Vitor Belfort has been fighting in MMA professionally since 1996. During the years he has had his fair share of rivalries, but recently Chael Sonnen has opened up a can of worms and Vitor is not too happy about it.
This week we have changed the name of this piece from 'Fatlip' to 'Sucka' as Fatlip is on a tad bit of a hiatus. This week has been a week of craziness.
The main event fight at BAMMA 7 between Frank Trigg and Jim Wallhead was put on the back burner as Paul Daley once again has missed weight. The British bad boy weighed in six pounds over the limit today at the weigh in event for BAMMA 7.
(Cincinnati, Ohio) - Former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich "Ace" Franklin today announced that he incurred a torn labrum (shoulder injury) in training 10 days ago, and after consulting with specialists, will undergo minor surgery next Tuesday, September 13.
Yesterday in Cincinnati, Ohio the competitors from Saturday's Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov's main card came together for the pre-fight press conference. This card is stacked from the prelims to the main card. The main event is a heavyweight semi finals match between Josh Barnett and Sergei Kharitonov, preceded by the co-main event between Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva and Daniel Cormier.
For 24 hours Nick Diaz was out of UFC 137.
Now, he is back on the card, but not with his original opponent.
UFC President Dana White announced via Twitter that Diaz (25-7, 1 NC) will be facing former UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion BJ Penn (16-7-2) at UFC 137 in Las Vegas.
When people talk about the Bellator tournament, everybody thinks of the welterweight division as it their deepest division and most talked about. When Ben Saunders signed with Bellator he was leery because he had previously fought in the UFC and they run a well oiled machine. After defeating Matt Lee at Bellator 39, Saunders' fears were erased.
It didn't take long for BAMMA to jump on board the Facebook ship. UFC has been airing their preliminary fights on Facebook for quite some time and now the UK organization BAMMA will do the same. Beginning with BAMMA 7, the organization will air their entire fight card LIVE on Facebook.
When you are away from your job for an extended period of time, you are either not looking forward to going back or excited to go back. Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal fits the latter.
The former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion returns to the cage this coming Saturday night as faces Roger Gracie at Strikeforce: Barnett vs Kharitonov live on Showtime at 10:30ET.
When fighters are given the opportunity to fight for a world championship, 99.9 percent of them would do everything above and beyond to maximize the chance they were given. When you say 99.9%, who would the .1% be? That would be Nick Diaz.
