Vladimir Matyushenko Set To Retire Following Bellator 116 Bout With Joey Beltran
Longtime MMA competitor Vladimir “The Janitor” Matyushenko suffered some vicious losses towards the end of his UFC tenure, but it wasn’t…
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Frankie Edgar Talks Early Stoppages In MMA: Let Me Go Out On My Shield
Early stoppages in MMA are quite often the subject of heated debates, especially if a title is on the line and the ref steps in early. The subject can…
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UFC 169 Salaries: Alistair Overeem Craps His Way to $400K, Aldo, Mir, Faber and Trujillo Also Clear Six Figures
(“What are you doing out there, Alistair? Quit playing around and put a *real* hurting on this guy!”…
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Bendo vs Melendez & Cormier vs Mir confirmed as main and co-main events for UFC on Fox 7
Looks like Daniel Cormier has been taking classes at the “Chael P. Sonnen International School of MMA Trash Talk”, and apparently it’s working. After calling out Frank Mir, the UFC has officially made Cormier’s request a reality…
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Rich Franklin vs. Cung Le: Head-to-Head
This weekend, the UFC will be making its first ever trip to China, which totally explains why they…
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Sara McMann to take on Liz Carmouche in Strikeforce Cormier vs. Mir
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
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Mir vs. Cormier Strikeforce bout slated for November in Oklahoma
Strikeforce Heavyweight Daniel Cormier (10-0 MMA, 7-0 SF) is getting ready for the biggest fight of his career against UFC’s Frank Mir (16-6 MMA, 14-6 UFC) who is crossing over to Strikeforce for this closeout fight of the SF Heavyweight division. The bout is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2012 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; a mere 65 miles from Cormier’s alma mater, Oklahoma State University.
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Excluded from UFC Hall of Fame, Frank Shamrock speaks out against Dana White
After the recent announcement that Tito Ortiz will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame prior to UFC 148, former champion Frank Shamrock recently spoke to Spike TV’s “MMA Uncensored” regarding his apparent snub from the hall. It has been no secret that Shamrock and UFC President Dana White have some bad blood between them. Shamrock spoke the following words on his Hall of Fame snub:
“I don’t care. I think it’s awesome that Tito’s in. He deserves to be in there. I believe I should be in the -
UFC 146: dos Santos vs. Mir, injuries and medical suspensions
Cain Velasquez, who scored a TKO victory over Antonio Silva at this past Saturday’s UFC 146, needs an X-ray of his left hand. If it is broken, he could be on medical suspension until November. Silva, needs to have his nose checked for breakage and could be out for 6 months as well.Frank Mir who lost to Junior dos Santos by TKO is out until July 23 and Lavar Johnson will require a visit to an orthopedic specialist following his loss by submission to Stefan Struve.MMAjunkie.com posted a list of medical
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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