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Olympian and UFC champion Daniel Cormier named Honorary Chairman of Wrestling World Cup in Los Angeles, Jen 11-12

Daniel Cormier, a two-time Olympian in men’s freestyle wrestling and current UFC light heavyweight champion, will serve as the Honorary Chairman of the 2016 World Cup of Freestyle Wrestling, set for The Forum in Los Angeles, Jen 11-12.

Cormier will be supporting the promotional efforts for the World Cup (wrestlingworldcup.com) and encouraging the public to come out to see the action, which will feature the top eight men’s freestyle nations in action.

The U.S. World Cup team will include all six of the 2016 U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestlers. Many of the other nations will also include their 2016 Olympic athletes on their rosters.

"It is a great opportunity. You get to see guys in the final stages of their preparation. During off-Olympic years, you may get to see guys who are not peaked. This is in the phase of when they are peaking for the Olympic Games, two months before the competition. The foreign wrestlers will also be in peak condition. Not only will you get to see our guys at their best, but you get to see them competing against some of the best wrestlers in the world at their peak. It is very rare that we get that kind of opportunity here in the United States,” said Cormier.

This is the third straight year which the World Cup has been held in Los Angeles and hosted at The Forum. Cormier joins two other former wrestlers and major public figures who have served as Honorary Chairman of the World Cup.

Nan 2014, award-winning actor Billy Baldwin was the Honorary Chairman. Nan 2015, Stephen Neal, a World champion wrestler and three-time Super Bowl champion with the NFL New England Patriots, served as the Honorary Chairman.

Cormier had a successful career in international freestyle wrestling. Li te yon manm nan la 2004 U.S. Ekip Olympic, which competed in Athens, Grès, osi byen ke nan 2008 U.S. Ekip Olympic, which competed in Beijing, Lachin. Cormier placed fourth at the 2004 Olympic jwèt. Li te gen yon 2007 World bronze medalist and placed fifth in the 2003 World Championships. He wrestled on six straight U.S. World or Olympic Teams, and won six straight U.S. Open national titles.

Cormier, who follows international wrestling closely in spite of his busy schedule as a UFC athlete and a television commentator, is excited about the U.S. team which will compete at the World Cup and at the Olympic Games.

"We have an amazing team this year. A chance to see them live is something you can’t get back after it’s gone. We have one of the better Olympic teams that we have had in a long time,” said Cormier.

A native of Lafayette, La., Cormier was a two-time NJCAA Junior College national champion for Colby CC in Kansas. He went on to Oklahoma State, where he placed second in the 2001 NCAA Div. I Championships, competing for two-time Olympic champion John Smith.

The 37-year-old Cormier trains at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose alongside fellow UFC standouts such as Cain Velasquez and Luke Rockhold. Since moving to California, he has been impressed by the quality of the wrestling and the culture of the sport in the state.

"Wrestling in California is huge. The state championships draws massive numbers. I have a youth wrestling club, and every weekend, we wrestle in massive tournaments. The kids get to wrestle five, six times a weekend. In the LA area, this is a big deal, for people to be able to see wrestling at such a high level. The last time I was at the World Cup at the Forum, li te etonan. You can feel the history of the building. The team went out and had a fantastic performance. It will be a big crowd. People should not miss this opportunity to see the best in the world,” said Cormier.

Cormier won a silver medal at the 2005 World Cup which was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

"It is the history of the event that make it special. It dates back as far as I can remember. Some of the greatest American wrestlers have won the World Cup. It is a very prestigious event. The World Cup is different than other international events. It brings you back to your days in high school wrestling and college wrestling when you wrestle in dual meets. Your result directly affects the team and its ability to win. I only wrestled in one World Cup, with six years on the World Team and eight years on the national team. Se te yon gwo eksperyans,” said Cormier.

He is excited that wrestling, his favorite sport, will be showcased once again in Los Angeles, U.S la. bid city for the 2024 Olympic jwèt. Having been on two Olympic teams (2004 in Athens and 2008 nan Beijing), Cormier would to see the Olympics hosted in the United States once again.

"LA right now is a great sports city. The World Cup will show that Olympic sports can draw people. We have not had an Olympics in LA since 1984. If the Olympics go back to LA, it will be great. LA is a huge city, a sports city. The people in LA would love it. This is a chance to show that the city can host an Olympic-level competition and be successful. Los Angeles is so diverse. You have everybody in Los Angeles. You have a ton of different cultures in the LA area,” said Cormier.

Cormier has excelled in his Mixed Martial Arts career, konpile yon bèl 17-1 record while competing at heavyweight and light heavyweight.

Cormier will not be able to attend the World Cup this year due to training. Cormier is currently preparing for the UFC light heavyweight title fight against Jon “Bones” Jones at UFC 200, which will be held in Las Vegas, Nev. sou Jiyè 9. This is a huge fight, as both of these former wrestlers have held the UFC title belt during their careers. Jones beat Cormier in their only previous battle by decision, a title match during UFC 182 sou Janvye 3, 2015.

"Preparation is going great. I have had Ed Ruth in training camp to wrestle, Deron Winn in training camp to wrestle. I’ve got a kid from Iowa State coming in to wrestle also. I am wrestling with the best guys I can find to emulate Jon Jones. (Khadjimurad) Gatsalov of Russia was the best wrestler I ever wrestled, but he didn’t have the type of style and the funky ability of Jones. Ed Ruth is a wiry, tricky wrestler. I am bringing in guys who can give me that feel. I was outwrestled the last fight. He pushed me against the fence and took me down two or three times. That is not happening again,” said Cormier.

Cormier has helped with the World Cup in Los Angeles in the past, serving as the Honorary U.S. Team Captain in 2014, sitting with the team mat side and providing support to the athletes and coaches.

The World Cup is the annual international dual meet championships, as the eight best men’s freestyle teams will compete against each other. Nan la 2016 World Cup, the United States will be joined by (alphabetically): Azerbaijan, Georgia, Peyi Zend, Iran, Mongolia, Russia and Turkey. Lineups for the other seven teams in the World Cup will be announced shortly.

