Phil McKnight gets real gnarly in his Tort Dreams 3 part.
Spencer Fisher Jon Fitch Kenny Florian Jesse Forbes Xavier Foupa Pokam
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Great News for Folsom Lake Reservoir–and California Rivers
So literally a few days ago water experts were looking at Folsom Lake, shaking their heads, and pretty much throwing up their hands–the lake was literally at 31% of normal for this time of year. That’s not cool by anyone’s standards. Luckily for all of us, these latest storms were the Hail Mary we were [...]
Source: http://feed.aorafting.com/~r/aoblog/~3/LnQ0XxM2Eqw/
Justin Eilers? Jon Olav Einemo Per Eklund Jason Ellis Aleksander Emelianenko
James Cameron to Descend Solo to the Pacific’s Deepest Point
Breaking new ground in the movie industry is not the only thing that makes James Cameron excited and worried. This time ‘Abyss,’ ‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’ famed film director plans to pilot a specially designed submarine to the planet’s most inaccessible spot, the Marina Trench in the Pacific Ocean, about 200 miles southwest of Guam. He [...]
Source: http://www.dailyscubadiving.com/james-cameron-to-descend-solo-to-the-pacifics-deepest-point/
Chris Brennan Marcelo Brito? Rob Broughton? Mike Brown? Junie Browning
Five NCAA wrestling All-Americans we hope try MMA
Kyle Dake, Cornell -- Because even though he already has three national titles under his belt, Dake is still growing and getting better. He has jumped a weight class every year, and dominated every new weight. Rumor has it that Dake is headed to medical school, so cagefighting probably isn't in his future. It's still fun to dream, right?
David Taylor, Penn State -- The sophomore pinned his way to the finals, then finished off his Most Outstanding Wrestler award-winning performance with a technical fall. His smooth takedowns had opponents on the ground before they knew what happened.
Tony Ramos, Iowa -- Another sophomore, Ramos won his third-place match by coming from out of nowhere to pin Minnesota's Chris Dardanes. At 133 lbs, his size and speed could find a home a fly or bantamweight.
Jordan Oliver, Oklahoma State -- He may have lost his final on a controversial call, but that doesn't take away the junior's accomplishments in the tournament. He pinned his way to the final with a nasty takedown that could wreak havoc in the cage.
Christopher Honeycutt, Edinboro -- The runner-up at 197 lbs. has already indicated his plans to go into MMA, and opponents will have a hard time dealing with his strength and size. He told reporters that he is fascinated by the challenge of mastering so many disciplines of MMA, and won't be the first Fighting Scot to try fighting. Josh Koscheck won a national championship for Edinboro.
Did I miss anybody? Disagree with these choices? Speak your mind in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter.
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James Cameron to Descend Solo to the Pacific’s Deepest Point
Breaking new ground in the movie industry is not the only thing that makes James Cameron excited and worried. This time ‘Abyss,’ ‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’ famed film director plans to pilot a specially designed submarine to the planet’s most inaccessible spot, the Marina Trench in the Pacific Ocean, about 200 miles southwest of Guam. He [...]
Source: http://www.dailyscubadiving.com/james-cameron-to-descend-solo-to-the-pacifics-deepest-point/
Tank Abbott Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi? Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah?
Spend a year with Grudge training center in new web series
With that in mind, MMA Fighting's Ben Fowlkes decided to spend a year with Grudge Training Center in Colorado. Home to Shane Carwin, Brendan Schaub and Nate Marquardt, Fowlkes worked with head trainer Trevor Wittman to get an inside look at what happens in an MMA gym over the course of year, and chronicle it in the must-read series, "The Hurt Business."
What Fowlkes didn't anticipate was how eventful 2011 would be for Grudge. Marquardt went from a UFC contender to unemployed after failing to pass medicals for his UFC on Versus fight in June. Schaub's red-hot streak was stopped by Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in August. Carwin lost to Junior dos Santos in June and then did not fight again in 2011 because of injuries.
Fowlkes spoke to Cagewriter, and admitted he had no idea how the year would turn out when he first spoke to Wittman.
