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Evolution of Mixed Martial Arts: Whats The Next Great Style?

I think Tito saved his a$$ from a split decision loss by grabbing the fence twice in the second round. I’m not biased that is my honest opinion. Anyway what do you think will happen and why?

Any answers are appreciated. Thanks.

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As for me I think Lyoto Machida will lose it. I don’t have anything against the guy and I think he is a great fighter. However the Light Heavyweight division is a really stacked division. You have so many notable fighters in that division it isn’t funny! Not to mention Little Nog is coming to the UFC woot! No flaming please its just my opinion!

With only 2 losses in his last twenty Mixed Martial Arts fights; there is little doubt that Chuck Liddell is the best light heavyweight fighter in the world. Still, fans of the UFC always want to see good battles, so it’s worth looking forward to those fighters, UFC, Pride or elsewhere who might give Chuck Liddell a run for his money.

Chuck Liddell is on a seven fight winning streak, his last defeat coming at the hands of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in November of 2003. Those seven victories were against some of the top light heavyweights of all time, including two victories over Randy “The Natural” Couture and two victories over Tito Ortiz. Other notables were submission masters Renalto “Babalu” Sobral and Jeremy Horn.

The fight against Quinton Jackson, which was held in Japan under Pride rules was probably the last time that Chuck Liddell looked remotely vulnerable. His two victories over Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz were easy and his dismantlingof Jeremy Horn shows how far Chuck has come as a fighter since the two first met in 1999. A fight which Horn won by submission in the first round.

So who might be the next fighter to give chuck a real fight. Will it be Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in their long awaited rematch. Now that Jackson is fighting in the UFC, it’s just a matter of time until we see this one. I predict the summer or fall of 2007. I think that Chuck Liddell is a much better fighter now than he was when he faced Rampage the first time. Also Quinton Jackson is not the same fighter that faced Chuck the first time, unfortunately for Rampage, his skills have not gotten better. Ever since Quinton Jackson’s first knockout loss at the hands of Wanderlei Silva he has not been the same fighter and certainly the second knockout loss to the same opponent did not help matter any. Let’s hope that Quinton has regained that edge that made him so dangerous in the first fight against Chuck.

Wanderlei Silva, the former middleweight champion in Pride would also give Chuck a very good fight. Silva is likely the most aggressive fighter in MMA. For a long time, this fight was an MMA fans biggest dream fight, but with Silva suffering back to back losses; one to Mirko Cro Cop (a heavyweight) and most recently loosing his Pride title to Dan Henderson, it looks like this fight will not happen. If it did, I would think that Chuck would eventually knock Silva out.

What about Mauricio “Shogun” Rua? For those of you who haven’t seen Shogun fight, think of a guy with Brandon Vera’s skills, Wanderlei Silva’s aggression who’s a natural 205 pounder. Shogun won the Pride middleweight tournament in 2005 defeating Ricardo Arona in the finals. By the way, Arona would be another good fight for Chuck as he also holds a victory over Wanderlei Silva. Shogun only has one victory in his last 13 fights and that is to a much larger Mark Coleman who slammed Shogun and broke his arm. You have to go back to 2003 to find another loss for Shogun and for a 25 year old fighter, that’s a long time ago.

I’ll round out my list with Mirko Cro Cop. I don’t care if Chuck goes up to heavyweight, or Mirko cuts weight to 205. This is a fight that I’ve wanted to see for a long time. These guys are both excellent strikers, I’d give the edge in technique to Cro Cop and the edge in power to Liddell. Leg kicks might be the deciding factor and Mirko Cro Cop has Chuck Liddell beaten in this area. No matter how this fight ends, you can bet that it’ll be exciting. Neither of these two guys wants to take the fight to the ground and both of them love to knock their opponents out.

