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The last time the UFC held a pay-per-view in Las Vegas, UFC 143, we were treated to this gem between Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz. Will we get another killer main event Saturday at UFC 146?

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With Georges St-Pierre on the sidelines, no scheduled fight in sight, Carlos Condit takes over the No. 1 spot in the welterweight World MMA Top 10 Rankings. Retweet this Share on Facebook • Email • StumbleUpon • Reddit • Digg • Technorati • Instapaper • Tumblr • Google Reader • LinkedIn

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Rory MacDonald would love another crack at Carlos Condit, but mostly he just wants to stay healthy so he can be much busier in 2012. Retweet this Share on Facebook • Email • StumbleUpon • Reddit • Digg • Technorati • Instapaper • Tumblr • Google Reader • LinkedIn

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Though current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre has been sidelined for the last eight months due to injuries, that hasn't stopped the 170-pound kingpin from making the media rounds at promotional events. So you could pretty much guarantee that "Rush" wasn't going to miss out on this weekend's (April 21, 2012) highly anticipated UFC 145 event that features two men St. Pierre knows very well, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones and number one contender, Rashad Evans. Georges has shared some training time with both individuals down at Jackson-Winkeljohns Mixed Martial Arts in Albuquerque and has solid friendships with both competitors. With Georges' rehab being ahead of schedule, the French-Canadian hopes to get back inside the Octagon before the year's out in hopes of unifying his title with the interim welterweight belt currently held by Carlos Condit, yet another Greg Jackson trained fighter. St. Pierre was on hand at today's (April 19, 2012) UFC 145 open workouts in Atlanta, Ga., answering questions from media regarding a bevy of topics ranging from his current health status to the possible training conflicts that could arise when he faces Condit to his take on this weekend's 205-pound title fight. Check out what he had to say (via MMA Heat) after the jump. "It feels very good but because I had two injuries... It was a patellar tendon graph that I had. I had two injuries, not just one, but this is going to be the strongest graph. In two months, it's going to be 100-percent, but right now I feel that something is still not 100 percent, but in two months, I have no doubt in my mind. I don't want to mess it up. If I try to jump or go to fast, I will have to do it all over again so I don't want to do the same mistake." The champion gave his insight on this weekend's title fight and talks about the pros and the cons that either fighter will face if they fight with too much emotion: "I believe it is going to be a very good fight. As a fan of the sport, this is definitely a fight that I wanted to see. Both of these guys are incredibly talented. I believe a mistake form one of these two guys will be fatal. So, well see what's going to happen. There is something different about this fight because they knew each other and it's a lot of pressure. I do not know who will be the favorite because of that. Like I say, if you fight sometimes with too much emotion you commit mistakes. So, it can be a good thing because it helps you to push yourself harder and to perform better but it can also be a mistake because of it, so it will be the experience factor of it. When I fought Matt Serra, B.J. Penn and even Josh Koscheck this last time, was a lot of emotion too. But, I always perform at my best under emotion, some people it's the other way around." It's no secret that the third party in the Evans and Jones drama is none other than Jon's head trainer, Greg Jackson, who used to train "Suga." Greg also just happens to be trainer to "Rush" and "The Natural Born Killer." However, according to St. Pierre, when the time comes, there will be no issues or favoritism shown to either competitor in their title fight, which could possibly go down at UFC 154: "For me and Carlos is different because we never actually trained together. We train at the same gym at the same time but we never really trained together. We trained with the same sparring partners. I actually only have shake Carlos' hand. I never grapple with him or wrestle or spar with him, so it's a different scenario for me. But Greg will not be in Carlos corner either, that is the understanding that we had if we had to fight each other, Carlos and I. I don't' lose anything because he is not going to be in Carlos corner either. The bottom line is, the trainer help you a lot during the training camp, it's not during the fight that is going to change anything. It's the thousand repetitions during the training camp that will come out during the fight. It's not at the fight that he is going to say something that is going to come out. When you fight, is mostly about instinct. So even if the Pope is in my corner, I will be fine. Greg will not be in mine or Carlos corner, but I have Firaz Zihabi. For me, Firaz is my number one guy, he is their all the time. The most important guy for me is Firaz Zihabi." Though he has no issues fighting Condit, a fighter he shares a gym with from time-to-time, there is a certain 170-pound contender that he would absolutely have no interest in fighting -- fellow Tri-Star training partner, Rory MacDonald, who will also be in action this weekend taking on Che Mills: "I'm not interested in fighting him, to tell you the truth. There are a lot of welterweights and I don't think we have to do it now. Right now there's a lot of challenge. In two years, who knows, maybe I will go to Middleweight. Who knows what is going to happen. So for me, right now I am not interested. He is a friend and he is a brother to me and I hope him the best and I know one day he is going to be world champion." "GSP" at Middleweight? Music to fantasy matchmakers ears everywhere and somewhere in Brazil, the ears of 185-pound champion Anderson Silva are ringing. For now, "Rush" is fully focused on his rehab and his upcoming title unification title fight with Carlos Condit. Drama free, I might add.

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Mortgage advice...with a punch! Or in Carlos Newton's case: Mortgage advice via armbar, or most famously: mortage advice that will sink in to your brain like a bulldog choke on Pat Miletich. As a midwesterner I'm still fairly bitter over Carlos' win over The Croatian Sensation at UFC 31, but that was over a decade ago, I need to get over it. So in these tumultuous economic times, I think I can let bygones be bygones and sit down with former UFC champ Carlos Newton and have him help me figure out my shaky financial future. Thankfully, this commercial for MMAMortgages.com provides me with the comfort and reassurance that Carlos Newton can offer me the services I need when it's time to invest in not just a house, but a home. However, I only do business with men in tiny white wrestling trunks, not boardshorts. [Source]

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A welterweight bout between Mike Pierce and Carlos Eduardo Rocha is the first planned addition to the currently unannounced UFC on FX 3 card. MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with event sources that the show is expected to take place June 8. While the main card would air on FX, officials haven't finalized a venue for UFC on FX 3, sources said.

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Always exciting welterweights Carlos Condit and Dan Hardy put on a show in England at UFC 120 with Condit scoring a highlight reel knockout. Watch it here.

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Always exciting welterweights Carlos Condit and Dan Hardy put on a show in England at UFC 120 with Condit scoring a highlight reel knockout. Watch it here.

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In keeping with the Bloody Elbow tradition of belated birthday wishes, a day after Renzo Gracie's 45th Birthday is the ideal time to wish him a very happy birthday. Pervious installments of late birthday wishes have included Helio Gracie, his son Rorion Gracie, American MMA pioneer "Judo" Gene LeBell and catch wrestling legend Billy Robinson. Renzo Gracie is the grandson of Carlos Gracie Sr, the original member of the Gracie family to learn Judo from Mistuyo Maeda. Carlos took to Judo, spending eight years under Maeda and at age twenty-two Carlos opened his own school. His first students were his younger brothers Oswaldo, Gastao, George and Helio Gracie, the youngest and most frail. Together the brothers trained and adapted the art to suit their smaller frames. Renzo was born on March 11th, 1967. His father was Robson Gracie, a 9th degree black belt in BJJ under his father Carlos. Renzo started training in the family art as an infant under Robson. Growing up he trained under his uncles Rolls Gracie and Carlos Gracie Jr., the founder of Gracie Barra and the man who award Renzo his black belt. Renzo above all other things is a fighter. At age twenty five he took his first Vale Tudo fight, it was the begninng of a long and storied career. A true legend, Renzo has competed on the biggest stages in Vale Tudo, competitive grappling and MMA. Ironically several of his most ionic matches have been losses, but this is a testament to Renzo's fighting spirit. He never turned down a fight or shied away from a tough opponent. We'll get more into Renzo's fight and legacy after the jump but here is Renzo's legacy in his own words. (renzo gracie legacy via graciemag) more videos after the jump... Renzo's fight history is not short of big names; he took on Luta Livre legend Eugenio Tadeu in 1997 in a fight that ended in No Contest when Luta Livre supports and BJJ fighters rioted. Renzo touched off the riot when he punched a Luta Livre supporter who was leaning over the cage and earlier had kicked Renzo through the cage. In the resulting melee Renzo had to fight his way out of the cage and was stabbed at one point. Later that same year, Renzo traveled to Japan with his family and took place in the first Pride event, were he drew with professional wrestler Akira Shoji. And in 1999, Renzo took on a true MMA pioneer Maurice Smith, an accomplished kick-boxer who was the innovator of the "sprawl-and-brawl" style in MMA. (Renzo Gracie vs Maurice Smith - RINGS 1999 via santosdelahera) At Pride 10, Renzo took on Kazushi Sakuraba, who had already defeated Renzo's cousins Rolyer and Royce Gracie. Renzo would loose by technical submission when in the second round Sakuraba broke his arm with a kimura. Renzo handled the defeat with class, and calls it one of the proudest moments of his career because he learned when in that moment of truth he kept fighting and refused to tap. At K-1 Hawaii, Renzo, age 38 at the time, took on 26-year-old B.J. Penn during the Hawaiian's stint away from the UFC. Renzo gave the UFC Champion a tough fight, but ended up loosing a decision. Renzo has faced several former UFC champions in his career, including his win over Pat Miletich and a win over Carlos Newton and his lone UFC fight, which he lost to Matt Hughes. One of the biggest contributions Renzo has made to the martial arts world comes from his friendship with the Sheik Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates. The Sheik witnessed the first UFC when he was studying in the United States and he fell in love with grappling. Renzo became the Sheik's instructor and together they came up with a no gi competition with a cash prize to attract the top grappling talent in the world. In 1998, the Abu Dahbi Combat Club (ADCC) Submission Grappling Tournament debuted and Renzo Gracie became the first 77kg ADCC champion. He cleared a field that included Frank Trigg, Fabiano Iha and in the final he faced Cute Boxe's Luis Brito. (CHUTE BOXE ADCC 98 - Luis Brito x Renzo Gracie via midiav7) Now retired from fighting, Renzo runs one of the most successful BJJ academies in the United States and lives in New York City with his wife and three children. He is a grappling coach for many MMA fighters including current and former UFC Champions Matt Serra, Geroges St. Peirre and Frankie Edgar. So everyone here at Bloody Elbow would like to wish Rezno Gracie a very happy birthday. He is a true legend and one tough dude.

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Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry has proclaimed today "Carlos Condit Day," honoring the UFC Interim Welterweight Champion with a special ceremony at Jackson's MMA Gym in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Yes, really. Props: KOB.com

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Coming off his UFC on Fuel 1 win over Diego Sanchez, Jake Ellenberger would like a rematch with interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit.

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When considering the top mixed martial arts (MMA) camps across the globe, one has to look no further than to Albuquerque, N.M., which is where the famed Jackson-WinkelJohn Mixed Martial Art's gym is located. The facility that operates out of the 505 area code is home to today's top MMA stars such as UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones, UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre, interim UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit, Donald Cerrone, Brian Stann, Diego Sanchez and Shane Carwin, among others. With no shortage of superstar power training at his gym, Greg Jackson finds himself at the helm of one of the -- if not the -- top MMA gyms on the planet, with the aid of striking Guru Mike Winkeljohn by his side. However, with so much success coming out of his talent-laden camp, the day eventually comes when a few of his pupils may have to meet one another inside the Octagon. As is the case that led to the rift between former training partners, current 205-pound kingpin Jon Jones and former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Rashad Evans, who flourished under the tutelage of Jackson. Currently, Jackson finds himself in the middle of another dilemma, as two of his top fighters, Carlos Condit and Georges St. Pierre, are currently the interim and reigning UFC welterweight champion, respectively, and are likely to meet down the road to unify the belts. Something Jackson says is one of the hardest things he will have to endure. Greg Jackson recently opened up the doors to his new Jackson's MMA Fitness Gym in Albuquerque to MMAmania.com, talking about the UFC 143 aftermath, his friendship with Nick Diaz, Carlos Condit's next fight and the criticism that often times accompanies his winning game plans. Make the jump to hear from Greg Jackson himself: "I'm not sure. (why game plans are criticized) I will be honest, there have been fights that we have won, that I was like, "Oh man, this one is going to be all over the news." But no one says a word. The Carlos Condit fight was not that controversial. We out struck him, landed more power shots and way more strikes. We had complete Octagon control, we decided when and where the exchanges were going to happen and if we didn't like it, we got away and started again, so you can't really make a case for him (Diaz) doing more damage because we did more damage and you can't make a case for him controlling the fight because we controlled it. So that criticism doesn't bother me that much because It was just more of people's disappointment wanting to see two fighters stand there and swing and last man standing wins. But, you know, fighting is about hitting and not getting hit. We hit him a lot more and we didn't get hit. So I don't feel bad about that one. Listen, there have been times in my 18 years of doing this where I'm like, "How did we win that one?" And I'm like, "What, no one got mad?" No one says a word. A lot of people were just disappointed because a lot of people just wanted Nick to win and because of Nick's style. It is just part of the territory." On Nick Diaz' positive test for traces of marijuana that axed hopes of an immediate rematch between he and Carlos Condit and what is next for "The Natural Born Killer:" "I can't really speak to that. I really actually like Nick Diaz a lot, he's a good friend of mine and I hope he gets himself in a position where he doesn't do those kinds of things so he can really advance his career. Carlos is a warrior he wanted the rematch right away way before he knew all this was going on, so it was disappointing. As far as who is next, I'm not his manager, but it's up to Carlos, if he wants Jake (Ellenberger) we will fight Jake, if he wants to wait for my other guy, GSP, we will wait." On the instances where he will have two of his current fighters fighting each other: "It's very hard, that is why I don not get involved. I can not pick sides, I just can't do it. It will be a tough night for me, I will probably just go hide somewhere and grab a cheeseburger." On how hard it would be to corner Jones against Rashad Evans at UFC 145: "It would be a nightmare to coach against Rashad (Evans) because I still consider him a really good friend. However, I might just have to put my personal feelings aside and do what is best for the team." Jon Jones tweeted yesterday the Jackson will indeed corner him in the much anticipated Light Heavyweight championship showdown between he and Rashad Evans, which is scheduled to go down at UFC 145 in Atlanta, Ga., on April 21, 2012. With the continued success of Jackson's MMA system, it will probably not be the last time he and his training staff will find themselves in this situation, and that can be either a good thing, or a bad thing, depending which side of the fence you stand.

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Will Carlos Condit wait for Georges St-Pierre to return? Will he fight Jake Ellenberger instead? What about Josh Koscheck and Johny Hendricks? UFC president Dana White weighs in.

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OMAHA, Neb. - UFC interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit's choices are a little clearer than before. He can wait until undisputed champ Georges St-Pierre is healthy to fight and try to unify the title, or he can defend his belt before that happens. For now, it looks like Condit will wait, and Jake Ellenberger and Dana White say they understand why. "If you're Carlos Condit, (and) you just fought Ellenberger not too long ago, I'd wait for GSP," White told MMAjunkie.com following UFC on FUEL TV 1.

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If Jake Ellenberger got his wish, his next fight would be a rematch with Carlos Condit for the UFC interim welterweight title.

