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. Listen to the broadcast below:
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FNU Combat Sports Show: “Raging” Al Goes Off on Dana White, Klitschko vs. Predogled Joshue & 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
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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, čeprav. 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, čeprav. Vedno, 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.
In “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, čeprav, 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 oddaja. 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. Prva, 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: Kdo bo prikazal?
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Ultimate Fighting Championship je udaril iz parka doslej 2015, s svojim prvi dve glavni kartice leto živi do hype njihovih glavnih dogodkov. Svetloba prvak Jon Jones prevladuje Daniel Cormier bi dokazal, da je funt za funt najboljši borec na svetu UFC 182, in na UFC v živo kartico v Bostonu, Mass., v januarju, Conor McGregor zavarovani peresno naslovno strel proti José Aldo in ni zapravljal časa, dobili v svoji naslednji nasprotnikovem obrazu.
Kar nas pripelje do UFC 183 Nocoj, in glavni dogodek, ki se šteje sanje matchup ga mnogi. Anderson Silva se vrača na Octagonu po utrpela škodo v strašne noge v svojem zadnjem boju proti UFC prvak v srednji kategoriji Chris Weidman v 2013. Nick Diaz si tudi njegovo vrnitev v UFC po izgubi svoj zadnji boj proti nekdanji welterweight prvak Georges St. Pierre v 2013.
Kartica pravice ni brez drugih zgodbah, čeprav. Par pomembnih undercard bojev potekajo v okviru neke polemike, kot je prišla za optimizacijo učinkovitosti John Lineker v prekomerne telesne teže za svojem boju proti Ian McCall, ki je predviden za določitev naslednjo št. 1 bojevnik z naslovom Optimizacija učinkovitosti. V so-glavni dogodek, Kelvin Gastelum prišel v 9 £ prekomerno telesno težo v svojem boju proti Tyron Woodley, pri čemer je sredstvo 30 odstotkov Gastelum je boj torbici dejansko gre za Woodley. Pogovor o žaljivko škodo.
Seveda, vedno obstaja wild card z Diaz preveč. On igra z lastnimi pravili, ko no-pokazala odprte treninge v začetku tega tedna. Bo dejansko pokažejo na kletko za glavni dogodek nocojšnji? To bomo še videli, čeprav večina vsakdo misli, da bo.
Torej, ki je dejal, da je vse, ki je naredil mislim zmaga nocoj?
Miesha "Cupcake" Tate (15-5) vs. Sara McMann (8-1) (Ženski bantamweight - 135 lbs.)
To je pravzaprav glavni dogodek predhodno kartice na Fox Sports 1. Tate zahteval, da konkurirajo na tem delu kartice namesto kartice pay-per-view, ob stran iz Urija Faber je playbook. Tate je tako nestrpen za tretje boju z Ronda Rousey za bantamweight naslov žensk. Oba od teh žensk trpi Rousey je srd, zlasti McMann, ki je bila porušena s Rousey v približno minuto lani.
McMann je čista rokoborec z zelo malo drugega, da njen repertoar, ker Tate zgrajena na svojih uveljavljenih rokoborba spretnosti, da postane učinkovit napadalec. Mislim, da se bodo stvari poskuse McMann za nadaljevanje tega boja je mat in jo uporabljajo neizmerno vrhunsko presenetljive spretnosti, da bo McMann Zbegan poti do prevladujočega zmago.
Zmagovalec: Tate s soglasno odločitvijo
Jordan "Young Gun" Mein (29-9) vs. Thiago "Pitbull" Alves (25-9) (Welterweight - 170 lbs.)
Alves je izmenjaje zmag in izgub v zadnjih šestih bojih, medtem Mein jaha dve boj win streak. Alves je vedno nevaren s svojo Muay Thai in presenetljive, medtem Mein pristal prvi krog TKO zmage v svoji zadnji boj. To bi moralo biti zanimivo stand-up bitka niti s fantom, ki želi, da bi za centimeter. Mislim, da Alves je bolj nevaren borec tukaj, in bo pristalo en dober strel s knock Mein Silly.
