Quick Hits for December 3, 2008
Posted by Kris Karkoski on Dec 3, 2008 at 4:32 pm ET28 Comments
News and Notes
- Former WEC lightweight champion Rob McCullough will take on Marcus Hicks at WEC 38.
- Rich Clementi and Gleison Tibau will square off in February.
- The Ultimate Fighter 8 cast member Karn Grigoryan, who was forced off the show early in the season due to an injury, was victorious on Saturday, defeating previously-undefeated Daniel Rial via knockout in Connecticut.
- UFC veteran Drew Fickett earned another win over the weekend, improving his record to 38-6 with a first-round submission of Jason MacKay at a Phoenix Fight Promotions event in Canada. Also on the card, former kickboxing champion Rick Roufus was defeated by Ryan Jimmo via first-round TKO.
- A rumored catchweight bout between Matt Lindland and Renato “Babalu” Sobral scheduled for January at Affliction: Day of Reckoning has been called off and Lindland will instead face Vitor Belfort in a middleweight bout.
- Ranked lightweights Eddie Alvarez and Shinya Aoki are likely to meet at K-1 DYNAMITE!! 2008 on New Year’s Eve in Japan.
- World Extreme Cagefighting this week formally announced WEC 38, which takes place on January 25th in San Diego, California and features WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner vs. Donald Cerrone and Urijah Faber vs. Jens Pulver 2.
- Former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia is likely to fight in Japan for K-1/DREAM on December 31st or Sengoku on January 4th after a fight against UFC hall of famer Ken Shamrock was delayed.
- Lightweight Jorge Masvidal is the latest fighter to sign with ESPN Deportes-broadcast Bellator Fighting Championships.
- UFC lightweight Thiago Tavares has returned to American Top Team.
- Female MMA star Gina Carano has been named by Yahoo as the fifth most influential woman in 2008.
- Kurt Pellegrino vs. Rob Emerson has been added to the rumored lineup for UFC Fight Night 17.
Links
- UFC.com has a list of Wanderlei Silva’s “Seven Defining Moments”.
- Enter to win a training session with former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber.
Videos
The first episode of the BJPenn.com Show:
Strikeforce’s Top 10 Knockouts:
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can’t wait to see rob fight again im a fan of the guy, i loved that knock out of manny.
and am i reading that right???? tim vs shamrock???? that is a fukin joke
haha, i know John. Ken vs Sylvia is a joke. Well I think they wanted it to happen, im just saying its stupid lol.
Yea I like Emerson.
Not too impressed with the BJ Penn show. I have a lot of respect for the guy as a fighter, but come on, Pound for Pound the best? Since getting his cardio back, he has beaten a small Jens, a “not so ready for the big time” Joe daddy and Sherk who was coming from a big layoff. P4P? hmmmm.
Plus he is a total ass in the lead up to a fight. GSP on the other hand, what a stud! lol
Matt v Belfort nice match
Rich Clementi back in the cage is good to hear
Shammy v Timmeehhh nuff said
Aoki v AlvareZ wow that’s really a nice match~up
Jens v Faber II official is awesome, because its going to another great fight
Hicks is a beast
These Quick Hits are awesome Kris I know I’ve said it before but good job cheers
agreed ^^ on all counts.
Thx I respond that message via CrackBerry yet I don’t know if it went through
Timmy better watch out. He could be arrested for gross abuse of a corpse if he gets in the ring/cage with Ken Shamrock.
I don’t care how dumb BJ’s show is…I love blondes. The blonder, the dumber, the bigger the … hands. I love blondes.
fr,
If by responded to that message you mean the personal messenger thing…I didn’t get it yet.
Ya that’s what I meant I don’t think it went thru via CrackBerry but that’s all I have rightnow no worries thx
ryanmoney said:
Not too impressed with the BJ Penn show. I have a lot of respect for the guy as a fighter, but come on, Pound for Pound the best? Since getting his cardio back, he has beaten a small Jens, a “not so ready for the big time” Joe daddy and Sherk who was coming from a big layoff. P4P? hmmmm.
