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The absolute barrage of news centering around UFC President Dana White continues today with the announcement that the UFC 147 battle between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen may have to be moved to a different date.  The possible date change comes due to a meeting of the United Nations in Rio that week, which could cause major planning conflicts and confusion.  White is no doubt working vehemently with officials in Rio de Janeiro to get a set date, and was quoted:“We’re working on it,

Ed Soares has come out with a plea for Brazilian fans in Rio de Janeiro on June 23, 2012, for UFC 147. Soares, the manager of UFC Middleweight champion, Anderson Silva, wants the fans to know that he knows how they feel, but has bigger plans in store for Sonnen. Many have speculated that the physical health of Sonnen would in jeopardy in Brazil, a country that he has created a great deal of highly-publicized smack against. Soares had the following to say today:
“Hopefully people will understand

Light Heavyweight veteran Dan Henderson, who was last seen in action defeating Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in November, confirms reports that he is, in fact, next in line to challenge for the Light Heavyweight title, and discusses a potential rematch with Middleweight kingpin Anderson Silva. Henderson says that though he would be interested in a rematch with Silva, it is the only fight he wants at 185-pounds.

The UFC recently announced that Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen would meet in the main event of UFC 147, which will take place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The soccer stadium seats almost 47,000 fans when in use for that sport. When set up for UFC 147, it is expected that the crowd will rival or surpass the more than 55,000 fans that witnessed UFC 129 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
While MMA fans celebrated the announcement, one person said, not

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

As everyone is painfully aware, mixed martial arts remain illegal in New York State. Steven Crowder recently released a rather lengthy and in depth look at situation in New York and he boiled it down to the simple fact that the Culinary Union has the politicians on their side.
The arguments that MMA is pure brutality just don’t hold water, as Renzo Gracie points out, stating that he would be very worried if his son would tell him that he was going to become a boxer.
Crowder uses video of Ariel

In the days leading up to UFC on FOX 2 the level of trash talk between Rashad Evans and Phil Davis became elevated, Chael Sonnen’s self promotion reached new levels, Michael Bisping was, well, Michael Bisping and Demian Maia and Chris Weidman lurked in the background. By the time the three main card fights had come to an end it felt like the hype had been much more interesting than the fights themselves.
Rashad Evans did deliver what he said he would in the days leading up to the fight, he showed

(“Welcome my friends to the show that never ends. I’m serious. I’m gonna ride this money train until…

In just a few days Chael Sonnen will face Michael Bisping in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC on FOX 2 fight card. As with most UFC cards, the days before the event are full of media responsibilities, today Sonnen appeared on Dan Le Batard’s show, “Dan Le Batard is…Highly Questionable.”
When Sonnen appeared on camera one thing became immediately clear, he had taken his claim that he is the UFC Middleweight Champion to another level, as he had a UFC belt hanging over his

UFC Middleweight competitors Chael Sonnen and Michael Bisping will face off at Chicago’s United Center on Saturday night when the promotion presents UFC on FOX 2. In a somewhat unexpected turn, Sonnen has mostly taken the high road in the days leading up to this event, not engaging in a great deal of the trash talk that has almost become expected of Sonnen.
While Sonnen has not engaged in a war of words with Bisping, members of his camp have picked up the gauntlet, namely Sonnen’s trainer Scott