MMASucka was on today's UFC 161 conference call, which had Rashad Evans, Dan Henderson, Roy Nelson, Stipe Miocic, and UFC's Director of Operations for...
This isn't extremely news worthy, but it is damn funny. When Pat Barry took on Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic at UFC 115 he had too much respect for him and was ultimately submitted because of this. Cro Cop brought in Barry as part of his camp for his upcoming fight against Roy Nelson at UFC 137.
The last time that the UFC put on a free televised title fight was at UFC 75 in London England. It was the PrideFC and UFC light heavyweight unification fight of Dan Henderson versus Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. The reason why it was free was that the UFC was nice enough to keep us from paying $60.00 to watch a prerecorded fight during Saturday night prime time due to the time difference. Since then, it only made good business sense for the UFC to have all title fights as Pay Per View. The entrance of the Bantam Weights into the UFC it has given us the opportunity to watch another free televised title fight as they haven't been around that long, so it will give the casual fans a chance to get to know fighters like Dominic Cruz and Demetrious Johnson. For the hardcore fans, it was a nice freebie that we can watch at the comfort of our own homes and save some money, especially from the frantic pace of the fall MMA event line up.
You look at Stefan Struve and you can see why his nickname is 'Skyscraper' at 6ft 11, he is the tallest fighter in the UFC. What a lot of people do not realize that Struve is only 23 years old and has already had 30 fights which is quite remarkable considering how young he is.
Struve (25-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) faces Pat Barry (6-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) on Saturday night at UFC on Versus 6 that takes place in Washington DC. In Struve's last fight, which was a defeat against Travis Browne at UFC 130, Struve learned a lot from that fight and plans to use his experience against Barry.
Las Vegas, Nevada – Just days before the highly anticipated UFC® bantamweight title fight between champion Dominick Cruz and challenger Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson from Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 1, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® will host a media conference call with the 135-pound competitors. The call, which will also feature heavyweight co-main event stars Pat Barry and Stefan Struve.
