Location: Newark, N.J.
Venue: Prudential Center
Broadcast: Pay-per-view and Spike TV

MAIN CARD
Champ Georges St-Pierre vs. Dan Hardy (for welterweight title)
Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir (for interim heavyweight title)
Jake Ellenberger vs. Ben Saunders
Thiago Alves vs. Jon Fitch
Mark Bocek vs. Jim Miller

PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
Nate Diaz vs. Rory Markham
Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown

PRELIMINARY CARD (Un-aired)
Fabricio Camoes vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Jared Hamman vs. Rodney Wallace
Tomasz Drwal vs. Rousimar Palhares
Matthew Riddle vs. Greg Soto*
* – Not officially announced

Via @MMAJUNKIE.COM

by USMF.tv
San Francisco – January 2010 Saturday, March 6th 2010 USMF and XFight Promotions will be kicking off their first event of the year with their second Hybrid event (Muaythai and MMA). The card includes UFC/WEC veteran Tim McKenzie vs. Brian Warren out of Southern California. Pro MMA bouts also include Chris Moore of Fairtex vs. Florencio Sinogui out of LA Boxing/Maesh.

Our Pro Muay Thai bout features Ryan Roy of Fairtex vs. Nathan Bagby from New World Combat in Texas. Long overdue…the Bay Area’s own beauty Jenna Castillo will be fighting Melanie Kosher-Edward out of Salt Lake City Utah.

Also on the card:

Eric Luna – Ricardo Martinez – Gabe Carrasco – Tyler Cronin – Amber Goodwin – Liezel Warford – Daniel Marchbanks – Podar Duarte – Vincent Urruty – Jeremy Leslie – Laurence Ward – Hector Cortez – Brooks Hurd – Philip Jucuban – Matt King – Nick Thompson – Jimmy Chung – Diego Cuenca – Christie Cheekets – Shalan Leimpeter – Ray Hov – Andrew Moy – Quincy Shamon – Matt Lucas – Art Taradejna – Ivan Guererro – Jessie Gillespie – Amber Pope – Caley Scott

Tickets: $35 General Admission – $55 Ringside
Tickets are available through
www.usmf.virtualboxoffice.com 1.888.VBO.8858 or at any of the following locations:

Fairtex San Francisco – Fairtex Mountain View – Academy of Self Defense – FSA – Unlimited Kickboxing – Combat Sports Academy – Maesh – AKA – ASD – Gym 445 – Pacific Ring – Combat Fitness – LA Boxing (San Bruno)

War of the Heroes 5
Saturday, March 6th 2010
Doors open at 5:00 pm. First bout at 6:00 pm.
Santa Clara Convention Center – Next to the Hyatt Regency
5001 Great America Parkway – Santa Clara, CA 94054
Free Parking

* Card Subject to Change, No Refunds, For more information visit: www.USMF.tv

The Rubber Guard is the best guard system for MMA:

Rubber Guard:
- allows you to strike (elbows and punches)from bottom without being hit back;
- allows you to go for submission without worrying about getting hit;
- Worst case scenario it is a great stalling position, where you can hold someone down without any damage;
- great for sweeps (specially omoplata sweeps);

open guard:
- not so good against ground n pound;
- not so good for stalling;
- rarely you can get a sweep from it;
- no affective striking other than upkicks.

half guard:
- good for sweeps;
- not so good for stalling;
- not many submssions from there.
- not a good spot to try to strike

full guard:
- good for submissions;
- not so good for stalling;
- good for sweeps;
- not the best spot to try to strike back;

butterfly guard:
- nothing but a good position to work on sweeps and to work on your way up;
- not many subs;
- not the best position for stalling;
- no striking whatsoever.

ps: I’m talking about the use of these type of guard exclusively for mma.

do you guys agree?

-Vinny Magalhaes via THE UG

Here’s a video of Trigg doing his thing as a commentator (would love to see him back in the broadcast booth):

Frank Trigg Reel from Frank Trigg on Vimeo.

Click the images below to get yourself Triggerd.

On February 20th, for the first time ever, the UFC will be in Sydney Australia. The broadcast will still be Live at 7pm PT/ 10pm ET on Pay-Per-View and UFCLive.com. Visit http://110.ufc.com for more information.

Part I of a series covering the MMA Career of Tatsuya “The Crusher” Kawajiri by Genghis Con

Music From this video available @ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/genghiscon

Fairtex put together an absolute dream backpack for any serious fighter and athlete. Click here to find out more and to buy your own: FAIRTEX

Our heavy-duty Backpack is made of tough rip-stop nylon material. This bag features a large main compartment, a large front compartment, an ipod pocket, exterior mesh pockets and much more. The bag is screen-printed with Fairtex logos and the “Be Inspired” slogan.

-Fairtex

Nogueira thinks his experience will pay dividends when he faces Cain Velasquez at UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia. 110 can be seen live at 7pm ET/ 10pm PT on Saturday, February 20th on Pay-Per-View or UFCLive.com. Visit http://110.ufc.com for more info.