?UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans? Live Results (Preliminary Card)

“UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans” is officially halfway over, as all six preliminary fights have now entered the mixed martial arts record books. Although there was plenty of anticipation entering tonight’s show, much of that was stalled after five uneventful decisions kicked off the festivities. Heavyweight Travis Browne (Pictured) quickly put an end to the [...]

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Bellator 66 promo video featuring Brian ?The Predator? Rogers

Brian “The Predator” Rogers delivered a highlight reel flying knee knockout of Vitor Vianna to kick-off the Bellator season six middleweight tournament. Rogers (9-3) has now finished all nine of his opponents with eight victories coming by knockout. What does he have in store this week when he faces Andreas Spang in the semifinal round [...]

Bellator 66 promo video featuring Brian “The Predator” Rogers is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News

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WALKER: Team Curran MMA Training Blog Week 5 – The Kids Can Do It Too!

By: Brad Walker, MMATorch Columnist

This past week has been a slow one for me in the gym, I haven’t been able to spend a lot of time both working out and doing classes since my wife is on the brink of birth. So, last Wednesday I asked Jeff Curran if it would be ok if I took my 3 ½ year old daughter in for one of the children’s classes called ?Lil Champions?. He said it was cool, and I naturally made sure it was okay with my wife before tossing my munchkin in a pair of shorts, a t-shirt and heading to the gym. As soon as we arrived I found out that my muay thai instructor (Chuck) was also her Lil Champions teacher ? pretty cool that he can educate such a diverse age range of people. What I didn’t know was how very in tune the children would become when their tiny little selves stepped onto the mat with the teacher and his helpers.

My daughter is huge for her age, she is about 50 pounds nearing age four and stands nearly four feet tall, she got daddy’s growth genes. So I was worried at first that she wouldn’t want to partake in class like the other kids did, but as soon as she walked onto the mats and ran around like a crazed kid for a few minutes I knew she was in. After her spastic running, she walked over to the 120 pound grappling dummy that was lying on the floor, she tried to lift it ? that wasn’t happening. So what did she do? Exactly what I would expect her to do, she leaned in real close to its face, and BOOM she sucker punched the dummy right between the eyes ? I was crying from laughing so hard.

Finally class started and four other kids joined her on the side mat to learn from Chuck and his two helpers. They practiced stabilizing your balance by shifting weight from one foot to the other, and also worked on jumping without falling. Chuck has a touch with the kids that is admirable, I know he has kids of his own, but I’m used to the nose down whoop some ass version of him. They did some simple workouts, running up and down the mats and jumping in specific ways so as to make or not make noise, it was actually really cool. Then Chuck pulled out a jiu-jitsu belt and announced that it was time to play a game.

My daughter has an epic jumping ability – hell, if she could jump instead of walk she probably would – but Chuck’s game tested her timing as well. He would swing the belt around in a circle on the mat and tell the kids which kind of jump to do over the top of the belt as it swung beneath them. Most of them didn’t make it on their first few tries, but got the hang of it as the belt moved faster. It was at about this point that I pointed my wife toward the cage where Jeff Curran was doing some pad work in preparation for his upcoming bout with Johnny Eduardo, but she was too into the belt and jumping. After the class my daughter wasn’t as tired as I expected her to be, but she was NOT ready to leave the mats or the punching bags ? she was legitimately having a great time.

Now, onto myself, my knees have been chaotically messing with me all week, so I have basically spent an entire week on the treadmill. My broken toe is pretty much back to normal and I suffered through some intense foot pain at the start of the week which faded over the time I spent on the treadmill. I didn’t get a chance to attend a class due to being needed at home, but the gym is still a second home to me ? where I go to burn the calories from the morning before I regain them when my wife cooks an insanely delicious dinner. I have also found that Jeff will be passing me on some of his personal knowledge on dieting and losing weight after his fight with Eduardo ? which put a big smile on my face since losing weight is one of my main goals at the gym. Team Curran is a place where you can find everything that you need, friends, MMA lovers, fighters and even advice when you need it the most; it’s like a resource gym ? pretty awesome in my book.

This will be my last training blog until the end of April; my wife was due this weekend and if the baby hasn’t arrived by Tuesday they are going to induce labor so she will finally come out, fashionably late as it were. I’m going to do my best to keep columns of some sort coming during my first few days as super dad while my wife recovers but only time will tell. Thank you all for the encouragement you have sent my way on twitter ? it means a lot to see readers who are there to encourage the assclown writing the things they love to read! I’ll be back with Week 6: Back to Class in a couple of weeks!

Follow me on twitter- @BradMMATorch
And Team Curran – @TeamCurranMMA

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Randy Couture weighs in on Jon Jones-Rashad Evans feud

With UFC 145 on the horizon everyone has been voicing their thoughts on the main event which will see former teammates Rashad Evans and Jon Jones battle one another for Jones’ light heavyweight title – who will win, how will they win, and was Jones wrong for seemingly breaking the vow he and Rashad made [...]

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Bellator 66 Weigh-In Results; Aoki and Alvarez Both Hit the Mark

The lightweight rematch between Shinya Aoki and Eddie Alvarez has now been made official, as both fighters weighed in today at 154.5lbs. The fighters will compete again tomorrow night at Bellator 66, which will take place at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The event will also feature the semi-finals of both the season six middleweight and lightweight tournaments. Check out the weigh-in results inside.

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Nick Diaz fan gets tattoo of his hero submitting Takanori Gomi

Tattoos are permanent, but apparently, so is this fan’s love for Nick Diaz. He had the picture of Diaz submitting Takanori Gomi to his chest.

For the rest of his life, he will tell people about Diaz beating Gomi with a gogoplata at Pride 33. Do you think he will mention the part about the fight result being changed to a no-contest due to Diaz’s positive drug test?

Still, you have to be in awe of that kind of commitment. Not just to get Diaz’s face or name, but an actual moment from a fight. How did the tattoo artist do?

Not too bad. In the tattoo, it appears a sun is shining over Diaz, but some artistry is needed for a moment like this.

Let’s say you wanted to permanently mark your body with a famous moment in MMA. Which one would it be? Tell us on Facebook, Twitter or in the comments section.

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Karo Parisyan vs. Ryan Ford (May 19, 2011) – Ryan Ford

The official video of Karo Parisyan and Ryan Ford’s main event bout from MMA Live 1 May 19, 2011 in London, Ontario, Canada.

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