Welcome to this week’s edition of MMAterial Facts, where we feature articles from around the MMA community.
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This week’s MMAterial Facts:
– Nevada amends complaint against Nick Diaz, shifts strategy (Fight Opinion)
“After Team Diaz filed their response to Nevada’s complaint, Keith Kizer telegraphed (in the media) what the response would be. Rather than confront what Goodman & Tweedale are arguing regarding WADA standards & Nevada law, Keith Kizer & company are now shifting to what I call “the Al Capone” strategy. Kizer’s side is now going after Team Diaz over the way the medical questionnaire was answered regarding Nick Diaz & his medical marijuana usage.
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I guess it isn’t a total surprise to see Nevada shift their complaint strategy since they hinted this would be the direction they would be heading in, but to see it on paper and the complaint amended is rather interesting.”
– King Mo Lawal considers WWE while Bellator & Super Fight League show interest (MMA Mania)
“Brock Lesnar recently retired from mixed martial arts (MMA) and he’s already reportedly signed a one-year deal with the popular pro wrestling promotion, potentially to debut at tonight’s WrestleMania 28 event.
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But another fairly high profile fighter is reportedly expressing interest in making the jump to the scripted entertainment world — Muhammed Lawal. And it’s not even the first time he’s flirted with the idea..”
– After Issues On TUF: Live, Dana White Promises No More 3-Minute Breaks (MMA Convert)
“We were on a network commercial break. You can’t break a network commercial break. We need to fix that. This is a live sporting event, and we need to be on our toes knowing that we can go to another round. We have a 60-second commercial, and you come right back to the fight. That was bad. What are you going to do? We can’t pull out of a network break, so we need to figure that out and fix it.”
– K-1 is coming to New York and Los Angeles THIS year! (MiddleEasy)
“If you are a fan of martial arts and kickboxing and you live in the United States, your day might be coming and very soon. The same can be said for fighters within the US who are sick of fighting for paltry sums of money in the regional muay-thai scene, as part of K-1’s press release today, two events within the United States were listed. Of the seven projected dates, two are within the United States. Early September is penciled in for the U.S. Qualifying Tournament, with the winner being placed within the World Grand Prix. The other event listed within the United States? None other than in December for the K-1 World Grand Prix Finals in New York City. If you’ve had behind-the-scenes information, there has been talk of K-1 in New York for a few years now, first in a partnership with HDnet, then possibly with a local promotion and now this.”
– “ONE FC 3: War Of Lions” Results: Moreira, Kawajiri Earn Submission Wins (FightLine)
“ONE Fighting Championship held its third professional card early Saturday morning from Singapore, as Zorobabel Moreira met Felipe Enomoto in the main event of War of Lions. The card was streamed live on YouTube from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang.”
– *UPDATE* [VIDEO] Anarchy in the UK: Riot Breaks out at Lockdown MMA Event (Cage Potato)
“This wasn’t your “Drunk, Affliction wearing fauxhawk guy trades telegraphed haymakers with drunk, Silver Star wearing tribal tattoo guy” brawl that you occasionally see at live events. This was a full blown riot that saw fans throwing bottles and chairs at each other for several minutes. Fortunately, a Cagepotato reader (who wishes to remain anonymous) tipped us off as to what started the riot, which is available after the jump.”
– AFC 2 Results: Patrick Cote wins fourth straight, Thales Leites avenges loss to Matt Horwich (Five Ounces of Pain)
“The rapidly ascending popularity of MMA in Brazil was on display last night in Manaus when Amazon Forest Combat put on their second ever event, lining the card with a handful of well-known fighters in addition to local products. The main event featured UFC veterans Murilo Bustamante and Dave Menne matched up in what was likely the last fight of Bustamante’s widely-respected career.”
– Welterweight Semifinals Pairings Set, Tournament Resumes at ‘Bellator 67′ (5thRound)
“After kicking off the opening round of their Welterweight Tournament on Friday night, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney announced the tourney would resume at “Bellator 67″ on May 4th. Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada will host the festivities.
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Rebney also confirmed the pairings for the four remaining contestants. Ben Saunders (Pictured) will face Bryan Baker, while Karl Amoussou meets David Rickels Karl on the opposite end of the brackets.”
– Freddie Roach says Anderson Silva is “just way too big” to fight Georges St. Pierre (LowKick)
“”I’d probably say that Anderson Silva hits harder (than Georges St. Pierre) because he’s a lot bigger. Georges is a good puncher also, but the thing is, size wise, I think that Anderson’s a little more fluent at this point. He’s a lot bigger than Georges, of course. So, that’s why I don’t think that fight – they’ve been talking about that fight happening, I don’t think it will happen.”
– Promoter says New York Officials have “Been Cooperative” for Sanctioned Amateur MMA (TheFightNerd)
When it was announced this week that the TNT Fight Series would be the first amateur MMA card to be sanctioned in New York since state authorities tried to stamp out the practice in 2002, thoughts of controversy and conflict with government officials came to mind for everyone except the people running it. Fighter and promoter of the TNT Fight Series Erik Herbert went on the record with The Fight Nerd.com last night to describe what has been a thus far smooth ride with the sanctioning body and local government.”
– Dana White on Pirating: F**k You, We’re Coming After You Criminals (BleacherReport.com/MMA)
“There’s this whole generation out there that grew up getting free sh*t on the Internet, so they think everything on the Internet should be free. It ain’t how it f**king works, man. The music industry was single-handedly destroyed by the Internet. The Internet destroyed the music business. They’ll tell you that. It’s a fact.”
UK MMA Event Riot
Hows life without guns? hahaha. Those guys riot on a dayly basis because no one is armed to stop them. You start shit like that in the US there is a very good chance someone will shoot your ass. Thats chance keeps people under control. I will take a few shootings over the constant stabbings, beatings, and riots. BTW, Lee Murray is laughing his ass off at your gun laws. Way to leave the criminals armed and make your citizens defenseless.
The last riot at an MMA event i remember in the US was the Ultimate Athlete event i believe in 2001. Thats was because they had a motorcycel gang member on the card and all his buddies were in the croud. I know guns would have changed this UK event but i think it is funny there is a riot every time you put more than 20 people together in the UK. When people can be armed you have less people out looking to start shit. Maybe this one would have happen anyway maybe not. But hell even the security cant have guns and thats way they were useless in getting control. Security is a joke.