War on the Mainland Weigh-In Results
Each man participating on tonight’s “War on the Mainland” card stepped on the scale Friday afternoon in Irvine, California and, as expected, all nine bouts will take place as originally scheduled. Perhaps most notably, former UFC heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia officially measured in at 274 pounds. The number is actually thirty pounds down from his weight in his last bout, against Mariusz... [Read More...]
Terry Martin to make Strikeforce debut on Sept. 20
Strikeforce has announced that former UFC light heavyweight and middleweight competitor Terry Martin will debut for the San Jose-based promotion on Sept. 20 during its second-ever show at the famed Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. Martin’s opponent will be up-and-coming 24-year old middleweight prospect Cory Devela. Martin is 17-5, according to Sherdog’s fight finder, and most recently... [Read More...]
Miguel Torres next title defense
WEC titlist Miguel Torres is coming off of two electric victories to retain his bantamweight championship. Now, Torres is preparing himself for the next potential challenger. While he doesn’t know exactly who he’ll be facing yet, he does know who the top fighters being considered are. There are a couple of guys being looked at – Damacio Page of Greg Jackson’s team, the guy who... [Read More...]
Torres: Faber fight will happen at some point
Miguel Torres and Urijah Faber put on very impressive performances at the last WEC event. That leads to the inevitable question of if the two champions will eventually face each other. I know me and Faber are going to fight in the future,” said Torres, “It’s going to have to happen. The people would love to see it. I would love to do it. I know that he would too.” Torres was... [Read More...]
Video: Miguel Torres post-fight comments
Report: Torres vs. Maeda for WEC bantamweight title set for June 1
A planned WEC bantamweight title defense by Miguel Torres against Manny Tapia that had been scheduled to take place on June 1 in Sacramento, Calif. has been scrapped, according to the official website of the WEC. Tapia was forced to pull out of the right after sustaining a knee injury during training. While the WEC has not officially announced a replacement, MMAMania.com has broken the news that Torres... [Read More...]
