UFC 142 Results: Erick Silva Disqualified In Fight With Carlo Prater

Source: http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/1/14/2708268/ufc-142-results-erick-silva-disqualified-in-fight-with-carlo-prater

Hiroyuki Abe Cyril Abidi  Daniel Acacio Bernard Ackah 

Tweets of the Week - 1/13

Source: http://www.ufc.com/news/tweets-of-the-week-011312

Terrance Aflague Yoshihiro Akiyama  Gilbert Aldana  Jose Aldo 

Jose Aldo: Giving Back To The Community

Source: http://www.themmanews.com/jose-aldo-giving-back-to-the-community/

Viacheslav Datsik Marcus Davis  Tony DeSouza  Edwin Dewees 

Video analysis: Nate Diaz?s place in the 155-pound division

Press conferences and flowing coherent quotes be damned, 2012 could be the year of the Diaz Brothers.

With his performance at UFC 141, Nate joined his older Nick as one of the UFC title contenders to watch over the next 12 months.

Nate's striking, looking more and more like his brother's with each fight, simply overwhelmed Donald Cerrone. According to Fight Metric, he fired 391 shots the way of Cerrone over 15 minutes. By the time Cerrone walked into the postfight press conference, his face was so swollen it looked like he'd had a poor reaction to a bug bite or food allergy.

The lightweight division is wide open behind champ Frankie Edgar. Diaz, ranked No. 13 in the USA Today/Bloody Elbow Top 25 lightweight rankings, has already faced four fighters in the top 10. Maybe a rematch against Gray Maynard or Clay Guida is up next?

Yahoo! Sports' lead MMA writer Kevin Iole joined me after the fights to talk Diaz in 2012.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/video-analysis-nate-diaz-place-155-pound-division-215104770.html

Andre Amade  Dean Amasinger  Jimmy Ambriz Matt Andersen 

Lyoto Machida offers to fight Chael Sonnen with one arm

Chael Sonnen has picked fights with Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida's good friend, and Jon Jones, the UFC light heavyweight champion who recently beat Machida. Now, it's "The Dragon" who wants a piece of Chael.

Machida used his Twitter account to call out Sonnen. In Portugese, he wrote a message that translated to, "Chael Sonnen, just got out of surgery, but can give you your gift inside the octagon with one arm and only you accept the fight."

Sonnen responded that he "doesn't have time for pee-pee mouth," referring to Machida's practice of drinking his own urine.

"All the time I can spare him is the time to cold cock him and walk away," Sonnen added.

Sonnen's sights are currently set on Mark Munoz, whom he will fight on Jan. 28 at UFC on Fox 2.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/lyoto-machida-offers-fight-chael-sonnen-one-arm-134645462.html

Dan The Sandman Christison  Logan The Pink Pounder Clark  Steve The Snake Claveau  Rich No Love Clementi 

Rousimar Palhares: ?What I love is to fight.?

When middleweight Rousimar Palhares enters the Octagon next weekend at UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes he will do so as a relative mystery to American fans, at least outside of his reputation as a powerful grappler with a penchant for procuring devastating submissions. However, the UFC has released a video documenting some of Palhares? preparation [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/01/05/rousimar-palhares-%e2%80%9cwhat-i-love-is-to-fight-%e2%80%9d

Crosley Gracie Gregor Gracie Ralek Gracie Renzo Gracie

Complete Strikeforce Results

Source: http://www.ufc.com/news/sf-7-results-for-ufc

Robert Berry David Bielkheden Michael Bisping  Dan Bobish

Eduard Folayang: "I believe that I will be busy this 2012."

