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Denis Kang signs four-fight UFC contract



The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) today bolstered its middleweight division by signing high-profile 185-pound standout Denis Kang to a four-fight contract to compete inside the Octagon.
Here’s a snip from the official announcement:
“Denis will now be able to showcase his skills to a whole new audience who hasn’t had the chance to see this exciting fighter in action. Denis has always expressed a desire to fight in the UFC and we are pleased we were able to help him get this deal done. Denis will bring a lot of excitement to the 185-pound division! Congrats Denis!”
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Kang — who has enjoyed success primarily in Japan and Korea fighting in the PRIDE and Spirit MC organizations — is on a two-fight win streak after losing back-to-back matches. He most recently defeated Marvin Eastman via first round technical knockout at Raw Combat: “Redemption” last month.

The Canadian with South Korean roots was a participant in the Dream Middleweight Grand Prix 2008, losing to eventual tournament winner Gegard Mousasi via submission (triangle choke). He was an early favorite to win it all before getting upset by the slick Armenian.

Kang was also the runner-up at the PRIDE Welterweight Grand Prix 2006, losing to Kazuo Misaki via split decision.

No fight date or possible opponent for Kang is known at this time. However, expect to see him make his Octagon debut sometime in early 2009.

If he can get off to a good start don’t be too surprised to see him fighting reigning division champion Anderson Silva sometime very soon … Kang has great mixed martial arts skills and would be a nice test for “The Spider.”

This is great news — the promotion had been trying to wrangle the services of Kang for more than a year. Job well done.
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Real good news for the MW division!
 
A Black Guy said:
I'm just going to recycle my Halloween costume to blend in, so you might not see me.
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Huh?

ReproMan said:
Fuck the Tapout guys.
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Ohhhh

Yeah, Ive never liked them. I dont see the point.

They remind me of those low rider magazines that have the hot women posing on every page. They have to ADD something good to look at just so people will be interested. However, they arent needed here..
 
AKIRA said:
Huh?
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Jersey Guido Douchebag.

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Maybe Traci Fox will date me...
 
chris leben suspended following positive test for Stanozolol
 
Live WEC 36 Weigh-in Results
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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Sherdog.com reports from Hollywood, Fla., with live weigh-in results for WEC 36.

Starting shortly after 5 p.m. EST Wednesday afternoon, check in as WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber will step on the scale to make his clash with challenger Mike Thomas Brown official.

Also, undefeated middleweight ace Paulo Filho will target 185-pounds for his rematch with Team Quest fighter Chael Sonnen.



Urijah Faber (144.5) vs. Mike Thomas Brown (145.5)*
Paulo Filho (192) ** vs. Chael Sonnen (184.5)
Jens Pulver (146) vs. Leonard Garcia (145.5)
Jake Rosholt (185.5) vs. Nissen Osterneck (184.5)
Rob McCullough (155.5) vs. Donald Cerrone (156)
David Avellan (185) vs. Aaron Simpson (184.5)
Jose Aldo (146) vs. Jonathan Brookins (146)
Carmelo Marrero (206) vs. Steve Steinbeiss (202)
Danny Castillo (156) vs. Rafael Dias (155)
Rani Yahya (137) vs. Yoshiro Maeda (135) ***

*Mike Thomas Brown has been given two hours to make 145 pounds.

**Paulo Filho has been given two hours to make 185 pounds.

***Although Rani Yahya came in 16 ounces over the limit at 137 lbs., Yoshiro Maeda has agreed to face the Brazilian without forcing him to drop another pound.
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:mad:

Unacceptable from a "champ", or anyone for that matter. Seven fucking pounds?
 
so is the filho fight a title fight?
 
what the fuck, that is fucking RIDICULOUS.

That fight has gone through so many shenanigans... Filho failing to make weight is unbelievable. Chael probably wants to kill him, he has been gunning for that fight for so long. Looks like he won't get his shot after all.

What a sham, fuck Filho.
 