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Diego Sanchez opened up to HeavyMMA's Duane Finley on his spirituality, his triumph over a hard-partying lifestyle and why he wants to fight teammate Carlos Condit.

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Nick Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolites following his UFC 143 five-round loss to Carlos Condit on Saturday – the fighter's second positive test in Nevada.

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While both men may have their hands full in the coming months, UFC welterweights Diego Sanchez and Carlos Condit could eventually cross paths down the road depending on how 2012 plays out. Though the two are teammates at Greg Jackson’s gym in New Mexico, Sanchez recently made it clear there is no controversy to be had when it comes to the possibility of the training partners facing off inside the Octagon with a title on the line. Straying from the attitude causing a rift between Jon Jones-Rashad Evans, as well as the one seeing Evans refuse to face Keith Jardine a few years back, Sanchez spoke to The MMA Hour earlier this week where he said he’s already discussed such a scenario with “The Natural Born Killer”. “We’ve all talked about this, the coaches, me and Carlos, we are absolutely fine fighting each other,” said the original Ultimate Fighter. “We both want UFC gold, that’s what we want for our family and have always wanted even as little kids, we have always wanted this. We are willing to do that.” He also made it clear he wouldn’t pull any punches against Condit and would expect the same treatment in return, stating, “Me and Carlos would be a war; we both know our strengths and weaknesses and it would be a great fight. If it happens, it happens.” Up next for “The Dream” is a February 15 date with top contender Jake Ellenberger in headlining action at UFC on Fuel 1. Comparably, Condit has been embroiled in the fallout from his hard-fought, albeit awfully close decision win over Nick Diaz this past Saturday night. PHOTO CREDIT – UFC

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After the Condit / Diaz fight on Saturday night, Dana White teased us with a quote where he said Condit / Diaz 2 could happen immediately, but both guys would 'really have to want that fight.' Between Nick 'retiring' and Carlos not being stupid, that didn't seem very likely. Add in all the chatter from everyone and I had an immediate rematch on par with a snowball's chances in hell. From Lorenzo Fertitta: Just spoke to @lorenzofertitta. He said @CarlosCondit has definitely earned title shot/right to wait for GSP. No rematch. @lorenzofertitta told me GSP was upset and wanted him to make rematch but he said, "I can't do that to Carlos." From Condit's management Malki Kawa: "At this point, [a rematch] is not something we’re looking to do," he said. "We're looking for Georges. People forget, Carlos waited a long time to get this fight. He was moved around, and shuffled around between fights. He won the fight. It doesn't interest us at all. I think clearly and decisively, he won the fight. Even [UFC president] Dana [White] scored it for him. All of the opinions that matter scored Carlos as winner." From Condit himself: "I'd give Nick Diaz a rematch. Just maybe not right away." And now the only evidence you need that a rematch is indeed going to happen: Dana White's twitter. the rumor is true. Carlos did accept the fight today and Carlos is coming on Friday not thur. With that, we are apparently getting Condit / Diaz 2. This is the second time the UFC has called Carlos Condit up and asked him to do something incredibly stupid for them. The first time is when they asked him to step aside so Nick Diaz and GSP could fight. Now they're asking him to step up again ... in the hopes that Nick Diaz and GSP can still fight. I'm one of those people who thought Diaz won rounds 1, 2, and 5, but I don't know about this. What's the point of #1 contender fights if they get redone whenever 'the wrong guy' wins?There are a lot of reasons this fight makes sense though. The entire world is split down the middle between fighters as to who really won. Stats point to Condit edging Diaz on strikes, but as Hitler would say "Diaz doesn't give a sh*t about pussy ass kicks!" Georges ain't doing nothing til November and it's not like there's another welterweight contender out there looking super-sayan that Condit just has to fight. So ... are you excited about Condit / Diaz 2? Or are you looking forward to Condit / Diaz 3, 4, or maybe 5? However many til the UFC gets the results they want.

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Last night on The Underground, a story broke that Carlos Condit had accepted a rematch with Nick Diaz following Condit's decision win at UFC 143. The news set off a small chain of tweets that have left some wondering if the UFC bypassed the management of the fighters (especially Condit manager, Malki Kawa) in getting the fight done. It's something that the UFC has done in the past, so it wouldn't be shocking. First, the news on The Underground: However, sources close to the deal just confirmed with The Underground that Carlos Condit has accepted a rematch with Nick Diaz, with the UFC Interim Welterweight title again on the line. Condit said 'Yes, I accept the rematch' and will be in Las Vegas on Friday to finalize the deal. First, Ariel Helwani had a tweet reacting to the news: @arielhelwaniAriel Helwani . @theug is reporting the Diaz-Condit rematch is on, however, Condit's manager @malkikawa says: "Far from true. We haven't accepted nything" Feb 08 via web Favorite Retweet Reply Something Malki quickly backed up on his own Twitter: @malkikawamalki kawa Rumors about carlos and nick are not true. We haven't been offered any fight nor accepted anything. Feb 08 via UberSocial for BlackBerry Favorite Retweet Reply More after the jump... SBN coverage of UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit Malki would reverse course thirty minutes later: @malkikawamalki kawa Well, the powers to be just called. @CarlosCondit and myself will be in vegas and hope to have an announcement on fri... :) Feb 08 via UberSocial for BlackBerry Favorite Retweet Reply As I said earlier, it's not unheard of for the UFC to bypass managers and try to get the fighters to agree to certain bouts directly as it is usually much easier for negotiations. A manager worth his salt would almost certainly go into negotiations for a rematch trying to get some sort of rematch clause added to the agreement, ensuring that if their fighter lost and the "series" became 1-1 they would be granted an immediate rematch. If the UFC could simply go to Carlos and get an agreement to take the fight for just a small bump in pay or something along those lines, it basically kills the whole negotiating process and lines up the Diaz vs. Georges St. Pierre fight that they really want. The phrasing on Dana's twitter confirming the bout would seem to back that up to a degree: justScrap85 DJ Brown @CarlosCondit and @nickdiaz209 rematch?! @ufc @danawhite @malkikawa any truth in this? @MMAjunkie Feb 08 Favorite Retweet Reply in reply to @justScrap85↑ @danawhiteDana White @justScrap85 @carloscondit @malkikawa the rumor is true. Carlos did accept the fight today and Carlos is coming on Friday not thur. Feb 08 via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply While it's certainly a difficult game to try to read into language, for Dana to say that the fight was accepted by Carlos "today" and not "just accepted" or "accepted tonight" makes me think that they did go directly to Carlos earlier in the day to work things out. The end result is good for us fans though, Diaz and Condit stepping back into the cage for another go-round.

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A few updates on what's been going on in the MMA & UFC Twitterverse NICK DIAZ VS. CARLOS CONDIT 2... YUS! "the rumor is true. Carlos did accept the fight today and Carlos is coming on Friday not thur." -Dana White, confirms rumors of a second meeting between Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit. Good thing they're doing that again, cause there's too many reasons why it should happen. There's a ton of tweets after the jump, but first, don't forget to follow me on twitter: @antontabuena Oh, and these guys are probably worth following as well: The Official BloodyElbow Twitter Account, Luke Thomas, Kid Nate, Brent Brookhouse, Leland Roling, Richard Wade, Chris Barton, Damon O, Scott Broussard, Tim Burke, Matt Bishop, Fraser Coffeen, Dallas Winston, KJ Gould, Matt Roth, Ben Thapa, Josh Nason. $5000 TWITTER BONUSES! "Twitter quarterly bonus award time! Fighters placed in 4 categories based on # of followers at beginning of the quarter. Prizes 5k each." -UFC "Most followers in each of 4 categories: @SpiderAnderson @Junior_Cigano @BrendanSchaub and @CungLe185 - congrats!" -UFC "Biggest % growth in followers/category: @MinotauroMMA, @RoyNelsonMMA, @EllenbergerMMA, @CungLe185" -UFC "I'd have a lot more followers but most my folks from GA still on prepaid phones that ain't got that twitter shit" -Forrest Griffin TUF BRAZIL AND 1ST WORLD PROBLEMS "In rio for first day of #TUFBRAZIL there is so much talent here it's loco!" -Lorenzo Fertitta "I just watched one of the best fights I've ever seen. #TUFBRAZIL it's gonna be a sick season." -Lorenzo Fertitta "I hate helicopters but I'm getting on one anyway. Rio traffic! ...Helicopter again. Not fun! #riotraffic" -Lorenzo Fertitta, should have used the hash tag #FirstWorldProblems instead. ;) TWICTURES "Check out @DanaWhite commission work it progress" -Brittney Palmer "Check out my first self portrait! I painted it for my amazing fan @pinksindy3 :-)" -Brittney Palmer "BTS: shoot for @jacoclothing went great today!" -Arianny Celeste "Beach! Girl time! " -Arianny Celeste "Looks like I'm still hangin at the flamingo hotel in vegas.. Oh X Burlesque days." -Brittney Palmer "#Superbowl !! #giants vs #patriots :D @kingsbu my lover says Giants, @rachelle_leah my lova says Pats.. ;)" -Natasha Wicks "Anybody in the UK see @AriannyCeleste in @nuts_official? One word: wow!" -UFC VALENTINES DAY TIPS FROM MMA FIGHTERS AND PERSONALITIES "Looking for V-Day ideas? @MieshaTate , @RondaRousey , Chuck, Forrest, Brittney Palmer and more give you some tips..." -Strikeforce TWIDEOS "Diego Sanchez (in a garage) talks about why next week's war is like going to Russia." -UFC, I seriously hope he keeps the stache. RANDOM TWIDBITS "Congratulations to Carlos Condit and my friends Wonderboy and Rafael Natal for their wins this weekend... ...I still hope to meet Nick Diaz in the Octagon one day." -Georges St. Pierre "Hay guys its a fight it happens but to think I hit him intentionaly is just not cool" -Alex Caceres "SURPRISE! the opening gladiator wasn't fired, he got a sweet new job with Madonna! Congrats, guy!" -UFC "I wouldn't pack for June in Brazil just yet, Eagles. Grab a coat, though, because if this happens Hell is frozen." -Chael Sonnen "I once had an old guy tell me "well I didnt smoke crack today so I guess it was a good day" he then proceeded to ask me if I had any crack?" -Forrest Griffin

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Forget what Carlos Condit said about waiting for Georges St. Pierre. Forget about what his manager Malki Kawa said about not wanting the rematch. Forget about what Nick Diaz said about retiring. And forget about what Cesar Gracie said about Nick not fighting until next year. Why? Because Dana White just revealed on Twitter that the rematch is on and both fighters want it. @justScrap85@carloscondit@malkikawa the rumor is true. Carlos did accept the fight today and Carlos is coming on Friday not thur. @TheJRF83 nick wanted the rematch the same night @GrossiMMA Carlos wanted it Not to throw a bucket of cold water on a hot flame, but I should note that this doesn’t mean the fight is signed, sealed and delivered. At least not yet. As of now, both camps are denying it, but if Dana is confident enough to talk about it on Twitter, then it’s most likely going to happen. Assuming it is on, the next question is where and when? I would hesitate to put it on FOX (not that there’s been any indication that that’s where it’s going to happen) just because of how the first one went down, but if Condit really does want the fight now, maybe that means he’s tired of all the backlash and will throw the gameplan out the window in the rematch and give us the fireworks we expected all along. That’s what I hope happens at least and if it does, FOX would be the perfect place for it.

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One day after Carlos Condit's management insisted that Nick Diaz was in his rearview mirror, there seems to be a change of course for the new UFC interim welterweight champion. Late on Tuesday night, UFC president Dana White tweeted that Condit accepted the proposal for a rematch, and would travel to Las Vegas on Friday in hopes of finalizing the deal. "The rumor is true. Carlos did accept the fight today and Carlos is coming on Friday not [Thursday]," he wrote.Early Wednesday morning, White told MMA Fighting via text that he had no timetable yet for the bout's date, as he's currently in Brazil filming an international version of The Ultimate Fighter. However, he returns on Thursday and will meet with Condit about making the rematch a reality.As recently as Monday, Condit's manager Malki Kawa told MMA Fighting that he would advise his client to focus on a potential championship unification with linear title holder Georges St-Pierre."At this point, [a rematch] is not something we’re looking to do," he said. "We're looking for Georges.But apparently, Condit was swayed by the outcry over the decision. The three cageside judges scored the bout 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 for Condit. Reaction to the decision was split, with Diaz supporters noting that he was often the aggressor, moving forward and initiating the action, while Condit supporters believed he employed an effective counterstriking style that allowed him to land more blows during the course of the five-round bout. Regardless of the outcome, it was a departure from his usual style. Known for his aggression and finishing instincts, Condit had stopped opponents in 26 of his 27 career wins prior to UFC 143.Afterward, Diaz said he would retire, voicing frustration with the judging system. Meanwhile, White said he would allow Condit to chart his own course and wait for GSP if that was his wish. But now it appears that instead of hanging up his gloves, Diaz will get the chance to avenge his loss, and instead of preparing for St-Pierre, Condit will spend the next few months getting ready to face Diaz one more time.

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From the boss man's Twitter: @danawhiteDana White @justScrap85 @carloscondit@malkikawa the rumor is true. Carlos did accept the fight today and Carlos is coming on Friday not thur. I guess Nick isn't retiring. While I disagree with the need for a rematch, this should be a very interesting fight. We will see if Nick can make the necessary adjustments to win the second time around or if Carlos can stay a step ahead of the man from the 209. I maintain that if Jake Ellenberger beats Diego Sanchez he deserves to fight Condit for the belt but the Diaz fight is the bigger money maker. It's just too bad that Nick is going to get rewarded with a rematch after his post fight speech. Nevertheless, I am looking forward to see who comes out on top this time.

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Everyone out there, pat yourself on the back. With the endless comments across the internet and the innumerable message board threads that appeared just after UFC 143's Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz bout have finally paid off. Your influential voice has been heard by the top brass at ZUFFA, and now it looks like Carlos Condit has accepted a rematch against Nick Diaz at some point in 2012. No need to smash anymore flat-screen televisions in disgust -- Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit II is on the horizon. Here's what Dana White said on Twitter just minutes ago when an eager fan asked about a potential rematch. What Dana White is referring to at the end of his Tweet is essentially Carlos Condit is coming to Las Vegas to take part in an 'announcement.' There you have it folks, now get the popcorn ready -- and don't be scared to put butter all over it, homie. Props to LiverKick.com writer, Rian Scalia, for the find.

