Dana White: Season 16 of The Ultimate Fighter with Nelson will be interesting

Roy “Big Country” Nelson (17-7 MMA, 4-3 UFC) coaches opposite Shane Carwin (12-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter, which debuts Friday on FX with a two-hour season premier starting at 9:00 p.m. The show will also be known as TUF Fridays.Nelson made his UFC debut on Season 10 of the show and after “Big Country” won “TUF 10,” UFC President Dana White said he knew what he was getting into when he named Nelson a TUF coach.White told hosts Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten on Inside MMA:

Press Release: The Utimate Fighter 16 cast unveiled by FX

Today the full list of all fighter participants for The Ultimate Fighter: Season 16 were announced by FX, courtesy of UFC.com. Featuring an initial cast of 32 fighters who will fight their way into the house of 16 spots, all will be competing at Welterweight this season. As has been hyped in recent months, the two teams will be coached by massive Heavyweights Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin, who will face off at season’s end. Roy Nelson has started up some intial controversy with some Zuffa-banned participants

Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson gets his coaches approved for The Ultimate Fighter

Roy “Big Country” Nelson is slated to be a coach on the newest installment of The Ultimate Fighter against Shane Carwin, which begins taping in a few days for a September broadcast. Unfortunately for Nelson, he had been having a hard time getting his coaches approved.Nelson told MMAWeekly: “I’m excited. I’m just over here hoping that I can actually bring all my coaches that I want to be my assistant coaches and bring on. I might just have to do it myself. You never know. I don’t

Five misconceptions about Fedor Emelianenko

As Fedor Emelianenko heads into what has been billed as his “farewell bout”, misconceptions about “The Last Emperor” continue to swirl around the internet. It is one thing for a fighter to be called “the greatest martial artist of all time” by promoters, fans and management times; it is quite another to receive such praise from a fighter’s peers. Shane Carwin, Cain Velasquez and others have gone on record saying that Emelianenko was one of the best.
Despite his record of 33 wins, 4 losses and 1 “No

Frank Mir: I hit a lot harder than Junior dos Santos

With UFC on Fox 3 in the books, focus will now shift to the possibly epic clash of Heavyweights at UFC 146. The issue of Alistair Overeem’s failed press conference drug test and subsequent suspension by the NSAC had dominated much of the MMA news conference in April, now the focus will shift to current title contender Frank Mir. This time last year, Mir was ranked lower than he currently is, scheduled to face Roy Nelson at UFC 130. After having been knocked by Shane Carwin and then beating Mirko

ADCC champion, UFC fighter Jon Olav Einemo calls it quits

Today, news broke that former Abu Dhabi Combat Club winner and UFC combatant Jon Olav Einemo retired from active competition in Mixed Martial Arts. Einemo, best known for his high-level submission skills, made this somewhat surprising decision after being cut by the UFC.
An ADCC champion in 2003, he was noted for defeating the famed Roger Gracie in grappling. It seemed that, for a moment in 2011, Einemo would have a shot at five against popular fighter Shane Carwin at UFC 131.It was not in the

Compustrike: UFC 131 by the numbers

UFC 131 went through huge changes with Brock Lesnar having to drop out of the main event against Junior dos Santos, but the Stanley Cup crazy city of Vancouver was very excited for the event which saw Shane Carwin take Brock’s place. Fans around the world never thought the two knockout artists would take the fight to the full three rounds. Prior to fighting each other Junior has only been through two decision fights and Shane in his whole career has never seen the third round. The headlining bout had a lot

UFC 131 Recap: Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez is up next

With NHL Stanley Cup fever in Vancouver, the city was in a festive mood in anticipation for the UFC 131 main event between Shane Carwin and Junior dos Santos. The winner of the bout would get a UFC Heavyweight title shot against the current champion Cain Velasquez. Originally JDS was supposed face Brock Lesnar the opposing coach from season 13 of The Ultimate Fighter, but due to Lesnar’s diagosis of diverticulitis he had to pull out of the fight. Junior before knowing Carwin would be his opponent was busy

Who could be MMA’s biggest draw if Brock Lesnar retires?

Regular Lowkickers remember the question I asked last week. Can MMA’s elite be as
popular as Manny Pacquiao? Now is the perfect time for someone to step to the plate
with the biggest draw in our sport’s history now out indefinitely. As announced in
an emergency UFC conference call, Brock Lesnar for a second time has been diagnosed
with diverticulosis. For the main event at UFC 131, Lesnar has been switched with
Shane Carwin to face Junior dos Santos.

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