Following his loss to Chris Leben many fans expected Wanderlei Silva to retire from the sport of MMA. In this video with MMAWeekly Silva chats about the fact that he decided not to retire and his upcoming bout with Cung Le at UFC 139 in San Jose, California.
This past Saturday evening the UFC was in Denver, Colorado for UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage. The main event had Jon Jones submitting Rampage in the fourth round, one of only two men to submit Rampage.
Just days ago it was announced that Spike TV would be very strongly counter programing the UFC's debut on Fox. This season of The Ultimate Fighter will end the partnership between the two companies.
D&E Entertainment announced today that they have acquired the feature film, The Hammer (previously titled,Hamill), for theatrical distribution. On October 27 the film will be released theatrically nationwide. Additionally, ARC Entertainment will be heading VOD/DVD/BluRay distribution and Archstone Distribution will be heading international distribution of the film. TapouT and Purple Communications have joined as marketing partners.
Las Vegas, Nevada – Just days before the highly anticipated UFC® bantamweight title fight between champion Dominick Cruz and challenger Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson from Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 1, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® will host a media conference call with the 135-pound competitors. The call, which will also feature heavyweight co-main event stars Pat Barry and Stefan Struve.
Here we go with the aftermath for UFC 135 with fight reactions, and future match-ups for the winners and losers. I hope Joe Silva gets a hold of this site one day and takes some of my advice on what should happen next. He has the best job.
UFC 135 has now come and gone and it was an event to be remembered. The main event had Jon Jones being only the second man to submit Quinton "Rampage" Jackson to retain his Light Heavyweight Championship.
Nate Diaz picked up his biggest victory of his career at UFC 135 against Takanori Gomi. Diaz completely dominated the fight on the feet and eventually ended up transitioning to a sick armbar submission. In this interview with Karyn Bryant of MMA H.E.A.T following his win Diaz speaks about his respect for Gomi and how he used to favorite all of his YouTube videos.
Following his loss to Light Heavyweight champ Jon Jones at UFC 135 Quinton "Rampage" Jackson took the time to chat with MMA H.E.A.T's Karyn Bryant. Jackson speaks about the fact that "Rampage" did not show up for this fight, Jon Jones' skills and that he wants a rematch with another former champ Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.
