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Dana White is the best in the world when it comes to hyping a fight, and sometimes that requires a little bit (or even a lot) of overstatement. But every now and then, he decides to understate things. And that's what White has done with the news that the UFC purchased Strikeforce. In his interview with Ariel Helwani, White said repeatedly that the UFC buying Strikeforce would result in nothing more than "business as usual" -- the UFC would keep putting on its own fights, Strikeforce will keep putting on its own fights, and not a whole lot will change. Don't believe it. This transaction won't result in business as usual. It will result in the UFC's business growing far beyond the usual.
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Georges St. Pierre is less than seven weeks away from another huge fight where he will defend his UFC welterweight title. He'll battle Jake Shields in front of 55,000 at Toronto's Rogers Centre, yet all people can ask about is the possible superfight down the road against UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva. GSP appeared on Versus during UFC on Versus 3 and said it's not a definite that he's taking the fight.
The reaction from many? St. Pierre is "afraid" to take on Silva.
We hunted down St. Pierre while he's training in London to answer the claims that he fears a Silva fight.
"I'm not afraid of nobody in the world," St. Pierre said. "I'm a martial artist. If it happens [with] the right timing and everything, I fight whoever they want. I can fight everyone in the world. I don't mind."
Thanks to Mission Skincare for helping Cagewriter track down GSP. St. Pierre, along with David Wright, Steve Nash, Serena Williams, Amanda Beard, Alonzo Mourning and Sergio Garcia, is part of the Mission Athlete Care team. Mission is offering a Yahoo readers 30 percent off their MISSION orders. Just use the code GSP4VIP30. All the profits from online sales go to the "M Foundation" in its efforts to support young athletes.
St. Pierre was strong in his denial that he's shying away from a Silva fight.
"That's not what I said. It's a complete re-orientation of my career. People are saying crazy stuff: 'Oh, he just has to gain 30 pounds and take the fight and fight him in three months.' I can't get 30 pounds in three months. It would take a lot more than that, if I want to go up in weight class," said St. Pierre.
There's a lot that goes into the decision to jump from 170 to 185 pounds.
"Plus, Silva fights at light heavyweight as well. So he walks around at … he's probably 40 pounds heavier than I am," St. Pierre said. "So if I fight this fight, it might be at a catch weight. If it happens."
GSP's career is rolling. He's got some big-time endorsement deals. What happens if he leaves the welterweight division and becomes an ordinary fighter at 185?
"I've had a lot of success at 170. If I move to 185, I need to talk to my sponsors, my trainers. It's a complete change of life," St. Pierre said. "Do I want to take the risk, maybe yes. It's gonna be a great challenge. Maybe, no. But I have to talk with my trainers."
Sorry for the audio quality. GSP's phone connection in London wasn't great.
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Nate Marquardt thoroughly dominated Dan Miller Saturday at UFC 128, winning a lopsided unanimous decision in a fight that left the crowd sounding bored. All three judges scored the round 30-27 for Marquardt, and that was the only score they could have given: Miller did cut up Marquardt's lip and go for a couple of guillotine chokes, but Marquardt controlled all three rounds, and the outcome was never in doubt.
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MMA has a huge role in Japan, so it's not surprising that the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the island country would have an effect on fighters. UFC fighter Yoshihiro Akiyama, who will fight Nate Marquardt at UFC 128 next week, posted pictures of damage on his website. Roxanne Modafferi, an American-born fighter who has fought for Strikeforce and makes her home in Japan, put a note on her Facebook page about the moment the quake hit.
Then the place freaking starts ROCKING. People start BOOKING it for the door. Come on, grandma, ditch the cart! Like 5 grandmas were like blocking the doors with their carts...
We make it outside and even standing on the pavement, we can feel it. I look up and see antenae waving back and forth wildly, and I SEE THE FREAKING 7 STORY BUILDING SWAYING compared to the one next to it!!
It was so scary! The building was moving! People were pouring out of all the nearby buildings.
Eventually, I went to my office and saw my co-workers with students standing outside. Turns out that we cancelled classes for the rest of the day. Well, only two kids showed up and we sent them home. There were aftershocks, and it was really scary.
MMA Fighting photographer Dan Herbertson has also been tweeting about the earthquake, the biggest to hit Japan since earthquakes have been measured. He has posted pictures and updates from around Tokyo. MMA Japan tweeted, "Aoki is OK," referring to lightweight fighter Shinya Aoki, and said that Jewels and Pancrase events for this weekend were canceled. Herbertson reported that Shooto is canceled, as well.
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Because things change quickly in the world of mixed martial art, it's never smart to book a fight nine months in advance. The possibility of a Georges St. Pierre-Anderson Silva clash has gone from very likely six weeks ago to Dana White calling it a "fantasy" fight on Saturday.
Around UFC 126, the UFC president sounded pretty certain he'd finally be putting together the superfight between his welterweight amd middleweight champions.
