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In North America while the UFC was on life support with the trio of Dana White and the Lorezo brothers trying desperately to resuscitate it, 6,000 miles away Pride Fighting Championships were about to take a huge step forward, the crowning of their first champions. Pride 17 was appropriately name...
Sydney, Australia – FOX SPORTS has secured EXCLUSIVE rights to broadcast UFC® Sydney Alves vs Kampmann, the company announced today. FOX SPORTS will broadcast The Ultimate Fighting Championship® for the first time in Australia in a ground-breaking agreement which will also see the event screened ...
While MMA in America was under fire from politicians and watchdog groups at the beginning of the new millennium business was booming across the Pacific with all the biggest names and most marketable fighters chasing the almighty dollar. Last time I discussed in-depth the openweight grand prix whi...
Dana White spoke with Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com from Japan where this weekend UFC 144 goes down. He touched on the UFC’s return to Japan after 11 years, the Culinary Union’s MMA bill of rights suggestion, Nate Marquardt’s return to Zuffa and much more.
With UFC 144 going down in Japan this Saturday (Feb.25), THQ’s UFC Undisputed 3 has decided to simulate the co-main event between Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Ryan Bader using PRIDE rules. Check out the video below the stats. STATS: UFC Undisputed 3 predicted the outcome of this fight by simulat...
Yesterday in Saitama, Japan some of the fighters from the main card of UFC 144 went face to face at the UFC 144 pre-fight press conference. Those in attendance were UFC president Dana White, main event fighters Frankie Edgar and Ben Henderson as well as, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Ryan Bader, Jak...
There are some events that hold a different level of importance than your average event, you won’t be able to tell the story of the Ultimate Fighting Championship without the first UFC tournament or the first appearance on FOX, the inaugural Grand Prix Pride held in 2000 is one of those events. A...
This weekend the UFC makes their much anticipated return to the land of the rising sun this weekend with a star-studded even capped off with the UFC lightweight strap on the line when Frankie Edgar defends against former WEC champ Ben Henderson. UFC Undisputed 3 has once again gone out of their w...
The Nick Diaz saga continues, last month following his unsuccessful bid to become the UFC interim welterweight champion, losing to Greg Jackson product Carlos Condit. Several days later the news broke that Diaz had tested positive for marijuana use for the second time in his career, the first tim...
This past Tuesday on FUEL TV the debut of “Countdown to UFC 144” aired. The show is the lead up to this Saturday’s giant UFC 144 event, which features Frankie Edgar vs. Ben Henderson in the main event, followed by Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Ryan Bader in the co-main event. The countdown show a...
With the much anticipated match-up between Alistair Overeem and heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos on the horizon, FUEL TV has brought us Overeem’s first dance in the cage.
The UFC is holding their official pre-fight press conference today (Feb.22) for UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson in Saitama, Japan. Expected to be in attendance are UFC President Dana White along with main card fighters Frankie Edgar, Ben Henderson, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Ryan Bader, Yoshihiro Ak...
UFC officials announced today that verbal agreements were in place for a welterweight bout between Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy and Duane “Bang” Ludwig. The bout is set to go down at UFC 146 in May. Hardy is currently riding a four fight losing streak, which to most would have sent them packing, but UF...
Former UFC middleweight title-challenger Nate Marquardt is once again swimming in Zuffa waters, just not in the UFC. Marquardt, a longtime top-ranked middleweight got released from the UFC last June when he pissed hot for the second time in his octagon career. UFC figurehead Dana White wasted n...
This Saturday evening here in North America (Sunday morning in Japan) the UFC heads back to the land of the rising sun for UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson. The main PPV piece of the card is a whopping 7 fights which will will last 4hrs. The second fight on the main card is a featherweight […]
For a decade, Japan became the business center of mixed martial arts; this all began in 1997 with the inception of Pride Fighting Championships — Pride was the brain-child of Xavier Cullars who proposed to arrange a shoot-fight between Rickson Gracie and the leader of the UWF-International (UWF-i...