By Lance Pugmire | Source : LATimes.com UFC President Dana White told The Times on Tuesday that Jones and Sonnen have been assigned as opposing coaches in the third installment of “The Ultimate Fighter” on FX, creating some extensive pre-fight hype for their April 27 pay-per-view title match at a site …
During the UFC 153 post-fight press conference, Dana White had couple friendly comments for UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo. Referencing his motorcycle accident that didn’t allow him to fight at UFC 153. Source | MMAMania “Jose Aldo, I love you man. But dude, you made a lot of money. You cheap bastard! Buy a car, alright man? You’re still …
By Andy Samuelson | MMAFighting.com “I think me and Dana are gonna fight, I think I even offered. We’ll handle it like men, like everybody else,” Nelson told the group of reporters gathered at the same property that plays host to the TUF finale on Dec. 15. “But at the end of the day, …
by Matt Erickson | Source: MMAJunkie.com Asked earlier this month in Nottingham, England, if those ripping the matchup should relax a bit, White said certainly – that not all main events will be title fights, and sometimes it’s just OK to have a fun fight that doesn’t have a belt …
by Steph Daniels | source: bloodyelbow.com Stephie Daniels: In your own words, why did you turn down the fight with Daniel Cormier? Matt Mitrione: First, I want to thank Dana White and Joe Silva for even offering that fight. It was an honor to get that call, and I would love to fight Daniel …
By Dave Meltzer | Source: MMAFighting.com Sep 14, 2012 – A light heavyweight battle between Dan Henderson and Lyoto Machida is in the current UFC plans based on a comment made on Thursday by Dana White at a UFC luncheon. “[Machida] should have taken the fight. We’ve seen it, history …
source | axs.tv “I’m with you on the instant replay. Every other major sport has instant replay. Fighting needs to do it. Especially with how bad the officiating has been: judges and reffing. Instant replay — that’s it. They got this thing with combat sports, these athletic commissions have this thing …
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 | 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 MMAjunkie.com Staff Just prior to the official announcement of his next bout on Monday, Mike Swicktook to Twitter to announce he’s signed a new deal with the UFC. The contract runs four fights, though financial terms weren’t disclosed. Later in the day, officials announced Swick (15-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) will …
If you haven’t bookmarked “TheUnderGround“…. DO IT! source | The Underground A UGer recently posted a hopeful message to UFC President Dana White about making a monumentally theoretical fight between Brock Lesnar and Fedor. Can Dana sign Brock vs. Fedor? From: hmb Member Since: 10/30/03 Posts: 14134 Brock is a warrior and would …
source | bloodyelbow.com According to UFC President Dana White, after Dan Henderson’s knee injury forced him out of the bout, Lyoto Machida turned down a chance to challenge for the title, but Chael Sonnen accepted and wanted to fly to Vegas that night. White said that the UFC PR department began work …
Jones vs. Machida 2 will take place at UFC 152 in Toronto — UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2012 Dana: “Jon Jones said ‘I’m not fighting Chael Sonnen on 8 days’ notice.’.. a world champion turned down a fight, that’s never happened” — UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2012 Dana says UFC …
by Dan Henderson | source: facebook.com Sadly and unfortunately, I partially tore a ligament in my knee in training. As a result I’ve had to make one of the toughest decisions that I have ever had to make…for the first time in my career I am forced to pull out of a …
by Dann Stupp | Source: MMAJunkie.com With Dan Henderson (29-8 MMA, 6-2 UFC) injured, the UFC has canceled next week’s UFC 151 event. Henderson was scheduled to fight UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones (16-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) in the headliner of the top-heavy pay-per-view card. According to UFC president Dana …