After watching a stunning deconstruction of Junior dos Santos by Cain Velasquez at UFC 155, the heavyweights are rightfully on everyone’s mind, but I can’t help but give some attention to the bizarre situation unfolding in the UFC’s middleweight division. Namely, is Anderson Silva so powerful that everything that falls into his gravitational pull suffers [...]
This is the UFC 155 live blog for Yushin Okami vs. Alan Belcher, a middleweight bout at Saturday night’s UFC event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Okami, who has lost two of his last three fights, will face Belcher, who has won his past four fights, on the main card. Check [...]
The UFC on FX 7 fight card, featuring a middleweight showdown between Michael Bisping and Vitor Belfort, will take place Jan. 19 at the Ibirapuera Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Belfort, who has won three of his past five fights, fell short against Jon Jones in a light heavyweight title match at UFC 152 in [...]
Consider it official: Strikeforce is closing its doors and its final show will be on Jan. 12th. The promotion announced the news Thursday confirming it was ceasing operations as well as laying out the bouts on its last fight card. “Since 2009, Showtime has been a great partner and we appreciate its support of Strikeforce [...]
This is the UFC on FX 6 live blog for Hector Lombard vs. Rousimar Palhares, a middleweight bout at Friday night’s UFC event at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Queensland, Australia. Lombard, who lost his UFC debut via split decision at UFC 149, will square off against Palhares, who has won three [...]
Rising UFC middleweight contender Costa Philippou spoke to Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour to discuss the last-minute cancellation of his UFC 154 bout with Nick Ring as well as his now impending bout with Tim Boestch at UFC 155. Philippou tells Helwani he believes he’s being underrated, but that when he [...]
It turns out Lorenz Larkin will fight on Jan. 12 after all. Just days after his fight with Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold fell out for a second time — prompting Larkin to all but call Rockhold a faker on Twitter — the company announced that Larkin will meet former champion Ronaldo “Jacare” da Souza [...]
When Michael Bisping steps into the Octagon on Jan. 19 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, he’s got something he wants to avoid: leaving a legacy in the sport of being the man with the most fights in UFC history never to get a championship match. Bisping (23-4), who opened his training camp on Monday, faces Vitor [...]
Lorenz Larkin said injuries could excuse him from Strikeforce’s final card. The middleweight today told MMAjunkie.com Radio he’s accumulated all the bumps and bruises that come with four months of training. Yet Larkin wouldn’t think of bowing out like his opponent did. He said he needs to fight every five months, or he creates problems [...]