Swedish TV confirms UFC is coming to Sweden again in April
Today SVT confirms that the world’s largest MMA organization – UFC – is heading back to Sweden already in April. Last year’s Swedish event was a great success for the UFC. Alexander Gustafsson‘s win over Thiago Silva in a sold out Globen was also the fastest sold-out event in the Globe arena. SVT also confirms that Alexander Gustafsson will go […]
Read More →UFC Releases Nine Fighters To Make Room For Strikeforce Imports
According to a report by nine fighters have been given their release by UFC officials. The fighters are Chad Griggs, Nick Penner, Marcus LeVesseur, John Cofer, Joey Gambino, Jeff Hougland, Jared Papazian, Yasuhiro Urushitani and Henry Martinez. The reason behind the moves likely has to do with the recent import of several Strikeforce fighters. Strikeforce closed […]
Read More →Ultimate Fighter: Tour the TUF Gym
Coach Sonnen shows you the digs the TUF fighters will love to hate. The Ultimate Fighter: Jones vs. Sonnen premieres Jan. 22 at 8 pm ET/PT on FX.
Read More →Felice Herrig on TMZ defends sex appeal in WMMA
The role of sex appeal in women’s sports is a contentious one, and women’s mixed martial arts is no exception. Firmly on the side of sex appeal rocking is Chicago’s Felice Herrig, who appeared on that most erudite of media TMZ. The interview was actually pretty cool, and Herrig’s contention that as long as you […]
Read More →Announced career earnings of 772 UFC fighters
The good folks at MMA Manifesto tabulated the announced career earnings of every UFC fighter since UFC 46 in 2004, when Athletic Commissions started releasing fighter purse info. The list, which will be updated after each show, reflects announced earnings including UFC on Fuel: Franklin vs Le which was held on Nov 10. The below figures […]
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