Sebowski

Don't get me wrong. It's great that the fights are out there. I agree with all that. But still, **** facebook.

Aren't they also doing the facebook streams on youtube now too? Haven't had a chance to check. I know they did for at least one card recently.

Also, I had a friend log in for me a few months ago to watch the facebook streams and the quality sucked. Not sure if they've improved or if it was crappy work connection.

damn I knew I missed something on that card. the UFC has got to quit with this Facebook crap, not everybody who likes the UFC wants to give up a ton of personal information just to watch a fight.

Agreed. Pretty annoying. **** facebook.

I had one last night and man is it hoppy...not for the feint of heart coming in at a whopping 64 IBUs it is a hop monster but balanced out pretty well with an OG of 1.076 (thats alot of sugar from a huge malt bill).

64 IBUs? In San Diego we call that a malt bomb.

What's our starting lineup and immediate bench looking like as of right now?

For Keast

http://www.mmamania.com/2011/6/21/2235482/rick-story-im-expecting-the-best-nate-marquardt-theres-ever-been-at#storyjump

Rick Story: 'I'm expecting the best Nate Marquardt there's ever been' at UFC on Versus 4

Mmamania_tiny by Brian Hemminger on Jun 21, 2011 8:18 PM EDT in UFC News

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Rick Story is certainly not afraid to take risks.

After barely shaking the cobwebs out of his career-defining victory over former title challenger Thiago Alves at UFC 130, "The Horror" stepped up and took the place of the injured Anthony "Rumble" Johnson to fight Nate Marquardt on this Sunday's (June 26, 2011) UFC on Versus 4 event.

The Washington native is certainly no stranger to fighting often, having once competed nine times in 10 months just to keep food on the table while working his way up the local circuit.

The rising southpaw was recently a guest on Pro MMA Radio where he discussed everything from what he expects out of Nate Marquardt to taking a fight on such short notice (four weeks) and even his title aspirations.

"Horror" even reveals how he was selected to replace Johnson in the main event opposite "The Great" after the jump:

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Pro MMA Radio: Anthony Johnson was scheduled to welcome Nate [Marquardt] to the welterweight division. He gets injured. How did you come to get the fight? Did you reach out to them or did they come to you?

Rick Story: It was a little bit mutual. After the fight with Alves, my coach Pat White and me discussed that we wanted to get a fight as soon as possible. We approached [Joe] Silva and said we wanted to fight as soon as possible. Getting this possibly on the plate as long as Marquardt accepted the fight. It ended up working out that way, which was pretty cool. That's pretty much how it came about. I wasn't expecting a fight within a month, but it's pretty cool that it happened that way.

Pro MMA Radio: Did you have any hesitation when you got the call to fight Nate?

Rick Story: No, definitely not. Just because it's Nate Marquardt and he was a top contender at 185, and the whole thing with [Jon] Fitch ended up blowing up in our face or whatever, and this is another great opportunity for me to show that I belong for a title shot.

Pro MMA Radio: There's been a lot of banter in the media conference call. You got asked about it several times and you must be getting tired of it. You have a six-fight win streak and you're putting that on the line on a short notice fight. Do you look at this as a risk or are you just here to fight?

Rick Story: I don't look at it as a risk because for one I am here to fight. And any time you see me in a fight, you consider me putting that record on the line, but I don't look at it that way. I look at it as I came off that last fight unscathed and I'm in shape and I'm ready to fight again.

Pro MMA Radio: In a sense does it make it easier to get ready for a fight because you're already in fight shape and as you said, you didn't think you took any damage from Thiago and you've got four weeks to prepare?

Rick Story: I personally like it. I like fighting frequently and staying in shape. I really don't like getting out of shape and getting back into shape. If I can go into a fight camp throwing things into the gameplan that I can train and I can train perfectly and not have to worry about being in shape? That's awesome. I learn a lot quicker and I'm not having to focus on getting in shape. I'm not worried about breathing hard while I'm working hard. I'm just worried about perfect technique and it just makes it that much easier.

