BROCK LARSON VS MIKE PYLE
| MN Cage Buzz Episode 4: Matt Taylor tags along with Brock Larson on a typical day of Training as he gets ready for his fight against Chris Wilson cu ming up on UFC 98. They go down to the Minnesota Martial Arts Academy to train with Sean Sherk then over to Dave Menne's school to work out with him, then finally go all the way back to Brainerd to train with the hometown bows at Ultimate Martial Arts. |
Brock Larson to take Koscheck's place vs. Chris Wilson at UFC 98
By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
With Josh Koscheck pulling out of his scheduled UFC 98 bout with Chris Wilson due to a broken toe suffered in training, Wilson was in need of a new opponent for the event. According to multiple outlets this week, including MMAWeekly.com and MMAJunkie.com, it appears that replacement will be Brock Larson.
Both fighters have verbally agreed to the bout according to the reports, though bout agreements still need to be signed.
For Larson, it will be his second fight in this campaign in the UFC after a stint in the WEC that saw him poised to be the next challenger to Carlos Condit's WEC Welterweight Championship. That bout never happened, however, and both ended up fighting for the UFC at the beginning of this month at UFC Fight Night 18. Condit lost in the main event to Martin Kampmann, while Larson picked up a submission victory on the under card against Jesse Sanders in the first round.
At 25-2, Larson's only career losses came at the hands of Condit and Jon Fitch during his last stint in the UFC. He'll be looking to make himself a considerable factor in the UFC's welterweight division once more.
Wilson's coming off a losing effort in the co-"Fight of the Night" from UFC 94, in which he lost a hotly contested split decision. Sitting at 1-2 in his UFC career, Wilson may be fighting for his proverbial fighting life at UFC 98.
UFC 98 airs live on pay-per-view on May 23rd from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. It will be headlined by the Light Heavyweight Title bout between Rashad Evans and Lyoto Machida. |
Larson shines on UFN 18 prelim card - Taken in part from mmajunkie.com
by John Morgan on Apr 01, 2009 at 8:30 pm ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Middleweights ruled the "UFC Fight Night 18: Condit vs. Kampmann" preliminary card, with five of the night's seven opening bouts being contested in the 185-pound division.
And while three of those fights ended definitively, it was welterweight Brock Larson (25-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) who may have made the biggest splash on the night in his long-awaited return to the UFC.
UFC Fight Night 18 was held Wednesday night at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn. The night's preliminary bouts were held prior to the evening's Spike TV-broadcast main card.
Larson earns in quick win in UFC return, Credeur earns sixth-straight stoppage win
After more than three years away from the UFC, welterweight Larson made no attempt to hide his excitement of being back in the world's biggest MMA promotion. While understandably upset that his bout with UFC newcomer Jesse Sanders (20-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) wasn't featured on the evening's main card, Larson did everything he could to make the night's broadcast.
Larson charged in quickly behind a series of right hands, forcing Sanders to the floor. As Sanders hit the ground, Larson immediately locked in the rear-naked choke. When Sanders resisted early, Larson secured a body triangle, postured up, and brought down a series of blows. Sanders hung tight through the barrage, but Larson went back to the choke and quickly earned the stoppage just 2:01 after the fight began.
Following the bout, Larson again expressed his enthusiasm for returning to the UFC.
"It's good to be back," Larson said. "I wanted to make a statement, ... and go back to my roots of grappling."
Larson has now won four-straight contests, while Sanders - in his UFC debut - loses for the first time in his past seven contests.
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Brock Larson vs. Jesse Sanders - UFC Ultimate Fight Night 18 on Spike April 1st
In welterweight action, former World Extreme Cagefighting title challenger Brock Larson made a brutish and triumphant return to the Octagon.
The rugged 31-year-old Minnesotan dragged Jesse Sanders to the mat, transitioned to back mount and carved up the Extreme Challenge veteran with strikes from behind. Battered and bleeding, Sanders succumbed to a rear-naked choke 2:01 into the match.
“It’s good to be back,” said Larson, who made his first UFC appearance since he defeated Keita Nakamura in December 2006. “I wanted to make a statement. You’ll see more of me, I promise.”
Larson (25-2), a product of the Minnesota Martial Arts Academy, has posted 13 wins in 14 fights. Seventeen of his 25 career victories have come by submission.
- BROCK LARSON READY TO PROVE HIS UFC WORTH
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - by Brian Lopez-Benchimol - MMAWeekly.com
A familiar face is set to grace the Octagon once again, as former WEC contender Brock Larson makes his return to the UFC on April 1.
The Minnesota Native has seen a lot of success since joining the WEC ranks. Going 4-1 with his lone loss coming to the hands of than champ Carlos Condit, he began his WEC career after earning his first (and so far last) UFC victory over Keita Nakamura back in December of 2006.
However, Larson as of late has been uncharacteristically inactive, and touched base on the matter while a guest on MMAWeekly Radio “It’s been a long ass layoff, so I’m ready to get back in there and do my thing.”
With the WEC having done away with both the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions recently, the shallow pool of talent became evident in the welterweight division as well. Matchmaker Sean Shelby had struggled to find enough talent to arrange bouts, resulting in several last minute changes.
“They initially told me I’d be fighting in January. I’d be fighting one of the Brazilian fighters that they had lined up, [Danillo] Villefort," explained Larson. "And then they cancelled that and said, 'no lets have you fight March 1, Carlos Condit,' and I said, 'okay, awesome, perfect,' and than they cancelled that fight. So now I’m ready. I’ve been ready. So I’ve got the itch; I’m hungry.”
Having only incurred two losses during his already illustrious career, it’s the loss to Condit in his bid to become WEC Champion that stings the most. “That was the one fight I wanted back out of my two losses. Jon Fitch and I fought a great fight, went to decision; I lost the decision. Carlos and I, he submitted me and I don’t think he’d do that again. That’s the one fight I want to redeem. I want a do over. I wanted a mulligan.”
Though Larson understands the UFC may have other plans for both him and Condit, he still chooses to remain optimistic in a chance the two might meet again, this time inside the UFC. “Maybe if we both keep winning or if he loses a couple and he needs to get back on track and he thinks a win over me will do it, maybe that will happen or something like that. I’m all for it if they’re willing to do it. I’m willing to do it. The outcome would definitely be different.”
While he still remains a top player in his division, Larson understands there will be naysayers, and that because he is a WEC import, there will be those who will question whether or not he will be able to compete effectively in one of the UFC’s most stacked divisions. “Whenever you come into an organization – whether it’s the UFC, WEC, Extreme Challenge, anything – I think when it's your first time back or, you know, you're always trying to prove that you belong there wherever it is. All in all, I think most people respect that I belong there and know that I belong there.”
And as for those who don’t, “Those guys who don’t think that or think that I need to earn that back, well, then they just have to tune in and watch and see what I do to Jesse (Sanders).”
Brock Larson will return to action after a near eight-month layoff, taking on Jesse Sanders on April 1 at UFC Fight Night 18 in Nashville, Tenn.
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