MAIN CARD (MTV2) Karl Amoussou vs. Bryan Baker – welterweight-tournament final Rudy Bears vs. Paul Daley Emanuel Newton vs. Attila Vegh – light-heavyweight tourney semifinal Tim Carpenter vs. Travis Wiuff – light-heavyweight tourney semifinal Waachiim Spiritwolf vs. Marius Zaromskis PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com) Ben Saunders vs. Brian Warren Chris Barnett vs. …
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.” …
by Jesse Holland | Source: MMAMAnia The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight titleholder will defend his belt in the main event of the UFC 153 pay-per-view (PPV) fight card, currently slated for the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct. 13, 2012. UFC officials made the announcement earlier today. Aldo was originally set to battle Koch …
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 …
XFC President John Prisco had an interview with MMA Inside the Cage Cyrus Fees, where predicts he will surpass the UFC. source | mmainsidethecagetv “We feel like a rock band these days,” related Prisco, in reference to the XFC expansion from its base in Tennessee across the Southeast. “We are the top promotion on …
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 …
Source | haroldsun.com.au What about a favourite fighter? Surely every boss is a little bias? I’m a bit bias, Chuck Liddell and I have been good friends since the beginning, since before we even owned this company. But one of my other favourite fighters is Anderson Silva. He is the …
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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 …
by Shaun Al-Shatti | source: mmafighting.com “My manager has talked to Joe Silva and all of them,” he revealed. “And supposedly they actually really want me to fight Anderson. The question is, will Anderson fight me? I think that’s what it’s coming down to. When is Anderson going to be ready to …
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
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. …
Source | ESPN Looks like a fight Between Rashad Evans and Anderson Silva might make more sense than not. “I’ve been thinking about going down to middleweight lately,” “I haven’t totally made up my mind. It’s something I’m going to think about a little more in the coming months and …
Source | MMAMania.com Marquardt really started to settle in during the second round, even scoring a takedown on the wrestler which completely caught Woodley off guard. In the third, many would have expected Woodley to have faded by this point, but the undefeated prospect clocked Marquardt with a pair of …
Date: Sat., July 14, 2012, at 10 p.m. ET on Showtime Location: Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon Main Event: Luke Rockhold vs. Tim Kennedy Main Card: Nate Marquardt vs. Tyron Woodley (for vacant Strikeforce Welterweight title) Lorenz Larkin vs. Robbie Lawler Roger Gracie vs. Keith Jardine Prelims: Jorge Masvidal vs. Justin Wilcox Pat Healy vs. Mizuto Hirota Ryan Couture vs. Joe …
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 …