Saturday, January 29, 2011
UFC Releases Greg Soto, Amilcar Alves, and Willamy Freire
They join heavyweight Tim Hague and retiring welterweight Mike Guymon as recent cuts from the UFC roster.
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Tim Sylvia Knocked Out in 32 Seconds by Abe Wagner at Titan FC
Video of the fight is after the break...
UFC Fight for the Troops Weigh-In Video
All 22 fighters taking part in Saturday's Fight for the Troops 2 will first step on the scale Friday for the Fight for the Troops weigh-in, and we'll carry the video right here at MMAFighting.com.In the main event, lightweights Melvin Guillard and Evan Dunham will have to make the 155-pound limit, with a one-pound buffer for a non-title fight.
The video will be available Friday at 8 p.m. ET below.
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Cain Velasquez - Fight Magazine's 2010 Fighter of the Year - Cain Velasquez
FIGHT! Magazine spent time with UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez, his family, trainers, and teammates to find out what makes our "2010 Fighter of the Year" tick. Pick up the Feb. 2010 issue of FIGHT! Magazine to learn more. Video shot and edited by Rick Lee.Joe Namath Rogers Hornsby Richard Petty Bob Beamon Mario Andretti
UFC Fight for the Troops Preview and Predictions
The UFC is heading to the Fort Hood military base on Saturday night for the second Fight for the Troops event, which raises money for soldiers who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. The televised portion will be a solid five-fight card, and we've got the full preview here.What: UFC Fight for the Troops 2
Where: Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas
When: Saturday, the undercard starts at about 7 PM ET and the Spike TV card starts at 9.
Predictions on the five televised fights below.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
New paintings by Peter Pierce
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Free clips for Chris Sharma ?King Lines? climbing video?
Today I checked out the website for Chris Sharma’s King Lines movie - and there’s a new addition!
Early versions of the DVD didn’t feature all of the extras properly, so the website features downloadable clips from the extras.
This won’t replace the need to buy the DVD, but [...]
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Troops at Ft. Hood enjoy fights and Octagon Girls
The stands at Fight for the Troops 2 are filled with well-deserving service men and women from Fort Hood. A group of them got to meet Allison Diehl, the winner of the UFC's contest to vote in the best Hooters Girl for Octagon Girl duties.
The UFC makes more than just an amazing night for the troops. In addition to bringing the fights to Fort Hood, they are raising money for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund with an auction and donation drive. If you donate at least $50, the UFC will send you a free gift.
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Australian Blake Harris kills many handrails in this part for 3rd Chapter.
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UFC Sues Justin.tv, Says 50,000 People Viewed UFC 121 Illegally
Zuffa, the UFC's parent company, announced Friday that it filed a lawsuit against Justin.tv, for what it calls "Justin.tv's repeated and ongoing failure to meaningfully address the rampant and illegal uploading of video of live Pay-Per-View UFC events by members and users of the Justin.tv website.
Justin.tv (which did not immediately respond to a request for comment) calls itself "the easiest way to create live video and show anyone in the world." The site says that it respects copyright law and bans users who violate it.
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Paulo Thiago Sidelined From UFC on Versus 3
The welterweight bout between Paulo Thiago and Johny Hendricks scheduled for the March 3 UFC on Versus 3 card in Louisville, Ky. has been scrapped due to Thiago suffering an elbow injury."Extremely disappointed that Paulo Thiago pulled out of the fight vs. Johny Hendricks. It was gonna be a great fight!" Hendricks' Team Takedown management tweeted Wednesday night.
