by Jesse Holland | Source: MMAMAnia The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight titleholder will defend his belt in the main event of the UFC 153 pay-per-view (PPV) fight card, currently slated for the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct. 13, 2012. UFC officials made the announcement earlier today. Aldo was originally set to battle Koch …
source | mmamania.com Chael Sonnen speaking to MMA Uncensored about a potential fight with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson: “If stupidity was a disease that was treatable by medicine, ‘Rampage’ would be the ifrst one in line at the pharmacy, every morning. If ‘Rampage’ wants to fight with me, let’s fight! But, the …
by Mike Chiappetta | source: mmafighting.com On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour, Showtime sports president Stephen Espinoza surprisingly put forth a hope of matching Strikeforce champions against UFC champions. “I hope that we’re getting the story out there clearly enough that these are two high-level organizations, he said. “You can make …
Source | haroldsun.com.au What about a favourite fighter? Surely every boss is a little bias? I’m a bit bias, Chuck Liddell and I have been good friends since the beginning, since before we even owned this company. But one of my other favourite fighters is Anderson Silva. He is the …
by Shaun Al-Shatti | source: mmafighting.com “My manager has talked to Joe Silva and all of them,” he revealed. “And supposedly they actually really want me to fight Anderson. The question is, will Anderson fight me? I think that’s what it’s coming down to. When is Anderson going to be ready to …
Source | UFC.com FaceBook Prelims: Anton Kuivanen vs Mitchell Clarke Daniel Pineda vs Antonio Carvalho FX Prelims: Mitch Gagnon vs Bryan Caraway Ryan Jimmo vs Anthony Perosh Francisco Rivera vs Roland Delorme Nick Ring vs Court McGee Main Card: Matt Riddle vs Chris Clements James Head vs Brian Ebersole Shawn Jordan vs Cheick Kongo Tim Boetsch vs Hector Lombard Renan Barao vs Urijah Faber
Source | MMAJunkie.com The next UFC on FOX™ card again will feature four fights. A lightweight scrap between Joe Lauzon (21-7 MMA, 8-4 UFC) and former WEC champ Jamie Varner (20-6-1- MMA, 2-1 UFC) will kick off UFC on FOX™ 4’s main-card broadcast. UFC on FOX™ 4 takes place Aug. …
Source | ESPN Looks like a fight Between Rashad Evans and Anderson Silva might make more sense than not. “I’ve been thinking about going down to middleweight lately,” “I haven’t totally made up my mind. It’s something I’m going to think about a little more in the coming months and …
Chris Weidman! Get used to the name because he is a beast. Since his UFC Debut in March of 2011 Chris has gone 5-0, working his way up the Middle weight division. Chris hasn’t had an easy run either, taking home wins against Alessio Sakara, Jesse Bongfeldt, Tom Lawlor, Demian Maia, and Mark Munoz. …
by John Morgan | source: usatoday.com Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contenders Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin will serve as coaches on the 16th season of The Ultimate Fighter, and they’ll meet in a season-ending fight in the show’s live finale UFC President Dana White exclusively revealed the coaches’ selections to USA TODAY …
@lorenzofertitta i want 2 pick a fight with the middle weight champion! Lol Make it happen!! Please!! — Rashad Evans (@SugaRashadEvans) July 8, 2012
Source |UFC.com Main Bouts (Live on Fuel TV, 8:00 PM) Mark Munoz vs. Chris Weidman James TeHuna vs. Joey Beltran Aaron Simpson vs. Kenny Robertson Karlos Vemola vs. Francis Carmont T.J. Dillashaw vs. Vaughan Lee Rafael dos Anjos vs. Anthony Njokuani Preliminary Bouts (Live on Facebook, 5:00 PM) Damacio Page …
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 …
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. …
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 …