Archive for July, 2011

UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones will be making his first title defense in Denver, Colorado at UFC 135 against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. The event will take place September 24th at the Pepsi Center. Also on the card is a co-main event bout between legend Matt Hughes and TUF champion Diego Sanchez. Tickets will be going on sale this week. Details available after the jump.

Clipped from: www.tatame.com (share this clip) Yet another injury has hit the UFC 133 fight card. This time, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has been forced off of the card due to an undisclosed injury. Lil Nog is the third 205-pounder to be hit with an injury. First it was main event participant Phil Davis, then prelim fighter Vladimir Matyushenko and now the younger Nogueira. He was scheduled to face Rich Franklin in the night’s co-main event. The UFC is looking for a replacement.

All of the injuries and rumors surrounding the UFC 133 fight card may have left your head spinning these past few days, so here is the updated “UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz II” fight card: MAIN CARD Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz Rich Franklin vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Vitor Belfort Jorge Rivera vs. Alessio Sakara Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle PRELIMINARY CARD Alexander Gustafsson vs. Matt Hamill Chad Mendes vs. Rani Yahya Brian Ebersole vs. Dennis Hallman Ivan Menjivar vs. Nick Pace Johny Hendricks vs. Mike Pierce Mike Brown vs. Nam Phan Rafael “Sapo” Natal vs. Costantinos [...]

The UFC 133 fight card has not been kind to the 205-pounders. First, main event participant Phil Davis was forced out of his scheduled bout against Rashad Evans and today news came out that Vladimir Matyushenko has also been forced to withdraw from the card. Matyushenko was originally scheduled to face Alexander Gustafsson on the night’s preliminary card. With “The Janitor” out of the fight with an undisclosed injury, the inspirational Matt Hamill got the call. Hamill (10-3) was previously on a five fight winning streak before coming up on the wrong end of a decision against “Rampage” Jackson. The 24-year-old [...]

UFC president Dana White has confirmed via his Twitter account that the new headlining bout at UFC 133 in Philadelphia will be a rematch between Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz. The two previously faced off at UFC 73 in 2007 and fought to a draw. They will be looking to settle the score at the Wells Fargo Center on August 6th. Ortiz is fresh off of an impressive submission win over up-and-comer Ryan Bader, while Evans is coming off of two wins, but has not fought since May of 2010.

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UFC light-heavyweight Phil Davis was forced out of his UFC 133 booking against top contender Rashad Evans with a knee injury and he has already been replaced. The fine folks at HeadKickLegend have revealed that Lyoto Machida will step in on less than a months notice to face Evans. The winner is expected to face the winner of the UFC 135 title bout between Jon Jones and Rampage Jackson. The fight will be a rematch of their bout at UFC 96, where Machida scored a brutal knockout over Evans. Evans is coming off of a long lay-off, while Machida is [...]

UFC middleweight contender sits down with Ariel Helwani to discuss what’s next for him in his MMA career, the Nate Marquardt situation, testosterone replacement therapy and the Brazilian fighters he loves so much. Check out this brilliant work with Sonnen.

As I sit at Buffalo Wild Wings, wishing I was in Vegas with some of my best friends who are watching UFC 132 live, Im thinking about the ramifications of Tito Ortiz’s win over Ryan Bader. So let me share a bit. First, Tito is the best showman in the business. He builds fan base and makes enemies. But one way or the other, he puts on a show Second, his personal life is occasionally a mess. It may not be any more of a mess than most others, but it’s a public mess. And it aids in the recent [...]