Our UFC 143: Nick Diaz vs. Carlos Condit coverage kicks into high gear, videos of boxing's Mike Tyson discussing Fedor Emelianenko, 'The Ultimate Fighter' season 3's Josh Haynes makes a debut on 'Vegas Strip' and more on today's edition of the Morning Report.
Feb 2, 2012 - UFC 143 coverage is officially kicking into high gear. There's tons to check out including our UFC 143 open workout photo gallery, Ariel Helwani's interviews from the same event, Ben Fowlkes' interview with Roy Nelson, pre-fight presser video and the like. Now, start your day with these five can't-miss links:
Open workouts interview with Nick Diaz. Ariel Helwani talks to Stockton's own about the cameras of UFC Primetime, his dislike of editing, and a burgeoning rivalry with Georges St. Pierre.
UFC 143 preliminary card dissections. Dallas Winston visually breaks down Saturday night's entire six-bout undercard, including the Facebook preliminaries and FX-televised UFC Prelims special.
The UFC 143 cut list. Ben Fowlkes probes to see which fighters are safe, and which fighters desperately need a 'W' on Saturday night.
Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto slated for May 5. Boxing's biggest draw hits the ring on the same night of UFC on Fox 3.
UFC 143 media scrum interviews. Bloody Elbow's Matt Roth and the rest of the media talked to GSP and Nick Diaz. Check out his videos of these extended conversations.
Yesterday's Media Gumbo:
Remember Josh Haynes? The TUF 3 finalist who almost had his scalp ripped off by Rory Singer? Apparently he's a cop now. (HT: The Underground)
From one legend to another, Mike Tyson discusses the career of Fedor Emelianenko.
How many Ivy League-schooled Wall Street stockbrokers can count both ceramics and mixed martial arts among their hobbies?
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UFC Least likely fighter tweet ever? RT @JohnCholish Just got the bowl I made on the clay wheel, not too shabby!! http://t.co/lFOS4G3w
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Relive Carlos Condit's ridiculous knockout of Dan Hardy at UFC 120.
Something to look out for on Saturday night.
@MMADecisions
MMADecisions.com Cecil Peoples was the dissenter in both of Carlos Condit's UFC split decisions. He's slated to judge Condit/Diaz. http://t.co/dIHhvjvD
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The official UFC Undisputed 3 predictions have proven to be startlingly accurate so far, but will the trend continue?
Matt Mitrione braved the deep waters to power his way through this grueling workout. (HT: Middle Easy)
Did you miss any fight announcements? Here's what was announced yesterday (Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2012):
FanPost of the Day:
Today's FPOTD belongs to BE reader Luke Nelson: UFC On FOX: Has The UFC Botched Their First Two Tries?
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Whoa this site has changed
Yo MDS can you atleast give us an idea of what the hell is going on with your website… change is hard.
by DX OX on Feb 2, 2012 11:04 AM EST reply actions
Let me know if there are changes to this post you’d like to see included.
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by Luke Thomas on Feb 2, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed
If there’s anything you’d like to see changed about this post, please feel free to let us know. It’s a work in progress.
by Shaun Al-Shatti on Feb 2, 2012 1:26 PM EST up reply actions
Always loved MMAFighting content, but the comments section has always been a bit crazy. Is there now going to be more active moderation with BE style rules?
by carpediem on Feb 2, 2012 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
There will be moderation
I don’t know if it’ll mimic BE’s rules set exactly.
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by Luke Thomas on Feb 2, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
Changes
This feature is new and so is the author, I think. Some other sports blogs I frequent introduce a new feature and explain what it’s about when they roll it out for the first time. One suggestion specific to this post/feature is that all the different segments are real close together, almost scrunched up, with no borders and no real way of determining where one segment begins/ends. But it’s still entertaining and a good morning read. And I’m also very grateful for the increased level of content on this site and the new-found interaction/relationship with the commenters.
Oh and the biggest complaint is that the fullscreen/expansion button on videos does not work when on firefox. But it does work on IE9, so I have to keep switching browsers if I want to see Ariel’s interviews in fullscreen mode. I don’t know if this is a user-end problem but it’s a big inconvenience.
by DX OX on Feb 2, 2012 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
These are good suggestions and tips. I will work on this. Thank you.
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by Luke Thomas on Feb 2, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
Fullscreen Button
Has anyone else had the same problem with the fullscreen button or is this a user-end problem/fault? Do you have any idea how to fix this?
by DX OX on Feb 2, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
I have not
But we’re talking to the video folks now. Others are having a problem.
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by Luke Thomas on Feb 2, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
Thank you for your feedback! These are suggestions that we’ll definitely work on.
by Shaun Al-Shatti on Feb 2, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
Sure thing
Nice article, I like you already Shaun… no homo.
by DX OX on Feb 2, 2012 2:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Also, I rec’d the comment.
If you rec a comment three times, it turns green so it stands out for everyone to see. Try it when you see a great comment on any post.
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by Luke Thomas on Feb 2, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Sure
Another suggestion is to have a way to organize comments by most liked, most replied, oldest, newest and etc.
by DX OX on Feb 2, 2012 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
Just Follow Luke
good stuff seems to follow. Love the SB Nation Feel it is much more interactive.
Just convince the MMA fighting section to change its Video Player cause this one….not so good.
I am vorn the unspeakable the skulls of those who defy me bleach in the suns of hundreds of worlds...... and you are
by Roman727 on Feb 2, 2012 2:00 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed
The new video player is horrendous.
by DX OX on Feb 2, 2012 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
Peoples.
Damn.
by Shaun32887 on Feb 2, 2012 1:49 PM EST reply actions
Peoples sucks
Condit better not throw any leg kicks, cuz Peeps won’t score those.
by DX OX on Feb 2, 2012 2:38 PM EST up reply actions
Really like this new morning report, It was good to see the Condit/Hardy knockout again. I agree with DX OX that it needs to be refined just a little bit. I do love the new commenting system tho, it works well for me
by Rob2507 on Feb 2, 2012 3:22 PM EST reply actions
Cool
If you have any suggestions about what you’d like to see, lemme know.
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by Luke Thomas on Feb 2, 2012 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks! Like Luke said, if there’s anything you’d like to see added or changed, please let us know.
by Shaun Al-Shatti on Feb 2, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
For sure
lol and highlights of past fights as well as up and coming fighters are always good, and maybe just little snippets of news from the smaller mma organizations would be cool if thats at all possible. But you guys are really chill, I like where this website is going
by Rob2507 on Feb 2, 2012 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
so, is mmanation moving over to mmafighting?
by XingYi on Feb 2, 2012 4:00 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Yep, MMA Nation is done now. Luke and I moved over to here.
by Shaun Al-Shatti on Feb 2, 2012 6:09 PM EST up reply actions
Because I like both sites a lot . No tmz style reporting on either site. To bad snowden is gone but all in all a consolidation would probably work well for ya’ll.
by XingYi on Feb 2, 2012 4:03 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I liked Tyson better when he wanted to eat people's children and was "on the zoloft to keep from killin y'all"
by superfknmario_ on Feb 2, 2012 4:39 PM EST reply actions
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