Parisyan Feels No Need to Panic (8/25/2008 3:01:00 AM)
Dave Sholler, UFC - Karo Parisyan couldn't put a finger on it, but he knew something was wrong in the months leading up to his bout with Thiago Alves last April. Despite coming off a unanimous decision victory over Ryo Chonan at UFC 78 in November, Parisyan was struggling to maintain his focus while preparing for his next fight. If waning focus wasn't enough to raise concerns, Parisyan couldn't sleep. And even though he was in training mode, he barely had an appetite.
Ufc 78 Competitors Test Clean (12/29/2007 7:13:53 PM)
The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board has released a statement following the Ultimate Fight Championship show that took place in Newark, N.J. on Nov. 17 announcing that all athletes tested for performance enhancing substances came back clean ...
UFC 78 Recap, Noah Thomas and Tim Edition (11/24/2007 8:10:00 PM)
Tim And Noah Thomas Recap UFC 78 in their own words as a fan and Fighter. They end up discussing the fights and many other aspects of the fight game. Noah came on the show with his incite and gave many answers to questions that fans of fighting may have.
UFC 78 Validation Recap Part 1 (11/22/2007 8:44:00 AM)
Toby Glenn, Matt from MMAInsideWeekly.com and Steve Cujo discuss UFC 78 Validation. In are discussion we evaluate the UFC's production and how we did in our picks for the fights. In part one of our recap we go over the fights of that fight card. We start with Akihiro Gono Vs. Tamden McCrory a fight were Gono got the victory and Toby was the only one to pick him in the group. Then we go over the Luke Caudillo Vs. Marcus Aurelio fight. Afterwards, we evaluate the Chris Lytle Vs. Thiago Alves where Matt got a gift because in Toby's opinion that fight was stopped early. Then we go over the Jason Reinhardt Vs. Joe Lauzon and we relate the way the fight played out to the interview we did with Jason before the fight. The next fight was Toby's favorite because Frank Edgar did exactly what Toby said he would against Spencer Fisher. Lastly we discuss Ryo Chonan Vs. Karo Parisyan and what is next in both of their carriers.
$55,000 Fight Bonuses Handed Out After UFC 78 (11/18/2007 4:58:00 AM)
Last month, Zuffa was handing out $40,000 bonuses for Fight of the Night, Submission of the Night, and Knockout of the Night. MMAJunkie.com is reporting that Zuffa handed out $55,000 bonuses last night to the worthy recipients. Thiago Alves and Chris Lytle received Fight of the Night recognition for the back-and-forth battle, which ended after round 2 due to a doctor stoppage.Akihiro Gono's submission outshined Joe Lauzon's quick submission, which was shown at the end of the pay-per-view broadcast. PRIDE-vet Gono scored an armbar on Tamden McCrory in the second-round in his UFC debut.On the televised broadcast, everyone got to see Ed Herman's flash-knockout over Joe Doerksen early in the third-round. The left-hook from "Short Fuse" proved to quite the multiplier for his night's pay.MORE DETAILS.
Post UFC 78 Interview with Rashad Evans (11/18/2007 4:27:00 AM)
Sherdog.com's Greg Savage caught up with "Sugar" Rashad Evans after his split-decision victory at UFC 78: Validation.Check out video on the interview here.
Evans TUFs Out Bisping at UFC 78 (11/17/2007 8:14:00 PM)
In the main event at UFC 78: Validation, it was Rashad Evans' relentless take down attempts that edged out the split decision win. Bisping, for the most part, was getting the better of the stand-up exchanges, so it was obvious that Evans' game plan was to get the Liverpool-native to the ground. So Evans went back to his Division-I wrestling roots and worked to out-point Bisping with takedowns.In the co-main event of the night, Thiago Silva ground and pounded a victory over Houston Alexander in 3:25 in the first round. Alexander quickly grabbed Silva into a clinch, which took away his major advantage in the fight. Silva took Alexander down from the clinch and ultimately gained a full-mount position and punched Alexander to a TKO.Karo Parisyan won a unanimous-decision victory over Ryo Chonan in the third fight of the televised card. Though Chonan was taken down a number of times over the course of the fight, he pretty much neutralized Parisyan's judo game with a solid clinch against
Brandon Shuey & UFC 78 Part 2 (11/16/2007 10:00:00 PM)
Brandon talks with Tim about his background in Mixed Martial Arts and his fight team in Idaho. He was around at the vary beginning of MMA in idaho. He trained with the Gracies as a child. He went to karate schools and showed his jujitsu. He is the leader of Team.Hard.Core. He is also the manager for his fighters. Then Toby Glenn, Matt MMAInsideWeekly, Steve Cujo, and Rhonda go over the rest of the fights on UFC 78 Validation. The fights discussed are Joe Doerksen Vs. Ed Herman, Thiago Silva Vs. Houston Alexander, and Michael Bisping Vs. Rashad Evans
UFC 78 Validation Part 1 (11/16/2007 4:00:00 PM)
Toby Glenn, Matt MMAInsideWeekly, Steve Cujo, and Rhonda break down UFC 78 Validation. We started at Akihiro Gono Vs. Tamden McCrory and went through many of the fights in the first part of our coverage. The rest of the fights we discuss are Luke Caudillo Vs. Marcus Aurelio, Jason Reinhardt Vs. Joe Lauzon, Chris Lytle Vs. Thiago Alves, Frank Edgar Vs. Spencer Fisher, and Ryo Chonan Vs. Karo Parisyan.
UFC 78 Weigh-In Results (11/16/2007 1:17:00 PM)
The official weigh-in results for UFC 78: Validation are as follows:--Main Card--Michael Bisping (205) vs Rashad Evans (206)Houston Alexander (203) vs Thiago Silva (204)Ryo Chonan (169.5) vs Karo Parisyan (170)Joe Doerksen (185.5) vs Ed Herman (186)Frankie Edgar (154) vs Spencer Fisher (154.5)--Undercard--Chris Lytle (170.5) vs Thiago Alves (171)Jason Reinhardt (155) vs Joe Lauzon (155)Luke Caudillo (155.5) vs Marcus Aurelio (156)Akihiro Gono (169) vs Tamdan McCrory (170)The event takes place tomorrow night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The pay-per-view broadcast will begin at 10PM E.T.