Three more bouts officially added to UFC 89
UFC.com has announced three additional bouts for October 18th’s UFC 89. The Ultimate Fighting Championship(R) (UFC(R)) has added three thrilling bouts to the organization’s next UK super-show. It has been confirmed that Rameau Sokoudjou will collide with Luiz Cane in a battle of light-heavyweight strikers, Japanese submission expert Akihiro Gono will take on on highly-regarded British debutant... [Read More...]
Griffin, Jackson, Guillard and Miller earn $60K in Fight Night Bonuses
MMA Junkie has learned the recipients of the traditional UFC Fight Night bonuses. Forrest Griffin and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson each earned a $60,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus for their 5 round war Melvin Guillard received $60,000 for “Knockout of the Night” after his 1st round KO over Dennis Siver. (Guillard’s KO was also the only (T)KO of the night) Cole... [Read More...]
Official scorecards for Jackson vs. Griffin
Dave Meltzer has the official scorecard for the Jackson vs. Griffin bout. They are as follows: Adalaide Byrd who scored it 48-46, gave 4 and 5 to Jackson and Griffin 1, 2 and 3 with 2 as 10-8 Nelson Hamilton had it 48-46 with 1 and 4 for Jackson, and Griffin getting 2 10-8 Roy Silbert had it 49-46 with only round 4 for Jackson I would have liked to have seen a camera from Adalaide Byrd’s point... [Read More...]
Report: Chonan vs. Carneiro at UFC 88
Originally scheduled for UFC 85, a welterweight clash between the always tough Ryo Chonan (14-8) and the perennially perplexing, Roan Carneiro (12-7) will now take place on September 6th, at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta as a part of UFC 88. The news comes from our good friends over at MMA Junkie. Chonan had to pull out of the UFC 85 clash due to a rib injury, leaving Carneiro to take on a replacement... [Read More...]
Report: Alves vs. Sanchez likely for UFC 89
MMA Weekly is reporting that a welterweight clash between Diego Sanchez and Thiago Alves will most likely take place on October 18th as a part of UFC 89. From MMA Weekly: While the welterweight division looks towards a championship match in August between current titleholder Georges St. Pierre and Jon Fitch, the weight class will continue to build towards a new top contender as MMAWeekly.com has learned... [Read More...]
Vitor Belfort training at Xtreme Couture
That’s the word according to the official Xtreme Couture website. “The Phenom” Vitor Belfort is at Xtreme Couture training for his upcoming bout at Affliction: Banned. Vitor will be taking on Terry Martin in his debut at 185lbs. Vitor has spent most of his career fighting at 205lbs which is about what he normally weighs. Meaning he was going in the cage and ring against opponents 10-15 pounds... [Read More...]
Melvin Guillard: “I just need to get back to having fun and winning fights”
In the traditional pre-fight interview with UFC.com, UFC 86 competitor, Melvin Guillard, spoke about his last fight (against Rich Clementi at UFC 79) and his new outlook on fighting. From UFC.com: “My last two fights had affected me badly,” said Guillard. “My dad had just died, so my mind wasn’t really into fighting and my heart wasn’t there but I want it to be there. Now I’m back and I’m... [Read More...]
Report: Joe Lauzon vs. Kyle Bradley at UFN 15
MMA Junkie is reporting that a lightweight clash between Joe Lauzon (16-4) and Kyle Bradley (13-5) has been agreed to and will take place on September 17th at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska as a part of UFC Fight Night 15. Both fighters will be coming off of losses with Lauzon losing to Kenny Florian back in April at UFN 13 and Kyle Bradley losing in a welterweight contest against the... [Read More...]
Brandon Vera vs. Reese Andy at UFN 14
Bouts for July 19th’s UFC Fight Night 14 are getting reported thick and fast all around the MMA Blogosphere. Sherdog.com has the latest with sources close to them saying that Brandon Vera (8-2) will take on former IFL fighter, Reese Andy (7-1) at 205 lbs. The fight will be pegged as the co-main event of the evening. Andy has spent the majority of his career in the IFL organisation. He went... [Read More...]
Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns at UFN 14
MMA Mania is reporting that a welterweight match-up between Anthony Johnson (5-1) and Kevin Burns (6-1) has been signed for July 19th’s, UFC Fight Night 14. Both fighters are coming off very impressive victories in their most recent outings. Anthony Johnson destroyed TUF 6 finalist, Tommy Speer at April’s UFN 13 via first round highlight reel knockout. Kevin Burns on the other hand came... [Read More...]
