first few minutes, after the first fight didn’t even hit the ground. It didn’t matter, however, as Shogun wouldn’t let Machida even win one round on this night, and he dropped the now former Champion with a right to the side of the head.
The former Pride superstar immediately pounced and landed a vicious string of blows on the ground to finish Machida on the ground. It was the first time Machida has tasted defeat.
An exuberant Shogun was all smiles as he had the belt placed around his waist, and he effectively righted the wrong that was laid down with October’s decision.
Shogun now likely awaits the winner of Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, coming later this month, as the TUF 10 coaches and former Champions are likely next in line with a victory over the other.
Its main-event of Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was also about redemption, as the latter sought the opportunity to avenge his heavily-disputed decision loss to Light Heavyweight Champion Machida in their rematch
300 movie
May 8, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
– Shares in Netflix Inc (NFLX.O), Blockbuster Inc (BBI.N) and Redbox owner Coinstar Inc (CSTR.O) climbed on Monday after a Wall Street Journal report that Movie Gallery will close all its U.S. stores.
The liquidation of Movie Gallery Inc (MVGRQ.PK), which also operates the Hollywood Video chain, means the marquee will be taken down for a company that once thrived by serving rural customers. Its exit from the industry may leave 300 million annual rentals up for grabs, analysts estimated.
Movie Gallery and long-time competitor Blockbuster have suffered from the flight of customers to mail-service Netflix and the $1 per-day rentals from Redbox’s bright red kiosks.
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, was first to report that Movie Gallery planned to close its remaining U.S. stores.
Before this latest development, the company had already started on plans to close more than half of its 2,415 stores, and over the next couple months the rest will close, the newspaper’s website said.
Movie Gallery could not be reached for comment.
Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan Securities, said that with Movie Gallery liquidating, about 300 million annual movie rental transactions are up for grabs.
“The old Hollywood Video stores overlap very nicely with Blockbuster, so Blockbuster should compete for probably 75 million of those,” Pachter said.
He added that video-on-demand and pay-per-view providers also will gain some of Movie Gallery’s old customers, as will the rental industry’s two high-flyers, Redbox and Netflix.
“It sure opens up the opportunity to put a Redbox in front of every closed Movie Gallery,” Pachter said.
Movie Gallery filed for bankruptcy for the second time in three years in February, after sales fell and losses mounted. At the time, the company had roughly 19,100 employees.
“What did the typewriter manufacturer do wrong when IBM put them out of business with the PC?” Pachter said.
Shares in Coinstar, which rose Friday following surprisingly strong quarterly results for its Redbox unit, climbed 7.4 percent on Monday to $47.64
ufc 113
May 8, 2010 by Trend PK
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MONTREAL — It’s rare that a title challenger gets an immediate rematch in mixed martial arts.
When Mauricio (Shogun) Rua steps into the cage Saturday against light-heavyweight champion Lyoto (The Dragon) Machida at UFC 113 in Montreal, he will become only the second person in UFC history to do so.
The last fighter to find himself in such a position was Pedro (The Rock) Rizzo, who earned another crack at the gold after losing a controversial decision at UFC 31 on May 4, 2001 to then heavyweight titleholder Randy (The Natural) Couture.
However, Rua (18-4), who many feel was robbed against Machida (16-0) at UFC 104 in October, doesn’t want to follow too closely in those footsteps. After all, Rizzo (17-9) went on to lose his rematch by TKO six months later at UFC 34.
Though he felt he won the first encounter, Rua doesn’t see himself as a king without a crown.
“No, not at all,” Rua said through his translator. “I will consider myself the champion when I get the belt.
“I have watched the fight a number of times and I still think I won, despite what the judges scored it. Regardless, I expect Lyoto Machida to come with a different strategy. I spoke with my team, we discussed it and came up with a different strategy as well.”
Machida, who is no doubt tired of hearing about the first fight, said he beat Rua fair and square.
“I still feel I won the fight, but people can say whatever they want,” Machida said through his translator. “The fact is, I won.
“In the last fight, I think they did a really good job of studying my game. They studied it well, but they didn’t do enough to beat me.”
Both men will get the chance to prove who the better fighter is Saturday night.
In the co-main event, Josh (Kos) Koscheck and Paul (Semtex) Daley will battle for a welterweight title shot and coaching spot on The Ultimate Fighter opposite division champion Georges (Rush) St. Pierre.
