Rhett Butler, UFC – On the night of September 16, 2009, within the bowels of the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Phillipe Nover was ready to do battle with Sam Stout. That UFC Fight Night card should have been named “Rising Stars” due to the caliber of up and coming talent on the card [...]
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OKLAHOMA CITY – UFC lightweight Nate Diaz entered the main event of Five minutes into the affair, Diaz had done little to silence the But when opponent Melvin Guillard suddenly, inexplicably made a [...] OKLAHOMA CITY – Former WEC welterweight champ Carlos Condit (23-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) appeared nearly unstoppable during his five-fight WEC run. But after fighting at Wednesday night’s “UFC Fight Night 19: Diaz vs. UFC Fight Night 19: “Diaz vs. Guillard” from the the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., 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 $30,000 each. The promotion dished out [...] OKLAHOMA CITY – Despite winning the rubber match and earning a decision victory over fellow ex-WEC light heavyweight champion Steve Cantwell, Brian Stann didn’t exactly provide a definitive end to the duo’s trilogy of fights. Although MMAjunkie.com scored the fight 30-28 in Cantwell’s favor, the judges saw it differently and awarded Stann the unanimous-decision victory with [...] OKLAHOMA CITY – Despite winning the rubber match and earning a decision victory over fellow ex-WEC light heavyweight champion Steve Cantwell, Brian Stann didn’t exactly provide a definitive end to the duo’s trilogy of fights. Although MMAjunkie.com scored the fight 30-28 in Cantwell’s favor, the judges saw it differently and awarded Stann the unanimous-decision victory with [...] A lightweight bout between Phillipe Nover (5-2-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC) and Sam Stout (14-5-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC) has been scratched from tonight’s UFC Fight Night 19 preliminary card. UFC president Dana White posted a Twitter message at 4 p.m. ET, an hour before the start of the event, stating Nover had suffered a seizure in his [...] OKLAHOMA CITY – UFC lightweight Nate Diaz (10-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) knows the thrill of victory, and he also knows the agony of defeat. After opening his UFC career with five-straight wins – including four by submission – Diaz currently finds himself in a two-fight losing streak. But as he readies for a UFC Fight Night 19 [...] UFC lightweight Phillipe Nover is in a delicate position heading into Wednesday’s “UFC Fight Night 19: Diaz vs. Despite the hype surrounding “The Ultimate Fighter 8″ cast member after UFC president Dana White called him “the next Anderson Silva,” Nover could be served his walking papers if Sam Stout can hand the 25-year-old [...] Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – A year ago, Phillipe Nover was dubbed the next Anderson Silva, a young man so impressive during his stint on season eight of The Ultimate Fighter that UFC President Dana White said that he was perhaps the most talented fighter ever to appear on the show. Yet just two fights later, [...] |
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