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Olympian and UFC champion Daniel Cormier named Honorary Chairman of Wrestling World Cup in Los Angeles, Ġunju 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, Ġunju 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.

Fl 2014, award-winning actor Billy Baldwin was the Honorary Chairman. Fl 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. Huwa kien membru tal- 2004 U.S. Olimpiku Tim, which competed in Athens, Il-Greċja, kif ukoll il- 2008 U.S. Olimpiku Tim, which competed in Beijing, Ċina. Cormier placed fourth at the 2004 Logħob Olimpiku. Huwa kien 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, L., 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, kien aqwa. 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. Kienet esperjenza kbira,” said Cormier.

He is excited that wrestling, his favorite sport, will be showcased once again in Los Angeles, l U.S. bid city for the 2024 Logħob Olimpiku. Having been on two Olympic teams (2004 in Athens and 2008 f'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, kumpilazzjoni impressjonanti 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. fuq Lulju 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 fuq Jannar 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. Fl- 2016 World Cup, the United States will be joined by (alphabetically): Ażerbajġan, Georgia, Indja, 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

IS-SIBT, Ġunju 11

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

Il-Ħadd, Ġunju 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 IS-SIBT u Il-Ħadd sessions are just $60 total or $35 for individual days. Preferred seating options are available for $85 for both IS-SIBT u Il-Ħadd, jew $55 individually.

An Open FU to UFC President DanaEffing” White!

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Billi: Rich Bergeron

Those who know me personally would all say I am a mellow individual, until you seriously cross me, bħal, for instance, if you become the subject of an investigative report I’m working on, jew sue me for $25 miljun. 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. Allura, 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

Ħej, 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.

Issa, 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” Promotur, 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, wisq) what she was doing and what she wanted. And guesseffingwhat, Dana? She wanted to fight.

Jiddispjacini, 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, klassi, 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, b'saħħitha, 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, anyway?

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.

Issa, 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, jew, you dome-headed dimwit.

Ġellieda “effing” ġlieda, Dana. That’s what theyeffingdo, which you should know, since I am pretty sure you used to be aneffingmanager of MMA fighters yourself. Iva, 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 xogħol. It’s not. Huwa “effinghard work.

Allura, 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…u…mill-mod…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.

Allura, 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, perjodu! 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.

Allura, 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” jiem, 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, wisq.

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, onestament, trulyeffingknow what it’s ACTUALLY like to be aneffingfighter? Do you actually believe YOU somehow could ever REALLY know that feeling?

REALLY?

You know 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, huwa “one who fights.And let’s be clear about oneeffingthing, Danaeffing” White, I know fighters, u YOU are no fighter.

You are nothing like a fighter, Danaeffing” White, and you nevereffing” se jkun. 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,” jew “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. Issa, 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, perjodu?

Allura, 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?

U…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, Marzu 8, 2016 – One of the most popular mixed martial arts fighters in the world, Georges St-Pierrewill attend Wizard World Philadelphia on Sunday, Ġunju 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 fil UFC 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, lotta, 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. Fl 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, films, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, televiżjoni, sci-fi, toys, video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. Philadelphia show hours are Il-Ħamis, Ġunju 2, 3-8 p.m.; Il-ġimgħa, Ġunju 3, noon-7 p.m.; IS-SIBT, Ġunju 4, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Il-Ħadd, Ġunju 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

 

For more on the 2016 Wizard World Philadelphia, żjara 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, films, televiżjoni, 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 (Marzu 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 "L assassini Axe" 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 "rewwixta" Jackson, Tito Ortiz, Mirko Cro Cop, 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 tas-Sena (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; Or, 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 u Anastasia Yankova on a roster with champions the likes of: Marcos Galvão, Daniel Straus, Will Brooks, Andrey Koreshkov, Rafael Carvalho, Liam McGeary uVitaly Minakov,

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

 

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NEW YORK (Frar. 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 It-Tlieta, Marzu 1 fi 9 p.m. U/PT fuq Showtime. Nathalie Sommer is the producer.

