UFC 87 Awards & Bonuses

MMA Weekly has their hands on the UFC 87 Awards and Bonus figures for the night. They are as follows: Jon Fitch and Georges St. Pierre each pocketed an extra $60,000 for Fight of the Night following their five round war for the welterweight title. Demian Maia was awarded Submission of the Night and also pocketed an extra $60,000 for his rear naked choke submission against Jason MacDonald in the opening... [Read More...]

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UFC 87 Thoughts & Commentary

UFC 87 is now in the books and it was one of the best shows, if not the best show, all year. Georges St. Pierre defended his title against an incredibly game Jon Fitch, Brock Lesnar proved his worth against Heath Herring, and Roger Huerta failed to do the same against a technical Kenny Florian. Let’s get right into breaking it down. Georges St. Pierre is on another level at 170 lbs. Jon Fitch... [Read More...]

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UFC returning to Montreal in November or December?

Earlier this week, UFC president Dana White flew in to Toronto, Ontario to continue the media blitz for UFC 87: Seek and Destroy. Amidst all the talk of Roger Huerta’s contract issues and Quinton Jackson’s arrest, White stated that the UFC was in the process of closing a deal that would see the Las Vegas-based promotion return to Montreal, Quebec before the end of the year. In an interview... [Read More...]

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UFC 87 Video: St. Pierre and Fitch set to face off

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UFC 87 Video: Jon Fitch talks about fighting GSP

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UFC 87 Video: Georges St. Pierre talks about defending his title

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Overeem to fight for K-1 Hero’s

There was a lot of speculation recently that former Pride light heavyweight fighter Alistair Overeem was close to signing with the UFC but Overeem competed in Amsterdam for K-1 over the weekend. The card primarily featured kickboxing matches but there were several MMA rules bouts, and Overeem was a part of one of them. It looks like his appearance for K-1 was not a one time thing as the inside word... [Read More...]

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