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Programming reminder: ‘UFC Main Events’ to air tonight on Spike TV
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has upped the ante in its latest round of counter programming, assembling a two-hour block of recent main event bouts to challenge tonight’s Strikeforce show from Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
Thursday, Oct 29
UFC 105 weigh in results information and details from Manchester, England, on Nov. 13
UFC 105: “Couture vs. Vera” will feature a main event between former heavyweight champion, Randy “The Natural” Couture, returning to light heavyweight to battle Brandon “The Truth” Vera. In addition, hometown favorite Michael “The Count” Bisping will take on Pride FC standout, Denis K...
Thursday, Sep 24
First ladies: Couture vs Vera (part deux) on tap for November Strikeforce event
“Sugar Free,” who is now Randy-free, appeared at “Night of Combat” in June 2008, taking a beating en route to a unanimous decision loss. Couture rebounded with an impressive TKO win over the hapless Lina Kvokov under the Strikeforce banner the following June.
Friday, May 29
Pro MMA Radio features exclusive interviews with top MMA stars of past, present and future
Hosted by Larry Pepe, Pro MMA Radio is professional, guest-driven program that features some of MMA’s biggest names like Brock Lesnar, Randy Couture and Urijah Faber. Can’t make the 9pm start time? Interested in hearing from past guests like Brock Lesnar and Randy Couture? No problem. Pr...
Friday, May 22
Ed Soares, Krzysztof Soszynski and Chael Sonnen sound off on UFC 98 and so much more
UFC 98-featured fighters Krzysztof Soszynski and Chael Sonnen, as well as MMA super-manager Ed Soares, were the featured guests on MMAmania.com’s exclusive presentation of Pro MMA Radio this week. First up was Soares, the manager of Brazilian legends such as UFC Middleweight Champion...
Thursday, May 21
Perfect timing: Cain Velasquez on his new UFC 99 opponent, Cheick Kongo
Brian Oswald (MMAMania.com): Dana White has confirmed Croatian heavyweight superstar, Mirko “Cro Cop,” will make his Octagon return on the same UFC 99 fight card against Mustapha Al-Turk. Would you have rather fought a legend in the sport like Cro Cop or do you prefer a surging superstar l...
Thursday, Apr 23
Kevin Randleman will fight anybody, anywhere, as long as it isn’t ‘Feijao’ Cavalcante
Do you wanna be a f-ing fighter? Former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman inked a deal with the San Jose-based promotion to make a return to mixed martial arts action and hinted at a June 6 debut in St. Louis — with plans to make an immediate impact.
Thursday, Mar 19
Complete roster for UFC Undisputed 2009 video game revealed
In fact, former champions Andrei Arlovski and Tim Sylvia, as well as Mirko Cro Cop and Fabricio Werdum, are all represented. Meanwhile, surging star Shane Carwin — even Randy Couture — are not. KEY: LH: Fighter can switch to Light Heavyweight LW: Fighter can switch to Lightweight
Sunday, Feb 15
UFC 100: Georges St. Pierre vs Thiago Alves in Las Vegas on July 11
This is great news for “Rush” — he can now shift focus away from “Grease Gate” and onto the American Top Team-trained powerhouse. St. Pierre scored a major technical knockout win against lightweight champion BJ Penn at UFC 94 on Jan 31. It was billed as the “fight of a lifetime;” however, it has...
UFC 98: Patrick Barry vs Tim Hague
MMAmania.com has been able to confirm that Combat USA veteran Patrick Barry (4-0) will make his sophomore appearance inside the Octagon when he takes on massive King of the Cage heavyweight champion Tim Hague (9-1) at UFC 98 on May 23 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Get...
Saturday, Feb 14
UFC Quick Quote: Demian Maia is not better than Anderson Silva …
Undefeated middleweight contender Demain Maia provides MMAFanhouse.com with perhaps a more accurate assessment of his ability compared to current UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva. Maia’s opponent at UFC 95: “Sanchez vs. Stevenson,” Chael Sonnen, remarked earlier this week...
Friday, Feb 6
UFC Fight Night 17 predictions, preview and analysis
This is a bout that could be make-or-break for man with no meat. Danzig — season six welterweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) — is coming off a frustrating unanimous decision loss to Clay Guida at UFC Fight Night 15 back in September. “The Carpenter’s” relentless cardio and wrestli...
Tuesday, Feb 3
BJ Penn: UFC 94 fight against Georges St. Pierre was to be his last
UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn makes his first public remarks after losing to welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre at UFC 94 over the weekend, saying that he had pre-fight intentions of making it his last performance inside the Octagon. Perhaps the lopsided manner in which he lost —...
Sunday, Feb 1
UFC 94 recap: Penn quits on the stool, Machida knocks out Silva
Former welterweight number one contender Jon Fitch was relegated to the undercard for his first fight back since his unanimous decision loss to Georges St. Pierre back at UFC 87 in August. He dominated his way to a unanimous decision victory over the charismatic cross-dresser Akhiro Gono.
Thursday, Jan 29
Opinion: Bad Situations: An MMAmania.com interview exclusive with Karo ‘The Heat’ Parisyan
That’s when Parisyan (18-5) will begin his long road back to redemption, at UFC 94: “St. Pierre vs. Penn 2″ at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. “The Heat” faces another promising young fighter in Dong Hyun Kim (11-0-1) and will look to end “Stun Gun’s” two-fight UFC win streak.
Sunday, Jan 25
WEC predictions and preview for ‘Varner vs Cerrone’ Jan. 25
In November, the WEC granted the prospect a shot at the former champion, “Razor” Rob McCullough, in a number one contender eliminator match on the WEC 36 card in Florida. Cerrone won the “Fight of the Year”-nominated war of attrition via unanimous decision by out-pointing the former cham...
