Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir spoke with ESPN.com earlier this week and made his prediction for the upcoming Heavyweight clash between Brock Lesnar and Alistair Overeem. His prediction may surprise some; he not only believes his former foe Lesnar will beat Overeem, he believes he will beat him "pretty easily".
First Junior Dos Santos splits with his long time manager Ed Soares, now Anderson Silva is not too pleased with him. I don't know what this says about Soares as a manager, but Silva does not like the way he is speaking about his future and who he will be fighting next. Soares spoke about Anderson possibly fighting Chael Sonnen and he responded quickly that he is the one responsible for his fighting career.
Its now official that MY BIGGEST FEAR has not come to fruition. Fedor "the Last Emperor" Emelianenko is NOT going to retire, yet. I wasn't just satisfied with the initial fight announcement that was made in early September, but now that there is a solid date in November, a venue is booked and the first promo video is out, I can safely say that this is going to happen.
UFC announced today that they have partnered with Cinedigm Digital Cinema to bring UFC Pay-Per-Views in 3D to theaters beginning in 2012. The partnership will consist of 4 shows per year, beginning with the Feb. 4, 2012 fight card from Las Vegas, Nevada.
This is the tipping point episode in the show where all the little pranks, cutting remarks, fun and games add up to all hell breaking loose between fighters and coaches.
The UFC held their standard media conference call for an event today for UFC 137 which will take place on August 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Scheduled to take part were UFC Director of Communications Dave Sholler, Main Event fighters Nick Diaz and BJ Penn. Also on the line were co-main eventers Cheick Kongo and Matt Mitrione. Below are the highlights.
On Tuesday, October 18 it was announced that UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre will be unable to participate in his UFC 137 title bout against top contender Carlos Condit due to an injury.
Nick Diaz still gets to be in the main event but not in the fight he originally wanted to be in.
With UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St.Pierre out due to a knee injury, the Nick Diaz (25-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) vs BJ Penn (16-7-2 MMA, 12-6-2 UFC) has now been upgraded to the main event of UFC 137.
This was not the news that the UFC was expecting nor looking for.
UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St.Pierre (22-2 MMA, 16-2 UFC) is out of next weekend's UFC 137 main event against Carlos Condit (27-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC).
German-born heavyweight Andreas “Big Daddy” Kraniotakes has agreed to step in for what he calls the biggest fight of his career when he takes on former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in ProElite’s Nov. 5 main event in Moline, Ill.
Brazilian striker, and UFC veteran, Pedro Rizzo – Sylvia’s original opponent -- had to withdraw after tearing his left triceps muscle during training.
