Source: http://www.ufc.com/news/New-Interim-Champ-Barao-Meets-the-Press-in-Brazil
Saturday
Travis Browne vs. Antonio Silva headlines UFC on FX 5 on Oct. 5
A heavyweight bout featuring Travis “Hapa” Browne and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva will headline UFC on FX 5 in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 5th. The main event bout was confirmed by UFC officials on Friday. The undefeated Browne (13-0-1) was scheduled to face Ben Rothwell at the upcoming UFC on FOX 4 card on August 4th. [...]
Travis Browne vs. Antonio Silva headlines UFC on FX 5 on Oct. 5 is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News
UPDATE: Daniel Cormier facing Frank Mir in final Strikeforce fight
The moment Zuffa purchased Strikeforce fans began wondering when a crossover bout between the organization and the UFC would take place. They now have an answer ? sort of, that is. According to a report from USA Today citing UFC President Dana White, former heavyweight champion Frank Mir will make a single stop in Strikeforce [...]
Source: http://www.fighters.com/07/26/daniel-cormier-facing-frank-mir-in-final-strikeforce-fight
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Tavares vs. Hallman Once Again Moved Back to UFC 151, Camus vs. Pague Added to UFC 150
Always keeping fans on their toes, the UFC's recent confirmation that a lightweight bout between Thiago Tavares and Dennis Hallman was moved back to UFC 150 (after originally being moved off the card to UFC 151) seems to have been second guessed by the promotion. Tavares and Hallman will not be facing off at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on August 11 as promotional newcomer Chico Camus will meet Dustin Pague in a bantamweight tilt.
Friday
What does Anderson Silva's manager think of the MW divison? Nothing..
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Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/103855-what-does-anderson-silvas-manager-think-mw-divison-nothing.html
Inside Renan Barao?s training camp for title fight at UFC 149
Opportunity knocks. An injury to champion Dominick Cruz has opened the door for Renan Barao to fight for the interim bantamweight title against Urijah Faber at UFC 149. Barao (28-1, 1 NC) has put together an incredible 29 fight unbeaten streak including a 3-0 mark in the UFC. Barao welcomes the opportunity to face the [...]
Inside Renan Barao’s training camp for title fight at UFC 149 is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News
Rory MacDonald: ?I?ve come to a point in my career where I don?t look up to anybody in this sport anymore.?
UFC welterweight Rory MacDonald celebrated his 23rd birthday this past weekend yet he carries the professional weight of a man much older. “Ares” eats, sleeps, and breathes training and it has shown in his rise to stardom despite being so young. The Canadian wunderkind has gone 13-1 in his MMA career including a quartet of [...]
Yasubey Enomoto Mark Epstein Tom Big Cat Erickson Martinsh Egle
MMA Marketplace: The latest in handmade MMA items, including a sparkly bow and a really odd Fedor painting
MMA inspires arts, crafts, and several other handmade goods that don't fit in any easily discernible category. If there's something MMA-related you desire, there's a good chance you can find it somewhere on the internet. For example, look at the vast a...
Thursday
Signings that UFC should make
Bibano Fernandes, Eduardo Dantas, Luis Nogueira, Yusup Saadulaev, Alexis Vila, Marcus Galvao, Joe Soto, Leandro Issa and Zach Makovsky should all be...
Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/103842-signings-ufc-should-make.html
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UFC 152 Press Conference on Tuesday; Tickets on sale this week
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to the Air Canada Center in Toronto on September 22nd for UFC 152. The event is headlined by the first-ever flyweight championship fight featuring Joseph Benavidez and Demetrious Johnson. The co-main event features a key middleweight battle matching Brian Stann against Michael Bisping. In addition, the rising Canadian welterweight Rory [...]
UFC 152 Press Conference on Tuesday; Tickets on sale this week is a post from: MMA Interplay UFC News
Wednesday
Olympic Wrestling: Mens Greco-Roman 120kg
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Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/sports-vbookie/103781-olympic-wrestling-mens-greco-roman-120kg.html
Steve The Snake Claveau Rich No Love Clementi Mark The Hammer Coleman Wes Soldier Combs
A little reminder of why our sport is the best in the world!
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Enjoy! :)
Somehow that video got very emotional for me!
Enjoy! :)
Somehow that video got very emotional for me!
Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/103779-little-reminder-why-our-sport-best-world.html
Hector Lombard Not Interested in UFC Welterweight Division
Hector Lombard’s (Pictured) highly-anticipated big league debut didn’t quite go according to plan, but contrary to what UFC president Dana White believes, Lombard claims it is not time to reinvent the wheel. Following Lombard’s disappointing showing at UFC 149, which resulted in a split decision defeat to Tim Boetsch, White suggested the stocky slugger should [...]
Source: http://www.5thRound.com/123631/hector-lombard-not-interested-in-ufc-welterweight-division/
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Tuesday
A little reminder of why our sport is the best in the world!
387zHowKvuk
Enjoy! :)
Somehow that video got very emotional for me!
Enjoy! :)
Somehow that video got very emotional for me!
Source: http://www.mmaforum.com/ufc/103779-little-reminder-why-our-sport-best-world.html
Kit Cope Wesley Cabbage Correira Patrick The Predator Cote Randy The Natural Couture
C.M. Punk reenacts finish of Anderson Silva?s fight with Chael Sonnen in WWE match
Professional wrestler C.M. Punk is an MMA fan. He clearly watched the end of UFC 148's main event, with Anderson Silva beating Chael Sonnen after Sonnen threw a spinning backfist. Punk -- is it Punk on second reference? -- reenacted the end of the bout during Monday night's WWE show.
Latest video blog from Dana White shows backstage fallout from Ortiz-Griffin, Silva-Sonnen
With it being ?fight week?, as might be expected, UFC President Dana White has released a new video blog to help promote this Saturday night?s upcoming event (i.e. UFC 149). With the company being fresh off a few cards, the clip covered action from ?behind the scenes? at UFC 148 as White has done with [...]
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Dana White: ?Lombard, maybe should fight at 170.?
If it appeared as though Tim Boetsch was facing a smaller man on Saturday night at UFC 149, it?s because he was. While Hector Lombard only measured in at a half-pound lighter than Boetsch at the weigh-ins, he stood a few inches shorter than him and likely cut a lot less weight to hit the [...]
Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2012/07/23/dana-white-lombard-maybe-should-fight-at-170/
UFC 149 will answer these four questions
UFC 149 in Calgary has made more headlines for injuries than it did for high expectations. However, there are still important fights on Saturday in Calgary. They will answer these questions:
1. Does Urijah Faber have another title win in him? Perhaps because of his nickname "The California Kid," or perhaps because he looks so young, it's easy to forget Urijah Faber is 33 years old and has been fighting since 2003. With a shot at the bantamweight interim title on Saturday, Faber has a shot at what might be his last title run. Can he earn the belt, and with it, another shot at champion Dominick Cruz?
2. Is Hector Lombard the real deal? He has a record of 31-2-1, and hasn't lost since 2006. He blew through Bellator to get the middleweight title. Now, he's getting a shot at the UFC and its top-flight talent. Before he can be taken seriously as a contender for Anderson Silva's throne, he needs to get through Tim Boetsch.
3. Is Brian Ebersole ready for a jump in competition? If you were to make a list of UFC fighters with 50 or more UFC wins, would Ebersole be the first name to jump in your head? Because it should. He's 50-14-1, and hasn't lost since dropping a 2008 bout to the larger Lombard. With a win over James Head, Ebersole can leap into the proverbial title mix for a welterweight title.
4. Will fans still care about an injury-ravaged card? Remember when Jose Aldo and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua were on UFC 149? And Thiago Silva? And Michael Bisping and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira? The card presented on Saturday will look very different than the one fans expected.� Canadian fans are known to be very loyal to MMA, but will they still turn out for Faber vs. Barao? And will fans buy the pay-per-view just a few weeks after shelling out cash for UFC 148 and Chael Sonnen and Anderson Silva?
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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/ufc-149-answer-four-questions-213911833--mma.html
Monday
Fighters.com Live Coverage of Strikeforce starting 7:30 E / 4:30 P
Welcome to Fighters.com’s coverage of Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Kennedy in Portland, Oregon.� We are cageside, ready to bring you a firsthand look at a big night of Mixed Martial Arts in one of the West Coast’s most ecclectic towns, right at the end of the Oregon Trail. The first bout takes place at 7:30 PM [...]
