Kawasaki Releases More Information on the ZX-10R?s Technical Hold ? Sales to Resume Late January

The launch of the 2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R has been a rocky one for Team Green. First there was the new that the ZX-10R’s class leading power figures wouldn’t be making it to the American market, as the Japanese manufacturer was honoring new EPA noise standards, which necessitated the Kawasaki ZX-10R getting its wings clipped by 750RPM and approximately 20hp.�With this sort of impediment soon to become a common occurrence in the North American markets, ...

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Scary moment on WEC 53 preliminary card

Eddie Wineland and Ken Stone had a frightening moment during the preliminary card at WEC 53. From Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole, who was cageside:

Stone pulled guard and Wineland walked him across the cage and backed him to the fence. Then, he did a Rampage Japan-style slam and Stone was out cold immediately. Down for 5-10 minutes and then out on a stretcher.

Stone was taken from the arena in a stretcher, but he did not sustain any serious injuries, and was moving and breathing without trouble. 

Otherwise, the WEC 53 undercard was called by several on-site media the most exciting undercard they've seen. Only two fights went to the judges cards. 

Complete undercard results:

Renan Barao def. Chris Cariaso via submission via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 1, 3:47

Yuri Alcantara def. Ricardo Lamas via knockout (punches) - Round 1, 3:26

Danny Castillo def. Will Kerr via knockout (punches) - Round 1, 1:25

Eddie Wineland def. Ken Stone via knockout (slam) - Round 1, 2:11

Brad Pickett def. Ivan Menjivar via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Shane Roller def. Jamie Varner via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 1, 3:55

Danny Downes def. Tiequan Zhang via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Scary-moment-on-WEC-53-preliminary-card?urn=mma-297105

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KTM Building Moto3 Machine

When the rules for the Moto3 class, due to replace the 125cc two-stroke class from 2012 onwards, were announced, the entry of existing motocross and supermoto manufacturers seemed only a question of time. The new class is to feature 250cc, single cylinder four-stroke engines, with a maximum bore of 81mm and rev limited to 14,000 rpm, and all of the current companies building motocross bikes have an engine which - with a little modification - would fit that bill. 

The biggest - by reputation, at least - of the MX bike builders is surely KTM, and when Moto3 was announced, the gaze of the press immediately turned on Mattighofen, KTM's Austrian base. Rumors emerged as early as October that KTM was considering an entry, and now GPOne.com is reporting that the decision has been made, and that KTM's Moto3 project is already underway. According to GPOne.com, the technical details of the Moto3 engine are yet to be finalized, but given that the rules were only published in full at Valencia, with the details of the spec ECU issued just a couple of days ago, it is hardly surprising that KTM wanted to wait before starting work.

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Hamilton hoping for ?smoother? year in 2011 | F1 Fanatic round-up

Lewis Hamilton speak of "personal troubles" that he claims affected his performance in 2010.

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2010 B Roll Montage

North Carolina looks fun in this 2010 B Roll montage.

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Noons won't lower himself to fight Daley

Strikeforce has struck gold with Paul Daley. The big-mouthed Brit has fists of steel and backs it up with a brash attitude. He let his temper get the best of him at UFC 113 when he sucker punched Josh Koscheck. The UFC fired him on the spot, but he's rebounded quickly with Strikeforce.

Daley scored of a Knockout of the Year candidate two weeks ago over Scott Smith, and now Strikeforce is looking for the next opponent who can stand and bang with him.

KJ Noons fancies himself as the best boxer at 155 and 170 pounds in MMA. He's also got a big mouth. This could be a nice promotion for early 2011. One problem, Noons says Daley is a nobody.

"He’s like the black eye of MMA, this guy’s the leftovers of the UFC. I’m surprised Strikeforce even picked him up," Daley told MMAWeekly.com. "He’s trying to make his name so of course he’s going to call somebody out that beat Nick Diaz. That’s how he’s trying to get his name out there."

