Published by Stephen Rhodes
NCM Fathom, in partnership with Octagon Buzz, is offering readers of Octagon Buzz the opportunity to win some awesome prizes. You’re probably wondering what exactly it is that you can win?
Here is what’s up for grabs:
- TWO GRAND PRIZE WINNERS will receive a branded gym bag filled with UFC items, including a UFC fight glove autographed by either Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell or Rich “Ace” Franklin!
Two additional winners will be chosen at random to win one of the following prize packs:
- Branded gym bag filled with UFC prize pack items plus 4 free movie passes to your local theater.
- Liddell vs. Couture DVD box sets plus 4 free movie passes to your local theater.
What do you have to have a chance at these prizes? It is simple: Just text UFC115 to 69302 and win! Standard text message rates will apply.
There’s no limit to the number of times that you can enter, so enter early and often. Get to texting and good luck!
. Jun 10, 2010
Filed under: Octagon Buzz Contest, contest, NCM Fathom, Octagon Buzz, prizes, UFC 115
Published by Stephen Rhodes
The UFC 115 contest that we had here at Octagon Buzz was wildly successful as the 225 submissions attest to. The winner of the contest is Rob from Miami, OK; our heartfelt congratulations to him.
The UFC 115 question was as follows:
Chuck Liddell has fought in 28 professional MMA fights during his career. Where was his first professional MMA bout at, his opponent and the winner of the bout?
The correct answer was: Event – UFC 17: Redemption in Mobile, AL; Opponent – Noe Hernandez, Winner of Bout – Liddell by Unanimous decision.
Rob will receive a pair of tickets to the UFC 115 event at a theatre near him.
Octagon Buzz will have more contests in the future, so stay tuned!
. Jun 10, 2010
Filed under: Octagon Buzz Contest, contest, Octagon Buzz, UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin
Published by Stephen Rhodes
After you either watch UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez or catch the fight results after the event, be sure to visit Octagon Buzz and watch the post-fight press conference.
The press conference, taking place from Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, is scheduled to take place at 1:00 AM Sunday (Eastern)/10:00 PM Saturday (Pacific). To view the live UFC 110 post-fight press conference, please click here.
. Feb 20, 2010
Filed under: Octagon Buzz Exclusive, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Cain Velasquez, Octagon Buzz, post-fight press conference, UFC 110
Published by Stephen Rhodes
Folks, it has been a while since I have updated the Octagon Buzz MMA Rankings, and for that I apologize. But nonetheless, the rankings are out. Do not hesitate to comment if you’re so inclined to disagree as the rankings are based on recent trends, quality of fighters’ opponents and fights that I have recently viewed.
So without further adieu, here are the Octagon Buzz MMA Rankings for October 2009:
Heavyweight Rankings
- Fedor Emelianenko (30-1, 1 no contest)
- Brock Lesnar (4-1)
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1, 1 no contest)
- Frank Mir (12-4)
- Shane Carwin (11-0)
- Alistair Overeem (29-11, 1 no contest)
- Brett Rogers (10-0)
- Randy Couture (16-10)
- Junior dos Santos (9-1)
- Fabricio Werdum (12-4-1)
Light Heavyweight Rankings
- Lyoto Machida (15-0)
- Rashad Evans (13-1-1)
- Quinton Jackson (30-7)
- Mauricio Rua (18-3)
- Anderson Silva (25-4)
- Gegard Mousasi (26-2-1)
- Dan Henderson (25-7)
- Thiago Silva (14-1)
- Forrest Griffin (16-6)
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (17-3)
Middleweight Rankings
- Anderson Silva (25-4)
- Dan Henderson (25-7)
- Nathan Marquardt (29-8-2)
- Demian Maia (10-1)
- Yushin Okami (23-4)
