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Sonnen: “If he wants to fight, I accept.”

source | mmamania.com Chael Sonnen speaking to MMA Uncensored about a potential fight with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson: “If stupidity was a disease that was treatable by medicine, ‘Rampage’ would be the ifrst one in line at the pharmacy, every morning. If ‘Rampage’ wants to fight with me, let’s fight! But, the …

UFC Champ vs. Strikeforce Champ Superfights!?!?!

by Mike Chiappetta | source: mmafighting.com On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, Showtime sports president Stephen Espinoza surprisingly put forth a hope of matching Strikeforce champions against UFC champions. “I hope that we’re getting the story out there clearly enough that these are two high-level organizations, he said. “You can make …

ABC changes MMA Judging Criteria…finally

Source | abcboxing.com Summary of Changes: I. Effective Defense Removed as a criteria: Effective Defense will no longer be considered a requirement for the following reasons: 1. The committee believes that offensive actions should be the only criteria used to score MMA matches. Offensive fighters are fighters which carry the …

UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao

Source | UFC.com FaceBook Prelims:  Anton Kuivanen vs Mitchell Clarke Daniel Pineda vs Antonio Carvalho FX Prelims: Mitch Gagnon vs Bryan Caraway Ryan Jimmo vs Anthony Perosh Francisco Rivera vs Roland Delorme Nick Ring vs Court McGee Main Card: Matt Riddle vs Chris Clements James Head vs Brian Ebersole Shawn Jordan vs Cheick Kongo Tim Boetsch vs Hector Lombard Renan Barao vs Urijah Faber    

Varner vs Lauzon added to UFC on FOX™ 4

Source | MMAJunkie.com The next UFC on FOX™ card again will feature four fights. A lightweight scrap between Joe Lauzon (21-7 MMA, 8-4 UFC) and former WEC champ Jamie Varner (20-6-1- MMA, 2-1 UFC) will kick off UFC on FOX™ 4’s main-card broadcast. UFC on FOX™ 4 takes place Aug. …

Dave Bautista making pro MMA Debut!

  Source | MMAJunkie.com Former WWE star and longtime MMA enthusiast Dave Bautista is slated for his pro-fighting debut on Oct. 6. The 43-year-old, perhaps best known as “Batista” during a WWE title reign, will fight New York-based heavyweight Rashid Evans (1-2 as an amateur) at a CES MMA event …

BOOM! Chris Weidman! now 5-0 in UFC

Chris Weidman! Get used to the name because he is a beast.  Since his UFC Debut in March of 2011 Chris has gone 5-0, working his way up the Middle weight division. Chris hasn’t had an easy run either, taking home wins against Alessio Sakara, Jesse Bongfeldt, Tom Lawlor, Demian Maia, and Mark Munoz. …

Meet your Tuf 16 Coaches: Roy Nelson/Shane Carwin

by John Morgan | source: usatoday.com Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contenders Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin will serve as coaches on the 16th season of The Ultimate Fighter, and they’ll meet in a season-ending fight in the show’s live finale UFC President Dana White exclusively revealed the coaches’ selections to USA TODAY …

Alert!: Ronda Rousey ESPN Body Issue

It’s not playboy, but it will definitely do!  Ronda Rousey will be featured in ESPN the Magazine’s Body Issue, which will be on newsstands on July 13. “I work hard. I’m proud of how I look,” “It’s something that should be celebrated. I can finally put my past [self-conscience] issues behind me and …

UFC on FuelTV 4

Source |UFC.com Main Bouts (Live on Fuel TV, 8:00 PM) Mark Munoz vs. Chris Weidman James TeHuna vs. Joey Beltran Aaron Simpson vs. Kenny Robertson Karlos Vemola vs. Francis Carmont T.J. Dillashaw vs. Vaughan Lee Rafael dos Anjos vs. Anthony Njokuani Preliminary Bouts (Live on Facebook, 5:00 PM) Damacio Page …