Category: MMA

Jon “Bones” Jones enters rehab

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It is being reported on various sports news sites that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones entered rehab this morning for the usage of cocaine.

Jone Jones who successfully defended his title at UFC182 against long time rival Daniel Cormier this past Saturday apparently tested positive for Benzoylecgonine (a substance found in Cocaine that shows up in urine) prior to his bout with Cormier.

Because Benzoylecgonine isn’t a performance enhancing drug the Navada State Athletic Commission can not punish Jones.

Jones made a public statement and had this to say about the matter

“With the support of my family, I have entered into a drug treatment facility,” Jones said in a statement released to Yahoo!. “I want to apologize to my fiancée, my children, as well as my mother, father, and brothers for the mistake that I made. I also want to apologize to the UFC, my coaches, my sponsors and equally important to my fans. I am taking this treatment program very seriously. Therefore, at this time my family and I would appreciate privacy.”

For more news on the story feel free to click here http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/ufc-champion-jon-jones-tests-positive-for-cocaine-enters-rehab-program-010615?cmpid=tsmtw:fscom:ufconfox

Now I may not particularly like Jones but I do hope he gets the help that he needs. On behalf of everyone here at WrestleNewsBlog we would like to extend prayers to the champ.

What do you guys think of this shocking news? Further more do you think things like Cocaine should be a substance fighters get penalized for? Sound off in the comments

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

CM Punk UFC 182 Q&A

First and foremost I would like to apologize that I didn’t get this content up while it was happening live but I misread the info and thought this particular Q&A was taking place tomorrow.

None the less I’m about to watch the Q&A myself so I hope as we watch together we can all enjoy it. The Q&A involving Phil “CM Punk” Brooks took place today in Las Vegas NV (the home of UFC 182) which will take place tomorrow. At the beginning of the Q&A there’s a special treat for WWE fans because Punk walked out to none other the “Cult of personality” I gotta admit even I marked out at that moment.

In the Q&A punk reveals his training camp, his weight division, the numerous challenges he’s received and much more! So sit back and enjoy

http://mmajunkie.com/2015/01/watch-todays-ufc-qa-with-cm-punk-on-mmajunkie-at-5-p-m-et

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

UFC 182: Jones VS Cormier

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UFC 182: Jones VS Cormier – Saturday, January 3

Main Card 10pm ET

Light Heavyweight Title Fight: (C) Jon Jones (20-1) VS #2 Daniel Cormier (15-0)

Lightweight: #4 Donald Cerrone (25-6) VS #8 Myles Jury (15-0)

Middleweight: #15 Brad Tavares (12-4) VS Nate Marquardt (36-13-2)

Flyweight: #11 Kyoji Horiguchi (14-1) VS Louis Gaudinot (7-3)

Welterweight: #6 Hector Lombard (34-4-1) VS Josh Burkman (27-10)

 

Fox Sports 1 Prelims 8pm ET

Lightweight: Danny Castillo (17-7) VS Paul Felder (9-0)

Bantamweight: Marcus Brimage (7-3) VS Cody Garbrandt (5-0)

Heavyweight: Shawn Jordan (16-6) VS Jared Cannonier (7-0)

Lightweight: Evan Dunham (14-6) VS Rodrigo Damm (12-8)

 

UFC Fight Pass Early Prelims 7pm ET

Omari Akhmedov (13-2) VS Mats Nilsson (11-3-1)

Women’s Bantamweight: Alexis Dufresne (5-1) VS Marion Reneau (4-1)

CM Punk Gets Heated With TSN TV Show Host

CM Punk appeared on TSN’s Off the Record and Punk got heated with the host Michael Landsberg. Punk accused Landsberg of being friendly backstage and different when on camera.

TUF20 Finale fight card

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If you’re not a fan of WMMA or MMA in general Friday December 12th 2014 is the perfect day to become one because that is the night HISTORY will be made. The 1st ever UFC Women’s strawweight champion will be crowned as Carla Esparza and Rose Namajunas go head to head after what was an amazing seasons of fights. These two ladies have earned the spot and I couldn’t be any happier for the both of them. In fact all the ladies deserve a tip of the hat.

If you didn’t see the semi final fights last night I would advise you check them out! They were epic and they made me proud to be a fan of WMMA.

