Archive for July, 2009
Overeem vs. Werdum confirmed for Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
A fight for the Strikeforce heavyweight title between the champ Alistair Overeem and challenger Fabricio Werdum has been added to Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg on August 15th. The two fought previously, with Werdum winning via Kimura in PRIDE in 2006.
The fight will be the first title defense for Overeem since he won the title with [...]
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Just a reminder that you can follow MMA Ground N’ Pound on Twitter at www.twitter.com/mmagroundnpound. I’ll be tweeting round by round coverage of UFC 100 this Saturday, so follow soon!
Dana White Vlog for UFC 100- Part 1
There’s usually not much of a point to these things until you get towards Thursday or Friday prior to the event, and there’s not much of a point to this one either except to show you that sometimes Dana has far too much time on his hands…
UFC 100 is less than a week away!!!
It’s now Sunday, which means that UFC 100 is less than a week away! UFC 100 is the most anticipated event in UFC history, with a heavyweight title fight between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir, a welterweight title fight between Georges St. Pierre and Thiago Alves, and the battle of “The Ultimate Fighter” coaches Michael [...]
Frank Mir on Lesnar’s learning curve
Here is what Frank Mir had to say during this week’s conference call hyping up the Lesnar/Mir fight on July 11th:
“That’s one thing, to be honest with you, that’s hard to watch tape on,” Mir said of Lesnar’s rapid progression. “You don’t know how much more he’s going to improve every fight. You watch and [...]
Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping pre-fight smack talk
I haven’t given the Dan Henderson/Michael Bisping fight at UFC 100 much coverage due to the two other mega fights on the same card, but this fight is one I’m looking forward to as well. I started out not being much of a fan of Michael Bisping, but since he has moved down to the [...]
Shane Carwin vs. Cain Velasquez set for UFC 104??
According to a report on fiveouncesofpain.com, rising heavyweight prospects Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez have agreed to fight at UFC 104. The fight will determine the number one contender to the heavyweight title, and the winner will face the winner of the Brock Lesnar/Frank Mir fight at UFC 100.
UFC 104 takes place on October [...]
