Novemeber 12, 1993 in Denver, Colorado was the birthmark of the first Ultimate Fighting Championship event live on pay per view and the event was a one night tournament with Royce Gracie emerging victorious. On November 12, 2011 in Anaheim, California another historic moment for the UFC will be taking place.
Yesterday on Brock Lesnar's twitter account they sent out a tweet stating,
An update on Brock is about to drop ... pay attention & be a follower of this account tomorrow morning for the news! RT RT RT #brocklesnar
All i can say is "Wow". The television show that brought the sport to where it is today will now go LIVE! It launched the careers of Forrest Griffin, Josh Koscheck, Diego Sanchez, Rashad Evans and many many more.
Los Angeles – Today, Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC), the world’s leading mixed martial arts organization and No. 1 Pay-Per-View event provider in the world, finds its perfect media match in FOX, the No. 1 television network in the country. FOX Sports Media Group, the umbrella entity representing FOX Networks Group’s wide array of sports platforms, has reached a multi-year, multi-media rights agreement with Zuffa, LLC, owner of the UFC brand.
Earlier this week there were reports that the UFC has signed a deal with Fox Sports and this morning in mear minutes there will be a press conference to announce that deal. It seems as if Spike TV has stepped ahead of the UFC and made this statement.
Many believe that this press conference will unveil the deal which was rumored earlier this between the UFC and Fox Sports. The press conference will be held Thursday in Los Angeles.
Some say that, “good things come to those who wait…” and great things are just the beginning of things to come for Felipe "Sertanejo" Arantes, the newest featherweight in the UFC who will be making his debut on August 27 at UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
‘Sertanejo,’ as he is affectionately referred to by his friends and teammates, is a purple belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu and was recently awarded his black belt in muay thai kickboxing by his longtime Chute Boxe master, Diego Lima.
Jon Fitch's "Road To Recovery" mini-doc's are now over, which means he is cleared to fight again. On Tuesday, Fitch announced via twitter, "I'm back! Dr. Kavitne gave me the OK to fight."
If you can't wait for UFC 134: Silva vs Okami you are in luck. The UFC has released a 10minute extended preview trailer. The trailer will go over all things to do with the Main Card.
Chris Lytle walked away from last Sunday's UFC on Versus 5 event with a whopping $200,000. He received $70,000 in contract money and two "Fight Night" bonuses which equaled $130,000.
