Veja abaixo como Cole Miller aplicou sua técnica apurada para finalizar Sam Sicilia, e levar o bônus de finalização da noite do UFC na Geórgia.

UFC Fight Night 35
Duluth, Geórgia
15 de janeiro de 2014

Luke Rockhold venceu Constantinos Philippou por nocaute técnico aos 2min31s do R1 (Nocaute da noite)
Brad Tavares venceu Lorenz Larkin na decisão unânime dos jurados
TJ Dillashaw venceu Mike Easton na decisão unânime dos jurados
Yoel Romero venceu Derek Brunson por nocaute técnico aos 3min23s do R3 (Luta da noite)
John Moraga venceu Dustin Ortiz na decisão dividida dos jurados
Cole Miller finalizou Sam Sicilia no mata-leão a 1min54s do R2 (Finalização da noite)

Card preliminar

Ramsey Nijem venceu Justin Edwards na decisão unânime dos jurados
Elias Silvério venceu Isaac Vallie-Flagg na decisão unânime dos jurados
Trevor Smith venceu Brian Houston na decisão dividida dos jurados
Louis Smolka venceu Alptekin Ozkilic na decisão unânime dos jurados
Vinc Pichel venceu Garrett Whiteley na decisão unânime dos jurados
Beneil Dariush finalizou Charlie Brenneman no mata-leão a 1min45s do R1

Sertanejo faz sua quinta luta pelo UFC, quinta no Brasil. Foto: UFC/Divulgação

Mais uma edição do UFC atraca no Brasil e uma leva de atletas nacionais integram as lutas do card. A edição em questão, realizada em Belo Horizonte, no dia 4 de setembro, terá um experiente atleta do UFC quando o assunto é atuar no Brasil.

Sertanejo (15v, 4d, 1e, 2nc), entrou para o card do evento ao substituir o lesionado Godofredo Pepey e enfrenta o americano Sam Sicilia.

O atleta da Chute Boxe, no auge de seus 25 anos, fará sua quinta apresentação pelo Ultimate, e pela quinta vez atuando em solo nacional, fazendo inveja em alguns grandes nomes brasileiros do UFC, que ainda não tiveram a oportunidade de atuar pela organização com a torcida brasileira a seu favor.

Em seu último embate, Sertanejo superou Pepey com uma sequência de fortes cotoveladas, e anteriormente, atuou em grandes embates contra Miltinho Vieira e Antônio Pato Carvalho.

Confira o card do evento:

UFC no Combate: Glover vs Bader
Ginásio Mineirinho, Belo Horizonte, MG
4 de setembro de 2013

Glover Teixeira x Ryan Bader
Ronaldo Jacaré x Yushin Okami
Jussier Formiga x Joseph Benavidez
Rafael Sapo Natal x Tor Troéng
Marcos Vinícius Vina x Ali Bagautinov
Hugo Wolverine x Johnny Bedford
Felipe Sertanejo x Estados Unidos Sam Sicilia
Marcelo Magrão Guimarães x Keith Wisniewski
Lucas Mineiro x Ramiro Hernandez
Yuri Villefort x Sean Spencer

Após cinco derrotas consecutivas, Leonard Garcia é demitido do UFC. Foto: UFC/Divulgação

Leonard Garcia até tentou dizer que se demitiria caso perdesse a luta contra Cody McKenzie no UFC 159, mas o peso-pena nem teve tempo de fazer isso. Após quinta derrota consecutiva no Ultimate, a organização não teve como segurá-lo e Garcia foi mais um atingido pelo facão afiado do UFC.

O “Bad Boy” sempre foi admirado pelos dirigentes da franquia, que afirmavam que o lutador fazia combates emocionantes, porém, desde que retornou ao Ultimate, Garcia venceu apenas um combate, não dando argumentos para se manter no plantel do evento.

Na tarde desta quarta-feira, o lutador usou o Twitter para divulgar sua demissão, mas aproveitou para afirmar que voltará mais forte do que nunca:

Mas Leonard Garcia não foi o único. Pablo Garza, Reuben Duran, Issei Tamura, Bart Palaszewski, Sam Sicilia, Antonio “Pato” Carvalho, Kurt Holobaugh, e Justin Lawrence completam a leva que dá adeus ao Ultimate.

