Archive for August, 2009

UFC planning three November shows/TV deal in the works?

The UFC and Dana White held their pre-UFC 102 press conference today, and there were a few things said that were pretty significant, though the majority of them had nothing to do with UFC 102.
White was asked about adding weight classes, and he said that it was a good possibility, though only lower weight classes. [...]

Randy Couture video blog- Episode 2

Here is episode 2 of Randy Couture’s video blog leading up to UFC 102:

Dana White on UFC 102 and more

Dana discusses UFC 102, the expansion of the UFC and more in this video from The Oregonian:

UFC President Dana White talks UFC 102

Showtime: Fedor to fight Brett Rogers

According to the Showtime website, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker announced today that Fedor Emelianenko’s first opponent would be Brett Rogers. Rogers was rumored to be a front runner to be the first challenge for Fedor, along with Fabricio Werdum.
Emelianenko signed a contract with Strikeforce earlier this month after Afflicton folded their MMA promotion. He was [...]

Randy Couture Video Blog for UFC 102

Dana White stopped doing video blogs leading up to UFC events, but it appears that Randy Couture is picking up the slack for UFC 102. Here is his first video blog leading into the event:

Dustin Hazelett vs. Karo Parisyan added to UFC 106 card

The UFC has added another solid bout to the hotly anticipated UFC 106 card as returning welterweights Dustin Hazelett and Karo Parisyan will battle it out on the televised portion of the event. Hazelett is coming off a torn ACL that he suffered while training for a scheduled fight with Ben Saunders at UFC 96, [...]

WEC 43 moved to October 10th due to Henderson injury

Due to an injury to main event participant Ben Henderson, the WEC has been forced to move their scheduled September 2nd event, WEC 43, to October 10th. Henderson was scheduled to take on Donald Cerrone for the interim lightweight championship, a fight that was signed because WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner has been unable to [...]