George Sotiropoulos: I’m moving in the right direction (Exclusive Interview)

UFC Welterweight contender George Sotiropoulos made another bold statement last month, after defeating Joe Lauzon via a Kimura at UFC 123. Currently enjoying an impressive 7-0 streak in the UFC, 33 year old Greek-Australian will look to a secure a title shot, facing Dennis Siver at UFC 127 in February.Sotiropoulos’s only defeats are against Shinya Aoki in 2006 via a Disqualification, and against Kyle Noke back in 2005 via a Split Decision. His MMA record currently stands at 14 victories and 2 losses.

Keith Kizer Fires Back at Joe Rogan, Requests for “Honesty” Regarding UFC

 
 
During Saturday’s broadcast of “The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale” – but after one of the biggest robberies in Octagon history went down – Joe Rogan blasted the Nevada State Athletic Commission for allowing “incompetent morons” to dictate the futures and finances of fighters that just risked life and limb for 15 (sometimes 25) minutes.
The UFC’s color commentator specifically fingered executive director Keith Kizer, who Rogan claimed denies

Schaub wants next crack at Frank Mir

With the recent confusion on wether or not Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar will fight for a third time there needs to be some options on the table. And it seems Ultimate Fighter 10 Runner up Brendan Schaub has stepped up to the plate and entered the mix.
Ready for a move up in the UFC Heavyweight division?task.”“Well let’s see. (Junior) Dos Santos beat Gabriel Gonzaga and he got a title shot. Shane Carwin beat (Gonzaga) him and got a title shot. I think Gabriel (Gonzaga) is one of those guys

Give him Nogueira

When I first heard about Dana White’s intentions to promote another Lesnar vs Mir match-up, I had some mixed emotions. At first, it looks like a great fight to promote. Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir will surely supply another memorable trash talk moments about how they hate each other, and eventually want to kill each other. But then, after analyzing the whole picture, I came to a conclusion that it’s would be probably one of the most irrelevant bouts in UFC history. After two questionable performances

Vadim Finkelstein: Brock Lesnar’s defeat did not surprise me

Speaking via the Russian Championat.Ru website, M-1 Global CEO Vadim Finkelstein responded to Brock Lesnar’s defeat against Cain Velasquez at UFC 121. Unlike the UFC President Dana White, Finkelstein kept his cool, simply saying that Lesnar’s defeat did not surprise him. Fedor Emelianenko was in the U.S. last week for a two-hour MMA seminar master class at the M-1 Global training facility in Chatsworth, California on Sunday October 17th. Emelianenko also promoted EA Sports’ MMA game, winning a virtual

Bloodstain Lane’s Blog #5: Greg Jackson’s camp, Brock Lesnar, Megumi Fujii and a few words of wisdom

What’s up you fucking Bozo’s? Bloodstain is back with another blog for you pencil neck geeks – My Twitter war with Nathan “Hotdog” Marquardt has really took off and now it has got to the point where he invited me to spar and roll with him so he can beat me down..I know the cards are REALLY stacked against me…but one thing I do know is I’m not scared. I will approach this with a Chute Boxe & Hari/Manhoef Mentality. – Jon “Bones” Jones also said I aint an Alpha male. Words of wisdom to the “Black

TUF 8 winner Efrain Escudero released from the UFC

Was with a bit of shock that fans “heard” that 24 years old Mexican mixed martial artist Efrain “Hecho en M?xico” Escudero was “cut” by the UFC, only five days after his loss to Charles “do Bronx” Oliveira.
“”Hello true fan I was released by the Ufc today speaking to Strikeforce and Bellator. Taking a week off and make my way back!!!!!”
This was what Escudero wrote on his twitter page. Just under two years ago, Escudero won season eight of TUF, “squeezing” out a victory against Philipe Nover. He