At this point you wouldn't blame Brock Lesnar if stayed up at a home he owns in Canada for the rest of his life, so he wouldn't have to hear all the rumors about him all the time. Today, another one got shot down.
“We are going with the most prestigious championship in all of sports, the heavyweight title. So on November 12 at the Anaheim Honda Center, the UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez will take on the No. 1 contender Junior Dos Santos on the number one network in America, Fox.”
With the UFC planning to further expand into Asia beyond the UAE in 2012, it was a matter of time that an entrepreneurial-minded Asian person would attempt to put on another promotion. Enter the Asian Dana White. He goes by the name of Victor Cui...
In an impromptu media conference call on Friday, Dana White announced the main event of the first even UFC on Fox card. The announcement came at approximately 10:05am/1:05pm and the main event is... Cain Velasquez vs Junior Dos Santos
When the name Josh Barnett comes up, people think of the fact that he is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion, he tested positive for PED's three times and in some people's opinion caused Affliction to fold after he tested positive for the third time. Which in turn caused his bout with Fedor Emelianenko to be cancelled.
Miami, Fla. - Rising MMA stars Ben “Smooth” Henderson and “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit have agreed to new multi-fight contracts with the UFC, First Round Management President and CEO Malki Kawa announced. Terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
It did not take long for the first UFC Special to be on the Fox Network.
After agreeing to a deal earlier this month, it was announced today by Fox Sports that UFC Primetime will air on Sunday, October 30th right after NFL Football. The Primetime special is one hour behind the scenes show that features the main event fighters who will be fighting on November 12th in Anaheim, California.
Anderson Silva on Saturday further established his claim as pound for pound the best fighter in the world today quite arguably the best ever with his win over Yushin Okami at UFC 134. It was Silva's 15th overall and 14th in the UFC. When a guy is that dominant in his weight class and disposing of all challengers in his path, the next path would be for a guy to move up in weight and fight guys at that weight class to further cement his legacy in the sport.
Antonio Minotauro Nogueira admitted that he did not even pay attention to the fans on the way out to the octagon at UFC 134. The minute he realized that there was that much cheering was the minute after he shocked the fans by way of KO against Brendan Schaub.
