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Sunday, Jun 14
The Sunday Junkie: June 14 edition
OH by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Jun 14, 2009 at 4:20 pm ET Saturday night's "UFC 99: The Comeback," the organization's first trip to Germany, saw two legends of PRIDE take to the cage. Ironically, it was Wanderlei Silva, who lost his bout with Rich Franklin, ...
Dana White: Having "never met" Emelianenko, UFC exec may be ...
OH It's not about acting like a child, the fact is that Fedor is the only PRIDE champion above 160 to call the UFC contract unreasonable. Machida isn't fighting in Karate tournaments anymore. Fedor could give up Sambo for a year and a half. ...
Friday, Jun 12
Performify's Picks for UFC 99: Recommended plays for Franklin ...
OH A longtime PRIDE fighter perhaps best known for winning the organization's 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix, "Cro Cop" entered the UFC in 2007 ranked as one of the world's top heavyweights. After outclassing Eddie Sanchez in his UFC debut, the Croatian ...
Thursday, Jun 11
"UFC 99: The Comeback" live and official fighter weigh-in results
OH UFC 99 features a main event between former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin and former longtime PRIDE title-holder Wanderlei Silva. The fight takes place at a catch-weight of 195 pounds. Both fighters have recently competed at 205 pounds, ...
Series 3 of popular Round 5 MMA figurines hits store shelves this week
OH Series 3 features former UFC champion Andrei "The Pit Bull" Arlovski, referee "Big" John McCarthy, UFC heavyweight title-holder Frank Mir and former PRIDE and UFC champ Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira. The company also announced that a planned ...
Rumored Takanori Gomi vs. Brett Cooper fight not happening at ...
I think it was PRIDE 33 in Vegas. If he wants to be considered among the best in the world then he needs to get on with the UFC or WEC at light weight. IMO he's maybe in the top 10 atm. He needs to prove himself against the light weights in the states ... Takanori Gomi may be coming to America Watch Kalib Run
As UFC 99 looms, Wanderlei Silva wonders if the win is finally ...
OH After earning an astounding 22-4-1 record in the now-defunct PRIDE organization, compiling a list of vanquished foes that could easily substitute for an MMA Hall of Fame roster, Silva has been unable to replicate that success in recent years. ...
Sunday, Jun 7
Strikeforce won't stand in way of Brett Rogers' championship ...
FOXSports.com OH Overeem (29-11), a former PRIDE fighter, is one such fighter. He's currently 4-0 (with one no-contest) during his past five fights, and he's recently cracked some worldwide top-10 heavyweight rankings with the streak. The only issue would be a hand ...
Saturday, Jun 6
Shields ruthless with submission of Lawler, Arlovski suffers "Grim ...
In the night's broadcast-opening bout, UFC and PRIDE veteran and MMA legend Kevin Randleman (17-13) entered his Strikeforce debut with numerous questions regarding his viability as a rejuvenated contender. Other than a massive left hook that dropped ...
Lyoto Machida to defend title against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC ...
OH Rua had some dramatic improvement between the Coleman and Liddell fights but I will agree that he wasn't the fighter of his PRIDE days...that aside he is still on the road to recovery so it is a matter of time before we see the Rua we were all looking ...
Thursday, Jun 4
Royce, Royler, Ralek and Rodrigo Gracie to appear on Friday's ...
Royce Gracie is a member of the UFC Hall of Fame, and a three-time UFC tournament winner. While Gracie would go on to compete in PRIDE and K-1, it is the 42-year-old's dominating performances in the early days of the UFC that brought Brazilian ...
Wednesday, Jun 3
HDNet Fights Video Vault: Ross Ebanez vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri at DREAM.7
OH DREAM, PRIDE and Shooto star Tatsuya Kawajiri (22-5-2 at the time) met the always-tough Hawaiian brawler Ross Ebanez (19-6) at the DREAM.7 contest in Japan. Both were looking to advance to the second round of DREAM's 15-man featherweight tournament. ...
