ST. LOUIS -- Strikeforce held weigh-ins to for Saturday night's bouts in front of a lively crowd at the Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis. All of the main card fighters made weight on their first attempt.

After having trouble with getting to 185 lbs. for his bout with Jake Shields, Dan Henderson looked healthy as he easily made light heavyweight at 204.5 lbs. His opponent, Renato "Babalu" Sobral also had no trouble at the scales, as a loud group of Brazilian fans and fighter cheered him on. That crowd included Fedor-slayer Fabricio Werdum, who Strikeforce announcer misidentified as the Strikeforce heavyweight champ.

Late replacement Mike Kyle had an intense staredown with Antonio Silva, who outweighed Kyle by more than 40 lbs. for their heavyweight bout. Scott Smith, who is fighting Paul Daley at welterweight, looked thin and drawn out on the scales.

The full results from the weigh-in are below, including the undercard that is packed with local fighters. Check out a gallery from the weigh-ins at Combat Lifestyle.

MAIN CARD
    •    Dan Henderson (204.5) vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral (202)
    •    Paul Daley (169) vs. Scott Smith (170)
    •    Robbie Lawler (186) vs. Matt Lindland (185.5)
    •    Mike Kyle (219) vs. Antonio Silva (263)
    •    Benji Radach (205.5) vs. Ovince St. Preux (205.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD
    •    Fernando Bettega (170.25) vs. Wayne Phillips (171)
    •    Justin Lawrence (155.5) vs. Max Martytnuk (154.5)
    •    Terrell Brown (208.25)* vs. Patrick Cummins (205.5)
    •    Cortez Coleman (184.75) vs. Lucas Lopes (185)
    •    Tom Aaron (155.5) vs. Matt Ricehouse (156)
    •    Lee Brousseau (204) vs. Mike Glenn (207.25)
    •    Booker DeRousse (185) vs. Coltin Cole (185.5)
    •    Josh Epps (127.5) vs. J.W. Wright (130.5)

* - Missed weight on initial attempt; has two hours to make 206-pound limit 

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Strikeforce-weigh-ins-Babalu-Hendo-ready-to-ro?urn=mma-291796

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Dwindle Distribution is having a sample sale this Saturday, December 11th at their warehouse in El Segundo. Rodney Mullen and Louie Lopez will be there signing autographs and tons of product will be raffled off to benefit Mend Poverty.

Source: http://theskateboardmag.com/blogs/templeton-elliott/2010/12/10/dwindle-sample-sale-and-benefit-raffle/

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We're proud to announce an exclusive illustrated story by one of our favourite surf artists; Ron Croci… We were alarmed to hear that Ron nearly 'met his end', due to a serious (and sudden) illness on his recent vacation to Hawaii! But we're happy to say he came through it and has shared his story with us in a series of annotated watercolor paintings documenting his near death experience, the unusual effects of morphine and the beautiful Hawaiian islands he enjoyed and surfed up until falling ill…

www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-culture/hawaii-vacation-watercolors.php

www.roncroci.com

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Source: http://nedsurfshots.blogspot.com/2010/08/couple-more-from-last-week.html

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by Michael David SmithWe put a bow on the 12th season of The Ultimate Fighter on Saturday night with the Ultimate Fighter Finale, which features a couple of good-looking young fighters vying for the Season 12 title, and a star from the show's first season in the main event.

What: The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale

Where: Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas

When: Saturday, the non-televised undercard will start at around 7 PM ET and the Spike broadcast will start at 9.

Predictions on the five televised fights below.

 

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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/12/03/ultimate-fighter-finale-predictions/

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The latest surf photographer on COTW, incredibly is only 17 years old and is nailing shots like the one below!! Wow. Look out for this guy in the future; Australian Josh Househam…

www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-photographer/josh-househam.php

http://joshhousehamphoto.tumblr.com

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cotw/~3/Mmg4lROHG3M/surf-artist-mo-ryan.html

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Filed under: UFC

UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and No. 1 welterweight contender Josh Koscheck, along with UFC President Dana White, will meet the media Thursday for the UFC 124 pre-fight press conference, and if you can't be there in Montreal, you can watch it live at MMAFighting.com.

Throughout the most recent season of The Ultimate Fighter, Koscheck has talked trash to St. Pierre and attempted to goad his rival into responding in kind. St. Pierre, as usual, has kept a level head about him, and that dynamic is likely to continue as they hype their fight for the press on Thursday.

The press conference begins at 1 PM ET and the video is below.

Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/12/09/ufc-124-press-conference-video/

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by Michael David SmithIn a close, hard-fought decision at Saturday's Ultimate Fighter Finale, Rick Story extended his winning streak to five by beating Johny Hendricks by unanimous decision.

"I was trying to land strikes as he was coming in, and I think that was the difference," Story said.

 

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Source: http://www.mmafighting.com/2010/12/04/rick-story-beats-johny-hendricks-at-ultimate-fighter-finale/

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After Wednesday night's episode of "The Ultimate Fighter," we now know that the show will be co-headlined by Jonathan Brookins vs. Michael Johnson. Other bouts have also been added to the card: WEC veteran Leonard Garcia will fight Nam Pham while TUF 12 castmembers Aaron Wilkinson and Cody McKenzie will face off and Sako Chivitchian will fight Kyle Watson.

Johnson's stock was hot early in the season, as Georges St. Pierre even played some mind games with Josh Koscheck so that GSP could have Johnson on his team. At 24 years old, he's young, loaded with talent and has a good base in wrestling. He has a beautiful blast double takedown that proved to be hard to stop.

Still, he clearly has a lot to learn about fighting, as he ate many strikes during his bout with Nam Phan. His movement is slow and plodding, and he has an odd tendency of ducking strikes instead of trying to check, catch or block them. With his short, squat frame, ducking punches doesn't really work.

Despite being a fighter who fought UFC featherweight champ Jose Aldo and lived to tell about it, Brookins wasn't as sought after. That's hard to believe when looking at how his skills progressed and how dominant he was on the show. He choked out Sevak Magakian, rear naked choked Sako Chivitchian and then to get in the final, dominated teammate Kyle Watson.

Brookins has a nasty submission game, which could prove to be a problem for Johnson. All four of Johnson's losses before the show came by submission. Brookins also has more experience of the bright lights of a big promotion, having fought both in Bellator and in the WEC.

What do you think? Will Johnson's raw talent trump Brookins' calm but deadly ground game?

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Brookins-Johnson-final-rounds-out-TUF-12-finale-?urn=mma-291173

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Check out a cool little interview with Cornish COTW featured surf artist Bryn Hall put together by myCornwall.tv…

Click the video below to watch…

- Bryn's website/blog
- Bryn on Switch-foot

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cotw/~3/d_78KfYWquQ/surf-artist-bryn-hall-interview.html

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