Friday, Feb 6
– UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans talks to Steve Cofield about a potential future match up against undefeated top division contender, Lyoto Machida. “Dragon” iced Thiago Silva at UFC 94: “St. Pierre vs. Penn 2″ last week, solidfying his position as a serious threat to “Sugar’s...
Monday, Feb 2
– Undefeated light heavyweight contender Lyoto Machida talks to Tatame.com about his knockout win over previously undefeated master of carnage Thiago Silva at UFC 94 ‘St. Pierre vs. Penn 2 .’ "The Dragon" has six straight wins inside the Octagon and continues to improve with each performan...
In the co-main event, Mauricio Rua, fresh off his less-than-thrilling victory over Mark “The Hammer” Coleman at UFC 93: ‘Franklin vs. Henderson,’ will challenge former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell. UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva (23-4) vs. Thales Leites (14...
Sunday, Feb 1
Head trainer Greg Jackson defends the coaching strategies implemented during the welterweight title fight between star pupil Georges St. Pierre and bitter rival BJ Penn at UFC 94 last Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Team St. Pierre’s Steven Friend, whom J...
Saturday, Jan 31
In his post-fight interview, Machida wasn’t shy about asking for his chance to face current light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans. Honestly, it’s hard to argue with the guy. No one has been able to even hurt the guy, let alone defeat him and if anybody is deserving of the number one contend...
Friday, Jan 30
UFC 94 “St. Pierre vs. Penn 2” is set to go down this Saturday, January 24 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, live on pay-per-view (PPV) starting at 10 p.m. ET. Prediction: Machida by TKO Prediction: Jones by split-decision
Tuesday, Jan 27
205 lbs.: Lyoto Machida (13-0) vs. Thiago Silva (13-0) 205 lbs.: Stephan Bonnar (11-4) vs. Jon Jones (6-0) In addition, UFC Fight Club members will be able to attend an exclusive Q&A session with current light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans at the same time.
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Sunday, Jan 25
Indio was last seen submitting Mike Massenzio at an IFL event last May in Connecticut. He has a strong background in judo and Brazilian jiu jitsu, and he trains with one of the best camps in the world at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida.
Thursday, Jan 22
“The Dean of Mean” attempts to get his head wrapped around the thought process behind matching him up against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in the main event at UFC 96 on March 1. It doesn’t make much sense on the surface, considering Jardine will not fight training partner, good friend and rei...
Wednesday, Jan 21
UFC 97 will likely feature middleweight champion Anderson Silva, defending his 185-pound strap against Thales Leites. Company President Dana White recently announced during the UFC 93 post-event press conference that Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua would also...
Sunday, Jan 18
Fresh off his less-than-thrilling victory over Mark “The Hammer” Coleman at UFC 93: ‘Franklin vs. Henderson,’ Mauricio Rua was rewarded (or punished, depending on how you look at it) by Dana White with a fight against former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell at UFC 97 on April...
Saturday, Jan 17
In fact, it seemed likely that a rematch with he “Iceman” was on the near horizon with the way Liddell was recently calling out Jardine. Apparently company president Dana White had different plans for Chuck, as well as Rampage and Jardine.
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Wednesday, Jan 14
Newly-crowned UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans, Forrest Griffin, interim heavyweight champion Frank Mir, Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira, Brad Blackburn, Matt Hamill, Antonio Hardonk, Yushin Okami, Cheick Kongo, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, CB Dolloway and Pat...
MMAmania.com can confirm that a main event title fight between newly crowned UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans (13-0-1) and former 205-pound kingpin Quinton Jackson (29-7) could be added to the UFC 96 card at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on March 7.
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Tuesday, Jan 13
Former light heavyweight Forrest Griffin could be sidelined for most of the 2009 fight season because of a left hand injury sustained in his third round technical knockout loss to Rashad Evans at UFC 92: “The Ultimate 2008,” which took place on Saturday, December 27 at the MGM Grand in Las...
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Monday, Jan 12
Marquardt (30-8-2), who trains with Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting camp in Albuquerque with current light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans, made his UFC debut in 2005, and won his first four matches en route to a title shot against Anderson Silva at UFC 73 in July of 2007. Like so man...