While there has been a fair amount of trash-talk leading up to the bout, both guys have toned it down now that UFC 113 has arrived. However, in February Daley (23-8-2) started an online contest for fans to come up with a new hairstyle for Koscheck (14-4), who he says looks like a character from Jim Henson’s 1980s TV show Fraggle Rock.
At the pre-fight press conference Daley showed off the winning entry — a digitally-altered photo of Koscheck as late artist and television host Bob Ross.
UFC 104 Results and Live Play-by-Play
UFC 104 Results and Live Play-by-Play, As always play PROMMA.INFO provide live commentary for the UFC event today. UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun “falls at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California Our game by game will match the TV card that begins at 8:00 pm CT on Spike TV and 9:00 pm CT on pay per view .
The main event features UFC Lyoto Machida Light Heavyweight Championship to defend his title against number one contender Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Cain In the co-main event of the American Academy of Kickboxing Verlasquez outstanding and making IFL veteran Ben Rothwell who trains out of Miletich camp.
UFC 104 Results and Live Play-by-Play was first posted on October 25, 2009 at 12:34 pm.
Ufc 101 fight card and Ufc 101 date
Ufc 101 fight card and Ufc 101 date, From the moment he stepped in the octagon for the first time, BJ Penn was a known commodity, so talented he earned a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt in three years, so gifted that he’d won the equivalent of the jiu-jitsu world championship just weeks after his black belt ceremony despite competing against lifelong devotees. His reputation was such in the BJJ world that mixed martial arts fans had debated, analyzed and speculated about this wunderkind before he’d ever had a single MMA match. And when he finally debuted, it was not on a regional show like most, but in the UFC.
Contrast that with his UFC 101 opponent Kenny Florian. He entered the world of MMA with no fanfare, was thought to be a major underdog on his season of The Ultimate Fighter, and even after making it to the finals, he was never expected to amount to much. Fighting at 185 pounds, the former collegiate soccer player seemed outsized, outclassed and out of his element.
Yet somehow, their paths are converging Saturday night at the Wachovia Center. Such is the beauty of sports. Such is the beauty of MMA.
Despite Florian’s constant record of success in beating the odds, from talking to a horde of MMA reporters here covering the event, it’s safe to say some things haven’t changed: Florian is still a big underdog (in Las Vegas, Penn is around a -240 favorite).
The conventional wisdom is that Penn is better in every aspect of the game than Florian; the better boxer, grappler, better in scrambles, etc. So then, the thinking goes, how can Florian possibly win?
In discussing this with FIGHT! Magazine editor-in-chief Donovan Craig earlier this week, he mentioned UFC 76. And why is that relevant? UFC 76 was probably the last time the top two matches on a UFC pay-per-view were thought to be so one-sided. Yet, what happened that night? Both underdogs won (Keith Jardine beat Chuck Liddell, and Forrest Griffin beat Shogun Rua).
In MMA, underdogs win. Not all the time, but they win. Rua was the last underdog to win in a main event or co-main event of a UFC pay-per-view when he knocked out Liddell at UFC 97.
But if any fighter has a chance of scoring an upset, it’s Florian. How can you discount a guy who was never expected to be a factor in the UFC but has earned a second shot at the belt? Sure, he hasn’t faced the overall caliber of opponent that Penn has, but you can’t ignore his impressive six-fight winning streak, nor the fact that he finished five of those opponents. You also shouldn’t underestimate his secret weapon: his brain.
Florian is one of the most strategic fighters in MMA. For all the attention we give to someone’s ground skills (Demian Maia, for example) or their head kicks (Mirko Cro Cop) or their crushing right hand (Dan Henderson), we constantly fail to take into account a fighter’s intelligence. Few study the game and their opponents like Florian. You can bet he will come into the cage with a complete understanding of Penn’s tendencies and abilities. That’s not to say he can stop what’s coming, only that he probably has a better idea of what’s coming than most. And this being GI Joe opening weekend, we need not remind you that “knowing is half the battle.”
The other half will be fascinating. For all his accomplishments, Penn is just 4-4 in his last eight fights. Those losses are to elite-level fighters Lyoto Machida, Georges St. Pierre (twice) and Matt Hughes. We’re about to find out if Florian is an elite-level fighter. Maybe he’ll get blown out, but maybe not. He came into the UFC as an afterthought. He could leave the cage Saturday night as a champion.
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