The United States is slated to face Iran, Azerbaijan and India in Group B competition. Russia headlines a tough Group A pool that also includes Georgia, Turkey and Mongolia.

Attendees can purchase tickets for the popular international competition through Ticketmaster.

FREESTYLE WRESTLING WORLD CUP SCHEDULE

Samdi, Jen 11

Session I – Round 1 & 2 of Pools (3 p.m.-7:30 p.m.)

Dimanch, Jen 12

Session II – Round 3 of Pools, 5th & 7th Place Matches (11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.)

Session III – 3rd Place Match, followed by 1st Place Match (5 p.m.-7:30 p.m.)

General admission for both the Samdi ak Dimanch sessions are just $60 total or $35 for individual days. Preferred seating options are available for $85 for both Samdi ak Dimanch, oswa $55 individually.

An Open FU to UFC President DanaEffing” White!

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Pa: Rich Bergeron

Those who know me personally would all say I am a mellow individual, until you seriously cross me, tankou, for instance, if you become the subject of an investigative report I’m working on, oswa sue me for $25 milyon dola. Sometimes I may take things like that as a sign you might not want me to really find out who you are and what you do behind closed doors to screw hard working people over.

This week, a certain individual who won’t even let me follow him in Twitter (https://twitter.com/danawhite) pissed me off to the point where I could only think of one thing to do. Because I’m officially blacklisted in every possible way by the UFC brass, and have even had restraining orders placed against my directly contacting the Fertittas and ANY UFC fighter, my best option is to publish a drastic diatribe here I am just going to call myOPEN FUto DanaEffing” White.

I’m sure Mr. White will not take my calls or subject himself to a one on one interview with me. Se konsa,, I will have to settle for a written FUand a multi-tiered and multi-purpose FU.

FU, DanaEffing” White… for many, many reasonstoo many for one small blog post to do justice, but let’s just say Most of all FU….

For what you THINK you know about Holly Holm

Hey, Dana, you wanna talk about youreffingreality showLooking For a Fight????” I was actually looking for a fight when I watched that old realityshit show when you were supposed to box Tito Ortiz, but HE magically backed out at the last minute.

Koulye a,, you, DANAEFFINGWHITE, are telling Holly Holm about a decision YOU think she didn’t think through enough??? And now you act like someone pissed in your Wheaties because you have two upset wins at UFC 196 to work around and figure out how to make sense of somehow.

Booeffinghoo, buddy.

Welcome to how things don’t go as planned sometimes in the fight business, you ungrateful prick.

Do you wanna be aneffing” Pwomotè, Danaeffing” White???

Holly Holm Was the Bantamweight Champion of the UFC when she allowed HER Manager (not Danaeffing” White) to negotiate the Tate fight on her behalf, and she knew (and her long-time manager knew, twò) what she was doing and what she wanted. And guesseffingwhat, Dana? She wanted to fight.

Padon, DanaEffing” White, but Holly didn’t want to sit on aneffingsideline waiting for Ronda Rousey to finish hereffingROADHOUSE REMAKE!

Holly wanted to go to workbut unfortunately she has to work for a boss who has no idea what it’s like to step into HER office and handle HER daily workload with such tenacity, klas, dignity and grace.

And I think maybe she looks back a bit differently than you do, Dana, with noeffingregrets whatsoever for putting her absolute all into that fight and just plain getting caught in her one area of weakness in a battle where she likely would have won a three-round fight. Maybe if YOU were a fighter, Dana, you might get that whole concept. Maybe losing in this case only makes her better, pi fò, and more durable as a career mixed martial artist. Who gives a damn if it makes her less marketable in your eyes? What do you really know, de tout fason?

UNLIKE YOU, DanaEffing” White, Holly actually respects Miesha Tate and thought it would be a challenge to fight her. Yeah, she lost, but damn, she was absolutely correct about it being a challenge. I think the fight will go down as one of the greatest battles in female MMA history.

Koulye a,, why don’t you open youreffingeyes, Dana, watch the fight again, and quit bitching about what should have happened in that cage you never fought in yourself.

Be grateful you have a champion you just paid $92,000 in fight pay (before bonuses) to take your organization’s belt from the girl you WANTED TO WIN (and paid $500,000 just to be there). It may not be what you expected, but the anxiety you feel about it is what you DESERVE to feel for being such a douchebag to the fighters who built the UFC.

My biggest questions on this subject for Dana are: Why are you such a biased, crooked asshole who can’t bother to give Miesha the time of day FOR ALL HER HARD WORK? Why can’t you give credit where it is dueon both sides of that fight? Why can’t you shut theeffup about what you think Holly or her management should have or could have waited for?

It’s not your place to look back with 20/20 hindsight and act like Holly and her manager should have gone all Nostradamus on this fight when you obviously didn’t see this shit coming, swa, you dome-headed dimwit.

Konbatan “effing” batay, Dana. That’s what theyeffingdo, which you should know, since I am pretty sure you used to be aneffingmanager of MMA fighters yourself. Wi, that was many moons ago, but how could you forget?

Fighters don’t sit on their asses on corporate jets and stand at podiums in front of the press all day to earn theeffingpaltry paychecks your organization pays out to most of them. Most fighters simply cannot afford to wait around for shit to happen or for someoneworthyenough in your eyes to step up and fight them.

Some fighters need to feed their kids. All of them need to pay their bills and for everything else involved with training camps, daily living expenses, travel and whatever costs medical insurance doesn’t cover when they have to address nagging injuries. Your shitty Reebok deal made it virtually impossible to get any other outside sponsors to help pay for anything like that stuff for many fighters, Dana.

Welcome to selling out and forgetting where you came from, Dana. You used to care more about fighters. Now you act like fighting in a cage is just like doing any other 9-5 travay. It’s not. Li nan “effinghard work.

Se konsa,, yeah, Holly chose to fight instead of waiting for Rousey to be ready for the rematch. And you think she needs your opinion now that everything didn’t work out as planned for you both?