Tuesday, Jun 2
MMAjunkie.com Radio: Broadcaster Stephen Quadros and fighter Gabe ...
OH by mmajunkie.com Staff on Jun 02, 2009 at 8:50 am ET Former PRIDE Fighting Championships commentator and Strikeforce on Showtime broadcaster Stephen Quadros is a guest on today's edition of mmajunkie.com. So, too, is former cast member from "The ...
Monday, Jun 1
UFC drops middleweight Xavier "Professor X" Foupa-Pokam after back ...
OH who is primarily a stand-up fighter. Foupa-Pokam ultimately suffered a unanimous decision loss, but it was only the fifth time in 32 professional victories that an opponent took Kang, a former Spirit MC champion and PRIDE veteran, to a decision. ...
Official MMA Partner of
OH by mmajunkie.com Staff on Jun 01, 2009 at 9:40 am ET Veteran heavyweight Mike Russow (11-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), a Chicago police officer who's competed for organizations such as Adrenaline MMA and PRIDE, has signed a multi-fight deal with the UFC and will ...
Saturday, May 30
Sokoudjou: "I should have stopped"
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on May 30, 2009 at 4:55 pm ET While DREAM.9's most controversial ending may have been the no-contest decision issued in the night's main event, UFC and PRIDE veteran Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou's (6-4) actions certainly warranted ...
Thursday, May 28
Fedor Emelianenko confirms Affliction III bout with former UFC ...
OH Emelianenko told the website he considers Barnett a friend and feels no need to avenge his brother's loss to Barnett, who defeated Aleksander Emelianenko at a 2006 PRIDE event. "There is no desire for revenge," Fedor stated. "This is a totally separate ...
Wednesday, May 27
Mousasi refuses Affliction III middleweight bout, challanges ...
Bleacher Report OH Otherwise I would have continued to fight at 185 and not given up my DREAM middleweight title. I cannot make 185 anymore, and that is final." Mousasi (25-2-1), a former PRIDE fighter and winner of the 2008 DREAM middleweight grand prix, has now won 12 ...
Monday, May 25
"Inside MMA" poll results: Which MMA weight class provides the ...
OH From approximately 2004 to 2006, the 205-pound division thrived domestically largely because of the UFC's success. A Chuck Liddell-Randy Couture trilogy pulled in scores of new fans, and overseas, PRIDE fighters such as Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio ...
Wednesday, May 20
Will Lyoto Machida ride unusual style to a title at UFC 98?
OH He fights with almost no expression, similar to former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko. He's elusive and defensive and, well, different. Evans, the man who needs to figure it out, and fast, says simply that Machida's style is "interesting" ...
Cheick Kongo replaces Heath Herring at Germany's UFC 99 event
OH However, ticket sales are solid for the event, which features a main event between former UFC champion Rich Franklin and former PRIDE title-holder Wanderlei Silva (at a catch-weight of 195 pounds). (Touch of gloves: MMAjunkie.com reader "Roy M.") To ...
Thursday, May 14
Wilson Gouveia, Charles McCarthy among ATT belt-ceremony honorees
OH In addition to McCarthy, Master Liborio also issued one-time UFC and PRIDE fighter Paul Rodriguez his black belt. Other black belts receiving one stripe were Juliana Borges, Fabio Mello and Nicolae Cury. DREAM and PRIDE vet Luis "Buscape" Firmino and ...
Sunday, May 10
Takanori Gomi claims non-title win over Shooto champ Takashi Nakakura
Although many fans say the 30-year-old Gomi has lost some of the speed and power that won him the 2005 PRIDE lightweight grand-prix championship, the Japanese fighter picked up a quality win with the Nakakura victory. In the night's main event, ...
Saturday, May 9
"Rampage" Jackson recreates history at "UFC 2009 Undisputed" US ...
