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. 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
By: 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, noma. 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, noma. Still, 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.
Futhi “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, noma, 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. Okokuqala, 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: Ngubani sizobonisa up?
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship ishayé it out of the park kangaka 2015, ngamakhadi zayo zokuqala ezimbili eziyinhloko ngonyaka ngokuvumelana hype izenzakalo zawo main. Light iqhawe wesibhakela Jon Jones wabusa Daniel Cormier ukufakazela nguye fighter ganda-for-ganda best in the world at UFC 182, futhi ngesikhathi ikhadi the UFC bukhoma in Boston, Mass., ngoJanuwari, Conor McGregor bathola featherweight isihloko shot ngokumelene uJosé Aldo futhi abachithanga sikhathi ukuthola ubuso umphikisi wakhe ozayo.
Yikuphi kusiletha UFC 183 tonight, kanye umcimbi main ukuthi kubhekwa a matchup dream abaningi. Anderson Silva ubuyela Octagon hlupheka a ezesabekayo leg ukulimala empini yakhe yokugcina yokulwa UFC middleweight iqhawe Chris Weidman in 2013. Nick Diaz futhi kwenza ukubuya kwakhe ukuze UFC ngemuva kokulahlekelwa impi yakhe yokugcina yokulwa zangaphambili welterweight iqhawe Georges St. Pierre in 2013.
Ikhadi Tonight ayilona ngaphandle kwezinye storylines yayo noma. A pair of eziphawulekayo undercard ukulwa kwenzeka ngaphansi ezinye mpikiswano, njengoba flyweight John Lineker wangena ukhuluphele for ekulweni Ian McCall, lelindzeleke ukunquma no olandelayo. 1 Olwa isihloko flyweight. In the umcimbi co-main, Kelvin Gastelum wangena 9 amakhilogremu ukhuluphele for ukulwa Tyron Woodley, okuchaza 30 Amaphesenti angu Gastelum sika impi esikhwameni empeleni uya Woodley. Khuluma mayelana hlambalaza ukulimala.
Kunjalo, kukhona futhi kuhlale ikhadi sasendle Diaz. Udlala imithetho yakhe siqu, kokuphunyuka no-wabonisa ukusebenzisa evulekile ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto. Ingabe empeleni ukukhombisa kuze yezinyoni umcimbi main kusihlwa? It kusazobonakala, nakuba wonke umuntu iningi ecabanga kuthanda.
Ngakho, esetshilo konke, abenza Ngicabanga kwi tonight?
Miesha "Ikhekhe" Tate (15-5) vs. Sara McMann (8-1) (Bantamweight Yabesifazane - 135 lbs.)
Lokhu empeleni lo mcimbi main of the ikhadi wokulungiselela on Fox Sports 1. Tate eceliwe ukuncintisana kule ngxenye of the ikhadi esikhundleni ikhadi pay-per-view, ukuthatha nekhasi Playbook Urija Faber sika. Tate ulangazelela for a fight yesithathu Ronda Rousey for bantamweight isihloko labesifazane. Bobabili laba besifazane bahlupheka ulaka Rousey sika, ikakhulukazi McMann, ngubani ladilizwa ngo Rousey cishe umzuzu ngonyaka odlule.
McMann kuyinto wrestling elihlanzekile nazo kancane kakhulu futhi ku repertoire wakhe, kanti Tate wakha phezu esungulwe amakhono yakhe wrestling ukuba abe striker ngempumelelo. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngeke izinto imizamo McMann ithathe le mpi ukuba mat futhi usebenzise wakhe omkhulu kakhulu amakhono yesiteleka ukugcina McMann befuddled endleleni eya ukunqoba okudlangile.
Winner: Tate by isinqumo ngazwilinye
Jordan "Young Gun" Mein (29-9) vs. Thiago "Pitbull" Alves (25-9) (Welterweight - 170 lbs.)
Alves uye alternated kwi nekulahlekelwa wakhe wokugcina eziyisithupha ukulwa, kanti Mein ugibele ezimbili-fight win streak. Alves kuhlale ngengozi Muay Thai wakhe nokubulawa, kanti Mein lawela a lokuqala round TKO siyonqoba empini yakhe yokugcina. Lokhu kufanele kube okujabulisayo ukuma-up empini neither guy uzimisele ukunikeza ngamasentimitha. Ngicabanga Alves yiyona fighter esiyingozi more lapha, futhi liyothi cababa eyodwa shot okuhle knock Mein silly.