The sport of MMA is developing rapidly in the Philippines and Eduard Folayang is the most famous fighter to have emerged from the scene there. He also regularly represents his country at Wushu, winning a gold medal at the recent South East Asian Games, making him an all round national hero. He is the reigning [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/01/07/eduard-folayang-i-believe-that-i-will-be-busy-this-2012

Rickson Gracie Rodrigo Gracie Roger Gracie Rolles Gracie

UFC 142 Video Blog with Dana White (Episode 1)

UFC President Dana White is back with his first video blog for Saturday's UFC 142 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which features a behind the scenes look at last month's "UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem" event.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/27137/ufc-142-video-blog-with-dana-white-episode-1/

Luiz Buscape Firmino Spencer Fisher Jon Fitch Kenny Florian

Anthony Njokuani vs. John Makdessi Booked for UFC 145

Lightweight strikersAnthony Njokuani and John Makdessi will look to bounce back from recent losses when they're scheduled to clash at UFC 145 on March 24 in Montreal, Canada. The UFC announced the matchup on Wednesday.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/27161/anthony-njokuani-vs-john-makdessi-booked-for-ufc-145/

Crosley Gracie Gregor Gracie Ralek Gracie Renzo Gracie

MMA Marketplace: The UFC wants to brand your car

The UFC wants you to let the world's roadways know that you are, in fact, as real as it gets. To help, they put out a new line of merchandise aimed at putting their three letters all over your vehicle.
Seat covers, wheel covers, floor mats, hitch cover...

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/mma-marketplace-ufc-wants-brand-car-141924665.html

Jon Olav Einemo Per Eklund Jason Ellis Aleksander Emelianenko

Bellator signs undefeated welterweight Andrey Koreshkov

The Bellator Fighting Championship announced today that they have inked Russian welterweight Andrey “Spartan” Koreshkov. Koreshkov (8-0) is widely considered to be a top welterweight prospect. At just 21 years old, he brings an undefeated record to the Bellator cage. Koreshkov has yet to let a fight go to the judges hands as he has [...]

Bellator signs undefeated welterweight Andrey Koreshkov is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News

Source: http://www.mmainterplay.com/bellator-news/bellator-signs-undefeated-welterweight-andrey-koreshkov-56541/

Jason Ellis Aleksander Emelianenko Fedor Emelianenko Yasubey Enomoto

Luke Rockhold retains title with first-round finish of Keith Jardine

Strikeforce kicked off 2012 on a relatively high note minus some curious refereeing/scoring blunders with not only a card full of solid match-ups but live preliminary bouts on Showtime for the first time in promotional history. Headlined by middleweight champion Luke Rockhold defending his belt against crafty cagefighter Keith Jardine, the show featured a handful [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/01/07/strikeforce-rockhold-vs-jardine-real-time-results

Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves 

?UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller? Fight Card Finalized

With the late addition of Octagon rookies Daniel Pineda and Pat Schilling, the 11-bout roster for “UFC on FX: Guillard vs. Miller” is finally complete. Pineda makes his big league debut riding a five-fight winning streak, while Schilling is perfect through his first five professional scraps. The featherweights will collide during the show’s prelims. ?UFC [...]

Source: http://www.5thRound.com/102514/ufc-on-fx-guillard-vs-miller-fight-card-finalized/

Paul Buentello  Josh Burkman  Mikey Burnett  Murilo Bustamante 

Fabio Maldonado Injured, Fight with Caio Magalhaes Scratched from UFC 142

Saturday's UFC 142 fight card will go on with just 10 fights, as light heavyweight Fabio Maldonado is injured and his matchup against UFC newcomer and fellow Brazilian Caio Magalhaes has been scratched from the January 14 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the UFC announced today.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/27116/fabio-maldonado-injured-fight-with-caio-magalhaes-scratched-from-ufc-142/

Rodrigo Gracie Roger Gracie Rolles Gracie Royce Gracie

Brock Lesnar retires from MMA after loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141

LAS VEGAS - Brock Lesnar never really adjusted to getting hit for real. Tonight, facing a 263-pound monster in Alistair Overeem, Lesnar bowed out early and then walked away from the sport.

The same old bugaboo - his inability to absorb punches - reared its ugly head at UFC 141. Overeem targeted Lesnar's body with knees and kicks, got the big man to drop and cover up. It was all over in less than two and a half minutes in the main event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

So is Lesnar's run in MMA. The former star of pro wrestling announced that he was finished fighting in the Octagon.

