Nick Diaz and Paul Daley Final Press Conference Highlights - Strikeforce

In a potential candidate for Fight of the Year in the main event, sizzling STRIKEFORCE Welterweight (170 pounds) World Champion Nick Diaz (24-7, 1 NC), of Stockton, Calif., will seek his 10th consecutive victory when he defends against the hard-hitting, notorious British striker, Paul "Semtex" Daley (26-9-2), of Nottingham, England.

Source: http://mmalice.com/strikeforce/nick-diaz-and-paul-daley-final-press-conference-highlights-video_afb62767c.html

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State of WEC, PRIDE Titles Following Zuffa Acquisitions

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Lineal champions have always interested me for one reason or another, and with talk intensifying of Strikeforce champions facing UFC champions in the near future, I thought it would be interesting to see where the WEC and PRIDE titles have ended up, considering those are the two biggest organizations Zuffa purchased over the years. No disrespect to the EliteXC or the IFLs of the world, but that would just get too confusing.

So check out the state of the WEC and PRIDE titles below. Dare I say more titles than you think have been unified.

Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/05/05/state-of-wec-pride-titles-following-zuffa-acquisitions/

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MMA world reacts on Twitter to death of bin Laden

Twitter is essentially where the news of Osama bin Laden's death broke. It's also where many Americans and folks around the world reacted. The immediacy of Twitter is amazing, but can also be dangerous.

Here's a sampling of the reaction from some folks around the MMA world.

Former Ultimate Fighter cast member Brad Tavares was lost when he started seeing bin Laden trending. Inside a movie theater, he hadn't seen the news.

Tiki Ghosn, a trainer partner of Quinton Jackson's, was in celebratory mode.

Brian Stann, a Naval Academy grad and Marine, hopes this is the beginning of real progress in the Middle East.

Tim Kennedy, an Army Ranger, who's served in both Afghanistan and Iraq, wishes he was involved in the bin Laden raid.

Carlos Condit called for extra retribution.

Kenny Florian gave praise to the special force members who sacrificed all these years in pursuit of bin Laden.

Anthony Johnson did the same.

UFC veteran Nate Quarry looked to lighten the mood by turning to the joke that was used no less than 500 times this morning.

Showtime announcer Mauro Ranallo had the strange initial reaction of asking why it took so long to catch bin Laden.

He was greeted with anger and an explanation.

Jiu-jitsu ace and former UFC broadcaster Eddie Bravo began to discuss 9-11 conspiracy theories.

HDNet broadcaster Michael Schiavello said he'd have to retire one of his "time proven" catch-phrases.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/MMA-world-reacts-on-Twitter-to-death-of-bin-Lade?urn=mma-wp1936

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Couture video: UFC has to ‘make it right’ for him to fight on

Randy Couture is ready to call it a career, yet he's up for new challenges and it sounds like that could include future fights.

We tracked down Couture just before he hit the friendly skies for Toronto and UFC 129. He's steadfast in his desire to walk away, win or lose, after his fight against Lyoto Machida, but when we mentioned UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones, Couture had an interesting take. Couture said the "UFC would have to make it right" for him to take a fight against Jones (3:00 mark). He also mentioned that he was offered Jones in the past and turned down the fight.

Couture was also reacting to Dana White saying he didn't think the legend was going to retire. White made the comment to Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Reached via text message late Tuesday, UFC president Dana White made it clear he thinks Couture will continue fighting if he beats Machida.

It's likely Couture walks away, works some UFC broadcasts and serves an ambassador for the sport, but it'll be interesting to see what he does if he scores a big upset over Machida. Never say never.

You can watch UFC 129 on PPV (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) right here on Yahoo! Sports.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Couture-video-UFC-has-to-make-it-right-for-hi?urn=mma-wp1470

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Welcome back Jason MacDonald: UFC vet battles back from horrific ankle injury

Jason MacDonald has heard it all, but after what he's gone through the middleweight fighter can block out dummy fans saying he should retire.  A resident of Red Deer, Alta, Canada, MacDonald is fighting for the first time since breaking his tibia and fibula, and tearing both ligaments off the bone.

"Initially the injury was horrible and the surgery and the months following the surgery were pretty rough. You feel a lot of pain," MacDonald told the Canadian Press.

