UFC 146 shuffling continues with Roy Nelson vs. Gabriel Gonzaga is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News
Saturday
UFC 146 shuffling continues with Roy Nelson vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
The fight card for UFC 146 continues to be tweaked with the latest change being a match-up pitting Roy Nelson against Gabriel Gonzaga. UFC President Dana White tweeted the news of the bout earlier on Monday. The UFC 146 fight card has seen a rapid make-over after Alistair Overeem was removed from the title bout [...]
Meet The Women Of Invicta FC 1 ? Esther Lin Photoshoot Video
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Anheuser-Busch Warns UFC About Offensive Comments
Anheuser-Busch, parent company of Budweiser and major UFC sponsor, has apparently warned the UFC about offensive remarks made by some fighters, and other employees. Anheuser-Busch has stated that if the UFC does not start taking appropriate action that there will be repercussions.
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/28339/anheuser-busch-warns-ufc-about-offensive-comments/
Mark Munoz vs. Chris Weidman headlines UFC on FUEL TV 4
A five round battle of middleweight wrestlers Mark Munoz and Chris Weidman will serve as the main event for the UFC’s fourth event on FUEL TV. The match-up was originally reported on UFC Tonight. UFC on FUEL TV 4 will take place on July 21st. The city and venue for the event has yet to [...]
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Friday
Alan Belcher?s kick is your Knockout of the Week
For this week's Knockout of the Week, we jump into the wayback machine to Alan Belcher's second UFC fight. At Ultimate Fight Night 7, Belcher easily took out Jorge Santiago.
Belcher will fight Rousimar Palhares next week at UFC on Fox 3. Will he be ab...
Belcher will fight Rousimar Palhares next week at UFC on Fox 3. Will he be ab...
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/alan-belcher-kick-knockout-week-131910387.html
Rebellion MMA Radio: Bellator beauty Jade Bryce, TUF winner Tony Ferguson, and UFC writer E. Spencer Kyte
After kicking in the MMA radio community?s proverbial door last weekend with a debut episode highlighted by Johny Hendricks? thoughts on Josh Koscheck and a visit from Ultimate Fighter 8 champion Efrain Escudero, Rebellion MMA Radio is back this Sunday with another stacked show! Joining hosts Bryan Levick and Mitch Ciccarelli to talk all-things Mixed [...]
Fedor Emelianenko paired with Pedro Rizzo for summer scrap
As had been reported before, Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko will indeed go for his third straight win since dropping a trio of tilts under the Strikeforce banner when he takes to the ring on June 21 for a fight in front of his fellow countrymen. Now ?The Last Emperor? has an opponent for the bout [...]
Source: http://www.fighters.com/04/20/fedor-emelianenko-paired-with-pedro-rizzo-for-summer-scrap
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UFC on FOX 3 Conference Call Audio
Audio from today’s UFC on FOX 3 conference call via BJPenn.com. Nate Diaz, Jim Miller, Josh Koscheck and Johny Hendricks were on the call. 
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Thursday
Anheuser-Busch Warns UFC About Offensive Comments
Anheuser-Busch, parent company of Budweiser and major UFC sponsor, has apparently warned the UFC about offensive remarks made by some fighters, and other employees. Anheuser-Busch has stated that if the UFC does not start taking appropriate action that there will be repercussions.
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/28339/anheuser-busch-warns-ufc-about-offensive-comments/
Hockey Fight of the Day: Robyn Regehr vs. Shawn Thornton
Hockey players are tough in general but there are a few souls who set themselves apart from the bunch by being downright nasty. One of those men is Shawn Thornton, a Boston Bruins’ “enforcer” who has dished out his fair share of beatdowns over the years. While not a bloodbath by any means, this recent [...]
Source: http://www.fighters.com/04/23/hockey-fight-of-the-day-robyn-regehr-vs-shawn-thornton
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Josh Barnett: I Am a Fighter (Video)
Seattle native, Josh Barnett looks back on his earliest schoolyard fights, high school football, muy thai, and eventually his first MMA fight. Find out more about "the baby-faced assassin" before he takes on Daniel Cormier in the Strikeforce World Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament. Saturday, May 19th on SHOWTIME
Source: http://www.themmanews.com/josh-barnett-i-am-a-fighter-video/
Wednesday
Dana White: Mark Hunt title shot ?ain?t gonna happen?
