UFC 85: Evans out; Cane vs. Lambert back on
Another change in the rollercoaster ride that is UFC 85: Bedlam. UFC.com has announced that TUF 2 heavyweight winner Rashad Evans will no longer fight at the O2 Arena. It was stated earlier today that Brazilian fighter, Luis Cane would step-in to replace the injured James Irvin but Evans has now pulled out and Cane will instead face his original opponent, James Lambert. Nate Marquardt vs. Thales Leites... [Read More...]
Ruling on Randy Couture’s “free agency” looming
The possibility of a potential Randy Couture and Fedor Emelianenko bout became a bit more real yesterday. Sherdog.com reports that Zuffa‘s bid to have Mark Cuban‘s HDNet Fights challenge of Couture’s promotional contract stayed, delayed or dismissed has been denied. Couture’s promotional contract deals with the alleged two fights Zuffa claims the UFC heavyweight champion still... [Read More...]
Results for IFL: Nelson vs. Imes
The IFL was back in action tonight at the Mohegan Sun Arena where three belts were on the line. IFL heavyweight champion, Roy Nelson was defending his belt against TUF 2 runner-up Brad Imes, IFL lightweight champion, Ryan Schultz was defending his championship against the tough Deividas Taurosevicius and IFL middleweight champ, Ryan McGivern was taking on Dan Miller for his 185 lbs. title. The full... [Read More...]
Report: Fickett out due to injury; 5 other bouts announced for EliteXC’s June 14th show
MMA Weekly is reporting that Drew Fickett has had to pull out of his June 14 welterweight title fight with Jake Shields due to a knee injury. The news comes from EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw who was a recent guest on MMA Weekly radio. From MMA Weekly: “Obviously the back injury happened (to Shields) and the easiest thing to do was move him to Hawaii to fight Drew,” said Shaw in the... [Read More...]
Matt Hughes: “I found myself rooting for Serra”
In Matt Hughes’ most recent blog entry on his website he gave his recap of the Matt Serra and Georges St. Pierre bout that took place this past Saturday at UFC 83. From Matt-Hughes.com: GSP had a good game plan to take Matt Serra down and wear him out. I found myself rooting for Serra at the end of the second round, I wanted him to make it to the third round. I thought if it would get to the... [Read More...]
Random Notes: Dana White on a number of different topics
There was an article posted on the Canadian section of Yahoo! sports on Saturday about UFC president, Dana White. White provided nuggets of information about a variety of different topics. The part I found the most interesting was when White was asked about if there were plans for the UFC to install a featherweight division (145 lbs.). From Yahoo!: White says the UFC has no plans to introduce... [Read More...]
Din Thomas to drop to 145 lbs.
In a recent interview with MMA on Tap, UFC lightweight Din Thomas, discussed a drop down to featherweight (145 lbs.). The TUF 4 veteran made mention of the two consecutive defeats he has suffered recently to Kenny Florian (UFC Fight Night 11) and Josh Neer (UFC Fight Night 13) as a reason for the cut. From MMA on Tap: “The UFC’s lightweight division is the most complex division in the world,”... [Read More...]
Further details on Liddell’s injury and UFC 85
UFC.com, the UFC’s official website has posted an article confirming that Chuck Liddell has indeed pulled out of his UFC 85 clash with Rashad Evans due to injury. According to the article, Liddell tore his hamstring last week in preparation for his bout with the TUF 2 winner(photographic proof of the very nasty looking injury is included). UFC President, Dana White has been quoted as saying... [Read More...]
UFC 83: Weigh In Results
The following are today’s weigh in results for UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre 2: Main Card Matt Serra (169.5) vs. Georges St. Pierre (169.5) Rich Franklin (185.5) vs. Travis Lutter (185) Nate Quarry (185.5) vs. Kalib Starnes (186) Michael Bisping (185.5) vs. Charles McCarthy (186) Marc Bocek (154.5) vs. Mac Danzig (154.5) Preliminary Card Joe Doerksen (184.5) vs. Jason MacDonald (185) Rich Clementi... [Read More...]
Report: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia is now official
MMA Weekly is reporting that PRIDE heavyweight king pin, Fedor Emelianenko has announced that a speculated fight between he and Tim Sylvia is now official. Fedor has stated on his personal website that he has signed the contract. (I would link you to the website but Google tells me that it may harm my computer) The bout will take place on July 19th in the United States but as of yet, no official promotion... [Read More...]
