This weekend we’re in store for what could potentially be viewed as the UFC’s very first super-fight ever. Although this fight hasn’t exactly been given that label without a bit of confusion, most commonly leaving the fans asking…
With a title shot looming so closely, is Bisping finally taking things as serious as he needs to? Who will fight the smarter more strategic fight? Which man’s physical conditioning…
Saturday’s Strikeforce event is the promotion’s first non-Challengers event of 2011. Unfortunately, it’s been toiling in the shadows…
Heading into his Featherweight title bout with Jose Aldo at UFC 156, former Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar expects a full-on war with the famed Brazilian striker. However, that’s not going to change his mindset or gameplan in any way, because wars are what he’s become quite accustomed to over the last few years. Edgar knows he will have to take the fight to Aldo, and he addressed this belief in an interview recent interview with MMAFightcorner:“It’s tough to really put any chinks in any of these
Props: mmafanmade.tumblr.com By George Shunick If there’s a word that sums up UFC 153, it’s got to be “wow”. Anderson Silva…
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
Vitor Belfort will challenge Jon Jones for the Light Heavyweight championship in the UFC 152 main event on September 22 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Beltor was supposed to face Alan Belcher at Middleweight at UFC 153 in Brazil, this October, but when a fighter has a chance of reclaiming a former title he has to take it.This chance came up due to the cancellation of UFC 151 in Las Vegas when Dan Henderson withdrew due to injury and reigning champion Jon Jones declined a replacement in the form of
Strikeforce Heavyweight Daniel Cormier (10-0 MMA, 7-0 SF) is getting ready for the biggest fight of his career against UFC’s Frank Mir (16-6 MMA, 14-6 UFC) who is crossing over to Strikeforce for this closeout fight of the SF Heavyweight division. The bout is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2012 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; a mere 65 miles from Cormier’s alma mater, Oklahoma State University.
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
(“Call me Aldo Montoya again, bitch!”) By Seth Falvo (@SethFalvo) When Nick Ring walked to the cage on Saturday accompanied by professional…
