source | MMAJunkie.com With Nick Diaz’s White House petition hitting its required mark, another fan is tackling his fines from a five-year Nevada State Athletic Commission suspension. Late Thursday night, Butch Carroll started a GoFundMe page to help Diaz pay a $165,000 fine that represented 33 percent of a $500,000 …
Ronda Rousey earns mural at Venice Beach Thank you @never1959 for the beautiful Venice mural!!! Growing up in Venice gives you a real appreciation for street art,and this is the biggest possible compliment from one local to another #Iheartstreetart ❤️? A photo posted by rondarousey (@rondarousey) on Aug 31, 2015 …
Source | MMAJunkie.com Former UFC titleholder Jon Jones has been all over Albuquerque, N.M., this week as he begins to work off his 72 required youth outreach and community service appearances. Jones (21-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) was tasked with the appearances as part of a plea agreement following his involvement …
source | MMAJunkie.com Former UFC middleweight Jason Miller was arrested – again – today at his Southern California home after police responded to a disturbance call. Police say “Mayhem” was arrested on a charge of assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon. He is being held on $50,000 bail …
source | independent.ie He told his parents that he was going to buy their house – meaning they are now mortgage free while retaining in interest in the house. “I drove a taxi around Dublin for 25 years and it was one of the best things I ever done but …
Bellator® 144: Halsey vs. Carvalho Date: October 23, 2015 Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena(Uncasville, Connecticut) Main Card(Spike®, 9pm et) Brandon Halsey vs. Rafael Carvalho Dennis Olson vs. Brennan Ward Charlie Ontiveros vs. Michael Page Isao Kobayashi vs. Goiti Yamauchi Prelims(MMAjunkie, 7pm et) Matt Bessette vs. Kevin Roddy Jeremie Holloway vs. Matt …
Oct. 7, @RondaRousey will become first-ever female athlete to guest anchor SportsCenter, 6 p.m. w/ @lindsayczarniak. pic.twitter.com/2jHMyiI1rO — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 5, 2015 Ronda Rousey, 1st women to guest anchor SportsCenter
source | themmareport.com Former Bellator bantamweight champion Joe Warren tested positive for marijuana in his post fight drug test at Bellator 143 last month. The positive drug test was revealed to The MMA Report on Friday afternoon after a public records request was sent to the state of Texas. According …
source | ESPN “Our biggest thing is we want him to 101 percent before [we resuming training]. We don’t have a hard date for his fight to force the issue, so making sure he’s completely healthy is possible.” Roufus has repeatedly stated he wants Punk completely prepared before stepping into …
source | FoxSports® “I don’t want to lose this belt,” he said, when asked how he was able to dig deep. “So, when I got tired and was hurt, I just kept pressing. I kept punching even though my arms felt like noodles. I just kept f–king punching. I was …
source | UFC® released an official statement. The UFC organization is aware that Jon Jones reached a plea agreement with authorities in Albuquerque, New Mexico this morning stemming from charges associated with a motor vehicle accident earlier this year. As a result, UFC, through Las Vegas-based law firm Campbell & …
source | MMAJunkie.com The former UFC middleweight champion penned a retirement column on theplayerstribune.com, a site that future MLB Hall of Famer Derek Jeter founded in 2014 to give athletes a direct medium to reach fans. According to 40-year-old Franklin (29-7 MMA, 14-6 UFC), who hasn’t fought since a November …
source | FoxSports®.com Silva was a guest fighter at Eurasia Fight Night in Dagestan on Friday on a card airing on UFC Fight Pass. He was interviewed as part of the show and was asked about his return to action in 2016. “I think I’m fighting in April next year …
Uriah Hall land spinning back kick KO. Finally! Beautiful! #UFCJapan @UriahHallMMA pic.twitter.com/2EVta3AhyG — UFC (@ufc) September 27, 2015
source | MMAMania.com Japanese news sources have reported the show being held at the Saitama Super Arena, which makes sense. They’ve also reported that Emelianenko will earn $2.5 million guaranteed for the show, which tells you why he didn’t sign the UFC, since it’s guaranteed and most likely he’ll face …
Bellator® 143: Results Date: September 25, 2015 Venue: State Farm Arena(Hidalgo, Texas) Main Card (Spike® TV, 9pm) Joe Warren def. LC Davis via Decision Joey Beltran def. Kendall Grove via TKO(RD3,Strikes) Emmanuel Sanchez def. Henry Corrales via Decision Vinicius Queiroz def. Ewerton Teixeira via Submission (RD2,Arm Triangle) Prelims(Spike.com, 6:30pm et) Chase …