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[Lord of The Curry 0]

 

What an awesome picture.

[The Niggardly King 0]

So yeah... what the hell is this?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFr6kL14-hE

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx7suxoVHw0

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a64ysoiWjEg

[randomguy 0]

Whatever they are they are funny as hell.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

So I'm poking around dailymotion watching fedor beat people up, and I come across some fight between him and Lee Hasdell. When they went to the ground, the ref kept saying "no face punch! no face punch!" someone please tell me the name of the promotion that doesn't allow punching in the face on the ground, so I can avoid it in the future.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

It was RINGS, but they are defunct so you don't have to worry.

[razazteca 0]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFr6kL14-hE

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx7suxoVHw0

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a64ysoiWjEg

Pride FC we make movies

[The Niggardly King 0]

I think Melvin had some traces of coke from his urine test after getting subbed by Stevenson... this is not good.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

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

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

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

[Lord of The Curry 0]

RANDY AND DAVID MAMET?

 

OH SNAAAAAAAP.

 

Best.Movie.Ever.

 

We need some Glengarry Glen-Ross lines outta this motherfucker for Randy to deliver.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

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

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

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

[Bruiser_Brody_ 0]

So I saw a commericial for the Ortiz/White boxing match on Spike today. i thought it was canceled?

 

Never mind . Found out

[Lei Tong 0]

Kitaoka submitting Monteiro is a suprise and actually a damn good win for him. He's likely to get a PRIDE shot after this.

[AboveAverage484 0]

Kitaoka submitting Monteiro is a suprise and actually a damn good win for him. He's likely to get a PRIDE shot after this.

 

I think he was tentatively on the Pride LW GP card anyway, though who the hell knows what's going on with that now.

[Mik 0]

UFC 72 will also be on Spike TV for free.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Where did you hear this?

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Rumour has been floating around for a while, seeing as how it's going to take place in Ireland and UFC is giving us the England show for free.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

[Youth N Asia 0]

Neither 70 or 72 have ppv like line ups, but I'll takes what I can gets

[Mik 0]

I'm amped for 70. Granted the fights seem a little one sided but I'm pleased as punch to be seeing Mirko, Bisping, Arlovski, Machida and Kongo vs. Ausserio Silva for free.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Franklin/Kampmann is tits.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Not saying it won't be a good fight, but it's not a ppv drawing fight

[Lei Tong 0]

I like Kampmann almost too much to watch Franklin punch a hole through his face.

[Lord of The Curry 0]

Kampmann would make a good neo-Nazi henchman in pretty much any movie.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

But a neo-Nazi henchman with a heart of gold, right? Right?

 

The way Kampmann took McFedries punches and fought through it, it won't be easy for Franklin to finish him. It's gonna be a fight.

[Lei Tong 0]

It's going to be a drubbing. Franklin arguably punches just as hard as Drew (if not harder), and is exponentially better in both wrestling and on the mat. The way Kampmann has eaten punches in his last two fights leads me to believe he'll be lucky to see the second round against Franklin.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Some word association with Anderson Silva:

 

Rich Franklin: A great champion

David Loiseau: An underestimated fighter

Carlos Newton: A true Samurai

Mike Swick: He's not very well-known, but he's very good

Fedor: Anvil's instead of hands

Minotauro: A master of his art

Ricardo Arona: A warrior with a big heart

Babalu: A good guy

Chuck Liddell: A real life iceman

Matt Hughes: A dwarf who is full of himself

GSP: A high level athlete

Wanderlei Silva: No comment

Rudimar: He has a bad attitude

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Some word association with Anderson Silva:

 

Matt Hughes: A dwarf who is full of himself

Anderson Silva is a great man.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Wanderlei Silva: No comment

 

Aint him and Wandy good friends?