LAS VEGAS, NV – JUNE 01: (L-R) Sam Sicilia punches Cristiano Marcello in a Lightweight bout during The Ultimate Fighter Live Finale at the Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino Resort on June 1, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

With The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale just around the corner, featherweight fighter Sam Sicilia wanted to make sure he was thoroughly prepared for his fight with Maximo Blanco. In an effort to do this, he headed to Arizona’s MMA Lab and worked with UFC lightweight champ Benson Henderson, his coach John Crouch and a group of other skilled fighters.

“I’ve had no easy rounds down here,” Sicilia told GracieMag.com. “It’s a good, positive vibe.”

But before heading to the Lab, Sicilia came from a raw MMA background that led into being a cast member of 15th season of The Ultimate Fighter. He and his teammates practiced what they called “sik-jitsu,” and the fighter explained the roots of that along with a number of other things in the following Q&A with us.

GracieMag: Where did “sik-jitsu” come from?

Sam Sicilia: Actually, it was actually when I first started out of wrestling … I didn’t have anywhere to go with it. A guy that owns a (local) gym, his name’s Rick Little, started it in his basement, pretty much. It was just a bunch of hooligans who wanted to know how to fight. Just a group of guys kind of learning together. Then it got bigger and bigger, and then (Rick) put up fights in the Northwest. He got more money and got a gym. Then came guys like Mike Chiesa, Lyle Beerbohm’s up there, Cody McKenzie. Everybody just trains all around up there. But it was more of a good, tough group of guys … The passion was always there.

Is “sik-jitsu” more of a just a clever name or does it have more to do with your styles?

At first, that’s all everybody wanted to do was grapple. It just what really intrigued us all. So when we got to the gym that’s all everybody wanted to do. That’s what it was based on, but after you train so much you want to see what you can do. Then we started fighting from there, but I think the passion to grapple and watching it is what started that name.

How did your passion help you when you were a cast member of the The Ultimate Fighter Live?

That was my first taste of structured training. We never really had Jiu-Jitsu coaches (before) … so it just really put structure to it. We went in there very raw and soaked up a lot. Our passion was there, we just needed cleaning up in a lot of areas.  They didn’t try to change our style at all, which I liked, but they just added to it — more stuff in our arsenal, really.

So being on TUF helped you grow, correct?

For sure, it was huge. I felt like I plateaued for a while, being really raw and just beating guys I was supposed to. And then once I got there it really shaped me as a fighter.

Being a former cast member, do you think the criticism of TUF’s talent level not being the same as the earlier seasons is fair?

I don’t think so. There are some off seasons, for sure, but I think there’s been some very talented seasons since then. The UFC is always growing, too, so we’re coming out with some pretty tough weight classes. 155 — coming off of that season, I went down after that because I realized these guys have huge frames. They’re not necessarily stronger than me, but they have huge body frames and know how to use their leverage. I think it was Season (14), the year Diego Brandao won, those guys are still all in the UFC … There’s still a lot of guys in the UFC off that show, a lot of talent … I’d say it’s pretty hit or miss, but I wouldn’t say the show as a whole went down.

How has the drop from 155 pounds to 145 pounds helped you?

Like I said, 155 is a pretty congested weight class. There’s a lot of studs there … I was fighting at 155 because I fought so often. When I turned pro, I fought 11 times in a year, and then I got on the show. Now that I fight more elite guys and I have time to lose the weight, it’s just a better move for me … It just made sense.

Do you feel better at this weight class?

Yeah. And I diet down and cut weight right. I do feel better, I’m in shape and feel healthy. So it was a pretty easy move for me. A lot of the 155ers get up to 185 (pounds) and I’ve never weighed that much in my life.

Your next fight is against Maximo Blanco at the TUF 17 Finale. Tell me how you break down that fight.

Well, his last fight with Marcus Brimage wasn’t how he usually fights. He didn’t move around a lot and didn’t really attack like he usually did. If I have to fight him like that, I’ll have to chase him down. I’m just going to keep a tighter defense, which is something we’ve been working a lot on. In his other fights he goes in there and strikes wildly and throws from weird angles. So if he does that, I’m ready for that, too. The key is just staying tight. I’m not going to gas or anything; I’m in shape.

Fighting on Facebook, do you feel like this is a make-or-break fight. Is there more pressure in that?

