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Wow, it's only in mid-August.

Here are some sites that I have bookmarked. News-sites. http://ufcjunkie.com/ http://www.mastergamer.com/ http://www.thefightnetwork.com/news.php?vi...ction&sid=1 http://www.insidefighting.com/news.aspx For some interviews: http://www.fcfighter.com/podcasts

PBP of Fedor/Lindland via BK...

Looks like a good show, DIRTY~! Come to think of it... Busta... Doerkson... that's a fucking great fight. DEEP 29 IMPACT Official Results: Main event Murilo Bustamante def. Ryuta Sakurai – KO 3:50 R1 Pride GP Elimination Match Satoru Kitaoka def. Fabricio “Pitbull” Monteiro – Tapout (Arm-Triangle choke) 2:37 R1 Open-Weight Division Yusuke Kawaguchi def. “Fujiyama” – Decision (2-0) Cristiano Kaminishi def. “Fighting Dragon” – KO (Kick) 4:00 R1 Under 90kg division Yasuhito Namekawa def. Yuji Sakuragi – Tapout (Heelhook) 2:10 R1 Under 85kg division Joe Doerkson def. Kim Dae Won – Tap out (Triangle Choke) 3:35 R1 Under 76kg division Shigetoshi Iwase def. Nakadai Sen- Tapout (Rear-Naked Choke) 3:25 R1 Under 73kg division Katsunori Kikuno def. Takao Kamikozono– 2-0 decision Michitaka Omigawa def. Naoteru Matsushita – TKO (Referee stoppage) 3:17 R2 Under 72kg division Ryan Bow def. “Barbaro44” – Tapout (Rear-Naked Choke) 3:01 R3 Under 48kg women’s division Hisae Watanabe def. Masako – Tapout (Armbar) 2:19 R2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR4qvuWqWrU What ever you do, DO NOT WATCH THIS AWESOME PREVIEW FOR THE NEXT TWO EPISODES OF HEROES. It gives a bunch away. You will LOVE it. You will REGRET it. It is still fucking awesome, even the goddamn Nickelback doesn't ruin it. God I want this show back so I can get a huge nerd-on.

