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

In 2014, award-winning actor Billy Baldwin was the Honorary Chairman. In 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. Wayengumuntu ilungu 2004 U.S. Olympic Team, which competed in Athens, Greece, kanye 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, which competed in Beijing, China. Cormier placed fourth at the 2004 Olympic Games. Wayengumuntu 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, The., 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, kwaba amazing. 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. Kwaba emnandi kakhulu,” said Cormier.

He is excited that wrestling, his favorite sport, will be showcased once again in Los Angeles, the U.S. bid city for the 2024 Olympic Games. Having been on two Olympic teams (2004 in Athens and 2008 e 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, wokubhala i umxhwele 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. on July 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 ngoJanuwari 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. At the 2016 World Cup, the United States will be joined by (alphabetically): Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, 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

Saturday, June 11

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

Sunday, June 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 Saturday futhi Sunday sessions are just $60 total or $35 for individual days. Preferred seating options are available for $85 for both Saturday futhi Sunday, noma $55 individually.

An Open FU to UFC President DanaEffingWhite!

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By: Rich Bergeron

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

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

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

For what you THINK you know about Holly Holm

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

Manje, 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” Umgqugquzeli, DanaeffingWhite???

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

Uxolo, DanaEffingWhite, 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, class, 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, kunamandla, 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, DanaEffingWhite, 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.

Manje, 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, noma, you dome-headed dimwit.

Fighters “effing” fight, Dana. That’s what theyeffingdo, which you should know, since I am pretty sure you used to be aneffingmanager of MMA fighters yourself. Yebo, 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 Umsebenzi. It’s not. Kuba “effinghard work.

Ngakho, 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…futhi…konje…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.

Ngakho, 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, isikhathi! 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.

Ngakho, 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, DanaeffingWhite, 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” izinsuku, 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, too.

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

REALLY?

Uyazi 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, kuba “one who fights.And let’s be clear about oneeffingthing, DanaeffingWhite, I know fighters, futhi YOU are no fighter.

You are nothing like a fighter, DanaeffingWhite, and you nevereffing” ngizo. 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,” noma “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. Manje, 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, DanaeffingWhite. 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, isikhathi?

Ngakho, 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 DanaeffingWhite

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?

KANYE…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, March 8, 2016 – One of the most popular mixed martial arts fighters in the world, Georges St-Pierrewill attend Wizard World Philadelphia on Sunday, June 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 at 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, wrestling, 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. In 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, ama-movie, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, ithelevishini, sci-fi, toys, video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. Philadelphia show hours are Thursday, June 2, 3-8 p.m.; Friday, June 3, noon-7 p.m.; Saturday, June 4, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, June 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

 

For more on the 2016 Wizard World Philadelphia, Ukuvakashela 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, ama-movie, ithelevishini, 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 (March 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 "umbulali 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 "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 futhi Anastasia Yankova on a roster with champions the likes of: Marcos Galvão, Daniel Straus, Will Brooks, Andrey Koreshkov, Rafael Carvalho, Liam McGeary futhiUVitaly Minakov,

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

 

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

 

Wertheim’s report appears on the next edition of 60 MINUTES SPORTS, premiering Tuesday, March 1 at 9 p.m. KANYE/PT on Showtime. Nathalie Sommer is the producer.

Fight Network Destination for Live UFC Fight Week Action & Coverage, Including UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Umthengisi Main Card

