First Junior Dos Santos splits with his long time manager Ed Soares, now Anderson Silva is not too pleased with him. I don't know what this says about Soares as a manager, but Silva does not like the way he is speaking about his future and who he will be fighting next. Soares spoke about Anderson possibly fighting Chael Sonnen and he responded quickly that he is the one responsible for his fighting career.
This isn't extremely news worthy, but it is damn funny. When Pat Barry took on Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic at UFC 115 he had too much respect for him and was ultimately submitted because of this. Cro Cop brought in Barry as part of his camp for his upcoming fight against Roy Nelson at UFC 137.
MMASucka's resident TUF 14 video blogger, Marcus Brimage discusses the ongoing mishaps that happen during this season. This was probably the most exciting episode of the season with Diego telling people he is going to cut their heads off to the cowboy hat incident at the house. Marcus discusses all of that, along with the fight between Akira Corassani and Dustin Neace which gave Team Bisping their first victory.
UFC announced today that they have partnered with Cinedigm Digital Cinema to bring UFC Pay-Per-Views in 3D to theaters beginning in 2012. The partnership will consist of 4 shows per year, beginning with the Feb. 4, 2012 fight card from Las Vegas, Nevada.
The UFC held their standard media conference call for an event today for UFC 137 which will take place on August 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Scheduled to take part were UFC Director of Communications Dave Sholler, Main Event fighters Nick Diaz and BJ Penn. Also on the line were co-main eventers Cheick Kongo and Matt Mitrione. Below are the highlights.
On Tuesday, October 18 it was announced that UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre will be unable to participate in his UFC 137 title bout against top contender Carlos Condit due to an injury.
Nick Diaz still gets to be in the main event but not in the fight he originally wanted to be in.
With UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St.Pierre out due to a knee injury, the Nick Diaz (25-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) vs BJ Penn (16-7-2 MMA, 12-6-2 UFC) has now been upgraded to the main event of UFC 137.
This was not the news that the UFC was expecting nor looking for.
UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St.Pierre (22-2 MMA, 16-2 UFC) is out of next weekend's UFC 137 main event against Carlos Condit (27-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC).
Chael Sonnen began a pro wrestlingesque tirade towards Anderson Silva following his recent victory against Brian Stann at UFC 136. He took the microphone away from Joe Rogan during his post fight interview and said, "Anderson Silva you absolutely suck!"
Well, that was fun while it lasted. There will be no professional mixed martial arts in Vancouver for a while. The way professional MMA has been treated in Vancouver and with the city’s civic election on Nov. 19, the following should give sports fans in Vancouver something to chew on. [...]
