Source: http://www.fighters.com/09/22/pick-a-card-dream-17-bantamweight-grand-prix
Branden Lee Hinkle Tank Abbott Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi Daniel Acacio
Source: http://www.fighters.com/09/22/pick-a-card-dream-17-bantamweight-grand-prix
Branden Lee Hinkle Tank Abbott Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi Daniel Acacio
Source: http://www.mmatko.com/pat-barry-and-stefan-struve-pre-fight-interviews-for-ufc-live-6/
Josh Burkman Mikey Burnett Murilo Bustamante Grant Campbell Gesias JZ Calvancante
Saturday's Qualifying at the 2011 MX of Nations in France. The Motocross of Nations at St. Jean d'Angely, France is the most prestigious MX race of the year. In today's Qualifying Races it was the Americans: Ryan Dungey (MX1 class), Blake Bagget (MX2 class), and Ryan Villopoto (Open class) all led every lap of their respective motos. USA dominated in an almost unbelievable fashion, thus scoring 2 points for the day.
The Italian team surprised everyone with a second best overall for the day and scoring 4 points. Italy's Antonio Cairoli gave Ryan Dungey everything he could handle in the MX1 qualifier, finishing 2nd on the day behind Team USA's captain. The host country's Team France, finished third overall for the day, with Chrisophe Pourcel finishing 3rd in MX1, Marvin Musquin 2nd in MX2 and Gautier Paulin 3rd in the Open class. They received 6 points on the day. France is one of the favorites to end USA's reign as MXoN Champions.

Each member of Team USA gets the Lovemytime Holeshot Award for winning their respective motos
Roger De Coster said, "We have two riders with experience, and we expected to be on top. I was impressed with Antonio Cairoli, he put some pressure on Dungey, and rode great in some sections of the track. What this guy (Blake) did is amazing. It's difficult to come race the first time in Europe. The French team rode good today, and the Italians were even better than I expected. Of course Cairoli will do well, but I was very impressed with the other Italian riders. Remember though, today is only Qualifying. Tomorrow is what counts. We should not be over-confident"
Watch the Motocross of Nations, here thru Supercross.com, either live or VOD. It is thru Youthstream's video system, at http://www.supercross.com/mx-gp-vod. On Saturday, Septebmer 17, there are five and half hours of video programming available. Noon to 5:30pm local time. That is 6am Eastern Time start, 3am Pacific Time start. On Sunday, video programming starts at 1pm local time, which is 7am Eastern Time, and 4am Pacific Time.
Source: http://www.supercross.com/features/motocross-of-nations-2011-saturdays-mx-action-and-qualifying
Sean Gannon Edgar Garcia Leonard Garcia Andrew Gardner Tiki Ghosn
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As the big-time athletes continue to filter into mixed martial arts, some veterans getting wake up calls. Lavar Johnson got his in the first 30 seconds of the fight from former LSU fullback Shawn Jordan. A monstrous left blasted him around his right eye, he pawed at it and knew he was in for a dogfight.
The 26-year-old Jordan (12-3) surprised the hard-hitting Johnson with his chin, wrestling and power to pull the upset via stoppage (key lock) at 3:08 of the second round. Johnson, who was part of the alternate bouts in the Strikeforce heavyweight Grand Prix, was a minus-270 favorite entering tonight's tilt.
Jordan was a member of the 2007 national championship team at LSU. It looks like he's got a bright future in MMA.
"[Fighting] is an entirely separate entity. It's great. I love it," Jordan said when asked to compare MMA to football. "It's a different type of competition, just me."
He's an athletic 5-foot-11 and 248 pounds. Seconds after a rough fight, he pulled off two successful standing back flips to celebrate the victory. Jordan was a big-time high school recruit out of El Paso, Tx. back in 2003. The No. 7 rated fullback in the country, he turned down Stanford, UCLA and Oklahoma State to go play for Nick Saban.
Johnson, also former college football player, is massive but Jordan walked right through the knockout artist's shots and dumped him like a sack of potatoes when they locked up.
