Thursday, January 20th, 2011 :
A good Thursday to all! Lots of stuff to talk about that has happened in the last 7 days. Among them :
-UFC Champ Velasquez has successful surgery.
The first heavyweight champion of Mexican decent in any combat sports, Cain Velasquez has had successful surgery to repair his injured rotator cuff. As reported first by MMAJunkie, The surgery will sideline him for 8 months, which will mean we won't see the champ back in the cage until at least September, with his next opponent already lined up as Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos will fight at UFC 131 to determine it.
According to sportsnet.ca, UFC president Dana White said about Cain that the champ is ""He's doing great, actually. They were saying the recovery time is usually eight months, and hopefully he can do it a little quicker than that, but we'll see."
I hope the Champ makes it back quicker than expected like Mr. White. I've long said that Cain is probably the best Heavyweight of this era, but to see that I'd like to see how he fares against Dos Santos. Because a rematch with Lesnar would probably end up the way the first one did : With Velasquez's hand raised and Lesnar beaten to a pulp. Would have loved to have seen Cain and Dos Santos in Toronto, but with the surgery, I like all will have to wait.
-Coker hints at Toronto possibly hosting a round of upcoming Strikeforce GP
Speaking of Heavyweights, it appears that Scott Coker might want to cash in on the recent legalization of MMA in the province of Ontario. According to (who else) MMAJunkie, he is pretty adamant about possibly hosting a round of the Heavyweight Grand Prix in Canada's largest city. He also said the possibility of Japan also hosting a round. Coker has deep connections to Fighting Entertainment Group (FEG), the founders and owners of DREAM and K-1, and was instrumental in helping the promotion host numerous K-1 events in Las Vegas.
I for one would love the possibility of it. Living in Toronto, I was disappointed that the biggest heavyweight fight of this era, between Dos Santos and Velasquez have to be derailed due to the aforementioned surgery to the UFC kingpin. No doubt bringing the next biggest heavyweight fight to this city would be huge. Though it would only be worthy if it were to feature the 2 biggest names outside of the UFC in it, that being Alistair Overeem and Fedor Emelianenko.
If these 2 fighters were to make it that far, Mr. Coker, please make it happen!
-UFC turns to Facebook to air Ultimate Fight Night prelims
Those of you who have Facebook, be sure to click "like" on the UFC's fanpage on it. In doing so, you will be able to watch the prelim fights for Saturday's "Ultiimate Fight Night : Fight for the Troops 2" in Fort hood, Texas on it, starting at 8pm. Those fights will feature Yves Edwards (38-16-1) taking on Ultimate Fighter 12 participant Cody McKenzie (12-0, 11 wins by guillotine choke), and DeMarques Johnson (11-8) face Mike Guyton (12-4-1).
According to Dana White "I'm always looking for ways to give fans fights for free, and this is just another example of that. Facebook is such a great tool for people to stay connected, and we're excited to put two live fights on our UFC page for free."
Its a great idea. Though for people who never use this site (and I know quite of few who don't), it means I'm going to have to log in for them? Man. Whatever happened to just streaming it on UFC.com? LOL.
-UFC announces Ultimate Fight Night 24 lineup.
Looks like the worst kept secret going has finally been announced. The UFC has formally announced their first foray into the Pacific Northwest, Ultimate Fight Night 24 which will be from the KeyArena in Seattle on March 29th. 3 fights were announced this week, among them the main event featuring Antonio Rogerio Noguiera (Lil Nog) take on former UFC light heavyweight kingpin "The Huntington Beach Badboy" Tito Ortiz.
Really, Dana? Tito can't even get on a preliminary card on a PPV anymore? Its gotten so bad that he has to headline a free card? I mean he gets beat up regularly. This guy hasn't won in the cage in nearly 5 years (last win being in 2006, over Ken Shamrock) and yet you keep this guy on the roster. He lost to Matt Hammil his last time out, and instead of releasing him, you make him fight a member of the Black House clan. Wow, it seems as even IF Tito did finally decide to retire, you wouldn't give him a nice cushy job like you did your busom buddy and former UFC champ, Chuck Liddell. I mean, Tito has a degree too! Give him a bone! I don't want to see this guy get dominated anymore.
Well, like Porky Pig once said "That's all Folks!". For now. Keep your eyes peeled for Friday, when I'll have my Ultimate Fight Night 22 preview.
Until then, Fight fans!
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