Now this is getting frustrating. Kudos to the UFC for trying expand internationally but the shakiness of the news cycle around UFC 110 in Australia is proving this is still a very big world. It came down yesterday that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic’s fight against Ben Rothwell could be down the drain. That was until [...]
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The guy has a star quality. You may think Kimbo Slice stinks as a fighter but he is a marketing machine. TapouT has clearly hitched its wagon to the street fighting legend. Hell, even Elton John knows who the guy is. How about that sweet tattoo? There is no confirmation that it’s Elton’s. We know [...] A middleweight showdown between strikers Robbie Lawler (18-5 MMA, 1-1 SF) and Strikeforce newcomer Melvin Manhoef (24-6-1 MMA, 0-0 SF) will likely take place later this month at “Strikeforce: Miami.” With just a little more than three weeks to the show, Strikeforce officials have announced just a few matchups for the card. FiveOuncesofPain.com first reported the Lawler [...] 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 [...] UFC has delivered early Holiday gifts to its lovely Octagon girls, Logan Stanton and Natasha Wicks: Pink slips. MMAmadness and Cagewriter report that Stanton and Wicks have been relieved of their duties as ring girls. Stanton, who has graced the Octagon with her presence since UFC 92, received her walking paper after UFC decided not to renew [...] A middleweight bout between C.B. Dollaway (9-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and long-idle Goran Reljic (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a former light heavyweight who returns from a 21-month layoff, apparently will take place at UFC 110 in February. The fight was reported as signed by MMAMadness.com, though MMAjunkie.com could not immediately reach the fighters’ camps for confirmation. UFC [...] After a disappointing August debut for Strikeforce, former “The A bout that UFC president Dana White in July mentioned as possible is apparently now official as reports have surfaced that Tito Ortiz Fighters Onlymagazine was the first to report the deal as complete, citing sources close to Coleman, and MMA Authentics [...] … according to Joost Raimond, CEO for M-1 Global, in the latest report fromSherdog.com: “I can say that the guaranteed — and the word ‘guaranteed’ is of great importance here — the guaranteed offer made by the UFC is less than what Fedor made before. The five-million (per fight) is way, way, way out of range. [...] Though the event still not yet been officially announced, UFC 103 will reportedly feature a must-win lightweight contest between Rafael dos Anjos (11-4 MMA, 0-2 UFC) and Matt Wiman (10-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC). InTheGuard.tv is reporting both fighters have finalized bout agreements for the contest. Initial attempts by MMAjunkie.com to reach the fighters for confirmation were [...] |
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