Official UFC 87 weigh-in results
Courtesy of the UFC’s official site. All fighters made weight and the show is good to go for Saturday night: Georges St. Pierre (170) vs. Jon Fitch (170) Heath Herring (250) vs. Brock Lesnar (265) Roger Huerta (155) vs. Kenny Florian (155) Demian Maia (185) vs. Jason MacDonald (185) Manny Gamburyan (155) vs. Rob Emerson (155) Tamdan McCrory (170) vs. Luke Cummo (167) Cheick Kongo (235) vs. Dan... [Read More...]
UFC 87 Video: Brock Lesnar and Heath Herring at UFC 87 press conference
UFC 87 Video: St. Pierre and Fitch set to face off
Pain Poll: The Staff Of 5 Oz. Breaks Down UFC 87
Is there a weekend this summer that has been without an MMA event? It sure doesn’t seem like it. UFC 87 is on Saturday with one of the strongest cards that the UFC has put on all year. Will Brock Lesnar secure his first win in the UFC? Will Roger Huerta prove all the critics wrong? And will GSP be able to successfully defend his title against one of the best welterweights in the world in Jon... [Read More...]
UFC 87 Video: Dana White’s Video Blog Part 4
Below is part four of Dana White’s UFC 87 video blog which details the UFC 87 press conference from yesterday at the Mall of America, more antics with Rampage Jackson, and a short glimpse of Lorenzo Fertitta working out with Mark Dellagrotte. Oh, and at the end, Dana takes a parting shot at Tito Ortiz. Read More →
UFC 87: Preview and Predictions
It’s become very hard to build proper anticipation and excitement with a major MMA card essentially being presented every weekend. Just as you are about to come down from an event, you have to get yourself all excited again. However, watching the UFC 87 countdown show last night put me in the proper frame of mind and it became very clear that Saturday’s fight card will be offering us three... [Read More...]
UFC 87 Video: Dana White’s UFC 87 Video Blog w/ Rampage Jackson
Dana White has been doing a video blog in the days leading up to UFC 87 and this is the third installment of that series. Parts one and two can be found here. It’s interesting to note that Rampage is with Dana at around the 3:30 mark and seems to be in very good spirits, even joking about his “delirium.” He says he’s back to training, has new trainers, and is preparing to get... [Read More...]
UFC 87 Video: Roger Huerta is hungry for a title shot
Report: Huerta and UFC “far apart” on contract negotiations
Dave Meltzer, in the latest edition of The Wrestling Observer, says that the UFC and Roger Huerta are “far apart” regarding contract negotiations. Huerta has one fight left on his contract after the upcoming fight with Kenny Florian this weekend. If he doesn’t renegotiate soon then there’s a very real possibility of missing out on a title shot should he win on Saturday. MMA... [Read More...]
UFC 87 Video: Heath Herring says all the pressure is on Brock Lesnar
Herring a bad match-up for Lesnar? (video interview)
Heath Herring is all mohawk and confidence in this interview with MMA Rated. At the end Ariel asks Herring for a kiss… Is it just me does Ariel have a knack for getting these fighters to loosen up on camera? Read More →
UFC 87 Video: Kenny Florian plans to pressure Roger Huerta
UFC 87 Video: UFC 87 Countdown Sneak Peek
UFC 87 Video: Brock Lesnar talks Heath Herring
UFC 87 Video: Jon Fitch talks about fighting GSP
UFC 87 Video: Heath Herring prepares for Brock Lesnar
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UFC 80: UFC Hands Out $35,000 Bonuses to Evening’s Standouts
MMAjunkie.com is reporting that B.J. Penn, Wilson Gouveia, Paul Taylor, and Paul Kelly all received a $35,000 bonus on top of their earnings for the UFC 80: “Rapid Fire” event. These bonuses were $20,000 less than the more recent UFC events. No reason has been given yet as to why that is. It was reported on the broadcast that B.J. Penn received “Submission of the Night” honors... [Read More...]
My post-UFC 75 thoughts including what’s next for each fighter
The show opened with Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan talking about how Henderson vs. Rampage was going to be the first of many PRIDE vs. UFC matches. That left me scratching my head. I’m sorry, but has Fedor been signed to unify the PRIDE heavyweight title against Randy Couture and the UFC heavyweight title? Has the UFC stepped up and beaten K-1 to the punch for Takanori Gomi and will we see him... [Read More...]
UFC 75 Results
UFC Light Heavyweight Unification Bout: Quinton Jackson defeats Dan Henderson – Unanimous Decision Cheick Kongo defeats Mirko Cro Cop – Unanimous Decision Michael Bisping defeats Matt Hamill – Split Decision Houston Alexander defeats Alessio Sakara – TKO (strikes) Rd 1. Marcus Davis defeats Paul Taylor – Submission (armbar) Rd 1. Check out much more UFC 75 content on... [Read More...]
UFCJunkie.com: Marcus Davis to fight Paul Taylor
UFCJunkie.com is reporting that Marcus Davis will be fighting Paul Taylor at UFC 75 on September 8 in London. Read More →
