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Barry blasts Hardonk in UFC 104 prelim action; Bader overpowers game Schafer
LOS ANGELES – Patrick Barry (5-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) may eventually be proved an undersized heavyweight, but Saturday night was not the time.
The 29-year-old Barry, who has already earned a reputation in he UFC for devastating low kicks in his brief UFC tenure, instead used tenacious punching to bring down a much larger Antoni Hardonk [...]
UFC 104 fighter bonuses: Struve, Barry and Hardonk earn $60k awards; Johnson snubbed
LOS ANGELES – Preliminary-card fighters swept the “fight night” bonuses at Saturday’s “UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun.” Stefan Struve took home “Submission of the Night” honors; Patrick Barry and Antoni Hardonk won “Fight of the Night.” Barry took home a double award, also winning “Knockout of the Night.”
Each competitor earned a $60,000 bonus check per [...]
UFC 104 Weigh-In Results
UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida weighed-in Friday at 202.5 pounds and challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua registered at 204.5 for their UFC 104 main event fight happening Saturday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif.
Full results of the weigh-ins for all 22 fighters are below, and video of the weigh-ins is available here.
Immediately after [...]
New CBS Ad: Meet Fedor Emelianenko
CBS has released a new one-minute commercial introducing sports fans to Fedor Emelianenko, the generally recognized heavyweight champion of MMA who is largely unknown in this country but who will fight Brett Rogers on CBS on November 7. Although it’s not yet clear how often CBS will run the ad on TV, it’s a good [...]
Junie Browning Apologizes, Promises to Improve Himself
Former UFC lightweight Junie Browning spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday, exactly one week after he reportedly consumed 16 pills of the anti-anxiety medication Klonopin in an attempt to overdose and allegedly assaulting three nurses when treated at the St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nev.
Browning spoke to the media at former Xtreme Couture [...]
WEC 43 Results: Cerrone vs. Henderson
results of WEC 43 featuring Donald Cerrone vs. Ben Henderson for the interim lightweight title at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
The two friends will do battle for the opportunity to take on Jamie Varner at WEC 45 in December to unify the belts.
In the co-headliner, undefeated Team Quest member Dave Jansen will make [...]
Dream 11 Results: Shinya Aoki Submits Joachim Hansen
Shinya Aoki won his rubber match with Joachim Hansen Tuesday at Drean 11, getting Hansen to tap out with an arm bar with just seconds remaining in the second round to win the Dream lightweight title.
Aoki took the fight to the ground about 30 seconds into the first round, and that’s exactly where he wanted [...]
Gina Carano, Randy Couture to Be Featured in ESPN’s ‘Body Issue’
Gina Carano and Randy Couture will be among the 30 male and female professional athletes posing nude or semi-nude in ESPN The Magazine’s first “Body Issue,” which hits newsstands on Oct. 9.
Couture’s cauliflower ear will be the focus of his spread and Carano will be posing semi-nude in “The Bodies We Want” photo section.
“You really [...]
Ex-IFL Champion Roy Nelson Proves ‘Big Country’ Means Big Business
2009 isn’t over yet, but if you’re wondering who my landslide choice for MMA businessman of the year is, it’s already Roy Nelson.
Consider the fact that six short months ago Nelson was fighting on the undercard of the forgettable Roy Jones-Omar Sheika MMA/boxing pay-per-view and now he is a few hours away from being featured [...]
Ultimate Warrior Challenge CEO lays out “threefold” plan for popular D.C. promotion
Who doesn’t like like Whack-a-Mole?
How can you not find entertainment in taking a plastic hammer and pummeling annoying little rodents who dare mock you by sticking their head up out of dingy little holes?
There’s one guy in MMA whose name rhymes with “Smyte” who loves that game, only he does it with fledgling promotions that [...]
Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” tonight
“The Ultimate Fighter 10″ cast member and MMA notable Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson is a guest on tonight’s edition of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” on NBC.
The shows airs at 12:35 p.m. ET, and additional guests include actor David Duchovny and the rock group Dirty Projectors.
On the late-night talk show, Ferguson discusses his fight with [...]
Tito Ortiz: Dana is my bo$$
UFC legend and MMA pioneer Tito Ortiz (15-6-1 MMA, 14-6-1 UFC) has been known for many things throughout his illustrious 12-plus-year career.
Among the many activities that have earned him both respect and hatred in the MMA community is Ortiz’s tendency to sport T-shirts with messages emblazoned upon them.
Some have been motivational; some have been derogatory. [...]
UFC 103 fighter bonuses: Vitor Belfort, Rick Story, Brian Foster earn $65K awards
DALLAS – Headliner Vitor Belfort and preliminary-card fighters Rick Story and Brian Foster each earned $65,000 “fight night” bonuses for their performances at Saturday’s UFC 103 event.
Story, in fact, picked up two awards – one as a Submission of the Night bonus and one for the Fight of the Night award – following his second-round [...]
PHILLIPE NOVER TO SEE NEUROLOGIST ABOUT SEIZURE
Phillipe Nover was scratched from the UFC Fight Night 19 card after suffering what was classified a seizure prior to his scheduled bout with Sam Stout on Wednesday in Oklahoma City, Okla.
“From what I heard, he fainted back there, but they called it a seizure,” UFC president Dana White told MMAWeekly.com on Thursday. “He came [...]
Tim Sylvia’s Last Chance to Be Relevant
In 2008, Tim Sylvia had two fights: One against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira for the UFC heavyweight belt, and one against Fedor Emelianenko for the WAMMA heavyweight belt. He lost both, but no one could dispute that Sylvia was one of the major players in the heavyweight division in MMA.
Fast forward to tonight, when Sylvia will [...]