"I want to thank everyone, the Fertittas and Dana White," Lesnar told UFC analyst Joe Rogan. "I promised my wife and kids that if I won this fight, the fight against Junior [dos Santos] would be my last. If I lost tonight, this would be my last."

Overeem, a veteran of 47 MMA fights coming in, broke Lesnar's spirit early by thwarting a takedown attempt and battering his body repeatedly. The win gets him the next heavyweight title shot against dos Santos sometime in 2012.

"My hats off to Alistair Overeem. I want to take my hat off to all my training partners, my entire family," said Lesnar. "I've really had a difficult time with my disease. I'm officially retired tonight. This was the last time you'll see me in the Octagon."

Lesnar (5-3, 4-3 UFC) missed the last 15 months fighting a battle against diverticulitis. The intestinal ailment and subsequent surgery had him losing 40 pounds at one point.

Lesnar was first diagnosed in Oct. of 2009. He went without surgery and returned a year later. He lost his UFC heavyweight title belt to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121. More alarming than the one-sided loss was the way Lesnar turned and ran away from punches after he was nailed a few times by Velasquez.

Velasquez is a big puncher, but Overeem is in a different class. An experience kickboxer, the 263-pound Overeem hits like a Mack truck. A few knees early tonight really rocked Lesnar and put him on his heels. From there, he was tentative in going for the takedown.

Lesnar, a wrestler by trade, only attempted one single-leg takedown 50 seconds into the fight. After that, he chose to stand and box with Overeem. It was a path to disaster.

With 2:42 left in the first, Overeem (36-11-1, 1-0 UFC) drilled Lesnar on his right side with a nasty body kick. Lesnar had a delayed reaction, grabbed at his ribs and went down to a knee. Overeem charged forward and threw 11 unanswered punches as Lesnar covered up. The final right crushed Lesnar to the body. That's when the ref stepped in.

This was the UFC debut for Overeem, who's fought all over the world. The giant Dutchman spent most of his career fighting in Japan as a 205-pounder. In 2007, he decided to add bulk to his 6-foot-5 frame. The change has been shocking. He's stormed to eight straight wins in the big boy division, with seven of them coming via first round finishes.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/overeem-batters-lesnar-ufc-141-former-wwe-star-053724750.html

Andrew Gardner Tiki Ghosn Dennis George Kultar Gill

Chael Sonnen: Brock was robbed.

Image: http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4018/brockwasrobbed.jpg

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I agree. :thumb02:

Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/98775-chael-sonnen-brock-robbed.html

Chris Dolman Edson Drago  Tomasz Drwal Joe Hybrid Duarte

Large, in-charge Anthony Johnson has big plans for Vitor Belfort

At UFC 142, Anthony Johnson will make his middleweight debut against Vitor Belfort. Johnson always appeared to be too large for welterweight and sometimes struggled with his weight cut. Judging by his size in this video, Johnson will be comfortable at 185 lbs. (Warning: A few NSFW words are dropped in it.)

Johnson plans on submitting and knocking out Belfort in Brazil on Saturday, plus throw a spinning kick from the guard. Though this seems logistically unlikely, I have my fingers crossed that it will happen, because Johnson would then get a bonus for both Knockout and Submission of the night.

Who do you think will win? Tell us in the comments or on Facebook.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/large-charge-anthony-johnson-big-plans-vitor-belfort-182744007.html

Delson Heleno Dan Henderson Josh Hendricks Ed Herman

Four fights announced for UFC on FUEL 2

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has officially announced the addition of four more bouts to their debut event in Sweden. UFC on FUEL 2 takes place on April 14th from the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm. A pair of Swedish fighters, Magnus “Jycken” Cedenblad and Jorgen “The Last Viking” Kruth, will be making their UFC debuts [...]

