source | BLoodyelbow.com Twelve-and-a-half months after his injury, which happened when he faced Chris Weidman for the second time, “The Spider” told Globo how hard it was to endure this level of pain, and how he feared getting addicted to his medication. “I thought that I was getting used to …
source | MMAFighting.com “That’s what they all say, man,” Pettis told MMAFighting.com. “‘Cowboy’ (Cerrone) said the same thing. (Benson) Henderson said the same thing. So did Melendez. And we all saw how that ended up. So I mean, I respect that he has to talk, he has to convince himself …
source | MMAJunkie.com “He hasn’t trained with the team yet,” Pettis told MMAjunkie. “He’s doing private lessons with Duke and my jiu-jitsu coach. We don’t want to scare him away. But I’m not discrediting him because he’s definitely a great athlete. It’s just when it comes to MMA you’ve got …
source | MMAJunkie.com Former Strikeforce fighter Ron Stallings has stepped in to fight fellow middleweight Uriah Hall (9-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC) on less than a week’s notice. Stallings (12-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC) replaces Louis Taylor (11-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who was a replacement for Costas Philippou (13-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC). …
Wanderlei Silva send his support to Paris
@lukerockhold Happy to announce my next fight against Lyoto Machida as the main event on FOX April 18th in Newark NJ. Doesn’t get any bigger than this! Time to slay the Dragon. Happy to announce my next fight against Lyoto Machida as the main event on FOX April 18th in …
UFC®182: Jon Jones vs Daniel Cormier Date: January 3, 2015 venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena(Las Vegas, Nevada) Main Card (PPV, 10pm et) Jon Jones def. Daniel Cormier via Decision Donald Cerrone def. Myles Jury via Decision Brad Tavares def. Nate Marquardt via Decision Kyoji Horiguchi def. Louis Gaudinot via Decision …
WSOF® 17: Shields vs. Foster Date: January 17, 2015 Venue: Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino(Las Vegas, Nevada) Main Card (NBC®SN, 9pm et) Brian Foster vs. Jake Shields Brian Cobb vs. Johnny Nunez Brendan Kornberger vs. Krasimir Mladenov Bryson Hansen vs. Rudy Morales Adam Cella vs. Danny Davis Jr. Prelims (MMAjunkie, …
UFC® 183: Silva vs. Diaz Date: January 31, 2015 Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena (Las Vegas, Nevada) Main Card (PPV, 10pm et) Nick Diaz vs. Anderson Silva Kelvin Gastelum vs. Tyron Woodley Al Iaquinta vs. Joe Lauzon Tim Boetsch vs. Thales Leites Thiago Alves vs. Jordan Mein Prelims (FOX® Sports …
Bellator® 132: Freire vs. Straus Date: January 16, 2015 Venue: Pechanga Casino Resort(Temecula, California) Main Card (Spike® TV, 9pm et) Patricio Freire vs. Daniel Straus Bubba Jenkins vs. Georgi Karakhanyan Houston Alexander vs. Virgil Zwicker Fernando Gonzalez vs. Marius Zaromskis Prelims (Spike.com, 7pm et) Dustin Jacoby vs. John Salter Hector …
source | MMAJunkie.com An announcement was made today on Shamrock’s official website, stating “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” will face “bareknuckle legend James Quinn” in an April 2015 bout to be held in the U.K. No other details were released, but the statement contends the 50-year-old UFC pioneer is fight …
source | thescore.thejournal.ie The Irish prescence in the UFC continues to grow, with Joseph Duffy inking a multi-fight deal with the promotion today. TheScore.ie understands that the Donegal lightweight has been granted an early release from his current contract with Cage Warriors Fighting Championship, Europe’s leading promotion. Financial details of …
source | MMAJunkie.com White stated in a recent interview on FOX Sports 1’s “UFC Tonight” that Silva (33-6 MMA, 16-2 UFC) is likely to face the winner of UFC 184’s title bout between Weidman and Vitor Belfort should he get past Nick Diaz (26-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) at UFC 183 …
source | UFC®.com Two of the heavyweight division’s most intimidating strikers will meet in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, March 14, as Roy “Big Country” Nelson takes on Alistair Overeem at UFC 185 in American Airlines Center. Tickets for UFC 185, which is headlined by the UFC lightweight title bout between …
WATCH THE DRUG TEST HERE!!!! source | Yahoo! Sports But in a random drug test given to him on Dec. 4 by the Nevada Athletic Commission, Jones tested positive for benzoylecgonine, the main metabolite in cocaine. The Nevada commission follows the World Anti-Doping Agency code and benzoylecgonine is not banned …
source | Bleacherreport.com Herb Dean is still UFC President Dana White’s favorite referee, despite a “horrible effort” in the fifth round of the epic light heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier at UFC 182. “Herb Dean, I always talk about him; I think he’s my favorite referee. …