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Written by David Anthony
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 23:09 |
 With the Cyborg - Coenen fight coming up at the end of the month, I thought we should take a look at MMA’s female phenomenon and current Strikeforce champion, Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos’, focusing on her impact on the future of women's MMA.
When Carano was scheduled to fight Cyborg, forums and websites lit-up with "Beauty vs. the Beast" analogies. While such parallels may be considered fair by popular perception, it certainly isn't very respectful towards women's MMA, nor its athletes. After all, Gina is definitely an exception and not the rule, and that's the way it should be. A bunch of dainty, sorority girls, sissy-slapping each other for three five minute rounds does nothing for the integrity of the sport.
Think about it. How irritating would it be to constantly hear MMA media pundits ragging on male fighters because they don't resemble the cast of Twilight? A silly premise, I know, but certainly a comparison that sheds light on the absurd evaluation many of us are guilty of bestowing upon female athletes.
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Read more... [The True Face of Women's MMA (it ain't pretty)]
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Written by Brad Taschuk
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Thursday, 07 January 2010 13:10 |
 The Sloppy Slugfest series took a little hiatus during the holidays, but it's back in 2010 with a vengeance.
In addition to being wildly entertaining, the first fight featured in 2010 can also help us shed light on one of MMA's most hotly debated recent topics, the MINOWAMAN!!!-Sokoudjou Super Hulk Final. That's for later though, first it's time to kick back, relax, and check out the first sloppy slugfest of the new year.
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Read more... [FLD's Sloppy Slugfest of the Week #5: Baroni vs. Minowa 1]
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Written by Jamie Hughes
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 18:30 |
 Our newest addition to the FightLockdown repertoire of series arrives at the hands of Jamie Hughes. Jamie will be introducing you, our faithful readers, to legends of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and submission grappling. His subject of interest today is none other than the legendary Fernando Augusto, better known to the grappling and martial arts world as “Tererê”. To learn more about Augusto’s latest struggles, as well as his impact on BJJ as we know it today, jump into the spotlight!
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Read more... [FLD's Grappling Spotlight: Fernando “Tererê” Augusto]
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Written by Jack Barrington
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Monday, 04 January 2010 16:29 |
 His contest with Dustin Hazelett at UFC 108 marked Paul Daley’s 33rd professional MMA fight, and his second outing in the UFC’s welterweight division; it also gave him his second win in the UFC, with yet another knockout in the very first round. With the fighters exchanging kicks early and Hazelett appearing to be comfortable standing with the Brit, Daley landed the first telling blow of the night; a crushing left hook (his favourite shot) that sent the submission specialist crashing to the canvas. What followed was a series of blows from inside of Hazelett’s guard that left him stiff and brought on an excellent stoppage from the referee, Herb Dean.
With two imposing performances in the UFC thus far, and Daley looking as though he is improving with each fight, it seems that several media outlets, his legions of fans, and the UFC as well, are getting slightly carried away with Daley’s potential impact on the welterweight title picture. Yes, he has had two dominating victories. Yes, they were both against UFC top 10 welterweights (going by FightLockdown.com’s rankings prior to the fights), and yes he has some of the best stand-up in MMA. That still doesn’t draw attention from the fact, however, that Daley’s glaring weakness just happens to be the strength of several of the top 170lb fighters in the UFC’s growing stable; his grappling.
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Read more... [Paul “Semtex” Daley Has Still Yet to Prove Himself a True Contender at 170lbs]
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Written by Miles Hackett
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Friday, 01 January 2010 20:03 |
 Tomorrow night from the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Zuffa LLC will be bringing us its most injury beleaguered MMA card ever, UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva. Instead of discussing the struggle involved in keeping this card alive, Jamie Hughes, Brad Taschuk, and Matt Bremner, will be keeping Dana White off their backs by breaking down the fights actually taking place. Hold onto your umbrella because another forecast is coming your way!
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Read more... [The FightLockdown Forecast - UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva]
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Written by Miles Hackett
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Friday, 01 January 2010 22:58 |
 The issue of weight-cutting as a ‘quick fix’ to a fighter’s divisional troubles came to me as an interesting subject for discussion following B.J. Penn’s destruction of Diego Sanchez at UFC 107. Not to take anything away from Penn’s phenomenal performance, but it’s hard for me to sit back and honestly say that Diego Sanchez’s transition to 155 has been a wise move for his career. Sanchez’s drop was inspired by two back-to-back defeats and the allure of physical advantages (strength and conditioning) he would supposedly hold over his fellow competitors at lightweight. But where have those advantages been displayed? Certainly not in his last three fights, which I will get to, but first, let’s take a stroll down memory lane..
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Read more... [Was it Worth the Weight?: The ‘Nightmare’ Effect of Weight-Cutting on a Fighter’s Career]
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