UFC on Fuel TV 2 Recap: Alexander Gustafsson beats Thiago Silva

Alexander Gustafsson was granted the opportunity of a lifetime, and delivered for his hometown fans in Sweden. He faced Thiago Silva, who had only previously lost to Lyoto Machida and Rashad Evans, with a great gameplan and striking accuracy. Earning a decision victory, Gustafsson took advantage of a first round uppercut that knocked his opponent down. Silva never quit coming forward the entire bout, but seemed to be just a step behind Gustafsson quick in-and-out style. The victory was the biggest of

UFC on FOX 2: Injury bug costs Paul Sass and Eddie Wineland their fights

During 2011, UFC matchmaker Joe Silva was a busy man. In addition to his duties of putting together the fights for every card, he had to deal with a huge number of injuries, which caused him to have to go back and fight replacement fighters for the bouts impacted by injury.
As of now, it looks like that trend is going to continue for Silva heading into 2012. UFC 142 was beset with several injuries and now the upcoming UFC on FOX card, booked for January 28 in Chicago has been hit with the injury bug.
Paul

TUF 14 Diary: Episode 7 Recap and Analysis

 
Roland Delorme’s foot injury leaves him questioning his future fighting on the show.
Former Brazilian muay thai champion Rafael Cordeiro of Chute Boxe Academy guest coaches during Team Miller’s training session.
UFC legend Tito Ortiz makes a surprise appearance to guest coach Team Bisping teaching them the art of ground and pound while Marcus Brimage gets star-struck.
TJ Dillashaw who is now called the “Draft Dodger” by his teammates, gets taught a lesson from Akira Corassani and Diego Brandao when

TUF 14 Diary: Episode 2 Recap and Analysis

If you haven’t seen the second episode of TUF 14 yet beware of spoilers below. Click here to watch the full episode for free from the official Ultimate Fighter website.
Another episode in the books Lowkick’ers, another solid hour of reality television. I’m sure those of you reading this are familiar with the “TUF Formula”. What that means is that every episode needs to have three things and these are usually highlighted in each episode.  You got to have a featured fight

TUF 14 Diary: Episode 1 Recap and Analysis

If you haven’t seen the first episode of TUF 14 yet beware of spoilers below. Click here to watch the full episode for free from the official Ultimate Fighter website.
It’s back Lowkick’ers and I’m back too to bring it to you. For those that remember, I kept a diary of for The Ultimate Fighter season 13. Every single fight, every bit of drama, and all the comedy that is TUF will be covered for the 14th and last season on Spike. I wasn’t a huge fan of the 13th season and I

Exclusive Interview with UFC Connected’s Showdown Joe Ferraro (Part Two)

Note: If you haven’t read part one of this exclusive and candid interview with “Showdown” Joe Ferraro, you can read it here! http://lowkick.blitzcorner.com/UFC/Part-One-Exclusive-Interview-with-UFC-Connecteds-Showdown-Joe-Ferraro-13514
For those outside of Canada, Joe Ferraro for many years was a “jack of all trades”. One of the hardest working people around that has helped legitimize the sport in Canada and legalize it in the province of Ontario. Not only did Joe wear the commentary headset for events,