I definitely feel that pressure. I don’t want to be handed the pink slip. And I don’t want to take any steps backwards in this sport. I’ve been growing and I want to keep competing in it. On the main card, you gotta perform. Win or lose, you gotta go out there and put on a fight. Everybody sees it and that’s how you get fans. But if you go out and lose and don’t perform on the Facebook card, you’re on your way out. It’s been a good kind of pressure, though. It’s a motivating pressure. I think about it when I train. I think (Maximo) does, too. He’ll come out and get after it as well. That’s just something that stays on my mind. I want to stay in the UFC and I’m not done competing here. I got here by being very raw, and I want to continue to grow as a fighter and keep competing.

What would be the most outstanding thing that fans can expect from you in this upcoming fight?

I’m willing to beat him up for 15 minutes, but I’m going to catch him eventually. I see that happening. I’m not going out there looking for the one big shot, but eventually it’s going to happen. I used to be like ‘oh, I hope I catch him or hope I don’t get caught.’ I’m looking forward to 15 minutes of fighting, but if he wants out, I’ll give him a way out.

Rony Jason contra Godofredo Pepey no duelo cearense do UFC 147. Foto: UFC/Divulgação.

Cearense de Quixadá, Rony Jason já tem data marcada para voltar ao octagon. O peso-pena campeão do “TUF” vai enfrentar o inglês Mike Wilkinson no dia 8 de junho, na edição do UFC que deve rolar no ginásio Paulo Sarasate, em Fortaleza.

Jason vem de sete vitórias seguidas, duas no Ultimate (contra Godofredo Pepey e Sam Sicilia). Wilkinson, que participou do “TUF Austrália vs Reino Unido”, está invicto na carreira, com oito triunfos em oito lutas.

Rony disputou diversos campeonatos de Jiu-Jitsu no Ceará, sempre em grandes batalhas. Abaixo você confere o duelo de Jason, que na época era chamado de Rony Mariano, contra Andrezinho Nogueira, no Campeonato Cearense de 2008.

TUF BRASIL 2
Ginásio Paulo Sarasate, Fortaleza
8 de junho de 2013

Rodrigo Minotauro vs Fabricio Werdum
Rafael Feijão vs Thiago Silva
Rony Jason vs Mike Wilkinson
Erick Silva vs John Hathaway
Ronny Markes vs Derek Brunson
Ildemar Marajó vs Jason High
Caio Magalhães vs Karlos Vemola

Erick Silva precisou mostrar raça e coração para escapar de Jon Fitch no UFC Rio 3. Foto: Josh Hedges/UFC

Um banquete para os fãs de Jiu-Jitsu. Assim foi o UFC Rio 3, ou UFC 153, onde a arte suave e o jogo de solo marcaram presença em praticamente todos os duelos, seja sob a forma de ataques letais ou defesas afiadas.

Confira as melhores montadas, armlocks e quedas da edição 153 do Ultimate, pela lente sagaz de Josh Hedges.

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Anderson Silva e Stephan Bonnar já se viram na coletiva de imprensa do UFC Rio 3. Foto:UFC/Divulgação

Ontem, você conferiu a tradicional coletiva de imprensa pré-UFC aqui no GRACIEMAG.com.

Diante dos jornalistas, estavam os astros Rodrigo Minotauro, Anderson Silva, Glover Teixeira, Fabio Maldonado, Dave Herman e Stephan Bonnar. Hoje é dia de encarar a balança e depois tirar a foto cara-a-cara.

E você pode assistir tudo ao vivo na tela do seu computador. O GRACIEMAG.com transmite a pesagem oficial do UFC Rio 3, a partir das 16h (horário de Brasília

Anderson Silva talks to reporters . UFC publicity photo.

This Saturday the UFC sets up shop at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro for the third time. And with the likes of Anderson Silva, Minotauro, Glover Teixeira, Erick Silva, Demian Maia and more all on the card, the venue is sure to rage at fever pitch.

And you get to watch the traditional pre-event press conference today, here on GRACIEMAG.com, starting at 5 PM GMT.

