Anthony Johnson spoke with MMAFighting.com about his upcoming fight against Vitor Belfort at UFC 142 in Brazil. Johnson who has fought at welterweight for his entire career...
As usual the UFC held their conference call leading up to an event. Today was no different, with a media conference call for UFC on Fox 1. The call featured UFC President Dana White as well as the headlining fighters, Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos.
The UFC is headed to jolly ol' England this coming Saturday (November 5, 2011) and the main event is a middleweight clash between Mark Munoz and Chris Leben. Their fight will mark the first time in UFC history that a non-title fight main event will be five rounds.
Earlier this year, during their fighter summit, the UFC announced that they would be handing out award money for social networking. The fighters would be split into different categories based on how many Twitter followers they currently had.
The fans in Brazil will get a chance to see another one of their stars fight in his home country. It was announced earlier today that Vitor Belfort will take on Anthony "Rumble" Johnson at UFC 142 in January.
Diego Nunes vs. Manny Gamburyan was originally set for UFC 135 back in September, but both men withdrew due to injury. The UFC has now rebooked the fight and put it on what seems like a fairly stacked UFC 141 card.
A total of ten fighters were suspended following UFC 137 this past Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. The suspensions were handed out by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Dana White announced an exciting match-up earlier today via FOXSports.com. He announced that Jose Aldo will defend his featherweight title against Chad Mendes at UFC 142 in Brazil.
