Ovince St. Preux vs. Rafael Cavalcante Booked For UFC Fight Night 56
Following his setback to Ryan Bader in the main event of UFC Fight Night 47, Ovince St. Preux will look to get back to winning ways in November as he…
Following his setback to Ryan Bader in the main event of UFC Fight Night 47, Ovince St. Preux will look to get back to winning ways in November as he…
UFC Fight Night 47 will go down in the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine tomorrow (Sat, August 16, 2014), and will be headlined by top 10 light-heavyweights Ryan Bader and Ovince St-Preux….
Glover Teixeira was awarded a shot at the winner of Jones vs. Gustafsson following his TKO win over Ryan Bader, the fight continued GT’s eight year…
Glover Teixeira caught a lot of people’s attention with his first round knockout of Ryan Bader last night; the win earned the Brazilian slugger the…
Glover Teixeira vs. Ryan Bader:
Mike Drahota: This is the fight that could fast track Teixeira to a title shot, but Bader will most likely…
With the unfortunate natural disaster of Hurricane Sandy ravaging the East Coast, news comes that it has had its affect on the world of MMA as well. UFC Middleweight contender Chris Weidman, a native of New York state, has apparently lost his home in the devastating storm. This comes according to UFC Light Heavyweight Ryan Bader, who Tweeted the following:
Thoughts go out to @ChrisWeidmanUFC & his family. Lost his home in the storm on the east coast. Please show him your support. @magllc @ufc
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It came out last week that former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Mauricio Shogun Rua was offered the title shot against Jon Jones at UFC 152 in Toronto. Shogun ultimately turned down the fight, citing a lack of time to prepare for Jones. Lyoto Machida did the same, but Shogun as in a brutal war with Brandon Vera at UFC on Fox 4 , while Machida knocked out Ryan Bader without taking any real damage. Shogun’s manager Julio Heller recently spoke up about the decision:
“We were in Sao Paulo and my phone
In a series of post-fight interviews from FuelTV.com, UFC on Fox 4’s main fighters weigh in on the epic night of fights from Los Angeles. The man who will face either Jon Jones or Dan Henderson in his next fight describes his emphatic knockout of Ryan Bader. Lyoto Machida said he waited for Ryan Bader to come in with the right hand, and knew he was out, evident by how he stopped fighting. Machida appears super motivated to regain his title.
Shogun Rua spoke of his brutal win against a surprisingly tough
The UFC on Fox 4 card made up for the major disappointment that was UFC 149. Going into this event, UFC President Dana White promised that whomever won in the most spectacular fashion in the Main Event (Shogun Rua vs. Brandon Vera and Lyoto Machida vs. Ryan Bader) at the Staples Center would go on to face the winner of Dan Henderson vs. Jon Jones at the upcoming UFC 151 for a shot at the Light Heavyweight Title. The card ended with a pair of major knockouts by Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Lyoto “The Dragon”
With the stakes for this Saturday’s UFC on Fox 4 well-known by now, Light Heavyweight challenger Lyoto Machida is not looking past his opponent Ryan Bader. He knows that the fighter who wins in the most impressive fashion on Saturday will find himself fighting against the winner of UFC 151’s Jones vs. Henderson title bout. That title shot is his goal, but he is wise to not look past any fighter towards the top of the UFC ranks. No stranger to title fights, Machida was the first man to tag Jon Jones with a