On the ground, Jordan was heavy and wore Johnson down. By the middle of the second, Johnson (15-5) was struggling with badly with a swelled right eye and didn't pay attention to his right arm. Jordan grabbed it, got into position and pushed forward with all his weight. Johnson had to tap before his shoulder was shredded.
As the ring announcer shouted the results, you could hear Johnson tell Jordan that he never expected that early left hook that changed the fight. He said he was looking for the right from the southpaw.
Jordan, now working with Greg Jackson's MMA gym in Albuquerque needs to work on his standup, but he's definitely got a granite chin. Johnson drilled him with a left and an uppercut to start the second and Jordan just smiled. Johnson has 13 KO's victories in 21 fights.
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Filed under: UFC
For the first time in a little over two years, Dan Henderson is a UFC fighter again. Judging by his gentle ribbing of UFC president Dana White during Tuesday's UFC 139 press conference in San Jose, not too much has changed about his relationship with his boss.
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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/09/27/dan-henderson-wanted-anderson-silva-rematch-but-evidently-he-h/
Volk Han Joachim Hansen Antoni Hardonk Dan Hardy Lee Hasdell
Source: http://www.metalmulisha.com/blog/2011/09/beneath-the-helmet-jimmy-fitzpatrick/
Rob Broughton Mike Brown Junie Browning Paul Buentello Josh Burkman
Jermaine Andrè Yoji Anjo Ao Hailin Shinya Aoki Andrei Arlovski

A mere 40 points separate the current points leader Nate Adams (USA) and his great rival Dany Torres (ESP) going into the final showdown of the Red Bull X-Fighters 2011 World Tour. On
Source: http://www.foxhead.com/us/mx/blog/id/25594
Heath Herring Branden Lee Hinkle Tank Abbott Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi
Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2011/09/27/five-ounces-of-podcast-episode-2/
Antoni Hardonk Dan Hardy Lee Hasdell Musse Hasselvall Daiki DJ taiki Hata
Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_10655.shtml
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Fox was proud to be part of the 6th Annual D-Man Festival in Redondo Beach, CA this past weekend. We had the White Out Swat Truck on-site, played some games, plenty of free giveaw
Source: http://www.foxhead.com/us/surf/blog/id/25575
Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves Andre Amade Dean Amasinger Jimmy Ambriz
Filed under: UFC
Cung Le isn't the only fighter to find out the hard way that acting and professional fighting don't always mix, especially when done in the wrong order, but at least he used it as a learning experience, he said at Tuesday's UFC 139 press conference.
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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/09/27/ufc-139-bout-a-dream-come-true-for-cung-le-last-chance-for-wand/
Chris Dolman Edson Drago Tomasz Drwal Joe Hybrid Duarte Aldrin de Jesus
Source: http://ninjashoes.net/forum/showthread.php?76218-Check-this-out-Shaggydoo&goto=newpost
Jonathan Goulet Wilson Gouveia Jason Grace Crosley Gracie Gregor Gracie
Beginning last season, MX Sports Pro Racing implemented a new numbering system for the Women's AMA National Motocross championship. In years past, riders selected their numbers based on availability and order of selection was determined by where a rider finished in the standings the previous season. While the champion was designated to wear the number one plate, all other competitors were permitted to select any number that was available.
The 2010 campaign marked the debut of a new numbering system that determines a rider's number by where she finished the previous season. As a result, one's finishing position in the championship would serve as her number for the following season.
While Women's MX Champion Jessica Patterson will enter 2011 with the #1 plate on her bike, jersey and helmet, below is a list of the remaining numbers for next season's MotorcycleUSA Women's Motocross Championship in accordance to each woman's position in the final standings for 2010:
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Junie Browning Paul Buentello Josh Burkman Mikey Burnett Murilo Bustamante
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Rashad Evans loves screwing with Jon Jones, so it doesn't come as a shocker that a little over 24 hours away from Jones' showdown against Quinton Jackson, "Suga" is now leaning towards "Rampage" at UFC 135.