- Jorge Santiago (21-7)
- Robbie Lawler (16-5, 1 no contest)
- Vitor Belfort (19-8)
- Yoshihiro Akiyama (13-1, 2 no contests)
- Chael Sonnen (23-10-1)
Welterweight Rankings
- Georges St. Pierre (19-2)
- Thiago Alves (16-4)
- Jon Fitch (19-3, 1 no contest)
- Jake Shields (23-4-1)
- Josh Koscheck (13-4)
- Paulo Thiago (11-1)
- Mike Swick (14-2)
- Carlos Condit (23-5)
- Matt Hughes (43-7)
- Marius Zaromkis (12-3)
Lightweight Rankings
- B.J. Penn (14-5-1)
- Kenny Florian (11-4)
- Eddie Alvarez (17-2)
- Shinya Aoki (22-4, 1 no contest)
- Diego Sanchez (21-2)
- Tatsuya Kawajiri (25-5-2)
- Gray Maynard (8-0, 1 no contest)
- Frankie Edgar (10-1)
- Mizuto Hirota (12-3-1)
- Joachim Hansen (19-8)
Featherweight Rankings
- Mike Brown (22-4)
- Urijah Faber (22-3)
- Hatsu Hioki (20-3-2)
- Jose Aldo (15-1)
- Bibiano Fernandes (7-2)
- Leonard Garcia (13-4)
- Wagnney Fabiano (12-2)
- Raphael Assuncao (14-1)
- Takeshi Inoue (16-3)
- Mackens Semerzier (4-0)
Bantamweight Rankings
- Miguel Torres (37-2)
- Brian Bowles (8-0)
- Dominick Cruz (14-1)
- Takeya Mizugaki (12-3-2)
- Masakatsu Ueda (9-0-2)
- Joseph Benavidez (10-1)
- Rani Yahya (14-4)
- Damacio Page (12-4)
- Will Ribiero (10-2)
- Akitoshi Tamura (14-7-2)
. Oct 19, 2009
Filed under: Rankings, MMA Rankings, Octagon Buzz
Published by Stephen Rhodes
Please welcome our newest contributor Phil Lanides aboard Octagon Buzz!! For those of you who are not familiar with Phil, he is publicist for some of the best and upcoming MMA organizations nationally; in addition, he is owner of Fight Of Your Life Communications, a company specializing in sports, music, and religious public relations and marketing.
He also writes for San Jose MMA Examiner, a leading site for MMA news. By all means check out his quality websites along with the fine work he will provide here at Octagon Buzz.
. Jul 31, 2009
Filed under: Octagon Buzz Exclusive, Fight Of Your Life Communications, MMA Examiner, Octagon Buzz, Phil Lanides
Published by Stephen Rhodes
Yes folks, that was not a typo – Octagon Buzz is having a contest!!! Specifically, a TapouT contest. How does it work, you ask? Pretty simple really – Octagon Buzz will submit a TapouT question for all of you. The first correct submission to the question wins a limited edition, Versus/TapouT t-shirt; there’s only one available, so getting your submission in early is key. Here’s the rules:
- The TapouT contest starts as of Saturday, October 4 and will run until Friday, October 10.
- Submissions will be accepted until 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on Friday, October 10.
- To submit your answer, click the CONTACT US link in the upper right of the Octagon Buzz homepage.
- Under the Subject header, type: TapouT Contest.
- Only one guess per contestant, please; multiple submissions by a contestant will disqualify him/her from consideration.
- The first correct submission will win the t-shirt.
- The winner of the contest agrees to allow their name and city of origin to be posted here at Octagon Buzz, so when submitting your answer, kindly provide your name, address, city, state and zip code. This is in order to notify the winner.
- All rulings for this contest are final.
Now that the rules of the contest are out of the way, here is the contest question: On the most recent episode of TapouT (October 3), who is the prospective fighter that the TapouT crew target, the name of his trainer and what city does the TapouT crew visit? Yes, it is a 3-part question.
Remember, the contest ends on Friday, October 10 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time), so get your submission in ASAP!!! A limited edition Versus/TapouT t-shirt is at stake, so get it in…good luck!!!
. Oct 03, 2008
Filed under: Octagon Buzz Exclusive, Octagon Buzz, TapouT