OH The UFC and PRIDE veteran did have one significant complaint about his character that he believes THQ may have gotten wrong. "[The game] did me justice, but [THQ] didn't give me no head kicks because they said I ain't never kicked nobody in the head in ...
Thursday, May 7
MMAjunkie.com Radio: "The New York Badass," Phil Baroni
OH The New York Badass, a former UFC and PRIDE fighter, takes on Riggs at the June 6 Strikeforce show. The event takes place in St. Louis and airs on Showtime. Catch MMAjunkie.com Radio Monday-Friday at noon EST (9 am PST) live from the Mandalay Bay ...
Wednesday, May 6
Official MMA Partner of
OH The 31-year-old Chute Boxe fighter and husband of Strikeforce female star Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos has also fought for PRIDE, Pancrase, Cage Rage, Meca and the IVC, among others, in his 11-and-a-half-year career. Meanwhile, Villasenor hasn't fought ...
Tuesday, May 5
Lashley vs. Sapp, Rizzo vs. Yvel official for "Ultimate Chaos" in June
The American Top Team fighter most recently fought in a March unanimous decision win over Jason Guida. Sapp, the massive former NFL lineman, is a PRIDE, K-1 and Strikeforce veteran. Known as "The Beast," Sapp has earned a fierce reputation in Japan, ...
DREAM and PRIDE vet Luiz "Buscape" Firmino joins American Top Team
OH Former PRIDE fighter and recent DREAM lightweight Luiz "Buscape" Firmino recently joined the team. The former Brazilian Top Team fighter made the move to ATT earlier this year with hopes of fighting in the US in 2009. Among others, Firmino (12-4) is ...
Monday, May 4
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira makes Brazilian debut May 9 at Jungle Fight
by mmajunkie.com Staff on May 04, 2009 at 12:03 pm ET Former PRIDE fighter Antonio Rogiero Nogueira (16-3), returning to action for the first time since his January TKO victory over Vladimir Matyushenko at "Affliction: Day of Reckoning," will make his ...
Saturday, May 2
Anderson Silva's UFC title contenders stuck in the middle
were already bigger names coming in and Henderson has headlined three UFC events, including a fight with Quinton Jackson before the UFC's largest US mixed martial arts TV audience ever, and he held championships in two weight classes in PRIDE. ...
Thursday, Apr 30
Andrew Simon: hdnet will air DREAM.9 live in North America
OH DREAM middleweight grand prix winner Gegard Mousasi, and 350-pound Jan Nortje vs. PRIDE/UFC vet Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. Simon said hdnet has the option to air events live or via tape delay on hdnet. While the all-high-definition cable station usually ...
Irvin off UFC 98 card, Foupa-Pokam to replace if immigration ...
OH - John Morgan, Dann Stupp Foupa-Pokam, meanwhile, would try again for his first UFC win. He made his octagon debut earlier this month at UFC 97 but suffered a tough-fought unanimous-decision loss to former PRIDE star Dennis Kang. The loss snapped the kickboxer's seven-fight win ...
Thursday, Apr 23
Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko and lightweight Shinya Aoki meet ...
OH The 32-year-old former PRIDE champ is undefeated in his past 27 fights. Aoki (20-4), a standout grappler who's ended 12 of his 20 career wins via submission, last competed in April, when he suffered a 27-second TKO loss to welterweight Hayato Sakurai ...
Friday, Apr 17
Dana White on UFC's European plans: "We're coming to France ...
In addition to Kongo and Foupa-Pokam, the country has produced former UFC fighter Jess Liaudin and PRIDE/EliteXC veteran Cyrille "The Snake" Diabate. As MMA continues its explosive growth throughout Europe, France continues developing top talent, ...
Thursday, Apr 16
Bellator Fighting Championships Week 3 weigh-in results
OH The event will also feature the long-awaited US debut of Cuban judoka Hector Lombard, as well as appearances by former UFC champion Dave Menne and UFC and PRIDE veteran Alex Andrade. Although Sanchez appeared to miss weight for his featherweight bout ...
