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Komikazee's MMA Smackdown #12

News

• PRIDE vs. UFC heats up
  
• UFC signs Fabricio Werdum (http://www.thefightnetwork.com/news_detail.php?nid=3314)
• http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=8390
• Up and Coming Fighter young fighter in PRIDE
• Last win was against Aleksander Emelianenko, Fedor's brother.
• Ed Fischman, PRIDE USA president, challenges UFC to a $40 million dollar match
• Fishman made a public challenge to the UFC to pit each organization’s #1 and #2 fighters in each of four weight classes
•  “Winner Take All” format, with both companies putting up $20 million.
• $40 million to the winner
• Possible Fantasy fights are as follows
  
• Heavyweight Fights: Mirko Cro Cop (UFC) vs. Fedor Emelianenko (Pride)
• 205-pound fight #1: Chuck Liddell (UFC) vs. Wanderlei Silva (Pride)
• 185-pound fight #2: Rich Franklin (UFC) vs. Kazuo Misaki (Pride)
• 160-pound fight #2: Hermes Franca (UFC) vs. Hayato Sakurai (Pride)
  
• Vanderlei Silva gets dethroned by Dan Henderson
• Wrecks credibility of Silva in Japan's eyes which will force PRIDE even more to USA
• Diaz takes out Gomi
• Gomi supposedly to "raid the UFC lightweight division"
  
• Wrestling Observer reports that UFC made over $222 million in PPV for 2006 (http://ufcmania.com/2007/02/24/report-ufc-grosses-222-million-in-2006-ppv-buys/)
• Up 700% over 2005
• Record numbers. Boxing did $200 million in 1999
• Rulon Gardner, MMA fighter and ex-olympic gold medal restler, survives small plane crash (http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/02/26/news/top_story/5ea05d5dd680724e8725728e001698aa.txt)
• Won gold medal in 2000 olympics as underdog against Alexander Karelin
  
• Crashed in Lake Powell after flying low over the lake
  
• Swam for more than an hour in 44 degree water to reach shore
• Spent night without shelter
• Was with 2 others, Randy and Leslie Brooks (both guys)
• Rescued the next day
• Not first brush with death
• Stranded in 2002 after a snowmobile accident and lost a toe to frostbite
• Hit in 2004 on his Motorcycle
  

Calendar

• Mar. 3 - UFC 68 -
  
  • Silvia vs. Couture
  • Rich Franklin vs. Jason McDonald
  • Matt Hughes vs. Chris Lytle
    
• Mar. 9 - Art of War - Dallas, TX
• Pedro Hizzo vs. Justin Eilers
  
• Mar. 13 - UFC Fight Night 9
• Mar. 17 - IFL Los Angeles
• Mar. 24 - WEC

Review

IFL Atlanta
PRIDE 33 - 13k+ announced in attendance (http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=6837)

• Sokoudjou vs Noguiera
• Biggest upset of the night
• Ended 23 seconds in the first round
• Low kicks set up the left hook
• Steven Eats Crow
  
• Vanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson (http://youtube.com/watch?v=reepo6bnr6g)
  
• Dan has a new nickname, the "Giant Killer"
• Totally owned Vanderlei all night
• Vandy only looked good the last 10 seconds of the 1st and 2nd rounds
• 1st round ended with some huge combo's from Vandy
• 2nd round ended with a possible armbar
• 3rd round saw Dan Henderson get a beautiful spinning hammerfist that rocked Silva and sent him to the ropes
• Silva weathered the storm and got out only to be felled shortly thereafter by a flurry of blows that sent him to the canvas
• Dan now 185 and 205 champion simultaneously
  
• Nick Diaz vs. Gomi (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ACEXjLkL-G0)
  
• Fight of the night
• HUGE action. back and forth with both throwing for the fences
• Gomi rocked Diaz in the first and dropped him to the canvas but wasn't able to finish
• Diaz caught his 2nd wind in the second round and starts to taunt Gomi with his hands
• Diaz hands land with lightning precision and he rocks Gomi in the second
• Gomi wobbles around the ring in an effort to lure Diaz in and counterpunch
• Diaz is not taking the bait. Stays low in his stance and keeps coming
• Gomi did open a gash underneath Diaz' right eye
• Gomi gasses at end of second
• Succumbs to a gogoplata
  
• 2nd non-title loss for Gomi calls into question his 160 lb. championship belt
• First loss was Marcus Aurelio in an arm triangle
  

