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Wednesday night’s debut of “UFC Primetime: St-Pierre vs. Hardy,” which previews the UFC 111 main event on March 27 between UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and British slugger Dan Hardy, was the highest-rated “UFC Countdown” show in history, Spike TV today announced. The 30-minute show drew 1 million viewers during its initial run at 10 p.m. [...] The official weigh-in event for UFC on Versus 1: “Vera vs. Jones” is set to take place at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado on Friday, March 20, 2010. It is currently scheduled to air LIVE right here on MMAmania.com, as well as on several other online destinations, via streaming video. The first fighter is expected [...] A potential slugfest between Alessio Sakara and James Irvin has been promoted to main-card status at UFC on Versus 1 and brings to four the number of televised bouts for the event, MMAjunkie.com has confirmed with event officials. UFC on Versus 1 takes place Sunday March 21 at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo. It’s the first [...] COLUMBUS, Ohio – Following Dominick Cruz’s upset of Brian Bowles for World Extreme Cagefighting’s bantamweight title, WEC General Manager Reed Harris – in all-too-familiar scene – said it’s too early to know what’s next for the new champ. The fight executive hates to announce fights until he and matchmaker Sean Shelby have a chance to chat, [...] WEC 47: “Bowles vs. Cruz” from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, has come to a close. And once again a WEC champion has fallen as Brian Bowles was unable to answer the bell for the third round during his first-ever title defense in tonight’s main event against Dominick Cruz. Bowles suffered a broken hand early in [...] It doesn’t need a cheesy tag line like so many fight cards. If WEC felt pressed to name WEC 47, it might go with the “Little Guy Final Four.” Bantamweight champ Brian Bowles defends his title belt against Dominick Cruz while Miguel Torres faces Joe Benavidez. All four fighters came in at weight along with [...] Canadian MMA organization, W-1 plows ahead with the upcoming “W-1: Bad Blood” even after a mishap derailed the event’s original headliner. Denis Kang has been forced to withdraw from the main event on March 20 after sustaining an injury during training. The details regarding his injury have yet to be disclosed, but Kang is believed to [...] Props: MMA Fighting Quoteworthy: “Yes. I’m ready. I think I’ve been ready for a while. The way this sport works is you’ve just got to prove yourself when you get the chance. I want to fight the best so I can be the best … I don’t know what I do better than (Lesnar) but I do know [...] The co-main event of Friday’s “Strikeforce Challengers VI: Kaufman vs. Hashi” event was all about speed vs. power. As the first round of the fight between Trevor Prangley (22-5-1 MMA, 3-1-1 SF) and Karl Amoussou (11-2-2 MMA, 0-0-1 SF) unfolded, the South African connected an a few powerful blows while the Frenchman danced The injury bug continues to bite the Ultimate Fighting Championship as the March 21 “UFC on Versus 1″ event from the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado, is the latest fight card to go through some last minute changes and fighter substitutions. After an undisclosed injury forced Spencer “The King” Fisher from his undercard bout against Duane [...] Strikeforce has now officially crowned it’s second female champion as hard hitting Canadian Sarah Kaufman captured the promotion’s inaugural welterweight title earlier tonight in the main event of “Challenger Series VI” from the Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California. Here’s how it all went down. The Canadian brawler needed all five rounds and a judge’s decision to [...] SAN JOSE, Calif. – Despite earning Strikeforce’s first-ever 135-pound title in the main event of Friday’s “Strikeforce Challengers VI” event in San Jose, Calif., Canadian Sarah Kaufman was unable to deliver the type of brutal striking finish that has quickly Nevertheless, after earning all five rounds of a 25-minute affair with grappling ace Takayo [...] |
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