by Steph Daniels | source: bloodyelbow.com I recently spoke with Silva’s manager, Ed Soares, who addressed the subject. It started off as Nike Brazil, but it has since been made a global deal. I don’t think there’s another mixed martial arts athlete on the planet that deserves that more than Anderson. He’s …
Source | Twitter UFC President Dana White announced a middleweight matchup between Rousimar Palhares and Hector Lombard. The fight takes place at UFC on FX 6 , December 14th in Australia FX 6 Australia Friday Dec 14 Middleweight Bout Rousimar Palhares VS Hector Lombard read the entire Twitter…
Just alerted that Jose Aldo out of Edgar bout with foot injury, via Dana White’s twitter. Now Aldo is out with foot injury. Main and co main in the same day!! Another amazing day at the UFC. We have some work to do — Dana White (@danawhite) September 11, 2012
by Steven Marrocco | source: mmajunkie.com Jones told MMAFighting.com that he was hurt when UFC President Dana White compared him to Ortiz when discussing the circumstances surrounding the cancellation of UFC 151, which came after he turned down a short-notice fight with Chael Sonnen and the promotion elected to scrap the entire …
Source | UFC.com This isn’t UK vs. America. This is Michael Bisping vs. Brian Stann. It’s an individual sport and come the 22nd of September, I’m going to individually kick the crap out of Brian Stann. When he was in basic training shining his boots, I was in the UFC …
by Mark La Monica | source: newsday.com Chris Weidman finally has his next fight lined up, although not against the opponent he’d been asking to face. Weidman, a middleweight from Baldwin, will fight Tim Boetsch at UFC 155 in Las Vegas on Dec. 29, Newsday has learned. Both fighters have verbally agreed …
Source | torontosun.com “He came out with this ad that said, ‘Buy a Hendo shirt and get a free Jon Jones shirt to dry your car off with.’ You’re making fun of me, yet you got hurt and dodged a bullet? You’re sitting at home with ice on your knee and …
by Steven Marrocco and Matt Erickson | source: mmajunkie.com “When I won a Bellator tournament, I was only a year and four months into my fighting career, maybe,” said Askren. “My outlook was, OK, now I get all this time to actually get good at this.” “I’ve been with Duke for …
source: itaintchemo.com Natasha Wicks, ex-UFC ring girl, looked amazing at the “It Aint Chemo” fundraiser… A LOT of that having to do with the fact that she was basically TOPLESS! ENJOY!
by Brian Hemminger | source: mmamania.com In a live chat with fans via Yahoo! Sports and MMA Weekly this past week, “The Count” was asked about a potential return to 205 pounds and he had a very interesting response: “One hundred percent. I think about it every time I want to eat pizza and can’t. But …
by Guilherme Cruz | source: tatame.com “I knew Velasquez was the contender, but if UFC wanted me to fight Overeem I’d gladly shut him up because he’s been saying a lot of crap, he’s been learning from Chael Sonnen”, the champion said on an exclusive interview with TATAME. “I’m tired of these …
by Brian Hemminger | Source: MMAMania.com On top of circling the Octagon and carrying a giant numbered card, Arianny Celeste has been working hard to break into the music business in one of her many side projects. Her last attempt, “Fight to Love Me” from last year was not met with the …
by Dave Meltzer | source: mmafighting.com The first cross-promotional effort between UFC and Strikeforce looks to have a date. The heavyweight battle with former UFC champion Frank Mir (16-6) facing Strikeforce Grand Prix tournament winner Daniel Cormier (10-0) will take place Nov. 3 in Oklahoma, according to a Showtime source and sources …
By Luke Thomas | Source: MMAFighting.com In the second round, Arlovski fired a right hand that dislodged Sylvia’s mouthpiece. They eventually clinch in the center of the cage, but were ultimately separated by the referee. Moments later, Arlovski dropped Sylvia with two hard right hooks as well as a left. He …
source: tatame.com “I resigned, quit Strikefroce because I signed a six-fight two-year contract. They gave me two fights and it’s been a year I haven’t fought. I can’t live like this, spending a year on the ‘fridge’. There’re events all over the world. People who know me know I like to …
by John Joe O’Regan | source: fightersonlymag.com It has been observed numerous times over the years that the middleweight champion has an unusually high-pitched voice for such an alpha male and Silva says that when he was a teenager, more than one person thought he was gay. That probably wasn’t helped by …