source | MMAMania.com “After the JDS fight I was a free agent, but I am happy to report that I re-signed with UFC. They have been very cordial toward me and I am very happy and very excited and I feel very appreciated. These are all factors to reach the …
UFC® on FOX® 13: Results & Bonuses Date: December 13, 2014 Venue: U.S. Airways Center(Phoenix, Arizona) Main Card (FOX®, 8pm et) Junior Dos Santos def. Stipe Miocic via Decision Rafael dos Anjos def. Nate Diaz via Decision Alistair Overeem def. Stefan Struve via TKO Matt Mitrione def. Gabriel Gonzaga via …
source | MMAFighting.com “Life is evolution, especially when you’re an athlete. I have evolved a lot since I came to Rio, I see the fights from a different perspective now,” he added. “You have to get out of your comfort zone to evolve, and that’s what happened to me. I …
UFC® on FOX® 13: Dos Santos vs. Miocic Date: December 13, 2014 Venue: U.S. Airways Center(Phoenix, Arizona) Main card (FOX®, 8pm et) Junior Dos Santos vs. Stipe Miocic Nate Diaz vs. Rafael dos Anjos Alistair Overeem vs. Stefan Struve Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Matt Mitrione Prelims(FOX®, 5pm et) Willie Gates vs. …
source | 5thround.com Josh Barnett wants to reclaim his UFC heavyweight title and “The Warmaster” knows he has to go through former champ Junior Dos Santos for that opportunity. “I talked to his manager and he wants to fight Junior Dos Santos next,” reporter Ariel Helwani said on this week’s …
source | MMAJunkie.com Light heavyweight slugger Fabio Maldonado (21-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC) will move up to the heavyweight division to face Stipe Miocic (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in the headlining bout of this month’s TUF Brazil 3 Finale. Brazilian outlet Combate first reported the change, and MMAjunkie has since confirmed …
source | Sports.Yahoo.com “He’s had one MRI already, but we’re going to get another one that is hopefully of better quality,” Cook said. “He hurt it during the fight, but we’re not exactly sure when or how it happened. Right now, we’re waiting to get this other MRI before we …
So JDS got a cut under his eye just before this weekends upcoming fight with Cain Velasquez. MMAJunkie has the story. Source | MMAJunkie.com “It was in the training (camp), and it was accidental,” he told MMAjunkie.com at today’s UFC 166 open workouts. “But I’m OK already. … I’m 100 …
by Eduardo Cruz | FightersOnlyMag.com “Bigfoot put him on his place,” said dos Santos. “I no longer feel the wish to face him but I fight whomever the UFC puts in front of me. I will train aiming that guy and to be very well prepared to win.” “The limited fighters, …
Keep in mind these are UFC specific rankings. Heavyweight Champion: Cain Velasquez 1 Junior dos Santos 2 Daniel Cormier 3 Fabricio Werdum 4 Antonio Silva 5 Alistair Overeem +1 6 Frank Mir +1 7 Roy Nelson -2 8 Stipe Miocic *NR 9 Travis Browne -1 10 Josh Barnett *NR Lightheavyweight …
Another manufactured rematch… JDS gets to cut the front (of Roy Nelson among others) because of the PPV appeal. JDS definitely deserves to be a champion, but he should have to wait in line like everyone else. That aside… JDS seems extremely driven, and Cain is looking really sharp lately. …
UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2 Date: May 25, 2013 Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET) Cain Velasquez def. Antonio Silva via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:21 – to retain heavyweight title Junior dos Santos def. Mark Hunt via knockout (strikes) – Round 3, …
UFC 160: Velasquez vs Bigfoot 2 Weigh-In MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET) Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva – for heavyweight title Junior dos Santos vs. Mark Hunt James Te Huna vs. Glover Teixeira T.J. Grant vs. Gray Maynard Donald Cerrone vs. K.J. Noons PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 8 p.m. ET) …
Source | YouTube/ UFC® “I do think he’s [Junior Dos Santos] going to try to take the fight to the mat once he realizes that I have a huge arsenal. He was a world champion, but we’re at the top level. I’ve been fighting at the top level my whole …
Source | YouTube/UFC® “I believe so much in myself and I believe in my skills. I can knock anyone out, and I’m going to knock this guy out. He’s very tough, he keeps trying until he knocks the guys out so he’s really dangerous. I’m going to stop him; it’s …
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 …