Evans got a chance to see how serious Jackson was training for the fight:
"Yeah. I went to Muscle Pharm yesterday and I walked through the facility and I seen some of the things that he was doing and then I seen him and he was looking good, better than I've ever seen him before and I was actually really surprised. I just think that a guy like that that can get focused and get dialed Is a dangerous guy if he can get focused and dialed in. I think Jon Jones' mistake is he thinks he's too good right now. He thinks he can't be beat," Evans told 106.7 The Fan.
He also has extensive first-hand experience training with Jones and believe he may break at some point tomorrow night.
"Well, I've seen him get pushed in practice and I've seen him be very human and not as good as he looks on TV. I've seen that there's times where he looks great in practice but there's times where I've seen him quit in practice," said Evans.
Evans was really selling Jackson hard:
"A Rampage that's focused is a dangerous Rampage and I think that the biggest problem with Jon Jones is the fact that he's getting so overly confident and cocky that he can't get beat and all he has to do is step in the cage Saturday and collect his belt. I think that's dangerous thinking when you've got somebody in front of you who's been training hard."
Wow, the drama continues on "as the UFC light heavyweights turn." Keep in mind, earlier in the week Evans was having a tough time picking Jackson.
"I think that Jon Jones uses his range and his speed to keep Rampage off balance and at the same time using his ability to take Rampage down to try to impose some of his will. I think Jon tries to get it done, I think he does it standing up," said Evans.
Rich Franklin Ian Freeman Don Frye Tony Fryklund Kazuyuki Fujita
Pat Barry Vitor Belfort Robert Berry David Bielkheden Michael Bisping
Source: http://www.metalmulisha.com/blog/2011/09/espn-face-time-with-derek-garland/
Crosley Gracie Gregor Gracie Ralek Gracie Renzo Gracie Rickson Gracie
Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/95322-official-ufc-versus-6-facebook-prelim-discussion-thread.html
Spencer Fisher Jon Fitch Kenny Florian Jesse Forbes Xavier Foupa Pokam

TEAHUPOO, Taiarapu/French Polynesia (Monday, August 15, 2011) – The Billabong Pro Tahiti, Event No. 5 of 11 on the 2011 ASP World Title season, is set to commence this Satu
Source: http://www.foxhead.com/us/surf/blog/id/25456
Viacheslav Datsik Marcus Davis Tony DeSouza Edwin Dewees Nick Diaz
Source: http://www.5thRound.com/90689/dana-white-lyoto-machida-vs-phil-davis-not-headlining-ufc-140/
Andre Gusmao Alexander Gustafsson Jaime Gutierrez Dave Gomez Keith Hackney
American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) has announced plans today for the upcoming 2012 AMA Supercross and Motocross seasons. Suzuki has been a dominant force in both series? for over seven years and has been a leader in technology in order to maintain that stronghold with the continued development of the Suzuki fuel-injected RM-Z450. Since its introduction, the RM-Z450 has amassed the most AMA Motocross Championships as well as the most motocross race wins of any four-stroke 450. The RM-Z was also the first four-stroke AMA Supercross Championship 450 and the first fuel-injected 450 to win AMA Supercross and Motocross titles.
Current plans for the 2012 campaign include returning Suzuki rider, Brett Metcalfe. The 27-year-old Australian joined Suzuki at the beginning of the 2011 season with solid credentials and has demonstrated strength, determination and the ability to win aboard the Suzuki RM-Z. Although injuries shortened his 2011 supercross season, Metcalfe has shown his ability during the current motocross season, scoring an overall win as well as two podiums and 3 top five finishes. Metcalfe finished the season a solid fourth in points in the 2011 AMA Pro Motocross series.
