Archive for December, 2009

Diego Sanchez had one of the most exciting fights this year when he faced off against Clay Guida at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale. The bout earned Fight of the Year honors at the World MMA Awards last night. Sanchez went to accept his award, and was clearly intoxicated. His speech stole the show in what was the most entertaining moment of the show. Enjoy Sanchez’s drunken acceptance speech! DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:”84900″,categoryID:”3247″,domain:”oln.dayport.com”,playerInstanceID:”9D883FDE-2C33-7B2F-A9C0-AF5ECED27990″}); Here is a list of the night’s winners: Best MMA Gym: Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting Best gloves: UFC Best MMA clothing: Tapout Breakthrough Fighter of the Year: Brock Lesnar Coach [...]

Jon Fitch may not be the flashiest fighter in mixed martial arts, however, he is one of the best and perhaps the most immediate threat to champion Georges St. Pierre’s thrown. GSP is set to defend his title at UFC 111 in Newark, New Jersey and Fitch may also be on that card. MMAMania.com reports: UFC welterweight stalwart Jon Fitch is currently in discussions to rematch Thiago Alves at UFC 111 from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, on March 27, setting up a fantastic 170-pound showdown that will prove once and for all how far both former number one [...]

The World MMA Awards will be broadcast live tonight on Versus.com at 10 p.m. ET. The award show will hand out honors for Fighter of the Year, Fight of the Year, Knockout of the Year, and many others. If you are unable to watch the awards tonight, be sure to check your programming schedule in early January. Versus cable network will air an edited version of the awards. DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:”84872″,playerInstanceID:”9D883FDE-2C33-7B2F-A9C0-AF5ECED27990″,domain:”oln.dayport.com”,categoryID:”3247″});

A great year of mixed martial arts has come to an end, and with that CagePages.com would like to introduce their first ever pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings. Four members of the Cage Pages ranked their top ten and the lists were combined to bring a consensus ranking. Without further ado, here is the debut of the CagePages.com Top 10 Pound-for-Pound rankings list. Honorable Mentions: Jon Fitch (UFC), Dan Henderson (Strikeforce), Miguel Torres (WEC), Thiago Alves (UFC), Mike Thomas Brown (WEC), Kenny Florian (UFC), Brock Lesnar (UFC) 1. Anderson Silva (25-4) – UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva tops the list. [...]

UFC president Dana White has released his second video blog leading up to UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva. White goes off on Sherdog in the the video. At the center of the controversy are White’s comments regarding how popular mixed martial arts will be in the next ten years. While White’s comments may be optimistic, there is no need for Jake Rossen of Sherdog to talk down on the sport. He is supposed to be building up the sport along with the UFC and Dana, not trying to bring it down. Watch the video and here White’s comments:

Top welterweight contender Dan Hardy talked with media about his upcoming title match with Georges St. Pierre which is scheduled for March 27 in Newark, NJ. Hardy believes that he has the edge against GSP if the fight remains standing. He also goes on to say, “I am Georges St. Pierre’s kryptonite.”

Here is Dana White’s first video blog leading up to UFC 108:

The Ultimate Fighting Championship announced today that they have released four fighters. Edgar Garcia, Kevin Burns, and Shane Nelson are all coming off of consecutive losses. TUF alum Darrill Schoonover (10-1) suffered the first loss of his career against James McSweeney at The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale. Schoonover has also been recently called back to duty in Iraq.

Marcus Jones burst onto the scene during his stint on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights. Jones was an intriguing character. He was a lovable giant who turned into a madman when he entered the octagon. According to a report from Around The Octagon: ATO has learned through a source close to Gracie Tampa that Marcus Jones has decided to retire from MMA after his loss at The Ultimate Fighter Finale. Jones was featured on The Ultimate Fighter season 10 and quickly became a fan favorite and also one of the favorites to win the show. He was the only fighter on [...]