God damn it. I fucking missed everything because of time zone difference. God damn you Germany!
God damn it. I fucking missed everything because of time zone difference. God damn you Germany!
Here's the fight for anyone interested (click play, close the popup, etc.)
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=EFJB16RU
Lol, Fedor showing no sign of sportsmanship.
Didnt really see it posted anywhere, terrible for the sport really. One would have to question though 6ft9 and fighting at 155? Something isnt right there...
Source: http://mmajunkie.com/news/19729/tues...-pro-debut.mma
Mixed-martial-arts competitor Michael Kirkham died this morning as a result of injuries sustained from a professional mixed-martial-arts bout this past Saturday at the USC Aiken Convocation Center in South Carolina.
WRDW News in Augusta, S.C., first reported the news.
Kirkham, 30, suffered repeated blows to the head during an MMA event dubbed "Confrontation at Convocation Center" and collapsed afterward.
He was taken unconscious to the Aiken Regional Medical Center, where he died from brain hemorrhaging, a representative of the Aiken County Coroner's office today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
An autopsy on the fighter is expected for Tuesday morning, the ACC representative said.
According to an amateur fighter database hosted on mixedmartialarts.com, Kirkham held a 1-3 record with two losses by way of TKO. The June 26 fight marked his pro debut.
A representative for the South Carolina Athletic Commission directed MMAjunkie.com to an officer for the state's Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, who was unavailable for comment.
Kirkham is the second fighter to die as a result of injuries sustained during a professional MMA bout. Houston-based fighter Sam Vasquez lapsed into a coma and died 42 days after a TKO loss to Vince Libari at a "Renegades Extreme Fighting" event in October 2007.
Stay tuned to MMAjunkie.com for updates on this story as they arise.
6'9" and only 155 lbs?
He is about a foot and a half taller than me and only 20 pounds heavier, and I am pretty skinny.
I can't even really picture what the guy might look like...
By the way, this last Fedor fight was the first of his I actually watched live. I was hoping to see what he was all about. It didn't look like he took Werdum too seriously.
Best part about the Fedor lost was the seemingly infinite entertainment Monday morning at work on Sherdog.
time for Overheem to DESTROY Werdum
For the sake of Strikeforce Im 75% certain they will do a rematch asap. Overheem is going to have to wait to destroy Werdum.
So I'm just watching some of the UFC 116 previews... and I fucking lost it.
Joe Rogan: "Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin is like 2 gorillas locked in a cage."
Overeem v Ricco Rodriguez set for Dream 15. There is a guy I didn't think was still fighting. Pretty much thought he'd eaten himself out of big matches.
Apparently he has really slimmed down the past year or so
I think overeem will knock him down and then go crazy and get caught in a triangle armbar
ok not really, Overeem should win
I AM SO EXCITED FOR PELLEGRINO SOTIROPOLOUS I PROBABLY SPELLED SOTIROPOLOUS WRONG BUT I DONT CARE.
Would be stupid to do a rematch.
Strikeforce amped it up throughout the whole night that Fedor/Werdum would get a shot at Overeem. Apparently that only applied if Fedor won now? Gotcha. Not to mention Fedor only has one fight left on his contract so there's no guarantee that would even happen should he win. Overeem also needs to be in action, why wait even longer? Guy's been Strikeforce HW champion for what? 3 years now and only has two bouts with the organization. Wouldn't be surprised if he leaves Strikeforce altogether because they refuse to promote him as a champion.
SF HW title is nothing but a big ass paper-weight because SF's matchmaking is so fucktarded lol.
It sure is. D-league is right.
I good breakdown by a couple of Gracies about some of the mistakes Fedor made.
lol@4:06 of the Gracie video...they totally had a gay moment.
So Alistair Overeem has come out and said that not only is he NOT fighting Ricco Rodriguez on Dream 15....but that he may never fight for Dream again. This is weird that they would announce him like that without confirmation, but it is Dream. BE is saying that FEG (company that owns Dream) owes a lot of people money, so he may be included in that. I wonder how many fights he has left in Strikeforce...he has come out and said before that he'd like a shot at the UFC guys. Could be an interesting run if he gets the K1 out of his system.
Also, Jake Shields was released from his contract yesterday...officially. He is expected to sign with the UFC soon. He expressed interest in both 185 and 170, but said he'd fight whoever was in front of him. I personally think he's better off at 170, but if someone wants to get their head thumped by Silva, who am I to stop them.