Pro MMA Radio: You mentioned you like fighting this way. It's not uncommon for you to fight often. Before you signed with the UFC, you fought nine times in 10 months. To a lot of people that would seem like a grueling scheduled but talk about that, that's basically fighting once a month.

Rick Story: Well, I wanted to get to the UFC as quick as possible so I wanted as many fights as I could as soon as possible. Then again, since I was making this my profession and being able to focus on my fight career, I needed to fight every month to be able to live, too. Usually at the smaller venues it's very difficult to get a big fight purse and make ends meet while doing it. It's kinda like having your back up against the wall, having to perform and not take damage and that's another motivating factor and I like it.

Pro MMA Radio: Let's talk about preparing for Nate. The big unknown is that he's gonna be making his welterweight debut. Tell me what you saw of him at 185.

Rick Story: I have to respect all of his abilities and I have to go into this fight expecting the best Nate Marquardt that there is, that there ever has been. I'm not going in to focus on and expect him to gas out because he's making a weight cut. There's no way I can let that happen. I'm going to approach him just like I approach everyone else. I'm gonna go at him, gonna keep putting the pressure. It's not a secret.

Pro MMA Radio: Did you ever fight at 185?

Rick Story: I fought there in my first fight and at some of my amateur fights. I'm pretty big. The highest weight I've ever been walking around at was 217 pounds. I fought at 205 at some of my amateur fights and my first professional fight I was still coming down from a high weight and then I fought Mario Miranda at 185 for my first professional fight.

Pro MMA Radio: What's your fighting weight on fight night?

Rick Story: On fight night, I'm usually walking around anywhere between 187 and 191 pounds, depending on how much liquid I drink.

Pro MMA Radio: When you and Pat White break this fight down looking at Nate Marquardt. Where do you see advantages and where do you see disadvantages?

Rick Story: Well, I'd say Nate is a dangerous opponent. He's not at the top of the sport for no reason. He's got great striking and great subs off his back. He's been around the block. He knows what he's doing. In preparing for Nate, it's not just sitting and preparing a gameplan, it's about working on technique and what I'm gonna do in my fight and not what he's gonna do.

Pro MMA Radio: Nate struggled with Chael and Chael used his wrestling very effectively. Did you and Pat look at that fight and see where Nate is vulnerable and what his tendencies are? Does it give you confidence looking at that fight?

Rick Story: Yeah, it definitely does. Watching that fight Chael has a lot of the same style that I do or I'd have the same style as Chael. It shows some tendencies that Marquardt has and what happens when the pace is pushed against him and it's something that I can build confidence on.

Pro MMA Radio: How does this fight end?

Rick Story: I want it to end by knockout. That's the ultimate goal and it all depends on how good of shape Marquardt is on the weight cut and how he performs at this weight. If he fades I'm gonna TKO him probably late second or third round.

Pro MMA Radio: What do you think a win does for you?

Rick Story: I think a win over Marquardt would put me in position for a title shot and I think a lot of people would agree with me. Finishing Marquardt, a former top contender at 185 pounds, a higher weight class, should get me that spot. If I get a decision and it wasn't a dominant victory or it wasn't a good victory per se, I would think that I would have to fight one more fight and win to get a title shot.

So what do you think Maniacs?

Is Story taking a huge risk by fighting so quickly after such a tough three round scrap with Thiago Alves? Or will Marquardt be too much for the rising welterweight hopeful?

Speak up!

"Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" nets reported 7,639 attendees for $543K gate

by John Morgan on Jun 19, 2011 at 1:20 am ET

DALLAS – Strikeforce's first-ever event in Dallas drew a reported 7,639 attendees for a $543,060 live gate.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) learned of the figures at the post-event press conference for Saturday night's "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" event, which took place at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker revealed the results following the event.

The numbers represent an average of $71.09 in revenue per ticket issues. The number of complimentary tickets issued was not revealed.

