On November 19, UFC 139 will go down at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. In a match-up that is flying under the radar, Cung Le will take on PRIDE/UFC Veteran Wanderlei Silva. Le the former Strikeforce middleweight champion has been inactive since June 2010
Following a dominant performance against Chris Leben at UFC 138, Mark Munoz called out the middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Unfortunately there is one man standing in his way; Chael Sonnen.
Kelowna B.C. native Rory MacDonald will not be fighting on the UFC 140 card on December 10, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario. MacDonald has been forced to withdraw from the match against Brian Ebersole due to an undisclosed injury which was reported today by the UFC. He will be replaced by another Canadian welterweight fighter Claude Patrick who also trains at Tristar.
Nick Diaz had a rare interview last night on InsideMMA and the number one contender for the UFC welterweight championship spoke about his upcoming fight with Georges St-Pierre, as well as his return to the organization.
As announced earlier today on The MMA Hour, Alistair Overeem has moved his training camp to Las Vegas' Xtreme Couture. The reason behind moving was supposedly due to a 'breach of trust' between Overeem and his former camp Golden Glory.
Coming off his appearance on The Ultimate Fighter: Season 14, “The Kid” has signed on to once again be a key figure in the Maximum Fighting Championship’s welterweight division
This morning on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Alistair Overeem announced an interesting new move for his upcoming training camp. Overeem who is set to take on former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar in his UFC debut on December 30, 2011 in Las Vegas announced today
"Great night so far!!!! Love when idiots shit on a card before it happens. It makes for great events :)" - From Dana White's Twitter (@danawhite ), Nov 5, 2011
As cliche as it may be, styles make fights. We should all know this by now, especially the media. It's not how big a draw the fighters are in the main event, or how many top 10 fighters are on the card. In the weeks leading up to the fight it was amazing to see how many articles were about how Munoz and Leben were not worthy of main event status. The position would be understandable if the UFC was trying to market the card as a pay-per-view, but it was free! Why gripe about free fights?
Thiago Alves has struggled with his weight in the past and once again at UFC 138. Him and his coach Mike Dolce insisted that the weight cut this time around was not a problem for him and that the scale itself was botched. Even with the weight issue
When Dana White announced that Carlos Condit would step aside and Nick Diaz would take his place against Georges St. Pierre on Super Bowl weekend, fans and media alike wondered who Condit would now face. That question was answered at yesterday's UFC 138