Winner: Alves yesibili round TKO
Thales Leites (24-4) vs. Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch (18-7) (Middleweight - 185 lbs.)
Leites engena kule mpi a roll, kokuphunyuka wawina wakhe wokugcina eziyisikhombisa ukulwa, kanye emibili ezayo ngendlela TKO. Boetsch uye alternated kwi nekulahlekelwa wakhe wokugcina amane ukulwa, kuhlanganise ukunqoba TKO empini yakhe yokugcina yokulwa Brad Tavares.
Boetsch kuyinto slow, plodding bruiser umhlabeleli aziwa derailing the Hector Lombard hype isitimela lapho kuqala UFC DEBUT yakhe. Leites kuyinto kobuqili, fighter eyingozi abangakwazi ukuqedela wena ngezandla zakhe noma by ukuzithoba. Ngicabanga Leites uyogwema amandla Boetsch kanye ulinda Boetsch ukwenza iphutha, lapho Leits ngeke kuzongisiza.
Winner: Leites by wesithathu round ukuzithoba
Joe Lauzon (24-10) vs. The "Raging" Iaquinta (10-3-1) (UHlelo - 155 lbs.)
Uyazi yini wena uya nge fight Joe Lauzon. You siwubone okujabulisayo, action iziqubu phama ukuthi cishe kuphele naye uvala in a submission bahlakaniphe noma, esimweni ukulwa Jim Miller, ukuhlupheka a cut gnarly ukuthi nakanjani empini igazi.
Iaquinta ubelokhu umqulu kusukela ngesikhathi sakhe phezu The Ultimate Fighter Live, kokuphunyuka kuphela walahlekelwa once in wakhe wokugcina eziyisithupha ukulwa. A win ngokumelene Lauzon bekungaba feather wangempela cap yakhe futhi kungenzeka iya naye zibe isihloko contendership ingxoxo. But Lauzon is one of the best submission specialists in the UFC, and I think the crafty veteran has another submission up his sleeve.
Winner: Lauzon by second round submission
Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley (14-3) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (11-0) (Welterweight - 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, futhi kufanele. Akulungile ukuthi imbangi yakhe uyoba sethubeni isisindo ngenxa yokwehluleka kwakhe siqu ukuba enze lokho okufanele bakwenze. Nikeza Woodley credit zokufuna ukuba balwe lapho bekuzoba kuyaqondakala ngokuphelele ukuhlehlisa kwalo.
Woodley ngeke kuqondiswe ukufutheka kwakhe ibe blitzkrieg lokucasula at Gastelum, kanye Gastelum lethargic futhi mhlawumbe namanje-abalimele bayoba engasabeli.
Winner: Woodley yesibili nxazonke TKO
Anderson "The Spider" Silva (33-6) vs. Nick Diaz (27-9-1) (Middleweight - 185 lbs.)
Lona omunye izenzakalo eziningana eziyinhloko eziye ukulwa abalandeli kuyachwaza e 2015. Abaningi abazange bacabange Silva uyoke ukuhamba emva emlenzeni wakhe yokulimala ngokumelene Weidman, ingasaphathwa babuyele UFC ukulwa. Isitayela matchup of Diaz ngilangazelela ibenze ijubane, uthole ebusweni abaphikisi bakhe bese sucker wamyisa Ukuhweba Amagalelo ngomkhuba wokuzifihla Silva sika esingenakuqhathaniswa kuyoba ezithakazelisayo ukubukela.
Diaz wathi wayengeke kudoti inkulumo Silva ngesikhathi impi ngenxa yenhlonipho. Kodwa uma Silva egcina bobbing kanye ukwelukwa futhi dodging punches Diaz sika, Sizobona esingakanani Diaz bophezela ukuthi. Ngicabanga ukuthi uzobona Silva amagilebhisi kule mpi, okwenza Diaz bheka silly e ezinye izindawo ngenkathi kokufika iziteleka kahle usheshile ukukwenza lokho ngeke ukudida futhi zishafise Diaz, okuyokwenza Silva nomhlaba ngisho nangokwengeziwe.
Diaz kakhulu ezinzima ukuze uqede, kodwa kule mpi ngeke ibonise ukuthi Silva usenayo kube kanti iyona fighter kakhulu kunabantu.
Winner: Silva by isinqumo abavumelene
Chris Huntemann ubhala kuxutshwe karate isimo Maryland. He also contributes his thoughts to our site on the UFC, Bellator, futhi World Series of Fighting. Hlola yakhe blog, ungamlandeleli on Twitter: mmamaryland.