After UFC 128, it looks like the fight has been put on the backburner.
"This fight isn't happening," White said. "It's not a fight yet. It's still a big fantasy fight. There are still things that need to happen in the meantime before we sit down and discuss where this fight would be, what weight it would be at, how it would work. It's all just fantasy yet.
"I literally have not talked to Georges St-Pierre or Anderson Silva about this fight."
GSP echoed those sentiments when he spoke with Cagewriter two weeks ago.
"[...] It's a complete re-orientation of my career. People are saying crazy stuff: 'Oh, he just has to gain 30 pounds and take the fight and fight him in three months.' I can't get 30 pounds in three months. It would take a lot more than that, if I want to go up in weight class," said St. Pierre. "Plus, Silva fights at light heavyweight as well. So he walks around at … he's probably 40 pounds heavier than I am. So if I fight this fight, it might be at a catch weight. If it happens."
Now that the UFC has purchased Strikeforce, that's an even bigger if.
The UFC opened discussions with Strikeforce's former owners starting in December, but when White talked about the superfight possibility at UFC 126, he couldn't have known less than six weeks later, he'd have his pick of the Strikeforce welterweight and middleweight divisions.
Strikeforce's 170 class may not be deep, but it does have a guy in Nick Diaz, who should certainly get a shot at GSP, if the champ gets by Jake Shields at UFC 129 in late April.
The common thought is that Silva has cleaned out the middleweight division. That's utter nonsense. He's got plenty of intriguing fights at 185. Chael Sonnen deserves another shot and if Wanderlei Silva, can stay healthy and get some wins under his belt, that's a mega-fight as well. There's also Yushin Okami and what happens if Michael Bisping keeps piling up wins? The Strikeforce roster also has a few intriguing matchups for Silva led by Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, Tim Kennedy and Dan Henderson.
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As MMA fighters spread the word around the world, there still remains an odd fascination with the uninitiated. The rear-naked choke is a potentially lethal move and yet radio and television goofs always ask fighters to slap on the hold. The latest was Duke Castiglione at FOX 5 New York. Jon Jones, facing Mauricio Rua in nearby Newark, N.J. at UFC 128, was in studio for an interview and actually volunteered to show Castiglione the finishing move. (4:00 mark). The FOX 5 anchors really seemed to enjoy watching Castiglione get roughed up
Matt Hughes should talk to every young fighter on the brink of stardom. We're guessing after his run-in with the guy above, Hughes would advise all fighters to refrain from "joking" around with a choke hold before UFC 64. The dopey fan actually sued Hughes.
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You can watch UFC 128 right here on Yahoo! Sports.
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Georges St. Pierre is less than seven weeks away from another huge fight where he will defend his UFC welterweight title. He'll battle Jake Shields in front of 55,000 at Toronto's Rogers Centre, yet all people can ask about is the possible superfight down the road against UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva. GSP appeared on Versus during UFC on Versus 3 and said it's not a definite that he's taking the fight.
The reaction from many? St. Pierre is "afraid" to take on Silva.
We hunted down St. Pierre while he's training in London to answer the claims that he fears a Silva fight.
"I'm not afraid of nobody in the world," St. Pierre said. "I'm a martial artist. If it happens [with] the right timing and everything, I fight whoever they want. I can fight everyone in the world. I don't mind."
Thanks to Mission Skincare for helping Cagewriter track down GSP. St. Pierre, along with David Wright, Steve Nash, Serena Williams, Amanda Beard, Alonzo Mourning and Sergio Garcia, is part of the Mission Athlete Care team. Mission is offering a Yahoo readers 30 percent off their MISSION orders. Just use the code GSP4VIP30. All the profits from online sales go to the "M Foundation" in its efforts to support young athletes.
St. Pierre was strong in his denial that he's shying away from a Silva fight.
"That's not what I said. It's a complete re-orientation of my career. People are saying crazy stuff: 'Oh, he just has to gain 30 pounds and take the fight and fight him in three months.' I can't get 30 pounds in three months. It would take a lot more than that, if I want to go up in weight class," said St. Pierre.
There's a lot that goes into the decision to jump from 170 to 185 pounds.
"Plus, Silva fights at light heavyweight as well. So he walks around at … he's probably 40 pounds heavier than I am," St. Pierre said. "So if I fight this fight, it might be at a catch weight. If it happens."
GSP's career is rolling. He's got some big-time endorsement deals. What happens if he leaves the welterweight division and becomes an ordinary fighter at 185?
"I've had a lot of success at 170. If I move to 185, I need to talk to my sponsors, my trainers. It's a complete change of life," St. Pierre said. "Do I want to take the risk, maybe yes. It's gonna be a great challenge. Maybe, no. But I have to talk with my trainers."
Sorry for the audio quality. GSP's phone connection in London wasn't great.
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