Click below to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9BMP5JDB3Q

UFC Rio 3
HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October 13, 2012

Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar
Rodrigo Minotauro vs Dave Herman
Glover Teixeira vs Fábio Maldonado
Jon Fitch vs Erick Silva
Wagner Caldeirão vs Phil Davis
Demian Maia vs Rick Story
Rony Jason vs Sam Sicilia
Gleison Tibau vs Francisco Massaranduba
Diego Brandão vs Joey Gambino
Serginho Moraes vs Renée Forte
Luiz Banha vs Chris Camozzi
Cristiano Marcello vs Reza Madadi

Anderson Silva diante dos repórteres. Foto: UFC/Divulgação

O octógono do UFC desembarcou mais uma vez na Cidade Maravilhosa, e o fim de semana promete um turbilhão de emoções na HSBC Arena. Com Anderson Silva, Minotauro, Glover Teixeira, Erick Silva, Demian Maia e outros, o caldeirão vai ferver na Barra da Tijuca.

A tradicional coletiva de imprensa e as declarações das feras você confere aqui no GRACIEMAG.com, a partir das 13h.

Clique abaixo, e fique ligado no twitter @graciemag_br para saber tudo sobre o UFC Rio 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9BMP5JDB3Q

UFC Rio 3
HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro
13 de outubro de 2012

Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar
Rodrigo Minotauro vs Dave Herman
Glover Teixeira vs Fábio Maldonado
Jon Fitch vs Erick Silva
Wagner Caldeirão vs Phil Davis
Demian Maia vs Rick Story
Rony Jason vs Sam Sicilia
Gleison Tibau vs Francisco Massaranduba
Diego Brandão vs Joey Gambino
Serginho Moraes vs Renée Forte
Luiz Banha vs Chris Camozzi
Cristiano Marcello vs Reza Madadi

Demian Maia at 2010 seminar in São Paulo / Photo by Carlos Ozório/GRACIEMAG

This Saturday, fans who visit Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena will get treated to the third UFC Rio show, and among the stars of the evening is Jiu-Jitsu champion Demian Maia, who takes on Rick Story in a welterweight pairing.

In the following video taken at a seminar of his in São Paulo, Maia teaches how to replace guard. Give it a watch and see if you can pull off one of the moves that helped springboard Demian to UFC stardom.

UFC Rio 3
HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro
October 13, 2012

Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar
Rodrigo Minotauro vs Dave Herman
Glover Teixeira vs Fábio Maldonado
Jon Fitch vs Erick Silva
Wagner Caldeirão vs Phil Davis
Demian Maia vs Rick Story
Rony Jason vs Sam Sicilia
Gleison Tibau vs Francisco Massaranduba
Diego Brandão vs Joey Gambino
Serginho Moraes vs Renée Forte
Luiz Banha vs Chris Camozzi
Cristiano Marcello vs Reza Madadi

Anderson Silva enfrenta Stephan Bonnar neste sábado, pelo UFC RIO 3. Foto: Divulgação/ UFC

O canal Combate será o único a transmitir todas as 12 lutas do UFC Rio 3, no dia 13 de outubro, direto da HSBC Arena. Para um evento especial, a emissora oficial do UFC no Brasil prepara uma cobertura de peso. Só no Combate o UFC Rio começa cedo!

A principal luta da noite traz a fera Anderson Silva, que subiu de categoria de peso para enfrentar o americano Stephan Bonnar, conhecido por apresentações raçudas dentro do Octógono. O desafio não vale cinturão, mas Anderson defende o seu recorde de vitórias na organização, um total de 15, invicto.

Outro astro em ação será o faixa-preta de Jiu-Jitsu Rodrigo Minotauro, que encara Dave Herman pelos pesos pesados. Entretanto, as emoções do evento começam no card preliminar, com exclusividade no canal Combate. Brasileiros como Erick Silva, Demian Maia e as feras do reality show “TUF Brasil” Rony Jason e Sérgio Moraes estarão em ação, entre outros.

No sábado, a cobertura do Combate começa às 19h, com reportagens ao vivo direto da HSBC Arena. O canal também transmite a coletiva que antecede o UFC Rio, no dia 11, a partir das 13h. No dia 12 é a vez da pesagem, com a última encarada dos lutadores, às 16h e, no dia do evento, logo após as lutas, o Combate exibe, ao vivo, a coletiva com as declarações dos astros da noite.

O UFC Rio 3 será narrado por Rhoodes Lima, com comentários de Jorge “Joinha” Guimarães, Luciano Andrade, entrevistas de Renata Aymoré e apresentação de Viviane Ribeiro e André Azevedo. A repórter Wanda Grandi cobre os bastidores do show.