Jake O’Brien vs. Cain Velasquez set for July 19th
MMA Junkie has gotten word that the UFC have re-signed Jake O’Brien and that he will take on undefeated heavyweight prospect, Cain Velasquez at the newly created UFC Fight Night 14 scheduled for July 19th. If you remember, Jake O’Brien’s contract was cut after his loss to former UFC heavyweight champion, Andrei Arlovski earlier this year. There was a small outcry over the UFC’s... [Read More...]
Dana White attempts to play down the “huge announcement”
I know you are all probably sick of hearing about Dana White’s “huge” announcement and just want to hear what it actually is but alas, you, like the rest of the world will have to wait until Tuesday to get the full story. In the meantime however, Mark Chalifoux from the Baltimore Sun recently conducted an interview with the UFC president. In an excerpt from that interview, which can... [Read More...]
Four more bouts officially added to UFC 87
The UFC’s official website, UFC.com, has announced four additional bouts for August 9th’s UFC 87: Seek and Destroy. A heavyweight tilt between Cheick Kongo (11-4-2) and UFC newcomer Dan Evensen (10-2), a very intriguing lightweight bout between Frankie Edgar (8-1) and Hermes Franca (18-6) and two welterweight fights featuring Chris Wilson (13-4) vs. Steve Bruno (11-3) and Ben Saunders... [Read More...]
Grappling match between Cro Cop and Gracie cancelled
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic has pulled out of his scheduled grappling match with Ralek Gracie at Dream 4 due to some nagging injuries.The news comes from MMA Weekly via a report on Croatian news site, Dnevnik.hr. The report states that Cro Cop decided against the grappling match because he wanted to rehab some nagging injuries and focus on a July 21st MMA bout likely to be against former... [Read More...]
Brandon Vera: “That ref sucks.”
Brandon Vera was a very angry man at the post fight press conference, video of which can be found here. Vera was very disappointed at Fabricio Werdum’s comments at the post fight press conference with Werdum stating that he didn’t want an immediate rematch with Vera and that he should “go to the queue again” which according to Vera is in direct contrast to comments he made... [Read More...]
UFC 85: Alves, Burns, Wiman and Tavares earn UFC “Fight Night” Bonuses
MMA Junkie has got the traditional UFC “Fight Night” bonuses for yesterday’s UFC 85: Bedlam. The bonuses were set at $50,000 which is $25,000 less than last month’s UFC 84: Ill Will. They were awarded as follows: Thiago Alves earns $50,000 for KO of the night after his 2nd round TKO over former UFC welterweight champion, Matt Hughes. UFC newcomer, Kevin Burns earns $50,000... [Read More...]
Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson could prove to be very educational
There has been much said, post-fight, about EliteXC: Primetime’s main event between Kimbo Slice and James Thompson. The majority of which surrounds fight-fixing conspiracies, premature stoppages, phantom taps, why Kimbo will never be a top 10 heavyweight and how terrible it was that that fight was the main event on MMA’s first network card. Much of the criticism levelled at the main attraction... [Read More...]
WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver Weigh-In Results
And now for something completely different. While all the hype and focus was on the strangeness that was EliteXC’s network debut yesterday, the WEC held their weigh-ins for their biggest card ever. The full weigh-in results for WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver are as follows: Main Event – WEC Featherweight Championship Jens Pulver (145) vs Urijah Faber (144.5) WEC Bantamweight Championship Yoshiro... [Read More...]
Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno moved to UFC 87
A welterweight clash between Team Quest fighter, Chris Wilson and UFC debutant Steve Bruno, originally set for July’s UFC 86 has been postponed to August’s UFC 87 according Wilson’s personal website. From ChrisWilsonMMA.com: I just found out my fight has been postponed. The rescheduled date hasn’t been finalized but appears to be bumped to the next UFC show, UFC 87 headlined by... [Read More...]
Andrei Arlovski to hold a “media day” on Tuesday
MMAPayout.com is reporting that former UFC heavyweight champion, Andrei Arlovski will host a media day/workout session this Tuesday, May 27th. From MMAPayout.com: MMAPayout.com received a report that free agent heavyweight superstar Andrei Arlovski will be holding a media day/work out session this coming Tuesday the 27th in Los Angeles. Wild Card Gym in Hollywood will be the site of the presser/workout... [Read More...]