By comparison, Strikeforce's Lone Star State debut, "Strikeforce: Houston," which took place in August 2010 at Houston's Toyota Center, drew a reported 8,635 attendees. The gate for that event was not revealed.

Strikeforce's sister company, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has also hosted one event at American Airlines Center. That card, "UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort," scored a reported 17,428 attendees for a $2.4 million gate.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation does not typically verify attendance and gate figures.

The "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" card, which saw Alistair Overeem and Josh Barnett each earn their spots in the semifinals of Strikeforce's heavyweight grand prix, faced stiff opposition in the Dallas sporting market in the weeks prior to the event. The city's Dallas Mavericks, who also call American Airlines Center home, claimed the NBA championship this past Sunday. The team held its victory parade on Thursday, the same day as the media workouts for "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum."

For complete coverage of "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum," check out the MMA Events section of MMAjunkie.com.

Still a giant gap between Strikeforce and UFC. Dana must be counting the days until the Showtime contract is up and he can merge the two. You slap the UFC brand on that same card last night and maybe mix in a Chris Leben fight and they make 4x the gate.

Sonnen is F'n hilarious.

I'll do my picks later this week but I think Overeem is going to KO Werdum JDS-style.

You mean by decision then?

It's been so long I almost forgot about the Strikeforce HWGP picks. Did anyone have a correct pick in the first two quarterfinal matches? Those were two pretty big upsets.

Chachie

Fedor (T)KO Silva, round 2.

Overeem (T)KO Werdum, round 1.

Kharitonov UD Arlovski.

Barnett UD Rogers.

Semifinals:

Fedor (T)KO Overeem, round 1.

Barnett Submission Kharitonov, round 3.

Finals:

Fedor UD Barnett.

SU

Fedor/Silva: Fedor by (T)KO round 2

Overeem/Werdum: Overeem by (T)KO round 1

Arlovski/Kharitonov: Kharitonov by (T)KO round 2

Barnett/Rogers: Barnett by submission round 2

Semifinals:

Fedor/Overeem: Fedor by submission round 1

Barnett/Kharitonov: Barnett by submission round 3

Finals:

Fedor/Barnett: Fedor by (T)KO round 1

Dr. Do Itch

Fedor beats Bigfoot tko round 1

werdum upsets overeem armbar round 4, really doubt this one but it's my way out there upset pick.

sergei ko aa round 1

barnett rnc round 2

semifinals

fedor ko werdum round 2

barnett armbar round 2

final

fedor tko round 3

PatraReem

Quarterfinals

Fedor vs Silva - Fedor, TKO Round 2

Overeem vs Werdum - Overeem, TKO Round 1

Arlovski vs Kharitonov - Arlovski, DEC Round 3

Barnett vs Rogers - Barnett, SUB Round 1

Semifinals

Fedor vs Overeem - Overeem, TKO Round 2

Arlovski vs Barnett - Barnett, DEC Round 3

Finals

Overeem vs Barnett - Overeem, TKO Round 1

ceviker

Fedor over Silva, rd 2. submission

Overeem over Werdeum, rd. 1 KTFO

Kharitonov over Glasschin, rd. 3 KTFO

Barnett over Rogers, rd. 2 KO

Overeem over Fedor (can't believe I'm writing this), rd 3, KO

Barnett over Kharitonov, decision

Overeem over Barnett, unanomious decision

Zoed

Fedor/Silva: Fedor by KO

Overeem/Werdum: Overeem by KO

Rogers/Barnett: Barnett by TKO, ground and pound

Arlovski/Kharitonov: Call me crazy but I'm going with Arlovski by KO

Fedor/Overeem: Tough one, real tough but I'm going with a more fired up and determined Fedor by arm bar

Arlovski/Barnett: I think Barnett again gets the takedown and pounds Arlovski out

Fedor/Barnett: Fedor by KO

Sebowski

quarter finals:

Fedor over Silva, (T)KO Round 2

Overeem over Werdum, (T)KO Round 1

Arlovski over Kharitonov, Decision

Barnett over Rogers, Sub Round 2

semi-finals:

Fedor over Overeem, Sub Round 3

Barnett over Arlovski, Decision

finals:

Fedor over Barnett, Decision

Was it Sebowski? He's been known to bet on UFC cards.

lol

I've been taking a beating lately after doing pretty well for awhile.

