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Jon Jones (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Brandon Vera (11-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) could be headed up a division around the same time. The light heavyweight headliners of UFC on Versus 1 spoke Tuesday to media about their March 21 fight, and both said a trip to the heavyweight division is not out of the question [...] Featherweight Javier Vazquez (14-4 MMA, 1-2 WEC) desperately wanted a win in the WEC. After a heartbreaking run of back-to-back split-decision losses to open his WEC career, the 32-year-old “Showtime” needed a victory to keep his spot in the organization. Vazquez did exactly that with a first-round submission win over MMA legend Jens Pulver, but the moment [...]
Joseph Benavidez staked his claim for the next title shot in the WEC bantamweight division with a submission at 2:57 in the second round over Miguel Torres. Benavidez controlled the first round with takedown skills and elbows, but his performance in Round 2 was what took out the former champ. After Torres finally started to [...] COLUMBUS, Ohio – Javier Vazquez knows very well that a victory over Jens Pulver at Saturday’s WEC 47 event could do wonders for his career. After an 0-2 start in the WEC with a pair of razor-thin split-decision losses, Vazquez could secure his WEC future, topple a veteran, and get vital TV exposure all in one [...] Props: Tatame.com Quoteworthy: “This isn’t jiu-jitsu, it’s MMA, a sport that involves many techniques and elements. It’s hard to say that I would beat him standing up and he would defeat me on the canvas. Logically, each one of us owns a specialty but a fight is always a fight. MMA is a new sport and there’s [...] Props: Bleacher Report Quoteworthy: “My goal has always been to hold a legitimate world championship before I retire. I have a bunch of titles with some smaller organizations but I want to hold a title in one of the bigger organizations. I’d be happy if that was in the UFC or Strikeforce, it doesn’t matter to me. I love [...] Despite his big fan following and the role he played in a vital 2005 fight with Forrest Griffin that brought mixed martial arts – and particularly the Ultimate Fighting Championship – into the mainstream, Stephan Bonnar would appear on thin ice. As he enters tonight’s UFC 110 preliminary-card fight with Krzysztof Soszynski, Bonnar is stuck in [...] Chael Sonnen is in the top five in MMA. That’s just with his ability to trash talk. Now he’s backing it up with his fighting. Sonnen, one of the best wrestling fighters in MMA, physically mauled the very powerful Nate Marquardt on his way to a huge upset in the co-main event at UFC 109. Sonnen [...] LAS VEGAS – Fomer UFC champion and MMA legend Chuck Liddell (21-7 After a stretch of four losses in five fights, Liddell’s longtime friend and current boss, UFC president Dana White, doesn’t want to see the “Iceman” in the cage again. But with a rematch with fellow [...] Pride and UFC veteran, Denis Kang, has reportedly signed a two-fight deal with Canadian organization W1 MMA, according to Top MMA News. The veteran middleweight is slated to headline W-1: Bad Blood on March 20 at the Centre Pierre Charbonneau in Montreal. Jack Bateman, president of W1 MMA, spoke glowingly that Kang is a valuable addition to [...] |
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