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FanPost edited and promoted by MMAmania.com. With UFC 143 in the books, many fight fans are bemoaning the loss of the much-anticipated match-up between UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre and former Strikeforce Champion Nick Diaz, but is it because they've been blinded by the emotional build-up and the Diaz mystique? An unbiased comparison of the resumes between the Stockton slugger and new Interim 170-pound champion, Carlos Condit, clearly shows what St. Pierre himself said in the now-infamous Diaz no-show press conference: "The Natural Born Killer" is a tougher challenge for him. And a more deserving contender. Condit may not have the polarizing charisma to sell as many tickets as Diaz, but realistically, he poses a much more serious threat to the throne. This is also a better fight. As a die-hard St. Pierre fan, this fight makes me nervous, whereas the Diaz fight looked like a cakewalk, comparatively. Lets look at some key facts the Diaz bandwagon seems to overlook: Condit has as many finishes as Diaz has total wins. With 13 KOs and 13 submissions, Condit is the most well-rounded guy GSP has fought since Penn, maybe ever, and he's much bigger and more powerful than Penn was. There's nowhere GSP can take this fight and feel safe.Condit's only loss in the last six years was a split decision to Kampman in his UFC debut. Condit finished his last five UFC opponents, all but Hardy are current UFC contenders, not Strikeforce wannabes. Diaz has only one meaningful win over UFC-level talent. And we all know how inconsistent Penn is, especially at anything over 155-pounds. Before that, Diaz's biggest win was over Robbie Lawler EIGHT YEARS AGO! Diaz has NEVER beaten a serious wrestler or takedown artist. In his previous UFC stint, he lost to Karo Parisyan, Sean Sherk, and Diego Sanchez. He hasn't faced a serious wrestler since. Condit finished Dong Hyun Kim and Rory MacDonald, both undefeated before and since they lost to Carlos. He also finished Jake Ellenberger who hasn't lost in four years -- except to Condit. That's three contenders who haven't lost a fight in the UFC to anyone but "The Natural Born Killer."I honestly think Carlos Condit could well be THE MOST DANGEROUS FIGHTER GSP HAS EVER FOUGHT! Add to that the fact that GSP will not have his master game-planner Greg Jackson in his corner and that many of his coaches are currently coaching Carlos, and the fact that GSP will be coming off a VERY long layoff and major surgery that could seriously hinder his explosiveness and power, and I see this as very possibly the toughest test of St. Pierre's career. Agree or disagree? Sound off in our poll. Poll Who is the biggest threat to the title reign of Georges St. Pierre? Jake Ellenberger (5-0 since Condit) Rory MacDonald (12-0 except for Condit) Dong Hyun Kim (15-0 except for Condit) Nick Diaz (1-1 in the UFC) Carlos Condit (who recently beat all of the above)   50 votes | Results

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Carlos Condit won the UFC interim welterweight belt on Saturday, but he's also received a backlash from a number of fans.

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This geographical breakdown of the planet's opinion of UFC 143's Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz decision just proves that Peruvians are too irresponsible to make their own decisions. It also illustrates what I've suspected for quite some time now: Egyptians are diehard Carlos Condit fans and they will stop at nothing to show their loyalty to the UFC interim welterweight champion. If you visit UFC.com and venture to the 'Who do you think won the Diaz vs Condit fight' poll, you'll have the ability to participate in planetary-wide social experiment to see who truly won at UFC 143. The following screen shot was captured at 1:00 pm PST on February 7th (today). For UFC to place this on the front page of their site, you would be naive to not believe a Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit rematch will go down at some point in 2012. We all know it's going to happen, folks.

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UFC President Dana White knows that Georges St-PIerre wanted to fight Nick Diaz, but that's not happening now, so his advice is to get focused on Carlos Condit cause that's who he's facing when he returns.

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Put your scorecard away. Carlos Condit stuck to a game plan at UFC 143 and it worked out for him.

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In a change of direction, new interim champion Carlos Condit appears ready to wait for Georges St. Pierre to return from injury before fighting again inside the Octagon. Condit defeated Nick Diaz this past Saturday at UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit, securing himself a piece of UFC gold for the first time in his career. Last week it was reported by Condit’s management team that if he was to beat Diaz for the interim title he would likely stay active, defending the belt once before potentially facing GSP. However, Condit’s manager, Malki Kawa, changed his tune on those claims earlier today. “At this point, (a rematch) is not something we’re looking to do,” said Kawa, in an interview with MMAFighting. “We’re looking for Georges. People forget, Carlos waited a long time to this get fight. I think clearly and decisively, he won the fight. All of the opinions that matter scored Carlos as winner.” Diaz’s trainer/manager, Cesar Gracie, was a guest today on the MMA Hour, said in response to Kawa’s statements, “Of course they’re not interested in a rematch. They lost the first one.” There was talk of an immediate rematch between Condit and Diaz taking place based on the bout being scored very closely, though that could have been difficult to work out as Diaz announced his retirement from MMA immediately after the fight. PHOTO CREDIT – UFC

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After watching his fight with Nick Diaz on Sunday, Carlos Condit changed his scorecard. "During the fight, I felt like I won four out of the five rounds," he today told MMAjunkie.com Radio. "I watched it yesterday, and it looked a little bit closer. "I probably would have given Nick two (rounds) and myself three."

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Carlos Condit’s decision victory over Nick Diaz at UFC 143 has been so controversial, it wouldn’t be that far-fetched of an idea to do an immediate rematch while Georges St. Pierre continues to rehab his knee. Dana White was open to the idea after the fight. Cesar Gracie said they would “probably” be interested in doing that today. But, Carlos Condit and his management, not so much. Condit told Ariel Helwani right after the fight that he would rather just wait for GSP and his manager, Malki Kawa, more or less echoed that sentiment today on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, basically stating that they’re moving past Nick Diaz. “At this point, [a rematch] is not something we’re looking to do,” he said. “We’re looking for Georges. People forget, Carlos waited a long time to get this fight. He was moved around, and shuffled around between fights. He won the fight. It doesn’t interest us at all. I think clearly and decisively, he won the fight. Even [UFC president] Dana [White] scored it for him. All of the opinions that matter scored Carlos as winner.” “It was a performance that was excellent,” Kawa said. “He picked apart a very formidable fighter. Two judges saw it four rounds to one, and one saw it three to two. The fact that he didn’t stand and bang with him? I’m sorry, not every fighter has to do that. He did what he had to do, and that goes to show me that this guy is mature, he’s fighting fights that are smart. People are like, ‘Oh, Carlos is not a finisher.’ The guy threw how many spinning elbows? How many spinning back fists? He threw a flying knee. He tried to finish Nick Diaz when the time and the opening was there. I can’t find a flaw in his performance.” “Carlos is a fighter,” Kawa said. “At the end of the day, this is not a guy who wants to sit around and wait. He wants to fight. You never know. Right now, the idea is that we want Georges St-Pierre. The goal is to fight Georges St-Pierre. He wants to be the best in the world, so that’s the fight that interests us at this moment.” You can’t really blame them. Condit doesn’t have much to gain and lot to lose by getting back in the cage with Nick Diaz before taking his shot at Georges St. Pierre. To be honest, other than really wanting to see GSP vs. Diaz and a rematch being the only possible avenue to that at this point, I really don’t want to sit and watch Condit “stick-and-move” (Greg Jackson’s words) for another 25 minutes while Nick chases him around the cage. And I sure as heck don’t want to pay for it. Condit played it smart and got the win. Good for him, but I’d rather spend my $50 on guys who are gonna get after it no matter what’s on the line. Image via Twitter.com/danawhite

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At UFC 143, Carlos Condit became the UFC Interim Welterweight champion by defeating the toughest opponent of his career. Nick Diaz was on a powerful winning streak and seemed destined for a fight with Georges St. Pierre, but Condit got in the way. The result of that fight is not without controversy. Many think Diaz should have won, and many think Condit only got the win by running away in a boring performance. Yet the results speak for themselves – in the end, it was Carlos Condit who had his hand raised, Carlos Condit who became the new champion, Carlos Condit who now moves on to face GSP. But when he does face St. Pierre, he’ll be doing so without one of the best tools in his arsenal. Greg Jackson, the long-time coach to Condit and occasional trainer for St. Pierre, is in all likelihood going to sit this fight out, choosing to corner neither man. In the lead-up to UFC 137, during the period when it looked like GSP vs. Condit would headline that show, Jackson addressed this issue with MMA Fighting: Ariel Helwani: Greg, two of your star fighters are going to fight each other in October. What will do you? Greg Jackson: Teammate protocols are pretty clear in this situation so everybody knows what happening. I step out, the other coaches -- John [Danaher], Phil [Nurse] and Firas [Zahabi] -- will take care of GSP and probably [Mike] Winkeljohn and some of the other guys here will take care of Carlos. But I step out of it, so I won't be cornering either guy. They'll fight each other. Those are the new teammate protocols. We knew this would be coming -- it will probably be coming again --but this time we are very well prepared. Carlos trains in Albuquerque full-time, while GSP's home base is in Montreal, so how will you not offer advice when you see him in the gym? Carlos is still training with a team. I am just not going to do game plans and private lessons and everything that I normally do for the guys because usually it's a pretty intense process -- I give them private lessons all the time -- heavy on the game planning, heavy on the personal growth plan, and for this, I'll just let the other coaches do that for both Georges and Carlos. So I'll just step out. They're all amazing coaches. Geez, I'm the worst coach on the team. They'll all do their thing. Though he has not yet spoken about this in the aftermath of UFC 143, it seems likely that Jackson’s stance will be the same, and that Condit will find himself without his head trainer’s services during the fight. And that is a serious blow to the new champion. In his defeat of Diaz, Condit’s greatest strength was his game planning, led by Jackson. Jackson and Condit figured out how to deal with Diaz’s unorthodox striking and successfully nullified the high-volume puncher over the course of 25 minutes. It was clear they studied tapes and formulated a plan that would lead to victory. Without that gameplan, expect a very different result from Condit vs. Diaz. Against GSP, Condit will need an even greater emphasis on strategy. St. Pierre is one of the most cerebral fighters in the game, a champion who always forces his opponents into their areas of weakness, while never showing any weaknesses himself. Unlike some champions, and some great fighters, GSP doesn’t have an obvious hole in his game. That’s not to see he is unbeatable – no one is – but finding the path to victory against him will be difficult. Greg Jackson is the kind of master strategist and coach who perhaps can find that path – but he won’t. This past weekend, Carlos Condit took the biggest step up in competition of his career, and he succeeded largely on the strength of his strategic approach. Against GSP, he’ll take an even greater step up, and his key partner in that strategic planning will be taken away from him. I said after the Diaz win that I was finished underrating Condit, and I am not going to go back on that now. But the loss of Jackson will make an already difficult mountain to climb just that much harder. This will be the true test of what Carlos Condit is made of. Can he pass? For more on this issue, check out "Carlos Condit and Greg Jackson Solved Nick Diaz" by Kid Nate. SBN coverage of UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit

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One of the big hopeful headlines coming out of UFC 143 was Dana White saying there could possibly be an immediate Diaz / Condit rematch before GSP comes back: "Carlos Condit won this fight. No matter how much Georges and Nick hate each other, Carlos Condit won, and I think the fans are mad at the way Carlos Condit fought. Too f------ bad. He came in with a game plan and stuck to it and won.""It's crazy, but, I was thinking it after the fight. You know, people are bitching and thinking it was close or whatever, we can do that fight again before GSP comes back. It depends on Carlos too, he's really gotta say, and Nick's gotta say I want to fight him again too." Well, Carlos Condit was sitting right next to Dana White during the press conference and he seemed non-plussed at the idea of basically giving Nick Diaz another chance at not screwing up the big money fight everyone wants to see. It's not like Carlos can just pull the same gameplan out and use it again. A large amount of it's success relied on Nick Diaz being dumb, and as a fellow idiot once said, "Fool me one, shame on you. Fool me, I ain't gonna get fooled again!"Piling on the obvious 'No' answer is Condit's management, who said this today: "At this point, [a rematch] is not something we’re looking to do," he said. "We're looking for Georges. People forget, Carlos waited a long time to get this fight. He was moved around, and shuffled around between fights. He won the fight. It doesn't interest us at all. I think clearly and decisively, he won the fight. Even [UFC president] Dana [White] scored it for him. All of the opinions that matter scored Carlos as winner."In addition to pointing out the unanimous judges' decision as well as White's opinion, Kawa noted that fight statistics showed Condit out-landing Diaz. FightMetric stats had Condit landing 159 total strikes, and Diaz landing 117."It was a performance that was excellent," Kawa said. "He picked apart a very formidable fighter. Two judges saw it four rounds to one, and one saw it three to two. The fact that he didn't stand and bang with him? I'm sorry, not every fighter has to do that. He did what he had to do, and that goes to show me that this guy is mature, he's fighting fights that are smart." Condit had a lot of success taking a page out of the playbooks of Dominick Cruz and Lyoto Machida (circa 2007 before his daddy demanded more aggression). Unfortunately for him, most fans think those playbooks suck. He made his bed, now he has to lie in it. His bed full of money and title shots. Poor Carlos!

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Nick Diaz took home a paycheck for $200,000 for his five-round loss to Carlos Condit in the main event of UFC 143 on Saturday. Condit made $110,000 for the win.

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In the hours after Carlos Condit's close but unanimous decision win over Nick Diaz at UFC 143, UFC president Dana White seemed to warm up to the possibility of a rematch between the two. After all, it may be nine months or more until division champion Georges St-Pierre returns to fight the interim champion, a lengthy wait. But at least for now, the Condit camp seems uninterested in the possibility of Condit-Diaz II. On Monday afternoon, his manager Malki Kawa told MMA Fighting that the new interim champion would be much more likely to set his sights on unifying the interim and linear titles. "At this point, [a rematch] is not something we’re looking to do," he said. "We're looking for Georges. People forget, Carlos waited a long time to get this fight. He was moved around, and shuffled around between fights. He won the fight. It doesn't interest us at all. I think clearly and decisively, he won the fight. Even [UFC president] Dana [White] scored it for him. All of the opinions that matter scored Carlos as winner." In addition to pointing out the unanimous judges' decision as well as White's opinion, Kawa noted that fight statistics showed Condit out-landing Diaz. FightMetric stats had Condit landing 159 total strikes, and Diaz landing 117. "It was a performance that was excellent," Kawa said. "He picked apart a very formidable fighter. Two judges saw it four rounds to one, and one saw it three to two. The fact that he didn't stand and bang with him? I'm sorry, not every fighter has to do that. He did what he had to do, and that goes to show me that this guy is mature, he's fighting fights that are smart. "People are like, 'Oh, Carlos is not a finisher,'" he continued. "The guy threw how many spinning elbows? How many spinning back fists? He threw a flying knee. He tried to finish Nick Diaz when the time and the opening was there. I can't find a flaw in his performance." Even in defeat, Diaz managed to steal the spotlight from Condit by saying he would retire due to his frustration with the judging. Kawa said that was no concern of Condit's, whose only goal has been to be the champion. After a six-month training cycle due to various opponent switches, Condit will take some time off before he finalizes his next move. "Carlos is a fighter," Kawa said. "At the end of the day, this is not a guy who wants to sit around and wait. He wants to fight. You never know. Right now, the idea is that we want Georges St-Pierre. The goal is to fight Georges St-Pierre. He wants to be the best in the world, so that's the fight that interests us at this moment." And as for a rematch first? For now, forget it. Though it's ultimately Condit's decision, his manager and advisor isn't keen on it. "The fans disagree [with the decision] because they got hyped up to see Nick & Georges fight each other," Kawa said. "Well, let them fight each other. We’ve moved on."

