UFC 144 Questions Answered: Bendo’s Neck, Kongo’s Consciousness, Akiyama’s Diminishing Sex Appeal

Posted: February 23, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, UFC Events
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With seven fights and four hours scheduled, this PPV looks like the spectacle they want it to be. Here are some questions I’ll attempt to answer…because quite frankly, I know you’re all dying to hear what I think about Ben Henderson’s neck size. I’ll even break out the first installment of something I think will stick around for awhile…Big Jump/Big Dump.

Is Ben Henderson trying to make a mockery of my ‘Small Head, Small Neck’ theory? Around the office, I’m known as a crackpot. That’s solely based on my insistence that some fighters have a distinct advantage over their opponent because of the size of their heads. My belief is that a guy with a huge head—like Tito Ortiz, Roy Nelson and Chris Leben—is much more difficult to knock out; while a guy with no neck—Jim Miller, Sean Sherk—are nearly impossible to submit. Well, add Bendo to the growing list of guys trying to prove me wrong—along with Antonio Read the rest of this entry »

Bobby ‘The Believer’ Reardanz gets His “Shot at the Big Leagues” at Bellator 60

Posted: February 23, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Interviews, Who's NEXT?
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We have been lucky enough to catch up with Bobby “the Believer” Reardanz, who will be making his Bellator debut at Bellator 60 live from the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, IN next month. Fighting out of the Chicago area, Reardanz found himself on Bellator’s radar after making a splash with two 1st round submission wins in one week last October. Tes, you heard that correctly…in one week. His reward was an offer from Bellator he just couldn’t refuse. He will be stepping into the cage against 11-2-1 Mike Corey March 9.

VigilanteMMA:  Bobby, when doing some research and looking at your previous fights I noticed that you don’t take lots of long breaks. Seems like you are ready to go at a moment’s notice. Read the rest of this entry »

Of All the Big Fights at UFC 144, Joe Lauzon’s Could be the Biggest

Posted: February 23, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Latest news, UFC Events
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Joe Lauzon has been fighting for the UFC since 2006, knocking out legend Jens Pulver in under a minute at only 22 years old. He is now 8-3 in the UFC. He owns five Submission of the Night honors. He earned three Fight of the Night bonuses. He just knocked off sure-fire title contender Melvin Guillard. He also enters his fight with Anthony Pettis as a 2-1 underdog.

Probably no one else on the entire UFC 144 card stands to gain as much as Lauzon. Perusing our latest rankings, he is nowhere to be found on our top 10 list at lightweight. Yet he enters Saitama, Japan with undoubtedly the biggest fight of his career. Pettis is technically still the WEC champ, Read the rest of this entry »

Former Champ Tim Sylvia Still Hoping for Another Shot in the UFC

Posted: February 23, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Latest news
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Have you been paying attention to Twitter over the past week or so? Actually you don’t even have to be looking for it. It’s all over the place. Tim Sylvia has started a major campaign to return to the UFC. Twitter, the Underground, you name it, Tim’s there…and so are his fans. Every day there are seemingly hundreds of fans sending Dana White notes to give Sylvia another chance.

For his part, Sylvia is also banging the drum. He is encouraging fans to make the push to the UFC, especially to White. Just a week ago Sylvia recorded a video claiming he’s ready to return and that he could defeat Read the rest of this entry »

What a Difference a Year Makes: The Heavyweights

Posted: February 22, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Vigilante Rankings
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Earlier this week we did a fun feature looking into the dramatic changes the welterweight division has seen in the past year or so. It got enough response that I decided to look at another weight class—the heavyweights. Despite fighters entering the cage as little as once or twice per year, a 12 month period can still be an eternity in the ever changing world of MMA. Let’s see how the climate has changed in the top 10 since January of 2011.

1. Cain Velasquez (current ranking: 3). Cain was on top of the world a year ago after defeating the behemoth Brock Lesnar for the world title, a fight that made Cain a Read the rest of this entry »

Marquardt Signs with Strikeforce; Could Fight Woodley for Welterweight Title

Posted: February 22, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Latest news
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Ariel Helwani confirmed last night that rumors of Nate Marquardt’s return to Zuffa are accurate. He signed with Strikeforce to take a major role in their welterweight division. In fact, his promotional debut could in fact be against Tyron Woodley for the vacant Strikeforce championship. The timeframe for his return is presumed to be around May or June.

Signing with Strikeforce is Marquardt’s chance to reinvent himself in the eyes of Zuffa management. He was released last summer for testing Read the rest of this entry »

Roy Nelson Thought He Won Rounds 2 and 3 Against Werdum

Posted: February 21, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion
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Dana White’s UFC 144 video blog is up now. It includes backstage footage following UFC 143. The most interesting clips revolve around two fighters who lost their fights–Nick Diaz and Roy Nelson. Obviously Diaz thought he defeated Condit so I won’t go into it too much. But the most entertaining part was Nelson. Big Country thought he should have won the fight against Fabricio Werdum.

Our first glimpse of Nelson came with the line, “I thought I fuckin won at least one round. I thought I won two rounds.” He wasn’t happy. Of course the judges Read the rest of this entry »

What a Difference a Year Makes: The Welterweights

Posted: February 21, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Vigilante Rankings
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What a difference a year makes, especially in MMA. And in this case the welterweight division. With longtime champ, Georges St-Pierre on the shelf for a while, things really started shaking. It was just over a year ago that Dan Hardy was considered the top threat to GSP’s belt. Today, Hardy is walking the aisles after UFC events looking for quarters. Let’s take a quick look at the welterweight rankings a little over a year ago—the end of 2010 and see how much things have changed.

November, 2010 Rankings…

1. Georges St-Pierre (current rank: 1). OK, I guess some things do stay the same. GSP was on top of the world with a recent win over Hardy. He would go on to handle Read the rest of this entry »

Wanna Win a Free Prize Package Just for Being Cool?

Posted: February 21, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion
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It’s been a rather slow news day here at Vigilante Towers. So what better time to beg you to visit our site tell you about our mobile site; and run a little prize giveaway? For all you iPhone and iPad users out there, we know there are millions of apps to choose from—many of them cost cold hard cash. Well, we don’t have an official app, but what we do have is a pretty nice mobile version of VigilanteMMA.com.

Here’s what I’m hoping you do.

  1. Go to VigilanteMMA.com on your phone or iPad
  2. Bookmark our home page
  3. Add us to your favorite folder Read the rest of this entry »

Rampage Says He’d Kick Joe Rogan’s Ass and Drops a ‘Rusty Trombone’ Reference

Posted: February 20, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion
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In an interview with Fighter’s Only, Rampage Jackson spoke about UFC 144, returning to Japan to face Ryan Bader, and had some especially harsh words for commentator Joe Rogan. When asked about a perfect scenario for his upcoming fight with Bader, Jackson said part of it would involve not doing an interview with “Joe Rogan’s fake ass.” He explained that he’d rather win the fight and “I’m gone, just Audi,” instead of being forced to talk with Rogan, because “most likely he’s been talking crap about you the whole time about how you don’t throw no leg kicks,” Jackson said.

He was even asked how a fight with Rogan would end. Predictably, Jackson Read the rest of this entry »

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