UFC 134: Rio, August 27

UFC 134: Rio
Saturday August 27
HSBC Arena
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Airing on PPV

* Anderson Silva (#1 Ranked Middleweight) vs. Yushin Okami * Mauricio Rua (#2 Ranked Light Heavyweight) vs. Forrest Griffin (#6 Ranked Light Heavyweight)
* Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza
* Thiago Tavares vs. Spencer Fisher
* Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
* Maiquel Falcao vs. Tom Lawlor
* Rousimar Palhares vs. Alexandre Ferreira
* Yuri Alcantara vs. Mackens Semerzier
* Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/Upcoming_Events_42/article_9068.shtml

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Jose Aldo Had Infection and on Antibiotics Leading Up to UFC 129

You know you?re in a tough business when you do THIS to someone?s forehead and still get criticized for your lackluster performance. Although featherweight champ Jose Aldo posted a unanimous decision win over Mark Hominick at UFC 129, company president Dana White felt Saturday?s scrap should never have gone the distance. “Here’s the weird thing [...]

Source: http://www.5thRound.com/75112/jose-aldo-had-infection-and-on-antibiotics-leading-up-to-ufc-129/

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Three Stars from UFC 129: Main card edition

After a blockbuster UFC 129, Cagewriter had to break "Three Stars" into two parts. See the undercard stars here, and read on for the stars of the main card.

No. 1 star -- Lyoto Machida: With Steven Seagal improbably looking on through his shooting glasses, Machida threw nearly the same kick that Anderson Silva used to knock out Vitor Belfort. Machida threw more of a "Karate Kid" spin on the kick, as he faked with the left before quickly threw the KO kick with the right. Again, he gave credit to Seagal, which was one of the memorable parts of an unbelievable night.

No. 2 star -- Mark Hominick: Yes, Hominick lost to Jose Aldo in a five-round decision. Aldo is clearly the more skilled fighter, but even in a loss, Hominick impressed. In front of 55,000 fellow Canadians, Hominick showed that smaller fighters can get crowds standing and cheering. Even with a hematoma on his head and cheek and a swollen eye, Hominick never quit. For that, he took home a $129,000 Fight of the Night bonus for his efforts, which is a nice bit of cash for a man whose wife is due this week.

No. 3 star -- Vladimir Matyushenko: All of the "this guy is old and still fighting" pre-fight publicity went to Randy Couture, but "The Janitor" turned 40 in January, and took just 20 seconds to knock out Jason Brilz. Not too bad for a guy who has been fighting since 1997.

Honorable mention -- Toronto: For months and months, we heard that UFC 129 was going to be the biggest UFC event in history. Toronto completely delivered, packing the Rogers Centre with loud and raucous fans who responded to the fantastic fights that were in front of them. Well played, Toronto. Take note, New York.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Three-Stars-from-UFC-129-Main-card-edition?urn=mma-wp1939

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Rousimar Palhares vs. Alexandre Ferreira targeted for UFC 134 Rio

A middleweight bout between Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares and Alexandre “Cacareco” Ferreira is rumored to be in the works for UFC 134. The news was originally reported by Brazilian site Portal do Vale Tudo. Palhares and Ferreira were originally supposed to square off on the UFC on Versus 3 event in March. Ferreira had to withdraw [...]

Rousimar Palhares vs. Alexandre Ferreira targeted for UFC 134 Rio is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News

Source: http://www.mmainterplay.com/ufc-news/rousimar-palhares-vs-alexandre-ferreira-targeted-for-ufc-134-rio-54476/

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QUOTABLES: "Mayhem" Miller - "I wasted a good chunk of my career" with Showtime/CBS ban

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

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"All I knew is that I sat on the bench for a year. That's all I knew...I asked, and guess what? Nobody would tell me. This is a political environment. Nobody's going to tell you. They're just going to be cowards about it. That's the way of the world. Nobody's going to tell the crazy ultimate fighter guy to his face, 'Hey, screw you.' They're not going to do that...

Up until the last minute ? up until it was apparent that they had no intention of fulfilling the contract ? I was like, hey, I'm ready to fight. Let's fight. At the last moment, it looks as if, okay, they can't fulfill the contract. Now I fight in the UFC. ...I have no ill will towards anyone. If that's how they saw it, then that's how they saw it. If that's the case that I was really banned [from Showtime], then hey, it's not the first place I've been 86'd from...

Here I've been sitting on the bench. I've been training. I've been working hard and improving, but do you guys think I get some sort of severance package? Do you think I have Bully Beatdown billions? I don't, trust me. I sat around and wasted a good chunk of my career that I could have been making income and capitalizing on the fact that my body is great and I know how to fight... Maybe it was because I was the only guy who apologized and accepted the blame. I was the only guy who really apologized for it, and not this half-hearted thing where my manager's making me say I'm sorry. I was truly apologetic. That whole incident, I never expected anything like that to happen."

-Jason "Mayhem" Miller talks to MMAFighting.com about not knowing Showtime and CBS had banned him from their networks, leading to him being essentially frozen out of the remainder of his Strikeforce contract with no knowledge of the situation.

Penick's Analysis: This is just unacceptable on a number of levels. It's bad enough that an inordinate amount of the blame for the Nashville brawl on CBS went to Miller. Sure, he shouldn't have gotten in the cage, but he was the one that was jumped, by two of Strikeforce's Champions at the time, no less, and for him to be banned from the network while Nick Diaz would go on to headline three more Showtime events after the incident is ridiculous. For them to not even tell him he was banned from the network and that's why he wasn't getting offered fights is an even greater offense. If he would have known, he likely would have had a course of action available to him to get out of the contract early so he wasn't sitting on the sidelines while healthy and ready for action. He no longer has to worry about it now that he's back with the UFC, but this was ridiculous and unacceptable on the part of Showtime, CBS and Strikeforce.

[Mayhem Miller photo via MTV.com]

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_9234.shtml

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