By Mike Chiappetta | source: MMAJunkie It was a long time between octagon appearances for Todd Duffee, but the massive heavyweight returned with a vengeance at UFC 155. Displaying the power that made him an intriguing prospect his first time around, Duffee knocked out Phil De Fries at 2:04 of …
By Ariel Helwani | MMAFighting.com Goldberg didn’t call last weekend’s show in Las Vegas, marking the first time since he debuted with the promotion in 1997 that he missed a UFC assignment for a reason other than a schedule conflict. In his place last Saturday night, announcer Jon Anik called …
Source | SporTV/MMAMania.com Junior tells SporTV it was the threat of Cain’s outstanding wrestling skills that had him worried and forced him to use the “wrong strategy.” His words: “It (he) was better and deserved to win, but I used the wrong strategy. I was very worried about his entry in my …
Source | MMAJunkie.com “Sean Shelby, one of our matchmakers, came to me during the fights tonight and said, ‘Dana, I don’t want to cut this guy,’” White said. “And I said, ‘There’s no way in hell we’re cutting Leonard Garcia.’” “I always say it: The guys who go and lay …
Source | MMAJunkie.com The full list of paydays from the 12-bout card include: Champ Cain Velasquez: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus) def. Junior Dos Santos: $400,000 Jim Miller: $82,000 (includes $41,000 win bonus) def. Joe Lauzon: $27,000 Constantinos Philippou: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus) def. Tim Boetsch: $37,000 Yushin Okami: …
Source | MMAFighting.com “The fight capital of the world,” White practically spit. “30-27 Guillard. It’s unacceptable. It’s a joke. It’s literally a joke. Seriously, the athletic commission must want to dig a f—in’ hole and bury themselves when someone says 30-27 Guillard. They should want to dig a hole and …
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone participated in a fan Q&A prior to UFC 155 weigh-ins
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UFC 155 Dos Santos vs Velasquez 2 Promo
UFC 155: DOS SANTOS vs VELASQUEZ 2 Date: December 29, 2012 | 7pm/10pmPTET Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena MAIN (PPV 10 pm ET) Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez Joe Lauzon vs. Jim Miller Tim Boetsch vs. Constantinos Philippou Alan Belcher vs. Yushin Okami Derek Brunson vs. Chris Leben PRELIMINARY (FX 8 pm ET) Brad Pickett vs. Eddie Wineland Byron Bloodworth vs. Erik Perez Melvin …
Source | 5thround.com Melvin Guillard (Pictured) doesn’t believe “cowardly” Jamie Varner deserves another opportunity to fight him, but as UFC president Dana White promised, the lightweights will in fact be last-minute additions to next Saturday’s “UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II” lineup. The 155-pounders were initially slated to square-off this past …
Source | MMAJunkie.com Four-time Strikeforce veteran Derek Brunson (9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is making his way to the UFC. USA TODAY Sports today learned that Brunson has verbally agreed to replace an injured Karlos Vemola (9-3 MMA, 2-3 UFC) and now meets Chris Leben (22-8 MMA, 12-7 UFC) on the …
Lets not forget that Jr Dos Santos defeated an injured Cain Velasquez to take the belt. Although Dos Santos most likely was going to KO Cain anyways, I’m sure he doesn’t feel good knowing the man could barely stand against him. Anyhow….below you see a devastating clip of when Cain tore his ACL before the …
by Dave Doyle | source: mmafighting.com Former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin is the latest fighter to fall victim to the MMA injury jinx of 2012. A knee injury has forced him out of his Dec. 29 fight against Phil Davis at UFC 155 in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White …
by Mark La Monica | source: newsday.com Chris Weidman, one of the top UFC middleweight fighters, is out of UFC 155 next month with a shoulder injury, Newsday has learned. He was scheduled to fight Tim Boetsch on Dec. 29 in Las Vegas. Weidman said the injury occured Tuesday while training in …
Source: MMAJunkie.com Davis (10-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) will return in a little more than two months to face Forrest Griffin (19-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) at the UFC’s year-end card in Las Vegas. UFC officials on Friday announced the new fight booking. UFC 155 takes place Dec. 29 at the MGM …