Alright, sweet. Always puts up an exciting fight!
Paul "Semetex" Daley Signs With the UFC, 4 fight deal.
The perfect UFN headliner type guy. Excellent signing.
Alright, sweet. Always puts up an exciting fight!
First Demian Maia bout on mma arena
Ironicly it was the last bout of Lukasz Chlewicki whos injury was too seroius to continue his sportsman career. He is now a coach in a Drwals gym.
On the video you basicly hear all polish advices
Once again, the gentlemen who brought us Cracked's "Top 10 'Oh, Sh*t!' MMA Moments" come through, this time with Cracked's "Top 10 MMA Ragdoll Physics Moments". And once again, funny stuff. My personal fave is #8.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/10-mixed...-doll-physics/
# 7 was a dark day in Evan Land
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Kobulingam...I see you lurking all the time...please post more.
This just isn't or us die hards.
he does, i even posted on his page to come bye and chat with us, we won't bite..
that sucks.
I would love to hear his/her thoughts on stuff!
More Dana on Fedor - They did not want to take the deal. I guarantee they
won’t be offered a better deal.
11 minutes ago from web
Dana on Fedor - We tried everything that we could possibly do to get Fedor
in the UFC – we went above and beyond.
12 minutes ago from web
o Ortiz is signed and back in the Octagon!!!
13 minutes ago from web
Three year ESPN deal signed in the UK - starts with UFC 101
14 minutes ago from web
Vitor Belfort vs Rich Franklin in UFC 103 main event...
overall great news...i hope fedor's team isn't too proud to come back to the ufc offer after they realize they can't do any better.
Oh yeah. Time for some self-congratulations!
Now that Belfort's back on track at MW, I'd love to see Joe Silva give him a call sometime within the next year, and wouldn't be surprised if it happened.
Oh yeah! Good call des.
I'd assume Rich will go back to 185 for this fight?
Damn what a waste - Franklin jumps up and down with his weight, he did not want to do this.
mAybe again a catchweight at 195?
nope
it will be in lhw - confirmed
The press conference starts at 2:00pm EST. Make sure to stay at BloodyElbow.com for what should be big news.
- We're under way. Dana had said this would stream on UFC.com but no one can find it so follow our updates here.
- Dana says they tried everything possible to get Fedor in the UFC and went above and beyond, the only thing they wouldn't cave on is co-promotion.
- Dana White confirms that they have signed Vitor Belfort. Belfort will fight Rich Franklin at UFC 103.
- A 3 year deal has been signed with ESPN UK. Free, Hi-Def starting with UFC 101
- o Ortiz is officially back in the UFC. Dana White says " o will retire in the UFC"
- o: "Time cures everything. Dana apologized to me....It was about compe ion...financially I'm ok...Dana stuck by his word."
- Ortiz states that there was no one to fight if he went to Strikeforce and that he feels totally healthy.
- o is working with Freddie Roach and says he expects to fight in November or December.
- It is confirmed that Vitor vs. Franklin will be at light heavyweight (205 lbs)
- White confirms o's first fight back could be against Mark Coleman and expects some ring rust.
- Dana says they are always working to complete a network deal but need "the right deal" which they don't yet have.
- o says it was an offer he couldn't refuse and you'll never hear him complain about money again.
- Dana claims that Dan Henderson is next in line for a le shot at 185.
- From twitter.com/mmanation:
White: M-1's going to "co-promote"? They're going to help US? "That probably works in Russia. Not here."
- Dana says the UFC is going to come to Japan and it "can't be stopped"
- White says that no one wants to watch Mayweather vs. Marquez, they want to see Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.
- Dana says he has no interest in bringing back Tim Sylvia or Andrei Arlovski.
- White claims that M-1 can call him right now if they're ready to make a deal. He was very confident this was going to happen.
- Again from MMA Nation's twitter:
White: the deal that White said "would change the UFC forever" is "very close" to happening and NOT the o Ortiz deal.
- White claims they were willing to make a deal at almost any cost to get Fedor but he doesn't want to fight the best.
- Dana says he feels it is his job to make Fedor/Lesner a reality since it is what fans want. And Fedor can do sambo every Thursday night for all he cares.
- White confirms that if they get a network deal they're putting "real fights" on TV.
- The call is over
I pretty much called this a week ago. Mad props to myself.
I think Vitor might be the last of the old school Carlson Gracie black belts that is still tearing it up in the ring cage.
Carlson assembled one of a tough crew. Vitor, Mario Sperry, Murillo Bustamante, Wallid Ismael, Ricardo Liborio, Carlos Barreto, and plenty of other greats.
- Dana says he has no interest in bringing back Tim Sylvia or Andrei Arlovski.
EDIT...Poland beat me to it
Rich and Vitor will be at 195
This is from 5 Ounces of Pain
Although UFC President Dana White had reported that a main event bout for UFC 103 between Rich Franklin and the newly re-signed Vitor Belfort was to take place at light-heavyweight during a press conference held earlier this afternoon, it now appears that the bout between the two will now take place at a catch-weight of 195 pounds.
The news comes directly from Franklin himself who posted the news of the bout’s catch-weight agreement via his personal Twitter account.
“Just found out I will be fighting Vitor at a catch-weight of 195 as per his request,” recently tweated the former UFC middleweight champion.
The bout with Belfort will mark Franklin’s second 195 pound fight in as many bouts. His last trip to the Octagon saw him on the winning end of a hard fought decision over Wanderlei Silva competing in the same weight class.
Belfort was recently signed by the UFC after the cancellation of “Affliction Trilogy” where the Brazilian knockout artist was scheduled to face off with Jorge Santiago. his last appearance saw him crush Matt Lindland with a series of punches in a middleweight contest held at “Affliction: Day of Reckoning in January of this year.
The bout between Franklin and Belfort was recently made in favor of a previous headlining bout between Rich and Dan Henderson that many fans had voiced displeasure over.
UFC 103 will be taking place on September 19 from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
A full list of the bouts now expected for UFC 103 are listed below:
Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort
Martin Kampmann vs. Mike Swick
Junior dos Santos vs. Mirko Filipovic
Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg
Tyson Griffin vs. Hermes Franca
Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller
Sean Sherk vs. Gleison Tibau
Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal
Eliot Marshall vs. Jason Brilz
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Robert Emerson
I still don't know what the Trigg is doing back in the UFC..
Whoa...
Fighters.com’s tenth-ranked heavyweight “Pitbull” Andrei Arlovski (14-7) confessed to playing Russian roulette Wednesday night*, a suicidal gamble during which a revolver is loaded with a single round, the cylinder spun, and then placed against the temple. The hopeless player pulls the trigger, chancing the bullet could end their life.
“First time I was 16, second time I was 30,” said the thirty-year old former UFC heavyweight champion. “It’s when you don’t care about anything.”
Yeah, i think Therapy needs to be in this man's future..
I read that the other day. Very interesting, a former World's Strongest Man in mma. Nobody could outpower him - most likely not even Brock. If he can get himself up to a decent skill level, he could tear a path a mile wide through the heavyweight world.
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