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UFC 129: St. Pierre vs. Shields

  • Randy Couture, bottom, gets knocked out by Lyoto Machida during the light heavyweight bout at UFC 129 in Toronto on Saturday, April 30, 2011.

    Randy Couture hospitalized but upbeat after loss to Lyoto Machida

    May 1, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    TORONTO — Anyone who’s familiar with Randy Couture knew he wouldn’t go out like this. The 47-year-old Couture was on the wrong side of a flooring front kick from former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida at UFC 129 at the Rogers Centre on Saturday night.

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    UFC 129 Fight Night

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    KSNV coverage of UFC 129 from Toronto, April 30, 2011.

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    UFC 129 Fight Night

  • Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, left, and challenger Jake Shields face off for a photo opportunity in advance of their UFC 129 Main Event bout Saturday in Toronto at the Rogers Centre.

    UFC 129 live blog: Both champions keep belts; Couture goes out with KO loss

    April 30, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    TORONTO — How the biggest event in UFC history is remembered will likely come down to personal preference. The three featured bouts at UFC 129 all ended with a defining image. Two champions atop the pound-for-pound rankings kept their titles while a legend had an inglorious end to a career. Many of the 55,000 fans at the Rogers Centre will recall Canadian superstar Georges St. Pierre standing on top of the 170-pound class once again. St. Pierre won his ninth straight and succeeded in defending his title for the sixth time against Jake Shields.

  • Lorenzo Fertitta: Randy Couture is a mixed martial arts pioneer, good friend

    April 30, 2011

    Lorenzo J. Fertitta

    The term “legend” is thrown around generously in professional sports. However, if you step back and think about the magnitude of the word “legend,” you can’t help but to wonder if it’s a bit abused. Legendary status to me means excelling at a level that is not only above your peers, but also higher than anyone has ever achieved. To me, it means winning multiple world titles, defeating the best competition of your time, all while blazing a trail and inspiring a nation of fans along the way.

  • Randy Couture takes a breather during a workout Thursday, April 21, 2011 in preparation for what he says will be his final fight at UFC 129 on April 30.

    UFC 129 weigh-in: Randy Couture nears end of ‘remarkable’ journey

    April 29, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    TORONTO — Randy Couture is the only headlining fighter on Saturday’s UFC 129 card who can claim to have true perspective on what the mega-event means to the world’s top fighting organization. Friday’s weigh-in serves as a perfect example why. Fans filled the Ricoh Coliseum, which has a capacity of 7,000, and only standing room was available.

  • Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, left, and challenger Jake Shields face off for a photo opportunity in advance of their UFC 129 Main Event bout Saturday in Toronto at the Rogers Centre.

    UFC 129: Where to watch in Las Vegas

    April 30, 2011

    By Allison Duck

    UFC is coming to Toronto for the first time, and if a trip to visit our neighbors to the northeast in Ontario isn’t in the cards, no worries because there ...

  • Jose Aldo, left, and Mark Hominick, right, pose during a media event in Toronto promoting their UFC 129 co-Main Event bout for the welterweight title at UFC 129 Saturday.

    Jose Aldo says no one has seen him at the top of his game yet

    April 29, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    TORONTO — UFC President Dana White’s eyes still widen when talking about Jose Aldo’s performance a year ago against Urijah Faber at WEC 48. It was the moment White and most others around mixed martial arts started considering the 24-year old Brazilian one of the top three pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Aldo dominated the WEC superstar, winning every round en route to a unanimous decision victory.

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    Case Keefer on UFC 129

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    KSNV's Kevin West and Sun sports reporter Case Keefer discuss UFC 129, April 28, 2011.

  • Randy Couture, left, and Lyoto Machida, right, face off for a photo in Toronto before their UFC 129 light heavyweight bout. Couture and Machida have both said they've wanted this fight for a long time.

    UFC 129 Notebook: Lyoto Machida also asked for Randy Couture

    April 29, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    TORONTO — According to Lyoto Machida, he wanted to face Randy Couture as badly as “The Natural” wanted to fight him. Couture has asked for a bout against Machida for at least two years. But it was more than the 47-year old’s persistence that finally got the matchup as one of the featured contests at UFC 129, which airs on pay-per-view at 6 Saturday from the Rogers Centre.

  • Randy Couture spars with Caesar Ferreira during a workout Thursday, April 21, 2011 in preparation for what he says will be his final fight April 30 at UFC 129 on April 30.

    Desire to leave ‘on my terms’ leads reasons for Couture’s retirement

    April 29, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    Randy Couture jogs into the middle of a sea of nearly 50 flying fists and immediately adds two more. It’s the start of evening practice for a handful of professionals and hopefuls at Xtreme Couture gym in Las Vegas, which means a round of shadowboxing is in order for everyone to get loose.

  • Randy Couture throws a punch towards Tim Sylvia during their heavyweight championship bout on March 3, 2007. Couture won the fight by unanimous decision, marking the third world title of his career.

    Randy Couture’s Greatest Hits: A history of defying the odds

    April 29, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    TORONTO — Randy Couture could conceivably never open his mouth during a press conference and still address what everyone wanted to hear at this point. All he’d have to do is press "play" on a recorder with the audio from one of his many pre-fight media appearances in the past. The theme from most of Couture’s fights during his 14-year career has been exactly the same. He’s the old legend challenging a younger hotshot who’s billed as quicker, stronger, faster or all of the above.

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    Randy Couture's Greatest Hits

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    Randy Couture talks about some of his greatest fights.

  • Randy Couture gets a drink of water from Vitor Belfort in between rounds during a workout Thursday, April 21, 2011 in preparation for what he says will be his final fight April 30 at UFC 129.

