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A heavyweight tilt is being arranged for UFC 164 between Dutch specimen Overeem and Jackson’s MMA product Browne. MMA Sucka has learned this from a source very close to the fight. Alistair Overeem (36-12), currently training with the Blackzillians, was last seen in a losing effort against Antonio...
A lightweight fight is being targeted for the inaugural UFC on FOX Sports 1 event, as Joe Lauzon is planned to meet Michael Johnson. Numerous sources close to the event have confirmed this information, with MMA Weekly dropping the news. Lauzon (22-8) is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Jim...
The UFC returns to Brazil for UFC on FX 8. The main event will pit veteran MMA fighter and hometown boy Vitor Belfort against the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold. Our good pal Rick Lee caught up with UFC flyweight Ian McCall prior to the event to get his thoughts. Check out the vi...
UFC middleweight Chris Camozzi teamed up with his long time sponsor Revgear Sports Co. to give back to the great MMA fans in Brazil with 2 pairs of tickets to my May 18 fight. Prizes include tickets (no airfare) to UFC on FX 8, Revgear gear, Triumph United gear and more! a Rafflecopter giveaway
There seems to be some growing optimism in B.C. regarding their newly formed commission. For months it was difficult to get any information on the process. Anytime MMASucka.com tried to reach out to the current Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, Bill Bennett, in regards to an ...
On Saturday May 25, Mark Hunt will take on Junior dos Santos in the co-main event at UFC 160. Knockout artist Hunt promises that he’s got more to show than his left hand and plans to fight for the title after defeating dos Santos. “I do think he’s [Junior Dos Santos] going to try to […]
It seems like there are a lot of MMA related books coming out these days. Georges St-Pierre’s book is climbing up the best seller’s list, Frank Shamrock had a book released last year, and now I’ve just finished reading “It’s Time: A 360 View of My Life Of the UFC” by Bruce Buffer. A brisk […]
Let’s be honest: Every now and then it’s fun to get down into the nitty-gritty statistics and see if we can’t perform some MMAth. It helps us analyze future fights and make predictions based on previous history. Fans of all sports do it, so why can’t we? It can help us look for potential trends […]
Today marks the start of the 100-day countdown to the launch of FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports’ new 24-hour sports network. As its August 17 debut approaches, FOX revealed the Day 1 schedule which is complete with more than 8 hours of UFC programming. “We’ve been working for months now, but a lot has c...
If you follow Mark Hunt’s twitter account (which I suggest you do), then you may already aware of the situation that’s currently unfolding. Over the past few days, the “Super Samoan” has been documenting his issues in getting a new VISA, and also revealed he was recently arrested while assisting ...
Colarado-based welterweight Brandon “Rukus” Thatch has announced, via his Facebook page, that he has signed a multi-fight deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The 9-1 Grudge Training Centre product is coming to the UFC on the heels of a 1st round submission victory over Mike Rhodes in th...
Approximately a week ago, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling/MMA Observer released a list of the women rumoured to be members of the The Ultimate Fighter season 18 cast. For whatever reason, I’ve just happened upon this now, and while I see some of the names I expected, there are certainly some surpri...
Yesterday MMASucka.com announced that UFC featherweight fighter Antonio Carvalho had been released from the organization and today it seems like other cuts were made as well. Both Leonard Garcia and Bart Palaszewski took to Twitter to announce that they had been released. Got let go by @ufc thank...
Officially retired 2day:-) thank you to my family, friends and fans! #dreambig GOD BLESS!!! — Shane Carwin (@ShaneCarwin) May 8, 2013 With those words posted on Twitter today, Shane Carwin ended his career in a manner far different from how he finished fights in the Octagan. It was a humble end...
Back on April 25th in an interview with BJPenn.com, Nate Diaz noted that he would like a fight with current 145 lbs. title challenger Anthony “Showtime” Pettis. Well, “Showtime” didn’t take too long to issue a response. While taking part in a press conference in Brazil, Portuguese-language MMA si...
“Fighter’s Cut” goes outside the Octagon and into the depths of Tito Ortiz’s mind as he re-lives his career reviving fight against Ryan Bader at UFC 132. Find out how “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” felt as he entered the fight of his life on “Fighter’s Cut”, premiering Tuesday at 10/7P ET/PT only...