Source | MMAJunkie.com UFC 148 payouts included: Anderson Silva: $200,000 (no win bonus) def. Chael Sonnen: $50,000 Forrest Griffin: $275,000 (includes $150,000 win bonus) def. Tito Ortiz: $250,000 Cung Le: $150,000 (no win bonus) def. Patrick Cote: $21,000 Demian Maia: $96,000 (includes $48,000 win bonus) def. Dong Hyun Kim: $44,000 …
During Silva vs Sonnen on this weekend there was a questionable knee thrown while Chael was down against the cage. The initial perception is that Anderson threw an illegal knee to a downed opponent, but replays later prove this is false. The angle that was aired on PPV placed Yves Lavigne directly in front …
by Michael Anderson| FanMMA At the UFC 148 press conference Champ Anderson Silva had one more message to deliver to challenger Chael Sonnen. Silva was calm and waited for the staredown to provoke Chael. Chael stood posing un-phased. Before Anderson was pulled back he leaned in close and whispered, “You’re gonna die” …
Source | CagePotato It’s hard to believe that it’s only been a few short months since Miesha Tatenearly had her arm torn in two by Ronda Rousey in the their bantamweight championship showdown on March 3rd. It was undoubtedly one of the most heated (not to mention hyped) fights in WMMA history, and did not …
Source | MMAJunkie.com Initially, after Diaz failed a drug test due to marijuana metabolites, the Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended him one year and fined him 30 percent of his fight purse. But NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com(www.mmajunkie.com) the fine was more than the originally reported $60,000. …
Source | MMAWeekly.com After coming back from a 17-month lay off, the Sanshou ace’s first opponent back was Pride legend Wanderlei Silva at UFC 139. While Silva stopped Le in the second round, Le had an impressive first-round showing, but just couldn’t keep the momentum going. Le, however, doesn’t believe the …
By MMA Fighting Newswire | MMAFighting.com The Korean Zombie called out his next desired opponent on Friday and it’s none other than UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo. “I want Jose Aldo,” Chan Sung Jung Tweeted. “I will end his reign as a champion.” Jung, 25, most recently competed at UFC on FUEL TV 3 where he …
By Brett Okamoto | ESPN.com ESPN.com: Why do you think Tito Ortiz wanted you specifically for his last fight? Griffin: I feel like, from his perspective, there’s a kid I beat once. I could have beat him a second time, but I was hurt. Let me put the stamp on him; let me …
“I thought about (moving to middleweight), then I thought about how hard that weight cut is. I used to wrestle at 174 in college, I would cut so much weight on a continuous basis and I was like, ‘You know what? If I ever have to compete again, I’m not …
Source | MMAWeekly The former WEC champion who stormed back into the UFC with a knockout victory over previously undefeated fighter Edson Barboza at UFC 146 will now take another short notice fight as he steps in to face Joe Lauzon at UFC on Fox™ 4on Aug 4. UFC officials announced …
Anderson Silva that dialed in for a media call promoting UFC 148. Im glad to see the spider say something back to Chael for once. Here some of what he said “First of all, Chael is a criminal,” Silva “He’s been convicted of crimes. He doesn’t deserve to be inside …
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view) Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title) Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie Mike Easton vs. Ivan Menjivar PRELIMINARY CARD (FX) Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Gleison Tibau Fabricio Camoes vs. Melvin Guillard …
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Source | RiaNovesti Russian mixed martial arts legend Fedor Emelianenko has announced his retirement after knocking out Brazilian veteran Pedro Rizzo. It took Emelianenko just 44 seconds to knock out Brazilian veteran Pedro Rizzo on Thursday, putting him on the ground with a serious of punches and then finishing with more …
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by Ariel Helwani | source: mmafighting.com The 36-year-old Fisher, who meets Sam Stout for a third time this Friday at UFC on FX 4, confirmed with MMAFighting.com this week that he’s “pretty sure” Friday’s fight will be his last. “I’ve been missing a lot of stuff with my family,” he said. “It gets tougher and tougher …