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Dana White UFC 143 Video Blog: Day One

2012-01-31T19:50:24Z

Despite a remarkable run of three events in three weeks, there's no time for rest as Dana White released the first installment of his UFC 143 video blog on Monday.

After the usual housekeeping fanfare, the scene shifts to UFC on Fox 2's pre-show format meeting. White runs through the basics with Jon Jones, Randy Couture, and Curt Menefee, before moving into the production room to witness Fox's UFC robots debut live on network television.

Next we move to the series' cornerstone, behind-the-scenes footage of the emotional post-fight gumbo from a slew of battered fighters. A tearful Joey Beltran slowly trudges into the frame, followed by his elated vanquisher, Lavar Johnosn. Meanwhile, a baffled Eric Wisely tries to understand how he lost to Charles Oliveira's ridiculous calf slicer, eventually admitting, "I pretty much submitted myself."

The action soon moves to a pink-shirted Jon Jones hyping-up his Jackson-teammate Cub Swanson, concluding his point with this foreboding line, "He's one of the nastiest dudes on our team." Ten minutes later Swanson's opponent, George Roop, is asleep on the mat.

As we transition back to the post-fight footage, exhausted heavyweight John-Olav Einemo can't believe his knees couldn't knockout Mike Russow. Across the frame, Nik Lentz is strangely at peace with the incredibly nasty cut oozing blood under his left eye.

Finally, the primetime events have arrived, as Chael Sonnen and Michael Bisping stroll out to the cage, and Burt Watson shrieks at the top of his lungs to hype the moment. Afterward, Bisping is (justly) incredulous about the judge that scored the fight 30-27 Sonnen.

Next comes Phil Davis, who suffers a massive gash on his right shin sometime during his five-round loss to Rashad Evans. "Mr. Wonderful" apparently hates needles, which is unfortunate because a very large one is soon embedded into his leg for roughly 30 seconds.

White wraps up the vlog by congratulating Chris Weidman for his victory over Demian Maia. After shedding 32 pounds in 10 days, Weidman has just one thing on his mind -- the buffet table.

UFC.tv Hacker Revealed As 13-Year-Old Australian Boy

2012-01-30T22:27:27Z

Hacker extraordinaire S3rver.exe made quite a commotion last week amid Dana White's online war with Anonymous.

Following the release of White's entire catalog of personal information -- including his social security number, phone numbers, and criminal record -- the unidentified hacktivist tipped the scales even farther, posting a live video feed allowing viewers to watch as he defaced UFC.com and UFC.tv.

After all that, would you believe me if I told you S3rver.exe was only a 13-year-old boy from Australia?

That's right. One of White's primary "terrorists" can't even apply for a driver's license.

Tech site Softpedia broke the story in an interview with the youngster over the weekend:

Softpedia: When and why did you start hacking?

S3rver.exe: I started hacking when I was 11. Botnets and Rats inspired me and then a friend introduced me to SQL injection and other hacking stuff.

Basically, I started hacking because I saw many videos and news around the world about hacking and then I also wanted to learn. I made heaps of Internet friends and they taught me some tricks.

And I guess hacking is my type because I really like computers and I want to get a job in computing.

Softpedia: What kind of hacker do you consider yourself to be? Have you always been what you are now?

S3rver.exe: I consider myself as a Grey Hat because I like helping out people who are in trouble. I really like Botnets, but I am not that kind of guy who steals money from credit cards and stuff.

Yeah, I was always like this. My skills got better and better this year. At first I didn't really know how to hack but tutorials and videos helped me a lot.

Mainly, I am grey hat hacker because I like helping out people, so if they have trouble with anything I can help them, and they can also improve their skills by that.

Softpedia: How many sites would you say you've hacked so far and how many have you DDOS'ed?

S3rver.exe: I have hacked about 150 websites. 81 of the hacked websites belong to the Brazilian and the US government.

I don't like DDOS'ing that much, but this is the part where I use my botnet. I took down about 120 websites including Fbi.gov and Mastercard.

I have DDOS'ed many websites with Anonymous, but people were helping DDOS the big sites.

Softpedia: Are you part of Anonymous or are you an independent hacker that supports the cause?

