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One convict will think twice before attempting to mug anyone again.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that 24-year-old Anthony Miranda allegedly pulled a gun on a driver in a parked car on the Southwest Side of Chicago Friday night.
The thug ended up with two black eyes and a gunshot wound to the ankle.
The intended victim…turned out to be an MMA fighter.
The Sun-Times reports on the Cook County man who now faces charges of armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, a Class X felony:
“After getting some money, he ordered the driver out of the car, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said. At some point, Miranda’s attention was diverted and the victim was able to grab control of the gun and the two wrestled. During the fight, Miranda accidentally discharged his gun, shooting himself in the ankle, Mirabelli said. The victim, who told police he’s a martial arts expert and ultimate fighting champion was able to pin Miranda down until police arrived. Police arrived to find Miranda with a face full of cuts and two black eyes.
“After getting some money, he ordered the driver out of the car, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
At some point, Miranda’s attention was diverted and the victim was able to grab control of the gun and the two wrestled.
During the fight, Miranda accidentally discharged his gun, shooting himself in the ankle, Mirabelli said.
The victim, who told police he’s a martial arts expert and ultimate fighting champion was able to pin Miranda down until police arrived. Police arrived to find Miranda with a face full of cuts and two black eyes.
Miranda had originally asked the man, whose name the police have yet not released, for lighter.
Fox Chicago reports that Miranda has had several convictions in the past, including at least one for a residential burglary. The 24-year-old was taken to the hospital Friday night and ordered held on $350,000 bond Sunday.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/thug-pummeled-after-attempting-to-mug-chicago-man-who-turns-out-to-be-an-mma-fighter/
We were grumpy about the 8p Central start times, too, Dana!
Man oh man, we get that the East Coast is the center of the universe, but it was such a drag for the UFC start times on its pay-per-views starting so damn early! After a seven-month experiment of holding their pay-per-view events an hour earlier, the UFC have decided to revert to the original pay-per-view start time of 10p.m. ET, starting with the blockbuster UFC 141 card this December.
Starting last April, the UFC responded to East Coast fan demand to start the pay-per-views an hour earlier, though the adjusted start time proved bothersome to many West Coast fans, who have swayed he promotion to move back to their original kick-off time of 10p.m. ET.
The start-time move may also be in response to dwindling pay-per-view buys reported over the last seven months.
UFC 141 is still materializing, but has been confirmed by the promotion to take place this December 30 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The card is expected to feature a main event between heavyweight MMA superstars Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem, competing in a a five-round, non-title main event. In addition to that match-up, welterweight fights between Johny Hendricks and Jon Fitch, as well as Dong Hyun Kim and Sean Pierson and a light heavyweight bout between Alexander Gustafsson and Vladimir Matyushenko have been rumored for the event.
Source: http://www.fightline.com/fl/news/2011/1011/545597/
God is this a sweet pic.
Q101.com has long reviled Larry Merchant. At times he has seemed drunk during his post-fight rambling soliloquies. Between him and the wretch-inducing HBO PBP man Jim Lampley, it’s been tough to sit through boxing on HBO for decades. That’s just our opinion. However…
The recent tussle between Merchant and the equally-addled Floyd Mayweather Jr. had us rooting for Larry. It may have been the only time we dug him. Now he’s facing slings and arrows from all sides, and in this fight, we’re actually rooting for the old coot. Read on:
HBO commentator Larry Merchant is a well-respected figure in the world of boxing.
The sports journalist has called hundreds, if not thousands of bouts in his 30-plus years with the organization, though no moment has been more significant than that of his in-ring encounter with pound-for-pound great, Floyd Mayweather.
After Mayweather knocked out former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17, the colorful fighter drew the ire of Merchant.
After a deliberate clash of heads from Ortiz in the fourth round, the fighters were separated by referee Joe Cortez, who dropped the ball when he didn’t send both fighters to their respective corners. He called for a time-in while Ortiz appeared to distract, and shortly thereafter Mayweather connected on a powerful left-right combination that ended the bout.
Merchant infamously entered the ring questioning Mayweather’s tactics, to which the boxing great did not take kindly, vehemently calling for the HBO representative to be fired. Merchant responded by saying, “If I was 50 years younger, I’d kick your ass.”
Though he runs the largest mixed martial arts organization, UFC president Dana White has long been a boxing fanatic, even operating his own boxing aerobics classes before mogul-ing it up with the Las Vegas-based promotion.
Following the Mayweather-Merchant blowout, White didn’t hold back any punches about how he felt the veteran boxing commentator handled the situation.
“…Merchant gets in there—this babbling, senile, insane idiot. This guy has been around for way too long, he gets on there again and just embarrasses HBO,” the UFC exec began.
“Dude, you’re 107 years old. You have no business being on television anymore.”
Needless to say, White’s comments toward the 80-year-old (not 107) Merchant did not go unnoticed by the HBO representative, who complimented White on his endeavors by becoming a financially successful man thanks to his exploitation of this “Fight Club-esque” sport.
“Anyone who can make a multimillion dollar business out of street fighting has to be respected,” Merchant said when he spoke with BoxingScene.com.
“My opinion is that anyone is allowed to put up a tent, put on a show and invite people to come. And obviously he’s had a lot of success. Good for him.
“I don’t watch it. I don’t get a so-called sport in which you can have a 6-2 record and be called a world champion. I just don’t appreciate the finer points of MMA.”
Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/868545-hbos-larry-merchant-responds-to-ufc-president-dana-white
Stay tuned for White’s response. He won’t let this transgression go on without retort.
The Total Fight Challenge will be back in the Chicago land area on Sept 30, 2011 for a great night of MMA fights. On Sept 30th the TFC will be featuring many MMA fighters from the top MMA gyms throughout the whole Midwest. On the TFC fight card as of now we have fighters from… Torres MA, Modern MA, Colon’s MA, Uflacker Jiu Jitsu, Chicago Fight Team, Tri Star MA, and many more schools. THIS IS AN ALL AGES SHOW AT THE WILLOWBROOK BALLROOM, 8900 S. ARCHER AVE, WILLOW SPRINGS, ILLINOIS – 60480 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________DOORS DOORS 0PEN AT 7:00 PM, MMA MAIN CARD AT 8:00 PM PHONE (773) 582-9106
TICKET PRICES
VIP Table (seats 6) – $390 or $65 per seat
Platinum Table (seats 12) – $660 or $55 per seat
Preferred open seating – $36 per seat
General Admission seating – $30 per seat
FIGHT CARD— Davd Longoria vs Laurence Bradley – title fight main event
Brandon priest vs Matt Kimmons
Ron Harper vs Vaughn Camacho
Scott Breshnahan vs Zak Zwieger
Steve Matthews vs Dinisio Gilbert
Frank McMullen vs Josh Eckmann
Erik Avelar vs Dan Rivas
Gabe Mota vs Bruce Villanova
Rob Caulfield vs Ivory Blackwell
Zak Klonowski vs Anthony Velut
Don Simpson vs Julio Miciny
Tony Guerro vs Phil Halverson
Greg Tigner vs Jerome Powell
Jesse Linchmair vs Gabriel Trujillo
Tony Bundy vs Nick Sanchez
***fight card subject to change without notice***
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This kid has Tigerblood in a major way. Whatever YOU do, do it the way this guy wrestles!
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