The UFC will be holding their pre-fight press conference for this Friday's (Dec.30) UFC 141 event today (Dec.28). You can watch the press conference live on MMASucka.com beginning at approximately 1pm PT/4pm ET.
After much lobbying and internet campaigning, including an online petition, the UFC finally stepped up to give Duane "Bang" Ludwig the recognition he deserves. On January 16, 2006 during UFC Fight Night 3, Ludwig KO'd Canadian Jonathan Goulet with his first punch of the fight. According to the original official result, the fight was recorded at 0:11 seconds, but if you watch the video above, the Mario Yamasaki had touched Ludwig at the 0:04 mark, signifying the end of the fight.
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."
Dana White announced the formation of a 125 pound Flyweight division, with the first champion being decided in a four man mini-tournament. White had told the media that the first fights will be held on March 3rd, likely on pay-per-view, but the UFC website has them listed for the "UFC on FX 2" card. The first fights will be Joseph Benavidez vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani and Ian McCall vs. Demetrious Johnson.
Dana White will be heading to Chicago, Il for a special triple header press conference today.The press conference takes place at Chicago's United Center, which also hosts UFC on FOX on Jan. 28.
Kimbo who?
The numbers are in for UFC on Fox, and Junior dos Santos not only walked away with the UFC heavyweight championship, but the title of most watched fight in the history of the sport.
The first Dana White Blog for UFC 139 is up! The blog recaps the behind the scene happenings of UFC on FOX. Check out the quick clip of JDS' pad work at 8:15. SCARY! No wonder he is now the NEW heavyweight champ. Enjoy!
The fans wanted it, however I do not think anyone wanted it as much as Chael Sonnen. Sonnen got his wish and will get a second chance at Anderson Silva's middleweight championship.