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TORONTO (Diċembru 9, 2015) — Netwerk Ġlieda, premier fid-dinja 24/7 kanal tat-televiżjoni ddedikati biex jitlesta kopertura ta 'l-isports miġġielda, hija d-destinazzjoni għall live UFC ġlieda ġimgħa ta 'qabel u l-kopertura post-ġlieda, inkluż il-karta ewlenija ħajjin għall UFC Ġlieda Night: Namajunas vs. Negozjant u l-prelims ħajjin għall Il Fighter Ultimate Finale: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber, kemm ventilazzjoni esklussivament fil-Kanada. Ġlieda Network hija disponibbli bħalissa fl preview ħielsa fuq trasportaturi aktar madwar l-Kanada għall-xahar ta 'Diċembru.
Dan kollu kicks off nhar l-Erbgħa, Diċembru. 9 fi 4 p.m. ET bi preżentazzjoni ħajjin ta 'l- UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor konferenza stampa pre-ġlieda mill Las Vegas.
Nhar il-Ħamis, Diċembru. 10 fi 5 p.m. U, Ġlieda Netwerk tippreżenta l- ħajjin iżen-ins għall Il Fighter Ultimate Finale: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber, kif headliners Frankie Edgar u ċ-Ċad Mendes jġiegħlu qabel iż-Showdown tagħhom featherweight ċentrali.
Aktar tard fil 9 p.m. U, Ġlieda Netwerk jippreżenta live pre-ispettaklu għall UFC Ġlieda Night: Namajunas vs. Negozjant, li jwassal fil- karta prinċipali ħajjin fi 10 p.m. U esklussivament fil-Kanada. Fil-avveniment prinċipali, Do Mhux. 3-konkorrent strawweight nisa kklassifikati taċ Rose Namajunas (4-2) battalji f'daqqa superstar u Nru. 7-iggradata Paige VanZant. (6-1). Fil-ko-karatteristika, Do Mhux. 14-veteran ħfief kklassifikati Jim Miller(25-6, 1NC) jistenna li jkompli ascent tiegħu l-klassifiki kontra Il-Ultimate Fighter Live rebbieħMichael Knisja (12-2). It-tundjar-karta, youngster ħfief ħafna touted Sage Northcutt(6-0) jipprova jżomm rekord perfett tiegħu intatti kontra Cody Pfister (12-4-1), filwaqt li s-Kanada undefeatedUltimate Fighter Nazzjonijiet middleweight rebbieħ Elias Theodorou (11-0) tiffaċċja test aktar ħorox tiegħu sal-lum kontra Brażiljan Thiago “Sledgehammer” Santos (11-3). Ġlieda Netwerk se televize wkoll il-konferenza stampa live post-ġlieda, li jibda ftit wara l-avveniment tikkonkludi.
Fuq Il-ġimgħa, Diċembru. 11 fi 6 p.m. U, l- UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor iżen-ins se tixxandar live minn Las Vegas ma Jose Aldo u Conor McGregor se wiċċ imb'wiċċ finali ħin 'il quddiem talSibt kunflitt Blockbuster għall-paċifiku kampjonat featherweight UFC.
Immedjatament wara l-live iżen-ins, Ġlieda Netwerk jippreżenta live pre-ispettaklu għall Il Fighter Ultimate Finale: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber fi 7 p.m. U, li jservi bħala ċomb fil lill-prelims ħajjin fi 8 p.m. U esklussivament fil-Kanada. Il-karta ewlenija se arja fuq 10 p.m. U fuq TSN1 u TSN5. Prelims Dehru jinkludu heavyweights Gabriel Gonzaga (16-10) vs. Konstantin Erokhin (9-2), featherweights Tatsuya Kawajiri (34-8-2) vs. Jason Knight (16-1) u flyweights Joby Sanchez(7-1) vs. Geane Herrera (8-1). Ġlieda Netwerk se televize wkoll il-konferenza stampa live post-ġlieda, li jibda ftit wara l-avveniment tikkonkludi.