So, the fights I’d like to see Chuck Liddell in are:

Chuck Liddell vs Mauricio “Shogun” Rua

Chuck Liddell vs Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva

Chuck Liddell vs Mirko Cro Cop

Chuck Liddell vs Ricardo Arona

I’m 99% sure we’re at least going to see the Rampage fight and about 50% sure that we will eventually see the Cro Cop fight. Let’s hope that the others are in the cards before Chuck retires.

Unless you have lived on a remote island for the last few years or so you may not have noticed the most exciting sport to hit the circuit in a long time. Professional Boxing has killed fans long enough with the slow boring style along with the scams and fight fixing that has altered the sport. Now fight fans have an alternative and it is exciting, fast and modern leaving boxing knocked out so to speak.

So what is it? It is mixed martial arts more popularly known as Ultimate Fighting Championship aka UFC. At first this controversial style of fighting was shunned in many states and banned outright banned in others. The thought of two fighters beating each other bare-fisted was considered too barbaric. In fact UFC has since grown in leaps and bounds and has caught on like wildfire with the 35 and under group. It was officially labeled a sport and featured by Sports illustrated as the next best thing when it comes to sports. It has buried boxing in pay per view sales and legends of the octagon such as Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell have become household names.

With the surge in popularity it was only a matter of time before fight fans would be clamoring to bet on their favorite fighters. However you might be pressed to find an offshore sportsbook that has a solid reputation offering odds on upcoming matches. There are some that offer events and fights, but only two sports books that have knocked out the others when placing lines on the UFC.

Bookmaker is the house of the Sports Betting action!  Bookmaker is quick to release lines and will cover all of the fights listed on the fight card. They not only cover pay-per-view fights like UFC 76 and but alsoUFC fight nights and they even cover the lesser known fights like bare knuckle mixed martial arts, rio’s heroes and more. Proving again why they are one of the best.

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It is great to see online sportsbooks keeping up with the changing of the world of sports and modernizing with the rest of the world. When it comes to being able to bet on UFC events and mixed martial arts these two books don’t give the other sportsbooks a fighter’s chance!

Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA, combines many different fighting techniques, including grappling and striking, and high performance standards, particularly in the often intense, and very popular MMA tournaments. The first tournaments came about as a result of the 1993 Ultimate Fighting Championship, which matched different fighting styles in a competition where the rules were minimal and the goal was to find the best fighters in the world.

The success of this mixed martial arts combat style led to the development and implementation of rules designed to keep athletes safe and deflect early criticism of the sport while still holding on to the original concept of the UFC as much as possible. The modern MMA tournaments have their roots in the Vale tudo martial arts tournaments held in Brazil by the Gracie family beginning in the 1920s, and the preliminary martial arts tournaments hosted in Japan by Antonio Inoki in the early 1970s.

There are several different competition techniques, including striking techniques, like kicks, punches, and knees, and grappling techniques, like pinning holds, submission holds, clinch holds, takedowns, throws and sweeps. The permissibility and legality of certain other techniques like head butts, spinal locks, and elbows vary according to the specific organization and sponsored competition. Although many critics have attempted to portray the MMA fighting style as violent and brutal, there has never been a death or crippling

injury in any sanctioned MMA event in North America.

The U.S. state athletic and boxing committee regulates the MMA, requiring participants and sponsors to adhere to a set of officially sanctioned rules and regulations, which include rules for knockout, submission, technical knockout, the ten point system, disqualification, and no contest. Common fouls include: clawing, twisting and pinching flesh; small joint manipulation; attacking an opponent from or on the break in the care of an official, attacking the groin or trachea, fish hooking, biting, and hair pulling, spitting, use of abusive language, and other similar acts.

The MMA continues to grow in popularity and reputation, as athletes associated with the sport have also gained reputation and renown, as well as successful careers and endorsement deals. With mainstream acceptance, worldwide acclaim, and an every growing fan base, what started as an abstract concept has become an established sport and a successful platform from which many athletic careers have been launched. The future of the MMA appears to be bright, and the popularity of the sport even more so.