source| mmajunkie.com Japan will host a smaller UFC event series in 2013. The series likely will include four shows in 2013, Mark Fischer, executive vice president and managing director of the UFC’s Asian Operations division, told Nikkan Sports. The shows are targeted for smaller 5,000-seat arenas and won’t use the UFC’s …
by Steven Marrocco | source: mmajunkie.com “I don’t want them to try to leapfrog me like that,” Weidman said. “I want that winner, and that would be a true No. 1 contender fight.” Many observers had Weidman pegged to be the replacement for Vitor Belfort in a fight against Alan Belcher at …
If you haven’t bookmarked “TheUnderGround“…. DO IT! source | The Underground A UGer recently posted a hopeful message to UFC President Dana White about making a monumentally theoretical fight between Brock Lesnar and Fedor. Can Dana sign Brock vs. Fedor? From: hmb Member Since: 10/30/03 Posts: 14134 Brock is a warrior and would …
source: InsideMMA “I had a slight tear in my MCL, and it was real unstable. No surgery is needed, luckily, but I just gotta immobilize and ice it for three or four weeks, then I’ll start rehabbing a little bit. They said I’ll hopefully be 100 percent in three to …
Source | Twitter Twitter continues to provide insight from Jon Jones on the current events involving UFC 151. This time he motions toward Hendo being at fault for the cancellation of UFC 151 Jon Bones Jones @JonnyBones “Youngest world Champion in UFC history, Fighting toward Greatness, Glorifying Christ, Breaking down walls, Living …
Source | MiguelTorres.com I am writing this letter to inform you that as a result of my last loss, I was cut from the UFC. My next fight will be in Hammond, Indiana for Titan Fighting Championship on November the 2nd. I am excited to continue fighting, to regain my …
by Stephie “Crooklyn” Daniels | Source | bloodyelbow.com Stephie Daniels: Is Georges training at 100% right now, or is there still some rehab going on? Firas Zahabi: Structurally, I think his knee is 100%. Of course the timing on his sparring is not 100% and the confidence in the knee is …
source | fightersonlymag.com When I first got into MMA three years ago I would tell people what weight class I was in and people were like ‘whoa, that’s Anderson’s weight class I hope you never meet him.’ Basically looking at me like, ‘you have no chance of being champion.’ And in …
source: usatoday.com USA TODAY Sports confirmed with UFC and Strikeforce officials that Mir has agreed to meet Strikeforce grand prix winner and former two-time Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier (10-0 MMA, 7-0 SF) in the co-main event of September’s Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy fight card, on Sept. 29 at Power Balance Pavilion …
source | mmajunkie.com “I’m a lot different fighter than I was when I lost to Jones and Tito,” Bader said. “I changed everything up. I got a bunch of new coaches. I got a head coach who is running everything now at Power MMA. It’s been going great, and we’re all …
Source | MMAJunkie.com Belfort was forced to withdraw from a headliner opposite Wanderlei Silva at UFC 147 when he broke his hand in training. The scratch ended a 12-week buildup of animosity between the middleweights as opposing coaches on “The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.” Previously, Belfort was seen in the cage …
source | InsideMMA “I did have a gameplan and some thing that were gonna be fun. We’re still gonna do it, just not the way I was gonna do it before. Things are gonna change. I love it when guys come out, and they’re claiming that they want a shot at …
by Matt Erickson | source: mmajunkie.com “It just seemed like another golden opportunity,” Varner on Monday told MMAjunkie.com Radio “It’s a win-win situation just like the Edson Barboza fight. One, it’s short-notice, and two it’s another guy arguably in the top 15 in the world. I’m supposed to lose to a guy …
by Matt Erickson | source: mmajunkie.com The UFC has another Brazilian champion. It’s an interim title, but a title nonetheless. Renan Barao dominated Urijah Faber for five rounds on Saturday to win the UFC’s interim bantamweight belt, which was up for grabs with champion Dominick Cruz on the shelf following knee surgery. …
by Mike Chiappetta | source: mmafighting.com Hector Lombard’s long unbeaten streak is over. The UFC newcomer came in having not tasted defeat in his last 25 fights, but he left with the bitter taste in his mouth after his UFC 149 co-main event with Tim Boetsch. The slow-paced fight saw little in …
by Jacoby Harms | FiveOuncesofPain.com UFC President Dana White confirmed things are moving in the right direction for GSP during the pre-fight press conference for UFC 149, saying, “He’s training, and as far as I know, everything is good. I haven’t heard anything negative out of that camp at all. It’s all positive.” …