Archive for March, 2011

Tito Ortiz and Punishment Athletics sent out a video today on Twitter to confirm his bout with Ryan Bader at UFC 132. You can see the video HERE. RT: Punishment99 This should put all of the phone calls to rest. Go @titoortiz http://twitpic.com/4d6wpo (click link for video)

Clipped from: mmajunkie.com (share this clip) MAIN CARD Tim Carpenter (205) vs. Daniel Gracie (205.2) Raphael Davis (205.2) vs. D.J. Linderman (205.6) Nik Fekete (205.4) vs. Richard Hale (204.6) Chris Davis (204.4) vs. Chrisitian M’Pumbu (200.6) PRELIMINARY CARD Austin Lyons (155.6) vs. Jimmy Van Horn (154) Tim Galluzzi (150.4) vs. Jake Underwood (151.6) William Penn (250.4) vs. Blagoi Ivanov (251) Brian Albin (205.2) vs. Cody Donovan (205.4) Amaechi Oselukwue (183.8) vs. Abe Wilson (186.6)* * – Has two additional hours to make weight

Fedor Emelianenko, who was at one time the top-ranked heavyweight in the world, will return to the Strikeforce cage in July after suffering back-to-back losses and hinting at retirement, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told Sherdog. “Fedor’s gonna fight sometime in July. It’s probably toward the end of July or mid-July, but we have fights with Fedor that we’re gonna honor and continue forward. We’re gonna do the co-branding exercise that we do with M-1 every time we do fights with them. “The opponent has not been chosen, but I think having Fedor involved close to the tournament as an alternate is [...]

Windsor, ON – S.L. Feldman & Associates (SLFA) is thrilled to announce the final lineup for MFC 29: Conquer at The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor on Friday, April 8 at 8 pm. In the night’s co-main events, two reigning MFC champions will put their titles on the line for the first time. Welterweight champion Douglas “The Phenom” Lima (17-4), one of the MFC’s brightest young stars, defends his crown against seasoned veteran “Dangerous” Terry Martin (21-8). Lima, who fights out of Atlanta, Georgia, has won five straight matchups including his bid for the vacant title at MFC 27 when he [...]

Yesterday, UFC president Dana White announced that Shane Carwin will be facing UFC newcomer Jon Olav Einemo in Olav’s UFC debut at UFC 131. Olavhas the potential to be a big time star in the organization. At Golden Glory Gym, Olav is training with some of the best strikers in the world — Alistair Overeem, Semmy Schilt, Gegard Mousasi & Sergei Kharitonov to name a few. Even though he is training with world class strikers, Olav is a jiu jitsu specialist. He’s an Abu Dhabi champion and the only man to defeat Roger Gracie in Abu Dhabi Combat Club tournament. [...]

Former light-heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua’s manager, Eduardo Alonso, took to the internet to release a statement about this past weekend’s title match and to thank the fans for their support. Here is a copy of what Alonso wrote: My friends, Everything is still too recent, I was taking my time until I would make a statement, as we are still close to UFC 128. I started to read some of the hundreds of messages on forums, twitter and other media sources, and after addressing the Brazilian public first, I decided to also make a simple statement in the two [...]

Jason David Frank, former Power Ranger, has agreed to let fans pick his opponent for his next fight with Legacy Fights. Frank has accumulated perfect record as an amateur and started off his career with a win as a pro. Amid criticism and controversy, Frank has taken his mma career in a new direction under Tony Orozco and the Silverback fight team. “Jason wants to be treated like any other fighter. Frank wanted to fight whoever we put him up against…” stated matchmaker Collin Cantrell about Frank’s new direction. “I felt like it would be fun to let the fans [...]

Anderson Silva takes the time to do an interview with ULTMMA and comments on multiple issues, including current light-heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones. Silva is impressed with Jones, but did not seem too interested in moving up to 205 to face him. Silva is happy at 185-pounds.

We all know the backstory with former light-heavyweight champion Rashad Evans and current 205-pound king Jon Jones. The two were former training partners and had previously stated they would never fight. That all changed when Jon Jones took to the air before his fight with Shogun and claimed he would, in fact, fight his teammate if he won the gold. Jones is now champion and Evans has left Greg Jackson’s camp for Imperial Athletics to prepare for his upcoming title fight… and it didn’t take long for the two to exchange harsh words. In response to a fan on Twitter, [...]

Brendan Schaub, Eric Koch, Edson Barbosa and Anthony Njokuani are each $70,000 richer after receiving Fight Night bonuses from UFC 128. Schaub an Koch were both awarded Knockout of the Night honors, while Barboza and Njokuani put on Fight of the Night. Clipped from: www.mixedmartialarts.com (share this clip)