EliteXC “Heat”: Preview Benji Radach vs Murilo “Ninja” Rua
October 2, 2008
Benji Radach (18-4 MMA) vs. Murilo “Ninja” Rua (16-8-1 MMA) This is one of the best middleweight fights you will ever see outside of the UFC. These two 185lbers are some of the most exciting stand up fighters in MMA. We have a fighter on the comeback trail to elite status versus another on a quest to reclaim his title belt. Both have slick striking with...
Read More...Report: Radach vs. Ninja Rua added to EliteXC-CBS on Oct. 4
August 25, 2008
With all hope of a lightweight title defense by K.J. Noons vs. Nick Diaz now extinguished, EliteXC officials have reportedly decided to sign a middleweight bout between former EliteXC middleweight champion Murilo “Ninja” Rua and IFL refugee Benji Radach for its next installment of “Saturday Night Fights” set to take place on Oct. 4. The...
Read More...Odds of a Joey Villasenor vs. Murilo Rua rematch on Sept. 20 “less than 50 percent”
August 5, 2008
While EliteXC middleweight Joey Villasenor is considered a virtual-lock to appear on EliteXC’s Sept. 20 in his adopted-hometown of Albuquerque, N.M., a reported potential rematch between he and Murilo “Ninja” Rua does not appear in the cards at this time. Villasenor and Rua last fought for the then-vacant EliteXC middleweight title in June of...
Read More...Report: Joey Villasenor set to return to EliteXC on Sept. 20; rematch with “Ninja” possibly on the horizon
August 3, 2008
MMA Junkie is reporting that middleweight Joey Villasenor is set to make his return to the EliteXC cage on Sept. 20 at a to be determined location against a to be determined opponent. Villasenor thinks the card could possibly in front of his home crowd and against a fighter, Murilo “Ninja” Rua, who he’s lost to once before: “It sounds...
Read More...Ben Askren to fight for the UFC?
July 10, 2007
There’s a small piece at AOL.com about the top U.S. amateur freestyle wrestler, Ben Askren. According to the story, Askren has his sights on the UFC: And my favorite thing about him is that he said that while he knows he can’t equal the professional careers of Durant, Oden and Smith (well, maybe he can equal Smith), he does plan to turn professional....
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