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NN Combat Sports Show: UFC 214 breakdown, Nobody Likes Dana White, Tom and Tony break down Broner vs. Garcia and Lomachenko vs. Marriaga

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This week’s combat sports show is a split personality situation. We had technical difficulties getting all of us together for the show, so we recorded Tom and Tony chatting with each other on Thursday night. I’ve added my portion today. It all worked out to some incredible insight about Mayweather vs. McGregor, Dana White’s growing problem with disgruntled stars in the UFC, Broner vs. Garcia and Lomachenko vs. Marriaga. We also break down Jon Jones beating Daniel Cormier at UFC 214 and the implications for a Brock Lesnar showdown in the Octagon. It’s far from likely, but it’s intriguing. We also touch on the retirements of Juan Manuel Marquez and Wladimir Klitschko.

Tom and Tony Talk Shop:

Rich Wraps it Up:

 

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FNU BORILAČKA SPORTSKA EMISIJA: Lou Duva Tribute Show, Psychic Tom Padgett absolutely crushes UFC 209 Predictions, Garcia vs. Thurman Recap and Analysis

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Tony Penecale (lijevo) and Lou Duva (pravo) at the Brockton, Massachusetts dedication of the Rocky Marciano statue.

Our show this week was dedicated to Lou Duva (above right with our co-host Tony Penecale). Lou died earlier this week at the ripe old age of 1994. He was a great friend to Rocky Marciano, a promoter of 19 svetski šampioni, and a man who had all his irons in the one fire that lit his life: boks. The promoter/trainer/manager/legend appeared on the FNU Combat Sports show years back, but unfortunately the audio is grainy and spotty. If you listen closely the gems our talk contains outweigh the difficult spots to hear.

The full Lou Duva interview is here:

http://hosts.blogtalkradio.com/fightnewsunlimited/2009/07/03/joey-giambra-the-uncrowned-champion

I’m also posting a couple specific remastered clips here:

 

 

 

 

 

Tom, Tony and Rich also recap Garcia vs. Thurman, The latest on Mayweather vs. McGregor, UFC 209 and the many controversies attached, GSP’s dark warning about weight cutting, and Tony Bellew’s shocking upset of David Haye.

 

Here’s the tape: (THE TAPE DOESN’T LIE)

 

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NN Combat Sports Show: UFC, Bellator and Boxing Recaps/Previews; Dana The Drama Queen; Muhammad Ali Jr. Detained at Florida Airport; Transgender Wrestler Wins Women’s Wrestling Title in Texas

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Tom, Rich and Tony recap the major combat sports events from last week, including a major heavyweight showdown between Deontay Wilder and Gerald Washington, a successful title defense by Liam McGeary last Friday at a Dublin, Ireland Bellator show, and a superb comeback by Jarrett Hurd over Tony Harrison. We also look forward to the inaugural women’s featherweight title bout in Bellator tomorrow night and a star-studded UFC 209 fight card including two of the most anticipated co-main events in recent UFC history. Stephen Thompson gets his rematch with UFC Welterweight Champ Tyron Woodley in the main event while Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson fight for a shot to face Conor McGregor for the lightweight title in the co-main event. We also discuss GSP’s comeback fight against Michael Bisping, a transgender female on her way to becoming a male winning a Texas women’s wrestling title, and Muhammad Ali’s son being detained at a Florida airport in early February. Check out our first Full FNU Combat Sports Show hosted on YouTube:

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UFC 209: Woodley vs. Wonderboy and Khabib vs. Ferguson Preview and Prediction

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Po: Rich Bergeron

UFC 209 is fast approaching with two dynamic fights headlining the card, including a highly anticipated rematch closing the show. Fans are itching for a solid fight card to watch after multiple disappointing Pay-Per-View events left them wanting more in recent months. This is a card that could definitely deliver the action-packed, adrenaline-filled spectacle fans have come to expect for the price of admission. Here are my previews and predictions for the two blockbuster fights at the top of the bill.

Stephen Thompson (13-1-1) gets another crack at the welterweight title against Tyron Woodley (16-3-1) u glavni događaj. Even the odds makers (Check out the M88 sportsbook for more betting info) have a tough time predicting how this highly charged rematch will go. Woodley comes in as the slight underdog at +110 to Thompson’s -140.

Još, the Champion came close to finishing the first fight in the fourth round. Rather than continue with his powerful ground and pound approach against the in-trouble Thompson, Woodley switched to a failed choke attempt instead. Thompson was able to weather the storm and eke out the draw, but he also won three out of the five rounds on the scorecard. The experts who set the betting lines are obviously conscious of this and factoring it into their calculations.

Can Woodley put himself in position to get the knockout win this time or will Thompson make the right adjustments to win every round this time?

Proricanje: Stephen Thompson made one glaring mistake in the first fight that led to Woodley having a huge chance to win by knockout. Woodley picked his spots and made the fight competitive, but with both fighters knowing so much about each other now he may not be able to repeat or improve upon his performance in the first fight. U međuvremenu, Thompson is a skilled tactician, and he will focus on cage control this time around. He will use distance striking, superb defense, and constant movement to keep Woodley from doing any major damage this time around. Woodley of course has a chance to quiet all his doubters with one punch, but Thompson is the type of fighter who may not give the champ a chance to land that shot.

THOMPSON WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION

The co-main event will set the stage for Conor MacGregor’s return to the UFC cage. The Irish superstar will eventually face the winner of UFC 209’s co-main event: Khabib Nurmagomedov (24-0) vs. Tony Ferguson (22-3). This fight could potentially upstage the main event, despite the fact that Khabib is a -205 favorite to Ferguson’s +165 odds to win. Both fighters have enough momentum going for them to earn a title shot without fighting each other, but that doesn’t make this bout any less exciting on paper. Ferguson is 12-1 in the UFC with his only loss coming against Khabib’s last opponent: Michael Johnson. Ferguson lost to Johnson in 2012 by unanimous decision while Khabib submitted Johnson via Kimura in the third round of their UFC 205 clash last November.

Both fighters have equally imposing strengths. Khabib smothers many of his opponents with crisp wrestling skills to match his more than capable striking and submission ability. Sambo and judo are also staples of Nurmagomedov’s intense approach to cage fighting. He is so well rounded that he has an equal number (8) of submission, decision and T/KO wins, and all of his decision wins are unanimous.

Ferguson is on a nine-fight win streak. He is more of a volume striker, and he used excellent boxing to impose his will on the opponents he’s dominated so far. He is also well rounded like Nurmagomedov and can use that superb striking to secure submissions on stunned opponents. On ima 8 submissions to go with 9 T/KOs and five decisions.

PREDICTION: Ferguson may be on a tremendous run right now, but Khabib’s absolutely dominated every opponent he ever faced in his MMA career. McGregor may actually be rooting for a tie in this fight so he can have some extra time to negotiate a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. while these two contenders are setting up an inevitable rematch. Međutim, ties are rare enough in the UFC that one here is far fetched to imagine. It’s much more likely that this fight ends up with one fighter on the canvas, out cold or too dazed to continue. All signs point to that fighter being Ferguson, leaving MacGregor with the prospect of having to prove his mettle by beating a man nobody’s been able to beat before. Naravno, anything can happen in that cage and anyone can have a bad night at the office, but perfection is hard to argue with.

NURMAGOMEDOV BY 2nd Round TKO

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UFC 183: Tko će se pojaviti?

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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

Chris Huntemann piše o MMA u državi Maryland. On je također doprinosi svoje misli na našu stranicu na UFC, Bellator, i World Series of Fighting. Provjerite svoj blog, ili ga prati na Twitteru: mmamaryland.