"I chose Grudge for two reasons, really. One, Denver is close enough to where I live in Montana that I could get down there often enough," Fowlkes said. "And two, Trevor Wittman was the only trainer I talked to who seemed as interested in the idea as I was. The others I mentioned it to were like, 'Yeah, that would be cool project...for you to do at someone else's gym.'"
It was in those many days spent at the gym where Fowlkes, who has covered MMA since 2006, truly gained an appreciation for what fighters do on a daily basis.
Fowlkes originally hoped to write a book out of his time with Grudge, but decided it would work better as a web series. In the first installment, he wrote about Grudge in January of 2011, when everything seemed to be humming along smoothly for Wittman and his fighters. As the series unfolds, readers will learn about a year that was anything but typical.
"[Readers] should expect a lot of change, for one thing. Grudge at the end of the year was nothing like Grudge at the beginning. They should also expect the story to move around a lot, to UFC 128 in New Jersey in the second installment, to Vancouver for the Shane Carwin-Junior dos Santos fight, and even to Brazil for Schaub's fight with Nogueira. We're also going to get more into the economic realities of the gym, who's paying who, and how much, and how that causes friction. Of course, Nate Marquardt's whole situation with TRT and getting fired from the UFC will be covered. And there's also some stuff about the lesser-known fighters at the gym, the ones who are struggling to make their way and finding out how tough it can be."
Follow Ben Fowlkes on Twitter for updates on "The Hurt Business." Follow Cagewriter, too.
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/spend-grudge-training-center-series-160411650.html
Randy The Natural Couture? Dan Cramer Alberto Crane Marcio Pe de Pano Cruz Luke Cummo?
Chad Griggs Wants a 'Real Big Name' Opponent Next - Chad Griggs
Chad Griggs Wants a 'Real Big Name' Opponent Next Video by Chad GriggsSource: http://mmalice.com/chad-griggs/chad-griggs-wants-a-real-big-name-opponent-next-video_c65946c1f.html
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Knockout of the week: Michael McDonald takes out Alex Soto
The good news for Miguel Torres? At UFC 145, he will have his first fight since getting cut, then rehired by the UFC. The bad news? It's against Michael McDonald, a bantamweight barely old enough to buy beer in the U.S. McDonald is on a seven-bout winning streak, and in his last fight, he did this:
Torres is one of the most experienced bantamweights in the UFC. At 31, he has 44 fights under his belt. The former WEC champ is 2-1 in the UFC, with the loss coming in a tight decision to Demetrious Johnson.
McDonald is a tough up-and-comer, while Torres is an established power at 135 lbs. Who will take this fight? Speak your mind in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter.
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Knockout of the week part II: Dennis Siver’s spinning back kick
MMA judges do not award points for originality, and wins are still wins whether they happen with style or not. But that doesn't mean MMA fans won't appreciate a knockout with a little flair from time to time.
Dennis Siver brought that panache to his fight with Nate Mohr at UFC 93. He took him out with a spinning back kick to the abdomen and following up punches.
Siver then used the same attack to take out Paul Kelly at UFC 105. Watch Siver's next bout on UFC on Fuel in April.
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Video: Rush Sturges Swims Cherry Bomb Falls – But Still Rocks It
This video of Rush Sturges on Upper Cherry Creek, CA, is such an awesome example of being an ultra-competent whitewater kayaker. Yes, he swims, but look at all the other stuff that goes on first. Not only does he get stuck in that hydraulic with a broken paddle and still manage to get out of [...]
Don Barr Pat Barry? Vitor Belfort? Robert Berry David Bielkheden
Friday, 30 March 2012
Picture of the day: UFC 146 heavyweights gather for drug tests
Six fighters from the all-heavyweight main card of UFC 146 gathered in Las Vegas for a press conference on Tuesday. According to HD Net's Ron Kruck, the Nevada Athletic Commission took advantage of all six being in town by stopping them for a pre-fight drug test.
Roy Nelson (right), who will fight Antonio Silva (left) had a picture snapped with his opponent and heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos as they waited for, as Nelson put it, "results from our pee tests." Dos Santos will fight Alistair Overeem to defend his belt for the first time since winning it from Cain Velasquez.
Alberto Crane Marcio Pe de Pano Cruz Luke Cummo? Jeff Big Frog Curran Dai Shuanghai?
