This week, MMA Gospel’s Technique of the Week closes it’s current arch with a belly-down armbar from the rear naked choke defense. This arch began using a three strike combination to set up a body drag takedown and has focused mainly on using strikes to set up grappling techniques. This week, Ed Perdomo finishes the chain, and the fight, with a smooth transition to a tight armbar submission that uses his opponents own defense against him. Continue reading »
This week, MMA Gospel’s Technique of the Week closes it’s current arch with a belly-down armbar from the rear naked choke defense. This arch began using a three strike combination to set up a body drag takedown and has focused mainly on using strikes to set up grappling techniques. This week, Ed Perdomo finishes the chain, and the fight, with a smooth transition to a tight armbar submission that uses his opponents own defense against him.
Roger Huerta and Eddie Alvarez will face off for the Bellator Lightweight Championship on Thursday. (File Photo)
This Thursday, Bellator brings the fans their biggest fight yet, a super fight between Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez (18-2) and former UFC top ten lightweight “El Matador” Roger Huerta (21-4-1). The two men have been an elephant in the living room for the organization since Huerta’s arrival, and one could hear the cries of frustration over lost ticket sales when Huerta dropped his bout against Pat Curran (12-3) in May. This was the super fight that the lightweight tournament was supposed to lead to and Huerta left Bellator with a garage full of promotional material gone to waste. Then Curran hurt his shoulder in training and the Bellator brass was more than eager to ask “El Matador” to step in. Both of these men have something to prove and a freight train full of hype behind them, and that will make this the breakthrough fight for the Bellator organization. Continue reading »
Bellator 33's headliner pits Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez against UFC veteran Roger Huerta, promising to be one of the most explosive and dynamic match-ups ever witnessed in the 155lb. division. (Photo courtesy of Bellator)
Prepare for the biggest lightweight fight since Edgar vs. Penn 2 as Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez (20-2) meets UFC veteran and lightweight super star “El Matador” Roger Huerta (21-4) in Bellator’s first real super fight. From the moment the MMA world knew of Huerta’s signing with Bellator, fans salivated at the thought of this one fight. Unfortunately, Huerta’s title hopes were derailed by underdog Pat Curran (13-3) in the final rounds of the lightweight tournament; but fortune smiled on Huerta in the form of a shoulder injury Curran sustained in the late summer. Now fans will have their fight between two of MMA’s most elite lightweights in one of the first true pairings between a top tier former-UFC lightweight, and a fighter commonly counted among the top ten despite having never graced the Octagon. Continue reading »