I don't feel like retyping what I already posted on another forum, but here are my thoughts on the evening:

I was there live at the fights too, first time @ an event for me. The Cerrone vs. Razor Rob fight was a GREAT fight, flat out war. I figured they showed it on TV during the 20 minute break during the main card. I arrived late and missed the Yahya fight (one of the fights I didn't want to miss) and the Dias fight, showed up in the middle of the Marrero fight.

I've got a bunch of pics I need to go through and I'll post em up tomorrow, but I realized I'm a horrible photographer. Plus we were on the floor, so it was hard to get good shots of the cage and by the time I figured out how to really use my camera, I killed my battery (sometime around the beginning of the Pulver fight).

Avellan got KTFO!! Awesome shot, instant KO. Rosholt got the win, but took a beating in the process. I thought he was out a few times on his feet and his face looked that way too. He was on the canvas for a little bit after the fight was stopped, he really took the worst of it in a winning effort. A bit disappointed in how raw he looked, no way he's ready for the UFC.

Thoroughly disappointed in Filho, just had no desire to be there. He looked to be out of shape, and gassed faster than it took him to walk out to the ring. First time I've been part of a "bull****" chant outside of Veterans Stadium and I don't know if you could hear it on TV, but he got booed to no end.

Saw a lot of familiar faces in the crowd. I'm a solid 5'9" 200 and Marcus Aurelio is not much smaller than me. Amazing how those guys fight @ 155. Ryan Bader is enormous, was AT LEAST 240 lbs. And surprisingly, Tito Ortiz is kinda skinny. He's all head. Oh and Joe Silva must be 5'4" 120. Tiny little man. LOL.

All in all it was an awesome experience, the people around us were cool as hell and the crowd for the most part, was very good. The only booing really came in the Filho fight, and they weren't booing Chael. He got a nice ovation when they announced his name. I'm still kinda shocked at the result of the main event, but Brown looked like a welterweight in there, and as soon as I saw his first punch, I was nervous for Urijah. Faber got caught with a left, then he threw a stupid spinning elbow and Brown put one right on his button. It seemed like the ref really gave Faber the benefit of the doubt on the ground too, but Brown swarmed and finished. I do know this though, all of the fighters that were in attendance were in the first level of the bleachers, without a doubt the best seats in the house. I wanted to get the "best" seats I could for my first experience and the floor was cool but for maximum viewing experience, I don't recommend it.
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WEC 36 Pics 11-05-08

All of these were taken from our seats.

View from my seat, this is when I first sat down:
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The TapOut clowns:
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A concerned Tito looking on after his boy Brookins got KO'd:
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Razor Rob with Tito in corner during intros:
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Hottie Ring girl holding the Rd. 1 card for Cerrone vs. Razor Rob:
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A bummed out Ken Pavia after his boy Razor Rob lost:
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Jake Rosholt during pre-fight intro:
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Rosholt being attended to by "Stitch" in between rounds:
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Rosholt finishing strong:
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Only thing between me and Tito was the blond:
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Nice Repro. Sick seats!

Bad few days for Filho. First he can't make weight by a long shot. Then he lets the fans down again by putting on a piss poor performance. They should make him fight a title fight next event (build one around him) or have to surrender his title. They gotta do something because he fucked WEC this week.

Sonnen had a great game plan. He exposed Filho's stand up. I would have liked to see him punish Filho a little more (Filho's body was open all night) because he probably could have finished him off. His punches were pit pat for the most part. Seemed as though he didn't want to commit so much and get caught and taken down. Nice performance, although some believe it was boring I liked seeing his gameplan executed. And as Mir said, he's got a good foundation to build upon.

Faber was disappointing. It was clear from the get-go that he was a little cocky. I have no idea why he tried that spinning back elbow/fist but he paid for it. After Filho and Faber WEC must've been like :wits:

Pulver's stand up is a little overrated. Someone has to tell him that you can't just cover-up to block punches in MMA. Those 4 ouncers get right through.
 
