UFC 92: The Ultimate 08 is officially off and running. All the fighters have weighed in and are good to go. Griffin outweighs Evans, Mir outweighs Nogueira, and Jackson outweighs Silva, but will it matter? Every fighter looked confident in their abilities and set to destroy. Most kids have their money on Forrest Griffin a lot of kids got their loot thrown behind Mir, we at Stardum are just looking for some great fights, cold beers and good company. Here’s the weigh-in results for UFC 92:

• Main Event - UFC LHW Championship
• Rashad Evans (203) VS Forrest Griffin (205)
• Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship
• Frank Mir (251) VS Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (246)
• Wanderlei Silva (203) VS Quinton Jackson (206)
• Mostapha Al Turk (237) VS Cheick Kongo (233)
• Mike Massenzio (184) VS CB Dollaway (186)
• Dean Lister (186) VS Yushin Okami (185)
  Mike Wessel (260) VS Antoni Hardonk (246)
  Reese Andy (206) VS Matt Hamill (205)
  Brad Blackburn (170) VS Ryo Chonan (171)
  Patrick Barry (233) VS Dan Evensen (242)

As the mma community continues to expand and grow, more and more of us begin to recognize the figures and players in the game of mixed martial arts. Justin Eilers was a figure within the Ultimate Fighting Championship who fought with passion, aggression and attitude. He died at age 30 due to a gunshot to the chest Thursday. Eilers was reportedly “breaking dishes and furniture” after being asked to leave the property his was visiting, while this occurred the home owner, a 48 year old male, brandished a firearm and shot Eilers in the chest one time. This is a very unfortunate turn of events for the family and friends of Justin Eilers. It’s been a hectic year for mma in general and the deaths of any athletes inside, outside, or at all, are always tragic and final.

10 Full length studio albums, 15 EPs, and 25 years later NOFX is still going stronger than ever and have a fan base that is almost 3 generations deep. So to celebrate this amazing milestone in their career the band will be putting on 3 shows in the So-Cal area in February. The shows are set to span the music of all 4 eras of NOFX with Ex bandmates showing up to perform songs from each of those eras.


The Three Piece Era, 1983 – 1987: Fat Mike, Smelly, Melvin
The Casillas Era, 1987 – 1988: Fat Mike, Smelly, Melvin, Dave Casillas
The Kidwiler Era, 1988 – 1991: Fat Mike, Smelly, Melvin, Steve Kidwiler
The El Hefe Era, 1991 – Present: Fat Mike, Smelly, Melvin, El Hefe

So if you are in the San Diego, El Lay, or San Francisco area consider yourself to be lucky:


02/04 - San Diego, CA - The House of Blues (with Youth Brigade, Smoke or Fire)
02/05 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda (with Youth Brigade, Channel 3, Sin 34)
02/15 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s (with Youth Brigade, Turbonegro)


This is a once in a life time chance for all NOFX fans, so scrounge up that cash, ask your parents for money, and basically do what you gotta do to be there to watch and hear all this go down.

The City of L.A. has a massive freeway system that is well over five thousand miles in length. You have Vietnam vet’s, gangsters, policemen, firemen, and Mixed Martial Artists that will tell you the freeway system here is the scariest thing they have ever experienced. Unlike those simpleton’s from the east coast, we refer to our highways as freeway’s not “expressways”. The people that use the freeways are dangerous. “Road Rage” as they call it occurs thousands of times daily, and the drivers may even use their vehicles as a weapon. You should never cut off anyone here while driving. If you do, you might and will encounter a response from the person you don’t want. Something you shouldn’t really even care about is signaling for lane changes. No one will let you cut in so whats the point. Just brace yourself and enter the lane at your own risk. You will always be dealing the person that drives too slow, or the one that is tailing you and driving way too fast, or if you are driving around Hollywood be prepared for the ones that well past the legal limit. Another hazard is “Rush Hour”. Why they call it “Rush Hour” has always escaped me. During “Rush Hour” the cars are moving at the rate of a fast pace walk. If you are using the freeways between 7am-10am or 3pm-7pm you can be assured that the freeway system will be a parking lot. Nobody is moving, drivers are honking, babies are crying, you’ll be sitting there expecting to see Michael Douglas run past you screaming about how he’s going home. After you are done working a long 8+ hour day you have to hit the freeways again and do it all over again. Frightening, isn’t it?

