Cat Zingano & the ACL Curse

The bane of MMA: the ACL injury afflicts both men and women alike.
Dominic Cruz, GSP, Mousasi, King Mo et al.

Cat Zingano missed her shot at TUF/women's MMA Stardom by having ACL surgery.

 

As someone who is a year + out of ACL surgery, I cannot imagine returning to professional sports competition in something like 6 months to a year, but that's why I'm a semi-pro athlete *ahem*



Newaza/Shimewaza wins the Women's -63kg World Championship

NoGi Judo/Sumo Wrestling WTF! Video of the Day

I've had people ask me if Judo works without the Gi, and having competed NoGi, wrestled, fought in MMA, and used it to protect myself "in the streets" the answer is "Yes".

Assuming the information included is true, a 200 lb Judoka entered a Sumo Tournament and had the following result(s):

2013 Judo World Championships Brazil - 66kg & 73kg

My two favorite weight classes in Judo. The 66kg due to the sheer speed with which they play, and the 73kg because of the mix of power and speed.
 

Spoiler Alert! Massive Wednesday Multimedia Mailbag: UFC on Fox Sports 1 - Condit vs Kampmann

So many video highlights...I remember having to scroll through the sherdog forums to wait and read about results back in the dark days.

 Condit sets up the finish with a body shot if you pay close attention :)

More fights after the Jump!

UFC 164 Predictions & Dissecting UFC 164 Countdown Video: Lying by Omission Edition

"For when you die, it will be without honor."

In hilarious UFC 164  soundbyte news, Josh Barnett discusses Frank Mir's ground game: "I can think of a lot of drunken nights that have been bigger mistakes than grappling Frank Mir."
    - Josh Barnett

A couple other random thoughts on the already posted UFC 164 Countdown:
Some lies by omission:
Josh Barnett never got stripped from the title for steroids, but rather fought in Japan and did some Pro Wrestling.
Josh Barnett didn't sink the Affliction/Fedor card due to another hot piss test, he's just shown knocking out one of the Noguieras.
He didn't necessarily lose to Daniel Cormier, but apparently knee'd him in the eye and took him down somewhere in his racking up 8 straight wins in the HW division.

That being said, the card has some interesting match-ups. Jokes aside, I'm very interested to see Pettis rematch Ben Henderson, the last man to beat Bendo before he won the belt. Pettis choked against Guida but I think he simply overlooked the one-dimensional fighter.

Mir vs Barnett will be interesting if Barnett doesn't land some heavy punches from top position (Mir's recent crash landing zone against guys like Carwin and Lesnar).

Mendes will perhaps finish Guida b/c I do respect Mendes' punching power against guys not named Aldo who pick him apart.

Do I care about Brandon Vera or Rothwell? Not really.

Poirer vs Koch will be an exciting fight no matter who wins.

Tibau vs Varner will go to a decision, probably split.

The rest of the fights I don't care much if anything about either.

Negative Nancy Discusses UFC on Fox Sports 1 Tonight

My Greatest Fears about tonight's card:
Clay Guida somehow wins a decision by out-hugging Chad Mendes and I have to hear about him in title talk contention.
Mendes gets another early KO, but then does what? Knocks off actual title contenders (unlike Clay Guida)? Faces Jose Aldo who brutally finished him inside of one round?

Condit or Kampmann wins and neither of whom has a shot in hell of not being out-wrestled by GSP. Condit, having faced GSP and wobbled him,  is a more dangerous fight I truly believe but I'm not super interested in seeing him lose the majority of 5 rounds again.

Cerrone will likely choke, as Dos Anjos has become a more consistent fighter and well-rounded in his UFC tenure, and Cerrone finds a way to blow it whenever he's close to a title shot.