Brendan Schaub set to take on Big Nog in Rio

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TUF 10 finalist Brendan Schaub is coming off a KO win against a MMA Legend Mirco CroCop, he now turns his attention to another MMA legend Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Since his victory against CroCop he's been pushing the idea of fighting Big Nog. He got his wish and is set to fight Big Nog in his hometown of Rio De Janeiro at UFC 134. Nogueira who is widely known as a MMA Legend hasn't fought since his KO Loss to Cain Velasquez in Feb of 2010 but is 32 - 6 - 1 in his career with 20 of those wins coming via submission.

Is it possible that young fighters like Schaub see declining mma legends as nothing more than a stepping stone? Directly after his win against CroCop he pushes for a fight with Nogueira, is this because he truly wants to fight a respected MMA Icon or he sees a fighter fading and an easy win against a MMA Legend as decorated as Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

Rampage Jackson vs Matt Hamill Trailer

TUF Recap 5/18/11

This week on TUF we had two quarter final fights Clay Harvison who in his last fight dislocated his pinky vs "Stripper" Ramsey Nijem. Chuck Harvison showed he could scrap in his last fight and Ramsey showed he's no joke. Then we have Chris Cope vs Shamar Bailey the grudge match. Shamar wants nothing more then to shut Chris' "WHOOO"s up.

Clay Harvison vs Ramsey Nijem
The fight started with a few punches thrown Ramsey ducked under one and took Clay down, his wrestling proved far more superior and almost instantly got Harvison's back. Rasmey stayed busy landing shots from the back mount position and then tucked his arm under Harvison's chin and choked him out. Didn't even take a minute.

Ramsey Nijem presents himself very playful and funny, not very serious but this kid is no joke, his wrestling game is probably the best in the show, this kid impressed the hell out of me. Clay Harvison gained alot of respect from Dana White though so I wouldn't be surprised to see him fighting in the finale against someone else.

Chris Cope vs Shamar Bailey
Honestly was a very boring fight, Chris Cope is supposed to be the weakest link, he really hasn't proved that he has very many skills but what he lacks in skills he makes up for in heart. Shamar Bailey was JDS #1 pick but in his fight with Cope he didn't show anything special, his stand up wasn't better than Chris Cope and he couldn't take Chris down, he shot at least 10 times and didn't score once. Although Chris was backing up almost the entire fight the judges rendered him the winner. So it looks like Shamar is gonna get woken up by the WHOOO's alot more.

In the next episode I think we're gonna get to see some wars with
Chuck O'Neil vs Zach Davis (rematch)
Tony Ferguson vs Ryan McGillivray

I'm going to go bold here and make a prediction for who will make it to the finale. I'm gonna say Tony Ferguson vs Ramsey Nijem as long as they dont fight each other in the semis, but either way one of those two are gonna be the ultimate fighter season 13 winner.

UFC 130 – Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago Fight Predictions

This is going to be a tough fight for Brian Stann. The main
issue is going to be Jorge Santiago’s extensive fight experience.
Stann’s record is 10-3-0 and Santiago’s record is 23-8-0. He has
more than twice as many professional fights as Stann. Santiago has
a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and also practices Judo. However,
Stann has a never quit attitude and is also a former Marine. Stann, also
has great boxing skills. He is definitely going to want to keep this
fight standing. This should make for a classic match of grappler vs.
striker. Most of Santiago’s losses have been via TKO, which oddly
enough is the way Stann has won most of his fights. My prediction
is Brian Stann, winner by TKO in the 3rd round!

Contributed by Larry Brown

Jon Fitch Road to recovery

One of my favorite fighters road to recovery episode 1

Jon Jones and Rashad Evans Drama

After suffering an injured thumb Jon Jones withdrew from his fight against his teammate Rashad Evans. Evans is now set to fight a rising force in the LHW division Phil Davis. Jon Jones' manager Malki Kawa reported on twitter Jones did not need surgery after all, but Evans is still set to fight Phil Davis in UFC 133.

