Elliot Worsell, UFC – Ross ‘The Real Deal’ Pearson couldn’t have looked better in winning season nine of The Ultimate Fighter. He defeated Richie Whitson, Jason Dent and then teammate Andre Winner in the final, more than living up to his audacious nickname. Fast-forward five months and Pearson incredibly looked even better, this time mauling [...]
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Paulo Thiago keeps dogging American Kickboxing Academy fighters. He screwed up Josh Koscheck’s 2009 welterweight title hopes with an upset at UFC 95, and now he’s done it to Koscheck’s AKA teammate Mike Swick. Thiago’s standing defense looked terrible in his UFC debut against Koscheck, but he still knocked him out with a huge uppercut. His [...] Chuck Mindenhall, UFC – At UFC 102 in Portland, Oregon, this past August, Ryan Bader was backstage helping his Arizona Combat Sports teammate Aaron Simpson get ready for Ed Herman. In the same dressing room, not ten feet away, Keith Jardine was readying for his fight with Thiago Silva, slamming his feet into pads held [...] “The Ultimate Fighter 9″ winner Ross Pearson (10-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC) joins Team Rough House teammate Andre Winner at UFC Fight Night 21 on March Additional sources indicated Pearson had been expected to face [...] The UFC today officially announced a recently reported contest between welterweights Mike Swick (14-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) and Paulo Thiago (12-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) for February’s “UFC 109: Relentless” event. Swick stepped in as a replacement for Josh Koscheck when his teammate was forced off the card with an injury. While Koscheck and Thiago were originally scheduled [...] The Ultimate Fighting Championship deepened its light heavyweight division with the recent signing of former NCAA Division I national wrestling champion Phil Davis (4-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC). Davis’ management team today announced the signing, though terms of the deal were not disclosed. Teammate Brandon Vera first announced Davis’ signing via Twitter on Tuesday, though Chad Dubin of [...] 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 [...] “He says that MMA is his passion, and I believe him. He loves it. To go out there every day and practice like they do, and for his body to already be beat up and having taken those kinds of beatings, you have to love it. Because he doesn’t need the money. That’s for sure. [...] While Jose Aldo’s 145-pound title win made waves in the WEC’s MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the WEC that former featherweight contender and Aldo’s Nova Uniao teammate, Wagnney Fabiano (12-2 MMA, 2-1 WEC), will make the drop to 135 pounds for his next [...] Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is a heavyweight legend looking to climb to the top of the mountain one more time following his win over Hall of Famer Randy Couture in August. Unbeaten rising star Cain Velasquez has moved rapidly up the ranks, but he needs one more win to get a [...] |
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