A programação em detalhes

Nesta terça, às 20h, o “Espaço Octógono” aquece o público com quatro grandes desafios de Anderson Silva e dois do seu adversário, Stephan Bonnar.

Quarta-feira (10), o “Combate Brasil”, às 23h, vem com lutas de Gleidson Tibau, Francisco Massaranduba, Gabriel Napão, Gerônimo Mondragon, Rony Jason e Erick Silva em eventos nacionais.

O “Countdown”, programa do UFC que traz a preparação dos principais atletas em ação no Rio, será na sexta-feira (12), às 21h.

Grade da semana UFC Rio 3

9 outubro – Espaço Octógono – 20h

10 outubro – Combate Brasil – 23h

11 outubro – Coletiva UFC Rio 3 – 13h – AO VIVO

12 outubro – Pesagem UFC Rio 3 – 16h – AO VIVO

12 outubro – Countdown UFC Rio 3 – 21h

13 outubro – Pré Hora UFC 3 – 19h – AO VIVO

13 outubro – UFC Rio 3 – 19h45min – AO VIVO

13 outubro – Coletiva pós UFC Rio 3 – 2h – AO VIVO

UFC Rio

HSBC Arena, Rio, RJ

13 de outubro de 2012

Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar

Rodrigo Minotauro vs Dave Herman

Glover Teixeira vs Fabio Maldonado

Erick Silva vs Jon Fitch

Wagner Prado vs Phil Davis

Demian Maia vs Rick Story

Card Preliminar

Rony Jason vs Sam Sicilia

Gleison Tibau vs Francisco Massaranduba

Diego Brandão vs Joey Gambino

Sergio Moraes vs Renee Forte

Luiz Cane vs Chris Camozzi

Cristiano Marcello vs Reza Madadi

Stephan Bonnar: the pioneer from the first Jungle Fight is now a favorite on the UFC roster. UFC publicity photo.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship teeters but doesn’t fall. While losing marquee fights like José Aldo-Frankie Edgar and Quinton Jackson-Glover Teixeira was a hard knock, the biggest MMA event in the world was quick to suck it up and promptly deal with the damage to the card. This Wednesday three new match-ups for the third installment of the October 13 UFC Rio show were announced.

Middleweight champion Anderson Silva will return to the light heavyweight fold to take on TUF 1 finalist Stephan Bonnar. This will be Silva’s third appearance in the weight class above his, having previously fought and beaten by first-round knockout James Irvin and Forrest Griffin. Now Bonnar is riding a three-fight win streak. Check out the hard-nosed American, once trained by the legendary Carlson Gracie, fighting Lyoto Machida in the inaugural Jungle Fight event, back in 2003 in the city of Manaus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdLj52AqBnU

Another bout confirmed for the card has Rodrigo Minotauro taking on Dave Herman. The Brazilian has not fought since an ill-fated encounter with Frank Mir in December 2012, while the seasoned Dave Herman is coming off back-to-back losses, to Stefan Struve and Roy Nelson, but holds 21 career wins.

Now Glover Teixeira, initially scheduled to fight Quinton Jackson, now has Fabio Maldonado ahead of him. Glover made his UFC debut submitting Kyle Kingsbury at UFC 146, while Maldonado holds one win and two setbacks since joining the big league.

Promotional kingpin Dana White was quick to patch up the gaps in the Brazil show, and thanked the fighters for their support. “Much respect for Anderson, Minotauro, Bonnar, etc. Thanks for doing UFC 153. Brazil will be fun! Rio, here we come!” posted White on Twitter.

Stay tuned to GRACIEMAG.com for a behind-the-scenes look at UFC Rio 3.

Check out how the card looks now :

UFC 153
HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October 13, 2012

Anderson Silva vs Stephan Bonnar
Rodrigo Minotauro vs Dave Herman
Glover Teixeira vs Fábio Maldonado
Jon Fitch vs Erick Silva
Wagner Caldeirão vs Phil Davis
Demian Maia vs Rick Story
Rony Jason vs Sam Sicilia
Gabriel Napão vs Gerônimo Mondragon
Gleison Tibau vs Francisco Massaranduba
Diego Brandão vs Joey Gambino
Serginho Moraes vs Renée Forte
Luiz Banha Cane vs Chris Camozzi
Cristiano Marcello vs Reza Madadi