Archive for May, 2010

Ken Shamrock will now face off against formet UFC heavyweight title contender, Pedro Rizzo at Impact FC. Initially, Shamrock was supposed to slug it out with nearly retired Mark Coleman, coming off of a brutal pummeling via Randy Couture. Also on the card for the New Zealand event, Maurilo “ninja” Rua , will fight Jeremy May. Sources have confirmed that talks between recently banished Paul”Semtex”Daley. and Impact FC, have been progressing and Daley is most likely going to join in on the action. Before Pedro Rizzo steps into the octagon with Shamrock, He will stand toe to toe with former [...]

Action Hero-Turned-MMA Fighter Jason David Frank to Fight May 22 Washington D.C. (May 2010) – As an actor Jason David Frank was used to battling alien villains as a star on the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” television series.  Now, the former action hero-turned-Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter will battle the real thing when he takes on 205-pound warrior James Handy inside the cage at UWC® 8 JUDGEMENT DAY on May 22 at the Patriot Center. The California native, now fighting out of Houston-TX based Rising Sun Karate, will put his 3-0 record on the line in a three-round amateur bout [...]

Top-ranked middleweight Paulo Filho (19-1) was forced to withdraw from his Bellator 18 fight with Hector Lombard (24-2-1) after the bureaucracy involved in getting his visa held him back. On his Twitter account, SI.com’s Josh Gross first reported that Jay Silva (5-3) would be Filho’s replacement. Bellator has since confirmed the news and Silva will fight Hector Lombard Thursday in Monroe, La. Silva was cut from the UFC in January of this year after going 0-2 in the organization. He dropped two unanimous decision losses to C.B. Dollaway and Chris Leben. All three of Silva’s career losses have come by [...]

Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida lost his belt Saturday to Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. It was the first time that fans who have only been exposed to Machida in the UFC got to see him eat devastating punches on his way to the first loss of his career. Machida not only lost his title, but he suffered an injury that could keep him away from training for a few months. “I’m no doctor, but I’d assume he’s probably going to have go at least 60 to 75 days without contact,” Machida’s manager Ed Soares said. “Then he can start training [...]

Paul ”Semtex” Daley suffered the biggest loss of his career Saturday in Montreal, Canada at ‘UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun II.” Not only did Daley lose a shot at welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and a coaching sting on The Ultimate Fighter, but Daley may have seen his UFC career end after a moment of clear frustration. Following a three-round, grind it out battle, it was clear that Daley had dropped a unanimous decision to top-contender Josh Koscheck. Koscheck had been jawing at Daley throughout the fight and it really picked up the final thirty seconds. After the bell, Daley [...]

The UFC made it’s third trip to the Bell Centre in Montreal for this past weekend’s ‘UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun II.’ It’s third trip was not as successful as the previous two in the arena, but the organization still had a strong numbers for live gate and attendance. According to MMAjunkie.com: The UFC’s third trip to Montreal’s Bell Centre wasn’t quite as lucrative as the promotion’s first two events in the building, but Saturday night’s UFC 113 event still drew a reported crowd of 17,647 attendees. UFC president Dana White also reported a live gate of $3.27 million. The [...]

Kimbo Slice fought his last fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship at this past weekend’s ‘UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun II’ event. Early in the bout, Slice was in danger when he was caught in a dangerous triangle from Matt Mitrione. Slice eventually worked his way out of the submission, but a look back shows that he used some dirty tactics. Mitrione spoke to MMAFighting.com’s Ariel Helwani following the bout and claimed that Slice dug his thumb into his eye during the submission attempt. “When I had it (triangle choke) in pretty deep, he took his thumb and dug it [...]

Newly crowned UFC light heavyweight champion, Mauricio Rua, declared on ESPN radio, that he would be open to stepping into the octagon with middle weight phenom, Anderson Silva.  The comments came almost immediately after Rua’s KO victory of Llyoto Machida at UFC 113.  Shogun’s “challenge” if you can call it that, comes as a breath of fresh air, into a UFC where the motto seems to be, “we don’t make freinds fight freinds”. Just think of the megafight between Shogun and the Spyder, after the past fights each man has had. Silva, coming off of several fights in where he [...]

Not only did Shogun Rua get to leave with the light heavyweight title, and the right to say he slayed the Dragon, but he has a nice deposit for his bank account after his KO win over Llyoto Machida.  After being deemed “knockout of the night”, Rua’s KO of incumbent champion Llyoto Machida, earned him a knockout bonus of $65,000. Alan Belcher was also the recepient of a 65,000 dollar check for “submission of the night”, as a result of his rear naked choke, which forced returning Patrick Cote’ into submission in the 2nd round.  Sam Stout and Jeremy Stevens, [...]