Forrest Griffin out of UFC 155 fight with Phil Davis
Octagon veteran Forrest Griffin joined the never-ending UFC injury list, and will no longer participate in the co-main event bout with Phil Davis at UFC…
With Silva’s future in question; Bisping wants interim title shot
Just as Anderson Silva suggests that he may take a year off, Michael Bisping is already asking for an interim title fight.
World MMA Awards finalists announced; Ronda Rousey leads with four nods
Ronda Rousey’s big year continues as she has been nominated for four World MMA Awards this year.
Two-On-Two MMA: Finally, A Freak Show I Can Believe In
(Can professional Droog-style gang-fighting be far behind?) For almost as long as MMA has existed, there have been…
Anderson Silva: GSP is smaller, it will be an easier fight
With Anderson Silva’s systematic destruction of Stephan Bonnar at 205 lbs. at UFC 153, it is no secret nor surprise that fans and media alike are clamoring for a superfight between two dominant champions. However, this fight is not the oft-discussed match of Anderson Silva vs. Georges St. Pierre, but Anderson Silva vs. Jon Jones. Both Silva and Jones are on record as saying that they are friends who are unwilling to fight one another, and Silva reiterated this after his dominating win on Saturday: “This is
Armchair Matchmaker: UFC 152 Edition
(Matt Hamill plays airplane with his freakishly large, Progeria-ridden child after defeating Roger Hollett earlier in the evening.) It may…
Bisping kicks fan out of sparring session, trashes Joseph Benavidez
In preparation for his fight against Brian Stann at UFC 152, Michael Bisping held an open sparring session with his boxing cox yesterday. It appeared that a random fan had become unruly, angering Bisping’s coach and prompting the Middleweight contender to toss the man out of the event. From there on, he met with Ariel Helwani to talk a multiude of trash on a multitude of topics courtesy of MMAFighting.com. Bisping obviously spoke out against Joseph Benavidez, saying he thought he ws just a young
CagePotato Roundtable #18: Who’s Your Favorite TUF Cast-Member of All Time?
(Seriously? Not even *one* vote for Jason Guida?) The 16th season of The Ultimate Fighter kicks off tonight on FX, and…
Alan Belcher still would have fought Vitor Belfort with a fractured spine
UFC Middleweight contender Alan Belcher recently spoke to the MMA Hour about his seemingly brutal recent injury, training with a fractured spine in order to face Vitor Belfort in a UFC 153 showdown. The injury was affecting Belcher for a while now, and has spoken to a doctor who told him he had been pushing his body to the limit. The news of Belfort moving to UFC 152 to face Jon Jones came as a blessing as sorts to Belcher, who spoke up about the situation:
“That’s the news I needed to make this decision.
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.