2012 Cedar River Whitewater Races Are this Weekend
Every year the League of Northwest Whitewater Racers holds a two-day slalom event on the Cedar River at Landsburg, about 15 minutes south of Issaquah. This year the races are March 17 and 18, with the slalom course open for practice all day Saturday, two downriver races on Saturday, and the slalom races on Sunday. [...]
Siyar Bahadurzada Bao Ligao? Josh Barnett? David Baron? Phil Baroni
Academy Update
D.C. United’s U-18 and U-16 Academy teams resumed USSDA League action this past weekend, traveling north to face the New York Cosmos on Saturday and Met Oval on Sunday.
Source: http://feeds.dcunited.com/~r/DCUnited/all/~3/CV9Fb31rl-Q/academy-update-0
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Steven Seagal Still Claiming To Train Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida (Video)
In one of the weirder chapters in mixed martial arts history, former martial arts movie star Steven Seagal began showing up around Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida near their fights, claiming to have instructed them on how to properly use the flashy front kicks that they've both utilized so well. In case you've been successful in forgetting all about this, Seagal reminded the world during a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Media had it all wrong: Commissioner wasn’t racist and Lawal got what he deserved
Lawal's situation is so vastly different from those of Miguel Torres, Rashad Evans, Forrest Griffin and innumerable others who made, ahem, unwise public comments.
On Jan. 17, Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada commission, announced that Lawal had flunked a post-fight urinalysis following a Jan. 7 victory over Lorenz Larkin at the Hard Rock. Test results indicated he'd tested positive for the anabolic steroid Drostanolone.
On Tuesday, the commission heard from Lawal and Kogan and then suspended Lawal for nine months and fined him $39,000. Afterward, Lawal went to Twitter and ripped commissioner Pat Lundvall, calling her in a now-deleted tweet, "a racist [expletive]." Lundvall is white and Lawal is black. Lawal wrote:
I honestly feel like Lundvall was a racist [expletive] asking me if I can read or speak english
Not long after Lawal's tweet, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker announced the promotion had released Lawal.
Suddenly, it seemed, the MMA media was outraged. Specifically, many in the MMA media were apparently angered that Lawal was released by responding on Twitter to what he felt was an offensive question from Lundvall, who had asked him if he could read and understand English.
In a roundtable discussion on MMA Fighting, veteran journalist Mike Chiappetta said:
I can understand his anger for being asked such a degrading question.
Luke Thomas, who was doing the roundtable with Chiappetta, said Lundvall had been "patronizing" toward Lawal.
The very talented columnist Ben Fowlkes also took issue with Lundvall in his column on Sports Illustrated.com:
The old "Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth?" routine is not a rhetorical device one employs in respectful conversation with an equal. It's something you do only when you know the other person has to sit there and take it.
And my colleague at Cagewriter, Maggie Hendricks, attempted to compare Lawal's situation to that of Torres and Evans, among others. There were many others, but all missed the mark badly in their assessment of the situation.
Finally, Kogan railed against Lundvall's line of questioning in a piece on MMA Junkie on Wednesday. Kogan told reporter Steven Marrocco that Lundvall's manner of questioning was inappropriate.
There are ways to establish if a fighter understands what's going on or not. It was already done before the hearing even started. The very first thing they asked him was, 'Do you understand what's going on? Do you understand the charges against you? Do you understand you can be represented by [counsel]?' And he said yes. So to come back 20 minutes later and ask the man if he speaks and understands English is very offensive.
Lundvall is a very prominent litigator in Nevada, a highly respected attorney at one of the state's top firms. She's hardly the "idiot" that she was made out to be by many of my media brethren who were all too quick to try to run to Lawal's rescue without considering what happened.
First, Lundvall was doing what any legal questioner does. She was laying a foundation. She believed that Lawal had been dishonest. On a questionnaire he filled out at the weigh-in on Jan. 6, Lawal denied he had been injured or had taken any prescription or over-the-counter medications in the last two weeks. To the question that asked, "Have you had any injury to your knees, ankles, or feet that needed special evaluation/exam," Lawal checked no.
