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UFC 145 IN REVIEW
Another weekend of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) dominance has come and gone, as UFC 145: “Jones vs. Evans” blew the doors off the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, with a fight card topped off with a thrilling championship bout on Sat. April 21, 2012.
Jon Jones proved that he is not only the man to beat in [...]
GSP’s injury adds weight to Nick Diaz’s accusations
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 [...]
StrikeForce Goes to Vegas, Thanks UFC
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 Mexican boxing Crowd is switching to MMA, backing Cain Velasquez
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 [...]
With injuries coming late in week, UFC 140 on Fox changes fighters
by Charttopper on NOVEMBER 11, 2011 in MMA MEDIA NEWS, UFC
With Rory MacDonald pulling out of UFC 140 due to injury, prelim fighter Claude Patrick stepped up as a replacement and will now face Brian Ebersole on the pay-per-view portion of the Canadian card.
This left Patrick’s original opponent, Rich ‘The Raging Bull’ Attonito [...]
U.S. Mixed Martial Arts Promotion BAMMA is leading by example
While the promotion prides themselves on their motto: “Keep Moving Forward“ the ultimate passion for BAMMA USA is to create an environment in which fighters are truly valued. It just so happens that it’s dictating the premier template for all other MMA promotions as well.
( International Journalism Review, www.IJRnews.com August 8th, 2011) Brett Roberts, BAMMA’s [...]
StrikeForce AKA, the UFC fight results
Hendo is on fire, Fedor has no strikes left, and woman’s mma is getting awesome!
Main Card (Showtime)Dan Henderson defeats Fedor Emelianenko via Ref Stoppage (TKO – Strikes) – Round 1, 4:12Miesha Tate defeats Marloes Coenen via submission (Arm Triangle) – Round 4, 3:04Tim Kennedy defeats Robbie Lawler via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)Tyrone Woodley defeats [...]
Jones Jones and Rampage Jackson are already stirring the kettle
Henderson Talks Jones Vs. Rampage, Being Unemployed, His Position
By Chris Howie MMANEWS.COM Staff WriterDan Henderson is the current Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion, so it may come as a surprise that Hendo DOESN’T have a champions clause in his contract, therefore he is a free agent following his first round knockout of Fedor Emelianenko this past weekend.Henderson [...]
Donald Cerrone to fight Charles Olivereira on UFC on Versus 5
The Cowboy meets do Bronx has been announced
An injury to Paul Taylor has forced the lightweight off of next months UFC on Versus 5 event. Stepping in as a replacement will be Charles ‘do Bronx’ Oliveira (14-1, 1NC) who will take on Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone (15-3, 1NC) in what could potentially be “Fight of the Night” for the [...]
Former MMA top ten fighter Brett Rogers charged with multiple felonies
Remember there are always two side to a story but initial findings do not paint a good picture for Brett “going to jail” Rogers
The losing streak continues for Strikeforce heavyweight Brett Rogers. Less than two weeks after being choked out by Josh Barnett at “Overeem vs. Werdum”, the Grim was arrested yesterday for allegedly beating the crap [...]
Dos Santos puts Cain Velasquez on notice, that he’s next
Junior Dos Santos put UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez on notice with his one-sided performance to defeat Shane Carwin at UFC 131 on Saturday night in Vancouver.
Thanks to Damon Martin from MMAWEEKLY for this article
Junior Dos Santos was already considered the No. 1 contender for the UFC heavyweight title before he stepped foot in Vancouver [...]
TUF 13 payouts
The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the official fighter payouts for The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale.
Tony Ferguson: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Ramsey Nijem: $8,000
Clay Guida: $74,000 ($37,000 win bonus)
def. Anthony Pettis: $10,000
Ed Herman: $48,000 ($24,000 win bonus)
def. Tim Credeur: $10,000
Kyle Kingsbury: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus)
def. Fabio Maldonado: $10,000
Chris Cope: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus)
def. Chuck [...]
The MMA World Might Have Seen The Last of Brock Lesnar
Lesnar Pulls Out Of UFC 131; Dana White and the UFC quickly add a formidable opponant for Dos Santos in Shane Carwin, they will headline UFC 131
UFC president Dana White announced on Thursday that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has been forced to pull out of his scheduled fight against Junior Dos Santos at UFC 131.According [...]
Weigh in Results UFC 129
TORONTO — In a taste of the madness that is to come on Saturday night, around 8,000 fans turned out to the Ricoh Coliseum just to watch the UFC 129 participants step on a scale. At UFC 129, there will be over 55,000 at Rogers Centre to watch two championship matches and the possible last fight [...]
Mousasi dismantles Keith Jardine, but the judges claimed to watch a different fight
Gegard Mousasi put on a clinic as the former 205 lb champion showed why he is at the top in this division. However Keith Jardine showed that he is as tough as they come and eaned his way to a majority draw.
The final decision was 29-27 Mousasi
28-28 by the other two judges
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Gegard Mousasi [...]