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Fabricio Werdum vs Alistair Overeem: Fabricio Werdum Update - Fabricio Werdum
Fabricio Werdum talks about his upcoming strikeforce heavyweight tournament fight against overeem. He talks about beating fedor, overeem talking too much, having a big suprise for everyone and his training at kings mma with aaron tru from mmaprime.tvMagic Johnson Bill Russell Martina Navratilova Ty Cobb Gordie Howe
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Strikeforce Looking to Sign Satoshi Ishii
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Satoshi Ishii isn't a member of Strikeforce ... yet.Reports out of Japan state that the former Olympic judoka is set to debut for Strikeforce as early as Feb. 12, but Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told MMA Fighting on Wednesday that the organization has not come to terms with Ishii.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Jason Mayhem on the Diaz brothers "They don't understand english, they are from Stockton" - Jason Mayhem Miller
In this dated interview from the Fight Hub TV vaults, our cameras caught up with Jason "Mayhem" Miller as he talks randomness. He also talks about his bout with Sakuraba, the EA MMA video game, what songs get his lady in the mood and a message to Diaz fans and brothers.
A rock climbing training blog - why?
I’ve been climbing for about three years and have developed enough basic ability to get me up 6a routes. I’ve set [...]
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Great Lakes Great Times
One Percent Skateboards has a quicktime promo for their upcoming DVD entitled Great Lakes Great Times.
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A Moment in Time
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Rampage Jackson shares words about James Toney!Video: Todd and Brendan Wells Kayaking the White Salmon
Diego Sanchez Fight Update talks upcomming fight vs Martin Kampmann - Diego Sanchez
The Fight Network catches up with UFC two-division fighter Diego Sanchez to discuss his status in the UFC and his upcoming clash with Martin Kampmann.
What fighters go through for your entertainment
At the beginning of each UFC pay-per-view, the UFC plays an opening video that likens the UFC to gladiators, like this one from UFC 124:
But how much do today's fighters have to do with the gladiators of ancient Rome? Quite a bit, it turns out. Like Maximus, they put their bodies through hell so that you'll be entertained, but they don't give much thought to the future. In a column from MMA Fighting, Strikeforce fighter Jason "Mayhem" Miller recognizes the risks, but says it doesn't change anything.
"Athletes know this stuff. We do," said Miller. "We're not dumb. It's like that new research that links head injuries and Lou Gehrig's disease. Well, duh, science. Thanks for telling us what athletes already know. We know what we're doing to ourselves. It's the elephant in the room. We're giving our bodies for the entertainment of the masses. I'm okay with that. I've had plenty of surgeries. I know there's a chance that I could be retarded. I know that."
MMA is far from the only sport where athletes take these risks. Football players take on massive amounts of punishment, as do boxers and hockey players. But it's worth reading the entire article to hear how fighters we know and love have paid the price.
Despite Love of Boxing, Trevor Wittman Happy to Have Moved on to MMA
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WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - Trevor Wittman has a case of strep throat. Maybe. At least, there's a chance he does, and for a top MMA trainer, a chance is too much. In his line of work, which requires getting right in the faces of elite professional fighters who are anywhere from several months to several days away from important fights, he can't risk the possibility that he might accidentally infect them. They have enough to worry about, and he can practically feel the white spots popping up on the back of his throat every time he swallows. This explains his uniform for today.
"I swear I don't normally dress like a ninja," the 35-year-old Wittman explains as he leads me into his little office inside the Grudge Training Center.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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UFC still committed to bringing MMA to New York
"By bringing UFC events to New York, the state will see a positive financial impact," White said. "The arenas will get to host major UFC events and local hotels, restaurants, and other businesses will attract new customers. They’ll look forward to the times we bring UFC to New York."
N.Y. assemblyman Dean Murray was on hand to talk politics, and the process that had to happen to get MMA legalized and sanctioned in his state. He will try to sway newly sworn-in governor Andrew Cuomo to include revenue from MMA in the state budget, which will give it an easier path. He is pushing for MMA's legalization because he wants the state to find new economic streams.
"In today's climate, we don't need to be raising taxes. We need a chance to raise revenue," Murray said.
But one thing was clear throughout the press conference -- the UFC's biggest hurdle in getting MMA in the Empire State was not effective lobbying or discussions of economic impact. It's the need for education.
