by Dave Doyle | MMAFighting.com “I’d like to fight Jon Jones more than I’d like to fight Anderson Silva,” said Henderson. “Just because I have less respect for him as a person than Anderson. He’s not genuine. I think how he portrays himself is not how he really is. I …
He we go again…. Chael Sonnen has talked his way into another fight. This time against Shogun, at UFC on FOX Sports 1. Chael has lost his 3 (title fights) of his last 5 fights, and now he’s been gifted the main event at UFC on FOX Sports 1. Looks …
source | MMAJunkie.com “Maybe there’s a contradiction lost in translation,” Silva told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) through an interpreter. “I wanted to do four more fights, and they said eight, so I said, ‘Whatever. Let’s do eight, 10. Let’s do however many fights you want.’ They got on that ride and offered …
MMAJunkie caught up with Anderson Silva for few questions. ENJOY! Source | MMAJunkie.com “We have to respect Weidman,” Silva told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) through an interpreter. “He’s won some fights, and he’s proven himself to be where he is. He’s 10 years younger, and he’s going to come in with a …
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BY MIKE WHITMAN | Sherdog.com According to Anderson Silva, he was not aware of the media obligations that ended up costing him $50,000 on Tuesday. “I’ve never missed any commitment to the UFC. I would never have made the trip to Brazil if I knew I had to be in Los Angeles,” …
Source | MMAFighting.com “I hope he has a good reason why he didn’t go. I just went out to Los Angeles for three days. I just wasted time during my camp. I haven’t been in this sport as long as him, but you watch these superstar basketball players like LeBron …
by John Morgan | USATODAY® The UFC has fined middleweight champion Anderson Silva $50,000 for refusing to take part in a planned pre-UFC 162 media event. Silva was scheduled to talk with a few of Los Angeles’ largest media outlets on Tuesday but ultimately skipped the session and instead flew …
by Matt Erickson | source MMAJunkie.com “When I started MMA four years ago, I had to believe I could beat the champion of the world or there’s no reason for me to do this,” Weidman said. “Coming up in Ring of Combat, I wasn’t only training for those guys – …
by Steven Marrocco | source: MMAJunkie.com While the UFC president hedged slightly by saying “as far as I know,” he said Silva’s new contract is for 10 fights. He didn’t say whether the deal had an expiration date. “I haven’t talked to Anderson in about a month, but as far …
Source | MixedMartialArts.com In a league where half the people lose every fight, and every time you win the competition gets tougher, UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson has never lost. He has also never won by knockout or tapout – every win was by decision, two of them split, including the …
Chris Weidman has an upcoming fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 162. Like so many others, Chris believes that he has the recipe to beat Silva. He very well could beat Silva. As much as I hate to say it, wrestling is Anderson’ weak spot. And Chris Weidmann has extremely goo …
In a recent interview with MMAWeekly, Dana White informed us of some of Chris Weidmans plans after UFC 162. Source | MMAWeekly “I talked to Chris Weidman myself. Guy looks me right in the eye and says, ‘I’m telling you, I apologize that I’m going to (expletive) up all your …
Source | SporTV.com With the knock out loss to Vitor Belfort , Michael Bisping lost the chance to face Anderson Silva and hence embolou the middleweight category (up to 84kg) UFC. Now, they appear as leading candidates are the very Belfort, Chris Weidman , Luke Rockhold and Rashad Evans , …
Guess the fans aren’t the only ones that think Chael Sonnen stands NO CHANCE against Jon Jones. Wanderlei Silva put in 2cents in this interview with Sherdog. Enjoy! Sounds | Sherdog “It is a very well-matched fight. I think Belfort has all the tools to knock out Bisping in a …