Il-ġimgħa ġlieda azzjoni ppakkjati niġu għall-qofol fuq IS-SIBT, Diċembru. 12. Fil 2 p.m. U, Ġlieda Netwerk jippreżenta encore ta UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor minn Lulju 2015, li dehru Conor McGregor"S-prestazzjoni memorabbli kontra Chad Mendes biex jaqbdu t-titolu interim featherweight UFC, flimkien ma 'kandidat top għall “Ġlieda tas-Sena” bejn Robbie Lawler u Rory MacDonald għat-titlu welterweight UFC. L-avveniment huwa meqjus minn ħafna bħala wieħed mill-aħjar fl-istorja promozzjonali.
Fil 7 p.m. U, Ġlieda Netwerk jippreżenta live pre-ispettaklu għall UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor, li jinsab previŜjonijiet, tbassir u analiżi għall-avveniment, kif ukoll rapporti fuq il-xena minn Las Vegas. Immedjatament wara l-xandira pay per view, Ġlieda Netwerk jippreżenta live post-ispettakluf'madwar 1 a.m. U, inklużi jenfasizza, Reazzjonijiet u l-konferenza stampa live post-ġlieda mill Las Vegas.
Turi kollha qabel u wara l-ġlieda se jinkludi intervisti esklussivi minn analisti Netwerk Ġlieda JohnRamdeen u Robin Iswed fuq il-post fil Las Vegas, plus rapporti u analiżi mill studios Netwerk Ġlieda f'Toronto. Kanadiżi arti marzjali mħallta pijunier u żmien twil UFC veteran Sam Stout se jkun fil istudjo għall-UFC live 194 turi qabel u wara l-ġlieda.
Ventilazzjoni matul il-ġimgħa, jaqbad il-one-siegħa UFC Inkorporati: Aldo vs. McGregor speċjali, l-aċċess kollha, wara l-kwinti ħarsa lejn il-ħajja u l-kampijiet ta 'taħriġ ta' erba 'ġellieda elite li wassal għall-UFC massiva 194 avveniment fil Las Vegas. Rapporti addizzjonali u l-karatteristiċi l-arja kuljum Ġlieda News Issa. Airings kollha huma elenkati fl www.fightnetwork.com.
Fil minbarra l-avvenimenti ħajjin, Ġlieda Network hija d-destinazzjoni għall-kontenut librerija UFC, Specials u serje, Inklużi UFC lliberalizzat, UFC Issa, UFC Ultimate Insider u klassika UFC PPV avvenimenti.
Dan Il-Ħadd, Diċembru. 13 fi 9 p.m. U, jaqbdu preżentazzjoni sħiħa ta 'encore UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfortminn Frar 2011 fil Las Vegas, li dehru middleweight Showdown ħafna antiċipat titolu bejn mbagħad-torchbearer Anderson Silva u Nru. 1 konkorrent Vitor Belfort, aktar Forrest Griffinvs. Franklin Rich u Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader.
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Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Eddie Alvarez, Expo bouts MMA u Tliet Tournaments oħra Ġlieda kontra Primarju MMA World, IS-SIBT, Diċembru. 12 fi New York City