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There have been a lot of complaints about Carlos Condit's unanimous decision victory over Nick Diaz at UFC 143's interim welterweight title fight on Saturday. Most notably, Nick Diaz vowed to retire from MMA after the decision was read. Diaz, and many fans, were frustrated with Condit's counter-strike and circle away strategy, but Diaz had no answer for it inside the cage. UFC president Dana White expressed his hope for a rematch between the two fighters as the best solution: "I know (Georges. St. Pierre) wanted that Diaz fight bad, but it's not going to be Diaz so he better get angry with Carlos Condit or focus on Carlos Condit or whatever he needs to do. Carlos Condit won this fight. No matter how much Georges and Nick hate each other, Carlos Condit won, and I think the fans are mad at the way Carlos Condit fought. Too f*cking bad. He came in with a game plan and stuck to it and won. You know what's funny man, is that when he said that, I was thinking the same thing. It's crazy, but. I was thinking it after the fight. You know, people are bitching and thinking it was close or whatever, we can do that fight again before GSP comes back. It depends on Carlos too, he's really gotta say, and Nick's gotta say I want to fight him again too." If White can persuade the volatile Diaz to reconsider retirement, this is the way to go for three reasons: It will give Diaz a chance to adjust to Condit's tactics. A truly great fighter would have been able to respond in-cage but I'd like to see what Diaz and his team come up with given a few months to prepare. Diaz' entire flat-footed arm-punching style is a response to his frustration with the way MMA fights are judged on the ground and his serial losses to better wrestlers in the UFC. I look forward to seeing if he can adapt to Condit's game plan and if so, how. It will give prevent the division from being entirely on hold while champion GSP recovers from ACL surgery. Sure it means a log jam at the top of the division, but that's fine as the new wave of contenders (Johny Hendricks, Jake Ellenberger, Rory MacDonald, etc) need time to sort themselves out and build up their names with fans. It will ease the pressure on GSP to return from surgery prematurely. He'll already be coming back in a title fight after an 18 month layoff and major surgery, the pressure to get back into the Octagon early makes a bad situation worse. Hopefully Diaz' coach Cesar Gracie can talk him back into the cage for one more go at Condit. What do you think? SBN coverage of UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit Poll Should Condit give Diaz an immediate rematch? YUS! No, the first fight sucked I don't want to see 2. Yes but Diaz is gone. No, let's wait on GSP   98 votes | Results

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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to pay-per-view this past Saturday night (Jan. 28, 2012) with UFC 143 "Diaz vs. Condit," featuring "The Natural Born Killer" Carlos Condit busting his hump to earn a unanimous decision victory over Nick Diaz and the interim UFC welterweight championship. And a date with Georges St. Pierre later this year. Fabricio Werdum impressed in his three-round beatdown of Roy Nelson, showcasing a far more diverse game than we've come to expect from the Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace. And what's there to say about Josh Koscheck's performance against Mike Pierce? No, really, what's there to say? In cased you missed any or all of it -- or just want to keep the discussion alive -- below are links to all the major storylines borne from Saturday night's event in Las Vegas. In we go. UFC 143: "Diaz vs. Condit" Results and live fight coverage Recap and morning after discussion Post-fight press conference video Bonuses and awards Event photos gallery Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit fight video highlights Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit fight metric report "Prelims" results and recap Fight recap: Ed Herman submits Clifford Starks Fight recap: Renan Barao cruises past Scott Jorgensen Fight recap: Josh Koscheck decisions Mike Pierce Fight recap: Fabricio Werdum beats down Roy Nelson Fight recap: Carlos Condit defeats Nick Diaz to win interim welterweight championship Fight review and analysis: Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit Fight review and analysis: Fabricio Werdum vs. Roy Nelson Fight review and analysis: Josh Koscheck vs. Mike Pierce Fight review and analysis: Renan Barao vs. Scott Jorgensen Fight review and analysis: Ed Herman vs. Clifford Starks UFC 143 post-fight fallout Big winners and lowly losers Event report card Video of the new UFC intro Nick Diaz says he's done with MMA because he doesn't need this shit MMA scoring is an inexact science but doesn't change Carlos Condit's wins over Nick Diaz Carlos Condit critics need to get real because Nick Diaz didn't win Carlos Condit emerges as a clear cut contender to Georges St. Pierre but does it matter? Carlos Condit came to Las Vegas to punch Nick Diaz in the face, not talk trash inside the cage What's next for Nick Diaz, assuming he doesn't retire? What's next for Carlos Condit? Dana White is not opposed to a Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit rematch Is Nick Diaz a bad boy boxer or just an immature fighter? Carlos Condit and his wife celebrate his win over Nick Diaz Rashad Evans breaks down Carlos Condit vs. Georges St. Pierre Fabricio Werdum batters Roy Nelson into gatekeeper status Dana White would make Josh Koscheck vs. Jon Fitch if it made sense Josh Koscheck would win fans if he wasn't so busy alienating them Josh Koscheck is done with being nice to MMA boo birds, will keep being a dick Dustin Poirier calls out Chan Sung Jung, says he's not ready for a title shot yet Ed Herman shows off his busted up eye the day after Clifford Starks drilled him in it That, my friends, should be enough to keep you talking -- at least for the time being. What gets your vote for the biggest story coming out of UFC 143? Sound off, Maniacs.

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UFC president Dana White seemed open to a Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz rematch before titleholder Georges St-Pierre returns from injury.

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Last week, Carlos Condit’s manager came out to say their team would consider a scenario with “The Natural Born Killer” defending his interim welterweight title if victorious at UFC 143 based on the amount of time remaining before linear champion Georges St. Pierre is fully healed from knee surgery. Now it appears the UFC may be open to obliging the request with an opponent already in mind – Nick Diaz. Diaz, who Condit outpointed last night at UFC 143 in the evening’s main event, was seen by numerous fans, fighters, and media members as having deserved the victory based on his aggression as opposed to Condit’s calculated counter-attack in the extremely close contest. While UFC President Dana White was not among them, stating he felt Condit deserved the judges’ favor, he apparently understands the argument against it and would be willing to put the fight together if both sides agree to terms. “It’s crazy, but…I was thinking about it after the fight,” said White in an interview with MMAJunkie. “People are bitching, and people think that was close…we could do that fight again before GSP comes back.” However, White isn’t ready to force Condit into an immediate rematch with Diaz nor does he know if Diaz has any interest in continuing his MMA career based on his post-fight statements about retirement. “It depends on Carlos, too. Carlos has got to say – and Nick’s got to say, ‘I want to fight him again,’ too,” White explained. Fighters facing off in back-to-back bouts is not without precedent, such as when Frankie Edgar and B.J. Penn squared off in consecutive clashes after “The Answer” barely beat Penn the first time around. PHOTO CREDIT – UFC

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Public opinion seems to be split down the middle in terms of whether Nick Diaz was more deserving of a decision victory last night at UFC 143 than actual winner, Carlos Condit. Both battled for twenty-five minutes with Condit taking an aesthetically unpleasing, counter-striking style rather than engaging Diaz in stand-up exchanges for any extended durations. UFC President Dana White, who has never been afraid to criticize judging, offered up his take on the headlining tilt after the event had concluded where he found no fault in the outcome but understood criticism from fans/media who felt Diaz earned the interim belt based on aggression and having taken Condit’s back in the fifth round. A Round-by-Round Look at Condit vs. Diaz “Nick Diaz is the master of getting you to fight his type of fight,” said White in a conversation with MMAJunkie. “Fighters have egos, and millions of people are watching. When you start getting open-hand slapped by the other guy and he’s calling you names – ‘Alright, you want to do this?’ – they step in, and they do it. Carlos Condit kept his cool tonight, fought a perfect fight. He started early, chopping those legs, and that did make a big difference toward the end of the fight. It slowed Nick down a lot – body shots, too.” However, with Georges St. Pierre out until November while recovering from knee surgery, it appears White is willing to do his part in providing a more satisfying conclusion to the Diaz-Condit saga by having them fight again in a few months. “It’s crazy, but…I was thinking about it after the fight. People are bitching, and people think that was close…we could do that fight again before GSP comes back,” explained White before adding, “It depends on Carlos, too. Carlos has got to say – and Nick’s got to say, ‘I want to fight him again,’ too.” A disappointed Diaz said he was retiring from MMA immediately after the scores were read, disgusted with the notion of losing despite dictating the bout’s pace. A second shot at Condit could prompt him to return, while Condit’s camp has said “The Natural Born Killer” would be open to a title-defense before facing St. Pierre. PHOTO CREDIT – UFC Tweet

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Raise your hand if you saw this one coming. After the boo birds rained down last night (Sat., Feb. 4, 2012) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center after the judges awarded Carlos Condit a controversial unanimous decision victory over Nick Diaz at UFC 143 and crowned him the interim Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight champion, it was kind of hard not to. After five rounds of pressing the action, Diaz was comfortable believing he had the fight wrapped up. But after the final bell rang and the judge's scorecards were tallied, it was determined Condit was the one who did enough to earn the nod. Fight Metric reports would seem to back that up. Along with winning the interim title, Condit also earned the right to face the 170-pound kingpin Georges St. Pierre, once he is deemed fit to return to action after rehabbing from knee surgery. However, should the French-Canadian's be out longer than expected, a rematch between Diaz and Condit certainly isn't far fetched. Speaking at the UFC 143 post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White talked about a potential rematch between the two scrappy welterweights. "I know (Georges. St. Pierre) wanted that Diaz fight bad, but it's not going to be Diaz so he better get angry with Carlos Condit or focus on Carlos Condit or whatever he needs to do. Carlos Condit won this fight. No matter how much Georges and Nick hate each other, Carlos Condit won, and I think the fans are mad at the way Carlos Condit fought. Too f*cking bad. He came in with a game plan and stuck to it and won. You know what's funny man, is that when he said that, I was thinking the same thing. It's crazy, but. I was thinking it after the fight. You know, people are bitching and thinking it was close or whatever, we can do that fight again before GSP comes back. It depends on Carlos too, he's really gotta say, and Nick's gotta say I want to fight him again too." If the rematch does go down, it won't be a first for the world's largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion. After Lyoto Machida defended his UFC light heavyweight title against Mauricio Rua at UFC 104 in a very controversial decision, UFC officials immediately made a rematch between the two at UFC 113. "Shogun" made sure the second fight didn't go to the judges by knocking out "The Dragon" in the very first round to capture the title. At UFC 112, B.J. Penn lost his 155-pound belt to Frankie Edgar in a very close fight. Officials once again ordered an immediate rematch at UFC 118, which saw "The Answer" yet again defeated "The Prodigy" via decision. With Georges St. Pierre's return not expected until November of this year, it would mean a nine month wait for Condit. That's a long time to be on the shelf. What do you say Maniacs, would the offer of a rematch with Condit be enough for Diaz to end his retirement talk? Should a rematch even be considered? Opinions, please.

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Carlos Condit is now the new Interim UFC Welterweight Champion, after defeating Nick Diaz via Unanimous Decision in the main event of UFC 143 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Condit had a clear gameplan of avoiding Nick Diaz strikes, going full throttle into a counter-punching mode. Diaz chased Condit around the Octagon, and was able to land good striking combinations on several occasions, but it was Carlos Condit who the quantity and quality in this match-up. Diaz failed to execute his gameplan. He was unable to

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UFC 143 delivered an exciting line-up last night from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining the stacked card was a highly anticipated Welterweight showdown between "The Stockton Bady Boy" Nick Diaz and "The Natural Born Killer" Carlos Condit, who went five-rounds for the interim title and a shot at reigning division champion Georges St. Pierre.

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LAS VEGAS - Depending on who you talk to, Carlos Condit's unanimous-decision win over Nick Diaz in the main event of Saturday night's UFC 143 event in Las Vegas was either a brilliantly designed and perfectly executed gameplan or a mockery of mixed martial arts. While it's obvious, of course, which Condit believes, you can also count UFC president Dana White among those who thinks the "Natural Born Killer" did all the right things. "Carlos Condit won," White said following the evening's post-event press conference. "He went in there, and he fought a great fight."

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Carlos Condit earned the biggest win of his career on Saturday night, outpointing former Strikeforce titlist Nick Diaz to capture the UFC interim welterweight championship at UFC 143.

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LAS VEGAS -- Watch below as Dana White talks about UFC 143, why he thinks Carlos Condit deserved to win the main event, his thoughts on Nick Diaz's retirement, Fabricio Werdum's impressive win and his take on the Josh Koscheck vs. Mike Pierce fight.

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Here’s video of Nick Diaz’s UFC 143 post-fight interview with Joe Rogan where he sorta retires and complains about Carlos Condit running from him the whole fight. Transcription via BE: “I’m not going to accept the fact that this was a loss. I’ve lost fights before, where, uh, ya know, like, I’m not going to accept that either. That ain’t right. I pushed him back the whole fight. I walked him down. I got the take down. I’m the guy who went out on top. Had I thought I wasn’t ahead, I’d have chinned in and finished that arm lock. Hey Carlos is a great guy, I’m happy for him and his family. I think I’m done with this MMA. It’s been great out here. I’ve had a good career. You guys pay me way too much. But I don’t think I’m going to get enough to keep going in this. It’s been a good time. You know Cesar Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Good job Carlos, you’re the man, bro.” When asked if he was really going to retire by Joe Rogan he said, “You know I don’t need this s**t. You know what I mean? I pushed this guy backwards the whole fight. He ran from me the whole fight. I landed the harder shots. He ran the whole time. He kicked me in my leg a little bit. That was the way they understand to win in here, I don’t want to play this game no more. I’ll help out my team and my brother but I’m outta this s**t.” The biggest takeaway here since I seriously doubt he’ll actually retire: Now Nick thinks he’s overpaid. Love it! Video via UFC.com

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Leading up to UFC 143 many thought that Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit would be a striking battle with two of the most accomplished strikers in the Welterweight division just throwing down and going for it. Things didn’t exactly go that way, instead Carlos Condit used a perfect game plan to counter Nick Diaz’s style and take home the interim UFC Welterweight title after the five round battle. Questions after seeing Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit: -Did the UFC just see a lot of pay per view buys

