Penn vs Sanchez Video is UP!!!

Check it out here:

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM4MzA1MDMy.html

Watch Penn vs Sanchez Fight Video

I'm personally going to a bar! However, if you can't go out and would like to watch the fights from the comfort of your computer you can check out these live streaming links which will play the fight:

Live streaming:

http://atdhe.net/

http://www.justin.tv/

Round by Round Coverage:

http://www.sherdog.com/

Penn vs Sanchez Weigh-in Video

Simply copy and paste the following link into your browser to watch the UFC 107 Penn vs Sanchez weigh-in video! Enjoy.

http://www.mmaconvert.com/2009/12/11/ufc-107-penn-vs-sanchez-weigh-in-results/

Diego Sanchez's Life Philosophy

He’s crazy. With rare exception that is the first thing people say about Diego Sanchez.

In fact, he evokes a string of adjectives — batty, bananas, bonkers, cracked, cuckoo, daffy, demented, deranged, loony, loco, mad, mental, unbalanced, unstable, unhinged and just plain nuts.

Even lightweight champ B.J. Penn, whom Sanchez will battle for all the marbles in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 107 in Memphis, has found himself drawn into giving an impromptu psychological assessment of his opponent, telling reporters on Wednesday that he believes Sanchez is more weird than wacko.

Of course, the 27-year-old MMA fighter comes by his nitroglycerin reputation honestly. Just look at him and you can see insanity in his eyes. He marches into the octagon to the strains of Queen’s "We Will Rock You" while literally foaming at the mouth like a rabid pitbull and shouting “Yes!” with every step.

He’s the world’s foremost — and likely only — proponent of the “Yes!” cartwheel, in which he performs a series of cartwheels while shouting that simple Stuart Smalleyesque affirmation. He also routinely takes barefoot walks over hot coals and runs marathons in the New Mexico desert to visit the graves of his ancestors. Indeed, it would appear that Diego “The Nightmare” Sanchez is missing some dots on his dice.

Named for the Spanish conquistador Don Diego de Vargas, Sanchez is possessed, for lack of a better word, by a conquering spirit. He was a state karate champion as a pre-teen and a wrestling star in high school. He took up mixed martial arts out of high school and became the middleweight winner of Season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter when he was just 21.

Once a student of Greg Jackson, the Yoda of MMA who is Georges St-Pierre's head coach, Sanchez now trains in San Diego under brothers Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, who have combined to win 11 world jiu-jitsu titles and six Abu Dhabi Submission Wrestling World Championships. He’s the owner of a 21-2 professional record — his only losses came when he was fighting at welterweight – and possesses a natural propensity for punching, kicking and otherwise mangling the human body, no matter how tenuous his grip on reality.

But dig a little deeper and you’ll discover a method to his madness. Sanchez is a devoted follower of Tony Robbins, the motivational guru and self-described “peak performance coach,” who has taught Sanchez how to “unleash the power within.”

“The psychological aspects of mixed martial arts are so huge, if you’re not right in the mind you’re not going to be right in the cage, and the worst thing a fighter can let enter his mind is doubt,” Sanchez says.

Doubt is the one thing that Sanchez seems not to experience. He simply cannot conceive of losing. In his mind, he is already the UFC lightweight champ, he just has to go into the cage on Saturday and let Penn know that.

In Robbins speak, Sanchez operates in the “Peak Mind State,” in which the impossible becomes possible, including defeating the overwhelmingly favoured Penn.

“It doesn’t matter — lack of sleep, nutrition, training, everything — because there is a power within all of us, a spiritual power,” he says. “There is something special in all of us and you can tap into that at any given time.” Sanchez calls it “the switch,” a mental on/off button that he flips before a fight, unleashing his untapped inner energy. The Chinese call it qi, Obi-Wan Kenobi calls it the force and Tony Robbins calls it the Peak Mind State. Mostly, it’s an inner faith, he says. “I flip the switch and just trust in myself.”

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Source: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/postedsports/archive/2009/12/10/ufc-107-there-is-method-to-diego-sanchez-s-madness.aspx

Diego Sanchez Training Video for UFC 107 vs Penn

Here's a video of Diego Sanchez doing a kettle-ball drill. This movement seems like a great exercise for the core, legs, and arms. Check it out below:



Hope you enjoyed this quick Penn vs Sanchez video! More to come :)

UFC 107 Countdown Video

Here's the 40 min. UFC 107 countdown video featuring: Diego Sanchez vs Bj Penn and Frank Mir vs Kingo. Diego is really into Tony Robbins, meditation, and Yoga. I found that pretty interesting. Check it out!

