This week’s show features Tom, Tony and Rich chatting about the circus atmosphere surrounding UFC 223, starting with Conor McGregor’s hand cart throwing incident. We also recap the past week’s boxing and MMA events, and we even briefly discuss Ronda Rousey’s Wrestlemania performance and the news that Brock Lesnar recently signed an extension to stay with the WWE. Poslušajte prenos u nastavku:
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NN Combat Sports Show: “Raging” Al Goes Off on Dana White, Klitschko vs. Joshua Preview & Event Recaps
It’s an early installment of the FNU Combat Sports Show this week since Co-host “Tornado” Tony Penecale will be busy in his role as the Phillies Superphan tomorrow night at the NFL Draft. We discuss “Raging” Al Iaquinta’s tirade against the UFC and Dana White, recap Bellator 178 and UFC Fight Night 108, and preview the big heavyweight boxing match between Wladimir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua on Saturday. We also discuss the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter and last week’s boxing events.
Raging Al Iaquinta Interview By Ariel Helwani is Must See TV
Po: Rich Bergeron
UFC Lightweight Contender “Raging” Al Iaquinta (13-3) is certainly solidifying his nickname these days. From his dismantling of UFC Legend Diego Sanchez last Saturday night to his public disagreements with the most popular MMA league on the planet, Iaquinta is putting it all on the line lately.
Despite the fact that Iaquinta is on a five-fight win streak in the Octagon and has two more fights left on his UFC contract, he told Ariel Helwani in the above interview that it is “probable” he will not be fighting again in the near future.
Iaquinta’s self-imposed hiatus from the UFC has nothing to do with a lack of love for the sport, iako. He’s just fed up with the politics and sick of being singled out for speaking his mind about fighter pay and other issues. He covers everything from weight cutting to the Reebok deal and unionization of fighters in the interview with Helwani. He also insists he would enjoy being fully involved in efforts to fix all these issues.
Perhaps the most outrageous and entertaining aspect of the interview is how Al rips UFC President Dana White. Using just as many expletives as “The Baldfather” himself likes to employ when he’s angry, Iaquinta gets most animated about White calling the plane ride home the best part of UFC Brooklyn. Iaquinta goes on to point out that White never had an injury in the sport of MMA and should keep his mouth shut about certain aspects of fighting that he has no clue about.
That part of Iaquinta’s argument sounds almost identical to the sentiment we shared here on Fight News Unlimited over a year ago with our “Open FU” to White. Back then we were criticizing the UFC President for his treatment of Holly Holm and her management team.
Listening to the Helwani interview is all the more entertaining and interesting if you can imagine a fighters’ association with Iaquinta as the president. It would be the best development possible to pay White back for all his own brash, in your face, tell-it-like-it-is ranting over the years. It would be fighting fire with fire, and listening to both of these characters argue with each other would be astronomically better than any of the debates that made up the chaotic 2016 Presidential Election in the United States.
It is highly unlikely that Iaquinta would be able to take on such a prominent role in such an association before his UFC contract officially runs out, iako. Još, it is one of the most opportune times in the history of the sport of MMA for fighters to learn how to band together and exercise their solidarity to generate serious change. From the Reebok deal’s flaws to the new UFC owners taking a more insensitive corporate approach to management to the McGregor vs. Mayweather fight purse talks, there are a lot of motivating factors in place right now to force a major development on the union/association front.
I “Uncle Dana” can “go F$%k himself” (as Al Iaquinta might say) if he thinks he can stop that train from rumbling down the tracks. More fighters need to learn from Iaquinta and follow in his f-bombing footsteps if anything is really going to get better in the near future. Whether it involves foul language or not, iako, the argument for change needs to generate more commentary from the fighters who are directly experiencing the difficulties of getting by on a typical MMA fighter’s salary. The days of keeping your mouth shut and staying in line to make sure you get the best fights and the best opportunities for extra income are coming to an end. It’s truly time for more shortchanged fighters to knock the silver spoon out of Dana White’s mouth and get to work on improving the status quo by any means necessary.
