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By Josh NasonAs we type this, we have double coverage of tonight's UFC 160 event with Dave Meltzer doing his thing from San Jose, while Mike Sawyer is live at cageside in Las Vegas as well. If you like what they're doing, share a link on social media, will ya?Our Panel:- Dave Meltzer (35-19): Wrestling Observer founder & writer- Todd Martin (36-18): Weekly FFD guest | LA Times | Sherdog- Mike Sempervive (30-24): Wrestling Observer Live | Big Audio Nightmare- Mike Sawyer (34-20) of ToughTalkMMA.com- Josh Nason (38-16): Wrestling Observer web editor, social media guy- Oliver Copp (31-23) of combat sports insider fame- Bryan Alvarez (30-11): Figure Four Weekly founder and writerUFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez (11-1) vs. Bigfoot Silva IIDespite what Dana White says, this is the rematch no one cares to see. Yes, Silva decimated Alistair Overeem but is there really enough evidence in the last year to believe anything will change from the last time these guys fought? As a reminder, Velasquez bloodied Silva up in 3:36 one year ago tomorrow. Since that annihilation, Silva defeated Travis Brown by 1st round TKO and famously KO'd Overeem. Does he have a chance? Of course. Is it a good change? Based on history, likely not.Velasquez: Meltzer, Alvarez, Copp, Sempervive, Sawyer, Martin, NasonJunior dos Santos (15-2) vs. Mark Hunt (9-7)There's a lot at stake for both men in this co-main event. For dos Santos, he needs to prove he can rebound from the five round ass kicking that Velasquez dealt to him last December. That fight snapped a ten fight win streak that saw him become UFC heavyweight champion and a star in Brazil. But it's easy when you're winning, right? We get to see how JDS rebounds from his UFC loss.To do so, he has to end one of the best MMA stories in years. I won't recount the whole Hunt story (try Google if you have no idea what I'm talking about), but that the 39-year-old is quite possibly one win away from a title shot is incredible. He's won his last four with T/KOs finishes in three. Against Stefan Struve in March, he showed the ability to work on the mat which was astounding. In the end, he broke Struve's jaw in the third round and set himself up for a major step up.JDS has fought tough men before (remember the Roy Nelson fight?) and Hunt will need to have the best performance of his combat sports career to beat him. But maybe, just maybe, he's got one more hands of granite rabbit to pull out of his hat.JDS: Meltzer, Alvarez, Sempervive, Sawyer, Martin, NasonHunt: CoppGlover Teixeira (20-2) vs. James Te Huna (16-5)The further up the card you get, the more hard hitting the fights are. The 33-year-old Teixeira has won 18 straight, but had a seven fight finish streak snapped in a January unanimous decision win over Rampage Jackson. A little bit of the shine disappeared in the Jackson win as many media were hoping for a finish to help propel a new 205-pound contender up the charts. He takes a step down in name value against Te Huna, but there is no easy fight here. The 31-year-old New Zealand native (now fighting out of Australia) has won his last four, last decisioning Ryan Jimmo in February. His only loss in his last 11 was a submission defeat to Alexander Gustafsson over two years ago. With 10 T/KO wins in his last 16, he's got legit power but Teixeira's T/KO loss was in his first fight over 10 years ago. Both men are going to be hurting Sunday.Teixeira: Meltzer, Alvarez, Copp, Sempervive, Sawyer, Martin, NasonGray Maynard (11-1-1-1) vs. TJ Grant (20-5)In a bout for the No. 1 contendership for the lightweight title, Maynard returns to the cage for the first time in nearly a year. Why does that qualify him for a title shot? Good question. His last bout was that bizarre split decision win over Clay Guida in New Jersey, his first non-Frankie Edgar bout since August 2010. The unheralded Grant has been in the UFC since April 2009 where a 3-3 stint at welterweight resulted in a 4-0 run at lightweight. He's dispatc

On Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a few fighters will use the spotlight provided by UFC 160 to smash their way into the forefront of MMA fans' minds.While these fighters' previous exploits may have already garnered respect from the hardcore fans, Saturday night's pay-per-view event will take them to the next level.Be sure to check out the performances of these three men. "King" K.J NoonsYou don't have to win to become a household name. Gray "The Bully" Maynard—who is also in action on Saturday vs. T.J Grant—is forever ingrained in the minds of MMA fans because of two bouts with Frankie Edgar.The Bully didn't win either of those fights, but the way he fought and pushed Edgar established his reputation with the sport's faithful.Noons—who is making his UFC debut—is the same type of fighter. This tweet from Noons proves warriors recognize their own:You won't catch King K.J going for many—if any—submissions. The Strikeforce veteran comes to the Octagon to bang and his UFC 160 matchup with "Cowboy" Donald Cerrone could end explosively.Cerrone is the more established UFC commodity and has faced a stiffer list of competition.I picked him to win the bout, but that isn't to say Noons doesn't have an excellent chance