Report: Diaz earns "substantially" more than $40K, calling out ...
OH The UFC's practice of locker-room bonuses has been well documented in recent years. MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio) co-host – and UFC, PRIDE and Strikeforce veteran – Frank Trigg on Wednesday claimed the practice was commonplace in many ...
Wednesday, Apr 15
MMAjunkie.com Radio's Frank Trigg offers to "retire" Frank Shamrock
OH by John Morgan on Apr 15, 2009 at 6:40 pm ET UFC, PRIDE and Strikeforce veteran – and co-host of MMAjunkie.com Radio – Frank Trigg (19-6) is currently on a four-fight win streak, yet he doesn't know where or when his next bout will take place. ...
Coleman granted license for UFC 100, planning Las Vegas training camp
OH While "The Hammer" fought Rua in Ireland, the NSAC previously licensed a 41-year-old Coleman to fight Fedor Emelianenko in October 2006. Coleman was submitted by the current WAMMA heavyweight champion in the second round of the PRIDE 32 bout. ...
Monday, Apr 13
ESPN.com's weekly "MMA Live" news program finding its groove
OH One day the duo was reminiscing about the defunct PRIDE organization and discussing current UFC events when the idea of a real MMA news and information show in the same vein as "College Football Live" or "NFL Live" was hatched. ...
Tuesday, Apr 7
Report: Fabricio Camoes to appear at May's shomma event
OH Camoes debuted professionally in 2000, and opened with a paltry 3-4 record, including submission losses to current UFC lightweight Gleison Tibau and PRIDE veteran Luiz Azeredo. Camoes has since battled back to win six straight, including stoppage ...
Wednesday, Apr 1
UFC and Dana White get into the April Fool's Day spirit with ...
OH Out Of all the places in the world to put up a stadium, this was the only place for us, and we're gonna Love Seeing the UFC here." Notice all those capitalized words in the last paragraph? They spell APRIL FOOLS. Emelianenko, a longtime PRIDE ...
Monday, Mar 30
Nam Phan meets Michihiro Omigawa in second round of Sengoku grand prix
OH by Dann Stupp on Mar 30, 2009 at 10:02 am ET Strikeforce veteran Nam Phan (15-5) will meet UFC and PRIDE vet Michihiro Omigawa (5-7-1) in the second round of Sengoku's recently commenced featherweight grand prix. The fight takes place May 2 at Sengoku ...
Saturday, Mar 28
Josh Barnett says Affliction III plans, participation still uncertain
OH It has nothing to do with being a PRIDE fan. Barnett has been more consistant than almost any other heavyweight fighter. You could bring up Couture and maybe Noguiera. Mir can't be that highly ranked already or atleast I don't have him that high. ...
Friday, Mar 27
Report: Gegard Mousasi to 205 pounds for DREAM.9 bout with Sokoudjou
Mousasi will meet UFC, PRIDE and Affliction veteran Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (5-4) at DREAM.9 according to the report. While DREAM.9 has not yet been officially announced, a recent listing of the event on the Tokyo Broadcasting System's official ...
Thursday, Mar 26
Monson, Kharitonov, "Ninja" Rua and grand prix fights added to DREAM.8
The two fighters first met at an August 2005 Shooto event, and Aoki suffered a close unanimous-decision loss; it's one of only three career losses for the former PRIDE fighter and 2008 DREAM lightweight grand prix runner-up. Other DREAM welterweight ...
Monday, Mar 23
Bellator confirms April 17 show in Oklahoma, 185-pound bracket set
OH El Toro" has put together a 4-1 record since returning to active status, including a March 2008 disqualification loss to the UFC's Krzysztof Soszynski. Andrade has previously fought for the UFC, PRIDE, Pancrase and King of the Cage. ...
