Bloody Elbow: FanShots

Join Bas, Ron Kruck, and special guests for a preview of the top upcoming fights, breaking news, ...

HDNet Fights — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:37:35 -0000

Join Bas, Ron Kruck, and special guests for a preview of the top upcoming fights, breaking news, and highlights. Plus an exclusive interview with Welterweight Champ Georges St. Pierre. Inside MMA airs Fridays at 9:30pmET on HDNet.

Thales Leites vs. Goran Reljic added to UFC 90 . With Goran Reljic, Jason Lambert and Wilso...

Nick Thomas — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:34:44 -0000

Thales Leites vs. Goran Reljic added to UFC 90 .

With Goran Reljic, Jason Lambert and Wilson Gouveia moving to 185, the UFC MW division is looking a lot better.

Some comments from Rob Kahn and Joe Lauzon on a recent episode of Tapout: The way they painte...

Nick Thomas — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:58:44 -0000

Some comments from Rob Kahn and Joe Lauzon on a recent episode of Tapout:

The way they painted Joe lauzon's and Joe Pomfrets School was criminal. they run an incredible school. they produce top students in mma and grappling. I am convinced Tapout has attacked that school on purpose and had a clear adgenda. Pomfrets school has produced at least TWO ufc fighters as well as a ton of very good pro mma fighters from scratch . How many schools can say that? how many has Dellagrotte produced from scratch for comparison? he has some great fighters for sure like Kenflo( who i am a big fan of and think the world of) but Kenny was a stud and in the UFC well before he was at Dellagrottes, so was every ufc guy he has . I have no doubt that dellagrotte is an awesome Muy Thai instructor but he was painted last night as a world class MMA instructor when to the the best of my knowledge he next to ZERO submission , grappling or wrestling skills?

My goal isnt to trash dellagrotte, i would love one day to pick his brain on his expertise in muy thai one day. I also think ANYONE going to Dellagrotte's school is training with a GREAT mma team, you cant go wrong there being able to pick the combined knowledge of dellagrotte, Kenflo, Marcus Davis, Jorge, etc etc. My goal is to point out the clear adgenda by tapout last night to trash a great school.

Never in the history of the tapout show have they done something like that, even when a guy was training in his backyard. Why would they do it to a school with an awesome track record like Joes?

i am disgusted. its not funny when you hurt the business of a good and knowedgble instructor like Joe Pomfret so you can have a good story line for your reality show.

Rob Kahn

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My Brother was on a recent episode of the Tapout show... and the whole thing came off terribly.

They did a horrible job of cutting up audio and chopping it into their own little story. They take bits of pieces of what everyone says, twist it out of context and then splice in clips of Dan saying "yea... yup... okay" to make it all seem the way they want to portray it.

Dan was training with Guido, the 15 year old a few days before the fight. Now does Guido really offer any bit of a challenge? Absolutely not. However, Dan was there to sweat out and lose weight and just move around. It didn't matter who he was working out with and Guido loves the beatings so Dan was rolling around with him. But obviously, they make it seem like Guido is Dan's primary training partner.

The whole "I am so sad my corners are going to be late" angle was pretty hypocritical as well. Dan's corners were not going to be there right when the show started, but they were there in plenty of time to get him prepared for his fight. This was Dan's 11th fight and he had the other guys from the gym there with him. He wasn't sitting alone in a corner somewhere, but thank god he didn't sit down for a moment without other people in the show or I am sure Tapout would have shown Dan sitting all alone as they played some sad and depressing music.

They made the gyms, the trainers and the training partners all look like garbage. I started at this gym and have done well training out of there... and Dan has too along with a bunch of other guys. We are doing pretty good for a small gym and didn't need to be shit on like that.

Was it good TV? Maybe for some. Was it a load of bullshit? Absolutely.

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Redbelt "Jiu-Jitsu means gentle art"

Nick Thomas — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:40:23 -0000

Redbelt "Jiu-Jitsu means gentle art"

Why Huerta will lose...

