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Lytle looking to put on a show for the hometown crowd
INDIANAPOLIS -- This Saturday, Chris Lytle will go to work in front of a home crowd for the first time in years. He plans to put on a show for the fans at Conseco Fieldhouse, but he is still focused on one thing: beating Matt Serra.
"I've got a job to do. Just go out and fight. Finish a fight. That's what I'm thinking about right now," Lytle said at the UFC 119 open workouts.
Serra walked into the workouts as Lytle was walking out. The two friends, who will be opponents in the Octagon on Wednesday, embraced and said hello. He lost his last fight with Serra in a split decision, but said he has grown as a fighter since that bout in late 2006.
"Before, for the last fight, my mentality was, I just want to win at all costs, and I don't care. I treated it too much as a competition, and I didn't go out there to fight. I just tried to compete in the sport. I don't like when people do that. The fights aren't as good. They're not as fun for me to watch and they're not as fun for me to do."
Lytle holds the UFC record for the most fight-night bonuses with seven, and with his mentality, it's easy to see why.
"I would rather come out and lose the best fight of my life in a split decision than win the worst fight of my life. I'd rather have the best fight of my life, and lose it,"
Since that fight with Serra, Lytle has fought 11 times. He is on a three-fight win streak, with his last win coming via armbar over Matt Brown at UFC 116. Though a win could help elevate him in the the welterweight division, he's only focused on Saturday night.
"I definitely feel like this is the biggest fight of my life, but all of them are," Lytle said with a smile.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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Check out the exclusive pictures from Tracy Lee from UFC 119. You don't want to miss Matt Serra's punch-face, Evan Dunham resembling Two-Face, and Steve Lopez's head leaking blood.
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UFC 119: Frank Mir KOs Mirko Cro Cop
Cro Cop didn't appear to be seriously hurt and quickly got up after the knockout, but he had been knocked so senseless that he approached Mir afterward to ask him what happened. Contrary to the conventional wisdom before the fight that Mir would have to use his superior grappling to beat a better striker like Cro Cop, Mir managed to win the fight without ever going to the ground.
"I just pulled a victory over Mirko with no jiu jitsu," Mir said.
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Dollaway scores impressive choke win over Doerksen at UFC 119
Joe Doerksen knows submissions so C.B. Dollaway was going to be cautious in his UFC 119 fight on Spike. But Dolloway isn't half bad with his sub game either. Doerksen got a little sloppy during some action along the cage and left his head exposed. Dollaway latched on an arm-in choke and dropped to his back. But it wasn't over just yet. Dollaway showed patience and eventually let the arm go and locked on a guilltoine choke that Doerksen couldn't survive. Dollaway got his sixth UFC win at 2:13 of the first round.
"I can't believe I even got that," said Dollaway, who was all smiles with UFC analyst Joe Rogan. "Joe has 33 submissions out of 46 wins. I was worried about his submission game and then I pulled off a guillotine in the first round."
Patience was a key for Dollaway (11-2, 5-2 UFC). He locked on the initial choke with 4:20 left in the round. Once on his back, the Season 7 "Ultimate Fighter" runnerup, didn't squeeze like a maniac. He kept the hold and waited for Doerksen to make a move.
"I didn't want to wear my arms out. A lot of times guys will wear theirs arms out going for it," said Dollaway.
Just over a minute later, Doerksen (46-13-1, 2-6 UFC) tried to pass and the scramble got to the feet for a few seconds. That's when Dollaway let go of Doerksen's arm and applied a guillotine. The fighters rolled on the mat several times but Dollaway held on and Doerksen couldn't hold out any longer.
"I had the guillotine locked on and I was just kind of hanging out, waiting to get the hook in. I was patient and I was able to hook the leg and end it. I can't believe I caught that," said Dollaway.
“I thought this fight was going to be a three-round war, but I’m very happy to get the win like I did. I planned on standing and trading with him because he’s very good on the ground."
The loss snapped a seven-win fight streak for Doerksen. This was his fourth fight in the last five months.
Photography Workshop with Aaron Chang
If you didn't know… As senior photographer for Surfing magazine Aaron Chang has photographed some of the biggest names in the sport and traveled to more than 50 countries shooting cover stories for the magazine. Aaron has over 100 covers to his credit. In the commercial photography realm Aaron's photographic skills have landed him work with clients like Levi's, Macy's, Nike, Billabong, Yamaha, Polaris, ESPN and Sanuk. Chang also works with and supports the Surfrider Foundation and SurfAid International.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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MMA talk hits national airwaves on a football Monday! Rome mocks Sonnen
Monday's Jim Rome show was another example of "be careful what you wish for MMA" when it comes to media coverage. Now that more media big boys are on board, they'll often latch onto the negative stories before the positive ones. It was a bit shocking to hear the national radio host talking MMA on a Monday that didn't follow a fight card weekend, but the Chael Sonnen saga was simply too good for Rome to pass up.
