“It’s great to be recognized by the UFC as the No. 1 contender. I put a lot of work into this. It’s midnight right now and I left my house at 5:30 in the morning and I won’t be home until after midnight. I work hard and I think I deserve it… By the time [...]
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Ask and you shall receive. Colorful light heavyweight up-and-comer “King” Mo Lawal has done just about everything in his power in recent days, weeks and months to coordinate a fight against Strikeforce 205-pound champion, Gegard Mousasi. It apparently worked. Lawal will get his wish, according to MMAWeekly.com, taking on the stoic Armenian at the upcoming Strikeforce show on [...] Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) held a press conference on Thursday, January 28th to unveil the plan it has in store for DREAM in 2010. The inaugural event of the year, DREAM 13, will take place at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama on Monday, March 22. DREAM has confirmed the previously rumored featherweight title bout in which [...] The search for Bobby Lashley’s opponent continues. Strikeforce officials on Tuesday afternoon told MMAjunkie.com that journeyman heavyweight Jimmy Ambriz (14-12-1 MMA, 0-0 SF) is not fighting the former pro wrestler at “Strikeforce: After Sunday night’s fights, WEC general manager Reed Harris (pictured with Urijah Faber and Miguel Torres) said that the Zuffa-backed promotion will have a pay-per-view show in the first half of 2010. Though the WEC puts together reliably exciting shows, they aren’t as well known as the UFC. Pay-per-view success isn’t automatic for the WEC [...] Brock who? Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir, fresh off his ass-whooping of Cheick Kongo at UFC 107 in Memphis, may be the final hurdle for Shane Carwin to clear in his ascension to the top of the heavyweight mountain as both men are “probable” for a UFC 111 clash to claim the Interim title in [...] “Kenny’s very laid back, which I can be too. I have the utmost respect for him and that he’s one of the top fighters in the world. Look where he’s came from. He came from being a soccer player, to a jiu-jitsu practitioner, to an MMA fighter. The guy played soccer in college, which is [...] Just two days before taking center stage at WEC 44: “Brown vs. Aldo,” WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown broke down his upcoming fight as the featured guest on MMAmania.com’s exclusive presentation of Pro MMA Radio. WEC 44 features a main event featherweight title bout between Brown and feared Brazilian striker Jose Aldo. They face off tonight [...] |
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Frank Mir out, Stephan Bonnar in for WEC 47 color commentary
With less than a month to go before his colossal showdown with fellow heavyweight contender Shane Carwin at UFC 111 in Newark, former division champion Frank Mir will temporarily step down from his role as WEC color commentator to concentrate on one of the biggest fights of his life.
Replacing him for the WEC 47: “Bowles [...]