The end of the year cards are here for the sport of mixed martial arts, and nearly all of them look to deliver fantastic action on paper. The UFC’s Nemesis card, however, is the clear cut winner as far as providing the most anticipation for many fans. On Saturday night from Mandalay Bay Casino in [...]
The UFC 79: Nemesis weigh-ins went as expected as all 20 fighters for tomorrow’s year-end UFC event made weight in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
The normally low-key event featured a near-brawl between rivals Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva. After both made weight Liddell took several moments to re-dress - a move [...]
Today the UFC officially announced the full lineup for UFC 79: Nemesis. The December 29th card features 10 bouts, 5 of which are guaranteed to be shown on the PPV broadcast.
Main Card
Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre (Interim Welterweight Championship Bout)
Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
Lyoto Machida vs Rameau Sokoudjou
Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
Soa Palalei vs. [...]
Tony DeSouza will return to the the octagon after nearly a year away from competition to face Roan Carneiro at UFC 79 in Las Vegas:
Tony DeSouza has been slated to face Roan Carneiro in a welterweight bout at Dec. 29’s UFC 79 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. DeSouza (10-3) joins teammates [...]
In a good move in my opinion the UFC has decided to have two featured fights for UFC Fight Night 10 on June 12th. When the event was originally announced the main event appeared to be Sam Stout vs. Spencer Fisher II again putting UFC welterweight contender Jon Fitch (5-0 UFC) out of the main [...]
This morning the UFC officially announced UFC Fight Night 10 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is Hollywood, Florida. The event’s main event is a rematch between Sam Stout and Spencer Fisher.c Also, rising contender Jon Fitch will take on Roan Carneiro during the televised portion of the event.
The event was originally believed [...]
It appears that UFC Fight Night 10 will be held in Florida. I have yet to find any credible information on any potential locations but the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino seems to be a favorite of the UFC’s when it comes to fight night events in the state so I wouldn’t be surprised [...]
Update: There are conflicting reports over when and where the Fitch vs. Carneiro bout will take place. Originally everyone had the fight taking place at Fight Night 10 but more recent rumors point to the bout taking place at The Ultimate Fighter 5 finale.
Breaking from UFC Fight Night tradition UFC Fight Night 10 will take [...]
Here are the fighter salaries from UFC Fight Night 9 last night from MMAWeekly.com:
Main Event Fighters
-Joe Stevenson: $32,000 (5th fight in UFC; defeated Melvin Guillard)
-Melvin Guillard: $7,000 (5th fight in UFC; lost to Joe Stevenson)
Main Card Fighters
-Kenny Florian: $16,000 (6th fight in UFC; defeated Dokonjonosuke Mishima)
-Dokonjonosuke Mishima: $8,000 (2nd fight in UFC; lost to [...]
Forrest Petz (12-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will be replacing Jeff Joslin on the April 5th UFC Fight Night 9 card. Joslin was forced to withdraw due to injury. Petz will face Kuniyoshi Hironaka (10-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) according to Sherdog.com.
Petz began his MMA career in January 2002 and made his UFC debut at Fight Night [...]
