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Three bouts were added to the card for UFC Fight Night 20 on Friday, as Josh Koscheck vs. Mike Pierce, Efrain Escudero vs. Nik Lentz, and Tom Lawlor vs. Aaron Simpson were reported by MMAjunkie and Fanhouse for the January 11 Spike TV-televised event that is expected to take place in Fairfax, Virginia.
Read More »All six fighters that were drug tested for UFC 102 tested clean, Urijah Faber’s hand has been cleared to hit the punching bag, and Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante has pulled out of his Dream 11 bout due to injury.
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Read More »Twelve of the twenty-two UFC 102 fighters in action at Saturday’s event in Portland have been issued medical suspensions by the Oregon State Athletic Commission stemming from their bouts.
The longest suspension was dolled out to Portland-native Ed Herman, who is sidelined indefinitely from a fight-ending knee injury, while headliners Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Randy Couture were both issued 30 day precautionary suspensions.
Read More »Headliners Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Randy Couture were the top earners at Saturday’s UFC 102 event in Portland, according to figures released by the Oregon State Athletic Commission.
Nougiera, who defeated Couture by unanimous decision in the evening’s main event, earned $400,000 for the victory, while Couture received $250,000 in the loss. The disclosed payroll for the pay-per-view event was $1,285,000.
Read More »Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira rebounded from his disappointing loss to Frank Mir in his fight with an exciting unanimous decision victory over Randy Couture in the main event of UFC 102 on Saturday at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon.
The UFC 102 main card also featured impressive knockouts by Thiago Silva and Nate Marquard, while the prelims were highlighted by Todd Duffee’s record-setting 7-second KO in his UFC debut.
Read More »All 22 UFC 102 fighters, including heavyweight headliners Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, successfully made weight on Friday at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon, the same venue which hosts Saturday’s pay-per-view event.
Couture, the 46-year-old UFC hall of famer and former light heavyweight and heavyweight champion, weighed in at 220-pounds, while the former UFC and PRIDE title-holder Nogueira tipped the scale at 231-pounds.
Read More »Wilson Gouviea’s recent-withdrawal from a scheduled UFC 102 fight against Ed Herman has caused the UFC to shuffle several upcoming matchups, as Herman will now fight Aaron Simpson at the August 28 event, while Dan Miller, who was to fight Simpson at UFC Fight Night 19, will instead meet CB Dollaway on the September 16 card.
Read More »Middleweight Wilson Gouveia has withdrawn from his UFC 102 matchup against Ed Herman after suffering a back injury that will sideline him until at least October.
MMA News first reported the injury on Friday just days after Herman was tapped to replace an injured James Irvin and take on Gouveia at the August 29 event in Portland.
Read More »A middleweight matchup between Dan Miller and Aaron Simpson, which was first reported early last month, is now back on for UFC Fight Night 19 after a fight between Simpson and Ed Herman was scratched from the card when Herman was tapped to replace an injured Jame Irvin at UFC 102 earlier this week.
Read More »Middleweight Aaron Simpson will look to keep his undefeated 5-0 record intact when he takes on The Ultimate Fighter 3 castmember Ed Herman at UFC Fight Night 19 on September 16 in Oklahoma City.
Simpson recently announced the matchup against Herman on Facebook after previously stating he could fight Dan Miller at the Spike-televised event only to update his announcement to say nothing was yet official.
Read More »Middleweights Dan Miller and Aaron Simpson are likely to fight at UFC Fight Night 19 on September 16 in Oklahoma City, according to Simpson, who recently announced the matchup on Facebook (but later said nothing was official yet).
UFC Fight Night 19 is also set to feature Gray Maynard vs. Roger Huerta, with tickets for the Spike-televised event set to go on sale on July 9.
Read More »Middleweights Aaron Simpson and Steve Steinbeiss, who train together at Arizona Combat Sports, will compete in seperate bouts at UFC 103, according to Five Ounces of Pain, which is rumored to take place on September 26th in the UK. According to the report, Phoenix, Arizona is also under consideration to hold the September event.
Read More »Ryan Bader likely suffered a major knee injury in his UFN 18 victory and Tyson Griffin, Rafael dos Anjos, Aaron Simpson, and Rob Kimmons each received $30,000 bonuses for their performances on Wednesday at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Read More »Former WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit was defeated in his anticipated UFC debut, dropping a split decision to Martin Kampmann in the UFN 18 main event.
Read More »Twenty-two of the twenty-four fighters scheduled to be in action at UFC Fight Night 18 successfully weighed in for their bouts on Tuesday at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
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