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TUF Talk 11: Al Iaquinta on quarters and semis
Week 11 of "TUF Talk," our exclusive video series with Wantagh's Al Iaquinta, explains his emotions after beating teammate Andy Ogle in the "TUF Live" quarterfinals last Friday.
It also gives you a little more info on how Iaquinta is preparing for this Friday's semifinal bout against Vinc Pichel at 10 p.m. on FX.
Watch the video embedded above (and don't worry about...
Poll results: Anderson Silva still No. 1
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Here are the results from our latest Fightin' Words reader poll. As usual, this note: These results are about as scientific as that sock you lost the other day. Who is the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA right now?
35% - Anderson Silva
29% - Jon Jones
19% - Georges St-Pierre
10% - Jose Aldo
7% - Someone else
Silva's next bout is against Chael Sonnen...
Watch the UFC 146 video preview
An all-heavyweight pay-per-view card such as UFC 146 requires a heavy use of bandwidth to upload a video that is 9 minutes, 30 seconds long.
Lucky for you we already did that and you can just watch it here as Joe Rogan sets up the main and co-main events:
- Heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos vs. challenger Frank Mir
- Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva...
Anderson Silva + Steven Seagal + commercial = fun
Photo credit: AP Photo
I don't always watch beer commercials, but when I do, I prefer Anderson Silva dressed in the Uma Thurman outfit and wig from "Kill Bill."
I also prefer to have Steven Seagal, Bruce Buffer and referee Dan Miragliotta to appear in the same commercial.
Enjoy the show, folks. It's somewhat amusing.
Mobile app users can watch the ad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hUDUU2GD6I....
Nick Diaz, Chael Sonnen and the Nevada Commission
Photo credit: Newsday/Mario Gonzalez
The Nevada State Athletic Commission had quite the news day on this particular Monday.
First, they approved Chael Sonnen's request for a therapeutic-use exemption (TUE) for testosterone, thereby allowing for the UFC 148 main event against champion Anderson Silva to happen.
After Sonnen's first shot at Silva in August 2010, he tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone, was suspended,...
Gian Villante wins third straight Strikeforce bout
Photo credit: Newsday / Mario Gonzalez
Derrick Mehmen has a cross tattooed on the front of his left thigh. On the back and outer side of that thigh is something less permanent: the imprint of Gian Villante's foot.
Villante, from Levittown, peppered the lead leg of Mehmen and mixed in solid punches to win a unanimous decision at Strikeforce on Saturday night in San Jose, Calif. Two judges scored the bout 30-27 and the third judge...
Levittown's Gian Villante makes weight for Strikeforce bout
Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan (2002)
He looked down, saw the empty fast food wrapper in the garbage can inside the gym's office and felt the pain.
"That's not even fair," Gian Villante said last Saturday.
Fighters can get ornery in the final days while ridding their body of calorie after calorie in effort to make weight. He's eating vegetables and small portions of healthy things, and those around him are scarfing...
Korean Zombie-Dustin Poirier fight highlights
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Watch highlights and post-fight commentary from "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung's exciting fight and win against Dustin Poirier in a featherweight bout at UFC on Fuel 3 on Tuesday night.
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TUF Talk 10: Al Iaquinta on fight week
Wantagh's Al Iaquinta steps into the cage again Friday night in the quarterfinals of "The Ultimate Fighter Live." This time, he faces teammate Andy Ogle (the show starts at 10 p.m. ET on FX).
In his weekly "TUF Talk" video for Newsday, Iaquinta talks about what it's like to fight a teammate. Watch the video above, and then see previous episodes in the "TUF Talk"...
Jon Fitch and the 'Such Great Heights' trailer
Rewind your MMA brains about four years to a time when Jon Fitch had a title shot against UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. That would be UFC 87 on Aug. 9, 2008, and GSP won by -- surprise -- a unanimous decision.
This documentary, "Such Great Heights," tells the story of Fitch's training for that title shot. It also gives you an inside look at American Kickboxing Academy...
