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Heavyweight main card winners Cheick Kongo and Junior dos Santos earned the top salaries for Sunday’s UFC on Versus 1 in Broomfield, Colorado, according to the official salaries today released by the Colorado Boxing Commission.
Six fighters took home a higher salary than main event winner and top light heavyweight prospect Jon Jones, who earned $40,000 for first-round TKO of fellow headliner Brandon Vera, who received $60,000.
Read More »Sunday’s “UFC on Versus 1: Vera vs. Jones”, the UFC’s debut card on Versus, drew 1.24 million viewers, the sports network today announced.
Headlined by Brandon Vera vs. Jon Jones, the event outdrew most Versus-televised cards of sister promotion World Extreme Cagefighting, including this month’s WEC 47, which drew just 373,000 viewers.
Read More »Clay Guida vs. Shannon Gugerty and Chase Gormley vs. Brendan Schaub, which took place on the preliminary card of Sunday’s UFC on Versus 1 event, will debut on Spike tomorrow night as part of a special “UFC Unleashed,” which airs at 9pm ET ahead of the final episode of “UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Hardy” at 10pm.
Read More »Duane “Bang” Ludwig suffered a broken ankle on Sunday in a loss to newcomer Darren Elkins at UFC on Versus 1, while headliner Brandon Vera sustained three facial fractures thanks to a crushing elbow by Jon Jones in the main event on the UFC’s Versus debut in Broomfield, Colorado.
Read More »Jon Jones, Junior dos Santos, John Howard, and Clay Guida were each rewarded with $50,000 “fight night” bonuses for their performances on Sunday at “UFC on Versus 1: Vera vs. Jones” in Broomfield, Colorado.
Read More »Top prospects Jon Jones and Junior dos Santos continued to climb up their respective divisions on Sunday, each scoring first round knockouts at “UFC on Versus 1: Vera vs. Jones.”
Cheick Kongo and Alessio Sakara also earned victories on the main card of the UFC’s Versus debut, while wins by Clay Guida, John Howard, and Brendan Schaub highlighted the event’s preliminary card/
Read More »Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of today’s “UFC on Versus: Vera vs. Jones” event, which takes place at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado and features a main event clash between light heavyweight Brandon Vera and Jon Jones.
Stay tuned to this post beginning at 6pm ET for live preliminary card results, followed by live main card results starting at 9pm ET.
Read More »Stop back to MMAFrenzy.com tonight starting at 6pm ET for live “UFC on Versus: Vera vs. Jones” results, and stay tuned for complete UFC on Versus 1 coverage.
Read More »Headliners Brandon Vera, Jon Jones, and the rest of the UFC on Versus 1 card successfully made weight today at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado for tomorrow’s “UFC on Versus 1: Vera vs. Jones” event, which marks the UFC’s debut on Versus.
You can watch video of the weigh-ins on MMAFrenzy.com by clicking here, and don’t forget to stop back to MMAFrenzy.com for complete UFC on Versus 1 coverage, including live UFC on Versus 1 results tomorrow starting at 6pm ET.
Read More »Check out the complete “UFC on Versus: Vera vs. Jones” fight card in MMAFrenzy.com’s UFC rumors section, and stay tuned for complete UFC on Versus 1 coverage, including live UFC on Versus 1 results this Sunday, March 27.
Read More »Jon Jones talks to MMA Weekly about his upcoming matchup with Brandon Vera, which headlines the UFC’s March 21 Versus debut:
“I’m just really excited to fight him. I really have a lot of pride in my stand-up. It’s a lot better than you see in the actual Octagon. You’ve seen about maybe 20 percent of the things that I have in my head and things that I’ve been training. Fighting a guy like Brandon Vera, I will just feel a little more free to flow on my feet and pull the trigger on a lot more things that I’m dying to do.”
Read More »Check out the complete “UFC on Versus: Vera vs. Jones” fight card in MMAFrenzy.com’s UFC rumors section, and stay tuned for complete UFC on Versus 1 coverage, including live UFC on Versus 1 results on March 21.
Read More »A lightweight matchup between Duane “Bang” Ludwig and newcomer Darren Elkins, who replaced an injured Spencer Fisher late last month, remains scheduled for “UFC on Versus 1: Vera vs. Jones” despite being shifted to “UFC Fight Night 21: Florian vs. Gomi” on the UFC’s official fight card.
Read More »Check out the complete “UFC on Versus: Vera vs. Jones” fight card in MMAFrenzy.com’s UFC rumors section, and stay tuned for complete UFC on Versus 1 coverage, including live UFC on Versus 1 results on March 21.
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.
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