http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/getFeed.kickAction?quantity=25 New blogs from pbuentello on Paul Buentello - The Headhunter Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:25:50 GMT Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:25:50 GMT selias@nobisi.com (pbuentello) selias@nobisi.com (pbuentello) KickApps Feed Builder 2010-06-11T22:25:50Z 37 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?as=40618&sortType=recent 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_shark-fights-interview/BLOG/2391034/40618.html Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:25:50 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_shark-fights-interview/BLOG/2391034/40618.html pbuentello 2010-06-11T22:25:50Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter buentello, camp, health, paul, product, training, ufc nonadult false shark fights interview audio blog buentello,camp,health,paul,product,training,ufc 68 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 0 0 2391034 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Interview-For-UFC-on-Vesers/BLOG/2088520/40618.html [image]MMAjunkie.com Radio today returns to its normal timeslot and welcomes to the show Dan Hardy, who headlines the March 27 UFC 111 event against UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. Also joining the show is heavyweight Paul Buentello, who meets Cheick Kongo in a March 31 televised main-card bout at UFC on Versus 1. MMAjunkie.com Radio: UFC 111 headliner Dan Hardy, UFC on Versus 1's Paul Buentello "The Ultimate Fighter 10" coaches Mike van Arsdale and Tiki Ghosn still jawing The bad blood between "The Ultimate Fighter 10" head coaches Rashad Evans and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson spilled down to the assistant coaching staff, and it hasn't gone away since. In a recent appearance on MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) Mike van Arsdale (8-5), Evans' wrestling coach on the show, said he's been itching to get a fight with Jackson's striking coach Tiki Ghosn (11-7). [image]MMAjunkie.com Radio today returns to its normal timeslot and welcomes to the show Dan Hardy, who headlines the March 27 UFC 111 event against UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. Also joining the show is heavyweight Paul Buentello, who meets Cheick Kongo in a March 31 televised main-card bout at UFC on Versus 1. MMAjunkie.com Radio: UFC 111 headliner Dan Hardy, UFC on Versus 1's Paul Buentello "The Ultimate Fighter 10" coaches Mike van Arsdale and Tiki Ghosn still jawing The bad blood between "The Ultimate Fighter 10" head coaches Rashad Evans and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson spilled down to the assistant coaching staff, and it hasn't gone away since. In a recent appearance on MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) Mike van Arsdale (8-5), Evans' wrestling coach on the show, said he's been itching to get a fight with Jackson's striking coach Tiki Ghosn (11-7). Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:44:04 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Interview-For-UFC-on-Vesers/BLOG/2088520/40618.html pbuentello 2010-03-12T03:44:04Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter [image]MMAjunkie.com Radio today returns to its normal timeslot and welcomes to the show Dan Hardy, who headlines the March 27 UFC 111 event against UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. Also joining the show is heavyweight Paul Buentello, who meets Cheick Kongo in a March 31 televised main-card bout at UFC on Versus 1. MMAjunkie.com Radio: UFC 111 headliner Dan Hardy, UFC on Versus 1's Paul Buentello "The Ultimate Fighter 10" coaches Mike van Arsdale and Tiki Ghosn still jawing The bad blood between "The Ultimate Fighter 10" head coaches Rashad Evans and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson spilled down to the assistant coaching staff, and it hasn't gone away since. In a recent appearance on MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) Mike van Arsdale (8-5), Evans' wrestling coach on the show, said he's been itching to get a fight with Jackson's striking coach Tiki Ghosn (11-7). arsdale, buentello, check, fighting, ghosn, interview, kongo, mike, paul, radio, tiki, ufc, van, versus, vs nonadult false Interview For UFC on Vesers audio blog arsdale,buentello,check,fighting,ghosn,interview,kongo,mike,paul,radio,tiki,ufc,van,versus,vs 410 1 5.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 78737 1 0 2088520 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Road-WorkTraining-camp-for-Cheick-Kongo/BLOG/1925222/40618.html As of today I am a few weeks away from my fight with Cheick Kongo… As you may have seen in my last video I posted on youtube channel my training camp began in the California desert at David Sandoval’s Oasis retreat. I had some serious doubts about going to a “retreat” for 10 days to start my training camp! That retreat turned out to be a blessing in disguise & exactly what I needed thanks to Eric Nies, Peter, David Sandoval & John Buckmaster.  Eric Nies showed me the true power of investing in myself and really helped teach me the mind/body connection. Those ten days were tougher on me than any fight I have ever been in. A tipical day started with Eric and Peter switching off training me for 2 ½ hours Straight (no break, not even 1 min) in the AM, followed by 4 mile run through the hills, followed by shake/40 min sauna/lunch and then it all began again from the beginning…5 hours of consistently hard training and 8 miles road work a day!!! I am sure this shocks guys that know me and my normal training routine, but I did it & it taught me to really push through and finish strong! During the “retreat” I was introduce to amazing all natural products created by David Sandoval’s @ PHPORDER.com and products created by Dr. Lindsey Duncan at Genesis Today. I can’t say enough about these products; they boost my endurance, recovery, & energy level. I have never a dedicated supplement taker but these have changed my life and I can’t see my self ever going without them! I will be posting a video full of information about the products later this week…so watch for it! For this training camp, I made the decision to move my training to Denver Co.  So I am now training under the guidance of Trevor Whitman and Mike Van Arsdale. These two guys have put their focus on training smart and efficiently to reach my peak for my March 21st UFC fight against Kongo (on Verses) Both are very talented in different ways & these guys know their stuff. It’s great to have Van Arsdale on board for this training camp. He is attached to me at the hip and theirs no room for cheating while he’s around! He loves to work me out till I am about to puke, pass out or run out the door, and its all been done many times, you can ask lil Dave Velasquez about that story!   Then there is Trevor Whitman, the Main man at GRUDGE MMA here in Denver. They say u can't teach an old dog new tricks but Trevor has proved that to be a huge lie! In my opinion Trevor wrote the book on Striking! Everyday, under his training, I learn so much it causes me to drop all my old thoughts, habits & everything I thought I knew about how to land- what I want- when I want! I’m like a starving kid in a candy store that can't stop eating…I learn something new everyday & I want to soak up all knowledge Trevor has! I am making improvements daily! [image]   [image]         One last thing before I end this…unfortunately, I had a very close friend pass this week. His name was. Tim was one of the few guys I could call and shoot the bull about everything but fighting…that's what I will miss the most about him…picking up the phone to call his ass & just shoot the shit. I'm glad to say I did just that and called him about two weeks ago and I hear his laughter from our conversation that day in my head today and it will remain there! With that being said, if you guys know someone that you have not reached out to say hello in a while…call them NOW…I would hate for you guys not remember the sound of a friends voice and especially the sound of their laughter? Make that call...   -------Life is unpredictable. What is here today could be gone tomorrow. Don't regret not telling someone how you truly feel or just to catch that laugh----    Thanks for reading my training camp update on my web site. Check back for my video blog to be posted soon! Don't forget to stop at my online store on my web home page to get some of our new HH Gear.  Last but not least, I can guarantee, you guys will NOT be sitting down during my UFC fight against Kongo March 21!! As of today I am a few weeks away from my fight with Cheick Kongo… As you may have seen in my last video I posted on youtube channel my training camp began in the California desert at David Sandoval’s Oasis retreat. I had some serious doubts about going to a “retreat” for 10 days to start my training camp! That retreat turned out to be a blessing in disguise & exactly what I needed thanks to Eric Nies, Peter, David Sandoval & John Buckmaster.  Eric Nies showed me the true power of investing in myself and really helped teach me the mind/body connection. Those ten days were tougher on me than any fight I have ever been in. A tipical day started with Eric and Peter switching off training me for 2 ½ hours Straight (no break, not even 1 min) in the AM, followed by 4 mile run through the hills, followed by shake/40 min sauna/lunch and then it all began again from the beginning…5 hours of consistently hard training and 8 miles road work a day!!! I am sure this shocks guys that know me and my normal training routine, but I did it & it taught me to really push through and finish strong! During the “retreat” I was introduce to amazing all natural products created by David Sandoval’s @ PHPORDER.com and products created by Dr. Lindsey Duncan at Genesis Today. I can’t say enough about these products; they boost my endurance, recovery, & energy level. I have never a dedicated supplement taker but these have changed my life and I can’t see my self ever going without them! I will be posting a video full of information about the products later this week…so watch for it! For this training camp, I made the decision to move my training to Denver Co.  So I am now training under the guidance of Trevor Whitman and Mike Van Arsdale. These two guys have put their focus on training smart and efficiently to reach my peak for my March 21st UFC fight against Kongo (on Verses) Both are very talented in different ways & these guys know their stuff. It’s great to have Van Arsdale on board for this training camp. He is attached to me at the hip and theirs no room for cheating while he’s around! He loves to work me out till I am about to puke, pass out or run out the door, and its all been done many times, you can ask lil Dave Velasquez about that story!   Then there is Trevor Whitman, the Main man at GRUDGE MMA here in Denver. They say u can't teach an old dog new tricks but Trevor has proved that to be a huge lie! In my opinion Trevor wrote the book on Striking! Everyday, under his training, I learn so much it causes me to drop all my old thoughts, habits & everything I thought I knew about how to land- what I want- when I want! I’m like a starving kid in a candy store that can't stop eating…I learn something new everyday & I want to soak up all knowledge Trevor has! I am making improvements daily! [image]   [image]         One last thing before I end this…unfortunately, I had a very close friend pass this week. His name was. Tim was one of the few guys I could call and shoot the bull about everything but fighting…that's what I will miss the most about him…picking up the phone to call his ass & just shoot the shit. I'm glad to say I did just that and called him about two weeks ago and I hear his laughter from our conversation that day in my head today and it will remain there! With that being said, if you guys know someone that you have not reached out to say hello in a while…call them NOW…I would hate for you guys not remember the sound of a friends voice and especially the sound of their laughter? Make that call...   -------Life is unpredictable. What is here today could be gone tomorrow. Don't regret not telling someone how you truly feel or just to catch that laugh----    Thanks for reading my training camp update on my web site. Check back for my video blog to be posted soon! Don't forget to stop at my online store on my web home page to get some of our new HH Gear.  Last but not least, I can guarantee, you guys will NOT be sitting down during my UFC fight against Kongo March 21!! Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:08:31 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Road-WorkTraining-camp-for-Cheick-Kongo/BLOG/1925222/40618.html pbuentello 2010-03-01T08:08:31Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter As of today I am a few weeks away from my fight with Cheick Kongo… As you may have seen in my last video I posted on youtube channel my training camp began in the California desert at David Sandoval’s Oasis retreat. I had some serious doubts about going to a “retreat” for 10 days to start my training camp! That retreat turned out to be a blessing in disguise & exactly what I needed thanks to Eric Nies, Peter, David Sandoval & John Buckmaster.  Eric Nies showed me the true power of investing in myself and really helped teach me the mind/body connection. Those ten days were tougher on me than any fight I have ever been in. A tipical day started with Eric and Peter switching off training me for 2 ½ hours Straight (no break, not even 1 min) in the AM, followed by 4 mile run through the hills, followed by shake/40 min sauna/lunch and then it all began again from the beginning…5 hours of consistently hard training and 8 miles road work a day!!! I am sure this shocks guys that know me and my normal training routine, but I did it & it taught me to really push through and finish strong! During the “retreat” I was introduce to amazing all natural products created by David Sandoval’s @ PHPORDER.com and products created by Dr. Lindsey Duncan at Genesis Today. I can’t say enough about these products; they boost my endurance, recovery, & energy level. I have never a dedicated supplement taker but these have changed my life and I can’t see my self ever going without them! I will be posting a video full of information about the products later this week…so watch for it! For this training camp, I made the decision to move my training to Denver Co.  So I am now training under the guidance of Trevor Whitman and Mike Van Arsdale. These two guys have put their focus on training smart and efficiently to reach my peak for my March 21st UFC fight against Kongo (on Verses) Both are very talented in different ways & these guys know their stuff. It’s great to have Van Arsdale on board for this training camp. He is attached to me at the hip and theirs no room for cheating while he’s around! He loves to work me out till I am about to puke, pass out or run out the door, and its all been done many times, you can ask lil Dave Velasquez about that story!   Then there is Trevor Whitman, the Main man at GRUDGE MMA here in Denver. They say u can't teach an old dog new tricks but Trevor has proved that to be a huge lie! In my opinion Trevor wrote the book on Striking! Everyday, under his training, I learn so much it causes me to drop all my old thoughts, habits & everything I thought I knew about how to land- what I want- when I want! I’m like a starving kid in a candy store that can't stop eating…I learn something new everyday & I want to soak up all knowledge Trevor has! I am making improvements daily! [image]   [image]         One last thing before I end this…unfortunately, I had a very close friend pass this week. His name was. Tim was one of the few guys I could call and shoot the bull about everything but fighting…that's what I will miss the most about him…picking up the phone to call his ass & just shoot the shit. I'm glad to say I did just that and called him about two weeks ago and I hear his laughter from our conversation that day in my head today and it will remain there! With that being said, if you guys know someone that you have not reached out to say hello in a while…call them NOW…I would hate for you guys not remember the sound of a friends voice and especially the sound of their laughter? Make that call...   -------Life is unpredictable. What is here today could be gone tomorrow. Don't regret not telling someone how you truly feel or just to catch that laugh----    Thanks for reading my training camp update on my web site. Check back for my video blog to be posted soon! Don't forget to stop at my online store on my web home page to get some of our new HH Gear.  Last but not least, I can guarantee, you guys will NOT be sitting down during my UFC fight against Kongo March 21!! buentello, check, denver, fighting, for, genesistoday, grudge, in, kongo, mma, on, paul, phporder.com, supplements, training, ufc, versus nonadult false "Road Work"Training camp for Cheick Kongo text blog buentello,check,denver,fighting,for,genesistoday,grudge,in,kongo,mma,on,paul,phporder.com,supplements,training,ufc,versus 1330 11 2.27273 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX denver 80220 1 0 1925222 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_The-Return-Of-The-Headhunter/BLOG/1823905/40618.html   The Return Of The Headhunter        On a cold night in Memphis, the “Headhunter” made his way back to the octagon. After, almost a four year absence from the UFC, Paul Buentello has fought for Strikeforce and the Affliction brands earning an impressive record of 5-1. His return to the UFC was met with enthusiasm from many fans. With the heavyweight division building up it was a no brainier where he wanted to go, but his journey was not an easy one.      Buentello, was part of the ill-fated Affliction: Trilogy pay-per-view, his original opponent was suppose to be, ex UFC Heavyweight Champion, Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia. Unfortunately, Sylvia was removed from the bout due to being medically suspended. Less than 60 days before the event, Sylvia, was knocked out by Ray Mercer.      His next scheduled opponent was Gilbert Yvel, two stand up fighters that love to bang it out. But, ten days before the event, Josh Barnett tested positive for steroids and was not cleared to fight. Barnett was scheduled to main event the pay-per-view against Fedor Emelianenko, now Affliction was left scrambling for a main event. “I called Tom (Atencio, Affliction Vice President) and threw my name out there,” said Buentello, “I was told they had something planned for the main event.”      A replacement was never found and Affliction folded its fight promotions. Fighters were left looking for their next fights and promotions to work for. The UFC and Strikeforce had a field day picking up talent left and right. Buentello was left with a decision two promotions that wanted him, in the end he felt it was time to return to the UFC. “UFC provides a great opportunity for me… I know what I’m getting into, consistency. UFC always lays its cards on the table.”      As soon as he was signed Joe Silva had a fight ready for him. Paul was scheduled to fight Todd Duffee at UFC 107, but few weeks later Duffee would have to withdraw from the fight due to an injury. His replacement was 6’11” Stefan Struve, who for a man his size has a majority of victories by submission.      During his training, Buentello parted ways with his longtime manager and trainer Bob Cook. “I’ve always came to this crossroads, if I ever go back to the UFC, I gotta have somebody on board that’s going to sell me like I’m the best thing since sliced bread,” said Buentello.      With that came a suspension from American Kickboxing Academy (AKA), where Paul has been training since he first stepped into the cage. With weeks before his fight, Buentello was left looking for proper training facilities and sparing partners. Paul found a gym to train at; the only problem was that he would have to make a 2hr commute everyday to Sacramento, giving him little time to rest. Fellow, and former, members of AKA lent out their support and even helped with sparring.      The night started out with a great preliminary card filled with tap outs, knock outs and strong finishes. Then it was time to go live on PPV, Buentello vs. Struve was the first match on the main card. The sound of “El Rey” blasted out of the speakers as Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello made his way to the octagon.      The first round was dominated by Struve, with him taking Paul to the ground. Struve was able to take Buentello’s back and was trying to lock. Late in the round Struve let go of the back and Paul was able to reverse positions and start throwing elbows to the body to end the round.           Buentello was clearly the winner of the second round, making Struve stand up and fight. At 6’2” it was a challenge for Buentello to throw a punch at the 6’11” Struve, but when Stefan went for a flying knee Paul was able to connect with a right hand to the chin that sent Struve to the canvas. Struve was able to shake off the cobwebs and stood back up to throw punches with Buentello. The crow started to roar with excitement as both fighters traded punches, Buentello would get the better of the exchange.      At the beginning of the third and final round time was called by the official so that Struve could remove a piece of tooth from his mouthpiece. When the fight resumed Buentello landed a right cross to the jaw, shaking Struve but not ending him. The pace was starting to slow as Stefan was scoring points with his leg kicks. Towards the end of the round Paul was able to push Struve down and hover over him, but no action made the ref stand them back up. One last time Buentello was able to land another right to the chin, Struve and Buentello went the whole distance.      It all came down to the judges decision, any fighter can tell you that’s not where you want the fight to go. Then Bruce Buffer, had the results, Stefan Struve would win by majority decision. The judge’s decision was in no way a true reflection of the fight.      Those who saw the fight saw the heart of a warrior, a heart that Buentello credits his Hispanic background “We’re hard workers and head strong, we never give up.”      If you ask Paul if his suspension from AKA had anything to do with his loss, without taking a breath he’ll tell you no. A close fight or not Paul is not one to blame anyone for his loss but himself “I was not pushing the pressure enough.”      Buentello is now back home in Austin and is back to being a member of AKA. His relationship with Bob Cook is back to being business friendly, and he has his next fight lined up and ready to go. Paul will face Cheick Kongo at UFC Fight Night, for the first time ever live on the Versus channel. Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello is back.   By Raul Rangel  undefeatedmagrrangel @gmail.com [image]               The Return Of The Headhunter        On a cold night in Memphis, the “Headhunter” made his way back to the octagon. After, almost a four year absence from the UFC, Paul Buentello has fought for Strikeforce and the Affliction brands earning an impressive record of 5-1. His return to the UFC was met with enthusiasm from many fans. With the heavyweight division building up it was a no brainier where he wanted to go, but his journey was not an easy one.      Buentello, was part of the ill-fated Affliction: Trilogy pay-per-view, his original opponent was suppose to be, ex UFC Heavyweight Champion, Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia. Unfortunately, Sylvia was removed from the bout due to being medically suspended. Less than 60 days before the event, Sylvia, was knocked out by Ray Mercer.      His next scheduled opponent was Gilbert Yvel, two stand up fighters that love to bang it out. But, ten days before the event, Josh Barnett tested positive for steroids and was not cleared to fight. Barnett was scheduled to main event the pay-per-view against Fedor Emelianenko, now Affliction was left scrambling for a main event. “I called Tom (Atencio, Affliction Vice President) and threw my name out there,” said Buentello, “I was told they had something planned for the main event.”      A replacement was never found and Affliction folded its fight promotions. Fighters were left looking for their next fights and promotions to work for. The UFC and Strikeforce had a field day picking up talent left and right. Buentello was left with a decision two promotions that wanted him, in the end he felt it was time to return to the UFC. “UFC provides a great opportunity for me… I know what I’m getting into, consistency. UFC always lays its cards on the table.”      As soon as he was signed Joe Silva had a fight ready for him. Paul was scheduled to fight Todd Duffee at UFC 107, but few weeks later Duffee would have to withdraw from the fight due to an injury. His replacement was 6’11” Stefan Struve, who for a man his size has a majority of victories by submission.      During his training, Buentello parted ways with his longtime manager and trainer Bob Cook. “I’ve always came to this crossroads, if I ever go back to the UFC, I gotta have somebody on board that’s going to sell me like I’m the best thing since sliced bread,” said Buentello.      With that came a suspension from American Kickboxing Academy (AKA), where Paul has been training since he first stepped into the cage. With weeks before his fight, Buentello was left looking for proper training facilities and sparing partners. Paul found a gym to train at; the only problem was that he would have to make a 2hr commute everyday to Sacramento, giving him little time to rest. Fellow, and former, members of AKA lent out their support and even helped with sparring.      The night started out with a great preliminary card filled with tap outs, knock outs and strong finishes. Then it was time to go live on PPV, Buentello vs. Struve was the first match on the main card. The sound of “El Rey” blasted out of the speakers as Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello made his way to the octagon.      The first round was dominated by Struve, with him taking Paul to the ground. Struve was able to take Buentello’s back and was trying to lock. Late in the round Struve let go of the back and Paul was able to reverse positions and start throwing elbows to the body to end the round.           Buentello was clearly the winner of the second round, making Struve stand up and fight. At 6’2” it was a challenge for Buentello to throw a punch at the 6’11” Struve, but when Stefan went for a flying knee Paul was able to connect with a right hand to the chin that sent Struve to the canvas. Struve was able to shake off the cobwebs and stood back up to throw punches with Buentello. The crow started to roar with excitement as both fighters traded punches, Buentello would get the better of the exchange.      At the beginning of the third and final round time was called by the official so that Struve could remove a piece of tooth from his mouthpiece. When the fight resumed Buentello landed a right cross to the jaw, shaking Struve but not ending him. The pace was starting to slow as Stefan was scoring points with his leg kicks. Towards the end of the round Paul was able to push Struve down and hover over him, but no action made the ref stand them back up. One last time Buentello was able to land another right to the chin, Struve and Buentello went the whole distance.      