The TUF20 final will take place at the Palms Resort in Las Vegas. (Below is the full card with start times)

MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1) 6pmPST/9pmEST

Carla Esparza vs. Rose Namajunas – for inaugural strawweight title

Charles Oliveira vs. Jeremy Stephens

Daron Cruickshank vs. K.J. Noons

Yancy Medeiros vs. Joe Proctor

Randa Markos vs. Jessica Penne

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1) 4pmPST/7pmEST

Felice Herrig vs. Lisa Ellis

Heather Jo Clark vs. Bec Rawlings

Joanne Calderwood vs. Seo Hee Ham

Angela Magana vs. Tecia Torres

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass)3pmPST/6pmEST

Alex Chambers vs. Aisling Daly
Angela Hill vs. Emily Kagan

These are some pretty amazing fights on what sure promises to be an historic night, so tune in you won’t want to miss it

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Former Power Ranger Wants CM Punk For His First Fight

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It didn’t take long after the announcement that Former WWE Superstar CM Punk had signed with UFC to fight in the Octagon for fighters to start calling him out.

Everyone from top 10 middleweight Michael Bisping to former Ultimate Fighter winner Elias Theodorou asked for a fight with Punk. However neither of them will get anywhere near Punk for his first fight considering Punk has zero fighting experience in MMA, not a single bout on his record either professionally or as a amateur.

UFC President Dana White stated that Punks’s first fight will come against someone with equal footing in the fight game.

Former Mighty Morphin Power Ranger Jason David Frank has asked for a fight with Punk. Frank has dabbled in MMA as recently as 2010 when he turned from acting to fighting with 4 amateur bouts, winning all 4 in the first round, but he had to forgo a future in MMA due to film project commitments. Frank is now chomping at the bit to get a fight with Punk in the Octagon. Frank took to his Facebook page on Sunday to request a fight with Punk.

Source: FoxSports.com

Ronda Rousey memoir set to drop in May

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It was announced today by a Regan Arts publisher that a Ronda Rousey memoir titled “My fight/your fight” will drop in may of next year. The book will be co written by Ronda Rousey’s sister Maria Burns Ortiz who is a sports journalist for “fox sports Latino” and “ESPN”

My fight/Your fight will be the first official book written about women’s batemweight champion (preciously there was an unofficial biography called “Ronda Rousey” but that piece of work had tons of errors so it will be great to get an official piece of Literature.

This is huge news for Rousey because she just keeps adding to her bag of tricks. Not only is she a professional ass kicker and an up and coming actress but now shes a writer too! This is also very exciting news for Ronda Rousey fans. Are you one of those excited people today? I know forsure I am! Will you be picking up the book when it drops? Let us know in the comments

Source: (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ronda-rousey-memoir-coming-2015-27480397)

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

CM Punk interview with Ariel Hawani

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Last night after UFC 181 came to a close at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas NV MMA journalist Ariel Hawani interviewed the UFC’s newest signee Phil “CM Punk” Brooks. (You can watch the interview here) http://www.mmamania.com/2014/12/7/7347637/video-watch-cm-punk-reason-join-ufc-leave-wwe-interview-mma

One thing that I found interesting is that punk said after he was done with WWE he knew what he wanted to do next in fact he said the first time he brought it up to UFC owner Lorenzo Fereta was back at UFC 170 on February 22nd when Rousey fought Mcmann.

Punk says although he appreciates getting paid this isn’t about the money and its more about achieving a goal he’s always had and at the end of the day not living his life with regret. He also says he understands the doubt since he has an 0-0 record in the sport but he says he’s made a career of proving people wrong and at the end of it all he will have people’s respect.

Punk was asked about his age playing a factor (punk is currently 36) he says that he’s felt better then he’s ever felt and fighting into his 40’s isn’t out of the question because you can’t tell an athlete when to hang it up and he plans on making the UFC his home for the foreseeable feature.

So when will we see CM Punk in the octagon? Well according to the man himself he wants to at least train for 6 months before stepping into the cage so if my math is correct I wouldn’t be surprised if he made his debut durring international fight week in July.

Like punk said in the interview “wether you’ll tune in to see me get my ass kicked that’s ok, or because your curios that’s fine too or if you want to watch to root me on that’s even better but you will tune in”

Well said punk well said

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

CM Punk talks UFC deal (video)

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At UFC’s 181 post fight press conference Phill “CM Punk” Brooks discussed his decision to fight for the UFC, being compared to Brock Lesnar, fight camps, weight class and more. (Check out the video here) http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/12/7/7347281/cm-punk-ufc-181-media-scrum-video

Reactions to CM Punk signing with UFC

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Just in case you missed this ground breaking announcement here is CM Punk talking about his new career choice

Weather you are happy or not about the UFC’s newest signee there is no doubt that this is a HUGE business move. A lot of people will either tune in to see Punk dominate in the UFC or fail miserably. One thing is forsure though lots of eyes will be on his debut in 2015 and it’ll definitely bring lots of crossover fans. Hell I would be lying if I said I wasn’t excited to see how this is going to play out. Meanwhile people of both the wrestling and MMA world have been reacting on twitter. Here are a few notable tweets.

Are you on bored with punk coming to the UFC? Do you absolutely hate it? Let us know in the comments below

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)