UFC 129 RESULTS: Jose Aldo survives fifth round assualt, retains Featherweight Championship by decision over Mark Hominick

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Mark Hominick put forth a valiant effort, but at the end of the night it wasn't enough to dethrone UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo at UFC 129 in Toronto.

Despite a massive hematoma suffered in the fourth round, Hominick came out in the third round, took Aldo to the ground and delivered punishment until the final bell. But the one round of work wasn't enough to make up for four lost rounds prior to the final frame.

He gave Aldo everything he had, landing punches and hitting a tired champion with numerous combinations throughout, but for four rounds Aldo found a way to win each of them with a combination of leg kicks, takedowns and precise punches.

In both the third and fourth round, Aldo dropped Hominick with punches, but was unable to put him away in either situation. The toughness displayed by Hominick was appreciated by the hometown crowd, who cheered heavily for him afterward, but ultimately his fifth round assault was too little too late.

After an injury kept him out of action for a few months, Aldo showed the negative affects of the injury and layoff, as well as a bad weight cut. However, a not-100% Aldo was able to take Hominick to the limit and win four of those round to earn the decision and hold onto his title in his first UFC fight.

Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_9204.shtml

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After seeing Mark Hominick come up short in his challenge of featherweight champ Jose Aldo at UFC 129, "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung wants to square off with the Canadian contender.

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‘Philosopher’ Zahabi may be the best trainer in the game

If you think Georges St-Pierre is the most cerebral fighter in the game look no further than his coaches Greg Jackson and Firas Zahabi. They may be the best in the business and not because they understand the technique/physical side of things, but they're constantly trying to master the mental side.

Starting at 15 years old, Zahabi trained to be a fighter and then moved outside the cage as a trainer at 26. In between he went to Concordia University and majored in philosophy, which has a huge influence on how he handles his fighters.

"Philosophy's the root of all thinking. It's epistemology, learning how you know things. And I always thought it the fundamental building block of any science," Zahabi told Neil Davidson from the Canadian Press. "And I use philosophy every day. My training is always predicated on why. I cross-examine what type of reasoning is used to get to this conclusion. I think it's the key to success ? proper, rational training methods. We do a lot of different, radical things that a lot of people don't do."

Zahabi is always looking to broaden his knowledge so he even listens to audio books on his daily ride to and from TriStar Gym in Montreal. Davidson says Zahabi's recent reads include: "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson, "The 33 Strategies of War" by Robert Greene, and Plato's "Symposium."

What makes Zahabi so good and trusted by elite fighters like� St-Pierre, Kenny Florian and Miguel Torres is that he's also hands on. He's still a fighter at heart. Zahabi, 31, just earned his own black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

"The thing about Firas that makes his such a good coach is because he's always evolving himself. . . . He's not only a great coach, he's a great fighter. I always believed he would have been a great a fighter if he chose that route but he chose the coaching route," says lightweight John Makdessi.

Zahabi is going to be a busy man on Saturday night at UFC 129. He's worked with GSP, Torres, Makdessi, Yves Jabouin and Rory MacDonald leading up to the card at the Rogers Centre.

The GSP-Jake Shields fight should be the ultimate chess match in and out of the cage. It pits two great fighters from two very good game planning camps in TriStar versus Cesar Gracie.

You can watch UFC 129 on PPV (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) right here on Yahoo! Sports.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/-Philosopher-Zahabi-may-be-the-best-trainer-in-?urn=mma-wp1525

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Polley questions his firing from “The Ultimate Fighter”

During Wednesday night's episode of "The Ultimate Fighter," Junior dos Santos fired his wrestling coach for contradicting and disrespecting him. Footage from the show appears to back dos Santos up, as Polley seemed to take a different tone than dos Santos in almost every situation.

Polley had a different take on the firing. He believes he was fired to free up room for another coach to come in.

If you watch the discussion between Junior and me, you will notice I asked, "Did I do everything you asked of me?" And Junior said "Yes." His said his reasoning was, "It was confusing and the vibe was bad." But he did not offer much in terms of reasons ... Back in the hotel room, I called my manager, and he told me he would reach out to Ed and the producers to see what if anything could be done. But Junior and his guys were telling me they needed my room and that I had to go.

Luiz Dorea, the coach who advised dos Santos to fire Polley, is Junior's longtime boxing coach and mentor. It's not surprising that dos Santos would follow his advice to relieve the tension. The room issue is surprising, because coaches come and go on TUF all the time. Also, they're staying in Las Vegas, the center of the MMA world. Was there really nowhere else for Polley to stay? Or did dos Santos want to show that he was the head coach?

Team dos Santos members are divided. Ramsey Nijem was happy to see Polley go.

I was glad -- that was a long time coming. I didn't have too many personal run-ins with Lew but he's just kind of an arrogant jerk. He thinks his way is the best way and I also thought he didn't give us the best advice for fighting. Lew said something about how Junior didn't like him because he's not Brazilian but that's not true. Junior is one of the nicest guys ever. None of us are Brazilian and he treated all of us fine because we're not jerks.

While Shamar Bailey, Nijem's roommate, said that he thought Polley was a good coach.

Lew was always making sure we were ready for our fights, mentally and physically. He always told us what we needed to work on to get better instead of just saying, "good job". He was a real dude through and through. Everybody is gonna act a little different while they get used to cameras being everywhere, including Ramsey. But to say Lew was just there for the cameras and disregard everything be did for us is pretty errant in my humble opinion.

The editing involved in pulling together a reality show means that viewers will never have the true story between dos Santos and Polley, but as head coach and the star of the show, dos Santos gets to do as he pleases in coaching. Polley may not like it, but in the process, he has picked up some notoriety. That's not too bad for a regional fighter with a 10-4 record.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Polley-questions-his-firing-from-The-Ultimate-F?urn=mma-wp2020

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