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Weigh-ins for this month’s blockbuster “UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares” event take place Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. The same venue hosts the following night’s Spike TV-broadcast fight card, which serves as a lead-in to the debut episode of “The Ultimate Fighter 12.” Additionally, top UFC middleweight contender (and pound-for-pound [...] If tonight’s UFC 117 event proves a pay-per-view blockbuster and rakes in additional millions of dollars for the world’s top mixed-martial-arts promotion, Chael Sonnen surely will give himself a pat on the back. The one-man marketing machine produced one of the most controversial but effective PR campaigns in MMA history as he heads into tonight’s main-event title [...]
It’s hard out there for an ex-champ. Judging by the above picture, Miguel Torres needs a fight soon. Luckily for him, he’ll fight soon. Torres will be on a WEC card on September 30 that if you can’t get excited about, you may want to turn to golf. Torres will face off with Charlie Valencia, and [...] LAS VEGAS – With what UFC president Dana White has called “the biggest heavyweight fight in the history of the UFC” headlining the card, Saturday’s UFC 116 event is sold out. While a few select tickets remain for “UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin” at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the numbers are small enough [...] Challenge issued; challenge accepted. Mere hours after Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said he would need to sit down with M-1 Global officials to determine if a potential blockbuster fight between Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem and perennial top-ranked fighter Fedor Emelianenko might be possible for later this year, those officials have answered the call. And according to M-1 [...] The official weigh-in event for WEC 48: “Aldo vs. Faber” is in the books. The last of the formalities before tomorrow night’s (April 24) blockbuster event went down earlier today from the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. Things went pretty smoothly on the eve of the promotion’s first pay-per-view event. Each of the twenty two fighters set [...] World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) will be dipping its feet into the pay-per-view waters for the first time this Saturday night (April 24) with WEC 48: “Aldo vs. Faber.” The blockbuster event, featuring two world title fights, is set for the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. In the headliner, hometown favorite and former WEC featherweight champion, Urijah “The [...] Din Thomas faces a conundrum; how do you talk trash and put down an opponent – one who could give the entire sport of mixed martial arts a black eye – when you actually respect the guy? Somehow, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter and 12-year MMA veteran has found a comfortable balance. That’s good news for the [...] NEWARK, N.J. – UFC president Dana White can keep a secret. He just can’t always keep the secret that he has a secret. Following Saturday’s UFC 111 event at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. – the latest blockbuster event for the world’s top fight promotion – White dropped some hints. Soon after telling MMAjunkie.com about his plans [...] As the WEC prepares to offer two star-studded cards in the span of just seven weeks, the promotion’s general manager, Reed Harris, believes his organization has primed itself for success at both events. With strong ticket sales for March’s “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” event and a “booming” pre-sale for April’s blockbuster “WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber” |
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