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The biggest year end mixed martial arts event in Japan will take place with Dynamite!! 2008 that will feature kickboxing and mixed martial arts as it combines bouts from FEG’s K-1 World Grand Prix, K-1 World Max, K-1 Koshien and DREAM brands.

Dec 31 the best MMA event in Japan that will rival the UFC 92 is set

great fights on the card that combines fights from all the major japanese leagues
FEG’s K-1 World Grand Prix, K-1 World Max, K-1 Koshien and DREAM

read the

betting predictions for the MMA fights

http://www.fighting-mma.com/articles/2008/dynamite-2008.php

Fight card

MMA bouts

Featherweight bout:
Hideo Tokoro vs. Daisuke Nakamura

Lightweight bout:
Joachim Hansen vs. Gesias Calvancante
Eddie Alvarez vs. Shinya Aoki
Middleweight bout:
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kiyoshi Tamura
Heavyweight bouts:
Mighty Mo vs. Semmy Schilt
Mark Hunt vs. Jerome Le Banner
Mirko Filipović vs. Hong Man Choi
Bob Sapp vs. Akihito Tanaka

K-1 bouts
Lightweight bouts:
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kozo Takeda
Yoshihiro Sato vs. Artur Kyshenko

Middleweight bout:
Musashi vs. Gegard Mousasi
K-1 Under 18 Tournament
Semi-final bouts
Hiroya vs. Shota Shimada
Kusakabe Ryuya vs. Koya Urabe

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UFC Fight Night 16 or UFC Fight for the Troops online betting lines have been released by BetCRIS.com for all the mixed martial arts fights.

As expected Josh Koscheck  is a heavy favorite but if you read our matchup report and UFC handicapping predication for this fight we have Yoshida being able to submit the top ten welterweight Josh Koscheck for a huge upset. The fact that he just fought a month ago plus the recent turmoil between his MMA camp American Kickboxing Academy and the UFC they might be too much in Kos’s life for him to completely focus on fighting,

Another good UFC bet to make is the fight between Matt Wiman and Jim Miller. We like Matt Wiman 1.5u/1.3u. Jim Miller just got back from his honeymoon 2 weeks ago and took fight on short notice next day replacing Frankie Edgar. Wiman ever improving, more explosive and one of the best new stars in the UFC. Both fighters are well rounded, but we have to give a significant edge to the more prepared man in Wiman.

Dont count on an upset by French Canadain fighter Jonathan Goulet at +300. He has not progressed as a fighter and has not improved his ground game to fight a well rounded fighter in Mike Swick. At -370 the lines are steep but Swixk will wins this fight. To read the UFC handicapping report for htis fight go to Jonathan Goulet vs Mike Swick 

Yoshiyuki Yoshida   +205 
Josh Koscheck   -255

Jonathan Goulet   +300 
Mike Swick   -370 

Razak Al-Hassan   +215 
Steve Cantwell   -275 

Nate Loughrann   +145 
Tim Credeur   -175 

Matt Wiman   -115 
Jim Miller   -115 

Brodie Farber   +265 
Luigi Fioravanti   -325 

Johnny Rees   -110 
Steve Bruno   -120 

Brandon Wolff   +285 
Ben Saunders   -355 

Dale Hart   +265 
Corey Hill   -325 

Justin McCully   +145 
Eddie Sanchez   -175

If you want to bet on UFC Fight Night 16 or UFC Fight for the Troops go to BetCRIS.com for the online sportsbook that is first to come out with UFC betting lines

For a complete MMA prediction report go to

http://www.fighting-mma.com/articles/2008/ufc-fight-for-the-troops-preview.php with handicapping reports for all main event fights

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TheFight Network, a Canada-based multimedia company that provides boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts news and events, has been temporarily taken off the air in the United Kingdom. Their television partner in the U.K., Sky Television, provides satellite T.V. To over 8 million households. The Fight Network is part of their extensive line up.

I spoke with Stephen Gaynor, Senior Corporate Communications Manager at Sky Corporate, who had this to say:

“We’re not receiving a signal from TFN and in line with our standard

  process we have removed the channel from our EPG (electronic programme guide) listings.”

This is apparently strictly a technical issue, which both parties hope to resolve as swiftly as possible. The signal problem started in early December, and has continued throughout the last week.

The Public Relations department of The Fight Network responded to my inquiry via E-mail, and said:

“We are dealing with the signal issue , we do not have an estimated time for the issue to be fixed. I hope [the technicians] fix it before the holidays.”

We will continue to monitor the situation here at Fighting-MMA.com and  hope to have good news for U.K. fight fans sooner rather than later.

