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My review of the upcoming Gina Carano vs Kelly Kobald at the Elite XC.
This is a solid female fight, I think the overall advantage lies with Gina Carano, but I am making my pick Kelly Kobald.
Thursday, September 04, 2008 - by Damon Martin - MMAWeekly.com
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.”
When Mick Jagger wrote the classic song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” he obviously had no idea that it would one day relate to the sport of mixed martial arts, but for Nate Marquardt there may not be a more perfect theme song.
In his last bout, he faced Brazilian Thales Leites in a middleweight showdown and despite the former King of Pancrase’s dominant performance two separate illegal strikes causing point deductions essentially cost him the match.
Leites got the win via a split decision victory, but far from a definitive performance, many fans instantly asked for a rematch to settle the matter. Marquardt also asked for that same rematch, but he was soon rebuffed in his request.
“I think they would have given me that fight, I asked for it and their response was (Leites) didn’t want to fight me again,” said Marquardt in a recent interview with MMAWeekly Radio.
Little did he know that his request for a rematch being denied may have led him to the bigger fight that he faces on Saturday night as he squares off against Martin Kampmann at UFC 88 in Atlanta.
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need.”
Regardless of the rematch with Leites, Marquardt believes he is in a much better position than his last opponent, taking on a fighter that could be poised for a title shot in the near future. That’s exactly what the Colorado resident is looking for as well and he’s not looking back at past fights.
“My stock went up after that fight,” he commented about the Leites bout. “I’m getting a better fight than he’s getting. I’m getting a fight against someone that beat him, someone that’s undefeated. I’m trying to climb the ladder, I want to get to the top and I think if I had a rematch against him any time after this fight it would be kind of a step down.”
What he faces in Martin Kampmann is a tough as nails striker who has also shown a great ability to control the ground game as well. Marquardt knows he will have to be on top of his game to beat the Danish fighter at UFC 88.
“He is very well rounded, but at the same time I know I can beat him in any area,” he said about Kampmann. “I don’t necessarily know what his gameplan is, that’s going to be one of the biggest questions. I can assume some things from watching his past fights.”
Following his last bout, Marquardt traveled to Montreal to help good friend and training partner Georges St. Pierre prepare for his most recent bout before traveling to Greg Jackson’s gym in New Mexico and then closing out his training at his home gym in Colorado, giving him the best possible camp to get ready for Kampmann.
Always staying positive, Marquardt hopes that he gets to fight at least one more time in 2008, and he is also hopeful to get a second shot at champion Anderson Silva so he can “be the one that knocks him off there.”
First up on the agenda is facing Martin Kampmann in a feature bout at UFC 88 in Atlanta on Saturday night.
Horn today confirmed his wrist injury with MMAjunkie.com(www.mmajunkie.com), and sources close to the fighter said that Ryan Jensen (13-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) will return to the UFC to serve as his replacement.
Jensen meets Wilson Gouveia (10-5 MMA, 4-2 UFC) at the upcoming “Fight Night” event, which takes place Sept. 17 at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Neb.
The event airs live on Spike TV.
“I have been having a problem with my wrist for about the last month,” Horn told MMAjunkie.com. “I went to a doctor and had him look at it the other day, and he says I’ve got some tendons and ligaments and stuff torn in there. I thought I may have had a broken bone in there, but it was ligaments and tendons and stuff.
“I have no grip strength, I can’t make a fist, and I can’t punch anything. I’m pretty useless.”
Although Horn won’t go under the knife, he knows his recovery could keep him sidelined for a while.
“The doctor said the wrist is just one of those things that sometimes a break is actually easier because you fix it and cast it and let it heal,” he said. “But with sprains and tears and stuff like that, there’s nothing you can really do with except try and stay off of it and let it heal.”
MAIN CARD
Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer
Mac Danzig vs. Clay Guida
Houston Alexander vs. Eric Schafer
Alan Belcher vs. Ed Herman
Kyle Bradley vs. Joe Lauzon
Wilson Gouveia vs. Ryan Jensen
PRELIMINARY CARD
Drew McFedries vs Mike Massenzio
Jason Brilz vs. Brad Morris
Rob Kimmons vs. Dan Miller
Alessio Sakara vs. Joe Vedepo
Despite being one of MMA’s most-experienced fighters — with more than 100 professional bouts — he’s lost his past two fights (both in the UFC) and three of his past four. Horn knows he’s guaranteed nothing when it comes to his future in the UFC.
