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Daniel Cormier Wants Frank Mir and Jon Jones

January 14, 2013 By

Daniel Cormier wants Frank Mir and Jon Jones for his next fights at the Octagon. Cormier is an American Kickboxing Academy fighter, he has called out the former UFC heavyweight champ after he TKO Dion Staring at the Strikeforce –Marquardt versus Saffiedine last January 12, 2013 in just 4 minutes of round 2.

His performance on the Octagon was an unforgettable co-main event feature that shocked most fans at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. After the match, he challenged Mir for a future Octagon fight at UFC on Fox 7.

During the interview he remarked: “I signed my UFC contract. April 20 on Fox, Frank Mir, let’s do it do it. It was supposed to happen and we were supposed to fight in Oklahoma, so he owes it to me.” Cormier told Showtime Sports.

And after interviewers thought that he was done, Cormier further remarked that he also want to fight heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Bones is scheduled to defend his title at UFC 159 against Chael Sonnen a former two-time middleweight challenger. Cormier added: “I’m going to let Jon defend his belt on April 27 and then I’m going to kick his ass in the fall.”

To remember, Cormier was thought to fight Mir last November but Mir was forced to withdraw the fight due to an injury. The entire Strikeforce event was cancelled and rescheduled; Cormier was paired with Staring and was primed for his final Strikeforce fight.

Daniel Cormier is a 33 year old heavyweight from San Jose, California, USA. He enjoys an 11 win and no loss professional career. He has defeated so many impressive fighters during his short career like Josh Barnett,  Antonio Silva, Jeff Monson, Devin Cole and Jason Riley to name a few.

Frank Mir on the other hand is also 33 year old heavyweight fighter. He is from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA with a 16 win and 6 loss career. He was last seen in the Octagon when he lost to Junior dos Santos in UFC 146 headline fight in May 2012 via TKO. Before this he enjoyed three consecutive wins against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Roy Nelson and Mirko Filipovic. A fight against Cormier will be a much-awaited match up that MMA fans can’t resist. Cormier is surely eager to hear from UFC President Dana White regarding the possibility of this matchup this year.

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Dana White Will Help “Cyborg” Santos Lose Weight as New Ultimate Fighter 17 Commercial Airs

January 4, 2013 By

The outspoken UFC President, Dana White is willing to hire the help of trainer and fitness author Mike Dolce to manage Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos. He is not accepting excuses from the fighter that she cannot make bantamweight weight limit to be able to fight Ronda Rousey.

He said that the only way that Santos will be able to fight at UFC is in the bantamweight division. When Dana White was interviewed he reiterated that: “She can get to this weight. We have an expert who can help you lose weight in a healthy way. We have Mike Dolce, who has wrestlers lose weight and still feel good and it’s all about your diet. He is 100 percent ready to work with her and will not cost anything to Cris… Cyborg needs to get on the boat. If she wants to fight in the UFC, she’ll have to fight this category of 135 pounds.” White also added a special bonus: “The stupidest thing about it is that she has Tito Ortiz as his manager.”

And still at UFC, the new The Ultimate Fighter 17 commercial has been released. This is for the January 22 premier of their new season. The reason why this season is very special is that it will feature light heavyweight Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen; these impressive fighters will coach this season’s new set of fighters and not to mention will fight for the light heavyweight title in April.

UFC President Dana White has even commented that other fighters were scared out of their wits to fight these two hard hitting fighters.

Jon “Bones” Jones is a premier light heavyweight from Rochester, New York, USA and has a superb 17 I win and only one loss which is under the hands of Matt Hamill way back in The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale in 2009. Chael Sonnen on the other hand is from West Linn, Oregon, USA with a 27 wins, 12 losses and 1 draw in his record. His last fight was a loss against Anderson Silva in a headline fight in UFC 148 in July 2012.

These two will square it off at UFC 159 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on April 27, 2013.

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Figuring Out How to Beat Jon Jones

November 29, 2012 By

Josuel Distak is a behind the success of many biggest names in MMA, from UFC welterweight Erick Silva, Rafael Calvalcante and Ronaldo Souza, former Strikeforce champs and Anderson Silva, UFC middleweight champion.

Fans are anticipating UFC President Dana White’s revelation of an Anderson Silva versus Georges St. Pierre but some have mentioned that the ideal match would be against Silva and Jon Jones now UFC light heavyweight champion. Distak discusses the strategy on how to beat Jon Jones but to him this is an incomplete puzzle. He was interviewed about his experience with impressive fighters and was asked about his technique on how to bring down Jones.

“Actually, we have not seen Jon Jones on his back.” Distak mentioned. “Vitor (Belfort) got his arm, he had the opportunity. Actually Jones is unpredictable. To me the strategy to do a fight with him would involve finding out how he fights on his back.”

Distak also commented regarding the possibility of a match between Silva and his X-Gym teammate Souza. This fight could be a reality if Strikeforce will truly shut down after its January 12, 2013 event. Previously, Souza was interviewed regarding the matchup but he mentioned that this was entirely dependent on Silva but Distak revealed that although this was a great fight to anticipate, both fighters talked it out and decided that it cannot be done.

“I can guarantee you that it will never happen because we have an honor code. None of the top fighters will fight each other. Jacare and Anderson already had a long talk after Jacare gave that interview, and they decided together that this fight will never happen. Team Nogueira and X-Gym will never face each other. It’s totally impossible for Rafael Feijao to face Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Jacare to face Anderson… Our honor code say that betrayers don’t stay in our team.”

The coach also opened on the subject of Erick Silva and his loss to Jon Fitch at UFC 153. He mentioned that this loss came at the right time. He commented that Silva was still in the starting point of his career and that any set back like this would surely be easily handled. However, Distak wishes another matchup between his talent and the American. “Jon Fitch again. This is the next opponent I wanted again. But this time I assure you it would be different.”

 

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