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martes, 11 de noviembre de 2014

UFC en Directo: Notas recientes de la UFC

THE BIGGEST STARS OF THE UFC^® TAKE CENTER STAGE IN LAS VEGAS ON NOV. 17

JON JONES, RONDA ROUSEY, CHRIS WEIDMAN, ANDERSON SILVA, CONOR MCGREGOR, LYOTO MACHIDA, NICK DIAZ AND MORE

Las Vegas, Nevada – The stars of the UFC^® will converge in Las Vegas alongside UFC President Dana White to launch an incredible slate of upcoming events. THE TIME IS NOW launch will feature the largest compilation of champions, contenders and main event headliners on the same stage. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts at 2 p.m. PT on Monday, Nov. 17, and will be streamed live on www.ufc.com.

As the UFC spans the globe with incredible live events from December’s Fight Night in Brazil to UFC^® 184 in Los Angeles in February, the time is now to gear up for an epic stretch of fights inside the iconic Octagon^®. For the first time ever, the UFC will also unveil its entire 2015 calendar and make a very special announcement.

Tickets for UFC Fight Night^™ in Boston will be available on Thursday, Nov. 20, while tickets to UFC^® 182, UFC^® 183 and UFC^® 184 will go on sale Friday, Nov. 21. For more information, please visit www.ufc.com/event-ticket-info.

THE TIME IS NOW launch includes:

UFC FIGHT NIGHT^™: MACHIDA vs. DOLLAWAY

Saturday, Dec. 20 at Ginásio José Corrêa in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil

· Lyoto Machida – former UFC light heavyweight champion and No. 4 middleweight contender
· CB Dollaway – No. 10 middleweight contender

UFC^®182: JONES vs. CORMIER

Saturday, Jan. 3 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.

· Jon “Bones” Jones – UFC light heavyweight champion
· Daniel Cormier – No. 2 light heavyweight contender and former STRIKEFORCE^® Grand Prix champion

UFC FIGHT NIGHT^™: McGREGOR vs. SIVER

Sunday, Jan. 18 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass.

· Conor McGregor – No. 5 featherweight contender
· Dennis Siver – No. 8 featherweight contender

UFC^®183: SILVA vs. DIAZ

Saturday, Jan. 31 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev.

· Anderson Silva – former UFC middleweight champion and No. 1 middleweight contender
· Nick Diaz – former STRIKEFORCE welterweight champion

UFC^®184: WEIDMAN vs. BELFORT

Saturday, Feb. 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

·         Chris Weidman – UFC middleweight champion
·         Vitor Belfort – former UFC light heavyweight champion and No. 3 middleweight contender
·         “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey – UFC women’s bantamweight champion
·         Cat Zingano – No. 1 women’s bantamweight contender

UFC^® AND GLOBO ANNOUNCE BRAZILIAN ICON ANDERSON SILVA AND “SHOGUN” RUA WILL COACH THE FOURTH SEASON OF THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER^® BRAZIL

THE SERIES WILL BE FILMED IN LAS VEGAS IN EARLY 2015 AND WILL STREAM ON UFCFIGHTPASS.COM

Sao Paulo – Two of the greatest Brazilian fighters of all time will lead the search for the next generation of Brazilian mixed martial artists, as the UFC^® and Globo announce that Anderson Silva and “Shogun” Rua will coach the fourth season of The Ultimate Fighter^® Brazil.

The legendary icon Silva (33-6 in professional MMA, fighting out of Curitiba, Brazil), the longest-reigning and most successful UFC champion of all time, will coach the UFC’s flagship reality competition series for the first time. He will coach against a team lead by “Shogun” Rua (22-9, also fighting out of Curitiba, Brazil), the highly decorated striker and UFC light heavyweight champion. In this season’s format, the two coaches will not fight each other at the conclusion of the series.

Nearly 600 lightweight and bantamweight hopefuls attended TUF^® Brazil 4 try-outs, which took place on October 27 in Rio de Janeiro.

UFC President Dana White said: “A lot of people were worried we’d never see Anderson Silva back in the UFC. But, not only is he back in the Octagon on January 31 at UFC 183, he’s coaching TUF for the very first time. Anderson Silva is as committed to the UFC and the sport of mixed martial arts than he’s ever been, and I cannot wait to see one of the greatest of all time pass his knowledge on to a new generation of Brazilian fighters.

“And if there’s any Brazilian fighter who can go up against Anderson as a coach, it’s Shogun. Shogun Rua has done everything in the sport and if he trains his team to fight in the same attacking style he’s always used, Anderson’s team is in for one hell of a season.”

After three hugely successful seasons filmed in Brazil, the action will now shift to Las Vegas, as the 16 finalists will be flown to live, train and compete in the fight capital of the world early in the New Year. The reality show will continue under the creative direction of legendary Brazilian TV producer Boninho, who promises the change of location will be one of many exciting innovations for the fourth season.