Bill Ricardi – Reporting for Fighting-MMA

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TUF 8 Finale Set, Betting Lines
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The TUF 8 Finale wrapped up and Phillipe Nover will fight Efrain Escudero for the Lightweight (146-155 lb) six figure contract and 2 time NCAA wrestling champion Ryan Bader versus World Champion Brazilian Jujitsu champion Vinicius Magalhaes.

UFC interim Heavyweight champion  and top pound for pound fighter Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and the #1 Heavyweight contender and former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir jobs are done for now as they now prepare to face off with each other at UFC 92 The Ultimate.

To get to the finals Phillipe Nover defeated Joe Duarte, Dave Kaplan and George Roop to advance while Efrain Escudero beat Ido Pariente, Shane Nelson and TUF bad boy but turned bust Junie Allen Browning.

To determine the Light Heavyweight (186-205 lb) champion  Ryan Bader a two-time All-American wrestler at Arizona State University advanced with wins over Kyle Kingsbury, Tom Lawlor and Eliot Marshall while Vinicius Magalhaes beat Rashad Evans’ brother Lance, Jules Bruchez and Krzysztof Soszynski to earn his spot in the finals.

No online UFC betting lines have been set but Phillipe Nover who Dana White calls the next big thing in MMA will definitely be the favorite. The New York City nurse has great stand up and even better grappling is what Dana White calls Dana White as “one of the most talented kids I’ve seen on ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ ever,”.

Ryan Bader should come into this fight as the underdog. He is a prototypical wrestler with great strength and who just lays and prays on his opponent. He is reminiscent of CB Dolloway who was defeating with in the finals against a good ground fighter. Vinicius Magalhaes is a World Champion Brazilian Jujitsu and he should have no problem submitting Bader in the finals. I would bet heavily on Magalhaes.

The last two episodes on Spike to determine the finalist went as the following:

Episode 11 - Make Him Pay

• Ryan Bader vs. Eliot Marshall
• George Roop vs. Phillipe Nover
• Ryan Bader def. Eliot Marshell via Unanimous Decision
• Phillipe Nover def. George Roop via Kimura

Episode 12 - Three Strikes

• Vinny Magalhães vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
• Junie Browning vs. Efrain Escudero
• Vinny Magalhães def. Krzysztof Soszynski via armbar
• Efrain Escudero def. Junie Browning via D’Arce choke

The UFC Finale fight card has also been set as Jason MacDonald will take on American Top Team fighter Wilson Gouveia. Also on the card will be Junie Browning, who despite his conditioning and skill makes it to the card. His attitude in the house was on of the worst ever displayed. In our opinion this person needs consulting or he should just head back to the trailer park.

Below in bold are the early www.fighting-mma.com UFC betting predictions.

Main Card: 

Phillipe Nover vs. Efrain Escudero 
Ryan Bader vs. Vinicius Magalhaes 
Jason MacDonald vs. Wilson Gouveia 
Kevin Burns vs. Anthony Johnson
Junie Allen Browning vs. Dave Kaplan

Prelims:

Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Shane Primm 
Kyle Kingsbury vs. Tom Lawlor
Jules Bruchez vs. Eliot Marshall 
Shane Nelson vs. George Roop
Roli Delgado vs. John Polakowski

To wager on this event or any other UFC fight card go to BetCRIS.com which will be the first online sports book that will come up with the online betting lines for the TUF 8 Finale

The event airs live on Spike TV at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on Dec. 13.

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Bet at UFC 92 The Ultimates at BetUS.com

After 91 UFC: Couture vs. Lesnar it looks like the money is starting to be made by the fighters, even though it pales in comparison to big money boxing matches and in relation to how much the UFC actually makes per pay per view. 

The lower level fighters are now starting to get paid more but still needs to be done. We always stand by the fighters and think they should get as much money as possible.

Think about it, if you are scheduled to fight at a UFC event you need at least 3 months to prepare. You have to pay for your club, you have to take time off work, you have to go to multiple gyms to train, you have to pay your agent and corner men and you have to pay taxes.

Look at Alvin Robinson who got paid 7 grand to fight at UFC 91

After taxes he gets paid $5500 lets say. 10% of that goes to his agent and 10% goes to his coaches and corner men, which leaves him with $4455. Minus training and other costs to travel to train he might walk away with $4200.

Now given the fact he knows he has to fight in 3 month he has to take time off work to train full time everyday,  which means he is living off $4200 for 3 months, which means he gets paid close to $1400 a month. People at MacDonald’s get paid more than a professional fighter in the UFC.

Now if he gets hurt or injured during the fight who pays for that?

Now I would give anything to be a UFC fighter and fight in the biggest show on earth. But I also like to eat and live in a warm house. Come on Dana White pay the fighters a little more to fight in the biggest and best MMA show on earth.

Below are the UFC 91 pay salaries, see if you can live off what some of the under card fighters make and do you own math.