Report: Spencer Fisher vs. Jeremy Stephens at TUF 7 Finale
MMA Junkie is reporting that a lightweight match-up between Spencer Fisher and Jeremy Stephens has been confirmed for The Ultimate Fighter 7′s season finale on June 21st. Fisher (20-4) comes to this fight after pulling out of a fight with Marcus Aurelio at UFC Fight Night 13 due to injury. His last actual fight was at UFC 78 where he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Frankie Edgar.... [Read More...]
10 things learned from YAMMA Pit Fighting
If you didn’t watch the inaugural YAMMA Pit Fighting then God has smiled upon you this day. It was seriously terrible. There was a novelty value for all of about 10 minutes but once it wore off you found yourself watching some very sloppy and very unexciting MMA, with terrible, terrible commentary. The show was a train wreck which I couldn’t take my eyes off. But in all great disasters... [Read More...]
UFC 86: Marcus Aurelio vs. Tyson Griffin
MMA Weekly is reporting that sources close to them have confirmed that Marcus Aurelio and Tyson Griffin will face off this July at UFC 86. Marcus “Maximus” Aurelio accepts the bout after just last week looking as impressive as anyone can look in 16 seconds against UFC debutant, Ryan Roberts at UFC Fight Night 13. In that 16 seconds Aurelio managed to drop his opponent, pound on him and... [Read More...]
Evan Tanner signs contract to fight this summer
In former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner’s most recent post on his website, he confirmed that all the documentation has been signed for his next fight this summer. In true Tanner style he won’t name the opponent but as we read earlier this week on Kendall Grove’s personal website, the TUF 3 middleweight winner will be his opponent. As a whole this isn’t really news because... [Read More...]
UFC 84: Terry Etim vs. Rob Emerson? (Updated)
UFC.com has listed on its event page for UFC 84: Ill Will that TUF 5′s Rob Emerson will take on Terry Etim at the event. This listing goes against a widely accepted report from MMA Junkie back in February that Etim would take on Jeremy Stephens. In my recent MMA blog travels I haven’t noticed anyone disputing Junkie’s report or mentioning a possible injury to Stephens that would... [Read More...]
Kendall Grove to face Evan Tanner at TUF 7 Finale
Kendall Grove will take on former UFC middleweight champion, Evan Tanner at the Ultimate Fighter 7 finale according to Grove’s personal website. The match-up is listed in the “Upcoming Fight” section on the homepage. Grove, the winner of TUF 3′s middleweight tournament is currently on a two fight losing streak following successive TKO losses to TUF 4 veterans, Patrick Cote and... [Read More...]
Nate Diaz on Tyson Griffin: “That guy doesn’t want to fight me”
Nathan Diaz, fresh off of a very impressive second round submission victory over Kurt Pellegrino at last Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 13 has shared his thoughts on another UFC lightweight in Tyson Griffin. From GracieFighter.com: “That guy (Tyson Griffin) doesn’t want to fight me because he thinks he’s somewhere higher up than me? I just beat a guy that’s better than him.... [Read More...]
Shamrock vs. Le: Official salaries
The following are the official salaries for all 18 fighters that participated on Saturday’s EliteXC and Strikeforce co-promotion, “Shamrock vs. Le”. According to MMA Junkie, the event, which was held at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, had a live gate of $1, 117, 855 and drew 15, 942 attendees (14, 710 paid). The total diclosed payroll for the show was $667, 850. As told... [Read More...]
Report: Six more fighters added to UFC 86
American Top Team’s official website has announced that four fighters training out of their camp are set to fight on July 5th’s UFC 86. Gleison Tibau, Cole Miller, Steve Bruno and Ben Saunders have all been listed to take part at the event but currently no opponents have been named. MMA Weekly is also reporting in its rumors section that TUF 5′s Corey Hill will take on Justin... [Read More...]
Report: Cote to face Almeida at UFC 86
The Fight Network has learned that TUF 4 runner-up, Patrick Cote (12-4, 3-4 UFC) will face Renzo Gracie protégé, Ricardo Almeida (9-2, 2-2 UFC) at UFC 86. Cote’s training partner, former UFC middleweight contender, David Loiseau confirmed the bout. The Canadian middleweight, known as the “Predator” is currently on a four fight win streak, with three of those four coming inside... [Read More...]