It all came down to the judges decision, any fighter can tell you that’s not where you want the fight to go. Then Bruce Buffer, had the results, Stefan Struve would win by majority decision. The judge’s decision was in no way a true reflection of the fight.      Those who saw the fight saw the heart of a warrior, a heart that Buentello credits his Hispanic background “We’re hard workers and head strong, we never give up.”      If you ask Paul if his suspension from AKA had anything to do with his loss, without taking a breath he’ll tell you no. A close fight or not Paul is not one to blame anyone for his loss but himself “I was not pushing the pressure enough.”      Buentello is now back home in Austin and is back to being a member of AKA. His relationship with Bob Cook is back to being business friendly, and he has his next fight lined up and ready to go. Paul will face Cheick Kongo at UFC Fight Night, for the first time ever live on the Versus channel. Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello is back.   By Raul Rangel  undefeatedmagrrangel @gmail.com [image]             Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:29:04 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_The-Return-Of-The-Headhunter/BLOG/1823905/40618.html pbuentello 2010-02-09T04:29:04Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter   The Return Of The Headhunter        On a cold night in Memphis, the “Headhunter” made his way back to the octagon. After, almost a four year absence from the UFC, Paul Buentello has fought for Strikeforce and the Affliction brands earning an impressive record of 5-1. His return to the UFC was met with enthusiasm from many fans. With the heavyweight division building up it was a no brainier where he wanted to go, but his journey was not an easy one.      Buentello, was part of the ill-fated Affliction: Trilogy pay-per-view, his original opponent was suppose to be, ex UFC Heavyweight Champion, Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia. Unfortunately, Sylvia was removed from the bout due to being medically suspended. Less than 60 days before the event, Sylvia, was knocked out by Ray Mercer.      His next scheduled opponent was Gilbert Yvel, two stand up fighters that love to bang it out. But, ten days before the event, Josh Barnett tested positive for steroids and was not cleared to fight. Barnett was scheduled to main event the pay-per-view against Fedor Emelianenko, now Affliction was left scrambling for a main event. “I called Tom (Atencio, Affliction Vice President) and threw my name out there,” said Buentello, “I was told they had something planned for the main event.”      A replacement was never found and Affliction folded its fight promotions. Fighters were left looking for their next fights and promotions to work for. The UFC and Strikeforce had a field day picking up talent left and right. Buentello was left with a decision two promotions that wanted him, in the end he felt it was time to return to the UFC. “UFC provides a great opportunity for me… I know what I’m getting into, consistency. UFC always lays its cards on the table.”      As soon as he was signed Joe Silva had a fight ready for him. Paul was scheduled to fight Todd Duffee at UFC 107, but few weeks later Duffee would have to withdraw from the fight due to an injury. His replacement was 6’11” Stefan Struve, who for a man his size has a majority of victories by submission.      During his training, Buentello parted ways with his longtime manager and trainer Bob Cook. “I’ve always came to this crossroads, if I ever go back to the UFC, I gotta have somebody on board that’s going to sell me like I’m the best thing since sliced bread,” said Buentello.      With that came a suspension from American Kickboxing Academy (AKA), where Paul has been training since he first stepped into the cage. With weeks before his fight, Buentello was left looking for proper training facilities and sparing partners. Paul found a gym to train at; the only problem was that he would have to make a 2hr commute everyday to Sacramento, giving him little time to rest. Fellow, and former, members of AKA lent out their support and even helped with sparring.      The night started out with a great preliminary card filled with tap outs, knock outs and strong finishes. Then it was time to go live on PPV, Buentello vs. Struve was the first match on the main card. The sound of “El Rey” blasted out of the speakers as Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello made his way to the octagon.      The first round was dominated by Struve, with him taking Paul to the ground. Struve was able to take Buentello’s back and was trying to lock. Late in the round Struve let go of the back and Paul was able to reverse positions and start throwing elbows to the body to end the round.           Buentello was clearly the winner of the second round, making Struve stand up and fight. At 6’2” it was a challenge for Buentello to throw a punch at the 6’11” Struve, but when Stefan went for a flying knee Paul was able to connect with a right hand to the chin that sent Struve to the canvas. Struve was able to shake off the cobwebs and stood back up to throw punches with Buentello. The crow started to roar with excitement as both fighters traded punches, Buentello would get the better of the exchange.      At the beginning of the third and final round time was called by the official so that Struve could remove a piece of tooth from his mouthpiece. When the fight resumed Buentello landed a right cross to the jaw, shaking Struve but not ending him. The pace was starting to slow as Stefan was scoring points with his leg kicks. Towards the end of the round Paul was able to push Struve down and hover over him, but no action made the ref stand them back up. One last time Buentello was able to land another right to the chin, Struve and Buentello went the whole distance.      It all came down to the judges decision, any fighter can tell you that’s not where you want the fight to go. Then Bruce Buffer, had the results, Stefan Struve would win by majority decision. The judge’s decision was in no way a true reflection of the fight.      Those who saw the fight saw the heart of a warrior, a heart that Buentello credits his Hispanic background “We’re hard workers and head strong, we never give up.”      If you ask Paul if his suspension from AKA had anything to do with his loss, without taking a breath he’ll tell you no. A close fight or not Paul is not one to blame anyone for his loss but himself “I was not pushing the pressure enough.”      Buentello is now back home in Austin and is back to being a member of AKA. His relationship with Bob Cook is back to being business friendly, and he has his next fight lined up and ready to go. Paul will face Cheick Kongo at UFC Fight Night, for the first time ever live on the Versus channel. Paul “The Headhunter” Buentello is back.   By Raul Rangel  undefeatedmagrrangel @gmail.com [image]             107, buentello, paul, rangel, raul, return, ufc, undefeatedmagrrangel nonadult false The Return Of The Headhunter text blog 107,buentello,paul,rangel,raul,return,ufc,undefeatedmagrrangel 438 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 95118 0 0 1823905 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_My-Day-here-Oasis-Retreat/BLOG/1776975/40618.html The Oasis Retreat is located 3 hours north of Los Angeles, near beautiful Lake Isabella. This serene 160- acre ranch is the ideal setting for one to detoxify and rejuvenate. Visitors can enjoy nature walks along our “Living Water” creek fed by 36 artesian springs or choose to bask in the sun at the therapeutic mud baths then spend nights gazing into the star lit skies. Others favor swimming in the 28,000 gallon above ground pool, playing volleyball or rafting. Breathtaking natural beauty and adventure are the backdrop for a learning experience that includes courses in nutritional therapies, yoga, healthy food preparation, detoxification.   DAILY SCHEDULE   7:30–7:45 -     Wake and Water drink ¼ body weight in ounces with Joint Flex(4) and Athletes Advantage(6) and Super Male Formula(6)   7:45- 8:05 -     Tibetan Rights   8:15-         8:25          Take 8 Master Amino Complex   8:2-8:50-        3 Mile road run   9:0– 9:30  Power Shake (6 Scoops Power Shake/3 Scoops Meal   Option   9:3- 10:15-     45 minute Sauna (minimum 120 Degrees)   10: 11:00 – 45 minute shower and cool down   11:- 12:00-   Eat heavy Carb meal   12:- 2:00 -     Core Workout with Eric/Peter   2:0- 2:30 -           12  <aster Amino Complex and water ¼ body weight   2:3- 3:00-          3 Mile road run   3:1- 3:40-         Power Shake (6 scoops Power Shake/3 Scoops Meal     Option   3:4- 4:25-         45 Minute Sauna (120 Degrees Minimum)   4:2- 5:00-         35 Minute Shower and cool down   5:0- 5:20-         8 Master Amino Complex with Water   5:2- 7:20-         Core Workout with Eric/Peter   7:4- 9:00-         Unlimited Cabbage Soup, Salmon and Brown Rice   9:0- 11:00-         Personal Time   11:00                   Take ApotheCherry, Revivitall, Aloe and 8 Master Amino Complex   The Oasis Retreat is located 3 hours north of Los Angeles, near beautiful Lake Isabella. This serene 160- acre ranch is the ideal setting for one to detoxify and rejuvenate. Visitors can enjoy nature walks along our “Living Water” creek fed by 36 artesian springs or choose to bask in the sun at the therapeutic mud baths then spend nights gazing into the star lit skies. Others favor swimming in the 28,000 gallon above ground pool, playing volleyball or rafting. Breathtaking natural beauty and adventure are the backdrop for a learning experience that includes courses in nutritional therapies, yoga, healthy food preparation, detoxification.   DAILY SCHEDULE   7:30–7:45 -     Wake and Water drink ¼ body weight in ounces with Joint Flex(4) and Athletes Advantage(6) and Super Male Formula(6)   7:45- 8:05 -     Tibetan Rights   8:15-         8:25          Take 8 Master Amino Complex   8:2-8:50-        3 Mile road run   9:0– 9:30  Power Shake (6 Scoops Power Shake/3 Scoops Meal   Option   9:3- 10:15-     45 minute Sauna (minimum 120 Degrees)   10: 11:00 – 45 minute shower and cool down   11:- 12:00-   Eat heavy Carb meal   12:- 2:00 -     Core Workout with Eric/Peter   2:0- 2:30 -           12  <aster Amino Complex and water ¼ body weight   2:3- 3:00-          3 Mile road run   3:1- 3:40-         Power Shake (6 scoops Power Shake/3 Scoops Meal     Option   3:4- 4:25-         45 Minute Sauna (120 Degrees Minimum)   4:2- 5:00-         35 Minute Shower and cool down   5:0- 5:20-         8 Master Amino Complex with Water   5:2- 7:20-         Core Workout with Eric/Peter   7:4- 9:00-         Unlimited Cabbage Soup, Salmon and Brown Rice   9:0- 11:00-         Personal Time   11:00                   Take ApotheCherry, Revivitall, Aloe and 8 Master Amino Complex   Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:43:42 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_My-Day-here-Oasis-Retreat/BLOG/1776975/40618.html pbuentello 2010-01-29T01:43:42Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter The Oasis Retreat is located 3 hours north of Los Angeles, near beautiful Lake Isabella. This serene 160- acre ranch is the ideal setting for one to detoxify and rejuvenate. Visitors can enjoy nature walks along our “Living Water” creek fed by 36 artesian springs or choose to bask in the sun at the therapeutic mud baths then spend nights gazing into the star lit skies. Others favor swimming in the 28,000 gallon above ground pool, playing volleyball or rafting. Breathtaking natural beauty and adventure are the backdrop for a learning experience that includes courses in nutritional therapies, yoga, healthy food preparation, detoxification.   DAILY SCHEDULE   7:30–7:45 -     Wake and Water drink ¼ body weight in ounces with Joint Flex(4) and Athletes Advantage(6) and Super Male Formula(6)   7:45- 8:05 -     Tibetan Rights   8:15-         8:25          Take 8 Master Amino Complex   8:2-8:50-        3 Mile road run   9:0– 9:30  Power Shake (6 Scoops Power Shake/3 Scoops Meal   Option   9:3- 10:15-     45 minute Sauna (minimum 120 Degrees)   10: 11:00 – 45 minute shower and cool down   11:- 12:00-   Eat heavy Carb meal   12:- 2:00 -     Core Workout with Eric/Peter   2:0- 2:30 -           12  <aster Amino Complex and water ¼ body weight   2:3- 3:00-          3 Mile road run   3:1- 3:40-         Power Shake (6 scoops Power Shake/3 Scoops Meal     Option   3:4- 4:25-         45 Minute Sauna (120 Degrees Minimum)   4:2- 5:00-         35 Minute Shower and cool down   5:0- 5:20-         8 Master Amino Complex with Water   5:2- 7:20-         Core Workout with Eric/Peter   7:4- 9:00-         Unlimited Cabbage Soup, Salmon and Brown Rice   9:0- 11:00-         Personal Time   11:00                   Take ApotheCherry, Revivitall, Aloe and 8 Master Amino Complex   buentello, camp, check, chongo, paul, training, ufc nonadult false My Day here Oasis Retreat text blog buentello,camp,check,chongo,paul,training,ufc 505 1 5.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 78734 2 0 1776975 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Thoughts-About-the-AKA-Suspensionfrom-Outside/BLOG/1601407/40618.html From The OUTSIDER... First off....PAUL WHERE ARE U ON HERE?! I see people saying this and saying that about AKA based SOLELY on the success of the athlete's there, well I was there before all this success. The 1st thing I'll let the shit talkers know is that because it's a big team doesn't mean that everything there is good. Paul B, Jon Fitch, Mike Kyle (as crazy as he is), Dave V (as crazy as he is), and trainers Jerome Turcan and Andy Fong are probably the REALEST people there. I was there when Fitch and me were the only 1's rolling around together half the time and the only person who put in personal work with him was Lynn Schutlz. I was there when Mike Swick was still fucking kid lion not this stupid "quick" shit and he was a cool guy, to getting his head big from tuf, to being good old mike again. I was there when frank was gone, came back, and was gone again with the falling out with Jav. I was there when, did bob cook know how to put together a fight camp and have your ass in shape? fuck yea! but being in shape and having a TRAINER are two different things and SOME people didnt have trainers...actually MOST, as in any gym the people have their favorites. For a long time AKA was like that and when the people began to reap success from the growth of mma, good cardio, and the insane, better than most ufc, sparring sessions there....THEN they began to get trained personally. I'll tell you this, Javier Mendez is one of the most old school, REAL guys there is. When I was there and could no longer afford to go, he would let me in his doors for free and still leaves an open invite for me till this day. My dream has always been to go to japan and try my hand there. AKA was my 1st home from my budding friendship with Cleat, to my indoor fights with the punk, to my father son role with frank shamrock, to our falling out, etc and I will tell you that bob wouldnt mind kicking my ass while he told me..and i quote "if you fight you will never finish anyone...you have no finishing ability" and this is after me, a kid who didnt wrestle or do any shit growing up, would hang day in and day out with all the guys sparring, grappling, etc...I remember even one time Fitch (who is one of the few people always willing to help even back then) had me in a full out armbar that i got out of and my many chuck liddell get back to my feet wars we had. Bob could have gotten me to japan anytime he wanted but always had a reason never to help, got me in strikeforce anytime he wanted but would never help...always claiming "what have you done" or "i havent seen u" or "you have to come spar the world and show me what u have" while others at AKA commended me on my success thus far in this game we call mma as i train MYSELF 90% of the time with someone helping me here and there, while managing myself, trying to get my own sponsers, and fights...only person who never gave credit or tried to help was the one person who could....BOB.......COOK! If i had the power to make someone's dreams come true, i would. Look here Herschel walker, Cromier, and others who go to AKA who were wrestling stars or stars from another sport, you'll see bob put them in strikeforce their 1st fights! AKA caught on and began to build new fighters, but back then that wasnt even going on and like any gym you have to grow and learn i understand but a BIG gym, a NAME team, or a SUCCESSFUL team, does NOT mean everything is peaches and cream. My boy at ATT said he went thru the same things there and he is VERY successful, yet the "superstars" got the time over him he said. Most people at AKA are genuine i'll tell you that and they fixed most their flaws NOW and i love them all to death but I couldnt sit by and listen to people down talk Paul and uptalk bob when I was there and I know what can and may still....is still going on when it comes to SOME people. Everyone on the UG take what you will from everything I have written and I hope you get an inside and CLEARER perspective on the truth of how things in this game CAN work. late www.therealfallenangel.com From The OUTSIDER... First off....PAUL WHERE ARE U ON HERE?! I see people saying this and saying that about AKA based SOLELY on the success of the athlete's there, well I was there before all this success. The 1st thing I'll let the shit talkers know is that because it's a big team doesn't mean that everything there is good. Paul B, Jon Fitch, Mike Kyle (as crazy as he is), Dave V (as crazy as he is), and trainers Jerome Turcan and Andy Fong are probably the REALEST people there. I was there when Fitch and me were the only 1's rolling around together half the time and the only person who put in personal work with him was Lynn Schutlz. I was there when Mike Swick was still fucking kid lion not this stupid "quick" shit and he was a cool guy, to getting his head big from tuf, to being good old mike again. I was there when frank was gone, came back, and was gone again with the falling out with Jav. I was there when, did bob cook know how to put together a fight camp and have your ass in shape? fuck yea! but being in shape and having a TRAINER are two different things and SOME people didnt have trainers...actually MOST, as in any gym the people have their favorites. For a long time AKA was like that and when the people began to reap success from the growth of mma, good cardio, and the insane, better than most ufc, sparring sessions there....THEN they began to get trained personally. I'll tell you this, Javier Mendez is one of the most old school, REAL guys there is. When I was there and could no longer afford to go, he would let me in his doors for free and still leaves an open invite for me till this day. My dream has always been to go to japan and try my hand there. AKA was my 1st home from my budding friendship with Cleat, to my indoor fights with the punk, to my father son role with frank shamrock, to our falling out, etc and I will tell you that bob wouldnt mind kicking my ass while he told me..and i quote "if you fight you will never finish anyone...you have no finishing ability" and this is after me, a kid who didnt wrestle or do any shit growing up, would hang day in and day out with all the guys sparring, grappling, etc...I remember even one time Fitch (who is one of the few people always willing to help even back then) had me in a full out armbar that i got out of and my many chuck liddell get back to my feet wars we had. Bob could have gotten me to japan anytime he wanted but always had a reason never to help, got me in strikeforce anytime he wanted but would never help...always claiming "what have you done" or "i havent seen u" or "you have to come spar the world and show me what u have" while others at AKA commended me on my success thus far in this game we call mma as i train MYSELF 90% of the time with someone helping me here and there, while managing myself, trying to get my own sponsers, and fights...only person who never gave credit or tried to help was the one person who could....BOB.......COOK! If i had the power to make someone's dreams come true, i would. Look here Herschel walker, Cromier, and others who go to AKA who were wrestling stars or stars from another sport, you'll see bob put them in strikeforce their 1st fights! AKA caught on and began to build new fighters, but back then that wasnt even going on and like any gym you have to grow and learn i understand but a BIG gym, a NAME team, or a SUCCESSFUL team, does NOT mean everything is peaches and cream. My boy at ATT said he went thru the same things there and he is VERY successful, yet the "superstars" got the time over him he said. Most people at AKA are genuine i'll tell you that and they fixed most their flaws NOW and i love them all to death but I couldnt sit by and listen to people down talk Paul and uptalk bob when I was there and I know what can and may still....is still going on when it comes to SOME people. Everyone on the UG take what you will from everything I have written and I hope you get an inside and CLEARER perspective on the truth of how things in this game CAN work. late www.therealfallenangel.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:58:14 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Thoughts-About-the-AKA-Suspensionfrom-Outside/BLOG/1601407/40618.html pbuentello 2009-12-10T03:58:14Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter From The OUTSIDER... First off....PAUL WHERE ARE U ON HERE?! I see people saying this and saying that about AKA based SOLELY on the success of the athlete's there, well I was there before all this success. The 1st thing I'll let the shit talkers know is that because it's a big team doesn't mean that everything there is good. Paul B, Jon Fitch, Mike Kyle (as crazy as he is), Dave V (as crazy as he is), and trainers Jerome Turcan and Andy Fong are probably the REALEST people there. I was there when Fitch and me were the only 1's rolling around together half the time and the only person who put in personal work with him was Lynn Schutlz. I was there when Mike Swick was still fucking kid lion not this stupid "quick" shit and he was a cool guy, to getting his head big from tuf, to being good old mike again. I was there when frank was gone, came back, and was gone again with the falling out with Jav. I was there when, did bob cook know how to put together a fight camp and have your ass in shape? fuck yea! but being in shape and having a TRAINER are two different things and SOME people didnt have trainers...actually MOST, as in any gym the people have their favorites. For a long time AKA was like that and when the people began to reap success from the growth of mma, good cardio, and the insane, better than most ufc, sparring sessions there....THEN they began to get trained personally. I'll tell you this, Javier Mendez is one of the most old school, REAL guys there is. When I was there and could no longer afford to go, he would let me in his doors for free and still leaves an open invite for me till this day. My dream has always been to go to japan and try my hand there. AKA was my 1st home from my budding friendship with Cleat, to my indoor fights with the punk, to my father son role with frank shamrock, to our falling out, etc and I will tell you that bob wouldnt mind kicking my ass while he told me..and i quote "if you fight you will never finish anyone...you have no finishing ability" and this is after me, a kid who didnt wrestle or do any shit growing up, would hang day in and day out with all the guys sparring, grappling, etc...I remember even one time Fitch (who is one of the few people always willing to help even back then) had me in a full out armbar that i got out of and my many chuck liddell get back to my feet wars we had. Bob could have gotten me to japan anytime he wanted but always had a reason never to help, got me in strikeforce anytime he wanted but would never help...always claiming "what have you done" or "i havent seen u" or "you have to come spar the world and show me what u have" while others at AKA commended me on my success thus far in this game we call mma as i train MYSELF 90% of the time with someone helping me here and there, while managing myself, trying to get my own sponsers, and fights...only person who never gave credit or tried to help was the one person who could....BOB.......COOK! If i had the power to make someone's dreams come true, i would. Look here Herschel walker, Cromier, and others who go to AKA who were wrestling stars or stars from another sport, you'll see bob put them in strikeforce their 1st fights! AKA caught on and began to build new fighters, but back then that wasnt even going on and like any gym you have to grow and learn i understand but a BIG gym, a NAME team, or a SUCCESSFUL team, does NOT mean everything is peaches and cream. My boy at ATT said he went thru the same things there and he is VERY successful, yet the "superstars" got the time over him he said. Most people at AKA are genuine i'll tell you that and they fixed most their flaws NOW and i love them all to death but I couldnt sit by and listen to people down talk Paul and uptalk bob when I was there and I know what can and may still....is still going on when it comes to SOME people. Everyone on the UG take what you will from everything I have written and I hope you get an inside and CLEARER perspective on the truth of how things in this game CAN work. late www.therealfallenangel.com about, aka, buentello, outside, paul, suspension...from, the, thoughts nonadult false Thoughts About the AKA Suspension...from Outside text blog about,aka,buentello,outside,paul,suspension...from,the,thoughts 468 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX san jose 95118 0 0 1601407 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_ESPN-GR-Interview/BLOG/1601345/40618.