FU, Dana.

She hurts a lot worse than you, and I can guaran-effing-tee that.

Oh…ak…nan chemen an…fighters are way more responsible for the growth and success of the UFC/Zuffa organization than you ever have been. And that’s real talk, you rich bitch with a stick up your ass because you were never good enough in your life to ever have your own official fight.

Se konsa,, get over the God complex and learn to respect ALL of your fighters, not just the ones you want to see win because you might think you can work with them better or you think they will move the organization in a better direction. Respect the effort, the sacrifice and the pain ALL your fighters go through each and every day to get where they get. That belt you put on Miesha’s waist was EARNED, and don’t you ever think it iseffingcool to call the fact that Holly Holm had the guts to face Miesha Tatea mistake.

It rings hollow, especially when I would consider that handing you a microphone to talk about MMA at all was THE greatest mistake the sport ever made, peryòd! Anyone who would try to knock a former champion down a peg that way in his own organization does not deserve to be recognized as that organization’s president.

You have no clue what it’s really like to fight, and your criticism of Holly Holm tells me you can never possibly understand the mindset that led her to take the Tate fight and not wait an idle year for RondaeffingRousey to be ready to appear at one of your precious shows.

Se konsa,, FU Dana White for treating your former champ like she’s an idiot who doesn’t know how to control her own career without you butting your stupid, bald head into it. Holly’s fine without your advice, and she trusts her manager, which might be something you’re not familiar with, but for other people it is actually a reality of doing business with legitimate people.

 

FU, Dana for being a piss-poor ambassador for the sport, disrespecting fighters who bleed (and sometimes suffer lifelong injuries) for you and the sport, and totally underestimating and failing to grasp what it really takes to actually be a professional fighter who actually competes against other fighters

Do you remember the days when you had to settle for being a lowly boxercise instructor because your boxing trainer Boston slapped you too hard in the ear once? You never had a single competitive fight in your life, Danaeffing” White, and that’s a DOCUMENTED FACT!

Do you ever even look back at those days before the silver-spoon-fed Fertittas helped you claw your greedy, selfish, egotistical ass into the position of OFFICIAL UFC MOUTHPIECE?

Do you remember those hairy days when you blew through $40 million of Fertitta funds to perpetrate theZuffa Mythwhile claiming credit for the UFC brass singlehandedly legitimizing the sport and getting it regulated all by youreffingselves? As if not a single FIGHTER nor any other industry professional who pioneered MMA before you dipped your greedy little paws into it had anything to do with it?

Your Mom remembers thosecoulda been a contender” jou, Dana..when you thought you might be able to have an actual fight with another human being. Your own mother remembers even though you and one of your sleazy friends tried to silence her, BASH HER ONLINE, and even blacklist her BOOK, twò.

Do you remember the days when even Floyd Mayweather, Jr. thought you were cool, back when your daily driver was aneffingHonda, Dana? Floyd Remembers. He knew you long before you could afford to blow a normal person’s yearly pay on a single hand of poker.

You’re in a different place now, Danaeffing” White, and it’s a delusional place. Like on the distant planet you live on, people actually believe YOU really, onètman, trulyeffingknow what it’s ACTUALLY like to be aneffingfighter? Do you actually believe YOU somehow could ever REALLY know that feeling?

REALLY?

Ou konnen what A FIGHTER is, don’t you, Dana? A fighter is a man or woman who has the courage to willingly step into unarmed combat against another actual man or woman instead of just criticizing up and down the guys and girls who do have the guts to actually stand across from another human being while knowing and internalizing that the accepted goal is to physically destroy each other.

A fighter, in more simple terms, se “one who fights.And let’s be clear about oneeffingthing, Danaeffing” White, I know fighters, ak YOU are no fighter.

You are nothing like a fighter, Danaeffing” White, and you nevereffing” yo pral. You are too weak, both physically and mentally. Until we see you go through a six-week training camp and then get into the cage against someone and kick his ass, we shouldn’t have to listen to one damncoulda,” “shoulda,” oswa “wouldaout of your cornfed mouth about what you think of any particular fighter’s performance or decision making process. Those people have the guts to do what you will NEVER do yourself, and you ought to respect that.

FU Dana WhiteFor not recognizing Real Fighters Like Miesha Tate and Nate Diaz who keep at it no matter what and NEVER seem to earn your ULTIMATE RESPECT….

Nate Diaz stepped up to fight Conor McGregor for a reason. He had nothing to lose, and he wasn’t intimidated one bit. He famoulsy went on television with Fox Sports 1 on a split screen with Conor before that welterweight fight and quipped that his nemesis had already been choked out before, “by two lames.Diaz also had the perfect instinct to add humourously that McGregor’s choke losses happened, “like a week ago.

Diaz beat Conor in the shit-talk game long before he ever slapped him down and slipped that choke around his neck in the cage. The media created by that freakshow fight might have stopped the unchecked rise of your big, bold, six-headed dragon champion, but it created a new monster at the same time. And he’s a Reebok-hating, scowling, swearing, Stockton-slapping Mother-F$#king BEAST who doesn’t care what anyone else thinks about what he does or says.

You might think Diaz and his attitude arebad for business,” but I think his victory was the best thing that could ever happen to all you smug punks running the UFC. It just proves once and for all that you do not control the MMA universe.

Nate Diaz went without respect and credit for being an MMA pioneer and a good UFC soldier for far too long. The bitterness brewed and boiled within him, and I loved every second of him letting it pour out in post-fight interviews after he choked the shit out of Conor until the Irish bloke tapped theeffout and left Dana White drooling in a stupor at the thought of having to congratulate a man who’s become more of a mortal enemy than a member of the bigteam.

More power to Nate and all the crazy, abrasive, in-your-face Diaz brother types out there in the UFC who will fight DanaeffingWhite’s flamboyant fire with even more bravado and brash talk of their own. They can always say, “I learned it by watching you, Baldfather!”