Opportunity lost: Andrei Arlovski threw it all in the toilet against Fedor Emelianenko
Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski reflects on his knockout loss at the hands of Fedor Emelianenko last night during the main event of Affliction: “Day of Reckoning.” The Belarusian appeared to be on his way toward winning the opening frame of the five round fight handily, b...
Saturday, Jan 24
UFC Quick Quote: BJ Penn surprised that Georges ‘Hamburglar’ St. Pierre isn’t using steroids
UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn has some very unkind words for Georges St. Pierre and trainer Firas Zahabi on Sirius Satellite’s Hardcore Sports Radio following the debacle that has become the ‘reality’ behind the Spike TV production “UFC Primetime,” which is a $1.7 million three-part...
Wednesday, Jan 7
At a glance: UFC fighters and their official entrance songs
A fighter’s choice in music is more often than not a matter of personal taste - unless of course you’re Rich Franklin or Dan Henderson. Neither “Ace” nor “Hollywood” had any say in their entrance music. UFC President Dana White was responsible for that.
Tuesday, Jan 6
Opinion: Joe Lauzon predicts ‘dog fight’ against Hermes Franca at UFC Fight Night 17
Lauzon (17-4, 5 KOs, 12 submissions), star of The Ultimate Fighter 5 television reality show, last headlined April 2, 2008 Joe in disappointing loss by second-round TKO to fellow Massachusetts fighter Kenny Florian on UFC Fight Night 13 in Denver. “J-Lau” bounced right back this past Se...
Sunday, Jan 4
Chuck Liddell says he’ll take the light heavyweight title from Rashad Evans
Props: Sun Sentinel Quoteworthy: “I’ll fight anybody they put in front of me as long as it gets me back closer to the title. I have to try to be the best at what am I doing. I want Rashad Evans, he’s got the title and I’ll take it.” Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell — [...]
Friday, Dec 26
UFC 92 predictions, preview and analysis
Mir: How do you prepare for a fighter that you can’t submit or you can’t knockout? You have more experience in the Octagon than the PRIDE veteran, but do you know how to use it to your advantage? You want to be the heavyweight stud. It’s time put up or shut up.
Sunday, Dec 21
Head shots: The ten best knockouts of 2008
The knockout. And perhaps that’s what makes it so exciting. A knockout can cause an entire arena to gasp in unison, or force a once prominent fighter to forever change his strategy or weight class. Notify his next of chin: Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans - UFC 88
Tuesday, Dec 9
Opinion: Fighting for respect: Mike Swick UFC Fight Night 16 interview exclusive with MMAmania.com
He didn’t get it in his majority decision win over Josh Burkman (18-8) at UFC Fight Night 12. He looked significantly better, but not great, four and a half months later when he outpointed the surging Marcus Davis (15-4) at UFC 85 to earn the unanimous decision.
Tuesday, Nov 11
Opinion: No pressure: Amir Sadollah UFC 91 interview exclusive with MMAmania.com
But now Amir faces a bigger challenge: transforming his skill set from his days on TUF to that of a full-time mixed martial artist. He’ll get his first test in Nick Catone (5-0) this Saturday, November 15, at UFC 91: “Couture vs. Lesnar.” It all starts at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view (PPV) at the MGM G...
Wednesday, Sep 17
Opinion: Full circle: Joe Lauzon UFC Fight Night 15 exclusive interview
Joe Lauzon: Basically take him down and beat him up. He has good boxing, wrestling and jiu-jitsu. But I feel my wrestling and jiu-jitsu are better. Mike McColgan is a former mixed martial arts fighter out of Omaha, Neb., and an aspiring professional photographer.
Tuesday, Sep 16
Podcast: Rashad Evans: ‘Paul Buentello hits harder and faster than Chuck Liddell’
The main attraction of course was Evans, who covered everything from his upset win over Chuck Liddell at UFC 88 to the infamous ‘Nipplegate’. Stay tuned next week as UFC heavyweight Frank Mir dishes on everything from his stint on The Ultimate Fighter 8 to the meteoric rise of former oppone...
Saturday, Sep 13
Opinion: Finding closure in the loss of Evan Tanner
Now that the initial shock of his passing has worn off, both fans and media from the world of mixed martial arts are trying to find his rightful place in the annals of UFC history. Tanner lost just 32 seconds in, but the hype surrounding the fight and the KO finish solidified Ortiz as a major pla...
Thursday, Aug 14
Opinion: Blinded by the light … er … right: Update on Heath Herring UFC 87 ‘orbital fracture’
Personally, I thought Lesnar looked like a child, or at least an idiot. But then again, I enjoy the Thiago Silva throat slit or even the Tito Ortiz cemetery burial from time to time. It wasn’t so much Lesnar’s rodeo roping as it was the pointing and laughing.
Friday, Aug 8
UFC 87 quick preview, analysis and predictions
Prediction: Gamburyan via unanimous decision Prediction: Huerta via unanimous decision That’s a wrap, folks. For the complete UFC 87: “Seek and Destroy” fight card click here. Remember to come check us out this weekend for the latest results, recaps and thoughts on Saturday’s fights.
Saturday, May 10
UFC Fight Night 15 predictions, preview and analysis
This is an intriguing match-up for me because both fighters are 3-3 in the Octagon since their debuts in 2006. Are they destined to be .500 fighters or can they break out to the next level? The UFC middleweight division is stacked higher than a Jenga tower and is about as stable. If you have to sha...
