UFC sets the stage for Brazil’s Rio De Janeiro
Posted by GC on January 12, 2012
UFC in Rio De Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO — The UFC’s traditional prefight workouts came to the fine sands of Barra beach without quite the same pomp and circumstance of the last company visit (which drew a 5,000-strong crowd to the touristy Copacabana beach). [...]
UFC 141 Results
Posted by GC on January 2, 2012 | EDIT
UFC 141 results wrap: Brock Lesnar retires from MMA after losing to Alistair Overeem and Overeem gives his secret to MMA Strength and Conditioning
by Jesse Holland on Jan 2, 2012 8:01 AM EST in UFC Results
Brock Lesnar (right) winces in pain after eating a couple of knees to the breadbasket by [...]
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UFC’s Joe Silva can’t even find the right kryptonite for Jon Jones
Achilles had his heel, Superman had his kryptonite, but what on earth can the MMA do to find a formable opponent for Jon Jones?
(IJR News 12/12/2011) The answer might be, “Absolutely nothing”, if Joe Silva can’t do it how the world anybody else? Joe Silva [...]
UFC Hall of Famer and former light heavyweight and heavyweight champion, Randy Couture, has been giving his thoughts on the upcoming 205-pound title fight pitting Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida, which will go down tomorrow night (Dec. 10, 2011) at UFC 140 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
According to “The Natural,” Jones has made it look easy [...]
The UFC light heavyweight title is on the line for the third time this year tomorrow night (Dec. 10, 2011) as champion Jon Jones looks to defend his strap against former division deity Lyoto Machida in the main event of UFC 140.
From humble beginnings, Jon Jones has exploded to the top of the MMA world in 2011. He’s [...]
Georges St. Pierre out with knee injury
For the first time since 2006, the UFC will promote a welterweight championship fight without the considerable star power of Georges St. Pierre.
St. Pierre has been forced from a Feb. 4 title defense in Las Vegas against Nick Diaz after injuring his knee, the second time in less than [...]
November 28 2011 Last updated at 07:41 PM ET
Strikeforce Plans First 2012 Show With Likely January 7 Event in Las Vegas
By Mike Chiappetta
MMA Writer
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Strikeforce has requested a January 7 date to host an event at The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas that would be televised by Showtime.
A Nevada state athletic commission representative [...]
The next 30 days in the MMA world will deliver some great MMA fights, ProFightNetwork looks at the rumored cards below
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UFC 141:
Lesnar vs. Overeem: – December 30 (Las Vegas, NV)
Strikeforce:
Rockhold vs. Jardine: – January 7 (Las Vegas, NV)
UFC 142:
Aldo vs. Mendes – January 14 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
UFC on FX 1:
Guillard vs. Miller – January 20 (Nashville, [...]
UFC Hall of Famer and former light heavyweight and heavyweight champion, Randy Couture, has been giving his thoughts on the upcoming 205-pound title fight pitting Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida, which will go down tomorrow night (Dec. 10, 2011) at UFC 140 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
According to “The Natural,” Jones has made it look easy [...]
UFC 140: Lyoto Machida dealing with sickness before Jon Jones fight?
by Geno Mrosko on Dec 10, 2011 3:30 AM EST in UFC News
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
Time for a little graveyard water cooler chit-chat, Maniacs.
Word on the street is Lyoto Machida, who will fight Jon Jones tonight (Sat., Dec. 10, 2011) for the light heavyweight championship [...]
Greenman’s UFC & StrikeForce predictions
From Radio to HDNET, Chris Greenman’s UFC and StrikeForce predictions are amazingly the winning-est among all known and documented MMA experts.
For the last 3 years he is 425 correct and 68 wrong, that is 86% for those of you cant do the math too well. We finally will publish as a service to our viewers.
Greenman’s UFC [...]
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Chris Leben Suspended for One Year After Failed Drug Test at UFC 138
By Ben Fowlkes
MMA Writer
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Middleweight Chris Leben has been suspended by the UFC for one year after testing positive for prescription painkillers oxycodone and oxymorphone following his loss at UFC 138 in Birmingham, England, the organization announced via its websiteon Monday.
“I like Chris and I want [...]
UFC’s Junior Dos Santos is the new champion
Posted by GC on November 13, 2011 | EDIT
Junior Dos Santos stopped Cain Velasquez just 64 seconds into their UFC heavyweight title bout Saturday night, claiming Velasquez’s belt and bringing a swift end to the mixed martial arts promotion’s first show before millions of presumptive newcomers to the sport.
The UFC president, Dana [...]
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — If Friday’s weigh-ins are any indication, Southern California’s ardor for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s heavyweight titleholder hasn’t dimmed since his last appearance in the area more than a year ago.
A crowd that organizers estimated at slightly more than 2,000 roared for Cain Velasquez as he stepped onto the scale in the [...]