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

I 2014, award-winning actor Billy Baldwin was the Honorary Chairman. I 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. Han var en medlem av 2004 US. Olympiska lag, which competed in Athens, grekland, samt 2008 US. Olympiska lag, which competed in Beijing, Kina. Cormier placed fourth at the 2004 OLYMPISKA SPELEN. Han var en 2007 World bronze medalist and placed fifth in the 2003 Världsmästerskapen. 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, Den., 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, det var fantastiskt. 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. Det var en stor upplevelse,” said Cormier.

He is excited that wrestling, his favorite sport, will be showcased once again in Los Angeles, US. bid city for the 2024 OLYMPISKA SPELEN. Having been on two Olympic teams (2004 in Athens and 2008 i Peking), 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, sammanställa en imponerande 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. på Juli 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 januari 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. På 2016 World Cup, the United States will be joined by (alphabetically): Azerbajdzjan, Georgien, Indien, 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

Lördag, Juni 11

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

Söndag, Juni 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 Lördag och Söndag sessions are just $60 total or $35 for individual days. Preferred seating options are available for $85 for both Lördag och Söndag, eller $55 individually.

An Open FU to UFC President DanaEffing” Vit!

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Av: Rich Bergeron

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

Denna vecka, 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” Vit.

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

FU, DanaEffing” Vit… 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

Hej, 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.

Nu, 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” Promotorn, Danaeffing” Vit???

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

Förlåt, DanaEffing” Vit, 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, klass, 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, starkare, 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, ändå?

UNLIKE YOU, DanaEffing” Vit, Holly actually respects Miesha Tate and thought it would be a challenge to fight her. Ja, 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.

Nu, 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, antingen, you dome-headed dimwit.

Fighters “effing” slagsmål, Dana. That’s what theyeffingdo, which you should know, since I am pretty sure you used to be aneffingmanager of MMA fighters yourself. Ja, 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 jobb. It’s not. Det är “effinghard work.

Så, ja, 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…och…förresten…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.

Så, 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, period! 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.

Så, 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” Vit, 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” dagar, 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, alltför.

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” Vit, and it’s a delusional place. Like on the distant planet you live on, people actually believe YOU really, ärligt, trulyeffingknow what it’s ACTUALLY like to be aneffing” kämpe? Do you actually believe YOU somehow could ever REALLY know that feeling?

REALLY?

Du vet 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, är “one who fights.And let’s be clear about oneeffingthing, Danaeffing” Vit, I know fighters, och YOU are no fighter.

You are nothing like a fighter, Danaeffing” Vit, and you nevereffing” kommer vara. 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,” eller “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. Nu, 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” Vit. 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, period?

Så, you DON’T wanna be a fighter, Mr. Vit? 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” Vit…

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?

OCH…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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FILADELFIA, Mars 8, 2016 – One of the most popular mixed martial arts fighters in the world, Georges St-Pierrewill attend Wizard World Philadelphia on Sunday, Juni 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 på 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, brottning, 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. I 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, bio, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, tv, sci-fi, toys, video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. Philadelphia show hours are Torsdag, Juni 2, 3-8 p.m.; Fredag, Juni 3, noon-7 p.m.; Lördag, Juni 4, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Söndag, Juni 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

 

For more on the 2016 Wizard World Philadelphia, besök 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, bio, tv, 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 (Mars 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 "The Axe Murderer" 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 "Rampage" 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 of the Year (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 och Anastasia Yankova on a roster with champions the likes of: Marcos Galvao, Daniel Straus, Will Brooks, Andrey Koreshkov, Rafael Carvalho, Liam McGeary ochVitaly Minakov,

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

 

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NEW YORK (Februari. 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, premiär Tisdag, Mars 1 vid 9 p.m. OCH/PT på SHOWTIME. Nathalie Sommer is the producer.

