Just over a month ago Zuffa released several Golden Glory fighters from the organization. Dana White told media that it was due to conflict between Zuffa and the Golden Glory management team. Golden Glory co-founder and trainer, Bas Boon, released a statement in which he explained that they would not only conform to ZUFFA's standard payment methods, but Alistair Overeem would like to sign an exclusive contract with the organization.
The fighters of UFC 134 took to the scale at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for official weigh-in session. The main event is a rematch between Anderson Silva and Yushin Okami, while the co-main event is a tilt between two former Light Heavyweight Champions Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Forrest Griffin.
MMASucka (via Lea Young) was in attendance for the ProElite Pre-Fight Press Conference this past Thursday (August 25,2011) at the Princess Kaiulani hotel near Hawaii's famous Waikiki beach. Ten fighters from the main card were in attendance for today's press conference, as well as referees Yuji Shimada and “Big John” McCarthy, and Paul Feller, CEO of Stratus Media Group and Chairman of ProElite.
With all the hype surrounding Saturday’s ProElite return to Hawaii showcasing former UFC Heavyweight champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski, you might almost forget about the much anticipated rematch between local boy, Kendall “Da Spyder” Grove and Joe “Diesel” Riggs. I’m not gonna lie, I kind of almost forgot about it too.
With only two days until the big day, ProElite held its official press conference today at the Princess Kaiulani hotel near Hawaii's famous Waikiki beach. Ten fighters from the main card were in attendance for today's press conference, as well as referees Yuji Shimada and “Big John” McCarthy, and Paul Feller, CEO of Stratus Media Group and Chairman of ProElite.
The fighters of UFC 134 will take to the scale at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for official weigh-in session. The main event is a rematch between Anderson Silva and Yushin Okami, while the co-main event is a tilt between two former Light Heavyweight Champions Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Forrest Griffin.
UFC 134: Silva vs Okami 2 is set for this Saturday evening at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The UFC held their pre-fight press conference on Thursday and it featured Silva, Okami, Rua, Griffin, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Brendan Schaub and UFC President Dana White.
Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com spoke with Dana White this past Thursday about the upcoming UFC 134 even in Brazil. He also speaks about the gigantic deal that was the UFC on Fox.
Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) – Zuffa and Ubisoft jointly announce the resolution of an ongoing disagreement between the companies. Ubisoft released for sale to the public a mixed martial arts video game involving street fighting entitled “Fighters Uncaged.”
Media week for ProElite kicked off today at the Princess Kailulani Hotel in beautiful Waikiki, Hawaii, this afternoon with open training for three of the fighters on the main card: Andrei Arlovski, Kendall "da Spyder" Grove, and Reagan Penn.