White emphasized the process of education several times throughout the half-hour press conference, and then a reporter on-hand showed just why education about of MMA was needed, asking, "How will you regulate martial arts when you add in kicks and punches?"
White calmly pointed out that kicks and punches are part of MMA, one of the few sports regulated by the government, and that safety is always the first concern.
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UFC, Spike TV Reach New Deal to Show Preliminary Fights
The one-hour preliminary shows before UFC pay-per-views are returning to Spike TV in 2011.Although the UFC's first pay-per-view of 2011 saw its preliminary card appear on Ion TV, whose demographics are not a good fit with the UFC, Spike has now announced that it has re-upped with the UFC to show 12 prelims, which represents almost all of them for the rest of the year.
Brock Lesnar and Dos Santos Named Ultimate Fighter Coaches - TUF 13
The Fight Network presents an update on the UFC's recent announcement that Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos would be coaching on the 13th installment of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV.Pete Rose Willie Shoemaker Elgin Baylor Billie Jean King Walter Johnson
Surf Photographer - Josh Househam
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Offering to bring two fights a year to N.Y., UFC gets strong support
The economy sucks everywhere. Governmental budgets are being slashed as everyone looks to tighten their belts. New York is no different. The Empire State is looking for new revenue streams, yet its still holding on to the silly view that mixed martial arts is beyond regulation and licensing.
Dean Murray, a N.Y. State Assemblyman, was one of several high ranking officials to attend yesterday's UFC Madison Square Garden press conference/MMA rally.
"The fact of the matter is, this another example of New York being a nanny state. We have to stop doing that. We have to give the choice," Murray during the presser (12:12 mark). "How many TV stations do you have? How many radio stations do you have? You have choices. By us not legalizing this, it's removing that option of all these, literally millions of fans in New York state, having a chance to see their hometown heroes fighting."
Dana White spoke about the impact of bringing two or three UFC events each year to New York.
"The financial study [that HR&A did] is incredibly conservative. In that study we priced tickets cheaper than New Jersey, and we bring a lot of money into that state. We also conservatively projected only two events -- one big PPV at Madison Square Garden, and one upstate, which would be a fight night or a finale or something like that." White told ESPN.com. "But who knows -- maybe we come into New York and we do three events, and you triple whatever that number is. It's absolutely insane and asinine for this not to be sanctioned."
The UFC president pointed out that he's not just fighting for his promotion to land in New York.
"When we're talking about the UFC coming to the state of New York, a lot of other mixed martial arts events will too. Which will create even more revenue. You're going to have all these other organizations that will come here and bring more money in and create more jobs," said White.
Scott O'Neil, the President of Madison Square Garden Sports, said he's a big fan of MMA and gave a glowing report (2:45 mark) after watching UFC 111 in nearby Newark, N.J.
Jamie Springer of HR&A Advisors estimated that MMA would bring a $23 million impact to New York. The estimates were based on two UFC events each year in New York that would generate $16 million. An additional $7 million would come from 70 more MMA events each year in N.Y. Springer based that estimate on the number of fight cards in states like New Jersey, California and Pennsylvania.
The MMA sched is light: Let's watch people steal hats and Dana White dance
The fellas over at Fightlinker can always fill the slow periods in the mixed martial arts schedule. Things heat up again next weekend with Ultimate Fight Night 23 from Ft. Hood, Tx. and then Strikeforce: Diaz vs. "Cyborg" on Jan. 29. Until then, let's kill some time with these videos.
What's more entertaining? Fans stealing hats or Dana White "jamming" on stage with Snoop Dogg in Las Vegas?
Tip via Fightlinker. Enjoy the GIFs as well.
Bordeaux Montage
Bordeaux seems to be coming into it's own as a rad skate city. See what I mean in this montage. (I'm sure Bordeaux has been a rad skate city for a long time, but it's just recently come into my consciousness...)
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Thailand sport climbing: can you help?