From Lil Jens: The action and tension didn't let up on this week's episode of The Ultimate fighter season 5. Now see what head coach Jens Pulver has to say about it all in his exclusive InsideFighting Coach's episode reaction blog. -editor On Cole Miller’s emotional and tearful reaction to his victory from last week’s episode. Cole was emotional. I said right away after that that there would be no more running to the locker room after fights and stuff but it was ok. I saw what he was going through. He was putting a lot of pressure on himself, and I saw that afterwards. I got to see how he does things, how he carries so much on himself. I know what he does to himself pressure wise and of course I told him that I was proud of him. Throughout the season, Cole will show you what he does in terms of his character, and I was happy to have him around. After that win I was happy for him because he got to sit back after that and relax for a little while. On the “championship” belt Cole had strapped around his waist after his win. Well what it was was a belt that the guys designed as something to pass between the two teams, with whoever has won the fight getting to wear it. I didn’t know they had made that until they gave it to Cole. There may have been a couple guys from the blue team as well who helped make it, I can’t remember. I took one look at the thing and said, G_d you guys must be bored in that house! It had rhinestones, or “bling”, on it, maybe it was left over from Shonie (TUF4 contestant Shonie Carter, who was known to “bling” up hats and clothing with Swarovski Crystals), I don’t know. There was a blue part and a gold part, one for each team, on the belt, and whenever a team won they got a piece of “bling” on their team’s part of the belt. Obviously whoever had the most on their part at the end…you get the picture. More results of the fighters being “bored” at the house That stuff with the shield and the girls and the horses, I was just laughing. My guys told me a lot of what went on at the house and I was just laughing. I mean, the whole set up with the reality show and the house and the cameras in your face was to drive you nuts. My guys were allowed to do what ever they had to do to survive in the house. If they had to get down, then they had to get down. “Suck it Team Pulver” The next morning my team told me about it. At the time, I didn’t know if it was directed at me personally or my team. I was hoping it was directed at me because I can take it. But first and foremost, my team countered and wrote “F_ck Team Penn”. But the bottom line is that I made a team that had “nothing to do”, like BJ said” with Team Penn, and look at the war it caused. And the other team wasn’t ready for it. When Nate, then Brandon and then Manny got hyped up after seeing the writing, Team Penn bailed. They wouldn’t stick together. You could tell my team rallied around each other and got nuts. And then look at what was happening with Team Penn behind the scenes with Gabe and Matt. I didn’t even know that they were having issues within their own team at the time but it just goes to prove that it takes more than an arm bar to be a f_cking coach. Some of those guys were wowed by BJ because they think that he could show them so much. Fine. And they thought I couldn’t show them much. Fine. He might have great moves but that don’t make d_ck of a fighter or of a coach. That’s what makes Pat Miletich so damn special because he was a champion as a fighter and a great coach. I tried to learn from him. I may not be the guy out there and though you think he’s got all these things to show you and you don’t think I do, it takes more than technique to make you a great fighter. BJ tried to say at the UFC Fight Night last week, “I never disrespected Jens and his coaching.” Yes he did. That’s exactly what he does. It’s all on tape. And then your next big tactic is to write on the walls? Please. He tried to pull that stuff the first episode with the raising hands stuff and then again with Emerson calling out Corey. I knew right away that it was a tactic to throw us off. I didn’t know that BJ had given Emerson a note, we found out because Emerson told us later that BJ told him to do that, but I knew it was a tactic. It almost worked but come on, do you think I’m an idiot? Corey is a loose cannon and I had to stop him and say, “look, let’s go through the process.” We had all of our fights picked out before the first fight even happened. It’s a game and the beautiful thing about it all was that we got to pick the match up and then choose who would cut weight and train specifically for that fight because we knew who would be fighting. I had confidence in all of my team but I knew that Corey would just charge out there at that time. The funny thing is that BJ thought that (Emerson vs. Corey) would be such a good match up. It’s not to disrespect Emerson, I liked Emerson from the word “go”. I would have loved to of had him on my team. Right off the bat he looked to be in the best shape and I liked him a lot. But I thought that was kind of strange to be so sure about that match up. We knew who we were going to match up. That match up happened because of injuries and weight. Manuel came on to the show with some nagging injuries that were bothering him that he needed to rest. Plus he was on weight and some of our other guys were a little further away from being on weight. So we decided that we wanted to get Manny out there as soon as possible so that he could use the time off afterwards to rest his injuries some. But BJ kept trying to pull all of this stuff and it made me sick because it was a joke. I mean, what are you going to do with all this, make me look like a bitch? Whatever. I’m going to f_cking embarrass you at the end of the day. People have asked me “I don’t know how you stay so calm Jens” but I’m not. I just know that pay back is a motherf_cker. That’s where I’m at and that’s what I tried to communicate to my team. They told me what Team Penn had wrote and they told me everything that happened. Nate got pissed, Manny almost went home. I just told them, that I guess that’s what you have to do when you go 0-1. I told them that the other team was just trying to f_ck all of them up on that stuff. I told them to just go out there and own their assess. To use this anger. BJ helped me. This show was 6 weeks of mind-numbing, excruciating stuff and that disrespect just got my whole team motivated. Now everyone was fired up. There are no phones, no TV, no girls, and they just want to kill team Penn. It made my job twice as easy. “I hate the kid.” –Manuel Gamburyan in his team van on the way to fight Noah Thomas. Aggression is important for me as a fighter and though I think my guys had that in them to begin with, I also think I helped push it. I tried to help feed that anger, sometimes against the wishes of my other coaches, but I did what I could to keep it going. Anger will make some guys go 10 more minutes in practice at 125% and some people get so mad that all they do is bitch and cry about how mad they are. The guys were worried that Manuel wasted energy the night before his fight but there were certain things I looked for, hidden things, quiet things, in my fighters that let me know how they felt. Manuel can grab a hold of that anger. I’m glad that he got fired up like that. You don’t have to walk around and be an ass hole or a criminal or thug, but sometimes being angry can drive you to succeed. It can be good to be angry sometimes. Manuel came up to me straight up and said “I am pissed.” And I told him and the whole team that I couldn’t thank them more for the way they stood up for the team, but we had to put that aside a little. We had to make Team Penn pay on the field, in the ring. We had to put it to them by keeping the hammer and winning every single fight. And he did it. Manuel had made an impression on me long before the fight. I had seen him fight (UFC lightweight champion) Sean Sherk where he was giving up a lot of weight and Sherk did his thing by laying on him and he bored out a win. I’ve watched Manuel roll around backstage at past UFC’s and I knew he was a tough guy. I figured BJ would grab him up. But I didn’t know what a cool guy Manuel was. He was just a perfect person. I still talk to him today. I had never got to know him personally until this show and I’m glad that I did. He’s a funny som’ bitch. And I saw what I needed to from Manuel the day of his fight. He was a little too angry, but he was still smart. We had drilled not attacking in that cage straight on, but instead cutting your angle, cutting a corner. But you have to understand that Manuel had energy pent up for two years and he unleashed it all in the cage. He was trying to throw bombs and hurt the guy. After the fight he said “Enough of this f_cking shit. No more disrespecting Team Pulver.” He told that to everyone watching, both teams, around the cage. I don’t know if it was deliberate from the producers, divine intervention, say what you will, but I’ve said over and over that I could never of picked a better team. I could not have gotten a better class of personalities, backgrounds everything. Everyone and everything, who the fighters were and my coaches melded perfectly. Whether or not I was the key ingredient in all of that, all of us were the key ingredient at one point or another. 2-0 baby! That’s it for this week’s Coach episode blog. Make sure to tell your friends and check back with us every Thursday night right after The Ultimate Fighter for Jens’ reaction and remember, InsideFighting gets you the scoop.

