UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre underwent surgery today on his ACL. GSP withdrew from his match with Nick Diaz at UFC 143, due to a blown ACL while training. According to his doctor in Los Angeles, California the surgery was a "huge success."
The UFC is holding a press conference today (Dec.13) for UFC 142: Rio. Just days after UFC 140, Dana White flew to Brazil to promote the organizations first show in 2012. UFC 142 is set to go down at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 14, 2012.
Alistair Overeem will be having a phone conversation with the Nevada State Athletic Commission for reasons that have not been announced to the public yet. During the UFC 140 broadcast the MMA world was set a buzz due to a tweet sent out that stated Overeem would be out of his fight against Brock Lesnar at UFC 141 on Dec. 30.
Following his loss this past weekend at UFC 140, Lyoto Machida looks back and responds about his performance against UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Jones was tested by Machida in the first round and in the second took him down landed a vicious elbow which eventually lead to his submission victory.
No matter how much Dana White wants to deny the rumours of Alistair Overeem being taken off the UFC 141 Main Event, those rumors are still flying. I’m of the belief that where there is smoke there is fire. It all started when Kevin Iole from Yahoo/Sports sent out a tweet near the end of UFC 140.
Dana was uncommitted on whether or not Miguel Torres would ever fight in the UFC again after the Twitter scandal, saying only "We'll see". He did appreciate Torres' statement after the fact, but left no confusion on how he feels about his decision:
"Nobody has any business making jokes about rape....It was from a TV show? Who gives a shit? This is not a TV show."
UFC 140 had some epic fights. Jon Jones retained his title against Lyoto Machida, Frank Mir stepped one step closer to title contention with a submission win over Big Nog and Lil Nog beat up Tito Ortiz. Thanks to our media friends MMAFighting.com, HeavyMMA.com and MMAWeekly.com for their post fight videos.
UFC 140 goes down today (Dec.10) at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
The main event features Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida for the light heavyweight championship. The Nogueira brothers are both in action, with Big Nog vs. Frank Mir and Lil Nog vs. Tito Ortiz. Round out the main card are two Canadian showdowns with Claude Patrick vs. Brian Ebersole and Mark Hominick vs. Chan Sung Jung.
Las Vegas, Nevada – Tickets for the highly anticipated UFC® JAPAN: EDGAR vs. HENDERSON are on sale now to fans worldwide. This historic event takes place at the Saitama Super Arena, in suburban Tokyo, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012.