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Watercolors from Hawaii by Ron Croci
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Merry Christmas One and All!
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UFC Fight for the Troops Fundraiser an Early Success
FORT HOOD, Texas - In the grand scheme of things, it's just a sport, just one night of entertainment. But the UFC's second "Fight for the Troops" show on Saturday meant a night away from the stresses of military service - stresses most will never understand. About 3,200 troops attended the show, which was set up in a temporary arena inside a hangar on an air strip - tanks and helicopters just a couple hundred feet away from the Octagon.
The troops posed for pictures with Chuck Liddell and Bruce Buffer and Dana White and the Octagon Girls and Stitch and every fighter walking past - and most stopped to shake hands, sign autographs and get a snapshot, win or lose. They ate burritos at a tailgate outside the hangar. They cheered and booed the same as they would if they were in any other arena.
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UFC Fight for the Troops 2: DaMarques Johnson Submits Mike Guymon
DaMarques Johnson locked in a body triangle so tight in the first round of his fight with Mike Guymon at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2 that Guyon verbally submitted from the pain, giving Johnson a first-round victory on Saturday at Fort Hood.It's rare for a body triangle to force a fighter to submit, but it's not unheard of -- Tony Fryklund tapped out at UFC 50 because Ivan Salaverry had him in a tight body triangle.
Still, Johnson said after the fight that he was disappointed he couldn't work his way to a more sophisticated submission, comparing Guymon's early submission to "foreplay without orgasm."
The victory improves Johnson's MMA record to 12-8. Guymon falls to 12-5-1.
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TheSHOOT - Vitor Belfort - The beginning - Part 1 - Vitor Belfort
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Mark Hominick: Jose Aldo Hasn't Faced a Striker Like Me
The news that Mark Hominick is one win away from a UFC featherweight title shot against Jose Aldo has been questioned by some MMA fans who wonder whether Hominick has really done enough to merit fighting for a belt.But for his part, Hominick insists that he has exactly what it takes to beat Aldo, and that he's ready to throw things at Aldo in the cage that the champion has never seen before.
"Aldo has faced everybody -- he's faced top grapplers, top jiu jitsu guys, wrestlers," Hominick said on HDNet's Inside MMA. "But he hasn't faced a top elite striker like myself. I'm going to be in his face."
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UFC Fight for the Troops: Rani Yahya Beats Mike Brown
Former featherweight champion Mike Brown has lost his second UFC fight in just three weeks.Brown, who was hoping to bounce back from a split decision loss to Diego Nunes at UFC 125, instead dropped a unanimous decision to Rani Yahya at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2. Brown is now on a two-fight losing streak and has dropped four of his last six, and it's fair to wonder how much the former champ has left.
Yahya snapped a two-fight losing streak of his own and looked good in the process. He'll be a fighter to keep an eye on in the UFC's new featherweight division.
"It was a very tough fight," Yahya said afterward. "Mike is a winner, he's a warrior. He's a 35-year-old warrior that took a fight on two-week's notice and fought at the last UFC, so he should get credit for that."
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Merry Christmas One and All!
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UFC Fight for the Troops: Rani Yahya Beats Mike Brown
Former featherweight champion Mike Brown has lost his second UFC fight in just three weeks.Brown, who was hoping to bounce back from a split decision loss to Diego Nunes at UFC 125, instead dropped a unanimous decision to Rani Yahya at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2. Brown is now on a two-fight losing streak and has dropped four of his last six, and it's fair to wonder how much the former champ has left.
Yahya snapped a two-fight losing streak of his own and looked good in the process. He'll be a fighter to keep an eye on in the UFC's new featherweight division.
"It was a very tough fight," Yahya said afterward. "Mike is a winner, he's a warrior. He's a 35-year-old warrior that took a fight on two-week's notice and fought at the last UFC, so he should get credit for that."
