Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson gets his coaches approved for The Ultimate Fighter

Roy “Big Country” Nelson is slated to be a coach on the newest installment of The Ultimate Fighter against Shane Carwin, which begins taping in a few days for a September broadcast. Unfortunately for Nelson, he had been having a hard time getting his coaches approved.Nelson told MMAWeekly: “I’m excited. I’m just over here hoping that I can actually bring all my coaches that I want to be my assistant coaches and bring on. I might just have to do it myself. You never know. I don’t

UFC Fan Expo in July to host more than 50 stars under one roof

The Ultimate Fighting Championship announced today that more than 50 UFC and Strikeforce stars are scheduled to appear at the UFC Fan Expo on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Fans will have the chance to meet their favorite stars during autograph sessions, Q&A sessions, meet and greets, training and development seminars and other special events. The UFC Fan Expo is coinciding with UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II.
Fighters scheduled for the UFC Fan

UFC on FX 3: Johnson vs. McCall Salaries and Suspensions

Today, the Florida State Boxing Commission released the lists of fighters’ salaries and medical suspensions from Friday’s “UFC on FX 3” event; which took place at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. UFC on FX 3 featured the UFC’s first Flyweight Main Event Headliner; a rematch between Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall.The total disclosed payroll for this event was $423,500. according to the Commission, via MMAJunkie.com.The full list of salaries is as follows and does not include bonuses such as

UFC on FX 3: Johnson vs. McCall Attendance and Bonuses

The attendance, gate and post-fight bonuses have been announced for tonight’s UFC on FX 3 from the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. The event drew a reported attendance figure of 6,635 and a live gate of $329,110. Bonuses were awarded for Submission of the Night, Fight of the Night and Knockout of the Night; all of which went to fighters on the main card, excluding the headliner. The total bonus payout for this event came to $160,000.While in line with recent UFC attendance figures, the crowd

UFC on FX 3 Johnson vs. McCall Weigh-In Video and Results

UFC on FX 3, which is headlined by the flyweight tournament rematch between Demetrious Johnson and Ian McCall, and the welterweight bout between Charlie Brenneman and Erick Silva,  airs live on FX from the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT. Fans can watch FUEL TV for six televised preliminary bouts at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT, and fans of the UFC on Facebook can see two more bouts at 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT.
Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson vs. Ian “Uncle

UFC 142: Injury reduces card to 10 fights

The injury hit parade keeps rolling along for the UFC. It was announced today that light heavyweight Fabio Maldonado was forced to withdraw from UFC 142 due to an injury. Maldonado was scheduled to meet Caio Magalhaes on the January 14, fight card. With less than a week to find an opponent for Magalhaes, the UFC decided to remove him from the fight card, leaving the card with 10 fights at this point.
The unbeaten Magalhaes was actually a replacement fighter himself, as he was moved onto the card to replace