Dos Santos Vs. Mir Ep:2

UFC Primetime is officially working; after watching two episodes I am slowly starting to care about next weekend's event.  This episode is more of the same, Frank Mir talking about how great his skills have become of the years and how one dimensional Junior Dos Santos is in his approach.

Mir is a pro at selling a fight and it's a good thing because JDS is one of those guys who doesn't quite get that talking a little bit and making a statement isn't necessarily a bad thing for him, the organization and his bank account.  7.5/10

Props to IFI for the Vid

                      The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Josh is on a mini vacation for his honeymoon so I am covering the TUF event for the evening. 

Tonight featured two fights leading up to the final showdown coming up June 1st.  Admittedly I am typically watching Bellator during the buildup and only end up catching the fights instead of the show so that means my knowledge of house shenanigans and relationships are limited.  Fortunately for me tonight’s episode was all fighting and not much “reality TV”. This evening’s bouts featured Vinc Pichel taking on Chris Saunders and former teammates Andy Ogle squaring off against Al Laquinta.

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                                "Wild Wild" Wes Hanson

You may have noticed that the NAAFS Fight Nite In The Flats card was missing one of it's bigger names on the amatuer bill.  "Wild Wild" Wes Hanson (6-0) was originally slated to take on up and coming Pittsburgh fighter Dom Mazzotta (4-1) but has decided to take a title fight within the XFL organization on June 1st instead.  His opponent is James Warren (6-1-1)  and will be for the featherweight XFL Title at the Hard Rock Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Hanson stormed into the NAAFS stopping both Thomas Ulyenbroek and Christopher Dunn with strikes in the first round.  It will be interesting to see if Hanson makes his return to the NAAFS tournament or if he pursues a few amateur fights outside of the organization before making the leap to professional fighting.

Check back later for more as it is released.

Wes Lane Vs. Chris Sallie

Things got a little heated at the Reality Cage Combat weigh ins between Wes Lane and Chris Sallie today.  They don't have to wait too long though, fortunately for them they will get to settle their differences tomorrow night at the Charleston Civic center.

We may even luck out and be able to view these fights live via UStream, I will let you know as soon as I know.

                                    Strikeforce May 19th

This weekend the Strikeforce Grand Prix finally comes to fruition with a finals bout between Daniel Cormier and Josh Barnett.  Barnett has to be the favorite here but Comier has been fighting above his rank for quite awhile. 

The under card also plays host to a 3rd and hopefully final bout between Gilbert Melendez and Josh Thompson.  This is a bad fight for Gilbert in that Thompson has more experience fighting him than anyone else and can potentially ruin Melendez's chance at taking on bigger names.  But you take what you can get in the Strikeforce lightweight division these days.

Check out the full card after the jump:

Somehow, some way, someone is still willing to invest in Rocktagon MMA.  

I was perusing the twitter verse the other day (yesterday) and I ran across an article stating that Rocktagon MMA is the first promotion to sign into the Federation of Amateur Mixed Martial Arts otherwise known as FAMMA.  This is an interesting revelation and should provide the promotion some attention nationally.
GFL.tv has the breakdown the logistics:

The objective of the newly formed FAMMA is to organize a worldwide amateur MMA federation to promote the development of the sport itself and to provide athletes with an international platform while still enabling them to gain experience and exposure as an amateur. The FAMMA World Championship will give individual MMA promotions, regardless of size, the ability to offer their fighters an opportunity to display their talents on a global scale and possibly receive a professional contract.

Besides featuring action-packed bouts between athletes in twelve male and five female weight divisions, the multi-day FAMMA World Championship event will include lots of action outside of the cage as well. The FAMMA World Expo will give fighters and fans alike a chance to shop for MMA merchandise, visit vendors, and attend the FAMMA Cage Girl Competition, where two winners will be selected to carry the cards during the FAMMA Finals.

To sum it up, FAMMA is a country wide organization that hosts a series amateur mixed martial arts events that eventually leads to a final event in Las Vegas.   Surprisingly enough this story, unlike most of my experiences dealing with Rocktagon, appears to be true.  The promotion has had a less than stellar 2012 so far, but this may push the company into the green if they can conjure up some national support.

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I know alot of you were unable to watch last night's UFC on Fuel TV so here are the highlights from the main event between Dustin Poirier and the Korean Zombie. 

Check out Donald Cerrrone busting up Jeremy Stephens after the jump: