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The UFC has officially requested approval for a June 19 event at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. As MMAjunkie.com first reported in January, the card is expected to serve as the live finale of “The Ultimate Fighter It’s official: The Ultimate Fighting Championship will own the South end of the Las Vegas Strip on Memorial Day weekend. With the second-annual UFC Fan Expo already announced for the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, the coinciding UFC 114 event is now set for the nearby MGM Grand Garden Arena. The location was first reported [...] Here we go again. The injury bug that bit the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) through early winter has reared its ugly fangs once again. Kevin Iole at Yahoo!Sports.com delivers the sad news. Vitor Belfort is injured (shoulder) and off UFC 112 title fight with Anderson Silva. Confirmed by Dana White. More details to come. “The Phenom” and “The Spider” were initially [...] While the UFC has mostly gone away from naming their pay-per-views with awe-inducing adjectives or testosterone-inducing titles, the promotion’s next major show is a departure from that new rule. UFC 109, which takes place Feb. 6 in Las Vegas, is titled “Relentless” rather than “Couture vs. Coleman.” That adjective may have been picked to describe the four [...] Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) today issued its list of medical suspensions for UFC 108: “Evans vs. Silva,” which took place on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. With several of the bouts ending early (and viciously), there were a handful of fighters who were flagged follow up visits [...] The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) on Monday denied a formal request from UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones to overturn his disqualification loss to Matt Hamill at the Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 Finale in Las Vegas back on Dec. 5, according to Sherdog.com. “The Hammer” was completely obliterated on the ground, perhaps mere seconds away from [...] According to this post on The Underground Forum, Jon Jones’ management team intends to protest its client’s loss to Matt Hamill at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 Finale this past Saturday. It’s their belief that they have grounds to overturn the loss to a “No Contest” (NC): “Let’s be clear, Jon is not ‘unhappy’ he feels as [...] Jon “Bones” Jones illegal elbows on Matt Hamill during their TUF 10 Finale bout. Jones and NSAC executive director Keith Kizer talk about the infraction in more detail right here. UFC News Credit and Full Story: MMA Mania The Nevada State Athletic Commission issued medical suspensions to 10 competitors from this past weekend’s UFC 106 card, and Forrest Griffin, Luiz Cane, Marcus Davis and Jason Dent could all be out of action for up to six months for everything from broken noses to a foot injury. MMAjunkie.com recently requested and today received the full [...] |
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