BUDURG RESULTS: Looks like a good shur.

"A-B-C. Always Be Clinching."

I think word of mouth will bring it up to about 1.5 in a few weeks and it may finish with a 1.7. I'd say 1.3 is a base number and I don't see them going lower. They've done a better, Season 3-esque job in building personalities and feuds and that will pay off as the season progresses. The Gabe storyline is similar to Ed Hermans, where they would constantly mention the possibility of him fighting, but then deliver someone else, and it got to the point to where when he did fight, there was interest in it. Also, I think a big reason for TUF 1 and 3's big ratings is because of the coaches - 4 of the biggest draws in UFC history, whereas 2 and 4 were not.

This show, by its own premise, cannot last long. I can't even see them getting beyond 1 season, assuming they don't get canceled. This Phil is channeling Wallace Shawn like a motherfucker. I'd say in terms of shows in the post LOST tv era, this is probably below Prison Break but above Jericho. Mainly because of Filly and the few times Minear busted out the humour. Let's say a 6.5/10.

You mean I'm missing White Chicks for THIS? "What?"

The Boyfriend was in Iraq and his Girlfriend has A-rack. HAHAHHAHAHA. At least she has the chest. And the ass. Not so much with the face.

GAH GHOSTWIFE. Amy Acker~!

Hour 2 is on. You really didn't miss much in the first. OH SHIT THEY DONE GOT FUCKED UP. Melanie Lynskey is fucking cute. Damn shame about that origin thing. Oh and they are SO doing TWISTER here, with race and Fillion being The Extreme. Hell, he even has a truck. Now where's Dusty?

"Can I ask you a question?" "Yeah" Tremendous. Wow, this show is like someone saw the Amazing Race and said "This needs to be scripted and not have exotic international locations and DEFINITELY not have Phil providing the exposition." I just hope Filly drops a "AAAAAAFRIIIIICAAAAAAAAAA" at some point and Boston Rob shows up.

