We've just refreshed Australian artist; David Williams' profile on COTW with some new art, namely "protest art", against the way 'we' are treating the oceans, particularly sharks! The artist commented; "I'm scared for Sharks... 'We' are eating them to death, but mostly removing their fins & leaving the rest to make Shark Fin Soup... I'm just completing the last in a series of works, some of which will be up for silent auction to help raise funds for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society."

www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-artist/david-williams.php

David has also recently produced an Organic shirt; "Man Eating Shark", of which 50% of profits goes to S.S.C.S (contact the artist for full details)…

www.wildoats.com.au

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Kazuhiro Nakamura

One year ago, Scott Jorgensen was training for the biggest fight of his life. Jorgensen was scheduled to face Dominick Cruz at WEC 53 for the WEC bantamweight championship, which would become the first-ever UFC bantamweight title. Today, Jorgensen finds himself on the road back to fighting for the title again, as he welcomes Jeff Curran back to the UFC Octagon on Saturday at UFC 137.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/26459/scott-jorgensen-is-on-a-mission-for-the-title/

Norifumi Kid Yamamoto Ryushi Yanagisawa Yoshiaki Yatsu Hirotaka Yokoi Hidehiko Yoshida

Jon Jones defending his title for a second time, against Lyoto Machida is a must watch in early December, but that means we once again have to wait for Jones vs. Rashad Evans. Some in the media believe booking Jones-Machida was a big mistake. Was it?

Larry Pepe from ProMMARadio.com checked in with us to express his concerns about shelving Jones-Evans.

The UFC held an early UFC 140 prefight press conference in Toronto on Wednesday, the staredown between Jones and Machida looked pretty intense.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Video-analysis-Is-the-UFC-risking-something-gig?urn=mma-wp8204

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LAS VEGAS -- Nick Diaz met with the press on Wednesday to discuss a whole host of topics: dealing with the media, why he isn't happy he has to fight B.J. Penn, not fighting Georges St-Pierre after all, the roller coaster ride that has been UFC 137 and much more.

 

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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/10/27/ufc-137-video-nick-diaz-not-happy-about-fighting-bj-penn/

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We've just added a new featured artist; Californian Robert Heeley. "Robert draws upon his surfing and sailing lifestyle to create inspired images of seascapes and ocean living. He captures the surfer's dream of spectacular waves at famous surf spots throughout California, Hawaii, Mexico and beyond." Enjoy…

www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-artist/robert-heeley.php

- www.robertheeleyfineart.com
- www.facebook.com/robertheeleysurfart

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Chris Brennan Marcelo Brito  Rob Broughton  Mike Brown  Junie Browning

Jon Jones defending his title for a second time, against Lyoto Machida is a must watch in early December, but that means we once again have to wait for Jones vs. Rashad Evans. Some in the media believe booking Jones-Machida was a big mistake. Was it?

Larry Pepe from ProMMARadio.com checked in with us to express his concerns about shelving Jones-Evans.

The UFC held an early UFC 140 prefight press conference in Toronto on Wednesday, the staredown between Jones and Machida looked pretty intense.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Video-analysis-Is-the-UFC-risking-something-gig?urn=mma-wp8204

John Alessio  Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves 

The UFC on Fox preliminary card, including the card's co-main event between lightweight contenders Clay Guida and Ben Henderson, will air on Facebook.com/UFC and Fox.com on November 12, UFC President Dana White announced at today's UFC 137 press conference. The UFC will then debut on Fox at 9pm ET with the headlining showdown between UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and top contender Junior dos Santos.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/26462/ufc-on-fox-prelims-to-air-on-facebook-fox-com-on-nov-12/

Ryo Piranha Chonan  Dan The Sandman Christison  Logan The Pink Pounder Clark  Steve The Snake Claveau  Rich No Love Clementi 

HOUSTON - In the end, the main card at UFC 136 delivered because Frank Edgar and Gray Maynard produced another classic in their third meeting in front of 16,164.

The live gate was $2.23 million. The UFC now holds the marks for the No. 1 and No. 4 all-time gates at the Toyota Center.