Kogan had told Christopher Eccles, the Nevada deputy attorney general who represents the athletic commission, on Jan. 18 that Lawal took no supplements. In an email to Eccles the next day, Kogan reversed course and said Lawal had taken supplements.
In his email to Eccles on Jan. 19, Kogan wrote:
I guess I misspoke on the supplements that Mo takes my bad on that, I never seen him take any so I assumed he does not. We made a list of all the supplements and meds that he has taken some of them on regular bases as supplement, some temporality or intermittently and some were administered by the doctor that was taking care of his knee.
Lundvall's reason for asking Lawal if he read and understood English is what lawyers do when they're building a case during questioning. She was boxing him in and leaving him no room. When he said yes, she asked about why he didn't disclose the knee injury on the questionnaire he filled out at the weigh-in and why he didn't mention he was taking something for it.
It had zero racist intent. She was trying to expose that Lawal hadn't been forthcoming with the commission until he was forced to do so.
It's also interesting to note that Lundvall uses the line of questioning frequently with fighters. On March 23, 2011, boxer Michael Shane Steele tested positive for an anabolic steroid. Steele, who is white, appeared before the commission on May 20, 2011, and underwent rigorous questioning from Lundvall.
According to a commission transcript, the following exchange took place between Lundvall and Steele:
Lundvall: Do you have any other information that you are willing to share with the Commission to explain why you tested positive for banned substances?
Steele: None. Only the supplements I took and what I was trying to accomplish in taking them.
Lundvall: Do you read English?
Steele: Yes, ma'am.
Lundvall: Do you understand the written word?
Steele: Yes, I believe so.
Lundvall used nearly identical language in speaking to Steele, who is white, as she did to Lawal, who is black. The point is, Lundvall wasn't talking down to Lawal or taunting him because of his race. She was trying to establish why he hadn't answered the questions truthfully.
Lawal's case is different from the others because the others, such as Torres, Evans, Griffin and, yes, UFC president Dana White, only said or wrote something stupid.
Lawal scored a hat trick of errors:
• He flunked a drug test, which Torres, Evans and Griffin did not do.
• He was untruthful on his questionnaire.
• He made an outrageous and ill-advised comment on social media, attacking a prominent regulator. The move could come back to haunt the company.
Lawal, I believe, is a good guy. He's quick with a quip and extraordinarily accessible to the media, which is why he's so beloved.
But it doesn't matter if you're a good guy or not. The facts are the facts. Lundvall was only doing her job and White and the folks at Zuffa were only doing theirs when they cut Lawal.
Hopefully, he'll be brought back at some point, like has happened to Torres, Nate Marquardt and so many others in the past.
Let's get over this Mo was mistreated nonsense, though. He got what he deserved.
Terrance Aflague Yoshihiro Akiyama? Gilbert Aldana? José Aldo? John Alessio?
Shane Carwin Discusses Leaner Diet, Plan of Attack Against Junior dos Santos - UFC 131
Shane Carwin Discusses Leaner Diet, Plan of Attack Against Junior dos Santos Video by UFC 131David Heath Delson Heleno Dan Henderson Josh Hendricks Ed Herman
The Wild Child
Advice for Planning Your Next Family Adventure Vacation At one point during our five-day rafting trip down Oregon’s wild and impossibly scenic Rogue River, my 10-year-old daughter, Markie, became obsessed with the notion of catching a rough-skinned newt. This was after a day during which we had leapt from 15-foot-tall cliffs, swum through trains [...]
Source: http://whitewaterraftingblog.oars.com/post/the-wild-child
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Following your dreams
You have to follow your own dreams in life, not the dreams that others have for you. Denying yourself to appease others is simply a waste of a life, if you ask me. Now, I’m not going to lie, those statements are bold, and truth be told, I’m writing this more as a reminder to [...]
Source: http://skydivechick.com/2012/01/following-your-dreams/
Andrei Arlovski? Ricardo Arona? Noboru Asahi Marcus Aurelio? Mikhail Avetisyan
Injury Overload
Right around this time last year I had a self-inflicted (read: no-flare landing) injury that I was going through physical therapy and 3x/week chiropractor appointments. During that time, I got to see an x-ray of my spine – I have more permanent problems than just the hip injury I was there to fix – and [...]
