UFC News

Today Chael Sonnen appeared before the Nevada State Athletic  Commission in a bid to gain a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for his well-documented use of TRT.  His request was indeed granted, and it appears that his UFC 148 Middleweight title bout with Anderson Silva will go down will much less controversy than their previous encounter. Of course Sonnen was suspended for six months following his UFC 117 loss after failing to inform the CSAC of his usage. This time, though, Sonnen is in the clear

MMAFighting.com is reporting that a Featherweight bout has been added to the UFC on Fox 4 Card of “Stann vs. Lombard” to be held on August 4, 2012 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, featuring Manny Gamburyan (11-7) and Michihiro Omigawa (13-11).Both fighters are coming off a string of losses. Gamburyan has lost his last 3 fights and Omigawa has lost 3 out of his last 4 bouts. Gamburyan most recently faced Diego Nunes at UFC 141 in December 2011 where he lost by unanimous decision. Omigawa

Daniel Cormier broke his right hand when he knocked out Antonio Silva in September 2011. Last night he broke it again in his Strikeforce fight with Josh Barnett. In fact, he and Josh Barnett fought most of their five-round war in the cage with broken hands as Barnett broke his left hand early in the first round.
Barnett posted on Twitter this morning:

Here’s what happened in the first :30…still threw it though. Of course that might not have so wise LOL. twitpic.com/9nc4yk
— Josh Barnett

(This tender moment is brought to you by the word: clownshoe.)  As we mentioned earlier this week, Chael Sonnen is basically the living…

 
As everyone is clamoring over just what should be Daniel Cormier’s next move, it appears another hand injury may slow down the newly crowned Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix champion. He broke his hand in the first round of his five round battle with Josh Barnett for the title last night, but obviously continued and excelled through the pain. Cormier will have surgery on the hand, something he neglected to do when he broke the same hand knocking out Antonio Silva in the Grand Prix semifinals.

USA Today is reporting that Light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones crashed his Bentley into a telephone pole when he was driving while intoxicated early Saturday morning. No injuries were reported at the scene, so Jones should still be on track to defend his title against Dan Henderson, at UFC 151 on September 1 in Las Vegas.MMAweekly.com confirmed this with Malki Kawa, Jones’ manager, who said: “I can confirm that Jon Jones was arrested early this morning on suspicion of DUI. While the facts of

Chael Sonnen stepped into a realm that he is not unfamiliar with this week, and came out victorious. Appearing on The Jim Rome Show, Sonnen participated in Rome’s annual Smackoff against five other ranters, winning the competition with his endless creative smack talk.
However, Sonnen did not win the contest by utilizing his go-to targets of Anderson Silva and Brazil, in fact he did not mention them at all. Instead he went to the well and created a new rant, touching on many subjects in the sports world.

The end of the quarter-finals, and introduction of the fighter who will take on Faber for the injured Cruz.