Head Coach at American Kickboxing Academy, Javier Mendez, discusses several top fighters currently on the AKA roster, including former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velazquez. Set to square off with fellow former title holder Frank Mir at UFC 146, Mendez says it is an honor for Velasquez to be paired against the veteran.
It appears the long awaited Season Five Heavyweight Tournament final bout between Eric Prindle and Thiago Santos will not take place. After their first encounter at Bellator 59 was declared a no-contest due to an “accidental kick to the groin,” the two were set to meet again at last week’s Bellator 61. That bout was eventually scratched as well when Prindle came down with “flu-like symptoms,” and the fight was again rescheduled for tomorrow night’s Bellator 62. The match-up has now been halted all
UFC President Dana White is not known for holding his tongue and as Wednesday’s press conference in Calgary came to a close he let everyone in on some information that almost every fight fan had been waiting to hear. “Think about this, the Chael Sonnen (versus) Anderson Silva fight, I’m probably going to put my foot in my mouth again, and probably not supposed to be talking about this either, but I always do it so, this thing’s going to be in a soccer stadium in Rio. This
During this recent Q&A session (shot by the MMA Analyst), Mauricio “Shogun” Rua claimed that his next fight will likely be…
At 41-years old Dan Henderson has some miles on his body, making his MMA debut in 1997. Since that fight, a TKO victory over Crezio de Souza, he has gone 29-8, with his last fight, a 25 minute battle with Marucio Rua, considered by many to be one of the best main event fights in UFC history.
Henderson is currently laying in wait, hoping to get a shot at the winner of the Jon Jones versus Rashad Evans UFC Light Heavyweight title bout, which will headline UFC 145 on April 21. If you think that Henderson is
UFC Hall of Famer, Matt Hughes, who was last seen in action at UFC 135 in September, openly contemplates retirement, and discusses life after fighting. Hughes admits that he is still undecided about his future with the UFC, but says that, should he fight again, he would like an opportunity to avenge his 2008 loss to Thiago Alves. Photo: Francis Specker
Today brought some bad news for MMA fans that were hoping for a Carlos Condit versus Jake Ellenberger rematch as the UFC announced that Ellenberger would be facing Martin Kampmann in the main event of “The Ultimate Fighter” 15 finale. Oddly, it was Kampmann who handed Condit his last defeat, beating the current interim Welterweight champion via split decision on April 1, 2009. Condit followed that loss by defeating Ellenberger via split decision in September of the same year.
Since that loss to
When Josh Koscheck parted ways with his gym, AKA, he did not do so quietly. Instead he pointed to Javier Mendez as being the reason for his departure, telling MMAWeekly, “There was a lot of poison going on around there and I’m really disappointed because we had a good thing going. It was a good thing and I think people’s egos got in the way. Well, not people just Javier, his ego got in the way, and too many cameras in the gym and him trying to build himself up and his brand, his AKA
UFC President Dana White, alongside director of Canadian operations Tom Wright, hosted a Press Conference today at the Flames Central in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to announce a series of upcoming events. Also present was native MMA stars Jason MacDonald, Nick Ring, and Mitch Clark, as well as Mark Hominick and Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre, who joined the proceedings via satellite.To get things underway, White took to the podium and announced that three UFC events are now scheduled to take place
Had an error not been made, the UFC would have been scheduling their first Flyweight title fight. Instead, they are in a spot where they are booking a rematch between Ian McCall and Demetrious Johnson.
McCall and Johnson will meet on June 8 on the UFC on FX 3 fight card. As of now the event does not have a location, that will be determined by the UFC’s “Hometown Throwdown” contest that is being run in conjunction with Harley Davidson.
McCall and Johnson met at the UFC on FX 2 card, where
