Stephan Bonnar recently spoke with Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour after what was a 5-month long absence following his match with P4P king Anderson Silva…
With both Michael Bisping and Rashad Evans out of the Anderson Silva sweepstakes, it looks like consensus middleweight #1 contender Chris Weidman, has been doing whatever he can to get this deal done and…
A winner of seven of his last ten fights. A three-time Fight Of The Night winner. And possibly the next contender to Anderson Silva’s Middleweight…
Chris Weidman has been dominating the Middleweight division in the UFC unlike anyone not named Anderson Silva. He was on track to face Tim Boetsch at UFC…
News that had been swirling earlier has apparently been confirmed by Brazilian site SporTV, as UFC Heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos has officially become sponsored by US-based sports apparel giant Nike. The deal will make JDS a member of a very select group of which fellow UFC champions Anderson Silva and Jon Jones are a part of. It also shows the amount of belief Nike has in MMA and will mark a huge step towards the advancement of the sport. Brazil is an area where MMA is absolutely booming right
After his loss to Anderson Silva, Stephan Bonnar decides that it is time to walk away from the sport he helped save.
Last night, MetroPCS hosted an online chat featuring UFC President Dana White and Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones. The result was a night full of interesting quotes on some of the most oft-discussed topics in all of MMA. First off, Dana White addressed the fight that everybody wants to see (currently) by saying:
“I guarantee you Anderson Silva vs. Jon Jones will absolutely happen. It’s happening. It will happen.”
Strong words from the ever-confident President, who is never at a lack for
With the announcement that the UFC will be making a return to Brazil in January for UFC 156, the question has to be asked just how big can the UFC become in Brazil? It is already huge, and is set to explode next year and beyond. FuelTV’s “Ultimate Answers” poses the questions and has several UFC athletes answer it, from Michael Bisping to Jon Fitch to Tito Ortiz. Brazil is home to great champions like Anderson Silva, Junior dos Santos, and Jose Aldo, and they are respected like the top football and
Apparently, even if Dana White could have gotten Anderson Silva to say ‘yes’ to a superfight with Jon Jones, that fight would have had to wait for quite some time anyhow. Breaking news comes that Jones will act as coach on the next season of The Ultimate Fighter, and will be pitted against former Middleweight title challenger and trash-talk specialist Chael Sonnen. The two were almost on their way to a UFC 151-saving bout on September 1st before the now-infamous incident of Jones turning down the fight.
UFC Light Heavyweight doesn’t care what all the critics think about his thrown-together bout with Anderson Silva at UFC 153. He’s thankful for a chance to fight a legend, and have a shot at what some may deem the biggest upset in the history of the sport. Next weekend, he’ll be glad to stand and trade with Silva, and he believes that this may be his time to shine in a big way:
“This is like the culmination of it all. I really think it’s all meant to be, it’s perfect it really is. It feels like