Superstars MMA biex jiltaqgħu u greet mistednin fil annextravaganza ual, minno hosting bouts fil Muay Tajlandiż, lotta qabda u Brażiljan Jiu-Jitsu,
kif ukoll bejjiegħa u seminars

NEW YORK, Diċembru 9 - Is-sitt Expo annwali MMA World, Martial Arts Imħallat premiere tal-Kosta Lvant (MMA) Ġbir preżentata mill City World Ford, se terġa 'lura għal Jacob Javits Center New York, North pavilion, nhar is-Sibt, Diċembru 12. Kampjonat Ġlieda Ultimate (UFC) superstars Jon "Għadam" Jones, Anderson "Il-Spider" Silva u Eddie Alvarez se tkun fuq naħa għall-avveniment, li jipprometti li se jkun akbar minn qatt qabel, ma 'erba', tournaments miġġielda sportivi ħajjin, inklużi bouts MMA dilettanti fil-gaġġa, seminars u l-bejjiegħa.

Wkoll fuq naħa fil-Expo se jkun World Series tad-ġlieda kontra champion dinja two-diviżjoni David Fergħa, kif ukoll World Series ta 'eżekuttivi ġlieda kontra Carlos Silva (CEO) u Chiefs missier (President), li se jieħdu sehem fi kwistjoni u sessjoni tweġiba bil-midja u fannijiet, u jiżvelaw aħbarijiet dwar il-pjanijiet tal-kampjonat għall 2016.

Fergħa, -World Series renjanti tal middleweight Fighting (185 liri) u heavyweight dawl (205 liri) champion, se jospita speċjali, seminar ta 'siegħa għall-patruni Expo.

"Il-World Expo MMA hija opportunità fenomenali għas-servizz popolazzjoni ta 'fannijiet MMA passjonat ħafna li għad m'għandhomx il-uportunity li spectate professjonial bouts fl-istat of New York,"Qal Paul PAONE, fundatur u direttur ta 'l-Expo Dinjija MMA.

"Avveniment ta 'din is-sena se karatteristika numru bla preċedent ta' tournaments sportivi miġġielda biex tissodisfa kwalunkwe fan ġlieda, inklużi dilettanti MMA, lotta qabda, Muay Tajlandiż u Brażiljan Jiu-JITsin. "

Il-jum wieħed, "Super is-Sibt" avveniment se jseħħ minn 10 a.m. sakemm 9 p.m. U, u se jkun limitat off bu jgħixu bouts dilettanti MMA fil-gaġġa, ippreżentat mill-New York Exchange Ġlieda. Il-karta ġlieda se jibda fi 6 p.m.

Minbarra l-ġlied MMA, se jkun hemm kompetizzjoni jgħixu f'erba miġġielda dixxiplini li huma parti essenzjali ta 'MMA. Li tibda fl 10 a.m., tournaments-sottomissjoni biss jitħabtu, kemm gi u l-ebda gi-, ospitat mill-Ġlieda Tajba, se ssir.

Li tibda fl 4 p.m., l-Assoċjazzjoni Wrestling Qabda North American ser jospita logħbiet lotta qabda, inkluż taqbila bejn renjanti, żewġ time East Coast Re tal Wrestling Qabda, Thomas Velasquez, u rivali, West Coast Re tal Wrestling Qabda, Travis Newaza, għall- 2015 North American Heavyweight Re tal-kampjonat Qabda.

Matul l-avveniment, Se jkunu "-Taħriġ ma 'l-Masters" seminars disponibbli għall attendew. Għalliema jinkludu Ajarn Phil Nurse (Muay Tajlandiż), UFC Hall ta 'FamerDan "Il-kruha" Severn, Silva, Alvarez u Newaza.

Il-World Expo MMA se jkompli jkollha rwol tagħha fil-ġlieda għall legalizzazzjoni MMA professjonali permezz tat-twettiq tas-sitt diskussjoni tiegħu panel legalizzazzjoni annwali, tqassam petizzjonijiet, u t-tqegħid fuq il-wiri kollha tal-atleti, coaches, fannijiet u bejjiegħa li jikkontribwixxu għall-isport. Is-seminar legalizzazzjoni ta 'sagħtejn se tkun ospitata mill-isports miġġielda ġurnalist Jim Genia, u mistednin speċjali se jinkludi Severn u figuri oħra MMA notevoli.

Għal aktar informazzjoni dwar iż-żjara avveniment http://www.mmaworldexpo.com, "Bħal" magħna fuq Facebook, ssegwi magħna fuq Twittermmaworldexpo, jew sejħa 212-956-4720.

Dwar Expo MMA World:

Il-World Expo MMA nbdiet fis 2009 u ddeċidiet avvenimenti kollha fil-Jacob Javits Center fi New York.

Aħħar firmatarji MMA World Expo inkludew Matt Hughes, Frankie Edgar, Randy Couture, Jon Jones, Carlos Condit, Fabricio Werdum, Matt Serra, Jim u Dan Miller, Jamie Varner, Nate Diaz, Wanderlei Silva, fost oħrajn.

