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The long-expected non-title fight between Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez and UFC veteran/recent signee Josh Neer now has a date. While a guest on today’s edition of MMAjunkie.com Radio, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said the fight takes place May 6 at Bellator 17. Bellator announced last month that the fight was being targeted for a May card, [...] Highly touted heavyweight prospect Cole Konrad (2-0) is the latest addition to the upstart Bellator Fighting Championships organization. The former NCAA wrestling champion and current training partner of UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar was officially announced as the newest member of the organization immediately after a first-round TKO MMAjunkie.com has [...] Frank Curreri, WEC – The five-hour train ride from Richmond to Philadelphia seems perfectly suited to soul-searching. It affords a man time to evaluate his present circumstances, time to ponder his future, time to reflect on his past. And so it was for Anthony Morrison on Christmas Eve morning as he headed home, staring out [...] Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – It was Gerard Butler’s first UFC event, and the star of the upcoming film “Gamer” (which opens in theatres this Friday, September 4th), and as he makes clear, being in Philadelphia for UFC 102 earlier this month was quite an eye-opening experience.UFC News Credit: UFC.com Kenny Florian received a “couple eye pokes” during his UFC 101 loss to UFC lightweight champion B.J. Penn earlier this month. In fact, because of some blurry vision he’s still experienced since that Philadelphia fight, he’s seeing a doctor today to assure he sustained no serious injuries. But as the UFC veteran and longtime lightweight contender today [...] PHILADELPHIA – Despite his success in the 205-pound division, including a first-round shellacking of former champ Forrest Griffin at Saturday’s UFC 101 event, Anderson Silva’s next challenge will likely come in the middleweight division. Sticking with a recently revealed game plan, UFC president Dana White said Silva’s next fight will “probably” be against Dan Henderson, whom [...] PHILADELPHIA – The UFC’s first trip to Philadelphia offered a range of attractions and odd happenings on the evening’s preliminary card, including two split-decisions, a TKO that turned out to be caused by an accidental head butt, and a rematch of a controversial contest being shifted to swing-bout status. Despite the odd occurrences, a raucous crowd [...] One of the UFC’s early superstars could return to the organization. During a UFC Fight Club Q&A session at Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center on Thursday, UFC president Dana White didn’t rule out the possibility of Frank Shamrock returning to the promotion, as reported by MMAjunkie.com’s Dann Stupp in the DaytonDailyNews.com MMA blog. The first-ever champion of the UFC [...] … to “scout” Anderson Silva: “Eight-time world boxing champion Roy Jones, Jr. is taking a well-earned day off from his intense training for his fight next Saturday, August 15th, against Jeff ‘Left Hook’ Lacy on the ‘Hook City’ pay-per-view show live from Biloxi, Mississippi. Jones will be attending tomorrow night’s (Saturday) UFC show in Philadelphia to [...] |
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