Copy and paste the following link into your browser to see the Penn vs Sanchez Video: http://blog.thesavagescience.com/2009/12/09/countdown-to-ufc-107-video

New Diego Sanchez Vlog & BJ Penn Video

Check out Diego's latest Vlog. He's looking PUMPED for his title fight. Watch as he stretches in the doctor's hallway, signs autographs for some kind fans, goes to the fish market, talks to the butcher, and trains his ass off at the last day of sparring.



A quick video from BJ Penn's website about his conference call. His voice is sounding a little raspy, hope BJ is 100% health-wise cause Diego looks as ready as I've ever seen him.


Find more videos like this on BJPENN.COM

Penn vs Sanchez Countdown Video

Don’t forget to check out the debut of “Countdown to UFC 107” on Spike TV tonight at 11PM ET/PT. The show will provide exclusive coverage of lightweight champ BJ Penn training in Hawaii as he prepares for this Saturday’s fight against Diego Sanchez.

The camera crew will also follow Sanchez around the mainland as he preps for the biggest fight of his career. The final segments of the show will be dedicated to the heavyweight matchup between former two-time UFC champion Frank Mir and Cheick Kongo.

The show will highlight the UFC’s final pay-per-view event of 2009, which will be jumping off inside the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee this weekend.

Penn has been the class of the division since returning to it a couple years back. He has rolled off four consecutive wins at lightweight, all ending in finishes, en route to capturing the title. He was last seen schooling a talented Kenny Florian at UFC 101 in August.

Speaking of winning four straight, Sanchez will be rolling into the Octagon with one of his own. Although he has been one of the UFC’s toughest and most successful competitors, this will be his first 5Round affair. However, you can’t really blame “The Ultimate Fighter 1″ winner as he has fought in three different UFC divisions.

Source: http://www.5thround.com/news/16989/countdown-to-ufc-107-debuts-tonight-on-spike-tv/

Sanchez Calm Before Penn Fight

He represents perhaps the last significant threat to UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn’s reign, but Diego Sanchez claims he feels no additional pressures heading into his five-round title fight with the gifted Hawaiian.

Pushed as the promotion’s top two lightweights, they will meet in the UFC 107 “Penn vs. Sanchez” main event this Saturday at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn.



“There’s going to be pressure in any fight,” Sanchez said during a Monday teleconference. “There was pressure on me when I won a state championship in high school. If you don’t know how to deal with pressure, you’re never going to be champion. This is what I’ve been working for the last eight years.”

The 27-year-old Sanchez moved down to lightweight following his technical knockout victory over American Top Team’s Luigi Fioravanti last year and seems to have been on a collision course with Penn ever since. Decision wins against former title challenger Joe Stevenson and the relentless Clay Guida hastened his ascent.

In Penn, he meets a man who holds him in high regard.

“I think Diego’s good in all areas,” Penn said. “He’s got great takedowns and jiu-jitsu and has improved his striking a lot. All that said, I think his greatest strength is his tenacity. All you’ve got to do is look at his past fights.”

One of the sport’s top five pound-for-pound competitors, Penn remains one of only two men -- Randy Couture is the other -- to hold UFC titles in two weight classes. He has not lost at 155 pounds since his majority decision defeat to Jens Pulver eight years ago.

“If you want to beat the best, you have to fight the best,” Sanchez said. “I suppose I’ve wanted to fight him since back when he beat Matt Hughes for the [welterweight] title. I always wanted to train with B.J., but it never happened. I suppose it was for a reason. It’s a good thing we never got together and trained. Now, we’re going to go to war. It’s going to be like chess.”

In other notes from the teleconference:

• Penn has returned to training with conditioning guru Marv Marinovich in California. “Marv is on a different level,” Penn said. “Every [other] trainer out there is doing the same stuff. It’s all built the same way. It’s mindless stuff. Everything I do works the right side and left side of my brain, uses my balance. Marv’s exercises are based on performance. It’s head-over-heels beyond the other stuff that’s out there. Marv’s really tapped into something.” The soon-to-be 31-year-old champion began training with Marinovich prior to his submission victory over Kenny Florian at UFC 101;

• For the first time in his career, Sanchez decided to work with a strength and conditioning coach, as he brought Steve Maxwell into the fold. “I feel like I got a lot stronger. I feel stronger at 165 than I did when I was at 185 on the show. We did a lot of yoga, a lot of work with kettle bells,” Sanchez said;