Source: http://www.fighters.com/07/14/fighters-com-live-coverage-of-strikeforce-starting-730-e-430-p
Chris Weidman?s big win and more pictures from UFC on Fuel 4
Check out the gallery from Tracy Lee of pictures from UFC on Fuel 4. See Chris Weidman's big win, Aaron Simpson's welterweight debut and the rest of the action from the fights.
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All fighters make weight and Octagon Girls Logan Stanton and Rachelle Leah return at UFC 149 weigh-ins
All of the fighters from UFC 149 made weight for Saturday night's card in Calgary. It was a low-key weigh-in. The biggest news of the day was that two Octagon Girls who haven't worn the UFC bikini in years were on-duty. Rachelle Leah, who moved onto to other UFC hosting duties, and Logan Stanton, who hasn't worked for the UFC since December of 2009, were both onstage for the weigh-ins.
Complete weights for the event, courtesy of MMA Fighting, are below:
Main Card
Urijah Faber (135) vs. Renan Barao (135)
Hector Lombard (185.5) vs. Tim Boetsch (186)
Cheick Kongo (231) vs. Shawn Jordan (250)
Brian Ebersole (171) vs. James Head (170)
Chris Clements (170) vs. Matt Riddle (170.8)
Preliminary Card
Court McGee (185.5) vs. Nick Ring (185)
Roland Delorme (135) vs. Francisco Rivera (136)
Ryan Jimmo (205) vs. Anthony Perosh (205.5)
Bryan Caraway (135.5) vs. Mitch Gagnon (135)
Antonio Carvalho (145) vs. Daniel Pineda (145)
Mitch Clarke (155) vs. Anton Kuivanen (156)
Sunday
Road to Invicta FC 2: Julia Budd vs. Elina Nilsson
If matchmaking was considered a superpower, Invicta FC guru Janet Martin would be a highly profitable comic book character because she pairs fighters together better than most in the business. Superman can fly, The Hulk can smash, Aqua Man can do creepy things to fish but those powers pale in comparison to ?Super Janet?s? ability [...]
Source: http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2012/07/20/road-to-invicta-fc-2-julia-budd-vs-elina-nilsson/
We want your UFC 148 picks
We've talked about this fight for nearly two years. The build-up for Chael Sonnen's bout with middleweight champion Anderson Silva has been bigger than for any fight that I can remember. Now, it's almost here, and it's time for you to pick a side.
Pick who you think will the main event and all of the other bouts from the main card of UFC 148:
Champ Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen (for middleweight title)
Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz
Patrick Cote vs. Cung Le
Dong Hyun Kim vs. Demian Maia
Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie
Mike Easton vs. Ivan Menjivar
Then head to Cagewriter's Facebook page, and tell us who you picked and why you picked them. Select answers will appear on Cagewriter next to picks from Kevin Iole and me.
Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/want-ufc-148-picks-172203579--mma.html
All fighters make weight and Octagon Girls Logan Stanton and Rachelle Leah return at UFC 149 weigh-ins
All of the fighters from UFC 149 made weight for Saturday night's card in Calgary. It was a low-key weigh-in. The biggest news of the day was that two Octagon Girls who haven't worn the UFC bikini in years were on-duty. Rachelle Leah, who moved onto to other UFC hosting duties, and Logan Stanton, who hasn't worked for the UFC since December of 2009, were both onstage for the weigh-ins.
Complete weights for the event, courtesy of MMA Fighting, are below:
Main Card
Urijah Faber (135) vs. Renan Barao (135)
Hector Lombard (185.5) vs. Tim Boetsch (186)
Cheick Kongo (231) vs. Shawn Jordan (250)
Brian Ebersole (171) vs. James Head (170)
Chris Clements (170) vs. Matt Riddle (170.8)
Preliminary Card
Court McGee (185.5) vs. Nick Ring (185)
Roland Delorme (135) vs. Francisco Rivera (136)
Ryan Jimmo (205) vs. Anthony Perosh (205.5)
Bryan Caraway (135.5) vs. Mitch Gagnon (135)
Antonio Carvalho (145) vs. Daniel Pineda (145)
Mitch Clarke (155) vs. Anton Kuivanen (156)
UFC 153 Update: TUF Brazil Winners Added to Card, Opponents To Be Determined
On Wednesday, TUF: Brazil winners Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira (pictured) and Rony Jason both participated in the first official "UFC Day" in Rochina, Brazil. The two fighters were offered chances to return to Brazil for their first bouts since winning their respective TUF titles and both accepted.
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