Four fights announced for UFC on FUEL 2 is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News

Source: http://www.mmainterplay.com/ufc-news/four-fights-announced-for-ufc-on-fuel-2-56546/

Kevin Kimbo Slice Ferguson Paulo Filho Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic Luiz Buscape Firmino

Tweets of the Week - 1/6

Source: http://www.ufc.com/news/tweets-of-the-week-010612

Roan Jucao Carneiro Shane The Engineer Carwin  Jason Hollywood Chambers Ryo Piranha Chonan 

Brock Lesnar: We Hardly Knew You!

I may be in the minority here, but I am sad to see Brock Lesnar go. In the short period of time he competed in mixed martial arts he added so much excitement and even the negative attention he brought was a benefit to the sport. It?s easy to see by looking at the pay-per-views [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/01/02/brock-lesnar-we-hardly-knew-you

Efrain Escudero Rashad Evans Urijah Faber Wagnney Fabiano

Ten Best - 2011 Upset of the Year

Source: http://www.ufc.com/news/Ten-Best-2011-Upset-of-the-Year

Ralek Gracie Renzo Gracie Rickson Gracie Rodrigo Gracie

Strikeforce Confirms Several Fights for March 3rd

Now that ?Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine? is officially yesterday’s news, it’s time for the UFC’s little brother to start filling out the fight card for their next major show. During Saturday’s post-fight press conference, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker (Pictured) announced four bouts for their March 3rd event. As previously reported, women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate [...]

Source: http://www.5thRound.com/102302/strikeforce-confirms-several-fights-for-march-3rd/

Yoshihiro Akiyama  Gilbert Aldana  Jose Aldo  John Alessio 

Patricky Freire, Rick Hawn Highlight Bellator Lightweight Tournament

Source: http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/1/8/2691990/bellator-lightweight-tournament-patricky-freire-rick-hawn-thiago-michel-brent-weedman

Kazuyuki Fujita Masakatsu Funaki Zelg Benkei Galesic Mauro Galvao

Strikeforce champion Cris Santos tests positive for PED use, suspended for a year

A crushing blow was dealt to Strikeforce earlier today when ferocious, fan-favorite featherweight champion Cristiane Santos was revealed to have tested positive for anabolic steroid use (stanozolol) after her most recent fight and will be relegated to the sidelines until late 2012 as a result. In addition to the year-long suspension Santos will also be [...]

Source: http://www.fighters.com/01/06/strikeforce-champion-cris-santos-tests-positive-for-ped-use-suspended-for-a-year

Houston Alexander Ricardo Almeida  Eddie Alvarez Thiago Alves 

Jon Jones Wants Four UFC Fights in 2012

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones hopes to fight four times in 2012 following a busy 2011 that also saw him fight four times.


Jones' next challenger will likely be decided when former champ Rashad Evans and undefeated prospect Phil Davis meet in the main event of UFC on Fox 2 on January 28.

Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/27107/jon-jones-wants-four-ufc-fights-in-2012/

Junie Browning Paul Buentello  Josh Burkman  Mikey Burnett 

?King Mo? Muhammed takes Lorenz Larkin into his realm to force stoppage at Strikeforce

LAS VEGAS - Muhammed Lawal's ready to reclaim his crown. Make that another crown.
Nicknamed "King Mo," Lawal is a nasty ground artist and put the hurt on Larkin, stopping him at 1:32 of the second round in fight No. 3 of the main card at Strikeforce i...

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cagewriter/king-mo-muhammed-takes-lorenz-larkin-realm-force-043832129.html

Martinsh Egle Eric Butterbean Esch Efrain Escudero Rashad Evans

Cris Cyborg Blames Positive Steroid Test On Dietary Supplement

Cris Cyborg has released an official statement on her failed steroid test from her December Strikeforce title defense against Hiroko Yamanaka. In short, she blames it on tainted supplements like many others have in the past. The official statement via MMAPrime.tv: ?I am ultimately responsible for everything I put in my body, and at the [...]

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mmaconvert/~3/5Ter1SrhXaQ/

Phil Baroni Don Barr Pat Barry  Vitor Belfort