Articles tagged with: Justin McCully
The UFC has likely released Hermes Franca, Chris Wilson, Marcus Aurelio, and Justin McCully following their recent losses, as MMA Survival notes that all four have been removed from UFC.com.
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 »Heavyweight prospect Junior dos Santos has been pulled from his UFC 102 matchup against Justin McCully for undisclosed reasons.
McCully announced on MMAjunkie Radio on Wednesday that he’ll instead fight newcomer Mike Russow at the August 29 event in Portland, Oregon. Another UFC newcomer, Todd Duffee, who had been slated to fight Russow at the pay-per-view event, will instead take on Tim Hague.
Read More »The fight card for UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira, which is set to take place on August 29th at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, has been finalized.
Joining a heavyweight headliner between Randy Coture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira on the pay-per-view main card are Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva, Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt, Demian Maia vs. Nate Marquardt, and Matt Hamill vs. Brandon Vera.
Read More »Another heavyweight bout has been added to UFC 102, joining the headlining fight between legends Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. This bout will include the hard hitting Brazilian Junior dos Santos against the veteran Justin McCully.
Read More »Mike Ciesnolevicz has been tapped to replace Justin McCully against Neil Grove at UFC 95 later this month after McCully suffered a cut during training and was forced to withdraw from the bout.
A former IFL fighter, Ciesnolevicz’s three career losses have come at the hands of UFC veterans Andre Gusmao (twice) and Reese Andy. Fighting [...]
UFC newcomer Neil Grove will make his promotional debut against Justin McCully at UFC 95 on February 21st in London, England, Fighters Only is reporting.
Grove (7-1) is a Cage Rage veteran who emerged as a heavyweight contender in the promotion before it closed down in late-2008. His lone loss was a majority decision defeat to [...]
In the UFC Fight Night 16: UFC Fight For The Troops main event, welterweight contender Josh Koscheck knocked out Yoshiyuki with a pair of straight rights, capping off the ten-bout card with a highlight reel knockout.
The Spike TV-broadcast event took place on Wednesday, December 10th, at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Mike “Quick” Swick [...]
UFC Fight Night 16: UFC Fight for the Troops welterweight headliners Josh Koscheck (171) and Yoshiyuki Yoshida (171) successfully weighed in for their main event bout today at the Sports USA Bar near Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
The remainder of the ten-bout, Spike TV-broadcast card also successfully made weight, including main event participants Jonathan Goulet [...]
Welterweights Josh Koscheck and Yoshiyuki Yoshida will clash in the main event of UFC Fight Night 16 “UFC Fight For The Troops” on December 10th at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Spike TV, which will broadcast the event beginning at 9pm ET, yesterday announced an updated lineup for the event, which will benefit the [...]
MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official medial suspensions for UFC 86 “Jackson vs. Griffin” directly from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Topping the list of medical suspensions is former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, who was defeated by Forrest Griffin in the night’s main event, who is suspended until January 2nd unless his knee, tibia, [...]
MMAFrenzy.com has acquired the official fighter salaries as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission for UFC 86 “Jackson vs. Griffin”.
The pay-per-view event, which took place on Saturday, July 5th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, drew an official attendance of 11,172 for a live gate of $3.2 million.
Main event winner Forrest [...]