• Penn likes the idea of facing someone, like Sanchez, with a healthy fan base of his own, as it leads to more pay-per-view buys and higher paydays;

• Sanchez has no physical concerns as he heads into his first five-round fight. “In my two losses, I wished there were more rounds. I’ve always been a five-round fighter. I’ve never gotten tired in a fight,” he said;

• Penn made it a point to focus on his conditioning since Sanchez has become known for his ability to break down opponents with his savage pace. “That’s an area we did a lot of work on -- people trying to push the pace on us. We amped up our cardio to get ready for what’s going to take place. It makes no sense to train with a slow jiu-jitsu guy if you’re fighting a strong wrestler who’s exploding all the time,” Penn said;

• Sanchez spoke of the importance of self confidence. “I’m rigged differently. In my mind, I’m going to beat whoever I’m in the cage with. You’ve got to believe in yourself. I believe it’s my time. Everything in my career built up to this moment. Everything feels right,” he said.

Source: http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Pressure-Cooker-Sanchez-Calm-Before-UFC-107-Storm-21384

Can Diego Sanchez win B.J. Penn's title at UFC 107?

Diego Sanchez undoubtedly is considered the underdog heading into Saturday's UFC 107 main event with UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn.

But can "The Nightmare" pull off the upset and deliver Penn his second career loss at 155 pounds and his first such defeat in nearly eight years?

We posed the question in our latest weekly poll, and the results were revealed on this past Friday's new edition of "Inside MMA" on HDNet.

The oddsmakers have tapped Penn approximately a 75 percent favorite to win the fight. And fans have predicted pretty much the same.

Thousands of votes were cast, and 72 percent favored Penn as the winner of UFC 107, which takes place Dec. 12 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. The remaining 28 percent of the votes went to Sanchez.

Penn (14-5-1 MMA, 11-4-1 UFC), who's bounced between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, looks for his second successful title defense of 2009 and his third overall since winning the belt in early 2008. Penn won the vacant belt with a win over Joe Stevenson and defended it against Sean Sherk and Kenny Florian. However, Sanchez (21-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC), many fans argue, brings a type of intensity Penn has rarely seen. The "TUF 1" winner is 2-0 since his drop from welterweight to lightweight with wins over Stevenson (unanimous decision) and Clay Guida (split decision).

Do the oddsmakers and fans have it right? Should Penn be a bigger favorite, or is Sanchez being overlooked?

Source: http://mmajunkie.com/news/17096/poll-results-can-diego-sanchez-win-b-j-penns-title-at-ufc-107.mma

Penn vs Sanchez Gambling Advice - Value Of Early Lines

Okay, so gambling is usually Mike Fagan's thing, but today I wanted to talk a little bit about getting in on fights early.

I don't think I'm going out on a limb here when I say that Diego Sanchez is a huge underdog against BJ Penn. He has almost no reliable path to victory. Penn's BJJ is better, Penn's striking is better, and Penn showed that cardio isn't a huge issue for him anymore with the fight against Kenny Florian. Still, the average opening line for the fight was Penn at -190. That is an insane amount of value (Penn is at roughly -300 now which is still a good value honestly).

When the Kimbo Slice v. Houston Alexander fight was announced it was clear that Houston was a big favorite. His power is much more proven against professional competition, he is much quicker, Kimbo is dealing with a weigh cut for the first time in his life, and so on. Still, when the fight line opened you could get either guy at -115. Again, tremendous value. Within 24 hours we were closing in on Houston being a -300 favorite.

Jon Jones, opened at better than -200 most places and is now around -300.

If you liked Brendan Schaub against Roy Nelson you could have gotten in on him at +225 early vs. +165 now.

This is a part of MMA gambling that gets overlooked by a lot of people, a lot of the time. It can feel like you're just tying money up when you bet on something that isn't going to happen for a month or two but in the end there is a lot of money to be made on the earliest lines. If you plan on becoming serious about the gambling you're doing, you'd be very well served to stay on top of lines as they come out and make your early plays.

Source: http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/12/5/1187147/gambling-advice-recent-fights

New Diego Sanchez Vlog!

Check out the new Diego Sanchez video: He spars a bunch of rounds with some torn UFC gloves, gets his car broke, plays with a pet iguana that is secretly a BJ Penn fan, and talks about the title that he wants to capture.

I've searched around BJ's site to find some cool videos, but this is as close as I came to finding some:

I'll stay tuned to posting anything cool as soon as it appears there though!

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New BJ Penn vs Diego Sanchez Video Interview!

