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Chael Sonnen has been hoarding the MMA headlines as of late with his gutsy victory over Nate Marquardt, impending title shot, political ambition, and his verbal missiles against Anderson Silva, Strikeforce, amongst others. Understandably, some of you may be tired of seeing him garner publicity with his mouth. Enough with the brazen remarks and “I tell [...] 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 [...] UFC makes Nate Quarry vs Jorge Rivera and Yushin Okami vs Lucio Linhares official for Fight Night 21Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently bolstered the already-stacked fight card for its Fight Night 21 event going down on March 31 from the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday, March 31. Completing the main card line up will be former TUF veteran and surgically repaired middleweight Nate Quarry (12-3), who looks to get back [...] The main card is set for next month’s UFC Fight Night 21 card. As MMAjunkie.com reported earlier today, the March 31 event features a headliner of Kenny Florian vs. Takanori Gomi and a co-headliner of Roy Nelson vs. Stefan Struve. Also announced for the main card were previously reported matchups of Nate Quarry vs. Jorge Rivera and [...] Props:Pro MMA Radio Quoteworthy: “Even though Mark Coleman is a bum, he wins fights. Who’s Mark Coleman’s coach? Who is Mark Coleman’s training partner? What is the name of the gym that he trains at? And don’t tell me the Hammer House. I want to know an actual building, an actual piece of real estate with [...] A middleweight bout between Yushin Okami (23-5 MMA, 7-2 UFC) and recent UFC newcomer Lucio Linhares (13-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is likely to take place on March 31 at UFC Fight Night 21. Sources close to the bout said the fight is “a definite possibility,” though it is unclear if bout agreements have been signed. UFC Fight [...] Props: NateMarquardt.com Quoteworthy: “We just got back to Denver from Montreal and I heard my fight was announced. I was offered the fight weeks ago but couldn’t say anything until it was announced. I will be fighting Chael Sonnen on February 6 in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay. Chael is a tough wrestler and is coming off [...] MANCHESTER, England – Dan Hardy will get the next shot at Georges St-Pierre’s welterweight title. UFC officials billed the British fighter’s UFC 105 bout with Mike Swick as a No. 1 contender’s bout, and following Hardy’s decision victory, Although Hardy owns a seven-fight win streak and now sits at [...] After a string of a dozen consecutive victories against notables ranging from Yushin Okami to Carlos Condit to Mike Pyle to Paul Daley to Robbie Lawler, Jake Shields has clearly established himself as one of the sport’s top fighters. But with a Saturday Strikeforce title fight with Jason “Mayhem” Miller earning the winner the vacant middleweight [...] Jake Shields (28–4–1) is one of only a handful of mixed martial artists who have managed to become stars domestically fighting outside the UFC. To the casual MMA fan his name may not be all that familiar … yet. On the other hand, the hardcore fans and media know full well he’s one of the top [...] |
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