Yoshizo Machida, father of former UFC champion, Lyoto Machida, speaks about his son’s first loss, and how it would affect his mental state. He also expresses his wishes for his son to retire, he explains his reasons in the video below.

Thanks to Sherdog for the video.

Yoshizo is definitely a man with experience, his stoic demeanor says it all. Also, he speaks the truth about the nature of fighting, everybody loses at some point. This guy reminds me of a Samurai, accepting whatever happens as part of his destiny.…

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UFC 116 is over, but if you still have the UFC itch, here’s a book that every MMA fans should get.

All I can say is…..Wow! This book is amazing. I was first introduced to this book while visiting the Xtreme Couture Gym in Las Vegas. They had the ultimate collector’s edition laying towards the back of their store. The book was huge, 20.5 x 26 inches in size. Immediately, the photos and the layout of the pages caught my attention. The giant book that Randy Couture has is a limited edition, worth over $1,000. You don’t have that kind of …

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First off, NERDSociety would like to wish Wanderlei Silva a Happy Birthday, Silva turns 34 July 3rd!

NERDSociety visited Wanderlei Silva’s gym, as he trained for his scheduled fight with Yoshihiro “Sexyama” Akiyama. Unfortunately, Silva suffered a rib injury and could not fight. It’s a shame because he worked so hard to prepare for the fight.

Wanderlei Silva is one of the sport’s most devastating fighters. His MMA career started in Vale Tudo matches in Brazil; no gloves, no problem. But, fame didn’t come to Silva until he started fighting in PRIDE FC, especially after he TKOd the legendary, …

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George Sotiropoulos is one of the best MMA fighters to execute the rubber guard.  He showed his excellent ground game against his last opponent, the very tough veteran, Joe “Big Daddy” Stevenson.  Throughout the fight, Stevenson couldn’t mount an offense on the ground.  Sotiropoulos won the fight and got the Fight of the Night award.  Come this Saturday, Sotiropoulos will fight Kurt “Batman” Pellegrino at UFC 116.  I wish I had more time to talk to George but I didn’t want to bother him too  much as he prepares for his upcoming fight.

NERDSociety.com (NS):  Care to tell us what will …

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While the UFC is the king of MMA at this moment, STRIKEFORCE and other MMA organizations like DREAMS joins EA to compete with UFC’s Undisputed video game. So far, EA MMA looks promising. The graphics look good, but not realistic. The punches and kicks are utilized through the analog stick, unlike UFC’s Undisputed. The takedowns are utilized using the buttons system. The movement is fluid, maybe too fluid for my taste. Sometimes, it feels that the characters are floating around.

THQ and EA are focusing on signing fighters that will be featured in their games. Although, this is an important …

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Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin (HW Title Fight) – This will be an exciting match-up between the two HWs. Lesnar’s strongest suit next to his wrestling, is his strenght. He will need to take this fight to the ground asap, otherwise, Carwin will knock him out. Carwin is almost as big as Lesnar, but if taken to the ground, Lesnar will dominate Carwin with his wrestling control. The real question here is whether Carwin can match Lesnar’s strenght once on the ground, will Carwin be able to defend those huge fists slamming into his face. If Carwin can …

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Compilation photos of the STRIKEFORCE event in San Jose, CA; The biggest story of the night, as we all know, was the fall of Fedor. For the first time ever in his MMA career, Fedor Emelianenko suffered his first real MMA loss to Jiu-jitsu wizard, Fabricio Werdum.

What was Fedor’s emotional state after the loss? Check the photos below. NERDSociety was on hand to photograph some of the fights, the fighter entrances, the post-conference, and the behind-the-scenes celebrations by the victors.

Josh “The Punk” Thomson

Alistair Overeem is huge, he’s like a giant!

Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos

Cung Le vs. Scott Smith…

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At the Strikeforce press conference, Fedor Emelianenko talked about his loss to Fabricio Werdum.  Fedor looked very sad and disapointed and said “maybe, I took myself for granted.”

“I wasn’t mechanical tonight.  I thought I would react automatically (to submission holds) but it was obvious I didn’t”

Fedor also pointed out that he’ll train harder whenever his next fight will be.  He wants a rematch with Werdum but he said it’s up to the victor to choose his next opponent.

“It’s  God’s will if I win or lose, ” Fedor added.

Werdum said it was an unbelievable feeling that he beat …

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In one of the most memorable MMA events in years, Strikeforce returned to its hometown of San Jose, CA to feature the one of the best MMA fighters in the world, Fedor Emelianenko.  Emelianenko faced off against the bjj expert, Fabricio Werdum.  In the undercard, Cung Le faced a rematch with Scott Smith while Women’s Middleweight Champion Cris Cyborg fought against the underdog Jan Finney.  Legendary MMA fighter, Frank Shamrock also announced his retirement.

Below are the results from the event:

Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabricio Werdum
In the main event of the night, Emelianenko was more aggressive than usual and put …

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STRIKEFORCE’s Light-Heavyweight champ, King Mo  gets ready for the biggest fight of his life.

Thanks to Allelbows for the video.…