Komikazee's MMA Smackdown #14

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Derek is back from his vacation and the world is better for it. We do all the normal news, rumors, and upcoming events that we usually cover. I review the “Art of War” that went down in Dallas, Texas at the AAC and then we briefly preview IFL L.A.

We invite Josh Odom (Condors) and Ryan Schultz (Wolfpack) onto the show and interview them. Did you know that Josh Odom was a soldier in Iraq before he became a fighter? You will never guess what Horwich eats before he spars with his partners. All this and more on this weeks show.

Komikazee's MMA Smackdown #14

News

http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=18877
Frank Mir suffered a shoulder injury in training

he's off the 4/5 Spike show
will be replaced by former New Japan pro wrestler Justin McCulley.

there is an MMA show on Saturday night in Steubenville, OH at the St. John Arena with 27 matches

promoter Ed Chanoski saying they are starting at 7 and will be going on long after midnight.

Tito Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans is likely half of a double main event on 5/26 in Las Vegas
Dear Don Reparte (http://www.ifl.tv/News-07Mar08-Dear-Don-4.html)
UFC 68 Payouts:

Randy Coe-ture: $250,000
Tim Sylvia: $100,000
Matt Hughes: $150,000
Rich Franklin: $42,000
Henato “Babaloo” Sow-bral: $21,000
Martin Kamp-mann: $20,000
Jason Lambert: $18,000
Jason Mac-Donald: $14,000
Chris Lytle: $10,000
Drew Mc-Fed-rees: $5,000
Jon Fitch: $28,000
Matt Hamill: $10,000
Luigi Fior-a-vanti: $8,000
Jamie Varner: $6,000
Glay-son Tib-oww: $6,000
Rex Hole-man: $3,000
Jason Gill-iam: $3,000
Jason Dent: $3,000

Nick Diaz tests positive for Mary Jane after PRIDE 33

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3540&zoneid=13
Diaz was hesitant to take test. Said "no" and then the commission said no fight and that forced him to take test
Wanted to take test in a stall but wasn't allowed
Tested positive for Marijuana
Awaiting Disciplinary hearing
Has a broken hand so if suspended six months concurrently, won't be a big deal

Rumors

Dave Melt-zer, Wrestling observer notes that UFC 70 might be free on SPIKE TV.

Nothing finalized right now because talks with HBO breaking down.

Dana White states UFC 70 on 4/21 from Manchester, England will most likely be on Spike and not HBO.

If it comes on live, it will be around 2 PM in the afternoon.

Calendar

3/17 - IFL L.A.: Sabres vs. Condors, Anacondas vs. Razorclaws
3/24 - WEC

John Alee-sio vs. Carlos Con-dit

4/5 - UFC Fight Night 9

Joe Stevenson vs. Melvin Gill-ard

4/5 - The Ultimate Fighter 5 Season Opener
4/7 - UFC 69 Houston

GSP vs. Matt Serra
Koscheck vs. Sanchez
Swick vs. Okahhmi

4/8 - PRIDE 34 Kamikaze

Review

UAFC (Undisputed Arena Fighting Championships, Dallas Texas) "Art of War"

Brian Russel vs. Tom East

Quick and furious
Brian really worked the knees to the body good
Tapout came quick

Tom East wins by tap out due to strikes.

Sonny Neilson vs. Armondo Va-lad-es

Sonny damages Armondo's arm in first by trying armbars
Both fighters were fighting with a lot of energy
You could hear the crack of the rib when the ending knee came from Sonny

Sonny Neilson wins by KO

Justin Wren vs Justin Howard

Battle of the Justins
The crowd loved Wren because he was hometown
Very even until Wren scored a takedown
Very nasty GNP by Wren stopped the match

Wren wins by TKO due to referee stoppage.

Anthony (Jon-Jita) vs. Kenneth Ros-fort

I could tell when Anthony came out he was Muy Thai
Great stand up with Anthony throwing beautiful knees
Prettiest kick of the night. I actually saw the sweat fly off the side of the head

Anthony (Jon-Jita) wins by KO first round

Eric Sham-bar-ee vs Christian Smith

The reporter next to me said that Eric was no joke
He looked focused and very scary while Christian paced before match
Eric just went out and owned Smith
He tried the arm triangle a couple times and finally cranked it in

Eric Sham-bari wins by arm triangle

Damien Stel-li vs. Mike Sheppard

quick match nothing to write home about

Damien wins by Key Lock

Jason Maxwell vs Yoo-kee In-o-way

Somewhat plodding fight
Yuki pretty much took Jason down at will and held him down

Yukie In-o-way wins by split decision

Alex An-drahhd-ee vs. Klaaas Ak-ess-on

Exciting Fight
We interviewed him the week before
Klas was very tall and took a lot of strength to hold him against the cage
Weird double knock-out at the end of the match

Alex wins by KO.

Carlos Pray-ter vs. Anthony Lap-sley

Best ground game fight of the year.
Submission tries
Reversals
Throws
Locks
Even up until the end but Carlos dominated just a little more in 3rd. Could have gone either way

Carlos Pray-ter wins a close decision 29-28

Pedro Hizzo vs. Justin Eye-lers

UFC quality fight
Both these were banging
Pedro was stalking which is opposite usual. He's a counter puncher by trade
Eilers was standing strong with Pedro
Both people's faces were hamburger after 3 rounds. I couldn't have stomached 5 rounds
How can people watch 12 rounds of prize fighting boxing?

Pedro wins by decision 30-27

Preview

IFL L.A.

Sabres vs. Condors

(LW)Savant Young vs. Adam Lynn
(WW)Antonio McKee vs. Rodrigo Huas
(MW)Kazuhiro Hahhm-an-ahh-ka vs. Jeremy Williams
(LHW)Vlad-imir Mat-you-shen-ko vs. Justin Levens
(HW)Wayne Cole vs. Antoine Joe-wadey

Anacondas vs. Razorclaws

(LW)Chris Horo-des-ki vs. Josh Oh-dom
(WW)Jay Hear-ron vs. Donnie Lyles
(MW)Benji Rad-ach vs. Brian Foster
(LHW)Alex Show-en-hour vs. Brian Eber-sole
(HW)Cristof Sosh-inski vs. Dan Christi-son