"When you're laid up and not able to get around and not able to do things you're used to doing, you do a lot of soul-searching, you doubt yourself and you doubt if you can even recover. But as your body gets stronger, you become stronger mentally and you get healthy mentally again and you start to realize 'Hey I'm good."'

MacDonald (23-14) faces Ryan Jensen (16-6) on the undercard at UFC 129. The fight will air on the UFC's Facebook page.

Frankly, it's amazing the 35-year-old is back this soon after suffering the terrible injury last May against John Salter at UFC 113. Believe it or not, he actually tried to return in December at UFC 124. Then reality struck and MacDonald realized he'd better slow it down.

"I was training two or three times a day and I was waking up in the morning barely able to walk to the washroom, so I had to just pull back on the training a little bit and ease up and get it a little bit stronger."

This is MacDonald's 12th fight with the promotion. He's gone 5-6 with wins over Ed Herman and Chris Leben. He's got three losses against high level fighters in Rich Franklin, Demian Maia and Yushin Okami. None of that will matter Saturday night. No one's going to feel sorry for him or accept the injury as an excuse, so MacDonald knows this is a make or break fight.

"For me this fight is huge. Let's be realistic. I'm coming off an injury and not just an injury, it was still considered a loss. So in my eyes, I'm fighting for my job."

Good for MacDonald. It's nice to see him back and hopefully he can prove schmucks like these wrong:

turbosteve29

1 day ago

I think its time for macdonald to hang up the gloves, hes washed up too old Report this comment!

ianzacks

2 days ago

this guy always gets knocked out , the only reason he makes ufc cards , they need canadian content when fighting in canada. He looks the part , and gets knocked out better then anyone else .... Report this comment!report this comment

Let's hope the majority of fans get it. Give MacDonald credit for sacrificing this much to give us a little entertainment on a Saturday night.

You can watch UFC 129 on PPV (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) right here on Yahoo! Sports.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Welcome-back-Jason-MacDonald-UFC-vet-battles-ba?urn=mma-wp1604

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Finally Final Thoughts: Bellator 43 Edition

We?re now only one day away from Bellator 43, which is currently set to take place live on the MTV2 network. The event will feature the promotional debuts of not one but two tough veterans, both of which have competed in high-level promotions across the globe. As if that wasn?t good enough, we?ve also got [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/05/06/finally-final-thoughts-bellator-43-edition

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Bantamweight prospect Michael McDonald steps in for Yamamoto; takes on Chris Cariaso at UFC 130

One door closes and another one opens. Recently, it has been announced that Japanese star “Kid” Yamamoto was forced to withdraw from his scheduled bantamweight bout with Chris Cariaso when he was plagued by injury. However, an adequate replacement has been found as bantamweight prospect Michael McDonald has agreed to step up on short notice for [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/04/29/bantamweight-prospect-michael-mcdonald-steps-in-for-yamamoto-takes-on-chris-cariaso-at-ufc-130

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UFC to stream UFC 129 pay-per-view broadcast on UStream.com (UPDATED)

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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The UFC is going to a new platform for promoting pay-per-view events online, as UStream.com announced on Friday that Saturday's UFC 129 event will be available on the live video streaming website on a pay-per-view basis.

UStream on Friday announced that the UFC will be bringing tomorrow's UFC 129 event to the site for $44.95. The organization is taking advantage of UStream's new pay-per-view "ticket" system, which allows users to purchase tickets for certain events on the site.

The UStream broadcast will begin at 9PM ET, though HeavyMMA's pre-game show will also be made available beginning at 6PM ET. UFC 129 takes place from the Rogers Centre in Toronto, headlined by the Welterweight Championship bout between Georges St. Pierre and Jake Shields.

Penick's Analysis: This is just another in the UFC's deals to expand their reach and expand the options for viewing their events online. They have really attempted to be ahead of the curve in their technological and social networking endeavors, and this will be another way to continue in that. Though it's not likely to attract the fans that were attempting to stream the events for free, UStream still receives a lot of traffic and could be a decent source of revenue for the organization.

The original version of this article mistakenly stated UStream had previously been sued by the UFC. UStream had been subpoenaed for IP addresses of users who were uploading UFC content, but they have not been sued by the UFC over the airing of events on the site. Justin.TV, a similar live video streaming site, was instead the site named by the UFC earlier this year in a lawsuit.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_9191.shtml

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