Geez, after the bitching and moaning this guy did after his loss to Amir Sadollah at last night’s The Ultimate Fighter Finale, it’s a bit of a surprise how easily he admitted to tapping post fight. Obviously he had a chance to look at the video and knew there was no use in denying it further. UFC.com has a short video clip of CB getting interviewed after the fight where he says he made a mistake and needs to learn some more jiu-jitsu.

Here is an update to a previous post on the new UFC video game.

Video game website 1Up.com has posted a preview and some screen shots of the new UFC game slated for launch in 2009. The graphics looks sick and if the popularity of the sport is any indication of how the game will fair in the market, chances are this will be flying off the shelves.

Here is what 1UP has to say about UFC Undisputed:

Sure, we’ve seen some decent UFC games in the past, but this is the first time that THQ (known for publishing the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw games) is entering the eight-sided cage. The in-ring experience of making the SmackDown vs. Raw games will certainly help, too — the developer of those games, Yuke’s, will be making Undisputed. And it seems to be taking its first UFC fight seriously: Yuke’s is constructing a brand-new fighting engine for the game, which is great to hear because Undisputed is already kicking ass graphically. UFC Undisputed will be available for PS3 and XBox 360. The official release date is still TBD.

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Jon Koppenhaver, better known as War Machine from The Ultimate Fighter, is getting further and further “out there” these days. War Machine posted an article on his website stating that he plans to move to the Philippines and live like a king for a while. Overall I think this guy has good intentions in life, but man is his head messed up. Check out his more entertaining excerpts from his latest rant:

So I have pretty much decided that in the next couple of years I am gonna move somewhere LESS CIVILIZED. After all, civilization and LAWS are in place to protect the WEAK anyway. Me being the Alpha Male, Spartan, SAVAGE that I am…I see no need for this type of B.S.

So the plan is to move to the Philippines in the next two years. There the money I make in the UFC will make me very wealthy and there I will not have to hold back when someone deserves to get smashed.

I wont have to be less of a man in order to prevent getting in trouble with the “law.” I will be able to live my life how I want and deserve to live. I will train all day and fuck all night. Maybe one day I will find a wife, if not it’s okay. I will bring my boxing coach and my jiu-jitsu coach with me. Build a team from scratch…this will be a great life. Hopefully before I am 55 I will die in a knife fight outside of some bar. Avoiding the midlife crisis all together.

This is the life of an Alpha Male like me. We are not supposed to grow old and wait around to die. We are supposed to fight, kill and fornicate. Tempt fate more and more with each passing year…and just as we start to become weaker and older a younger Alpha kills us and takes our place.

More bizarreness at WarMachineMMA.com

Very little mixed martial arts news relevance, but I’m posting this anyway. This really puts into perspective how far MMA and the UFC have come.

Recently UFC’s Dana White stated that this Thursday he is going to make an announcement that will rock the world of mixed martial arts. There has been plenty of speculation as to what this earth shattering announcement will be, but for now we only have confirmation as to what this big announcement won’t be.

• Floyd Mayweather will be signing with the UFC

• The UFC and WWE are about to enter a partnership

• A new television deal with either ABC, Fox, or ESPN

• The UFC is going public

What Dana did have to reveal in this CNBC interivew that the UFC is coming out with a new line of action figures. Brock Lesnar joins the conversation and Dana is, well, Dana.

UFC.com posted an article today previewing UFC 85. Writer Wayne McCullough gives you a down and dirty preview of what looks like on paper to be one of the weaker MMA cards this year.

Matt Hughes vs Thiago Alves

It’s good to see that Matt Hughes is still fighting, especially heading a card in the UK, because after his loss to Georges St-Pierre I thought that might have been the end of his career. He’s already proved he is the best welterweight of all time. Although he is 10 years older than Alves I think he still has what it takes to compete at the world level.

Alves is unbeaten in his last five fights, the last four by KO. In my opinion, Hughes needs to take the fight to the ground and use his physical strength and wrestling. I think he’s a lot stronger than Alves on the ground so that’s where he needs to be to try for submissions. Alves is better at striking than Hughes, especially when he’s standing. So he’ll want to keep the fight on his feet and counter Hughes’ shots.

Michael Bisping vs Jason Day
I like the way Bisping fights. I’ve been following his career for a while and he’s improving with each fight. His last fight in Montreal was impressive and now that he’s dropped down to middleweight he could be one of the top guys in the division.

Day, a tough guy who also fought in Montreal in his UFC debut, is a striker who loves to use his elbows. I think Bisping is a better all around fighter and favour him to win this fight.

Marcus Davis vs Mike Swick
Davis is almost a local in Britain since he’s fought on several cards in the UK and the fans love him. He’s got a good boxing background and being a southpaw he carries a good right hand, which he has proved in previous fights.

Swick, like his nickname suggests, is “quick” in the Octagon, having scored a couple of fast KO’s. I watched him a few days ago on “Ultimate Knockouts 4” knocking out an opponent in less than 30 seconds.

I think Davis has learned the ground game well and has become a complete fighter and this will be a test for him to see if he can move forward.

Nate Marquardt vs Thales Leites
Marquardt looked good in his last fight with a submission win over Jeremy Horn in February of this year.

He’s a big strong man who has worked hard to improve since his loss to Anderson Silva for the middleweight belt in July 2007. He’s now looking to get back into title contention. Marquardt has better stand up skills than Leites so he should keep this fight on his feet since his opponent is a submission expert – with his last two fights being submission wins.

If Marquardt can avoid the submission attempts he should win this fight.

Fabricio Werdum vs Brandon Vera
Werdum impressively knocked out Gabriel Gonzaga in January 2008. He loves the ground game and that’s the place he likes to be.

Vera is coming off his first loss in the UFC to Tim Sylvia so he’s going to want to get back in the mix. He’s probably better on his feet so that’s where he needs to fight from. Although if Werdum wants to take it to the ground I’m sure Vera will be up for that because he has good grappling skills too.

This is a good match up where the fight could go either way and the winner could move on for a shot at the heavyweight belt.