MMAJunkie is reporting that Matt Riddle and Francisco Rivera both received a 90 day suspension for testing positive for banned substances. The two fought in Calgary back on July 21 at UFC 149. While the Calgary Combative Sports Commission would not comment it is being reported that the suspensions will be retro-active and both would be...
Facebook prelims 7pm ET/ 4pm PT Lightweights (155lbs) Reza Madadi vs Cristiano Marcello Ref: Fernando Yamasaki Round 1- Madadi charges across the cage to start it and Marcello works the leg kicks followed by a knee. Marcello lands an upper cut. Madadi clinches and eats a knee. Madadi with good straight upper cut combo. Madadi with a three punch...
Strikeforce announced today on its web site that the November 3rd show in Oklahoma City at the Chesapeake Energy Arena has been canceled. The card had suffered injuries in both the main event and co-main event. This will be the second event in a row to be cancelled due to injuries. The September 29th show in Sacramento, CA was called off after...
The paid attendance for tonight’s UFC on FX 5: Browne vs Silva was 7,000 plus. The exact number wasn’t given because the UFC President couldn’t make out the writing. The gate for the event was $358,000. The submission of the night went to Justin Edwards, knockout of the night Michael Johnson and fight of the night went to Diego...
UFC is back with another non-pay per view event. UFC on FX 5 starts today at 4:25 pm ET/ 1:25 pm PT with the first fight being streamed on Facebook. The main event will feature the heavy weights today as an undefeated Travis Browne takes on Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva who is making his second appearance in the Octagon. The FX main card...
As UFC 153 approaches next weekend, the media had an opportunity today to ask questions to the combatants in both the main event and co-main event. UFC 153 has been overhauled due to injuries since it was first reported and it took Anderson Silva agreeing to fight Stephan Bonnar in a light heavyweight match up to keep the event alive. These two...
The UFC is in Nottingham England at the Capital FM Arena for today’s UFC on Fuel TV 5. The main event will see heavyweights Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve face off with Stipe Miocic. The Skyscraper is 28-5 now in his professional mixed martial arts career and 8-3 inside the Octagon. Struve in those UFC fights has only had 1 go...
Tonight Jon Jones will defend his Light Heavyweight title as he faces off against “The Phenom” Vitor Belfort at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Jones was originally supposed to face Dan Henderson at UFC 151 but that whole event was scrapped once Henderson was injured and Jones wouldn’t agree to another fight...
This season of the Ultimate Fighter will feature the welterweight division. The coaches are heavyweights as former interim champion Shane Carwin and TUF winner Roy Nelson take opposite sides. This season’s winner will leave with a six figure contract and custom Harley Davidson motorcycle for themselves and their coach. Kevin Nowaczyk, 11-2...
It looks like the king of the welterweights has been given the go ahead to get back in the gym and begin training. Georges St. Pierre has been out of the Octagon since he defeated Jake Shields at UFC 129 in April of 2011. St. Pierre has been sidelined after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and back in December of last year, he had a...
San Diego California is going to be the host for tonight’s Women’s Bantamweight Championship as Ronda Rousey defends the title for the first time as she takes on former champ Sarah Kaufman. In the co-main event former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza faces a 9-1 Derek Brunson. PRELIMS can be seen on...
TMZ originally broke the story yesterday that former UFC and Strikeforce fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller had been arrested for burglary. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office received a call from Mission Hills Church in Mission Viejo of a burglary in progress. The deputies arrived to find CDs and literature scattered throughout...
Donald Cerrone returned home to Colorado and will be leaving with an extra $120,000. Cerrone and Melvin Guillard went all out for 76 seconds. Cerrone came out aggressive and was knock down and took a knee to the face before he landed the shin to the top of The Young Assassin’s head. As Guillard did everything he could to stay upright on two...
Benson Henderson went thru an ultra close five round fight tonight against Frankie Edgar and when the judges scores were counted, he ended up winning by split decision. This was his first title defense since he took the belt back in February from Edgar. The first judge scored the fight in favor of Frankie four rounds to one. Both of the other two...
Tonight from the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO the UFC returns to where it all started. Denver was the site for the very first two UFC events. Tonight the former Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar faces off with the current champion Benson Henderson, the man to take the 155 pound crown from Edgar in their last fight. The co-main event will feature...
Las Vegas, Nevada – The fighters have weighed in for tomorrow’s UFC 150 card at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, but the x-factor in each of the 10 fights is how will the fighters react to fighting at the Mile High City’s infamous altitude. Denver stands at 5280 feet (or 1609.344 meters) above sea level and the oxygen...
Ronda Rousey is the face right now of women’s MMA as the current Strikeforce Women’s Bantamweight Champion. The World and Olympic judo medalist has gone from fighting on Strikeforce’s Challenger series to winning the belt and is now on the cover of ESPN’s Body Issue and making numerous television appearances. You can tune...
After the main event ended and the lights dimmed it is “The Dragon” Lyoto Machida who is told that he will be next in line for the light heavyweight championship. Machida avoided most of the strikes that Bader threw at him. Whether stepping to the side or landing the counter before Bader can connect. As the fight started and Bader...
The UFC makes their fourth showing on FOX tonight from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. The four light heavyweights taking part in the main event and co-main event are hoping to be the next one in line for a shot at the 205 pound championship. Brandon Vera will be facing former champion Shogun Rua in the main event and Ryan Bader will be...
Tomorrow night from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA the UFC returns to network television with UFC on FOX Shogun vs Vera. Every one taking part on the card made their contracted weights this afternoon. See the full card line up, the weight the fighters came in at and the times for the prelims and main card below. UFC on FOX Prelims on FUELTV...
