Archive for September, 2011

Watch today’s Bellator 52 fighter weigh-ins live on MMAjunkie.com at 2 p.m. ET

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Jack Daniel’s Bar & Grill in Lake Charles, La., plays host to today’s official Bellator 52 fighter weigh-in, and we’re providing a live video stream of the proceedings at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT local time). The nearby L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort plays host to Saturday’s event, which airs on MTV2 and features [...]

UFC exec says simultaneous events in Japan and Las Vegas won’t be a problem

Friday, September 30th, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The fact that Reed Harris was hosting UFC on Versus 6′s pre-event press conference instead of Dana White is all the proof you need that the UFC could simultaneously host a show in Japan and Las Vegas. Harris, the UFC’s director of community relations and the former head of the WEC, told [...]

Cage Warriors 44′s Brian Foster on health scares: I knew MMA was ‘real dangerous’

Friday, September 30th, 2011

To say Brian Foster has been met with a healthy dose of adversity over the past few months would be a glaring understatement. Out of the cage since November 2010, the 27-year-old has had to endure a burst testicle and a brain hemorrhage in succession. Finally medically cleared to fight, Foster faces Jack Mason at [...]

MMAjunkie.com Radio: Charlie Brenneman, Mike Swick, Bjorn Rebney, Gerald Harris

Friday, September 30th, 2011

MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show UFC on Versus 6 main-card fighter Charlie Brenneman, as well as UFC vet Mike Swick, who calls from Thailand. We also catch up with Bellator chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney, as well as DREAM.17 winner Gerald Harris. MMAjunkie.com Radio airs from noon to 2 p.m. ET (9-11 a.m. [...]

All fighters on weight for Cage Warriors 44

Friday, September 30th, 2011

All fighters who today weighed in for this weekend’s Cage Warriors 44 event successfully made weight. Today’s festivities took place at The MMA Clinic, a London gym. The nearby HMV Forum plays host to Saturday’s event, which features a main card that streams live on MMAjunkie.com. Among those weighing in were Joseph Duffy and Ivan [...]

UFC on Versus 6 preview: Can ‘Mighty Mouse’ catch champ Dominick Cruz?

Friday, September 30th, 2011

On Saturday, UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz attempts to defend his title for the second time, and the fourth if you count his run in the now-defunct WEC. Standing in his way is a fighter equally as quick as he is, Demetrious Johnson who looks to break the hard-to-decipher rhythm Cruz has used to impose [...]

Siyar Bahadurzada says he’s signed with the UFC

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Siyar Bahadurzada is apparently UFC bound. As MMAjunkie.com reported this past week, Bahadurzada said he had been offered a deal with the world’s top MMA promotion, and he hinted he was likely to accept it. Today, the reigning Shooto light-heavyweight champion and current 170-pounder took to Twitter to announce a deal has been completed.

Bellator 52′s Neil Grove on lost broadcasting gig, UFC falling out, camp overhaul

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Neil Grove wasn’t thinking much about fighting when Bellator officials called him to participate in their next heavyweight tournament. Because during that call, the promotion also told him they had decided to bring back commentator Jimmy Smith, whom Grove had been groomed to replace in the booth. Commentary had been something Grove had fallen in [...]

Saturday’s Cage Warriors 44 card official, including MMAjunkie.com’s main card

Friday, September 30th, 2011

The fight card for Saturday’s Cage Warriors 44 event is now official, and five fights are set for the MMAjunkie.com-streamed main card. The show takes place Saturday at HMV Forum in London, and the live stream begins at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT (9 p.m. BT local time). As previously reported, the co-headliners feature Ivan [...]

Watch today’s UFC on Versus 6 fighter weigh-ins live on MMAjunkie.com at 4 p.m. ET

Friday, September 30th, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – UFC on Versus 6 fighter weigh-ins take place today, and you can catch a live video stream of the proceedings here on MMAjunkie.com. Today’s weigh-ins take place at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C., and the first fighter is on the scale at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT). A Q&A with [...]

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