-Taħriġ mal--Masters serje għalliema inkludew: Dan Severn, Renzo Gracie, Marcelo Garcia, Phil Nurse, Howard Davis Jr, Coban Lookchaomaesaitong, Lee Kemp, Jimmy Pedro fost oħrajn.

Bejjiegħa fl-imgħoddi inklużi Toyota, Xyience, Headrush, Muskoli Pharm, Sports Ġlieda kontra, Everlast, Vitamina Shoppe, Zebra Mats, Met-Rx, Rings monster u gaġeġ, Marines Amerikani, Dymatize, World Series tal Fighting, Razza Spartan, M-I Entertainment, fost oħrajn.

Ġlieda Netwerk Rigali UFC Ġlieda Night Seoul Main Card & LIVE Pre-Show

TORONTO (Novembru 26, 2015) — Netwerk Ġlieda, premier fid-dinja 24/7 kanal tat-televiżjoni ddedikati biex jitlesta kopertura ta 'l-isports miġġielda, jippreżenta kopertura estensiva ta ' UFC Ġlieda Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal dan IS-SIBT, Novembru 28 minn Olympic Ġinnastika Arena f'Seoul, Korea t'Isfel.
Ġlieda Network se arja l- jgħixu UFC Ġlieda Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal karta prinċipali esklussivament fil-Kanada fl 8 a.m. U. Encores se arja fil primetime fil 9 p.m. U u 10 p.m. PT għat-telespettaturi fuq il-Kosta tal-Punent.
Fil-avveniment prinċipali, ex champion ħfief UFC Benson Henderson (22-5) ifittex tieni rebħa dritta tiegħu fil 170 liri veteran ttestjati battalja oppost Jorge Masvidal (29-9). Superstar welterweight Lokali Dong Hyun Kim (20-3-1, 1NC) competes in the co-feature against late replacement Dominic Ilmijiet (9-3). It-tundjar l-karta ewlenija, Yoshihiro Akiyama (14-5, 2NC) prospetti lejn il-Korea t'Isfel għall-ewwel darba mill 2007 for a welterweight matchup with undefeated grappling ace Alberto Mina (11-0), filwaqt splussiv Korea ta 'Isfel artist eliminatorja 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), li twettaq fuq żewġ ġlieda rebbieħa Streak fil-bout.
Nhar il-Ħamis, Novembru. 26 fi 7 p.m. U, Ġlieda Netwerk premieres ta 'siegħa UFC® Ġlieda Night Seoul Pre-Show, li jinsab previŜjonijiet, tbassir u analiżi għall-avveniment, u jservi wkoll bħala ċomb fil lill-prelims ħajjin.
Fil minbarra l-avvenimenti ħajjin, Ġlieda Network hija d-destinazzjoni għall-kontenut librerija UFC, Specials u serje, Inklużi UFC lliberalizzat, UFC Issa, UFC Ultimate Insider u klassika UFC PPV avvenimenti.
Dan Il-Ħadd, Novembru. 29 fi 9 p.m. U, jaqbdu preżentazzjoni sħiħa ta 'encore UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez minn Ottubru 2010 f'Anaheim, Calif., headlined by a showdown between champion Brock Lesnar u isfidant Cain Velasquez għall-kampjonat UFC heavyweight, aktar Jake tarki jagħmel id-debutt UFC tiegħu kontra Martin Kampmann, Il Fighter Ultimate 1 rebbieħ Diego Sanchez imur kontra dak li Paulo Thiago, pijunier Tito Ortiz ġlied mal-eks student Matt Hamill,u Brendan Schaub battalji Gabriel Gonzaga fl-azzjoni heavyweight.
Il-karta sħiħ għall UFC Ġlieda Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal jinkludi:
Main Card (Jgħixu fuq Network Ġlieda, 8 a.m. U):
-Benson Henderson (22-5) vs. Jorge Masvidal (29-9)
-Dong Hyun Kim (20-3-1, 1NC) vs. Dominic Ilmijiet (9-3)
-Yoshihiro Akiyama (14-5, 2NC) vs. Alberto Mina (11-0)
-Doo Ho Choi (12-1) vs. Sam Sicilia (15-5)
Card preliminari (Jgħixu fuq UFC Ġlieda Pass, 5 a.m. U):
-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 Ham (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)
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STAR-studded UFC 191 AVVENIMENT li karatteristika SEBA ALUMNI GFL FUQ IS-SIBT, Settembru. 5