Source: http://skydivechick.com/2012/03/injury-overload/
Alex Andrade? Jermaine Andrè? Yoji Anjo? Ao Hailin? Shinya Aoki?
American Top Team mining NCAA wrestling for talent
Cagewriter spoke to Liborio, who has worked with such fighters as Thiago Alves and Tyron Woodley, about why he is looking to wrestling to find his next great star.
"The endpoint is to recruit guys who are done with their careers as a wrestler. Probably senior guys who want to start their MMA career. Some guys are not making it through their careers, the guys who couldn't make the Olympic team. And, we're open. I have some offers for athletes, depending on their caliber of what they can bring to the table. Guys like Bubba [Jenkins], we're recruiting, we're negotiating, and we're willing to invest in them. We're building them from the ground up," Liborio said.
He said he's been looking to wrestlers for years, but attended the NCAA championships for the first time last year. There, he watched Arizona State's Bubba Jenkins win a national title. Not long after, Jenkins joined ATT, where he's won both of his fights with a submission.
Liborio says wrestlers make great fighters because of the culture of the sport.
"Work ethic, athletic ability, but mental toughness of keep going, don't quit. The culture of other sports, that's not as exalted as it is in wrestling. There are great athletes with a great work ethic who are tough. They compete every weekend, they cut their weight."
ATT has created a boot camp of sorts to help athletes who have excelled in wrestling transition to MMA, but it works best when future fighters will open themselves up to learn.
"Those guys who understand they're learning a completely different discipline. Learning, striking, ground game. We have it right now as a science. All those guys who came from just wrestling and go into a kind of boot camp that makes them much better fighters."
Though several wrestlers will pursue Olympic gold this summer or in 2016, most will not make the team. With ATT and other camps looking out for wrestlers, they have a way to "go pro" in their sport.
Dan Cramer Alberto Crane Marcio Pe de Pano Cruz Luke Cummo? Jeff Big Frog Curran
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Protest Slopestyle Championships Gets a New Home
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Source: http://snowboardaction.net/protest-slopestyle-championships-home/
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Phil Davis ‘happy’ Rashad Evans poked holes in his game
The result? A fight dominated by Rashad Evans as Davis struggled to find a rhythm. Davis told the MMA Hour that he couldn't slow down in the bout, which ended up exhausting him.
"I got myself into one of the situations where you've got to go all out to get out of that, and put out a lot of energy," he said. "That kind of put me behind on momentum, and from there, Rashad was just the calmer guy. He eased into the fight better. More and more, I was trying to do more to gain momentum and he was just calm and collected."
It was the first loss of Davis' MMA career. He ended his NCAA wrestling career with a championship, so it's the first time Davis has lost in at least four years. A loss like that can shake a man, but Davis took a different view of it.
"I'm glad he poked holes in my game," he said. "Because now I can fix some of those holes and know where the No. 2 guy in the world is going to beat me. Now I have a benchmark. Losing is not the worst thing in the world. The worst thing in the world is not getting better. I'm glad I got that fight. I'm glad I got it twice, and I'm just real excited about where I'm at in my career."
While he waits for his next opponent, Davis is helping his friend and teammate, Dominick Cruz, coach on this season of "The Ultimate Fighter." At 27, he's still a young and exciting fighter who has plenty to learn about MMA. A newly refocused Davis should be a force to reckon with.
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MMA Marketplace: The knit hat/headgear you need to see
Let's say you have a toddler, and you want to teach him or her the awesomeness of MMA while also keeping his or her head warm? Behold:
Thanks to the magic of Etsy, you can own a knit that resembles boxing headgear with a UFC logo on it. Though the item modeled on the adorable little guy is for kids, don't worry! The store says hats are available for grown-ups, too. Buy one for $25.95.
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/mma-marketplace-knit-hat-headgear-see-171235547.html
Stav Crazy Bear Economou? Yves Edwards? Justin Eilers? Jon Olav Einemo Per Eklund
Jake Shields Returning to Middleweight, Hoping to Return in August
After a successful but challenging welterweight campaign, Jake Shields is returning to the middleweight division. Shields, who challenged for the UFC welterweight belt against Georges St. Pierre at UFC 129, will return to the division for the first time since defending the Strikeforce middleweight belt against Dan Henderson in 2010.