Until the next lesson, “Stay Down”
Reported By: OG DUDE

The Christmas season is already here, and with this comes the annual trek of far flying relatives. This is an absolutely necessary tradition that has occurred for centuries. These relatives always arrive via greyhound bus or airplane. They expect you to pick them up at the bus depot or aiport and you have to be on time or they will be very critical of you. You will be expected to wine and dine them. Your home will be at their disposal and you may want to get upset at them when they become unbearable. Hell, after the first night, they have already worn out their welcome. They never offer to pay for any of the amenities you are providing them with and you can bet they will be expecting you to pay for their admission to Disneyland and other fine establishments. The funny part about all this is that when you visit them, they never treat you this good. They don’t have all the fine establishments there like we have in “El Lay“. There is nothing to do there, so you will leave within a couple of days. Where as when they visit, they want to stay at least a week and make sure that by the time they leave, you are nice and miserable. But hey, isn’t this what the holidays are all about? Spending time with the members of your family that you wouldn’t otherwise see until someone bit the big one.


Untill the next lesson “Stay Down”
and MERRY X-MAS
Family Fun From: OG DUDE

Affliction has gone and done it now, announcing it’s complete and final fight card for the very long awaited Affliction: Day of Reckoning fight event that has had us up and down and down and out for much too long. Affliction has chosen wisely and made sure to include the Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon slugfest we’ve been chomping at the bit for. With January right around the corner this Affliction show is creeping up quickly and we don’t want to see any injuries sideline any fighters. Stay healthy people! Here’s what you’ve been waiting for, Affliction’s full fight card:

• PPV Card
• Fedor Emelianenko vs. Andrei Arlovski
• Josh Barnett vs. Gilbert Yvel
• Matt Lindland vs. Vitor Belfort
• Renato Sobral vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
• Chris Horodecki vs. Dan Lauzon
• Paul Buentello vs. Kiril Sidelnikov
• HDNet Card
  Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
  Jay Hieron vs. Jason High
  Mark Hominick vs. L.C. Davis
  Antonio Duarte vs. Albert Rios
  Brett Cooper vs. Patrick Speight

Right after we write a semi-lengthy article on the final fight card for UFC Fight Night 17, Spike TV and the UFC officially announce a heavyweight bout between the UFC’s fast rising star Cain Velasquez and new UFC fighter Denis Stojnic. The fight looks very exciting on paper with Stojnic coming off some good wins with a 5-1 record and Velasquez continually getting better inside the Octagon. MMAJUNKIE got the scoop so give up the props:
“Bosnia and Herzegovina-based UFC newcomer Denis Stojnic (5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will meet highly regarded UFC heavyweight prospect Cain Velasquez (4-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) in February at UFC Fight Night 17. An official from Spike TV, which airs the night’s main card, today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) the Stojnic-Velasquez fight will be part of the broadcast. The UFC today officially announced the event, including the Stojnic-Velasquez fight. Hermes Franca meets Joe Lauzon in the night’s main event.“

With the recent addition of Rich Clementi versus Gleison Tibau to the ever expanding fight card that is UFC Fight Night 17 we’ve come to the bursting point. The fight night event is set to take place in Tampa, Florida inside the beautiful USF Sun Dome and will air free on Spike TV Feb. 9th 2009. The card is highlighted by matches between Hermes Franca and Joe Lauzon as well as the return of previously injured TUF winner Amir Sadollah who will take on Nick Catone. We’re looking forward to Mac Danzig and his possible “Fight of the Night” battle with Josh Neer, both fighters are, how shall we say it, “Hungry as hell!” Here’s the full card so far:

• MAIN CARD (Spike TV)
• * Hermes Franca vs. Joe Lauzon
  * Mac Danzig vs. Josh Neer
  * Nick Catone vs. Amir Sadollah
  * Denis Stojnic vs. Cain Velasquez
• PRELIMINARY CARD
• * Rob Emerson vs. Kurt Pellegrino
  * Rich Clementi vs. Gleison Tibau