Noons has his finger on the pulse of what the fans wants. 

"Of course it would be exciting to watch me knockout Paul Daley. Everybody would want to see that, but the thing is nobody wants to see Paul Daley," said Noons.

Huh? That contradictory statement aside, Noons is wise to pass on the fight.

He's a lightweight and that's where he should concentrate his efforts. Daley is too big for him. The Diaz bout was a nice novelty fight and a necessary rematch, but Noons needs to stay down and establish dominance at 155.

Noons also thinks Daley is asking for it, if he keeps calling out Diaz.

"If he fights Nick, that’s an easy win for Nick in my book," said Noons. "I think that’s why Nick’s going to take the fight, easy win for Nick Diaz. Paul Daley won’t even make it to the championship rounds with Nick Diaz."

In spite of what Noons thinks, that is a fight that would sell big with MMA fans. The lead-up to the card would be dynamite and Diaz would probably be stubborn and trade the entire time with the one-dimensional Daley.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Noons-won-t-lower-himself-to-fight-Daley?urn=mma-295899

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Best of Street League

Street League just finished off their Best Of... Videos for each rider with Chris Cole, Nyjah Huston, and Shane O'neill. Check out Best Of.. videos for all your favorite Street League guys.

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2011 Pricing and Availability for Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Vespa, & Piaggio Motorcycles and Scooters

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Lewis Hamilton voted best driver of 2010 | 2010 F1 season review

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Video: Honda NRS 250 Moto3 Contender Teaser

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Berlin Leftovers

Anzeige Berlin has a nice montage of leftovers from the hot skate city of Berlin. Sorry no direct link.

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Caution: Smoking May be Hazardous to Your Health

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Mat Kinsman in Cakebread Mews

Mat Kinsman's Cakebread Mews part is on point. I'd be so stoked to find that bank to dumpster...

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Frame By Frame in Full

The French video Frame By Frame is online in full. Enjoy.

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Thailand sport climbing: can you help?

Since an old friend told me about his climbing trips to Thailand it’s been one of my boxes-to-tick. Climbing by the beach and then relaxing in the blue seas sounds too good to be true. I’m about to find out - I’ve decided to do it later this year…



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Lutheran, Crail Tap, Flip, and WeSC Videos

Daniel Lutheran continues his adventure with Chris. A few crail tappers get a rainy day session in at the Girl park. Flip has a random pocket cam montage. WeSC has the second installment of their Portland Trip.

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WEC 53 post-fight: Coaching TUF, bonuses and more

"What a great way to finish that up!" Reed Harris, general manager of the WEC, said to start the final press conference for the WEC, following a blockbuster fight between Anthony Pettis and Ben Henderson. Harris was referring to the gravity-defying kick from Pettis that secured his win over Henderson and the WEC lightweight title. Other notes from the WEC 53 press conference:

-- The fight of the night bonus was given to Henderson/Pettis for their five-round bout, knockout of the night to Eddie Wineland for knocking out Ken Stone with a slam, and submission of the night was to Shane Roller for his rear naked choke of former champion Jamie Varner. The bonuses were for $10,000.

-- Henderson was emotional after the fight, thanking the WEC and his home crowd of Glendale, Ariz. He said he didn't remember the kick, but that he knows it will be on the highlight reel for a while.

-- "It still doesn't feel real," Pettis said about his title. He said he has done that amazing kick in practice before, but felt the pressure to do something big going into the final round of the fight. Henderson admitted that he was woozy after the kick, but conscious.

-- Cruz continued to push for a rematch with Urijah Faber, and pointed out how different he is as a fighter. "I'm a completely different fighter. My stand-up's better, my wrestling's better, my ground game's better. I'm on a whole different level than Urijah," Cruz said.

-- After the final WEC fights, Harris spoke of his fighters like a proud father. "All these guys are going to make a mark in the UFC, and I couldn't be prouder," Harris said.

