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***UFC Update****

UFC 82 results. Who won at UFC 82? UFC 82 update.

Here are the UFC 82 results as they happen. I will keep posting as the bouts finish.

My picks are in bold

Jorge Gurgel beats John Halverson - Decision (Unanimous)

Diego Sanchez beats David Bielkheden - Submission (Strikes)

Josh Koscheck beats Dustin Hazelett - TKO (Strikes)

Luigi Fioravanti beats Luke Cummo - Decision (Unanimous)

Andrei Arlovski beats Jake O’Brien - TKO (Strikes)

Jon Fitch beats Chris Wilson - Decision (Unanimous)

Yushin Okami beats Evan Tanner - KO (Knee)

Chris Leben beats Alessio Sakara - TKO (Strikes)

Heath Herring Vs. Cheick Kongo - Decision (Split)

UFC signed a multi-million dollar sponsorship deal with Budweiser (Bud Light).

The Budweiser logo will be features in the center of the octagon for all future UFC fights. Details of the UFC - Bud Light deal to follow.

The Ultimate Fighting vs. Boxing

40 years ago had you gone almost anywhere in the world and asked people who the Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World was, you were almost certain to get the answer, "Muhammad Ali". Whether you were in Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia or Britain, people knew of the man who 'Floats Like a Butterfly' and 'Stings Like A Bee'.

When it came to combat sports boxing ruled the roost. All of the top fighters were instantly recognizable to most fans and even non-fans around the world. George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Kenny Norton, even men who held the title briefly became world-wide celebrities.

Now fast-forward 40 years to 2008 and go around the world and ask 'Who's the current Heavyweight Champion of the World?' and you will draw a blank stare. People most often can't name ANY of the top boxers in ANY weight class.

These days a relatively new sport has risen up to seize hold of the public's imagination. Called Mixed Martial Arts (MMA for short), it's as different from boxing as can be. Whereas in boxing one can only use the hands, and not hit below the waist, in MMA a fighter can kick with his feet, hit with his elbows, and grapple with open-fingered gloves.

Not only that, while boxers have to stay on their feet and end a fight early only with punches, in MMA there are many more ways a fighter can end a match. By knockout with his fists or his feet, by submission holds such as armbars or leglocks, or even by a chokehold.

Starting out as more of a promotional gimmick for a particular style of Brazilian Ju-Jitsu back in 1991, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has grown into a sports phenomenon. Once so controversial it was banned for a time from Cable TV by Sen. John McCain and others in Congress, the UFC and other MMA events have now become one of the most watched sports in America.

Many young people between the ages of 16 and 40 may not know who the current Heavyweight Boxing title holders are, but they DO know who Chuck Liddell, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson and Tito Ortiz are.

One reason for this is that top boxing events are held on Pay Per View, especially title fights. The UFC has plenty of PPV events itself, but still also puts plenty of it's matches on regular Cable Television, including the recent UFC 75, where the Heavyweight champion, 'Rampage' Jackson took on #1 challenger Dan Henderson, which was shown live on SpikeTV.

The sport is highly visible, exciting to watch, and it appeals to young people in a way that boxing no longer does. For this reason, it will only continue to gain visibility and popularity in the future.

I still prefer the "Woman of American Gladiators", give me just a few minutes in the ring with Crush or Siren.


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Ultimate Fighting Challenge

I was browsing through a recent issue of Men’s Journal the other day when I noticed something interesting. There was a picture of Ultimate Fighting Champion Randy Couture raining down a right fist on one of his opponent, accompanied by the caption “Human Cockfighting.” Now, given the nature of the picture, this caption may seem appropriate, at least to someone who has no knowledge of what the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, is all about. But, for most sports enthusiasts (myself included) the UFC is recognized as the premier league for the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, (MMA) a fighting style that blends jiu-jitsu, judo, boxing, and just about every discipline in between to create the most effective fight skills possible- and the caption “Human Cockfighting” reads as nothing more than ignorance on the writer’s part. However, this description also reads as just one of many that still place MMA on the level of street fighting, and is an example of the growing divide existing between those who support and those who oppose the growing sport of Mixed Martial Arts and the UFC.

For those who advocate the sport, MMA is represented by some of the most highly technical, well conditioned athletes on the planet. For those opposed it, the focus seems to stay on the “human cockfighting” image of a violent blood sport akin to a no-holds street fight. However, those who hold this image in their minds likely have failed to realize the drastic changes that have occurred to this sport in recent years.

Admittedly, the early UFC fights match the description of “human cockfighting” fairly well. With very few rules and an emphasis placed on bloodiness, the UFC of the early 1990’s was more of an experiment in brutality than anything else. Hundred pound weight differences occurred between fighters, groin punches were allowed, and referees were slow to step in and call off anything short of near death damage. However, when now owner Dana White took over in 2000, the UFC changed dramatically. Strict rules were put into place, and the emphasis returned to the technicality and skill of the sport, not the “freak-show” aspect of two men bashing each other senseless. Below is a list that touches on the basic rules of the sport as it exists today:

What's legal

 Punching

 Elbowing

 Kicking and kneeing standing fighters

 Wrestling takedowns and throws

 Olympic judo-style chokes

 Submission joint locks

What's not

 Head butts

 Eye gouging

 Hair-pulling

 Groin strikes

 Strikes to the spine or back of the head

 Kicking, kneeing or stomping a grounded opponent

 Holding the fence for leverage

 Throat strikes

(taken from Foxsports.com)

Even with this new ownership and new rules in place, however, people seem slow to accept the fighting that occurs in the UFC as acceptable: "When you first see the clips, if it is something you have never seen before, the visuals can be jarring," said welterweight fighter Frank Trigg, "People have always had the idea that boxing is the 'proper' way to fight. So it takes time to understand the differences between what they're used to and all the subtleties of that go into a ground fight." (foxsports.com)

It’s a well known fact to UFC followers that there hasn’t been one death in any sanctioned MMA event. Unlike boxing, were a standing count is given, and a fighter is allowed to return to his feet and fight even after being briefly rendered unconscious, UFC referee’s call off the fight as soon as a fighter appears unable to defend himself. The fighter’s corner or the fighter himself is able to end the fight at any time, either by calling off the fight or tapping out. This helps prevent any permanent damage from joint locks or choke holds that if put in place too long could result in snapped bones or suffocation. These safety measures, along with the rules listed above, help keep the fight as safe as possible.

Of course, when it comes right down to it, the UFC and all of MMA is a physical, violent sport. But it is a sport, and should be esteemed as such. The fighters are not just drunken brawlers throwing caution to the wind and trying to kill one another. They are professional athletes, who have trained exhaustively to excel in multiple styles of fighting, and more often than not have a great amount of respect for their opponent. Captioning a picture of a UFC champion with “Human Cockfighting” takes the sport back to its fledgling days as a blood sport, and fails to show the great advances the sport has made.

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