Fight Network är destinationen för Live UFC Fight Vecka Action & Rapportering, Including UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Säljaren huvudkortet

TORONTO (December 9, 2015) — Fight Network, världens främsta 24/7 TV-kanal dedikerad till slutföra bevakning av kampsporter, är målet för levande UFC kampen vecka före och efter kampen täckning, inklusive levande huvudkortet för UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Återförsäljare och de levande prelims för The Ultimate Fighter Finale: Lag McGregor vs. Team Faber, både vädring uteslutande i Kanada. Fight Network finns för närvarande i gratis förhandsvisning på de flesta flygbolag i Kanada för december månad.
Det hela startar på onsdag, December. 9 vid 4 p.m. ET med en levande presentation av UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor pre-fight presskonferens från Las Vegas.
På torsdag, December. 10 vid 5 p.m. OCH, Slagsmål Nätverkspresenterar Live väga-ins för The Ultimate Fighter Finale: Lag McGregor vs. Team Faber, som headliners Frankie Edgar och Tchad Mendes tungan på vågen före sin svängbara fjädershowdown.
Senare vid 9 p.m. OCH, Slagsmål Network presenterar en levande pre-show för UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Återförsäljare, leder in i levande huvudkortet vid 10 p.m. OCH uteslutande i Kanada. I main event, LÅT BLI. 3-rang kvinnors strawweight utmanare Rose Namajunas (4-2) strider böljande superstar och No. 7-rankad Paige Vanzant. (6-1). I co-funktionen, LÅT BLI. 14-rankad lättvikts veteran Jim Miller(25-6, 1NC) ser ut att fortsätta sin bestigning upp rankingen mot The Ultimate Fighter Live vinnareMikaelskyrkan (12-2). Avrundning ut kortet, starkt tippad lättvikts unge Sage Northcutt(6-0) försöker hålla sin perfekta rekord intakt mot Cody Pfister (12-4-1), medan Kanadas obesegradUltimate Fighter Nations mellanvikt vinnare Elias Theodorou (11-0) möter sin tuffaste testet hittills mot brasilianska Thiago “Slägga” Santos (11-3). Fight Network kommer också att televize levande efter kampen presskonferens, som börjar strax efter händelsen avslutar.
Fredag, December. 11 vid 6 p.m. OCH, den UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor väga-ins kommer att sändas i TV direkt från Las Vegas med Jose Aldo och Conor McGregor kommer ansikte mot ansikte en sista gång föreLördagens blockbuster sammandrabbning för den obestridda UFC fjädervikt mästerskapet.
Omedelbart efter de levande väger-ins, Slagsmål Network presenterar en levande pre-show för The Ultimate Fighter Finale: Lag McGregor vs. Team Faber vid 7 p.m. OCH, som fungerar som en lead-in till denlevande prelims vid 8 p.m. OCH uteslutande i Kanada. Den viktigaste kortet kommer luft på 10 p.m. OCH på TSN1 och TSN5. Utvalda prelims inkluderar tungviktare Gabriel Gonzaga (16-10) vs. Konstantin Erokhin (9-2), feather Tatsuya Kawajiri (34-8-2) vs. Jason Knight (16-1) och svänghjulsvikter Joby Sanchez(7-1) vs. Geane Herrera (8-1). Fight Network kommer också att televize levande efter kampen presskonferens, som börjar strax efter händelsen avslutar.
Den actionfyllda kampen veckan kommer till ett klimax på Lördag, December. 12. Vid 2 p.m. OCH, Fight Network presenterar ett extranummer av UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor från juli 2015, som presenterade Conor McGregor'S minnesvärd prestation mot Chad Mendes att fånga den interimistiska UFC fjäderlätta titel, plus en toppkandidat för “Fight of the Year” mellan Robbie Lawler och Rory MacDonald för UFC weltervikt titel. Händelsen betraktas allmänt som en av de bästa i PR-historia.
Vid 7 p.m. OCH, Slagsmål Network presenterar en levande pre-show för UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor, som har förhands, prognoser och analys vid händelsen, liksom on-the-scenen rapporter från Las Vegas. Omedelbart efter pay-per-view-sändningar, Slagsmål Network presenterar en levande efter showvid approximativt 1 a.m. OCH, inklusive höjdpunkter, reaktioner och levande efter kampen presskonferens från Las Vegas.
Alla före och efter kampen visar kommer att omfatta exklusiva intervjuer från Fight Network analytiker JohnRamdeen och Robin Svart på plats i Las Vegas, plus rapporter och analyser från Fight Network studios i Toronto. Kanadensiska mixed martial arts pionjär och longtime UFC veteran Sam Stout kommer att vara i-studio för levande UFC 194 före och efter kampen visar.
Luftning under hela veckan, fånga en timme UFC Embedded: Aldo vs. McGregor särskild, en allt-access, bakom kulisserna titta på liv och träningsläger fyra elit fighters som leder upp till den massiva UFC 194 händelse i Las Vegas. Ytterligare rapporter och har luft dagligen i Fight News Now. Alla airings finns listade på www.fightnetwork.com.
Förutom alla de liveevenemang, Fight Network är destinationen för UFC biblioteksinnehåll, specials och serier, Inklusive UFC Unleashed, UFC Nu, UFC Ultimate Insider och klassisk UFC PPV händelser.
Detta Söndag, December. 13 vid 9 p.m. OCH, fånga en fullständig encore presentation av UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfortfrån februari 2011 i Las Vegas, som innehöll en efterlängtade mellanvikt titel uppgörelse mellan dåvarande fackelbärare Anderson Silva och nr. 1 utmanare Vitor Belfort, mer Forrest Griffinvs. Rich Franklin och Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader.
För en fullständig lista över Fight Network sändning schema, besök www.fightnetwork.com, Följ oss på Twitterfightnet, bli ett fan på Facebook Besök oss på Instagramfightnet.

Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Eddie Alvarez, MMA Bouts och tre andra Combat Turneringar Rubrik MMA World Expo, Lördag, December. 12 i New York City

MMA superstjärnor att möta och hälsar gästerna på annUAL extravaganza, äno hosting Bouts i Muay Thai, fångst brottning och brasiliansk Jiu-Jitsu,
samt säljare och seminarier

NEW YORK, December 9 - Den sjätte årliga MMA World Expo, östkustens premiär Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) inbärga presenteras av staden World Ford, kommer att återvända till New Yorks Jacob Javits Center, North paviljongen, på lördag, December 12. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) super Jon "Bones" Jones, Anderson "The Spider" Silva och Eddie Alvarez kommer att finnas på plats för händelsen, som lovar att bli större än någonsin, med fyra, levande bekämpa idrottsturneringar, inklusive amatör MMA skjutningarna i buren, seminarier och leverantörer.

Också till hands på Expo kommer att bli World Series of Fighting mästare två division världen David Branch, samt World Series of Fighting chefer Carlos Silva (VD) och Far chefer (President), som kommer att delta i en frågestund med media och fans, och avslöjar nyheter om ligans planer för 2016.

Branch, den regerande World Series of Fighting mellanvikt (185 pounds) och lätt tungvikt (205 pounds) mästare, kommer att vara värd en särskild, en-timmars seminarium för Expo besökare.

"The MMA World Expo är en fenomenal möjlighet att betjäna en befolkning på mycket passionerade MMA fans som ännu inte har den upplighet att åskådare yrkeal matcher i staten of New York,"Sade Paul Paone, grundare och chef för MMA världsutställningen.

"Årets evenemang kommer att innehålla en aldrig tidigare skådad antal stridsidrottsturneringar för att tillfredsställa alla kampen fan, inklusive amatör MMA, fångst brottning, Muay Thai och Brazilian Jiu-JITi. "

Endags, "Super Saturday" händelse kommer att äga rum från 10 a.m. tills 9 p.m. OCH, och kommer att begränsas av boch leva amatör MMA skjutningarna i buren, presenteras av New York Fight Exchange. Kampen kortet börjar kl 6 p.m.

Förutom de MMA slagsmål, det kommer att leva konkurrens fyra strids discipliner som är en central del av MMA. Med början vid 10 A.M., inlämnande skyddad grappling turneringar, både gi och ingen gi, värd The Good Fight, kommer att äga rum.

