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Josh Koscheck, Anthony Johnson, and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira were the recipients of the “fight night” bonuses for Saturday’s UFC 106 event is Las Vegas, UFC President Dana White announced at the card’s post-fight press conference.
Koscheck earned “Submission of the Night” by forcing Johnson to tap to a rear naked choke in the second-round of their UFC 106 co-headliner, while the bout also earned the pair “Fight of the Night” honors. Nogueira took home “Knockout of the Night” for his first-round KO of Luiz Cane in his UFC debut.
Read More »Forrest Griffin edged Tito Ortiz by split decision on Saturday in the main event of UFC 106 in Las Vegas, using a dominant third round to even their career series at 1-1 in the pay-per-view headliner.
Welterweight contender Josh Koscheck took out knockout artist Anthony Johnson with a second-round rear naked choke in the UFC 106 co-headliner, while Paulo Thiago, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, and Amir Sadollah also won on the event’s main card.
Read More »Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2, which takes place today at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Tito Ortiz returns to the Octagon for the first time in 18-months to rematch fellow former light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin in the UFC 106 main event, while welterweight contenders Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson square off in the event’s co-headliner.
MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of UFC 106 gets underway at 7:30pm ET with preliminary card results, followed by results and updates for the Spike TV preliminary card at 9pm and pay-per-view main card at 10pm ET.
Read More »Headliners Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin successfully made weight at Friday’s UFC 106 weigh-ins, as did the rest of the fighters who are set to compete at tomorrow’s event, which takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
Read More »A welterweight matchup between Paulo Thiago and newcomer Jacob Volkmann, previously scheduled for the non-televised UFC 106 preliminary card, has been shifted to the event’s pay-per-view main card after a bout between Karo Parisyan and Dustin Hazelett was scratched from the card on Thursday.
Read More »Karo Parisyan has withdrawn from his UFC 106 welterweight matchup with Dustin Hazelett just two days before Saturday’s pay-per-view event in Las Vegas and will “not be fighting again in the UFC,” UFC President Dana White announced today on Twitter.
“Karo Parisyan has f***** over the UFC, the fans and his opponent again. He will not be fighting Saturday or ever again in the UFC,” wrote White. “Pulled out of the fight the day before weigh-ins again with a laundry list of excuses. Let the press ask Karo why. Let him explain.”
Read More »For the third UFC pay-per-view event in a row, Spike TV will air at least two bouts from the UFC 106 preliminary card on November 21, including Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders and Jake Rosholt vs. Kendall Grove.
UFC 106 is headlined by Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin and also includes Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson, Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan, and Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah.
Read More »The UFC has officially confirmed the full fight card for UFC 106 which will take place on November 21. The event is headlined by Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin, and co-headlined by Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson.
Read More »Welterweights Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson have agreed to square off in the co-main event of UFC 106 on November 21 in Las Vegas, according to Sherdog.
Koscheck revealed on Twitter Tuesday that he’d be co-headlining the pay-per-view event, and while initial speculation focused on Matt Hughes, the knockout artist Johnson was ultimately tapped for the short-notice addition to the event.
Read More »Brock Lesnar’s training partner at Minnesota Martial Arts Academy and fellow UFC heavyweight Chris Tuchscherer talked to the Las Vegas Sun about Lesnar’s illness and his decision to withdraw from his November title defense against Shane Carwin, which has since been rescheduled for UFC 108 on January 2:
He actually practiced (Sunday) and thought he might be feeling alright. He said, ‘Wow, I think I’m doing OK today,’ (Monday) he got here and it was the same old stuff — fatiguing right away, not being all there.”
Read More »UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled title defense against Shane Carwin at UFC 106 on November 21 in Las Vegas due to an illness that has prevented him from training for nearly a month, UFC President Dana White confirmed to Yahoo! Sports on Monday.
According to a post by Carwin on Twitter, the fight has been rescheduled for UFC 108 on January 2 in Las Vegas, leaving Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin to headline UFC 106.
Read More »A welterweight matchup between Paulo Thiago and newcomer Jacob Volkmann has been added to the upcoming UFC 106 card on November 21 in Las Vegas, according to Terra.
Thiago had been scheduled to fight Thiago Alves at UFC 107, but was pulled from the matchup in favor of having Alves rematch Jon Fitch at the December 19 event in Memphis and will instead return to action next month at UFC 106, which is headlined by Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin.
Read More »Ricardo Almeida has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 106 welterweight matchup with Jon Fitch after “blowing out his knee” and the bout has been scratched from the November 21 pay-per-view card in Las Vegas.
Fitch announced the news on Twitter earlier today, adding that he’d be getting “a bigger better fight” on a future card instead, but was unable to disclose his new opponent.
Read More »Former WEC welterweight contender Brock Larson will look to bounce back from a recent upset loss when he returns to action against Brian Foster in a late addition to UFC 106 on November 21 in Las Vegas.
Read More »A matchup between middleweights Kendall Grove and Jake Rosholt has been added to the preliminary card for UFC 106 on November 21 in Las Vegas, the UFC today announced.
The UFC also confirmed on Saturday two previously-reported fights, Jon Fitch vs. Ricardo Almeida and Karo Parisyan vs. Dustin Hazelett, which will be featured on the UFC 106 pay-per-view main card headlined by Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin and Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin.
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