“Once again, The Ultimate Fighter Brazil was designed and developed by the great partnership between Globo and the UFC," Boninho said. "We’ve come up with some great concepts for this new season and supervised the creative execution of what I know will be another hit season.”

Silva added: "I think I can offer this next generation of Brazilian talent real insight into what it takes to succeed in the UFC. I will bring everything I know about the martial arts, and my own values of what it means to be a martial artist, to my team."

Rua said: "To coach on The Ultimate Fighter Brazil is a dream come true, and an opportunity I wanted for a long time. To have my team compete against a team coached by a legend and former training partner like Anderson Silva makes it even better! Me and Anderson go a long way, training together back when we were both aiming to be stars, and to do this with him now on the biggest platform and having a chance to show people what MMA is really about is just amazing! I look forward to finding great talent and helping them become winners!"

The fourth season of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil will be available outside of Brazil on UFCFIGHTPASS.COM, the UFC’s digital streaming service, beginning in April 2015.

For more show information, bios, videos and photos, visit www.ufc.com/tuf/ and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @UltimateFighter or on Facebook.com/TUF.

viernes, 19 de septiembre de 2014

Diciembre caliente para UFC

domingo, 6 de julio de 2014

UFC 175

UFC 175

Por Daniel “Mr. Clutch” Mercado Castro

Las Vegas, Nevada gozó de lo lindo con un banquete de buenas peleas, incluyendo dos de campeonatos, en el UFC 175. En la pelea estelar, Chris Weidman (12-0) venció por decisión unánime (49-45, 48-47 y 49-46) a Lyoto Machida (21-5), para retener su faja de Peso Mediano en la UFC. Weidman comenzó dominando los primeros tres asaltos con agresividad, buen striking, takedowns y buen dominio del piso. Una derecha cortó la frente de Machida en el tercer asalto. En el cuarto asalto Machida despertó y comenzó atacar con izquierdas a Weidman, logrando ponerlo en malas condiciones. Se veía un Weidman cansado y respirando por la boca, no es para menos, es la primera vez en su carrera que tiene que pelear todos los rounds. En el quinto round, Weidman vuelve a tomar el control con su cuarto y quinto takedowns y dominando los toma y dame en el striking. Machida no se quitó y en los últimos segundos le tiró con todo, lo que Weidman aguantó, asimiló y le pidió más para finalizar el encuentro. Tremenda pelea. Yo la vi 49-46 a favor de Weidman. Weidman retuvo su faja y ahora tiene una racha de ocho victorias consecutivas.

En la semi-estelar, Ronda Rousey (10-0) venció a los 16 segundos del primer round vía KO ha Alexis Davis (16-6) para retener su faja Bantamweight femenino y mantenerse invicta. Si es cierto que la presentación de Rousey duró más que la pelea, lo sorprendente fue lo fácil y rápido que dominó a su poderosa contrincante. Rousey está demostrando no solamente que es la mejor en esto, si no que no hay nadie que se le acerque ni a los talones. Rousey derribó a Davis y luego le conectó al menos ocho puños consecutivos al rostro ante de que el arbitro parara el encuentro. ¡Wow! Rousey le dio tan duro que necesito que le cogieran puntos en su mano derecha. Rousey ha terminado ocho de sus 10 oponentes en el primer round.

En otras peleas del “Main Card”, Uriah Hall (10-4) venció por decisión unánime (29-28, 29-28 y 30-27) a Thiago Santos (9-3). Hall dominó con su striking y rapidez a pesar de romperse el dedo gordo de uno de sus pies en el primer round. ¡Que bravo es! La pelea entre Matt Mitrione y Stefan Struve fue cancelada por razones de salud de Struve, quien se fue en blanco en los camerinos debido a que sus latidos del corazón estaban muy elevados. Buena decisión de los médicos de UFC. Russell Doane (14-3) venció por decisión dividida 29-28, 28-29 y 30-27) a Marcus Brimage (6-3) en una batalla en el Bantamweight.

En las preliminares tenemos que el Urijah Faber (31-7) venció vía Tap Out/Sumisión con un Rear Naked Choke a los 1:09 del tercer asalto ha Alex Cáceres (10-6-1NC). Faber dominó desde el primero y estuvo velando un descuido de Cáceres para aplicarle la llave de rendición. También en el peso Bantamweight, Rob Font (11-1) venció vía KO a los 2:19 del primer asalto, gracias a una explosiva derecha, a George Roop (15-12-1). Fue el debut de Font en UFC. En una batalla de Middleweight, Bruno Santos (14-1) venció por decisión dividida (29-28, 28-29 y 29-28) a Chris Camozzi (19-8). Santos dominó con takedowns y buen ground and pound la cerrada pelea. En una batalla en el peso Welter, Kenny Robertson (14-3) dominó sin problemas a Ildemar Alcantara (20-7) vía decisión unánime (30-26, 30-26 y 30-26). Robertson dominó el suelo para implantar su dominio en los tres rounds.