Johny Hendricks wants GSP title fight in August 2013

Ariel Helwani gave an update on Tuesday (March 19, 2013) on the condition of Johny Hendricks' hand following his fight with Carlos Condit at UFC 158.

Following his UFC 158 win with Carlos Condit last Saturday night (March 16, 2013), Hendricks was worried that he might broke his left hand during the fight.

However, three days after the event, he revealed his hand is injury free and he will be ready for a title shot. That will be when George St-Pierre is ready though, because he decided to take a short vacation. Hendricks himself prefers the fight to take place in August 2013. He says he'll take the fight anywhere, anyplace, anytime. Ariel Helwani provided the following update on Hendricks' hand at "UFC Tonight" on FUEL TV:

"Of course he had the big win on Saturday night, and after the win over Carlos Condit, he told us that he was afraid he may have broken his dangerous left hand. Well, that does not appear to be the case. I spoke to him today and he said he thinks what happened was he dislocated a couple of fingers early in the fight and then as the fight went on --of course it went the full 15-minutes-- it popped back into place. That's why he was feeling so much pain after the fight but right now he doesn't think he broke his hand and he's going to have an x-ray just to make sure everything's okay, but he's pretty confident there was no break. He's hoping that he'll get the title shot against GSP in August. He says he'll take it anywhere, anyplace, anytime. He's really still on cloud nine after getting the shot, he's in such a good mood right now."

Let's hope nothing comes in between Hendricks and his title shot, because nothing is certain when you work for Dana White. The only thing they have to do is set up a date for the event to take place.

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Vince McMahon challenged Dana White to a match

UFC president Dana White revealed last week that WWE boss Vince McMahon tried to set up a match between them at a WrestleMania event. If White wasn't interested in a fake bout, Vince was also game for a real bout.

Last week during his press rounds to promote UFC 158 in Montreal, UFC president Dana White made an interesting revelation to former NHL player Denis Gauthier on RDS

"Let me tell you something, I'll tell you this and I've never said this before ever in an interview anywhere, and if Vince hears this, he's going to go nuts, okay? Vince is too old, which he won't think he is and he'll go crazy, and he wanted to do that one time. Vince wanted to fight me, I swear to god. He called me up and said, 'let's do it. We can either do it in the UFC or let's do it at WrestleMania.' And I said, 'You are crazy, man.' Vince is... a lot of people talk about Vince, I always have said it and I'll say it again: I respect Vince very much but Vince is too old to be fighting."

Now Dave Meltzer of MMA Fighting has revealed the back story behind the out-of-left-field challenge:

The suggestion by McMahon was actually made on or around Oct. 15, 2010, actually stemming from what at the time McMahon was looking for as his main event for WrestleMania 27, which took place on April 3, 2011 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. It ended up drawing 61,617 fans. McMahon, who had used Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Lawrence Taylor and Floyd Mayweather Jr., on WrestleManias in the past, was looking to match up then-UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, with The Undertaker, as the main event.

White nixed the idea for the obvious business logic of not wanting his champion doing pro wrestling at the same time they are trying to promote his real fights. ... But McMahon thought himself against White could also be a headline event on the show.

The idea was for a pro wrestling match, but McMahon, a bodybuilder who was 65 at the time, actually said if White felt it wasn't the right thing for him to do a staged fight, they could still do the match - for real.

"I laughed and said, 'You're crazy, you're out of your mind,' White said when the subject was brought up a second time after UFC 158 by Ariel Helwani on Fuel TV. "In the interview (the night before), I said Vince was too old. We're both too old. I'm too old, too, just for the record.

In the end McMahon managed to talk Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson into main eventing WrestleMania.

Source: Bloody Elbow

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Frank Mir says Daniel Cormier can't finish fights

Frank Mir will face Daniel Cormier on April 20, 2013 at UFC on Fox 7. And now that the bout is coming closer, Mir starts to exchange words.