Despite a groundswell of support from fans, UFC president Dana White said Mark Hunt is not a candidate to replace Alistair Overeem in the title bout with Junior dos Santos at UFC 146 if Overeem can't get a license.
"They can keep rallying," White said on Saturday following UFC on FUEL TV 2 at Stockholm's Ericsson Globe Arena. "That ain't going to happen. Listen, Mark Hunt is going to have to fight one of the top guys. You don't just jump right into the title shot."
White mentioned Hunt needs to win against Stefan Struve, his current match-up at UFC 146, plus get past one of the heavyweight division's best to be considered for a title shot. Hunt is currently riding a three-fight win streak, but had lost six fights before that.
After Overeem's chances of getting a license for the May 26 event were called into question by the Nevada Athletic Commission, Hunt's fans took to Twitter and Facebook to lobby White for a spot for the slugger. However, their arguments that Hunt would provide an exciting fight against dos Santos did not sway White.
Now, the UFC has to wait for Overeem to have a hearing with the NAC. White said Overeem deserves to go through due process.
"Everybody gets due process," White said. "Alistair Overeem will have his due process with the Nevada State Athletic Commission. We'll see what happens and we'll go from there. When it all goes down, somebody else will speak about this. Not me."
And much to his fans' dismay, it won't be Hunt fighting dos Santos.
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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/dana-white-mark-hunt-title-shot-ain-t-124856206.html
Frankie Edgar certain he?ll fight Jose Aldo one day but not sure at what weight
The names Frankie Edgar and Jose Aldo have been linked together too many times to count over the past year, a unique feat when considering neither UFC fighter competes at the same weight. However, former lightweight champ Edgar has long been viewed as a small 155er and was even offered a shot at Aldo?s featherweight [...]
Anderson Silva On Chael Sonnen: ?He?s A Wrestler, He Doesn?t Know How To Respect People?
Seems like UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva may have provoked a response he wasn’t intending to provoke during the special press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Tuesday. Silva’s title contest with Chael Sonnen has been moved from UFC 147 in Brazil to UFC 148 in Las Vegas. The champion wasn’t all-too-pleased with the [...] 
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Dustin Poirier prepares for bout with the Korean Zombie by taking on a horde of zombies
Chan Sung Jung will take on Dustin Poirier in the main event at UFC on Fuel 3 in May. To prepare for "The Korean Zombie's" always-coming-forward style, Poirier is working with a special set of training partners: the undead.
The undead can make great training partners, but it can be tough to figure out how to feed them. Where can you find the braaaaaaaaiiiiiinsssssss to feed everyone?
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Tuesday
Dana White says Greg Jackson exploited Jones-Evans situation for money
ATLANTA -- Greg Jackson is, arguably, the greatest active coach in mixed martial arts and responsible for the development of more high-level fighters than any other person. Jackson is an engaging, humble sort who has been heaped with praise for his calm, cool approach.
Jackson has taken a lot of criticism for his handling of the situation with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former champion Rashad Evans. The men will fight on Saturday in the main event of UFC 145 at Philips Arena, a fight neither of them really wants.
Evans blames Jackson. He says he warned Jackson several years ago about bringing Jones into camp at Jackson's MMA in Albuquerque, N.M. Evans was a team leader at the time and took on a role of mentoring Jones, even though he insists he was wary about the relationship because he felt they may have to fight one day.
Jackson insisted it would be all right, and it was, until it wasn't. That came when Jones replaced an injured Evans in a title match last year against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and then said he'd consider a fight against Evans if UFC president Dana White insisted.
Evans left Jackson's at that point and created his own team, The Blackzilians, in Florida. But as tensions heated, Jackson changed his long stance that he wouldn't corner either man and opted to work with Jones against Evans. That, of course, didn't sit well with Evans, who talked about it to the UFC's Jon Anik on Ultimate Insider.
