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UFC 110: “Nogueira vs. Velasquez” from the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, has officially wrapped, which means that it’s time for those select fighters who went above and beyond in their respective fights to get a little extra grease for their efforts. To the tune of $50,000 each. The promotion dished out its standard post-fight monetary bonuses [...] The public loves Cain Velasquez to take the main event at UFC 110. Velasquez, 27, is taking his first big step up against top five welterweight Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. “Big Nog” is 33 but he’s got plenty of wear and tear on the treads. Tons of fighters from Frank Mir to Chael Sonnen rave about [...] Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Who are you? With those five words, Brian Foster from Oklahoma turned his life around and began on a road that would not only put him in the UFC Octagon, but in Sydney, Australia for his third straight bout in mixed martial arts’ premier organization this weekend against [...] Rhett Butler, UFC – At The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 Finale last June, where Chris Lytle the fireman extinguished Kevin “The Fire” Burns via unanimous decision, the world saw “Lights Out” get back on the winning track following a hard fought split decision loss to Marcus Davis at UFC 93 in Dublin, Ireland earlier in [...] Props:MMA Weekly Quoteworthy: “I needed to give myself the best shot to win and I needed short, squatty guys who have good over hand rights and great jiu-jitsu. In Vegas, there’s no one better than Marc Laimon to know what Serra’s going to do, how he’s going to do it. [Serra] caught Karo (Parisyan), he caught (Chris) [...] Two previously reported bouts are now official for next month’s UFC 110 preliminary card. The Ultimate Fighting Championship today confirmed Chris Lytle (27-17-5 MMA, 6-9 UFC) meets fellow welterweight Brian Foster (13-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC), and middleweight C.B. Dollaway (9-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) takes on Goran Reljic (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC). MMAjunkie.com previously passed along news of [...] The UFC spread some holiday cheer last week by cutting four of its under-performing fighters following their losses at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 Finale on Dec. 5 and UFC 107: “Penn vs. Sanchez” on Dec. 12 as reported by Watch Kalib Run. Welterweights Kevin Burns and Edgar Garcia along with lightweight Shane Nelson and heavyweight [...] With Dong Hyun Kim (12-0-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) forced out of the fight with a knee injury, Chris Lytle (27-17-5 MMA, 6-9 UFC) instead meets Brian Foster (13-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at UFC 110. Foster posted news of the matchup on MySpace, though MMAjunkie.com could not immediately reach Lytle’s camp for UFC 110, which is already sold [...] Rory Markham has been forced to withdraw from his upcoming UFC 108 fight against Martin Kampmann from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 2, according to MMAWeekly. Markham injured his achilles tendon during training and has been advised by his doctor to stay off it in hope of preventing a possible [...] Undefeated Korean welterweight Dong Hyun Kim (12-0-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has been forced to withdraw from a planned UFC 110 bout with Chris Lytle (27-17-5 MMA, 6-9 UFC). Kim’s apparent knee injury was first reported by AOL FanHouse, and UFC 110, which is already a sell-out, takes place Sunday, Feb. 21 at [...] |
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