Can't wait until this Saturday (November 12, 2011) for the UFC on Fox 1 main event between Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos for the UFC heavyweight championship. Well, you are in luck as THQ has brought us an official gameplay preview featuring Cain Velasquez vs. Junior Dos Santos.
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.
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.
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
From a fans perspective a very lacklustre card; however UFC 138 definitely delivered an action packed card. The event went down at the LG Arena in Birmingham, England. Mark Munoz caused so much damage to Chris Leben, that it forced his corner to call a stop to the fight
UFC 138 marks an end UFC live cards on SPIKE TV. Today (November, 5) UFC 138 will go down live from the LG Arena at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England. The main event will feature a middleweight showdown between Chris Leben and Mark Munoz.