-- "When it first happened, I was happy because I got the knockout, but then when he wasn't moving, I was worried," Eddie Wineland said about the frightening knockout of Ken Stone. He said that he made sure he got word Stone's health after the fight.

-- Though there were plenty of UFC stars on hand in Arizona, Harris was happiest about having a Bear in attendance. Harris, a native of suburban Chicago, said that he was excited to see Jim McMahon at the fights, the quarterback of the Super Bowl XX champion Chicago Bears.

-- Pettis' first fight in the UFC will be for the UFC lightweight title with the winner of the Jan. 1 bout between champ Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard, but he doesn't care who it is. "I haven't had time to think about Edgar/Maynard yet," Pettis said. "I was fighting Ben Henderson, and it's all I cared about."

-- Cruz said he'd happily accept a coaching gig on "The Ultimate Fighter" against Urijah Faber. "I would accept it, and I would be stoked. It would be awesome, because I'd get my loss back."

-- Harris said that several of the unaired preliminary fights will be available for free  on UFC.com, and the Brad Pickett-Ivan Menjivar decision will be on Versus.com on Friday. More fights will be released over the weekend.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/WEC-53-post-fight-Coaching-TUF-bonuses-and-mor?urn=mma-297153

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Future F1 cars could have windscreens | F1 Fanatic round-up

Windscreens may be added to F1 cars to prevent a repeat of Felipe Massa's crash last year.

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The 2010 F1 season in 100 pictures | 2010 F1 season review

Every race of the 2010 season in 100 pictures.

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Canada Outs New MV Agusta Brutale Model & Pricing

After recently announcing the return of MV Agusta to the Canadian market, MV Agusta’s Canadian distributor Motovan has outed the Italian company’s new Brutale model. While it doe not seem that this model is the 675cc “Brutalina” that Castiglioni hinted at earlier this year, this Brutale instead appears to be an F4 derived street-naked, and is expected to hit the North American markets in mid-summer 2011. With pricing starting at $15,595 CAD, we expect pricing ...

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Kobi Graham - Incident at Cape Solander

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Barcelona: A Place For Everyone

Playboard has all 40 minutes of the new Euro video, Barcelona: A Place For Everyone.

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MMA Top 10 Welterweights: No End in Sight to GSP's Dominance

by Michael David SmithGeorges St. Pierre whipped Josh Koscheck for five rounds at UFC 124, bringing to 30 his streak of consecutive rounds won. Think about that: St. Pierre has fought the best of the best in the welterweight division, and although you can knock him for not finishing most of his recent fights, even the wildly inconsistent judges we have in MMA these days couldn't find a reason to score a single round against him over 30 rounds of action.

So when does that change? Jake Shields has dominated a whole lot of opponents himself recently, winning 15 straight fights including eight by stoppage and five by unanimous decision. But while Shields is certainly worthy of his title shot, it's extremely difficult to envision him actually beating St. Pierre, who does just about everything better than Shields. I could very easily see St. Pierre beating Shields by yet another unanimous decision, 50-45 all the way around.

And so as we rank the Top 10 welterweights in MMA, we're left wondering if any of them have what it takes to end GSP's reign.

 

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UFC 124 weigh-in: GSP talks tough and Alves makes weight

A tough talking Georges St. Pierre, a smirking Josh Koscheck, a svelte Thiago Alves, a skeleton-like Dustin Hazelett and three guys with mop tops all highlighted the festivities in Montreal at the UFC 124 weigh-in. 

GSP was fired up as he ran onto the platform at the Bell Centre.  The UFC welterweight champ has been waiting for months to finally get his hands on Koscheck, who busted his chops at every turn during the taping of Season 12 of "The Ultimate Fighter."

St. Pierre doesn't talk much trash, but he was in the mood on Friday afternoon.

