UFC Fight Night 22: Efrain Escudero vs Matt Wiman booked with Mac Danzig hurt, Yves Edwards returns
by Jesse Holland on Aug 19, 2010 10:21 AM EDT
Email
Print
Thug-jitsu is back, son.
The UFC continues to Frankenstein its upcoming "Fight Night 22" fight card, this time after former Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 6 Champion Mac Danzig was forced to withdraw from the Spike TV event following an injury to his pectoral muscle and a pinched nerve.
MMA Weekly brings confirmation of the change in plans, and also indicates that fellow TUF champ Efrain Escudero will abandon John Gunderson at the undercard altar to step in for the Vegan warrior in the night's co-main event.
Enter Yves Edwards.
The UFC veteran returns to the Octagon for the first time since a TKO loss to Joe Stevenson way back at UFC 61: "Bitter Rivals" over four years ago. In addition to the UFC, the master of Thug-jitsu has fought for PRIDE, Strikeforce, EliteXC and just about any other promotion you can think of.
The Texan, fresh off a Bellator 25 win over Luis Palomino, has been mixing it up since late 1997 and would no doubt like to leave UFC fans with a better memory than the one left by his last performance under the Zuffa banner.
The only thing standing in his way are the "Quick Guns" of John Gunderson.
To catch up on all the recent changes to the UFC Fight Night 22: "Marquardt vs. Palhares" fight card, scheduled as the lead-in to the twelfth season of TUF on Sept. 15, check out the current (for now) line-up by clicking here.
24 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
I could care less about Escuerdo/Wiman as i am not a fan, but it could work out to be a great fight.
Yves is BACK….doesn’t mean much..but NOICE
Hey Jesse, awhile back a BE poster and now CagesideSeat editor was talking about site hits per day and said Mania gets the more the BE and some other sites on SB. I always think Mania is limited to a few dozen posters (not really, but thats around the number i regularly correspond with) until a poll is front paged and gets 8K votes.
What does Mania average in hits?
I'm Not Afraid of Dying, I'm a Little Bit Scared of What Comes After...
by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 10:29 AM EDT reply actions
that goes without question
I'm Not Afraid of Dying, I'm a Little Bit Scared of What Comes After...
by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
They're big
Real big, but credit to BE, they’re catching up to us. Probably because we joined SB Nate-tion and send a lot of traffic their way. We’re cool like dat.
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
by Jesse Holland on Aug 19, 2010 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
good stuff !
Not getting detailed, but does this site provide enough hits/ads to pay the bills?
(not trying to being the douche who asks how much someone makes a year, just curious to whether or not those who run successful sites/forums need secondary income)
I'm Not Afraid of Dying, I'm a Little Bit Scared of What Comes After...
by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
do you guys talk to anyone outside of the SB Nation about this kind of thing
As part of the panel you are on or anything? SoCal has me curious now as to how many eyes are getting onto these forums as compared to a shitdog or mmaweekly and the like.
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again."
Sherdog.net gets by far and away the most hits
for MMA….by a long shot. Then people find out about MMA.tv and jump there becoming the “now we’re the cool kids unlike those shitdoggers.”
Big Nog for Life
Inventor/supporter of "Gleison Tibau to Featherweight" movement.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Aug 19, 2010 1:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Sherdog by that much eh?
didnt know that.
I would like a list of “most popular” (by stats) MMA sites.
I'm Not Afraid of Dying, I'm a Little Bit Scared of What Comes After...
by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
funnily enough the sherdog.com site doesnt do as many hits according to
Sherwood. Though you can probably do a search on Alexa.com to see current stats.
Big Nog for Life
Inventor/supporter of "Gleison Tibau to Featherweight" movement.
by NNR (formerly NameNotRequired) on Aug 19, 2010 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Solid fight.
I am a big fan of Matt Wiman. Wiman has better stand up, and jitsu, where Efrain has better wrestling, which very well may be the difference. The only wrestler Wiman’s faced has been Jim Miller, and he lost every round in that fight. Hopefully Efrain fights dumb.
I should never have doubted the wisdom of David W-S or the talent of Junior Dos Santos…and screw Dana White
LATE TAKEDOWN FTW
After Dunham schooled Efrain, I don't see that happening. Efrain FTW.
"Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth.
-Stephen King
wiman is no joke though
i just wish he was fighting danzig again to choke him out again and have no confusion that the first fight went the way it was supposed to go
never have any regrets, because at the time, thats all you wanted to do
Saturday I rewatched Cigano vs Yves… what a big punch by Dos Santos!
"No one wants to be defeated" Michael Jackson on MMA fights
''A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits'' Richard M. Nixon on Fedor's loss
Yves Edwards (lw) fought Junior Dos Santos (HW) ??
I'm Not Afraid of Dying, I'm a Little Bit Scared of What Comes After...
by SouthCaliStunNa on Aug 19, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
oh shit
Eddie’s back on the sauce
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
by Jesse Holland on Aug 19, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
LMAO. must be the broken english. ;)
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning." - Albert Einstein
I like Yves :)
Glad to see him back in action in the octagon! Hope he wins
danzig mustve heard we all thought he’d get cut after this fight to wiman
"its either going to be genius or its going to f***ing suck. Until I see the first cut I have no idea. But you know what? Neither does anybody else"
Rory 'The Waterboy' Macdonald
Thiago 'Pitbull' Alves
Yushin 'Thunder' Okami
Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua
stoked!
edwards is like a light switch: on or off. When he’s on, he’s an entertaining banger, smooth in transitions and comfortable standing and putting on a technical clinic. He doesn’t shy away from kickboxing and would love to see him bang it out with BJ. He has sleek subs and really a pleasure to watch. He’s fought everywhere and I wonder why he isn’t a perm fixture in the UFC…
Glad Silva/White/Ferritas brought this guy back. Thanks!
Sweeeet!
Yves is the man! Can’t wait to see him mix it up with the big boys at LW!
Arlovski : Kang : GSP : Rampage : Lytle : Huerta : Quarry : Serra : Wandy : Pulver : Alvarez
great for Yves
Miller vs. Tibau should be the co-main event, seeing that Jim beat up Wiman pretty bad. I’m not a fan of Mr. Wiman, hope Efrain can get the job done.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
