Dana White recently left the door open for former welterweight Anthony “Rumble” Johnson to return to the promotion in the future. However, that won’t be anytime soon because Johnson has opted to ink an exclusive, multi-fight agreement with World Series of Fighting and will make his debut at the promotion’s inaugural event on November 3 in Las Vegas against D.J. Linderman.
Another day, another set of off-the-wall quotes from Quentin “Rampage” Jackson. Jackson appeared on “The MMA Hour” yesterday to discuss his new-found rejuvenation of his love for fighting, his thoughts on Jon Jones, his recent injury and withdrawal from his Glover Texeira fight, and to do a dance. His thoughts on a new lease on fighting:
“I’m thinking the world hasn’t forgotten about me. I used to be one of the best fighters in the world, and my people out there, they still
(Oh, jeez. Has Michael seen this poster yet? He is gonna be piiiisssed.) By Dan “Get Off Me” George…
(“ERMAHGERD. WERST GERMBLING ERDS ERVER”) Since the Anderson Silva vs. Stephan Bonnar replacement main event at UFC 153 was announced, I’ve been waiting…
In front of a group of reporters gathered at UFC headquarters in Las Vegas, UFC President Dana White unloaded on UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones and his coach, Greg Jackson. Dan Henderson was forced to pull out of UFC 151 because of a knee injury and Jones refused a bout against substitute opponent Chael Sonnen.White had no kind words for Jones: “The Jon Jones piece of meat f&#*ing thing. When I see him in f&#*ing Toronto, that’s the first f&#*ing thing we’re going to talk
One of the biggest names in the UFC is Anderson “Spider” Silva. He has been called the “greatest martial artist of all time” and has an unbelieveable record inside the Octagon. Depite that, Silva is described as “soft spoken”, wears eyeglasses in everyday life and hates any kind of violence outside the Octagon.Silva came from a humble background in Curitiba, Brazil and the 37 year-old fighter dreams of someday being an example for the young people of Brazil. In this exclusive interview with the Brazilian
In less than two weeks, we’ll finally have a good reason to forget about Jon Jones’ controversial decision to decline the fight with Chael Sonnen at UFC 151. But until then, it’s time to look back at four of the biggest news topics that made headlines in the world of Mixed Martial Arts over the past few weeks.
We had Tito Ortiz adding his name to the list of fighters upset with Jon Jones’ decision-making process, the talk about Anderson Silva vs. Georges St. Pierre being in works
A long term dynamic develops in every sport that sticks around for a while. A section of the fan base will inevitably compare the play of today to their heroes from yesteryear. Whether it is the baseball fan that longs for the day where they didn’t have to worry about someone using performance enhancing drugs after every home run, or the football fan that yearns for the era of hard hitting and less complaining in the NFL. One thing is a common factor; this group wishes things would go back to
Although UFC 151 has been cancelled for almost a week, talk is still going on about one of the biggest let-downs of the year. With Henderson out on an injury, the UFC offered Jones a fight against former Middleweight contender, Chael Sonnen. Jones’ refusal of the fight ultimately lead to the cancellation of the entire card. A first in UFC history.
It was reported earlier that UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva was considering a move up to Light Heavyweight in hopes of salvaging the card, but it just w
It came out last week that former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Mauricio Shogun Rua was offered the title shot against Jon Jones at UFC 152 in Toronto. Shogun ultimately turned down the fight, citing a lack of time to prepare for Jones. Lyoto Machida did the same, but Shogun as in a brutal war with Brandon Vera at UFC on Fox 4 , while Machida knocked out Ryan Bader without taking any real damage. Shogun’s manager Julio Heller recently spoke up about the decision:
“We were in Sao Paulo and my phone