Edson Drago Tomasz Drwal Joe Hybrid Duarte Aldrin de Jesus Todd Duffee
Source: http://forums.ufc.production.sparkart.net/showthread.php?t=98217&goto=newpost
Vagam Bodjukyan Kotetsu Boku Tony Bonello Stephan Bonnar Lorenzo Borgomeo
Wagnney Fabiano Kevin Kimbo Slice Ferguson Paulo Filho Mirko Cro Cop Filipović Luiz Buscapé Firmino
Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah Terrance Aflague
Strikeforce: Josh Barnett Describes Win Over Brett Rogers as 'Perfect' Video by Josh BarnettStav Crazy Bear Economou Yves Edwards Justin Eilers Jon Olav Einemo Per Eklund
Allan Goes Takanori The Fireball Kid Gomi Akihiro Gono Gabriel Gonzaga Lyman Good
Source: http://www.mmatko.com/jason-miller-the-ultimate-fighter-season-14-interview-by-bobby-cavian/
Branden Lee Hinkle Tank Abbott Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi Daniel Acacio
Scott Coker Discusses Overeem vs. Werdum, Gina Carano's Health Status Video by StrikeforceRolles Gracie Royce Gracie Royler Gracie Ryan Gracie Peter Graham
Source: http://www.fighters.com/09/21/vlad-matyushenko-matched-with-alexander-gustafsson-at-ufc-141
Mauro Galvao Arman Gambaryan Manvel Gamburyan Sean Gannon Edgar Garcia
Source: http://moto.mpora.com/news/husqvarna-2011-international-dirt-bike-show.html
Gabriel Gonzaga Lyman Good Gary Goodridge Gerard Gordeau Jonathan Goulet
Generally, anything I find on Etsy that is MMA-related is either tacky or snarky. Sometimes it's both. I was surprised to find this depiction of the Octagon that fits neither description.

It's an abstract depiction of the UFC's Octagon, and if you look closely, you can see a fighter at the center of the cage. It is original art, so it doesn't come cheap. You can buy it here for $249.
Would you hang MMA-inspired art in your home? Tell us in the comments or on Facebook.
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FINAL RESULTS -- 2011 ROCKSTAR BYERLY TOE JAM Presented by O'Neill
After four long days of mind-blowing wakeskating, the pro riders and media stormed into The Social in downtow
Source: http://www.foxhead.com/us/wake/blog/id/25557
Tiki Ghosn Dennis George Kultar Gill Allan Goes Takanori The Fireball Kid Gomi
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He Peng David Heath Delson Heleno Dan Henderson Josh Hendricks
Forrest Griffin Tyson Griffin Karn Grigorian Karen Grigoryan Kendall Grove
Filed under: Strikeforce, News
With a payday of $10,000, Lorenz Larkin, Ryan Couture and Lavar Johnson were the highest earners at this past Friday's Strikeforce Challengers 19 in Las Vegas.
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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/09/26/strikeforce-challengers-19-fighter-salaries/
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Red Bull/KTM's Marvin Musquin - 2009 and 2010 FIM World Motocross Champion in the MX 2 class, will race in the inaugural Monster Energy Cup at Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium on October 15.
Marvin said: I'm really happy to race at the Monster Energy Cup. It should be a fun race on my 350cc KTM. I've been told the track should be a mix between motocross and supercross, so I am looking forward to seeing the final layout. My goal is to have fun and be out in front with the other big supercross riders and get some valuable experience before next year.
Marvin is coming off his best finishes of his first season in the USA, earning third overall at each of the final two race on the AMA MX Championship, and will represent the growing list of international riders competing in the Monster Energy Cup.
The unique hybrid track will consist of supercross / motocross terrain and will have a tremendous MX style influence, making it unlike any other stadium race in the world. This track will be the perfect blend of supercross and motocross, combined and created into the ultimate battleground. The Monster Energy Cup posts a $250,000 purse, awarding the winner a $100,000 check, and for the first time ever, $1 million will be paid to a rider that wins all three main events.
This coming weekend, Marvin will be riding for Team France in the Monster Energy Motocross of Nations, which you can watch on Supercross.com Septebmer 17 and 18 - http://www.supercross.com/mx-gp-vod
Marvin's racer profile on Supercross.com

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2011 Soulstyce Fest Pro Dirt Final Results:
1. Pat Casey
2. Colton Satterfield
3. Mike “Hucker” Clark
4. AJ Anaya
5. TJ Ellis
Source: http://www.foxhead.com/us/bmx/blog/id/25617
Tony Bonello Stephan Bonnar Lorenzo Borgomeo Kyle Bradley Jai Bradney
Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_10622.shtml
Kendall Grove Clay Guida Jason Guida Melvin Guillard Cody Guinn
Source: http://forums.ufc.production.sparkart.net/showthread.php?t=98074&goto=newpost
Mikey Burnett Murilo Bustamante Grant Campbell Gesias JZ Calvancante Luiz Cane
Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, MMA Fighting Exclusive, Videos
DENVER -- MMA Fighting caught up with Travis Browne after he earned a unanimous decision win over Rob Broughton at UFC 135. Browne talked about his fight, why he wasn't able to knock Broughton out and a potential shopping trip in the future.
