Gegard Mousasi: Fight with Alexander Gustafsson “Definitely For No. 1 Contender’s Spot”
The moment Gegard Mousasi signed his contract with the UFC he wanted to make one thing crystal clear – he’s working towards a title shot and wants the biggest fights possible to get there. The former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion comes to the promotion with a lot of hype behind him as one of the top prospects […]
Read More →GUSTAFSSON VS. MOUSASI OFFICIAL FOR STOCKHOLM, TICKETS ON SALE FEB. 9
As expected light heavyweights Alexander Gustafsson (15-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) and Gegard Mousasi (33-3-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will headline an April 6 event at Stockholm’s Ericsson Globe Arena. The event is expected to be UFC on FUEL TV 9, though it’s also being billed as “UFC Sweden 2.” The night’s main card airs on FUEL […]
Read More →“Chael Sonnen will be stronger than Jones,” says Mike Dolce
Chael Sonnen (27-12-1, pictured) is going to be smaller than Jon Jones (17-1) in UFC 159 when they face each other? Mike Dolce, Chael Sonnen nutricionist, denies it. After going to Sao Paulo to corner Vitor Belfort and Nik Lentz, two of his clients, Dolce talked with ImperioMMA about the Sonnen-Jones light heavyweight championship bout. […]
Read More →Wanderlei Silva meets an old friend
Wanderlei Silva, who is in Japan, ran into a old friend. The two fought three times, with Wand taking all three. Wanderlei Silva @wandfc Just meet the legend sakuraba great fighter,very good friend acabei de gravar uma materia aqui com a lenda Sakuraba,muito respeitador antes um oponente,agora se tornou um grande amigo,lembramos varias historias,fiquei feliz […]
Read More →Vinny Magalhaes Is Sick Of “Internet Warriors”
“Very few things irritate me more than fans trying to be “wanna be tough guys”, “internet warriors”, or whatever variations we have to describe these type of people… Fans are definitely entitled to give their opinion about this or that fighter, they’re definitely entitled to ‘think’ that this guy is better than that other guy […]
Read More →‘King Mo’ Lawal about his Bellator debut: ‘I really had doubts’
Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal readily admits, he can’t pronounce the full name of his opponent ahead of his Bellator debut this week. Przemyslaw Mysiala, a 30-year-old Polish journeyman, has tasted defeat in two of his last four bouts, and has yet to fight for a big-name promotion. But as Lawal, the formerStrikeforce light heavyweight champion and Bellator’s […]
Read More →FUEL to become Fox Sports 2, FX dropping sports
The UFC currently airs on FUEL around the clock, on FX regularly, on the FOX network four times per year, plus PPV, and countless international outlets. There are some big changes coming. Sports Media Watch broke the news, via the subscription Sports Business Journal. News Corporation will convert the Fuel cable network into general sports channel ‘Fox Sports […]
Read More →Full UFC 157 LINEUP
The full UFC 157 fight now card includes: MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET) Champ Ronda Rousey vs. Liz Carmouche – for women’s bantamweight title Dan Henderson vs. Lyoto Machida Urijah Faber vs. Ivan Menjivar Manny Gamburyan vs. Chad Mendes Josh Koscheck vs. Robbie Lawler PRELIMINARY CARD (FX, 8 p.m. ET) Lavar Johnson vs. Brendan […]
Read More →Rashad Evans: ‘I do believe I can beat Anderson Silva’
Former UFC Light Heavyweight champ Rashad Evans said today on a UFC156 press call that he believes he can beat UFC Middleweight champ Anderson Silva. Former UFC Light Heavyweight champ Rashad Evans faces Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at next Saturday’s UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar. However many of the questions for Evans on today’s media call involved a potential move down to 185lbs […]
Read More →UFC’s Mike Goldberg: Illness, not drug problem, caused UFC 155 absence
Mike Goldberg: “I ended up coming home from Brazil with a virus, an upper respiratory infection, I ended up being hospitalized a couple times for it, just because they were making sure they could get my lungs open,” Goldberg said. “And just the complications of, I’m an asthmatic, I have been since high school, the […]
Read More →Result: UFC on FX 7: Belfort vs. Bisping
Results Main Card (FX) Weight Class Method Round Time Notes Middleweight Vitor Belfort def. Michael Bisping TKO (head kick and punches) 2 1:27 Middleweight C.B. Dollaway def. Daniel Sarafian Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00 Heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga def. Ben Rothwell Submission (guillotine choke) 2 1:01 Lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Thiago Tavares KO (elbows) […]
Read More →Eddie Alvarez seeks court injunction allowing move to UFC
Former Bellator champion Eddie Alvarez will head to court on Jan 25 to seek an injunction that would allow him to sign and fight for the UFC. Alvarez is currently held up after receiving an offer from the UFC that was then matched by his previous employers at Bellator. Under the terms of his original […]
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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 →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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