"Tomorrow, I guarantee you the bully will get bullied. I'm motivated, but I'm going to fight smart," St. Pierre told UFC color analyst Joe Rogan. "He tried to put me off track. That's what he wanted. I'm not going to do it. I'm gonna kick his ass tomorrow. I look for the knockout."

The pro-GSP crowd was in full approval. A few minutes earlier, before Koscheck hit the scale, the UFC wisely fanned the flames with the crowd by playing a clip from TUF 12. It's was a short highlight of Koscheck saying he didn't want to lose to GSP, especially because he was a French guy. 

"Thanks for the great welcome," Koscheck said with a big smile on his face (4:07 mark). I plan on putting on a helluva show tomorrow night. The talk is over. Georges know he's gotta represent all you guys out here booing."

The booing got louder as the Canadians on hand treated Koscheck, like he was a defenseman for the Boston Bruins.

"I'll see you tomorrow night when I put Georges St. Pierre to sleep," said Koscheck. 

Thiago Alves, joined by his nutritionist, Mike Dolce, looked great on the scale. The bulky welterweight had missed weight in two of his previous four fights. At 171 pounds, Alves didn't look gaunt, or worn in the face.

With their shaggy hair, Mac Danzig and Matt Riddle looked like Beatles wannabes from the 60's. Coincidentally, the clown prince of the Internet, Sean McCorkle, was wearing a wig that looked similar to the haircuts of Danzig and Riddle.

McCorkle has done a nice job of transforming his 6-foot-7 body. He was under the heavyweight limit at 264. Keep in mind, he used to fight at well over 300 pounds. That said, he was no Hazelett. At 6-foot-1, the former welterweight looked incredibly skinny down at 155. 

UFC 124 weigh-in (Courtesy MMAjunkie):

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Georges St-Pierre (170) vs. Josh Koscheck (169) - UFC welterweight title
Sean McCorkle (264) vs. Stefan Struve (253)
Mac Danzig (156) vs. Joe Stevenson (155.5)
Thiago Alves (171) vs. John Howard (171)
Jim Miller (155) vs. Charles Oliveira (153.5)

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC.com)
Joe Doerksen (185.5) vs. Dan Miller (184.5)
Mark Bocek (155.5) vs. Dustin Hazelett (155)

PRELIMINARY CARD (Untelevised)
Jesse Bongfeldt (185.5) vs. Rafael Natal (185)
Sean Pierson (170.5) vs. Matthew Riddle (170.5)
Ricardo Almeida (170.5) vs. T.J. Grant (170)
Pat Audinwood (156) vs. John Makdessi (155)

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/UFC-124-weigh-in-GSP-talks-tough-and-Alves-make?urn=mma-294546

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Skate Sauce wraps up 2010 with a video from Los Angeles. �Featuring
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WSBK Reduces Number of Riders for Superpole in 2011

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A cold but rewarding start to the day... Saturday 17 July 2010

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Sonnen vs. NSAC: Hendo and Duffee cleared for TRT use; Chael may need a license to be on TUF 13

If Camp Sonnen thought the return to MMA would be drama free, think again.

Chael Sonnen has been a lightning rod of late on the Internet after his suspension was reduced by the California State Athelic Commission. Sonnen, a great trash-talker who had been muzzled for months, quickly hit Twitter to start a fued with Wanderlei Silva. That stirred up rumors that Sonnen may get one of the coaching spots on "The Ultimate Fighter." Now Keith Kizer, the Nevada State Athletic Commission chief, says no so fast my friends.

Just like Kizer, Yahoo! Sports' lead MMA writer Kevin Iole still has questions about Sonnen's CSAC hearing. He also clues us in on Dana White's answer about the possibility of Sonnen being on TUF 13.

Why is Kizer in this mix at all? He does oversee the fights during the taping of "The Ultimate Fighter" which is done each season in Las Vegas. Although it does seem that an actor on a reality show would never clearance from the state agency. Maybe with some clarification we'll find out, Kizer just meant Sonnen needs a license to work in the fighter's corners. If that's the case, maybe the UFC needs to reconsider the idea of having Sonnen serve as one of the TUF coaches. 