to stop the Cowboy. Both men are excellent strikers who never seem to shy away from toe-to-toe battles.Their chins give them the confidence to fire away in close quarters. Cerrone was stopped for the first time in his last bout with Anthony "Showtime" Pettis. A simply spectacular kick to the mid-section crumpled the Cowboy.Noons has been stopped only once as well and that came in 2007. Needless to say, he has improved since then.Cerrone's and Noons' styles will make for an action-packed bout. The battle will reaffirm Cerrone's reputation with UFC fans and establish Noons as a must-see fighter. Nah-Shon "Rock N Rolla" BurrellCool nicknames are important and the Rock N Rolla certainly has one. He also has exciting striking ability which is important if anyone is to care about the alias.He will battle Stephen Thompson as part of the Facebook preliminaries for UFC 160.Burrell made his successful UFC debut at UFC 157 by defeating Yuri Villefort via decision. However, you haven't seen him at his best unless you've seen him win by KO.Per UFC's official Twitter account, boxing legend and Father Time's fiercest competitor Bernard Hopkins gives Burrell a ringing endorsement.His defeat of Lukas Les at Strikeforce Challengers 18 was his best work. As he makes his second appearance in a featured event, Burrell should be more comfortable.Expect to see him take a few chances and really let his hands, knees and feet fly. As Burrell tweets here, he is hungry for another fight night bonus—and I strongly doubt he's targeting Submission of the Night. Khabib "The Eagle" NurmagomedovMaking Nurmagomedov's name roll off the tongue will take some practice, even if he is impressive on Saturday night.Nurmagomedov's 19-0 record is beginning to force fans to brush up on their pronunciation of the young Russian's surname.The Eagle will be facing a very tough and explosive Abel "Killa" Trujillo during the FX preliminaries. Trujillo is 10-4, stoutly built and extremely aggressive.There is no doubt he represents the most dangerous foe the Eagle has faced in his career. This scuffle at the weigh-in proved he isn't intimidated.The challenge will only cause Nurmagomedov to elevate his game. He'll show the sound submission techniques that UFC fans have only seen once: in the 24-year-old's UFC debut.At UFC on FX in Jan. 2012, Nurmagomedov made Kamol Shalorus tap out from a rear-naked choke. Since then, he has shown the ability to win by decision and by KO.Expect to see him come full circle on Saturday night. He will tap out the rugged Trujillo in a manner that will grab almost as much attention as his then 20-0 record will.Be on the lookout for an expertly performed triangle choke. Follow me, because Royce

While betting against UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez would seem like a foolish proposition, making a wager on the former two-time NCAA All-American wrestler could prove just as irrational.Velasquez, who will locks horns with the man he dismantled in less than four minutes a year ago, Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva, has been deemed an 8-1 favorite (-800) by Bovada.com to top Bigfoot (+500) in tonight's main event bout at UFC 160.Just to put in prospective how much confidence bettors will have in Velasquez, consider that the oddsmakers gave Jon Jones a similar advantage heading into his light heavyweight title bout with seemingly outmatched middleweight Chael Sonnen at UFC 159.The handicappers made the line so exaggerated in favor of the champ primarily because of the lopsided nature of the first encounter between Velasquez and Silva.At UFC 146, a fight that took place nearly a year ago to the day in the same building, the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Velasquez caught a Bigfoot kick seconds into the fight, scored a takedown and then never let the Brazilian back to his feet.Silva tried valiantly to shift his hips, manipulate his guard and scramble back to an upright position, only to eat strike after strike until referee Josh Rosenthal had seen enough.Now fresh off notable KO wins over Travis Browne and Alistair Overeem, Silva will attempt to make it three wins in a row while snatching Velasquez's belt in the process.Silva certainly earned a crack at the belt with his recent wins, but what has the American Top Team representative done in the last year to remedy Velasquez's pressure-heavy and wrestle-happy style?Velasquez still holds advantages in the speed and wrestling departments, and Bigfoot still only thrives on the ground if he gets in the top position.With that said, I envision Velasquez once again grounding, controlling and suffocating Silva with his wrestling and ground-and-pound.This time, however, Silva won't surrender takedowns quite as easily, and perhaps the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt will manage to pull off a sweep or at least get to his feet.Silva possesses one-punch KO power, and as invincible as he may seem, Velasquez has obviously shown that's he's not immune to getting KO'd. The odds seem tantalizing, and he's certainly got a puncher's chance, but betting on Silva will only leave your wallet thinner tonight.Velasquez will employ a similar game plan, only this time he'll make it a slower, bloodier and more painful death for Bigfoot.