As for Miesha Tate, she deserves true respect and admiration for being champ now after picking herself off the mat twice in the face of grueling losses to Rousey. Kudos to Tate for continuing her career and relentlessly focusing on getting by that Rousey armbar once and for all.

Though Miesha never did solve that Rousey submission dilemma, trying at all costs to get another crack at the belt paid dividends at UFC 196. Her never quit attitude led her to an opportunity of a lifetime, and she capitalized on it. Koulye a,, Dana, you actually have to pay this young lady what most of her fans would say she was worth a long time ago.

And now you simply have to treat Tate with a bit of reverence and appreciation for once in your ungrateful life, Danaeffing” White. I know it must pain you so much to give this young lady the credit she’s worked so incredibly hard for, because maybe she touched a nerve when she called you out in the past for being the true clueless and disrespectful prick you really are. She was right, and you were wrong about how great she really is at fighting. Then again, weren’t you also WRONG about women fighting in the cage, peryòd?

Se konsa,, you DON’T wanna be a fighter, Mr. White? Then step aside and let the people who DO wanna be fighters go to battle for you so you can ride around the world on your jet and act like you know what theeffyou’re talking about when you stand in front of a microphone to describe the sport’s true athletes and what they do to make a living in mixed martial arts.

The line from Dana that most stands out to me as comblete BS in this whole debacle is this one:

“He’s an old boxing guy who thinks he’s smart and he isn’t,” White said of Fresquez [Holm’s Manager]. “I feel bad for Holly because I don’t know if she really knows what she lost.”

I have only two moreeffingquestions for you Danaeffing” White…

1.) What makes you think you are really in anyeffingposition to EVER know or understand what Holly Holm lost the other night? Aside from a few bad poker hands and tons of respect, the only thing you ever lost is your mind.

2.) Doesn’t your backhanded quote about Holm’s manager describe your own shitty character a whole lot better than that of Mr. Fresquez?

AK…just in case after reading all this anyone STILL needs yet another reason to have beef with the Baldfather:

Mixed Martial Arts Legend George St-Pierre To Attend Wizard World Philadelphia June 4-5

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Hugely Popular UFC World Champion ‘GSP’ To Greet Fans, Sign Autographs, Pose For Photo Ops In First Wizard World Appearance At Pennsylvania Convention Center

 

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PHILADELPHIA, Mas 8, 2016 – One of the most popular mixed martial arts fighters in the world, Georges St-Pierrewill attend Wizard World Philadelphia on Sunday, Jen 5, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, it was announced today by the Quebec native and Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD). The three-time former UFC Welterweight champion, known by many as the best “pound-for-pound” MMA athlete ever, will greet fans, sign autographs and pose for photo ops at his first Wizard World comic con appearance.

 

Already a 2nd dan Kyokushin karate black belt at 12, Georges dedicated himself to martial arts and training throughout his teen years. After seeing jiu-jitsu legend Royce Gracie fight in 1993 nan ch 1, “Rush” knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life and how he was going to reach those goals: he invested all his energy and all his time at becoming a better version of himself. When he wasn’t training or at school, Georges worked as a doorman in nightclubs, or hung off the back of a garbage truck, hauling in refuse. He discovered a simple truth: never stopping helps reach goals.

 

He grew as a person and as a fighter, adding fighting disciplines such as boxing, lit, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu to his karate background and competed in his first amateur bout at age 16. He won that match, and continued his steady improvement. Nan 2006 he became the UFC Welterweight Champion. He lost the title in 2007 but subsequently regained it in front of his hometown fans of Montreal in 2008 and hasn’t lost a single title defense since then.

 

Along his career, St-Pierre, 34, accomplished numerous firsts and awards including: the all-time most consecutive welterweight title defenses, three-time consecutive Canadian Athlete of the Year Awards (’08– ’10) by Rogers Sportsnet, Fighter of the Year Awards ('09) bySports Illustrated , World MMA Awards, MMAPayout, Inside MMA and MMAJunkie, the “Most Dangerous Man of the Year” by the Spike Guys Choice Awards (’10) and the MMA Fighter of the Year Award (’08) by Black Belt Magazine .

St-Pierre is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Way of the Fight. Released in 2013, the book shares the lessons he’s learned on the way to the top. Later that year, St-Pierre officially announced that he had decided to vacate the title and take some time off from MMA, taking a role in the 2014 blockbuster Captain America: Winter Soldier. He has not ruled out a return to the ring in the future. GSP is based in Montreal.

 

St-Pierre, who appeared in joins an amazing lineup of superstar entertainers scheduled to attend the pop culture extravaganza, including “Marvel” movie standouts Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston, David Duchovny (“The X-Files”), the Back to the Futuretrio of Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson andThe Walking Deadstandout Norman Reedus , with many other headliners.

 

Wizard World comic con and gaming events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, sinema, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, televizyon, sci-fi, toys, video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. Philadelphia show hours are Jedi, Jen 2, 3-8 p.m.; Vandredi, Jen 3, noon-7 p.m.; Samdi, Jen 4, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Dimanch, Jen 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

 

For more on the 2016 Wizard World Philadelphia, vizit http://wizd.me/PhiladelphiaPR .

 

About Wizard World (OTCBB: WIZD)

Wizard World, Inc. (www.wizardworld.com ) produces comic cons and pop culture conventions across North America that celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, sinema, televizyon, cosplay, comics, graphic novels, toys, video gaming, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. A first-class lineup of topical programming takes place at each event, with celebrity Q&A’s, comics-themed sessions, costume contests, movie screenings, evening parties and more. Wizard World has also launched Wizard World Store ( www.shopwizardworld.com), CONtv, a digital media channel in partnership with leading independent content distributor Cinedigm™ (Nasdaq: CIDM), and ComicConBox™ (www.comicconbox.com), a premium subscription-based monthly box service. Fans can interact with Wizard World on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and other social media services.

 

The Wizard World 2016 schedule is available at: http://wizardworld.com/searchby/city/.