He also became part of Sonnen's CSAC story when the fighter said that he told Kizer about his testosterone replacement therapy back in 2008 before a WEC fight against Bryan Baker. Kizer has denied that conversation ever took place. Adding more intrigue to this soap opera was the news that both Todd Duffee and Dan Henderson, former UFC fighters, have official clearance from Nevada to use TRT.

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The organisers of Le Mans racing series have followed F1's lead by adopting smaller engines.

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GSP: 'Never been so excited for a fight in my life'

The UFC released the opening video for Saturday night's UFC 124, something that, according to Dana White, they have never done. Why release this one? Probably because Georges St. Pierre looked so amped that he was about to jump through the screen.

This is a top-heavy fight card, but with the animosity built up over the taping of "The Ultimate Fighter," Josh Koscheck and GSP seem ready to deliver. 

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Japan's Christmas gift for MMA fans: 'The Reem' vs. Duffee

If the fight stinks, at least the postfight posedown will thrill the fans at Dynamite!! 2010. Japanese promoters have delivered an opponent for Alistair Overeem on their year-end MMA card, it's fellow muscleman Todd Duffee. What a holiday gift to close out the year.

Duffee has been in limbo since his mysterious axing from the UFC back in September. The 6-foot-3, 252-pounder was considered one of the UFC's best heavyweight prospects. After putting a first-round beatdown on Mike Russow, Duffee gassed and was shocked via knockout in the third. Four months later, he was cut by the UFC with a 1-1 record.

FanHouse confirmed Thursday morning that the 25-year-old will face Overeem on Jan. 31 in Saitama, Japan (HDNet).

HeadKickLegend reports that Duffee will be paid $60,000 to show and an additional bonus if he pulls the upset. HKL also says Bobby Lashley turned down an Overeem fight over financial concerns.

Overeem, the Strikeforce heavyweight champ, is riding an eight-fight win streak that dates to 2007. His last MMA fight was a walkover in May against Brett Rogers in St. Louis.

On New Year's Eve, he'll be just 20 days removed from fighting three times in one night at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010.

This is MMA fight No. 45 for Overeem and only Duffee's eighth. Is it too soon?

The youngster has everything to gain. Hopefully, he's corrected some of his gas-tank issues because Overeem can go hard for 15 minutes and has huge knockout power.

Duffee will also have to deal with a long trip to Japan. Let's hope he has only good things to say about DREAM's promoters on the way to the fight.  

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GSP won't close the door on another Koscheck fight

He never wanted to hear about him again. That's what Georges St. Pierre said before his UFC 124 match against Josh Koscheck. After Koscheck, stood in front of him for 20-plus minutes with a broken orbital bone, St. Pierre admitted he may have to fight him again down the road.

"I've said in an interview before the fight, he's gonna be done and we're never going to fight each other again," St. Pierre said as he smiled during the UFC 124 postfight press conference.

"He's very tough and the performance he did tonight, he's a top welterweight. Maybe I talk too fast. Maybe in a few years, maybe he's going to come back." 

Don't scoff. It could happen.

Koscheck (15-5, 13-5 UFC) isn't going anywhere. His only losses in the UFC have come against St. Pierre (twice), Thiago Alves and two upsets at the hands of Paulo Thiago and Drew Fickett. The 33-year-old will be a mainstay in the UFC's top five at 170 pounds.

The question comes with St. Pierre and his willingness to eventually leave the division.

GSP said he weighs 190-192 between fights and that's not big enough to fight 185 pounds. He wants to get to 200 pounds before considering a fight with UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva. St. Pierre also said if he moves to 185, the switch will be permanent. He has no interest in bouncing between weight divisions.

If he doesn't move to middleweight or gets destroyed by Silva down the road, one has to wonder what the UFC will do if Koscheck is the No. 1 contender again around say, UFC 159.

