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“Yeah I saw [the AIDS tweet]. I laughed. I think he needs to chill out a bit. I think more than anything it is Davis getting to Davis now. I think he needs to see it for what it was and just chill out a bit. It was all meant in good humor, [...]
Rhett Butler, UFC – At The Ultimate Fighter Season 9 Finale last June, where Chris Lytle the fireman extinguished Kevin “The Fire” Burns via unanimous decision, the world saw “Lights Out” get back on the winning track following a hard fought split decision loss to Marcus Davis at UFC 93 in Dublin, Ireland earlier in [...]
Will there be another round of the putative boxing vs. MMA showdown?
According to multiple sources, UFC is reconsidering the May 1 date for UFC 113 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The rumor of a boxing superfight between Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley on the same day has come on the radar of UFC president, Dana White, who [...]
UFC welterweight title challenger Dan Hardy (23-6 MMA, 4-0 UFC) has
endeared himself to some fans while completely alienating himself to
others.
The brash British slugger has become known nearly as much for his
pre-fight banter with opponents such as Marcus Davis and Mike Swick as
he is for the results of those contests.
But at a recent media gathering, welterweight [...]
With UFC welterweights Marcus Davis (16-6 MMA, 8-4 UFC) and Jonathan Goulet (22-10 MMA, 4-4 UFC) each looking to return to the win column, the pair will likely meet at they as-yet-unannounced UFC 113 event in Montreal.
The fighters have each verbally agreed to the contest, though bout agreements have yet to be signed.
News of the [...]
Hard-hitting (and crowd-pleasing) welterweights, Marcus Davis and Phil Baroni, have verbally agreed to throw leather at UFC 111 from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on March 27, 2010.
The promotion has made no official announcements about the 170-pound match up or the actual pay-per-view (PPV) event at this time; however, that’s expected to change very [...]
Mixed martial arts megastar Georges St. Pierre (19-2) will indeed defend his 170-pound title against last-welterweight-standing, Dan Hardy (23-6), at UFC 111, which is slated for the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on March 27, 2010.
The promotion has yet to officially announce the event; however, commentator Bill Goldberg today shared the good news with fans [...]
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick today signed a bill into law that regulates mixed martial arts in the “Bay State,” paving the way for the sport’s top brand, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and other promotions to host events in 2010 and beyond.
UFC President Dana White, a Boston-area native, has gushed for years about the possibility of [...]
After spoiling fans with a free look at select preliminary bouts from some of its previous pay-per-view offerings, the UFC will not air any of the undercard action from the upcoming Dec. 12 “Penn vs. Sanchez” event because the 2009 Video Game Awards (VGA) already lay claim to the 8pm-10pm time slot on Spike TV.
Fans [...]
“The game plan originally was to jump right on him, to give him no room at all, get in his face and smother everything and overwhelm him with speed on the inside. But I wasn’t able to do that … I’ve worked with guys that were 6-foot-3, 6-foot-4, but he just seemed much taller. I [...]