Zmagovalec: Alves po drugem krogu TKO
Thales Leites (24-4) vs. Tim "Barbarian" Boetsch (18-7) (Srednji - 185 lbs.)
Leites pride v tem boju na roli, ko je dobil svoje zadnje sedem borb, s zadnja dva prihajajo z RTK. Boetsch je izmenično zmage in izgube, ki je v zadnjih štirih borbah, vključno s TKO zmago v svojem zadnjem boju proti Brad Tavares.
Boetsch je počasen, plodding Bruiser najbolj znan za iztirjenja hype vlak Hector Lombard, ko je prvič posnel svoj UFC debi. Leites je zvita, nevaren borec, ki vam lahko konča z rokami ali z oddajo. Mislim, da se bomo izognili Leites Boetsch za moč in počakajte Boetsch, da bi napako, kjer Leits bo gradil.
Zmagovalec: Leites po tretjem krogu oddajo
Joe Lauzon (24-10) vs. "Raging" Iaquinta (10-3-1) (Lahka - 155 lbs.)
Veste, kaj ste dobili z Joe Lauzon boju. Boste videli razburljivo, akcijski zapakirane dvoboj, ki bo najverjetneje končala z njim blokiranje v slick oddajo ali, v primeru njegovega boja proti Jim Miller, trpljenje gnarly rez, ki bo zagotovila bitko krvi.
Iaquinta je na roll, ker svojega časa na Ultimate Fighter Live,, ki je izgubil le enkrat v zadnjih šestih bojih. Zmaga proti Lauzon bi bila resnična pero v čepico in bi mu poganjanje v naslovni contendership razpravo. Vendar Lauzon je eden izmed najboljših specialistov za oddajo vlog v UFC, in mislim, da zvita veteran ima še eno oddajo rokavu.
Zmagovalec: Lauzon jih drugem krogu oddaje
Tyron "Izbranec" Woodley (14-3) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (11-0) (Welterweight - 170 lbs.)
Kot je navedeno zgoraj,, Gastelum stehtajo 9 funtov več za ta boj in bodo izgubili 30 odstotkov njegove blagajne neposredno do Woodley. Navedeno je bilo, da Gastelum časa preživel v bolnišnici vodi do tega boja, kar je prispevalo k njim prihajajo v prekomerno telesno težo.
Woodley bo jezen, v tem boju, in prav je tako. To ni pošteno, da se bo njegov nasprotnik imel teže prednost zaradi lastnega neuspeha, da to, kar je bil moral storiti. Dati kredit Woodley za želijo obdržati borbe, ko bi bilo to popolnoma razumljivo, da se odloži.
Woodley bo usmerjal svoj bes v blitzkrieg prekrška v Gastelum, in otrpel in verjetno še vedno poškodovan, Gastelum ne bo imelo nobenega odgovora.
Zmagovalec: Woodley, ki jih drugem krogu TKO
Anderson "The Spider" Silva (33-6) vs. Nick Diaz (27-9-1) (Srednji - 185 lbs.)
To je eden izmed številnih glavnih dogodkov, ki se borijo ventilatorji brenčanje v 2015. Mnogi ne mislim Silva bo še kdaj hodil po poškodbi noge proti Weidman, kaj šele, da pridejo nazaj v UFC boriti. Slog matchup od Diaz želijo potisniti tempo, priti v svojega nasprotnika obraz in ga naivnež v trgovskih udarcev proti Silva je neprimerljivo eluzivnost bo zanimivo gledati.
Diaz je dejal, da v tem boju iz spoštovanja ne bi smeti pogovora Silva. Ampak, če Silva ohranja zibljejo in tkanje in izmikanje udarcev Diaz je, bomo videli, kako dolgo Diaz se zavezuje, da da. Mislim, da bomo videli vintage Silva v tem boju, izdelavo Diaz poglej neumno v nekaterih mestih pa pristanek tudi časovno-stavke, ki bo zmedlo in onemogočilo Diaz, kar bo omogočilo Silva pristati še več.
Diaz je preveč težko, da konča, vendar pa bo ta boj pokazati, da ga ima in je neizmerno boljši borec Silva še.
Zmagovalec: Silva s soglasno odločitvijo
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