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WEC bantamweights Miguel Angel Torres and Joseph Benavidez are at different stages of their respective careers, though both men are aiming to reach the same goal. The goal of becoming the WEC bantamweight champion. Torres has been there before. In fact, that’s where he has spent almost all of his career in the WEC. Before falling victim [...] UFC 110 competitor Stephan Bonnar, who suffered a TKO loss to Krzysztof Soszynski at UFC 110 due to a deep facial cut, plans to appeal the loss and hopes to have it overturned to a draw. Bonnar confirmed the plans to The Times of Northwest Indiana’s Caged In MMA site, for which he also blogs. Bonnar, who [...] LAS VEGAS – Competing in the second bout of a new seven-fight deal with the UFC, five-time champion Randy Couture picked up the biggest check at Saturday’s “UFC 109: Relentless” event for his winning effort against Mark Coleman. Couture made an event-high $250,000 in disclosed pay (with no win bonus) to lead UFC 109’s official fighter [...] A middleweight bout between Yushin Okami (23-5 MMA, 7-2 UFC) and recent UFC newcomer Lucio Linhares (13-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is likely to take place on March 31 at UFC Fight Night 21. Sources close to the bout said the fight is “a definite possibility,” though it is unclear if bout agreements have been signed. UFC Fight [...] Canadian Georges St-Pierre (19-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) is already considered among the world’s current top pound-for-pound fighters, but that’s not enough for the UFC’s welterweight champ. “When I retire, I want to be known as the best fighter in the history of the sport of MMA, pound-for-pound, of all time,” St-Pierre recently And while many fans [...] With his vicious knockout of Michael Bisping at UFC 100, Dan Henderson fulfilled the terms of his previous contract, and a new one doesn’t seem likely. After butting heads with UFC president Dana White, who said Henderson’s contract demands were “unrealistic,” the veteran fighter could sign with a rival organization, most notably Strikeforce. But when discussing the [...] MANCHESTER, England – Although taking the featured slot on the preliminary card of Saturday’s “UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera” event, a welterweight contest between British fighters John Hathaway and Paul Taylor was the only one to go the distance. However, while the preliminary card’s five other bouts ended via stoppage (four of them via knockout), Taylor [...] Spike TV has officially announced it will indeed broadcast a portion of the preliminary card action from “UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort.” As was first reported by theOrange County Register, Spike TV today announced the network will carry a commercial-free lead-in to the evening’s pay-per-view broadcast. However, while the original report called for a two-hour broadcast, today’s [...] A welterweight bout between fast-rising Brock Larson (26-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and UFC newcomer Mike Pierce (9-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is set for UFC Fight Night 19. The event, which serves as a lead-in for the upcoming 10th season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” takes place Sept. 16 at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City. The Larson [...] |
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