The Heavyweight King of Combat Sports made an appearance on ESPN MMA Live with Jon Anik and announced to the world that he hasn’t seen a dime from winning the K-1 WGP. With the latest rumors of K-1 filing for bankruptcy, will Alistair Overeem or any of the other fighters who haven’t been paid yet ever get the money they worked hard for?
With the World Extreme Cagefiighting now officially absorbed by its sister promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship, I will be reviewing some of the WEC’s best prospects, that could make some noise within the UFC ranks. And with the introduction of the lighter weight classes, I will be introducing the less familiar fans with some of the hottest talent to grace these divisions.
With WEC 53 now in the books, the promotion officially merges with the UFC, and the doors close on the WEC. With the merger, Anthony Pettis will face with winner of UFC 125’s Lightweight title bout between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard in a title unification bout. As of last night, Dominick Cruz successfully defended his WEC Bantamweight title, and was also rewarded with the first ever UFC BW title. With the merger, influx of talent from overseas, as well as the now seriously stacked Lightweight division,
Are you tired of lay and pray MMA? Had enough of arm punchers that swing wildly for the fences or fighters that couldn
David Haye will defend his WBA heavyweight title against Audley Harrison on November 13th. Will former Olympic champion, Harrison, pull off a major shock?
David Haye will defend his WBA heavyweight championship against fellow Englishman Audley Harrison in a fight being called
WEC lightweight Donald ‘The Cowboy’ Cerrone was apparently involved in a backstage clash with Marcus Sursa, at an Evolution Combat Sports event in Clovis New Mexico.
A week ago today, 145lb kingpin Jose Aldo made another successful defense of his title. This time, instead of a methodical picking apart like he did against former Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber, Aldo played it a little safe the first round. Then in the second, Aldo went for the kill after hurting Manny and secured the TKO victory.
This is what Faber hat to say via sherdog.com….
Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem will look to make another step closer to fulfilling his dream, at this Weekend’s K-1 Final 16 tournament in Seoul, South Korea. Here’s the “Reem’s” Documentary showing his K-1 adventures, and the pre-fight interview in South Korea. Overeem will square off against the Australian giant Ben Edwards, with sights on moving to the final show of K-1 2010 WGP.
Written by Penny Buffington The Ultimate Fighter Season 12 kicked off its first episode Sept. 15th on Spike…