Props to the Doc for battling Patrick, but Werdum is going to get ass Reemed.

On that note, Reem still has to show some sub defense to get me to believe he is the best in the world.

I agree Aldo should beat Florian, but if the same Aldo shows up that fought Mark Homonik Florian has a real shot. Florian is bigger and has better wrestling than Hominick. He'll probably try a GSP type strategy. If Aldo doesn't have his cardio up The Flo can grind out a decision.

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I'm in! What did I miss?

Yeah, it was a bad season. Unfortunately I'm not really looking forward to next season either with Bisping as one of the coaches. Every time I see that douche I go to youtube and watch the end of the Henderson fight...and I smile to myself.

Next season should be good actually. First one with the lighter weights (145 & 135), and two different divisions means higher quality fighters with less filler guys. I think the Bisping-Mayhem stuff will be stale, but the fights should be good.

That is the perfect hairdo for that douchebag.

Got $$$ on Ramsey.

Rooting too hard for Pettis to pick against him. Hoping this one delivers. I'll call Pettis by sub in the Fight of the Night

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I hope Cecil Peoples isn't judging this one.

drinks on Sebowski

Not that much money.

anybody else catch the prelims on facebook?

MMA is funny place, a year ago, Grispi was a hotshot FW title contender. Now he's being beaten and battered by George Roop of all people

I had money on Roop at +325:cheers:

Jakes Shields should fight Jon Fitch. Rick Story should get Josh Koscheck. IMO. Fitch and Shields each lost to GSP once and as such want to earn a rematch. Kos has lost twice and as such is a gatekeeper at the moment. If Story wants to get into contender territory he needs to get past the gatekeeper and then fight the winner/loser of Fitch/Shields IMO.

The problem with Fitch-Shields is the possibility of a Shields victory. What then? No way he gets back to the title after one win. Shields needs to go down a couple rungs further.

Good call on Diego, Doc.

Ariel Helwani is awesome.Thanks for the vids, PL

So Story is calling out Fitch now. Keast, can your boy hang with Fitch's wrestling?

Story says it is the next logical fight for him, but the problem is it isn't the next logical fight Fitch. Fitch has been known to take any fight in the past, but recently he said the only fights that make sense for him are GSP or Penn. I think I agree with him. I could also see Fitch getting Condit if Condit beats Kim.

Story might be better suited for Ellenberger, Kim (regardless of a win or loss to Condit), or if he wants a big leap, Koschek.

It will be real interesting to see how Marquartd-Johnson and Kampmann-Howard play out too. I think in both of those fights how the winner looks will be as important as winning in the stacked welterweight division.

Got a pretty big bet on Struve here!

Also alive in my Story-Hammil-Nelson parlay.

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Got a pretty big bet on Struve here!

Also alive in my Story-Hammil-Nelson parlay.

Torres did more damage from the bottom than Mighty Mouse did from the top

moral of the story from that fight, just get a takedown, nothing else matters

Which is way Story and Hamill are live underdogs right now.

I like Story but I just don't seem him beating Alves. Big step up in competition.

Never count out the better wrestler. I think Story has a real shot at this. He can wear Alves down if he stays away from getting his head kicked off.

I know it is in here somewhere, but don't feel like doing the research. Basides maybe it's time to rediscuss anyway...

How many homebrewers in here? I've been at it for a few months and am loving it.

Messed up my first batch pretty bad by forgetting to put in 65% of my extract. DOH! Since them I think I'm pretty happy with what I've done. Opening another one Monday for the first time and going to dry hop a Citra IPA Monday too.