The Premiere Radio and ESPN television host became very familiar with Sonnen right before UFC 117. Rome did a nice job of pressing Sonnen on his over-the-top comments about Lance Armstrong cheating, taking steroids and "giving himself cancer." Sonnen denied making the comments and then denied it again even upon hearing the audio. He was an easy punching bag on Monday when Rome discovered that the fighter himself tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.
Rome did bring up a good point. In the end, are there really any long-range repercussions for the sport? Will Sonnen getting nabbed scare anybody? Rome says no, because the penalties can never match the potential windfall from taking PED's, winning and moving up the rankings.
Rome also found time to play some drops (5:45 mark) from Sonnen's Q&A last week at Ultimate Fight Night 22. Sonnen said he'd like to stab Brock Lesnar (video -- 5:25 mark). At least he's got no worries about any disciplinary action for that stupid comment; Sonnen more than overshadowed it with his positive test.
More details are slowly trickling in about the drug-test results in California. Sonnen is looking at a year suspension and minimum fine of $2,500. George Dodd from the California State Athletic Commission told SI.com's Josh Gross that Sonnen admitted before the Anderson Silva fight that he'd taken something.
"He only indicated that he was taking it but he never indicated why," Dodd said. "[Sonnen] just let me know he was taking [something] and that's when I called over an inspector to get it documented. But when you do take it you still have to show a medical reason."
Sonnen's urine sample first tested positive on Sept. 2. A second test was done at UCLA's Olympic Drug Testing lab and produced the same result.
The scheduled February rematch between Sonnen and Silva appears unlikely. Unless he wins an appeal, Sonnen's suspension will run through Sept. 2, 2011.
In a press release, the UFC stated that the Yushin Okami-Vitor Belfort fight at UFC 122 is now a No. 1 contender fight in the middleweight division.
Thanks to The Jim Rome Show and FoxSportsRadio920 for the audio
Create-a-Caption: Krazy Horse here, just chillin' with fake bison
Why wouldn't Charles "Krazy Horse" Bennett hang out in a field in Oklahoma, mere minutes before his weigh-ins at Shine Fights? It's just him, cutouts of Indians and bison, and his big, gold watch. Cool. Tell us what Krazy Horse is pondering in the comments, and read on for winners of our last Create-a-Caption.
First place: Someone threw a dollar in his tip glass and his instant reaction was to fall down. -- ntorpr
Second place: Georges..... oh Georges..... No peace, no peace I find... Just this old, sweet song... Keeps Georges on my mind.-- Jason P
Third place: It took some work but somehow they convinced Stevie Wonder it was time to switch from his trademark dreads to the more stylish frosted tips. -- dan b
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Dream 16: Omigawa, Takaya, Hansen Impress in Featherweight Bouts
The best featherweights fighting in Japanese MMA these days are Dream champion Bibiano Fernandes and Sengoku champion Marlon Sandro. But many of the best of the rest were in the ring Saturday at Dream 16, a fight card that featured five featherweight bouts.
Of the 10 featherweight fighters in action, the best of the bunch was Michihiro Omigawa, who beat the American Cole Escovedo with a straight arm bar two and a half minutes into the first round. The submission appeared to break Escovedo's arm and showed once again that Omigawa is one of the truly elite fighters in the 145-pound and under class. Omigawa has been one of the sport's most active fighters over the last couple of years, fighting seven times in 2009 and three so far this year. He's also been one of the best, climbing up the featherweight rankings by going 8-1-1 since the start of 2009.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Something completely different: Rich Franklin chicken dancing
In a week filled with talk of failed drug tests and medical exams, the MMA world needs something a little lighter. How about former UFC champ Rich Franklin doing the chicken dance?
Franklin led the dance at Oktoberfest in Cincinnati. His arm is still healing from the break he suffered in the win over Chuck Liddell. Franklin said recently that he expects to return to the Octagon in 2011.
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UFC 119 Weigh-In Video
In the main event, Frank Mir and Mirko Cro Cop should both be comfortably under the heavyweight limit of 265 pounds, but the weigh-in will be interesting nonetheless, as it will mark the first appearance of Mir since he said in the spring that he was making a point of losing weight. Mir, who weighed in at 265 for his last fight, will likely come in at less than 250 this time around.