Sbatax tissielet arkivjati jidhru
Jimi Manuwa, Paige VanZant,

Paul Felder u tlieta UFC oħra 191 stilla
disponibbli għall-wiri fuq GFL.tv

NEW YORK, NY (Seba. 3, 2015) - Il-UFC ħafna antiċipat 191 kampjonat dinja Imħallat Martial Arts (MMA) avveniment li jseħħ nhar is-Sibt, Seba. 5, se karatteristika seba atleti karriera tagħhom kmieni ġlied kienu koperti minn Go Ġlieda Live (www.GFL.tv), u huma disponibbli għall-wiri fl-intier tagħhom, fil-video on demand (VOD) format fuq id-destinazzjoni online premier fid-dinja għall-isports miġġielda ħajjin.

Tlieta mill-istilel - Jimi "Boy Poster" Manuwa, Jan Blachowicz u Paige VanZant - Se tara azzjoni fuq il-live telecast pay per view ta 'l-UFC 191 karta ġlieda prinċipali, filwaqt li tnejn oħra - Paul "Il-Dragon Irlandiż" Felder u "Cassius" Clay Collard - Se jagħmlu battalja fuq l-Isport FOX 1 porzjon televiżiv ta 'karta tal-avveniment bout preliminari u l-żewġ jifdal - Joe "Diżil" Riggsu Ron "Il-Boy Kor" Stallings - Se jiffaċċjaw off kontra xulxin fuq il-UFC Ġlieda porzjon streaming Pass-live tal-karta bout preliminari.

"Dan Sibt UFC 191 karta ġlieda, li hija f'munzelli ma 'wħud mill-aqwa ġellieda fid-dinja, huwa xhieda oħra li l-talent inkredibbli li żdied mill-gradi tal-imsieħba promozzjonali tagħna li poġġew fuq xi wħud mill-aqwa azzjoni isports miġġielda tidher imkien,"Qal GFL CEO David Klarman.

"Aħna qed ferħana biex tara kif il-karrieri ta 'dawn is-seba' ġellieda ħadu off, u jinkoraġġixxu fannijiet biex jiċċekkjaw xi wħud mill-ġlied li għen moffa minnhom fil min huma llum. "

Il-librerija GFL fih total ta ' 16 bouts kompluti, Inklużi 8 (T)S KO u 2 sottomissjonijiet, ikkaratterizzata 6 ta 'l- 7 alumni li se pass fil Octagon-UFC tal nhar is-Sibt.

GFL tiddistribwixxi fuq 350 live events annually across all genres of combat sports. Approximately 60 mija tal-kontenut tagħha video huwa azzjoni MMA ikkaratterizzata azzjoni minn Ring ta Combat (ROC), Gaġġa Fury ġlieda kontra Kampjonati (CFFC), BAMMA USA, Rage Fil Il-Gaġġa (Ritca) u għadd ta 'promoturi oħra li għandhom kollettivament mibgħuta mijiet ta' atleti biex l-UFC, World Series tal-ġlieda kontra u Bellator, it-tliet akbar MMA franchises sportivi fid-dinja.

Dwar 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 hija d-destinazzjoni online premier għal boxing live, Martial Arts Imħallat (MMA), Muay Tajlandiż, Kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu u aktar. Since its inception in 2007, GFL tkun streaming aktar minn 2,500 avvenimenti ħajjin b'aktar minn 10,000 hours of combat sports content. In addition to its web platform, GFL hija disponibbli fuq Roku, IPhone, IPad, kif ukoll apparat internet oħra lesti, u xandiriet ta 'kull ġimgħa, ta 'sagħtejn, sindikat ġlieda TV juru fuq CSN, BC u SNY, kif ukoll ħajjin pay per view avvenimenti direttament lill-domanda fis.