After Jones took the belt from Shogun a lot of attention turned to are we going to see Jones vs Evans for the belt? Well Evans was originally supposed to fight Shogun but he blew he knee and Jones stepped in just 6 weeks after beating Ryan Bader. When the media asked Evans about fighting Jones he kept saying that he wouldn't fight Jones, they were supposedly really close in training and everything. I guess Jones didn't feel the say way or something but he turned around and said he'd fight him, so then we got UFC 133 happening, and we got all this drama about Greg Jackson not gonna corner anybody and saying hes gonna go in the middle of the dessert somewhere and not be apart of it.

So just last friday Jones' manager tweets he doesn't need surgery after all, how convenient now Evans has another fight locked in and Jones isn't going to fight at all till late 2011. Well then that brings up why not let Rashad Fight Jones on another card? Remember Rashad Evans hasn't fought since April of 2010, he cant wait any longer.

There was talk that Jones using Evans to get in with Greg Jackson's camp and learn new stuff to get better, then turn on the camp. The way all this is shaping up I just see a young guy experiencing what its like to be a champion and he's slipping when it comes to the media. With the amount of physical talent that Jone's has and he's still only 23 years old, I think its only natural to let all this go to his head a little bit.

UFC 130 131 132 main events changed

Lately we've seen a lot of big fights fall to the wayside due to injuries, from settles to be scored, to life threatening injuries, and then to championship fights getting called off, all within the next 3 UFC Pay Per Views

UFC 130
Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard
with weeks left til fight night both fighters announce they we're dropping out of the fight, Frankie Edgar pulled out due to a Back and Rib injury, and Maynard withdrew due to a knee injury. With both fighters pulling out of the fight they left us with a Main Eventless Pay Per View, the highly anticipated 3rd fight is just going to have to wait.

UFC 131
Brock Lesnar vs Junior Dos Santos
Coaches of the TUF 13 season, the heavyweights were set to throw down at UFC 131 next month. After Brock's loss to Cain Valasquez he got another chance to fight for the #1 contender spot against Junior Dos Santos a heavyweight that truly fought through the ranks for his spot. MMA Media recently covered Brock's withdrawal from his bout with JDS due to a second struggle with diverticulitis, Shane Carwin steps up in Brock's place.

UFC 132
BJ Penn vs Jon Fitch 2
Like the Edgar Maynard fight BJ Penn and Jon Fitch's last fight ended in a draw, the rematch was set to take place at UFC 132 but again both fighters withdrew from the competition due to injuries, Penn due to a injured shoulder and no information was given about the injury to Fitch, but they did pull out months before this bout in July so my guess is its serious.

Rampage Jackson vs Matt Hamill was originally set for the co main event, due to the main event being canceled their fight moved into the main event, although that fight isn't much of a main event I guess we'll just have to do.

UFC 131 actually got better in my opinion, nothing against Brock Lesnar he's a beast I just don't believe in him when it comes to real MMA just my opinion though, Carwin vs JDS is a much better fight and I'm happy with it and wish Brock Lesnar health and recovery.

I wanted to see BJ Penn vs Jon Fitch way more than Edgar vs Maynard so even though I wasn't disappointed by Edgar Maynard I was really looking forward to the Penn Fitch rematch, stepping into the main event is Dominick Cruz vs Urijah Faber a bantam weight fight headlining a UFC event but still those bantamweights scrap so sure to be exciting.

Its extremely disappointing as a fan but we still gotta remember this is a full contact sport and injuries are inevitable it just sucks its 3 main events in a row.

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Mitrione has unkind words about Tito Ortiz's wife

Matt Mitrione is a doushe for this, first he talks shit about Titos wife at the UFC Summit now this? I lost all my respect for him and I was starting to jump on the Mitrione band wagon, not after this shit he pulled. Tito paved the way for all the fighters in the UFC today and I dont care what happens to Tito Ortiz I'm always gonna respect him for what he did for this sport.

Lesnar out Carwin In for UFC 131

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I know this is kinda old news but if you havn't heard yet Brock Lesnar announced yesterday that he was withdrawing from his fight against Junior Dos Santos at UFC 131, the former Heavyweight Champ is once again fighting diverticulitis, although he says it isn't as bad as the first encounter, he also said that this will not be the end of Brock Lesnar in UFC.