BJ talks about his Kenny Florian fight being personal, fighting Sanchez, and training with Marv.

Kenny Florian Interview

Here's a Kenny Florian interview from heavy.com. Kenny will be fighting on the Penn vs Sanchez under-card at UFC 107 against Clay Guida!

Kenny Florian is one of the top lightweight fighters in the world. He lost in his last bout, a title shot against B.J. Penn in August, but Florian is undeterred. He left long-time trainer Mark Delagrotte behind and joined Firas Zahabi's Tri-Star Gym in Montreal, the home of top fighters like Georges St. Pierre and Rashad Evans. The move was the first step on Florian's long road back to a lightweight championship fight.

He'll step into the cage on December 12 against Clay "The Carpenter" Guida at UFC 107. We sat down with Kenny to discuss soccer, his role as a member of the media with ESPN, the Guida bout and more.

Heavy.com: Tell me about your days playing soccer.

Kenny Florian: Both of my parents come from Peru, and my dad was a big soccer fan. Soccer is pretty big down in South America, obviously. He had us all playing soccer when we were pretty little. I just love the sport and I played all the time. I played all the way through college at Boston College. I still miss the sport today.

Heavy.com: Why did you stop playing after your days at Boston College?

Kenny Florian: You know, it got to the point where it just wasn't fun anymore in college. I had a few disagreements with the coach. It just got to the point where it didn't move me anymore, which was a sad thing because I never thought it would happen. But I just didn't find it fun anymore, and I had this other little thing on the side called Brazilian jiu-jitsu that I was doing and that was occupying a lot of my mind power as well. I was obsessed with it. So out went soccer and in came Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Heavy.com: Did you have a favorite pro soccer teams?

Kenny Florian: Yeah, I followed the Spanish League. The English Premier League, of course, was always great to watch. I used to watch a lot of the Italian League and the Bundesliga in Germany. But now I'm pretty much just watching the Spanish League and the Premier League when I can. I don't even get to watch it that much, but I watch when I can. And I'm excited for the World Cup, of course.

Heavy.com: If you had to pick one: be a superstar footballer for a top-flight EPL squad or do what you're currently doing, what would you choose?

Kenny Florian: (Laughs) That's tough. But they definitely get paid a lot more playing soccer. If I could play in one of the European leagues, I might be doing that. That would be pretty cool.

Heavy.com: That's probably a pretty tough question to answer.

Kenny Florian: Yeah, it is tough. I really love what I'm doing now.

Heavy.com: You are a host of MMA Live for ESPN and you have written several print features. Do you have any formal media training?

Kenny Florian: No, actually. I graduated with a degree in communications from Boston College, so that's my formal training. But I've had no actual coaching. I didn't go through any media training or anything like that as far as how to present myself on camera. It's something that I learn as I go. I speak to producers and get feedback. But as far as prior experience, I didn't really have any. I just did commentary for the UFC, and that was pretty much it.

Heavy.com: Is it tough to separate Kenny the fighter from Kenny the media personality?

Kenny Florian: It is. It can be difficult doing commentary, especially when you have to critique friends and training partners. It can be a challenge.

Heavy.com: Do any of your friends ask you for preferential treatment on MMA Live or in commentary?

Kenny Florian: (Laughs) No, no. Not yet, anyway.

Heavy.com: Have you gone back to analyze the Penn fight, and have you seen anything that you would change if you get another chance to face him?

Kenny Florian: There would be a lot of things that I would like to change and would need to change. Some of it would be in preparation for the fight and some of it would be during the fight itself. There are a lot of things. I know that I didn't perform up to my abilities. But that's the fight game, you know? Sometimes it's your night and sometimes it's not. That night, I knew it was going to be difficult heading into it.

It wasn't my best performance, but you live to fight another day. I've changed a lot about the way that I train and the way that I prepare for fights now. Every fight is a lesson, whether you win or lose, and I've done my best to learn something from every single fight. I think that for this fight, I'll definitely be at my best. Hopefully it will be my night.

Heavy.com: I guess the biggest change in your training has been your move to a new camp. What drew you to Firas Zahabi? Was it a spiritual MMA thing or just the success he's had with his fighters? And have you trained with Greg Jackson at all?

Kenny Florian: Yeah, I'm training with Firas at Tri-Star Gym in Montreal. They're associated with Greg Jackson, of course. I haven't gone to New Mexico to train with Greg or anything like that. Actually, Clay Guida has been training over there, so that would be a little awkward.

