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Bellator, boksing, mixed martial arts, MMA, Rich Bergeron, Tom Padgett, Tony Penecale, UFC

FNU Kampsport 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:

 

boksing, mixed martial arts, MMA, Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime, Showtime Boxing, Tom Padgett, Tony Penecale, UFC

FNU COMBAT SPORTS SHOW: Lou Duva Tribute Show, Psychic Tom Padgett absolutely crushes UFC 209 Predictions, Garcia vs. Thurman Recap and Analysis

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Tony Penecale (venstre) and Lou Duva (rett) 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 verdensmestere, and a man who had all his irons in the one fire that lit his life: boksing. 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)

 

Bellator, boksing, mixed martial arts, MMA, Rich Bergeron, Tom Padgett, Tony Penecale, UFC, bryting

FNU Kampsport 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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Av: 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) i hovedturneringen. 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.

Fortsatt, 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?

Prediksjon: 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. I mellomtiden, 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. Han har 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. Men, 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. Selvfølgelig, 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: Hvem vil dukke opp?

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship har truffet den ut av parken så langt i 2015, med sine første to store kort av året lever opp til hypen av sine viktigste hendelser. Lett tungvekt Jon Jones dominert Daniel Cormier å bevise at han er den pound-for-pound beste fighter i verden på UFC 182, og ved UFC live kortet i Boston, Mass., i januar, Conor McGregor sikret en fjærvekt tittel skutt mot José Aldo og kastet ikke bort tid på å komme i hans neste motstander ansikt.

Hvilket bringer oss til UFC 183 i kveld, og en main event som er ansett som en drøm matchup av mange. Anderson Silva returnerer til Octagon etter lider en grusom etappe skader i sin siste kamp mot UFC mellomvekt mester Chris Weidman i 2013. Nick Diaz gjør også hans tilbake til UFC etter å ha mistet sin siste kamp mot tidligere weltervekt mester Georges St. Pierre i 2013.

Kveldens kortet er ikke uten sine andre historier om. Et par av betydelige undercard kamper foregår under noe kontrovers, som fluevekt John Lineker kom i overvekt for hans kamp mot Ian McCall, som forventes å bestemme den neste uten. 1 kandidat til fluevekt tittel. I co-main event, Kelvin Gastelum kom i 9 pounds overvektig for sin kamp mot Tyron Woodley, som middel 30 prosent av Gastelum kamp vesken faktisk går til Woodley. Snakk om fornærmelse til skade.

Selvfølgelig, Det er alltid den wild card med Diaz også. Han spiller etter sine egne regler, har ingen viste de åpne treningsøkter tidligere denne uken. Vil han faktisk møter opp til buret for kveldens main event? Det gjenstår å se, selv om de fleste alle tror han vil.

Så, sagt alle, som jeg tror vinner i kveld?

Miesha "Cupcake" Tate (15-5) vs. Sara McMann (8-1) (Kvinners bantamvekt - 135 lbs.)

Dette er faktisk den viktigste hendelsen i den foreløpige kortet på Fox Sports 1. Tate bedt om å konkurrere på denne delen av kortet i stedet for pay-per-view-kort, ta en side fra Uria Fabers playbook. Tate er også ivrig for en tredje kamp med Ronda Rousey for kvinnenes bantamvekt tittel. Begge disse kvinnene led Rousey vrede, spesielt McMann, som ble revet av Rousey i omtrent et minutt i fjor.

McMann er en ren bryter med svært lite annet å repertoaret hennes, mens Tate bygget på hennes etablerte bryting ferdigheter til å bli en effektiv spiss. Jeg tror hun vil ting McMann forsøk på å ta denne kampen til matten og bruker henne langt overlegne slående ferdigheter til å holde McMann forvirret på vei til en dominerende seier.

Vinner: Tate ved enstemmig avgjørelse

Jordan "Young Gun" Mein (29-9) vs. Thiago "Pitbull" Alves (25-9) (Weltervekt - 170 lbs.)

Alves har vekslet seire og tap i sine siste seks kamper, mens Mein rir en to-kamp seier strek. Alves er alltid farlig med sin Muay Thai og slående, mens Mein landet en første runde TKO seier i sin siste kamp. Dette bør være en spennende stand-up kamp med verken fyr villig til å vike en tomme. Jeg tror Alves er mer farlig fighter her, og vil lande en god sjanse til å banke Mein dum.