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:51:07 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_ESPN-GR-Interview/BLOG/1601345/40618.html pbuentello 2009-12-10T03:51:07Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter buentello, espn, gr, interview, paul, radio nonadult false ESPN GR Interview audio blog buentello,espn,gr,interview,paul,radio 249 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 78737 0 0 1601345 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Affliction-Video-Buentello-Training-for-UFC-107/BLOG/1601238/40618.html I've always found Paul Buentello to be a likable guy, and he has undeniable punching power, but I've questioned whether he was dedicated enough to conditioning to compete against elite opponents. But perhaps that's changing.Buentello told FanHouse's Mike Chiappetta bout his increased emphasis on getting himself into physical shape, and the above video shows him seriously pushing himself in the gym.As he prepares for Saturday night's UFC 107 fight with Stefan Struve, Buentello describes his workouts as "Kind of mimicking what I go through in a fight with cardio, weightlifting and power exertion, basically working on muscle endurance."Buentello acknowledges that he hasn't always had the endurance that an MMA fighter needs."I could have the best cardio but once that lactic acid built up in your muscles you just can't push anymore," Buentello says. "It's a needed thing that I needed a long time ago."Overall, Buentello says, the fighter we're going to see at UFC 107 is going to be a much better-conditioned fighter than we've seen in the past."You're going to see a more improved Paul Buentello," he said. "I'll be stronger, a little bit leaner and a little bit lighter." I've always found Paul Buentello to be a likable guy, and he has undeniable punching power, but I've questioned whether he was dedicated enough to conditioning to compete against elite opponents. But perhaps that's changing.Buentello told FanHouse's Mike Chiappetta bout his increased emphasis on getting himself into physical shape, and the above video shows him seriously pushing himself in the gym.As he prepares for Saturday night's UFC 107 fight with Stefan Struve, Buentello describes his workouts as "Kind of mimicking what I go through in a fight with cardio, weightlifting and power exertion, basically working on muscle endurance."Buentello acknowledges that he hasn't always had the endurance that an MMA fighter needs."I could have the best cardio but once that lactic acid built up in your muscles you just can't push anymore," Buentello says. "It's a needed thing that I needed a long time ago."Overall, Buentello says, the fighter we're going to see at UFC 107 is going to be a much better-conditioned fighter than we've seen in the past."You're going to see a more improved Paul Buentello," he said. "I'll be stronger, a little bit leaner and a little bit lighter." Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:44:42 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Affliction-Video-Buentello-Training-for-UFC-107/BLOG/1601238/40618.html pbuentello 2009-12-10T03:44:42Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter I've always found Paul Buentello to be a likable guy, and he has undeniable punching power, but I've questioned whether he was dedicated enough to conditioning to compete against elite opponents. But perhaps that's changing.Buentello told FanHouse's Mike Chiappetta bout his increased emphasis on getting himself into physical shape, and the above video shows him seriously pushing himself in the gym.As he prepares for Saturday night's UFC 107 fight with Stefan Struve, Buentello describes his workouts as "Kind of mimicking what I go through in a fight with cardio, weightlifting and power exertion, basically working on muscle endurance."Buentello acknowledges that he hasn't always had the endurance that an MMA fighter needs."I could have the best cardio but once that lactic acid built up in your muscles you just can't push anymore," Buentello says. "It's a needed thing that I needed a long time ago."Overall, Buentello says, the fighter we're going to see at UFC 107 is going to be a much better-conditioned fighter than we've seen in the past."You're going to see a more improved Paul Buentello," he said. "I'll be stronger, a little bit leaner and a little bit lighter." 107, affliction, buentello, training, ufc, video nonadult false Affliction Video Buentello Training for UFC 107 text blog 107,affliction,buentello,training,ufc,video 259 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 78737 1 0 1601238 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_The-Headhunter-faces-a-tall-order-at-UFC-107/BLOG/1601154/40618.html The Headhunter faces a tall order at UFC 107 By Neil Davidson, THE CANADIAN PRESSDec. 8, 2009 The UFC heavyweight division promises to get a little more entertaining Saturday night when Paul Buentello returns to the fold. [image] The 35-year-old from Austin, Texas, was last seen in the cage at UFC 57 in February 2006 when he laid a beating on Gilbert Aldana. "Don't fear me, fear the consequences, baby," he said after that fight, delivering the Buentello slogan. "Put (someone) in front of me, I'll bring it, guaranteed," he added. Now Buentello (25-10) is back, looking to cut Stefan (Skyscraper) Struve down to size on the undercard of UFC 107 at the FedExForum in Memphis. The main event sees B.J. (The Prodigy) Penn defend his lightweight title against Diego (Nightmare) Sanchez. At 6-11, Struve (22-3) is a tall order for one of Buentello's signature head kicks. But Buentello reckons if he can get close to the 21-year-old Swiss pipe cleaner, he can take him. For the six-foot-two Buentello, it's a second chance to shine at the highest level of the sport. It took some two dozen fights to make the UFC the first time, knocking out Justin Eilers in the first round in February 2005 at UFC 51. Buentello caught Eilers with a left and right, turning his legs to jelly. "Seven years I've been trying to get here and I'm here," he said in the cage after stopping Eilers. "Awesome." Buentello went on to submit Kevin Jordan and then got a crack at heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski at UFC 55. Buentello came straight at the champion and was felled by a right that send him crashing face first into the canvas after just 14 seconds. He rebounded to beat Aldana but left the organization after that. "I didn't want to leave," he said. "My manager at the time just figured I could take my services somewhere else, just try to bring my value up and then try to come back to the UFC and have a bigger value. . . . It was kind of a bad move." Buentello went 3-1 in Strikeforce and then 2-0 in Affliction, which folded fight operations earlier this year. He didn't think the UFC would pick up his contract. "I'm pretty much of a humble guy and didn't realize I had done enough to get back to the UFC," he said. "I was just kind of going to move forward and then got the call that the UFC wanted to get me back in, so I jumped all over it." He had options, with Strikeforce looking for heavyweights to match against marquee Russian Fedor Emelianenko. But Buentello opted for the UFC. "It's the premier promotion to be involved in," he explained. "Every other promotion I've been involved in either is not just putting enough fights on or it just closes its doors." He points to his original opponent Todd Duffee pulling out through injury, saying other promotions might have just scratched the fight. The UFC had opponents ready and kept the fight on the card. "That's one thing about the UFC, if they tell you you're going to fight and you're healthy, they're going to keep that fight going. Other organizations would just scratch me off the card and put another fight on the card that's ready to go instead to trying to match me up." Buentello says UFC fans will see a more agile fighter this time around. He has added a nutritionist and personal trainer to his team and plans to fight Struve at 245 to 250 pounds, down from 252 to 260. He's put on muscle and shed fat. "I feel real light on my toes," he said. Buentello is a longtime member of the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose although there are reports that he has been at odds with them recently over his choice of management. The fighter has long commuted from Texas to California, training most recently with AKA heavyweight Cain Velasquez, seen by many as a star in the making. "It's kind of weird, it's like a whole another world for me, I'm basically living two lives," Buentello said. Buentello rents a room with friends in San Jose, where he keeps a car. Being away from wife Stacy and their family - he has kids aged 10, 15, and 17 and two stepsons aged 19 and 21 - has not been easy. But things got better when Stacey, whom he met some 13 years, got a job with United Airlines. A five-foot-six, 118-pound baggage-handler, Stacy has enabled Buentello to commute back and forth more often as needed thanks to her airline job. Growing up in Amarillo, Texas, Buentello played football and baseball - and even had some minor league tryouts. He boxed as a kid and was drawn to fighting when the Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation - a former of MMA with open-hand striking - came to town. "Guys got to go in there and just beat each other up and didn't get in trouble," he said. "Back then that was a huge thing, to actually fight and not go to jail. Plus you got paid for it. Back then it was $500 to win and a dollar to lose. So it was kind of motivating to get in there and start fighting and win $500 on a weekend." Tall as a kid, he had had to fight on occasion when challenged. "I always had that competitive edge, always had that attitude fight first, talk later. That's how I was kind of raised. My dad always taught me, don't ask, if somebody hits you, hit them right back and don't stop until they start yelling for help." Buentello proved to have quick hands, which he says - if delivered right - make for "shock and awe" power. "It's not the power, it's the speed - and speed kills," he said. "If I threw with power I'd be off balance a lot and fall over like most of the guys do, but if you have perfect technique and have that speed in your hands, you're going to get some clean knockouts," he added. With the UFC looking south of the border at Mexico, Buentello is a handy heavyweight to have around. He's also no shrinking violet in the cage. He has gone the distance just twice, defeating Gary Goodridge in Affliction in July 2008 and losing to Bobby Hoffman in a 2003 King of the Cage fight (a defeat he avenged two fights later). The Headhunter faces a tall order at UFC 107 By Neil Davidson, THE CANADIAN PRESSDec. 8, 2009 The UFC heavyweight division promises to get a little more entertaining Saturday night when Paul Buentello returns to the fold. [image] The 35-year-old from Austin, Texas, was last seen in the cage at UFC 57 in February 2006 when he laid a beating on Gilbert Aldana. "Don't fear me, fear the consequences, baby," he said after that fight, delivering the Buentello slogan. "Put (someone) in front of me, I'll bring it, guaranteed," he added. Now Buentello (25-10) is back, looking to cut Stefan (Skyscraper) Struve down to size on the undercard of UFC 107 at the FedExForum in Memphis. The main event sees B.J. (The Prodigy) Penn defend his lightweight title against Diego (Nightmare) Sanchez. At 6-11, Struve (22-3) is a tall order for one of Buentello's signature head kicks. But Buentello reckons if he can get close to the 21-year-old Swiss pipe cleaner, he can take him. For the six-foot-two Buentello, it's a second chance to shine at the highest level of the sport. It took some two dozen fights to make the UFC the first time, knocking out Justin Eilers in the first round in February 2005 at UFC 51. Buentello caught Eilers with a left and right, turning his legs to jelly. "Seven years I've been trying to get here and I'm here," he said in the cage after stopping Eilers. "Awesome." Buentello went on to submit Kevin Jordan and then got a crack at heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski at UFC 55. Buentello came straight at the champion and was felled by a right that send him crashing face first into the canvas after just 14 seconds. He rebounded to beat Aldana but left the organization after that. "I didn't want to leave," he said. "My manager at the time just figured I could take my services somewhere else, just try to bring my value up and then try to come back to the UFC and have a bigger value. . . . It was kind of a bad move." Buentello went 3-1 in Strikeforce and then 2-0 in Affliction, which folded fight operations earlier this year. He didn't think the UFC would pick up his contract. "I'm pretty much of a humble guy and didn't realize I had done enough to get back to the UFC," he said. "I was just kind of going to move forward and then got the call that the UFC wanted to get me back in, so I jumped all over it." He had options, with Strikeforce looking for heavyweights to match against marquee Russian Fedor Emelianenko. But Buentello opted for the UFC. "It's the premier promotion to be involved in," he explained. "Every other promotion I've been involved in either is not just putting enough fights on or it just closes its doors." He points to his original opponent Todd Duffee pulling out through injury, saying other promotions might have just scratched the fight. The UFC had opponents ready and kept the fight on the card. "That's one thing about the UFC, if they tell you you're going to fight and you're healthy, they're going to keep that fight going. Other organizations would just scratch me off the card and put another fight on the card that's ready to go instead to trying to match me up." Buentello says UFC fans will see a more agile fighter this time around. He has added a nutritionist and personal trainer to his team and plans to fight Struve at 245 to 250 pounds, down from 252 to 260. He's put on muscle and shed fat. "I feel real light on my toes," he said. Buentello is a longtime member of the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose although there are reports that he has been at odds with them recently over his choice of management. The fighter has long commuted from Texas to California, training most recently with AKA heavyweight Cain Velasquez, seen by many as a star in the making. "It's kind of weird, it's like a whole another world for me, I'm basically living two lives," Buentello said. Buentello rents a room with friends in San Jose, where he keeps a car. Being away from wife Stacy and their family - he has kids aged 10, 15, and 17 and two stepsons aged 19 and 21 - has not been easy. But things got better when Stacey, whom he met some 13 years, got a job with United Airlines. A five-foot-six, 118-pound baggage-handler, Stacy has enabled Buentello to commute back and forth more often as needed thanks to her airline job. Growing up in Amarillo, Texas, Buentello played football and baseball - and even had some minor league tryouts. He boxed as a kid and was drawn to fighting when the Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation - a former of MMA with open-hand striking - came to town. "Guys got to go in there and just beat each other up and didn't get in trouble," he said. "Back then that was a huge thing, to actually fight and not go to jail. Plus you got paid for it. Back then it was $500 to win and a dollar to lose. So it was kind of motivating to get in there and start fighting and win $500 on a weekend." Tall as a kid, he had had to fight on occasion when challenged. "I always had that competitive edge, always had that attitude fight first, talk later. That's how I was kind of raised. My dad always taught me, don't ask, if somebody hits you, hit them right back and don't stop until they start yelling for help." Buentello proved to have quick hands, which he says - if delivered right - make for "shock and awe" power. "It's not the power, it's the speed - and speed kills," he said. "If I threw with power I'd be off balance a lot and fall over like most of the guys do, but if you have perfect technique and have that speed in your hands, you're going to get some clean knockouts," he added. With the UFC looking south of the border at Mexico, Buentello is a handy heavyweight to have around. He's also no shrinking violet in the cage. He has gone the distance just twice, defeating Gary Goodridge in Affliction in July 2008 and losing to Bobby Hoffman in a 2003 King of the Cage fight (a defeat he avenged two fights later). Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:39:55 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_The-Headhunter-faces-a-tall-order-at-UFC-107/BLOG/1601154/40618.html pbuentello 2009-12-10T03:39:55Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter The Headhunter faces a tall order at UFC 107 By Neil Davidson, THE CANADIAN PRESSDec. 8, 2009 The UFC heavyweight division promises to get a little more entertaining Saturday night when Paul Buentello returns to the fold. [image] The 35-year-old from Austin, Texas, was last seen in the cage at UFC 57 in February 2006 when he laid a beating on Gilbert Aldana. "Don't fear me, fear the consequences, baby," he said after that fight, delivering the Buentello slogan. "Put (someone) in front of me, I'll bring it, guaranteed," he added. Now Buentello (25-10) is back, looking to cut Stefan (Skyscraper) Struve down to size on the undercard of UFC 107 at the FedExForum in Memphis. The main event sees B.J. (The Prodigy) Penn defend his lightweight title against Diego (Nightmare) Sanchez. At 6-11, Struve (22-3) is a tall order for one of Buentello's signature head kicks. But Buentello reckons if he can get close to the 21-year-old Swiss pipe cleaner, he can take him. For the six-foot-two Buentello, it's a second chance to shine at the highest level of the sport. It took some two dozen fights to make the UFC the first time, knocking out Justin Eilers in the first round in February 2005 at UFC 51. Buentello caught Eilers with a left and right, turning his legs to jelly. "Seven years I've been trying to get here and I'm here," he said in the cage after stopping Eilers. "Awesome." Buentello went on to submit Kevin Jordan and then got a crack at heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski at UFC 55. Buentello came straight at the champion and was felled by a right that send him crashing face first into the canvas after just 14 seconds. He rebounded to beat Aldana but left the organization after that. "I didn't want to leave," he said. "My manager at the time just figured I could take my services somewhere else, just try to bring my value up and then try to come back to the UFC and have a bigger value. . . . It was kind of a bad move." Buentello went 3-1 in Strikeforce and then 2-0 in Affliction, which folded fight operations earlier this year. He didn't think the UFC would pick up his contract. "I'm pretty much of a humble guy and didn't realize I had done enough to get back to the UFC," he said. "I was just kind of going to move forward and then got the call that the UFC wanted to get me back in, so I jumped all over it." He had options, with Strikeforce looking for heavyweights to match against marquee Russian Fedor Emelianenko. But Buentello opted for the UFC. "It's the premier promotion to be involved in," he explained. "Every other promotion I've been involved in either is not just putting enough fights on or it just closes its doors." He points to his original opponent Todd Duffee pulling out through injury, saying other promotions might have just scratched the fight. The UFC had opponents ready and kept the fight on the card. "That's one thing about the UFC, if they tell you you're going to fight and you're healthy, they're going to keep that fight going. Other organizations would just scratch me off the card and put another fight on the card that's ready to go instead to trying to match me up." Buentello says UFC fans will see a more agile fighter this time around. He has added a nutritionist and personal trainer to his team and plans to fight Struve at 245 to 250 pounds, down from 252 to 260. He's put on muscle and shed fat. "I feel real light on my toes," he said. Buentello is a longtime member of the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose although there are reports that he has been at odds with them recently over his choice of management. The fighter has long commuted from Texas to California, training most recently with AKA heavyweight Cain Velasquez, seen by many as a star in the making. "It's kind of weird, it's like a whole another world for me, I'm basically living two lives," Buentello said. Buentello rents a room with friends in San Jose, where he keeps a car. Being away from wife Stacy and their family - he has kids aged 10, 15, and 17 and two stepsons aged 19 and 21 - has not been easy. But things got better when Stacey, whom he met some 13 years, got a job with United Airlines. A five-foot-six, 118-pound baggage-handler, Stacy has enabled Buentello to commute back and forth more often as needed thanks to her airline job. Growing up in Amarillo, Texas, Buentello played football and baseball - and even had some minor league tryouts. He boxed as a kid and was drawn to fighting when the Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation - a former of MMA with open-hand striking - came to town. "Guys got to go in there and just beat each other up and didn't get in trouble," he said. "Back then that was a huge thing, to actually fight and not go to jail. Plus you got paid for it. Back then it was $500 to win and a dollar to lose. So it was kind of motivating to get in there and start fighting and win $500 on a weekend." Tall as a kid, he had had to fight on occasion when challenged. "I always had that competitive edge, always had that attitude fight first, talk later. That's how I was kind of raised. My dad always taught me, don't ask, if somebody hits you, hit them right back and don't stop until they start yelling for help." Buentello proved to have quick hands, which he says - if delivered right - make for "shock and awe" power. "It's not the power, it's the speed - and speed kills," he said. "If I threw with power I'd be off balance a lot and fall over like most of the guys do, but if you have perfect technique and have that speed in your hands, you're going to get some clean knockouts," he added. With the UFC looking south of the border at Mexico, Buentello is a handy heavyweight to have around. He's also no shrinking violet in the cage. He has gone the distance just twice, defeating Gary Goodridge in Affliction in July 2008 and losing to Bobby Hoffman in a 2003 King of the Cage fight (a defeat he avenged two fights later). 107, buentello, headhunter, paul, the, ufc nonadult false The Headhunter faces a tall order at UFC 107 text blog 107,buentello,headhunter,paul,the,ufc 217 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 78737 0 0 1601154 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Buentello-Ready-for-Struve-at-UFC-107/BLOG/1575969/40618.html Veteran Buentello Puts Headaches Behind Him, Ready for Struve at UFC 107 [image]When Affliction Entertainment shuttered its doors for good, there was only one place Paul Buentello wanted to go: the UFC. The veteran heavyweight longed for the stability that MMA's biggest organization provided. Luckily for him, the UFC was also interested in the reunion, and the sides came to terms. At UFC 107 on Dec. 12, Buentello (24-10) will return to the octagon for the first time in over three years. Originally scheduled to take on top prospect Todd Duffee, he was thrown a changeup when Duffee had to back out due to injury. Instead, "The Headhunter" will have to quite literally aim higher, facing the intriguing 6-foot-11 Dutch fighter Stefan Struve (18-3). Just a few days before the bout, Buentello took some time to talk to FanHouse about his reasons for returning to the UFC, facing a giant, longing for a rematch with Alistair Overeem, and putting his past difficulties in the rearview mirror.   Mike Chiappetta: You were originally scheduled to face Todd Duffee, who opened a lot of eyes with his 7-second KO debut. How disappointed were you when he had to pull out of that fight given he was a higher-profile opponent than Struve? Paul Buentello: I'm just excited to get to fight and back in the UFC. That's my whole motivation. It doesn't matter who I'm going to fight or what kind of hype they bring behind them. I'm just happy to fight again in the UFC and to be able to work. [image]So how did your deal with UFC come about? Most people were under the impression that when Affliction died, you were also under a Strikeforce deal and would return there. The whole thing is they had a right to implode the contract. My relationship with Strikfeforce was pretty much an open book, and there was nothing really hidden. I just chose to go with UFC. Why did you choose UFC? The whole thing was the stability. I can get more fights in. If I stay healthy I can fight 3-4 times a year. Just the whole stability thing, and the name. What sounds better? Being an MMA fighter or a UFC fighter? I guess the devil's advocate would say Strikeforce has a lot of forward momentum and the exposure of the CBS and Showtime deals. It's just one of those things. I need to know that I'm going to be stable and have enough fights. If you pour everything into a funnel, it all comes out of one little hole. So you have to funnel all these fighters and fights into certain cards. They just don't put enough shows on. With UFC, they have a lot more shows. It seems like they have a show every week, so it's more room to move and work. I know you've had issues with other promoters around scheduling, so did you simply reach the end of your line on that? It's been rough. You'll get the call, "Hey, you're fighting in March." Then you get a call two weeks later saying, "Hey, your opponent got hurt, you're not fighting until July." It goes back and forth like that. I need some stability in my career. It makes sense for me to go somewhere with stability. The UFC knows what they're doing. People complain about them controlling this and that, but at least they lay all their cards on the table instead of having to guess what's going to happen next. Is Duffee a fight you'd still like to do after facing Struve? Most definitely. He has some name value now. If you want to take a fight with hype behind him and make an interesting matchup, I think fans are interested in seeing this and how he'd be, his power and stuff. It's a matchup people want to see, and if they want to see it, I'm happy to do it. I want to see it as well. Do you think Duffee's the real deal? It's hard to tell. He's only had a few fights. We've got to put him in situations to have tough fights. The thing is, he's on an up scale. How does he handle his first losss? His second loss? Getting knocked out on pay-per-view fighting for title? How do you handle those bumps that are going to come in your career? That's one thing you can judge someone's character on, if they can handle a loss, because everyone is going to lose eventually. Struve is a young guy, only 21 but already over 20 pro fights. How much did you know about him when you accepted the fight and what are your thoughts on his skills? I knew he's from Holland and Bobby Schrijber's school. And the thing is: he's a standup guy. I don't want to go out there in my first match back and fight a straight grappler. It's a good matchup. I think fans want to see a good standup match. The size is what the hard part is. Do you want to fight someone 8, 9 inches taller than you? It's something I considered back and forth, but you know what? He's a standup fighter even though most of his wins are on ground. He likes to stand and bang and push the pace, and that's where I want to go. Amazingly, in 21 pro fights, he's never gone to a decision, and in 34 pro bouts, you've only gone to two. Are you guys going to shock us and go three rounds? I don't think so. He pushes the pace and he's long. If I'm on point and stick to our gameplan, and make sure I'm in the right positions, the right angles and pushing the right pace, it'll make it a really good fight. But if I get the jitters and I'm at the wrong place at the wrong time, and get caught, he can catch you. He can catch you in a submission really quick or get a sneaky takedown. And he takes a beating, too. That's another thing I know in the back of my head, that it's going to be a long, drawn-out war. But I don't think it's going to a decision. Even though you characterize him as a striker, 14 of his 18 wins are by submission, and you probably have the edge in power. Do you feel like if you stay on your feet, he's got no chance of winning? It's not that. I wish I could say that, but it's being on point and making sure every punch counts. Everything he does, counteract and make