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Rumors ran rampant around Twitter and different MMA sites today that the planned bout between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz was off, and that Liddell would instead face Rich Franklin. Those rumors were all refuted by one simple tweet from UFC president Dana White.
Ortiz and Liddell are coaches of the upcoming eleventh season of “The [...] MMA pioneer Ken Shamrock has suffered another loss. While the UFC Hall-of-Famer has found it difficult to pick up a victory in the cage over the past few years, today “The World’s Most Dangerous Man” was defeated in a court of law. According to an official UFC statement, the promotion’s parent company, Zuffa, LLC, was today awarded [...] At 42 years old, it’s been more than two years since MMA pioneer Renzo Gracie (13-6-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has set foot in a cage. But this April, Gracie will debut for the UFC on the main card of “UFC 112: Invincible” in Abu Dhabi when he takes on UFC legend and future Hall-of-Famer Matt Hughes [...] At 46 years old, UFC Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture continues to defy the odds each time he steps into the cage. Couture fought for the third time in less than six months – one of the busiest stretches of his illustrious career – when he defeated Mark Coleman at this past weekend’s UFC 109 event. But there’s no [...] Despite headlining the organization’s most recent card, UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman has been cut from the UFC’s roster of light heavyweights. Fiveouncesofpain.com first reported the termination, which MMAjunkie.com has since confirmed with a source close to the UFC. Coleman, a former NCAA Division I national wrestling champion and the first-ever UFC heavyweight title-holder, went 1-2 [...] “I don’t know what’s next. We’ll see. Dana will probably call me tomorrow and say ‘Hey, do you want to fight next week?’…. I was very happy. We couldn’t have mapped it out better. The last few camps have been fantastic and this camp went great too. Everybody talked about Mark and expected the fight [...] Props:Pro MMA Radio Quoteworthy: “Even though Mark Coleman is a bum, he wins fights. Who’s Mark Coleman’s coach? Who is Mark Coleman’s training partner? What is the name of the gym that he trains at? And don’t tell me the Hammer House. I want to know an actual building, an actual piece of real estate with [...] The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s next installment of its pre-event preview show debuts Jan. 30 at 12:30 a.m. ET/PT with “Countdown to UFC 109.” The Spike TV special spotlights “UFC 109: Relentless,” which takes place Feb. 6 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Randy Couture meets fellow UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman in [...] Props: MMAFighting.com Quoteworthy: “It’s just business. Anyone who’s ever spoken to Randy, as far as competition, that’s how he feels, too. For Randy, it’s about the fight, not the drama, he’s real cool about it. We talked about it. I let his camp know first. I started working with Mark for the Stephan Bonnar fight [at UFC 100]. [...] |
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