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/28041/jake-shields-returning-to-middleweight-hoping-to-return-in-august/
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MMA Marketplace: A tiny championship belt for your little fighter doll
If one of your MMA dolls, erm, action figures has proven himself to be better than the rest, doesn't he deserve a championship belt? You're in luck. There is an Etsy store that can help you with that.
When one of your action figures wins the belt, all the other ones will yell, "I want my belt back!" or "I want B.J.'s belt!" They may even get on their knees to beg you for a title shot, but at some point you will have to make hard decisions on which doll gets the next chance to win the title.
Or, since they cost just $3, you can just buy a belt for every doll.
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2012 Cedar River Whitewater Races Are this Weekend
Every year the League of Northwest Whitewater Racers holds a two-day slalom event on the Cedar River at Landsburg, about 15 minutes south of Issaquah. This year the races are March 17 and 18, with the slalom course open for practice all day Saturday, two downriver races on Saturday, and the slalom races on Sunday. [...]
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Scuba Diving Spots in Spain
With over 4000km of sublime, sandy coastline, Spain is a fantastic choice for anyone who loves to be beneath the ocean waves, swimming through vast colourful reefs alongside curious fish. With shores on both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Oceans, Spain’s diving is as varied as its culture and cuisine, making it an exciting place [...]
Source: http://www.dailyscubadiving.com/scuba-diving-spots-in-spain/
Yoshihiro Akiyama? Gilbert Aldana? José Aldo? John Alessio? Houston Alexander
It's Not Over, Until It's ALL OVER. - UFC
This Saturday night, two of the most talented KO artists in UFC history meet in the Octagon. Don't miss UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin Live on Pay-Per-View or www.UFC.tv at 6/9PM PT/ETSource: http://mmalice.com/ufc/its-not-over-until-its-all-over-video_fe8c32076.html
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Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Mackens Semerzier Released from UFC Contract
American featherweight fighter Mackens "Mack da Menace" Semerzier has been released from the UFC on the heels of a quick submission loss to Daniel Pineda, which took place at UFC on FX 2 earlier this month. The 31-year-old competed in the WEC and UFC several times, going 2-4 with one no contest overall in both promotions.
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/28010/mackens-semerzier-released-from-ufc-contract/
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Mark Munoz Still Sees Major Holes in Demian Maia's Striking - UFC 131
Mark Munoz Still Sees Major Holes in Demian Maia's Striking Video by UFC 131Mikey Burnett? Murilo Bustamante? Grant Campbell? Gesias JZ Calvancante? Luiz Cane?
Nick Diaz’s attorney doesn’t take kindly to calling his client a liar
Nick Diaz's disciplinary hearing in front of the Nevada Athletic Commission for allegedly failing a post-fight drug screen after his loss to Carlos Condit on Feb. 4 in Las Vegas at UFC 143 figures to be a doozy.
The hearing isn't scheduled yet, though it's expected to be sometime next month. If things remain as contentious as they have been between Diaz's attorney Ross Goodman and the commission this week, tickets are going to be harder to come by than those for the Final Four.
Goodman is clearly going to fight the case bitterly, and on Thursday, he railed against statements made by the public information officer for the Nevada attorney general's office.
Yahoo! Sports on Monday and Tuesday reached out to Christopher Eccles, the Nevada deputy attorney general who represents the athletic commission, seeking comment on points Goodman raised. Under a new policy instituted by attorney general Catherine Cortez Masto, however, her deputies are not allowed to speak to the media as they have in the past.
As a result, public information officer Jennifer M. Lopez returned the call for Eccles and later released a statement. Via email, Lopez said, "Not only did Nick Diaz violate the law by testing positive for marijuana metabolites, but he also lied to the Commission on his Pre-Fight Questionnaire when he swore that he had not used any prescribed medications in two weeks before the fight."
It is unusual for a spokesperson for an attorney general's office to call a person who will soon have a hearing in front of a state regulatory agency a liar.
Her statement probably wouldn't have been given much notice, though, had she said Diaz must have been mistaken when he checked no to a question asking if he'd taken any prescription medications in the preceding two weeks prior to the Feb. 3 weigh-in.