    Randy Couture hasn’t allowed injuries to slow him down

    April 29, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    Since announcing his retirement from mixed martial arts last week, Randy “The Natural” Couture has repeatedly said he made the decision because he didn’t want a serious injury to dictate the end of his career. Perhaps the 47-year old Couture feels fortunate to have escaped such situations throughout his career in the UFC. In a sport where injuries with long recovery periods are as common as leg kicks, Couture has stayed remarkably healthy. “The guy is pushing 50 and never gets injured,” UFC President Dana White said. “It’s incredible.”

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    KSNV advance coverage of UFC 129, featuring Randy Couture's final fight, in Toronto, April 27, 2011.

  • Welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre, left, and challenger Jake Shields face off for a photo opportunity in advance of their UFC 129 Main Event bout Saturday in Toronto at the Rogers Centre.

    UFC Notebook: Georges St. Pierre had ‘perfect’ training camp

    April 28, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    TORONTO — Proclaiming a training camp before a fight the best ever is overused in mixed martial arts, but Georges St. Pierre is adamant it’s true headed into his UFC 129 Main Event bout against Jake Shields. St. Pierre described his workouts in the last few months as “perfect” at the Direct Energy Centre during the UFC 129 press conference Wednesday.

  • Darian Castillo looks back at Randy Couture after Couture came out of the Octagon to greet him before a workout Thursday, April 21, 2011. Couture will face former light heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida in what he says will be his final fight at UFC 129 on April 30.

    Randy Couture’s career helped open doors for other fighters, inspire another generation

    April 27, 2011

    By Ray Brewer

    With sweat dripping down Randy’s Couture’s face, his form-fitting shirt drenched from a demanding workout and sticking to his body, and a few bumps and scratches obvious on his forehead, the legendary mixed martial artist appeared in no shape to be photographed. Couture, in preparation for his farewell fight Saturday against Lyoto Machida during UFC 129 in Toronto, was in the middle of one of his two-a-day training sessions last week when he spotted 6-year-old Darian Castillo observing a few feet from the cage at Xtreme Couture.

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  • Mark Hominick works out for an upcoming fight last year.

    UFC 129 comes at a special time for Mark Hominick

    April 25, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    UFC top featherweight contender Mark Hominick is going to experience three of the most memorable moments of his life on three consecutive weekends. It started last Friday when Hominick threw out the first pitch before his hometown Toronto Blue Jays’ game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Hominick will be back at the Rogers Centre Saturday fighting Jose Aldo for the featherweight world title in the co-Main Event of UFC 129. A week later, his wife is due to give birth to the couple’s first child.

  • Georges St. Pierre speaks to the media leading up to his fight with Thiago Alves at UFC 100 in this file photo.

    Georges St. Pierre will enjoy crowd support like never before at UFC 129

    April 25, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    Jake Shields has no illusions regarding the environment at Rogers Centre in Toronto this weekend when he challenges champion Georges St. Pierre for the welterweight title at UFC 129. “Fifty-thousand people booing me,” Shields, the UFC’s No. 1 welterweight contender, described.

  • Randy Couture celebrates after defeating James Toney in a UFC heavyweight fight on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at the TD Garden in Boston. Couture defeated Toney by first-round triangle choke.

    Randy Couture will retire after UFC 129 bout next weekend

    April 19, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    The biggest event in UFC history will also serve as a farewell to one of the fight promotion’s biggest stars. Randy Couture, the 47-year-old former champion who fights out of Las Vegas, announced Tuesday that he will retire following his UFC 129 bout against Lyoto Machida on April 30 in Toronto.

  • Georges St. Pierre has his arm raised after defeating Thiago Alves in their welterweight title fight at UFC 100. St. Pierre won by decision to retain his title.

    UFC Notebook: UFC 129 sells 55,000 tickets immediately

    February 13, 2011

    By Case Keefer

    It took less than a week for UFC 129 to break and more than double the organization’s record for ticket sales. UFC 129, which will be held on April 30 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Rogers Centre, sold out its allotment of 55,000 tickets within minutes of their release to the public Saturday morning. “UFC continues to set new milestones,” said UFC President Dana White in a statement. “We’ve sold 55,000 tickets in our first stadium event in Toronto and we continue to take the UFC to the next level.”

UFC 158
Nick Diaz fails to back up years worth of talk

UFC 158 A welterweight title fight that felt incredibly different wound up remarkably the same. Georges St. Pierre manhandled nemesis Nick Diaz with his wrestling. St. Pierre won every round on every judges' scorecard in Montreal for his sixth straight unanimous-decision victory. Diaz had preached his superiority over St. Pierre for years, but when he finally got his chance, he looked as helpless as all the other challengers to the 170-pound division's throne in the last six years. St. Pierre's consistency continued to amaze. Now it's on to Johny Hendricks, who defeated Carlos Condit in the evening's co-main event. Could he be the one to finally threaten St. Pierre?

Main Card Results
WinnerLoserMethod
Georges St. PierreNick DiazUnanimous Decision
Johny HendricksCarlos ConditUnanimous Decision
Jake EllenbergerNate MarquardtKnockout
Chris CamozziNick RingSplit Decision
Mike RicciColin FletcherUnanimous Decision

Fight Schedule
DateEventHeadlining MatchLocation
May 25 UFC 160 Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva Las Vegas: MGM Grand Garden Arena
June 8 UFC on FUEL TV 10 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum Fortaleza, Brazil
June 15 UFC 161 Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 22 WBA Welterweight Title Paulie Malignaggi vs. Adrien Broner Brooklyn, N.Y.
July 6 UFC 162 Anderson Silva vs. Chris Weidman Las Vegas: MGM Grand Garden Arena
July 27 UFC on Fox 8 Demetrious Johnson vs. John Moraga Seattle
August 3 UFC 163 Jose Aldo vs. Anthony Pettis Rio de Janeiro

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