Former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem chat with MiddleEasy.com about his future and the fact that he is in talks with the UFC. He states with his belts and his records he deserves a UFC title shot.
Anderson Silva was all smiles Saturday night, having dispatched Yushin Okami in highlight-reel fashion, having retained his UFC middleweight title, and having extended his records for consecutive victories and title defences in the promotion. As MMASucka columnist Trevor Dueck said, he may very well be the sport's Muhammad Ali. When Kenny Florian asked Silva who his next opponent should be, he answered with a wry smile “my clone”.
Dana White sounded just like a kid on Christmas morning as he announced the UFC's debut fight on the Fox network. The one hour prime time special will feature just one fight, a heavyweight title match-up between Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos. The fight itself is almost certain to be a barn-burner; and while that will certainly add to White's happiness it's clear the UFC President has his eyes on something bigger than just a heavyweight title fight: mainstream acceptance.
At this point you wouldn't blame Brock Lesnar if stayed up at a home he owns in Canada for the rest of his life, so he wouldn't have to hear all the rumors about him all the time. Today, another one got shot down.
“We are going with the most prestigious championship in all of sports, the heavyweight title. So on November 12 at the Anaheim Honda Center, the UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez will take on the No. 1 contender Junior Dos Santos on the number one network in America, Fox.”
It did not take long for the first UFC Special to be on the Fox Network.
After agreeing to a deal earlier this month, it was announced today by Fox Sports that UFC Primetime will air on Sunday, October 30th right after NFL Football. The Primetime special is one hour behind the scenes show that features the main event fighters who will be fighting on November 12th in Anaheim, California.
Anderson Silva on Saturday further established his claim as pound for pound the best fighter in the world today quite arguably the best ever with his win over Yushin Okami at UFC 134. It was Silva's 15th overall and 14th in the UFC. When a guy is that dominant in his weight class and disposing of all challengers in his path, the next path would be for a guy to move up in weight and fight guys at that weight class to further cement his legacy in the sport.
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.
Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com spoke with Dana White this past Thursday about the upcoming UFC 134 even in Brazil. He also speaks about the gigantic deal that was the UFC on Fox.
It was reported today by TMZ that Jason "Mayhem" Miller was arrested last week after he allegedly put his sister in a headlock and refused to let her go.