From the fight network. COUTURE CHRONICLES: MY WHIRLWIND LIFE By Randy Couture Welcome to the second edition of the “Couture Chronicles,” a little peek at what I’m up to these days. Well, there’s plenty to write about, so we better jump in. It’s been quite a whirlwind since the fight. I’ve literally only been home three nights in the last three-and-a-half weeks. There’s a lot of things happening. A lot of people have asked me if I watched my fight with Tim Sylvia and what I thought about it afterwards. I watched it once at the gym. I remembered the fight fairly accurately, so watching it again didn’t change my perspective at all. I guess I’ve been in this situation one way or another a few times, where I didn’t think there was actually a whole lot of people who thought I was going to pull it off. I not only pulled it off; I couldn’t have written it any better. It made for a pretty special night. I think for some reason – the nature of the fight, Tim’s stature, his physical size, my age, and all those things seemed to tickle a bone in so many people, more than any other fight I think I’ve had. People have just gone nuts over this fight. After winning back the UFC Heavyweight title, I flew home to Las Vegas, but was right back on a plane to New York City a day later for a media tour set up by my agents. I appeared on ESPN’s “Hot List” that week and conducted numerous sit-down and telephone interviews while things were still buzzing. It looks like me and the sport will be getting some coverage from espn.com and ESPN The Magazine in an upcoming article coming out in the next couple of weeks. I found out last week that I got a role in Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Mamet’s new film “RedBelt,” a story revolving around the martial arts mentality. I’ll play a supporting role. I embark on my first full-fledged feature film speaking role in May in Los Angeles with the award-winning director. I’ve also booked a guest-starring role in the television series “The Unit,” starring Robert Patrick, which airs on Tuesday nights at 9 PM on CBS. “The Unit” is another Mamet- created project, and came out of a two-hour reading audition I did with him a couple of weeks ago for the film. Everyone that I run into that is connected to the Hollywood industry says it’s a very big deal to be working with Mamet. I shoot that role Friday and then it’s onto a plane immediately after to Manchester, England for UFC 70. I’ll be taking notes cageside as a certain pair of heavyweights battle it out – should be interesting. Don’t ask me how I got this one, but I also did a cameo appearance on this Monday’s “Dancing With The Stars” with one of its contestants Leeza Gibbons, of “Entertainment Tonight” fame. In December, I had done Leeza’s radio show in L.A. in-studio. She’d not heard of our sport, so I spent the better part of a few hours on and off-air talking to her about MMA. She was very intrigued. I heard later that she’d be appearing on this new season with “Dancing With The Stars.” She’d actually contacted me with interest in me training her to get in shape for the competition. With my schedule, I couldn’t commit, but then she was interested in the mental skills that are indigenous to our sport and how she could apply them to what she was doing. The segment ended up going a bit different, but I was grateful for the opportunity to get myself and the sport introduced to a whole new audience. I’m just finishing up a partnership agreement contract with Affliction Clothing, coming out with a new line called “Xtreme Couture” that I’m very excited about for a couple of reasons. It’s obviously because I think they have a great product and are very well established in the mid to high-end marketplace, but also we’re going to use “Xtreme Couture” brand to market fifteen to twenty fighters and assign each fighter a graphic and a shirt and that’ll kind of be their deal. They’ll get a percentage of sales for their particular shirt, so I’m excited to include a bunch of fighters in that deal, including Rich Franklin and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. I continue to grow my nutrition line and the gyms are doing very well. The Vancouver, Washington location is up and running now in its fourth week and the Las Vegas gym is in its seventh week with over 150 members. My first two franchises for Xtreme Couture gyms will be opening in West Palm Beach, Florida and another in Chicago, Illinois around May. There are three more franchises in the works which could lead to six to seven gyms open in the next six months around the country. With the purchase of PRIDE by the Fertittas, some opportune match-ups have opened up for the first time ever. I think Nogueria is still in the top five list there. I obviously competed against Barnett years ago and I think both of us are a lot different fighters than we were back then. Even Fedor potentially coming into the mix. I don’t know how his contract reads with Bodog and all that, but he’s probably waiting to see how this all unfolds and see what opportunities present themselves and make the right choice. It will be interesting to see how that all settles, how the PRIDE brand is used and what they do with it. The upside is there are a lot more athletes open to compete against that were previously unavailable due to the differences in the organizations. The downside is the monopoly that’s being established where you don’t have a lot of other options besides a Fertitta-owned or Zuffa-owned enterprise. It doesn’t give you a lot of leverage to bargain with to get better treatment and better pay. I think the competition [of promotions] from an athlete’s perspective is good because it give the athletes more outlets to compete in and make a living, which gives them a little bit more leverage with the UFC to get better pay. But I think those other organizations have some work to do in establishing their brands to grow and rival, in a real sense, what the UFC has established for a long time. As for my next fight, the UFC hasn’t spoken with me yet on it. I will be in England for the fights, and like I said, I’ll be taking notes. I’m excited about fighting Mirko [Cro Cop Filipovic] if he gets past [Gabriel] Gonzaga. I think it’s a very good match-up for me style-wise. He poses a lot of the same problems that Tim did. He’s more athletic and more explosive, but not nearly as big in stature as Tim. There’s some give and take there, but overall, I think it’s a good match-up for me. He’s one of the top fighters in the world, so if I’m going to keep fighting, that’s the kind of guy I’d like to fight. There’s a whole lot of things going on. I’ve got a whole lot of irons in the fire, a whole lot of balls I’m juggling, all of which are pretty big things in most people’s estimations. I’m most excited about this acting opportunity and if that should happen to take off, then I would be inclined to dedicate a lot of time and energy to that and to seeing that through. As always, thanks for all the support. **** Visit Randy Couture’s official Web site at www.thenatural.tv, his supplement line at couturenutrition.com, and his clothing line and gym site at xtremecouture.tv

Here are some Canadian MMA fights from APEX. http://www.thescore.ca/videos/index.asp?vi...28&orderby= And here is one featuring one of the top prospects in Canada, Mark Bocek. http://www.thescore.ca/videos/index.asp?vi...&progID=128

Main Reason: "Oh man, we already spent a lot of money on this, we need to get some return" Secondary Reason: "Dana White needs to be the biggest babyface on the planet... and heres a chance to put some of his friends and relatives on TV and show off his man-belly."

I believe that record of beeps lasted for about 1 hour until Dana White smashed it.

Was that Sakikabara?

How many glamour shots do they need of Dana on a cell phone? Who does this guy think he is, Calvin Ayre?

Yeah man, crazy

OH SHIT THIS COMMERCIAL IS AWESOME.

This docu is great, btw. Titomaniacs. Old UFC footy. Jeff Osbourzzzzzzzzzz....

Give it up to Pulver for choosing the hammer instead of first pick, as well as getting a better look at the fighters during evaluation day. Why are they blurring out their own logo? Is Roid-Powder owned by anyone?