Exclusive Pic: Belfort And Lindland Hug It Out!

July 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Vitor Belfort may be in for a huge opponent change in Fedor Emelianenko, if he is tapped to step in for Josh Barnett at ‘Affliction: Trilogy’ on August 1st (at press - it is only a rumor). If the Brazilian does take on the #1 fighter in the world, he will need to add about 30 pounds to ramp up from 185 and also be sure to pack the powerful left hand he used to dismantle Matt Lindland from his senses on January 24th in the last match for both fighters.

vitor_lindland Despite the savage nature of his victory over Lindland, both fighters were all smiles when they met, by chance, at Xtreme Couture on July 8. Belfort had just finished an intense training session for his originally scheduled fight Vs. Jorge Santiago and Lindland was entering the gym to help Dan Henderson prepare for his UFC 100 fight Vs. Michael Bisbing.

Good to see these two warriors have no hard feelings and were able to exchange kind words in a short impromptu meeting.

(note: I took this photo and originally gave it to aol fanhouse as a favor to the mighty mike chiappetta and they ran it for a day … but it is tristatefighter.com owned … just was slow to post it.)

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Off The Cuff... Edgar VS. Alvarez!

In early May, I was down at Almeida BJJ to shoot and produce a feature on Frankie Edgar tied to his photo shoot for FIGHT! magazine. That video will be on Fightmagazine.com soon. While working, I was lucky to witness one of the great sparring sessions in my day. Edgar was going toe-to-toe with Eddie Alvarez who was one week out from his fight V. Josh Neer. Now, I have known Frankie for some time, so I might be biased but he did seem to control the action. Standing, his fast hands and feet allowed him to get off first much like we saw against BJ and Sherk. Each man got a couple takedowns but the overall pace and forward movement seemed slightly in favor of Edgar. Now, in Eddie's defense, he may have been only seeking to work on one element of his game V. Edgar and only trying to react or setup something only he knew of, specific to the Josh Neer fight ... so in that respect, it was not a true test of each fighting the other under the same context. That said, there was not really anything off limits - it was vicious jab/right combos from Frankie followed, at one point, by a head over heel body-throw take-down from Eddie on Frankie ... neither giving an inch. It felt like the real thing minus the the bright lights and octagon. It seemed to get harsh a couple of times but that may have just been my read. In the end, hard core sparring at play. Two of the top-5 lightweights on the planet going after each other at 110% on a lazy Thursday morning in Hamilton, NJ. After the session, what did Edgar do... relax-no, he went to use a chainsaw and chop down small trees in a friend's backyard for three hours.