That's the big thing about it. That's why I feel so disrespected. It's like, 'So, now Greg, you're gonna go against me? You're gonna go against me, right? You gonna go against Georges St. Pierre? Oh, OK. You gonna bring in Carlos Condit? He helped make you too. So where does your loyalty lie?' So, if you're gonna go against the people that helped make you, and I was somebody like in Jon's position, I'd be like, 'Man, if he'll go against some people that were with him, to help him get his notoriety, to help him get where he is, then damn, what would he do to me?'
Jackson has taken full responsibility and issued a series of mea culpas. Speaking to MMA Weekly radio, Jackson said he isn't perfect and that the events that transpired were a mistake, not some sort of evil plot.
I always try to take my responsibility in every situation, even if it doesn't go well. There was a protocol thing that I've said before that I said was big, we should have had earlier on, and I think that's directly and 100-percent my fault that we didn't have a plan for when this stuff would happen.�I take responsibility on that end of it, for sure. We weren't ready for it. A lot of people had to pay prices for that.
UFC president Dana White has a much different, more blunt take: Jackson did what he did for the money. Jackson, White said, is a businessman who benefits financially from having as many star fighters in his camp as possible.
White wasn't ripping Jackson for trying to make a living, but rather pointing out that fighters shouldn't buy Jackson's "family" approach as sincere. Jackson, White says, is simply doing what he does to make as much money as he can.
"There is one thing that is an absolute fact, and no matter how often Greg Jackson pumps that family [expletive], Greg Jackson is a [expletive] businessman," White told Cagewriter. "The more top guys he brings in, the more money he makes. There's nothing wrong with Greg Jackson, but he's a [expletive] businessman. Some of these fighters, who ought to know better but don't listen to that [expletive] and don't take it for the crock of [expletive] that it is. These guys need to make the decision where they train based on where they think they'll get the best work and develop the best, and not on this [expletive] crazy idea that you're becoming a part of a family.
"Greg Jackson [expletive] told Rashad this wouldn't happen, that they're family and all that other [expletive], but look what is going on now. Look and see who is at Jackson's and who is not. Train where you think it's going to be best for you and if that's Jackson's, that's fine. Just don't buy into this family [expletive] because there's nothing to it. This is the fight business, not the friend business."
Antonio ?Bigfoot? Silva in Against Cain Velasquez at UFC 146
The heavyweight version of musical chairs for UFC 146 continues as Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva will step in for the recently promoted Frank Mir against Cain Velasquez. While now former opponent Roy Nelson lobbied hard for the spot, the big Brazilian fighter got the call against the former UFC champion. UFC President Dana White announced the move via his twitter account.
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/28293/antonio-bigfoot-silva-in-against-cain-velasquez-at-ufc-146/
Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen II moved to Las Vegas as main event of UFC 148
The biggest fight in the mma calender just moved a few weeks forward and six thousand miles north. Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen II has been hyped from the moment their first bout at UFC 117 finished but it won’t be taking place in UFC 147 at J...
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Rory MacDonald?s UFC 145 Video Blog ? Training and MW3
Get a brief look at up-and-coming welterweight Rory MacDonald as he prepares for his co-main event bout at UFC 145 against Che Mills. MacDonald demonstrates his impressive vertical jump and perfect plank form during a long day of training before relaxing with a friendly game of Modern Warfare 3. Rory MacDonald’s UFC 145 Video Blog [...]
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Dana White Indicates That BJ Penn Still Wants to Fight
Former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion BJ "The Prodigy" Penn has always had a rabidly loyal fanbase. So, it's come as no surprise that there's been a very vocal group of MMA fans clamoring for the fiery Hawaiian's return to the cage ever since he announced his retirement last October. Lucky for them, Dana White hinted last night that Penn is looking to return to action, despite what he's been saying publicly.
Source: http://mmafrenzy.com/28286/dana-white-indicates-that-bj-penn-still-wants-to-fight/
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Monday
UFC 146: Junior dos Santos vs. Frank Mir Betting Odds
The ink has barely dried from signing their new fight contracts, yet that hasn’t stopped the Gambling Gods from dropping their two cents on UFC 146‘s new featured attraction. According to the powers that be, now that Alistair Overeem is out of the picture and Frank Mir has emerged into the spotlight, Junior dos Santos [...]