The weigh-in begins at 3 PM ET and the video is below.
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Dream 16: Omigawa, Takaya, Hansen Impress in Featherweight Bouts
The best featherweights fighting in Japanese MMA these days are Dream champion Bibiano Fernandes and Sengoku champion Marlon Sandro. But many of the best of the rest were in the ring Saturday at Dream 16, a fight card that featured five featherweight bouts.
Of the 10 featherweight fighters in action, the best of the bunch was Michihiro Omigawa, who beat the American Cole Escovedo with a straight arm bar two and a half minutes into the first round. The submission appeared to break Escovedo's arm and showed once again that Omigawa is one of the truly elite fighters in the 145-pound and under class. Omigawa has been one of the sport's most active fighters over the last couple of years, fighting seven times in 2009 and three so far this year. He's also been one of the best, climbing up the featherweight rankings by going 8-1-1 since the start of 2009.
Twenty large may get Dana White to follow you on Twitter!
UFC president Dana White is part of TwitChange. The Twitter charity effort began taking bids on Wednesday. The highest bidder on dozens of celebrity Twitter accounts will be rewarded by having their celeb follow them for 90 days. All the proceeds go to the efforts to build a home and school for Special Needs kids in Haiti.
All proceeds from the TwitChange celebrity auction will provide aHomeInHaiti.org the means to ?nish rebuilding the Miriam Center. The Miriam Center houses, educates and loves on Haitian children with cerebral palsy, severe autism, and other major life challenges and is one of the only facilities of its kind in Haiti. The current facility houses children in the earthquake?s aftermath and is extremely overcrowed. These kids need and deserve a permanent home.
@danawhite's megapack is currently $11,100 (as of Thursday night, 10 p.m. PT).
The Cagewriter budget is huge so we're looking to nab at least one celebrity. We may need to beat out Anquan Boldin for Antonio Cromartie. And there's no truth to the rumor that the money is simply going to the effort to build a home for all of @a_cromartie31's kids. That one's for @chaddukes. Come on Jets' fans, Cromartie is just $51 right now.
All kidding aside, there's hundreds of celebrities up for bids.
Michael Strahan might be nice. We're counting on Kelly Naqi and Dr. Ian Smith staying out of the bidding for @MichaelStrahan.
What "Jersey Shore" fan wouldn't want to win the scorned Twitter account of @MTVSammi? If only the megapack included a smoosh with Sammi Sweetheart.
Gayle King is up there. You say, who? Good for you. No MMA blog reader should be aware of @kinggayle unless you actually write the blog. Well-roundedness is needed in blogging and MMA.
It is for charity so no jokes about Pete Carroll. The least Reggie Bush could do is bid on @petecarroll or vice versa.
Bidding on eBay closes in just over a week.
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Neil Grove tore through Alekey Oleinik at Bellator
The heavyweight semifinals at Bellator got started with a bang at The Rave in Milwaukee on Thursday night.
Neil Grove must be a busy man, because he wasted no time in TKOing Alekey Oleinik. With that win, Grove earned a spot in the finals of the Bellator heavyweight tournament.
Grove wobbled Oleinik early with a body kick, sending him to the canvas at The Rave in Milwaukee, and then followed up with punch after punch, winning in just 45 seconds.
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First bouldering at Stanage Plantation, Derbyshire, UK
Date: Sunday 27 July
Sunday shone this weekend. A planned trip to the gym was quickly canned and instead we made a trip out to a new bouldering spot. After a recommendation that Stanage plantation had some good climbing (thanks Jonny!) we checked my bouldering guide book and set out.
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Neil Grove tore through Alekey Oleinik at Bellator
The heavyweight semifinals at Bellator got started with a bang at The Rave in Milwaukee on Thursday night.
Neil Grove must be a busy man, because he wasted no time in TKOing Alekey Oleinik. With that win, Grove earned a spot in the finals of the Bellator heavyweight tournament.
Grove wobbled Oleinik early with a body kick, sending him to the canvas at The Rave in Milwaukee, and then followed up with punch after punch, winning in just 45 seconds.
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UFC 119: Chris Lytle Beats Matt Serra
The bout was a rematch of Serra's victory over Lytle in the Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale four years ago, and Lytle said this time the fight went exactly the way he wanted it to go.
"I just wanted to do the fight different from last night," Lytle said.
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