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Another week and another main card changed due to injuries. It just seems Dana White and the UFC brass just cannot catch a break (no pun intended). Other than being the most injury ridden year ever, there were numerous other reasons that caused fighters to pull out of fights. Last week, it was th...
Tonight was one of the strangest nights of action promoted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship loaded with highs and lows in an extreme rollercoaster ride. Matt Riddle scored the ‘submission of the night bonus’ with his beautiful trip transition into an arm-triangle, Ryan Jimmo made an impact o...
Photo by LYLE ASPINALL/CALGARY SUN/QMI AGENCY Tonight the UFC invades Calgary for UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao. The event takes place at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The main event is an interim bantamweight title fight between Urijah Faber and Renan Barao. With the co-main event featuring the debut of...
Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Tonight the UFC invades Calgary for UFC 149. The preliminary action has a Canadian in on every fight. Below is our report on the nights action. MMASucka’s UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao – Preliminary report below. Court McGee vs. Nick Ring When Nick Ring and Co...
UFC is set to invade Calgary for the first time on Saturday night. UFC 149 will go down from the Scotiabank Saddledome. The main event features a five-round interim bantamweight title fight between Urijah Faber and Renan Barao. In the co-main event, Hector Lombard will make his UFC debut against ...
Following his UFC 149 Q&A session, Michael Bisping caught up with the media and answered some questions. The light hearted Brit spoke about being hated in the USA, taking Anderson Silva’s belt, his thoughts on Brian Stann and much more.
Yoshihiro Akiyama, Thiago Silva, Thiago Alves, Michael Bisping, Jose Aldo, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, George Roop, Siyar Bahadurzada, Claude Patrick, Mauricio Rua, Erik Koch, Bibiano Fernandes. Above is the list of twelve fighters whom at one point or another were penciled in to compete tomorrow n...
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada -The UFC held their traditional pre-fight press conference today for UFC 149 at Flames Central in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In attendance was UFC President Dana White, as well as main card fighters, Urijah Faber, Renan Barao, Tim Boetsch, Hector Lomabrd, Cheick Kongo and ...
Following the UFC 149 Open Workouts, Hector Lombard caught up with the media to chat about his upcoming UFC debut against Tim Boetsch. He speaks about whether he feels he’s ready for a UFC title shot against Anderson Silva, how dangerous Tim Boetsch is, whether he’s prepared for Boetsch and much ...
Following the UFC 149 Open Workouts, Renan Barao caught up with the media to chat about his upcoming main event fight with Urijah Faber. He speaks about what he thinks of Faber, how prepared he is for the fight, how much pressure is on him being the favourite in this fight and much more.
Welcome to the UFC Hector Lombard. The former Bellator middleweight champion makes his UFC debut Saturday night amidst a freight train of hype against Tim “The Barbarian” Boetsch. Usually when a fighter comes in from a comparable organization, like Pride was, or a once-comparable organization lik...
Ryan “The Big Deal” Jimmo made his name in the mixed martial arts world fighting primarily for Mark Pavelich’s Maximum Fighting Championship, which runs the majority of its shows in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is only fitting that the current MFC Light Heavyweight champion will make his debut i...
Calgary, Alberta – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® brings the UFC® experience to fans in Calgary with the Octagon Nation Tour™, an interactive tour stopping in cities throughout North America, in anticipation of the sold out UFC® 149 event at the Scotiabank Saddledome on July 21, 2012. Fans c...
Urijah Faber has warned UFC® 149 opponent Renan ‘the Baron’ Barão that he will tear up the stats sheet when the pair collide for the UFC Interim Bantamweight Championship at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on July 21. At 28-1-0 (1NC) with the longest unbeaten streak in th...
UFC 149, schedule for July 21, 2012 in Calgary, has yet another change on the fight card due to injury. The UFC has announced Claude Patrick has suffered a knee and will not be competing against James Head in the welterweight division. Instead, Brian Ebersole, and his “Hairrow”, will be fillin...