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Where Does Chael Sonnen Go From Here? Wanderlei Silva? Vitor Belfort? Lyoto Machida?

BAD MMA News — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 11:15:07 +0000

Chael Sonnen surprised many by submitting Mauricio “Shogun” Rua at UFC Fight Night 26 on Saturday night in Boston. Hardly anyone, however, could be counted as startled that he immediately took aim at Wanderlei Silva , calling out the former Pride FC champion following his victory. “Wanderlei Silva, six feet tall and 205 pounds, boy, until I met you, I didn’t know they could stack crap that high,” he declared. “Wanderlei Silva, three months, you and the bad guy.” The funny thing is, now that Sonnen has defeated Shogun, proving that he is still a fighter to be contended with at the top of either the 205-pound or 185-pound division, everyone wants to fight him.

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UFC on FOX 8′s Michael Chiesa discusses the origin of his epic beard

BAD MMA News — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:00:00 +0000

SEATTLE – You could be forgiven if you’re under the belief that a scraggly coyote has taken up permanent residence on Michael Chiesa ‘s chin. Aside from his undefeated record and victorious run on “The Ultimate Fighter 15,” the UFC lightweight’s unkempt beard has become his signature feature. But there was a time when he wanted a trim. While filming “TUF 15,” a grueling 13-week season in which fights were shown live, he wanted to reduce the size of his crumb catcher. “The funny thing is that I always kept it a little long,” he said. “But when I was on ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ I asked them (about it).

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Video: Ben Askren still not worried about any big talkers ahead of Bellator 97

BAD MMA News — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 22:15:00 +0000

Ben Askren no longer makes a point of watching the opening rounds of Bellator tournaments. Before, the Bellator welterweight champion did so, in part, because he wanted to see what his prospective opponents were saying about him. He seemed to notice that just about everyone had something to say. He got to the point, though, where he decided he was wasting his time. “I’ve been the champ since fall of 2011, so it’s getting to be quite a while – every single season, there’s six or seven of the eight guys that say, ‘Oh, I’m going to kick Askren’s ass,’” Askren told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “And then half of them lose in the first round, and you’re laughing at them like, ‘Well, maybe you could beat me up if you could win the first round of the tournament.’” Askren (11-0 MMA, 8-0 BFC) is aware of what his next opponent, Andrey Koreshkov (13-0 MMA, 5-0 BFC), has to say about him in advance of Bellator 97, where they meet in a co-main event bout at Santa Ana Center in Albuquerque, N.M., and what he hears are a lot of empty words. (The event’s main card airs live on Spike TV following prelims on Spike.com.) Koreshov, who won Bellator’s Season 7 tourney with three straight wins, recently told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Askren “has no idea what he is in for,” and claimed he’s a stronger, faster and more powerful fighter than any previous title challenger. But forgive Askren if he simply hears empty words. “It’s kind of a funny thing because it happens over and over again,” he said. “Most people that I fight, they see a semi-chubby white kid with an afro (and think) ‘How tough could he be?’ “They all think the same thing, and all of a sudden, they’ve got this person on top of them that they can’t get off and is repeatedly punching them in the face for 25 minutes. So I don’t think he has anyone to simulate that, so I would guess that he actually doesn’t have any idea, but I would never say that because it’s so cliche.” Askren’s smothering style is, of course, an easy target for welterweights looking to end his reign as champion. It’s not the most aesthetically pleasing thing to watch, and so the title hopefuls promise to be different than others who’ve tried to stay on their feet against the decorated wrestler and wound up on their back for the better part of 25 minutes. Three successive tournament winners, including experienced UFC vet Jay Hieron , and five title hopefuls have been dominated en route to a decision loss against Askren, who remains undefeated after 11 pro fights. “Some of these schmucks get three or four chances at the tournament, and they can’t even win the tournament, and they’re still talking about me,” he said

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