Sounds like St. Pierre may not like Koscheck as person, but he knows that he's a necessary evil.   

"At the end of the night, it's only a fight," St. Pierre said of all prefight trash talk by Koscheck. "I need Josh Koscheck to do what I do for a living. If Josh Koscheck would not have been there tonight. I would not be able to make money and you guys would not have a good night of entertaining. We need good guy, we need bad guy. It's nothing personal at the end of the day, it's a business."

Koscheck may be a dick as Dana White calls him, but he is good for the sport. He also showed amazing heart, fighting with a broken orbital for 20-plus minutes.

What happens if Koscheck doesn't suffer the gruesome injury in the first round? What if he actually tried to use his wrestling and score some takedowns? Koscheck was the first guy in a long time that St. Pierre had trouble taking down and settling on the ground. If Koscheck rolls through Alves, B.J. Penn, Carlos Condit and Jake Shields, he won't deserve a third crack at GSP? We'll see.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/GSP-won-t-close-the-door-on-another-Koscheck-fig?urn=mma-295409

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Ruff Ryders Montage

IAIS has a montage from Ruff Ryders in quicktime.

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'Showtime' kick gives Pettis perfect launching point into the UFC

It was a little sad to see the WEC close its doors last night. The card was representative of everything that hardcore fans liked about the promotion. In the main event, Anthony Pettis served as a prime example of what made the WEC so much fun.

The promotion featured lots of young fighters with well-rounded games and endless stamina. Because the money wasn't great and jobs are hard to come by in MMA, most of the guys fought their asses off. You rarely saw a match with a guy trying to cruise to a victory or playing it safe.

Last night at WEC 53, when the Pettis-Ben Henderson fight was tied going into the final round, the 23-year-old Milwaukee native didn't come off his stool looking to eek out the win. He was aggressive and nailed one of the best moves in MMA history to seal the victory - "The Showtime" kick.

With just over a minute left in the fight, Pettis ran up the side of the cage and landed a kick right Henderson's kisser (0:24 mark). He got the win, grabbing the final WEC lightweight belt and the first shot at the winner of Frank Edgar and Gray Maynard in the UFC.  

The first time I saw Anthony Pettis in a WEC cage was back at WEC 41 in Sacramento. He took apart Mike Campbell that night and I remember thinking why did Zuffa put this kid in the WEC? He's absolutely good enough to fight right now in the bigger UFC.

Pettis also had an unreal back story. As a teen, he came home to discover his father had been murdered. Pettis then turned to fighting and training MMA. He went pro at 20 and debuted with WEC at 22. Less than 18 months later, he's locked up a shot at the UFC's lightweight title.

Pettis is exactly what people were talking about five years ago when they said, watch what happens to this sport when the young kids who are training in MMA gyms now arrive. Most of the future stars won't come from a specific discipline. From a young age, they'll have trained in jiu-jitsu, wrestling, boxing and kickboxing.

That's Pettis. We called it back in November at the time of the merger, tabbing Pettis the No. 4 fighter on a list of WEC stars moving over to the UFC. That was four spots ahead of Henderson who actually had the strap.

Pettis came through last night but took it to another level with that kick. There were countless fighters on Twitter saying they'd never seen anything like it and further admitting they couldn't do it. That's high praise. The kid deserves it and may have a big future on the bigger stage.  

Listen here to hear Cofield and Adam Hill from the Las Vegas Review-Journal on ESPNRadio1100 in Las Vegas as talk about the victories by Pettis and Dominick Cruz.  

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/-Showtime-kick-gives-Pettis-perfect-launching-p?urn=mma-297505

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Dana White fires the fans for Fight of the Night fail

The UFC tried something neat tonight by allowing the fans to hand out some bonus money. There was a lot on line. With a near-record gate of $4.586 million, the UFC was handing out $100,000 each to the fighters that the fans said put on the Fight of the Night.

