Manny Gamburyan out of UFC 135 with shoulder injury
After watching his hopes of becoming the Ultimate Fighter Season 5 champion dashed due to a dislocated shoulder it appears lightning has struck twice for Manny Gamburyan, as the 30-year old featherweight took to Twitter today and announced his withdrawal from a September fight with Diego Nunes after injuring his shoulder while training. “I’m off from the UFC 135 card. I hurt my shoulder and... [Read More...]
Manny Gamburyan vs. Diego Nunes added to UFC 135 lineup
Former featherweight title-contender Manny Gamburyan will look to avoid a three-fight skid this September when he takes on 16-2 Brazilian Diego Nunes at UFC 135 in Denver. Both men are recognized as fierce competitors and happen to be coming off losses making the match-up a “can’t miss” affair for hardcore MMA fans. Their addition to the September 24 card was announced through the UFC’s website. Gamburyan,... [Read More...]
Injured Manny Gamburyan withdraws from UFC 128
Ultimate Fighter Season 5 finalist Manny Gamburyan’s return to the Octagon has been put on hold due to a back injury he suffered while training for his UFC 128 bout with highly-touted BJJer Raphal Assuncao. As a result he will no longer be able to compete on March 19 at the event. News of the withdrawal was broken by MMAFighting where it was also stated the UFC is actively seeking a replacement... [Read More...]
Aldo vs. Gamburyan set as all WEC 51 fighters hit mark at weigh-ins
If WEC 51 is half as entertaining as its related weigh-ins were it stands to reason the show could be the best in promotional history. All of the event’s participants stepped on the scale in Broomfield, Colorado Wednesday afternoon in anticipation tonight’s card with more than one memorable occurrence taking place throughout the process. Fortunately, however, none of the stand-out moments involved... [Read More...]
Leonard Garcia vs. Manny Gamburyan expected for WEC 44
A featherweight bout between Leonard “Bad Boy” Garcia and Manny “Pitbull” Gamburyan is in the works for WEC 44. According to a report on Sherdog.com, both UFC lightweight veterans have verbally agreed to the match up and should be made official soon. Gamburyan 9-4 was a participant on The Ultimate Fighter Season 5, but came up short in the finale with Nate Diaz. In the second round of the bout,... [Read More...]
Gamburyan to leave UFC’s lightweight division for the WEC’s featherweight division
You can add Manny Gamburyan’s name to the ever growing list of fighters migrating to the WEC’s stacked featherweight division. Gamburyan, who is coming off a split decision loss to Thiago Tavares at UFC 94, has finally made the call to drop down a weight class after suffering a second consecutive defeat. A cousin to UFC welterweight Karo Parisyan, Gamburyan made a surprising run all the way... [Read More...]
UFC Fight Night 14 Awards & Bonuses
MMA Mania has learned the recipients of the UFC Fight Night 14 bonuses for Fight of the Night, Submission of the Night, and Knockout of the Night. They are as follows: Frankie Edgar and Hermes Franca added an extra $25,000 to their payday for the Fight of the Night. Franca and Edgar fought a three round war that had Edgar controlling the fight but Franca not going away quietly and dropping bombs... [Read More...]
Report: Jesse Taylor vs. C.B. Dalloway at UFC Fight Night 14 (UPDATED)
Update: An official with Spike TV has confirmed that the Taylor vs. Dalloway match will indeed be televised on July 19. A middleweight matchup between alumni from the seventh season of “The Ultimate Fighter” between Jesse Taylor and C.B. Dalloway is planned for UFC Fight Night 14 on July 19. The news comes courtesy of a report on MMAJunkie.com, which is citing sources within the camps of... [Read More...]
Jesse Taylor to fight on July 19?
Fight Hype has the scoop on the possible return of Jesse “J.T. Money” Taylor to the Octagon: Despite being kicked out of The Ultimate Fighter Finale, it appears that Jesse Taylor is set to make his return to the UFC. Sources close to the situation have informed us that, less than one month after he was supposed to face Amir Sadollah in the finale, Taylor will be entering the Octagon on... [Read More...]
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Arizona State axes wrestling program
Sad news from MMA Weekly regarding one of the best PAC-10 wrestling programs in the country which has recently produced a number of up and coming prospects in the world of mixed martial arts, including TUF 7 contestant C.B. Dollaway and current UFC heavyweight Cain Velasquez: In its official statement on Tuesday, the university sited “economic realities experienced over a long period of time” as... [Read More...]