Welcome to our live coverage of UFC 160 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.  We're looking for your thoughts on the show so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to dave@wrestlingobserver.comESTEVAN PAYAN VS. JEREMY STEPHENS, FEATHERWEIGHTS  First round: Stephens won the round, getting a few takedowns and connecting with strong punches late in the round that had Payan rocked just as time ran out. Payan made a few guillotine attempts off takedowns but nothing dangerous. Payan bleeding bad from the forehead. 10-8 Stephens Second round: Stephens got the takdown and is on top. Stephens remaiing on top and moved to side control, now has Payan’s back. He’s working for a choke. Payan slipped out. He’s trying again but doesn’t have the throat. Stephens right foot is covered in Payan’s blood. 20-17 Stephens. Third round: Hard body kick by Stephens. Stephens landed a right. Stephens took him down again and has his back. Stephens throwing knees to the back. Stephens took him down again. Stephens should win 30-26 Scores: 30-26, 30-26, 30-27GEORGE ROOP VS. BRIAN BOWLES, BANTAMWEIGHTS First round: Front kick by Roop to the body a hard knee. Trading punches. Body punch by Bowles. Roop is the bantamweight Semmy Schilt. Trading hard punches. Bowles landed a good one on Roop. Both swinging away again. Roop with a head kick. Punches and a high kick by Roop. Bowles with a hard right. Bowles landed more punches. Low kick by Roop. Roop with a kick and punch combo. Hard body shot by Bowles. Bowles knocked him down with a right and grabbed a guillotine. He doesn’t have it though. Bowles is in full mount. Bowles 10-9. Second round: Front kick by Roop. Body kick by Roop. Roop dropped him with a jab and Roop landed some big punches on the ground. Bowles is in a lot of trouble and it’s over. Roop ran to the corner and then superplexed one of his cornermen into the cage and did fake punches on him. It was a left jab that flattened Bowles. Bowles came out tired at the start of the second round. 1:43STEPHEN THOMPSON VS. NAH-SON BURRELL, WELTERWEIGHTS First round: Thompson grabbed a clinch. Burrell throwing knees and Thompson back with short body punches. Thompson landed a few punches and Burrell clinched. Thompson trying to keep distance. Now Thompson shot in and took him down as Burrell wasn’t expecting that. Burrell back up. Burrell tried to throw him, Thompson landed in mount and then got his back. Thompson 10-9. Second round: Thompson landed body shots. Left to the head by Thompson. Burrell back with punches and a knee. This is a good fight but crowd not really reacting. Thompson’s technical standup is fun to watch. Back in a clinch. High kick and punches by Thompson. Body punching by Thompson. Burrell threw a punch and Thompson ducked, tried a takedown but this time Burrell was ready and blocked it. Trading punches. Big high kick and punches by Thompson. Burrell back with punches. Spin kick just missed by Thompson. Burrell threw a flying knee and Thompson moved he almost went into the cage with the knee like Lesnar did on Sunday. They were back in a clinch, trading knees. Thompson’s round 20-18. Third round: Thompson landing kicks and Burrell with punches. Burrell landed lot of punches. Thompson’s strikes are lacking power as he’s tired. Burrell nailed him with a punch that hurt him and another punch. Thompson landing a good high kick and punches. Burrell with a hard left. Thompson got the takedown. Burrell right back up. Burrell missed a flying knee and Thompson got behind him. Burrell’s round so 29-28 Thompson Scores: 29-28, 30-27 and 29-28 for ThompsonKHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV VS. ABEL TRUJILLO, LIGHTWEIGHTS (WELL, SORT OF SINCE KHABIB MISSED WEIGHT)

