Like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz when she says, "There's no place like home", that is what Dan Henderson is doing on November 19th.
MMAWeekly.com reported that Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson (28-8 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has re-signed with the UFC and will be returning to face former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (20-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) at UFC 139.
Included on the call are Jon Jones, Rampage Jackson, Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck. Jon Jones and Rampage Jackson are joining us from LA where they’re doing Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight.
It was obvious from the get go that Jake Shields' strategy was to take Jake Ellenberger down in their main event fight at Ultimate Fight Night 25 this past Saturday night. Unfortunately his one and only takedown attempt was stuffed, so he tried to throw some punches. Again this did not work out for him, as FightMetric shows he threw 13 strikes, but only 1 landed.
UFC Undisputed 3 is not expected to hit the shelves until January 2012, but THQ has given fans a peak at the first full fight game action video. The upcoming release will feature the addition of featherweights and bantamweights along with a giant roster of over 150 MMA fighters.
In a battle of Jake vs. Jake, Jake Ellenberger made very very quick work of Jake Shields. Just fifty three seconds into the first round Ellenberger lands a devastating knee to the body and then a knee to the head. He followed up with some ground and pound which forced the referee stoppage.
You wouldn't have been able to tell that Court McGee had not fought since October of 2010 with his showing against Dongi Yang at UFC Fight Night 25. The two men battled to a judges decision, with McGee winning unanimously.
In a back and forth battle where Jonathan Brookins wanted to keep the fight up against the cage and Erik Koch wanted to stand and throw his devastating kicks, this one went to the judges score cards.
Being out of action for nearly 16months, it was speculated that Alan Belcher would have some serious ring rust. That was not the case against Jason MacDonald tonight at Ultimate Fight Night 25.
UFC Fight Night 25: Shields vs. Ellenberger takes place Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.MMASucka brings you full results
The main card begins at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET with the preliminary bouts beginning at approximately 2:30 p.m. PT/5:30 p.m. ET.
Today's weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night 25: Shields vs. Ellenberger took place at New Orleans' Spanish Plaza. This venue is nearby the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center which hosts Saturday's Spike TV-broadcast event.
