MMA Elite to cover $100,000 cost of Mark Coleman’s hip surgery
Earlier this week Mark Coleman announced that he will fight no more in the cage forever, and faces a total hip replacement. Entire cost of the surgery is $100,000, a sum well beyond his current means. In amazingly great news, Coleman’s longtime sponsor MMAElite stepped up and is covering the cost of the surgery. An emotion Coleman, […]
Read More →With Overeem out due to thigh injury, JDS fight likely in Summer
With Alistair Overeem injured with a projected five week recovery, and out of his fight with Junior Dos Santos at UFC 160, many in the hardcore fanbase clamored, again, for Mark Hunt to get a title shot. Again, it looks like it is not going to happen. A fan reached out to UFC president Dana […]
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VIDEO: UFC 158: Jake Ellenberger Pre-Fight Interview
Power puncher Jake Ellenberger knows he will have his hands full against veteran Nate Marquardt at UFC 158, but he feels confident he has the tools to beat any welterweight in the world. Watch UFC 158 live March 16 on pay-per-view.
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Mark Hunt “down” to fight Junior dos Santos at UFC 160
It is still unclear whether the UFC will ask Junior dos Santos to fight a new opponent atUFC 160 now that Alistair Overeem is injured, but one thing is for certain: if Twitter is any kind of guide, the fans’ unanimous choice to fight dos Santos in a little over two months is one man: Mark Hunt. “If […]
Read More →Mark Munoz vs. Tim Boetsch slated for UFC 162
A year after his last fight, Mark Munoz will finally return to the Octagon. Munoz and Tim Boetsch have verbally agreed to meet at UFC 162 in July, sources close to the fight confirmed with MMAFighting.com. The promotion has yet to make the middleweight fight official. Munoz (12-3) hasn’t fought since he was knocked out by Chris Weidman at UFC on FUEL TV 4 last […]
Read More →Alistair Overeem injured, out of UFC 160 fight against Junior dos Santos
According to sources close to Overeem, the heavyweight recently suffered an undisclosed injury while training, which will sideline him for four-to-five weeks. As a result, Overeem’s camp recently informed the UFC that he will be unable to fight dos Santos at UFC 160 on May 25. Overeem is hoping to return to action against dos […]
Read More →Anderson Silva agrees to face Chris Weidman at UFC 162
On behalf of the UFC, Chris Weidman traveled to the New York state capitol on Wednesday to lobby for mixed martial arts in the Empire state. Perhaps they sent him there after experiencing his efforts first-hand, as it appears that his own previous, personal lobbying for a middleweight title match with Anderson Silva has finally paid off. According to […]
Read More →Erik Perez vs. Johnny Bedford targeted for UFC 159
A bantamweight bout pitting upstart Mexican prospect Erik Perez (13-4) against TUF 14 alum Johnny Bedford (19-9-1) has been targeted for UFC 159. Bedford announced the match-up via Twitter on Wednesday. UFC 159 takes place April 27, 2013 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Jon Jonesdefends his UFC light heavyweight title against fellow TUF 17 coach Chael Sonnen in the night’s main event. Perez, a 23-year-old Jackson’s MMA product […]
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