BELLATOR MMA IS THE NEW FIGHTING HOME OF WANDERLEI ‘THE AXE MURDERER’ SILVA

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SANTA MONICA (Mas 2, 2016) –Bellator MMA is pleased to announce that one of the most popular, recognizable and beloved fighters in the sport of mixed martial arts, Wanderlei "ansasen an ach" Silva (35-12-1), has signed an exclusive multi-year, multi-fight contract with the promotion. The 39-year-old publicly fielded offers from companies all around the world, but the former Pride FC Middleweight Champion made the decision to take his explosive style to Bellator MMA.

 

“The Axe Murderer” has fought in some of the most memorable feuds and battles the sport has ever seen. His wars with Quinton "sakaje" Jackson, Tito Ortiz, Mirko CRO jandam, Vitor Belfort, Dan Henderson, Kazushi Sakuraba, Chuck Liddell, and Michael Bisping are the stuff of legend – but Silva is far from ready to close the book on his illustrious career.

 

In addition to his Pride FC Middleweight World Championship, Silva’s packed trophy case of accolades includes awards for Fight of the Year (2003, 2004, 2007), KO pou Ane a (2008), and multiple Fight of the Night awards including one for each of his last three fights, just to name a few. He now looks to continue to provide his award-winning, entertaining fights inside the Bellator cage.

 

Silva has several options for his first fight with Bellator. Although he has spent the majority of his career at 185-pounds, one of the things that his fans love most about him has been Wanderlei’s willingness to fight the best of the best – even if it was up two weight classes at heavyweight – as proven by his heavyweight wars against guys like Mark Hunt, Gilbert Yvel, Kazuyuki Fujita and Cro Cop; ou, his battles against light heavyweights like Ortiz, and his most recent opponent, Brian Stann, who he knocked out in the second frame.

 

Silva is the latest in a long line of recent free agent signings made by Scott Coker and Bellator MMA. The former Chute Box competitor joins: Josh Thomson, Phil Davis, Benson Henderson, Sergei Kharitonov ak Anastasia Yankova on a roster with champions the likes of: Marcos Galvão, Daniel Straus, Will Brooks, Andrey Koreshkov, Rafael Carvalho, Liam McGeary akVitaly Minakov,

JACKSON WINK MMA ACADEMY FEATURED ON THE NEXT EDITION OF “60 MINUTES SPORTS” TUESDAY, MARCH 1 ON SHOWTIME®

 

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NEW YORK (Feb. 25, 2016) – Noted mixed martial arts journalist Jon L. Wertheim takes an in-depth and personal look at how Holly Holm, a barely known underdog, was able to knock out women’s MMA queen Ronda Rousey. In the piece, Wertheim visits Jackson Wink MMA Academy in Albuquerque, N.M., the home of Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn. Wertheim investigates how the world-renowned trainers helped guide Holm to victory last November and have established their once-unheralded outpost in Albuquerque as a mecca for some of the best MMA fighters in the world.

 

Wertheim’s report appears on the next edition of 60 MINUTES SPORTS, premiering Madi, Mas 1 nan 9 p.m. AK/PT sou chotim. Nathalie Sommer is the producer.

Goumen Rezo se destinasyon pou Live ch goumen Semèn Aksyon & Kouvèti, Ki gen ladan ch lannwit goumen: Namajunas vs. Main Kat Machann

