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Komikazee's MMA Smackdown #8

Preview

• Welcome to Komikazee's MMA Smackdown.
  
• Kit Cope tests positive for Steroids
• GSP signs long contract with UFC
• Komikazee get's recognized
• ESPN to cover UFC
• UFN 8 Results
• IFL Houston
• UFC 67
  

News

• Kit Cope (WEC headliner) tests positive for Steroids (http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3332&zoneid=3)
  
• WEC is owned by Zuffa
  
• Headlined and lost against Rob McCullough
• Same drug, Anabolic Steroid Boldenone, that Stephan Bonnar tested positive for.
• Usually used on ailing livestock and horses.
  
• GSP signs a 6 fight contract with UFC (Full Contact fighter Radio (http://www.fcfighter.com/podcasts) Minute 38:10)
  
• Still had 2 fights left on his contract, These are now void and its a straight 6 fight contract
  
• Stephane Patry is manager and also the owner of rival MMA organization, TKO (Canadian MMA)
• Talks went bad before they went good
• GSP is paid with the upper tier UFC Fighters now
• Komikazee's MMA Smackdown commercials featured on FightOpinion ()
  
• Anacondas So-shin-ski out because of injury, Matt Thompson in at IFL Houston Feb. (http://www.ifl.tv/News-07Jan27-Weekend-Wrap-Up.html)
  
• Matt Thompson is only 3 and 1 and will have to fight Heavyweight Ben Rothwell.

Rumors

• ESPN to cover UFC (http://www.komikazee.com/news/comments/espn_to_cover_ufc/)
  
• Steve Sievert from the Houston Chronicle broke the possible news. Unable to find a confirmation.
  
• ESPN is gold standard for sports in North America
• Won't be big to start out but maybe some exposure on SportsCenter, etc.
  

Calendar

Feb. 2 - IFL Houston (Anacondas (Bas Rutten) vs. Silverbacks (Pat Miletich), Sabres (Ken Yasuda) vs. Scorpions (Don Frye))
Feb. 3 - UFC 67 (Anderson Silva vs. Travis Lutter)
Feb. 10 - Elite XC (Frank Shamrock vs. Henzo Gracie)
Feb. 23 - IFL Atlanta (Dragons vs. Wolfpack, Red Bears vs. Pitbulls)

UFN 8 Results

Spencer Fisher vs. Hermes Franca

• Very even fight up until that point. Back and forth.
  
• Fisher looking cleaner up top
• Hermes pretty much took him down at will.
• The haymaker that eventually did Fisher in originated at Franca's waist. How did he miss it?

Heath Herring vs. Jake O'Brien

• Nothing much to talk about.
  
• Herring looked horrible
• O'Brien took him down at will
• Herring kept making disgusting faces when O'Brien wouldn't stay in the kill zone
• Herring looked like he wasn't expecting  the wide open spaces the octagon gives

Ed Herman vs. Chris Price

• Chris Price was 7 pound overweight.
• Ed sporting the new 'do.
  
• Exact Ed Herman quote in response "You ain't getting off that easy.."
• Ed looked crisp.
• Spectactular armbar taken after he had taken Chris Price Back

Rashad Evans vs. Sean Salmon

• Sean looked good in the first round
• Rashad poured it on in the second round and took Sean to school.
• Picture perfect kick to the Sean's head that caught him with his hands down.
• Fell to the canvas convulsing. Very scary.
• Doing All right and only has a minor headache and a bruised ego.
  

