Lyoto Machida vs Chris Weidman now set for UFC® 173. Vitor withdraws after TRT Ban. source | UFC® The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced tonight that former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida will face off against UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman in the main event of UFC 173 at the …
Since snapping his leg clear in half (December 28th, 2013), Anderson Silva has already walked down the stairs, walked on the treadmill, and now has already start hitting the pads!!!
Sonnen and Silva’s on set of TUF Brazil 3
source | MMAFighting.com The ban is effectively immediately, stretches across the realms of boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts, and not only includes future applicants for TRT, but also users who have received TUEs for TRT from the NSAC in the past. “I’m comfortable with the information we have before …
source | MMAJunkie.com Nate Diaz is at it again on Twitter. And, of course, he did it in a way that is bound to stir up controversy and confusion. Citing the Twitter accounts of both the UFC and its president, Dana White, he wrote, “I would like to request to be …
source | MMAJunkie.com Thomson (20-6 MMA, 3-2 UFC) thinks he should have gotten Melendez’s opportunity, and now he wants to return to the cage to show the UFC why. “It made me kind of sick to my stomach,” he told MMAjunkie Radio. “I think it’s a good chance I’ll be …
source | MMAJunkie.com White told MMAjunkie that while it’s a rarity that bonus money stayed behind, the new method is a guarantee that all the money set aside for the awards will go out the door. “It only happened a couple times,” White told MMAjunkie following Saturday’s UFC 170 …
source | MixedMartialArts.com UFC president Dana White and UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz have a history so long and contentious White once quipped that they needed couples therapy. White recently said he wrote Lyoto Machida a personal check after “The Dragon” defeated Tito Ortiz. Machida said the unofficial bonus made him him feel like a hit man. Guilherme Cruz has the story …
Not to long ago he was making Baby steps down the stairs. Now he is already on to the treadmill!
source | MMAJunkie.com Despite agreeing to an offer from Bellator MMA, Gilbert Melendez (22-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will still fight for the UFC. UFC officials today announced Melendez has agreed to a new contract with the world’s largest MMA promotion and will now coach on “The Ultimate Fighter 20″ opposite current lightweight champ Anthony …
source | MMAJunkie.com A former WEC champion has been added to the lineup of the UFC’s annual Memorial Day weekend card in Las Vegas. Jamie Varner (21-9-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC) and James Krause (20-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) each will try to rebound from recent losses when they meet in a lightweight bout at …
by: Mike Chiapetta | source: msn.foxsprts.com On Saturday, in the Mandalay Bay Events Center, fights were going on, but backstage at UFC 170, it was Diaz who became the main attraction, reporters scurrying to find out what exactly he was doing back in the place he left behind. Was he …
source | MMAJunkie.com LAS VEGAS – Did referee Herb Dean stop Saturday’s UFC 170 pay-per-view headliner too quickly? It depends on whom you ask. UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, the benefactor of the 66-second TKO stoppage, believes it was just fine. However, Rousey’s opponent, Sara McMann, understandably isn’t so sure. So …
TUF China Finale Date: March 1, 2014 Venue: The Venetian Macao’s CotaiArena | Macau, China Main Card (UFC Fight Pass, 8 am ET) John Hathaway vs. Dong Hyun Kim Zhang Lipeng vs. Wang Sai Shawn Jordan vs. Matt Mitrione Vaughan Lee vs. Nam Phan Hatsu Hioki vs. Ivan Menjivar Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass, 6:15 a.m. ET) Yui Chul Nam vs. Kazuki Tokudome Zak …
Bellator 110: Rampage vs. M’Pumbu Date: February 28, 2014 Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena | Uncasville, Connecticut Main Card (Spike TV, 9 pm ET) Christian M’Pumbu vs. Quinton Jackson Muhammed Lawal vs. Mikhail Zayats Matt Bessette vs. Diego Nunes Desmond Green vs. Mike Richman Scott Cleve vs. Daniel Weichel Preliminary Card (Spike.com, 7 pm ET) Will Martinez vs. Goiti Yamauchi Atanas Djambazov vs. Egidijus Valavicius Saul Almeida vs. Andrew …
Titan FC 27: Ricci vs. Gurgel Date: February 28, 2014 Venue: Memorial Hall | Kansas City, Kansas Jorge Gurgel vs. Mike Ricci Michael Kuiper vs. Matthew Riddle Anthony Gutierrez vs. Lee Sandmeier Bill Friday vs. Pedro Nobre Kalvin Hackney vs. Gleristone Santos Kurt Holobaugh vs. Eric Marriott Kevin Croom vs. Bryan Goldsby