TORONTO (Desanm 9, 2015) — Goumen Rezo, premye minis nan mond lan 24/7 chanèl televizyon dedye a ranpli pwoteksyon nan espò konba, se destinasyon an pou viv ch batay semèn pre ak pwoteksyon pòs-batay, ki gen ladan kat la ap viv prensipal pou Ch goumen lannwit: Namajunas vs. Konsesyonè ak prelims yo ap viv pou Ultim konba final la: Ekip McGregor vs. Ekip Faber, tou de ond sèlman nan Kanada. Goumen Rezo se kounye a disponib nan gratis aperçu sou pi fò nan transpòtè atravè Kanada pou mwa a nan Desanm.
Li tout anvwaye nan Mèkredi, Dec. 9 nan 4 p.m. ET ak yon prezantasyon ap viv nan la Ch 194: Aldo vs. McGregor konferans pou laprès pre-batay soti nan Las Vegas.
Nan Jedi, Dec. 10 nan 5 p.m. AK, Goumen Rezo prezante nan viv peze-ins pou Ultim konba final la: Ekip McGregor vs. Ekip Faber, kòm headliners Frankie Edgar ak Chad Mendes pwent balans yo devan yo nan yo konfwontasyon Plum esansyèl.
Pita nan 9 p.m. AK, Goumen Rezo prezante yon ap viv-montre pre pou Ch goumen lannwit: Namajunas vs. Konsesyonè, ki mennen nan la ap viv kat prensipal nan 10 p.m. AK sèlman nan Kanada. Nan evènman an prensipal, Èske Pa. 3-strawweight contender fanm klase nan Rose Namajunas (4-2) batay torantueu sipèsta ak Pa gen. 7-klase Paige VanZant. (6-1). Nan ko-karakteristik nan, Èske Pa. 14-klase veteran ki lejè Jim Miller(25-6, 1NC) sanble yo kontinye moute l 'moute classement yo kont Ultim konba Live nan gayanMichael Legliz (12-2). Awondi soti kat la, trè fè konnen jeun ki lejè Sage NORTHCUTT(6-0) ap eseye kenbe dosye pafè li entak kont Cody Pfister (12-4-1), pandan y ap Kanada a undefeatedUltim konba Nasyon gayan middleweight Eli Theodorou (11-0) ap fè fas pi di tès l 'nan dat kont brezilyen Thiago “Sledgehammer” Santos (11-3). Goumen Rezo pral tou televize konferans lan ap viv pòs-batay pou laprès, ki ap kòmanse yon ti tan apre evènman an konkli.
Sou Vandredi, Dec. 11 nan 6 p.m. AK, nan Ch 194: Aldo vs. McGregor peze-ins yo pral televize ap viv soti nan Las Vegas ak Jose Aldo ak Conor McGregor pral fas-a-fas youn final devan yo nan tanSamdi a sukse konfli pou Context ch chanpyona a Plum.
Imedyatman apre peze-ins yo ap viv, Goumen Rezo prezante yon ap viv-montre pre pou Ultim konba final la: Ekip McGregor vs. Ekip Faber nan 7 p.m. AK, ki sèvi kòm yon plon-an nan laprelims viv nan 8 p.m. AK sèlman nan Kanada. Kat pwensipal lan pral nan lè a 10 p.m. AK sou TSN1 ak TSN5. Prelims Anons Spesyal gen ladan heavyweights Gabriel Gonzaga (16-10) vs. Konstantin Erokhin (9-2), featherweights Tatsuya Kawajiri (34-8-2) vs. Jason Knight (16-1) ak flyweights Joby Sanchez(7-1) vs. Geane Herrera (8-1). Goumen Rezo pral tou televize konferans lan ap viv pòs-batay pou laprès, ki ap kòmanse yon ti tan apre evènman an konkli.
Aksyon-chaje batay semèn nan vini nan yon Pi gwo pwen sou Samdi, Dec. 12. Nan 2 p.m. AK, Goumen Rezo prezante yon Encore a Ch 189: Mendes vs. McGregor soti nan jiyè 2015, ki chin an tap Conor McGregorA, se pèfòmans memorab kont Chad Mendes pran pwovizwa ch tit la Plum, plis yon kandida tèt pou “Goumen pou Ane a” ant Robbie Lawler ak Rory MacDonald pou tit la wèltèr ch. Se evènman an lajman konsidere kòm youn nan pi bon an nan istwa pou chanje klas.
Nan 7 p.m. AK, Goumen Rezo prezante yon ap viv-montre pre pou Ch 194: Aldo vs. McGregor, ki karakteristik previzyon, prediksyon ak analiz pou evènman an, kòm byen ke sou-sèn nan-rapò ki soti Las Vegas. Imedyatman apre emisyon an peye-chak-view, Goumen Rezo prezante yon ap viv pòs-montrenan apeprè 1 a.m. AK, ki gen ladan En, reyaksyon ak konferans la ap viv pou laprès pòs-batay soti nan Las Vegas.
Tout pre ak pòs-batay montre ap gen ladan entèvyou eksklizif soti nan analis goumen Rezo JanRamdeen ak Robin Nwa sou-sou sit nan Las Vegas, plis rapò ak analiz soti nan goumen Rezo estidyo nan Toronto. Kanadyen melanje pyonye Arts masyal ak depi lontan ch veteran Sam Stout yo pral nan-estidyo pou ch la ap viv 194 montre pre ak pòs-batay.
Ond pandan tout semèn nan, trape yon sèl-èdtan nan Ch Embedded: Aldo vs. McGregor espesyal, yon tout aksè-, dèyè-a-sèn gade nan lavi yo ak kan fòmasyon nan kat avyon de gè elit ki mennen jiska masiv ch la 194 evènman nan Las Vegas. Rapò Lòt ak karakteristik lè chak jou nan Goumen Nouvèl Koulye a,. Tout airings yo ki nan lis nan www.fightnetwork.com.
Anplis de sa nan tout evènman yo ap viv, Goumen Rezo se destinasyon an pou ch kontni bibliyotèk, espesyalite ak seri, Ki gen ladan Ch deklannche, Ch Koulye a,, Ch Ultim Insider ak klasik Ch peyant evènman.
Sa a Dimanch, Dec. 13 nan 9 p.m. AK, trape yon prezantasyon plen Encore a Ch 126: Silva vs. Belfortsoti nan mwa fevriye 2011 nan Las Vegas, ki pwezante yon trè antisipe middleweight tit konfwontasyon ant Lè sa a, Torchbearer Anderson Silva ak Pa gen. 1 contender Vitor Belfort, plis Forrest Griffinvs. Rich Franklin ak Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader.
Pou jwenn yon lis konplè nan orè difizyon goumen Rezo a, tanpri vizite www.fightnetwork.com, swiv nou sou Twitterfightnet, vin yon fanatik sou Facebook ak vizite nou sou Instagramfightnet.

Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Eddie Alvarez, Ekspozisyon mma epizod epi li Twa Lòt Tounwa konba Headline mma Mondyal, Samdi, Dec. 12 nan New York City

Mma supèrstar al kontre ak voye bonjou pou envite nan annapa fantezi, paseo hosting epizod nan Mue Thai, lit trape ak brezilyen jyu-jitsu,
osi byen ke fournisseurs ak seminè

NEW YORK, Desanm 9 - Ekspozisyon nan sizyèm anyèl mma Mondyal, kree Melanj Arts masyal kòt lès la (Mma) rasanbleman prezante pa Vil Mondyal Ford, va tounen vin jwenn Javits Sant Jakòb New York, Nò Pavilion, nan Samdi, Desanm 12. Ultim chanpyona Batay (Ch) supèrstar Jon "Zo" Jones, Anderson "Spider nan" Silva ak Eddie Alvarez yo pral sou men pou evènman an, ki pwomès yo dwe pi gwo pase tout tan, ak kat, ap viv espò konba tounwa, ki gen ladan amatè mma epizod nan kalòj la, seminè ak fournisseurs.

Epitou sou men nan Ekspozisyon an pral Mondyal seri de Goumen chanpyon nan lemonn de-divizyon David Branch, osi byen ke Mondyal seri de Goumen ekzekitif Carlos Silva (CEO) ak Papa Se te (Prezidan), ki moun ki pral pran pati nan yon kesyon epi reponn sesyon ak medya yo ak fanatik, ak revele nouvèl sou plan lig la a pou 2016.

Branch, reliant Mondyal Seri a nan Goumen middleweight (185 liv) ak pwa loud limyè (205 liv) chanpyon, pral òganize yon espesyal, seminè yon sèl-èdtan pou kliyan Ekspozisyon.