Shane Carwin steps up to fight JDS in Brocks place at UFC 131, here is a video I found on youtube that covers the entire confernce call

UFC 130 – Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson – Fight Breakdown and Prediction

Let’s start off by looking at the records. Mir’s record currently stands at 14-5-0
And Nelson’s record is 15-5-0. As for their physical attributes, Mir is 6’3 and
weighs 252 lbs. Nelson has a slight height disadvantage coming in at 6’0, but
has the weight advantage at 263 lbs. The 3 inch height difference is sure to give
Mir a little reach advantage as well. Both fighters have great ground games, but
I believe Mir to be a little better and faster with his submission executions. I think that Nelson will want to keep this fight standing. He has a pretty good chin and can take a punch. I think Mir will go for the take downs and look to submit Nelson. The one thing that I really hope is that Nelson doesn’t get in Mir’s guard and just lay on him. Mir is coming off a big win over Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, while Nelson is coming off of a loss to current top ranked heavy weight, Junior Dos Santos. To wrap up, Nelson will go for the KO or TKO while Mir looks for the submission. I am going to say that Nelson’s jiu jitsu will be good enough to defend against Mir’s submission attempts. I will also say that I think Nelson will win via TKO in the 2nd round.

Contributed by Larry Brown

TUF 13 Recap 5/11/11

Another episode down and the final preliminary matches are done we're all set of the quarter finals. The show started out with Len Bentley complaining to Dana, the guys and Brock about not getting the wildcard spot, Brock and Junior squared off in a football challenge and Junior ended up winning 10k plus 1500 bucks for each guy on his team. Today's wild card match was Chuck O'Neil vs Javier Torres, the fight started off with both exchanging a little bit standing up, Javier pushed Chuck up against the cage for most of the first round. The second round picked up a bit more, both fighters landed some shots, Javier scored a trip but Chuck popped right back up and took Javier down. Javier Torres looked completely out of his element on the ground, Chuck O'Neil was working for a Kamura in side control, Javier tried a sweep but ended up in position for Chuck to catch him in a arm triangle and eventually tapped.

The Quarter Finals are set like this
Clay Harvison vs Ramsey Nijem
Chris Cope vs Shamar Bailey
Chuck O'Neil vs Zach Davis
Tony Ferguson vs Ryan McGillivray

TUF Recap-Last Week

For those who didn't see last weeks episode of TUF we got treated to an up kick knockout, an assistant coach got sent packing, and a wild card selection upset.

Last week on TUF we saw the last two preliminary fights which were Tony Ferguson vs Justin Edwards and Chuck O'Neil vs Zach Davis

Tony Ferguson vs Justin Edwards was a flat out slug fest both fighters were throwing and landing hard combinations, the fight ended up on the ground were Justin Edwards looked like he was trying to time a shot all the while Ferguson was throwing up kicks when one landed that dropped Edwards, before that the fight was so back and forth and very fast paced

Chuck O'Neil vs Zach Davis was another good fight, Davis came out and applied alot of pressure to O'Neil with the clinch, punches and take downs, O'Neil was staying busy looking for submissions, O'Neil went for a kamura that got the fight to the ground with him on top, but he made a mistake and got caught in a triangle choke which is Chuck O'Neils bread and butter.

Earlier in the show Junior Dos Santos had to have several talks with Lew Polley about knowing his role as the assistant coach, Lew didn't seem to understand and ended up getting sent home by Junior you could watch the clip of Lew's reaction to this on youtube. This being the first time an assistant coach was asked to leave.

After the preliminary fights the coaches and Dana White got together to talk about who will be fighting in the Wild Card match. The announcement of who was fighting in the wildcard round was a surprise to Len Bentley who supposedly fought harder then everyone and deserved the chance more than anyone according to himself..Instead Chuck O'Neil and Javier Torres were selected to fight for the Wild Card.

watch the full episode here and get caught up before tonight's episode of TUF at 9/8 central time

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Anderson Silva set to fight at UFC 134 in Rio

Anderson Silva the long reigning champion of the UFC Middle Weight Division is set to fight Yushin Okami at UFC 134 in Rio De Janeiro Brazil

Anderson "The Spider" Silva is 13-0 inside the Octagon, He's successfully defended his Championship title against every challenger so far, on August 27th Challenger Yushin Okami hopes to dethrone the long time Middleweight Champion. Yushin Okami is coming off a win against another middle weight contender Nate Marquardt and has only lost twice in the octagon. This will be the two fighters second bout, last time these two met was ROTR 8 - Rumble on the Rock 8. Anderson Silva was DQed due to an illegal kick.

