Five Reasons to Be Sort-Of Interested in ‘UFC on FUEL 5: Struve vs. Miocic’
(Reason #6: Impromptu limbo competitions!) The UFC will be making it’s return to jolly old England this weekend…
(Reason #6: Impromptu limbo competitions!) The UFC will be making it’s return to jolly old England this weekend…
(Seriously? Not even *one* vote for Jason Guida?) The 16th season of The Ultimate Fighter kicks off tonight on FX, and…
Former Olympic silver medalist Sara McMann (6-0) just signed with Strikeforce and is slated to fight Liz Carmouche (7-2) at the Cormier vs. Mir event on November 3, in Oklahoma City.McMann most recently fought for Invicta FC and is coming off of a victory over Shayna Baszler which earned her Fight of the Night honors. A victory over Carmouche should put her in line for a shot at Strikeforce’s Women’s Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey. Both McMann and Rousey are former Olympic medalists and both are
A long term dynamic develops in every sport that sticks around for a while. A section of the fan base will inevitably compare the play of today to their heroes from yesteryear. Whether it is the baseball fan that longs for the day where they didn’t have to worry about someone using performance enhancing drugs after every home run, or the football fan that yearns for the era of hard hitting and less complaining in the NFL. One thing is a common factor; this group wishes things would go back to
Earlier this week, Wrestling Observer editor Dave Meltzer reported via podcast that fighters from Strikeforce were not allowed to leave the promotion for the UFC when their contracts are up: “They made this list of guys and they said ‘these are our guys’ and, even if their contract expires, they can’t move to UFC. That’s part of their deal with keeping this alive. So these guys are stuck. He could go to Bellator if he wanted to, but he couldn’t go to the UFC. There’s a list of guys, not everyone on
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
The final 8 start off their tourney as we get closer to the end of the first live season for TUF.
Another summary of the first live season in TUF history.
Gina Carano recently answered the biggest question concerning her MMA career, but it does not seem that fans should get excited to see her fight anytime soon. Her newfound success in the film industry is seeming to reduce Gina Carano’s urge to get back into the cage. When asked if she has made an official announcement on her fighting career, she stated the following in an interview on craveonline.com:
“No, I haven’t. I think it’s really nice for me to get into this new career. I know I
Former Strikeforce Women’s 145-pound Champion Cris “Cyborg” Santos, who was stripped of the title after testing positive for banned substances, offers an explanation for the positive result and issues a public apology. Santos insists that she is “not a cheater,” and says that she would like to “educate other fighters” on the dangers of steroid use.