Source: http://www.5thRound.com/113030/ufc-146-junior-dos-santos-vs-frank-mir-betting-odds/
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Jon Jones finds the one thing he?s not good at (VIDEO)
The people at the Major League Baseball invited UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones to the MLB Fan Cave to give him a chance to chill out and watch some baseball. It turns out that though he's good at most things that he tries, Jones is not good at just sitting on a couch and taking in some sports.
Perhaps that inability to sit still is what helped him rise to the top of his weight class so quickly. Will he continue his reign atop the division, or will he lose his belt to Rashad Evans at UFC 145? Tell us in the comments, on Facebook or on Twitter.
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/jon-jones-finds-one-thing-not-good-video-123532911.html
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UFC 145 Results ? Jon Jones retains title with decision win over Rashad Evans
The wait is over. UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones defend his title against “Suga” Rashad Evans in the main event of UFC 145. UFC 145 takes place from the Philips Arena in Atlanta on Saturday, April 21st. The six fight main card is a pay-per-view event which will kick-off at 10:00pm ET. The [...]
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Eddie Alvarez vs. Shinya Aoki dominates the Friday Talkback Thread
To kick off a full weekend of MMA, Eddie Alvarez will try to avenge one of the three losses in his career as he takes on Shinya Aoki at Bellator 66 in Cleveland tonight. Aoki beat the former Bellator champ with a heel hook in 2008. To add to Alvarez's motivation, this is his first fight since losing to Michael Chandler in November.
They will be joined on the card by middleweight tournament semifinals, Brian Rogers vs. Andreas Spang and Maiquel Falcao vs. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky, and lightweight tournament semifinals Rick Hawn vs. Lloyd Woodard and Thiago Michel vs. Brent Weedman. Check out the fights on MTV2 at 8 p.m. ET
After that, tune to "The Ultimate Fighter" to see John Cofer from Team Faber take on Vinc Pichel from Team Cruz. That fight will air on FX at 10 p.m. ET, followed by the final installment of "Primetime."
Use this thread to talk about the evening's fights, make predictions for UFC 145, and discuss anything your heart desires and our filters allow. Don't forget to follow Cagewriter on Facebook and Twitter.
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Sunday
UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans Photo Gallery
Images from Saturday nights (April 21, 2012) UFC 145: Jones vs. Evans event from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Be sure to check out the full gallery at UFC.com by clicking the link.
Source: http://www.themmanews.com/ufc-145-jones-vs-evans-photo-gallery/
Junior Dos Santos Comments On Opponent Change, Will Look For Knockout Versus Frank Mir
?So (Alistair) Overeem was replaced by Frank Mir, and I think it's a good thing for me. If I have to replace Overeem with someone, this guy is Frank Mir. I have to change a little bit my camp, but that?s it, I?m a fighter. I will be looking for the knockout. Doesn?t matter who my opponent is.? Frank Mir has replaced Alistair Overeem as the challenger for the heavyweight title. This is an exclusive moment where Junior Dos Santos learns of his new opponent and gives his initial reaction to the change.
Hockey Fight of the Day: Kris Letang vs. Kimmo Timonen
There may be an official statistic out there showing otherwise but it seems there are as many hockey fights involving a player coming to a teammate’s defense as much as those where a player is simply sticking up for himself. In today’s example, the former was in play after a minor scrum featuring Pittsburgh Penguins’ [...]
Source: http://www.fighters.com/04/18/hockey-fight-of-the-day-kris-letang-vs-kimmo-timonen
Rebellion MMA Radio: Bellator beauty Jade Bryce, TUF winner Tony Ferguson, and UFC writer E. Spencer Kyte
After kicking in the MMA radio community?s proverbial door last weekend with a debut episode highlighted by Johny Hendricks? thoughts on Josh Koscheck and a visit from Ultimate Fighter 8 champion Efrain Escudero, Rebellion MMA Radio is back this Sunday with another stacked show! Joining hosts Bryan Levick and Mitch Ciccarelli to talk all-things Mixed [...]
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