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WEC matchmaker Sean Shelby shares a portfolio of fighters looking to fight in the 155-pound division with UFC matchmaker Joe Silva. Since this past March, the lightweight division remains the only weight class in which the two Zuffa, LLC-owned promotions share a common division. Why the overlap? In a recent interview with MMAjunkie.com Radio, Shelby said the [...] The UFC decided to jump on prospect Phil Davis early, and it looks like they made a good decision. Fresh off winning an NCAA wrestling title in 2008, Davis, 25, took on veteran Brian Stann, and he made Stann look like an amateur on the ground. Stann couldn’t extricate himself from Davis’ clutches and spent most [...] Props: TheMMANews Quoteworthy: “If I fight (Anderson Silva) again I think I am going to do the same thing, I think I learned that if you’re not scared of him right away you have a good chance to win and that’s what I did. I was there in the first second of the fight, I took the [...] Former Pride FC lightweight champion and Japanese fighting deity Takanori Gomi (31-5) could jump right into the UFC 155-pound title hunt when he makes his UFC debut in 2010 — which< a href="http://twitter.com/espn_mmalive" target="_blank">ESPNs “MMA Live” tweets could be against perennial contender Kenny “Kenflo” Florian (12-4). When asked about the rumored mtach-up at the UFC 108 [...] Former Pride FC lightweight champion and promotional posterboy, Takanori Gomi, has signed a multi-fight deal to compete inside the Octagon under the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) banner, according to MMAFighting.com. In his heyday, “Fireball Kid” was considered perhaps the best lightweight fighter on the planet. He has struggled recently, however, losing two of his last four [...] “A warm up fight is the most dangerous thing to do. F*ck it give me a big fight right away !!! I’ll be back on top soon” !! Rich Franklin said than he want to take time off until May, hope he will come back at 185 and fight me here in Montreal !!! UFC [...] After watching his Nova Uniao teammate, Jose Aldo, claim the WEC’s featherweight title, top contender Wagnney Fabiano made the decision to drop to the 135-pound class. Now his debut in the bantamweight division has been set. MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the organization that Fabiano has agreed to meet Greg Jackson’s MMA product Frank Gomez [...] Thanks to the epic lightweight title fight between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson, as well as the recent signing of former IFL star Chris Horodecki, it’s clear that the WEC’s 155-pound division is as strong as ever. Boasting a talent pool rich with fiery strikers, rugged grapplers, and devastating finishers, WEC has shown a solid [...] Props:USA Today Quoteworthy: “The winner’s still going to be top tier in the world and looking for a title fight, and fighting contenders, and the loser’s definitely going to drop off…. It’s just another fight, man. I’m fighting a really tough guy, a top-rated guy. I’m just in it for the fight, man. I don’t care about [...] |
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UFC 105 results recap from last night in Manchester for 'Couture vs Vera'
It’s alllll over!
UFC 105: “Couture vs. Vera” from the Manchester Evening News (MEN) Arena in Manchester, England, is officially recent history.
It marked the triumphant return of a legend to the land of light heavies, as well as critical redemption for one of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) winners in the middleweight division.
Of course, we also now [...]