By Mike Sawyer @ToughTalkMMAWelcome to my live coverage of UFC 160: Velasquez vs Bigfoot 2 live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.   Jeremy Stephens def. Estevan Payan by unanimous decision (30-26. 30-26, 30-27)BRIAN BOWLES VS GEORGE ROOP * Brian has been a pro since 2006. He has six wins by submission, three by knockout. He's the first fighter to KO Miguel Torres.* George has four wins by submission, three by KO. This is his second bout at bantamweight. For whatever its worth, he was a former High School QB. - Roop lands a nice front kick & a knee. He's so much bigger than Brian. George sure like to keep his hands low, and now is paying for it, as he catches a couple big shots to the chops. George lands a high kick. Brian drops him with a right hand and has him in a mounted guillotine. George escapes, but he's still mounted as the round ends. 10-9 Bowles - George comes out jabbing. He should be throwing those front kicks. Oh well. Bowles looks tired to me. George just dropped him WITH A JAB and is teeing off on him. ITS OVER~! George Roop def. Brian Bowles by TKO (strikes) at 1:43 of RD2 STEPHEN THOMPSON VS NAH-SHON BURRELL * Stephen has a combined 57-0 kickboxing record, which includes over 40 KO's. Has trained with GSP, Rashad Evans & Keith Jardine. He's competed in the Chuck Norris Combat League. He's a five-time world champion kickboxer.* Burrell has been a pro since 2010. This is his welterweight debut. He has six wins by KO, two by decision. He's the seventh youngest fighter on the UFC roster.  - Thompson comes out throwing a cute back kick. They clinch along the fence. Stephen throwing some nice body shots. Thompson gets a takedown, but not for long, as Burrell gets back up. Burrell landing some nice knees in the clinch.  Both guys swinging. They clinch and the crowd is getting restless. Burrell eats a shot, but still comes forward. Thompson gets a takedown that lasted about two seconds. - Boy is this a grinding round thus far. Holding each other up, landing knees to the body. Thompson has him up against the cage and lands a nice combo on the break. Uppercut lands by Burrell. Nah-Shon misses a flying knee and almost lands in the third row. - Burrell comes out fast and lands a few shots. More clinching along the cage. Both guys landing some kicks, but both are tired. Thompson digs to the body. He is VERY tired now. Stumbling around the Octagon like he's been on a bender with Edinsanantonio. They go the distance. Lets see how the judges have it.Stephen Thompson def Nah-Shon Burrell by unanimous decision  (29-28, 30-27, 29-28) KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV vs ABEL TRUJILLO* Khabib has been a pro since 2008 and he's on a 19 fight winning streak, finishing 10 of his last 11. He graduated from Financial Academy with honors. Abel is on a five-fight winning streak. He has five first-round finishes. He attended William Penn University, majoring in strength & conditioning. They had the altercation at the weigh-ins yesterday that pissed off Dana White and made Mike Tyson VERY excited. Let's do this~!-  Abel just misses a wild right. He presses forward & takes him down, but Khabib is looking for an armbar & now takes his back. Huge slam by Khabib. Nice scramble, Abel back on top, but lands in a tight triangle as the round ends. 10-9 Nurmagomedov

Releasing/Participating Studio(s): Lionsgate Disc/Transfer Information: Region A Locked; 1080p High Definition 1.85:1 Video Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Rating: R Running Time: 107 Minutes Tested Audio Track: English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (played back in 5.1 configuration) Director: Kim Jee-woon Starring Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peter Stormare, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Luis Guzman, Jamie Alexander PLOT ANALYSIS: You wanna know something? This wouldn’t have been a half-bad exploitation-style actioneer in the vain of Machete or perhaps Dead in Tombstone…but you know what ruined it, ultimately? Schwarzenegger’s ridiculously arthritic, painful-to-watch effort of even getting up out of bed…I mean, this guy is REALLY getting old and tough to even look at anymore. I blame these “throwback action hero types” a la John McClaine, Rambo, Indiana Jones and others on Stallone’s insistence to resurrect both the Rocky franchise with Rocky Balboa and the Rambo franchise, eventually leading to films like The Expendables, Live Free or Die Hard and the inevitable sequels to some of these; these guys really need to think about hanging it up, already, and specifically I’m talking to Schwarzenegger and Stallone – and maybe even Willis after witnessing the painfully un-entertaining A Good Day to Die Hard – as their portrayals of these hero types come across in haggard, brooding and downright tired fashion. Never was this problem more evident