When you first heard the name Brock Lesnar, people thought instantly of his fame in the WWE. Well ready or not, Lesnar is coming back in a very unique way.
It was announced today that the former WWE and UFC Heavyweight Champion will be appearing in the new WWE video game, which is titled WWE:12. The game being released by THQ will hit stores on November 22nd.
Gilbert Melendez's entry into the UFC is going to have to wait a little bit longer.
After rampant specualtion that Melendez will be fighting at least one more time in Strikeforce.
It was made official today by Strikeforce that Melendez (19-2 MMA, 9-1 SF) will be defending his Strikeforce Lightweight Title against Jorge Masvidal (22-6 MMA, 4-0 SF) on December 17th at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego.
At UFC 136 Chael Sonnen made his return to the octagon for the first time since his loss to Anderson Silva almost 14 months ago. He took on a very game Brian Stann and handled him with ease, finishing the fight in the second round via arm triangle choke.
After my last fight against Tito Ortiz, I dislocated my right thumb, which required it to be set back in place and held with pins. 24 hours ago, my physician removed the pins. At that time, I learned that it would require another three weeks of rehabilitation before engaging in any exercise or training that would require the use of my hand.
Rashed Evans just cannot seem to catch a break when it comes to getting a shot to regain the UFC Light Heavyweight Title.
With Evans still injured, Lyoto Machida (17-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) steps in for Evans and will face UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones (14-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in the headlining bout at UFC 140 which will take place in Toronto.
The UFC will be holding a Pre-Fight Press Conference today (Oct.5) for Saturday nights UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard 3 event. The Press Conference is scheduled to begin at 9am PT/12pm ET live from The Toyota Center in Houston, which is also where Saturdays card will take place.
Training for the biggest fight of your career is mentally taxing enough and for Jorge Masvidal he now has to wonder if the fight is even going to take place. As UFC President Dana White stated during a media scrum after the UFC On Versus 6 event this past Sunday, the UFC is in hot pursuit of Strikeforce Lightweight Gilbert Melendez and want him in the UFC ASAP.
Earlier this week it was speculated that the UFC would hold two events on the same day in February. Following last nights UFC on Versus 6 Post-Fight Press Conference, Dana White cleared this up for the media.
During last nights UFC on Versus 6 Post-Fight Press Conference, Dana White made mention that the UFC is looking at bringing Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez over to the organization "ASAP".
Yeah, we do want to bring Gilbert Melendez over, and we're looking at it right now, We're looking to bring Gilbert Melendez over ASAP.