Vinner: Alves etter andre runde TKO

Thales Leites (24-4) vs. Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch (18-7) (Mellomvekt - 185 lbs.)

Leites kommer inn i denne kampen på en rull, etter å ha vunnet sine siste syv kamper, med de to siste som kommer i form av TKO. Boetsch har vekslet seire og tap i sine siste fire kamper, inkludert en TKO seier i sin siste kamp mot Brad Tavares.

Boetsch er en langsom, plodding bruiser best kjent for avsporing av Hector Lombard hype toget når han først gjorde sin UFC-debut. Leites er en durkdreven, farlig fighter som kan fullføre deg med hendene eller ved innsending. Jeg tror Leites vil unngå Boetsch makt og vente på Boetsch å gjøre en feil, hvor Leits vil kapital.

Vinner: Leites etter tredje runde innsending

Joe Lauzon (24-10) vs. Den "Raging" Iaquinta (10-3-1) (Lett - 155 lbs.)

Du vet hva du får med en Joe Lauzon kamp. Du kommer til å se det spennende, actionfylte bout som vil mest sannsynlig ende med ham låsing i en sleip innsending eller, i tilfelle av kampen mot Jim Miller, lider en gnarly kutt som vil garantere en blod kamp.

Iaquinta har vært på en rull siden hans tid på The Ultimate Fighter Live-, har bare tapt én gang på sine siste seks kamper. En seier mot Lauzon ville være en flott fjær i hatten, og kan drive ham til tittelen contendership diskusjon. Men Lauzon er en av de beste innsending spesialister i UFC, og jeg tror den crafty veteran har et eget brev i ermet.

Vinner: Lauzon etter andre runde innsending

Tyron "The Chosen One" Woodley (14-3) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (11-0) (Weltervekt - 170 lbs.)

Som ovenfor nevnt, Gastelum veide inn 9 pounds over for denne kampen og vil miste 30 prosent av sin pung direkte til Woodley. Det ble rapportert at Gastelum brukt tid på sykehuset leder opp til denne kampen, noe som bidro til at han kommer i overvekt.

Woodley vil være sint i denne kampen, og med rette. Det er ikke rettferdig at hans motstander vil ha en vektfordel på grunn av sin egen manglende evne til å gjøre hva han skulle gjøre. Gi Woodley kreditt for å ville fortsette å kjempe når det ville ha vært helt forståelig å utsette det.

Woodley vil kanalisere sitt raseri i en blitzkrieg lovbrudd ved Gastelum, og sløv og trolig fortsatt skadet Gastelum vil ikke ha noen svar.

Vinner: Woodley etter andre runde TKO

Anderson "The Spider" Silva (33-6) vs. Nick Diaz (27-9-1) (Mellomvekt - 185 lbs.)

Dette er ett av flere hoved hendelser som har slåss fans summende i 2015. Mange trodde ikke Silva noen gang ville gå igjen etter sin skade beinet mot Weidman, enn si komme tilbake til UFC å kjempe. Matchup stil av Diaz som ønsker å presse tempoet, komme i motstanderens ansikt og suger ham inn i handels slag mot Silva ubestridte elusiveness vil være interessant å se på.

Diaz sa han ikke ville kaste snakk Silva under denne kampen ut av respekt. Men hvis Silva holder dupper og veving og unnvike Diaz slag, vi får se hvor lenge Diaz forplikter seg til at. Jeg tror vi vil se vintage Silva i denne kampen, gjør Diaz se dumt på noen flekker mens landing godt timet streik som vil forvirre og frustrere Diaz, som vil tillate Silva å lande enda mer.

Diaz er for tøft å fullføre, men denne kampen vil vise at Silva har det fortsatt, og er det langt bedre fighter.

Vinner: Silva etter enstemmig beslutning

Chris Huntemann skriver om mixed martial arts i delstaten Maryland. Han bidrar også sine tanker til nettstedet vårt på UFC, Bellator, og World Series of Fighting. Sjekk ut hans blog, eller følge ham på Twitter: mmamaryland.