than in Kim Jee-woon’s The Last Stand, which brings Schwarzenegger back as a quasi-action star but in which he simply limps along in arthritic pain throughout most of the film, albeit with still-almost-superhuman strength. He just looks awful in this, and watching it in Blu-ray format, the 1080p encode really showed his age under a microscope. The plot is typical and clich?d – a vicious, dangerous and downright evil drug cartel leader is being hunted by federal agents, the leader of which is the always-annoying and ridiculously hammy Forest Whitaker, and once in custody, the feds transfer him through downtown Vegas in a heavily armored and fortified convoy of special vehicles. However, as will always happen, someone working for this creep on the inside posing as a federal agent is able to help him concoct a plan to escape, in which the armored truck he’s in is lifted from the rooftops of the Las Vegas courthouses via specialized magnetic devices while the cartel leader’s team fires back at the FBI with powerful weapons. In the midst, a ridiculously hot-looking FBI female agent is supposedly kidnapped by the fugitive – but all is not what it seems. The plot revolves around some crafted element regarding a highly customized and souped-up specialized Corvette sports car that the cartel kingpin drives, allowing him to escape and outrun almost every law enforcement agent and vehicle due to its sheer speed capabilities; in my opinion, this was a wasted aspect of the film and one that could have simply been dropped in favor of something else. Sure, the car was cool and wicked fast – putting out like 1,000-plus horsepower or something – but as you watch The Last Stand you can feel how it just could have been left out, making it a rather unnecessary “filler” for lack of a better term. The cartel lord is attempting – with the smokin’ hot FBI agent tied to the passenger side door of the ‘Vette in handcuffs – to outrun all cops and federal agents in his rocket and make it to a secret access point to get over the U.S./Mexico border and to safety. Meanwhile, Schwarzenegger, as the old, barely-conscious sheriff of a small town very near the area the drug cartel kingpin wishes to make his run for the border, is dealing with an idiotic staff made up of Luis Guzman, a useless deputy and a female officer played by the cute chick that fought alongside Thor in that

UFC fighters attend the official launch party for Optical Panacea, a cutting edge art that blends the imagery of a background photo with a series of athlete action shots, at HERAEA inside Palms Las Vegas. Urijah Faber UFC Fighters including Urijah Faber, Phil Davis, Frank Trigg and Ramsey Nijem walked the HERAEA red carpet Friday night before [...]

“I get a sense that, perhaps over the summer, there may be some movement,” Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn told the Tampa Bay Times Friday night. “I don’t know what it’ll be. But I think everyone recognizes that the status quo is not an answer.”The mayor was throwing out the first pitch at Tropicana Field for a second time in three seasons, while St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster, who has to run for re-election this year and has butted heads with the Rays' brass, has thown out zero first pitches.The Times continues:Buckhorn made it clear he’s not going to “get in the middle,” saying he respects the position St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster is in and how much of an investment the citizens of St. Petersburg have made to the facility. Foster has said they’ve been trying to find a “middle ground” with the Rays, who have a lease at the Trop until 2027 but want to explore potential stadium sites outside of the city. Buckhorn said there “needs to be options because this is not going until 2027. It’s just not.”...“We don’t want to lose them,” Buckhorn said. “This is our team. This isn’t Charlotte’s team, this is not Las Vegas’ team, and this team deserves the best efforts to find a way to make sure that they stay.”Fortunately, Charlotte just gave all of its available cash to the Panthers and Vegas will never get a major-league venue built.But that, of course, just means that there's no rush for progress in Tampa Bay. Which isn't a good thing if you're as frustrated as Buckhorn with the Stadium Saga.