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June 2012

UFC on FX: Maynard Vs. Guida

  Main Card Clay Guida vs Gray Maynard Spencer Fisher vs Sam Stout TJ Waldburger vs Brian Ebersole Cub Swanson vs Ross Pearson Prelims on FuelTV Ricardo Lamas vs Hatsu Hioki Clyde Keith vs Ramsey Nijem Brock Jardine vs Rick Story Joey Gambino vs Steven Siler Chris Camozzi vs Nick Catone Luis Ramos vs Matthew Brown FaceBook Prelims Ricardo Funch vs Dan Miller Francisco Rivera vs Kenneth Stone Date & Time: June 22, 2012 12:00 …

Ronda Rousey vs. Sarah Kaufman in the works for Aug. 18

MMAJunkie The title fight, which Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker tentatively confirmed this past month, takes place Aug. 18 in San Diego. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed the date and location, which MMAFighting.com first reported. The event, which includes a main card on Showtime and prelims on Showtime Extreme, likely will take place …

Paul Daley Leaves Strikeforce

Source: MMAJunkie Wad Alameddine of Fight Management verified rumors of Paul Daley’s separation from Strikeforce, via press release “I’m happy that Strikeforce has granted my request to be released from their roster as I found it difficult to fight so infrequently,” the British striker stated. “My whole career I’ve wanted to fight as often …

Manny Pacquiao loses controversial decision

Source: MixedMartialArts.com Without a DOUBT! Manny Pacquiao beat Timothy Bradley last Saturday.  Some how, the judges saw it differently.  They were most likely watching a different fight, because this should have been a NO BRAINER.  The UnderGround (one of my fav’s), had an amazing post which details whats happened and how …

Brandon Vera vs Shogun Rua added to UFC on FOX4

 Source: UFC The UFC on FOX™ summer card lost its main event today with the news that headliner Brian Stann, who was set to face Hector Lombard, had been injured and forced to withdraw from the event. The new main event on August 4 will be a five-round light heavyweight battle between …

Alert: Bisping injured, Lombard in against Boetsch

Source: UFC  UFC 149 and UFC on FOX™ 4 have swapped stars after another pair of injuries shook up the summer fight scene today. British middleweight Michael Bisping has been injured and is out of his UFC 149 bout against rising force Tim Boetsch. Stepping in to meet “The Barbarian” will be Hector Lombard, a …

UFC on FX: Johnson vs McCall

    UFC on FX: Ian McCall vs Demetrious Johnson Charlie Brenneman vs Erick Silva Josh Neer vs Mike Pyle Scott Jorgensen vs Edward Wineland FuelTV Prelims: Carlos Eduardo Rocha vs Mike Pierce Lance Benoist vs Seth Baczynski Matt Grice vs Leonard Garcia Jared Papazian vs Dustin Pague Justin Salas vs Tim Means Caio Magalhaes vs Buddy Roberts FaceBook Prelims: Bernardo Magalhaes vs Henry Martinez Sean Pierson vs Jake Hecht   Date/Time: June 8, …

Brock to return to the UFC?

  Source: MixedMartialArts.com Mike Sawyer, co-Host of Tough Talk on wrestlingobserver.com is saying that Brock Lesnar will return to the UFC this year. Mike Sawyer ‏@TOUGHTALKMMA Had an interesting conversation with someone VERY close to all the Brock Lesnar stuff. He is fighting THIS YEAR in UFC & not Frank …

ALERT: Brian Stann out of Lombard fight

  Source: MMAFighting.com UFC on FOX™ 4 headliner Brian Stann has been pulled out of his Aug. 4 fight against Hector Lombard due to an injured shoulder, MMAFighting.com has confirmed with sources close to the fight. According to those same sources, Stann will not require surgery for the injured shoulder, …

BJ Penn: “…I accept your challenge”

 by Michael Anderson Earlier in the week popular MMA interviewer Ariel Helwani caught up with Rory McDonald.   Rory stated,  “Right now I feel there’s a guy that I want to fight before he leaves the sport and that’s B.J. Penn… He’s a legend and I think it’d be a …

EA Sports signs deal with UFC

by: Michael Anderson | FanMMA.com EA Sports and The Ultimate Fighting Championship have joined forces to make the next set of UFC console games.  Unfortunately, this isn’t EA’s first run at an MMA video game.  There was an incident that took place on October 19th called, EA Sports MMA. The game didn’t do as well as expected …

Kenny Florian Retires

  Source: The Underground UFC President Dana White announced after the official weigh in event for The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 15 Live Finale: “Ellenberger vs. Kampmann” that three-time world title challenger Kenny Florian, who had announced he would make the decision by June, has retired from mixed martial arts competition. “It’s been …