him pay for it. I have to be really focused and stay on our gameplan and it should work my way. If I just fully stick on my striking, I'll get caught because I'll overlead with one hand or another. I've got to make sure that everything is together for this fight. He fought less than two months ago. Your last fight was in January. Who does that favor? I think it's going to be more of an advantage on his part because he's staying busy and constantly in shape. One thing I have the advantage on is time to focus on conditioning with a conditioning coach and personal trainer. I've been able to work on things I have a problem with, like flexibility in my hips and getting up from different positions, overall body strength. I think it's going to match up, but the thing is, he's not going to have the jitters. I'll probably have more of the jitters than he will. That's surprising to hear since you've been around the sport so long. Well, you know, it's still the UFC. I don't know where on the card we are, but it's still the UFC. I get the jitters when I get ready to spar. This fight will be a little different. I don't know what will happen. I might have none. I might be cold as ice. You mentioned the size and reach. Was there any way to prepare for it? There aren't too many 6-11 guys with his set of skills in MMA. It's hard to find that height and adjust that. My personal trainer Jason Maas has helped. I'm lifting heavy, hitting the hands heavy and real high in the air, because that's where I'll be punching. My boxing trainer is holding the mitts higher and I'm hitting higher on the bags just to get that endurance in the shoulders. Was the long layoff good for your body in terms of resting injuries? It's good because it allowed me to focus on conditioning. As soon as the Affliction fight was called off, I didn't stop training. I probably took a week off and then hired a personal trainer in my home town of Austin to focus on conditioning. Just body weight. It was good for me to take time off, but it was also nerveracking in the sense of I didn't know where I'd end up, and if the UFC really wanted to do this deal or not. Is this the first time you've used a personal trainer? Yes. I invested in one for the Gary Goodridge fight. That performance wasn't too good, but we built our relationship. And then you saw the performance with Kirill [Sidelnikov]. It shows the difference when you have a trainer you respect when you dial in and know what you have to get done. It showed in the Kirill fight. Is Struve's reach a bigger issue in the striking or on the ground? I think it's more helpful for him on the ground, because he's long and can wrap those legs around me twice, or the arms around me. He can go for the North-south, he's good on the triangle. For a good D'arce choke, he's real long. But for his striking, he's going to be a couple beats slower than me because he has a lot of reach to stick out there. What are your long-term goals now in the UFC? My goals right now are small. I'm not looking for world title contention or anything like that. I'm not worried about belts or anything. I'm just setting small goals. That's how I've always gone through life, setting small goals to move forward. I want to get four wins in a row. I've never been 4-0 in the UFC. I won two, then lost, then won my last one, so I went 3-1 in the UFC. I want to go 4-0. We'll see what happens. We mentioned your time in Strikeforce. You were the last man to face its heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem, over two years ago. What do you make of the fact he hasn't been back to defend the belt since then? I don't know. It's just one of those things, politics. People always ask me, 'Do you want to rematch Andrei Arlovski?" Yes, but I would love to fight Alistair again. For that fight my head was so far up my ass, I couldn't even see straight. Everything that could've possibly gone wrong for that training camp did. I wasn't even 50 percent there. If I was 100 percent or even 80 percent, I could beat him. What exactly went wrong? Deals with management, putting me on the back burner. Things at home were unstable. I fight for a living and when you don't have any money to pay the bills at home and the people who are supposed to take care of those things for you as managers and agents ... just everything you can possibly think of went wrong. The main thing was not having the right people. Having all these people saying, "Yes, we can do this and yes, we can do that." But then it comes out they couldn't do a damn thing and you're stuck holding yourself. To put it plain and simple, I was negative before I walked in that cage to fight Alistair. That's not good that you're walking out there to fight for a world title, and you're already in a negative frame of mind. So I had to win. I had to win to make it positive, and that's just too much pressure for a fighter. So all that stuff is rectified now? You're in a good mindset leading in to this match? Oh, definitely. Everything's good. I'm in a real good frame of mind. I have a whole new team behind me on the management side. Everything's a lot better. I can see the difference. I make a phone call and things happen. I don't have to rob Paul to pay Peter anymore. Veteran Buentello Puts Headaches Behind Him, Ready for Struve at UFC 107 [image]When Affliction Entertainment shuttered its doors for good, there was only one place Paul Buentello wanted to go: the UFC. The veteran heavyweight longed for the stability that MMA's biggest organization provided. Luckily for him, the UFC was also interested in the reunion, and the sides came to terms. At UFC 107 on Dec. 12, Buentello (24-10) will return to the octagon for the first time in over three years. Originally scheduled to take on top prospect Todd Duffee, he was thrown a changeup when Duffee had to back out due to injury. Instead, "The Headhunter" will have to quite literally aim higher, facing the intriguing 6-foot-11 Dutch fighter Stefan Struve (18-3). Just a few days before the bout, Buentello took some time to talk to FanHouse about his reasons for returning to the UFC, facing a giant, longing for a rematch with Alistair Overeem, and putting his past difficulties in the rearview mirror.   Mike Chiappetta: You were originally scheduled to face Todd Duffee, who opened a lot of eyes with his 7-second KO debut. How disappointed were you when he had to pull out of that fight given he was a higher-profile opponent than Struve? Paul Buentello: I'm just excited to get to fight and back in the UFC. That's my whole motivation. It doesn't matter who I'm going to fight or what kind of hype they bring behind them. I'm just happy to fight again in the UFC and to be able to work. [image]So how did your deal with UFC come about? Most people were under the impression that when Affliction died, you were also under a Strikeforce deal and would return there. The whole thing is they had a right to implode the contract. My relationship with Strikfeforce was pretty much an open book, and there was nothing really hidden. I just chose to go with UFC. Why did you choose UFC? The whole thing was the stability. I can get more fights in. If I stay healthy I can fight 3-4 times a year. Just the whole stability thing, and the name. What sounds better? Being an MMA fighter or a UFC fighter? I guess the devil's advocate would say Strikeforce has a lot of forward momentum and the exposure of the CBS and Showtime deals. It's just one of those things. I need to know that I'm going to be stable and have enough fights. If you pour everything into a funnel, it all comes out of one little hole. So you have to funnel all these fighters and fights into certain cards. They just don't put enough shows on. With UFC, they have a lot more shows. It seems like they have a show every week, so it's more room to move and work. I know you've had issues with other promoters around scheduling, so did you simply reach the end of your line on that? It's been rough. You'll get the call, "Hey, you're fighting in March." Then you get a call two weeks later saying, "Hey, your opponent got hurt, you're not fighting until July." It goes back and forth like that. I need some stability in my career. It makes sense for me to go somewhere with stability. The UFC knows what they're doing. People complain about them controlling this and that, but at least they lay all their cards on the table instead of having to guess what's going to happen next. Is Duffee a fight you'd still like to do after facing Struve? Most definitely. He has some name value now. If you want to take a fight with hype behind him and make an interesting matchup, I think fans are interested in seeing this and how he'd be, his power and stuff. It's a matchup people want to see, and if they want to see it, I'm happy to do it. I want to see it as well. Do you think Duffee's the real deal? It's hard to tell. He's only had a few fights. We've got to put him in situations to have tough fights. The thing is, he's on an up scale. How does he handle his first losss? His second loss? Getting knocked out on pay-per-view fighting for title? How do you handle those bumps that are going to come in your career? That's one thing you can judge someone's character on, if they can handle a loss, because everyone is going to lose eventually. Struve is a young guy, only 21 but already over 20 pro fights. How much did you know about him when you accepted the fight and what are your thoughts on his skills? I knew he's from Holland and Bobby Schrijber's school. And the thing is: he's a standup guy. I don't want to go out there in my first match back and fight a straight grappler. It's a good matchup. I think fans want to see a good standup match. The size is what the hard part is. Do you want to fight someone 8, 9 inches taller than you? It's something I considered back and forth, but you know what? He's a standup fighter even though most of his wins are on ground. He likes to stand and bang and push the pace, and that's where I want to go. Amazingly, in 21 pro fights, he's never gone to a decision, and in 34 pro bouts, you've only gone to two. Are you guys going to shock us and go three rounds? I don't think so. He pushes the pace and he's long. If I'm on point and stick to our gameplan, and make sure I'm in the right positions, the right angles and pushing the right pace, it'll make it a really good fight. But if I get the jitters and I'm at the wrong place at the wrong time, and get caught, he can catch you. He can catch you in a submission really quick or get a sneaky takedown. And he takes a beating, too. That's another thing I know in the back of my head, that it's going to be a long, drawn-out war. But I don't think it's going to a decision. Even though you characterize him as a striker, 14 of his 18 wins are by submission, and you probably have the edge in power. Do you feel like if you stay on your feet, he's got no chance of winning? It's not that. I wish I could say that, but it's being on point and making sure every punch counts. Everything he does, counteract and make him pay for it. I have to be really focused and stay on our gameplan and it should work my way. If I just fully stick on my striking, I'll get caught because I'll overlead with one hand or another. I've got to make sure that everything is together for this fight. He fought less than two months ago. Your last fight was in January. Who does that favor? I think it's going to be more of an advantage on his part because he's staying busy and constantly in shape. One thing I have the advantage on is time to focus on conditioning with a conditioning coach and personal trainer. I've been able to work on things I have a problem with, like flexibility in my hips and getting up from different positions, overall body strength. I think it's going to match up, but the thing is, he's not going to have the jitters. I'll probably have more of the jitters than he will. That's surprising to hear since you've been around the sport so long. Well, you know, it's still the UFC. I don't know where on the card we are, but it's still the UFC. I get the jitters when I get ready to spar. This fight will be a little different. I don't know what will happen. I might have none. I might be cold as ice. You mentioned the size and reach. Was there any way to prepare for it? There aren't too many 6-11 guys with his set of skills in MMA. It's hard to find that height and adjust that. My personal trainer Jason Maas has helped. I'm lifting heavy, hitting the hands heavy and real high in the air, because that's where I'll be punching. My boxing trainer is holding the mitts higher and I'm hitting higher on the bags just to get that endurance in the shoulders. Was the long layoff good for your body in terms of resting injuries? It's good because it allowed me to focus on conditioning. As soon as the Affliction fight was called off, I didn't stop training. I probably took a week off and then hired a personal trainer in my home town of Austin to focus on conditioning. Just body weight. It was good for me to take time off, but it was also nerveracking in the sense of I didn't know where I'd end up, and if the UFC really wanted to do this deal or not. Is this the first time you've used a personal trainer? Yes. I invested in one for the Gary Goodridge fight. That performance wasn't too good, but we built our relationship. And then you saw the performance with Kirill [Sidelnikov]. It shows the difference when you have a trainer you respect when you dial in and know what you have to get done. It showed in the Kirill fight. Is Struve's reach a bigger issue in the striking or on the ground? I think it's more helpful for him on the ground, because he's long and can wrap those legs around me twice, or the arms around me. He can go for the North-south, he's good on the triangle. For a good D'arce choke, he's real long. But for his striking, he's going to be a couple beats slower than me because he has a lot of reach to stick out there. What are your long-term goals now in the UFC? My goals right now are small. I'm not looking for world title contention or anything like that. I'm not worried about belts or anything. I'm just setting small goals. That's how I've always gone through life, setting small goals to move forward. I want to get four wins in a row. I've never been 4-0 in the UFC. I won two, then lost, then won my last one, so I went 3-1 in the UFC. I want to go 4-0. We'll see what happens. We mentioned your time in Strikeforce. You were the last man to face its heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem, over two years ago. What do you make of the fact he hasn't been back to defend the belt since then? I don't know. It's just one of those things, politics. People always ask me, 'Do you want to rematch Andrei Arlovski?" Yes, but I would love to fight Alistair again. For that fight my head was so far up my ass, I couldn't even see straight. Everything that could've possibly gone wrong for that training camp did. I wasn't even 50 percent there. If I was 100 percent or even 80 percent, I could beat him. What exactly went wrong? Deals with management, putting me on the back burner. Things at home were unstable. I fight for a living and when you don't have any money to pay the bills at home and the people who are supposed to take care of those things for you as managers and agents ... just everything you can possibly think of went wrong. The main thing was not having the right people. Having all these people saying, "Yes, we can do this and yes, we can do that." But then it comes out they couldn't do a damn thing and you're stuck holding yourself. To put it plain and simple, I was negative before I walked in that cage to fight Alistair. That's not good that you're walking out there to fight for a world title, and you're already in a negative frame of mind. So I had to win. I had to win to make it positive, and that's just too much pressure for a fighter. So all that stuff is rectified now? You're in a good mindset leading in to this match? Oh, definitely. Everything's good. I'm in a real good frame of mind. I have a whole new team behind me on the management side. Everything's a lot better. I can see the difference. I make a phone call and things happen. I don't have to rob Paul to pay Peter anymore. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:53:52 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Buentello-Ready-for-Struve-at-UFC-107/BLOG/1575969/40618.html pbuentello 2009-12-09T04:53:52Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter Veteran Buentello Puts Headaches Behind Him, Ready for Struve at UFC 107 [image]When Affliction Entertainment shuttered its doors for good, there was only one place Paul Buentello wanted to go: the UFC. The veteran heavyweight longed for the stability that MMA's biggest organization provided. Luckily for him, the UFC was also interested in the reunion, and the sides came to terms. At UFC 107 on Dec. 12, Buentello (24-10) will return to the octagon for the first time in over three years. Originally scheduled to take on top prospect Todd Duffee, he was thrown a changeup when Duffee had to back out due to injury. Instead, "The Headhunter" will have to quite literally aim higher, facing the intriguing 6-foot-11 Dutch fighter Stefan Struve (18-3). Just a few days before the bout, Buentello took some time to talk to FanHouse about his reasons for returning to the UFC, facing a giant, longing for a rematch with Alistair Overeem, and putting his past difficulties in the rearview mirror.   Mike Chiappetta: You were originally scheduled to face Todd Duffee, who opened a lot of eyes with his 7-second KO debut. How disappointed were you when he had to pull out of that fight given he was a higher-profile opponent than Struve? Paul Buentello: I'm just excited to get to fight and back in the UFC. That's my whole motivation. It doesn't matter who I'm going to fight or what kind of hype they bring behind them. I'm just happy to fight again in the UFC and to be able to work. [image]So how did your deal with UFC come about? Most people were under the impression that when Affliction died, you were also under a Strikeforce deal and would return there. The whole thing is they had a right to implode the contract. My relationship with Strikfeforce was pretty much an open book, and there was nothing really hidden. I just chose to go with UFC. Why did you choose UFC? The whole thing was the stability. I can get more fights in. If I stay healthy I can fight 3-4 times a year. Just the whole stability thing, and the name. What sounds better? Being an MMA fighter or a UFC fighter? I guess the devil's advocate would say Strikeforce has a lot of forward momentum and the exposure of the CBS and Showtime deals. It's just one of those things. I need to know that I'm going to be stable and have enough fights. If you pour everything into a funnel, it all comes out of one little hole. So you have to funnel all these fighters and fights into certain cards. They just don't put enough shows on. With UFC, they have a lot more shows. It seems like they have a show every week, so it's more room to move and work. I know you've had issues with other promoters around scheduling, so did you simply reach the end of your line on that? It's been rough. You'll get the call, "Hey, you're fighting in March." Then you get a call two weeks later saying, "Hey, your opponent got hurt, you're not fighting until July." It goes back and forth like that. I need some stability in my career. It makes sense for me to go somewhere with stability. The UFC knows what they're doing. People complain about them controlling this and that, but at least they lay all their cards on the table instead of having to guess what's going to happen next. Is Duffee a fight you'd still like to do after facing Struve? Most definitely. He has some name value now. If you want to take a fight with hype behind him and make an interesting matchup, I think fans are interested in seeing this and how he'd be, his power and stuff. It's a matchup people want to see, and if they want to see it, I'm happy to do it. I want to see it as well. Do you think Duffee's the real deal? It's hard to tell. He's only had a few fights. We've got to put him in situations to have tough fights. The thing is, he's on an up scale. How does he handle his first losss? His second loss? Getting knocked out on pay-per-view fighting for title? How do you handle those bumps that are going to come in your career? That's one thing you can judge someone's character on, if they can handle a loss, because everyone is going to lose eventually. Struve is a young guy, only 21 but already over 20 pro fights. How much did you know about him when you accepted the fight and what are your thoughts on his skills? I knew he's from Holland and Bobby Schrijber's school. And the thing is: he's a standup guy. I don't want to go out there in my first match back and fight a straight grappler. It's a good matchup. I think fans want to see a good standup match. The size is what the hard part is. Do you want to fight someone 8, 9 inches taller than you? It's something I considered back and forth, but you know what? He's a standup fighter even though most of his wins are on ground. He likes to stand and bang and push the pace, and that's where I want to go. Amazingly, in 21 pro fights, he's never gone to a decision, and in 34 pro bouts, you've only gone to two. Are you guys going to shock us and go three rounds? I don't think so. He pushes the pace and he's long. If I'm on point and stick to our gameplan, and make sure I'm in the right positions, the right angles and pushing the right pace, it'll make it a really good fight. But if I get the jitters and I'm at the wrong place at the wrong time, and get caught, he can catch you. He can catch you in a submission really quick or get a sneaky takedown. And he takes a beating, too. That's another thing I know in the back of my head, that it's going to be a long, drawn-out war. But I don't think it's going to a decision. Even though you characterize him as a striker, 14 of his 18 wins are by submission, and you probably have the edge in power. Do you feel like if you stay on your feet, he's got no chance of winning? It's not that. I wish I could say that, but it's being on point and making sure every punch counts. Everything he does, counteract and make him pay for it. I have to be really focused and stay on our gameplan and it should work my way. If I just fully stick on my striking, I'll get caught because I'll overlead with one hand or another. I've got to make sure that everything is together for this fight. He fought less than two months ago. Your last fight was in January. Who does that favor? I think it's going to be more of an advantage on his part because he's staying busy and constantly in shape. One thing I have the advantage on is time to focus on conditioning with a conditioning coach and personal trainer. I've been able to work on things I have a problem with, like flexibility in my hips and getting up from different positions, overall body strength. I think it's going to match up, but the thing is, he's not going to have the jitters. I'll probably have more of the jitters than he will. That's surprising to hear since you've been around the sport so long. Well, you know, it's still the UFC. I don't know where on the card we are, but it's still the UFC. I get the jitters when I get ready to spar. This fight will be a little different. I don't know what will happen. I might have none. I might be cold as ice. You mentioned the size and reach. Was there any way to prepare for it? There aren't too many 6-11 guys with his set of skills in MMA. It's hard to find that height and adjust that. My personal trainer Jason Maas has helped. I'm lifting heavy, hitting the hands heavy and real high in the air, because that's where I'll be punching. My boxing trainer is holding the mitts higher and I'm hitting higher on the bags just to get that endurance in the shoulders. Was the long layoff good for your body in terms of resting injuries? It's good because it allowed me to focus on conditioning. As soon as the Affliction fight was called off, I didn't stop training. I probably took a week off and then hired a personal trainer in my home town of Austin to focus on conditioning. Just body weight. It was good for me to take time off, but it was also nerveracking in the sense of I didn't know where I'd end up, and if the UFC really wanted to do this deal or not. Is this the first time you've used a personal trainer? Yes. I invested in one for the Gary Goodridge fight. That performance wasn't too good, but we built our relationship. And then you saw the performance with Kirill [Sidelnikov]. It shows the difference when you have a trainer you respect when you dial in and know what you have to get done. It showed in the Kirill fight. Is Struve's reach a bigger issue in the striking or on the ground? I think it's more helpful for him on the ground, because he's long and can wrap those legs around me twice, or the arms around me. He can go for the North-south, he's good on the triangle. For a good D'arce choke, he's real long. But for his striking, he's going to be a couple beats slower than me because he has a lot of reach to stick out there. What are your long-term goals now in the UFC? My goals right now are small. I'm not looking for world title contention or anything like that. I'm not worried about belts or anything. I'm just setting small goals. That's how I've always gone through life, setting small goals to move forward. I want to get four wins in a row. I've never been 4-0 in the UFC. I won two, then lost, then won my last one, so I went 3-1 in the UFC. I want to go 4-0. We'll see what happens. We mentioned your time in Strikeforce. You were the last man to face its heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem, over two years ago. What do you make of the fact he hasn't been back to defend the belt since then? I don't know. It's just one of those things, politics. People always ask me, 'Do you want to rematch Andrei Arlovski?" Yes, but I would love to fight Alistair again. For that fight my head was so far up my ass, I couldn't even see straight. Everything that could've possibly gone wrong for that training camp did. I wasn't even 50 percent there. If I was 100 percent or even 80 percent, I could beat him. What exactly went wrong? Deals with management, putting me on the back burner. Things at home were unstable. I fight for a living and when you don't have any money to pay the bills at home and the people who are supposed to take care of those things for you as managers and agents ... just everything you can possibly think of went wrong. The main thing was not having the right people. Having all these people saying, "Yes, we can do this and yes, we can do that." But then it comes out they couldn't do a damn thing and you're stuck holding yourself. To put it plain and simple, I was negative before I walked in that cage to fight Alistair. That's not good that you're walking out there to fight for a world title, and you're already in a negative frame of mind. So I had to win. I had to win to make it positive, and that's just too much pressure for a fighter. So all that stuff is rectified now? You're in a good mindset leading in to this match? Oh, definitely. Everything's good. I'm in a real good frame of mind. I have a whole new team behind me on the management side. Everything's a lot better. I can see the difference. I make a phone call and things happen. 