Rashad evans says he beat Lyoto Machida

I was on youtube looking through some clips the other day when I saw this interview Rashad gave Jon Jones stepping in for the title shot and potentially fighting Jones. Fast forward to 4:43 Rashad CLEARLY stated "You beat Machida, I beat Machida" when talking about fighting Rampage for a rematch but if I remember correctly Rashad got knocked out, his body crumbled under him his eyes rolled back and he was stuck there laying stiff... It was literally one of the ugliest knock outs I've seen I'm surprised he didn't start siezuring or something. Anyways I just thought this was insane and makes me not like Rashad even more than I already do.

I found this one too its showing the evidence conflicting this completely delusional statement Rashad made.

The best of TUF

1.Rashad Evans
2.Josh Koshcek
3.Forest Griffen
4.Diego Sanchez
5.Gray Maynard
6.Michael Bisping
7.Matt Hamill
8.Kenny Florian
9.George Sotiropoulos
10.Chris Leben

This isn't by any means accurate, its simply my top 10 list and I welcome you to share your top 10 list as well, and comment on mine.

Rashad Evans has developed into one of the leagues premier fighters. He won TUF 2 Finale as a Heavyweight but moved down a weight class that better suites his physical stature. He acquired the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship from season 1 TUF winner Forest Griffen.

Josh Koshcek Although Koscheck didn't win season one of TUF he has risen as one of the leagues superstars fighting for the welterweight championship in UFC 124 he came up short against champion GSP.

Forest Griffen Light Heavyweight season 1 winner, Forest Griffen was 1 half of the greatest UFC fight to every take place in history of this sport, he claimed the Light Heavyweight title against Rampage jackson at UFC 86.

Diego Sanchez won TUF season 1 as a middle weight against Kenny Florian, he has established himself as one of the more exciting fighters to watch. He got a chance to fight for the Lightweight Championship against BJ Penn at UFC 107 the result was a doctor stoppage due to a bad cut.

Gray Maynard Really controversial TUF Finale Gray Maynard knocked him self out slamming Robert Emerson down, Robert tapped due to the pain but Gray was clearly knocked out on top of him. Gray got a chance to fight for the Light Weight championship against Frankie Edgar on new years of 2011 but the fight resulted in a draw.

Michael Bisping won TUF season 3 as a Light Heavyweight and later moved down to middle weight were it suites him better. So far Bisping has proven himself to be one of the sturdiest fighters in the middle weight division.

Matt Hamill Although Matt Hamill did not win his season of the ultimate fighter he has proven to be a tough fight for anyone he goes up against. Matt Hamill continues to win fights inching closer and closer to a shot at the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

Kenny FlorianCame up short during his fight at the TUF Finale season 1 against Diego Sanchez, since then he's made his mark in the Light Weight division coming up short in his chance for UFC gold against BJ Penn at UFC 101

George Sotiropoulos was the season 6 winner of TUF and won his first 7 fights in the UFC, his first loss in the ufc came by the lethal kickboxer Dennis Siver in feb of 2011.

Chris Leben Another TUF season 1 cast member Chris Leben has fought 17 times to date in the UFC, we have seen him struggle with some of the tougher guys in the middle weight division but is still one of the best fighters to come out of TUF.

UFC 130 - Edgar and Maynard both dropped out

Dana confirmed in a press interview Edgar and Maynard both dropped out of their fight at UFC 130, Edgar with a back and rib injury and Maynard with a knee injury. Jackson vs Hammill move up to main event Mir vs Nelson move up to co main event.

