Dana White: “Kid” Yamamoto vs. “Mighty Mouse” Fight to Stream Live on Facebook

 Posted by at 4:49 PM  MMA News, UFC  1 Response »
Feb 022011
 

Japanese MMA sensation "Kid" Yamamoto makes his UFC debut this Saturday night against Demetrious Johnson at UFC 126. The bout will air live on Facebook. (Photo courtesy of Taro Irei and Sherdog)

At today’s UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort pre-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White announced that the preliminary card bout between the highly touted “Kid” Norifumi Yamamoto (15-2-1) and “Mighty Mouse” Demetrious Johnson (10-1) will stream live on Facebook this Saturday night.

MMA fans have anticipated the UFC debut of Yamamoto for quite some time, and will get their wish this Saturday night. “Kid” Yamamoto is a Japanese mixed martial artist and kickboxer that has quickly gained popularity in the Shooto organization largely due to his aggressive style, well rounded skill set, and often controversial character. He also is a PRIDE and K-1 veteran, for the latter of which he holds the record for the fastest knockout in the organization’s Hero’s history with a four second flying knee KO over Kazuyuki Miyata (7-6) in 2006. Throughout his career, “Kid” has earned 11 TKO/KO, one submission, and three decision victories. His pair of losses are split between TKO and Split Decision, respectively. The southpaw Yamamoto fought as a lightweight to start his career in 2001 and descended the divisions to fight at featherweight from 2002-2009 and finally made his home at bantamweight just last year. Continue reading »

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UFC 126 Pre-Fight Breakdown: Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos

 Posted by at 8:35 AM  MMA News, UFC  1 Response »
Feb 022011
 

The former WEC Bantamweight Champion, Miguel Angel Torres (white trunks), hopes to use his technical form of striking and grappling in order to secure and escalate his rankings in the new UFC title picture. (Photo courtesy of Dave Mandel and Sherdog)

Before the Packers and Steelers take to the turf at Cowboys Stadium for Super Bowl XLV, the UFC follows up their New Year’s card with another stacked night of fights at UFC 126. In the main event, Middleweight Champion “The Spider” Anderson Silva (27-4) puts his title on the line again for the record breaking eighth time against a striker of his caliber, “The Phenom” Vitor Belfort (19-8). Two former champions collide when Forrest Griffin (17-6) meets who many consider to be his mirror image, “Ace” Rich Franklin (27-5), in a battle that can set the pace for their title contentions. Wrestling powerhouse Jake Ellenberger (22-5) welcomes prominent Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu artist Carlos Eduardo Rocha (2-0) to the main card after his preliminary debut at UFC 122. “Bones” Jon Jones (11-1) will finally duke it out against fellow rising star “Darth” Ryan Bader (12-0) with one fighter being shot up into the highest echelon of the light heavyweight class. But before these UFC stand-outs grace the neon lights of Las Vegas, two products of the UFC/WEC merger will test each other when WEC favorites Miguel Angel Torres (37-3) and Antonio Banuelos (18-6) make their UFC debut. Familiar or not with the WEC, these two bantamweights promise to give the viewers a treat to start off the Super Bowl weekend. Continue reading »

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MMA Gospel Technique of the Week: Scarfhold Keylock

 Posted by at 12:53 AM  Technique of the Week  1 Response »
Feb 022011
 

Last week, MMA Gospel’s Technique of the Week involved escaping the back mount and spinning into an armbar from side control. But what happens when an opponent manages to sit up and prevent a fighter from securing the proper arm position? After all, in the scramble of an escape, a fighter can miss something. Ed Perdomo and Josh Bazik are here to answer that question. Rather than simply turn into side control and work from there, Ed will use Josh’s defense against him to obtain the scarfhold position and apply a keylock that could almost be called a reverse omoplata. Continue reading »

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