IFL Houston Feb. 2

Sabres vs. Scorpions (We won't go over)
155 lb.: Savant Young (Pictures) (Pasadena, Calif.) (0-0 IFL, 5-4 overall) vs. Ed West (Pictures) (Tucson, Ariz.) (0-1, 8-2)
170 lb.: Antonio McKee (Pictures) (Lakewood, Calif.) (0-0, 17-3-2) vs. Gabe Rivas (Pictures) (Tucson, Ariz.) (0-0, 12-9-1)
185 lb.: Kazuhiro Hamanaka (Pictures) (Tokyo) (0-1, 4-3-1) vs. Shane Johnson (Pictures) (Tucson, Ariz.) (1-0, 8-4)
205 lb.: Vladimir Matyushenko (Pictures) (Los Angeles) (0-0, 15-3) vs. Dwayne Compton (Tucson, Ariz.) (0-0, 2-0)
265 lb.: John Marsh (Pictures) (Hawthorne, Calif.) (0-0, 7-5) vs. Chad Griggs (Pictures) (Tucson, Ariz.) (0-0,. 4-0)

Anacondas vs. Silverbacks
(Lightweight) 155 lb.: Chris Horodecki (Pictures) (London, Ontario) (3-0, 7-0) vs. Bart Palaszewski (Pictures) (Wonderlake, Ill.) (5-0, 25-7)
Chris Horodecki

• Looks like a Choir boy
• Good Muy Thai (Knees, Clinch)
• Great Sweeps (takedowns)
• Great heart. Wants to win. (Ex: Caught in a deep Kimura against Ed West and didn't tap but stayed the course and escaped eventually)
• Excitable
• Decent kicks but tends to lower the hands when kicking.
• Polish
  

Bart Palaszewski

• Banger
• Favors a triangle choke
• Great hands
• Clean, Technical
• Always exciting to watch
• Polish
  

(Welterweight) 170 lb.: Jay Hieron (Pictures) (Las Vegas) (2-1, 10-3) vs. Rory Markham (Pictures) (Chicago) (4-1, 10-2)
Jay Hieron

• Ex High School and Collegiate Wrestler
• Boxing skills
• A little rough around the edges
• Strong
  

Rory Markham

• Highlight material
• Exciting
• Great Hands
• Very Experienced
  

(Middleweight)185 lb.: Benji Radach (Pictures) (Castlerock, Wash.) (0-0, 12-3) vs. Ryan McGivern (Pictures) (Bettendorf, Iowa) (3-2, 9-3)
Benji Radach

• UFC Veteran (37, 37.5, 39)
• Losses against Sean Sherk and Chris Leben
• New to the IFL
• Several years away from MMA because of broken jaw in loss to Chris Leben
• Foiled armed robbery in Vancouver, Washington by pummeling the robber to submission in the restaurant he was eating in.
  

Ryan McGivern

• Up and down record in IFL
• Lots of promise but has suffered some unlucky losses
• Civilian general engineer for U.S. Army
  

(Light Heavyweight) 205 lb.: Alex Schoenauer (Pictures) (Las Vegas) (2-2, 10-6) vs. Mike Ciesnolevicz (Pictures) (Williamstown, Pa.) (2-2, 10-2)
Alex Schoenauer

• TUF and UFC Alumni
• Born and lived in Argentina until 15
• Well-Rounded fighter
• Lacks fire at times
• Decent skills
  

Mike Ciesnolevicz

• Quirky yet fun guy
• Roared back in latter half of 2006
• Won last fight  with a guillotine choke
• Might be over his mental block
  

(Heavyweight) 265 lb.: Matt Thompson (Houston, TX)(0-0, 3-1) vs. Ben Rothwell (Pictures) (Kenosha, Wis.) (4-0, 19-5)
Matt Thompson

• Houston Native
• Fighting professionally for only a year
• Gonna get stomped
  

Ben Rothwell

• Heavy Hands
• Fun Fighter to watch
• Considered cream of the crop in the IFL
• Good head on shoulders

UFC 67 Feb. 3

Anderson Silva (6.0~185~17-4-0) VS. Travis Lutter (5.11~185~12-3-0)
Anderson Silva

• Speaks French
• Muy Thai Fighter
• Killer knees as demonstrated by the Rich Franklin fight
• Very technical fighter
• Some weaknesses against the ground game

