That’s according to “Lights Out” on tonight’s episode of Inside MMA:
“I want Brock Lesnar. I’m the heavyweight champion of the world vs. the UFC champion. That’d be a hell of a match … Chuck Liddell, Brock Lesnar, Randy Couture, Tito, Tito Ortiz-whatever his name is, it doesn’t matter. I’m not a sideshow. This is the [...]
A pair of heavyweight strikers collide in June at UFC 115 now that Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (26-7-2 MMA, 3-3 UFC) and Pat Barry (5-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) have agreed to a matchup.
Sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com bout agreement should be distributed shortly and that the competitors were told it’ll be part [...]
Joe Rogan nailed it in the Octagon saying, “to be a legend, you have to beat a legend.” Cain Velasquez is now on the fast track towards a title shot after taking out Antonio Nogueira in less than three minutes. Even more impressive was the way the former Arizona State wrestler did it. The 27-year-old [...]
Should he get past Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Cain Velasquez’s status relative to his lack of experience will be second only to current champ Brock Lesnar since the UFC’s early days.
The two heavyweights meet Sunday in the main event of UFC 110 at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, the promotion’s first incursion into the land Down [...]
Should he get past Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Cain Velasquez’s status relative to his lack of experience will be second only to current champ Brock Lesnar since the UFC’s early days.
The two heavyweights meet Sunday in the main event of UFC 110 at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, the promotion’s first incursion into the land Down [...]
Don’t have ringside tickets to watch UFC 111: “St. Pierre vs. Hardy” live from inside the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on March 27? Not looking forward to fighting the angry mob at the bar, and dropping a $100 in the process, for another poor viewing experience? Interested in making a better impression on your [...]
World Victory Road today officially announced three bouts for its upcoming Sengoku Raiden Championships 12 event.
Confirmed matchups include welterweights Akihiro Gono vs. Diego Gonzalez, heavyweights Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Henry “Sentoryu” Miller, and lightweight Leonardo Santos vs. Kiuma Kunioku.
The event takes place March 7 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, and airs on HDNet in North [...]
The UFC better hope aspiring heavyweights around the world don’t get a look at Rolles Gracie’s debut with the promotion. Everyone would like to make it to the big show, but Gracie didn’t look like he belonged or wanted to be here.
Gracie was exhausted after three minute and he grasped for air on several takedown [...]
A heavyweight matchup between top prospect Todd Duffee and near-12-year veteran Mike Russow is in the
works for UFC 114.
The bout was first reported The Times of Northwest Indiana’s Caged In MMA site, and MMAjunkie.com has since confirmed that both fighters have verbally agreed to the matchup, and bout agreements are expected to be signed shortly.
Although [...]
“Well, it’s one of two things. Either they’re going to allow me do it the way I wanna do it and build, or they’re going to give me a title shot. Either or. I would like a title shot. I guess it’s Overeem, he’s the one who has the title right now. Him or Fedor, [...]
Spike TV has announced that The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Season 11 is mixing things up for its March 31 debut by featuring a new, 28-man roster of hungry middleweights vying for a “six-figure contract” under the tutelage of former TUF Coaches and bitter rivals Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.
The head count is a departure from [...]
A rumored bout between heavyweights Wes Sims (22-12-1 MMA, 0-0 SF) and Bobby Lashley (4-0 MMA, 0-0 SF) finally has materialized for next week’s “Strikeforce: Miami” card, sources close to the event today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com.
Sims has been tapped as a final replacement to face the part-time pro wrestler after two opponents fell by the [...]