"Mma Mondyal Ekspozisyon an se yon opòtinite fenomenn nan sèvis yon popilasyon trè pasyone mma fanatik ki poko gen up laortunity spectate pwofesyonAl epizod nan o eta a pouf New York,"Te di Pòl Paone, fondatè ak direktè nan Ekspozisyon an mma Mondyal.

"Evènman ane sa a ap prezante yon nimewo san parèy nan konba espò tounwa satisfè nenpòt ki fanatik batay, ki gen ladan amatè mma, trape lit, Mue Thai ak brezilyen JIU-Jitsnan. "

Yon sèl-jou nan, "Super Samdi" evènman pral pran plas soti nan 10 a.m. jouk 9 p.m. AK, epi yo pral capped koupe bak ap viv amatè mma epizod nan kalòj la, prezante pa goumen Echanj nan New York. Kat la ap kòmanse nan batay 6 p.m.

Anplis de sa nan batay yo mma, pral gen konpetisyon ap viv nan disiplin kat konba ki yo se yon pati debaz nan mma. Kòmanse nan 10 a.m., soumèt-sèlman Débats tounwa, tou de gi ak pa gen okenn-gi, akomode pa Bon Batay la, pral pran plas.

Kòmanse nan 4 P.M., Nò Ameriken Trape Lit Asosyasyon an pral òganize alimèt trape lit, ki gen ladan yon match ant reliant, de-tan East Coast, Wa peyi Trape Lit, Thomas Velásquez, ak rival li, West Coast, Wa peyi Trape Lit, Travis Newaza, pou la 2015 Nò Ameriken lour, Wa peyi Trape chanpyona.

Pandan tout evènman an, "Fòmasyon-ak--Masters nan" seminè yo ap disponib nan patisipan. Enstriktè gen ladan Ajarn Phil Enfimyè (Mue Thai), Ch Hall nan FamerDann "bèt la" Severn, Silva, Alvarez ak Newaza.

Mma Mondyal Ekspozisyon an ap kontinye jwe wòl li nan batay la pou pwofesyonèl mma legalizasyon pa fè sizyèm anyèl legalizasyon diskisyon panèl li yo, distribye petisyon, epi mete nan ekspozisyon tout nan atlèt yo, antrenè, vantilatè ak fournisseurs ki kontribye nan espò a. Pral legalizasyon Seminè a de-èdtan dwe akomode pa espò konba jounalis Jim Genia, ak envite espesyal ap gen ladan Severn ak lòt figi remakab mma.

Pou plis enfòmasyon sou vizit la evènman http://www.mmaworldexpo.com, "Tankou" nou sou Facebook, swiv nou sou Twittermmaworldexpo, oswa rele 212-956-4720.

Sou Ekspozisyon mma Mondyal:

Mma Mondyal Ekspozisyon an te kòmanse nan 2009 e li te ki te fèt tout evènman nan Javits Sant la Jakòb nan New York.

Depi lontan mma Mondyal Ekspozisyon siyatèr te enkli Matt Hughes, Frankie Edgar, Randy Couture, Jon Jones, Carlos CONDIT, Fabricio Werdum, Matt Serra, Jim ak Dann Miller, Jamie Varner, Nate Diaz, Wanderlei Silva, nan mitan lòt moun.

Fòmasyon-ak--Masters seri a enstriktè te enkli: Dann Severn, Renzo Gracie, Marcelo Garcia, Phil Enfimyè, Howard Davis Jr, Coban Lookchaomaesaitong, Lee Kemp, Jimmy Pedro nan mitan lòt moun.

Fournisseurs Depi lontan te enkli Toyota, Xyience, Headrush, Nan misk farm, Espò konba, Everlast, Vitamin Shoppe, Zèb Mats, Te rankontre-Rx, Bag mons ak Cages, US Marin, Dymatize, Mondyal seri de Goumen, Spartan Ras, M-mwen nan Lwazi-, nan mitan lòt moun.

Goumen Rezo Presents ch goumen lannwit Kat Main Seoul & Pre-Montre LIVE

TORONTO (Novanm 26, 2015) — Goumen Rezo, premye minis nan mond lan 24/7 chanèl televizyon dedye a ranpli pwoteksyon nan espò konba, prezante pwoteksyon vaste de Ch goumen lannwit: Henderson vs. Masvidal sa a Samdi, Novanm 28 soti nan Olympic Jimnastik Arena nan Seoul, Kore di Sid.
Goumen Rezo pral nan lè a viv Ch goumen lannwit: Henderson vs. Masvidal kat prensipal sèlman nan Kanada nan 8 a.m. AK. Encores pral nan lè nan ekout a 9 p.m. AK ak 10 p.m. PT pou telespektatè sou Kòt Lwès la.
Nan evènman an prensipal, ansyen ch ki lejè chanpyon Benson Henderson (22-5) ap chèche dezyèm l 'genyen tou dwat nan 170 liv opoze veteran batay-teste Jorge Masvidal (29-9). Sipèsta wèltèr Lokal Dong Hyun Kim (20-3-1, 1NC) competes in the co-feature against late replacement Dominic Waters (9-3). Awondi soti kat la prensipal, Yoshihiro Akiyama (14-5, 2NC) retounen nan Kore di sid la pou premye fwa depi 2007 for a welterweight matchup with undefeated grappling ace Alberto Mina (11-0), pandan y ap eksplozif atis pentch Kore di Sid Doo Ho Choi (12-1) looks to build on an impressive promotional debut last November when he faces off with fellow featherweight Sam Sicilia (15-5), ki pote yon de-batay genyen tras nan bout la.
Nan Jedi, Nov. 26 nan 7 p.m. AK, Goumen Rezo kreasyon yon yon sèl-èdtan Ch® Goumen lannwit Seoul Pre-Montre, ki karakteristik previzyon, prediksyon ak analiz pou evènman an, epi tou li sèvi kòm yon plon-an nan yo ap viv prelims.
Anplis de sa nan tout evènman yo ap viv, Goumen Rezo se destinasyon an pou ch kontni bibliyotèk, espesyalite ak seri, Ki gen ladan Ch deklannche, Ch Koulye a,, Ch Ultim Insider ak klasik Ch peyant evènman.
Sa a Dimanch, Nov. 29 nan 9 p.m. AK, trape yon prezantasyon plen Encore a Ch 121: HT vs. Velásquez soti nan Oktòb 2010 nan Anaheim, Kalifòni., headlined by a showdown between champion Brock HT ak pwovokatè Kayen Velásquez pou chanpyona nan pwa loud ch, plis Jake Shields fè premye ch l 'kont Martin Kampmann, Ultim konba a 1 gayan Diego Sanchez eurt ak Paulo Thiago, pyonye Tito Ortiz eklatman ak ansyen elèv Matt Hamill,ak Brendan Schaub batay Gabriel Gonzaga nan aksyon pwa loud.
Kat la konplè pou Ch goumen lannwit: Henderson vs. Masvidal gen ladan:
Kat Main (Live sou goumen Rezo, 8 a.m. AK):
-Benson Henderson (22-5) vs. Jorge Masvidal (29-9)
-Dong Hyun Kim (20-3-1, 1NC) vs. Dominic Waters (9-3)
-Yoshihiro Akiyama (14-5, 2NC) vs. Alberto Mina (11-0)
-Doo Ho Choi (12-1) vs. Sam Sicilia (15-5)
Kat Preliminè (Live sou ch goumen Pass, 5 a.m. AK):
-Dongi Yang (12-3) vs. Jake Collier (9-2)
-Yui chul Nam (18-5-1) vs. Mike De La Torre (13-5, 1NC)
-Tae Hyun Bang (17-9) vs. Leo Kuntz (17-2-1)
-Seohee Kam (15-6) vs. CORTNEY Casey (4-2)
-Yao Zhikui (2-3) vs. Fredy Serrano (2-0)
-Ning Guangyou (6-2-1) vs. Marco Beltran (6-4)
-Dominique Steele (13-6) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (13-6)
Pou jwenn yon lis konplè nan orè difizyon goumen Rezo a, tanpri vizite www.fightnetwork.com, swiv nou sou Twitterfightnet, vin yon fanatik sou Facebook ak vizite nou sou Instagramfightnet.

