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 …
Source | MMAJunkie.com “Come on over,” UFC President Dana White said today. “We’ll make a deal.” Prior to his 21st pro win this past Saturday, the undefeated boxer called MMA “rubbish” and told ESPN he had called out UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez three times to no avail. White is …
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 …
Jay Mohr caught up Dana White on his Fox Sports Radio Show. Dana says that the surgery he had done CURED his meniers desease! Good for Dana, here’s what he had to say. Source | MMAFightCorner.com “Meniere’s disease is nerve damage inside the ear. And what happens is the nerve …
Source | MMAMania.com White elaborates to MMA Junkie: “The evolution of this sport as it’s continued to grow, we’ve been adding weight classes, and the sport keeps getting bigger. There are more and more talented guys in all those weight classes. The same thing will happen with the women. I …
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 …
UFC introduced a new code of conduct that their fighters must follow. Lets see how many fighters get fired as a result. ENJOY! Source | UFC <p style=” margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: …
By Dave Doyle | MMAFighting.com “It’s one of those things, it’s just a pain in the ass, you know what I mean?” White said. “First of all, he didn’t even need to be doing an interview. And I’m going to talk to these guys. I’m going to talk to these …
This pic was taken of Gustafsson today and u can’t even see the cut!!! Worst decision I have EVER seen to pull fight twitter.com/danawhite/stat… — Dana White (@danawhite) April 3, 2013
It was believed that Gustafsson vs. Mousasi was no longer happening when then was word of Gustafsson, receiving a cut while training. The ever amazing Ariel Helwani, broke the new via twitter. The SHOW GOES ON! Source | Twitter Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani Hold up! @danawhite just told me @AlexTheMauler …
By Damon Martin | bleacherreport.com Damon Martin reports. Current standards by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) allow for testosterone levels to reach a 4:1 ratio in testosterone to epitestosterone in a normal male athlete. The average for a normal functioning male is a 1:1 ratio. The NSAC allows up to a …
Source | MMAJunkie.com Dan Hardy’s callout of Matt Brown will have to wait for another day. An injury has forced Hardy (25-10 MMA, 6-4 UFC) out of a welterweight fight with Brown (16-11 MMA, 6-5 UFC) at UFC on FOX 7 next month. Stepping up to fill the void will …
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 …
by Steve Maracco | MMAJunkie.com Cornered by persistent questions about drug testing in the UFC, Dana White said his current goal is to eradicate exemptions for testosterone replacement therapy. “Then when you show up for a fight, the state athletic commissions will do their testing however they do their testing,” White …
Source | MMAJunkie.com Heavyweight Mark Hunt (9-7 MMA, 4-1 UFC) will meet former champion Junior dos Santos (15-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) in May at UFC 160. The news comes just a few days after UFC President Dana White said Hunt turned down the chance to fight dos Santos. But a …