S3rver.exe: Yeah, I am part of Anonymous. I have taken part in a lot of operations with Anonymous.

I first heard about Anonymous when the PSN was hacked and my friend told me that there is a video on YouTube on how to join them. Then I saw their IRC and there was a channel where I asked people if they can tell me how I can help.

After I learned how, I helped DDOS websites, and then I learned SQL injection and defacing.

Softpedia: Which was the most important site you breached, or the most important operation you were part of?

S3rver.exe: I have breached the Administrator of usa.gov yesterday. That was fun. I went through the directories and stuff. Me and my friend Sterlok breached the security.

Then I did a live deface on UFC.com and UFC.tv. The live deface was on Tinychat. I was sharing my screen and people were watching me deface.

Now I have XSS'ed OPOA, which is the Oakland Police website. I am going to release their stuff soon.

So those were really important to me.

Softpedia: Do you ever worry about the consequences of your hacking jobs? Most gray hats say they're not worried because they don't think they're doing anything wrong, or they're not causing too much damage.

S3rver.exe: When I breached my first sites, I was like ‘what will happen?', ‘will I be ok?', or ‘will I get caught?', but it's not that scary now.

I am not that worried :)

I always have a reason to hack a website, I am not like just going on a random deface rampage.

Dana White: I Scored It Bisping Over Sonnen, Two Rounds To One

2012-01-30T17:56:11Z

In the aftermath of UFC on Fox 2's neck-and-neck co-main event, Chael Sonnen vs. Michael Bisping, MMA Fighting's Ariel Helwani took the opportunity to ask UFC President Dana White how he scored the action. As always, White was upfront with his opinion.

Said White:

"Actually, I did score that fight. I had Bisping two rounds to one. I was actually the guy saying before this fight, this isn't a five to one underdog. Bisping wrestled with Rashad (Evans). Bisping wrestled with (Matt) Hamill. There's debate as to who won the Hamill fight, but he was in there with Hamill. Bisping has great wrestling, good stand up and great submissions, too."

White was not alone in his sentiment, as public opinion largely seemed to be split 50-50 down the middle on Saturday night. That being said, it should be noted the fine folks over at CompuStrike sided with the judges on this one, with Sonnen claiming the advantage in every striking facet outside of head shots.

HT: Caged Insider. Photo by Esther Lin for MMAFighting.com.

VIDEO: Lavar Johnson Uppercuts His Way Into 'Knockout Of The Night' At UFC On Fox 2

2012-01-30T16:30:01Z

Taking a page out of Bellator's book, UFC officials have begun posting clips of the most noteworthy finishes from their Fox broadcasts, and what better way to kick things off than Lavar Johnson's bonus-winning knockout of Joey Beltran at UFC on Fox 2?

Video of the violence can be seen after the jump.

Our man Luke Thomas brought the play-by-play for "Big's" stunning Octagon debut:

ROUND 1 - Both fighters open orthodox with Beltran being stalked. Johnson nails Beltran with a body shot and drops him, but Beltran stands. The two fighters clinch against the fence. They briefly separate, but Beltran forces the clinch again. Now they're backing to squaring off and Beltran eats a huge outside leg kick plus a series of jabs. Another leg kick from Johnson. Beltran eats a hard body shots and now he's beginning to land at will. Beltran fires back with a body shot or two of his own, but he's being controlled here. Beltran is now doing the stalking and charging forward with punches. Johnson lands a monster uppercut and that's the beginning of the end. A few more hard uppercuts and right hands from Johnson and Beltran crumbles face first.

Official results: Lavar Johnson defeats Joey Beltran by KO (strikes, referee stoppage) at 4:24 of round 1.

Photo by Esther Lin via MMAFighting.com.

PHOTO: Mark Munoz Watches Chael Sonnen Defeat Michael Bisping At UFC On Fox 2

2012-01-29T04:44:32Z

Mark Munoz was undoubtably the odd man out on Saturday night.

While Michael Bisping slugged it out with Chael Sonnen to determine the next challenger to Anderson Silva's middleweight throne, Munoz was stuck watching the action inside a California sports bar and wondering what could have been. Hit the jump to see the injured contender trying to make the best of an unlucky situation.