Med början vid 4 p.m., den nordamerikanska Catch Wrestling Association kommer att vara värd fånga brottning matcher, inklusive en matchning mellan regerande, två-tiden östkust King of Catch Wrestling, Thomas Velasquez, och rival, West Coast King of Catch Wrestling, Travis newaza, för 2015 North American Heavyweight King of Catch mästerskap.

Under hela händelsen, "Träning-med-the-Masters" seminarier kommer att vara tillgänglig för deltagare. Instruktörer inkluderar Ajarn Phil Nurse (Muay Thai), UFC Hall of fameDan "The Beast" Severn, Silva, Alvarez och newaza.

MMA World Expo kommer att fortsätta att spela sin roll i kampen för professionell MMA legalisering genom att bedriva sin sjätte årliga legalisering paneldiskussion, distribuera framställningar, och sätta på displayen alla idrottare, tränare, fläktar och leverantörer som bidrar till sporten. Legalisering seminarium två timmar kommer att ledas av kampsporter journalist Jim Genia, och specialinbjudna gäster kommer att omfatta Severn och andra framstående MMA siffror.

För mer information om evenemanget besök http://www.mmaworldexpo.com, "Gilla oss på facebook, Följ oss på Twittermmaworldexpo, eller samtal 212-956-4720.

Om MMA World Expo:

MMA World Expo inleddes 2009 och har haft alla händelser i Jacob Javits Center i New York.

Tidigare MMA World Expo undertecknarna har inkluderat Matt Hughes, Frankie Edgar, Randy Couture, Jon Jones, Carlos Condit, Fabricio Werdum, Matt Serra, Jim och Dan Miller, Jamie Varner, Nate Diaz, Wanderlei Silva, bl.

Träning-med-the-Masters-serien instruktörer har inkluderat: Dan Severn, Renzo Gracie, Marcelo Garcia, Phil Nurse, Howard Davis Jr., Coban Lookchaomaesaitong, Lee Kemp, Jimmy Pedro bland andra.

Tidigare leverantörer har inkluderat Toyota, Xyience, Headrush, Muskel Pharm, Combat Sport, Ever, Vitamin Shoppe, Zebra Mats, Met-Rx, Monster Ringar och Burar, US Marines, Dymatize, World Series of Fighting, Spartan Race, M-I-underhållning, bl.

Fight Network presenterar UFC Fight Night Seoul huvudkortet & Pre-Show LIVE

TORONTO (November 26, 2015) — Fight Network, världens främsta 24/7 TV-kanal dedikerad till slutföra bevakning av kampsporter, presenterar omfattande bevakning av UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal detta Lördag, November 28 från Olympic Gymnastics Arena i Söul, Sydkorea.
Fight Network kommer luft i lever UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal huvudkortet uteslutande i Kanada på 8 a.m. OCH. Extranummer kommer luft i primetime på 9 p.m. AND och 10 p.m. PT för tittarna på västkusten.
I main event, fd UFC lätta mästare Benson Henderson (22-5) söker sin andra raka seger på 170 pounds motsatt krigsvana veteran Jorge Masvidal (29-9). Lokal weltervikt super Dong Hyun Kim (20-3-1, 1NC) competes in the co-feature against late replacement Dominic Waters (9-3). Avrundning ut huvudkortet, Yoshihiro Akiyama (14-5, 2NC) återvänder till Sydkorea för första gången sedan 2007 for a welterweight matchup with undefeated grappling ace Alberto Mina (11-0), medan explosiva sydkoreanska knockout artist 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), som bär en två-kamp Winning Streak i matchen.
På torsdag, November. 26 vid 7 p.m. OCH, Slagsmål Nätverks premieres en en-timmes UFC® Fight Night Seoul Pre-Show, som har förhands, prognoser och analys vid händelsen, och fungerar också som ett lead-in till levande prelims.
Förutom alla de liveevenemang, Fight Network är destinationen för UFC biblioteksinnehåll, specials och serier, Inklusive UFC Unleashed, UFC Nu, UFC Ultimate Insider och klassisk UFC PPV händelser.
Detta Söndag, November. 29 vid 9 p.m. OCH, fånga en fullständig encore presentation av UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez från och med oktober 2010 i Anaheim, Calif., headlined by a showdown between champion Brock Lesnar och utmanare Cain Velasquez för UFC tungvikt, mer Jake Shields gör sin UFC-debut mot Martin Kampmann, The Ultimate Fighter 1 vinnare Diego Sanchez kolliderar med Paulo Thiago, pionjär Tito Ortiz sammandrabbningar med tidigare elev Matt Hamill,och Brendan Schaub strider Gabriel Gonzaga i tungvikts handling.
Den fullständiga kortet för UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal innefattar:
Huvud Card (Live på Fight Network, 8 a.m. OCH):
-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)
Preliminära kortet (Live på UFC Fight Pass, 5 a.m. OCH):
-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)
För en fullständig lista över Fight Network sändning schema, besök www.fightnetwork.com, Följ oss på Twitterfightnet, bli ett fan på Facebook Besök oss på Instagramfightnet.

