LowKick.com UFC 132 Community Predictions

March 24th, 2007. That’s a day that changed Dominick Cruz as a mixed martial artist. He went into the fight a young kid going up against arguably the best Featherweight in the world (Norifumi Yamamoto was still the “other one”). Dominick came out a man on a mission. Fast forward to August 9th, 2009, Cruz’s first fight with Urijah Faber protege’ Joseph Benavidez. Cruz was once again the underdog, but the fight played out completely different this time. Cruz “cruised” to a unanimous decision victory which put

Jonathan Chaimberg: Florian may be dropping weight classes but he’s actually getting stronger

Jonathan Chaimberg is considered one of the most respected strength and conditioning coaches in North America. He maybe young at the age of 32, but he has been training elite athletes and regular people for over ten years. The former Canadian national wrestler works very closely with Greg Jackson’s elite fighters, but most recently has been working very diligently with Kenny Florian making his Featherweight debut at UFC 131 in my hometown of Vancouver this Saturday.
With 131 just around the corner, Jon

Will Jake Shields be Georges St. Pierre’s toughest opponent to date?

When Jake Shields beat Dan Henderson to a unanimous decision at Strikeforce: Nashville last year I was shocked, did he ever prove me wrong. At the time Hendo left the UFC fresh off his devastating KO victory over Michael Bisping and was the heavy favorite against the Jake Shields in his Strikeforce debut. Before he defended his Middleweight crown against Dangerous Dan, Shields fought for the at the time vacant Strikeforce belt against Jason Miller in a grappling clinic put on between the two and in the end

Mr. Superfight Georges St. Pierre

In two weeks from now, UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre will look to defend his title for the sixth time, squaring off against Jake Shields at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The fight will headline the stacked UFC 129, which will also feature names such as Randy Couture, Lyoto Machida, Jose Aldo and Ben Henderson on the main card of the night. Many fans and MMA experts see in St. Pierre’s fight against Jake Shields only a hurdle before “the real thing”, UFC Middleweight encounter against

BlogKick: Why Team Jackson is the best team in MMA

With rapid evolution in the sport of mixed martial arts fighters have to search for every advantage that is available to them. Whether it be shedding those extra 15 pounds, changing their diets, or traveling to a new camp, fighters are willing to do just about anything to gain the competitive edge. But the most important thing in a fighters preparation is where he trains, And now a days there is no better place to train then Jackson’s Submission fighting.
It all started in 1992 when Greg

Five reasons why Jake Shields will beat Georges St. Pierre (or not)

5 Reasons why Jake Shields will beat Georges St. Pierre (or not) UFC Welterweight Champion Georges “Rush” St. Pierre will be one step away from cleaning up the 170-pound division, this time facing the former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields. The fight is expected to headline UFC’s Toronto event, which will take place at the famous Rogers Centre in the city. Just like before Cain Velasquez’s UFC 121 bout against Brock Lesnar, we’ll try to find 5 reasons why Jake Shields is the man to beat