UFC 146: dos Santos vs. Mir, fighter salaries

Fighter salaries for UFC 146: dos Santos vs. Mir were released on Tuesday by the Nevada Athletic Commission to MMAweekly.com.
Saturday night’s main event featured Junior dos Santos retaining his title as UFC heavyweight champion, defeating Frank Mir in the second round of their fight.
The following figures are based on the fighter salary information that the UFC is required by law to submit to the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Mixed martial arts fighters do not have collective bargaining or a

Bellator 64 Weigh-In Results: Ben Askren, Douglas Lima on weight for Welterweight title bout

Tomorrow night’s Bellator 64 competitors gathered today at Caesars Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada for the event’s official fighter weigh-ins. Headlining the stacked card will be a Welterweight title clash between division champion Ben Askren and challenger Douglas Lima, while Marlon Sandro and Alexandre Bezerra will square off in the co-main event for a spot in the Featherweight Tournament final. Also featured will be a pair of 135-pound quarterfinal bouts, in which Travis Marx meets Masakatsu Ueda

Jonathan Chaimberg: Florian may be dropping weight classes but he’s actually getting stronger

Jonathan Chaimberg is considered one of the most respected strength and conditioning coaches in North America. He maybe young at the age of 32, but he has been training elite athletes and regular people for over ten years. The former Canadian national wrestler works very closely with Greg Jackson’s elite fighters, but most recently has been working very diligently with Kenny Florian making his Featherweight debut at UFC 131 in my hometown of Vancouver this Saturday.
With 131 just around the corner, Jon

UFC Media Conference-The Ultimate Fighter Coaches

The UFC Media conference was held on Sept 14th leading up to the premier of The Ultimate Fighter 12 airing Wed. Sept 15 on Spike TV. After the finale of the show the 2 coaches: Georges and Josh will fight for the title on Dec 11th. They previously fought each other back in 2007 Georges “Rush” St. Pierre won by unanimous decision after 3 rounds. St Pierre is the current UFC welterweight title holder.
According to St Pierre, Josh “Kos” Koscheck told Penny Buffington executive producer of MMA2DAY and other me