TORONTO (December 9, 2015) — Fight Network, UNdunankulu wezwe 24/7 isiteshi sethelevishini abazinikezele ukuqedela izindaba combat yezemidlalo, iyindawo for bukhoma UFC impi ngesonto pre and post-mpi Ukusabalala, kuhlanganise ikhadi bukhoma main for UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Dealer kanye prelims bukhoma for The Ultimate Fighter Finale: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber, kokubili angabiki kuphela Canada. Fight Network okwamanje iyatholakala khulula preview on yezinkampani kakhulu kulo lonke elaseCanada ngenyanga ka December.
Konke ukhahlela off ngoLwesithathu, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. ET nge isethulo bukhoma we UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor pre-mpi press conference kusukela Las Vegas.
NgoLwesine, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. KANYE, Yilwa Network presents siphilele nesisindo-ins ngoba The Ultimate Fighter Finale: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber, njengoba headliners Frankie Edgar futhi Chad Mendes enika isikali ngaphambi ebalulekile featherweight Yimpi yabo.
Kamuva ngesikhathi 9 p.m. KANYE, Fight Network presents live pre-show ngoba UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. Dealer, eliholela bukhoma ikhadi main at 10 p.m. KANYE kuphela in Canada. In the umcimbi main, Ungenzi. 3-Olwa abesifazane zibalwa sika strawweight Rose Namajunas (4-2) izimpi olugubhayo superstar and No. 7-zibalwa Paige VanZant. (6-1). In the co-feature, Ungenzi. 14-zibalwa veteran engasindi Jim Miller(25-6, 1NC) ubukeka ukuqhubeka ukunyukela up rankings ngokumelene The Ultimate Fighter Live winnerMichael Church (12-2). Ukuqoqa out ikhadi, wabonakala kakhulu ingalandela engasindi Sage Northcutt(6-0) uzama ukugcina irekhodi lakhe ephelele abephule ngokumelene Cody Pfister (12-4-1), kanti Ezingakanqotshwa eCanadaUltimate Fighter Nations middleweight winner Elias Theodorou (11-0) Ubhekene test wakhe ezinzima yimanje ngokumelene Brazilian Thiago “Sledgehammer” Santos (11-3). Fight Network uyophinde televise the live post-mpi press conference, lapho uqala ngokushesha emva umcimbi uphetha.
On Friday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. KANYE, the UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor nesisindo-ins uzobe isiqephu bukhoma kusukela Las Vegas kanye Jose Aldo futhi Conor McGregor uya ubuso nobuso ngesinye isikhathi sokugcina ngaphambiNgoMgqibelo Ukungqubuzana for the ongenambangi UFC featherweight ubuqhawe blockbuster.
Ngokushesha kulandela live nesisindo-ins, Fight Network presents live pre-show ngoba The Ultimate Fighter Finale: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber at 7 p.m. KANYE, lapho ukhonza njengelungu nomthofu-in to theprelims bukhoma at 8 p.m. KANYE kuphela in Canada. Ikhadi main kuyobe baveze at 10 p.m. KANYE on TSN1 and TSN5. Prelims afakiwe zihlanganisa heavyweights Gabriel Gonzaga (16-10) vs. Konstantin Erokhin (9-2), featherweights Tatsuya Kawajiri (34-8-2) vs. Jason Knight (16-1) futhi flyweights Joby Sanchez(7-1) vs. Geane Herrera (8-1). Fight Network uyophinde televise the live post-mpi press conference, lapho uqala ngokushesha emva umcimbi uphetha.
The ezimatasa mpi ngesonto efika emvuthwandaba on Saturday, Dec. 12. At 2 p.m. KANYE, Fight Network presents i Encore of UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor kusukela July 2015, enezihloko Conor McGregor'S ukusebenza sikhumbuleke ngokumelene Chad Mendes wasithatha wesikhashana UFC featherweight isihloko, plus ukhetho phezulu for “Fight of the Year” phakathi Robbie Lawler futhi Rory MacDonald ngoba UFC welterweight isihloko. Lo mcimbi kabanzi ubhekwa njengomunye the best in emlandweni yokukhangisa.
At 7 p.m. KANYE, Fight Network presents live pre-show ngoba UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor, okuyinto izici izibonisi kuqala, izibikezelo kanye nokuhlaziywa for the umcimbi, kanye on-the-scene imibiko evela Las Vegas. Ngokushesha kulandela ukusakaza pay-per-view, Fight Network presents live post-showcishe 1 a.m. KANYE, okuhlanganisa amaphuzu avelele, ukusabela kanye live post-mpi press conference kusukela Las Vegas.
Zonke pre and post-mpi imibukiso kuzobandakanya izingxoxo okukhethekile Abahlaziyi Fight Network JohnRamdeen futhi Robin Black on-site e Las Vegas, plus imibiko kanye nokuhlaziywa kusukela Fight Network Studios in Toronto. Canadian exubile karate iphayona futhi osele anesikhathi eside noliphayona UFC veteran Sam Stout izoba-studio for the UFC bukhoma 194 pre and post-mpi imibukiso.
Angabiki isonto lonke, ukubamba ihora elilodwa UFC Kushunyekwe: Aldo vs. McGregor ekhethekile, i-ukufinyelela wonke, ngemuva-the-izigcawu ukubheka izimpilo kanye nokuqeqeshwa amakamu fighters ezine elite eziholela UFC omkhulu 194 umcimbi in Las Vegas. Imibiko engeziwe netimphawu air nsuku zonke in Fight News Now. Zonke airings ahlelwe at www.fightnetwork.com.
Ngaphezu zonke izenzakalo bukhoma, Fight Network iyindawo okuqukethwe UFC umtapo, specials and chungechunge, okubala UFC Unleashed, UFC Now, UFC Ultimate Insider futhi Classic UFC PPV izenzakalo.
Lokhu Sunday, Dec. 13 at 9 p.m. KANYE, ukubamba Encore isethulo egcwele UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfortkusukela February 2011 in Las Vegas, enezihloko a obekulindelekile kakhulu middleweight isihloko Yimpi ephakathi ke-torchbearer Anderson Silva futhi No. 1 Olwa Vitor Belfort, okuningi Forrest Griffinvs. Franklin Rich futhi Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader.
Ukuze uthole uhlu full of ukusakaza isimiso Fight Network, sicela uvakashele www.fightnetwork.com, silandele on Twitterfightnet, uba ngumlandeli ku-Facebook ahambele us on Instagramfightnet.

Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Eddie Alvarez, MMA iziqubu futhi Three Umphumela Combat Tournaments Isihloko MMA World Expo, Saturday, Dec. 12 e New York City

MMA superstars ukuhlangabezana yokubingelela izivakashi at Annwocansi extravaganza, kukao ibamba iziqubu e Muay Thai, catch wrestling futhi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu,
kanye nabathengisi futhi nezinkulumo

I-NEW YORK, December 9 - Eyesithupha wonyaka MMA World Expo, the East Coast Premiere Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) kubutsela eyethulwe City World Ford, uzobuya kuJakobe Javits Center eNew York, North inkundla, ngomgqibelo, December 12. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) superstars Jon "Bones" Jones, Anderson "The Spider" Silva futhi Eddie Alvarez kuyoba khona umcimbi, lapho uthembisa ukuba lulukhulu kunanini ngaphambili, abane, bukhoma combat ezemidlalo tournaments, kuhlanganise amateur MMA iziqubu yezinyoni, seminar nabathengisi.

Futhi ngaleso Expo kuyoba World Series of Ukulwa ezimbili-division emhlabeni iqhawe David Branch, kanye World Series of Fighting abaphathi Carlos Silva (CEO) futhi Baba Chiefs (President), abayoba yingxenye yemidlalo umbuzo bese uphendula session nabezindaba kanye nabalandeli, futhi embule izindaba mayelana izinhlelo phiko for 2016.

Branch, the ebusayo World Series of Fighting middleweight (185 amakhilogremu) nokukhanya wesibhakela (205 amakhilogremu) champion, uzosingatha ekhethekile, ihora elilodwa seminar for Expo abashisekeli.

"The MMA World Expo yithuba lokukwazi sokuyokhonza labantu inkanuko kakhulu MMA abalandeli abakalitholi the uportunity ukuba spectate ubungcwetial iziqubu e o isimof New York,"Kusho Paul Paone, Umsunguli umqondisi we Expo MMA World.

"Umcimbi walo nyaka izoba nenani okungakaze kubonwe combat ezemidlalo tournaments ukwanelisa noma fan impi, kuhlanganise MMA amateur, catch wrestling, Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsin. "

Usuku-one, "Super Saturday 'umcimbi kuyokwenzeka kusukela 10 a.m. kuze 9 p.m. KANYE, futhi ngeke kube eneziqongo off bfuthi siphile amateur MMA iziqubu yezinyoni, owethulwe yi-New York Fight Exchange. Ikhadi mpi uzoqala at 6 p.m.

Ngaphezu MMA ukulwa, kuyoba umncintiswano bukhoma e ezine combat eyala ukuthi ayingxenye core of MMA. Kusukela ngaleso 10 a.m., tournaments ukuzithoba kuphela kulokho kubambana, kokubili gi futhi akukho-gi, ebesihlelwe The Fight Good, kuyokwenzeka.

Kusukela ngaleso 4 p.m., the North American Catch Ukubambana Association uzosingatha catch wrestling emidlalweni, kuhlanganise nomdlalo phakathi ebusayo, -time ezimbili East Coast King of Catch Wrestling, Thomas Velasquez, kanye nembangi, West Coast King of Catch Wrestling, Travis Newaza, okwe 2015 North American wesibhakela King of Catch ubuqhawe.

Kuwo lo mcimbi, "Training-with-the-Masters" nezinkulumo izotholakala abakhona. Abafundisi zihlanganisa Ajarn Phil Nurse (Muay Thai), UFC Hall of FamerDan "The Beast" Severn, Silva, Alvarez and Newaza.