But saying outright that Diaz lied put Goodman even more in attack mode. He came out swinging on Thursday and insisted that Diaz did not lie when he checked no when he said he had not taken any prescription medications in the preceding two weeks.
The Nevada law that deals with medical marijuana doesn't regard it as a prescription drug. No doctor is able to prescribe it because it is a controlled substance.
Chapter 453A.210 of the Nevada Revised Statutes lays out the requirements to obtain a registry card for medical marijuana. To get the card, patients must comply with the following regulations:
(1) The person has been diagnosed with a chronic or debilitating medical condition;
(2) The medical use of marijuana may mitigate the symptoms or effects of that condition; and
(3) The attending physician has explained the possible risks and benefits of the medical use of marijuana;
(b) The name, address, telephone number, social security number and date of birth of the person;
(c) Proof satisfactory to the Division that the person is a resident of this State;
(d) The name, address and telephone number of the person's attending physician; and
(e) If the person elects to designate a primary caregiver at the time of application:
(1) The name, address, telephone number and social security number of the designated primary caregiver; and
(2) A written, signed statement from the person's attending physician in which the attending physician approves of the designation of the primary caregiver.
"Nowhere in there does it say that the attending physician is prescribing marijuana," Goodman said. "And so, for obvious reasons, before you speak and call someone a liar, you think you'd do a little bit of due diligence and understand what the Nevada law actually says."
Diaz manager Cesar Gracie said in a 2009 interview with MMA Fighting that "Nick has a prescription for marijuana in California. He has had a prescription for the last couple years, so it's a legal drug for him. He has the prescription for ADHD [Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder], and he says it helps him."
But Goodman said it is all irrelevant. He said no reasonable person regards marijuana as either a prescription drug or an over the counter medication.
"It's not like you walk into the pharmacy and start looking around on the shelves and hope to pick up a bag of marijuana," Goodman said. "That's ridiculous. No reasonable person would believe that medical marijuana falls under the category of over the counter medications."
Curiously, though, in his response to the commission, Goodman himself made a big deal about a prescription. He referenced NRS 484C.210, which deals with prohibited substances. Goodman bolded a section which said "if the person who uses the substance has not been issued a valid prescription ... "
Diaz may ultimately be forced to accept a lengthy suspension. He was suspended for six months in Nevada in 2007 for failing a marijuana test. On Jan. 31, boxer Matt Vanda had a hearing after testing positive for a second time. Vanda was suspended for a year and fined 40 percent of his purse.
If Diaz goes down, though, he's not going to make it simple on the commission. This isn't going to be a case where the fighter hangs his or her head, is lectured to by the commissioners and then apologizes profusely and meekly accepts the punishment issued.
Goodman will make certain of that.
Spencer Fisher Jon Fitch Kenny Florian Jesse Forbes Xavier Foupa Pokam
Video: Steven Seagal talks about his students, Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida
What would MMA do without Steven Seagal? Obviously, Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida would not be the fighters they are without the sensei/movie star/border patrol agent/shooting-glasses-wearer/writer/director. Seagal talked about how important he is to MMA on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Skip to a minute in to hear him talk about the skills he imparts to his students.
He will probably be an eighth-degree blackbelt one day, but come on. He can't teach Silva and Machida everything he knows.
Dos Caras Jr ? Phil Cardella Roan Jucao Carneiro Shane The Engineer Carwin? Jason Hollywood Chambers
Mar-Sub Club To Clean Lake Jarun
It’s always nice and pleasant to dive in clean crystal-clear blue waters, but have you ever thought: ‘Who cleans it for you?’ Today’s news is about the scuba diving club from Zagreb, called Mar-Sub that has organized the cleaning of Jarun for 17 years so far. Jarun is a popular lake in Croatia, formed by [...]
Source: http://www.dailyscubadiving.com/mar-sub-club-to-clean-lake-jarun/
Dan Cramer Alberto Crane Marcio Pe de Pano Cruz Luke Cummo? Jeff Big Frog Curran
Reflecting and resolving
The week between Christmas and New Year’s always seems a bit like limbo – the family holidays have ended, yet the new year hasn’t quite begun yet. I find that, for myself anyway, this week tends to be a time of reflection and goal setting. I’m not one of those people who, year after year, [...]