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PHOTO: Nik Lentz's Eye Is A Show At UFC On Fox

2012-01-29T01:06:17Z

Nik Lentz was in the middle of a thrilling back and forth with Evan Dunham before the ringside physician had to stop the bout due to a nasty cut and swollen left eye. Commentator Joe Rogan noted that sort of immediate swelling could be due to a broken orbital (if true, that would be his second in the UFC). Whether or not that's true, it was gruesome.

Photo of the eye and fight breakdown after the jump.

Here's how the fight went:

ROUND 1 - Dunham opens southpaw and Lentz is orthodox. Nice right hook from Dunham as Lentz charges in. Lentz gets a front head lock off a failed takedown, but they both separate. Lentz lands his own right hook. Lentz charging forward and lands a few punches before getting a double leg off the fence. Dunham uses deep half hook to stand. Hard body kick now by Lentz as he is the clear aggressor. Lentz shoots for a takedown and almost gets guillotined, but avoids it as Dunham stands. Left hand lead now from Dunham plus a huge scoop double puts Lentz on his back.

MMA Nation scores this round 10-9 Lentz.

ROUND 2 - Dunham charges forward and gets a double leg scoop. Lentz working off of his back. Dunham uses head and hip control to pass to side. Lentz nearly sweeps Dunham before Dunham keeps control. Lentz goes base down and Dunham tried to take his back, but Lentz rolled to his back. Lentz stands and lands hard punches in the clinch. Lentz lands a nice leg kick, but eats a left hand. Now Lentz doing the stalking and charges in for a double. He doesn't get it and both fighters and landing hard punches in the pocket on each other. Lentz tries to run down a double and Dunham ends up on top after stopping it. Dunham tries a guillotine, but can't get it and fires elbows to the face on Lentz after letting it go. Lentz taking a hard shot as he stands and fails on a throw. Lentz still charging forward but can't get takedown.

Join Luke Thomas On SiriusXM's UFC On Fox 2 Post-Fight Show

2012-01-28T19:29:13Z

I'll be on SiriusXM tonight from 10pm ET to midnight to break down all of the action from tonight's UFC on Fox 2 event. You can catch it on Sirius 94 or XM 208. Joining me will be Ricky Bonnet. We'll talk about all of tonight's action, get listener input, discuss what's next and play fighter interviews. There's also a pre-fight show with the SiriusXM Fight Club, so be sure to check the entire schedule for the full line-up of SiriusXM coverage.

How can you listen? Simple. Become and consumer of and believer in the SiriusXM satellite radio product. Note: you can get subscriptions for your car, radio, Internet browser and even mobile devices, so customize a plan that's right for you. Learn more about the various options. Be sure to get more more of SiriusXM's growing MMA radio content by following SiriusXM Fight Club on Twitter.

I'll be live blogging tonight's fights here, but will crack the mics as soon as the fights are over. Thanks for your support and I'll talk to you tonight.

Dana White UFC On Fox 2 Video Blog: Day Two

2012-01-27T20:14:39Z

A war against internet hackers wasn't enough to stop UFC President Dana White from releasing the second edition of his UFC on Fox 2 video blog.

This time we skip the usual housekeeping fanfare and jump right into White touching down in Chicago, where he promptly heads to a PR spot on Good Day Chicago.

Afterward, the action moves to a behind-the-scenes look at Thursday's pre-fight press conference at the W Hotel. White is adamant that he doesn't like to keep the media waiting, so the presser starts up once the fighters arrive, but not before Chael Sonnen can greet the UFC boss with this nugget, "You made fun of me at the last press conference for my shoes, and I got new shoes, and I'm determined that you see that they match my outfit this time."

Just before everybody walks out, Chris Weidman remarks that White looks "jacked," which he is obviously pleased to hear as he responds, "everybody calls me fatboy." Someone in the back promptly shouts, "it's just a small shirt!", eliciting laughter throughout the hallway.

Finally we revisit Thursday's action as Phil Davis and Rashad Evans get heated about collegiate wrestling and Sonnen rhymes his way into a thousand articles for the collected media. Everything wraps up with the staredowns, and we catch a look at Davis' failed attempt to punk Evans.