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Source: http://mmafighting.com/2011/09/25/travis-browne-apologizes-to-fans-after-his-ufc-135-performance/
Branden Lee Hinkle Tank Abbott Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi Daniel Acacio
Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_10611.shtml
Ian Freeman Don Frye Tony Fryklund Kazuyuki Fujita Masakatsu Funaki
Red Bull/KTM's Marvin Musquin - 2009 and 2010 FIM World Motocross Champion in the MX 2 class, will race in the inaugural Monster Energy Cup at Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium on October 15.
Marvin said: I'm really happy to race at the Monster Energy Cup. It should be a fun race on my 350cc KTM. I've been told the track should be a mix between motocross and supercross, so I am looking forward to seeing the final layout. My goal is to have fun and be out in front with the other big supercross riders and get some valuable experience before next year.
Marvin is coming off his best finishes of his first season in the USA, earning third overall at each of the final two race on the AMA MX Championship, and will represent the growing list of international riders competing in the Monster Energy Cup.
The unique hybrid track will consist of supercross / motocross terrain and will have a tremendous MX style influence, making it unlike any other stadium race in the world. This track will be the perfect blend of supercross and motocross, combined and created into the ultimate battleground. The Monster Energy Cup posts a $250,000 purse, awarding the winner a $100,000 check, and for the first time ever, $1 million will be paid to a rider that wins all three main events.
This coming weekend, Marvin will be riding for Team France in the Monster Energy Motocross of Nations, which you can watch on Supercross.com Septebmer 17 and 18 - http://www.supercross.com/mx-gp-vod
Marvin's racer profile on Supercross.com

Melvin Guillard Cody Guinn Jorge Gurgel Andre Gusmao Alexander Gustafsson
Where supercross started - the fabled Los Angeles Coliseum in 1972. This video is from 1985 at the L. A. Coliseum Supercross.
This video is part 1 of 2. I wanted to get it up for you as quickly as possible. In this video, for better or worse, you'll see a lot of me (I'm number 5 on a Yamaha). But in the second video that's coming, you'll see a lot more of my friends in the race like David Bailey, Bob Hannah, Jeff Ward, Goat Breker, Broc Glover, Ron Lechien, Johnny O'Mara, and others.
I think in 1985, we ran two 'main events' at each supercross. Part of what you see here (if my memory is correct) is me winning the first 'main event'.
And stay tuned for the second video! Both videos have the fabled Peristyle uphill / downhill. And especially in the second video coming late next week, with guys like Jeff Ward, David Bailey, Bob Hannah, Broc Glover, Ron Lechien, Johnny O'Mara and myself - you'll see riders with about 33 AMA Supercross and Motocross titles combined!
Hope you enjoy the videos ...
Source: http://www.supercross.com/rj-says/rj-says-1985-la-coliseum-supercross-video-part-1
Luke Cummo Jeff Big Frog Curran Dai Shuanghai Mac Danzig Karen Darabedyan
Rashad Evans loves screwing with Jon Jones, so it doesn't come as a shocker that a little over 24 hours away from Jones' showdown against Quinton Jackson, "Suga" is now leaning towards "Rampage" at UFC 135.
Evans got a chance to see how serious Jackson was training for the fight:
"Yeah. I went to Muscle Pharm yesterday and I walked through the facility and I seen some of the things that he was doing and then I seen him and he was looking good, better than I've ever seen him before and I was actually really surprised. I just think that a guy like that that can get focused and get dialed Is a dangerous guy if he can get focused and dialed in. I think Jon Jones' mistake is he thinks he's too good right now. He thinks he can't be beat," Evans told 106.7 The Fan.
He also has extensive first-hand experience training with Jones and believe he may break at some point tomorrow night.