NN Combat Sports Show: Weekly Wrap Up
Tony Penecale, Tom Padgett and Rich Bergeron break down the week that was in combat sports and look forward to upcoming events in this September 22 broadcast. We discuss Liam Smith’s brutal knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez, preview Kovalev vs. Štićenik, and outline the upcoming weekend’s boxing schedule. We also discuss Don King’s “N-word” slip and a couple examples of fighters being upset with the rigors of fighting professionally. Prvi, we examine why Joe Warren had no sponsors going into his bout last Friday that served as the co-main event of Bellator 161. Then we delve into the Al Iaquinta contract dispute with the UFC that took him off UFC 205 recently. We also look back on UFC Fight Night 94 and preview UFC Fight Night 95.
UFC 183: Tko će se pojaviti?
Foto: UFC
The Ultimate Fighting Championship je do sada u udario ga iz parka 2015, sa svoje prve dvije glavne kartice godine živi do hype od njihovih glavnih događaja. Light šampion u teškoj kategoriji Jon Jones dominiraju Daniel Cormier da dokaže da je on funti-za-pound najbolji borac na svijetu u UFC 182, i na UFC-a uživo karticu u Bostonu, Masačusets, u januaru, Conor McGregor osigurao pero titulu protiv José Aldo i nije gubio vrijeme uzimajući u narednih protivnika lice.
Što nas dovodi do UFC 183 večeras, a glavni događaj koji se smatra san Matchup mnogi. Anderson Silva se vraća u Octagon nakon pati jezivo povredu noge u svojoj zadnjoj borbi protiv UFC prvak u srednjoj kategoriji Chris Weidman u 2013. Nick Diaz i čini njegov povratak u UFC nakon gubitka svojoj zadnjoj borbi protiv bivšeg prvaka u velter kategoriji Georges St. Pierre u 2013.
Večeras kartica nije bez svojih drugih dramskih tokova iako. Par značajnih undercard tuča se odvija u okviru određene kontroverze, kao zamajcem John Lineker je ušao u gojaznih za njegovu borbu protiv Ian McCall, za koju se očekuje da se utvrdi next. 1 kandidat za titulu zamajcem. U co-main event, Kelvin Gastelum ušao 9 kila za svoju borbu protiv Tyron Woodley, Što znači 30 posto Gastelum borbe torbici zapravo ide u Woodley. Razgovarajte o uvreda za ozljede.
Naravno, uvijek postoji wild card sa Diaz previše. On igra svojim vlastitim pravilima, nemajući-pokazala otvorenom treninga ranije ove nedelje. Hoće li zaista pojaviti u kavez za glavni događaj večerašnje? Ostaje da se vidi, iako je većina svi misle da hoće.
Tako, nakon što je rekao sve to, koji rade Mislim pobjeda večeras?
Miesha "Cupcake" Tate (15-5) vs. Sara McMann (8-1) (Ženska bantam - 135 lbs.)
To je zapravo glavni događaj preliminarnog kartice na Fox Sports 1. Tate zatražio da se natječu na ovaj dio kartice umjesto kartice pay-per-view, uzimajući stranicu iz Urijah Faber je Playbook. Tate je također željni treću borbu s Ronda Rousey za ženske titulu bantam. Oba ova žena pretrpjela Rousey gnev, posebno McMann, koji je srušen od strane Rousey u oko minut prošle godine.
McMann je čista hrvač sa vrlo malo toga joj repertoar, dok Tate izgrađena na nju osnovana hrvanje sposobnosti da postane učinkovit napadač. Mislim da će napuniti pokušaja McMann da se ova borba za mat i koristiti njen daleko superiorniji upečatljiv sposobnosti da zadrži McMann zbunjivao na putu do pobjede dominantnu.
Pobjednik: Tate jednoglasnom odlukom
Jordan "Young Gun" Mein (29-9) vs. Thiago "Pitbull" Alves (25-9) (Welterweight - 170 lbs.)
Alves je naizmenično pobjeda i gubitaka u posljednjih šest tuče, dok Mein vozi dva-win borba niz. Alves je uvijek opasno sa svojim Muay Thai i upečatljiv, dok Mein sletio u prvom krugu TKO pobjede u svojoj zadnjoj borbi. Ovo bi trebao biti stand-up borbe uzbudljivo ni sa tipom spremni dati centimetar. Mislim da je Alves je opasniji borac ovdje, i da će sletjeti jedan dobar šut prema knock Mein glupo.
