The ripple that began with Silva vs. Sonnen II’s displacement has spread to UFC 148. Sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com that a middleweight bout between Michael Bisping and Tim Boetsch has been shuffled from UFC 148 to UFC 149. While the shift has yet to be made official, the bout is expected [...]
This past weekend’s episode of “The Ultimate Fighter” was the lowest-rated in the series’ seven-year history. Ratings for the eighth episode of “The Ultimate Fighter: Live” resulted in average of just 929,000 viewers on FX, MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with an industry source. Friday’s show, which featured the season’s seventh opening-round matchup, was the fourth straight [...]
Saturday’s UFC on FOX 3 event will feature a mixture of both televised fights and dark matches. The event, which takes place at IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J., features four main-card bouts on FOX national, six preliminary-card fights on FUEL TV, and two dark matches. Lightweights Jim Miller and Nate Diaz headline the event.
The last time Danny Castillo got this close to the set of “The Ultimate Fighter,” a producer told him he’d fallen just short of being a competitor on the show. Now, Castillo is back in Las Vegas, and he frequently spends time on the set of “TUF: Live” while helping the aspiring lightweights as part [...]
MMAjunkie.com editor-in-chief Dann Stupp is a guest on today’s edition of “The MMA Show with Mauro Ranallo.” Stupp and Ranallo discuss hot topics from the MMA world, including “The Ultimate Fighter: Live” reality series and the latest from the world of MMAjunkie.com. Catch the show live at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) on radio.thescore.com, [...]
Josh Koscheck’s public attitude toward Johny Hendricks reeks of the entitlement veterans express with young upstarts who might take their jobs. During a press conference promoting UFC on FOX 3, he made light of the up-and-comer’s 12-second knockout of Jon Fitch and said Hendricks closed his eyes and threw a “lucky punch.” Koscheck was vague [...]
Last Tuesday, UFC welterweight Nick Diaz filed a lawsuit against the Nevada state athletic commission, claiming that the state regulation agency violated his right to due process by declining to grant him a hearing on the status of his fighter’s license within 45 days of his suspension. According to the state of Nevada’s office of [...]
In the immediate aftermath of Jon Jones‘ recent win over Rashad Evans, we quickly learned that his next title defense would come against decorated veteran Dan Henderson. While no timetable was cemented for the bout, UFC president Dana White said that the upcoming UFC 149 event in Calgary could be a possibility. One week later, [...]
MMAjunkie.com Radio today welcomes to the show Michael Johnson, who meets “The Ultimate Fighter 13″ champion Anthony Ferguson this weekend at UFC on FOX 3. We also catch up with upcoming UFC on FUEL TV 3 fighter Jeff Curran and recent UFC on FUEL TV 2 winner Reza Madadi. MMAjunkie.com Radio airs from noon to [...]