Articles tagged with: Randy Couture
Now that UFC 70 has settled in interviews are starting to surface about various things but the biggest topic is Cro Cop’s loss to Gabriel Gonzaga. The LA Times got in touch with UFC President Dana White to get his opinion on the loss as well as Mirko’s contract and his previously destined bout with [...]
Read More »Lots of UFC card rumors popping up over the weekend. Here’s some updates on the fight cards for UFC 71, 73, and 74:
Jeremy Stephens will make his UFC debut against Din Thomas at UFC 71.
Jorge Gurgel will face Jamie Varner at UFC 73 on July 7th.
Sean Sherk will no longer defend his title against [...]
At UFC 69 Dana White announced that the UFC had signed Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (29-4-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) furthering the depth of the UFC’s renewed heavyweight division. Other notable recent signings include Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Heath Herring as well as Randy Couture who came out of retirement to capture the UFC Heavyweight title [...]
Read More »New UFC Heavyweight Champ Randy Couture has been making the rounds on major TV recently, first appearing on ESPN and now on Fox News show “Your World with Neil Cavuto”.
You can check out the video clip here.
Not the best MMA or UFC interview in history (far from it actually) but bigger than what the interview [...]
Sam Caplan has done a superb interview with Dana White for CBS Sportsline and White had lots to say. We first learned of the interview yesterday when news surfaced that Tito Ortiz would be facing Rashad Evans at UFC 71. That was just the beginning with White revealing a lot more in the interview (Part [...]
Read More »After reading a post on UFCJunkie.com I checked out this video on ESPN of newly crowned UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy “The Natural” Couture talking all things UFC on ESPN News. The interview has no new or startling information mainly discussing his win against Tim Sylvia at UFC 68, his coming out of retirement, and where [...]
Read More »This post has all of the fighter salaries from this past weekends UFC 68 event in Columbus, Ohio. The amounts were released by the Ohio Athletic Commission earlier today and include only base salaries and win bonuses. These do not include other bonuses the UFC pays for special awards or the percentages some fighters earn [...]
Read More »Randy Couture (15-8 MMA, 12-5 UFC) is the new UFC Heavyweight Champion and he already has an opponent in mind: Mirko “Cro Cop” Filpovic (22-4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC). Cro Cop is a heavyweight who is new to the UFC and who will likely advance to face Couture if he gets past Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC [...]
Read More »There were quite a few interesting little news stories from the UFC 68 post-fight press conference and from the fight results that beg some attention:
After his loss, Tim Sylvia was quick to say he had an injury. Turns out he hurt his back and nearly pulled out of the fight because of it. Does this [...]
Read More »With UFC 68 just over 24 hours away, Bodog released their betting lines early this morning. Consider this a preview at what MMAFrenzy.com will be delivering betting wise for future events. By UFC 69 I hope to deliver what picks you should (and shouldn’t) make along with a “How to Bet” page and recommended betting [...]
Read More »All of the fighters have made weight and nothing exciting really came from the weigh-ins this afternoon. Sylvia got booed pretty hard which was expected but now the anticipation builds for tomorrow night’s fights.
Tim Sylvia (263) vs Randy Couture (222.5)
Rich Franklin (185) vs Jason MacDonald (183.5)
Matt Hughes (171) vs Chris Lytle (169)
Jason Lambert (204) vs [...]
For those who don’t know this weekend is UFC 68 in Columbus, Ohio with a main event between heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia and UFC Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture. Couture came back with a bang when he announced he would be returning to the Octagon not against a low ranked jobber, but instead against the champ.
The plot [...]
It has long been rumored and hinted that UFC President Dana White, along with even the most-casual MMA fan, wanted to see UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell do toe-to-toe with rival Wanderlei Silva. The rumors of their matchup now mean next-to-nothing as Silva was knocked out by Dan Henderson at Pride 33 over the [...]
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