Archive for April, 2010

Weigh-ins for ‘UFC 112: Invincible’ took place earlier today in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where the event will be held on Saturday. UFC 112 will take place outdoors at the Concert Arena (at the Ferrari World theme park on Yas Island) live on pay-per view (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT). All twenty two fighters competing on the fight card successfully made weight for the UFC’s first trip to the Middle East. The event is headlined by a middleweight title match between champion Anderson Silva and top contender Demian Maia. Serving as the co-main event will be a scrap between [...]

Mixed martial arts legend Renzo Gracie is entering UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi as a massive underdog, but the member of one of the sports first families is not ready to go without a fight. Gracie will be looking for payback at the event when he faces off against Matt Hughes who previously defeated Renzo’s cousin, Royce Gracie. “It’s like my little brother,” Gracie said. “My little brother pisses me off, I hit him. Somebody else hits him, I charge them. I said to Royce, ‘Royce, I can talk about you as much as I want because I love you, [...]

Roy “Big Country” Nelson captured the crown of season ten of The Ultimate Fighter with an impressive knockout victory over Brendan Schaub. The former IFL heavyweight champion followed up his UFC debut victory with another solid knockout victory against Stefan Struve at UFC Fight Night 21. While speaking to MMAWeekly.com, Big Country let his aspirations for bigger opportunities known. He was asked if he would welcome a fight with top contender Junior dos Santos and responded with, “I don’t really make those choices. I was saying I’d rather be fighting for the belt and be done with it. It’s the [...]

Strikeforce welterweight champion Nick Diaz (21-7) is set to face off against Japanese legend Hayato Sakurai (35-10-2) in his first fight since capturing the Strikeforce gold since his January defeat of DREAM welterweight grand prix winner Marius Zaromskis. The bout will take place under the DREAM banner and it will not be a title fight. This is just the latest example of the Strikeforce/DREAM talent sharing that has been taking place. Later this month, DREAM lightweight champion Shinya Aoki will be fighting Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez in the United States under the Strikeforce banner. Diaz vs. Sakurai was first reported [...]

Nick Osipczak takes us on a tour of the Concert Arena which will play host to UFC 112: Invincible. Osipczak will face off against Rick Story at the event. Osipczak joins Dean Amasinger and Ross Pearson in this video for the tour. Only four days out and there is still a lot of work to be done.

On April 10, UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn will be defending his title against number one contender Frankie Edgar at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi. As is always the question when Penn’s strap is on the line, what is next for the champion if he puts on yet another dominating performance. BJ Penn may have answered some of those questions when he told MMA Weekly that he would consider moving up to the welterweight division following Saturday’s event if all goes well. “If everything goes well on April 10, I definitely would consider moving up to 170. Not that I’m [...]