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 merangan Olahraga témbongkeun: “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
Ku: Beunghar 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, sanajan. 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, sanajan. Leungit, 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.
Jeung “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, sanajan, 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 merangan Olahraga témbongkeun: 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 siaran. We discuss Liam Smith’s brutal knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez, preview Kovalev vs. Bangsal, 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. Kahiji, 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: Saha nu bakal mintonkeun nepi?
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Nu pamungkas tarung Championship geus pencét kaluar ti taman jadi jauh di 2015, jeung dua kartu utama kahijina taun hirup nepi ka hype kajadian utama maranéhanana. Jawara cahya heavyweight Jon Santang didominasi Daniel Cormier ngabuktikeun manéhna nyaéta bajoang pangalusna pound-pikeun-pound di dunya di UFC 182, and at the UFC’s live card in Boston, Massa., dina Januari, Conor McGregor secured a featherweight title shot against José Aldo and wasted no time getting in his next opponent’s face.
Nu brings urang UFC 183 ieu peuting, jeung acara utama anu dianggap hiji matchup ngimpi ku loba. Anderson Silva mulih deui ka Octagon sanggeus nalangsara hiji tatu leg pikasieuneun di fight panungtungan ngalawan jawara middleweight UFC Chris Weidman di 2013. Nick Diaz ogé ngajadikeun-Na mulang ka UFC sanggeus kaleungitan fight panungtungan ngalawan urut jawara welterweight Georges St. Piér di 2013.
Tonight’s card isn’t without its other storylines though. A pasangan gelut undercard signifikan are taking place under some controversy, salaku flyweight John Lineker datang dina kaleuwihan beurat for gelut ngalawan Ian McCall, nu diperkirakeun nangtukeun no saterusna. 1 contender ka judul flyweight. Dina acara ko-utama, Kelvin Gastelum datang dina 9 Pon kitu kaleuwihan beurat for gelut ngalawan Tyron Woodley, nu cara 30 percent of Gastelum’s fight purse actually goes to Woodley. Omongan ngeunaan ngahina ka tatu.
Tangtosna, aya sok kartu liar jeung Diaz teuing. Manéhna muterkeun ku aturan sorangan, sanggeus no-némbongkeun workouts kabuka saméméhna saminggu. Will he actually show up to the cage for tonight’s main event? Tetep ditempo, sanajan loba dulur nyangka PANGERAN bakal.
Janten, sanggeus ceuk sagala rupa nu, nu ngalakukeun Jigana ngéléhkeun peuting?
Miesha "Cupcake" Tate (15-5) vs. Tara McMann (8-1) (Women’s bantamweight – 135 lbs.)
Ieu sabenerna kajadian utama kartu awal dina Fox Olahraga 1. Tate requested to compete on this portion kartu eta kartu bayar-per-pintonan, taking a page from Urijah Faber’s playbook. Tate is also eager for a third fight with Ronda Rousey for the women’s bantamweight title. Both of these women suffered Rousey’s wrath, utamana McMann, anu demolished ku Rousey di ngeunaan menit taun ka tukang.
McMann nyaeta pegulat murni jeung saeutik pisan lain jeung repertoire nya, sedengkeun Tate diwangun dina kaahlian gulat nya diadegkeun pikeun jadi hiji striker éféktif. I think she will stuff McMann’s attempts to take this fight to the mat and use her vastly superior striking skills to keep McMann befuddled en route to a dominant victory.
Jelema nu meunang: Tate ku kaputusan unanimous
Yordania "ngora Gun" kadek (29-9) vs. Thiago "Pitbull" Alves (25-9) (Welterweight - 170 lbs.)
Alves geus alternated ngéléhkeun jeung karugian dina genep gelut tukang-Na, bari kadek rides kira meunang tilas dua fight. Alves sok bahaya bareng nya Muay Thailand jeung keuna, bari kadek landed hiji meunangna kahiji-buleud TKO di fight panungtungan-Na. Ieu kudu jadi perang stand-up seru jeung ayakeun guy daék méré inci. Jigana Alves nyaéta bajoang leuwih bahaya dieu, jeung bakal darat hiji shot nu sae pikeun sambel kadek konyol.
