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Does the UFC have juice or is this purely coincidental? Less than a week away from its first event on Versus, the promotion got the good news Monday. The network has ended its spat with DirecTV and Comcast. Around the country, viewers are reporting that Versus is now reappearing on their channel guide. @VsMMA just tweeted [...] The reaction on the James Toney signing has been mixed in the United States. Many of you think, it’s a good promotional move and if matched correctly Toney has a shot to do a little damage. Matched incorrectly, against a Randy Couture, and the old boxer may get destroyed and embarrassed because of a lack [...] While the California-based Strikeforce organization has spent the past year building its roster of athletes, one of the most burning questions on MMA fans’ minds regarding the promotion has been, “When will heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem return?” Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker confirmed on Thursday’s edition of Heath Herring is not trying to start a crusade; he’s just looking out for No. 1. In a Wednesday interview with MMAjunkie.com, the UFC heavyweight addressed several controversial statements he made four days prior during a segment on an Orlando ESPN radio affiliate. In the interview, Herring bluntly said that the UFC plays favorites and does not [...] And you thought XARM was the dumbest idea ever conceived using mixed martial arts concepts. As Maggie Hendricks pointed out in January there’s something called Tag Team MMA.Now we find out that a future UFC fighter actually took part in this fiasco. James Te Huna will have to go it alone after an illustrious career as [...] Props: ESPN 1100 (via SportsRadioInterviews.com) Quoteworthy: “The whole Herschel Walker thing, listen I give the guy the props, he is almost 50 years old. He is still in great shape and he went out trained in mixed martial arts and he beat a guy who had no athletic ability, no stand up and no ground. You know [...] “I really don’t care too much for them, and I don’t think they care too much for me (Dana White and the UFC ownership group)…. They’ve got their guys they want to push, guys they want to market. Randy Couture, Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir are the guys they want to push and market. The [...] |
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Huerta signs with Bellator, sees it as a 'second chance'
Bellator Fighting Championships today announced their biggest signing yet, former UFC lightweight Roger Huerta. Huerta will fight in Bellator’s lightweight tournament on April 8. If he wins, he’ll move onto fight in May and June.
In a press conference Monday afternoon, Huerta said that he sees this opportunity to fight with Bellator as a second chance [...]