All Entries Tagged With: "Ricardo Almeida"
UFC 106 Fills Out
The UFC 106 event featuring the heavyweight title fight between giants Brock Lesnar (4-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC, #2 IWMMAR) and Shane Carwin (11-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC, #7 IWMMAR) and the returning of former lightheavyweight champion Tito Ortiz (15-6-1 MMA, 14-6-1 UFC) as he takes on Forrest Griffin (16-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC, #6 IWMMAR) is starting to fill out. According to a recent report Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt Ricardo Almeida (11-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) will make his welterweight debut taking on Jon Fitch (19-3-0-1… (Full Story)
Ricardo Almeida: Respecting the Choke
Watching Ricardo Almeida (10-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) over the course of what has been a shockingly under-discussed career, it’s easy to remember what has been my mantra since I started training in jiu-jitsu: Respect the Choke. As a third degree blackbelt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Renzo Gracie, there are few fighters in the UFC middleweight division who can tough Almeida’s ground game, though he may be superceded by emerging contender Demian Maia (10-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC, #5 IWMMAR), but as Maia goes… (Full Story)
UFN 18 Results and Videos
First are the videos of the fights, courtesy of MMA-Core! Carlos Condit vs. Martin Kampmann Ryan Bader vs. Carmelo Marrero Tyson Griffin vs. Rafael Dos Anjos Junie Browning vs. Cole Miller And here are the results for the Ultimate Fight Night 18, which was held last night and aired on SpikeTV at 8PM. The event was headlined by Martin Kampmann vs. Carlos Condit. Aaron Simpson def. Tim McKenzie via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:40 Rob Kimmons def. Joe Vedepo via submission (guillotine… (Full Story)
Videos: Cote and Stevenson Stay Alive. For Now.
Watch Patrick Cote somehow get the decision win over Ricardo Almeida here. As for Joe Steveson, he was up against a much larger and potentially dangerous (to BJ Penn, at least) Gleison Tibau. He got lucky in this fight! I don’t see either fighter going too far, unfortunately. Cote doesn’t have any ground game to compete with anyone else in his division and Stevenson already go destroyed by BJ Penn once. We’ll see what Joe Silva and Dana White have in store for… (Full Story)
UFC 86 Preview
Amir Sodollah is The Ultimate Fighter and now it is time for the coaches to battle. This Saturday in Las Vegas Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will step into the octagon to fight the real ultimate fighter in Forrest Griffin. These two were tapped to be the coaches for 7th season of the UFC’s hit reality show because of their outgoing character, but many believe that the show was a let down and the two coaches weren’t as flamboyant as expected. Let down or… (Full Story)
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