Pobjednik: Alves by drugom kolu TKO
Thales Leites (24-4) vs. Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch (18-7) (Middleweight - 185 lbs.)
Leites dolazi u ovu borbu na roll, nakon što je osvojio sedam svojoj zadnjoj borbi, sa zadnja dva dolaze putem TKO. Boetsch je naizmenično pobjeda i gubitaka u posljednje četiri borbe, uključujući TKO pobjede u svojoj zadnjoj borbi protiv Brad Tavares.
Boetsch je spor, gegajući Bruiser najpoznatiji po iskliznuće je Hector Lombard hype vlak kada je prvi put napravio svoj debi u UFC. Leites je lukavi, opasan borac koji vam može završiti s rukama ili podnošenje. Mislim da će se izbjeći Leites Boetsch moć i čekati Boetsch da napravi grešku, gdje Leits će kapitalizirati.
Pobjednik: Leites treće kolo podnošenje
Joe Lauzon (24-10) vs. The "Raging" Iaquinta (10-3-1) (Lagane - 155 lbs.)
Znaš šta ti se s Joe Lauzon borbu. Ideš vidjeti uzbudljivu, akciji pakiran bout koji će najvjerojatnije završiti s njim zaključavanje u slick podnesku ili, u slučaju njegova borba protiv Jim Miller, pati od gadan, rez koji će garantirati bitka krvi.
Iaquinta je bio na roll jer mu je vrijeme na The Ultimate Fighter Live, nakon što je samo izgubio jednom u svojoj zadnjoj šest borbe. A pobedom protiv Lauzon bi pravi pero u kapu i može ga pokrenuti u naslovu contendership diskusiju. Ali Lauzon je jedan od najboljih podnošenja specijalista u UFC, i mislim da je lukavi veteran ima još jednu dostavu u rukavu.
Pobjednik: Lauzon by drugom krugu podnošenje
Tyron "The Chosen One" Woodley (14-3) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (11-0) (Welterweight - 170 lbs.)
Kao što je gore pomenuto, Gastelum umiješali 9 funti za ovu borbu i da će izgubiti 30 posto svog torbicu direktno Woodley. Objavljeno je da je Gastelum proveo vrijeme u bolnici koji su doveli do ove borbe, što je doprinijelo da mu dolazi u gojaznih.
Woodley će biti ljut u ovoj borbi, i to s pravom. Nije fer da će njegov protivnik imati težinu prednost zbog njegove vlastite propust da uradi ono što je trebalo da uradim. Dajte Woodley kredit za koji žele da se borim kad bi bilo razumljivo da odloži.
Woodley će kanalisati svoj bijes u blitzkrieg za djelo Gastelum, i letargično i vjerojatno još uvijek ozlijedio Gastelum neće imati nikakvog odgovora.
Pobjednik: Woodley by drugom kolu TKO
Anderson "The Spider" Silva (33-6) vs. Nick Diaz (27-9-1) (Middleweight - 185 lbs.)
Ovo je jedan od nekoliko glavnih događaja koji su se bore navijači zuji u 2015. Mnogi nisu mislili Silva ikada prohodati nakon njegove ozljede noge protiv Weidman, a kamoli vratiti u UFC da se bore. U Matchup stil Diaz želi gurnuti tempo, ulazi u njegov protivnik lice i Namamila ga u trgovinu udaraca protiv Silva bez premca neuhvatljivosti će biti zanimljivo gledati.
Diaz je rekao da neće Prepucavanje Silva u ovoj borbi iz poštovanja. Ali ako Silva drži poskakuje i tkanja i dodging Diaz punches, vidjet ćemo koliko dugo Diaz obavezuje na to. Mislim da ćemo vidjeti vintage Silva u ovoj borbi, čineći Diaz izgleda blesavo u pojedinim mjestima, a slijetanje dobro vremenski štrajkova koji će zbuniti i frustrirati Diaz, koji će omogućiti da sleti Silva još više.
Diaz je previše teško završiti, ali ova borba će pokazati da Silva još uvijek ima i daleko je superiorniji borca.
Pobjednik: Silva jednoglasnom odlukom
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