Slap Cagewriter on the back, we called it.

When the news first emerged shortly before the start of UFC 124, we asked if the fans would judge objectively or turn it into a popularity contest?

We got our answer. Georges St. Pierre's destruction of Josh Koscheck (50-45 on all cards) was given the fan's nod as the best fight.

"The reporters aren't happy with it," Dana White joked at the postfight press conference. "It's one of the hazards. (The fans) are always chirping about how we mess it up and here we are."

White thought the real Fight of the Night was on the preliminary card. Sean Pierson and Matt Riddle beat the living hell out of each for three rounds.

The UFC and White even tried to give the fans a gentle nudge by showing the fight on the pay-per-view.

If you cast a vote at UFCvote.com, hope you enjoyed the chance to be the boss, now you're fired. 

"They blew their chance," White said. "That's it. It's over."

White said he'd take care of Pierson and Riddle. White also joked with St. Pierre telling him that he owes $100,000 to his buddy Pierson. 

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Dana-White-fires-the-fans-for-Fight-of-the-Night?urn=mma-294769

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2010 F1 driver rankings part three: 8-4 | 2010 F1 season review

Mark Webber and Jenson Button appear in the penultimate part of the driver rankings.

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Sonnen-Wandy TUF 13 rumors heating up

The UFC has stones. Dana White takes most criticism head on and the promotion often embraces controversy to further its brand.

Using sideshows like Kimbo Slice and James Toney to sell pay-per-views is one thing, now the UFC sounds like it's ready to take on one of the biggest hot-button issues in sports, steroids.

Rumors have it that highly controversial, currently suspended fighter Chael Sonnen may be the next volatile personality "The Ultimate Fighter" is built around.  

Sonnen, who tested positive for an unusually high testosterone count at UFC 117, was cleared by the California State Athletic Commission last week. The CSAC accepted his testosterone replacement therapy excuse and knocked his suspension down to six months.

In the court of public, he's far from cleared.

Anytime a fighter is linked to the word "steroids," there's skepticism.

It looks like the UFC isn't going to shy away from Sonnen. If the Wanderlei Silva vs. Sonnen TUF comes together, it could be the first time in sports' history that guy labeled as a cheater is put at the center of the sport's marketing plan.

Don't believe it's going to happen? Cage Potato tracks the recent banter between Wanderlei Silva and Sonnen on Twitter. It looks like the seed is being planted. Silva feels like Sonnen is disrespectful towards Brazilians.

Here's what Chael Tweeted the day after his CSAC hearing:

"Wand, you might as well fill out your own toe tag. Where is says "Cause of death," just write, "I pissed off a Gangster."

And here is Silva's reply:

"Sonnan you start tolk about me, becarful or you go need call to your dentista"

Chael responded with:

"All broken pieces of Wand will be half off on Greenlightdaily.com. Where ya at little guy, worried that I'll understand you this time?"

And then Tweeted this today:

"Take your comebacks, write them down on a sheet of paper. Roll it up tight, soak it in water, freeze it overnight, then jam it up your ass."

Sonnen is a villain for many hardcore fans. His delivery and trash-talk will be huge with casual and non-MMA fans. Plus, Brazil is probably getting a UFC event in August of 2011. It sounds like a recipe for one of the best TUF's ever.

There's one problem. Is it all worth it or could the bad publicity coming from using a guy labeled as a cheater actually hurt the sport? 

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Sonnen-Wandy-TUF-13-rumors-heating-up?urn=mma-293911

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First bouldering at Stanage Plantation, Derbyshire, UK

Location: Stanage Plantation
Date: Sunday 27 July
Sunday shone this weekend. A planned trip to the gym was quickly canned and instead we made a trip out to a new bouldering spot. After a recommendation that Stanage plantation had some good climbing (thanks Jonny!) we checked my bouldering guide book and set out.
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Suichi Crew Montage

The Suichi Crew puts down a sick video for some Arnette contest.

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