Nick Thomas — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:10:37 -0000

Why Huerta will lose...

Frank Mir, Mike Pyle, Mike Whitehead, Ron Frazier. Backstage at the last edition of the Las Vegas...

Nick Thomas — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:07:28 -0000

Frank Mir, Mike Pyle, Mike Whitehead, Ron Frazier. Backstage at the last edition of the Las Vegas Combat Championships.

Dana White's UFC 87 Video Blog (part 3) with Rampage at the 3:30 min mark.

Nick Thomas — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:40:20 -0000

Dana White's UFC 87 Video Blog (part 3) with Rampage at the 3:30 min mark.

More Pre-Fight vids on UFC.com

Nick Thomas — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:37:05 -0000

More Pre-Fight vids on UFC.com

Poster for UFC 88 in Atlanta: Main Card Bouts: -Chuck Liddell (21-5-0) vs. Rashad Evans (16-0...

Nick Thomas — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:25:11 -0000

Poster for UFC 88 in Atlanta:

Main Card Bouts:
-Chuck Liddell (21-5-0) vs. Rashad Evans (16-0-1)
-Rich Franklin (25-3-0) vs. Matt Hamill (5-1-0)
-Karo Parisyan (25-4-0) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (10-2-0)
-Dan Henderson (22-8-0) vs. Rousimar Palhares (17-1-0)
-Nate Marquardt (29-8-1) vs. Martin Kampmann (13-1-0)

Wanderlei Silva breaks down UFC 87's main events HT: MMA Madness

ChrisNelson — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:09:11 -0000

Wanderlei Silva breaks down UFC 87's main events

HT: MMA Madness

Chris Leben: The Evolution Of An Icon (Episode 4) Steve English (strength and conditioning coa...

Nick Thomas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:30:01 -0000

Chris Leben: The Evolution Of An Icon (Episode 4)

Steve English (strength and conditioning coach at ICON Fitness Center) takes Chris and June to see his friends at Skydive Hawaii for a quick jump at 14,000 ft.

BJ Penn and JD Penn Interviews - the second JD interview has some interesting talk about Eli...

Nick Thomas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:23:15 -0000

BJ Penn and JD Penn Interviews - the second JD interview has some interesting talk about EliteXC. Check it out.

Word association with Dana White.

Nick Thomas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:58:31 -0000

Word association with Dana White.

Gina Carano vs Sor Booraphajarn

Nick Thomas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:09:52 -0000

Gina Carano vs Sor Booraphajarn

Tickets go on sale today for EliteXC's Sept.20 ShoXC card. Fighters rumored so far include Joey V...

ChrisNelson — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:46:24 -0000

Tickets go on sale today for EliteXC's Sept.20 ShoXC card. Fighters rumored so far include Joey Villasenor (above), former Cage Rage champion Paul "Semtex" Daley, Dave "Pee Wee" Herman, and (oh boy) Michelle Watterson.

Jake Shields Interview - 2 or 3 more fights with EliteXC.

Nick Thomas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:22:30 -0000

Jake Shields Interview - 2 or 3 more fights with EliteXC.

Tona Evinger speaks her mind.

Nick Thomas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:19:55 -0000

Tona Evinger speaks her mind.

Some UFC 87 Pre Fight videos are up.

Nick Thomas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:39 -0000

Some UFC 87 Pre Fight videos are up.

Tim Sylvia - Don't Get Zulu'd

Nick Thomas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:16:35 -0000

Tim Sylvia - Don't Get Zulu'd

Jenna Jameson is expecting. CONGRATS to Jenna Jameson. The retired porn queen is pregnant with...

Nick Thomas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:14:53 -0000

Jenna Jameson is expecting.

CONGRATS to Jenna Jameson. The retired porn queen is pregnant with the baby of her boyfriend, UFC champ Tito Ortiz.