Every Wednesday the UFC’s official website runs a live chat with a notable fighter, and this week it was Junior dos Santos’ turn up to bat. The former heavyweight champion riffed on everything from his infamous Katy Perry audition to his strategy for the next time he meets Cain Velasquez — “Don’t block the punches [...]
Alistair Overeem just can’t catch a break. On Monday it was Luiz Dorea, coach of former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos, who took a parting shot at the Dutchman. And now it’s dos Santos himself who couldn’t help but join in on the fun. “I think this guy is a joke,” dos Santos declared [...]
Mark Hunt will not be replacing Alistair Overeem against Junior dos Santos after all. Less than a day after news broke that the much-anticipated UFC 160 heavyweight fight was canceled due to an Overeem injury, UFC president Dana White told MMAFighting.com that dos Santos and Overeem will happen at a later date. “It’s not gonna [...]
Fans will have to wait a little longer to see Alistair Overeem vs. Junior dos Santos. According to sources close to Overeem, the heavyweight recently suffered an undisclosed injury while training, which will sideline him for four-to-five weeks. As a result, Overeem’s camp recently informed the UFC that he will be unable to fight dos [...]
When Alistair Overeem’s latest blood test came back after UFC 156, there was a problem, but perhaps not what you would think. Overeem, the 262-pound heavyweight with the Herculean physique came back with a blood testosterone level reading of 179 nanograms per deciliter, a figure that would be considered dangerously low for a competitive athlete. [...]
All 22 fighters on the Feb. 2 UFC 156 event passed their fight-night drug tests. Nevada Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer released the information via email on Wednesday. However, Kizer told MMAFighting.com on Wednesday that these results do not include additional blood work required of heavyweight Alistair Overeem. Overeem, who was knocked out by [...]
One year after Cain Velasquez mauled Antonio Silva, the two heavyweights will do it again, agreeing to a rematch at UFC 160, the Memorial Day weekend card which will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The matchups were reported on Tuesday’s edition of UFC Tonight, citing confirmation from UFC president [...]
What is next for UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez? That is the big question for the UFC’s biggest division. After Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva spectacularly knocked out Alistair Overeem last weekend, the complexion of the division was vastly altered. Beforehand, Overeem seemed a near lock to challenge Velasquez for the title. Now? It’s the wild west, [...]
Rashad Evans and Alistair Overeem were both the big winners and the big losers at UFC 156, taking home the night’s biggest purses but also losing out on the biggest bonuses as well as likely title shots. Evans, the former UFC light-heavyweight champion who probably would have been offered a chance to drop to middleweight [...]