STAR späckade UFC 191 EVENT att presentera sju GFL ALUMNI PÅ LÖRDAG, SEPTETT. 5

Sjutton arkiverade slagsmål featuring
Jimi Manuwa, Paige Vanzant,

Paul Felder och tre andra UFC 191 stjärnor
tillgängliga för visning på GFL.tv

NEW YORK, NY (Sju. 3, 2015) - Den mycket efterlängtade UFC 191 VM Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) händelse som äger rum på lördag, Sju. 5, kommer att innehålla sju idrottare vars tidiga karriär slagsmål täcktes av Go Fight Live (www.GFL.tv), och är tillgängliga för visning i sin helhet, i video on demand (VOD) format på världens främsta online destination för levande kampsporter.

Tre av stjärnor - Jimi "Poster Boy" Manuwa, Jan Blachowicz och Paige Vanzant - Kommer att se åtgärder på live pay-per-view-utsändning av UFC 191 huvudsakliga kamp kort, medan två andra - Paul "Den irländska Dragon" Felder och "Cassius" Clay Collard - Kommer att kämpa på FOX Sports 1 TV delen av händelsen preliminära bout kort och de återstående två - Joe "Diesel" Riggsoch Ron "Kören Boy" Stallings - Kommer att möta upp mot varandra på UFC Fight Pass-live streamad del av det preliminära bout kortet.

"Detta lördagens UFC 191 kampen kort, som är staplade med några av de bästa kämparna i världen, är en annan bevis på den otroliga talang som har ökat från leden av våra partner i marknadsföringsaktiviteter som har lagt på några av de bästa kampsporter åtgärder sett var som helst,"Sade GFL VD David Klarman.

"Vi är glada att se hur karriären för dessa sju soldater har tagit fart, och uppmuntra fans att kolla in några av de slagsmål som hjälpte forma dem till vilka de är idag. "

GFL bibliotek innehåller totalt 16 kompletta Bouts, Inklusive 8 (T)KO: s och 2 inlagor, terar 6 av 7 alumner som kommer att träda in i UFC: s Octagon på lördag.

GFL distribuerar över 350 live events annually across all genres of combat sports. Approximately 60 procent av videoinnehåll är MMA åtgärd med verkan från Ring of Combat (ROC), Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC), BAMMA USA, Rage i buren (Ritca) och en mängd andra promotorer som har kollektivt skickade hundratals idrottare till UFC, World Series of Fighting och Bellator, de tre största MMA sport franchise i världen.

Om 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 är den främsta online-destination för levande boxning, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Muay Thai, kickboxning, Jiu-Jitsu och mer. Since its inception in 2007, GFL har strömmat mer än 2,500 liveevenemang med över 10,000 hours of combat sports content. In addition to its web platform, GFL finns på Roku, IPhone, IPad, liksom andra internet redo enheter, och sänder en gång i veckan, två timmar, syndikerade kamp TV-show på CSN, BC och SNY, liksom levande pay-per-view-händelser direkt till efterfrågan.