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The UFC’s second event of 2010, “UFC 109: Relentless,” drew 10,753 attendees for a $2,273,000 paid gate at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Of the total attendance, 3,321 tickets were issued complimentary. An additional 84 tickets went unsold. Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today emailed the official numbers to MMAjunkie.com. UFC News [...] Spike TV’s one-hour “UFC Prelim” broadcast for this past weekend’s “UFC 109: Relentless” event scored a series-high 1.7 million viewers, which The one-hour broadcast, which featured two preliminary-card bouts and aired before the night’s pay-per-view telecast, scored a 1.2 household rating overall, as well as [...] A middleweight bout between Ryan Jensen (14-6) and Jesse Forbes (11-4) has been signed for UFC 114, which is scheduled to go down at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 29, according to MMAFighting.com. Both fighters are coming off losses, meaning that this could very well end up being a good ‘ole [...] Props: Examiner.com Quoteworthy: “I was ecstatic to have my first win under Coach Jackson. Like I told everybody tonight, I started out 0-0, now I’m 1-0 under Team Jackson and right now my goal is to just work hard and try to move myself into title contention. Working with Joe Stevenson full-time, we’re like brothers now. My [...] …he just needs to get a little rest first: “I’m feeling horrible right now, so I’ll take anything to perk me up a little bit [being the number one contender]. I got cut in the fight. I got knocked out in the fight. I got choked in the fight. It was a miserable 15 minutes…. [...] UFC 109: “Relentless” from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, has officially wrapped, which means that it’s time for those select fighters who went above and beyond in their respective fights to get a little extra grease for their efforts. To the tune of $60,000 each. The promotion dished out its standard post-fight monetary [...] Props:MMA Weekly Quoteworthy: “I needed to give myself the best shot to win and I needed short, squatty guys who have good over hand rights and great jiu-jitsu. In Vegas, there’s no one better than Marc Laimon to know what Serra’s going to do, how he’s going to do it. [Serra] caught Karo (Parisyan), he caught (Chris) [...] LAS VEGAS – As far as weigh-in events go, today’s official UFC 109 fighter weigh-ins at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas couldn’t have gone any smoother. All 22 event competitors, including headliners Randy Couture and Mark Coleman, made weight for Saturday’s event, which airs on Spike TV (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) and [...] Hard-hitting Chris Leben (19-6) and undefeated Aaron Simpson (7-0) have agreed to throw leather in a middleweight bout at UFC 114 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 29, according to Hector Castro of the Ground and Pound, in conjunction with Rear Naked Choke Radio. “The Crippler” is coming off a [...] Props: Fighters Only Quoteworthy: “Mark’s fighting style hasn’t changed in the thirteen years we’ve been doing this. He has got a great double leg, he is a big physical guy. He is going throw nice heavy, strong punches early on and try to set up that double leg, try to get you on your back. He has [...] He’s back. After coming up short against BJ Penn in his Dec. 12 bid for the 155-pound crown, Diego Sanchez (21-3) will make his return to the welterweight division opposite John Hathaway at the upcoming UFC 114 pay-per-view from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, May 29. The “Nightmare” tweeted the good [...] |
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Coleman flips out on Tito Ortiz during postfight interview
If you didn’t like the technical nuances of the Randy Couture-Mark Coleman fight, maybe the verbal sparring between Coleman and Tito Ortiz is more your cup of tea.
Coleman lost via choke in the second round of his main-event fight at UFC 109. As Coleman was speaking to UFC color commentator Joe Rogan, Tito Ortiz walked [...]