Archive for August, 2010

Showtime Bouts “King” Mo Lawal (203 ¾) vs. Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante (203 ½) Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (184 ¾) vs. Tim Kennedy (185) Jorge Gurgel (154 ¾) vs. K.J. Noons (156 ¼)* Bobby Lashley (246) vs. Chad Griggs (228 ½) Preliminary Bouts Daniel Cormier (249) vs. Jason Riley (256 ½) Andre Galvao (170 ¾) vs. Jorge “Macaco” Patino (did not show) Vinicius Magalhaes (144 ½) vs. Rocky Long (146 ¼)** Kier Gooch (155 ½) vs. Adam Schindler (155 ½) Jose Santibanez (154 ¼) vs. Reynaldo Trujillo (155 ¼) Chad Robichaux (131)*** vs. Humberto Deleon (127 ¼) Chad Cook (205) vs. Arteneus [...]

Two former cast members of The Ultimate Fighter reality series will be in action when the UFC travels to Germany for UFC 122 on November 13 in Konig Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. Krzysztof Soszynski is likely to welcome Goran Reljic back to the light-heavyweight division after a two-fight slump at 185 pounds. Former TUF winner Amir Sadollah has also signed on to face Peter Sobotta in a welterweight match up on the fight card. Sadollah will look to rebound from his UFC 114 loss to Dong Hyun Kim in a bout that saw Sadollah dominated from the opening bell. [...]

Main Bouts (On Versus): -Dominick Cruz (134) vs. Joseph Benavidez (134) -Anthony Pettis (155) vs. Shane Roller (156) -Chad Mendes (145) vs. Cub Swanson (146) -Scott Jorgensen (135) vs. Brad Pickett (136) -Bart Palaszewski (156) vs. Zack Micklewright (156) Preliminary Bouts (Non-Televised): -Anthony Njokuani (154) vs. Maciej Jewtuszko (155) -Javier Vazquez (145) vs. Mackens Semerzier (146) -Dave Jansen (156) vs. Ricardo Lamas (155) -Fredson Paixao (145) vs. Bryan Caraway (145) -Danny Castillo (156) vs. Dustin Poirier (156)

Thiago Alves came in to his UFC 117 bout against Jon Fitch a half-pound overweight. It was not the first time that the American Top Team welterweight missed the cut. The bout was then considered a “catchweight bout” and Alves was forced to forfeit 20% of his purse. UFC president Dana White was fed up with Alves missing weight and said, “He looked lethargic tonight; he looked slow. He doesn’t belong at 170. He belongs at 185 pounds. That’s where I’d like to see him, at 85.” “It’s (expletive) to have guys make weight and have guys not make weight, [...]

Ben Saunders; 45 day suspension, 30 days no contact; hard fight Dennis Hallman; 60 day suspension or cleared by physician; 60 days no contact; cut under left eye Stefan Struve; 60 day suspension or cleared by physician; 60 days no contat; cut to lower lip Christian Morecraft; indefinite, must clear CT head scan; 180 days no contact Christian Morecraft; 45 day suspension minimium; 30 days no contact minimum; for TKO loss Tim Boetsch; 180 day suspension or cleared by physician; 180 days no contact; right thumb fracture Tim Boetsch; 60 day suspension or cleared by physician; 60 days no contact; [...]

Former UFC lightweight Roger Huerta took his MMA fighting skills to the streets in Austin, Texas recently as he was involved in a bloody streetfight. Huerta got in some jokers face after the man sucker punched a woman in the back of the head and knocked her unconscious. The fine folks [?] at TMZ.com got their hands on a video shot of the fight. Many people do not approve of fighting on the streets, but the guy that Huerta destroyed deserved every bit of punishment he got. UFC president Dana White echoed those statements when he told TMZ, “In no [...]

The Ultimate Fighting Championship travels to San Diego, California for a full night of fights in the San Diego Sports Arena. The event will be the organizations second installment of it’s “UFC on Versus” series. Headlining UFC on Versus 2 is a light-heavyweight showdown between one of the hottest young prospects in the sport, Jon “Bones” Jones, and MMA veteran and former IFL champion Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko. In the co-main event between Mark Munoz and Yushin Okami, there could be title implications. UFC president Dana White is recently quoted as saying that a win would vault Okami into the [...]

MAIN CARD * Jon Jones (206) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (206) * Mark Munoz (185) vs. Yushin Okami (185) * Jake Ellenberger (170.5) vs. John Howard (170.5) * Takanori Gomi (156) vs. Tyson Griffin (154) PRELIMINARY CARD * Paul Kelly (155) vs. Jacob Volkmann (156) * DaMarques Johnson (172)* vs. Matthew Riddle (171) * James Irvin (205) vs. Igor Pokrajac (204.5) * Mike Massenzio (184) vs. Brian Stann (186) * Darren Elkins (154.5) vs. Charles Oliveira (154) * Rob Kimmons (185) vs. Steve Steinbeiss (185) * – Johnson originally weighed 172.5 pounds. After shedding an additional half-pound, the CSAC disallowed him [...]