Yasubey Enomoto Wanted to Be a Chef, Not a Fighter

Filed under: MMA Videos, Sengoku, Japan, Videos

TOKYO -- Yasubey Enomoto seemingly came from nowhere but quickly made his presence on the Japanese scene as he took out Grabaka boss Sanae Kikuta, Kenta Takagi and Taisuke Okuno in dominating fashion.

During his preparations for his Dec. 30 welterweight GP final bout with Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura at Sengoku: Soul of Fight, the Swiss prospect spoke candidly with MMA Fighting at Brave Gym in Adachi-ku, Tokyo about training with his brother in a garage in Zürich, his take on the philosophy of fighting and why he doesn't consider mixed martial arts to be a real sport.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/12/28/yasubey-enomoto-wanted-to-be-a-chef-not-a-fighter/

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Koscheck suffered broken orbital bone, surgery upcoming

Josh Koscheck didn't get to fly away in a helicopter like he had hoped. And now, it'd be hazardous to his health to do so.

Josh Gross at ESPN.com confirms that the welterweight challenger suffered a broken orbital bone during his one-sided loss to Georges St. Pierre.

"Jab" St. Pierre used a stiff left throughout the first round to bust up Koscheck. With just five minutes gone by in the fight, Koscheck's right eye was almost completely shut.  

Koscheck's trainer Bob Cook said the fighter extended his stay in Montreal and will head to Boston for surgery on the eye.

He cannot fly home to San Jose, Calif., because an air pocket formed behind the broken orbital bone, making air travel dangerous. UFC officials arranged for Koscheck and Cook to drive Sunday afternoon from Montreal to Boston, where the 33-year-old fighter is expected to undergo surgery Monday or Tuesday.

The injury is similar to the one boxer Antonio Margarito suffered during his brutal beatdown at the hands of Manny Pacquiao. 

Koscheck couldn't see out of the eye and GSP took advantage of it, landing jabs and left hooks whenever he wanted to in the fourth and fifth rounds. After the fight, UFC analyst Joe Rogan offered a hand shake to Koscheck. The fighter ignored the offer, but it was clear the fighter couldn't see Rogan's hand out of his right eye. 

Late in the fight, Koscheck was experiencing considerable pain. Between rounds, Koscheck was wincing and jerking his head away anytime his cornermen tried put an ice bag on the eye.

The American trash talked for months, leading up the welterweight title showdown against the French-Canadian St. Pierre. He joked before the fight that if he pulled the upset, he'd need to leave city via helicopter from the top of the Bell Centre. 

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Koscheck-suffered-broken-orbital-bone-surgery-u?urn=mma-294879

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Tito Ortiz confirms fight with lil nog; speaks on Dana White's comments on UFC cut - Tito Ortiz

Fight Hub TV's cameras caught up with former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz as we asked him how he felt with Dana White's recent comments on Ortiz being possibly cut if he loses his next UFC match. Ortiz counters that even if he is cut, he will continue to fight and addresses that he will fight little Nog.

Source: http://mmalice.com/tito-ortiz/tito-ortiz-confirms-fight-with-lil-nog-speaks-on-dana-whites-comments-on-ufc-cut-video_e823cdac0.html

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Bellator signs deal with MTV2 for fourth season and beyond

Bellator has signed a three-year deal with MTV2 to air the promotions' fights live, starting with the fourth season in March 2011. The tournament-based promotion, with champions like Ben Askren, will air on MTV2, a station once known for music programming but has grown to air sports-ish programming like "Bully Beatdown," a show hosted by Strikeforce's Jason "Mayhem" Miller, and "Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory," which follows professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek.

From the Bellator press release:

MTV2, which features the highest concentration of M12-24 and M12-34 in television, will telecast two of these LIVE tournaments per year, plus a collection of special feature events. The first tournament will premiere in March 2011.  
 
"MTV2 is the perfect home for the intense mixed martial arts action of Bellator," Eric Conte, SVP, Programming and Production, MTV2. "MMA is at the top of our audience's wish list, and partnering with Bellator to bring live events and specials to MTV2 made complete sense since our viewers are so hungry to see more MMA on-air."

The key word in that is live. Bellator was with Fox Sports Net for their last two seasons, and they were often pre-empted by other local programming. In Chicago, Bellator's hometown, the fights rarely aired live, and sometimes were started after midnight. By the time the fights aired, the results were widely known.

Bellator recognized that and made a change. They also appear to be going after a younger demographic, as most MMA promotions covet the 18-49 year-old male demographic.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Bellator-signs-deal-with-MTV2-for-fourth-season-?urn=mma-295838

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Submission of the Year: Fabricio Werdum Taps Out Fedor Emelianenko

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In a year with no shortage of brilliant submissions the No. 1 maneuver of the year isn't a a crazy flying one, it's Fabricio Werdum's triangle choke/armbar attack over Fedor Emelianenko.

And in doing so, Werdum accomplished a feat no other fighter has been able to in Fedor's decade in the business, and that is to definitively finish Fedor in a fight, essentially ending Fedor's aura of invincibility.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/12/26/submission-of-the-year-fabricio-werdum-taps-out-fedor-emelianen/

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Think you're an MMA expert? Fans will pick Fight of the Night at UFC 124!

Hardcore fans often have complaints with the bonuses handed out at UFC events. Dana White is making you guys the boss for a night. The UFC is allowing the fans to pick the two fighters who put on the best show.

The winners of the honor will each get $50,000! You a can vote at UFCvote.com.

Dana White will offer a $100,000 bonus to be split between the two fighters who participate in tonight's Fight of the Night. And for the first time ever, he's letting the fans choose it.

Starting at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT, fans around the world can vote at www.UFCVote.com via computer, iPhone/iPad or Android phone -- you can change your mind throughout the night, but only your final vote will be counted.

At the end of the broadcast, votes will be tallied and Dana will announce the winning bout at the Post Fight Press Conference, which can be viewed live at UFCLive.com. 

What's your prefight prediction? We'll play handicapper and rank them:

1. Charles Oliveira vs. Jim Miller
2. Thiago Alves vs. John Howard
3. Mark Bocek vs. Dustin Hazelett

Let's hope this doesn't turn into a popularity contest.

There's could be a controversial twist involved. If all five fights on the pay-per-view broadcast go the distance, there's an outside chance the true Fight of the Night could happen on the undercard and wouldn't been seen by the majority of fans voting.

The guess here is that, if that happened, the UFC would probably give an extra Fight of the Night honor.

It'll be interesting to see what happens. Now there's even more incentive to put on an exciting fight. Remember fighters, casual fans love a striking war. Hint, hint. 

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Think-you-re-an-MMA-expert-Fans-will-pick-Fight?urn=mma-294668

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One Bodyboarder...One Photographer

Source: http://nedsurfshots.blogspot.com/2010/08/one-bodyboarderone-photographer.html

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