Travis Lutter

• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master
• No top game
• From Dallas, TX
• TUF4 winner and therefore gets title shot
• Really rough UFC career
  

Mirko Cro Cop (6.2~220~21-4-2) VS. Eddie Sanchez (6.2~230~8-0-0)
Mirko Cro Cop

• Kick of death. See the Wanderlei Silva fight as example
• Killer hands
• If any weakness, it would be his aggressiveness
• Croatian senator
• Former Pride 2005 grand prix winner
  

Quinton Jackson (6.1~205~25-6-0) VS. Marvin Eastman (5.9~205~13-6-1)
Quinton Jackson

• Former Pride fighter
• Fought and won against Liddell
• Well rounded fighter
• Great ring personality

Marvin Eastman

• Boxer
• Journeyman
• Some kicks
• Weak against the ground game
• Wicked power in the hands
  

Patrick Cote (5.11~185~9-4-0) VS. Scott Smith (6.0~185~12-2-0)
Patrick Cote

• Canadian
• Nickname of "The Predator"
• No UFC wins despite potential
  
• Decent ground game
• Decent hands
• TKO guy (like GSP)
  

Scott Smith

• Wicked hands
• Great heart
• not much ground game
• TUF alumni
  

Sam Hoger (6.3~205~6-2-0) VS. Lyoto Machida (6.1~205~8-0-0)
Sam Hoger

• The "Goat" of TUF 1
• Very smart competitor
• Beat Stephan Bonnar
• Has taken a break for a year

Ryoto Machida

• http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=7513
• New to UFC but not MMA.
• K-1 Veteran
• Wins against Rich Franklin, Stephan Bonnar, Michael McDonald, Stephan Bonnar
  

Terry Martin (5.8~185~16-2-0) VS. Jorge Rivera (6.1~185~14-5-0)
Terry Martin

• Human Highlight reel. Caught a flying knee from James Irfvin on the chin ducking in for a double leg grab.
• Wrestler
• Decently skilled with hands but not world class.

Jorge Rivera

• Boxer and Muy Thai specialist
• Awesome hands
• Slightly weak on the ground
• Decently tall and long reach
  

Tyson Griffin (5.6~155~8-0-0) VS. Frankie Edgar (5.6~155~5-0-0)
Tyson Griffin

• Very promising lightweight
• Wrestler / Submission Specialist
• Heavily muscled
• Fought very good at UFC 63. Caught a flying knee and turned it into a rear-naked choke.

Frank Edgar

• New Jersey Native
• Unkown to UFC Fought in some small shows.
• Feeder for Tyson.
  

Roger Huerta (5.9~155~17-1-1) VS. John Halverson (5.9~155~13-4-0)
Roger Huerta

• http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=10089
• 1 fight in UFC against Jason Dent. Win by Decision.
• Banger
  

John Halverson

• http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=7407
• New to UFC.
• Plethora of small fights (VFC, ICC)
• Japanese experience (Sokol Hall Brawl). Sokol is Mecca for MMA in Japan
• Well rounded

Commercial

-News, Rumors, Calendar
-IFL Houston Results
-IFL Experience
-UFC 67 Results

Next week. we will be discussing the results of the IFL Houston show, scheduled for Feb. 2. Will the Silverbacks win their first match back from their IFL Championship, or will they succumb to the "championship slump".

Komikazee's MMA Smackdown has been given unprecedented access to the IFL and their show and we will bring you the ultimate behind-the-scenes footage live from IFL Houston.

We will also be talking about the results of UFC 67, on Feb. 3rd, headlined by Anderson Silva and Travis Lutter. UFC 67 also features two world class fighters  making their  debut in the UFC for the first time, Quinton  "Rampage"  Jackson and  M-ee-rko  "Crow-Cop" Filopivich. Do Quinton and Mirko live up to the hype or tank their debut? Does Travis Lutter pull off the upset and break Anderson Silva's current win streak?

All this and more will be discussed next week, Feb. 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.