Jake Shields in TUF 11
Is Jake Shields leaving Strikeforce and joining UFC?
Underdogs Hardy and Joe Stevenson Blogging
Come find out what Dan Hardy has to say about being the underdog in his written blog and the very funny experiences in life Joe Stevenson is learning today in his video blog with some guest stars!!!
Anthony Johnson Out Of Versus 1: Vera vs Jones Due To Knee Injury
A welterweight grudge match between Anthony Johnson (8-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) and John Howard (13-4 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has been cancelled because Johnson suffered a knee injury during training and was forced to pull out of the fight.
Howard and Johnson where potentially supposed to fight early in 2009 but Howard’s management declined the fight because they wanted to build Howard up through other fights before fighting a highly-ranked fighter like Johnson. Johnson has publicly bashed Howard because of this and has
Demian Maia Gossip
Ed Soares, Dana White, and no other but the lucky “Demian Maia” give their thoughts about his title shot.
Exclusive: Six questions for Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis
Welterweight Marcus Davis is one of the most experienced fighters currently in the UFC. Thirty-six year old Davis (born August 24, 1973 in Houlton, Maine) has a 16-6 record in his Mixed Martial Arts career, and will look to rebound from his back-to-back losses to Dan Hardy and Ben Saunders, when he faces Jonathan Goulet at UFC 113.
Melvin Guillard Vs Thiago Tavares set for UFC 114
Guillard and Tavares have verbally agreed to meet at ufc 114. according to sources close to the situation.
Chuck Liddell talks TUF talent.
Chuck talks about his feelings on the new TUF teams
French Striker Cyrille Diabate signs UFC deal
Pride veteran Cyrille’The Snake Diabate has signed a four fight deal with the UFC
Anderson Silva expects old school match: Grappler vs Striker
Silva owns 15 of his 25 career wins by knockout or TKO some of his victims include Griffin, Franklin, Irvin, Leben and Marquardt while, Main has a record of 12-1 from which 8 of his fights have come by submission, most of these submissons came in the first round.
When asked about this match up, Silva agreed with the old school type match up
“I think it’s a very interesting matchup,” Silva said through his manager, Ed Soares. “I think it’s MMA’s best striker against MMA’s best grappler. I think it kind of
Demian Maia confirmed as Vitor Belfort’s replacement
With Vitor Belfort having to pull out of UFC 112 due to a shoulder injury, the UFC were starting to sweat on a replacement. Speculation even loomed that a match with current UFC middleweight champ Anderson Silva may even be pulled from UFC 112 altogether.
Today however, UFC officials announced that Demian Maia will be replacing Belfort and the fight will still be for the Middleweight belt. Maia is coming fresh off a victory at UFC 109 against Dan Miller.