Dustin Hazelett’s return is finally set. While the submission specialist had been rumored to face former contender Dan Hardy in October, sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie that Hazelett (12-5 MMA, 5-3 UFC) has signed to face rising prospect Rick Story (10-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) at UFC 117. Although not officially announced by [...]
The displeasure of the fight between Anderson Silva and Demian Maia was also noticed by Dana White too! The April’s UFC 112 event in Abu Dhabi was not much loved the spectators following some crazy attitude of Silva during his fight with Maia. UFC president Dana White made little attempt to hide his displeasure with [...]
Chael Sonnen is optimistic he’ll get to fight middleweight champion Anderson Silva. But he also says he’s a bit worried that it won’t happen. “I don’t know if Anderson’s going to accept,” Sonnen told MMAjunkie. UFC president Dana White on Wednesday told Jim Rome that Silva and Sonnen will face off in what would be [...]
The Saturday’s UFC 122: Invincible card at the Concert Arena of Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE saw Anderson Silva did his best to retain the title but he kept entertaining himself only. He made the night all about “The Spider” in the evening’s main event. Silva toyed with Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist Demian Maia early [...]
The Middle East debut of Ultimate Fighting Championship is poised for some great success. The authorities have indeed kept the some of the best fighters for the event including lightweight champions like B J Penn and middleweight champ like Anderson Silva. The UFC 112 tickets were completely sold out and in response to the overwhelming [...]
“Countdown to UFC 112,” the official foretaste show for this month’s lone pay-per-view event, debuts in the early-morning hours of April 9 on both Spike TV and Versus. Spike TV airs the one-hour special at midnight ET/PT, and Versus, which is now abode to the WEC and the UFC, airs it afterward at 1 a.m. [...]
The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first tour to Vancouver may have to hang around a little longer. The Canadian Press today issued a report citing a UFC source who said the Canadian city will no longer host UFC 115 on June 12 and that Cincinnati is now under consideration as a replacement site. However still no [...]
Live ultimate Fighting Championship pay-per-view events are coming online to China. Company officials on Tuesday announced that live PPV events, beginning with next month’s “UFC 109: Relentless” event (headlined by Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman in Las Vegas), will air online at Sohu.com. Sohu is one of the country’s largest Web portals.” China is one [...]
Following months of speculation on the fate of a postponed bout between middleweight champion Anderson Silva (25-4, 10-0 UFC) and challenger Vitor Belfort (19-8 MMA, 8-4 UFC), the pieces are finally in place for an April fight. Fabiano Farah, Belfort’s manager, confirmed with MMAjunkie on Wednesday that Belfort meets Silva at UFC 112 on April [...]
The sport’s highest-profile free agent in recent months, Dan Henderson, is now Strikeforce bound. MMAjunkie today confirmed with Strikeforce officials that the former PRIDE title-holder and recent UFC fighter has agreed to a new deal with the California-based organization. Strikeforce has since made the signing official, which included a quote from Henderson in which he [...]