It’s 17 days out from his clash against Georges St. Pierre at UFC 111 and the Dan Hardy hype machine has arrived in the New York area. Hardy posted his first stateside video blog. There’s not a whole lot to it aside from cup shopping, some awful teeth and revealing the nugget that he’ll be [...]
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Although “The Ultimate Fighter 11″ doesn’t debut for another three weeks, producers are already on the hunt for cast members for the upcoming 12th season. Spike TV officials today announced they’ll host an open tryout on April 1 for lightweight (155-pound) and light-heavyweight (205-pound) fighters. The tryouts are being held in conjunction with UFC Fight Night 21 [...] While lots of us are hoping a James Toney-Kimbo Slice fight is made for Ultimate Fight Night 22, there’s one guy who’s rooting against it. Matt Mitrione, one of Kimbo’s castmates from season 10 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” was tentatively booked to face him on May 8. Mitrione is a no-name compared to boxing’s Toney, [...] Columbus, Ohio will host a World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) event for the first time this Saturday night (Mar. 6) when newly crowned bantamweight champion Brian Bowles defends his title against top contender Dominick Cruz at the Nationwide Arena. The main card, including the featured 135 pound championship bout, will air live on the Versus network beginning [...] Props: FIGHT Magazine Quoteworthy: “Training is always good here at the Country Club. Preparation for Stefan has been interesting. We just started to put people on shoulders so I get that look. The best thing about this fight is that we are mixed martial artists, so you never know. I intend on beating Struve with my length [...] He’s baaaaack… Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski will return to the sport of mixed martial arts after finalizing a 16-month, multi-fight contract with the San Jose-based Strikeforce promotion. “The Pitbull” confirmed the signing viahis official websiteearlier today. Arlovski is no stranger to Strikeforce audiences. He accepted a short-notice bout against heavyweight wrecking ball Brett Rogers at [...] Everyone wants in the UFC. From former baseball sluggers with little fight experience to boxers to will 81 pro fights under their chubby belts. Dana White has to manage the fine line between promoting a legitimate sport and ticket/pay-per-view sales. Sure heavyweight boxer James Toney would sell PPV’s but would an appearance in the Octagon [...] Spike TV will once again offer mixed martial arts fans a look at select preliminary bouts when it airs live under card action from the upcoming UFC 111: “St. Pierre vs. Hardy” pay-per-view on March 27 from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. UFC welterweight stars Matt Brown and Ricardo Almeida will bring their bout to [...] Props: UFC.com Quoteworthy: “I won ‘Submission of the Night’ once before and my last few have all been stand up brawls. I didn’t want anybody to think I’m just a stand-up guy, just a banger, I wanted people to know I’m a complete fighter. I was envisioning a few different submissions I could go for depending on [...] 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 [...] UFC 110: “Nogueira vs. Velasquez” is set to go down this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010 from the Acer Arena Center in Sydney, Australia, live via pay-per-view. Remember: MMAmania.com will provideLIVE updates with blow-by-blow, round-by-round commentary of the main card action on fight night, which is slated to air on PPV at 10 p.m. ET. To get us [...] |
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Programming reminder: 'Countdown to UFC on Versus 1' immediately follows WEC 47 live broadcast (March 6)
Countdown to UFC on Versus 1 will debut Saturday, March 6 at 12:30 a.m. ET (Saturday night into Sunday) on the Versus network to promote the network TV event scheduled for the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado, on Sunday, March 21.
The network special, which premieres immediately following the live broadcast of WEC 47: “Bowles vs. [...]