Scenes from the UFC's weekend at Ft. Hood for Fight for the Troops 2
The UFC's Fight for the Troops 2 was not just a fight card that featured two TKOs in the co-main events, or even a fundraising event for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. (By the way, the auction and donation drive will continue until Sunday evening. Donate or bid here.) Just as Bob Hope once did, the UFC also spent the weekend entertaining the troops.
UFC fighters Brian Stann -- a veteran of the Marine Corps -- and Jim Miller signing autographs.
The Octagon Girls -- Arianny, Chandella and Brittney -- hung out on top of a tank before the weigh-ins.
Of course the UFC would have a helicopter.
The soldiers on hand presented colors, and the national anthem was sung, something that usually doesn't happen at UFC events. The sight of every service member standing at attention during the "Star-Spangled Banner" was quite moving.
The scene from Ft. Hood, which was described by our photographer Tracy Lee as one of the best UFC events she's ever been to. Considering how rarely she misses fight cards, that's quite a compliment. Kudos to the UFC for not only raising money and awareness for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, but for giving the troops at Ft. Hood a weekend where they could take their minds off the fighting that they have to face.
Guillard and the UFC honored to be fighting for the troops
The promotion is just a few days away from putting on its third fight card on a U.S. military base. This time it's Ft. Hood in Texas and the UFC is hoping to exceed the $4 million it raised in late 2008 with a fight card in Fayetteville, N.C.
"I'm going to give these guys a show," Guillard said during the "Fight for the Troops 2" teleconference. "You know, they work so hard to protect us every year, year after year. Some of them give up going overseas and got to live there for years at a time. And, you know, this is a blessing for me to even be asked to give a performance that I'm going to give these guys next week -- and guys and girls. So to me, it's just all part of being an American and I'm honored."
Guillard knows first hand of the sacrifice.
"I stay right now in Albuquerque with Staff Sergeant Chris Molina and his family. This is where I stay when I come here. So, you know, getting the military experience of staying with families, you know, seeing what these guys go through to protect our country, I've actually had chances to visit certain military bases and I also have a ton of friends in high school that got out of high school that’s in military, whether it's Marine Corps or Army or Air Force or whatever," said Guillard.
White decided Ft. Hood was a good spot this time around after seeing the work done by the Fisher family in Texas and around the country.
"What happened was we got invited down there and I went down. It was the first time I'd ever seen anything like that -- when I visited the hospital and what these guys, you know, the Fisher family who started this thing, what they’ve done for the troops here fighting in the United States, it's -- I can't even -- I can't put it into words for you. When these kids get injured, you know, you’ve got these 18-, 19-, 20-year-old kids that are getting injured over there -- they come back, it's sad to say but the government doesn’t take care of them, which is mind boggling," said White.
"So this family has put together this thing where -- and if you're a parent of one of these kids, I mean anybody who's on this call who has kids can understand. Your kid gets his arms, legs blown off, his face is melted -- the horrible things that happen to these guys -- and they're laying in a hospital bed out in the middle of Nowhere, Virginia, what do you do? You know what you do? You quit your job, you lose everything you have and you drive out there and you live in your car and you sit in a chair in the bed next to them."
The UFC raised $4 million around Fight for the Troops 1 and is hoping to eclipse that number this time. The proceeds this year will benefit the 53 Fisher Houses around the U.S. and in Germany and the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.
"Fight for the Troops" goes down this Saturday on Spike (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT).
Thanks to Spike for conference call transcript
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McKenzie has 11 straight wins by guillotine, not including his wins on TUF. He'll have his hands full with MMA veteran Yves Edwards, whose last submission loss was to Mark Hominick at UFC 58.
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B.J. Penn learning how to box correctly, according to Floyd Mayweather Sr.
B.J. Penn is on a mission. After two straight losses to current UFC lightweight champ Frank Edgar, Penn scrapped most of his old trainers and began seeking out new voices and experts. The latest he worked with was Floyd Mayweather Sr. Big Floyd has a solid reputation as a boxing trainer and a very high opinion of his work outside the ring.