The MMA World Expo uzoqhubeka ukudlala indima yayo ekulweni professional MMA semthethweni ngokuqhuba izifundo yesithupha semthethweni wonyaka panel ingxoxo yayo, behambisa uhlu lwezikhalazo ezibhalwe, futhi ebeka wonke kwabadlali obala, abaqeqeshi, abalandeli kanye nabathengisi abanomthelela mdlalo. Ihora amabili-semthethweni seminar uzobe ebesihlelwe combat yezemidlalo intatheli Jim Genia, futhi ezivakashi kuzobandakanya Severn kanye nezinye esiphawulekayo MMA izibalo.

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mayelana ukuvakasha umcimbi http://www.mmaworldexpo.com, "Like" us on Facebook, silandele on Twittermmaworldexpo, noma ikholi 212-956-4720.

Mayelana MMA World Expo:

The MMA World Expo wacala 2009 futhi wanikeza wonke izenzakalo uJakobe Javits Center eNew York.

Past MMA World Expo abasayineli kwahlanganisa Math Hughes, Frankie Edgar, Randy Couture, Jon Jones, Carlos Condit, Fabricio Werdum, Matt Serra, Jim and Dan Miller, Jamie Varner, Nate Diaz, Wanderlei Silva, phakathi kwabanye.

Training-with-the-Masters uchungechunge abafundisi kwahlanganisa: Dan Severn, Renzo Gracie, Marcelo Garcia, Phil Nurse, Howard Davis Jr., Coban Lookchaomaesaitong, Lee Kemp, Jimmy Pedro phakathi kwabanye.

Abathengisi Esidlule baye bafaka Toyota, Xyience, Headrush, Muscle Pharm, Combat Sports, Everlast, Vitamin Shoppe, Zebra uMats, Met-Rx, Monster Rings and Cages, US asemanzini, Dymatize, World Series of Fighting, Race Spartan, M-I Entertainment, phakathi kwabanye.

Fight Network Ukwethula UFC Fight Night Seoul Main Card & Oku-Show LIVE

TORONTO (November 26, 2015) — Fight Network, UNdunankulu wezwe 24/7 isiteshi sethelevishini abazinikezele ukuqedela izindaba combat yezemidlalo, presents esixoxa kabanzi UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal lokhu Saturday, November 28 kusukela Olympic Gymnastics Arena e Seoul, Iningizimu Korea.
Yilwa Network kuyobe baveze le aphile UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal ikhadi main kuphela Canada at 8 a.m. KANYE. Encores kuyobe baveze in emini at 9 p.m. KANYE futhi 10 p.m. PT ngoba ababukeli on the West Coast.
In the umcimbi main, zangaphambili UFC iqhawe engasindi Benson Henderson (22-5) uhlose win yakhe yesibili ngqo 170 amakhilogremu okuphambene nomakadebona empini-ihlolwe Jorge Masvidal (29-9). Local welterweight superstar Dong Hyun Kim (20-3-1, 1NC) competes in the co-feature against late replacement Dominic Waters (9-3). Ukuqoqa out ikhadi main, Yoshihiro Akiyama (14-5, 2NC) ubuyele South Korea for the okokuqala kusukela 2007 for a welterweight matchup with undefeated grappling ace Alberto Mina (11-0), kanti alufakwa South Korean Knockout umculi 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), ephethe ezimbili-mpi ngokuwina streak singene iziqubu.
NgoLwesine, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. KANYE, Fight Network iqala a ihora elilodwa UFC® Fight Night Seoul Oku-Show, okuyinto izici izibonisi kuqala, izibikezelo kanye nokuhlaziywa for the umcimbi, futhi ukhonza njengelungu nomthofu-in to the prelims bukhoma.
Ngaphezu zonke izenzakalo bukhoma, Fight Network iyindawo okuqukethwe UFC umtapo, specials and chungechunge, okubala UFC Unleashed, UFC Now, UFC Ultimate Insider futhi Classic UFC PPV izenzakalo.
Lokhu Sunday, Nov. 29 at 9 p.m. KANYE, ukubamba Encore isethulo egcwele UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez kusukela October 2010 e Anaheim, Calif., headlined by a showdown between champion Brock Lesnar futhi inselele UKhayini Velasquez ngoba UFC ubuqhawe sosondonzima, okuningi Jake Shields kwenza UFC DEBUT yakhe emelene Martin Kampmann, The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner Diego Sanchez ishayisa Paulo Thiago, iphayona Tito Ortiz itholene phezulu namabutho Umfundi zangaphambili Matt Hamill,futhi Brendan Schaub izimpi Gabriel Gonzaga in action wesibhakela.
Ikhadi egcwele UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal kuhlanganisa:
IKhadi Main (Phila on Fight Network, 8 a.m. KANYE):
-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)
IKhadi Preliminary (Phila on UFC Fight Pass, 5 a.m. KANYE):
-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. UFreddy Serrano (2-0)
-Ning Guangyou (6-2-1) vs. Marco Beltrán (6-4)
-Dominique Steele (13-6) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (13-6)
Ukuze uthole uhlu full of ukusakaza isimiso Fight Network, sicela uvakashele www.fightnetwork.com, silandele on Twitterfightnet, uba ngumlandeli ku-Facebook ahambele us on Instagramfightnet.

