Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin (25-5) will not face Chuck Liddell (21-7) at UFC 115 on June 12 in Vancouver despite numerous reports that surfaced earlier today.
On the contrary, “Ace” will headline the show opposite former heavyweight and light heavyweight champion, Randy Couture, in a 205-pound showdown, according to UFC President Dana White.
In addition, [...]
There’s an intriguing welterweight match-up brewing between 170-pound standouts Martin Kampmann and Paulo Thiago as the Las Vegas Sun reports the two have verbally agreed to a showdown at UFC 115 on June 12 from Vancouver.
Kampmann appears to be on the mend after withdrawing from his UFC 111 fight against Ben Saunders to heal [...]
“Of course, number one, it sucks. Maybe I could have still fought, but I’m taking the smart choice and letting it heal. The doctor says there’s a risk if it get’s any impact on it, it will open right back up. It was so deep they had to stitch it on the inside and then [...]
Our partners in crime over atBloodyElbow.comhave once again published their divisional rankings for mixed martial arts in the nation’s largest daily newspaper, USA Today, for the month of February 2010.
For those of you unfamiliar with the process, here’s how it works:
“The rankings, which will offer a definitive perspective of top MMA fighters across all weight-classes, [...]
Martin Kampmann was looking forward to getting back on the winning track in March at UFC 111 against Ben Saunders. That won’t happen now because apparently someone took a hatchet to his eyebrow. That’s got to be one of the nastiest cuts we’ve ever seen.
Here’s hoping for a quick recovery and that Martin didn’t try [...]
“Paul Daley is talking a lot. Paul is going to get his mouth shut. I’ve been in this game for a long time and yeah I talk a lot of trash but guess what, I back it up at the end of the day. If Paul Daley’s going to talk, is he going to come [...]
If fans weren’t wowed by UFC 108 and UFC 109 because of a lack of heat between the fighters, get ready for the spring and summer. MTV’s “Yo Momma” is going to look weak compared to some of the smack talk before upcoming UFC events. Brock Lesnar’s next fight against Shane Carwin or Frank Mir, [...]
UFC welterweight contender Martin Kampmann (16-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) has withdrawn from a UFC 111 bout with Ben Saunders (8-1-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC), and Jake Ellenberger (22-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has agreed to take the fight with a little less than seven-weeks’ notice.
MMAjunkie.com learned of the change from sources close to the bout, though the [...]
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – Move over Keith Jardine, there’s another “Dean of Mean” in the Greg Jackson camp, and his name is Nate Marquardt. Yes, it’s true, one of mixed martial artists’ nice guys has started turning the switch when the Octagon door closes on fight night, leaving his last three opponents – Martin Kampmann, [...]
Our partners in crime over at BloodyElbow.com have once again published their divisional rankings for mixed martial arts in the nation’s largest daily newspaper, USA Today, for the month of January 2010.
For those of you unfamiliar with the process, here’s how it works:
“The rankings, which will offer a definitive perspective of top MMA fighters across [...]