Location:

Mix at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV

This event is upcoming.

Event Description:

Here it come folks! The second annual It Aint Chemo celebrity auction will be held at The House of Blues inside the Mandalay Bay right after the UFC weigh ins! With a month left to go we already have a great list of celebrities for bid. Including Randy Couture, Forrest Griffin, Martin Kampmann, Clay Guida, Kyle Kingsbury, Natasha Wicks, Jay Heiron, Michele Guiterrez, Chandella Powell, Stephanie Ann Cook, and our own Ryan Couture! Auction winners will be treated to dinner at Fogo De Chao right after the auction and then back to Mix for bottle service! We will be adding to a long list of silent auction items and raffle prizes including some sweet stuff from the UFC!

Auction runs from 5pm till 9pm and cost $15 at the door for entry

After Party starts at 10PM till ?

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO BENEFIT “IT AINT CHEMO”

via It Aint Chemo : The It Ain’t Chemo Celebrity Auction!.

NEW YORK — Randy Couture will indeed fight at least one more time in the octagon, as his rumored UFC 129 fight against Lyoto Machida is a go, according to UFC president Dana White, who told MMA Fighting the matchup is a “done deal.”

via Randy Couture vs. Lyoto Machida Set for UFC 129 — MMA Fighting.

He also says some other pretty awesome/hilarious things in this video, about Brock Lesnar, etc…

Joey Beltran def. Rolles Gracie – TKO (Punches) 1:31 R2
** Gracie looked terrible, not what I expected.

Chris Tuchscherer def. Tim Hague by majority decision (29-28, 29-28, and 28-28. This was an unpopular decision with the audience.

Phil Davis def. Brian Stann by decision.

Rob Emerson def. Phillipe Nover by unanimous decision.

Melvin Guillard def. Ronys Torres by unanimous decision.

Mac Danzig def. Justin Buchholz by unanimous decision.

Matt Serra def. Frank Trigg by TKO in round one.

Demian Maia def. Dan Miller by unanimous decision.

Paulo Thiago chokes out Mike Swick in round one.

Chael Sonnen dominated Nate Marquardt for a unanimous decision victory.

Randy Couture defeats Mark Coleman by rear naked choke in round two. Coleman refused to tap, and was about to pass out from the choke when the referee stopped the fight.

Rolles Gracie over Joey Beltran (I hope this fight is shown)
Chris Tuchscherer over Tim Hague
Brian Stann over Phil Davis
Phillipe Nover over Rob Emerson
Ronys Torres over Melvin Guillard
Justin Buchholz over Mac Danzig
Matt Serra over Frank Trigg
Demian Maia over Dan Miller
Mike Swick over Paulo Thiago
Chael Sonnen over Nate Marquardt
and RANDY COUTURE over MARK COLEMAN…

This is going to be a great fight. Yes, they’re old…I don’t care. I’m not going to enjoy seeing either guy lose…but it will be a great fight. Even if it ends in 20 seconds, even if it goes to a judges decision, it will be a great fight. As long as it doesn’t end with a bad refs decision or an eyepoke, it will be great.

Randy Couture has ALWAYS stayed in the championship hunt, but 10 years ago, who would have thought he would still be championship material? And Mark Coleman…if he can win this, will be right back in contention for a UFC championship.

The World MMA Awards show will be shown January 6th on Versus. You’ve probably already seen the awesomely drunken acceptance speech by Diego Sanchez. Well, here are more hilarious videos, such as Randy Couture: Divorce Attorney, and Junie Browning: Life Coach.

Brandon Vera defeats Krzysztof Soszynski by decision.

Demian Maia vs. Nate Marquardt – Holy shit Nate Marquardt hits hard. He drove a straight right hand into Demian Maia’s chin and put him out. Nate could have hit him several more times but stopped himself because he knew he was out. Demian Maia never even got a chance to show his jiu-jitsu. I suppose Nate will get a rematch with Anderson Silva now.

Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt – Round one ends with Chris Leben literally swinging to knock Rosholts head off. Big, wide swings from Leben, but none landed effectively. Man I was hoping for Leben to win this…but Rosholt ended up securing an arm triangle in round three and Leben goes to sleep, he’s left twitching on the ground, but he’s awake now and appears to be OK.

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, Chris Leben, you’re still one of the most entertaining fighters in the UFC.

LOL, I think Bruce Buffer forgot Jake Rosholts last name, he announced the winner as “Jake……….Rosholt”

Add Todd Duffee to the list of people I want to see lose soon. He kind of seems like a dick. He KO’d Tim Hague in 7 seconds, and looked impressive, but like I said, he seems like a dick.