Preview

UFC 68: The Uprising
Tim Sylvia (6.8~255~25-2-0) VS. Randy Couture 6.2~220~14-8-0)
Tim Sylvia

• Current Champion
• HUGE guy
• Not a fan favorite right now.
• Fight Style can be really slow (jab jab jab, move backwards, jab)
• Very Strong and showed some ground game against Monson
• Militech Fighting Systems Fighter
  

Randy Couture

• http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=166
  
• MMA Legend
• Only UFC fighter to be a champion in Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight
  
• Retired and now wants to come back
• Moved to light heavyweight because he had problems with the Big Heavyweights: Silvia, Josh Barnett, Rico Rodriguez
• Wrestler and GNP specialist
• JJ suspect
• Decent hands
  

Chris Lytle (5.11~170~32-13-4) VS. Matt Hughes (5.9~169~42-5-0)
Chris Lytle

• http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=267
  
• Good Hands
• Good Ground Game
• Not considered world class but dangerous nonetheless
• TUF 4 Finalist. Lost to Matt Serra

Matt Hughes

• Ex-UFC Welterweight Champion. Lost badly to GSP.
  
• Most dominant ground person in the modern UFC
• Ex-wrestler but has developed some submissions
• Super-Strong for his weight class
• Farm boy
• Miletich Fighting Systems product

Drew McFedries (6.0~185~5-1-0) VS. Martin Kampmann (6.0~185~11-1-0)
Drew McFedries

• Miletich Fighting System Product
• Good hands
• Decent ground game
• Went through a serious illness and its a miracle he is still fighting
  

Martin Kampman

• Muy Thai fighter
  

Rich Franklin (6.1~185~22-2-0) VS. Jason MacDonald (6.3~185~19-7-0)
Rich Franklin

• Ex-UFC Middleweight Champion
• Dynamic Personality
• Ex-Teacher
• Dangerous standup brawler
• Not immune to highly technical fighters
• Some submissions
  

Jason MacDonald

• http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=4389
  
• Good Hands
• Very Good Submissions
• Called "the Athlete"
• Has mowed through the TUF ranks: Ed Herman and Chris Leben
• Up-and-coming bright star
  

Jason Lambert (5.10~205~22-6-0) VS. Renato Sobral (6.1~205~27-6-0)
Jason Lambert

• UFC Veteran
• Brawler type
• Lost against Rashad Evans from mount
• Wins against lesser UFC opponents. Brandon Lee Hinkle, Terry Martin, Rob Macdonald
  

Henato "Babalu" Sobral

• http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=274
  
• World Class JJ guy
• UFC veteran
• Lost against Chuck Liddell twice. The last very badly.
  

Matt Hamill (6.1~205~4-0-0) VS. Rex Holman (6.2~205~4-1-0) (Prelim)
Matt Hamill

• Wrestler
• deaf
• painful to watch hands, very slow
• Dynamic guy (WHOOO!!!)
  

Jon Fitch (6.0~170~17-2-0) VS. Luigi Fioravanti (5.8~170~11-1-0) (Prelim)

• http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=4865
  
• UFC Veteran
• Wins against Josh Burkman, Thiago Alves
• Banger
• Quick Hands

Luigi Fioravanti

• Limited UFC experience but some.
• Trial by fire for him
  

Gleison Tibau (5.10~155~23-3-0) VS. Jason Dent (5.9~155~12-7-0) (Prelim)
Jason Gilliam (6.0~155~11-0-0) VS. Jamie Varner (5.8~155~9-1-0) (Prelim)

Molen's Rants

Pride

• Dish did not have the event
• Nobody in town was showing it
• $1800 a pop for commercial establishments (vs. $500 for UFC events)
• Not a way to win fans when a large fanbase doesn't have access to the product
• Had to result to YouTube.

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Komikazee
Next week. we will be discussing all the news, rumors, and calendar events that happen around the Mixed Martial Arts scene.

We have a special guest next week of Alex Andrade who will be fighting for the "Art of War" promotion set in Dallas Texas. Sokoudjou and Dan Henderson will be on to talk about their successes in PRIDE 33. We also have a special tape from our archives of an exclusive interview that Komikazee did with TUF 3 alumni and UFC Fighter Ed Herman.

All this and more will be discussed next week, Mar. 7th on Komikazee's MMA Smackdown. Visit us online often at Komikazee.com. Again, thats K-O-M-I-K-A-Z-E-E ---  DOT --- COM. You can also reach us at with any questions that you might have.