Mayweather Sr. told FightHype he wasn't impressed when he first began to work with "The Prodigy."
"I’ll be honest, at first, it didn’t seem like he could fight that good. I mean, I don’t know about his ground game and all of that stuff, but he’s got some pop and in just the three days I’ve been working with him, he has improved, man."
Penn is a quick learner. Mayweather continued:
"In his words, man, he told me, ‘I ain’t never seen some of this stuff you’re showing me, man.’ And that’s only after three days. BJ is learning fast, man. He's a good guy."
Mayweather looks forward to helping more MMA fighters, and thinks he's given Penn an edge for his fight against the taller Jon Fitch in February at UFC 127.
"I work with a couple now and I'm all for it. I don't know [expletive] about that ground stuff, but I can get their defense tight and get them throwing their shots right. I got B.J. working something just for a taller opponent. I don't know what B.J.'s ground game is like at all, but if he uses what I'm showing, he won't need it."
This isn't the first time Penn reached out to a top boxing trainer. In the past, he worked with Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach. Roach once told me that Penn was the best MMA fighter he'd worked with as far as straight boxing. Said Mayweather:
"I bet he ain't going back to [Freddie Roach] either. He worked with Freddie 'The Joke Coach' Roach, and he telling me he has never see the stuff I'm showing him. So what does that tell you? Man, the only thing Freddie Roach can do better than me is wash my car."
Expect more of this crossover work in the future. MMA fighters like Penn are smart to seek out the experts from the world of boxing.
Troops at Ft. Hood enjoy fights and Octagon Girls
The stands at Fight for the Troops 2 are filled with well-deserving service men and women from Fort Hood. A group of them got to meet Allison Diehl, the winner of the UFC's contest to vote in the best Hooters Girl for Octagon Girl duties.
The UFC makes more than just an amazing night for the troops. In addition to bringing the fights to Fort Hood, they are raising money for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund with an auction and donation drive. If you donate at least $50, the UFC will send you a free gift.
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B.J. Penn learning how to box correctly, according to Floyd Mayweather Sr.
B.J. Penn is on a mission. After two straight losses to current UFC lightweight champ Frank Edgar, Penn scrapped most of his old trainers and began seeking out new voices and experts. The latest he worked with was Floyd Mayweather Sr. Big Floyd has a solid reputation as a boxing trainer and a very high opinion of his work outside the ring.
Mayweather Sr. told FightHype he wasn't impressed when he first began to work with "The Prodigy."
"I’ll be honest, at first, it didn’t seem like he could fight that good. I mean, I don’t know about his ground game and all of that stuff, but he’s got some pop and in just the three days I’ve been working with him, he has improved, man."
Penn is a quick learner. Mayweather continued:
"In his words, man, he told me, ‘I ain’t never seen some of this stuff you’re showing me, man.’ And that’s only after three days. BJ is learning fast, man. He's a good guy."
Mayweather looks forward to helping more MMA fighters, and thinks he's given Penn an edge for his fight against the taller Jon Fitch in February at UFC 127.
"I work with a couple now and I'm all for it. I don't know [expletive] about that ground stuff, but I can get their defense tight and get them throwing their shots right. I got B.J. working something just for a taller opponent. I don't know what B.J.'s ground game is like at all, but if he uses what I'm showing, he won't need it."
This isn't the first time Penn reached out to a top boxing trainer. In the past, he worked with Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach. Roach once told me that Penn was the best MMA fighter he'd worked with as far as straight boxing. Said Mayweather:
"I bet he ain't going back to [Freddie Roach] either. He worked with Freddie 'The Joke Coach' Roach, and he telling me he has never see the stuff I'm showing him. So what does that tell you? Man, the only thing Freddie Roach can do better than me is wash my car."
Expect more of this crossover work in the future. MMA fighters like Penn are smart to seek out the experts from the world of boxing.
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