STAR-igcwele UFC 191 UMCIMBI ukufaka EZIYISIKHOMBISA GFL alumni MHLAKA, Sept. 5

Seventeen ukulwa yomlando featuring
Jimi Manuwa, Paige VanZant,

UPawulu Felder kanye nezinye UFC ezintathu 191 izinkanyezi
kuyatholakala ukubukwa GFL.tv

I-NEW YORK, NY (Isikhombisa. 3, 2015) - The UFC kakhulu ngabomvu 191 umhlaba ubuqhawe Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) umcimbi ukuthi senzeka ngoMgqibelo, Isikhombisa. 5, izoba abasubathi eziyisikhombisa career ogama ekuseni ukulwa zagqitshwa Go Fight Live (www.GFL.tv), futhi ayatholakala ukubukwa isiyonke, e video on funa (VOD) format UNdunankulu ukuphela kwezwe online for bukhoma ukulwa ezemidlalo.

Abathathu izinkanyezi - Jimi "Poster Boy" Manuwa, UJan Blachowicz futhi Paige VanZant - Uzobona isinyathelo pay-per-umbono telecast bukhoma kwe-UFC 191 fight ikhadi main, kanti abanye ababili - UPawulu "The Irish Dragon" Felder futhi "UCassius" Clay Collard - Uyokwenza empini FOX Sports 1 ingxenye isiqephu of zokukwazi iziqubu ikhadi kulo mjaho kanti amabili asele - Joe "Diesel" Riggsfuthi Ron "The Choir Boy" Stallings - Iyobhekana nomunye phezu UFC Fight Pass-bukhoma ingxenye kusakazwe of the iziqubu ikhadi zokukwazi.

"Lokhu ngoMgqibelo UFC 191 fight ikhadi, okuyinto embondelene amanye fighters ubhedu emhlabeni, kungenye ibufakazi ithalenta Amazing ukuthi lenyukile kusukela kwababusi yabalingani bethu asetshenzisiwe ukuthi nigqoké ezinye the best action combat sports ngimbone kuphi,"Kusho GFL CEO David Klarman.

"Kuyasijabulisa ukubona ukuthi imisebenzi lezi fighters abayisikhombisa bakhishwe, futhi ukhuthaze abalandeli ukuhlola ezinye ukulwa ezasiza sibumbe wawayisa bangobani namuhla. "

Umtapo GFL iqukethe ingqikithi 16 iziqubu ephelele, okubala 8 (T)KO kanye 2 izethulo, featuring 6 of the 7 alumni abayoba angenelele Octagon the UFC sika ngomgqibelo.

GFL ihambisa phezu 350 live events annually across all genres of combat sports. Approximately 60 Amaphesenti angu zokuqukethwe yayo kuyinto MMA isinyathelo featuring action kusukela Ring of Combat (ROC), Cage Fury Ukulwa Championships (CFFC), BAMMA USA, Rage In The Cage (Ritca) kanye nezinye abagqugquzeli ukuthi babe bebonke Bathumela namakhulu abasubathi ukuba UFC, World Series of Ukulwa kanye Bellator, MMA yezemidlalo franchises ezintathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni.

Mayelana 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 iyona uNdunankulu ukuphela online for boxing bukhoma, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu and more. Since its inception in 2007, GFL uye kusakazwe ngaphezu 2,500 imicimbi bukhoma kuka 10,000 hours of combat sports content. In addition to its web platform, GFL iyatholakala kwi Roku, Iphone, IPad, kanye nezinye internet amadivaysi ngomumo, futhi osakaza a masonto onke, amahora amabili-, yedlanzana mpi TV show on CSN, BC and SNY, kanye pay-per-lemicimbi bukhoma ngqo funa.