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. [...]
Shane Carwin took to his blog over at shane-carwin.com to update fans on the status of his injury. He originally stated a week back that he was gearing up to make a return to the cage, unfortunately now the doctors said he either retires or has surgery. Carwin decided on the later and will hope to make a spring/summer 2012 return to the UFC cage.
Rory MacDonald is set to step back into the octagon against Brian Ebersole at UFC 140 in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian born MacDonald is coming off of a dominating win over Mike Pyle at UFC 133. MacDonald is currently 3-1 in the UFC with his only loss coming at the hands of the current number one contender in the welterweight division Carlos Condit.
This week was a double dose of fights and in this weeks video blog Marcus Brimage chats about both of them and the fact that Team Bisping is now 0-4 in the competition. He also chats about the fact that Bisping didn't show up to the weigh-ins and also his coaching style.
Who stole Mirko Crocop’s shorts!? If you saw UFC 136 last weekend then I’m sure you know who, but I bet you don’t remember his name.
Stipe Miocic is a fromer NCAA div. I Wrestler and a Golden Glove Champion. Not only does he have a solid wrestling base and an amateur boxing title, he has leg kicks to strike from the outside and 80 inches of reach.
Cincinnati, Ohio – Former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich "Ace" Franklin underwent shoulder surgery yesterday to repair his torn labrum, an injury that occurred during a grappling practice last month. Franklin’s manager, JT Stewart, announced today the surgery was a complete success and that he is expected to make a full recovery.
Just days after the WWE released footage of their newest video game release WWE:12 which features Brock Lesnar, UFC President Dana White comments on this move. Well it's not so much a move, but money for Brock. White makes a point to the media that it doesn't matter if he's in a video game for the company, but Brock will not wrestle in the WWE while he is under contract with the UFC.