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I think Bob [Cook] has most control of it, letting me back in the gym,” said Buentello, who returns to the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Dec. 12. His UFC 107 bout with Stefan Struve will mark the first time he has competed for the promotion since Feb. 2006, where he notched a record of 3-1 between 2005-2006, losing only a title fight versus Andrei Arlovski. The Strikeforce veteran has been with AKA since his cage debut in an International Fighting Championship event in 2000. Though Buentello lives in Texas, he has continued to train in San Jose, and prior to the suspension, he was one of four—alongside Josh Thomson, Mike Swick and Bobby Southworth—of AKA’s original fight team members to remain with the pioneer camp. According to the fighter and his long-time trainer and friend, Dave Velasquez of Nor Cal Fight Factory, the dispute arose when Buentello replaced Cook with a new manager. “I’ve always came to this crossroads, if I ever go back to the UFC, I gotta have somebody on board that’s gonna sell me like I’m the best thing since sliced bread,” said Buentello. The native Texan believes that someone is Elis Pacheco of New York-based Dedos Marketing Group, which has worked with Ice-T, Fat Joe and Beyonce Knowles. Cook, Buentello’s former manager and trainer, declined comment. Buentello met Pacheco on the set of a commercial spot with former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans. Pacheco wrote Buentello a check on the spot for 30 minutes of work, which pleasantly surprised the fighter. “You just get that vibe, you know? That he’s out for your best interest no matter what and he doesn’t care about pushing the limits,” he said. “He’s gonna get the deal done.” Velasquez, an original member of AKA’s fight team alongside Cook and Buentello, has taken over Buentello’s camp. “We all were in the sport when it was nothing. We were in bathrooms for locker rooms, you know what I mean?” he said. “Now that the sport’s blown up, its kind of hard feelings to say, ‘Hey you can’t train here anymore because I’m not managing you.’” Both agree AKA’s doors closing to the former King of the Cage Heavyweight Champion has negatively impacted his training camp. Without the luxury of training in one place, Buentello has made treks to Sacramento—two hours away—and gets little rest because of the added commute and the crowding it creates in his schedule. AKA isn’t out of Buentello’s life yet though. AKA fighter Mike Kyle has come to Nor Cal Fight Factory to spar. Bobby Southworth, too, demonstrated support, but cannot spar due to the recent birth of his child. Velasquez also brought in another AKA exile, Matt Major, to train with Buentello. “I’ve been there a long time,” said Buentello. “That’s my home. It sucks, it sucks, it sucks that I can’t go home for a little bit.” [image] (Buentello works the pads with Velasquez.) [image] Paul Buentello Suspended by American Kickboxing Academy Monday, December 7th, 2009 at 7:47 am [image] by Danny Acosta [image] SAN JOSE, Calif. — Just weeks before his return to the Octagon, Paul Buentello has been suspended by the American Kickboxing Academy. “I’m on suspension. I think Bob [Cook] has most control of it, letting me back in the gym,” said Buentello, who returns to the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Dec. 12. His UFC 107 bout with Stefan Struve will mark the first time he has competed for the promotion since Feb. 2006, where he notched a record of 3-1 between 2005-2006, losing only a title fight versus Andrei Arlovski. The Strikeforce veteran has been with AKA since his cage debut in an International Fighting Championship event in 2000. Though Buentello lives in Texas, he has continued to train in San Jose, and prior to the suspension, he was one of four—alongside Josh Thomson, Mike Swick and Bobby Southworth—of AKA’s original fight team members to remain with the pioneer camp. According to the fighter and his long-time trainer and friend, Dave Velasquez of Nor Cal Fight Factory, the dispute arose when Buentello replaced Cook with a new manager. “I’ve always came to this crossroads, if I ever go back to the UFC, I gotta have somebody on board that’s gonna sell me like I’m the best thing since sliced bread,” said Buentello. The native Texan believes that someone is Elis Pacheco of New York-based Dedos Marketing Group, which has worked with Ice-T, Fat Joe and Beyonce Knowles. Cook, Buentello’s former manager and trainer, declined comment. Buentello met Pacheco on the set of a commercial spot with former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans. Pacheco wrote Buentello a check on the spot for 30 minutes of work, which pleasantly surprised the fighter. “You just get that vibe, you know? That he’s out for your best interest no matter what and he doesn’t care about pushing the limits,” he said. “He’s gonna get the deal done.” Velasquez, an original member of AKA’s fight team alongside Cook and Buentello, has taken over Buentello’s camp. “We all were in the sport when it was nothing. We were in bathrooms for locker rooms, you know what I mean?” he said. “Now that the sport’s blown up, its kind of hard feelings to say, ‘Hey you can’t train here anymore because I’m not managing you.’” Both agree AKA’s doors closing to the former King of the Cage Heavyweight Champion has negatively impacted his training camp. Without the luxury of training in one place, Buentello has made treks to Sacramento—two hours away—and gets little rest because of the added commute and the crowding it creates in his schedule. AKA isn’t out of Buentello’s life yet though. AKA fighter Mike Kyle has come to Nor Cal Fight Factory to spar. Bobby Southworth, too, demonstrated support, but cannot spar due to the recent birth of his child. Velasquez also brought in another AKA exile, Matt Major, to train with Buentello. “I’ve been there a long time,” said Buentello. “That’s my home. It sucks, it sucks, it sucks that I can’t go home for a little bit.” [image] (Buentello works the pads with Velasquez.) [image] Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:50:58 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Paul-Buentello-Suspended-by-AKA/BLOG/1575770/40618.html pbuentello 2009-12-09T04:50:58Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter Paul Buentello Suspended by American Kickboxing Academy Monday, December 7th, 2009 at 7:47 am [image] by Danny Acosta [image] SAN JOSE, Calif. — Just weeks before his return to the Octagon, Paul Buentello has been suspended by the American Kickboxing Academy. “I’m on suspension. I think Bob [Cook] has most control of it, letting me back in the gym,” said Buentello, who returns to the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Dec. 12. His UFC 107 bout with Stefan Struve will mark the first time he has competed for the promotion since Feb. 2006, where he notched a record of 3-1 between 2005-2006, losing only a title fight versus Andrei Arlovski. The Strikeforce veteran has been with AKA since his cage debut in an International Fighting Championship event in 2000. Though Buentello lives in Texas, he has continued to train in San Jose, and prior to the suspension, he was one of four—alongside Josh Thomson, Mike Swick and Bobby Southworth—of AKA’s original fight team members to remain with the pioneer camp. According to the fighter and his long-time trainer and friend, Dave Velasquez of Nor Cal Fight Factory, the dispute arose when Buentello replaced Cook with a new manager. “I’ve always came to this crossroads, if I ever go back to the UFC, I gotta have somebody on board that’s gonna sell me like I’m the best thing since sliced bread,” said Buentello. The native Texan believes that someone is Elis Pacheco of New York-based Dedos Marketing Group, which has worked with Ice-T, Fat Joe and Beyonce Knowles. Cook, Buentello’s former manager and trainer, declined comment. Buentello met Pacheco on the set of a commercial spot with former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans. Pacheco wrote Buentello a check on the spot for 30 minutes of work, which pleasantly surprised the fighter. “You just get that vibe, you know? That he’s out for your best interest no matter what and he doesn’t care about pushing the limits,” he said. “He’s gonna get the deal done.” Velasquez, an original member of AKA’s fight team alongside Cook and Buentello, has taken over Buentello’s camp. “We all were in the sport when it was nothing. We were in bathrooms for locker rooms, you know what I mean?” he said. “Now that the sport’s blown up, its kind of hard feelings to say, ‘Hey you can’t train here anymore because I’m not managing you.’” Both agree AKA’s doors closing to the former King of the Cage Heavyweight Champion has negatively impacted his training camp. Without the luxury of training in one place, Buentello has made treks to Sacramento—two hours away—and gets little rest because of the added commute and the crowding it creates in his schedule. AKA isn’t out of Buentello’s life yet though. AKA fighter Mike Kyle has come to Nor Cal Fight Factory to spar. Bobby Southworth, too, demonstrated support, but cannot spar due to the recent birth of his child. Velasquez also brought in another AKA exile, Matt Major, to train with Buentello. “I’ve been there a long time,” said Buentello. “That’s my home. It sucks, it sucks, it sucks that I can’t go home for a little bit.” [image] (Buentello works the pads with Velasquez.) [image] 107, aka, before, buentello, by, paul, suspended, ufc nonadult false Paul Buentello Suspended by AKA text blog 107,aka,before,buentello,by,paul,suspended,ufc 366 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX san jose 95118 0 0 1575770 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_SCORE-Clinic/BLOG/1526439/40618.html   This week was a rough one, but many thanks to score clinic. They have always been the guys in the darkness in all my training camps. Dr. O has always had an open door policy for me to run, walk or hobble right in to fix what hurts. They are one of the reasons why I have my training camps in San Jose, Ca. Little background on the Score Clinic. I, have being going to score scents the King Of The Cage days. They help me stay together for the world title fight for King Of Cage. It has been a long road with these guys here at Score Clinic. As for today, they are my main sports doctors here in the bay area.               With the long relationship that, I have with score clinic. Dr. O allowed me to open the door for all of Aka’s team to get all their bumps and burses fixed. Well guys just wanted to let you know that I'm still one hundred percent and healthy for my UFC 107 fight thanks to the guys at score clinic. So if you guys get a chance to call or even email them for me, just to say thanks for all their hard work and keeping me together for my return to the UFC 107.   SCORE Clinic Sports Chiropractic * Occupational Rehab * Exercise * Massage Therapy * Acupuncture                   [image]   Dr. Ted H. Omura, DC, QME Dr. Omura is the founder of SCORE Clinic in 1998. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology at UCLA.  He completed his graduate education at Palmer College of Chiropractic West to earn his Doctor of Chiropractic degree.  He continued his post-graduate education to become a certified chiropractic sports physician, a strength and conditioning specialist, and a qualified medical examiner.  Dr. Omura has been practicing chiropractic for ten years.  He is also certified in Active Release Technique and Kinesio Taping. In addition to being clinic director, Dr. Omura has offered his services to the community through different events as the event chiropractor/first-aid to: Jeff Garcia's Annual Football Camp                                            Merton Hanks/Eddie Taylor's Football Camp San Jose International Triathlon Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon SF 49er/Oakland Raiders Celebrity Basketball Game An accomplished martial artist for 15 years, Dr. Omura also works closely with Ernie Reyes' West Coast Martial Art Studios, Cung Le's Martial Arts Training Centers, Ultimate Fighting Championship Fighters, American Kickboxing Academy, and Unlimited Kickboxing.  He also works with several local high school sports teams. Dr. Omura grew up in Los Altos and currently resides in Almaden Valley.  He enjoys golfing, running, mountain biking, and especially spending time with his family.  Dr. Omura is a proud father to his son, Brandon (6) and his daughter, Taylor (4).   [image] Dr. Justin Brink, DC Dr. Brink entered the chiropractic health care field after a severe low back strain as an All-American Waterpolo player.  After trying several remedies, he experienced his first chiropractic treatment and his low back pain immediately ceased.  Motivated by the power of the human body, Dr. Brink changed academic courses and became a chiropractor.   Dr. Brink completed his undergraduate studies at California State University of Sacramento with a bachelor's degree in Biology.  He then earned his doctorate from Palmer College of Chiropractic West.  During his studies, Dr. Brink began working at SCORE Clinic and has continued since his graduation over two years ago. Dr. Brink has enhanced his knowledge with additional post-doctorate level training.  In 2006 he came certified in Active Release Technique as well as a Level 2 Certified Graston Instrument Soft Tissue Mobilization Technique.  Most recently, he has certified in the HansOn Muscle Therapy, an advanced manual technique using trigger and acupressure points.  Currently, Dr. Brink is completing his Chiropractic Sports Practitioner certification with the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians.  Dr. Brink currently resides in Morgan Hill with his wife and 3 year old daughter.  He enjoys most outdoor activities anytime of the year. [image] Hilda Alvarado, Office Manager Hilda Alvarado is our office manager.  She manages the front office including patient scheduling, orthopedic supplies, insurance receivables and numerous other tasks.  Hilda is the first to greet you with a smile, and the last to say goodbye.  Hilda comes to us with many years of hotel hospitality experience.  She originally came to Dr. Omura as a patient from a motor vehicle accident.  Dr. Omura remembered her great spirit and commitment as a patient, and knew he needed her to run his front office.  Hilda has been with SCORE Clinic from the first day we opened here in Willow Glen.  Hilda is bi-lingual in Spanish and is a key player to the success of SCORE Clinic. When Hilda is not here at SCORE Clinic, she enjoys reading, playing with her pets, and dancing.  She also is an excellent cook and frequently shares her excellent cullinary skills with us. [image] Amanda Sims, Front Office Administrator Amanda is a recent graduate of Everest College.  She is responsible for handling all the patient information, insurance eligibility, payments and patient interaction.  Amanda is a great asset to our team.  She brings her bright personality to our office.   She makes all the patients (and staff) feel welcome.Amanda lives in San Jose and enjoys hiking, watching movies and shopping. [image] Gino Camarillo, MA Gino Camarillo is our medical assistant.  He is a graduate of Silicon Valley College, completing his Medical Assistant Diploma.  Gino is responsible for patient setup, back office triage, patient stretching, patient exercise and much more. His job is essential to the clinic, in keeping all the patient treatments running smoothly and in a timely order.  The doctors rely heavily on Gino to "flow" the back office.  Gino is a great asset to SCORE Clinic and is dedicated to patient care.  Outside of the office, Gino enjoys being a father to his nine year old son, Jon.  He is an avid fisher and loves the outdoors.   SCORE Clinic1609 Meridian Avenue | San Jose, CA 95125408-448-8818   This week was a rough one, but many thanks to score clinic. They have always been the guys in the darkness in all my training camps. Dr. O has always had an open door policy for me to run, walk or hobble right in to fix what hurts. They are one of the reasons why I have my training camps in San Jose, Ca. Little background on the Score Clinic. I, have being going to score scents the King Of The Cage days. They help me stay together for the world title fight for King Of Cage. It has been a long road with these guys here at Score Clinic. As for today, they are my main sports doctors here in the bay area.               With the long relationship that, I have with score clinic. Dr. O allowed me to open the door for all of Aka’s team to get all their bumps and burses fixed. Well guys just wanted to let you know that I'm still one hundred percent and healthy for my UFC 107 fight thanks to the guys at score clinic. So if you guys get a chance to call or even email them for me, just to say thanks for all their hard work and keeping me together for my return to the UFC 107.   SCORE Clinic Sports Chiropractic * Occupational Rehab * Exercise * Massage Therapy * Acupuncture                   [image]   Dr. Ted H. Omura, DC, QME Dr. Omura is the founder of SCORE Clinic in 1998. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology at UCLA.  He completed his graduate education at Palmer College of Chiropractic West to earn his Doctor of Chiropractic degree.  He continued his post-graduate education to become a certified chiropractic sports physician, a strength and conditioning specialist, and a qualified medical examiner.  Dr. Omura has been practicing chiropractic for ten years.  He is also certified in Active Release Technique and Kinesio Taping. In addition to being clinic director, Dr. Omura has offered his services to the community through different events as the event chiropractor/first-aid to: Jeff Garcia's Annual Football Camp                                            Merton Hanks/Eddie Taylor's Football Camp San Jose International Triathlon Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon SF 49er/Oakland Raiders Celebrity Basketball Game An accomplished martial artist for 15 years, Dr. Omura also works closely with Ernie Reyes' West Coast Martial Art Studios, Cung Le's Martial Arts Training Centers, Ultimate Fighting Championship Fighters, American Kickboxing Academy, and Unlimited Kickboxing.  He also works with several local high school sports teams. Dr. Omura grew up in Los Altos and currently resides in Almaden Valley.  He enjoys golfing, running, mountain biking, and especially spending time with his family.  Dr. Omura is a proud father to his son, Brandon (6) and his daughter, Taylor (4).   [image] Dr. Justin Brink, DC Dr. Brink entered the chiropractic health care field after a severe low back strain as an All-American Waterpolo player.  After trying several remedies, he experienced his first chiropractic treatment and his low back pain immediately ceased.  Motivated by the power of the human body, Dr. Brink changed academic courses and became a chiropractor.   Dr. Brink completed his undergraduate studies at California State University of Sacramento with a bachelor's degree in Biology.  He then earned his doctorate from Palmer College of Chiropractic West.  During his studies, Dr. Brink began working at SCORE Clinic and has continued since his graduation over two years ago. Dr. Brink has enhanced his knowledge with additional post-doctorate level training.  In 2006 he came certified in Active Release Technique as well as a Level 2 Certified Graston Instrument Soft Tissue Mobilization Technique.  Most recently, he has certified in the HansOn Muscle Therapy, an advanced manual technique using trigger and acupressure points.  Currently, Dr. Brink is completing his Chiropractic Sports Practitioner certification with the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians.  Dr. Brink currently resides in Morgan Hill with his wife and 3 year old daughter.  He enjoys most outdoor activities anytime of the year. [image] Hilda Alvarado, Office Manager Hilda Alvarado is our office manager.  She manages the front office including patient scheduling, orthopedic supplies, insurance receivables and numerous other tasks.  Hilda is the first to greet you with a smile, and the last to say goodbye.  Hilda comes to us with many years of hotel hospitality experience.  She originally came to Dr. Omura as a patient from a motor vehicle accident.  Dr. Omura remembered her great spirit and commitment as a patient, and knew he needed her to run his front office.  Hilda has been with SCORE Clinic from the first day we opened here in Willow Glen.  Hilda is bi-lingual in Spanish and is a key player to the success of SCORE Clinic. When Hilda is not here at SCORE Clinic, she enjoys reading, playing with her pets, and dancing.  She also is an excellent cook and frequently shares her excellent cullinary skills with us. [image] Amanda Sims, Front Office Administrator Amanda is a recent graduate of Everest College.  She is responsible for handling all the patient information, insurance eligibility, payments and patient interaction.  Amanda is a great asset to our team.  She brings her bright personality to our office.   She makes all the patients (and staff) feel welcome.Amanda lives in San Jose and enjoys hiking, watching movies and shopping. [image] Gino Camarillo, MA Gino Camarillo is our medical assistant.  He is a graduate of Silicon Valley College, completing his Medical Assistant Diploma.  Gino is responsible for patient setup, back office triage, patient stretching, patient exercise and much more. His job is essential to the clinic, in keeping all the patient treatments running smoothly and in a timely order.  The doctors rely heavily on Gino to "flow" the back office.  Gino is a great asset to SCORE Clinic and is dedicated to patient care.  Outside of the office, Gino enjoys being a father to his nine year old son, Jon.  He is an avid fisher and loves the outdoors.   SCORE Clinic1609 Meridian Avenue | San Jose, CA 95125408-448-8818 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:28:33 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_SCORE-Clinic/BLOG/1526439/40618.html pbuentello 2009-11-28T01:28:33Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter   This week was a rough one, but many thanks to score clinic. They have always been the guys in the darkness in all my training camps. Dr. O has always had an open door policy for me to run, walk or hobble right in to fix what hurts. They are one of the reasons why I have my training camps in San Jose, Ca. Little background on the Score Clinic. I, have being going to score scents the King Of The Cage days. They help me stay together for the world title fight for King Of Cage. It has been a long road with these guys here at Score Clinic. As for today, they are my main sports doctors here in the bay area.               With the long relationship that, I have with score clinic. Dr. O allowed me to open the door for all of Aka’s team to get all their bumps and burses fixed. Well guys just wanted to let you know that I'm still one hundred percent and healthy for my UFC 107 fight thanks to the guys at score clinic. So if you guys get a chance to call or even email them for me, just to say thanks for all their hard work and keeping me together for my return to the UFC 107.   SCORE Clinic Sports Chiropractic * Occupational Rehab * Exercise * Massage Therapy * Acupuncture                   [image]   Dr. Ted H. Omura, DC, QME Dr. Omura is the founder of SCORE Clinic in 1998. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology at UCLA.  He completed his graduate education at Palmer College of Chiropractic West to earn his Doctor of Chiropractic degree.  He continued his post-graduate education to become a certified chiropractic sports physician, a strength and conditioning specialist, and a qualified medical examiner.  Dr. Omura has been practicing chiropractic for ten years.  He is also certified in Active Release Technique and Kinesio Taping. In addition to being clinic director, Dr. Omura has offered his services to the community through different events as the event chiropractor/first-aid to: Jeff Garcia's Annual Football Camp                                            Merton Hanks/Eddie Taylor's Football Camp San Jose International Triathlon Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon SF 49er/Oakland Raiders Celebrity Basketball Game An accomplished martial artist for 15 years, Dr. Omura also works closely with Ernie Reyes' West Coast Martial Art Studios, Cung Le's Martial Arts Training Centers, Ultimate Fighting Championship Fighters, American Kickboxing Academy, and Unlimited Kickboxing.  He also works with several local high school sports teams. Dr. Omura grew up in Los Altos and currently resides in Almaden Valley.  He enjoys golfing, running, mountain biking, and especially spending time with his family.  Dr. Omura is a proud father to his son, Brandon (6) and his daughter, Taylor (4).   [image] Dr. Justin Brink, DC Dr. Brink entered the chiropractic health care field after a severe low back strain as an All-American Waterpolo player.  After trying several remedies, he experienced his first chiropractic treatment and his low back pain immediately ceased.  Motivated by the power of the human body, Dr. Brink changed academic courses and became a chiropractor.   Dr. Brink completed his undergraduate studies at California State University of Sacramento with a bachelor's degree in Biology.  He then earned his doctorate from Palmer College of Chiropractic West.  During his studies, Dr. Brink began working at SCORE Clinic and has continued since his graduation over two years ago. Dr. Brink has enhanced his knowledge with additional post-doctorate level training.  In 2006 he came certified in Active Release Technique as well as a Level 2 Certified Graston Instrument Soft Tissue Mobilization Technique.  Most recently, he has certified in the HansOn Muscle Therapy, an advanced manual technique using trigger and acupressure points.  Currently, Dr. Brink is completing his Chiropractic Sports Practitioner certification with the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians.  Dr. Brink currently resides in Morgan Hill with his wife and 3 year old daughter.  He enjoys most outdoor activities anytime of the year. [image] Hilda Alvarado, Office Manager Hilda Alvarado is our office manager.  She manages the front office including patient scheduling, orthopedic supplies, insurance receivables and numerous other tasks.  Hilda is the first to greet you with a smile, and the last to say goodbye.  Hilda comes to us with many years of hotel hospitality experience.  She originally came to Dr. Omura as a patient from a motor vehicle accident.  Dr. Omura remembered her great spirit and commitment as a patient, and knew he needed her to run his front office.  Hilda has been with SCORE Clinic from the first day we opened here in Willow Glen.  Hilda is bi-lingual in Spanish and is a key player to the success of SCORE Clinic. When Hilda is not here at SCORE Clinic, she enjoys reading, playing with her pets, and dancing.  She also is an excellent cook and frequently shares her excellent cullinary skills with us. [image] Amanda Sims, Front Office Administrator Amanda is a recent graduate of Everest College.  She is responsible for handling all the patient information, insurance eligibility, payments and patient interaction.  Amanda is a great asset to our team.  She brings her bright personality to our office.   She makes all the patients (and staff) feel welcome.Amanda lives in San Jose and enjoys hiking, watching movies and shopping. [image] Gino Camarillo, MA Gino Camarillo is our medical assistant.  He is a graduate of Silicon Valley College, completing his Medical Assistant Diploma.  Gino is responsible for patient setup, back office triage, patient stretching, patient exercise and much more. His job is essential to the clinic, in keeping all the patient treatments running smoothly and in a timely order.  The doctors rely heavily on Gino to "flow" the back office.  Gino is a great asset to SCORE Clinic and is dedicated to patient care.  Outside of the office, Gino enjoys being a father to his nine year old son, Jon.  He is an avid fisher and loves the outdoors.   SCORE Clinic1609 Meridian Avenue | San Jose, CA 95125408-448-8818 107, buentello, chiropractic, clinic, fight, paul, score, sports, trainers, ufc nonadult false SCORE Clinic text blog 107,buentello,chiropractic,clinic,fight,paul,score,sports,trainers,ufc 602 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States CA san jose 95118 0 0 1526439 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Wild-Basin-Fitness/BLOG/1503510/40618.html   [image] As of now,I am 4 weeks out from my fight UFC 107. I spent the first few weeks of training at Wild Basin in Austin, Texas with Kirk Leavell.  A good friend kept suggesting I go meet him, and if you know me, you know I hate trying new trainers so it took some coaxing. After meeting with Kirk we agreed to give it a try and see how we mixed. Kirk asked a few things of me… 1.  Keep and turn in a food log each week (Being a Heavy weight, I have never before kept track of what I ate). 2.  I could not miss any workouts. (Even when I was sore as hell) 3.  Don’t be late (I was to be at each work out 15min early, keep in mind I am very rarely earlyanywhere) None of this was easy for me and the first few weeks I trained with Kirk, I barely made it through his workouts. Kirk worked with me to get through those first few weeks challenging me in every work out with things I had never done. The workouts were based on my conditioning. Preparing me for the hard work to come the beginning of fight camp.  I wanted to thank everyone at Wild Basin Fitness, for putting up with me and cheering me on. Thosehard Asses G.I Jane’s. Every time I asked Kirk for an easy day his quote was “ Do you get a east day in that cage” And “ I’m not the one getting punch in the face for five minutes”. Thanks Guys …         [image]      [image] (leave a comment or send a letter of thanks for me)   http://www.wildbasinfitness.com/     [image] As of now,I am 4 weeks out from my fight UFC 107. I spent the first few weeks of training at Wild Basin in Austin, Texas with Kirk Leavell.  A good friend kept suggesting I go meet him, and if you know me, you know I hate trying new trainers so it took some coaxing. After meeting with Kirk we agreed to give it a try and see how we mixed. Kirk asked a few things of me… 1.  Keep and turn in a food log each week (Being a Heavy weight, I have never before kept track of what I ate). 2.  I could not miss any workouts. (Even when I was sore as hell) 3.  Don’t be late (I was to be at each work out 15min early, keep in mind I am very rarely earlyanywhere) None of this was easy for me and the first few weeks I trained with Kirk, I barely made it through his workouts. Kirk worked with me to get through those first few weeks challenging me in every work out with things I had never done. The workouts were based on my conditioning. Preparing me for the hard work to come the beginning of fight camp.  I wanted to thank everyone at Wild Basin Fitness, for putting up with me and cheering me on. Thosehard Asses G.I Jane’s. Every time I asked Kirk for an easy day his quote was “ Do you get a east day in that cage” And “ I’m not the one getting punch in the face for five minutes”. Thanks Guys …         [image]      [image] (leave a comment or send a letter of thanks for me)   http://www.wildbasinfitness.com/   Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:20:25 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Wild-Basin-Fitness/BLOG/1503510/40618.html pbuentello 2009-11-20T06:20:25Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter   [image] As of now,I am 4 weeks out from my fight UFC 107. I spent the first few weeks of training at Wild Basin in Austin, Texas with Kirk Leavell.  A good friend kept suggesting I go meet him, and if you know me, you know I hate trying new trainers so it took some coaxing. After meeting with Kirk we agreed to give it a try and see how we mixed. Kirk asked a few things of me… 1.  Keep and turn in a food log each week (Being a Heavy weight, I have never before kept track of what I ate). 2.  I could not miss any workouts. (Even when I was sore as hell) 3.  Don’t be late (I was to be at each work out 15min early, keep in mind I am very rarely earlyanywhere) None of this was easy for me and the first few weeks I trained with Kirk, I barely made it through his workouts. Kirk worked with me to get through those first few weeks challenging me in every work out with things I had never done. The workouts were based on my conditioning. Preparing me for the hard work to come the beginning of fight camp.  I wanted to thank everyone at Wild Basin Fitness, for putting up with me and cheering me on. Thosehard Asses G.I Jane’s. Every time I asked Kirk for an easy day his quote was “ Do you get a east day in that cage” And “ I’m not the one getting punch in the face for five minutes”. Thanks Guys …         [image]      [image] (leave a comment or send a letter of thanks for me)   http://www.wildbasinfitness.com/   107, basin, buentello, camp, fitness, paul, training, ufc, wild nonadult false Wild Basin Fitness text blog 107,basin,buentello,camp,fitness,paul,training,ufc,wild 418 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 78734 0 0 1503510 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Watch-this-now-on-demand/BLOG/857357/40618.html [image] WWW.fleshlightfights.com [image] WWW.fleshlightfights.com Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:30:57 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Watch-this-now-on-demand/BLOG/857357/40618.html pbuentello 2009-09-27T18:30:57Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter [image] WWW.fleshlightfights.com nonadult false Watch this now on demand text blog 209 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 78737 0 0 857357 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_-BUENTELLOS-OCTAGON-RETURN-OFFICIAL/BLOG/857276/40618.html - BUENTELLO'S OCTAGON RETURN OFFICIAL [image]  It's been over 3 years since Paul Buentello stepped foot in the UFC Octagon, but the "Headhunter" will make his return to the promotion that he called home for over a year when he faces American Top Team fighter, Todd Duffee, in a heavyweight showdown at UFC 107 in Memphis, Tenn.The fight was confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by sources close to the fight on Friday, who indicated that bout agreements have been issued, and Buentello's deal with the UFC already being finalized. During his time with the UFC, Buentello amassed an impressive 3-1 record with his lone loss coming at the hands of former champion, Andrei Arlovski, in 2005. Since leaving the promotional juggernaut, Buentello put together another great run of victories including wins over David "Tank" Abbott, Gary Goodridge, and Carter Williams. Now the American Kickboxing Academy fighter will look to make an instant impact in his return fight as he faces a very hungry young competitor in Todd Duffee.Duffee, who takes the fight in Dec with a perfect 5-0 record, blasted his way through Tim Hague in his UFC debut in only :17 seconds. The American Top Team fighter had said he hoped to face a top fighter in his next bout, and Buentello definitely fits the bill.No word yet if the fight between Buentello and Duffee will make the main card or the preliminary card, but more announcements about the event are expected in the coming weeks from the UFC. - BUENTELLO'S OCTAGON RETURN OFFICIAL [image]  It's been over 3 years since Paul Buentello stepped foot in the UFC Octagon, but the "Headhunter" will make his return to the promotion that he called home for over a year when he faces American Top Team fighter, Todd Duffee, in a heavyweight showdown at UFC 107 in Memphis, Tenn.The fight was confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by sources close to the fight on Friday, who indicated that bout agreements have been issued, and Buentello's deal with the UFC already being finalized. During his time with the UFC, Buentello amassed an impressive 3-1 record with his lone loss coming at the hands of former champion, Andrei Arlovski, in 2005. Since leaving the promotional juggernaut, Buentello put together another great run of victories including wins over David "Tank" Abbott, Gary Goodridge, and Carter Williams. Now the American Kickboxing Academy fighter will look to make an instant impact in his return fight as he faces a very hungry young competitor in Todd Duffee.Duffee, who takes the fight in Dec with a perfect 5-0 record, blasted his way through Tim Hague in his UFC debut in only :17 seconds. The American Top Team fighter had said he hoped to face a top fighter in his next bout, and Buentello definitely fits the bill.No word yet if the fight between Buentello and Duffee will make the main card or the preliminary card, but more announcements about the event are expected in the coming weeks from the UFC. Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:22:55 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_-BUENTELLOS-OCTAGON-RETURN-OFFICIAL/BLOG/857276/40618.html pbuentello 2009-09-27T18:22:55Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter - BUENTELLO'S OCTAGON RETURN OFFICIAL [image]  It's been over 3 years since Paul Buentello stepped foot in the UFC Octagon, but the "Headhunter" will make his return to the promotion that he called home for over a year when he faces American Top Team fighter, Todd Duffee, in a heavyweight showdown at UFC 107 in Memphis, Tenn.The fight was confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by sources close to the fight on Friday, who indicated that bout agreements have been issued, and Buentello's deal with the UFC already being finalized. During his time with the UFC, Buentello amassed an impressive 3-1 record with his lone loss coming at the hands of former champion, Andrei Arlovski, in 2005. Since leaving the promotional juggernaut, Buentello put together another great run of victories including wins over David "Tank" Abbott, Gary Goodridge, and Carter Williams. Now the American Kickboxing Academy fighter will look to make an instant impact in his return fight as he faces a very hungry young competitor in Todd Duffee.Duffee, who takes the fight in Dec with a perfect 5-0 record, blasted his way through Tim Hague in his UFC debut in only :17 seconds. The American Top Team fighter had said he hoped to face a top fighter in his next bout, and Buentello definitely fits the bill.No word yet if the fight between Buentello and Duffee will make the main card or the preliminary card, but more announcements about the event are expected in the coming weeks from the UFC. -, buentello's, octagon, official, return nonadult false - BUENTELLO'S OCTAGON RETURN OFFICIAL text blog -,buentello's,octagon,official,return 217 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 95125 0 0 857276 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Buentellos-UFC-Deal-Official-Agrees-to-Face-Duffee-at-UFC-107/BLOG/857215/40618.html [image] Friday, September 25, 2009 by Greg Savage (greg@sherdog.com) 19963 Long-rumored to be returning to the UFC, heavyweight Paul Buentello informed Sherdog.com Friday that the deal is now official. “The Head Hunter” signed a three-fight extension to the one-fight Affliction deal the UFC picked up when the apparel company folded its fight operations earlier this summer. Buentello (27-10) also said he has verbally agreed to face American Top Team heavyweight Todd Duffee at UFC 107 in Memphis Dec. 12. He expects to have a bout agreement for the fight some time this weekend. The former UFC heavyweight title challenger has racked up a 12-2 record over the past six years, dropping only title matches against Andrei Arlovski (UFC) and Alistair Overeem (Strikeforce) over that time span. “I am looking forward to being back in the UFC and can’t wait to put on some entertaining fights for the fans,” said the outgoing Texan. “I don’t care who I fight. I just want to go out and show the fans I belong in the UFC.”   [image] Friday, September 25, 2009 by Greg Savage (greg@sherdog.com) 19963 Long-rumored to be returning to the UFC, heavyweight Paul Buentello informed Sherdog.com Friday that the deal is now official. “The Head Hunter” signed a three-fight extension to the one-fight Affliction deal the UFC picked up when the apparel company folded its fight operations earlier this summer. Buentello (27-10) also said he has verbally agreed to face American Top Team heavyweight Todd Duffee at UFC 107 in Memphis Dec. 12. He expects to have a bout agreement for the fight some time this weekend. The former UFC heavyweight title challenger has racked up a 12-2 record over the past six years, dropping only title matches against Andrei Arlovski (UFC) and Alistair Overeem (Strikeforce) over that time span. “I am looking forward to being back in the UFC and can’t wait to put on some entertaining fights for the fans,” said the outgoing Texan. “I don’t care who I fight. I just want to go out and show the fans I belong in the UFC.”   Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:12:12 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Buentellos-UFC-Deal-Official-Agrees-to-Face-Duffee-at-UFC-107/BLOG/857215/40618.html pbuentello 2009-09-27T18:12:12Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter [image] Friday, September 25, 2009 by Greg Savage (greg@sherdog.com) 19963 Long-rumored to be returning to the UFC, heavyweight Paul Buentello informed Sherdog.com Friday that the deal is now official. “The Head Hunter” signed a three-fight extension to the one-fight Affliction deal the UFC picked up when the apparel company folded its fight operations earlier this summer. Buentello (27-10) also said he has verbally agreed to face American Top Team heavyweight Todd Duffee at UFC 107 in Memphis Dec. 12. He expects to have a bout agreement for the fight some time this weekend. The former UFC heavyweight title challenger has racked up a 12-2 record over the past six years, dropping only title matches against Andrei Arlovski (UFC) and Alistair Overeem (Strikeforce) over that time span. “I am looking forward to being back in the UFC and can’t wait to put on some entertaining fights for the fans,” said the outgoing Texan. “I don’t care who I fight. I just want to go out and show the fans I belong in the UFC.”   back, buentello, in, paul, ufc nonadult false Buentello’s UFC Deal Official, Agrees to Face Duffee at UFC 107 text blog back,buentello,in,paul,ufc 651 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 78737 0 0 857215 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Buentello-eyes-UFC/BLOG/695755/40618.html Buentello eyes UFC Paul Buentello finally has a sense of where he'll fight next. One of the many victims caught up in the collapse of Affliction -- incidentally, most fighters were eventually made right by the T-shirt company -- secured his contractual freedom Thursday. When Affliction folded, the UFC purchased the rights to several contracts, and Buentello's was among them. However, the heavyweight's deal included a provision allowing Strikeforce the right to promote him. Buentello and Strikeforce went back and forth during contract negotiations, and after much deliberation, the fighter concluded his best chance for security and prosperity would be with the UFC. Buentello's decision is easy to understand. Strikeforce appears to be a good fight promotion company with quality backing, but for guys like Buentello, who have signed up for fights only to have the rug pulled out from under them at the most inopportune moments, the UFC provides an opportunity too secure to turn down. It didn't help that Buentello was being represented in contract negotiations by Bob Cook, one of his trainers at American Kickboxing Academy who also serves as a matchmaker for Strikeforce. The relationship appears to be a significant conflict, and something Strikeforce should address. During talks with Strikeforce for a new contract, Buentello confirmed he was offered a chance to fight Fedor Emelianenko. Yet, from his perspective, the money being offered -- $100,000 to show, another $50,000 for the win -- wasn't what he expected for the most important and toughest bout of his career. Buentello declined to comment on whether Cook's actions as an intermediary between the fighter and the promoter put him at a disadvantage. In the end, the "Headhunter" took matters into his own hands to secure his professional freedom. After Sherdog.com broke the news on Thursday, Buentello said other fighters called him wondering how he managed to pull it off. Specifics of a new contract with the UFC need ironing out, but Buentello (27-10) remains confident it will get done soon. Most importantly for the 34-year-old, he can finally look forward to the days when all he has to worry about is fighting again. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/josh_gross/09/11/news.notes/index.html?eref=T1##ixzz0QptQUULz Buentello eyes UFC Paul Buentello finally has a sense of where he'll fight next. One of the many victims caught up in the collapse of Affliction -- incidentally, most fighters were eventually made right by the T-shirt company -- secured his contractual freedom Thursday. When Affliction folded, the UFC purchased the rights to several contracts, and Buentello's was among them. However, the heavyweight's deal included a provision allowing Strikeforce the right to promote him. Buentello and Strikeforce went back and forth during contract negotiations, and after much deliberation, the fighter concluded his best chance for security and prosperity would be with the UFC. Buentello's decision is easy to understand. Strikeforce appears to be a good fight promotion company with quality backing, but for guys like Buentello, who have signed up for fights only to have the rug pulled out from under them at the most inopportune moments, the UFC provides an opportunity too secure to turn down. It didn't help that Buentello was being represented in contract negotiations by Bob Cook, one of his trainers at American Kickboxing Academy who also serves as a matchmaker for Strikeforce. The relationship appears to be a significant conflict, and something Strikeforce should address. During talks with Strikeforce for a new contract, Buentello confirmed he was offered a chance to fight Fedor Emelianenko. Yet, from his perspective, the money being offered -- $100,000 to show, another $50,000 for the win -- wasn't what he expected for the most important and toughest bout of his career. Buentello declined to comment on whether Cook's actions as an intermediary between the fighter and the promoter put him at a disadvantage. In the end, the "Headhunter" took matters into his own hands to secure his professional freedom. After Sherdog.com broke the news on Thursday, Buentello said other fighters called him wondering how he managed to pull it off. Specifics of a new contract with the UFC need ironing out, but Buentello (27-10) remains confident it will get done soon. Most importantly for the 34-year-old, he can finally look forward to the days when all he has to worry about is fighting again. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/josh_gross/09/11/news.notes/index.html?eref=T1##ixzz0QptQUULz Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:32:07 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Buentello-eyes-UFC/BLOG/695755/40618.html pbuentello 2009-09-11T21:32:07Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter Buentello eyes UFC Paul Buentello finally has a sense of where he'll fight next. One of the many victims caught up in the collapse of Affliction -- incidentally, most fighters were eventually made right by the T-shirt company -- secured his contractual freedom Thursday. When Affliction folded, the UFC purchased the rights to several contracts, and Buentello's was among them. However, the heavyweight's deal included a provision allowing Strikeforce the right to promote him. Buentello and Strikeforce went back and forth during contract negotiations, and after much deliberation, the fighter concluded his best chance for security and prosperity would be with the UFC. Buentello's decision is easy to understand. Strikeforce appears to be a good fight promotion company with quality backing, but for guys like Buentello, who have signed up for fights only to have the rug pulled out from under them at the most inopportune moments, the UFC provides an opportunity too secure to turn down. It didn't help that Buentello was being represented in contract negotiations by Bob Cook, one of his trainers at American Kickboxing Academy who also serves as a matchmaker for Strikeforce. The relationship appears to be a significant conflict, and something Strikeforce should address. During talks with Strikeforce for a new contract, Buentello confirmed he was offered a chance to fight Fedor Emelianenko. Yet, from his perspective, the money being offered -- $100,000 to show, another $50,000 for the win -- wasn't what he expected for the most important and toughest bout of his career. Buentello declined to comment on whether Cook's actions as an intermediary between the fighter and the promoter put him at a disadvantage. In the end, the "Headhunter" took matters into his own hands to secure his professional freedom. After Sherdog.com broke the news on Thursday, Buentello said other fighters called him wondering how he managed to pull it off. Specifics of a new contract with the UFC need ironing out, but Buentello (27-10) remains confident it will get done soon. Most importantly for the 34-year-old, he can finally look forward to the days when all he has to worry about is fighting again. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/josh_gross/09/11/news.notes/index.html?eref=T1##ixzz0QptQUULz bob, buentello, carzy, com, contract, cook, makere, match, si, strikeforce, ufc nonadult false Buentello eyes UFC text blog bob,buentello,carzy,com,contract,cook,makere,match,si,strikeforce,ufc 375 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 0 0 695755 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Buentello-Out-of-Strikeforce-Likely-to-UFC/BLOG/694400/40618.html Buentello Out of Strikeforce, Likely to UFC var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); var appVer = navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase(); var is_safari = ((agt.indexOf('safari')!=-1)&&(agt.indexOf('mac')!=-1))?true:false; if (is_safari) { var share_panel = document.getElementById('share_panel_holder'); share_panel.style.right = "-11px"; } function sendto(item) { var newpage; ShowContent('vir_email'); document.getElementById('vir_email').innerHTML="<iframe src=\"\/sendto.php"+item+"\"frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"215\" height=\"60\"><\/iframe>"; } function printer_friendly(theURL,winName,features) { window.open(theURL,winName,features); }  Options: ShareThis| .stbuttontext { color: #ffffff; } a:hover .stbuttontext { color: #ff6600; } [image] Printer Friendly [image] Thursday, September 10, 2009 by Greg Savage (greg@sherdog.com) 19624 Paul Buentello has secured his release from Strikeforce and is negotiating a return to the Octagon, the former UFC heavyweight title contender told Sherdog.com. Strikeforce President Scott Coker confirmed the news in an e-mail sent via company representative Mike Afromowitz. “We offered Paul a six-figure contract to fight Fedor, but he turned it down,” Coker said. “His decision is understandable considering Fedor's level of skill but, at the same time, Paul didn't really fit into our plans. He's been a solid journeyman fighter and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.” Buentello said the UFC would honor his Affliction contract -- which has one fight left -- and that they are negotiating an extension as well. At 27-10 overall, the "Head Hunter" has run up a 12-2 record over the past six years with his only defeats coming in title matches against Andrei Arlovski and Alistair Overeem. The 35-year-old Texan was 3-1 in his first stint in the UFC. “I've never been one to get involved in the politics of the sport,” Buentello wrote to Sherdog.com in an e-mail. “I have made as little as $1 to fight the UFC champion and been paid as much as six figures to fight an up-and-coming fighter. I'm not insulted at being regarded as a journeyman fighter either since I started my career as one. Training in my garage with no training partners, I started off with a handful of losses. I always wondered what I could do given the chance to train full time, and through a lot of sacrifices and sponsors that took a shot on me, I'm happy with the result. I've lost two times in six years with those loses coming to champions. Am I a gatekeeper or a journeyman? Well, if I'm a gatekeeper, any organization I compete in is going to have a thin heavyweight division. I've never claimed to be the best in the sport. But to say I turned down Fedor because of his skill level is a slap in the face.” Buentello Out of Strikeforce, Likely to UFC var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); var appVer = navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase(); var is_safari = ((agt.indexOf('safari')!=-1)&&(agt.indexOf('mac')!=-1))?true:false; if (is_safari) { var share_panel = document.getElementById('share_panel_holder'); share_panel.style.right = "-11px"; } function sendto(item) { var newpage; ShowContent('vir_email'); document.getElementById('vir_email').innerHTML="<iframe src=\"\/sendto.php"+item+"\"frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"215\" height=\"60\"><\/iframe>"; } function printer_friendly(theURL,winName,features) { window.open(theURL,winName,features); }  Options: ShareThis| .stbuttontext { color: #ffffff; } a:hover .stbuttontext { color: #ff6600; } [image] Printer Friendly [image] Thursday, September 10, 2009 by Greg Savage (greg@sherdog.com) 19624 Paul Buentello has secured his release from Strikeforce and is negotiating a return to the Octagon, the former UFC heavyweight title contender told Sherdog.com. Strikeforce President Scott Coker confirmed the news in an e-mail sent via company representative Mike Afromowitz. “We offered Paul a six-figure contract to fight Fedor, but he turned it down,” Coker said. “His decision is understandable considering Fedor's level of skill but, at the same time, Paul didn't really fit into our plans. He's been a solid journeyman fighter and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.” Buentello said the UFC would honor his Affliction contract -- which has one fight left -- and that they are negotiating an extension as well. At 27-10 overall, the "Head Hunter" has run up a 12-2 record over the past six years with his only defeats coming in title matches against Andrei Arlovski and Alistair Overeem. The 35-year-old Texan was 3-1 in his first stint in the UFC. “I've never been one to get involved in the politics of the sport,” Buentello wrote to Sherdog.com in an e-mail. “I have made as little as $1 to fight the UFC champion and been paid as much as six figures to fight an up-and-coming fighter. I'm not insulted at being regarded as a journeyman fighter either since I started my career as one. Training in my garage with no training partners, I started off with a handful of losses. I always wondered what I could do given the chance to train full time, and through a lot of sacrifices and sponsors that took a shot on me, I'm happy with the result. I've lost two times in six years with those loses coming to champions. Am I a gatekeeper or a journeyman? Well, if I'm a gatekeeper, any organization I compete in is going to have a thin heavyweight division. I've never claimed to be the best in the sport. But to say I turned down Fedor because of his skill level is a slap in the face.” Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:28:28 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Buentello-Out-of-Strikeforce-Likely-to-UFC/BLOG/694400/40618.html pbuentello 2009-09-11T04:28:28Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter Buentello Out of Strikeforce, Likely to UFC var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); var appVer = navigator.appVersion.toLowerCase(); var is_safari = ((agt.indexOf('safari')!=-1)&&(agt.indexOf('mac')!=-1))?true:false; if (is_safari) { var share_panel = document.getElementById('share_panel_holder'); share_panel.style.right = "-11px"; } function sendto(item) { var newpage; ShowContent('vir_email'); document.getElementById('vir_email').innerHTML="<iframe src=\"\/sendto.php"+item+"\"frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"215\" height=\"60\"><\/iframe>"; } function printer_friendly(theURL,winName,features) { window.open(theURL,winName,features); }  Options: ShareThis| .stbuttontext { color: #ffffff; } a:hover .stbuttontext { color: #ff6600; } [image] Printer Friendly [image] Thursday, September 10, 2009 by Greg Savage (greg@sherdog.com) 19624 Paul Buentello has secured his release from Strikeforce and is negotiating a return to the Octagon, the former UFC heavyweight title contender told Sherdog.com. Strikeforce President Scott Coker confirmed the news in an e-mail sent via company representative Mike Afromowitz. “We offered Paul a six-figure contract to fight Fedor, but he turned it down,” Coker said. “His decision is understandable considering Fedor's level of skill but, at the same time, Paul didn't really fit into our plans. He's been a solid journeyman fighter and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.” Buentello said the UFC would honor his Affliction contract -- which has one fight left -- and that they are negotiating an extension as well. At 27-10 overall, the "Head Hunter" has run up a 12-2 record over the past six years with his only defeats coming in title matches against Andrei Arlovski and Alistair Overeem. The 35-year-old Texan was 3-1 in his first stint in the UFC. “I've never been one to get involved in the politics of the sport,” Buentello wrote to Sherdog.com in an e-mail. “I have made as little as $1 to fight the UFC champion and been paid as much as six figures to fight an up-and-coming fighter. I'm not insulted at being regarded as a journeyman fighter either since I started my career as one. Training in my garage with no training partners, I started off with a handful of losses. I always wondered what I could do given the chance to train full time, and through a lot of sacrifices and sponsors that took a shot on me, I'm happy with the result. I've lost two times in six years with those loses coming to champions. Am I a gatekeeper or a journeyman? Well, if I'm a gatekeeper, any organization I compete in is going to have a thin heavyweight division. I've never claimed to be the best in the sport. But to say I turned down Fedor because of his skill level is a slap in the face.” nonadult false Buentello Out of Strikeforce, Likely to UFC text blog 201 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 0 0 694400 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Paul-Buentello-Plots-Next-Move/BLOG/532845/40618.html [image]Paul Buentello is a man in limbo. After his fight against Gilbert Yvel was scrapped along with the entire Affliction promotion, "The Headhunter" is one of the few fighters from the "Trilogy" card who has yet to land with a new promotion. FanHouse spoke to the 12-year veteran at the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose about where and when he hopes to fight next. Check out the full video interview below.         [image]Paul Buentello is a man in limbo. After his fight against Gilbert Yvel was scrapped along with the entire Affliction promotion, "The Headhunter" is one of the few fighters from the "Trilogy" card who has yet to land with a new promotion. FanHouse spoke to the 12-year veteran at the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose about where and when he hopes to fight next. Check out the full video interview below.         Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:03:59 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Paul-Buentello-Plots-Next-Move/BLOG/532845/40618.html pbuentello 2009-08-21T17:03:59Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter [image]Paul Buentello is a man in limbo. After his fight against Gilbert Yvel was scrapped along with the entire Affliction promotion, "The Headhunter" is one of the few fighters from the "Trilogy" card who has yet to land with a new promotion. FanHouse spoke to the 12-year veteran at the American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose about where and when he hopes to fight next. Check out the full video interview below.         fight, gear, interview, knoxx, paul+buentello, paulbuentello, video nonadult false Paul Buentello Plots Next Move text blog fight,gear,interview,knoxx,paul+buentello,paulbuentello,video 385 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 78737 0 0 532845 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Carsons-Corner-Radio-Show/BLOG/498775/40618.html Today's episode of Carson's Corner features interviews with two great MMA personalities: Paul Buentello and Eddie Goldman.First up is heavyweight fighter Paul "The Headhunter" Buentello. Rumors have been flying all over the internet regarding Paul and where he'll fight next. He was a victim of the Affliction fight promotion's bailout, so he's ready, eager and willing to get back in the cage. Join today's Carson's Corner to find out where he may fight next.The second interview features legendary MMA journalist Eddie Goldman. Bob and Eddie discuss the recent moves by Strikeforce to expand operations, Eddie's own very interesting history with Zuffa, the whereabouts of underground boxing writer Flash Gordon and many more topics that you're sure to find highly interesting.[image] Today's episode of Carson's Corner features interviews with two great MMA personalities: Paul Buentello and Eddie Goldman.First up is heavyweight fighter Paul "The Headhunter" Buentello. Rumors have been flying all over the internet regarding Paul and where he'll fight next. He was a victim of the Affliction fight promotion's bailout, so he's ready, eager and willing to get back in the cage. Join today's Carson's Corner to find out where he may fight next.The second interview features legendary MMA journalist Eddie Goldman. Bob and Eddie discuss the recent moves by Strikeforce to expand operations, Eddie's own very interesting history with Zuffa, the whereabouts of underground boxing writer Flash Gordon and many more topics that you're sure to find highly interesting.[image] Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:20:54 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Carsons-Corner-Radio-Show/BLOG/498775/40618.html pbuentello 2009-08-07T07:20:54Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter Today's episode of Carson's Corner features interviews with two great MMA personalities: Paul Buentello and Eddie Goldman.First up is heavyweight fighter Paul "The Headhunter" Buentello. Rumors have been flying all over the internet regarding Paul and where he'll fight next. He was a victim of the Affliction fight promotion's bailout, so he's ready, eager and willing to get back in the cage. Join today's Carson's Corner to find out where he may fight next.The second interview features legendary MMA journalist Eddie Goldman. Bob and Eddie discuss the recent moves by Strikeforce to expand operations, Eddie's own very interesting history with Zuffa, the whereabouts of underground boxing writer Flash Gordon and many more topics that you're sure to find highly interesting.[image] buentello, carson's, corner, interveiw, paul, radio nonadult false Carson's Corner Radio Show audio blog buentello,carson's,corner,interveiw,paul,radio 333 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 79103 0 0 498775 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_TapOut-Radio-Show/BLOG/498491/40618.html [image][image] [image][image] Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:29:54 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_TapOut-Radio-Show/BLOG/498491/40618.html pbuentello 2009-08-07T05:29:54Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter [image][image] buentello, interveiw, paul, radio, show, tapout nonadult false TapOut Radio Show video blog buentello,interveiw,paul,radio,show,tapout 365 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 12324 1 0 498491 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Paul-Buentello-and-Vitor-Belfort-talk-boxing-technique-in-MMA/BLOG/494826/40618.html Paul Buentello and Vitor Belfort talk boxing technique in MMA (Video) at UFC blog for UFC news, resu...http://mmamania.com/2009/08/04/paul...MMA mania provides the most up-to-the-minute Ultimate Fighting Championship® news, event details and fight analysis. The blog also lets UFC fans discuss your thoughts and insights on the best MMA organization in the world. Paul Buentello and Vitor Belfort talk boxing technique in MMA (Video) at UFC blog for UFC news, resu...http://mmamania.com/2009/08/04/paul...MMA mania provides the most up-to-the-minute Ultimate Fighting Championship® news, event details and fight analysis. The blog also lets UFC fans discuss your thoughts and insights on the best MMA organization in the world. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:28:09 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Paul-Buentello-and-Vitor-Belfort-talk-boxing-technique-in-MMA/BLOG/494826/40618.html pbuentello 2009-08-05T07:28:09Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter Paul Buentello and Vitor Belfort talk boxing technique in MMA (Video) at UFC blog for UFC news, resu...http://mmamania.com/2009/08/04/paul...MMA mania provides the most up-to-the-minute Ultimate Fighting Championship® news, event details and fight analysis. The blog also lets UFC fans discuss your thoughts and insights on the best MMA organization in the world. and, belfort, boxing, buentello, dyna, hdnet, in, insidemma, mma, paul, pep.com, show, talk, technique, vitor nonadult false Paul Buentello and Vitor Belfort talk boxing technique in MMA video blog and,belfort,boxing,buentello,dyna,hdnet,in,insidemma,mma,paul,pep.com,show,talk,technique,vitor 397 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 0 0 494826 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_PAUL-BUENTELLO-Part-4/BLOG/477619/40618.html PAUL BUENTELLO  Part 425/7 Man© Marc Wickertwww.knucklepit.comJuly 24, 2009Special thanks to Bob Krieger & Heidi Seibert It’s Friday afternoon in California and news has just come through that next week’s Affliction Trilogy has been cancelled. Below is an extract from Affliction’s media release:“Seal Beach, California (July 24, 2009) – The highly anticipated fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Josh Barnett at the Affliction Trilogy MMA show has been cancelled. The mega fight was scheduled to take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim on August 1st.  The unforeseen license denial of Josh Barnett gave Affliction limited time to find a replacement and adequately promote the new main event.” Knucklepit.com was already scheduled to talk with Paul Buentello about his upcoming bout against Gilbert Yvel just after news of the cancellation broke, so it’s not surprising that Paul is deeply disappointed at the time of this interview.  But he graciously keeps our appointment after calling his wife to pass on the unfortunate revelation. Buentello is known as a man who can throw bombs all day and all night, and then some – a 25/7 man.  He’s one of the hardest and most accurate heavyweight strikers in the business, and he has a legion of fans who love to see his all-or-nothing approach to cage battle.  They will also be extremely disappointed that the Buentello vs. Yvel fight won’t be going ahead on August 1. Paul, I’m very sorry to hear that your bout with Gilbert Yvel has been cancelled.  What are your thoughts at the moment? “It just sucks.  All this training and all the time… I don’t get to show the fans… I don’t get to fight a war for them.” Is the event likely to be held at a later date, or is that it? “From what I understand, that’s it.” Is there any chance that Strikeforce or any other organization will reschedule the bouts? “You know, I have no idea.  There’s just so much politics involved in this sport now, I don’t know what’s going to happen.” So at the moment you’re high and dry? “Yep, high and dry and … not too good now.” Was it hard not knowing who your opponent was going to be until a couple of weeks before the scheduled bout? “No, I have a good training team and camp, and I’m surrounded by good trainers, so training is always going to be hard and we train for everything.  Depending on the fighter, we try to pick the holes and find what’s going to work against him, and we had a really good training camp going.  My cardio was really good, as was my strength and conditioning, my timing was coming good, along with my kickboxing – everything was coming to a head and I was going to be right on point for this fight.” What was your initial reaction when you heard Josh Barnett was out? “I was a little confused: I didn’t think Josh would put himself into a position where his fight would be cancelled, and that never crossed my mind.  I was kinda like not believing what happened; not believing what’s going on… Maybe it’s just a hoax, or maybe it’s just a fluke or wrong testing.  I know Josh always puts his best foot forward and I didn’t think he was in the middle of this.”  Why did you say, “Everybody’s counting me out”? “I was just talking about all the critics: Every time I’m going against a decent opponent, they count me out; they consider me not top quality or anything.  But it’s the critics… I’ve only lost three fights in the last five years, and every fight I fight hard, and it’s always been a great fight every time I’ve fought.   “But the critics – the last fight I lost was against Alistair Overeem, and he beats me and becomes top ten – but the critics don’t ever give me the benefit of who I am, and I fight hard and I should get some respect from the critics.  And that’s why I say that the critics always count me out.  Every fight that I’ve been in, the critics always put me as the underdog.” Were you feeling positive about the outcome? “Totally: All I was doing was focusing for Gilbert.  The only letter in the alphabet that I knew was a ‘G’, and I was just focusing on that fight.” Forgetting about the critics, you’re extremely popular with the fans.  Is that because they know you put everything on the line when you fight? “I think so.  I don’t think the critics give me the time of day for how much time I put into this sport, and I’ve been in the sport just as long as some of the idols that everyone looks up to, and I’ve never given a bad fight… The fans love me because I don’t act like a fighter, I don’t look like a fighter, and I think they relate to me a lot easier, and then I go out there and fight my heart out.  I think that’s what everybody likes to see about me.” You said before that other fighters can also throw big punches, but you can repeatedly throw the heavy punches.  And you proved that against Kirill. How do you think Gilbert’s punching power would have compared with yours? “The only difference is, I honestly think Gilbert throws with a little more emotion.  He’s known for being a hurricane of punches, but the only thing I would have brought to the table is that I would have been a lot cleaner and a lot straighter.  I don’t think I could hit harder, but I know I could hit multiple times and they’d add up; however I think I’m a lot cleaner. “He made a statement that I only had two weapons, and he has four weapons – his punches and his kicks.  I don’t know what he was thinking, but that’s my bread and butter and it hasn’t failed me, so why change anything? “But it would have been a good fight and I think everyone was pleased with how it was matching up, because Gilbert is known for coming out hard and I’m known for being technical and hitting really hard.” Well, there wouldn’t have been a stalemate in the fight. “Definitely not.  I guarantee every seat in that stadium would have been empty because everybody would have been standing up watching the knockout.” Were you mainly working with Bob Cook for this bout? “Bob Cook is always right there; Javier Mendez is the technical guy who puts the game plan all together and shows you where you have to be and what you have to do; ‘Little’ Dave Velasquez, the guy who really puts it in your head to expect the unexpected and throws different workouts at me; and Dave Camarillo working on jiu jitsu and working on getting up – if a submission’s there, get it, and if not, position, position; and I’ve got my personal trainer Jason Maas who’s all about conditioning, cardio, explosion, plyometrics and stuff.  I have a lot of people who are putting their time and effort into me.” Is there any way your match with Gilbert would have gone the distance? “I could almost guarantee, just as Christmas comes on the twenty-fifth, that that fight wasn’t going to go the distance.” When will fans get an opportunity to see Paul Buentello in action again? “I have no idea.  Everything’s in the air.  Tomorrow was going to be my last day of sparring, so I took today off because I’ve got some bumps and bruises and I wanted to lay off a little bit.  I’ve got four more days of hard training that I’m still going to go through just to see how I perform… But I have no idea.  I’ll talk to my manager, ‘Crazy’ Bob Cook, and Zinkin Entertainment and just try to connect the dots.” Paul Buentello’s sponsors: “Dyna Pep Energy Shot, Nobis Interactive, Loaded Energy Drink, West Coast Designz, Progenex.” Paul, is there anything you’d like to add? “If guys want up-to-date information, sign up for my community page inside my website where you get a first look at all the videos and first look at all the blogs.”  For more on Paul Buentello: www.paulbuentello.com   PAUL BUENTELLO  Part 425/7 Man© Marc Wickertwww.knucklepit.comJuly 24, 2009Special thanks to Bob Krieger & Heidi Seibert It’s Friday afternoon in California and news has just come through that next week’s Affliction Trilogy has been cancelled. Below is an extract from Affliction’s media release:“Seal Beach, California (July 24, 2009) – The highly anticipated fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Josh Barnett at the Affliction Trilogy MMA show has been cancelled. The mega fight was scheduled to take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim on August 1st.  The unforeseen license denial of Josh Barnett gave Affliction limited time to find a replacement and adequately promote the new main event.” Knucklepit.com was already scheduled to talk with Paul Buentello about his upcoming bout against Gilbert Yvel just after news of the cancellation broke, so it’s not surprising that Paul is deeply disappointed at the time of this interview.  But he graciously keeps our appointment after calling his wife to pass on the unfortunate revelation. Buentello is known as a man who can throw bombs all day and all night, and then some – a 25/7 man.  He’s one of the hardest and most accurate heavyweight strikers in the business, and he has a legion of fans who love to see his all-or-nothing approach to cage battle.  They will also be extremely disappointed that the Buentello vs. Yvel fight won’t be going ahead on August 1. Paul, I’m very sorry to hear that your bout with Gilbert Yvel has been cancelled.  What are your thoughts at the moment? “It just sucks.  All this training and all the time… I don’t get to show the fans… I don’t get to fight a war for them.” Is the event likely to be held at a later date, or is that it? “From what I understand, that’s it.” Is there any chance that Strikeforce or any other organization will reschedule the bouts? “You know, I have no idea.  There’s just so much politics involved in this sport now, I don’t know what’s going to happen.” So at the moment you’re high and dry? “Yep, high and dry and … not too good now.” Was it hard not knowing who your opponent was going to be until a couple of weeks before the scheduled bout? “No, I have a good training team and camp, and I’m surrounded by good trainers, so training is always going to be hard and we train for everything.  Depending on the fighter, we try to pick the holes and find what’s going to work against him, and we had a really good training camp going.  My cardio was really good, as was my strength and conditioning, my timing was coming good, along with my kickboxing – everything was coming to a head and I was going to be right on point for this fight.” What was your initial reaction when you heard Josh Barnett was out? “I was a little confused: I didn’t think Josh would put himself into a position where his fight would be cancelled, and that never crossed my mind.  I was kinda like not believing what happened; not believing what’s going on… Maybe it’s just a hoax, or maybe it’s just a fluke or wrong testing.  I know Josh always puts his best foot forward and I didn’t think he was in the middle of this.”  Why did you say, “Everybody’s counting me out”? “I was just talking about all the critics: Every time I’m going against a decent opponent, they count me out; they consider me not top quality or anything.  But it’s the critics… I’ve only lost three fights in the last five years, and every fight I fight hard, and it’s always been a great fight every time I’ve fought.   “But the critics – the last fight I lost was against Alistair Overeem, and he beats me and becomes top ten – but the critics don’t ever give me the benefit of who I am, and I fight hard and I should get some respect from the critics.  And that’s why I say that the critics always count me out.  Every fight that I’ve been in, the critics always put me as the underdog.” Were you feeling positive about the outcome? “Totally: All I was doing was focusing for Gilbert.  The only letter in the alphabet that I knew was a ‘G’, and I was just focusing on that fight.” Forgetting about the critics, you’re extremely popular with the fans.  Is that because they know you put everything on the line when you fight? “I think so.  I don’t think the critics give me the time of day for how much time I put into this sport, and I’ve been in the sport just as long as some of the idols that everyone looks up to, and I’ve never given a bad fight… The fans love me because I don’t act like a fighter, I don’t look like a fighter, and I think they relate to me a lot easier, and then I go out there and fight my heart out.  I think that’s what everybody likes to see about me.” You said before that other fighters can also throw big punches, but you can repeatedly throw the heavy punches.  And you proved that against Kirill. How do you think Gilbert’s punching power would have compared with yours? “The only difference is, I honestly think Gilbert throws with a little more emotion.  He’s known for being a hurricane of punches, but the only thing I would have brought to the table is that I would have been a lot cleaner and a lot straighter.  I don’t think I could hit harder, but I know I could hit multiple times and they’d add up; however I think I’m a lot cleaner. “He made a statement that I only had two weapons, and he has four weapons – his punches and his kicks.  I don’t know what he was thinking, but that’s my bread and butter and it hasn’t failed me, so why change anything? “But it would have been a good fight and I think everyone was pleased with how it was matching up, because Gilbert is known for coming out hard and I’m known for being technical and hitting really hard.” Well, there wouldn’t have been a stalemate in the fight. “Definitely not.  I guarantee every seat in that stadium would have been empty because everybody would have been standing up watching the knockout.” Were you mainly working with Bob Cook for this bout? “Bob Cook is always right there; Javier Mendez is the technical guy who puts the game plan all together and shows you where you have to be and what you have to do; ‘Little’ Dave Velasquez, the guy who really puts it in your head to expect the unexpected and throws different workouts at me; and Dave Camarillo working on jiu jitsu and working on getting up – if a submission’s there, get it, and if not, position, position; and I’ve got my personal trainer Jason Maas who’s all about conditioning, cardio, explosion, plyometrics and stuff.  I have a lot of people who are putting their time and effort into me.” Is there any way your match with Gilbert would have gone the distance? “I could almost guarantee, just as Christmas comes on the twenty-fifth, that that fight wasn’t going to go the distance.” When will fans get an opportunity to see Paul Buentello in action again? “I have no idea.  Everything’s in the air.  Tomorrow was going to be my last day of sparring, so I took today off because I’ve got some bumps and bruises and I wanted to lay off a little bit.  I’ve got four more days of hard training that I’m still going to go through just to see how I perform… But I have no idea.  I’ll talk to my manager, ‘Crazy’ Bob Cook, and Zinkin Entertainment and just try to connect the dots.” Paul Buentello’s sponsors: “Dyna Pep Energy Shot, Nobis Interactive, Loaded Energy Drink, West Coast Designz, Progenex.” Paul, is there anything you’d like to add? “If guys want up-to-date information, sign up for my community page inside my website where you get a first look at all the videos and first look at all the blogs.”  For more on Paul Buentello: www.paulbuentello.com   Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:01:05 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_PAUL-BUENTELLO-Part-4/BLOG/477619/40618.html pbuentello 2009-07-25T20:01:05Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter PAUL BUENTELLO  Part 425/7 Man© Marc Wickertwww.knucklepit.comJuly 24, 2009Special thanks to Bob Krieger & Heidi Seibert It’s Friday afternoon in California and news has just come through that next week’s Affliction Trilogy has been cancelled. Below is an extract from Affliction’s media release:“Seal Beach, California (July 24, 2009) – The highly anticipated fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Josh Barnett at the Affliction Trilogy MMA show has been cancelled. The mega fight was scheduled to take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim on August 1st.  