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UFC 142

  UFC 142 will be returning to Rio de Janeiro on January 14, 2012. Jose Aldo vs. Chad Mendes will be headlining the event, while Vitor Belfort will square off against Anthony Johnson in the co-main event. Jose Aldo, ranked the #1 featherweight in the world, is also considered by many to be one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. With a record of 20-1, Aldo was the last WEC featherweight champion and is now the UFC champion of his division. He has defended his UFC belt twice against dangerous fighters such as Kenny Florian and Mark Hominick. On January 14 however, he will be facing Chad “Money” Mendes, a former NCAA division 1 wrestler, is undefeated and has dominated all of his opponents, controlling them with takedowns and top control. Although Mendes has won most of his fights via decisions, he has proven to the fans had he does have knockouts and submissions.
The Co-main event features a middleweight bout between knockout artists Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort and Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. Both fighters left with a knockout of the night award in the last fight. Belfort, knocking out Japanese superstar Yoshihiro Akiyama in the first round at UFC 133, is Campaigning for a rematch with the current Middleweight champion Anderson Silva, they both met at UFC 126 when Belfort was knocked out with the first ever front kick to the head, He hopes to be granted that chance when he faces “The Rumble”. Anthony Johnson is currently on a two fight win streak, domination both Dan Hardy and with a TKO finish of Charlie Brenneman, has moved up a weight class to face Vitor Belfort. Johnson has always been a dark force in the welterweight because of his skill set and size. He aims to takeout the former heavyweight champion in Vitor and move up to contender status. Other notable fighters who will fight on the 14th include Rousimar Palhares, Erick Silva, Edson Barboza and Sam Stout.

Letter to Joe Frazier

    

     Hey Joe.When I started boxing I would watch your videos and try and copy your moves. I thought you were the best. Before my first amateur fight, I bumped into Chuck Wepner in the lobby. I asked him about you and told him how much I idolized you and he said you were incredibly tough and such a nice, decent man. That same hour, at an auction being held,I saw a picture of you throwing that hook at Ali with him falling onto the ropes. It lit a fire in me. I knocked my opponent down twice in the first round with my left hook. After the fight Wepner congratulated me and told me I had a hook just like yours. Maybe he was just buttering me up but man did it work!
     I even thought it was funny how my coach always got on me on never throwing my right hand.. I fell in love with my left haha. I knew you barely threw that right, too. Anyway, when i watched documentaries about you and read any articles about you I felt some sort of connection to you. I dont know why since obviously we’ve never met. I love hearing you described as an underdog because it makes underdogs like myself feel like we can get on your level.
     Not too long ago I met you at a DVD signing at Barnes and noble in Manhatten. I remember thinking to myself ” He’s not gonna give a damn about me. He’s just gonna think I'm another person just asking for his autograph”. When I told you about how I watched your fights to teach me you gave me a big hug and invited me to your gym for sparring. It made my day and I went back to the gym and bragged endlessly about i as if we went to dinner or something (haha).
     I had heard of you attending some Golden Gloves shows in New York and would dream that after my surgery, I would fight at a venue where you would be and after i won you’d congratulate me. I pray that i get that opportunity, but that’s also quite selfish. Really what I hope is that you beat this thing and that you are happy, surrounded by friends and family. When I get better and have my next fight, I will be fighting with you in mind, as I always have..wondering ” would Joe Frazier like my left hook?” Again, I may not know you personally but man do you mean a lot to me and on some unexplained level, I've got a lot of love for you. I am praying for you and thinking of you constantly. Thank you for everything.
Amanda

Why Should New York Legalize Mixed Martial Arts?

The legalization of mixed martial arts in the state of New York has become a hot topic for the past five years.  Each year numerous states are legalizing this once banned sport because of the lack of rules and no holds barred mentality attached to it.  In November of 2000, the UFC broke ground by establishing unified rules to the sport and getting sanctioned by the state of New Jersey.  This has of course become a growing trend for the past eleven years due to increases in safety for the fighters and of course the increasing amount of revenue that is generated by the sport.  States on average earn about         $5 million dollars in economic activity from hosting a mixed martial arts event by the UFC.  As of the writing of this article only three states have not legalized mixed martial arts and in fact made it illegal: Vermont, Connecticut, and New York. 

            Politicians in the state of New York have been at a tug of war over whether to legalize mixed martial arts in the state of New York.  Some politicians argue that to legalize mixed martial arts would open the door to “giving them clubs with spikes on the end.” said by Herman Farrell chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.  The media also portrays mixed martial arts in a negative light by showcasing it as a brutal blood sport with no rules.  A recent segment on Fox 5 news by Andrea Day took a look at an underground mixed martial arts club (http://www.mmafighting.com/2008/09/11/fox-5-does-its-part-to-keep-mma-illegal-in-new-york/).  The whole report focused on the injuries to the fighters such as a swollen eye or a broken nose, injuries very common in hockey and boxing. 

            The positive effect of mixed martial arts is the amount of economic revenue a state can obtain from one event.  New York in an essence could hold three to four events a year plus a fan expo thereby achieving economic revenue of $20-$30 million.  Mixed martial arts have had two fatalities since the sport has been on sanctioned ground.  Mixed martial arts though are not the only sports in the United States to have fatalities.  American Football since 1976 has had over three hundred fatalities but yet it is still considered an American past time next to baseball which has had more fan fatalities than player fatalities.  No fans who observe a mixed martial arts event have to worry about hockey pucks or baseballs traveling a hundred miles an hour at them.  Mixed martial arts are also different to boxing in relation to the knock down rule.  When a fighter in boxing is knocked down they receive a ten count but in mixed martial arts the fights over.  Mixed martial arts have been noted to have a reduced risk of traumatic brain injury because of this practice.  Underground fight clubs are seen as a negative because of the lack of regulations applied to them.  They are only underground though because a sport pretty much legalized across the country has still not found a home in New York.  If you watch the bold link in the previous paragraph you would see that the underground fight club reported for Fox 5 news looks very similar to amateur mixed martial arts events held in other states that have legalized mixed martial arts and thus regulate these events.

            Why should mixed martial arts be legal in New York? Why do you think it is illegal at this point in time? Please feel free to comment.