Prior to his UFC 108 main-event contest with Rashad Evans, Brazilian
slugger Thiago Silva was rumored to be suffering from a serious ankle injury.
Silva’s camp adamantly denied those rumors, but today his manager, Alex
Davis, today admitted to MMAjunkie.com Radio that a real back injury had been the factual basis for the inaccurate rumors.
“The rumor came [...]
“That was the last fight we wanted. When Joe (Silva) offered it to us, I asked to put his against any other American — Forrest, Rashad, Rampage — but they said you have to fight whoever they put in front of you. Rogério is my friend, “Banha” is his fan … [he] likes him a [...]
UFC submission aces Rousimar Palhares (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Thiago Tavares (14-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) will eye fall returns to action after being forced to withdraw from summer bouts due to injury.
An elbow injury forced Tavares out of his The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale bout with Melvin Guillard, while Palhares had been scheduled to [...]