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As time goes on, and I learn more about the sport, I always find that I appreciate what a chess match MMA is at the highest levels. It comes down to so much more than just brawling, but most MMA fans will never appreciate this. Nick Diaz is a nightmare of a fighter. GSP was wrong: Fitch was not the Terminator, Nick Diaz is. Nick Diaz has an iron chin, is not afraid to eat shots, constantly presses forward, and throws an enormous volume of punches straight down the pipe at his opponent's faces. He never gets tired and he never quits. Once he gets someone pinned against the cage, he's basically unbeatable. His little brother Nate used the exact same strategy against Cerrone, and made a multiple time Muay Thai champion look like an amateur striker. Nick pressed BJ Penn against the cage, and decisively outboxed one of MMA's greatest all time boxers. Not even Paul Daley, a man notorious for his punching power, could do enough damage to Nick to even slow him down. Condit knew this, and he refused to fail where his predecessors had. Much like a bullfighter dodges a bull, Carlos would not have any of Nick's 'bullying' strategy. He knew how to circle out and not get pinned against the cage. Make no mistake about it, Carlos was not afraid to trade strikes with Nick. The Fightmetric proves this. But everytime Nick started to get the upperhand, Carlos moved out of danger. He fought a perfect match. Carlos's movements were downright graceful, and well timed. Much like "Judo" translates to the "gentle way," Carlos refused to absorb the brunt of Nick's offense. He traded while he was winning, and immediately moved when Nick started landing. I don't think most people understand the amount of skill and discipline it takes for a fighter to be able to pull off a gameplan like this. Most fighters with Condit's resume would have fallen in love with their fists and tried to take Diaz's head off when the first taunts came. But again Condit would not have any of it. Condit trusted his striking enough to trade with Diaz on his own terms, but gracefully refused to play into Diaz's hand. Unfortunately, there is a rush of people complaining that Condit refused to actually 'fight' Diaz and that he kept running away. These people can't understand how masterfully Condit beat Diaz. It was perfect. He could not have been any more of a Kryptonite to Diaz's Superman. Condit had the brains to figure out the plan, the talent to execute the plan, the conditioning to see it through, and the discipline to stick to it. This, ladies and gentlemen, is true talent. It is marvellous. We just witnessed a great fight, and it is a shame and a blackeye for the sport as a whole that anyone would expect Condit to brawl with Diaz against the cage otherwise suffer being called a coward. Please, appreciate MMA for not only the violence, but also the athleticism, the talent, and the IQ it takes to not only win, but to win against the best of the best. TL;DR People shouldn't call Carlos a coward. They should appreciate how masterfully he beat Diaz. submitted by The_Demolition_Man [link] [13 comments]

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I'm not going to accept the fact that this was a loss. I've lost fights before, where, uh, ya know, like, I'm not going to accept that either. That ain't right. I pushed him back the whole fight. I walked him down. I got the take down. I'm the guy who went out on top. Had I thought I wasn't ahead, I'd have chinned in and finished that arm lock. Hey Carlos is a great guy, I'm happy for him and his family. I think I'm done with this MMA. It's been great out here. I've had a good career.........But I don't think I'm going to get enough to keep going in this. It's been a good time. You know Cesar Gracie Jiu Jitsu. Good job Carlos, you're the man, bro. Well, well, well.....No, I'm not going to gloat or even say "I told you so". The hissy fit that Nick Diaz threw in the cage after he was defeated by Carlos Condit was downright embarrassing for himself, Cesar Gracie Jiu Jitsu, the UFC and Mixed Martial Arts. It was petulant. It was bratty. It was a complete justification of every single thing that every single critic has ever said about him. Carlos Condit followed an absolutely masterful gameplan to perfection. He did not get sucked in to a Nick Diaz fight. He made Nick Diaz fight his fight. Nick Diaz wanted to do what he does which is back his opponent into the cage and swarm them with punches. Condit exited perfectly every time Nick tried to back into the cage and he exited with strikes. It was an incredibly risky strategy given how much weight is put on the person who is moving forward in judging. Carlos outlanded Nick and that is something that cannot be disputed and the kicks are what sealed the deal for him. If you scored this fight for Nick Diaz, you probably also scored Chuck Liddell vs. Keith Jardine for "The Iceman". Plodding forward does not and should not win you a mixed martial arts fight. As for the tantrum..... If you want to complain about your pay, complain about the media, complain about the work you are required to do in your chosen vocation as a professional fighter then the least you can do is act like a professional fighter. You could have said you disagreed with the decision and vowed to come back stronger. You could have been a man but you acted like a child. I know this retirement will not stick. You will be back and we all know you will be back. Carlos Condit was not stupid enough to stand in front of you and eat bombs until the referee peels you off of them. You need to learn how to adjust on the fly. How many times did you think you could fight the same exact fight until someone caught on? You claimed to be the most well rounded fighter in MMA. That is a lie. A well rounded fighter can shift gears and tweak a gameplan. A well rounded fighter can adapt. You did none of that. You lost and you deserved to lose. I know you will be back, Nick. I want you to come back. You are a very exciting performer. I just hope you can return as a man. Good luck to you, Nick Diaz.

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LAS VEGAS -- This is the UFC 143 live blog for Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit, the main event of tonight's UFC pay-per-view at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.While UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre heals from a knee injury, Diaz (26-7) and Condit (27-5) will battle it out for the interim title in the mean time. The live blog is below. More Coverage: UFC 143 ResultsWalkout Shirts: Nick Diaz | Carlos Condit | Roy Nelson Round 1: Round 2:Round 3:Round 4:Round 5:

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For fans of mixed martial arts, this past week has been a slow crawl of steadily rising anticipation for tonight's "Diaz vs. Condit" event, going down at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC 143 will feature a welterweight championship bout for an interim title created in the wake of Georges St. Pierre's knee injury. Former Strikeforce king Nick Diaz will duke it out with "The Natural Born Killer" Carlos Condit. In the co-main event of the evening, a slimmer Roy Nelson will test his skills against heavyweight Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Fabricio Werdum while Josh Koscheck and Mike Pierce will settle their differences in a 170-pound showcase. It's been a flurry of non-stop news, analysis, quotes, predictions and previews for the past week and it's certainly understandable if you missed out on a few stories. But don't worry, Maniacs, we've got you covered. In cased you missed any or all of it — or just want to keep the discussion alive — below are links to all the major storylines heading into tonight's broadcast. In we go: UFC 143: "Diaz vs. Condit" Fight card and line-up Results and live fight coverage UFC 143 predictions and previews: Predictions from the myth himself, Nostradumbass "Prelims" preview and predictions part one "Prelims" preview and predictions part two Fight preview: Ed Herman vs. Clifford Starks Fight preview: Renan Barao vs. Scott Jorgensen Fight preview: Josh Koscheck vs. Mike Pierce Fight preview: Roy Nelson vs. Fabricio Werdum Fight preview: Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit UFC 143 press conferences: Pre-fight press conference Press conference video Press conference staredown pics UFC 143 weigh-ins: Weigh-in results Weigh-in video Weigh-in staredown pics Weigh-in photos gallery UFC 143 news: How to watch the event How to watch the event in 3-D New UFC intro from Hans Zimmer debuts entitled 'Evolution' Event poster Open workouts photos gallery Latest odds and betting guide Complete statistical analysis of Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit Exclusive interview with Dave Camarillo Exclusive interview with Ed Herman Steve Mazzagatti and Cecil Peoples join the UFC 143 cast and crew UFC 143 editorials: History in the Making: Nick Diaz, the Strikeforce welterweight king History in the Making: Carlos Condit closes out the WEC welterweight division in thrilling fashion Ultimate Submissions: Roy Nelson and Fabricio Werdum showcase heavyweight jiu-jitsu A look back at Nick Diaz's top 5 craziest moments UFC on FOX 2 was a dude but Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit will save us Georges St. Pierre thinks Nick Diaz has mental issues Georges St. Pierre doesn't want a post-fight confrontation with Nick Diaz Georges St. Pierre questions the legitimacy of the interim belt Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit are fighting for Georges St. Pierre explains his hatred for 'crazy' Nick Diaz Georges St. Pierre is pulling for Nick Diaz to beat Carlos Condit Nick Diaz: GSP is a more respectable athlete, Carlos Condit is a more respectable martial artist Nick Diaz isn't crazy, everyone else is just out of their minds Everyone is focusing on Georges St. Pierre, not Carlos Condit, and that makes Nick Diaz sick Nick Diaz will wait to fight Georges St. Pierre if he beats Carlos Condit ... or bail to another weight class Nick Diaz vs. Georges St. Pierre could happen this summer Ronda Rousey: Georges St. Pierre needs to step aside and let Nick Diaz kick his ass Carlos Condit vs. Nick Diaz is going to be a five round war Carlos Condit: Nick Diaz is like the terminator but I have more weapons at my disposal Johny Hendricks is calling for the winner of Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit Fabricio Werdum will use speed to defeat 'fatty' Roy Nelson Josh Koscheck is eyeing fights against Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort after Mike Pierce Josh Koscheck hopes Georges St. Pierre never comes back Mike Pierce: Josh Koscheck is the Michael Bisping of the UFC welterweight division UFC 143 videos: Dana White video blog episode one Countdown to UFC 143 Primetime episode one Primetime episode two Primetime episode three Extended UFC 143 preview NFL stars make their predictions for 'Diaz vs. Condit' Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit fight video simulation Georges St. Pierre does media at UFC 143 Georges St. Pierre injury update Carlos Condit is impressed with Nick Diaz's toughness but expects to win Lock your car doors and don't make eye contact, here comes Nick Diaz Fabricio Werdum used Facebook and Twitter to get back into the UFC That, my friends, should be enough to keep you talking -- at least for the time being. What has been the biggest story heading into this event? Georges St. Pierre casting his giant shadow over the proceedings? Nick Diaz and all his usual eccentricities? Something else? Sound off, Maniacs.

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LAS VEGAS -- Watch below as British MMA journalist extraordinaire Gareth A. Davis and I look ahead to Saturday night's UFC 143 pay-per-view, headlined by Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit for the interim welterweight title.

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Weights from San Antonio The full UFC 143 weigh-in results include: Main Card: Carlos Condit (169) vs. Nick Diaz (169) Roy Nelson (246) vs. Fabricio Werdum (246) Josh Koscheck (170) vs. Mike Pierce (170) Renan Barao (135) vs. Scott Jorgensen (135) Ed Herman (185) vs. Clifford Starks (185) Max Holloway (144) vs. Dustin Poirier (146) [...]

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Saturday night, from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, two Welterweights known for rarely taking a step backwards, Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit, will collide in the UFC 143 headlining bout. Also featured will be TUF 10 winner Roy Nelson taking on Fabricio Werdum in the co-main event and former 170-pound title challenger Josh Koscheck meets Mike Pierce.

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LAS VEGAS -- The UFC 143 open workouts took place Wednesday afternoon at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Watch below as headliners Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz work out in front of fans and media.

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"I feel the same about both of them, I think they're great fighters. I think one's a more respectable athlete, one's a more respectable martial artist, stand-up fighter, I guess, if you will. Carlos versus Georges. I think Georges is a strength athlete that really stands out here. Especially against all the wrestlers he's been fighting, he's stronger than all of them. They're having a strong guy competition and he's the strongest one. I don't fight like that and neither does Carlos and I don't think these guys enjoy fighting that style of fighter." UFC 143 headliner Nick Diaz breaks down the competition in the 170-pound weight class, specifically, his top two rivals in division titleholder Georges St. Pierre and Interim challenger Carlos Condit. The former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion recognizes greatness in both combatants, but thinks "The Natural Born Killer" is a martial artists while "Rush" is a superior athlete who overcomes his opponents with brute strength. Anyone agree with this assessment? Or not so much?

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This weekend's main eventers Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit continued their preparations for UFC 143 in an open workouts session in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight will crown the Interim UFC Welterweight champion, who will face the currently-injured undisputed champion Georges "Rush" St. Pierre. UFC 143 will go down this weekend at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Don't forget to submit your

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UFC 143 main event welterweight Carlos Condit talks to HeavyMMA's Megan Olivi about his interim title fight against Nick Diaz.

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Before Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit go head-to-head for the UFC interim welterweight title Saturday at UFC 143, UFC Undisputed 3, in stores Feb. 14, predicts the fight's winner.

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Before facing Carlos Condit for the interim welterweight title on Saturday at UFC 143, Nick Diaz said in his official pre-fight interview that he believes Condit is a better fighter than champion Georges St-Pierre, who is pulling for Diaz to win so they can meet when he returns to action later this year. For complete UFC 143 coverage stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com.

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Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit will meet on Saturday night to determine who will wear the interim UFC Welterweight title. The current UFC Welterweight Champion, Georges St, Pierre is currently recovering from knee surgery and took some time out of his rehab and training to offer his thoughts on the upcoming bout. CHEERING FOR THE ENEMY“I respect Carlos Condit, but I want Diaz to win. It will be a weird feeling, sitting at the Mandalay Bay wanting Nick Diaz to win. I want this fight with Diaz so badly,

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When Carlos Condit steps into the Octagon, it becomes kill or be killed, every man for himself, and he plans on being the last man standing in his fight at UFC 143 against Nick Diaz.

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A day late and a dollar short, but plenty to talk about if you're into gambling this weekend and Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit tickles your fancy.

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Carlos Condit takes on Nick Diaz for the UFC interim welterweight title this Saturday, Feb. 4 at UFC 143.

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After losing out on an immediate shot at UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre, Carlos Condit will look to put the rough stretch behind him when he expects to be victorious over a “tough” Nick Diaz for the interim welterweight title at UFC 143 this Saturday. Watch Carlos Condit’s UFC 143 pre-fight interview below and stay tuned for complete UFC 143 coverage:

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Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit will face eachother next weekend, in the main event of UFC 143 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Randy Couture, Jay Hieron, Martin Kampmann and others shared their thoughts about the match-up that will determine the identity of the next challenge for Georges St. Pierre's undisputed title. Further Reading: Submit your picks for UFC

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Though he'll be sidelined for much of 2012, UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre tells "Inside MMA" he'd rather fight Nick Diaz when he returns, not Carlos Condit. Check out the video clip from...

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On Sat., Feb. 4, 2012, Stockton slugger Nick Diaz will take on Carlos Condit at UFC 143 in Las Vegas, Nevada, to determine who will hold the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) interim welterweight title belt. Whoever emerges victorious will not only own a new shiny accessory for their waist, but will also have a ticket to be the first to fight Georges St. Pierre when he returns from his ACL injury. "GSP" is currently on the shelf for an indefinite amount of time because of surgery on his right knee, which will take significant time and grueling rehabilitation to fully recover. Regardless of who wins the interim title bout at UFC 143, it makes for an interesting match up. St. Pierre was supposed to fight both men on separate occasions, all within the span of a few days. However, because of some missed press conferences by Diaz, and then an injury suffered by St. Pierre, neither fight ended up going down. Tonight (Jan. 16, 2012), St. Pierre appeared on HDNet's "Inside MMA" to discuss his injury, as well as his feelings about "Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit." According to "Rush," he'd like to see Diaz come out on top: "I do actually care. There are two guys that are fighting, Nick Diaz and Carlos Condit -- Carlos Condit is a very nice guy. I never trained with him but I have trained in Albuquerque along with some of his teammates, and he's a very nice guy. I like him a lot. But, the reason why I wish Nick Diaz to win this fight is that I want to fight Nick Diaz. I don't wanna fight Carlos Condit. I wanna fight Nick Diaz. But, in another way, I just hope the best man will win. But if the best man is Nick Diaz, I will appreciate it more, because it will be a better build up for a fight." Regarding his injury, St. Pierre said that he feels like it was his own fault for possibly not listening to his body when he suffered a less painful injury to his left knee, sometime last year: "One of the reasons why I got that injury is that I didn't do that (take enough time rehabbing). I didn't listen to myself. I had a first injury to my left knee. I tried to come back too fast and I was compensating with my other leg. That's how I hurt myself." No champion wants to have his belt tossed around or his legacy tarnished by someone else walking around with the "interim" tag. For "GSP," the belt is irrelevant. It's just about winning the next fight: "For me, I try to not think about the belt. When I'm going into a fight, when I fight the winner of that fight, I'm not thinking 'I'm the champion.' I'm thinking I'm gonna fight for the title. Because, if you lose, you're gonna lose the title, even if you had it before or not. That won't matter." St. Pierre also spent a few minutes discussing some of the criticism he's taken during his career. Criticism that has gone so far as to label him as a "boring" or "safe" fighter. He acknowledges the naysayers and had a bit to say about what it's been like to be a champion under the magnifying glass: "The thing is, when you defend the title and do it a few times, there is a routine that comes with it and people expect you to win. And they not only expect you to win, they expect you to do great. Sometimes, it can play on your mind. That's a little bit of what happened to me. I felt like I lost a little bit of motivation. That's the danger that can happen with champions sometimes." At the end of the segment, St. Pierre reiterated just how much he is hoping for a Nick Diaz win at UFC 143. He likes Carlos Condit. He thinks he's a nice guy. But Diaz is, by far, the fight he desires: "That's really the fight that I wanted to have and the fight was going to happen in the beginning. And it didn't happen, because he (Diaz) didn't show up for the promotion. Then after I got hurt and this whole thing happened and -- that's really the fight that I wanted to have happen. Even though I like Carlos Condit better as a person, I would rather fight Nick Diaz." What do you think, Maniacs? Will "GSP" get his wish? Or will he find himself face-to-face with "The Natural Born Killer" next time he enters the Octagon? Opinions, please.