“I’m hoping [I'll return to the UFC],” he said. “I’m just going to keep training as much as I can around my hand. Hopefully they’ll have somebody get hurt and fall out in a future show again and I’ll be ready to go.”
Jensen, meanwhile, will return to the octagon for his third shot at a UFC victory. The Omaha-based fighter posted a stellar 11-1 record to earn an invitation to the UFC, but he was dropped by the organization after first-round submission losses to Thales Leites and Demian Maia. Since then, he suffered a first-round TKO loss to Joey Villasenor at a Strikeforce/EliteXC show, but he’s rebounded for first-round TKO victories over Mitch Whitesel and Aaron Praschak.
His opponent, Gouveia, had recently posted four consecutive victories in the UFC (three via submission and one via knockout) before a second-round TKO loss to UFC newcomer Goran Reljic in May at UFC 84. It was the American Top Team fighter’s first loss since a unanimous-decision defeat to Keith Jardine in June 2006.
For the latest on UFC Fight Night 15, which precedes the debut episode of “The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir,” check out the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.co
Current review of everything going on in the MMA world. Including a review of Chuck Liddell vs Rashad Evans at UFC 88. As well as the Affliction shows, Fedor Emelianenko, Josh Barnett, etc.
MMA, Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Mixed Martial arts has been HUGE hopefully it continues its growth.
My review of UFC 85 bedlam which featured the complete and total asswhippery on Matt Hughes. Matt Hughes in this UFC 85 Bedlam , Ultimate Fighting Championship looked like a shell of his former self, and Thiago Alves whipped his ass good.
I think that the UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship is definitely on the right track with their UFC production. Unfortunately the whipping of Hughes basically closes curtain on a legacy that is Matt Hughes.
Hopefully Matt Hughes fight with Matt Serra is competitive and entertaining.
My analysis of Fedor Emelianenko as a fighter, and what I think he needs to do to be considered the number one fighter once again.
Since fighting in PRIDE, fedor has not fought any serious top competition. But now that Affliction has signed him, the potential exists for Fedor to start fighting some serious top fighers. The downside to this entire scenario is the fact that Fedor Emelianenko isn’t currently making the attempt at fighting a real challenge.
Instead of being matched up with Josh Barnett the number 3 ranked heavyweight, Fedor Emelianenko has lowered himself to fighting Tim Sylvia, an opponent he is expected to defeat easily.
Former UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship champ Tito Ortiz is planning on starting his own MMA ( Mixed martial arts ) promotion.
Tito Ortiz is not happy with any of the current promotions and thinks that he will be able to make more money by owning his own MMA ( Mixed Martial Arts ) Promotion.
I think Tito Ortiz makes a much better president than Dana White, but I think Tito Ortiz is understimating how difficult it is to start a mixed martial arts promotion.
Hopefully Tito ortiz signs with Affliction and continues to fight top fighters
My review of the MMA promotion Affliction and their current partnership with Donald Trump.
Obviously Affliction has been signing some really high profile fights, and psending a lot of money to get these fighters under contract. They have Fedor, Josh Barnett, Andrei Arlovski, the list goes and on.
Many people were wondering where Afflication Banned was getting the money to pay these fighters. Now it has come to light that Donald Trump has been financing the company
This is my preview of the Matt Hughes vs Thiago Alves fight at UFC 85. The Ultimate Fighting Championship has come a long ways over these last couple of years, but i never thought the UFC would get to the point where Matt Hughes was a gatekeeper so soon.
Matt Hughes is basically the gatekeeper who is testing out the new, young athlete which is Thiago Alves. And because of the losses matt hughes has had to GSP, im not going to pick a winner in this particular fight. Thiago Alves has a decent chance of winning in my opinion.
This Ultimate Fighting Championship will likely be several notches above the Elite xc card this past weekend, and hopefully Matt Hughes can pull off a victory.
Jeremy Horn injured, replaced by Ryan Jensen at UFC Fight Night 15
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