UFC vs MMA

"King Mo" walks away from a badly damaged Larkin (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Landing 15 unanswered shots, Muhammed Lawal nearly beat Lorenz Larkin into oblivion to pick up his ninth career win. "King Mo" was far from jubilant. In fact, he was angry following the victory. Lawal lashed out at the referee Kim Winslow for not protecting his opponent. In the ring, Lawal screamed out a suggestion that Winslow shouldn't be reffing fights. In the postfight press conference, he brought it even stronger. "The commission, they need to like to do something with her ... let her take a fight or something and give her a bad ref. Let her fight [Cristiane] "Cyborg" Santos and let's do a late stoppage with her," said Lawal."The tables need to be turned. Put me in there as a ref and I'll do a terrible job like her." Winslow's decision to allow a limp Larkin to absorb 6-8 extra punches was shaky, but her explanation to Lawal was even worse...

Steve Cofield is a MMA and Boxing blogger for Yahoo! Sports. Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page. View the original article here

Sam Morris / Las Vegas Sun Middleweight champion Luke Rockhold pounds Keith Jardine to the mat on his way to a first round TKO in defense of his belt Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 at the Hard Rock. By Case Keefer (contact) Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012 | 1 a.m. Luke Rockhold wants what he can’t have. Immediately after defending his Strikeforce middleweight title by defeating Keith Jardine on Saturday night at the Hard Rock, Rockhold requested a bout against one of the top 10 185-pound fighters in the UFC. “Those are the guys I want,” Rockhold said. “I want to climb to the top and fight the best in the world. I think they should bring over some top contenders.” This is the problem Strikeforce will deal with for as long as it continues to operate. Most of its top fighters are going to crave UFC competition. But it’s unlikely to happen. Officials from both promotions have made it clear that UFC and Strikeforce will run as separate entities. Strikeforce champions will naturally yearn for the opportunity...

LAS VEGAS - Brock Lesnar never really adjusted to getting hit for real. Tonight, facing a 263-pound monster in Alistair Overeem, Lesnar bowed out early and then walked away from the sport. The same old bugaboo - his inability to absorb punches - reared its ugly head at UFC 141. Overeem targeted Lesnar's body with knees and kicks, got the big man to drop and cover up. It was all over in less than two and a half minutes in the main event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. So is Lesnar's run in MMA. The former star of pro wrestling announced that he was finished fighting in the Octagon. "I want to thank everyone, the Fertittas and Dana White," Lesnar told UFC analyst Joe Rogan. "I promised my wife and kids that if I won this fight, the fight against Junior [dos Santos] would be my last. If I lost tonight, this would be my last." Overeem, a veteran of 47 MMA fights coming in, broke Lesnar's spirit early by thwarting a takedown attempt and battering his body rep...

It's been a lousy year for Georges St-Pierre and he can't even turn to his boys in Canada for a little moral support. Well, it's only one writer's opinion, but Aaron Lefko of Sportsnet.ca included GSP on his "Most Overhyped Athletes of 2011" list. And even before his injury, St-Pierre was taking verbal shots from the public, the media and fighters for his inability to put away opponents. He grabbed the international spotlight in April for headlining the first UFC card in Toronto, producing GSP mania. A record UFC crowd of more than 55,000 packed the Rogers Centre to finally see the conquering Canadian hero and he went the full five rounds with Jake Shields in what was more of a clinic on how not to lose a fight than actually win it. Keep in mind, St-Pierre won the fight against Jake Shields back in April. Since then he's battled injuries all year with the worst coming a few weeks back when he suffered a torn ACL. The fight at UFC 129 is really stuck in th...

December 31 2011 Last updated at 03:05 AM ET LAS VEGAS -- Watch below as Johny Hendricks discusses his UFC 141 knockout of Jon Fitch, how he set up the knockout, why he thinks he deserves a title shot next, and more. View the original article here

December 31 2011 Last updated at 02:48 AM ET LAS VEGAS -- Watch below as Jimy Hettes discusses his UFC 141 win over Nam Phan, whether he thought he would dominate Phan like he did, his "surreal" year, and what's next. View the original article here

Johny Hendricks scored a 12-second knockout of Jon Fitch at UFC 141 on Friday night. When Fitch came to, he thought he was still fighting and tried to wrestle referee Steve Mazzagatti. If Fitch was facing Mazzagatti, he would have had a nice start on the round. Unfortunately, he had already lost. Related: Johny Hendricks, Jon Fitch, UFC 141 View the original article here

Donald Cerrone isn't very big on Christmas and he's definitely not a fan being insulted. After an October run-in with Nate Diaz, it makes for the perfect blizzard of punches, knees and kicks next week at UFC 141. Before UFC 137, there was no history between Cerrone and Diaz, until the younger half of the infamous Diaz brothers pulled a trick from his bag of anger. During the workouts before UFC 137, Diaz was speaking Leonard Garcia, one of Cerrone's teammates at Jackson's MMA in Albuquerque. "Leonard was over there talking with the dude, so I said 'oh, [expletive] I'll go over there.' They were laughing and joking around. I walked over and said 'what's up Nate, I'm 'Cowboy.' He slapped my hand away and called me a punk-ass [expletive]," Cerrone told ESPNRadio1100/98.9 FM in Las Vegas (NSFW). "He told me to get on. I don't know what his point [was]. I guess he doesn't want to be cordial." Cerrone is slightly vo...