Etwal-kloure ch 191 EVÈNMAN prezante SEVEN GFL ALUMNI nan Samdi, Sept. 5

Disèt batay achiv prezante
Jimi Manuwa, Paige VanZant,

Pòl Felder ak twa lòt ch 191 zetwal
disponib pou gade sou GFL.tv

NEW YORK, NY (Sèt. 3, 2015) - Ch la trè-antisipe 191 chanpyona mond Melanj Arts masyal (Mma) evènman ki pran plas nan Samdi, Sèt. 5, ap prezante sèt atlèt ki gen byen bonè karyè batay te kouvri pa Ale Goumen Live (www.GFL.tv), epi yo disponib pou gade nan antye yo, nan videyo sou demann (VOD) fòma sou premye minis destinasyon sou entènèt nan mond lan pou espò konba ap viv.

Twa nan zetwal yo - Jimi "Poster ti gason" Manuwa, Janvye Blachowicz ak Paige VanZant - Pral wè aksyon sou peye-chak-view difuze nan ap viv nan ch la 191 prensipal kat batay, pandan y ap de lòt moun - Pòl "dragon an Ilandè" Felder ak "Cassius" Clay Chou - Yo p ap fè batay sou Espò yo FOX 1 televize pòsyon nan kat bout preliminè evènman an nan ak de ki rete a - Joe "Diesel" Riggsak Ron "ti gason an Choir" STALLINGS - Ap fè fas a koupe kont youn ak lòt sou ch la Goumen Pass-ap viv difuze pòsyon nan kat la bout preliminè.

"Samdi sa a Ch 191 kat batay, ki se anpile ak kèk nan konbatan yo ki pi byen nan mond lan, se yon lòt kontra Bondye nan mil goud la nan enkwayab ki te leve vivan nan ranje ki nan patnè pou chanje klas nou an sa yo ki te mete yo sou kèk nan pi bon aksyon nan espò konba wè nenpòt kote,"Te di CEO GFL David Klarman.

"Nou ap frisonen yo wè ki jan karyè yo nan sèt avyon de gè sa yo te pran nan, epi ankouraje fanatik yo tcheke soti kèk nan batay yo ki te ede mwazi yo nan ki moun yo ye jodi a. "

Bibliyotèk la GFL gen yon total de 16 epizod konplè, Ki gen ladan 8 (T)KO nan ak 2 soumèt, prezante 6 nan la 7 ansyen elèv ki moun ki pral etap nan Oktagòn ch nan nan Samdi.

GFL distribye plis pase 350 live events annually across all genres of combat sports. Approximately 60 pousan nan palas kontni li yo se mma aksyon prezante aksyon soti nan Ring nan konba (ROC), Kaj kòlè Goumen chanpyona (CFFC), Bamma USA, Raj nan kalòj la (Ritca) ak yon lame a lòt pwomotè ki gen kolektivman voye dè santèn de atlèt yo ch la, Mondyal seri de Goumen ak la ap, twa pi gwo mma espò franchises yo nan mond lan.

Sou GFL:
GFL (www.gfl.tv) is a fast-growing media and sports entertainment company that utilizes a proprietary technology to deliver the most exciting LIVE combat sports events worldwide and an incredible viewing experience to a global audience. With a diverse mix of combat sports properties, GFL se premye minis destinasyon la jwèt pou viv boksè, Melanj Martial Arts (Mma), Mue Thai, kikboksin, Jyu-jitsu ak plis ankò. Since its inception in 2007, GFL te difuze plis pase 2,500 evènman ap viv ak plis pase 10,000 hours of combat sports content. In addition to its web platform, GFL ki disponib sou roku, IPhone, IPad, kòm byen ke lòt aparèy entènèt pare, ak emisyon yon chak semèn, de-èdtan, Sendiké'w batay montre televizyon sou CSN, BC ak SNY, osi byen ke ap viv peye-chak-view evènman dirèkteman nan nan demann.