Archive for March, 2010

The Ultimate Fighting Championship invades New Jersey tomorrow night for a championship double-header at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. UFC 111 is headlined by a welterweight title fight between champion Georges St-Pierre and British strike Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy. The nights co-main event features a heavyweight attraction for the interim strap between top contenders Frank Mir and Shane Carwin. Weigh-ins for the event took place this afternoon, and here are the official results: MAIN CARD *Champ Georges St-Pierre (170) vs. Dan Hardy (170) *Frank Mir (265) vs. Shane Carwin (265) *Kurt Pellegrino (155) vs. Fabricio Camoes (155) *Jon Fitch [...]

Strikeforce Challengers VII will get underway tonight live on Showtime from the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. The event kicks off a free preview weekend for Showtime and it will be available in 54.4 million households. In the main event, Lavar Johnson (13-3) makes an amazing comeback after being gunned down and nearly killed by gang members while at a family barbeque on July 4th of last year. Less than one year later and he is headlining a Strikeforce card. Johnson will be facing Hawaiian Lolohea Mahe (4-0-1), who is making his promotional debut. Mahe has yet to record [...]

After all of the chaos from earlier this morning, the storm has settled and Jon Fitch remained on the UFC 111 fight card against Ben Saunders. A surprising source of the news was TMZ.com, who broke the story of Thiago Alves’ CAT scan irregularities. They were also among the first to report Saunders as Fitch’s new opponent. Saunders called UFC president Dana White and asked for the fight with Fitch when he heard the top-three ranked welterweight was available. Fitch agreed to take the fight and that is where we stand now. White told TMZ that if Saunders finds a [...]

Thiago Alves was forced off of the UFC 111 fight card in Newark, New Jersey when it was discovered that he had an irregularity in his brain during a pre-fight CAT scan. The UFC wasted no time finding a replacement. With Alves off of the card, fellow American Top Team member Ben Saunders asked for the fight with Fitch when he learned the top welterweight was available. Saunders will now step in to face off against Fitch on the pay-per view portion of Saturday’s card. The UFC will still pay Ellenberger his “show” and “win” bonus according to a report [...]

With UFC 111 just days away, it has been reported that Thiago Alves — one of the cards main event participants — has been pulled from the card after a pre-fight CAT scan showed the Brazilian has an irregularity in his brain. The news was originally reported by TMZ and their source told them the irregularity involves an artery in the brain. UFC president Dana White is flying Alves to a specialist for further evaluation and delivered this sobering news, “If it’s true, it can be career-ending.” Thiago Alves and Jon Fitch first fought at UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5, [...]

In some excellent news for the mixed martial arts community, MMAMania.com has learned that ESPN’s web show “MMA Live” will be coming to television. Per their report: ESPN’s wildly successful web show “MMA Live” is finally getting the recognition it deserves. MMAmania.com has learned that host Jon Anik along with analysts Franklin McNeil and Kenny Florian will soon bring their mixed martial arts news, highlights and analysis to the world’s biggest sports network on ESPN2. The move will bring more publicity to the sport and should open some doors that will bring even more viewers to the sport. The UFC [...]

UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is widely regarded as one of the top three pound-for-pound fighters in mixed martial arts. He has run through his weight class and has even stepped up in weight to further test himself. Silva is currently training for his UFC 112 title bout against top contender Demian Maia. Many have said that Silva has cleaned out the middleweight division, but the champion disagrees. “I’m actually far from cleaning out my division,” said Silva during a UFC 112 conference call. “I feel like there may be guys that are even better than me coming into the [...]

The UFC made it’s debut on the Versus network this past weekend in an event that saw a handful of freak injuries and the continued momentum of two of the sports best young stars — Junior dos Santos and Jon Jones. Here is an official list of the medical suspensions handed down following the event: Brandon Vera: 180 Days; or right orbital eye area can be cleared by a opthamologist Gabriel Gonzaga; 45 days; 30 days no contact Paul Buentello; 180 days; or right hand cleared by physician Duane Ludwig: 180 days; or left Ankle may be cleared by physician [...]

UFC president Dana White is going on a media tour leading up to this weekends UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy event in Neward, New Jersey. Yesterday, White made a stop in Toronto, Canada for a Q&A session with the fans. One of the topics discussed was his previous feud with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. White says the beef is over and he and Rampage have come to an agreement. In fact, Rampage has just signed a new contract with the organization. “Rampage and I are friends again now. I was mad at him because of what he’s done, and he was [...]

DREAM.13 took place last night at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan, and aired live in North America. The event was headlined by a featherweight title match between champion Bibiano Fernandez and Joachim Hansen. The event also featured the return of top-five heavyweight Josh Barnett to mixed martial arts action. Below are fight videos from last night’s DREAM.13 event, which featured the best knockout so far of 2010. Main event: Champ Bibiano Fernandez vs. Joachim Hansen Josh Barnett’s MMA return against “Mighty” Mo Cole Escovedo vs. Yoshiro Maeda – current 2010 Knockout of the Year Here are the full DREAM.13 [...]