For his upcoming bout against Daniel Cormier on April 20, 2013, in San Jose, California at UFC on Fox 7, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir started to train with Greg Jackson in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He changed his training camp, but the one thing that didn't change is his talk in between fights.

Frank Mir was unimpressed with his opponents ability to finish fights. Cormier won a 5 round decision against Josh Barnett and after that he finished Dion Staring by way of TKO in the 2nd round. Although Cormier finish Staring by TKO, Frank Mir says that Cormier can't finish fights unless the referee stops the fight for him.

From his conversation with MMA Fight Corner:

"I pretty much know the guy. He has extremely strong, efficient wrestling. I think he throws his hands pretty fast and without abandon. I don't think he's the most technical boxer in the world, I don't think he even thinks he's the most technical boxer in the world. He's definitely not JDS, but who is? On the ground though, it really showed me, let's face it, if I had the same guy on the ground, fight would have ended pretty quickly. He wasn't able to put the guy away through a lack of finishing abilities, through a lack of finishing moves. So that's one thing that actually surprised me. I thought he couldn't finish Josh because of Josh's abilities, but then I realized 'No, he doesn't really have much finishing ability'. He can catch you with a punch, let's face it, every heavyweight over 200 pounds has that ability to finish a fight if he catches you. But you got to have the ability to finish with the submission, you know definitive ground and pound, where you actually finish somebody off against the cage and it's menacing, not just finally the referee's like 'Well, you know, I guess the guy's had enough. You really can't put him away, let me help end this fight for you.'"

The bout between Mir and Cormier was initially scheduled in Cormier's final Strikeforce fight, but he suffered a training injury and was forced out of the bout.

Who do you got winning this fight?

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Nick Diaz arrested?

Today March 18, 2013 Nick Diaz posted a photo on Twitter that appeared to show that he was detained by a police officer.

It seems like Nick Diaz is realy arrested, OR he's a very good troll. He posted a photo on Twitter that showed him on it, being "detained" by the police. He wrote this text with the picture: "Fuck they got us :("
Although the tweet was quickly deleted, McKinley Noble posted a screenshot:



Stay tuned for updates on this matter.

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Who should be next for the UFC 158 winners

With UFC 158 behind us, one of the most fun things to do for the fans is to make match-ups for future events. These are the fights to make for the winners/losers of UFC 158's main card.

Nate Marquardt:
With 2 losses over Jake Ellenberger and Tarec Saffiedine, Marquardt dropped out of the top 10 welterweights. Maybe a match with Rick Story would be a good match to make. Story defeated Quinn Mulhern in the first round by TKO and would matchup good with Marquardt.

Carlos Condit:
Even though a lot of people thought Carlos Condit won his fight with Johny Hendricks, the judges decided in the favor of "Bigg Rigg". Now, even with 2 straight losses Condit still has lot of opponents which he could fight. A rematch with Nick Diaz is what a lot of fans want to see, but I see Condit fighting Tarec Saffiedine next. It would be a good test for the Belgian fighter to see what he's made of.

Nick Diaz:
After his fight with GSP, he said he was going to retire. But we've heard this talk before. If he chooses not to retire I would match him up with Robbie Lawler. Robbie Lawler won his last fight with Josh Koscheck in spectacular fashion delivering serious punches which knocked him out. It would be interesting for Diaz because Lawler and Diaz both like to brawl.

Jake Ellenberger:
A great matchup would be Demian Maia. I would like to see Maia prove himself against a dangerous striker, and that's what Ellenberger is. One interesting thing to see aswell is if Ellenberger can handle a superb BJJ artist in Demian Maia.

Georges St-Pierre vs. Johny Hendricks:
Obviously this is the matchup to make. Hendricks has four straight win against top guys now, and he is the legit number one contender. Georges St-Pierre told everyone in the post press conference that he wants to fight the best guy, and Hendricks is the best for now. It would be interesting to see what gameplan St-Pierre will come up with to fight against a powerfull strike with great wrestling.

What do you guys think about these potential matchups? Let me know in the comment section below.

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