UFC 138: Dos Santos V Velasquez set for San Jose

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is pursuing Nov. 19 as the date that heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez will make his first title defense against once-beaten Junior Dos Santos at San Jose's HP Pavilion, company chairman Lorenzo Fertitta told The Times Thursday.

Carwin Blogs His Loss

Shane Carwin blogged about his fight on the Underground following his loss to Junior Dos Santos.

UFC 131: Dos Santos V Carwin (Breakdown)

Tomorrow night (June 11, 2011), two of the biggest (literally) men in the UFC will wage war in the main event of UFC 131 as Junior dos Santos battles Shane Carwin for a shot at Cain Valasquez and the UFC heavyweight title.

Shane Carwin To Replace Lesnar at UFC 131

Shane Carwin found out via his manager of the news.

JDS's Coaches Dissolving on TUF?

Allistair on PED Accusations (again)

On who he most wants to fight next:

"Cain Velasquez. And why? Because he is the UFC champion, and believe you me when the tournament is over, I'll be coming for him. And after I'm done with him, we're gonna go after dos Santos for his nice comment."
"Cain is a good striker, good wrestling. He, in my opinion, is not ranked number one. How do I see myself against him? Well it's gonna be a great fight. He is a well rounded fighter. I think I'm better on the feet, on the ground probably equal. It's probably gonna be a matter of time, it's gonna be a matter of time until we see that fight."

"In my opinion, the winner of the Strikeforce GP is, without a doubt, the number one in the world."

On Junior dos Santos questioned Overeem could have gotten so big, so fast without using some kind of help.

"I have no answer. Like I said, he can say what he wants. I've fought numerous times in the states. I've always done all the tests, like all the other athletes and I've always come through the test negative."

 Source: 5 Knuckles

JDS: I Just Know They Use PED's

Junior Dos Santos has come forward with allegations that there are heavyweights among his opponents and those who aren't among them, that take Performance Enhancing Drugs.

"No I’ve never seen (someone taking performance-enhancing drugs [PEDs]), but I think at Heavyweight that happens a lot for sure. When you see people like Alistair Overeem, Brock Lesnar, look at the size of those guys, they’re really big. As Mario (Yamasaki) said, a lot of people use them but a lot of people don’t. I’m someone who has never used (PEDs), I think I came in the good phase of MMA and I’ve never used them."

Full Article: MMA Mania

Cain Velasquez on Strikeforce, Overeem Fight, Brock

UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez gives us his take on a the recent Strikeforce buy-out, a possible future fight with Alistair Overeem, the Brock/JDS fight, and the pivotal Bader/Ortiz fight coming up.

TUF: LESNAR V SANTOS

As days wind down to the premiere episode of the 13th season of UFC's The Ultimate Fighter, fans anticipate and deteste the coaching match-up of Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos. Dana chose this opportunity to use this program as the launch pad to both promote Brock Lesnar...more...and to give attention to the upcoming heavyweight title fight presumably in July or August. Naturally the top two division contenders would duke it out in a three round galosh, where the judges decide. Instead, the anticipation and constant reminder every week on Spike TV will be a new path.

Will this become a hinderance for the UFC in their future promotion? Brock Lesnar has already been shown that he clearly lacks the stand-up game to compete with the best. Now we get slapped in the face with commercials and ads over and over again promoting the exact same fight. Remind if this sounds right, Brock Lesnar against a very technical, well rounded striker.

This 13th season looks to be fairly boring from the aspect of excitement in the coaches, but then again the show is about the fighters.

But how about credentials? Where is Brock going to be looking for help? How about Junior? Well the former WWE superstar is bringing in his same old coaches from back home. The ones that have been aiding (I rather would like to use hindering) in his reclusive training in the mountains. Full list here.

Dos Santos in the meanwhile has brought a who's who from his home at Black House. While in an interview he gave us an inside, stating we will see lots of BJJ blackbelts and a top Muay Thai coach from Thailand.