Joe Rogan mentions the UG’s hope of a Keith Jardine TechnoViking entrance, but it’s not happening tonight.

Oh hell, it’s on! Jardine with the pre-fight nipple tweak. That means this should be a tough fight for Silva… no it wasn’t…the nipple tweak failed, and Keith Jardine is KO’d in round one. He took a left hook and dropped to the mat, then Silva followed up with some punches on the ground to put Jardine unconscious.

Sign me up for the Ed Herman fan club. I’ve never really been a fan until tonight, but he’s a tough sumbitch. Unfortunately he got a knee injury and had to quit fighting in round two.

Who is this pony-tailed dude backstage warming up Randy Couture?

Well here we go, Randy Couture vs. Rodrigo Nogueira…I like both dudes, both legends, I’ll hate to see either of them go out on a bad note…but anyway, CAPTAIN F’N AMERICA RANDY COUTURE FTW.

This fight, after round one, is one of the most tense ever in my opinion. I like both guys, and they’ve both delivered their share of beating tonight so far.

Uh oh, Randy is in Nog’s guard now in round two. Will he GNP or will Nog get a submission?

Randy was in trouble several times but somehow survived everything, like CAPTAIN F’N AMERICA, this easily has to be fight of the night, and the winner is Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira by decision. GREAT FIGHT.

Randy says he wants to keep fighting in the future, he’s not ready to retire, says he feels great.

Other results from UFC 102 are:

• Evan Dunham defeats Marcus Aurelio by decision
• Mark Munoz defeats Nick Catone by decision
• Todd Duffee defeats Tim Hague by KO in 7 seconds
• Michael Russow defeats Justin McCully by decision
• Gabriel Gonzaga defeats Chris Tuchscherer by TKO in round 1

POST FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE NOTES:

• Roger Clemens called Dana White yesterday to ask who he thought would win.
• Dan Henderson vs. Nate Marquardt for #1 contender spot in 185lb division?
• Randy Couture just signed a new contract with the UFC today, for 28 months and 6 fights.

Evan Dunham over Marcus Aurelio by decision
Mark Munoz over Nick Catone by TKO
Tim Hague over Todd Duffee by KO
Justin McCully over Mike Russow by decision
Gabriel Gonzaga over Chris Tuchscherer by KO (head kick)
Aaron Simpson over Ed Herman by KO
Krzysztof Soszynski over Brandon Vera by KO
Damien Maia over Nate Marquardt by submission
Chris Leben over Jake Rosholt by KO

I can’t make up my mind about Jardine vs. Silva… I’m thinking its a slugfest until someone gets KO’d in round 2.

I also am thinking that Randy Couture will knock out Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

After threatening Randy Couture and his wife, one of the founders of Affliction, Todd Beard, has resigned and apologized and says he will be undergoing anger management and alcoholism. Here is the official press release:

TODD BEARD TENDERS RESIGNATION FROM AFFLICTION INC.

Seal Beach, CA, November 14, 2008 – The board of directors of Affliction Inc. announced today that it received and accepted the resignation of Todd Beard as an employee of the company. Mr. Beard is one of the original founders of the clothing company based in Seal Beach, California. The resignation coincides with a public apology for comments made by Mr. Beard and directed toward Randy Couture and his wife Kim Couture regarding their business relationship.

Mr. Beard also disclosed that he will be seeking treatment for anger management and alcohol abuse.

According to Mr. Beard, “I would like to apologize for my comments that may have offended Kim and Randy Couture and Mr. Spira. I had a long-standing relationship with the Coutures and I was deeply and emotionally hurt by some of their recent business decisions. I have only the best of intentions for the success of the Affliction and Xtreme Couture clothing brands and understand that there are personal issues I must address.”

According to the board of directors, “We are delighted Todd has decided to address these issues and wish Randy Couture well.”

The Board of directors of Affliction Inc. also wanted to clarify that Affliction Entertainment Group LLC. (the promotion company) is not controlled by Affliction Inc. Mr. Beard to its knowledge, is nether an officer, director, or a shareholder of Affliction Entertainment Group LLC. as stated in several periodicals.

Brock Lesnar just TKO’d Randy Couture in round 2 to win the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Damn.

Maybe not exactly play-by-play, because I may be drinking and smoking, but I’ll at least try to post the winners and losers, along with random commentary about UFC 91… check this post for updates throughout the night.

::rooting for randy couture::

1st main card fight of the night
NATE QUARRY vs. DAMIEN MAIA – uhhh, this doesnt look good for Quarry so far. At all. Maia has his back with a body triangle locked on, looking for a RNC. Looks like he is under Nates’ chin right now, but not for very long, still got 3 minutes left in the round. it’s over now, 100% zhoozhitsu, Damien Maia by RNC, round 1. Also, Nate and Damien kissed on the mouth.

ring girl Arianny Celeste is looking hawt, as usual.

