“Well, put it this way. I’ve been training with a guy who took Sokoudjou the distance and I whoop that guy’s [butt]. No offense to [my training partner] — I like him. He’s a good guy, he’s my friend. I would beat him in a fight and he took Sokoudjou the distance. So if Sokoudjou [...]
Michael Bisping is now officially confirmed to be facing Matt Hamill, not Ken Shamrock, at UFC 75 this September. The confirmation came on UFC.com as the fight is now listed for the first time (although the main event between Dan Henderson and Quinton Jackson has been removed, likely accidentally).
The fight was first reported earlier this [...]
Despite changing reports earlier this week that Ken Shamrock would be facing Michael Bisping at UFC 75 in September it appears that Matt Hamill is still the fighter scheduled to face the TUF 3 winner.
According to Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observerthe bout that Ticketmaster originally announced between Hamill and Bisping is still on. Here’s [...]
Update: Reports now indicate that this fight may not be as definite as was first reported. It is now worded that Shamrock “could possibly” come out of retirement to fight Bisping. It seems that this fight could happen but until the UFC confirms this fight (or a fight with Hamill) Bisping’s opponent will remain in [...]
Top light heavyweight and TUF 3 winner Michael Bisping will face another TUF 3 castmember, Matt Hammill, when the UFC returns to England later this year. The event will prominently feature European fighters including Bisping, who is from the country.
Bisping rose to fame after appearing on the reality show eventually winning the light heavyweight competition [...]
European born UFC fighter Alessio Sakara will return to the UFC this September at UFC 75 in London. Sakara, born in Italy, last fought at the UFC’s first trip of England this year, UFC 70.
The Italian fighter has been average in the UFC so far. He debuted at UFC 55 in 2005 posting a draw [...]
UFC 75 will be in London, England on September, 8th MMAFrenzy.com has confirmed. It is currently scheduled to be held at the O2 Arena. The venue will host several NHL games later this year and is one of the planned venues for the 2012 Olympics. The venue is estimated to hold 20,000+ spectators, although the [...]
Here are the fighter payouts from UFC 70 in Manchester, England:
Gabriel Gonzaga ($60,000) def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic ($350,000)
Andrei Arlovski ($160,000) def. Fabricio Werdum ($80,000)
Michael Bisping ($24,000) def. Elvis Sinosic ($8,000)
Lyoto Machida ($40,000) def. David Heath ($6,000)
Cheick Kongo ($40,000) def. Assuerio Silva ($8,000)
Terry Etim ($12,000) def. Matt Grice ($3,000)
Junior [...]
Fighters at UFC events are paid base salaries which don’t include bonuses for fight, knockout, and submission of the night. UFC 70 was no different, giving out three bonus awards:
Fight of the night:
Michael Bisping def. Elvis Sinosic
Knockout of the night:
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (kick)
Submission of the night:
Terry Etim def. Matt Grice (guillotine [...]
UFC’s return to England was nothing short of extremely successful as the event was attended by a sellout crowd of 14,921 at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester. Also, the gate for the event was a reported $2.6 million. Merchandise sales were also very successful.
These numbers are extremely imresive given it was the most recent foray [...]