The unforeseen license denial of Josh Barnett gave Affliction limited time to find a replacement and adequately promote the new main event.” Knucklepit.com was already scheduled to talk with Paul Buentello about his upcoming bout against Gilbert Yvel just after news of the cancellation broke, so it’s not surprising that Paul is deeply disappointed at the time of this interview.  But he graciously keeps our appointment after calling his wife to pass on the unfortunate revelation. Buentello is known as a man who can throw bombs all day and all night, and then some – a 25/7 man.  He’s one of the hardest and most accurate heavyweight strikers in the business, and he has a legion of fans who love to see his all-or-nothing approach to cage battle.  They will also be extremely disappointed that the Buentello vs. Yvel fight won’t be going ahead on August 1. Paul, I’m very sorry to hear that your bout with Gilbert Yvel has been cancelled.  What are your thoughts at the moment? “It just sucks.  All this training and all the time… I don’t get to show the fans… I don’t get to fight a war for them.” Is the event likely to be held at a later date, or is that it? “From what I understand, that’s it.” Is there any chance that Strikeforce or any other organization will reschedule the bouts? “You know, I have no idea.  There’s just so much politics involved in this sport now, I don’t know what’s going to happen.” So at the moment you’re high and dry? “Yep, high and dry and … not too good now.” Was it hard not knowing who your opponent was going to be until a couple of weeks before the scheduled bout? “No, I have a good training team and camp, and I’m surrounded by good trainers, so training is always going to be hard and we train for everything.  Depending on the fighter, we try to pick the holes and find what’s going to work against him, and we had a really good training camp going.  My cardio was really good, as was my strength and conditioning, my timing was coming good, along with my kickboxing – everything was coming to a head and I was going to be right on point for this fight.” What was your initial reaction when you heard Josh Barnett was out? “I was a little confused: I didn’t think Josh would put himself into a position where his fight would be cancelled, and that never crossed my mind.  I was kinda like not believing what happened; not believing what’s going on… Maybe it’s just a hoax, or maybe it’s just a fluke or wrong testing.  I know Josh always puts his best foot forward and I didn’t think he was in the middle of this.”  Why did you say, “Everybody’s counting me out”? “I was just talking about all the critics: Every time I’m going against a decent opponent, they count me out; they consider me not top quality or anything.  But it’s the critics… I’ve only lost three fights in the last five years, and every fight I fight hard, and it’s always been a great fight every time I’ve fought.   “But the critics – the last fight I lost was against Alistair Overeem, and he beats me and becomes top ten – but the critics don’t ever give me the benefit of who I am, and I fight hard and I should get some respect from the critics.  And that’s why I say that the critics always count me out.  Every fight that I’ve been in, the critics always put me as the underdog.” Were you feeling positive about the outcome? “Totally: All I was doing was focusing for Gilbert.  The only letter in the alphabet that I knew was a ‘G’, and I was just focusing on that fight.” Forgetting about the critics, you’re extremely popular with the fans.  Is that because they know you put everything on the line when you fight? “I think so.  I don’t think the critics give me the time of day for how much time I put into this sport, and I’ve been in the sport just as long as some of the idols that everyone looks up to, and I’ve never given a bad fight… The fans love me because I don’t act like a fighter, I don’t look like a fighter, and I think they relate to me a lot easier, and then I go out there and fight my heart out.  I think that’s what everybody likes to see about me.” You said before that other fighters can also throw big punches, but you can repeatedly throw the heavy punches.  And you proved that against Kirill. How do you think Gilbert’s punching power would have compared with yours? “The only difference is, I honestly think Gilbert throws with a little more emotion.  He’s known for being a hurricane of punches, but the only thing I would have brought to the table is that I would have been a lot cleaner and a lot straighter.  I don’t think I could hit harder, but I know I could hit multiple times and they’d add up; however I think I’m a lot cleaner. “He made a statement that I only had two weapons, and he has four weapons – his punches and his kicks.  I don’t know what he was thinking, but that’s my bread and butter and it hasn’t failed me, so why change anything? “But it would have been a good fight and I think everyone was pleased with how it was matching up, because Gilbert is known for coming out hard and I’m known for being technical and hitting really hard.” Well, there wouldn’t have been a stalemate in the fight. “Definitely not.  I guarantee every seat in that stadium would have been empty because everybody would have been standing up watching the knockout.” Were you mainly working with Bob Cook for this bout? “Bob Cook is always right there; Javier Mendez is the technical guy who puts the game plan all together and shows you where you have to be and what you have to do; ‘Little’ Dave Velasquez, the guy who really puts it in your head to expect the unexpected and throws different workouts at me; and Dave Camarillo working on jiu jitsu and working on getting up – if a submission’s there, get it, and if not, position, position; and I’ve got my personal trainer Jason Maas who’s all about conditioning, cardio, explosion, plyometrics and stuff.  I have a lot of people who are putting their time and effort into me.” Is there any way your match with Gilbert would have gone the distance? “I could almost guarantee, just as Christmas comes on the twenty-fifth, that that fight wasn’t going to go the distance.” When will fans get an opportunity to see Paul Buentello in action again? “I have no idea.  Everything’s in the air.  Tomorrow was going to be my last day of sparring, so I took today off because I’ve got some bumps and bruises and I wanted to lay off a little bit.  I’ve got four more days of hard training that I’m still going to go through just to see how I perform… But I have no idea.  I’ll talk to my manager, ‘Crazy’ Bob Cook, and Zinkin Entertainment and just try to connect the dots.” Paul Buentello’s sponsors: “Dyna Pep Energy Shot, Nobis Interactive, Loaded Energy Drink, West Coast Designz, Progenex.” Paul, is there anything you’d like to add? “If guys want up-to-date information, sign up for my community page inside my website where you get a first look at all the videos and first look at all the blogs.”  For more on Paul Buentello: www.paulbuentello.com   buentello, dyna, energy, interview, pep, shot nonadult false PAUL BUENTELLO Part 4 text blog buentello,dyna,energy,interview,pep,shot 430 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 0 0 477619 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Radio-Interview/BLOG/469040/40618.html http://thefightnerd.com/?p=671 We are back only days after the last episode to update listeners on two important topics, that being fedor vs barnett's cancellation and the "death" of kimo. We talk about what happened with Barnett, the CSAC's past, how this will affect Affliction and give my picks for the shows main card. We also talk with Kimo Leopoldo in his second interview with any site since this occurence, who was announced dead according to a fake report that got picked up by many mainstream media sites, and he sets the record straight for us. Joining us later is Paul Buentello who faces Gilbert Yvel at Affliction: Trilogy. He discusses his fight plans, his hands, his dislike of Kimbo Slice and where the headhunter stands in the heavyweight rankings (he also gives us his pick of Fedor vs Barnett which sadly is not too important now) For more MMA goodness, check out thefightnerd.com! http://thefightnerd.com/?p=671 We are back only days after the last episode to update listeners on two important topics, that being fedor vs barnett's cancellation and the "death" of kimo. We talk about what happened with Barnett, the CSAC's past, how this will affect Affliction and give my picks for the shows main card. We also talk with Kimo Leopoldo in his second interview with any site since this occurence, who was announced dead according to a fake report that got picked up by many mainstream media sites, and he sets the record straight for us. Joining us later is Paul Buentello who faces Gilbert Yvel at Affliction: Trilogy. He discusses his fight plans, his hands, his dislike of Kimbo Slice and where the headhunter stands in the heavyweight rankings (he also gives us his pick of Fedor vs Barnett which sadly is not too important now) For more MMA goodness, check out thefightnerd.com! Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:35:33 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Radio-Interview/BLOG/469040/40618.html pbuentello 2009-07-23T05:35:33Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter http://thefightnerd.com/?p=671 We are back only days after the last episode to update listeners on two important topics, that being fedor vs barnett's cancellation and the "death" of kimo. We talk about what happened with Barnett, the CSAC's past, how this will affect Affliction and give my picks for the shows main card. We also talk with Kimo Leopoldo in his second interview with any site since this occurence, who was announced dead according to a fake report that got picked up by many mainstream media sites, and he sets the record straight for us. Joining us later is Paul Buentello who faces Gilbert Yvel at Affliction: Trilogy. He discusses his fight plans, his hands, his dislike of Kimbo Slice and where the headhunter stands in the heavyweight rankings (he also gives us his pick of Fedor vs Barnett which sadly is not too important now) For more MMA goodness, check out thefightnerd.com! buentello, interveiw, paul, radio nonadult false Radio Interview text blog buentello,interveiw,paul,radio 193 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 0 0 469040 2890388 Member 0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Barnett-tests-positive/BLOG/469038/40618.html [image]Josh Gross>INSIDE MMA[image]Barnett tests positive, faces possible end to career in U.S.Story HighlightsJosh Barnett was denied a fighting license by the CSAC for Affliction 3The 30-year-old fighter tested positive for a banned performance-enhancerPossible replacements for Barnett on Aug. 1 are Vitor Belfort and Brett RogersJust 11 days prior to the biggest fight of his life against Fedor Emelianenko, Josh Barnett, who at 24 became the youngest heavyweight champion in UFC history, was denied a license by the California State Athletic Commission for the Aug. 1 clash following a positive pre-fight drug test for a banned substance, the commission confirmed Wednesday.Barnett (24-5) told Sherdog.com, which first reported the news, that he was unaware of the results stemming from a pre-fight drug urinalysis. He promised to clear his name, though he wasn't quoted offering a denial of the report."Barnett's test was observed in the presence of a CSAC representative and the sample was sent to the World Anti-doping Agency test facility at the University of California, Los Angeles on June 25 for processing. CSAC was notified of the results yesterday," according to a commission e-mail.During a conference call with reporters Wednesday, Affliction Entertainment vice president Tom Atencio, a longtime friend and supporter of Barnett, said the news came as a complete surprise. He was working under the assumption that a second sample would confirm CSAC's initial exam, which detected 2a-methyl-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one, an anabolic steroid, officially knocking Barnett off the card.In 2002, after trouncing Randy Couture to take the UFC title, Barnett was stripped of the belt and given a six month suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission following a positive test for Boldenone, a synthetic anabolic steroid developed for veterinary use in the treatment of horses. To this day, he denies taking performance-enhancing drugs in advance of the fight with Couture.Atencio is negotiating with three fighters to replace Barnett, but declined to name them. Early reports indicate Vitor Belfort, Bobby Lashley and BrettRogers are on the short list to replace the 30-year-old Barnett."I think it is safe to say that every suitable non-UFC heavyweight is in the mix with the intention to get the best contender available under the circumstances," M-1 Global's American legal counsel Steve Bash, better known as Emelianenko's Russian-English translator when the fighter is in the U.S., said over e-mail.With an international replacement difficult to secure on short notice due to visa concerns, suitable candidates are in limited supply for Emelianenko, who is scheduled to be in Moscow Wednesday to secure travel papers for next week's trip to the U.S.Belfort, now a middleweight, was approached by promoters Tuesday afternoon and agreed to meet MMA's No. 1 heavyweight if the money is right."We want the fight, but also to be paid comparably to others who have fought Fedor," Belfort's trainer, Shawn Tompkins, said via text message.In 2007, Matt Lindland moved up from 185 pounds to fight Fedor for a purse of $750,000. Former UFC heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski earned $800,000 and $1.5 million, respectively. Barnett was expected to earn as much as Arlovski.If Belfort comes to terms, Tompkins expects him to step into the ring near 215 pounds. Considering the Brazilian was preparing to fight his countryman JorgeSantiago at 185 on the Affliction "Trilogy" card in Anaheim, Calif., it's likely the "Phenom" would make for the fastest opponent Emelianenko has ever faced.Since Emelianenko, the longtime Pride champ and current WAMMA heavyweight king, relies on speed for much of his success, the possibility of fighting sans that advantage is intriguing. There remains, however, major risk for Belfort and the potential for a completely one-sided fight. Though the 32-year-old Brazilian, himself a steroid offender, recently drew praise and interest for performances at middleweight, challenging Emelianenko on short notice could be detrimental to more than his comeback.Santiago, who is ranked in the top-10 at 185 pounds and fights out of American Top Team, has not been notified of potential replacements for Belfort, according to a source in his camp.Eight months and four fights into his career, Lashley said he wasn't overly eager to meet Emelianenko (30-1) in the ring at this time.Rogers, a 10-0 Strikeforce-signed heavyweight, is interested and would ask for a purse approaching at least the $800,000 Affliction Entertainment paid Sylvia to fight Emelianenko, a source close to the fighter told SI.com.Strikeforce promoter Scott Coker is in Italy and could not be reached for comment.A fallback position for Affliction Entertainment and M-1 Global, which are working together on their third pay-per-view card from the Honda Center, is heavyweight Paul Buentello. He is slated to fight Dutch striker Gilbert Yvel on the same card Aug. 1.With Barnett's (24-5) latest positive test, it's no stretch to suggest his career in the U.S. is done. The highly-ranked heavyweight could return to Japan, where he fled after getting caught in Nevada, but any chance of enjoying a bountiful prizefighting career in America just went bye-bye, along with perhaps the viability of Affliction as a fight promoter and the possibility that fans will ever see him fight Emelianenko.[image]  [image]   [image]Josh Gross>INSIDE MMA[image]Barnett tests positive, faces possible end to career in U.S.Story HighlightsJosh Barnett was denied a fighting license by the CSAC for Affliction 3The 30-year-old fighter tested positive for a banned performance-enhancerPossible replacements for Barnett on Aug. 1 are Vitor Belfort and Brett RogersJust 11 days prior to the biggest fight of his life against Fedor Emelianenko, Josh Barnett, who at 24 became the youngest heavyweight champion in UFC history, was denied a license by the California State Athletic Commission for the Aug. 1 clash following a positive pre-fight drug test for a banned substance, the commission confirmed Wednesday.Barnett (24-5) told Sherdog.com, which first reported the news, that he was unaware of the results stemming from a pre-fight drug urinalysis. He promised to clear his name, though he wasn't quoted offering a denial of the report."Barnett's test was observed in the presence of a CSAC representative and the sample was sent to the World Anti-doping Agency test facility at the University of California, Los Angeles on June 25 for processing. CSAC was notified of the results yesterday," according to a commission e-mail.During a conference call with reporters Wednesday, Affliction Entertainment vice president Tom Atencio, a longtime friend and supporter of Barnett, said the news came as a complete surprise. He was working under the assumption that a second sample would confirm CSAC's initial exam, which detected 2a-methyl-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one, an anabolic steroid, officially knocking Barnett off the card.In 2002, after trouncing Randy Couture to take the UFC title, Barnett was stripped of the belt and given a six month suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission following a positive test for Boldenone, a synthetic anabolic steroid developed for veterinary use in the treatment of horses. To this day, he denies taking performance-enhancing drugs in advance of the fight with Couture.Atencio is negotiating with three fighters to replace Barnett, but declined to name them. Early reports indicate Vitor Belfort, Bobby Lashley and BrettRogers are on the short list to replace the 30-year-old Barnett."I think it is safe to say that every suitable non-UFC heavyweight is in the mix with the intention to get the best contender available under the circumstances," M-1 Global's American legal counsel Steve Bash, better known as Emelianenko's Russian-English translator when the fighter is in the U.S., said over e-mail.With an international replacement difficult to secure on short notice due to visa concerns, suitable candidates are in limited supply for Emelianenko, who is scheduled to be in Moscow Wednesday to secure travel papers for next week's trip to the U.S.Belfort, now a middleweight, was approached by promoters Tuesday afternoon and agreed to meet MMA's No. 1 heavyweight if the money is right."We want the fight, but also to be paid comparably to others who have fought Fedor," Belfort's trainer, Shawn Tompkins, said via text message.In 2007, Matt Lindland moved up from 185 pounds to fight Fedor for a purse of $750,000. Former UFC heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski earned $800,000 and $1.5 million, respectively. Barnett was expected to earn as much as Arlovski.If Belfort comes to terms, Tompkins expects him to step into the ring near 215 pounds. Considering the Brazilian was preparing to fight his countryman JorgeSantiago at 185 on the Affliction "Trilogy" card in Anaheim, Calif., it's likely the "Phenom" would make for the fastest opponent Emelianenko has ever faced.Since Emelianenko, the longtime Pride champ and current WAMMA heavyweight king, relies on speed for much of his success, the possibility of fighting sans that advantage is intriguing. There remains, however, major risk for Belfort and the potential for a completely one-sided fight. Though the 32-year-old Brazilian, himself a steroid offender, recently drew praise and interest for performances at middleweight, challenging Emelianenko on short notice could be detrimental to more than his comeback.Santiago, who is ranked in the top-10 at 185 pounds and fights out of American Top Team, has not been notified of potential replacements for Belfort, according to a source in his camp.Eight months and four fights into his career, Lashley said he wasn't overly eager to meet Emelianenko (30-1) in the ring at this time.Rogers, a 10-0 Strikeforce-signed heavyweight, is interested and would ask for a purse approaching at least the $800,000 Affliction Entertainment paid Sylvia to fight Emelianenko, a source close to the fighter told SI.com.Strikeforce promoter Scott Coker is in Italy and could not be reached for comment.A fallback position for Affliction Entertainment and M-1 Global, which are working together on their third pay-per-view card from the Honda Center, is heavyweight Paul Buentello. He is slated to fight Dutch striker Gilbert Yvel on the same card Aug. 1.With Barnett's (24-5) latest positive test, it's no stretch to suggest his career in the U.S. is done. The highly-ranked heavyweight could return to Japan, where he fled after getting caught in Nevada, but any chance of enjoying a bountiful prizefighting career in America just went bye-bye, along with perhaps the viability of Affliction as a fight promoter and the possibility that fans will ever see him fight Emelianenko.[image]  [image]   Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:31:39 GMT http://community.paulbuentello.com/_Barnett-tests-positive/BLOG/469038/40618.html pbuentello 2009-07-23T05:31:39Z Paul Buentello - The Headhunter [image]Josh Gross>INSIDE MMA[image]Barnett tests positive, faces possible end to career in U.S.Story HighlightsJosh Barnett was denied a fighting license by the CSAC for Affliction 3The 30-year-old fighter tested positive for a banned performance-enhancerPossible replacements for Barnett on Aug. 1 are Vitor Belfort and Brett RogersJust 11 days prior to the biggest fight of his life against Fedor Emelianenko, Josh Barnett, who at 24 became the youngest heavyweight champion in UFC history, was denied a license by the California State Athletic Commission for the Aug. 1 clash following a positive pre-fight drug test for a banned substance, the commission confirmed Wednesday.Barnett (24-5) told Sherdog.com, which first reported the news, that he was unaware of the results stemming from a pre-fight drug urinalysis. He promised to clear his name, though he wasn't quoted offering a denial of the report."Barnett's test was observed in the presence of a CSAC representative and the sample was sent to the World Anti-doping Agency test facility at the University of California, Los Angeles on June 25 for processing. CSAC was notified of the results yesterday," according to a commission e-mail.During a conference call with reporters Wednesday, Affliction Entertainment vice president Tom Atencio, a longtime friend and supporter of Barnett, said the news came as a complete surprise. He was working under the assumption that a second sample would confirm CSAC's initial exam, which detected 2a-methyl-5a-androstan-3a-ol-17-one, an anabolic steroid, officially knocking Barnett off the card.In 2002, after trouncing Randy Couture to take the UFC title, Barnett was stripped of the belt and given a six month suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission following a positive test for Boldenone, a synthetic anabolic steroid developed for veterinary use in the treatment of horses. To this day, he denies taking performance-enhancing drugs in advance of the fight with Couture.Atencio is negotiating with three fighters to replace Barnett, but declined to name them. Early reports indicate Vitor Belfort, Bobby Lashley and BrettRogers are on the short list to replace the 30-year-old Barnett."I think it is safe to say that every suitable non-UFC heavyweight is in the mix with the intention to get the best contender available under the circumstances," M-1 Global's American legal counsel Steve Bash, better known as Emelianenko's Russian-English translator when the fighter is in the U.S., said over e-mail.With an international replacement difficult to secure on short notice due to visa concerns, suitable candidates are in limited supply for Emelianenko, who is scheduled to be in Moscow Wednesday to secure travel papers for next week's trip to the U.S.Belfort, now a middleweight, was approached by promoters Tuesday afternoon and agreed to meet MMA's No. 1 heavyweight if the money is right."We want the fight, but also to be paid comparably to others who have fought Fedor," Belfort's trainer, Shawn Tompkins, said via text message.In 2007, Matt Lindland moved up from 185 pounds to fight Fedor for a purse of $750,000. Former UFC heavyweight champions Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski earned $800,000 and $1.5 million, respectively. Barnett was expected to earn as much as Arlovski.If Belfort comes to terms, Tompkins expects him to step into the ring near 215 pounds. Considering the Brazilian was preparing to fight his countryman JorgeSantiago at 185 on the Affliction "Trilogy" card in Anaheim, Calif., it's likely the "Phenom" would make for the fastest opponent Emelianenko has ever faced.Since Emelianenko, the longtime Pride champ and current WAMMA heavyweight king, relies on speed for much of his success, the possibility of fighting sans that advantage is intriguing. There remains, however, major risk for Belfort and the potential for a completely one-sided fight. Though the 32-year-old Brazilian, himself a steroid offender, recently drew praise and interest for performances at middleweight, challenging Emelianenko on short notice could be detrimental to more than his comeback.Santiago, who is ranked in the top-10 at 185 pounds and fights out of American Top Team, has not been notified of potential replacements for Belfort, according to a source in his camp.Eight months and four fights into his career, Lashley said he wasn't overly eager to meet Emelianenko (30-1) in the ring at this time.Rogers, a 10-0 Strikeforce-signed heavyweight, is interested and would ask for a purse approaching at least the $800,000 Affliction Entertainment paid Sylvia to fight Emelianenko, a source close to the fighter told SI.com.Strikeforce promoter Scott Coker is in Italy and could not be reached for comment.A fallback position for Affliction Entertainment and M-1 Global, which are working together on their third pay-per-view card from the Honda Center, is heavyweight Paul Buentello. He is slated to fight Dutch striker Gilbert Yvel on the same card Aug. 1.With Barnett's (24-5) latest positive test, it's no stretch to suggest his career in the U.S. is done. The highly-ranked heavyweight could return to Japan, where he fled after getting caught in Nevada, but any chance of enjoying a bountiful prizefighting career in America just went bye-bye, along with perhaps the viability of Affliction as a fight promoter and the possibility that fans will ever see him fight Emelianenko.[image]  [image]   affliction, alistair, andrei, arlovski, buentello, entertainment, gilbert, mercer, overeem, paul, ray, sylvia, tim, yvel nonadult false Barnett tests positive text blog affliction,alistair,andrei,arlovski,buentello,entertainment,gilbert,mercer,overeem,paul,ray,sylvia,tim,yvel 247 0 0.0 http://community.paulbuentello.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=2890388&as=40618 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/40618/photos/PHOTO_9722402_40618_2890388_ap_160X120.jpg false United States TX Austin 0 0 469038 2890388 Member 0