But training with Firas, bringing him on as my striking and MMA coach, he's been phenomenal. He's doing things that no one else is even close to thinking about. So for me, I feel that between having my brother Keith as a coach and Firas as well, with my boxing coach Peter Welch and all the incredible people I've had a chance to work with for this camp, it feels like I'm in my Ph.D course for mixed martial arts. So it's been really enjoyable with these guys. I've improved my game leaps and bounds for this fight.

Heavy.com: Will Firas be in your corner for the Guida fight?

Kenny Florian: Yes, he will.

Heavy.com: That will be a little bit strange, won't it? Greg Jackson and Firas facing each other?

Kenny Florian: Yeah, they will be cornering against each other. They're not sure exactly how that's going to work. I know they are very good friends. But I know that Clay was preparing at Greg's camp for this fight.

Heavy.com: No insult to Mark Delagrotte's camp, but training with GSP and Rashad Evans like you do now seems to be a completely different level than what you're used to in the past. How different is it training with guys like Georges and Rashad?

Kenny Florian: It's amazing, you know? To have an opportunity to train with guys like GSP and all the other pro fighters at Tri-Star, it takes you to a different level. You know you're training with the very best. You're going to be learning a lot from them. You're getting direct feedback from the sparring sessions. You're training with the best, and it doesn't get any better than that. So for me, it's provided a lot of great learning, a lot of great technique. It has stepped up my game, for sure.

Heavy.com: Your next opponent is Clay Guida. Clay maintains a furious pace in the cage. Have you been doing extra cardio in order to keep up with him?

Kenny Florian: Definitely. I've been working very hard. My strength and conditioning coach and I have been working very hard during my sparring sessions, and all of my coaches have really been pushing me hard to prepare for that. They know that Clay is the kind of guy that doesn't really come with the best technique, but he's a guy that's always going to be there until the end. He can really push you and tire you out. He's beaten a lot of fighters that were technically superior to him because of that pace. I'm planning on bringing technique and pace into the cage on December 12. I'm going to be in the best shape that I can and be at the best technical level that I can. I'll do whatever it takes to get that win.

Heavy.com: Where do you think a victory over Clay leaves you in the lightweight division?

Kenny Florian: I think a win over Clay would definitely keep me as one of the top lightweights in the world. My goal is to get the chance and the opportunity to fight for the lightweight title again. But I'm taking it one fight at a time. I need to get by Clay Guida, and then hopefully that puts me in a good position to challenge for the belt. Hopefully I continue to get great fights. I want to fight the best people in the world, and Clay is certainly one of those guys. So I'm just looking forward to December 12, and I'll be ready for whatever happens after that.

Heavy.com: You competed as a middleweight on the ultimate fighter. If the UFC came to you and asked you to move to welterweight and fight Georges St. Pierre or Mike Swick or another top contender, is that a move you'd be interested in?

Kenny Florian: I'm probably too small for 170. I've been trying to put on weight, and I'm putting on a few pounds of muscle every year. I'm trying to get a little bigger. Right now, I feel like I'm a decent size. I'm a pretty big lightweight. I think I would be undersized for 170. But who knows? It's possible.

Heavy.com: I talked to Tim Credeur last weekend in Las Vegas, and he was telling me about a few guys at his gym that he thinks have the potential to go a long way in the sport. Are there any guys like that at Florian Martial Arts Center?

Kenny Florian: Yeah, there are a few guys that we train with that have a lot of potential. It's important to continually train with new guys, to train with new guys coming up because of the hunger they have. Both Keith and I really enjoy training other people, seeing them improve and helping them as much as possible. We learn a lot during that process as well. We do have a few guys in the local scene here in Boston who are coming up that we train with. Hopefully we'll see bigger and better things for them in the future.

Heavy.com: You mentioned Boston. We're getting closer and closer to the first UFC card in Boston, probably in 2010 if all goes according to plan. How special would it be for you to fight on that first card in Boston?

Kenny Florian: That would be a dream come true. I am definitely looking forward to being able to fight here in Boston, and hopefully that happens.

Heavy.com: What's your pick for the B.J. Penn/Diego Sanchez fight?

Kenny Florian: That's a tough fight. On any given night, one person can be on and one person can be off. But I think that based on their skills and based on everything we've seen, and assuming that both of those guys come in at 100%, I think B.J. Penn should be the favorite heading in that fight. But Diego is a very tenacious and tough competitor. It will be a tough fight, but I expect B.J. Penn to come away with the win.

We'll be posting Kenny's fight video along with the Penn vs Sanchez video