During Silva vs Sonnen on this weekend there was a questionable knee thrown while Chael was down against the cage. The initial perception is that Anderson threw an illegal knee to a downed opponent, but replays later prove this is false. The angle that was aired on PPV placed Yves Lavigne directly in front …
by Michael Anderson| FanMMA At the UFC 148 press conference Champ Anderson Silva had one more message to deliver to challenger Chael Sonnen. Silva was calm and waited for the staredown to provoke Chael. Chael stood posing un-phased. Before Anderson was pulled back he leaned in close and whispered, “You’re gonna die” …
Source | CagePotato It’s hard to believe that it’s only been a few short months since Miesha Tatenearly had her arm torn in two by Ronda Rousey in the their bantamweight championship showdown on March 3rd. It was undoubtedly one of the most heated (not to mention hyped) fights in WMMA history, and did not …
Source | MMAJunkie.com The Super Fight League continues to build its fall lineups. The India-based promotion has four more events on tap for 2012 – one each September through December – and Ken Pavia said the SFL will hold 10 events in 2013. On Wednesday, Pavia, the promotion’s CEO, announced three new fight …
Source | MMAWeekly The former WEC champion who stormed back into the UFC with a knockout victory over previously undefeated fighter Edson Barboza at UFC 146 will now take another short notice fight as he steps in to face Joe Lauzon at UFC on Fox™ 4on Aug 4. UFC officials announced …
Source | ESPN.com Nominees for “Best Fighter” include -UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones -UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva -WBA Junior Middleweight and WBC Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -Reigning WBA and WBC Super-Middleweight Champion Andre Ward Vote Here
Source | Twitter https://twitter.com/eddiebravo/status/217844119882563585 https://twitter.com/eddiebravo/status/217887814514249729 Post Joe wrote to the underground below. From: Joe Rogan Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 5542 Thank you all, my UG brethren! I’ve been training since 96, and I’ve been a brown belt for 7 or 8 years now, so it really feels like a long …
Source | Sherdog Four-time NCAA All-American wrestler Gregor Gillespie has signed a five-fight deal to compete for the Nebraska-based Resurrection Fighting Alliance. Promotion officials announced the news on Friday evening. Gillespie won the NCAA Division I wrestling title at 149 pounds in 2007 and amassed a 152-13 record during his …
Anderson Silva that dialed in for a media call promoting UFC 148. Im glad to see the spider say something back to Chael for once. Here some of what he said “First of all, Chael is a criminal,” Silva “He’s been convicted of crimes. He doesn’t deserve to be inside …
Source | RiaNovesti Russian mixed martial arts legend Fedor Emelianenko has announced his retirement after knocking out Brazilian veteran Pedro Rizzo. It took Emelianenko just 44 seconds to knock out Brazilian veteran Pedro Rizzo on Thursday, putting him on the ground with a serious of punches and then finishing with more …
by Ariel Helwani | source: mmafighting.com The 36-year-old Fisher, who meets Sam Stout for a third time this Friday at UFC on FX 4, confirmed with MMAFighting.com this week that he’s “pretty sure” Friday’s fight will be his last. “I’ve been missing a lot of stuff with my family,” he said. “It gets tougher and tougher …
Main Event Fedor Emelianenko vs. Pedro Rizzo Lightweight Title Daniel Weichel vs. Musa Khamanaev Heavyweight Title Guram Gugenishvill vs. Kenny Garner Prelims Jeff Monson vs. Denis Komkin Mairbek Taisumov vs. Marat Gafurov Mikhail Malyutin vs. BAkhtiyar Arzumanov Jerome Bouisson vs. Vugar Bakhshiev Pavel Vitruk vs. Radoslaw Piechnik M:1 Presents: Fedor …
By Brett Okamoto | ESPN.com The UFC will not book Alistair Overeem for fights in Las Vegas until he reapplies and is granted a license by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, according to UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta. Overeem, currently serving a nine-month suspension under the NSAC for a failed drug test in March, caused widespread …
Source: MMAJunkie Former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champion Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante’s recent failed drug test was due to stanozolol metabolites. As MMAjunkie.com reported Saturday, the Brazilian fighter failed a test following his May win over Mike Kyle. On Monday the California State Athletic Commisssion confirmed the substance. The CSAC on Monday also …
Source: Sherdog The bad luck for UFC 149 continues, as Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira has become the latest fighter to withdraw from the July 21 card. Nogueira has not healed completely from the surgery he underwent to repair a broken humerus suffered in his UFC 141 defeat to Frank Mir. Taking the Brazilian’s place against Kongo will be …
Source: CagePotato It was always a joke that Anthony Johnson competed at welterweight; having to cut over 40 pounds to make your limit isn’t healthy for your body or for fair competition. But in an ironic twist, making middleweight was even harder for Johnson than making 170. He failed miserably …