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The bookmakers say the fight is a whitewash. Several media members chuckled during yesterday’s UFC 111 conference call when Georges St. Pierre called Dan Hardy. “the toughest fight of his career.” Yet the case is being built across the pond that their hero has a real shot at knocking off GSP. Gareth Davies from The Telegraph [...] The notion of “spare time” has always been a relative term for heavyweight contender Shane Carwin. The 6-foot-4, 265-pound father of two juggles a fulltime job as a mechanical engineer at the North Weld County Water District in Lucerne, Colo., with another as a professional mixed martial artist in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Today, while discussing his [...] 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, [...] “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 [...] Frank Mir’s future as a broadcaster for the promotion’s sister company, World Extreme Cagefighting, remains up in the air, but today the former UFC heavyweight champion said he hopes to return to the commentary role he’s held since the company first hit the Versus airwaves in June 2007. “It’s something that hopefully I’ll be able to [...] Hell may not have frozen over, but the temperature down south is definitely dropping. In case anyone else in the mixed martial arts community felt a slight disturbance in the force, may I direct your attention to an article from the Las Vegas Sun, where fossilized fight promoter Bob Arum is quoted as saying “Thanks” to [...] The UFC scored a ratings bonanza for its premiere episode of “Primetime,” the first of a three-part series featuring an in-depth look at the upcoming UFC 111 welterweight title fight between current champion Georges St. Pierre (19-2) and number one contender Dan Hardy (23-6). According to the cable television network, the debut episode aired on March [...] This past weekend’s WEC 47 event appeared it’d perfectly set up the next bantamweight title fight when champ Brian Bowles met Dominick Cruz in the headliner and top contenders Miguel Torres and Joseph Benavidez clashed in the co-headliner. And though Cruz and Benavidez pulled off a pair of upsets, Benavidez today told MMAjunkie.com Radio he’s unsure [...] Versus airs a replay of this past weekend’s “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” on two occasions beginning this Wednesday, March 10. The March 6 event took place at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, and featured a title fight between then-bantamweight champion Brian Bowles and top contender Dominick Cruz. Replays air Thursday night at 9 p.m. ET/PT and [...] COLUMBUS, Ohio – Following Dominick Cruz’s upset of Brian Bowles for World Extreme Cagefighting’s bantamweight title, WEC General Manager Reed Harris – in all-too-familiar scene – said it’s too early to know what’s next for the new champ. The fight executive hates to announce fights until he and matchmaker Sean Shelby have a chance to chat, [...] |
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