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Carlo Prater defeats Erick Silva by disqualification. Mario Yamasaki called the fight at :29 in round 1. Erik Silva landed a spring knee to the body that buckled Carlo Prater. Silva followed up with punches and finished the fight in strikes until Mario Yamasake was forced to stop the fight. After the stoppage Prater was pointing to his shoulder saying he was in pain. The replays didn't show how his shoulder was injured. There was confusion after the fight with many people assuming Erick defeated Carlo. It was explained that Mario Yamasaki called the fight because of punches to the back of the head. Erick Silva is considered on of the top prospects and it is a shame that he picks up his first UFC loss in this kind of controversy. He was apologetic in his post fight interview. Joe Rogan stated that he will consider this a win for Erick Silva. SBN coverage of UFC RIO 142: Aldo vs. Mendes

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In a card designed to build fan interest and a rooting base in Brazil for the coming years, Erick Silva is one of those fighters the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) hopes will play a part. Emblematic of the new generation mixed martial arts (MMA) up and comers, he's seemingly got the total package with photogenic looks, athleticism and an aggressive style. Carlo Prater, meanwhile, is one of the most experienced guys that's yet to fight in the Octagon, and at his best has been able to nab wins over the likes of Carlos Condit, Melvin Guillard and Spencer Fisher. This is definitely a fight on the UFC 142 pay-per-view (PPV) main card tonight (Jan. 14, 2012) from the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that serves Prater best if he can get it to the ground, preferably in top position, as Silva is too heavy-handed and dynamic on the feet. Follow me after the jump for a complete breakdown of the UFC 142 fight between Carlo Prater vs Erick Silva: The Breakdown Silva's UFC debut win over Luis Ramos, a 40-second knockout, was the kind of first-timer showing that carries blessings with a curse. He looked impressive, yet didn't get the kind of extended experience that a debut typically supplies. Will he feel pressure to score another impressive early finish to please the home-country Brazilian fans? Prater is no world-beater on the feet, but he has a boatload of experience and is exceptionally good on the ground, with a penchant for stifling opponents. He has everything to gain and little to lose. If he can take the young gun deep into the fight, conditioning and guile become increasingly key factors. And that's where he can test Silva and see if the Brazilian can keep his composure while enacting a Plan B if an early assault doesn't finish the job.The Pick Matchmaking happens for a reason, and the UFC is consistently looking to build young stars, particularly in expanding audiences like Brazil, where a couple years from now the promotion will look to hold regular events to sellout crowds. Silva's a talented fighter with a big upside, and should prove too versatile. Prater may also be a tad long in the tooth, having turned pro in 2002. Performance-wise, he may have flatlined in recent years, with his striking not evolving enough to compete at this level, though on the small-show circuit he has racked up an impressive ledger. Silva will be too accurate on the feet and too difficult to take down and control, and his ground game should prove adept enough to decide where the fight goes. He'll put it all together in an impressive performance, winning via second-round knockout. Silva via knockout Be sure to join MMAmania.com this evening for LIVE, detailed UFC 142 results of all the "Aldo vs. Mendes" PPV action. It will include blow-by-blow coverage of the Facebook video stream, FX "Prelims" bouts, and of course, the PPV broadcast. We'll start RIGHT HERE at around 7:30 p.m. ET and carry straight on through early Saturday morning. See you then!

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MMAWeekly Radio is back for Thursday's show with guests including UFC 142 fighters Carlo Praeter and Mike Pyle, former TUF 11 finalist Kris McCray and debate in the Sixth Round.

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Despite a three year age difference, two different eras of fighters will collide this Saturday night (January 14, 2011) as powerful prospect Erick Silva takes on resurgent veteran Carlo Prater on the UFC 142 main card in Rio. Erick Silva made a tremendous splash in his UFC debut, crushing his opponent via knockout in just 40 seconds. He hails from Nogueira's fight team in Brazil and his progression in technique and skill has been drastic. He's hoping to take it to the next level with a victory over a seasoned veteran of the sport. Carlo Prater has been there and done that in the welterweight and lightweight divisions throughout his nearly 10 year professional mixed martial arts career. He holds some very significant victories over current top contenders like Carlos Condit and Melvin Guillard and he's hoping his experience will propel him against the young gun. Will Silva continue his tremendous surge in the welterweight division with another showstopper? Does the veteran Carlo Prater have anything in his bag of tricks which Silva hasn't seen before? How does each man find success in the Octagon on Saturday night? Le'ts find out: Erick Silva Record: 13-1 (1 No Contest) overall, 1-0 in the UFC Key Wins: Luis Ramos (UFC 134) Key Losses: none How he got here: Erick Silva is an extremely promising talent in the welterweight division. He began his mixed martial arts career in 2005. He was sloppy at first, but progressed in technique and skill quickly. He won his first four fights and after suffering his only decision loss in 2006, he hasn't looked back since. He continued to impress, compiling stoppage victories with both his striking and his submissions while showcasing his endurance to score three decisions and it eventually resulted in him earning a shot at the prestigious Brazilian Jungle Fights welterweight title. It was a one night tournament and despite winning a grueling bout against Gil de Freitas via third round submission, he pressed on and submitted Fransisco Ayan in barely a minute to capture the title. He would go on to make his UFC debut when the promotion returned to Brazil this past August at UFC 134, knocking out veteran Shooto Brazil welterweight champion Luis Ramos in just 40 seconds and then celebrating with an incredible flip off the cage. Silva is expected to bring the fireworks once more against veteran Carlo Prater. How he gets it done: Prater has a reputation for being difficult to finish (unless you're Drew Fickett) so this could be an opportunity for Silva to not only showcase his entire skill-set but his endurance as well. Silva is very dangerous not only in the striking department as UFC fans have seen, but his ground game is superb as well. He's capable of putting opponents in precarious situations both from top control and even if he's on his back. Expect Silva to showcase his striking early as he should clearly have an edge in that department, not only in power but in technique and speed. He should be dancing around on the outside, utilizing footwork to get in, land combinations or power shots and get out without taking any damage himself. If the fight goes to the ground, even though it's Prater's strength, I don't expect Silva to be overly concerned. He has a ton of confidence no matter what position he's in so he'll constantly be looking to sweep or submit his opponent. The hometown crowd should be lending a ton of support as well so he'll likely be feeding off of that. Carlo Prater Record: 29-10-1 overall, 0-0 in the UFC Key Wins: Carlos Condit (Fightworld 2), Melvin Guillard (Freestyle Fighting Championships 7), Cameron Dollar (LFC 7) Key Losses: Carlos Condit (WEC 32), Drew Fickett 2x (Shine Lightweight Grand Prix, Rage on the River), Antonio McKee (MFC 22) How he got here: Originally born in Brazil, Carlo Prater settled down in Texas and began his professional mixed martial arts career there. He got off to a hot 10-0 start including a submission victory over Melvin Guillard before suffering his first loss to Drew Fickett. He's had a very up and down career since that point, but his high point likely happened back in 2004 after victories over both Carlos Condit and Spencer Fisher. Since then, Prater has never really been able to get it going. Anytime he's strung a few wins together, they're bookended by losses. He was granted a welterweight title shot in 2008 in which Condit avenged his prior loss. Prater has also had significant issues making weight, primarily because he was still trying to make lightweight. His inability to make 155 cost him a shot at Antonio McKee's title for MFC. After competing in the Shine lightweight grand prix, Prater also missed weight by a whopping 15 pounds and then also fought at 160 pound catchweight for his Strikeforce debut. He's currently riding his first four fight winning streak since 2004 and stepped in for as an injury replacement to take on rising star Erick Silva. "Neo" could steal a ton of momentum if he pulls off the upset on Saturday night. How he gets it done: Carlo Prater has nothing to lose as his opponent has all the pressure heading into this bout. He needs to be completely carefree and not freaked out about his Octagon debut. An intelligent gameplan would consist of getting in Silva's face. Prater can take a shot, so it would be worth it to get inside, force a clinch and take away many of Silva's dangerous weapons. If he can take the fight to the ground either with a regular takedown or by dragging Silva to the canvas in the clinch, Prater should be cautious. He's not likely to earn a submission against someone as talented as Silva, but since Silva is confident on his back, Prater could be able to ride out in top control and steal two rounds. He's got the grappling acumen to pull it off. Fight X-Factor: The biggest X-Factor for this fight is the pressure on both fighters. Prater has little to no pressure as he's a late injury replacement while Silva has a ton of local support, is riding a huge wave of hype and is coming off a thrilling performance that he's hoping to replicate or improve upon. Will Silva be able to respond to the pressure, harness it and perform to the best of his ability? Prater may not be under much pressure, but he could certainly be intimidated. Despite being born in Rio, he's lived in America for quite some time and the crowd will not be on his side nearly as much. He also has to deal with "Octagon jitter," something that has affected nearly everyone who's made their UFC debut after experiencing success elsewhere. Whether or not Prater's mind is in the right place could throw off his game. Bottom Line: This bout should be very entertaining. Both Silva and Prater are very skilled and aggressive with submissions on the ground. Prater seems to have found something inside himself recently to really go over the top in terms of finishing opponents with his jiu-jitsu. Also, Silva is extremely dangerous on the feet as evidenced by his UFC debut and the battle of his striking skills against the durability of Prater could also be a sight to see. This should be a terrific match-up that will either provide an opportunity for the prospect to showcase his skills or a veteran to experience a massive career resurgence. Stay tuned. Who will come out on top at UFC 142? Tell us your predictions in the comments below! Poll Which entertaining welterweight will find victory in the Octagon on Saturday night? Erick Silva Carlo Prater   1 votes | Results

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The last article tracked the parallel growth of Jujitsu in Japan and Catch Wrestling in Europe as inventions of necessity when faced with armored opponents. This article will focus on the emergence of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and it's entry into the fighting sport of Vale Tudo in Brazil. The Japanese art of Jujitsu was outlawed in the late 1800s by Japan's own Emperor in effort to become more modern. The art was saved was Jigoro Kano, a true martial arts legend, who streamlined the overly complicated and disjointed art into Judo and also created the concept of awarding students black belts. He founded his own school and began teaching. One of Kano's star pupils was a man named Mitsuyo Maeda, who would go on to be pivotal in the founding of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. This video provides a nice summary of Maeda's background; personal views on martial arts and his role in the founding of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: MITSUYO MAEDA: The Origin of BJJ (via AvantGuardBrand) Maeda's fights in Europe took place in Catch Wrestling matches, and Maeda trained in the art. He was drawn to catch by its focus on combat instead of forms. Maeda mixed what he learned with his own Judo and he passed on those combined techniques to his students including the young Carlos Gracie. We'll follow Maeda's story to Brazil and meet the Gracies after the jump. When Carlos was 22-years-old he decided that jiu jitsu had given his life direction and purpose and that he wanted to make a living out of teaching jiu jitsu. Carlos, now a black belt, opened the first Gracie owned jiu jitsu academy in 1925 in Rio. Carlos' first students were his younger brothers Oswaldo, Gastao, George and Helio Gracie. Helio was 11 years younger than Carlos and was sickly as a child, given to fainting spells and was relegated to watching Carlos giving lessons most of the time. (Carlos and Helio Gracie sparring via ftwbrazilianjiujitsu.com) Carlos would give Helio lessons, but Helio's frail body had trouble executing some of the movements. Helio had to rely more on the leverage and timing of the technique than the speed or strength. Together the five brothers, through trial and error, developed the foundation of what they would call Gracie Jiu Jitsu, but would become known to the world as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. With their own style developing, the Gracies looked to raise awareness of their martial art and they knew perfect venue to display the effectiveness of their style. In the early 20th Century a side show event at Brazilian carnivals and festivals was gaining popularity. Known as "Vale Tudo" or "No Rules", these were combat contests that pitted two men against each other in a ring or open space for the entertainment of on-lookers. These Vale Tudo matches are direct ancestors to modern Mixed Martial Arts matches and many in Brazil still refer MMA as Vale Tudo. These matches were not a sport as MMA is today; there were no promotions, weight classes or championships, and fighters represented their styles and their schools more so than just themselves. One thing that is important to understand about these fights is that Vale Tudo did not develop in a nice clean progression that can be traced back to one original match. The growth was much more organic out of existing catch or professional wrestling matches until it developed into something that strongly resembled modern MMA. Carlos Gracie issued what is now known as "The Gracie Challenge" in a newspaper, an open invitation to a Vale Tudo style match with a Gracie with a cash prize for the winner. Carlos and his brothers accepted many, many challenges over the next forty years. Boxers, professional wrestlers, Capoeira fighters, and generic tough men were common opponents. As the years wore on Carlos slowly receded form the leadership of the family and Helio stepped forward to bear the Gracie standard. Helio sought out the biggest fights on the biggest stage he could find. While Helio had become much healthier through his training, he was still a very small man with very little physical strength and he sought to demonstrate the superiority of his skills by challenging much larger opponents. Helio's matches were most often under catch wrestling rules, meaning grappling only, though there are times we know that wasn't the case. In 1934, Helio fought the much larger professional wrestler Wladek Zbyszko to a draw. In that same year Helio faced Japanese professional wrestler Taro Miyake, who had defeated a great Japanese Jujitsu champion, and submitted him. In 1951, Helio choked out Yukio Kato, widely considered the second best Judoka in the world in just under six minutes. But it was Helio's 1951 match with Mashaiko Kimura that earned him everlasting fame. Kimura was a living legend and is considered one of the best Judokas of all time. He had boasted that if the smaller and older Helio last three minutes with him, that Kumira would declare the Brazilian the winner. In the 13th minute of the match, Kimura secured a reverse ude garami shoulder lock and when Helio refused to tap, Kimura broke his arm. Carlos Gracie stepped in and forfeited the match on behalf of Helio, but Kimura left extremely impressed with Helio. The Brazilians claimed the moral victory and firmly established the Gracie name in Brazilian combat sports legends. (Helio Gracie vs Kimura via joseeugeniodias) Kimura invited Gracie to come teach at his Academy in Japan. Helio politely refused the invitation, but the Gracies renamed the reverse ude garami lock "the Kimura" in honor of the Judoka's victory. While matches with Judokas and Gracie Jiu Jitsu fighters did become a common occurrence there was mutual respect between the two related arts. But in the 1940s a true challenger to Jiu Jitsu would rise in Brazil and spark a heated rivalry of schools and style that still continues in modern MMA. In 1940, a man named Euclydes "Tatu" Hatem defeated George Gracie in a Vale Tudo match. Not only did Tatu defeat George Gracie, he submitted him with the Kimura lock. Tatu was a catch wrestler, the grappling tradition from Europe, and he paired that wrestling with Judo techniques in the mirror image of what Mitsuyo Maeda did in adding catch wrestling to his Judo base. Tatu called his style of grappling Luta Livre, meaning free fighting and began teaching this style. He and his students scoffed at the use of the gi and focused exclusively on no-gi grappling. They also made extensive use of leglocks, which Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu both shunned. Gausto and Carlos Brunocilla, two of Tatu's students, would go own to produce several Luta Livre experts of their own that would spread the martial art not only across Brazil but also to Germany. Luta Livre took another step forward when a University Professor of Engineering named Roberto Leiato began practicing the art. Leiato was experienced in both wrestling and Judo and brought a technician's eye to Luta Livre. Leitao believed that gaining leverage was important but that it was a mistake to see strength as a sin instead of an asset in grappling. Luta Livre fighters are more than willing to use leverage but are not shy about using overwhelming strength. Leitao once captured the differences between Luta Livre and BJJ quite nicely in an interview with Fight! Magazine: "Gracie was stubborn," Leitao said, referring to Helio Gracie. "He believed that leverage was enough, but he was wrong." Luta Livre fighters brought more urgent aggression to matches. Helio Gracie often employed a slow, grinding style using his closed guard to wear down opponents in wars of attrition. Luta fighters attacked relentlessly, looking for submissions from all positions and keeping a high work rate. (Luta Livre -- No Gi Brazilian Submission Wrestling and Vale Tudo via andycondaxxl) These fundamental difference would spawn an intense rivalry that would span from that 1940 defeat of George Gracie to the modern day. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu vs. Luta Livre would be played out at Vale Tudo matches both in the ring and in the stands and on the streets and beaches of Rio. For More on Mitsuyo Maeda, the Origins of BJJ, Catch Wrestling and Vale Tudo: History of Jiu Jitsu: Judo Travels the World and Maeda Meets Gracie History of Jiu Jitsu: Baptism By Fire and Luta Livre Book Review: Catch Wrestling Round Two by Mark Hewitt Happy Belated Birthday Helio Gracie MMA History: The Ur-Brazilian MMA Feud: BJJ vs Luta Livre and the Style They Never Saw Coming MMA History: The Losses of Luta Livre MMA Origins: Exploring Fight Sport's Ancient Roots Getting Medieval

