UFC Vet Antoni Hardonk Announces Retirment, Focused on Coaching
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In a classic fight before 55,000 fans at UFC 129 in Toronto, Jose Aldo dominated Mark Hominick for the better part of four rounds -- only to get dominated himself in the fifth and final round and hold on to win a surprisingly competitive unanimous decision. Aldo retained his UFC featherweight title, but Hominick gained a huge amount of respect for the heart he showed, continuing to fight despite Aldo turning his face into a bruised, bloody mess. "Take your hat off in congratulations to Mark Hominick," Aldo said after the fight. "He's a hell of a fighter, and he came out for five rounds, giving his all." But while Hominick showed he was a hell of a fighter in the fifth round, Aldo definitely won the first four.
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UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie talks about the influence of he and his family have had on the UFC and MMA in general heading into UFC 129 in Toronto. Get more MMA and UFC news at the World's top MMA News website http://www.mmaweekly.com.
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In one of the most spectacular knockouts in mixed martial arts history Lyoto Machida used a brilliant kick to knock out Randy Couture at UFC 129 -- and perhaps end Couture's career. Machida's jumping front kick was reminiscent of the kick that Machida's friend and training partner Anderson Silva used to defeat Vitor Belfort in February. Like Silva, Machida credited the action star Steven Seagal for teaching them the kick. "I feel very good because I trained it a lot, this kick," Machida said after the fight. "My dad taught me, Mr. Steven Seagal taught me also."
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Eddie Alvarez is one of the last men standing. With Zuffa purchasing Strikeforce, the UFC has scooped most of the elite fighters in the world. The promotion has 110 of 125 ranked fighters in the USA Today/Bloody Elbow rankings under contract. One of those guys, and probably the best not working for the UFC is Eddie Alvarez.
The 27-year-old lightweight out of Philadelphia fights Pat Curran this weekend at Bellator 39 on MTV2 (9 p.m. ET/PT).
Alvarez (21-2) is standing up for those guys outside the UFC, saying the fighters listed as the elite at 155 pounds are just names with huge promotional power behind them.
"...They're only important names why? Because they fight for the UFC. Or else they'd be nobodies. The UFC does a great job of pushing them, and they're popular. It doesn't mean they're talented. It just means they're known," Alvarez told SI.com. "I guarantee that if you put them in a tournament structure like Bellator, they're not going to win it every time. Gray Maynard? Kenny Florian? All these guys, they're UFC fighters, that's all. They're pushed by the UFC, but when they leave the UFC, they're forgotten."
Alvarez fought two former UFC 155ers in 2010 and destroyed them.
"When's the last time you heard Josh Neer's name? You haven't. When's the last time you heard about Roger Huerta? You haven't. They're no ones anymore. What were they two years ago? They were superstars."
For anyone who doubted Alvarez's skills, the Huerta win was an eye opener. Alvarez known as a good wrestler with heavy hands used his legs to mentally and physically breakdown Huerta in two rounds. Huerta lost just two times in the UFC, to Florian and Maynard. Neither one of those guys, ranked No. 7 and No. 2 respectively at lightweight, put a beating on Huerta like Alvarez did.
Curran (12-3) is dangerous. He's on a nice run of four straight wins, including Toby Imada and Huerta. Alvarez-Curran headlines an excellent card that includes welterweights Lyman Good, Rick Hawn and Ben Saunders along elite lightweights Patricky Freire and Imada.
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It's always been one of the bizarre phenomenons at MMA events.
What other sport has fans that give raucous ovations to "name" referees? For some reason, many MMA fans enjoy seeing "Big" John McCarthy and Herb Dean and show them the love. Somehow we don't see that happening anytime soon at baseball game with "Cowboy" Joe West or in the NBA with Joey Crawford.
McCarthy recognizes this oddit and he along with certain promoters may be cashing in on it. That doesn't sit right with Canadian promoter Mark Pavelich. The MFC chief throws a lot of bull at the wall and generally none of it sticks, but this time, he may have uncovered a pretty serious issue.
Pavelich says promoters are paying some MMA referees extra "appearance" fees to work events.
"It's outrageous and absolutely inappropriate. These certain referees are charging anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000 just to show up, bark out a catchphrase, and supervise a fight. But these fees aren't being paid by any commission. They are paid by a show owner or promoter," Pavelich said in a recent MFC newsletter. "[...]
And how can you not call into question the ethics of these referees. Would you not expect their loyalties to be torn when some promoter is willing to pay them 10K, and that same referee is then calling the action when the promoter's top fighters are in action."
Pavelich says commissions need to lay down the law.
"There are a number of very good referees out there, including those that have worked recent MFC events. But even they shouldn't be allowed to just toss out a price tag, or have a commission toss out one for them. There should be a pay scale in place ? here's what you get paid (plus reasonable expenses) … take it or leave it," said Pavelich.
McCarthy responded to Pavelich on MMA.tv's Underground Forum and in doing so confirmed that he has received additional dollars to work events.
If I have a promoter contact me about working their show it is my right to ask for whatever fee I feel is fair. Most of the time that promoter is using my name to help promote their show and I should be compensated for that because it goes beyond the normal scope of the job. Now they are using you to help possibly sell tickets," said McCarthy.
In a sense McCarthy is right, that's not fair. But he also has the right to tell the promoter that his name can't be used in any promotional efforts to push the event.
"Have I ever made $10,000 to work a show, No. I have made different amounts of money throughout my career," McCarthy wrote. "Last night I worked a show and made $280 for the night."
McCarthy alleges that Pavelich is only pushing the issue as part of an agenda to help out a Canadian friend/official who's been left out of UFC 129 and several other big events in Canada.
Does anyone else see the potential problem here? In no way are we saying McCarthy, Dean or any of the other big-name referees would do a favor for a promoter or one of their star fighters, but anything that could potentially put any referee's integrity into question has to be stymied before the issue arises.
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