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Vitor Belfort Out of Scheduled UFC 112 Title Fight Against Silva
UFC middleweight contender Vitor Belfort was forced to take himself out of a scheduled middleweight title fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 112 due to a shoulder injury. Reports indicate that Belfort tried to continue training with the injury, but that it proved to be too severe to allow him to fight.
According to UFC president [...]
UFC 103 Recap
UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort wasn’t one of the most hyped UFC events of the year, but it delivered solid action and perhaps presented middleweight champion Anderson Silva with a legitimate challenger.
On the preliminary card, Rafael dos Anjos showed why the UFC kept him around after an 0-2 start with the company by defeating Rob [...]
UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort Preview and Predictions
Tyson Griffin vs. Hermes Franca: Both fighters are trying to climb back up the lightweight ladder. Franca has been there before, losing a title shot to Sean Sherk by unanimous decision back at UFC 73. He’s 6-4 in his UFC career, and last fought at UFC 90, defeating Marcus Aurelio by unanimous decision. He was [...]
UFC 103 undercard special will air on Spike TV
The UFC will announce later today that Spike TV will air a one-hour, commercial free special showing some of UFC 103’s undercard fights prior to the Pay-Per-View. This will be the first time in the company’s history that undercard fights will be shown on TV prior to a pay-per-view.
It was previously reported by the Orange [...]
UFC Press Conference: Tito is back, Franklin vs. Belfort to headline UFC 103
Dana White and the UFC held a press conference today promising “Crazy things.” The announcements probably fell short of crazy, but were significant nonetheless.
Dana White announced that Tito Ortiz is indeed back in the UFC. No return date was set, but Tito said that he was healthy and working with Freddie Roach on his striking. [...]
Recapping the crazy day in MMA
Today started with the expectation that Fedor Emelianenko’s opponent for the August 1st Affliction: Trilogy main event would be named. Well, we didn’t get that, but we got a whole bunch of other news.
First, Affliction announced that the event planned for August 1st had been cancelled. It appears that Showtime was the main reason for [...]