Jackson vs Hammill is definitely not a main event type fight by any means, if you ask me they should air this on spike or versus for free and get more ratings. Edgar vs Maynard 3 wasn't all that exciting to me anyways and with out them fighting this card isn't really a PPV type card. The buzz around the community is that the fight will go down some time mid to late summer. Looks like a bad month for fight fans lets look forward to Guida and Pettis and then Lesner vs Dos Santos

UFC 130: Edgar vs Maynard 3 Overview

UFC 130 Edgar vs Maynard 3 is set for May 28, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas NV. Heres whats on the card

UFC Lightweight Championship
Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard

Quinton Jackson vs. Matt Hamill
Frank Mir vs. Roy Nelson
Rick Story vs. Thiago Alves
Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago
Miguel Torres vs. Demetrious Johnson
Kendall Grove vs. Tim Boetsch
Renan Barao vs. Cole Escovedo
Chris Cariaso vs. Michael McDonald
Cody McKenzie vs. Bart Palaszewski
Travis Browne vs. Stefan Struve

I gotta be honest I'm not so excited about this card, although there are some great fighters in this card that should make for great fights, I do not agree with the fact that Maynard is facing Edgar in an immediate rematch after their 2nd bout ending in a draw.

Fights to Look Out For
Rick Story vs. Thiago Alves

This fight is actually going to be on the prelims live on spike, but if your one to not watch the prelims because they aren't big names you should definitely check this one out. Thiago "The Pitbull" Alves is coming off a unanimous decision win against John Howard who was considered one of the top prospects in the welterweight division. Alves has been set back with losses to Jon Fitch at UFC 117 and GSP at UFC 100 but both are pound for pounders. With victories over Josh Koscheck, Matt Hughes, Karo Perisyan, and Chris Lytle, Alves has fought every top fighter in the division. Rick Story is coming off a 5 fight win streak proving to be worthy of a step up in competition, look for Story to try to neutralize Alves' superiour stand up by taking the fight to the ground and trying to keep him there. My prediction is Alves winning by TKO


Travis Browne vs. Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve who is coming off a 2 strait wins and will be battling Travis Browne an undefeated challenger. Stefan is the tallest fighter in UFC standing at 6' 11. He struggles against the tougher caliber fighters with losses to Roy Nelson and Junior Dos Santos but shows a lot of potential. Travis Browne is coming off a draw against french heavy weight Cheick Kongo and has never been defeated, with 8 of his 10 wins coming by (T)KO

Brian Stann vs. Jorge Santiago
Brian Stann is a ex marine and former WEC light heavyweight champion, he's coming off a dominant win over Chris Lytle. Jorge Santiago is a seasoned mma veteran and should be a good test for Brian Stann. I'm a follower of Brian Stann, I've seen him dominate in WEC and what he did to Chris Lytle in his last fight might of been a worse beating than Anerson Silva gave him. He's a legit prospect and should be fighting tougher caliber fighters very soon.

Frank Mir vs Roy Nelson should be a really good fight, Nelson is a tough SOB and can take anybodys best punches but Mir is a ground specialist so lets see if Nelson could neutralize that level of jiu jitsu.

Rampage Jackson vs Matt Hammill is going to be a huge test for Hammill, he's coming off a 5 fight win streak and has proven himself as on of the top fighters in the light heavyweight division, a win over Jackson would sling shot him closer to a chance to fight for the title.

Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard clash again for the 3rd time, I'm not a fan of this fight at all. I totally disagree with Maynard even getting this fight, I agree that their last fight was epic and its a shame it came to a draw but I think Anthony Pettis should of got this fight on May 28th to unify the UFC WEC light weight belts.
Pettis is fighting Clay Guida for the number one contender spot at the TUF Finale which I think is gonna be a way better fight, but we'll see.

Insane UFC Kicks

Some of the craziest kicks in the UFC, in no particular order

Matt Hammill vs Mark Munoz

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This kick was just vicious, Matt drops him with the head kick and then Munoz knees himself in the face, THEN matt drops more bombs on him.

Siver vs Mohr

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A Disgusting spinning back kick knocks all the air out of Mohr and Dennis Siver swarms all over him to take the TKO.