Brock Lesnar - $450,000 (includes $200,000 win bonus)
Randy Couture - $250,000
Gabriel Gonzaga - $110,000 (includes $55,000 win bonus)
Dustin Hazelett - $88,000 (includes $14,000 win, $60,000 “Submission of the Night” bonuses)
Kenny Florian - $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus)
Jeremy Stephens - $76,000 (includes $8,000 win, $60,000 “Knockout of the Night” bonuses)
Jorge Gurgel - $70,000 (includes $60,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus)
Aaron Riley - $68,000 (includes $4,000 win, $60,000 “Fight of the Night” bonuses)
Demian Maia - $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Joe Stevenson - $35,000
Nate Quarry - $25,000
Mark Bocek - $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus)
Matt Brown - $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Tamdan McCrory - $10,000
Josh Hendricks - $8,000
Alvin Robinson - $7,000
Rafael dos Anjos - $4,000
Ryan Thomas - $3,000

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At UFC 90 there are a number of good underdog bets to make this weekend. The staff here have concluded that this might be the biggest underdog winners in UFC history. One of the biggest slips by the online sportsbook odds makers at this mixed martial arts event is the fight between Thiago Alves and Josh Koscheck.

When lines first opened up Alves was a -155 betting favorite but a lot of money has been placed on Koscheck and he went form a +115 underdog to -165 betting favorite. I have never seen lines move like this before for MMA.

In any case this should be win for online UFC bettors as the public seems to love those TUF. Don’t think the general public puts ANY thought into the fact that this is a short notice fight that has Koscheck had been training for a entirely different type of MMA fighter where Alves only needs to tweak his preparation just a bit since Diego Sanchez & Josh Koscheck have similar fighting styles.

I highly recommend a large play on Thiago Alves who is bigger stronger and has more skills that Koscheck in this fight. Please read our UFC handicapping report for this fight

For the brave bettors you can always go the long shot with a bet on Cote to beat Anderson Silva. Just a small play will pay out a huge return. We are actually making a small play on Silva. Nothing to dent the rent check but to us it is worth a sniff. Matt Serra anyone?

Rich Clementi is a more season MMA fighter than Gray Maynard and he is a pretty large dog at +190. Read the full UFC preview report for this fight.

Also on our betting radar is the underdog pick for Shannon Gugerty to beat Spencer Fisher. Fisher is a bigger name so people know who he is but Shannon Gugerty is 11 and 2 and a City Boxing product fighter and Fisher is a Miletich Martial Arts. Frankly I think Miletich fighters do not hold the same prestige as they once did. Gugerty can fight on the ground and has technically good boxing skills while Fisher is a brawler that puts on a good show. At +275 at most sportsbook I would lay a fair chunk on Shannon Gugerty.

Marcus Aurelio use to be a top ten lightweight fighter and still has the potential to crack the top ten again. On the ground he is a much better fighter than Hermes Franca and this will be a ground fight. Franca has better hands but not enough power to KO Aurelio. At +160 this is another great dog pick to make.

Out last recommend underdog pick for UFC 90 is for Pete Sell to beat Josh Burkman. We have never like Burkman as a fighter and he gets a lot of betting juice because Burkman was a contestant on the Ultimate Fighter 2. Technically Burkaman is a better ground fighter despite Sell being a is a black belt under teacher and fellow mixed martial artist Matt Serra in East Meadow, New York, but Sell has overwhelming knock out power.

At +180 bet on lot of Pete Sell to win this fight

The staff at www.fighting-mma.com are going to parlay our UFC underdog recommendations at 5 Dimes.com for Alves at +135, Clementi at +190, Gugerty at +275, Aurelio at +160 and Pete Sell at +180.

Our 100 dollar parlay bet for all these fighters to win will net us $18,504.95

Bet this UFC parlay at Dimes 

 
 

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Georges St Pierre can now add another accomplishment to his career and one than many of us can attain and hope to attain. GSP is no among the ranks of very few and is now the proud owner of a black belt in Brazilian Jui Jitsu.

At the Tristar martial arts academy, in Montreal, Canada UFC 170 welterweight champion and top ten pound for pound fighter in the world Gerogre St Pierre received his prestigious black belt in front of his  Jiu-Jitsu class, with around 50 participants. The UFC welterweight champion, Georges St. Pierre, suspected nothing as he was surprised with the honor in a class that was bigger than usual for obvious reasons.

  
Bruno Fernandes promoted him to the status of black belt in Jiu-Jitsu under the Gracie Barra association. Fernandes, who has been living in Canada for the last few years, where he earned his PhD and researches cancer treatments, and thus has been teaching GSP for years, it was a great honor to fasten the black belt and say: “Welcome to the club!” “He more than deserves it. This was excellent new for the fight world,” said Fernandes.

