http://headkickmania.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:20:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Props: Fighters Only Wanderlei Silva expects to be offered a rematch with Vitor Belfort if the UFC signs the Brazilian middleweight. Silva - a Brazilian middleweight himself - fought Belfort at UFC Ultimate Brazil back in 1998. Belfort stopped him in 44 seconds with a lightning fast series of punches that ran ... http://headkickmania.com/2009/06/29/will-vitorwandy-ii-happen-if-belfort-comes-back-to-the-ufc/ Not interested people....not at all! MMAjunkie recently confirmed that Josh Thomson will make his first Strikeforce lightweight title defense against the guy he originally beat to win the belt, Gilbert Melendez.  I have a couple problems with this horseshit decision and I don't think I'm the only one: Firstly, when the two ... http://headkickmania.com/2009/02/24/im-all-about-strikeforce-but-wtf-thompsonmelendez-ii/ Props: FightFace Another badass monthly highlight video from Facey.  If you haven't checked out his other stuff, I highly recommend it.  This video has everything in MMA from the month of January, to include UFC 94, Affliction: Day of Reckoning, WEC: Varner vs. Cerrone, and Sengoku no Ran 2009. http://headkickmania.com/2009/02/03/mma-in-january/ Georges St. Pierre (170) vs. BJ Penn (168) Lyoto Machida (206) vs. Thiago Silva (206) Karo Parisyan (170) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (171) Nate Diaz (156) vs. Clay Guida (156) Stephan Bonnar (206) vs. Jon Jones (206) Jon Fitch (171) vs. Akihiro Gono (171) Manny Gamburyan (155) vs. Thiago Tavares (155) John Howard (171) vs. ... http://headkickmania.com/2009/01/31/ufc-94-weigh-in-results-and-final-thoughts/ I would have had my predictions up earlier, but my school has consumed most of my life for the past week and I wasn't able to, so I apologize for anyone who really cares about these predictions.  UFC 94 is TOMORROW, we're mere hours away from seeing the most anticipated ... http://headkickmania.com/2009/01/30/hkms-ufc-94-predictions/ Props: MMAJunkie Helio Gracie, the Gracie family patriarch and instrumental figure in the rise of early mixed martial arts, has passed away at the age of 95. With his older brother Carlos, Helio, who died early Thursday is Rio de Janiero, helped create what we know today as Brazilian jiu jitsu. With a ... http://headkickmania.com/2009/01/29/helio-gracie-1913-2009/ Picture Props: Combat Lifestyle I can't believe that this rematch is finally going to go down in just a few days.  BJ has done a great job hyping the shit out of this bout, GSP has done his usual thing and kept pretty quit, slipping in a few jabs and pokes ... http://headkickmania.com/2009/01/29/oooo-baby-3-days-and-counting/ Props: DemandMMA “To all My Fans, unfortunately i am not gonna be able to fight UFC 17 in Tampa Florida, i just tore my ACL on my right knee last saturday…. I think you  guys deserve to hear that from me. I just want to take care of that , and Joe lauzon you’re ... http://headkickmania.com/2009/01/27/hermes-franca-tears-acl-so-long-ufn-17-fight-with-joe-lauzon/ Props: Cage Potato Anyone who got to watch Affliction: Day of Reckoning live last weekend probably got more than a few laughs everytime former UFC light heavyweight champion and "color commentator" Tito Ortiz opened his mouth during the post-fight interviews.  Here's a collection of some of his hilarious quotes... Sobral/Sokoudjou: "Here we are ... http://headkickmania.com/2009/01/27/haha-some-great-tito-quotes-from-day-of-reckoning/ "r3d d3vil" - a devout Fedor Emelienanko fanboy, posted this video over at Cameldog, and as much as I don't like those over-committed people who hug fighters nuts like that, I can't deny that this video does sort of speak the truth. http://headkickmania.com/2009/01/26/and-the-whole-fedor-ufc-thing-starts-again/