Gabriel Gonzaga vs Mirco Cro Cop

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Gonzaga takes out one of the most dangerous kick boxers with a head kick, Cro Cop falls awkwardly on his knee after getting the lights kicked out


Rashad Evans vs Sean Salmon

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Rashads first big highlight KO, people were starting to say this kid wasn't a finisher and we went and kicked this guy's head off.

Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort

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Silva front kicks Belfort strait in the face! Compliments of Steven Seagal, this was the first front kick to the face knock out in UFC.

Lyto Machida vs Randy Couture

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Lyto does a fkn crane kick and knocks Randy out into retirement. Another compliment to Master Steven Seagal for teaching them the move.

Anthony Pettis vs Ben Henderson

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Anthony "Showtime" Pettis shows why they call him "Showtime" running off the cage and kicking Ben Henderson in the face, this was his last fight before UFC absorbed WEC so I'm putting it here cause its the most insane kick in history.


I know there's a bunch more but if you know any more that absolutely can't go without recognition please comment so we could get some discussion going

Jason "Mayhem" Miller to fight in UFC 132

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Unless your a die hard fight fan the only place you MIGHT of seen Jason Miller, aka Mayhem Miller was in the MTV series "Bully Beatdown" a show were if you got a bully you could have him beat down by a professional mma fighter on national tv. He's well known for his insane entrances but very much under rated or I'd say unappreciated as a fighter.

Mayhem is coming off a two fight win streak, his last defeat came from recent Welterweight #1 contender Jake Shields. The last time he fought was in September of 2010 against Kazushi Sakuraba in Dream 16 were he won by submission. However this isn't his first time competing in the octagon, he fought GSP in 2005 at UFC 52. GSP dominated almost the entire fight, Mayhem lost by Unanimous Decision. He is set to make his return to the octagon at UFC 132 against Aaron Simpson. Simpson has a strong wrestling base and was a 2 time D1 All American at Arizona State, he lost 2 out of his last 3 against Chris Leben and Mark Munoz and a recent win against Mario Miranda last march.

Despite the fact that Mayhem's entrances stand out more than his fights to most mma fans, he is a truly solid fighter and as tough as they come. His up and coming bout against Aaron Simpson should be a complete show of his crafty grappling and superior jiu jitsu. I see him out wrestling Simpson and locking in a choke with no trouble. The Middle Weight Division in the UFC might be tough for Mayhem with the champ Anderson Silva in complete dominance of the division, but with a great fighter like him fighting in the UFC lets look forward to some awesome fights against fighters like Chael Sonnen, Michael Bisbing, Vitor Belfort, Mark Munoz or Chris Leben, all have the makings for incredible fights.

Best Stare Down: Mean Mug vs Calm Relaxed Stare

One popular topic on blogs and fight forums is who has the most intimidating stare down, you could basically break it down into two categories. The Mean Mug or A Calm Relaxed Stare, we've seen some intense square ups at weigh-ins and before fights but which one is more intimidating?

The Mean Mugger

Rampage Jackson is notorious for mean mugging opponents before fights and weigh-ins, he has proven he could back up the mean mug.


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Diego Sanchez has quite possibly the meanest mug in UFC, is it intimidating? That's a good question. Everyone has an opinion, some say that it looks silly or he's trying to hard. I say he does that because it reflects how he fights, and if your standing in front of him, you know he's coming after you with everything he's got, and nobody who is a UFC fan can say he doesn't.

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Nate Diaz - Although he's struggled recently in the UFC, he's still a pretty solid fighter and definitely has one of the meanest mugs in the UFC.



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Calm Relaxed Stare

Wanderlei Silva is just a really ugly guy but I think he would fall more under this category because he is really calm and relaxed when squaring up, like he's thinking "just wait till this bell rings bitch"



Anderson Silva is arguably the pound for pound greatest fighter in the sport today, in stare downs he's calm and relaxed but that intimidation factor sets in because you've seen what he's done to literally everybody who stood in front of him in the UFC before.



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BJ Penn's stare down is sick because the guy doesn't even have to try to kick your ass, he's just a born fighter and everything he does is natural