“This was the high point in my career,” an emotional Saint-Pierre confessed, when laying out the three happiest moments of his life:

 “When I received my black belt in karate, when I conquered the UFC belt, and today.”

The promotion echoed in New York and, Renzo Gracie, who has taught Jiu-Jitsu to the Canadian star in the past before his collision course with Renzo student Matt Serra, approved:

There is little doubt that St Pierre deserves a black belt. If you look at his no gi game he has beaten some great fighters with submission victories over the likes of Matt Hughes.

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Cung Le Seminar

Saturday August 2 2008
12pm To 4pm
(Autographs and photos following seminar)

Recent Strikeforce middleweight Champion who defended the legend Frank Shamrock, Cung Le will be coming to Vancouver Canada on Saturday August 2, 2006 to perform a MMA seminar. Cung Le will be doing a MMA seminar that will be unique and quite different from many seminars out there today.

Cung Le is a San Shou fighter and will give valuable insight in how to transform his style of martial arts into the world of mixed martial arts. Cung Le is one of the most dynamic strikers in MMA today and he style is something that the can only be learned from the master himself.

In MMA, Le is a striking genius as all of his 6 MMA fights has come by knock out. He has beaten high level fighters Jason Von Flue, Tony Fryklund, Sammy Morgan, and of course the MA legend Frank Shamrock at EliteXC / Strikeforce - Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le

Cung Le was undefeated in his professional San Shou career (17-0-0). He earned three bronze medals in his amateur San Shou world competition. He has been a three-time captain of the United States teams that competed in the Wushu World Championships. Le was the U.S. team captain at the World Martial Arts Championships in 1997 (Italy) and 1999 (Hong Kong).

Cung Le will be demonstrating his fighting style to the people of Vancouver and this is an event you can not miss.

For more information see below

Host: Richmond Martial Arts.

Call Johnny for more info or sponsorships: 604-780-4001 or email info@richmondkicks.com

Location: Richmond Executive Airport Plaza
7311 Westminister Hwy, Richmond, BC V6X 1A3
Hotel: 604-278-5555 http://www.executivehotels.net/airport/s_richair_home.cgi

Cost: $150 (early registration)
$175 after July 20 2008
(No refunds after sale)

To register please click button below, no personal cheques accepted.

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If you wanted to put on a mixed martial arts event to rival the new Affliction organization why would you put on a crappy card? Well thats what UFC president Dana White has done with a head line fight between Anderson Silva vs James Irvin.

Are you kidding me, come on Dana White you have the money and resources to do better than that but instead he tries to cheap out and put on a crappy MMA card. If you are going to put on a free show on Spike TV, do so with gusto not some lame attempt with a MMA card with a bunch of nobodies.

Dana White should really put a dagger in the hearts of the Affliction event by actually using some money to pay the fighters and get a good card together. He is cheaping out and putting Silva in with a punching dummy. The one fight to look forward to is the Frank Edgar versus Hermes Franca fight but that’s about it.

Affliction Banned has Fedor Emelianenko, two time UFC heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia, former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski, Josh Barnett, Pedro Rizzo, Ben Rothwell, Matt Lindland Renato Sobral and Vitor Belfort.

This star studded line up has 4 top ten heavyweights in the world fighting and a number of high profile stars while the UFC is having Kevin Burns, Reese Andy, and Brodie Farber fighting so people will tune in. Also you can see all the under card fights for free for Affliction Banned at the Fight Network.

Dana White can fool novice fans and people who are mildly interested in MMA but he can not fool the real fans and hardcore MMA fans that put the UFC to where it is today.

If you really want to hurt Affliction do it right instead of being cheap and not paying for what people are worth. The UFC makes tons of money and they do not kick any of it back to the fighters and putting on a crappy show at UFC Fight Night 14 is a lame attempt to kill off competition with a pellet gun instead of a shotgun.

This all comes back to the UFC paying people for what they are worth and treating people fairly. If they did treat people fairly fighters like Josh Barnett, Matt Lindland, and Fedor would be happy to sign with the UFC. Instead they are rivaling the UFC and helping Dana off his high horse.

I really hope the UFC gets the fact that there is competition now. The last UFC cards were bad and the upcoming UFC 87 and 88 are not looking to great either. The UFC like to put 2 to 3 good fights and mix in with crappier fights with no real talent so they can cheat the pay per view audience and keep cost down. With cheaper talent instead of putting on a grat show form top to bottom like how Pride was.

Bet on the Affliction at BetCRIS.com

TIM SYLVIA +305
FEDOR EMELIANENKO -375

PEDRO RIZZO +280 
JOSH BARNETT-350

FABIO NEGAO +345
MATT LINDLAND -425

MIKE WHITEHEAD +215
RENATO SOBRAL -275

PAUL BUENTELLO 
ALEKSANDER EMELIANENKO-320

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