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Bellator today announced the latest additions to its upcoming, season 2 middleweight tournament, adding 9-1-1 Bellator season 1 tournament finalist Jared Hess and 18-4 MMA veteran Sean Loeffler to the 185-pound field.
Read More »Lightweight lightweight Ben Holscher (5-0) will face fellow prospect Alex Trevino (4-1) on the preliminary card of Strikeforce’s March 26 “Strikeforce Challengers 7″ event in Fresno, California, the promotion has announced.
Read More »Rachelle Leah will return as an Octagon Girl at UFC 111 on March 27, the UFC today announced: “Playboy cover model and UFC All-Access host Rachelle Leah will be returning to her old gig as Octagon Girl for one night only at UFC 111.”
Read More »Stephan Bonnar’s controversial loss to fellow light heavyweight Krzysztof Soszyski at UFC 110 will stand, after Bonnar’s appeal of the loss was recently turned down. They are now expected to rematch at The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale on June 19 in Las Vegas.
Read More »“UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy,” the UFC’s upcoming pay-per-view event headlined by Georges St-Pierre vs. Dan Hardy which takes place on March 27 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, is officially sold out.
Read More »With the debut of The Ultimate Fighter 11 slated for March 31, the UFC and Spike TV have already begun working on the next installment of the reality series, announcing today that open tryouts for The Ultimate Fighter 12 will be held on April 1 in Charlotte, North Carolina, the day after “UFC Fight Night 21: Florian vs. Gomi” is held in the city.
Read More »After a matchup between middleweight sluggers Alessio Sakara and James Irvin finished the main card for “UFC on Versus: Vera vs. Jones” on Tuesday, the March 21 fight card in Broomfield, Colorado is now complete following the official addition of Duane “Bang” Ludwig vs. Darren Elkins to the event’s preliminary card.
Light heavyweights Brandon Vera and Jon Jones square off in the main event of the UFC’s Versus debut, which also includes Junior Dos Santos vs. Gabriel Gonzaga and Paul Buentello vs. Cheick Kongo.
Read More »The fight card for “UFC Fight Night 21: Florian vs. Gomi” is now officially complete after the UFC announced a previously-reported matchup between lightweights Rob Emerson and Nik Lentz for the preliminary card of the March 31 event at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.
UFN 21, which airs live on Spike TV ahead of the debut of The Ultimate Fighter 11, is headlined by Kenny Florian vs. Takanori Gomi, with Roy Nelson vs. Stefan Struve, Nate Quarry vs. Jorge Rivera, and Ross Pearson vs. Dennis Siver also featured on the 11 fight card.
Read More »The Ultimate Fighter 6 winner Mac Danzig will look to build off his recent victory when he takes on fellow lightweight Matt Wiman on June 12 at UFC 115 in Vancouver. Danzig snapped a three-fight losing streak with a win over Justin Buchholz in February, while Wiman recovered from back-to-back losses with a December victory over Shane Nelson.
Read More »A welterweight bout between Martin Kampmann and Paulo Thiago is in the works for UFC 115, as the 170-pound contenders have reportedly agreed to fight at the June 12 event in Vancouver.
Kampmann earned a win over Jacob Volkmann in January, but was recently sidelined by a cut, while Thiago defeated Mike Swick in February for his second-straight win.
Read More »A previously-reported matchup between middleweight sluggers Alessio Sakara and James Irvin has been promoted to complete the four-fight main card for “UFC on Versus: Vera vs. Jones”, the UFC’s Versus debut which takes place on March 21 at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
Read More »Undefeated WBO NABO cruiserweight champion BJ Flores is likely to become the latest boxer to make the jump to mixed martial arts, agreeing to a non-exclusive, multi-fight contract with upstart Shine Fights after fielding offers from several promotions. Flores is likely to debut in June or July and could fight at light heayweight or middleweight.
Read More »A recently-reported event expected to be headlined by former UFC champion Tim Sylvia vs. five-time “World’s Strongest Man” Mariusz Pudzianowski, originally scheduled for April 23, has been postponed until May 21 to resolve a television conflict. The card will still take place at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts near Boston and will likely feature Houston Alexander vs. Seth Petruzelli, Yves Edwards, and Rich Clementi.
Read More »Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le is likely to return to action in Strikeforce soon and is hoping for a rematch with Scott Smith, who scored a come-from-behind knockout in December to hand Le his first career loss:
Read More »Rumors that Kimbo Slice could be pulled from UFC 113 to headline UFC Fight Night 22, a likely April 17 event on Spike TV opposite Strikeforce’s return to CBS, were dismissed today, as an expected matchup with fellow Ultimate Fighter 10 castmember Matt Mitrone was officially announced for the May 8 pay-per-view event in Montreal.
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