Randy backstage on the couch with his wife before the fight = fail?

2nd main card fight of the night
GABRIEL GONZAGA vs. JOSH HENDRICKS – Josh Hendricks is the dude who Randy Couture brought in to simulate Brock Lesnar for training. He enters the cage and looks around like he must be a badass, and his agent Ken Pavia says he’s going to KO Gonzaga in the first round. Also, Hendricks has some strange lumps all over him. PROPS to Gonzaga for teh awesome into music: Glenn Danzig “Mother“. Do you wanna butt heads with me?

LOL @ Hendricks KO’ing Gonzaga in round one. THE OPPOSITE happened. Gabriel Gonzaga knee’d him in the gut a couple times real hard, then put a fist against his chin real good FTW. Gabriel Gonzaga wins by TKO.

3rd fight of the night shown
MATT BROWN vs. RYAN THOMAS – They’re showing us this prelim fight because the first two ended quickly. It was a damn good fight really, Matt Brown ended up winning by armbar in round two.

4th Pay-per-view fight of the night
DUSTIN “McLovin” HAZELETT vs. TAMDEN “Barncat” McCRORY – People say this is the battle of the geeks. I think Rogan said the same thing back when McCrory fought Luke Cummo. Regardless, Dustin Hazelett is sporting an epic beard for this fight. Dude, I got to pick Hazelett for this fight, he’s walking out to CCR’s Bad Moon Risin’. Credence FTW. So far, these “nerds” are trying to knock eachother the hell out. Wow, that was a helluva fight, Hazelett has crazy jiujitsu and he used it well when the fight hit the ground. Joe Rogan is pimping the Rubber Guard, and rightfully so. Dustin Hazelett wins by armbar submission in round 1. Read the rest of this entry »

Just announced on the 4pm conference call (originally scheduled for 3pm, delayed until 4pm). This fight will supposedly be for the UFC Heavyweight Championship title. Nogueira is currently the interim UFC Heavyweight Champion. He will fight Frank Mir in December, and the winner of that fight gets the winner of Couture/Lesnar in 2009.

The rumors have been going around for days now about Randy Couture returning to the UFC to fight Brock Lesnar, and it’s looking more and more like the rumors are true. Supposedly, the UFC has a press conference scheduled for today at 3pm Eastern Time. The press conference is expected to be an announcement for Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 in November.

As excited as I am about Randy Couture fighting again, I don’t like this match-up for him. However, in all fairness, I didn’t like his chances against Tim Sylvia or Gabriel Gonzaga either, and he kicked both of their asses. We know Randy sometimes has trouble with big wrestlers (Josh Barnett, Ricco Rodriguez) and Brock Lesnar is a huge wrestler and very quick. This will be an interesting fight, and I’m really wanting to see Randy Couture beat Brock Lesnar convinvingly.

From the new DVD release of The Scorpion King 2: Rise Of A Warrior starring Randy Couture. Visit the website at http://www.ign.com/scorpionking/, and click on the sweepstakes option, where fans can enter for a chance to win collectibles from the film including a grandprize package that includes a sword autographed by Randy Couture that was used
in the movie AND a set of Sargon’s armor worn by Couture.

Check here for more details and to enter: http://www.ign.com/scorpionking

Aug-4-2008
Texas Court Grants Zuffa LLC Motion

Las Vegas, NV — Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®), has been informed by the Texas Court of Appeals that it has granted Zuffa’s Motion to Compel Randy Couture to arbitrate in the District of Nevada, thereby staying all further action by HDNet against Zuffa in the state of Texas.

Specifically, the Court of Appeals found that the lower court had engaged in “a clear abuse of discretion” by permitting HDNet to litigate claims relating to Mr. Couture’s contract in Texas, rather than in Nevada, where Zuffa is presently pressing a breach of contract action against Mr. Couture.

Upon learning of the court’s decision, Zuffa’s Las Vegas counsel, Donald J. Campbell, Esq., explained the significance of the ruling:

“The practical effect of the Court’s decision is to allow Zuffa to continue its prosecution of claims against Mr. Couture in the Arbitration presently underway here in Nevada without any regard to the flaccid claims of HDNet and its management. Based upon evidence uncovered during the interrogation of Mr. Couture during his deposition, we have every confidence that Mr. Couture will be held accountable for the serious and ongoing breaches of his contractual obligations to Zuffa.”

The successful appeal to the Texas Court of Appeals was achieved by Mr. Barry F. McNeil, Esq. and his partners at the Texas law firm Haynes Boone, LLP.