In what marks his 9th title defense and his 14th fight inside the octagon, Anderson Silva absolutely made a show of Yushin Okami last night at UFC 134. The current Middleweight Champion has not lost a fight in nearly 6 years and has completely cleaned out the middleweight division. Below are highlights brought to you by the newest partner to the UFC, Fox Sports.
Have you ever spoken to people who watched Muhammad Ali and they go on and on about how great of a boxer he was. When it comes to the sport of MMA maybe one day we will be talking about Anderson Silva in the same vein.
Following last nights UFC 134 event as always was the post fight press conference. The nights big winners stuck around for media to get their questions in at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Not only is it amazing that the UFC has made it's way back to the city seems like the birthplace of MMA, but it's super cool that they held their open workouts on Copacabana beach in Rio.
n a recent interview with TATAME.com UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta spoke about the UFC's upcoming debut on Fox Sports.
"We don't have a main event set yet, we'll find out probably after this Saturday, these fights in Rio, then we'll set a main event. But it'll be something big. It'll be a big fight. I would love to do (Silva vs. Henderson). Anderson just needs a win."
We are back and at it for UFC 134's Fatlip Fight Picks. Do you think you have what it takes to take on our so-called experts? Thanks to Dominant Ground a super snazzy t-shirt will be given to the lucky fan that beats one of our staff. Here's the deal, 1 point for winner, 1 point for how and 1 point for round. If you get all three of those correct give yourself a bonus point.
Chael Sonnen has said some crazy things, I mean there is an online quote generator with a bunch of his quotes. This time around he states that if he beats his upcoming opponent Brian Stann at UFC 136, he would like to give up a title shot in order to take on Anderson Silva.
When the UFC needed a replacement for Phil Davis in the main event of UFC 133 vs Rashad Evans they asked none other than former champion Lyoto Machida to step in.
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.