Source: http://skydivechick.com/2011/12/reflecting-and-resolving/
Marcus Aurelio? Mikhail Avetisyan Luiz Azeredo? Luciano Azevedo? Ba Te er?
Reflecting and resolving
The week between Christmas and New Year’s always seems a bit like limbo – the family holidays have ended, yet the new year hasn’t quite begun yet. I find that, for myself anyway, this week tends to be a time of reflection and goal setting. I’m not one of those people who, year after year, [...]
Source: http://skydivechick.com/2011/12/reflecting-and-resolving/
Grant Campbell? Gesias JZ Calvancante? Luiz Cane? Dos Caras Jr ? Phil Cardella
Dana White’s video blog explains TUF and McCall/Johnson draw
Dana White's latest video blog answers many of your questions about the latest season "The Ultimate Fighter," including how last season's premiere was very different from how the rest of the season will run. You'll also see that the UFC championship belts are sharp.
It also takes you behind the scenes in Australia, including a dissection of the Ian McCall/Demetrious Johnson debacle. The two are expected to rematch at the TUF finale in June. You'll get to see White tell McCall and Johnson separately about the draw.
As always, plenty of NSFW language when White is involved.
Ralek Gracie Renzo Gracie Rickson Gracie Rodrigo Gracie Roger Gracie
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
By the numbers: D.C. United vs Vancouver Whitecaps
With the club's best performance of the season, D.C. United earned its first point of 2012 over the weekend. Here are some of the key statistics from the Black-and-Red's scoreless draw in Vancouver.
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Alberto Crane Marcio Pe de Pano Cruz Luke Cummo? Jeff Big Frog Curran Dai Shuanghai?
Check out pictures from UFC on FX 2
Tracy Lee was in Sydney, Australia, for UFC on FX 2, and she caught all the action from cageside. Check out her pictures of Martin Kampmann's comeback, Joseph Benavidez's big win, and all the rest of Friday's fights.
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/check-pictures-ufc-fx-2-140914359.html
Lee Hasdell Musse Hasselvall Daiki DJ taiki Hata He Peng David Heath
Video: Whitewater Kayaking the Final Chelan Gorge Release in 2011
Dan Patrinellis put together this really nice video of the last Chelan Gorge release this summer – sadly, it looks like that was the last release for years to come. Word on the eddyline is that the water was warm and, as you can see, it was a gorgeous weekend. Rob McKibbin did a first [...]
Mac Danzig? Karen Darabedyan Viacheslav Datsik Marcus Davis? Tony DeSouza?
United's back four responds to challenge
In D.C. United's first two contests of 2012, there was really only one choice to take home man of the match honors. Unfortunately for the Black-and-Red, it was their goalie.
Under siege against both Kansas City and Los Angeles, United's field players took a back seat to the club's netminders. That changed dramatically on Saturday night, as goalkeeper Joe Willis earned a shutout in Vancouver without making a single save.
Source: http://feeds.dcunited.com/~r/DCUnited/all/~3/0htn72ZUJN8/uniteds-back-four-responds-to-challenge
Jorge Masvidal Makes the Case for Title Shot - Strikeforce
Jorge Masvidal Makes the Case for Title Shot Video by StrikeforceSource: http://mmalice.com/strikeforce/jorge-masvidal-makes-the-case-for-title-shot-video_817181133.html
Kyle Bradley? Jai Bradney? Ebenezer Fontes Braga Chris Brennan Marcelo Brito?
“The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil” to Air Weekly on TUF.tv
For the first time in history, the UFC is running simultaneous broadcasts of The Ultimate Fighter reality series. With "The Ultimate Fighter: Live" already underway in Las Vegas, "The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil" is set to grace the airwaves this Sunday. If you were worried that you wouldn't be able to get in on the action, fret no longer. The UFC has announced that TUF: Brazil will stream free on the internet weekly (and subtitled).
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/27995/the-ultimate-fighter-brazil-to-air-weekly-on-tuf-tv/
Rich Franklin Ian Freeman Don Frye Tony Fryklund Kazuyuki Fujita
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