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That's not my opinion, necessarily, though I don't exactly disagree. That's what mixed martial arts (MMA) trainer to the stars, Greg Jackson, told Inside MMA last night. Jackson, who trains Carlos Condit and is getting him ready for his interim welterweight championship bout at UFC 143 on Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas, had this to say about the match-up: "It really is (going to be an interesting fight). You know, Diaz is so tough, and he's really turned it on this last year or two. He's looked amazing. Carlos has too, so I think it's going to be a real barnburner with those two guys. They're both tough as nails and I'm expecting a huge five round war. I'd like it to go short in our favor but Nick's so tough, it's going to be a big five round war." Not exactly going out on a limb with a prediction like that but what did we expect, right? Really, Condit and Diaz will have reason to get inside the cage with an extra zest to tear the other's head off. That's because they've both been on a veritable rollercoaster these past few months, especially Condit. They both had title shots against Georges St. Pierre ripped away, by insubordination and injury, and Diaz had to fight a friend (B.J. Penn) while "The Natural Born Killer" has been left sitting on the sidelines twiddling his thumbs. Sounds like a recipe for a "big five-round war." Hear more from Jackson in the full entry, including his thoughts on his stable of fighters, which includes such elite fighters as the previously mentioned St. Pierre, Condit and Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones.

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With Golden Glory welterweight Siyar Bahadurzada injured and unable to make his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan. 14, 2012, Carlo Prater has been tapped to replace him against Erick Silva. Silva announced the UFC 142 under card match up via his personal Twitter.com account. Prater (29-10-1) is former number one welterweight contender for World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), losing via submission (guillotine choke) to the now-defunct promotion's division champion at the time, Carlos Condit, back in 2008. "Neo" has been inconsistent throughout his mixed martial arts (MMA) career; however, he has recently strung together four consecutive victories, all via tapout, to earn his first opportunity to fight inside the Octagon. Silva (13-1) made quick work of Luis Ramos in his first appearance under the UFC banner, crushing his Brazilian counterpart in just 40 seconds back at UFC 134. The Brazilian has not lost in more than five years and will look to continue that trend in front of his fellow countrymen. Both fighters are very talented on the ground, meaning this could turn into a technical 170-pound battle for position with the first fighter to make a mistake the likely loser. UFC 142 will feature featherweight champion Jose Aldo defending his 145-pound title against undefeated wrestler Chad Mendes. In addition, Vitor Belfort will strap on the gloves to try and ruin Anthony Johnson's debut at middleweight. To check out the latest UFC 142: "Aldo vs. Mendes" fight card and rumors click here.

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Welterweight prospect, Siyar Bahadurzada was one of several casualties that bowed out of the UFC 142 card today due to injury, but the UFC has now found a replacement for Bahadurzada to face blue-chip Brazilian, Erick Silva on the Rio card. The UFC's Brazil office tweeted that veteran fighter, Carlo Prater, has gotten the call and will make his UFC debut on the January 14th card against Silva: @ErickSilvaMMA tem novo adversário no #UFCRIO, agora ele enfrenta Carlo Prater Over his nine-year pro career, Prater has faced some tough competition while bouncing back and forth between lightweiht and welterweight, and he holds notable career victories over Melvin Guillard, Carlos Condit, Spencer Fisher, and Pat Healy among others. Although Prater is a Brazilian native, he has called Texas home for many years, spending a lot of time training with Yves Edwards, and fighting often on the regional scene there. Most recently, Prater finds himself riding a four-fight winning streak and finishing all four of those fights by submission. It's unclear whether Silva vs. Prater will remain on the PPV main card, but we'll update you when the UFC 142 lineup is finalized. Carlo "Neo" Prater (29-10-1)W Gleristone Santos (submission - arm triangle choke) - Capital Fight 4W Cameron Dollar (submission - kimura) - Legacy FC 7W Henrique Mello (submission - RNC) - International Fighter Championship UFC 142 coverage

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Siyar Bahadurzada's loss is WEC veteran Carlo Prater's gain. After announcing Bahadurzada scratched due to an injury, UFC officials today announced Prater as his replacement. He now meets fellow welterweight Erick Silva at next month's UFC 142 event in Brazil. The bout currently is scheduled for the pay-per-view main card.

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Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre has been forced to withdraw from his February 4th title defense against Nick Diaz due to an injured ACL. Stepping in to replace the champ will be top contender Carlos Condit, who will now face Diaz in a 170-pound interim title fight.

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(To celebrate the release of our good buddy Matthew Polly's new book Tapped Out, we'll be sharing some choice excerpts from one of my favorite books - American Shaolin. Polly trained in China with the Shaolin monks back in 1993 - before it was cool, as the hipsters would say - and this book chronicles all the ridiculous situations he got himself into.) (excerpt from Part 2, Chapter 6) When Carlos arrived, Deqing volunteered to teach the foreigners, so he took over from Monk Chen, one of the older monks who had taken over from Cheng Hao. Two foreigners were better than one, and at least Carlos would leave relatively soon and give him a tip for his troubles.Deqing’s success at Shaolin had been built on a relentless love of hard training, and as he’d watched me he felt that the Shaolin method for training foreigners—all smiles and encouragement— was too soft. He was going to train us like they train their own Chinese students: “To curse is to care, to hit is to love.”Now, there was a good reason for the variation in methodology besides cultural differences. We were older and obviously self-motivated or we wouldn’t be here. A rough guess was that of the 10,000 or so teenage kungfu students in the Shaolin village, about half had been sent by their parents rather than volunteered. They were the type of hyperactive boys who refused to study and got into fights. Shaolin was China’s version of a reform school; kungfu was their Ritalin.But I agreed with Deqing that at the very least it was an appearance problem, so I didn’t mind when he brought out the stick and whacked us. What did bother me was how he conducted stretching time. Deqing’s approach was hands-on and feet-on. When we were in the split position, he’d climb on top of our legs and bounce to the point of breaking us. Then he’d have us lie on our backs, pin one leg and push the other toward our faces until we screamed for mercy.But it wasn’t the pain as much as the fact that we were objects of amusement for the other monks that infuriated Carlos and me.After the first day of screaming, we began to gather a crowd. The younger monks would suddenly appear in the training room at stretch time, take a seat, and wait for the entertainment to begin, holding their breaths until we started begging for mercy and then laugh and laugh. Actually, only one of us begged for mercy.(“Please, master, you’re going to break my leg. Please, God, I beg you!”) Carlos was tougher than me and therefore able to refrain from screaming anything coherent.“They sure enjoy watching the foreigners suffer,” I said to Deqing once, after a session.“They don’t have TV,” he replied, not catching my hint.After a week of this, it occurred to me that none of them spoke English, so I switched from begging to cursing in my native language, running through the gamut of four letter words, spicing it up with Oedipal accusations and questions about Deqing’s parentage, and promises to commit an astounding variety of X-rated acts to various parts of his anatomy. I had to stop, however, when Little Tiger, following one of my tirades, yelled, “Fack youah, madafacka, fack, shat, madafacka, I kah you.”As the banner in the performance hall said, “Cultural Exchange Mutual Benefit.” read more

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Think of our MMA loving community as a ginormous global high school of sorts and suddenly Twitter becomes the vehicle that the students exploit to start spreading news and rumors. The rest of the Internet based media such as ourselves become the bathrooms and hallways where the gossip fiending students congregate to get their fill of these juicy rumors, smoke cigarettes and have impromptu random make out sessions. Actually that's wrong, I don't even think high school kids sneak cigarette breaks anymore, they have progressed to things like lunchtime 'pharm parties' and alcohol infused tampon insertion. You have got to give them props for their creativity. The MMA hallways have been buzzing for weeks about a potential matchup between Josh Koscheck and Carlos Condit following the whole GSP vs Carlos Condit was scrapped due to GSP suffering a training camp injury. Well, now according to this picture of the 'Official Bout Agreement' tweeted by Josh Koscheck late last night, this fight is officially, official: This is probably a fight we should all get pretty excited about. Kos was out for nearly 12 months and came back with a very impressive KO win over Matt Hughes at the end of September and Carlos Condit is probably brewing a small bit of anger inside at having his title shot pulled out from under his nose. It goes down February 4, 2012 at UFC 143.

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Former UFC Welterweight title challenger Josh "Kos" Koscheck revealed via his Twitter account that he will be in action on Superbowl Weekend (UFC 143), facing The Natural Born Killer Carlos Condit. In his last bout, Koscheck impressively defeated Matt Hughes via 1st Round TKO, getting himself back on track for another shot at the UFC Welterweight title. Koscheck's opponent, 27-5 Carlos Condit, was originally scheduled to face GSP on the same card, but was forced to step aside after Nick Diaz fought (and

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A few updates on what's been going on in the MMA Twitterverse   RANDOM TWIDBITS & THE UFC 137 AFTERMATH "@jakeshieldsajj @bjpenndotcom GSP is here and his knee is not hurt"  -Cesar Gracie "The day I make $200k in one fight and complain about not having enough money, someone please slap me in the face."  -Charlie Brenneman, on Nick Diaz and Cesar Gracie constantly complaining about cash. "Goodmornig everyone...!!! Just a heads up im at a specialist now. Arm isnt broken, but i almost fully tore my ligaments??? Ill ask more questions when i get out Ill post again."  -Brandon Vera "if you think i won or just enjoyed my fight please let @danawhite @ufc know. love fighting for them"  -Eliot Marshall, that was a draw at best, and to be honest, it wasn't a very entertaining fight for the most part. "BABY JAY...Mahalo my friend..if tonight is the last...thank you for being a warrior, a champion, a gentleman and a true friend!!!"  -Mike Goldberg "I still have my liver. Apparently it tried to jump out of my pee hole Sat night but while i was vomiting out of a car window it redecided"  -Matt Mitrione "I just rewatched Faber vs Cruz. I cannot believe it's possible for anyone on the planet to fight at that pace for 5 rounds"  -Sean McCorkle, what about a slow pace and less than 5 minutes without gassing?   KOSCHECK VS. CARLOS CONDIT & MALKI KAWA "@CarlosCondit didn't just step aside. Gsp is choosing to fight nick... last I checked "carlos is the harder fight." So I guess now he'll fight nick. Wasn't our choice and def not happy about it, BUT It is what it is, and we'll figure some things out. In the mean time, I'm sure @danawhite Is going to make it worth his while ;)"  -Malki Kawa, Carlos Condit's agent. "Just thinking!That dude should of took thefight with me on a week notice bc if he HADa chance2make it aclose fight,It was then,NOW 0 chance... Hey KAWA don't open ur mouth bc your (client) CAN'T cash this #kos-CHECK!!!!!!!"  -Josh Koscheck "Just for the recored, I'll be ready to fight again by Feb 4 :) Training for_____________????"  -Josh Koscheck   There's a ton of tweets after the jump, but first, don't forget to follow me on twitter: @antontabuena Oh, and these guys are probably worth following as well: The Official BloodyElbow Twitter Account, Luke Thomas, Kid Nate, Brent Brookhouse, Leland Roling, Richard Wade, Jonathan Snowden, Chris Barton, Damon O, Scott Broussard, Tim Burke, Matt Bishop, Fraser Coffeen, Dallas Winston, KJ Gould TWITTER BONUSES "Big Day. I won the UFC twitter bonus for most creative, and I am on the cover of this coming month's Fight! magazine."  -Joe Lauzon "I went from 2600 followers on June 21 to 7832 followers today. I worked hard for that bonus, how close was I?!? @ufc @danawhite"  -Charlie Brenneman "Irony: found put on twitter I won a prize for tweeting"  -Forrest Griffin "When the @ufc says most creative what they obviously mean is incoherent ramblings"  -Forrest Griffin   MMA HALLOWEEN "if i see one more chick in her underwear and wings i'm going to lose it.. WTF are you?! #fb"  -Logan Stanton, Victoria's Secret angels? "Women dress like sluts on halloween; that's a given. Alarming new Vegas trend dudes dress like sluts on halloween.or"straight"guys dress gay"  -Forrest Griffin "Oh and Leonard Garcia is here in costume"  -UFC "Happy Halloween!!!"  -Carlos Condit "Happy Halloween every1!"  -Miesha Tate "My full Blanka...look!"  -Seth Petruzelli "My ursula costume :) evil biotch!!"  -Arianny Celeste Happy Halloween to all of you, Godspeed & Party on!!"  -Bas Rutten "Toxic twins! :) happy halloween!"  -Brittney Palmer "Happy Hump Day!!! *Halloween version ;) #guesswhatiwas"  -Natasha Wicks   TWICTURES   "Look who is watching some UFC fights tonight!"  -Ekc, no, the K-1 star isn't dressed up for Halloween. "Funny Caption Contest."  -Carlos Condit "

