Denne uges show indeholder Tom, Tony og Rich chatter om cirkusatmosfæren omkring UFC 223, startende med Conor McGregors hændevogn-kastehændelse. Vi opsummerer også den sidste uges boksning og MMA-begivenheder, og vi diskuterer endda kort Ronda Rouseys forestilling om Wrestlemania og nyheden om, at Brock Lesnar for nylig underskrev en forlængelse for at blive hos WWE. Lyt til udsendelsen nedenfor:
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FNU Combat Sports Show: “Raging” Al Goes Off on Dana White, Klitschko vs. Joshua Preview & Begivenhedsrecaps
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
Ved: 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, selv. 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, selv. Stadig, 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.
Og “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, selv, 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.
FNU 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. Ward, 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. Første, 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: Hvem vil dukke op?
Photo Credit: UFC
The Ultimate Fighting Championship har ramt det ud af parken så langt i 2015, med sine første to store kort af året lever op til den hype af deres vigtigste begivenheder. Lys sværvægter mester Jon Jones domineret Daniel Cormier at bevise, at han er den pund-for-pund bedste fighter i verden i UFC 182, og ved UFC live kort i Boston, Mass., i januar, Conor McGregor sikret en fjerlette titel skud mod José Aldo og spildte ingen tid at komme i hans næste modstanders ansigt.
Hvilket bringer os til UFC 183 i aften, og en main event, der betragtes som en drøm matchup af mange. Anderson Silva vender tilbage til Octagon efter lider en grufuld benskade i hans sidste kamp mod UFC mellemvægt mester Chris Weidman i 2013. Nick Diaz også gør hans tilbagevenden til UFC efter at miste sin sidste kamp mod den tidligere weltervægt mester Georges St. Pierre i 2013.
Aftens kort er ikke uden andre historier om. Et par væsentlige undercard kampe finder sted under nogle kontroverser, som fluevægt John Lineker kom i overvægt for sin kamp mod Ian McCall, som forventes at bestemme det næste ikke. 1 udfordrer til fluevægt titel. I co-main event, Kelvin Gastelum kom i 9 pounds overvægt for hans kamp mod Tyron Woodley, hvilke organer 30 procent af Gastelum kamp pung faktisk går til Woodley. Tal om spot til skade.
Selvfølgelig, er der altid wild card med Diaz også. Han spiller med sine egne regler, have no-viste de åbne træning tidligere i denne uge. Vil han faktisk møder op til buret til aftenens vigtigste begivenhed? Det er stadig uvist, selvom de fleste alle tror han vil.
Så, sagt alt,, Hvem skal jeg tror vinder i aften?
Miesha "Cupcake" Tate (15-5) vs. Sara McMann (8-1) (Kvinders bantamvægt - 135 lbs.)
Dette er faktisk den vigtigste begivenhed i det foreløbige kort på Fox Sports 1. Tate anmodet om at konkurrere på denne del af kortet i stedet for pay-per-view-kort, tager en side fra Urijah Fabers playbook. Tate er også ivrig for en tredje kamp med Ronda Rousey for kvindernes bantamvægt titel. Begge disse kvinder har lidt Rousey vrede, især McMann, der blev revet ned af Rousey i omkring et minut sidste år.
McMann er en ren wrestler med meget lidt andet at hendes repertoire, mens Tate bygget på hendes etablerede wrestling færdigheder til at blive en effektiv angriber. Jeg tror, hun vil proppe McMann forsøg på at tage denne kamp til måtten og bruge hende langt overlegen slående færdigheder til at holde McMann omtåget på vej til en dominerende sejr.
Vinder: Tate ved enstemmig afgørelse
Jordan "Young Gun" Mein (29-9) vs. Thiago "Pitbull" Alves (25-9) (Weltervægt - 170 lbs.)
Alves har vekslet gevinster og tab i sine sidste seks kampe, mens Mein rider en to-kamp win streak. Alves er altid farligt med hans Muay Thai og slående, mens Mein landede en første runde TKO sejr i sin sidste kamp. Dette bør være en spændende stand-up kamp med hverken fyr villige til at give en tomme. Jeg tror Alves er den mere farlig fighter her, og vil lande et godt skud til at banke Mein fjollet.
Vinder: Alves efter anden runde TKO
Thales Leites (24-4) vs. Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch (18-7) (Mellemvægt - 185 lbs.)
Leites comes into this fight on a roll, having won his last seven fights, with the last two coming by way of TKO. Boetsch has alternated wins and losses in his last four fights, including a TKO victory in his last fight against Brad Tavares.
Boetsch is a slow, plodding bruiser best known for derailing the Hector Lombard hype train when he first made his UFC debut. Leites is a crafty, dangerous fighter who can finish you with his hands or by submission. I think Leites will avoid Boetsch’s power and wait for Boetsch to make a mistake, where Leits will capitalize.
Vinder: Leites by third round submission
Joe Lauzon (24-10) vs. Al “Raging” Iaquinta (10-3-1) (Lightweight – 155 lbs.)
You know what you’re getting with a Joe Lauzon fight. You’re going to see an exciting, action packed bout that will most likely end with him locking in a slick submission or, in the case of his fight against Jim Miller, suffering a gnarly cut that will guarantee a blood battle.
Iaquinta has been on a roll since his time on The Ultimate Fighter Live, having only lost once in his last six fights. A win against Lauzon would be a real feather in his cap and might propel him into title contendership discussion. But Lauzon is one of the best submission specialists in the UFC, and I think the crafty veteran has another submission up his sleeve.
Vinder: Lauzon by second round submission
Tyron "The Chosen One" Woodley (14-3) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (11-0) (Weltervægt - 170 lbs.)
As mentioned above, Gastelum weighed in 9 pounds over for this fight and will forfeit 30 percent of his purse directly to Woodley. It was reported that Gastelum spent time in the hospital leading up to this fight, which contributed to him coming in overweight.
Woodley will be angry in this fight, and rightly so. It’s not fair that his opponent will have a weight advantage due to his own failure to do what he was supposed to do. Give Woodley credit for wanting to keep fighting when it would have been perfectly understandable to postpone it.
Woodley will channel his rage into a blitzkrieg of offense at Gastelum, and the lethargic and probably still-injured Gastelum will have no response.
Vinder: Woodley by second round TKO
Anderson "The Spider" Silva (33-6) vs. Nick Diaz (27-9-1) (Mellemvægt - 185 lbs.)
This is one of the several main events that have fight fans buzzing in 2015. Many didn’t think Silva would ever walk again after his leg injury against Weidman, let alone come back to the UFC to fight. The matchup style of Diaz wanting to push the pace, get in his opponent’s face and sucker him into trading blows against Silva’s unrivaled elusiveness will be interesting to watch.
Diaz said he wouldn’t trash talk Silva during this fight out of respect. But if Silva keeps bobbing and weaving and dodging Diaz’s punches, we’ll see how long Diaz commits to that. I think we’ll see vintage Silva in this fight, making Diaz look silly in some spots while landing well-timed strikes that will confuse and frustrate Diaz, which will allow Silva to land even more.
Diaz is too tough to finish, but this fight will show that Silva still has it and is the vastly superior fighter.
Vinder: Silva by unanimous decision
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