Sunday, Mar 22
Former PRIDE fighter and EliteXC champ "Ninja" Rua signs with DREAM
OH by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Mar 22, 2009 at 12:02 pm ET Former PRIDE fighter and one-time EliteXC middleweight champion Murilo "Ninja" Rua (16-9-1) has signed a multi-fight deal with the Japanese-based DREAM organization. The 28-year-old fighter will ...
Thursday, Mar 19
Shinya Aoki vs. "Mach" Sakurai rematch officially announced for ...
OH Aoki suffered a close unanimous-decision loss in that fight; it's one of only three career losses for the former PRIDE fighter and 2008 DREAM lightweight grand prix runner-up. He'll go for his seventh win in eight fights when he meets Sakurai, ...
Thursday, Mar 12
"Inside MMA" preview: Rashad Evans on the anatomy of a UFC faceoff
OH The old Rampage from Pride would have raped Jardine worse than Wand. Are you serious? Rampage is a far better fighter now than what he was in PRIDE. He's become one of the best strikers in the sport. Who cares if Wand KO'd Jardine and Rampage only won ...
Galesic vs. Nakahara, "Minowaman" vs. Shibata added to DREAM.8
OH He now meets Nakahara, who's coming off a second-round TKO of Dong Sik Yoon, a fighter who defeated Galesic in 2007. Minowa, meanwhile, will go for his fourth win in six fights when he meets Shibata. Minowa, a former PRIDE fighter, went 3-2 in 2008 and ...
Sunday, Mar 2
The Sunday Junkie: MMAjunkie.com Readers Sound Off
Everyone is talking about how Anderson Silva is definitely the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter after his UFC 82 main event submission over Dan Henderson. After the event in a press conference, Dana White said anyone who disagrees is basically an idiot. Of course, this was intended to be a crit...
Tuesday, Feb 26
Dan Henderson Ready for Anderson Silva’s Challenge (Story from Yahoo! Sports)
But Saturday night’s Dan Henderson vs. Anderson Silva matchup is the genuine prime rib steak. Neither the pound-for-pound top ranking, nor the PRIDE vs. UFC arguments don’t seem much of a concern to Henderson Henderson won his second PRIDE title Feb. 24, 2007, knocking out Wanderlei Silva i...
YAMMA Pit Fighting Debuts April 11 with Frye vs. Taktarov, Eight-Man Heavyweight Tourney
The tournament will require fighters to compete in up to three bouts in one night. However, the fights will use modified rules. Preliminary and semifinal fights last just one round of five minutes, and the tournament finale lasts three rounds of three minutes each. Advancing fighters must...
Monday, Feb 4
Josh Barnett vs. Hidehiko Yoshida at March 5 WVR Event
World Victory Road launched in 2007 soon after Zuffa LLC (the UFC’s parent company) purchased — and disbanded — PRIDE. Last week the organization signed highly ranked lightweight fighter and former PRIDE lightweight champion Takanori Gomi, who will also be a part of the March 5 event.
Saturday, Jan 5
Report: Lyoto Machida Offered Fight with Tito Ortiz
Ortiz recently stated that he has one fight left on his current deal but that he’s negotiating directly with UFC co-owners Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta — not UFC President Dana White — for a new contract. Ortiz hasn’t competed in the UFC since a July UFC 73 draw with Rashad Evans.
Wednesday, Nov 14
UFC Vet Chael Sonnen to Face Paulo Filho for WEC Title
Former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen (19-8-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) will face WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho (15-0) at WEC 31, which takes place Dec. 12 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. In the UFC, Sonnen beat Prangley but was submitted by both Renato “Babalu” Sobral (UFC 55) and Jer...
Wednesday, Oct 31
Is Fedor Emelianenko a Top-Five Heavyweight?
In the past two years, Emelianenko has a perfect 4-0 record. He needed just 26 seconds to beat 400-pound “Zuluzinho” (2-3) into submission at a PRIDE Shockwave 2005 event. Then, Emelianenko scored a second-round submission over 41-year-old Mark Coleman (15-8) at PRIDE 32, a first-round...
