Antonio Mintauro Nogueira

The fight night bonuses for UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez were announced. George Sotiropoulos, Joe Stevenson, Cain Velasquez and Chris Lytle walked away an extra $50,000 a piece. Main event participant Cain Velasquez earned the second “Knockout of the Night” bonus of his career with a vicious first-round knockout of mixed martial arts legend Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Velasquez advanced his record to 8-0 with 7 of his victories coming by way of T(KO). Velaquez used his advantage in speed as he beat Nogueira to every punch on the feet. The two-time All-American wrestler showed crisp stand-up as he picked apart [...]

OFFICIAL RESULTS Cain Velasquez def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:20 Wanderlei Silva def. Michael Bisping via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) George Sotiropoulos def. Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Ryan Bader def. Keith Jardine via knockout (punch) – Round 3, 2:10 Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic def. Anthony Perosh via TKO (cut) – Round 2, 5:00 PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS Krzysztof Soszynski def. Stephan Bonnar via TKO (cut) – Round 3, 1:04 Chris Lytle def. Brian Foster via submission (knee-bar) – Round 1, 1:41 C.B. Dollaway def. Goran Reljic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, [...]

UFC 110 is headlined with a heavyweight battle between top contenders Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1) and Cain Velasquez (7-0). The winner of the main event could get a title shot against current UFC champ Brock Lesnar.The evenings co-main event is a middleweight bout between Michael Bisping (18-2 MMA) vs. Wanderlei Silva (32-10-1). The other bouts made official today were lightweights Joe Stevenson (31-10) vs. George Sotiropoulos (11-2), light heavyweights Keith Jardine (14-6-1) vs. Ryan Bader (10-0), and heavyweights Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (25-7-2) and Anthony Perosh (10-5). Here are the UFC 110 main card predictions: *Main Event: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira [...]

Weigh-ins for UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez take place this evening in Sydney, Australia. The event will take place on Feb. 21 at the Acer Arena it Sydney and will be televised live on pay-per view in the United States at 10 p.m. ET. UFC 110 is headlined with a heavyweight battle between top contenders Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-5-1) and Cain Velasquez (7-0). The winner of the main event could get a title shot against current UFC champ Brock Lesnar.The evenings co-main event is a middleweight bout between Michael Bisping (18-2 MMA) vs. Wanderlei Silva (32-10-1). The other bouts made [...]

Ben Rothwell has been sidelined by an illness, forcing him out of his bout with Mirko Cro Cop. Australian veteran Anthony Perosh will step in to face Mirko Cro Cop. Rothwell is an IFL veteran and made his UFC debut last October when he suffered a TKO loss to UFC 110 main event participant Cain Velasquez. Anthony “The Hippo” Perosh steps in for the ill Rothwell. Perosh is 10-5 and previously fought in the UFC. He was 0-2 in the organizations with losses to Jeff Monson and Christian Wellisch. Also off of the UFC 110 card is Australian native Elvis [...]

The “Countdown” show for UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez will premier on Spike TV tonight. The even which airs live on pay-per view in the United States on February 20 features a heavyweight main event between Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira and Cain Velasquez. The winner of the main event could get a title shot against current UFC champ Brock Lesnar. Here is a lengthy preview of tonight’s episode of Countdown to UFC 110: Here is the full UFC 110 fight card: MAIN CARD * Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez * Michael Bisping vs. Wanderlei Silva * George Sotiropoulos vs. [...]

Mixed martial arts legend Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira (32-5-1) will face off against one of the fastest rising stars in the sport and heavyweight division, Cain Velasquez (7-0). The bout will serve as the main event at UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia at the Acer Arena. Nogueira is coming off of a unanimous decision victory over UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture in a “Fight of the Year” candidate. Velasquez is coming off of a second-round TKO victory over MMA veteran Ben Rothwell at UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun. In this video, we get a behind the scenes look at [...]

Elvis “The King of Rock n Rumble” Sinosic (8-11-2) will be returning to the UFC at UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez where he will face off against Chris “The Hammer” Haseman (20-16). Sinosic is coming off of two straight losses to Michael Bisping and Paul Cahoon while “The Hammer” will look to string together two consecutive wins for the first time since 2001. The two fighters have previously faced off against each other back in 1997. Their bout — like UFC 110 — was in Sydney, Australia at Caged Combat 1. Here is an interview with Elvis Sinosic courtesy of [...]

Mixed martial arts legend Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira (32-5-1) will face off against one of the fastest rising stars in the sport and heavyweight division, Cain Velasquez (7-0). The bout will serve as the main event at UFC 110 in Sydney, Australia at the Acer Arena. Nogueira is coming off of a unanimous decision victory over UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture in a “Fight of the Year” candidate. Velasquez is coming off of a second-round TKO victory over MMA veteran Ben Rothwell at UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun. Both Nogueira and Velasquez sat down to discuss the upcoming fight [...]