Friday, Jan 9
Also on tap for UFC 94 is a light heavyweight match up of undefeated Brazilian contenders Lyoto Machida and Thiago Silva. The winner will likely get a crack at 205-pound title holder Rashad Evans (or Quinton “Rampage” Jackson” somewhere down the road in 2009.
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Monday, Dec 29
Former light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson made an emphatic bid to earn the next 205-pound title shot thanks to one thunderous left hook that nearly had Wanderlei Silva flat lining last night at UFC 92: “The Ultimate 2008.”
Former light heavyweight Forrest Griffin is the most notable competitor to make the list, but we knew it was more than likely a foregone conclusion after he revealed in the post-fight interview that he had broken his left hand in the second round of his fight against Rashad Evans.
Rashad Evans — $130,000 ($65,000 to show, $65,000 to win) Forrest Griffin — $100,000 Evans defeated Griffin via technical knockout (strikes) in round three Quinton “Rampage” Jackson — $325,000 ($225,000 to show, $100,000 to win) Jackson defeated Silva via knockout in round one
Saturday, Dec 27
So much for the invincible aura of former Pride FC heavyweight champion and UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. The “mythological monster” was finished for the first time ever in his illustrious career by none other than Frank Mir.
Friday, Dec 26
Forrest Griffin (16-4) vs. “Sugar” Rashad Evans (12-0-1) Prediction: Evans by technical knockout Prediction: Nogueira by technical knockout Prediction: Jackson by technical knockout Prediction: Massenzio by submission Prediction: Kongo by technical knockout
Sunday, Dec 21
The best knockout of 2008. Despite the fact that Rashad Evans dances around the cage like that spastic robotic in Herbie Hancock’s ‘Rockit’ video, he beat the man of ice at his own game. This was no lucky punch, no wild haymaker launched in a torrid exchange. This was a punch that started at the s...
Saturday, Dec 20
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell is calling for a rematch against Keith Jardine at UFC 96 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on March 7, according to a recent radio interview on The Tom Leykis Show. The “Dean of Mean” also boasts recent wins over Liddell and Forre...
Sunday, Dec 14
This one’s for jiu-jitsu bragging rights, as well as the chance to face Brock Lesnar to finally name an undisputed heavyweight champion. Not to mention it’s on a card that also features Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans and Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva.
Tuesday, Nov 25
Randy, who spent four years of U.S. Army service stationed at the “Fliegerhorst” base of Langendiebach in Erlensee, Germany, wouldn’t rule out a return to light-heavyweight, but also mentioned a desire to rematch Lesnar at some point if the fight became available. He has however been voca...
Friday, Oct 24
Gray Maynard: Yeah, I went to Michigan State where I was a three time All-American. Jesse Holland (MMAmania.com): Give us some background on how you ended up doing The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). Gray Maynard: Tyson Griffin, Martin Kampmann, Rashad Evans, there are a bunch of guys that are real...
Friday, Oct 17
UFC 92 features the second half of the heavyweight tournament undisputed title eliminator between interim division champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir in the main event, as well as the light heavyweight championship bout between 205-pound title holder Forrest Griffin a...
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Tuesday, Oct 14
Michael Bisping: Oh yeah, definitely, yes. The Ultimate Fighter was great for my career, and I have a lot of fond memories from there. So yeah, yeah, I’d definitely be interested. Michael Bisping: Yeah, that’s right. It was a great fight.
Thursday, Oct 2
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin will defend his newly-won 205-pound belt against Rashad Evans. Both fighters scored major upsets against former champions (Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Chuck Liddell, respectively) to earn their spots atop the loaded weightclass.
Monday, Nov 12
The UFC held a conference call this afternoon with UFC 78 headliners Michael Bisping and Rashad Evans to promote Saturday’s “Validation” pay-per-view (PPV) as well as address a variety of other hot topics. Whether it’s conservative optimism or grasping at straws, many in attendance to...
Thursday, Nov 1
It’s the first UFC show to hit the Garden State since then-UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski dropped Justin Eilers in round one during the main event at UFC 53: “Heavy Hitters” in 2005. 205 lbs.: Rashad Evans (10-0-1) vs. Michael Bisping (14-0) Yay.
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