With Sonnen out of Forrest Griffin fight, Little Nog wants in
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira says he’s healthy and ready to step in and face Forrest Griffin at UFC 155.
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Rashad Evans wants Lyoto Machida rematch "bad"
Rashad Evans is looking at a return in early 2013 and has his sights set on gaining revenge against the man who knocked him out.
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And It Is All Over: Matt Hughes Now Says He Is ‘Fully Retired’
(See that there on the right? That’s Matt Hughes’s autograph. So this photo is relevant) In a recent…
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Dana White says Nick Diaz will fight top Welterweight before title shot
It looks like if Nick Diaz does indeed make his return to the UFC Octagon, his long called-for title shot will have to wait until he beats a top-level opponent. Last seen in a razor-thin and controversial loss to Carlos Condit last February, Diaz stated he would retire from MMA. Either way, he was put on hold when he failed a test for marijuana metabolites, prompting his much-publicized battle and subsequent suspension with the NSAC. Dana White recently revealed the following:
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Jon Jones: "This is about putting Chael Sonnen into irrelevancy"
Jon Jones explained why he decided to face Chael Sonnen after suggesting that Sonnen didn’t deserve a shot at his light heavyweight title.
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Dana White gives insight on why Jones and Sonnen became TUF coaches
The UFC President held a conference call to explains how he came to the decision that Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen would be coaches for the next season of TUF.
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Sonnen puts Jones on notice, says he should have gone to Heavyweight when he had the chance
Speaking on FuelTV’s “UFC Tonight” last night, Light Heavyweight challenger and TUF coach-to-be Chael Sonnen has already begun his next round of epic smack talk, this time focused on his next opponent Jon Jones. It has come as quite a surprise to many fans and pundits of MMA that Sonnen was even offered the title bout, after over seven years away from the diviision and a knockout loss in his most recent bout. To that, he replied quickly:
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Making sense out of Jon Jones vs. Chael Sonnen
How the hell did we go from Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen not happening and UFC 151 being cancelled to Sonnen and Jones coaching TUF and fighting on April 27, 2013? What about that Silva-Jones super fight?
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Daniel Cormier hoping Frank Mir fight rescheduled for January Strikeforce card
With November’s Strikeforce card going up in smoke, one has to wonder what the future will hold for the organization and one of it’s top heavyweight, Daniel Cormier.
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Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen will coach TUF; Title fight set for April of next year
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.