Articles tagged with: Krzysztof Soszynski
A light heavyweight matchup between Krzysztof Soszynski and Stephan Bonnar is in the works for UFC 110 on February 21 in Sydney, Australia and is expected to be finalized soon, according to MMA Weekly.
UFC 110, which has yet to be officially announced, is also expected to feature Wanderlei Silva vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Ben Rothwell.
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 »Krzysztof Soszynski has agreed to fight Brandon Vera in a light heavyweight contest at UFC 102 in August 29 in Portland, Oregon after Vera’s original opponent, Matt Hamill, was forced to withdraw from the bout due to a knee injury.
Soszynski earned back-to-back wins over Brian Stann and Andre Gusmao earlier this year to push his winning streak to six, while Vera scored a leg kick TKO of Mike Patt in March to rebound from losses in 3 of his last 4 fights.
Read More »All 10 fighters tested by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for performance enhancing drugs and drugs of abuse at UFC 98, including headliners Lyoto Machida and Rashad Evans, have tested clean. NSAC Executive Director Keith Kizer confirmed the negative tests to MMAFrenzy.com on Monday afternoon.
Read More »The Nevada State Athletic Commission has issued medical suspensions to nine fighters who fought at UFC 98 on May 23 in Las Vegas. Main event loser Rashad Evans, who suffered a second-round knockout to Lyoto Machida, is suspended until July 23rd for precautionary reasons.
Read More »Headliners Rashad Evans and Lyoto Machida and co-main event fighters Matt Hughes and Matt Serra were the top earners at UFC 98 on Saturday in Las Vegas. Evans, the former UFC light heavyweight champion who was defeated via second-round knockout by Machida, earned $200,000 for the bout. Machida received $140,000 for his main event victory.
Read More »Lyoto Machida became the new UFC light heavyweight champion on Saturday in Las Vegas, taking out title-holder Rashad Evans with a flurry of punches in the second round of their UFC 98 headliner to capture the 205-pound belt. Matt Hughes, Drew McFedries, Chael Sonnen, and Frankie Edgar also picked up main card victories.
Read More »All 22 fighters, including UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans and challenger Lyoto Machida, rivals Matt Hughes and Matt Serra, and late-replacement Mike Pyle, successfully made weight on Friday in Las Vegas for UFC 98. The event's official weigh-in results are available after the jump...
Read More »With Houston Alexander sidelined due to a broken hand, fellow light heavyweight Krzysztof Soszynski has been booked to fight Andre Gusmao at the May 23rd pay-per-view in Las Vegas.
Read More »UFC president Dana White announced during the post-UFC 97 press conference that former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell has fought for the last time in his hall-of-fame career. Also announced were the official attendance, gate, and bonus figures for UFC 97.
Read More »Anderson Silva defeated Thales Leites via unanimous decision in the UFC 97 main event on Saturday in Montreal, Canada in a fight that will be remembered as one of the most uneventful in UFC history. In the co-headliner, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua likely retired Chuck Liddell with a first-round knockout.
Read More »Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com's live coverage of UFC 97: Redemption, which takes place today at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada. The event features Anderson Silva vs. Thales Leites and Chuck Liddell vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua on its 12-bout card.
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