The effort in that main event got the UFC's lightweight champ the Knockout of the Night bonus, good for $75,000. Joe Lauzon beat out Chael Sonnen for Submission of the Night, while Fight of the Night went to Nam Phan and Leonard Garcia for their rock'em, sock'em brawl.

- Sonnen certainly deserved the Postfight Interview of the Night bonus. He called out Anderson Silva and asked to fight on the UFC's Super Saturday card in early February of 2012 in Las Vegas. Sonnen said the speech in the Octagon was off the cuff and he got fired up when he saw Silva sitting in the crowd. Dialing up more of the wrestling rhetoric, Sonnen said he was the people's champion and he was willing to give Silva a shot at the linear belt, his belt.

- White said he was highly impressed by Sonnen's victory over Stann. He believes in the theory of ring rust, but Sonnen showed no signs that he'd been away from the Octagon for 14 months.

- White said he wants to make the Silva-Sonnen fight as soon as possible. He wouldn't confirm that the fight would be on Super Bowl weekend, but he did say Brazil was almost an impossibility.

- Both Joe Lauzon and Dana White agreed on Melvin Guillard's performance saying he came into the fight with a lack of focus. Lauzon pointed out that while he sat in his hotel room all day on Saturday, Guillard was hanging out the UFC Fan Expo going down next door at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

- A very disappointed Kenny Florian wouldn't address retirement rumors. He was asked five questions and had little to say.

- Maynard still appeared stunned during the postfight. He couldn't believe Edgar made it through the first round.

"I don' know if he has a button that puts him out. I hit him on a knee, a right ... I think I hit him on a hook. What else? If there was a bat in there I probably would've hit him with that too. I couldn't find one. Where do you keep the bats in the cage?" Maynard jokingly asked White.

- White said he lost his mind cage side when Edgar pulled off the victory. Some may say   his mind was still lost when he made an impassioned plea that Edgar is now the No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter in the world during the postfight. White said he always thought the stuff you see in "Rocky" movies was [expletive], but Edgar produced a real-life Rocky fight.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/UFC-136-postfight-Rocky-references-baseball-?urn=mma-wp8049

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Next week in Las Vegas should be a hoot. With the injury to Georges St-Pierre, Nick Diaz has been boosted back to main event. It's an amazing second lease on life for the oddball welterweight star.

Surely, Diaz learned a lesson and will fulfill his most basic duties required by the promotion. Wrong.

Diaz was due on a UFC 137 media call today at 2 p.m. ET. For 45 minutes, it was deja vu all over again. Diaz was nowhere to be found and his "people," including manager Cesar Gracie frantically attempted to corral the fighter. At 2:45, they finally found their man and what unfolded from there was pure hilarity.

"Nobody called me in the last week or couple days or anything and said there was a call," Diaz said. He then explained that he was sleeping when he, "woke up, my phone was dead, and my brother's telling me I'm supposed to be on a call. I don't know anything about it. It's as simple as that."

Those same people who eventually saved him today, are often letting him down.

"I've got all these people, business people and big money people around me trying to make deals," Diaz said (46:50 mark). "I don't know anything about that. All I know is somebody's getting paid like over a hundred grand just to tell me what I'm supposed to do and what I'm not supposed to do."

Diaz then seemed to suggest these same hired hands screwed him out of the title fight opportunity he lost against GSP.

"I'm like, for that much money I think I could have had somebody standing around and telling me, 'Hey, you can't miss this press conference. That voids the whole contract and then you're out. You're not making [expletive]. You're not fighting [expletive]. You ain't making no money. So you have to be at this thing.' It's simple."

Expect more of the same next week. You have wonder though if the promotion's patience is wearing so thin that Diaz must produce a win over Penn to stick around.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Lesson-NOT-learned-Diaz-shows-up-45-minutes-lat?urn=mma-wp8370

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JZ Cavalcante Post Fight vs Wilcox Wants to Return to Action Soon Video by JZ Cavalcante

Source: http://mmalice.com/jz-cavalcante/jz-cavalcante-post-fight-vs-wilcox-wants-to-return-to-action-soon-video_3e43c6544.html

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