"Well, I've seen him get pushed in practice and I've seen him be very human and not as good as he looks on TV. I've seen that there's times where he looks great in practice but there's times where I've seen him quit in practice," said Evans.
Evans was really selling Jackson hard:
"A Rampage that's focused is a dangerous Rampage and I think that the biggest problem with Jon Jones is the fact that he's getting so overly confident and cocky that he can't get beat and all he has to do is step in the cage Saturday and collect his belt. I think that's dangerous thinking when you've got somebody in front of you who's been training hard."
Wow, the drama continues on "as the UFC light heavyweights turn." Keep in mind, earlier in the week Evans was having a tough time picking Jackson.
"I think that Jon Jones uses his range and his speed to keep Rampage off balance and at the same time using his ability to take Rampage down to try to impose some of his will. I think Jon tries to get it done, I think he does it standing up," said Evans.
Paulo Filho Mirko Cro Cop Filipović Luiz Buscapé Firmino Spencer Fisher Jon Fitch
Karen Darabedyan Viacheslav Datsik Marcus Davis Tony DeSouza Edwin Dewees
Source: http://ninjashoes.net/forum/showthread.php?76176-TUF&goto=newpost
Rob Broughton Mike Brown Junie Browning Paul Buentello Josh Burkman

Every year over 1500 families pile into Loretta Lynn’s ranch for the worlds largest amateur motocross national. This year marked the 30th anniversary of the event. The worlds fa
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Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/amadis_take/article_10599.shtml
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Will you be in Denver this weekend? Do you want four sweet seats to watch Jon Jones try to defend the UFC light heavyweight championship from Quinton Jackson? Good news: Cagewriter has teamed up with Edge Shave Gel to get you those tickets.
Here's what you have to do: Visit Cagewriter's Facebook page, and like us. Then, post on our wall why you should have the Edge in getting to see the fights. We'll pick a random winner from the wall posts. (And even if you can't get to Denver for the fights, like our Facebook page. We'll have plenty more giveaways, and Facebook fans will be the first to find out about them.)
Get your entry in by Thursday at noon ET. We'll announce the winner Thursday at 4 p.m. ET. You have to be able to pick up tickets at the Pepsi Center Will Call with a picture ID.
Whether you can get to Denver or not, check in with Edge Gel's Team Edge as they try to identify which UFC fighter is on the Edge of the Greatness. You can vote for Phil Davis, Chad Mendes, Michael McDonald or Brian Stann to become Edge's next spokesperson.
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This 2010 Supercross season has gone exactly as no one expected. Everyone figured it was going to be a battle between the same two supercross 'titans' as last season - James Stewart and Chad Reed. Last year after 17 races they were the top two, with James the champion by four points over Chad.
To everyone's surprise, even their own, both are currently not racing - injured. They are watching what is essentially a 450 Supercross 'rookie' have a phenomenal year so far (Ryan Dungey).
A hidden treasure is not Ryan Dungey doing so well. I felt, as many others did, that he would have a great year. Based on the following: he's done well & won on a 450 before this season, all the confidence he had coming into this season from winning two championships in 2009 (the 250 West Lites Supercross, and the 250 AMA Outdoor Motocross) and his tremendous riding on a 450 for Team USA at the recent Motocross des Nations in Italy in October.
Source: http://www.supercross.com/rj-says/hidden-supercross-treasures
Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah Terrance Aflague
Source: http://emotocrossblog.com/archives/1070
Chris Dolman Edson Drago Tomasz Drwal Joe Hybrid Duarte Aldrin de Jesus
Don Frye Tony Fryklund Kazuyuki Fujita Masakatsu Funaki Zelg Benkei Galesić
Source: http://www.mmatko.com/james-te-huna-vs-ricardo-romero-fight-video-ufc-135-prelims/
Keith Hackney Matt Hamill Volk Han Joachim Hansen Antoni Hardonk
Source: http://www.superfreestylemotocross.com/blog/jay-marmont-wins-manjimup/
Dennis George Kultar Gill Allan Goes Takanori The Fireball Kid Gomi Akihiro Gono
John Alessio Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves