Ray Longo talks about modern evolution of MMA from the 1970’s to present. Ray Longo is the trainer of UFC fighters Matt Serra, Pete Sell, and Luke Cummo. Longo says that Matt Serra will be ready for UFC legend Matt Hughes at UFC 98. (Props to the Fight Nerd)
Its official, Mike Brown will defend WEC featherweight title against Urijah Faber at WEC 41. The rematch will take place on June 7th at Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA.
This is the second episode, a 6′7″ Bully gets confronted by former NFL player Michael Westbrook. Michael Westbrook is now a MMA trained fighter that puts this Bully in his place. Host Jason “Mayhem” Miller keeps the MTVer’s entertained with his one liners. Kudos to Mayhem, his debut show from last week was rated #1 in its time slot for males 18 to 35.
Former UFC champion Forrest Griffin (16-5) will be fighting Thiago Silva (13-5) at UFC 101 in Philadelphia, PA, on August 8th according to MMAWeekly. Both fighters are coming off big losses in the UFC light heavyweight division. This will be the first UFC event in Pennsylvania after the state officially sanctioned MMA last month. Also, BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian are rumored to be on this UFC fight card.
UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre talks about his “G Moment” for a new Gatorade campaign. GSP talks about winning the UFC belt back from Matt Serra at UFC 83 in Montreal, Canada as his “G Moment”. GSP join the ranks of athletes including Michael Jordon, Tiger Woods, Sidney Crosby & Usain Bolt who have also appeared in Gatorade campaigns