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Last night Inside MMA aired live at the Lemp Brewery in St. Louis, MO. During the show, First Round Management CEO Malki Kawa released a statement regarding the UFC's decision to schedule Georges St. Pierre vs Nick Diaz, effectively passing over his client Carlos Condit, who was originally scheduled to fight St. Pierre upon his return from injury.  "We are obviously disappointed in the UFC's decision to cancel its commitment with Carlos Condit to give another fighter an opportunity at the Welterweight title based on emotional reactions from UFC 137.  Contrary to what has been stated, Carlos did not step aside to allow this to happen, and would not just hand over an opportunity for him to achieve his greatest career goal, one that he has earned through his strong performances in the Octagon.  No option was given to him.For the second time in less than two weeks, Carlos has had an opportunity swept out from beneath his feet.  He has shown nothing but pure class in his drive to the title, and will continue to do so.  Carlos does not need motivation to fight for the title, he already has it.This situation will only motivate Carlos more.  He will move forward and continue to train at the level that has made him the legitimate number one contender for the UFC Welterweight championship, and he is looking forward to the opportunity to earn that title." This decision has split the MMA community. Bloody Elbow's own Josh Nason made the case that Carlos Condit earned his title shot and taking it away is bad for business while MMA Nation's Jonathan Snowden says that Diaz is the rightful challenge to St. Pierre's belt.  If Kawa is being honest with the way that the decision was made, I do feel for Condit. It's got to be rough to have a fight cancelled last minute and then the title shot that you've been awarded snatched away, especially if there wasn't a discussion and more of a ultimatum.  To his credit, Carlos Condit has handled this well, at least publicly. He hasn't complained about the UFC nor has he complained about St. Pierre's injury. This is in contrast to Diaz who wasn't excited or happy at the post-fight press conference when he was told that he would get his title shot after all. These are things that Zuffa management will remember when Condit's time finally comes. 

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According to Carlos Condit's manager, Carlos 'agreeing to step aside' may be a generous way of describing why GSP is now fighting Nick Diaz: Following the fight, MMAWeekly.com spoke to Condit’s manager Malki Kawa, who simply stated that ‘stepping aside’ isn’t what happened.“We didn’t step aside. That’s not what we do,” Kawa wrote in a text message to MMAWeekly.com. “GSP doesn’t want to fight Carlos.” Jeez, is it 'Shit on Georges St Pierre' week and someone forgot to tell me? Or maybe Kawa is just trying to be more proactive about making sure his client isn't instantly butted aside again if Georges stops being such a giant pussy about fighting Anderson Silva. See, now I'm getting the hang of how this works. Really, it's way too late for Carlos though. Maybe if he had been at UFC 137 to wedgie Georges and tell him "Nique ta salope mere!", all this could have been avoided. (via Five Ounces)

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Looks like I was totally 100% mega wrong when I said Carlos Condit was smart for sitting UFC 137 out and waiting for Georges St Pierre. Nick Diaz punched BJ Penn in the face a thousand times and without an equally impressive Carlos Condit asswhuppin, the Diaz hype train pulled so far ahead that it made this all but inevitable: According to White, St-Pierre approached him backstage and said he felt disrespected by Diaz. In White's words, the normally composed GSP "flipped out." He wanted Diaz, and soon. So White audibled, contacting Carlos Condit and asking him to step aside.Condit, stuck in a terrible situation, agreed, and White had his matchup. Poor Carlos Condit. I feel really bad for him. Not that I would have kept him on deck for GSP. Fuck that. But I'll take a few seconds and feel bad for a guy who now owns the title of Most Jerked Around Dude in the history of the UFC. Okay, now that that's out of the way, we can move on to being excited about Georges vs Diaz!

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"Carlos Condit didn't just step aside. GSP is choosing to fight Nick. Last I checked 'Carlos is the harder fight.' So I guess now he'll fight Nick. Wasn't our choice and (we're definitely) not happy about it, BUT it is what it is, and we'll figure some things out. In the meantime, I'm sure Dana White is going to make it worth his while." -- Following the main event of UFC 137 last night (Oct. 29, 2011), which saw Nick Diaz blast his way past B.J. Penn, UFC President Dana White announced at the post-fight press conference that Carlos Condit had agreed to step down in favor of Diaz getting an immediate title shot against Georges St. Pierre over the Super Bowl weekend early next year. Well, Condit's manager, Malki Kawa, wants to make it clear (via Twitter) that this is not the case ... at all. "The Natural Born Killer" didn't agree to just step aside, he simply had no choice but to move out of the way. St. Pierre was reportedly so upset at being called out by Diaz during his post-fight interview that he wants to give the bad boy from Stockton his comeuppance sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, that means Condit has to once again take a back seat. He has been promised a spot on the very same card in what will be a guaranteed number one contender bout to the winner of St. Pierre vs. Diaz. Anyone feeling bad for Condit right now? Or is this just the way it had to be after the events of UFC 137? Opinions, please.

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Carlos Condit was supposed to fight Georges St-Pierre at UFC 137, but no matter what Nick Diaz or BJ Penn do on Saturday night, he still gets the next crack at the champ.

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Carlos Condit and Georges St. Pierre share many of the same coaches at Greg Jackson‘s camp in New Mexico. So, when the UFC paired the two to meet at UFC 137, Jackson split up duties to get his trainers set with each fighter. Now that the bout has been scrapped due to a knee injury suffered by GSP, the UFC’s welterweight champion, those working with Condit have more time to prepare and plan for St-Pierre. Condit has said that he will wait for a healthy St-Pierre before stepping back inside the Octagon, not risking his No. 1 contender spot in the meantime. “The Natural Born Killer’s” coach, Mike Winkeljohn, talked with Sherdog Radio this past week about the yet-to-be-announced bout. “We had a game plan. We felt good with it, but Chris Luttrell and I were talking about some things we’d like to see Carlos do, but we figured it was too late to even try to implement those things,” Winkeljohn said. “In a way, now we can come up with a couple of more things to put us in a couple of better positions for this fight. Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise.” Winkeljohn felt like Condit was in the right place mentally to challenge “Rush”, but added that he wants to face the best GSP possible to prove his worth. The coach added that, while he works alongside St. Pierre at Jackson’s MMA, he has only held mitts for GSP in practice on a few occasions and is embracing the chance to coach against the prized fighter. “I’m excited about having Carlos fight him,” Winkeljohn said. “It’s kind of neat to game plan against his other coaches up there in Canada. It’s kind of an honor, and we’re excited about doing it.” PHOTO CREDIT – UFC

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Carlos Condit may have gotten a UFC welterweight title shot against Georges St. Pierre more through Nick Diaz's shortcomings than any specific thing Condit did himself, but Carlos and his team say they were ready to make the most of their opportunity. Unfortunately, after an almost full training camp, the fight won't happen after a knee injury put GSP on the sidelines. Condit's trainer, Mike Winkeljohn, says that the injury to GSP may have actually been a good thing for Carlos in the long-term (via Sherdog): "Maybe it's a blessing in disguise," Winkeljohn told the Sherdog Radio Network's "Beatdown" show. "We had a game plan. We felt real good with it, but Chris Luttrell and I were talking about some things we'd like to see Carlos do, but we figured it was too late to even try to implement those things because the fight's coming up and you can only fill your fighter's head with so much information. In a way, now we can come up with a couple of more things to put us in a couple of better positions for this fight." Despite some feeling that the UFC will skip Carlos' title shot should Nick Diaz beat B.J. Penn in the now main event UFC 137, UFC president Dana White says that won't be the case and that Carlos still will get his shot. It will be interesting to see if Condit's camp can keep him from overtraining while continuing to get him ready in small doses for the shot at GSP. The one area where the challenger may have an advantage when the fight eventually does go down is that he'll fully trust his body (GSP may still be hesitant to trust his knee) and will have only been working toward the fight, not getting himself healthy. Time will tell if Winkeljohn is correct that the fight is truly a blessing in disguise.

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Initially scheduled to square off with B.J. Penn at UFC 137, Carlos Condit was promoted to the main event opposite Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre when the Canadian's original opponent, Nick Diaz, was stripped of his title shot on short notice.

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Carlos Condit has issued a statement regarding the cancellation of the UFC 137 fight with Georges St. Pierre.St. Pierre suffered a ‘bad sprain’...

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In less than two weeks, Georges “Rush” St. Pierre (22-2 MMA, 16-2 UFC) will look to defend his 170 lb. title for the 7th straight time. Carlos “The Natural Born Killer” Condit (27-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) is the man he must defeat in order to preserve his legacy. GSP has come under fire lately for a precieved inability to finish his opponents (9 decisions overall, 6 in his last 7), while Condit has finished 26 out of his 27 opponents. Will Condit be the man to dethrone the dominant champion? Will GSP come out and simply dominate, or will he come out looking to end the fight early? Let’s take a closer look. Early in his career, it was easy to see that GSP was the future of the division. His striking is crazy accurate and his speed is unmatched. He built himself into a complete MMA fighter by training with high class olympic wrestlers to give himself possibly the most effective wrestling in MMA (while lacking a wrestling background), and earning his black belt in 2008. Some would say the key to being a successful wrestler/fighter in MMA is to mix your take downs with strikes, use punches and kicks to confuse the opponent and shoot for a take down when they’re expecting a strike. GSP took that concept a step further. He doesn’t necessairly just mix his strikes and take downs, he blends them. He’ll shoot for a take down while throwing a punch. He’ll throw a superman punch, followed by a kick, leading directly into a take down. He’s unpredictable, and can control where the fight takes place. In order to defeat someone like GSP, you’re going to need a miracle, or an iron will and the ability to end the fight at any time. Carlos Condit has both. As the former (and last) WEC WW Champion, Condit came into the UFC with some momentum. His first fight was against the dutch striker Martin Kampmann, where he lost a close split decision. He followed that up with a close decision win over a strong figher in Jake Ellenberger, and then a KO sandwiched inbetween two TKOs. He has seem to found his stride and is coming off a very impressive TKO over Dong Hyun Kim. He did show some holes in his game against Rory Macdonald, who landed three of four take downs in the first round. But in the second round Condit came to life and shut down Rory’s take downs, stopping the next four. He also showed that he’s never out of the fight winning via TKO at 4:53 of round three. He also has a KO win over an opponent GSP couldn’t finish in Dan Hardy. His striking is very strong and accurate, and has strong submissions skills too (13 (T)KOS and 13 submissions). He’s a handful for any fighter to deal with, because his game plan is to finish you. The biggest question in this fight is if Condit will be able to stop or prevent the GSP take down. Carlos has a listed take down defense of 45%, while GSP has a take down accuracy of 78%. I don’t think it’s a question of if, but a question of when. There is no question about it, GSP will be able to land take downs on Carlos. If he can’t stop the take down, he must be able prevent it. Condit has to be able to strike with GSP and strike with speed and accuracy. GSP has a statistical striking advantage, but Carlos definitely has the stronger strikes. GSP has also been stopped by strikes before, being overwhelmed by Matt Serra. In order to win, Carlos has to be able to endure the take downs, be able to get up, and land significant strikes on GSP. In order for GSP to win, he just has to be GSP. Land your strikes, work your take downs, wear down and defeat the opponent. This is a solid match up between the best fighter at WW, and the best finisher at WW.

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Carlos Condit believes a lifetime of competition has prepared him for his title shot against Georges St-Pierre. At UFC 137, he plans to show the world that he's the best.

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For UFC 137 results and complete UFC 137 coverage stay tuned to MMAFrenzy.com and check out the Carlos Condit UFC 137 walkout shirt at FightTrends.com.

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Our friends at Bleacher Report detail five things Georges St-Pierre absolutely must do if he wants to beat Carlos Condit.

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We're a few short weeks away from UFC 137 and the return of welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre to the cage. St. Pierre will face off with the dangerous Carlos Condit in a title fight in the main event of that show with his next challenger possibly being decided in the co-main event fight of the card between Nick Diaz and B.J. Penn. The promo videos for the card are ramping up with the latest entry on the UFC YouTube page being a brief interview with Georges St. Pierre: From the video: I'm going to have to deal with a guy who has knockout power, very technical striker and a great ground game as well. Unpredictable fighter. I've seen a lot of improvement in Carlos' game but I believe I'm a more improved fighter than Carlos is. I have a game plan to take care of Carlos and I will execute it. He's not my friend and I don't put any emotion in but I believe I will have the key to victory. I do believe I will be able to knock him out or submit him. I will remain the welterweight champion. Keep your browser locked in to Bloody Elbow for more information as we head toward this big night of action.

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Who needs friends when a legacy is on the line? Despite both men having trained together in the past and both having ties to Greg Jackson's gym down in New Mexico, Georges St. Pierre wants you to know that Carlos Condit, his opponent at UFC 137 on Oct. 29 in Las Vegas, is not his friend. "I'm going to have to deal with a guy who has knockout power, very technical striker and a great ground game as well. Unpredictable fighter. I've seen a lot of improvement in Carlos' game but I believe I'm a more improved fighter than Carlos is. I have a game plan to take care of Carlos and I will execute it. He's not my friend and I don't put any emotion in but I believe I will have the key to victory. I do believe I will be able to knock him out or submit him. I will remain the welterweight champion." St. Pierre was originally set to battle Nick Diaz over Halloween weekend, but a series of unfortunate events prevented that highly anticipated fight from occurring.  Condit just so happened to be in the right place at the right time -- with the right resume -- to slide right into the main event slot for the opportunity of a lifetime. And, of course, become the next man who presents "Rush" with his toughest challenge to date. Video of St. Pierre talking about his upcoming title defense, which will be his seventh in a row, after the jump.

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[div class="notice" class2="icon"]The following is from an article on DstryrSG, part of the MiddleEasy Network.[/div] I think we can all agree that family is important. It's even more than that - it could be everything. Your family nurture you; it molded you into the person you are today. You rely on your family and it relies on you. In your case, grappler, it's mainly you relying on your parents for financial support and them being bled dry by your irresponsible lifestyle. You really need to move out and get a job (unless that would interfere with your training). Furthermore, knowing where you come from is equally important. I, for example, come from a long line of Mexican farm workers and good-for-nothings, some of whom served time in the finest penitentiaries in the state of California. But, not everyone is as fortunate as me. Family. Yeah. I guess what I'm trying to say is that we too, as grapplers, share a long storied history, a lineage, that dates back to a man called Mitsuyo who taught a man called Carlos how kick some serious ass on the ground. Carlos taught his some Carlos Jr. and, in turn, Carlos Jr. taught a man called Renato. And, Renato taught me everything I know. And, the rest is history. And, it's ours. I'm getting a little teary eyed. Watch the Origin of BJJ...

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