How Demian Maia became the number one contender

Damian Maia was recently announced as the replacement to the injured Vitor Belfort, to fight Anderson Silva for the Middleweight Championship on April 10 on UFC 112. This announcement took the mma world by suprise as Maia recently lost to Nate, his first ever career loss. When asked Dana White what factors resulted in Damian Maia getting the title shot, he had this to say;
“These guys are fighting now and Demian Maia’s one of the best in the world,” said White. “Obviously the guy who should get that shot

Bisping: I have to go out there and take my respect

During the Pre-event press conference in Sydney, Australia, Wanderlei and Bisping got into a war of words.
Wanderlei, who will be making his middleweight debut on feb 20th said that hes “going to kick his (Bisping) ass”. Bisping felt he had said nothing to disrespect Wanderlei and did not know where the hate was coming from.
“I think it’s funny,” Bisping said. “I haven’t said two words to the guy, but a lot of animosity has seemed to have built up. Right from the start, I saw blogs on the internet, him

Bisping: Wanderlei has a lot to worry about

Michael Bisping is set to face Wanderlei Silva at ufc 110, Bisping realized that he had to make a few changes after his first ever career knock out loss to Dan Henderson. However, Bisping feels more confident than ever going into ufc 110 because he feels Wanderlei’s fighting style is very familiar to Leben whom he has already defeated.
“They both throw looping punches, they’re both aggressive, and they both come forward. I think they are prety similar in that respect. Both with great chins and very

Thiago Alves moving on from the GSP lose and looking forward to knocking Fitch out

Alves (16-6 MMA, 9-3 UFC), will attempts to avenge his 2006 loss to Fitch (21-3 MMA, 11-1 UFC) at UFC 111, after welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre beat him this past July at UFC 100, Alves is more determined than ever to get back to the number one contender place.
“GSP taught me a great lesson, and I’m really thankful for that,” Alves said recently. “I want to show the world what I’ve learned.” Alves believes that one of the reasons he lost to GSP was because he got to comfortable and got caught up