Featherweight Champ Pat Curran injured and out of Bellator 73

Bellator Featherweight champion Pat Curran’s scheduled title fight against Patricio ‘Pitbull’ Freire for next weekend’s Bellator 73 show has been postponed due to injury. Bellator will now move the Bantamweight tournament finals between Marcos Galvao and Luis Nogueira to the main event.Curran suffered a broken orbital bone while training for the fight, and it looks like he will be out for several months to recover. The fighter told ESPN: “It’s an incredibly frustrating injury, especially

Cormier: Standing across the cage from Jon Jones would be great for me

Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix winner Daniel Cormier has one fight remaining in his Strikeforce contract, against former UFC Champion Frank Mir. Their bout is supposed to take place in late October or early November. He is supposed to enter the UFC, following that match.In an interview with MMA Fight Corner, the former Olympian stated that he wants a title shot in the UFC when he makes the transition: “I want to throw my name into the hat, if I’m able to get past Frank Mir.  I’ve been

Anderson Silva will not fight for the rest of this year

With many fighters at Middleweight clamoring to call out long-reigning division champion Anderson Silva, the Brazilian legend is hearing none of it. News comes today the Silva will stay on the shelf for the entire remainder of 2012, chossing to forego another chance to extend hisUFC-record title defense streak. Dana White confirmed this earlier today, saying the follwing to MMAJunkie.com:
“Anderson said he wants to take some time off until after the end of this year, and then we’ll start talking to him.

Jon Jones: I am not really thinking about Lyoto Machida

Jon Jones spoke with Ariel Helwani on the UFC 150 Postfight Show on FUEL TV about his upcoming fight at UFC 151 to defend his title against Dan Henderson. Jones knows it will not be an easy match: “He’s right up there. He ranks as high as anyone I’ve fought in the last year. He’s been a champion of other organizations. He’s beat the best like Fedor and Shogun. He doesn’t offer problems, but challenges to rise up to and it’ll be exciting. He’s got strong

Max Holloway: I am going to do what I do best – strike

Max Holloway (5-1, 1-1 UFC) is one of the hottest and the youngest UFC prospects, at 20-years-old. The native Hawaiian hails from the same island as potential UFC Hall of Famer, BJ Penn. According to an interview with MMASucka Radio, Holloway has every intention of going farther in the fight game and thinks he can do better than his fellow Hawaiian: “I respect the guy. He is a legend you know? He’s the one that opened the door for all of us Hawaiians but he could do better. And he knows it too, some fights

Melvin Guillard: It was "just business" leaving Jackson’s MMA

When Melvin Guillard enters the Octagon on Saturday night, his mindset will not be that of just any ordinary fight. The UFC Lightweight will be facing his former teammate and friend, Donald Cerrone, with his former coaches Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn in the opposing corner. It is well known by now that Guillard decided to change up his training and switch teams, heading to the home of the Blackzilians in Florida. While this may be mentally daunting and draining for some people, Guillard is taking it

Cerrone and Guillard: The gameplan for two friends about to face off

Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Melvin Guillard are set to face each other on August 11 in the co-main event for UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar in Denver, Colorado. The two trained together and became close friends while at Team Jackson-Winkeljohn in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but their friendship has nothing to do with their plans come fight night. The two videos are courtesy of our good friends at MMAHeat.comDonald “Cowboy” CerroneCerrone, a Colorado native, has been longing to fight in his hometown since the

Frankie Edgar: I look forward to being Lightweight champion again

UFC Lightweight challenger speaks to Karyn Bryant and Kenny Florian via FuelTV.com, addressing the issue of dealing with champion Ben Henderson’s size in their rematch. He thought that he fought very well in the first fight, but thinks he needs to deal with the always-effective kicks of Benson Henderson a bit better. When asked about his time as the number one contender after being the Lightweight champion for almost two years, Edgar responded:
“Yeah of course, you get pretty accustomed to being

Mirko Cro Cop seeks return to MMA, says ‘Martial arts is my life’

Former Pride and UFC Heavyweight Mirko Filopvic had seemingly retired from MMA competition to step back into the K-1 arena, where he has since been the winner of two bouts. Bowing down after a loss to Roy Nelson, news comes from USAToday.com that he may be seeking a return to the cage, stating that his words may have been misunderstood:
“Concerning my retirement from the UFC, I said it was my last fight for the UFC and last fight on the present contract, but I did not say, ‘I won’t keep fighting. I never