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Dana White: ‘I am warming up to women’s MMA’

by John Morgan | source: mmajunkie.com White has previously stated he believes that new division will most likely be at 115 pounds, the UFC boss now says the continued success of Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey has him second-guessing his stance on women’s MMA. “I am warming up to women’s MMA,” White …

Dana White: “…Diaz/Anderson is not going to happen,”

Source | MMAJunkie.com The answer to that request already is no, UFC president Dana White on Thursday toldMMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I can tell you this, not theoretically – Diaz/Anderson is not going to happen,” he said. “That’s just ridiculous.” Gracie said Diaz had recently returned to the gym with newfound passion. He …

FOX debuts ‘Ref Cam’ UFC on FOX 4

Source MMAJunkie.com FOX Sports officials on Wednesday announced the two-hour event will feature the debut of a UFC “Ref Cam.” UFC on FOX™ 4 takes place at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The main card airs live on FOX at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT). Preliminary-card fights air on …

GSP still on target for November return

by Jacoby Harms | FiveOuncesofPain.com UFC President Dana White confirmed things are moving in the right direction for GSP during the pre-fight press conference for UFC 149, saying, “He’s training, and as far as I know, everything is good. I haven’t heard anything negative out of that camp at all. It’s all positive.” …

UFC returns ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ to a taped format

TUF is going back to its “Taped” format.  Guess there wasn’t enough pre-recorded content for them to twist into “Real World” like drama.  As a fight fan, I liked the Live format.  It aloud for real fights, focused on what real training is like, and kept producers from making “Chopped and Screwed” …

Brandon Vera vs Shogun Rua added to UFC on FOX4

 Source: UFC The UFC on FOX™ summer card lost its main event today with the news that headliner Brian Stann, who was set to face Hector Lombard, had been injured and forced to withdraw from the event. The new main event on August 4 will be a five-round light heavyweight battle between …

UFC on FX: Johnson vs McCall

    UFC on FX: Ian McCall vs Demetrious Johnson Charlie Brenneman vs Erick Silva Josh Neer vs Mike Pyle Scott Jorgensen vs Edward Wineland FuelTV Prelims: Carlos Eduardo Rocha vs Mike Pierce Lance Benoist vs Seth Baczynski Matt Grice vs Leonard Garcia Jared Papazian vs Dustin Pague Justin Salas vs Tim Means Caio Magalhaes vs Buddy Roberts FaceBook Prelims: Bernardo Magalhaes vs Henry Martinez Sean Pierson vs Jake Hecht   Date/Time: June 8, …

EA Sports signs deal with UFC

by: Michael Anderson | FanMMA.com EA Sports and The Ultimate Fighting Championship have joined forces to make the next set of UFC console games.  Unfortunately, this isn’t EA’s first run at an MMA video game.  There was an incident that took place on October 19th called, EA Sports MMA. The game didn’t do as well as expected …

Kenny Florian Retires

  Source: The Underground UFC President Dana White announced after the official weigh in event for The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 15 Live Finale: “Ellenberger vs. Kampmann” that three-time world title challenger Kenny Florian, who had announced he would make the decision by June, has retired from mixed martial arts competition. “It’s been …

Rich Franklin Vs Wanderlei Silva 2 at UFC 147

  Source: UFC UFC 147 now has a new five-round main event, as former middleweight champion Rich Franklin will face “The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva in a 190-pound catchweight feature. The two first met at UFC 99 in Germany, where Franklin earned a decision win and both men took home …

UFC 146: GIF Finishes

by: Michael Anderson For the poor souls that missed out on UFC146 this past Saturday,  I’ve found some GIF Finishes to help with your misery.  The Heavy-weight did not disappoint.  KO’s, TKO’s, and submissions were not in short supply at UFC146.  The entire PPV fight cards only account for 22min of actual …

UFC 146: Mir vs. Dos Santos

Date/Time: May 26, 2012 4:00 PM Venue: MGM Grand Garden Website: www.ufc.com Athletic Commission: Nevada Athletic Commission Main Card (PPV): Frank Mir Vs. Junior “Cigano” Dos Santos Antonio “Junior” Silva Vs. Cain Velasquez Dave Herman Vs. Roy “Big Country” Nelson Shane Delrosario Vs. Stipe Miocic Lavar “Big” Johnson Vs. Stefan …