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And yet, that list is more impressive than Fedor’s recent opponents…
I was’nt comparing to Fedor. I was talking about BJ.
I know you didn’t, but you listed them to say he couldn’t even dream of being p4p the best. And yet….most people will say Fedor is, despite having had fewer quality fights than a first grade bully on the playground (at least recently).
I still cant decide who i like better for the P4P status fedor or silva
If fedor beats arlovski though i will be 100% for fedor though
If arlovski gives him a tough time or beats him i gotta go with anderson….also depends on who anderson fights next to
I see what you are saying Biz.
I didn’t mean it as if they were losers. Those 3 are great fighters, but if by beating all 3 of them makes you p4p then jeez. I just wanna see him with some more fights before he can consider himself p4p. I saw on the vid and read in interviews how he classes himself as p4p and while I wont take anything away from the guy, I just don’t see him as p4p.
I agree with Gun about the Fedor p4p status. I would def like to see him with some better opponents tho.
gun, Torres may give both of them a run for their money…especially since he was beating welters and middles in unsanctioned fights.
dbiz, this is true…the P4P status is very confusing at this time…There is alot of deserving canidates and alot of people have good solid reasons for being #1
I mean you gout BJ,GSP,Fedor,Silva,Nog,Forrest,Faber(b4 his loss)…its really shaky….And i knw ill get flamed for this beyond belief but id say lyoto machida isnt far from a bid in there himself(he has fought at alot of different weight classes and hasnt lost)…just wait till lyoto finishes thiago silva!
I don’t think you’re far off. He needs to win a title before he enters the conversation for real. He is good, but he needs to win something first.
Lyoto has potential, but he has got to get a title first, like bsbiz said.
Where the hell did the p4p come from? Not to be a d**k but I don’t understand the discussion over it when it will never be solved. Back in the day when they had tournaments then you had p4p. I really don’t get it. It’s all about who’s the best in a weight class. Anything else is pure speculation. There are so many factors how can anyone be considered p4p when they will never fight. You’ll never see Torres v Fedor. BJ wants to be the p4p but anyone with a title can start to claim it. Nothing will ever be proven though. I just don’t understand why the thorough discussion. Kinda like I don’t understand why I insist on saying the same thing over and over just in different terms.
surfing,
So, what you’re saying is, you’re from the department of redundancy department, and some times you say the same thing more than once?
But seriously, you’re right it is just speculation, but it gives us something to do. If you’re not interested in the p4p discussions, you don’t have to get involved. The subject has come up around here quite a bit lately, so I can see how you would be tired of reading about it, especially with how much we’ve talked about it recently
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Ya i have to agree with justin here surfing…I like discussing P4P status it gives me something to do when there no good news going on in mma
I also get frustrated when someone says a fighter is the p4p when they clearly don’t know what they’re talking about.
Thanks guys, I really appreciate the ear. I think I’m making progress. You’re right Justin, whenever the topic comes up I’ll just ignore it. Cause all I’ll do is get pissed off say something stupid…it’s a vicious cycle. Gentlemen, I look forward to our next counseling session, next time I hope we can focus on gun’s anger management and/or Justin’s desire to be first. So basically what I’m sayin is…j/k
BTW, everyone knows who the real P4P is anyway, so it’s not worth discussing…
who is that Surfing?
fr, your jedi mind tricks won’t work on me! I won’t get involved in these p4p battles.
ha
surfing, you’re not getting a response on that other post, just so you know.
You mean Bruce Buffer, the Frank Stallone of ring announcing, is being ignored, Justin? Sheesh…
*waves hand* P4p is not the argument you’re looking for…
I think a Buffer debate is not only appropriate but a much needed and highly anticipated debate by all…
I thought you’d get a chuckle out of that timely posting Justin.