Goodfella9783 said:
Nice Repro. Sick seats!

Bad few days for Filho. First he can't make weight by a long shot. Then he lets the fans down again by putting on a piss poor performance. They should make him fight a title fight next event (build one around him) or have to surrender his title. They gotta do something because he fucked WEC this week.

Sonnen had a great game plan. He exposed Filho's stand up. I would have liked to see him punish Filho a little more (Filho's body was open all night) because he probably could have finished him off. His punches were pit pat for the most part. Seemed as though he didn't want to commit so much and get caught and taken down. Nice performance, although some believe it was boring I liked seeing his gameplan executed. And as Mir said, he's got a good foundation to build upon.
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Yeah, Sonnen was hardly hitting him but executed perfectly. Filho was so gassed, he really could have teed off on him and not worried about the takedown. Filho got booed real bad for pulling guard and I think some were for Sonnen not pulling the trigger.

Goodfella9783 said:
Faber was disappointing. It was clear from the get-go that he was a little cocky. I have no idea why he tried that spinning back elbow/fist but he paid for it. After Filho and Faber WEC must've been like :wits:

Pulver's stand up is a little overrated. Someone has to tell him that you can't just cover-up to block punches in MMA. Those 4 ouncers get right through.
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I can't stress enough how much bigger Brown was than Faber, literally looked to be 2 weight classes above him. We had a feeling it might get bad for Faber when we saw that. I think Faber got rocked a little earlier and didn't have his wits about him when he threw that elbow. Brown capitalized perfectly.

Pulver was just a step too slow for Garcia, which seems to be a trend now. He's not getting any younger that's for sure. It doesn't look to good for him.

Fight of the night was definitely Cerrone vs. Razor Rob. Total slugfest from bell to bell. I can't believe they didn't show that fight considering the winner will most likely fight Varner for the strap. Cerrone has amazing recovering ability. He got rocked hard in the opening moments of the fight and popped right back up like a fuckin vampire. After that it was all him.

I will say Tito was cool as hell to everyone. He was making laps around that place like the WEC asked him to and took pictures with everyone who approached him. I really wouldn't be surprised to see him back in the UFC. Pulver was cool too, actually both he and Faber took a picture after their losses with the gal that was sitting next to us and both were apologetic.
 
WEC bonuses and awards for â?????Faber vs Brownâ??????

By: MMAmania

Photo: ESPN.com
WEC 36: â?????Faber vs. Brownâ??? from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Fla., on November 5 has come to a close.


The highly anticipated event, which was put on pause when Hurricane Ike threatened the South Florida region back around September 10, was a success at the gate, drawing more than 5,225 fans and raking in $563,578 at the turnstiles.


Several fighters on the card also made out like bandits with their respective performances.


In particular, the new WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Brown, who knocked off the promotionâ??????s posterboy, Urijah Faber, with a crushing first round technical knockout in the main event of the evening. The American Top Team (ATT) powerhouse earned â?????Knockout of the Nightâ??? for dethroning the â?????California Kid.â???


Unfortunately, those at home did not get to see the other matches that earned special honors. Donald Cerrone and Rob McCullough went to war for three rounds in the â?????Fight of the Nightâ??? and Brazilian jiu-jitsu wizard Rani Yahya score â?????Submission of the Nightâ??? â???¦ both matches were on the under card.


Oh well.


Regardless, it was a solid night of action that produced several exciting fights that did air on Versus. And the fighters honored below more than deserved a little extra cold hard cash for their outstanding performances.
Here are the special fight bonuses for WEC 36:
Fight of the Night â?????? Donald Cerrone and Rob McCullough
Knockout of the Night â?????? Mike Brown
Submission of the Night â?????? Rani Yahya
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Each fighter received $7,500 for their efforts in addition to their respective base salaries, which we will pass along as soon as they become available.
For complete WEC 36 results and fight-by-fight coverage of the main card action click here.
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