Jelema nu meunang: Alves ku buleud TKO kadua
Thales Leites (24-4) vs. Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch (18-7) (Middleweight - 185 lbs.)
Leites asalna kana ieu tarung dina roll hiji, sanggeus meunang tujuh gelut tukang-Na, jeung dua panungtung datang ku cara TKO. Boetsch geus alternated ngéléhkeun jeung karugian dina opat gelut tukang-Na, kaasup meunangna TKO di fight panungtungan ngalawan Brad Tavares.
Boetsch nyaeta slow, plodding bruiser paling dipikawanoh pikeun derailing nu Hector Lombard hype kareta sabot mimiti dijieun perdana UFC-Na. Leites nyaeta parigel, bajoang bahaya nu can rengse Anjeun sareng leungeun kasebut ku kintunan. I think Leites will avoid Boetsch’s power and wait for Boetsch to make a mistake, mana Leits bakal capitalize.
Jelema nu meunang: Leites ku kintunan babak katilu
Joe Lauzon (24-10) vs. Nu "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, Peta nu dipak bout nu paling dipikaresep bakal ditungtungan ku manéhna tumerapna dina kintunan slick atawa, dina kasus fight ngalawan jim Gedang, nalangsara hiji potong gnarly nu bakal ngajamin perang getih.
Iaquinta geus dina roll saprak nya waktu dina Nu pamungkas PACARAN Live, sanggeus ngan leungit sakali dina genep gelut tukang-Na. A win ngalawan Lauzon bakal jadi bulu nyata di cap sarta bisa jadi propel manéhna kana judul contendership sawala. Tapi Lauzon mangrupa salah sahiji anu pangalusna kaluman spesialis dina UFC, sarta ngarasa aya nu Samaun parigel geus kaluman sejen nepi leungeun baju-Na.
Jelema nu meunang: Lauzon ku buleud kaluman kadua
Tyron "The dipilih Hiji" Woodley (14-3) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (11-0) (Welterweight - 170 lbs.)
Sakumaha didadarkeun di luhur, Gastelum ditimbang di 9 pon kitu sora pikeun ieu tarung jeung bakal forfeit 30 persén dompet-Na langsung ka Woodley. It was reported that Gastelum spent time in the hospital ngarah nepi ka ieu tarung, nu nyumbang ka manéhna datang dina kaleuwihan beurat.
Woodley bakal ambek dina ieu tarung, jeung rightly jadi. 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. Méré kiridit Woodley pikeun wanting pikeun tetep tarung lamun geus tangtu sampurna bisa kaharti ka nunda eta.
Woodley bakal nyalurkeun ngamuk-Na jadi blitzkrieg tina ngalanggar di Gastelum, jeung lethargic jeung meureun kénéh-luka Gastelum bakal teu boga response.
Jelema nu meunang: Woodley ku buleud TKO kadua
Anderson "The lancah" Silva (33-6) vs. Nick Diaz (27-9-1) (Middleweight - 185 lbs.)
Ieu salah sahiji sababaraha kajadian utama nu geus ngalawan fans buzzing di 2015. Many didn’t think Silva would ever walk again after his leg injury against Weidman, sumawona datang deui ka UFC tarung. Gaya matchup tina Diaz wanting ka nyorong Pace nu, 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, nyieun Diaz kasampak konyol di sababaraha spot bari badarat panarajangan well-timed nu bakal ngalieurkeun jeung ngagagalkeun Diaz, nu bakal ngidinan Silva ka darat komo leuwih.
Diaz nyaéta teuing tangguh nepi ka rengse, tapi ieu tarung bakal nembongkeun yen Silva masih ngabogaan eta sarta mangrupa bajoang vastly punjul.
Jelema nu meunang: Silva by unanimous decision
Chris Huntemann nu nyerat ngeunaan seni bela diri dicampurkeun dina kaayaan Maryland. He also contributes his thoughts to our site on the UFC, Bellator, jeung World Series tempur. Pariksa-Na blog, atawa nuturkeun manéhna dina Twitter: @mmamaryland.