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Friday, April 1, 2011
New photos from Clare Plueckhahn
Just updated Australian surf photographer Clare Plueckhahn‘s profile with great new surfing and lifestyle photos. You may recognise her name from our post last month about the premiere of her movie First Love. Check them out and tell us what you think here… www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-photographer/clare-plueckhahn.php www.clareplueckhahn.com.au
Dana White Talks Michael Bisping's Punishment, Chael Sonnen's Future, GSP vs Silva - Dana White
Dana White Talks Michael Bisping's Punishment, Chael Sonnen's Future, GSP vs Silva Video by Dana White
Jon Jones Pre Fight vs Shogun Rua - UFC 128
Jon Jones gets ready to take on Shogun Rua for the Light Heavyweight Title at UFC 128.
If the new champ only had a personality: Jon Jones ‘Tonight Show’ photos with Jay Leno and Kirstie Alley
The UFC's light heavyweight division has been a revolving door at the top. The promotion's glamour division hasn't had that guy to pitch to the mainstream because no one has been able to defend the title. Jon Jones may change that.
If Jones can put together a long title reign, the champ's starpower is limitless. He's a smart cookie and savvy. You'll see that on "The Tonight Show" this evening. Jones is a guest along with Kirstie Alley. From some early photos he's posted via Twitter, it doesn't look like he's nervous.
Jones is pictured with former "Cheers" star Kirstie Alley and Jay Leno, the host of the show.
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Dana White video blog UFC 127 Weigh-ins - UFC 127
Dana White video blog leading up to UFC 127 on Saturday, LIVE at 10PM/7PM ET/PT on Pay-Per-View and www.UFC.tv. For more ways to watch go to www.UFC.com
UFC will show five UFN 24 fights on Facebook
Dana White says the future of sports viewing is on the Internet. The UFC must feel great about its recent Facebook broadcasts because for Ultimate Fight Night 24 this Saturday in Seattle, it's expanding the coverage on the social networking site.
Viewers will see at least four bouts on Spike (10 p.m. ET/PT), but with a deep card, there was a good chance avid fans of MMA were getting shutout of watching some excellent matchups on the eight-fight non-televised undercard. The promotion has gone a long way in trying to deliver those fights by promising to show five of them on the Ultimate Fighting Championship Facebook page (7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT).
Alex "Bruce Leroy" Caceres vs. Mackens Semerzier
Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow
John Hathaway vs. Kris McCray
Michael McDonald vs. Edwin Figueroa
Sean McCorkle vs. Christian Morecraft
The UFC began showing undercard fights on Facebook at Fight for the Troops 2 in January. It was a smart move by the promotion. The free view on Facebook is a great way to build interest in young fighters. The cost certainly has to be minimal in comparison to carving out a three or four hour block on television.
The best lightweight outside the UFC, Alvarez says hype doesn’t impress him
The 27-year-old lightweight out of Philadelphia fights Pat Curran this weekend at Bellator 39 on MTV2 (9 p.m. ET/PT).
Alvarez (21-2) is standing up for those guys outside the UFC, saying the fighters listed as the elite at 155 pounds are just names with huge promotional power behind them.
"...They're only important names why? Because they fight for the UFC. Or else they'd be nobodies. The UFC does a great job of pushing them, and they're popular. It doesn't mean they're talented. It just means they're known," Alvarez told SI.com. "I guarantee that if you put them in a tournament structure like Bellator, they're not going to win it every time. Gray Maynard? Kenny Florian? All these guys, they're UFC fighters, that's all. They're pushed by the UFC, but when they leave the UFC, they're forgotten."
Alvarez fought two former UFC 155ers in 2010 and destroyed them.
"When's the last time you heard Josh Neer's name? You haven't. When's the last time you heard about Roger Huerta? You haven't. They're no ones anymore. What were they two years ago? They were superstars."
For anyone who doubted Alvarez's skills, the Huerta win was an eye opener. Alvarez known as a good wrestler with heavy hands used his legs to mentally and physically breakdown Huerta in two rounds. Huerta lost just two times in the UFC, to Florian and Maynard. Neither one of those guys, ranked No. 7 and No. 2� respectively at lightweight, put a beating on Huerta like Alvarez did.
Curran (12-3) is dangerous. He's on a nice run of four straight wins, including Toby Imada and Huerta. Alvarez-Curran headlines an excellent card that includes welterweights Lyman Good, Rick Hawn and Ben Saunders along elite lightweights Patricky Freire and Imada.
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